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Beyond November
6:40 am
Wed August 1, 2012

Missouri Right to Pray, or wrong to confuse? Voters to decide

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When voters go to the polls on Tuesday they’ll be asked to decide on an amendment to the state constitution. Supporters say the Missouri Right to Pray amendment will protect residents’ right to practice their religion. Those against it say it’s not only redundant, but sneaky.

St. Louis Public Radio’s Julie Bierach reports.

"We need to make sure that people don't have to live in fear..."

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Morning round-up
9:44 am
Tue July 31, 2012

Morning headlines: Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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Good morning. Here are your headlines to start your Tuesday:

Illinois prison workers union: workers subject to coordinated shakedowns

A spokesman for the union representing Illinois prison workers now says staff at nearly all state facilities have been subject to coordinated shakedowns. A July 19 email obtained by the Associated Press seems to confirm those comments, saying a Department of Corrections administrator ordered wardens to at 10 prisons to conduct 'mass shakedowns' of staff as they left work last week. 

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Mo. GOP Senate Primary
6:45 am
Tue July 31, 2012

Three main candidates race to the right in Mo. GOP Senate primary

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The three main candidates in the GOP Senate Primary. From left: John Brunner, Sarah Steelman, Todd Akin
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Former Mo. State Senator and Treasurer Sarah Steelman speaks with voters at the Gravois Township Republican Meeting.
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St. Louis businessman John Brunner makes his case to voters at a campaign stop in North St. Louis.
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U.S. Rep. Todd Akin fields questions at a GOP Meeting in North St. Louis.
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Most of the people gathered outside of Washington University’s Edison Theater before a recent GOP Senate Primary debate already knew who they were voting for.  

But Shelby Hewerdine wasn’t sure yet.

So, she drove in from St. Charles to get a better feel for the character of each candidate.

“I don’t know how else people are going to look at it because they are very similar on the issues, so, we’ll see,” Hewerdine said.  

And during the debate, the three main candidates laid out basically the same policy platform. 

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