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Sept. 24, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – Parking chaos for the MU-Nebraska Game/El-Amin resigns/Paul Kirk to take Kennedy’s seat/A Vaccine for HIV
3 p.m. News Minute – Roots and Blues Festival sales “on fire” / Floodwater receding in Southeast United States / US citizens in Germany pay heed to terror alert
2 pm News Minute – US proposes nuclear eradication to UN / Sunrise Beach women found dead in Ozarks / St. Louis Rep. headed to prison / Columbia Schools “so far so good” with H1N1
11 a.m. News Minute – Winery suspending after-hours events / Roots and Blues Festival tickets selling fast / City Hall addition to open in 2010
10 a.m. News Minute – Upcoming completion of Columbia City Hall / Gunshots heard in Clear View subdivision / Pilot killed in plane crash identified
9 a.m. News Update – HIV vaccine reduces infection by 31 percent / Gov. Jay Nixon announces program to clean up Lake of the Ozarks / MU Health Care launches H1N1 hot line / MU sells cell phones with athletic department info on them
Sept. 23, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute - Flooding that killed six in Georgia finally subsides / Protests continue in Honduras
3 p.m. News Minute - MSA moving to create new Senate position / More U.S. troops expected to be requested in Afghanistan
2 p.m. News Minute - MSA moving to create new Senate position / Voluntary Action Center runs out of Roots ‘N Blues tickets to give away
12 p.m. News Minute – President Obama gives speech on climate change to UN / MU trying to control student section crowds with more staffers / Roots ‘N Blues to begin Friday
11 a.m. News Minute - MU looking to build a new, $100 million performing arts center on the corner of Hitt and University / Development, including light manufacturing and housing, planned around Columbia’s new high school, NASA plans to launch new version of rocket Oct. 27
10 a.m. News Minute - MU students report sexual assault at Les Bourgeois Winery, winery suspends all after-hours activities and cancels several planned events / Woman arrested for Monday night duplex arson / Los Angeles fire causes state of emergency
Sept. 22, 2009
4 p.m News Minute – Fire on Worley Street / free HPV vaccination / Obama speaks to UN on climate change / public smoking ban lowers heart attacks / deadly floods in southeast US / shale rock gives new life to natural gas as an energy source
2 p.m. News Minute – Anheuser-Busch pulls ‘fan cans’ from Columbia / Small plane crashes near Millersburg, killing the pilot
1 p.m. News Minute- Pedestrian bridge across College Ave. / MU plans smart phone application / Plane crash near Millersburg
12 p.m News Minute – Anheuser-Busch Pulls MU ‘fan cans’ / Local woman dies in car crash / U.N. debates climate change policy
11 a.m. News Minute – Columbia city council approves new budget / Four men arrested in connection with gunshots fired on Friday
10 a.m. News Minute – Two plead guilty in Corey Brown death / Manuel Zelaya returns to Honduras
9 a.m. News Update – Columbia approves budget in face of revenue loss / Nixon awards contract to firm for help writing grant application / Obama picking favorites for House and Senate races
Sept. 21, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – Columbia woman dies in car crash on Highway 63 / Nigeria demands apology from Sony / U.S. military leader in Afghanistan says more troops are needed
3 p.m. News Minute - Downpour in southeastern U.S. kills two people / Top U.S. military leader in Afghanistan says more troops are needed
2 p.m. News Minute – Florida authorities search for man after his wife and five children are found dead Saturday / Obama introduces plan to invest in high-tech education / Church that houses playwright William Shakespeare’s remains in need of renovations
10 a.m. News Minute – MU sustainability office to choose six MU students to lead sustainability on campus / Columbia City Council to vote on 2010 budget Monday night / Soybean rust fungus found in southeastern Missouri
Sept. 17, 2009
9 a.m. News Minute - Councilman Jerry Wade announces bid for Columbia’s mayor, Democrats resist Republican veto override push in House, Obama backs down from promise to Eastern Europe, housing construction has big jump in August
Sept. 16, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute -New seating policies from MU Athletic Department / Campus security / Officials discuss contingency plans for New Madrid fault line in southeast Missouri / Another Mexico drug rehab center shooting
2 p.m. News Minute - Sustainability meeting on campus / New seating policies from MU Athletic Department / Campus security / Facebook nears population of United States
Sept. 15, 2009
9 a.m. News Minute - Candidate for Columbia Fire Chief drops out, special veto session begins in state legislature, possible merger of two telecommunications giants
Sept. 10, 2009
