Liberty County woman killed by dog she had adopted

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A 63-year-old woman was found dead in her Liberty County home with dog bite wounds covering nearly every inch of her body - and a hunt mounted for the large black-and-white stray whom she'd adopted and is believed responsible for the attack.

The aggressive dog, described as a "Labrador retriever" mix, twice charged at investigators who were trying to rescue the woman, Linda Oliver, officials said. A deputy was only able to stop the animal by repeatedly firing his weapon and eventually wounding it before it escaped under a fence into the surrounding Woodland Hills subdivision near Dayton.

The stray had appeared hungry when it wandered onto their property about two weeks ago, Oliver's husband, Leland Oliver, told police. The couple started feeding it.

But then Monday morning, authorities say the stray attacked the couple's other small brown "wiener" dog. When Linda Oliver tried to rescue it, the stray turned on her.

"She was pretty ripped up, but managed to somehow crawl from the yard into the house to telephone her husband that she'd been bitten," said Liberty County Sheriff's Office Capt. Ken DeFoor. "He said she sounded real weak and then the phone went dead."

When investigators arrived, they found the stray in the front yard with blood on its body. The dog charged at them, refusing to let anyone enter, until a deputy fired his weapon at the dog.

Charged a second time

The dog then backed off and ran to the far side of the yard as the deputy and a medical worker approached the front door. The dog then came charging back a second time. The officer fired again, believing the dog was hit at least twice, before it escaped under the fence.

Linda Oliver was found on the living room floor.

Nervous residents in the subdivision have reported several sightings of the bloody dog roaming in the area. However, the animal had not been found as of Monday night.

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Allscripts to Manage Liberty Hospital Information Technology Services

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LIBERTY, Mo., July 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Hospital, the largest hospital on the I-35 corridor between Liberty, MO and the Iowa Border, is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement with Allscripts to manage its information technology (IT) services.

Currently, Liberty Hospital has a combined staff of 30 employees managing the computer information systems (CIS) and IT programs at the hospital, clinics and affiliates. With the new agreement, these employees will transfer to the Allscripts staff and be managed by Kelly Dungee, Liberty Hospital Interim Chief Information Officer.

"Liberty Hospital currently uses Allscripts for our electronic health records and physician order entry. This expanded relationship will allow the hospital to focus on providing top patient care while Allscripts provides the expertise on the Information Technology side to improve clinical, financial and operational outcomes," said David Feess, President and CEO of Liberty Hospital.

"Allscripts is a global company that has deep IT expertise," continued Feess. "By combining our team with theirs, we will be able to put long-term strategies and systems in place that will last far into our future."

Within the next 12 to 18 months, Liberty Hospital has several significant information strategies that must be implemented; these include the federal government's Meaningful Use Program, ICD-10 Coding Update and Health Information Exchanges.

Allscripts(NASDAQ:MDRX) delivers the insights that healthcare providers require to generate world-class outcomes. The company's Electronic Health Record, practice management and other clinical, revenue cycle, connectivity and information solutions create aConnected Community of Health for physicians, hospitals and post-acute organizations. To learn more about Allscripts, please visitwww.allscripts.com, Twitter, YouTube and It Takes a Community: the Allscripts Blog.

The mission of Liberty Hospital is to work in partnership with our community to improve the health and well being of those we serve. Founded in 1974, Liberty Hospital is a public hospital and is a political subdivision district hospital under Chapter 206 of the Revised Statues of Missouri. It is governed by a six-member, publicly elected board of trustees who serve six-year terms. More than 1,500 employees and 300 physicians deliver compassionate, high-quality care using the latest technology and a full range of services. For more information, visit http://www.libertyhospital.org or call 816-781-7200.

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George Ajjan on Ron Paul, the libertarian movement in europe and the party of reason (PDV). – Video

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Racing: Burkes believe race may have come too soon for Libertarian

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THAT'S MY BHOY: Kevin Manning and Trading Leather come home to win the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at The Curragh on Saturday. Picture: Getty Images

The colt was having his fifth run in less then three months when trailing in eighth of nine behind Trading Leather in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby.

Since making a winning debut at Pontefract in early April, the son of New Approach had shown himself to be a classy performer, winning the Dante Stakes at York before staying on strongly to take second place at Epsom four weeks ago.

"He's fine after the run. No ill-effects whatsoever. He's eaten up and is sound," said trainer Elaine Burke's husband and assistant, Karl.

"It was just one race too many too quickly, he's had five runs in three months for a big, raw horse. It just came too soon after his exertions in the Dante and the Derby.

"It was disappointing for everybody involved, but I'm sure the horse will come back and redeem himself after he's had a bit of a break."

Burke is confident Libertarian will bounce back for his new owners Godolphin.

"He's heading back to Spigot Lodge. He will be let down and have an easy week and then he'll probably be shipped down to Newmarket some time in the near future," he said.

"He's a very good horse and we hope he does really well for his new connections. We wish them well.

"I'm sure he'll turn that form round. He has beaten the Irish Derby winner [Trading Leather] in the Dante and he's beaten the second [Galileo Rock] in the Derby.

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Sarah Palin’s ‘Libertarian Streak’ Doesn’t Impress Libertarian Party

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during the 2013 NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center on May 3, 2013, in Houston, Texas.

Former vice presidential candidate and Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska,openly mulledleaving the Republican Party in a Saturday interview on Fox News, citing her "libertarian streak." The Libertarian Party, frequently a refuge for renegade Republicans, isn't sure that she would be a good fit and the Reform Party, too, says it has "zero interest" in Palin.

"[W]hile a few of Sarah Palin's views are aligned with those of the Libertarian Party, her pro-interventionist foreign policy, her support of the 2008 Republican-led bailouts, her loyal support of Big Government Republicans, her social conservative agenda and her lack of concrete backing for any serious downsizing of Big Government runs afoul of the Libertarian Party's goals and most Libertarians' views," the Libertarian Party's executive director, Carla Howell, told U.S. News.

Palin could conceivably find a home in the Constitution or Reform parties - but the Reform Party, which had its heyday in the 1990s, is entirely uninterested.

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"The Reform Party would probably have zero interest in Sarah Palin," Reform Party Chairman David Collison told U.S. News. "The primary reason is that we are not really as closely aligned with the tea party as people would think."

Collison said his party aspires to be viewed as centrist, and embraces activists affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement. "Palin would basically torpedo that," he said.

U.S. News was unable to reach a representative of the Constitution Party - a generally right-leaning party that in 2012 nominated former Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, a Democratic-turned-Republican congressman, as its presidential candidate.

Over the weekend, Palin responded to a question about whether she would consider starting a new "Freedom Party" with radio host Mark Levin.

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