By DAVID CRARY (NEW YORK, AP) — President Barack Obama’s emphatic gay-rights advocacy in his inaugural address thrilled many activists. Yet almost immediately came the questions and exhortations as to… Read more »
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Sheriff: New Mexico teen planned family shootings
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., AP) — For at least a week, 15-year-old Nehemiah Griego had been planning the attack, authorities said. After shooting his mother and three siblings… Read more »
Governor names Weston resident to UCM Board of Governors
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – A University of Central Missouri alumnus and Weston resident is set to become the newest member of the UCM Board of Governors. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon appointed… Read more »
Mo. officials: 2013 is last year to take old GED
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — This is the last year high school dropouts will be able to earn their Missouri High School Equivalency Certificate before a tougher, more expensive version… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
World’s best big wave surfers compete at Mavericks
By JASON DEAREN (HALF MOON BAY, Calif., AP) — Mother Nature saved the best for last, with some of the largest swells of the day arriving during the final heat… Read more »