9 a.m. News Minute – Columbia 3M plant chief leaves for Nevada, Mo. / Roots ’N Blues ‘N BBQ gets final approval from City of Columbia / Tour of Missouri update
Sept. 9, 2009
2 p.m. News Minute - Columbia Director of Water and Light resigns / Central Missouri Humane Society asks City of Columbia for more funding / President Obama to address Congress on health care reform / Steve Jobs returns to public eye and presents new technology
Sept. 8, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute - Missouri Tigers crack AP Top 25 / Cherry Street Artisan closes / Rollins Dining Hall to close in December for renovation / Labor Day traffic deaths down / President Obama addresses nation’s students
August 25, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute - St. Louis Democratic state Sen. Jeff Smith pleads guilty to two federal counts of obstruction of justice, resigns / Reactor Field lot now closed to the public / Journalism Institute gets $15 million / Columbia police issuing double the number of tickets this year from last / Obama administration predicts federal budget deficits will be $9 trillion over next decade
July 30, 2009
KCOU News Minute - City of Columbia plans to slash $12 million from budget, federal government suspends popular ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program because of funding concerns, President Obama shares beer with Harvard professor and Cambridge cop, president’s approval ratings sink
July 29, 2009
KCOU News Minute - Fake MU Web site sends users to University of Kansas site, Columbia police denied extra stimulus money, Senate Judiciary Committee approves Sotomayor, Australian woman rescued after being trapped near toilet for a week
July 28, 2009
KCOU News Minute - MU fraternity first to install sprinklers since city ordinance required it, study shows texting while driving increases crash risk 23 times, Gov. Nixon in Columbia on Monday, disgraced NFL QB Michael Vick reinstated
July 25, 2009
KCOU News Minute - Columbia’s population hits 100,000, city considering reducing staff benefits to cut costs, President Obama apologizing for saying police ‘acted stupidly’ in the arrest of a friend, health care debate derailed, new Memorial Stadium scoreboard to be up by September home opener
May 12, 2009
12 p.m. News Minute - Your latest national headlines: Miss California keeps her crown, Military hands down murder charges on Army sergeant accused of killing five fellow soldiers, Thousands in southern Missouri still without power after last week’s strong storms
11 a.m. News Minute - Controversial concealed carry measure faces no debate in Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, MU student gives China its first case of swine flu, Columbia Public School District plans to increase teacher salaries
May 11, 2009
Governor’s promise unnecessary (AP) - Gov. Jay Nixon’s promise to maintain higher education funding if universities didn’t raise tuition was already assured because of inflation levels and federal funding
May 8, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute – Missouri lawmakers pass $23.1 billion budget, storms blamed for power outages and home fires overnight, MSA Senate says School of Journalism requiring incoming freshmen to buy iPhone or iPod Touch is expensive and unnecessary
May 7, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute - MU medical school put on two-year probation, stocks tumble after stress tests show nation’s largest banks need to raise $65 billion in capital, MU School of Journalism to require incoming freshman to buy iPod Touch or iPhone
12 p.m. News Minute - Police say MU employee brought gun into Division of IT building, President Obama proposes small budget cuts, Missouri House lawmaker accuses Gov. Nixon of bribing him, Pakistan continues to take fight to Taliban
May 5, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute - Columbia man arrested for using MU’s computer network to spam hundreds of college campuses released on bond, Missouri House finally approves Ellis Fischel Cancer Center funding, Missouri’s first openly gay senator married over the weekend in Iowa
3 p.m. News Minute - Columbia City Council approves $9,000 for more Tasers, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says the economy will break out of recession this year, MU athletic department to install new Memorial Stadium scoreboard this year, MU students don’t want to lower age for concealed carry on campus
12 p.m. News Minute – Middle East tenses at U.S. olive branch to Iran, Obama to crack down on tax loopholes, Columbia Police are looking for a man who robbed a woman at gunpoint at a Paris Road car wash Monday, Letter Carriers food drive information
May 4, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, announces the U.S. military needs to shift focus from Iraq to Afghanistan, Boston Globe parent company reaches deal with six of seven employee unions to avoidshutdown
