Provides the latest RSS feeds for Missouri News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Kansas City Post.com http://www.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3de26857846ae51b/ en-us Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:44:41 -0400 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:44:41 -0400 30 Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich shakes hands with supporters as he arrives at the Federal Court for the beginning of jury instructions in his corruption trial, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Chicag... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37363994/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:37:17 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37363994/ The St. Francois County Sheriff's Department have not released the name of a woman found dead in the Knob Lick Cemetery on Thursday because they trying to notify family members. A spokesperson for th... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37363995/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:24:59 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37363995/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Friday marks the first day of training camp for the Chiefs and also marks an exciting day at the renovated Arrowhead StadiumThe Chiefs are coming off of a 4-12 record a season ago ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37363800/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:23:37 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37363800/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A water main break sent water shooting 50 feet into the air Thursday as a 20-inch pipe broke at the intersection of Red Bridge Road and Harrison Road in south Kansas City.At its pe... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37363799/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:23:35 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37363799/ Parkville Police Chief Kevin L. Chrisman says Crosthwait was driving early Thursday when someone in another vehicle fired a shot, striking him. A passenger in Crosthwait's car was able to drive to a n... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37364186/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:40:41 -0400 Associated Press http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37364186/ SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Defense lawyers for the man charged with kidnapping Elizabeth Smart have argued that the case should be moved out of Utah so he can get a fair trial. http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37364187/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:40:40 -0400 Associated Press http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37364187/ St Louis County Police are not diclosing any specific details in the ongoing search for a man they were alerted to late Thursday evening in far west St Louis County. Despite the lack of information; ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37359773/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:15:26 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37359773/ Illinois State Police investigators say a man riding his bicycle along West Frontage and Virden roads, near his home was killed Thursday evening after a car struck the back of the victims bike. Offic... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37361199/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:15:23 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37361199/ In this July 28, 2010 photo, a pickup truck carries a large sign that reads "Vote Aug. 3 Yes Prop C" outside a rally and fundraiser for supporters of a ballot measure to block the new federal health i... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37360011/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:01:32 -0400 CNS News http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37360011/ But a funny thing happened on the way to the cineplex. Director Debra Granik dove into Ozarks culture, soaking up the history, speech patterns, values and physical landscapes. She hired local actors, ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37361391/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:29:59 -0400 Associated Press http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37361391/ Members of the Missouri Tea Party movement are making it plain they haven’t endorsed Congressman Roy Blunt in the August Republican primary. A member tells the Missourinet they don’t endor... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37361389/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:17:32 -0400 Missourinet http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37361389/ He has spent a good part of the last twenty years under water…and he’s looking forward to more months beneath the waves. Commander Timothy Rexrode is a career submariner whose first boat w... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37361390/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:17:30 -0400 Missourinet http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37361390/ (AP) — ST. LOUIS - Monica Schenk, 13, prides herself on being normal even though she had kidney disease at birth and had a transplant when she was 3. To her, it's no big deal. In fact, she liv... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37361055/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:13 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37361055/   • The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it had begun an investigation of University City over claims it made to win $2.6 million in stimulus funds for a new fire station. In a... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37355936/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:10:33 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37355936/ • When Judge Steven H. Goodman consulted state judicial manuals for sample jury instructions in an assisted-suicide case, he found there weren't any. It may not be surprising, since the last know... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37355939/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:10:27 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37355939/ JULY 29 2010 - St. Louis music legend Chuck Berry headlines a 2012 DNC bid concert at Kiener Plaza Thursday night. The concert is part of the city's bid to host the Democratic party's 2012 presidentia... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37355938/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:10:25 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37355938/ A U.S. Air Force firing party attends the funeral of U.S. Air Force Maj. Randell D. Voas, Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Estimates of the number of graves th... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37355937/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:10:22 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37355937/ Preliminary Missouri Assessment Plan scores released today show that Columbia Public Schools failed to meet federal education goals for the fourth year in a row. The school district, however, remains... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37356154/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:44:38 -0400 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37356154/ The Arlington Cemetery Scandal is going beyond an investigation by Senator McCaskill’s Senate subcommittee on government contracting. McCaskill has heard from a top army procurement officer, Edw... