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Steamboat Willie is the first version of Mickey Mouse

Free (Steamboat) Willie: How Walt Disney’s Original Mouse Could be Entering the Public Domain

Steamboat Willie, the original version of Mickey Mouse, could enter the public domain in 2024.

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Prison cells

Former Inmates Are Often Locked Out of the Job Market

Lansing Correctional Facility will soon launch a new Career Campus designed to teach inmates skills to fill in-demand jobs.

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Broadband fiber

Gigabit Internet is Coming to Rural Missouri and Kansas

Hundreds of thousands of Missourians and Kansans could be getting gigabit internet speeds in coming years thanks to the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.

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Dads Against Crime

A community activist has formed Dads Against Crime to lend support to fathers of murder victims.

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Food Prices Jump, Even As More Go Hungry

Food price are rising at rates not seen in nearly a decade, even more go hungry.

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