(LABADIE, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Public Service Commission has given the go-ahead for a coal ash landfill near the eastern Missouri town of Labadie, despite strong opposition from environmental… Read more »
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Arthur approaches N.Carolina; vacationers head out
By EMERY P. DALESIO (RODANTHE, N.C., AP) — Arthur strengthened to a hurricane early Thursday and threatened to give North Carolina a glancing blow on Independence Day, prompting a stream… Read more »
Man who faked death to avoid blackmail sentenced
(ST. CHARLES, Mo., AP) — A St. Charles man has been sentenced to four years in prison after faking his death to avoid being blackmailed in a child sexual abuse… Read more »
Woman charged with nearly $3 million embezzlement
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Kansas City woman is charged with embezzling nearly $3 million from a bank and a company that had to close after declaring bankruptcy. A… Read more »
4 rescued when towboat sinks near St. Louis
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Authorities have reopened the Mississippi River at St. Louis to barge traffic as salvage crews sort out how to remove a towboat that sank with possibly… Read more »
NASA launches carbon satellite after 2009 failure
(VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., AP) — A rocket carrying a NASA satellite lit up the pre-dawn skies Wednesday on a mission to track the chief culprit behind global warming…. Read more »
North Dakota seeks dismissal of gay marriage suit
By BLAKE NICHOLSON (BISMARCK, N.D., AP) — State officials are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging North Dakota’s constitutional prohibition on same-sex marriage, despite a wave of… Read more »
Saint Louis Zoo joins honeybee health effort
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — The Saint Louis Zoo is joining a national coalition of commercial agriculture producers, conservation groups and seed companies working to address the dramatic recent decline of… Read more »
NASA scrubs launch of global warming satellite
(VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., AP) — The planned launch of a rocket carrying a NASA satellite designed to track global warming has been postponed. NASA writes in a tweet… Read more »
Flash flooding, wind damage reported in Missouri
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Authorities say some people had to be rescued from their vehicles after flash flooding hit southeast Missouri, while possible tornadoes left wind damage in the… Read more »