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• Judge to rule on competence of mom in poisoning case (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  Amber Brewington, the Tennessee mother accused of trying to poison her infant at Children's Hospital, faces a hearing tomorrow to determine whether she is mentally fit to stand trial
  
  
• Wreck expels argon gas (Columbia Daily Herald)
  A tanker truck that overturned on Interstate 65 near Columbia leaked a cloud of potentially suffocating gas, injured two people and shut down northbound traffic for at least half an hour Tuesday.
  
  
• Flights to Memphis too expensive? (KRCG Jefferson City)
  By Ladd Egan Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 5:52 p.m. Is a new airline pricing itself out of the heart of Missouri? Over the past decade, nearly a half-dozen airlines have pulled service from Columbia Regional Airport, most saying the route wasn’t profitable despite federal subsidies.
  
  
• Home Depot plans warehouse in central S.C. (The Times and Democrat)
  COLUMBIA, S.C. - Home Depot plans to add a big depot in central South Carolina that will employ up to 300 workers.
  
  
• Talking Shop: Historic Columbia shop reopens (The State)
  Art, replicas and fancies of the 19th century can all be found at the Historic Columbia Foundation’s Museum Shop . Sure, it is off the typical and beaten path of retail apparel, accessories and electronics but finds at this store affect the consciousness. On Saturday, the near 40-year-old shop — which sells collectibles, private-label jellies and jams, face jugs, goat’s milk soap and lotion and ...
  
  
• Home Depot plans warehouse in central SC (WBTV Charlotte)
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Home Depot plans to add a big depot in central South Carolina that will employ up to 300 workers. Company and Lexington County officials said Tuesday the home building supplier will build a $25 million regional warehouse near Dixiana.
  
  
• Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports (Journal Inquirer)
  More than 30 percent of adults in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee are considered obese. In part, experts blame Southern eating habits, poverty and demographic groups that have higher obesity rates.
  
  
• Johnson steps down as Hazelwood East coach (North County Journal)
  Mike Jones is best known for making "The Tackle" of receiver Kevin Dyson that iced the St. Louis Rams' 23-16 win over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV in 2002.
  
  
• Mo firefighters sent to help with hurricane (KRCG Jefferson City)
  By Matt Grant Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 10:31 p.m. COLUMBIA -- Some of Missouri's most highly-trained firefighters are in southern Texas to help out with Hurricane Dolly.
  
  
• Dems pressured on guns (The Hill)
  The National Rifle Association is putting the election-year squeeze on conservative Democrats, demanding that they buck their leadership to support a bill to erase more of the District of Columbia’s gun laws.
  
  

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