2 p.m. News Minute - The swine flu hysteria may be faltering in Mexico as restaurants and cafes reopen
11 a.m. News Minute – MU Faculty council moves Reading day to Thursday for next fall and KCOU has named their 2009-2010 executive staff
May 3, 2009
Pardon My Roommate – The commentators discuss President’s Obama’s first 100 days, Sen. Arlen Specter switching parties, and Supreme Court Justice David Souter retiring, plus a look back at two years of PMR during the final show
May 1, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute - Boone County Public Works flood damage update, Supreme Court justice David Souter to retire, reports say Sri Lanka military bombs a refugee safe haven
3 p.m. News Minute – MU grad student is among those indicted as part of e-mail scam, University of Oregon ultimate frisbee team has season cut short after choosing to play without pants
11 a.m. News Minute - MSA approves KCOU receiving funds from the Department of Information Technology to relocate to the new Student Center in 2011
April 30, 2009
12 p.m. News Minute - UPDATE: Mo. House shoots down bill to fund Ellis Fischel’s $31 million new building after initially approving it Wednesday, Missouri’s probable case of swine flu found in Platte County, basement of Reynolds Journalism Institute cleared after flooding
10 a.m. News Minute - President Obama visits the St. Louis area to mark his 100th day in office, Missouri House restores $31 million for Columbia’s Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, Chrysler to file for bankruptcy, floodwaters close several roads in Boone County
April 29, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – Obama visits the suburbs of St. Louis on his 100th day in office, the World Health organization raises its pandemic warning, 48 killed over short span in Baghdad, a chihuahua in Michigan is reunited with owners after being swept away by 70-mph winds this past weekend
3 p.m. News Minute – A child in Texas becomes the first American to die of swine flu, GOP Sen. Arlen Specter switches political parties
11 a.m. News Minute - UPDATE: Ellis Fischel Cancer Center funds restored in Missouri House, another huge freshmen class headed to MU
April 28, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute – Truman’s Pond closed indefinitely for upgrades, MSA wants to hear what you think about concealed carry on campus, MU renews contract with Campus View and caps room sign-ups for returning and transfer students, White House apologizes for low-flying presidential plane over New York
April 27, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute - Americans warned not to travel to Mexico because of swine flu outbreak, hikers in Switzerland banned from hiking in the nude
3 p.m. News Minute – Death toll and confirmed cases of swine flu increase, U.S. government may be the majority owner of General Motors after its restructuring plan
2 p.m. News Minute - General Motors announces the discontinuation of Pontiac in 2010, six Tigers chosen in the 2009 NFL Draft, quarterback Chase Daniel signs a free agent contract with the Washington Redskins
11 a.m. News Minute – Swine flu breaks out across the world as the U.S. attempts to prevent more outbreaks
April 26, 2009
Pardon My Roommate – The commentators debate prosecuting Bush administration officials over torture techniques, President Obama playing nice with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, the state of Missouri’s budget troubles, and six Missouri Tigers are chosen in the NFL Draft
April 24, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute – Missouri House cuts $20 million in MU campus maintenance spending, House Republicans want to use stimulus money for a tax cut, Alpha Epsilon Pi kicks off Rock-A-Thon charity event, Big 12-leading MU softball team takes on Oklahoma this weekend at University Field
11 a.m. News Minute - AmerenUE suspends operations on additional power plant in Callaway County
April 23, 2009
KCOU News Story – Bike race tries to put the brakes on poverty in mid-Missouri (Audio)
12 p.m. News Minute - AmerenUE suspends plans to build second nuclear reactor, local fundraiser to help fight poverty, two suicide blasts kill at least 70 in Iraq while coalition forces announce capture of insurgent leader
10 a.m. News Minute – T. Boone Pickens promotes alternative energy on MU campus, Earth Day farmers’ market on Lowry Mall draws a crowd, General Motors to close most of its plants for nine weeks this summer
April 22, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute - The MU Student Health Center will institute a pay-as-you-go billing method next fall, the iBotnet virus is one of the first to target Macs, a man dressed as a Ninja attempts to rob a convenience store in Massachusetts
3 p.m. News Minute - Presidents of the UM system present unified opposite to concealed-carry bill, Obama signs act intended to encourage community service
