MISSOURIANA

Missourians will soon be hearing a new tourism slogan: "Where the Rivers Run." Officials have decided tourists just got sleepy hearing "Wake Up to Missouri."

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There are so many prefiled bills for next year's General Assembly that lawmakers could skip the 1998 session and no one would notice.

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Gov. Mel Carnahan made a trip to the Middle East to tout made-in-Missouri weapons. How hard can it be to sell arms to Iraq?

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The civic plight of St. Louis is so desperate that city officials are reportedly considering an advertising campaign to attract illegal immigrants.