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Morning round-up
9:30 am
Fri April 1, 2011

Morning headlines: Friday, April 1, 2011

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August A. Busch IV in 2008.
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Martin Family Files Suit Against August Busch IV

A wrongful-death lawsuit filed against former Anheuser-Busch CEO August Busch IV over the drug overdose death of his girlfriend has set off a squabble within her family. The lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Busch of carelessness and negligence in the December death of 27-year-old Adrienne Martin at Busch's estate. It seeks unspecified damages for her 8-year-old son.

An autopsy identified an accidental oxycodone overdose as Martin's cause of death, though it showed she also had cocaine in her system.

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Election 2012
12:44 pm
Thu February 3, 2011

Emerson considering U.S. Senate run in 2012

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Republican Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson says she is considering a run for U.S. Senate in 2012. (Office of Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson)
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Reporting from KRCU's Jacob McCleland was used for this report.

Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson says that she is considering a run for the U.S. Senate in 2012.

Emerson has been a member of Congress since 1996. Her rural district encompasses all of Southeast Missouri and includes the towns of Cape Girardeau, West Plains, Farmington, and Rolla.

Emerson says that she is not going to rush into a decision.

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