2 p.m. News Minute - More than 800 reservations made for Missouri Energy Summit, Freddie Mac’s CEO found dead in his home, reports call it a suicide
11 a.m. News Minute - Important guests speak on MU campus for energy summit, President Obama to spend 100th day in office in the Show-Me-State and a new position created in the Columbia police department
April 21, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute - Stocks rebound after the second-worst day of the year Monday, it’s going to be sunny with temperatures in the 70s for the rest of the week
3 p.m. News Minute – Columbia City Council approves downtown parking garage, Man shot on Columbia’s north side, Federal stimulus to fund summer jobs for young workers
April 20, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – 10 years after Columbine shootings, schools’ security increased, Dow suffers biggest decline in two months, scientist and author Stephen Hawking reported ill, Indian prisoners attempt hunger strike in order to watch cricket
3 p.m. News Minute – Columbia City Council to vote on proposed parking garage downtown, envoys walk out of U.N. before Iranian president’s speech, authorities believed 21 horses that mysteriously dropped dead in Florida were poisoned
11 a.m. News Minute - The U.S. boycotts a U.N. meeting regarding racism in fear of anti-Semitic motives, President Obama calls for release of an American journalist
April 17, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute – One dead after a plane crash in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., a Holts Summit house fire kills three young children, campus-wide Humans vs. Zombies game continues
2 p.m. News Minute – Vice President Biden talks jobs, renewable energy in Jefferson City, MSA Operations Committee passes resolution opposing Missouri House’s approval of 21-year-olds carrying guns on college campuses, weather to get colder, rainy this weekend
1 p.m. News Minute – MSA Budget Committee agrees to match KCOU’s fundraising efforts over the next three years, MU athletic department employee accused of sexually assaulting three MU students, legendary NFL announcer John Madden retires
April 15, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – Tea parties take place in protest of President Obama’s tax-and-spend plans, French navy captures 11 pirates off the coast of Kenya, a Pennsylvania man asks to be sent to jail instead of paying for stolen gasoline
3 p.m. News Minute – Biden will stop at ABB Transformer Factory in Jefferson City, House gives first-round approval to $700 billion higher education bond plan, House to vote on Missouri sales-tax bill Thursday
2 p.m. News Minute – Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he has no plans to bolster defenses to respond to Somali pirate attacks, new MU e-mail system will feature blogging and instant messaging
11 a.m. News Minute – AP reports MU officials did not follow procedure in death of Aaron O’Neal, Somali pirates attack but do not board another U.S. ship
April 14, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute – Vice President Biden headed to mid-Missouri, MU to get a new e-mail system with greater storage space, red light cameras will be in place at two Columbia intersections by July 1
12 p.m. News Minute – Riots continue in Thailand, New York governor considering submitting same-sex marriage legislation
April 13, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – Gun battles kill two after protesters and soldiers clash in Bangkok, Obama administration plans to lower restrictions on travel between U.S. and Cuba, the SoulWow promises to cleanse through the power of confession
2 p.m. News Minute - An American ship captain is rescued by the U.S. Navy after being kidnapped by Somali pirates, trash day in East Campus may change next August, new Columbia school board members take seats Monday
April 10, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute - Two dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a Michigan college, Obama postpones immigration reform, job fairs more competitive then ever, proposed prostitution tax defeated in Nevada
11 a.m. News Minute - Missouri House passes first-round approval on lowering the minimum age to carry a firearm, controversial bill in Missouri House to cap minimum wage on those earning tips, Campus Dining Services revenue is down
April 9, 2009
12 p.m. News Minute - American journalist detained in Iran on charges of spying, Mo. House Budget Committee approves nearly $100 million in federal stimulus spending
10 a.m. News Minute – Results of the MSA election are in, Pirates still hold an American ship captain hostage off the coast of Somalia, Obama plans immigration reform, Mo. House approves keeping sex offenders away from parks and from coaching youth sports
April 8, 2009
12 p.m. News Minute – UPDATE: Crew members of an American vessel retake the hijacked ship off the coast of Somali, captain still held hostage.