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37356153/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:02:14 -0400 Missourinet http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37356153/ . reported second-quarter net income of $2.57 million, up 2 percent from $2.52 million in last year’s quarter. For the quarter ended June 30, the company’s revenue rose 28 percent to near... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37355935/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:55:21 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37355935/ AUGUST - OCTOBER —— Make sure you're on track to graduate in the spring. —— Continue taking college-prep and AP classes. Keep your grades up and don't forget about your extracurricular comm... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37352578/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:02:27 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37352578/ AUGUST - OCTOBER —— Stay on track for graduation next year. Assess your extracurricular activities plan to make sure you are doing everything you can to build an appealing resume that is releva... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353523/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:02:25 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353523/ Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has frozen tuition rates at 2009 levels. This means for the 2010-11 academic year, Illinois freshmen and new transfer students will pay just $8,400 for tui... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353524/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:02:23 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353524/ Most people picture a hospital when they think of nurses. While working in a hospital can be exciting and rewarding, nurses have many options beyond typical healthcare environments. For example, th... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37352569/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:02:21 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37352569/ The University of Missouri—St. Louis has responded to state budget cuts by reducing its overhead and, surprisingly to some, increasing scholarships and freezing tuition. It's a difficult financia... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353255/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:02:20 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353255/ Making the transition from home to college is exciting for first-year students, but Maryville University wants parents and siblings of students to be part of the experience, too. It's not just stud... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353526/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:02:18 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353526/ On balancing life and school ... "When you go away to school, you don't realize the work it takes to shop, cook, work, do laundry, have a social life and still get good grades. You have to plan you... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353525/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:02:15 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353525/ Rainfall this July has been above average in many spots around St. Louis. And in the Dogtown neighborhood the consequences have been devastating for some. At least three times in about three months, ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353527/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:51:21 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353527/ -- We've been dealing with unusually hot temperatures this summer, but it can also be a time for violent storms. More than 110 years ago, St. Louis had one of its most deadly disasters few people know... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353528/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:51:16 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353528/ By ANDREW MIGA and DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in t... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353529/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:51:12 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353529/ The new USS Missouri will be officially commissioned Saturday by the Navy at a ceremony in Groton, Conn.</p><p>The $2 billion, nuclear-powered attack submarine is the fifth vessel to bear ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353268/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:49:00 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353268/ More Missouri schools than ever before are failing to meet the demands of the No Child Left Behind Act, according to state test results released today.</p><p>That means more sanctions. Mor... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353269/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:48:56 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353269/ KANSAS CITY -- No question about it, one losing streak had to end. Chalk up a win for the Baltimore Orioles in 11 innings, 6-5, over the Royals in Thursday night's series opener in front of 17,220 ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353259/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:05:27 -0400 Kansas City Royals http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353259/ Charter Communications on Thursday named Controller Kevin Howard as interim chief financial officer effective Aug. 1, while it continues to search for a replacement for exiting CFO Eloise Schmitz. Ch... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353521/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:45:10 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353521/ , a privately held network security firm, for an undisclosed amount. Narus, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., employs about 150 people worldwide. It provides network traffic and analytics software used to ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37352199/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:45:05 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37352199/ saw its second-quarter net income attributable to shareholders soar to $13.8 million, compared to net income of $1.4 million in last year’s quarter. MEMC said after the market closed Thursday t... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353522/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:45:00 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37353522/ By Maureen Groppe, Gannett Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Michigan is more familiar than most states with oil spills and other pipeline accidents, according to a report released Thursday by the Nati... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37349601/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:39:17 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37349601/ -- Hip-hop artist Nelly is at the center of a potential lawsuit against the City of Branson, but he's not the one taking officials to court. At 1:44 p.m. Thursday afternoon, St. Louis Mayor Francis S... