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Spirit riders After a summer working with wild mustangs, four girls from Columbia's Granny’s House were ready to return to Texas and show their progress at a national competition. The girls also were preparing to say goodbye to the horses, which they hoped would be adopted into permanent homes after the event. •  Read the article •  See the Slide Show

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Missouri lawmakers divided over failed bill
By TERRY GANEY of the Tribune’s staff
Many people were angry about the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout, and they let Congress know about it.

Suspect’s statements targeted
By JOE MEYER of the Tribune’s staff
Michael Dowell lied to investigators about having never met homicide victim Stephanie Hogland after DNA evidence led detectives to him 15 years after her death, a prosecutor said today as a Boone County jury began hearing evidence in a death penalty case from Lincoln County.

Return to traditional math raises questions
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
Columbia Public Schools administrators plan to adopt a traditional approach to teaching elementary math next year, but details of that transition have yet to be hashed out.

Neo-Nazis bail out on Columbia
By T.J. GREANEY of the Tribune’s staff
Neo-Nazis will not march in Columbia this year, choosing the state capital instead.

City seeks comment on fire station bronze
A bronze relief sculpture mounted on a masonry wall that would stand outside Fire Station No. 7 on Green Meadows Road is the most recent project proposal for the city’s Percent for Art program.

•	BOCOMO BUZZ BLOG: New public art proposal

University to sponsor health-care jobs fair
The University of Missouri School of Health Professions expects a big turnout Thursday for its annual job fair because of a shortfall of qualified health-care workers in various fields.

Four children hurt in two-car collision
Four children were injured yesterday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision in central Columbia, police said.

Two drivers hurt in morning collision
Two Columbia residents were injured yesterday morning in a two-vehicle collision in south Columbia.