11 a.m. News Minute - Columbia election results, news regarding the hijacking pilot that landed in Missouri, boat containing Americans hijacked by pirates
April 7, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute - Gay marriage legalized in Vermont, Obama on a surprise visit to Iraq, federal judge sets aside former Sen. Ted Stevens’ conviction
3 p.m. News Minute – Two city council positions and two school board seats up for grabs in Columbia election Tuesday, Columbia City Council votes against downtown security cameras, Missouri borrows $100 million from reserves, delays tax refunds to shore up deficit
April 6, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – Rescuers search for bodies after Italy earthquake kills 150, media allowed to be present at the return of a fallen soldier for the first time in almost 20 years, a German woman divorces husband for cleaning too much
3 p.m. News Minute – Earthquake death toll in Italy rises to over 100, both basketball and baseball fans have plenty to watch Monday with both the NCAA men’s basketball championship and the major leagues’ Opening Day
11 a.m. News Minute – A devastating earthquake in central Italy, U.S. plans to introduce economic sanctions in response to North Korean missile test, MSA Senate elections begin tonight
April 5, 2009
Pardon My Roommate – The commentators debate Obama’s showing at the G20 summit, North Korea’s defiant missile launch, Obama’s plan to cut tax deductions for some charitable giving, Sen. Chris Dodd’s re-election chances, and the NCAA title game
April 3, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute - UPDATE: Gunman kills 13, then himself at an upstate New York immigration center, Iowa becomes third state to allow same-sex marriage, man injured in Columbia city bus crash, German man attempts to steal 63 tubes of toothpaste
1 p.m. News Minute- Gunman on the rampage at an upstate New York immigration center, nationwide unemployment rises to the highest level since 1983, MSA proposal to add emergency phones to Greektown rejected
11 a.m. News Minute – Michael Vick has new day job plans and its not football, update on Blagojevich indictment and tensions with North Korea are rising over planned rocket launch
10 a.m. News Minute – Rod Blagojevich is indicted by an Illinois Grand Jury, U.S. and North Korea debate nuclear weapons at the G20 summit
April 2, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute – Latest on the stock market, world leaders will pour a trillion dollars into global economy
12 p.m. News Minute - G20 protests down, MU could take over Mid-Missouri Health Care facility
11 a.m. News Minute – MU baseball whoops Saint Louis University at Busch Stadium, Dow cracks 8,000, High School track athlete struck in head with shot put near St. Louis
April 1, 2009
12 p.m. News Minute – Computer viruses arrive in time for April Fools’ Day to affect millions of PCs, nationwide cigarette tax is going up
11 a.m. News Minute – Mike Anderson signs new seven-year contract with MU, President Obama arrives at the G20 summit amid massive protests in London
March 31, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute – Georgia reportedly offers MU basketball coach Mike Anderson a contract, Obama administration no longer using the term “war on terror,” imprisoned NFL quarterback Michael Vick wants $10 million a year when he returns
1 p.m. News Minute – British begin withdrawal from Iraq, MSA seeks to expand EZ Charge
12 p.m. News Minute – President Obama set to meet with other world leaders at the G20 summit in London, MSA Senate elections start Monday
11 a.m. News Minute – Ken Burton sworn in as new Columbia police chief, Sham Wow spokesperson accused of assaulting a hooker
March 30, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – Floodwaters could rise again in North Dakota, stocks suffer biggest fall since March 5, the Python Patrol ramps up efforts in Southern Florida, Ken Burton to be sworn in Monday as Columbia’s new police chief
3 p.m. News Minute – GM’s chief executive officer steps down at the request of President Obama, GM and Chrysler fail to restructure to the federal government’s liking, North Korean missile ready for launch is visible on satellite imagery, fans greet Tigers after loss to UConn
March 20, 2009
1 p.m. News Minute – Iraq war approval goes up, Obama apologizes for Special Olympics joke on the Leno show, crude oil prices rise, MoDOT plans to spend $833 million in federal stimulus money, including four projects in Boone County
March 19, 2009
12 p.m. News Minute - Chinese industry suffering, Sen. Chris Dodd admits to inserting a clause in the bailout deal so AIG could continue to pay bonuses they had already agreed to
10 a.m. News Minute - MU School of Medicine receives a $2 million gift, Firefighters control a Wednesday grass fire after it threatens to shut down northbound Highway 63, Federal money headed to Columbia for road projects, Obama’s March Madness picks draw criticism
