Afternoon headlines for Oct. 15

With the debate going down tonight, it’s high on many news sources’ radars. Here’s the things that will affect you more directly today…after you’ve chatted about the debate.
School board will invest in locally issued CDs
Mercury possibly in vaccines given to Missouri residents
KCOU seeks new transmitter, funding from MSA
Media analyst sees racism, sexism in political coverage

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Look for Schieffer to call candidates on question-dodging

CBS “Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer told The Washington Post that he will challenge candidates to answer his questions when he moderates tonight’s presidential debate.
After watching the first two debates between the presidential and vice presidential candidates, Schieffer said he would try to make sure that the candidates answer his questions. In the vp [...]

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Final prez debate promises heated discussion and engagement…hopefully

I’m sure watching tonight’s final presidential debate is high on your list of must-see TV. The Missourian will once again be live-blogging the debate at The Watchword. This includes a team of reporters scouring and dissecting the candidates statements and, more importantly, fact-checking their claims and attacks. I was thinking about the usefulness of this [...]

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