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Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics at the National Stadium in Beijing.
Once-reclusive China commandeered the world stage today, celebrating its
first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pyrotechnics and
pageantry
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Local News Stories
Cremains transferred to county
By T.J. GREANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
Warren Funeral Chapel yesterday turned over between 20 and 30 containers of cremated ashes that date as far back as 1992 to the Boone County medical examiner’s office for identification.
Panel opts to leave police review details to council
By KAT HUGHES
of the Tribune’s staff
After three hours of heated discussion last night, members of the Citizen Oversight Committee remained resolute that the details of a citizen review process to oversee Columbia police should be left in the hands of the Columbia City Council.
State health plan director says prevention is the antidote
By T.J. GREANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
MO HealthNet, Missouri’s health-care program for the poor and disabled, is just a new name for Medicaid. But because of its greater insistence on preventive medicine, supporters hope it works more like Medicaid 2.0.
Prep school’s leader search spurs interest
By JANESE HEAVIN
of the Tribune’s staff
Columbia Independent School has begun its search for a new top administrator with the goal of hiring someone by the start of next school year.
Five men in Moberly injured in stabbings
Moberly police found five men ages 18 to 22 stabbed and bleeding at about 2 a.m. today when they answered a call on the 300 block of College Avenue in the Randolph County town.