March 18, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – President Obama issues a warning to Wall Street, says “the buck stops here” regarding AIG bonuses, the ACLU calls the idea of new security cameras in downtown Columbia “creepy,” Britain bans political jargon
3 p.m. News Minute – Missouri Tigers basketball team left for Boise, Idaho, Wednesday morning to play Cornell at 2 p.m. Friday, reports of sexual assault in the U.S. military are up
2 p.m. News Minute - AIG’s chief executive may face subpoena, scientists discover a new dinosaur that once roamed in North America
12 p.m. News Minute – China’s financial world superpower status may have been overestimated, according to new statistics
11 a.m. News Minute - AIG in hot water after questionable use of economic stimulus check, MU sells out of its allotment of NCAA first-round tickets
March 17, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute - The latest from Madagascar, where a military coup was narrowly averted, the Dow ends the day up nearly 180 points, temperature nearly hits 80 but will slip back into the 60s Wednesday
3 p.m. News Minute – Support slipping for President Obama’s stimulus plan, Space Shuttle Discovery set to dock at the International Space Station, GM says bankruptcy would scare customers, wireless internet finally arrives at the new Student Center
1 p.m. News Minute – Stocks rally again, New York’s attorney general says 73 AIG executives each received bonuses of $1 million or more
12 p.m. News Minute - Columbia City Council requires MU Greek houses to install fire sprinklers by 2016, the Missouri legislature has left many bills on the table while they enjoy legislative spring break
March 16, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – Dow Jones can’t quite make 5 straight days of gains, federal government wants to take back millions from Bernie Madoff, AIG’s bonuses draw the ire of the Obama administration
11 a.m. News Minute – Missouri earns three seed in NCAA tournament and will play 14-seed Cornell on Friday in Boise, Idaho, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says the recession could end in 2009, Lindsay Lohan in trouble again
March 15, 2009
Pardon My Roommate – A preview of NCAA Tournament selection picks. Also, David Vitter and other troublemaking legislators, trouble on the U.S.-Mexico border, and an Internet group tries to raise money for O.J. Simpson’s appeal
March 13, 2009
3 p.m. News Minute - Illinois church shooter released from hospital, headed to jail, German broadcasting collection service attempts to collect bill from dead mathematician
1 p.m. News Minute - MU agrees to return $232,000 of misappropriated research funds back to the federal government, Japan says it has the right to shoot down North Korean ‘satellite’
11 a.m. News Minute – News in the Anna Nicole death case, the renaming of the tallest building in the U.S., MU Tigers advance to semi-finals in the Big 12 tournament
March 12, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute - MU settles Aaron O’Neal lawsuit, will pay family $2 million, plus set up a $250,000 scholarship fund in O’Neal’s memory, MU Tigers play at 8:30 p.m. Thursday against Texas Tech in the Big 12 tournament
3 p.m. News Minute - Man survives jump from Niagara Falls and survives, Iraqi who threw shoes at former President Bush gets three years in prison
12 p.m. News Minute – Obama signs $410 billion spending bill against Sen. Claire McCaskill’s “no” vote
10 a.m. News Minute - Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to 11 criminal counts, Wednesday afternoon fire at Lafferre Hall on the MU campus, Bristol Palin splits with her fiance, Missouri’s budget gets through House Budget Committee after marathon session
March 11, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute - Fulton-based members of the Missouri National Guard come home from Kosovo, prepare for deployment to Afghanistan, NASA delays planned Wednesday space shuttle launch, reschedules for Thursday
3 p.m. News Minute - 9/11 terror detainees held at Guantanamo Bay say they’re proud of their actions, Cold weather invades Columbia
2 p.m. News Minute - 16 dead, including shooter, after teen goes on a shooting spree at a German school, latest on the lawsuit against the University of Missouri-Columbia regarding former MU football player Aaron O’Neal
11 a.m. News Minute - Alabama gunman rampages through two towns, killing at least 11, Bernie Madoff expected to plead guilty to 11 counts and could face 150 years in prison
March 10, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute - New economic woes for the Columbia School District, MU’s MedZou will provide medical care for the poor, latest on U.S.-China standoff in the South China Sea
3 p.m. News Update - Latest on President Obama’s plan to reform education, Aaron O’Neal’s parents reach a settlement with MU, Columbia schools make budget cuts, more than 2,000 sex offenders in North Carolina found on MySpace
1 p.m. News Minute - President Obama opens the door for embryonic stem cell research, but says he’ll draw the line when it comes to cloning.
