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The Maneater

Capitol Wrap-Up: Week of April 8

Bell Johnson April 12, 2013

#### Gov. Nixon calls for a state of emergency after severe storms Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency throughout Missouri after storms caused damage in the St. Louis region and power outages...

Columbia City Council likely to rescind original Providence Road plans

Columbia City Council likely to rescind original Providence Road plans

Beatriz Costa-Lima April 12, 2013

City Council members attended a work session Tuesday to discuss options for the Providence Road Improvement Project. From that work session, it seems most council members, with the exception of First Ward...

Anti-drone bill won't impact journalism program

Anti-drone bill won’t impact journalism program

Matthew Flores April 12, 2013

The Missouri House of Representatives passed a measure last week that could have impacted one particular MU School of Journalism class. House Bill 46, sponsored by Rep. Casey Guernsey, R-Bethany, would...

Congress thwarts five-day postal service plan

Congress thwarts five-day postal service plan

Claire Boston April 12, 2013

Saturday mail service will continue after a congressional budget resolution blocked the U.S. Postal Service's call to switch to a five-day delivery week. In February, the Postal Service, which lost $15.9...

Boone County Sheriff's Department investigates increase in burglaries

Boone County Sheriff’s Department investigates increase in burglaries

Lakshna Mehta April 12, 2013

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a series of burglaries that took place during a three-week period from March 12 to April 2. The burglaries took place in the Lake of the Woods...

Greek Week benefits new organizations

Greek Week benefits new organizations

Desiree Seals April 12, 2013

The theme of this year's Greek Week, "One Mission, One Community, One Greek Week," demonstrates the event's goal of unity within Greek life. Greek Week includes a wide variety of events to raise money...

Third annual Art After Dark provides outlet for student artists

Third annual Art After Dark provides outlet for student artists

Mary Ryan April 12, 2013

The Museum Advisory Council of Students hosted its third annual Art After Dark event in Pickard Hall on Thursday night. The council, a volunteer organization that promotes the educational mission of the...

CPD accepting applications for Citizens’ Police Academy

Mara Somlo April 12, 2013

Members of the public will be able to do some police work of their own this summer. The Columbia Police Department is now accepting applications for its Citizens’ Police Academy, which will teach its...

Highway Patrol releases traffic safety video for teens

Lauren Reagan April 12, 2013

The Missouri State Highway Patrol announced a new traffic safety video designed to inform viewers of the dangers of drinking and driving, failing to wear seatbelts, distractions, texting and speeding....

Pop track: Facebook Home for the Facebook-obsessed

Joyce Peng April 11, 2013

When Mark Zuckerberg [announced](http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-facebook-home-android-20130404,0,781816.story) the new Facebook Home last Thursday, I was like, "Facebook, seriously?...

Couch Potato: Saying farewell to ‘The Office’

Jack Howland April 11, 2013

Saying goodbye to “The Office” won't be easy for me. I was in seventh grade when I first tuned into NBC’s documentary-style cringe-fest. At the time I started watching, I was fascinated by flip...

Ciao for now: Locking down your LDR

Mollie Barnes April 11, 2013

_Italian word of the week: love – l’amore_ Romeo and Juliet couldn’t survive being apart from each other for two days. I don’t think they would have survived the Long Distance Relationship while...