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The rental history of a duplex at 802 Wilkes Blvd. has prompted Columbia officials to consider including “arrests” as a nuisance covered by a property ordinance. Read the Article

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City mulls parkland hot spots
By SARA SEMELKA of the Tribune’s staff
s cell phones with Internet capability and laptop computers become more prevalent, the Columbia City Council is considering providing wireless hot spots in two city parks. 

Nuisances put focus on arrests
By SARA SEMELKA of the Tribune’s staff
Problems at a central Columbia rental home have prompted city leaders to take a hard look at what they can do about properties that are home to people accused of crimes elsewhere in the city.

Option emerges for throat patients
By T.J. GREANEY of the Tribune’s staff
In the last 15 years, rising levels of acid reflux disease in the United States have caused a corresponding rise in cancer. Instances of esophageal cancer have approximately doubled in that time.

Gun market moves with political shift
By JOE MEYER of the Tribune’s staff
Politics was a hot topic around the R.K. Shows Gun and Knife Show as gun dealers and customers expressed anxiety yesterday about the upcoming policies of President-elect Barack Obama and a Democratic majority in Congress.

MU, Stephens host AIDS Day activities
Several events tomorrow at the University of Missouri and Stephens College will commemorate the 20th annual World AIDS Day, an internationally organized observance of the fight against the virus.

Sex offender accused of exploiting a minor
A Columbia man with a felony conviction of sexual abuse of a minor was arrested Friday after allegedly taking pictures on a cell phone of sexual acts he had with a 16-year-old girl.

BORDER MELTDOWN
The MU football team — with a berth in the Big 12 title game already locked up — starts slow and is done in late by a do-ordie touchdown pass in the Border Showdown in Kansas City.

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