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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. 鈥?The Republican leader of the Missouri Senate said Thursday that she would like to expel a conservative senator who has been blocking work in the chamber, escalating a GOP rift that has thwarted work on the party s priorities.The Missouri Senate has been in session for four weeks but has yet to debate any legislation on the floor, as conservative Republicans in a newly formed Freedom Caucus have used procedural tactics to slow routine work. The Freedom Caucus is trying to force more rapid consideration of a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it harder to pass citizen-led ballot in
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SAN DIEGO KGTV -- A worldwide effort that began right here in San Diego to help kids with rare diseases is also reaching out with Positively San Diego hugs, in the form of
stanley tumbler unique teddy bears. We are part of the Rare Bear Army, which makes the bears for the children with the rare diseases, said Tonita Waters, who helped develop the Rare Bear Program.Michiko Rice, one of the thousands of talented sewers who help create the bears by hand, added, Some people made the outside skins, and r
stanley becher ight now, I m embroidering all the noses and the eyes to finish it up. Waters and Rice are proud members of the Rare Bear Army, and you might think of Waters as one of the top generals, as her daughter, Dr. Christina Waters, is the founder of Rare Science, a nonprofit research organization dedicated to speeding up thera
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