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Isaiah Taylor, left, and William Wallace carry a sign as protesters walk around a woman carrying a counter message during a peace march from Peace Park at the University of Missouri-Columbia to the military recruiting office on Broadway. The counter protester declined to identify herself.   Read the Article

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Estate tax issue draws local input
By JASON ROSENBAUM of the Tribune’s staff
Although the U.S. Senate is unlikely to abolish the estate tax this week, there is emerging interest in a compromise measure that would exempt from taxation a large chunk of an estate’s value. 

March for peace stirs the pot
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
Tempers were as hot as temperatures yesterday afternoon as four area women gathered at the Armed Forces Recruiting station on Broadway to oppose a teen-organized war protest.

MU ‘prepared me well’ for job
By TERRY GANEY of the Tribune’s staff
When Dale Klein told his father about his desire to go to the University of Missouri-Columbia, his dad was unsure.

Lacking opponent, Baker to boost her agenda
By JASON ROSENBAUM of the Tribune’s staff
Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, has the collective legislative experience, the message and thousands of campaign dollars in the bank to defend her seat in the General Assembly. The only thing she’s missing is an opponent.

Jeff City likes rival flight plan
By MATTHEW LeBLANC of the Tribune’s staff
Despite the endorsement of the Columbia City Council for a competing plan, officials in Jefferson City are standing by a decision to endorse a Tennessee-based airline’s proposal to offer federally subsidized flights to St. Louis from Columbia Regional Airport.

Treatment plant is set at Midway
By JACOB LUECKE of the Tribune’s staff
A planned sewage treatment plant near Midway signals more residential growth in the area west of Columbia.