By PHILIP ELLIOTT (WASHINGTON, AP) – Congressional inaction could end up costing college students an extra $5,000 on their new loans. The rate for subsidized Stafford loans is set to… Read more »

(CAIRO, AP) – Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hiked customs rates on dozens of “non-essential” imports as part of the government’s efforts to increase revenues to revive the ailing economy…. Read more »

By PAULINE JELINEK (WASHINGTON, AP) – The new spending bill passed by Congress on Thursday appears to continue the requirement for six-day mail delivery, but some lawmakers and postal officials… Read more »

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., AP) – Using the cover of darkness, feral pigs have learned to outsmart even the most seasoned hunters as they set about on their… Read more »

By JEFFREY CONTAC (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – Warrensburg’s online community news site, digitalBURG.com, has a new editor. Lester Adams, 31, of Windsor, was recently named to the website’s top job…. Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — More than a dozen Kansas City-area hospitals will use a regional computer network to share their patients’ medical information more efficiently. The hospitals’ participation in… Read more »

By MATTHEW CRAFT (NEW YORK, AP) — Strong earnings from tech giants are nudging the stock market higher early Wednesday, ahead of a planned vote in Congress to raise the… Read more »

(HARTFORD, Conn., AP) — Aetna Inc. will sell a Missouri Medicaid business that manages care for more than 100,000 people to fellow health insurer WellCare Health Plans Inc. due to… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — When The Whole Person agency moves into its new headquarters in downtown Kansas City this week, it will find a building that is an architectural… Read more »