By PAUL J. WEBER (AUSTIN, Texas, AP) — A Texas appeals court tossed the criminal conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Thursday, saying there was insufficient… Read more »
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Mo. native finds, returns B.B. King’s stolen guitar
By KEITH LEWIS (CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., AP) — For many people, finding a sought-after item in a pawnshop is something that seldom, if ever, happens. But in 2009, when Fruitland,… Read more »
Obama traveling to Kansas City-area auto plant
By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s automotive manufacturing will be getting renewed attention this week when President Barack Obama visits a Ford Motor Co. facility near Kansas… Read more »
Officials estimate Mo. to lose out on $70M
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri officials expect the state will lose out on $70 million because of an arbitration case with tobacco companies. The attorney general’s office says a… Read more »
School board approves new food program, considers solar power
By Alex Greenlee (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – A new food service program is on the way and a solar energy project is in the discussion phase following the Warrensburg R-6… Read more »
Va. company about to make first space station run
By MARCIA DUNN A Virginia company is all set to make its first-ever supply run to the International Space Station. On the eve of its premiere rendezvous mission, Orbital Sciences… Read more »
Nelson-Atkins offers look at Islamic art through the ages
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A new exhibit featuring Islamic art is opening at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Called “Echoes: Islamic Art and Contemporary Artists,” the… Read more »
Boston homeless man glad to turn in lost money
By BRIDGET MURPHY (BOSTON, AP) — A homeless Boston man who police said turned in a backpack containing tens of thousands of dollars in cash and traveler’s checks said even… Read more »
Anxious waiting for word of missing in Colo floods
By HANNAH DREIER (LYONS, Colo., AP) — Gerald Guntle dials his sister’s home multiple times a day, desperate to find out if she survived the widespread flooding that shattered the… Read more »
13 killed in Washington Navy Yard shooting rampage
By BRETT ZONGKER, ERIC TUCKER and LOLITA C. BALDOR (WASHINGTON, AP) — A former Navy reservist went on a shooting rampage Monday inside a building at the heavily secured Washington… Read more »