(NEW YORK, AP) — A New York City musician used a combination of technology, seduction, a hammer and a bribe to reclaim his missing iPhone from a confused crook. Jazz… Read more »
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Missouri Republicans choose new party chairman
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Missouri Republicans opted for new leadership Saturday, voting to replace state party Chairman David Cole with St. Louis attorney Ed Martin. The Republican State Committee elected… Read more »
Salvors ready Shell drill ship for tow attempt
By DAN JOLING (ANCHORAGE, Alaska, AP) — Royal Dutch Shell PLC will try to move its grounded drill ship out of the worst of the North Pacific’s fury with a… Read more »
Strong earthquake shakes parts of Alaska, Canada
(JUNEAU, Alaska, AP) — A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were… Read more »
McCoy honored as outstanding mathematics educator
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – A University of Central Missouri math professor was recently recognized as the outstanding post-secondary mathematics teacher in the state of Missouri by the Missouri Council of Teachers… Read more »
Congress OKs cliff deal, signaling future fights
By ALAN FRAM (WASHINGTON, AP) — Congress’ excruciating, extraordinary New Year’s Day approval of a compromise averting a prolonged tumble off the fiscal cliff hands President Barack Obama most of… Read more »
Twin mothers in Ohio give birth the same day
(AKRON, Ohio, AP) — Aiden and Donavyn didn’t wait until New Year’s Day to come screaming into the world, but the circumstances of their births are still pretty special: The… Read more »
Ivory Coast stampede survivors blame barricades
By INZA BAKAYOKO (ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, AP) — Survivors of a stampede in Ivory Coast that killed 61 people, most of them children and teenagers, after a New Year’s Eve… Read more »
Education on agenda for Mo. legislative session
By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — How teachers are evaluated, held accountable and earn job-protecting tenure could be on the docket when a supermajority of Republicans takes control… Read more »
Stampede after fireworks kills 61 in Ivory Coast
By INZA BAKAYOKO (ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, AP) — A crowd stampeded after leaving a New Year’s fireworks show early Tuesday in Ivory Coast’s commercial center, killing 61 people — many… Read more »