By MARK MORRIS The Kansas City Star (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Rev. Ernie Davis didn’t imagine he would revive a lapsed parish tradition when he handed an old… Read more »
Category: Features
‘Gone Girl’s’ The Bar opens in Cape Girardeau
(CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., AP) — A restaurant has opened in a Cape Girardeau building that was featured in the movie “Gone Girl.” The Bar is a former catering business that… Read more »
Missouri volunteers shuttle veterans to hospitals
By KATHERINE KNOTT Columbia Missourian (COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Just before dawn on a chilly Wednesday morning, Gary Powell climbs into a large white passenger van and turns on the… Read more »
NORAD tracks when Santa Claus is comin’ to town
By DAN ELLIOTT (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., AP) — Volunteers at the North American Aerospace Defense Command are getting ready to monitor Santa Claus as he makes his storybook Christmas Eve… Read more »
30 years later, Cabbage Patch Kids still have fans
By KATE BRUMBACK (CLEVELAND, Ga., AP) — Standing in a loose circle with one hand raised, a group of about five dozen adults recited an oath to be the best… Read more »
As Air Force fixes nuke flaws, future debated
By ROBERT BURNS (WASHINGTON, AP) — Faced with one of its biggest challenges in years — repairing a troubled nuclear missile corps — the Air Force has taken an important… Read more »

Quilt exhibit shares environmental stories
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) — A new quilt exhibit focusing on environmental awareness is coming to the University of Central Missouri Gallery of Art and Design. An opening reception for the exhibit, “Earth Stories,”… Read more »
$10 million in stolen Los Angeles art recovered
(LOS ANGELES, AP) — Authorities have recovered $10 million worth of art — including paintings by Chagall and Diego Rivera — that were stolen in one of Los Angeles’ largest… Read more »
NYC premiere of Rogen film canceled as threats fly
By BERNARD CONDON (NEW YORK, AP) — Threats of violence against movie theaters. The New York premiere of “The Interview” canceled. Leaks of thousands more private emails. Lawsuits by former… Read more »
Sony threatens to sue for publishing stolen emails
By JACK GILLUM (WASHINGTON, AP) — A lawyer representing Sony Pictures Entertainment is warning news organizations not to publish details of company files leaked by hackers in one of the… Read more »