Bob McDavid brings hospital leadership experience to mayoral race (Columbia Missourian)

COLUMBIA — He’s been a marathon runner, the author of a novel, a weekend golfer and a high school basketball player. He’s also a trustee, doctor, husband, father and grandfather. Now Bob McDavid wants to add mayor of Columbia to the list. “He just throws himself into things he’s passionate about,” McDavid’s daughter, Kim Schmidt, said. McDavid practiced obstetrics and gynecology in Columbia for …

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-24 20:21 FACTBOX-U.S. House OKs small business, construction aid (Interactive Investor)

March 24 (Reuters) – A package of small-business incentives and construction subsidies passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday as Democrats returned to job-creation efforts after their bruising healthcare battle. Following is a summary of the $19.3 billion bill, one of several Democrats hope to pass to bring down the 9.7 percent unemployment rate:

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