Interesting news and features published in our print edition and e-edition Monday, May 13:

On page 3: A story with photo about the Daughters of 1812 chapter honoring long-time organization member Darlene Brownfield Peters.

On page 4: A letter to the editor from Billy Thiel offering counterarguments against anti-ethanol information. Also columns by local ag writer Marcia Gorrell lauding the accomplishments of are FFA students and syndicated columnist Morton Kondracke asserting that President Bush's visit to Israel could help prevent war with Iran.

On page 5: Two Associated Press stories, one about how scientists in Puxico, Mo., are trying to protect migratory snakes in the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge and another about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernenke's assessment that the credit crisis is showing signs of easing.

On page 6: An Associated Press story about Tiger Woods' progress rehabbing his knee after surgery.

On page 8: A story about Fitzgibbon Hospital honoring nurses during National Nurses Week, and a photo of Marshall Mayor Connie Latimer signing a proclamation designating May 11 - 17 as Hospital Week. An AP story describing alternatives to Lasik eye surgery and an AP story about the potential for discrimination based on genetic test results. In the Nutrition Wise column, American Institute of Cancer Research columnist Karen Collins answers questions about dairy and vitamin D, about diverticulitis and about whether steel-cut oatmeal is healthier.

On page 10: Marcia Gorrell's story about the Marshall FFA awards banquet and University of Missouri Extension Agronomy Specialist Wayne Crook's column discussing problems recent cool, wet weather may have as farmers apply herbicide to corn fields.

On page 11: Marcia Gorrell's story about the Malta Bend FFA awards banquet.

On page 12: "End Rows," the weekly information column from the Farm Service Agency in Marshall. A story about rain coming just in time to save the Texas cotton crop. And a feature about an Oklahoma mining town that is dying because of pollution -- and was just hit by a tornado in recent days.

On page 13: An AP story about school districts in California that are beginning to experience sanctions for failing to live up to the standards mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind education law.

On page 16: An AP story about weather forecasts that predict more severe storms for areas of Missouri and Arkansas that were hit hard last weekend by tornadoes.

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