Celebs gather to promote arts education
By JOCELYN NOVECK (WASHINGTON, AP) — For all the talk about fewer celebrities making it to Washington this time for the inauguration, you would have had a hard time not…
Boeing investigation turns to battery maker
By ELAINE KURTENBACH (TOKYO, AP) — Japanese and U.S. investigators began a probe Monday into the maker of the lithium ion batteries used in Boeing’s grounded 787 jets. Tsutomu Nishijima,…
Exxon Mobil boss meets Iraqi leader in Baghdad
(BAGHDAD, AP) — Iraq’s government says the head of Exxon Mobil has met with the prime minister to discuss the company’s Iraq plans, which have angered Baghdad. The meeting Monday…
Mo. lawmakers to begin hearings on state budget
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri lawmakers are kicking off the state’s annual budgeting process this week. The Senate Appropriations Committee will take public testimony on education and health care…
Mo. sheriffs ask more state funds to house inmates
(JOPLIN, Mo., AP) — Missouri sheriffs say the state isn’t paying them enough to cover the cost of housing state prisoners. Currently, the state pays counties $19.58 a day for…
SE Mo. officers help deliver baby
(MINER, Mo., AP) — Two police officers in a small southeast Missouri town are being credited with a big assist — helping a woman deliver her baby. KFVS-TV (http://bit.ly/WzBKB8) reports…
Mo. bill focuses on sex offender home-buyers
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The sponsor of a bill to require real estate agents to warn others when they have a client who is a sex offender says he…
NASA’s older Mars rover notches another milestone
By ALICIA CHANG (LOS ANGELES, AP) — Opportunity, NASA’s other Mars rover, has tooled around the red planet for so long it’s easy to forget it’s still alive. Some 5,000…
Ravens upset Patriots 28-13 to reach Super Bowl
By BARRY WILNER (FOXBOROUGH, Mass., AP) — Look for lots of Harbaughs in New Orleans next week. Two of them will be working the sidelines in the Super Bowl. Oh,…
49ers rally past Falcons 28-24 in NFC title game
By PAUL NEWBERRY (ATLANTA, AP) — The loss stuck with them for a year, pushing the San Francisco 49ers in everything they did. They didn’t want to feel that way…