GRAHAM- A Missouri woman was injured in an accident just after 8:30 a.m. in Friday in Nodaway County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Harley Davidson driven by Douglas Peve, 47, Maryville, was westbound on Route A five miles east of Graham when a deer crossed the road in front of the motorcycle. The motorcycle hit the deer but was able to drive to a nearby residence.
A passenger on the motorcycle Katie R. Peve, 34, Maryville, was transported to Heartland Regional Medical Center. Her husband was not injured.
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama is trying to rally support for a taxpayer-subsidized bank that he says creates jobs.
In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama urges business owners to lobby Congress to renew the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
The bank provides loans, loan guarantees and credit insurance to foreign buyers of U.S. products. But it will cease functioning unless Congress renews its charter before October. Some Republican lawmakers who supported the bank in past years now want to put it out of business.
In the Republican address, party chairman Reince Priebus (ryns PREE’-bus) says there will be less government spending, flexible health care and better education under complete GOP control of Congress. The party needs to pick up six seats in the November election to win back the Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Model aircraft hobbyists, research universities and commercial drone operators and investors have filed lawsuits challenging a government directive that they say imposes tough new limits on the use of model aircraft and broadens a ban on commercial drone flights.
The three lawsuits filed Friday ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to review the validity of the directive, which the Federal Aviation Administration issued in June. The agency said its move is an attempt to clarify what is a model aircraft and the limitations on their operation.
But attorney Brendan Schulman, who represents the groups, said the FAA directive is a backdoor imposition of new regulations, skipping the required federal rulemaking process. Those procedures require an opportunity for public comment and an analysis of potential costs.
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THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT MONDAY.
* HEAT INDEX VALUES: AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND MONDAY
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S. ALTHOUGH THE
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* IMPACTS: THOSE EXPOSED TO THE DANGEROUS HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City on Friday announced it will award more than $345,000 for outreach, education and enrollment efforts for the next health insurance marketplace open enrollment period, which begins Nov. 15.
Five organizations will use the funding to provide enrollment counselors, increase collaboration and recruit additional enrollment partners in the Kansas City area. The funding also will support health insurance literacy efforts.
Grantees, funding amounts and their programs are:
Enroll Wyandotte, $99,900
Focuses on performing community marketplace outreach, engaging faith communities, training nonprofit staff/volunteers, and building health insurance literacy.
Cover Missouri, $30,000
Regularly convenes Missouri-based application counselors and navigators for shared learning, creates materials for distribution, and builds awareness through social and earned media.
Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, $48,620
Partners with federally qualified health centers and other safety net clinics in Kansas to provide training and technology for in-person enrollment assistance.
Mid-America Regional Council, $60,500
Convenes marketplace stakeholders throughout the KC-area for regular updates and planning.
United Way of Greater Kansas City, $106,025
Operates the 2-1-1 comprehensive information and referral line and connects consumers with available services. United Way communications will be used to promote awareness of the marketplace
During the first enrollment period that ended in March 2014, 152,335 Missourians and 57,013 Kansans signed up for health insurance through the marketplace.
“Uninsurance is associated with many negative health outcomes, including forgoing or delaying necessary medical care,” said Dr. Bridget McCandless, president and chief executive of the foundation. “Encouraging enrollment in available health insurance options holds the promise of leveraging federal subsidies to achieve affordable coverage for HCF’s target population.”
United Way 2-1-1 and coverkc.org will serve as the central information hub for Kansas Citians looking for information and resources regarding the health insurance marketplace.
“We learned this past year that the enrollment infrastructure in Kansas City was not adequate to handle the high volume of in-person enrollment requests that occurred during the final weeks of the first open enrollment period,” said Jessica Hembree, the foundation’s program and policy officer. “Focus groups with area enrollment counselors also demonstrated that collaboration and learning between outreach and enrollment stakeholders will be crucial to increased efficacy in the coming enrollment period.”
NEWY YORK (AP) — U.S. authorities are intensifying their efforts to identify and neutralize Islamic State sympathizers they believe could pose a terror threat on American soil.
That concern was demonstrated this month with the arrest of Donald Ray Morgan when he returned from Lebanon at New York’s Kennedy Airport.
