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,… Read more »

(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… Read more »

By DAVID KOENIG (DALLAS, AP) — After two separate and serious battery problems aboard Boeing 787s, it wasn’t U.S. authorities who acted first to ground the plane. It was Japanese… Read more »

(Warrensburg, Mo.) — John F. Smolen, president and CEO of Western Missouri Medical Center, recently announced his retirement. Smolen has been with WMMC since 2001 and will retire on July… Read more »

(Warrensburg, Mo.) — Michael C. Misko, vice president of Medical Staff Services and chief medical officer at Western Missouri Medical Center, has accepted the position as chief medical officer at… Read more »

By GARANCE BURKE (SAN FRANCISCO, AP) — A new government survey suggests the number of people seeking emergency treatment after consuming energy drinks has doubled nationwide during the past four… Read more »

By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI (WEATHERFORD, Texas, AP) — When a man in a Fort Worth suburb reported his family’s drinking water had begun “bubbling” like champagne, the federal government sounded an… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A new partnership will create the largest continuing legal education provider in the Kansas City area. The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and… Read more »

(BRIDGETON, Mo., AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency holds a public meeting this week about radioactive waste in the Missouri River flood plain near the St. Louis County town of… Read more »

(O’FALLON, Mo., AP) — A minor-league baseball team in St. Charles County may be getting a financial break from the city. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/V5BeiB) reports that the city… Read more »