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Children line up today to receive clean drinking water on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. Much of the nation’s river delta has been without power and other services for more than a week after a cyclone slammed into the region. A tropical storm is expected to hit the area in the next 24 hours, bringing more heavy rain.
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Caught up in the cyclone
By JANESE HEAVIN
of the Tribune’s staff
A former Douglass High School principal working in Myanmar said conditions are improving slightly after Cyclone Nargis devastated the region. Now, residents are bracing for another tropical storm.
Gas leak forces evacuation near MU
By T.J. GREANEY
of the Tribune’s staff
The top of a gas meter was sheared off during a car crash near University Avenue and Ninth Street yesterday, causing a gas leak that shut down traffic near the University of Missouri campus and forced people to evacuate from two buildings.
Schools look for guidance on tax defeat
By JANESE HEAVIN
of the Tribune’s staff
University of Missouri researchers soon will be asking area residents why they voted for or against Columbia Public Schools’ 54-cent levy proposal last month.
Retrial ordered in homicide
By JOE MEYER
of the Tribune’s staff
A Kansas City, Kan., man will receive a new trial on a charge of second-degree murder in the 2003 shooting death of Charley Blondis because an appeals court yesterday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the suspect had ineffective counsel at his Boone County trial.
Photo ID compromise would delay effects until 2010
By JASON ROSENBAUM
of the Tribune’s staff
JEFFERSON CITY - As debate winds down over a photo identification requirement for voters, the Republican handler of the bill hopes to allay fears the requirement would take effect this year.
Hands-on history
By JANESE HEAVIN
of the Tribune’s staff
Jefferson Junior High School’s media center this week has been converted into a miniature Ellis Island, where eighth-grade students are getting a firsthand glimpse at what immigrants went through when they came to America in 1900.
Immigration bill
heats up House
By ABRAHAM MAHSHIE and JASON ROSENBAUM
of the Tribune’s staff
Illegal immigration was seen as one of the key issues lawmakers would deal with this session. But with time running out, there are serious doubts whether anything will reach Gov. Matt Blunt’s desk.
Flattened tire prank delays school buses
About half the school buses used by Jefferson City Public Schools were temporarily unavailable for school routes yesterday morning after someone flattened one or both front tires on the vehicles.
70-year-old hurt
during kitchen fire
A Columbia man suffered minor injuries yesterday after falling in his home during a kitchen fire, the Columbia Fire Department said.
