By LYNNE TUOHY (CONCORD, N.H., AP) – Police chiefs in New Hampshire wanted more money for their youth training program. A youth hockey team in North Dakota needed more ice… Read more »

By RACHEL ZOLL (NEW YORK, N.Y., AP) – Conventional wisdom holds that no one from the United States could be elected pope, that the superpower has more than enough worldly… Read more »

By CLIFF ADAMS (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – Carolyn A. Hull is set to be the March featured artist at the Old Drum Gallery & Trading Company in downtown Warrensburg. Her… Read more »

By JIM HEINTZ and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV (MOSCOW, AP) – A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its… Read more »

Story by ELLEN BECKER, Managing Editor— Theatregoers filtered into Hendricks Hall Tuesday night as the UCM Performing Arts Series brought veteran Hollywood actor and playwright John Amos to perform his… Read more »

By SAM HANANEL (WASHINGTON, D.C., AP) – President Barack Obama’s call to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour and boost it annually to keep pace with inflation is… Read more »

(PYONGYANG, North Korea, AP) – Defying U.N. warnings, North Korea on Tuesday conducted its third nuclear test in the remote, snowy northeast, taking a crucial step toward its goal of… Read more »

By JULIE PACE (WASHINGTON, D.C., AP) – President Barack Obama will focus his State of the Union address on boosting job creation and economic growth at a time of high… Read more »

By SUSAN HAIGH (HARTFORD, Conn., AP) – A push for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is under way in a half-dozen states where proponents say they see strong support for… Read more »