(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Billionaires Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield have donated $10 million to help fund a new School of Music building at the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus. The… Read more »

(LANSING, Mich., AP) — Officials say about 30 state prison workers are losing their jobs as Michigan eliminates three regional prison stores. The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on.freep.com/1FeAspK) Michigan is… Read more »

By BERNARD CONDON (NEW YORK, AP) — Susan Bernardo trusted her stockbroker. She wound up losing a fortune. Her broker, David Harris, advised her to sell $400,000 worth of relatively… Read more »

By MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer The U.S. government and major business leaders are renewing their call on the Thai government to crack down on slavery in its fishing fleets,… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Restaurants and other businesses say they should be responsible for withholding state income taxes only from wages and the amount of tips workers report to… Read more »

(BRANSON, Mo., AP) — Dozens of people were evacuated from the Yakov Smirnoff Theater in Branson after smoke filled the theater. No one was injured in Thursday’s incident at the… Read more »

By MOLLY DISCHNER (JUNEAU, Alaska, AP) — A growing number of restaurant customers and grocery store shoppers in the country are asking for Alaska’s Copper River sockeye salmon by name…. Read more »

(LITTLE ROCK, Ark., AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil over a 2013 oil spill in Mayflower, finding that he was wrong in granting class-action… Read more »

By JONATHAN DREW (ANDERSONVILLE, Tenn., AP) — If you’re looking for pizza along the Andersonville Highway between the Museum of Appalachia and a mountain lake created by the Tennessee Valley… Read more »

By BERNARD CONDON (NEW YORK, AP) — U.S. stock indexes closed slightly lower Wednesday, stabilizing a day after their biggest sell-off in two months. With no obvious catalyst pushing them… Read more »