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Grizzly bear at St. Louis Zoo dies
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A popular resident of the St. Louis Zoo has died....
Man accused of trying to distribute prescription drugs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Kansas City man is accused of trying to distribute tens of thousands of prescription pills he acquired from India and Thailand....
Man gets 18 years for sexually abusing boy in Warren County
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A judge has sentenced a registered sex offender to 18 years in prison for sexually abusing a boy in Warren County....
Missouri House panel OKs budget with more K-12 school money
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri House panel has approved a plan to cut the governor's travel budget, beef up basic aid for K-12 schools and increase money for college scholarships....
St. Louis officer suspended amid missing funds investigation
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis officer has been suspended amid an investigation into the possible theft of up to $200,000 in membership dues paid to an organization that represents the city's black police officers....
In Ferguson, scathing US report brings pressure for change
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Justice Department report says blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, are disproportionately subject to excessive police force, baseless traffic stops and citations for infractions as petty as walking down the middle of street....
Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game
ATLANTA (AP) -- The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:...
Shamburger leads Missouri to 63-61 win over Auburn
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Keith Shamburger thought about diving. The Missouri Tigers are glad he didn't....
No. 4 VILLANOVA 76, CREIGHTON 72
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Winning numbers drawn in 'Megaplier' game
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Megaplier" game were:...
Danforth cites political bullying in Schweich eulogy
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) -- Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth denounced the ugly nature of American politics Tuesday while eulogizing Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich, suggesting that political bullying and an anti-Semitic whisper campaign led his friend to kill himself....
Missouri House members honor state Auditor Tom Schweich
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri House members are honoring Auditor Tom Schweich, who fatally shot himself in what police say was an apparent suicide....
List of All-Ohio Valley Conference women's team, honors
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The 2014-15 All-Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball team and league honors as voted on by coaches and sports information directors and released Tuesday night:...
Jones, McMillan of UT Martin named OVC player, coach
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Ashia Jones of UT Martin has been voted the Ohio Valley Conference player of the year, and her coach Kevin McMillan has been named the league's coach of the year....
Judge rules man will be tried in Kansas Jewish site killings
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) -- A white supremacist accused of gunning down three people at Jewish sites in Kansas will go on trial for capital murder, a judge ruled Tuesday....
Ferguson reviewing federal report on police force
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson says it's received a copy of the Justice Department report on its investigation into the police force....
Missouri unemployment rate increases slightly in January
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri unemployment rate increased slightly in January to 5.5 percent while the state's nonfarm employment went up 14,300 jobs....
South Carolina, Tennessee headline SEC Tournament
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- For all that South Carolina has achieved under coach Dawn Staley, there's a glaring absence on the school's resume....
Northern Iowa's Seth Tuttle named Valley player of year
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Northern Iowa forward Seth Tuttle, the Missouri Valley's active leader in scoring and rebounding, is the conference player of the year....
Key figures in fatal police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- A look at some of the key figures in the case of Michael Brown, the black 18-year-old who was shot and killed by a white police officer in August. His death stirred weeks of violent unrest in the St. Louis suburb after the shooting and again in November, after a grand jury decided not to indict the officer....

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Report finds racial bias in Ferguson police (03/04/15)
WASHINGTON -- A Justice Department investigation found sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department -- with officers routinely discriminating against blacks by using excessive force, issuing petty citations and making baseless traffic stops, according to law enforcement officials familiar with the report...

Danforth cites political bullying during Schweich eulogy (03/04/15)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- Former U.S. senator John Danforth denounced the ugly nature of American politics Tuesday while eulogizing Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich, suggesting political bullying and an anti-Semitic whisper campaign led his friend to kill himself...

Danforth cites political bullying in Schweich eulogy (03/04/15)
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) -- Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth denounced the mean-spirited nature of American politics Tuesday while eulogizing Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich, who he suggested was led to fatally shoot himself by political bullying from a negative radio ad and a perceived anti-Semitic whisper campaign...

Lawmaker demands clean politics after auditor's death (03/03/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri state senator, his voice cracking with emotion, on Monday challenged his political colleagues to clean up their campaign tactics following the death of gubernatorial candidate and State Auditor Tom Schweich in an apparent suicide...

Missouri Republicans seek to rein in liberal cities (03/02/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican lawmakers in Missouri's Capitol often bristle at rules and requirements handed down from the federal government, saying they favor local authority in most matters. However, several GOP-supported proposals this year aim to hand down similar mandates to cities and counties across the state...

2 die in crash on snow-covered I-44 (03/02/15)
LEBANON, Mo. (AP) -- Two people are dead after a driver lost control on a snow-covered highway in southern Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the out-of-control car skidded into a tractor-trailer that was stopped Saturday afternoon because of an earlier crash on Interstate 44...

Suburban St. Louis police officer kills man in traffic stop (03/02/15)
WELLSTON, Mo. (AP) -- A suburban St. Louis police officer has fatally wounded a 34-year-old man during a traffic stop. Shawn McGuire of the St. Louis County Police Department said in a news release that Thomas Allen Jr. died Sunday. The shooting happened around 10:15 a.m. Saturday after an officer for the Wellston Police Department pulled over a vehicle for a traffic violation...

Services planned for victims of Missouri shooting spree (03/02/15)
TYRONE, Mo. -- Relatives will begin burying victims of a southern Missouri shooting spree this week. Thirty-six-year-old Joseph Jesse Aldridge killed seven people late Thursday in four homes in the unincorporated town of Tyrone before killing himself...

Judge finds felon had right to be armed (03/02/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis judge has tossed a gun possession charge after ruling that a convicted felon had the right to be armed under a newly enacted amendment to the state constitution. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Judge Robert Dierker ruled Friday in the case of Raymond Robinson. The 55-year-old has a prior conviction on a felony charge of unlawful use of a weapon, for carrying a concealed weapon in 2003, and served time in prison...