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Now that St. Charles County has amended its pseudoephedrine prescription law a local narcotics investigator who’s spearheading anti-meth legislation will be setting his sights on other counties, including Franklin County.

Both of the Democratic candidates seeking Missouri House seats this year in the local area face uphill battles when it comes to their campaigns’ war chests, according to finance reports filed with the state’s ethics commission.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Whichever Democrat wins Tuesday's recall primary in Wisconsin will have only a short four weeks to make the closing argument that Republican Gov. Scott Walker should be booted from office after 16 contentious months on the job.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The elections that drove Nicholas Sarkozy out of power in France and left Greece scrambling to build a coalition government pose a financial threat to the United States that could undermine President Barack Obama's efforts to cast himself as the agent of a U.S. economic revival.

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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — With Ron Paul forces at the reins, the Maine Republican Convention elected nearly all of the slate supporting the Texas congressman at the GOP national convention during a chaotic, two-day state convention that ended Sunday.

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri senator who is a family physician succeeded Thursday in scuttling legislation that would have authorized a government database to track people's prescription drug purchases.

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ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Newt Gingrich can now call himself a former presidential candidate.