By ARON HELLER and DEB RIECHMANN (WASHINGTON, AP) — In a speech that stirred political controversy in two countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress on Tuesday that negotiations underway… Read more »
Category: Features
Obama to focus on civil rights struggles past and present
By NEDRA PICKLER (WASHINGTON, AP) — For President Barack Obama, it’s a week to invoke America’s civil rights struggles from past to present. The nation’s first black president plans a… Read more »

Yogurt shop hosts grand opening celebration
By JOSEPH STANTON (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — The owners of a new frozen yogurt store plan to celebrate with a grand opening Saturday in the strip center across from Wal-Mart… Read more »
Missouri museum to expand after receiving large donations
(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Institute of Natural Science will be able to double its size after receiving an anonymous local donation. The Springfield News-Leader (http://sgfnow.co/1vCcqRF) reports that the… Read more »
Regulators move toward tougher rules for Internet providers
By ANNE FLAHERTY (WASHINGTON, AP) — Internet service providers like Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile would have to act in the “public interest” when providing a mobile connection to… Read more »
Justices weigh case of Muslim denied job over headscarf
By MARK SHERMAN (WASHINGTON, AP) — The Supreme Court is considering the employment discrimination claim of a Muslim woman who was turned down for a job by clothing retailer Abercrombie… Read more »
Without hate crime, US limited in prosecuting Zimmerman
By CURT ANDERSEN (MIAMI, AP) — The Justice Department’s decision to not prosecute a civilian neighborhood watch volunteer for a hate crime in the shooting death of an unarmed black… Read more »
Page revels in new Led Zeppelin remasters
By GREGORY KATZ (LONDON, AP) — Jimmy Page started the project because he couldn’t believe how bad Led Zeppelin sounded. The legacy of the band he’d devoted much of his… Read more »
‘Birdman’ takes flight at an Oscars punctuated by politics
By JAKE COYLE (LOS ANGELES, AP) — The long take of “Birdman” has stretched all the way to the Academy Awards, where the jazzy, surreal comedy about an actor fleeing… Read more »
Francis Smith to capture American cities named Columbia
By CHRISTOPHER AIKEN The Columbian Missourian (COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — From wild berry picking in Columbia Falls, Maine, to the state ferry called M/V Columbia in Alaska, one photographer has… Read more »