The FBI had been monitoring tweets by the North Carolina man praising extremists fighting in Syria and Iraq. An FBI agent testified at a court hearing that Morgan denied trying to join the group and or knowing if any of the fighters had left the region and returned to the U.S.
Federal and NYPD officials have estimated that at least 100 Americans could be fighting with the Sunni extremists.
Imitation dairy products may account for nearly 70 percent of the items a shopper finds in the dairy case today. That’s according to the latest data from the dairy industry.
A trip down the grocery aisle will quickly reveal the often-copied dairy products. There are products that mimic butter, cream, whipped cream, sour cream, ice cream and yogurt. Imitation milk is not a new item and neither are the knock-offs for real cheese, including Colby, Cheddar, Mozzarella, Swiss and even American pasteurized, processed cheese.
John Schlageck writes for the Kansas Farm Bureau.
These so-called dairy products are made from soybeans to rice to hemp and many do not contain milk. Still the average shopper would find it almost impossible to know that from the labels these products use.
Federal law requires milk, yogurt, ice cream, sour cream and cheese be made with milk from cows. An increasing number are made from products including soybeans, nuts and plants.
These imitators are packaged like real dairy products and the words “milk” or “dairy” often appear in their names. They pretend to be natural dairy products, but they’re not.
Before you “get your bowels in an uproar,” I’m not suggesting such products shouldn’t be sold. Today’s consumers choose food for many reasons – allergies, ethics, personal preference, religion, etc.
Another major reason imitation dairy products thrive in today’s grocery stores is the lower price. Budget-conscious consumers literally eat this up.
Food product names should be informative, not deceptive. When shoppers opt for a non-dairy alternative, many do so thinking it has the same nutrient value as real milk.
Let’s call a spade a spade, putting a white fluid into a similar package as milk, with pictures showing uses for it just like milk and phrases on the carton like, the perfect alternative for milk confuses shoppers and tends to lead them to believe these imitation products are the real deal and they’re not. And while we’re at it, let’s move these imitation items out of the dairy case as well.
These products can be sold but should be renamed so consumers better understand the differences between these imitations and real dairy products. The term milk, cheese, yogurt or ice cream should be used for foods that come from cows.
Consumers interested in eating real foods should remember three categories of food where imitations crop up consistently: dairy foods, juices and processed meats. Always check the label for the word imitation.
Check the first ingredient listed on the label. This ingredient usually constitutes the greatest amount of the food item. An example, the first ingredient of real cheese is milk.
Another thing to look for is the REAL® Seal on the package of the food product you buy. You can be confident you are purchasing a genuine dairy product that starts with milk from cows on U.S. dairy farms. The REAL® Seal guarantees the product was produced in this country, meets strict federal standards for milk and dairy products and contains no casein, vegetable oil, non-domestic dairy protein or ingredient or any cheese substitute.
Remember, every time you pay for a food item you plop down real money. Make sure you know what you’re buying.
John Schlageck, a Hoxie native, is a leading commentator on agriculture and rural Kansas.
SARA BURNETT, Associated Press
JIM SALTER, Associated Press
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson’s streets were peaceful for a third night as tensions between police and protesters continued to subside after nights of violence and unrest erupted when a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old.
A small stream of protesters marched in the St. Louis suburb as night fell Friday. But instead of confrontations with police, several stopped to talk one-on-one with officers about the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown and tactics used by authorities during previous demonstrations.
While many residents are hopeful that tensions were waning, some say they fear the community’s anger could explode anew if the grand jury now considering the case doesn’t return a charge against the officer, Darren Wilson.
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) – The top-ranking official in the Missouri House said he plans to appoint a bipartisan committee to look into the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown and the governor’s response to it.
House Speaker Tim Jones said Friday that he believes Gov. Jay Nixon has mismanaged the protests and violence in Ferguson following the Aug. 9 shooting.
Jones is a Republican and Nixon is a Democrat, but the House speaker said the special committee will have a bipartisan balance. Jones says he will appoint the panel in the coming weeks, as tensions diminish in the St. Louis suburb.
Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey said he is also interested in creating a special committee but doesn’t believe he can do so until lawmakers return for their regular session in January.
