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Jill Youse, left, and Carolyn Pridemore pack frozen breast milk into boxes with dry ice as they prepare a shipment to Africa.   Read the Article

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Expressed delivery
By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff
Jill Youse’s breast milk project is taking off.

Testimony shifts focus to Johnson
By SARA AGNEW of the Tribune’s staff
As a child, Beverly Johnson was jealous of the breaks her grandma gave her little brother. It didn’t seem fair that Ernest Lee got away with things for which she and her older brother, Bobby Lee, would be scolded.

Subsidies aren’t certain, but lab confident
By JACOB LUECKE of the Tribune’s staff
A creative blend of tax breaks and other incentives will help Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories Inc. recoup more than half its cost of expanding across town on land owned by the University of Missouri.

Next step in ‘visioning’ process still up in the air
By MATTHEW LeBLANC of the Tribune’s staff
It’s official - Columbia now has a vision for its vision.

Trash truck briefly traps worker’s foot
By GREG MILLER of the Tribune’s staff
A Columbia Public Works Department garbage truck rumbling down the street doesn’t always turn heads. But Barry Cameron said an impromptu stop yesterday by a refuse-collection team made him and his crew quit remodeling a Rollins Road kitchen and rush outdoors.

Remembered in bronze
By JOSH FLORY of the Tribune’s staff
JEFFERSON CITY - Move over, Jack Buck. Make room, Walt Disney. There’s an attorney general on the way.

Graduate returns for humanitarian honors from MU
By TERRY GANEY of the Tribune’s staff
In bringing humanitarian relief to the world’s disaster victims, Michelle Lipner has contended with everything from bureaucratic red tape to the prospects of guerrilla violence.

Wal-Mart honors teacher at Midway
Lora Lee Hensel, a fourth-grade teacher at Midway Heights Elementary in Midway, was named Teacher of the Year by the Stadium Boulevard Wal-Mart.

Reception to honor Ridgeway educators
A reception for retiring Ridgeway Elementary Principal Susan Fales and longtime educators Mary Clerc, Anne Seymour and Tony Naylor is scheduled from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Ridgeway gymnasium.

Air gun in car lands student in hot water
A 16-year-old was taken into custody this morning after he brought a plastic airgun to Hallsville High School.

Police arrest suspects in Escalade carjacking
Columbia police yesterday arrested two men suspected in the carjacking of an SUV last week at a local car wash. But so far they have not found the stolen vehicle.