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Life with concealed carry Minnesota's experience with new gun law has a Missouri ring By KEVIN MURPHY The Kansas City Star MINNEAPOLIS - When the upset customer threw the menu in his face, restaurant owner Thomas Pham stood fast. Like it or not, he insisted, guns were not permitted in Azia, a popular nightspot in the hip Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. "I just told him that's the way it is; we have a business to run," Pham said. So it goes these days in Minnesota, where a new law allowing residents to carry concealed firearms has stirred tension between people...

<p>Missouri is getting ready for its presidential primary next February, even though right now the state has no money to pay for it.</p> <p>Funds for the primary have been stripped from the state budget, now facing a $1 billion deficit.</p>

My note: Warren is a Libertarian (really a Constitution Party guy though). His only opponent, Ransdall, is a Democrat. This means no GOP are going to be voted against. Please if you are in the area, fight to defeat Ransdall. Here is a list of some cities in the 148th district, so you know if any friends or relatives live in the area: Richland Dixon Waynesville St. Robert Crocker Swedeborg Hancock Devil's Elbow some of Ft. Leonard Wood PULASKI COUNTY RESIDENT GRANT WARREN FILES FOR ELECTION TO MISSOURI HOUSE, 148th DISTRICT Pulaski County, MO -- March 2002 -- Under the...

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Tempers flared among voters waiting in long lines at polling stations Saturday as the opposition accused government officials of intentionally slowing balloting to frustrate its supporters in the most hotly contested presidential election in Zimbabwe's history. Some waited for more than 10 hours to cast their ballots on the first of two days of voting. The election gives Zimbabweans a serious alternative to the authoritarian rule of President Robert Mugabe for the first time in two decades. Observers said a high turnout benefited Mugabe's challenger, Morgan Tsvangirai. Civic groups, opposition supporters and witnesses said that violence and...