12 p.m. News Minute - Suicide blast in Iraq kills 33 as U.S. plans withdrawal, Tornado drill set for MU campus at 1:30 p.m. local time, colder weather on the way, Royals and Chiefs might leave KC if city stops funding the Truman Sports Complex
10 a.m. News Minute - MU’s School of Music gets a big donation, MTV’s the Real World hits campus, old man puts ice cream in his pants, stock market sees big gains today on Citigroup earnings report
March 9, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute - Flooding along the Mississippi, Palin e-mail hacker pleads not guilty, man plans to sail across the Pacific in a boat made of recycled plastic
3 p.m. News Minute - President Obama’s executive order overturns former president Bush’s limit on federal funding for stem cell research, former NBA star Charles Barkley is released from jail
11 a.m. News Minute - North Korea threatens war on any country that interferes with its “satellite” launch, Chinese boats harass U.S. naval boat in South China Sea and an Illinois pastor is shot as he delivers Sunday service
10 a.m. News Minute - A deadly shooting at an Illinois church, the World Bank says the economic crisis is the worst since the Great Depression, 12,000 U.S. troops headed home from Iraq later this year, MU Health Connection will close in June
March 6, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – Kansas City mayor wants to stop funding Truman Sports Complex, stock market wrap-up, unemployment rate highest since 1983
3 p.m. News Minute – State Rep. Chris Kelly, a Columbia Democrat, has a plan to restart Ellis Fischel construction, “flying” submersibles available for purchase by wealthy customers, Columbia weather
1 p.m. News Minute – Latest on Newt Gingrich’s possible run for president, Secretary of State Clinton in talks with Russia
11 a.m. News Minute – New parking garage set to go up in downtown Columbia, Run DMC artist visits MU, unemployed Americans get a tax break on unemployment benefits
March 5, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – Missouri state tax revenue down, and the latest on Michael Jackson’s upcoming tour.
3 p.m. News Minute – Latest on Chris Brown’s felony charges, job cuts, and the Dow falls 280 points
12 p.m. News Minute – Latest on a bill that would give the District of Columbia representation, MU basketball
11 a.m. News Minute – Bankruptcy looms for automaker General Motors, Florida woman calls 911 three times after McDonald’s runs out of McNuggets
10 a.m. News Minute – Latest on MU victory over Oklahoma, fire truck crash, new fire station, chaos in Sudan, Mariska Hargitay and Robin Williams hospitalized
March 4, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – New billboards appear in downtown Columbia, an asteroid makes a pass close to Earth
3 p.m. News Minute – Latest on Gov. Nixon’s plan to provide greater funds to the UM system may be under attack, new guidelines for healthy fitness
10 a.m. News Minute – Tigers prepare to face off against the Oklahoma Sooners, MSA’s new proposal to join Facebook
March 3, 2009
4 p.m. News Minute – Latest on former Gov. Blunt’s open records investigation, Michael Jackson touring again
3 p.m. News Minute – Latest on Columbia Police TASER report, MU Psychology, MU Basketball, Stock market woes, President Obama’s letter to Russia
March 1, 2009
Pardon My Roommate – Featuring Sean Nahlik, the Maneater columnist who penned “Put Down Your Beer and Volunteer” about MU sorority girls. Also, President Obama’s budget, MU/KU, and the Lightning Round.
