By SHANNON DININNY (YAKIMA, Wash., AP) – Federal and state officials say six underground tanks holding a brew of radioactive and toxic waste are leaking at the country’s most contaminated… Read more »
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Problems persist in Mo. following winter storm
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, Mo., AP) – The biggest winter storm in Missouri in two years has ended, but the problems it caused are lingering in some areas. The… Read more »
Springfield police cordon area after shooting
(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) – A Springfield police detective has been grazed by a bullet and slightly wounded while serving a search warrant at a residence. KTTS reports that early Friday… Read more »
Medical copter crashes in Okla., kills 2, hurts 1
By SEAN MURPHY (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., AP) – A medical helicopter crash-landed outside an Oklahoma City nursing home early Friday, killing two people onboard and injuring a third who was… Read more »
Mother Nature’s cold grip on UCM campus
Snowstorm shuts down KC airport
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) – Heavy snow has forced the closure of the Kansas City International Airport. Airport officials announced on Twitter shortly before 10 a.m. that the whiteout conditions… Read more »
Vegas police look for SUV from shooting and crash
By KEN RITTER (LAS VEGAS, AP) – Gunshots fired from a black Range Rover on the Las Vegas Strip early Thursday caused a Maserati to crash into a taxi, creating… Read more »
Second trial date set in Whitworth homicide
A trial date is set for the second defendant in the shooting death of Warrensburg bar owner William “Blaine” Whitworth. Ziyad T. Abid, charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal… Read more »
Science: Using 3D worlds to visualize data
By CARLA K. JOHNSON (CHICAGO, Ill., AP) – Take a walk through a human brain? Fly over the surface of Mars? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago… Read more »
Details emerge on Calif. shooting rampage; 4 dead
By GILLIAN FLACCUS (TUSTIN, Calif., AP) – The early morning commute was just getting under way on suburban Orange County’s network of freeways when Melvin Lee Edwards pulled up to… Read more »