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Boeing Expected to Add 400 Jobs to St. Louis County Location

Newstalk 1050 Staff — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:49:20 +0000

LE BOURGET, France – Governor Jay Nixon, in France as part of the administration’s trade mission to Western Europe, today announced that one of Missouri’s top employers and global brands is set to embark upon a significant expansion at its St. Louis County location. Aerospace giant Boeing, which employs approximately 15,000 workers at its local campus, will be opening an information technology center at its St. Louis location that will bring at least 400 jobs to the area. The company’s plan is part of a large-scale restructuring of its information technology operations, which are currently located in Seattle.

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Fourteen 7-Eleven Stores Shut Down After Worker-Exploitation Scheme Exposed

Chris Chaberski — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:23:49 +0000

Authorities uncovered a wide-ranging scheme in which the owners of more than a dozen 7-Eleven convenience stores in New York and Virginia hired illegal immigrant workers, gave them fake identities, stole their wages and forced them to live in boarding houses, effectively creating a "modern-day plantation system."

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Patriot Guard Summer Rally Held at Missouri State Fairgrounds [PHOTOS]

Doug — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:59:11 +0000

Sedalia hosted many bikers on Saturday (June 15) for a special salute to the Patriot Guard Riders. State Representative and Chairman of the Missouri House Veterans Committee Charlie Davis organized the Patriot Guard Summer Rally to show appreciation for the riders who honor military families at funerals, participate in parades and support the military.

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Kim Kardashian Delivers Baby Girl

Dan Alexander — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:55:17 +0000

Kim Kardashian has delivered a baby girl in Los Angeles.

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Doug Gets Surprised with Class Action Lawsuit Settlement from Five Years Ago

Doug — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:40:30 +0000

This week, I received a nice surprise in the mail: a check from a class action lawsuit settlement. Many of my friends have told me in the past that they had never seen any money from any class action settlement and thought that some of them were just pipe dreams that would never get resolved. I have to admit, I've never had one come to fruit any rewards either. So, I thought that I would explain how this worked, and maybe in the future you can able to reap the rewards of any settlement.

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Economy Adds 175,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly to 7.6%

Chris Chaberski — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:47:04 +0000

Job growth in May beat economists' expectations, coming in at 175,000 new positions added, which aligns closely with the yearly average. The unemployment rate rose ever so slightly, from 7.5 percent to 7.6 percent, a result of more people entering the work force, according to the Labor Department.

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6 Dead, 14 Injured in Philadelphia Building Collapse; Search Operations Halted

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:19:55 +0000

Late Wednesday night, a 61-year-old woman was found alive amid the rubble of a collapsed building in Philadelphia and taken to a nearby hospital where she remains in critical condition. The search for other survivors has been halted as of Thursday morning.

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The 2013 Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival Kicks Off in Sedalia

Doug — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:30:18 +0000

The 2013 Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival has officially begun. Music lovers can walk through Downtown Sedalia to hear ragtime music from some of the best musicians in the world.

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Building Collapses in Philadelphia, Trapping and Injuring Multiple People

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:43:22 +0000

On Wednesday morning, a four-story building in Philadelphia collapsed unexpectedly, trapping some people under the rubble and injuring others.

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Brutal Weather Tears Through Midwest Again, Killing 'Storm Chasers' Trio, 10 More

Chris Chaberski — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:28:19 +0000

A series of tornadoes hit Oklahoma Friday night, killing at least 13 people and leaving many more missing, without homes or stranded. Other storms and flooding also hit Arkansas and Missouri, and remnants of that severe weather moved east all the way to New England, where 19,000 are still without power on Monday morning.

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