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37349595/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:39:12 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37349595/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- According to police, August is typically the most violent month in Kansas City.Police said because of the heat, people are outside and they are irritable.That's why officers said t... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37350937/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:36:54 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37350937/ Yost will use different players in leadoff spot KANSAS CITY -- Alex Gordon is likely to benefit most from the trade of left fielder Scott Podsednik to the Dodgers. Originally drafted as a third bas... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37350938/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:55:02 -0400 Kansas City Royals http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37350938/ Gordon to play left field every day for KC KANSAS CITY -- Jose Guillen, a frequent subject of trade rumors, says he has a "gut feeling" that something will happen before Saturday's Trade Deadline. ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37350939/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:54:51 -0400 Kansas City Royals http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37350939/ KANSAS CITY -- There's a saying that the Royals 2010 first-round Draft pick Christian Colon lives by. It's not how you start, it's how you finish. Those words ring especially true for Colon, who... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37350940/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:54:46 -0400 Kansas City Royals http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37350940/ The first stage of a $70 million renovation of the St. Louis Public Library is underway, so movers are packing up and hauling off millions of books and other items to make room for a total make over. ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37349738/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:20:28 -0400 KSDK http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37349738/ ROXANA - The Madison County Sheriff's Department will sign up prospective volunteers Aug. 21 for the county's new Child Abduction Response Team. Applicants will be asked to provide information need... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348018/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:35:55 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348018/ COLLINSVILLE - Madison County authorities say a bat found in Woodland Park has tested positive for rabies. The bat was left at a veterinary hospital on Monday by a woman who said she found it while... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348019/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:35:53 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348019/ A financial adviser with offices in Chesterfield and St. Charles was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison Thursday for bilking investors out of $3.9 million in a pyramid scheme. http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348020/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:35:51 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348020/ Forest Park Forever will have a public meeting from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight at the Forest Park Visitor Center, 5595 Grand Drive, to discuss what kind of amenities park users would like to see alon... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348021/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:35:49 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348021/ University of Missouri-St. Louis officials sent an e-mail to employees asking for information about an employee that hasn't been seen since she left her office for lunch Wednesday. Susan R. Allen, ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348022/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:35:47 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348022/ -- Fixed mortgage rates fall to record lows and that could be good news for potential homebuyers or those looking to refinance. NewsChannel 5 sat down with Sanjiv Das, the Chief Executive Officer o... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348023/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:23:58 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348023/ - An employee at the University of Missouri-St. Louis has gone missing and authorities are seeking the public's help to locate her. According to UMSL Police Department spokesman Bob Samples, Susan R.... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37345949/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:23:54 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37345949/ -- The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis has taken a man into custody for the death of a woman found dead on the lawn of a Sunset Hills home last weekend. The body of 49-year-old Sherry Bladdick ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37345531/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:23:50 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37345531/ It was move-in day at Chiefs training camp on Thursday evening. Some players came with nothing but a duffel bag filled with clothes. Other players, like 15-year veteran http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37347637/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:21:21 -0400 Kansas City Chiefs http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37347637/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Black political leader Leon Jordan was shot and killed 40 years ago, but there is a new push to solve the murder mystery.Two pieces of evidence have resurfaced leading detectives t... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37347633/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:21:20 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37347633/ ’s recovery from a neck injury (suffered against Cleveland, 12/20/09). When Banks was brought back on Wednesday night, many speculated just the opposite. Cottam, a former 2008 third-round pick, was ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37347636/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:21:15 -0400 Kansas City Chiefs http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37347636/ KANSAS CITY -- After trading outfielder Scott Podsednik on Wednesday night for two Minor Leaguers, the Royals selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Greg Holland from Triple-A Omaha on Thursday... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37347638/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:36:38 -0400 Kansas City Royals http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37347638/ pleading guilty to a fraud charge for diverting money from a $10 million loan intended to pay for the renovation of a downtown building into offices and condominiums. Clayton Hargrave, 53, of Jackson... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37346114/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:10:51 -0400 Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37346114/ The Duncan Group was sentenced Thursday to more than five years in prison and ordered to pay $3.8 million in restitution after pleading guilty to fraud charges related to a Ponzi scheme. Aaron Duncan... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348014/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:09:57 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348014/ pleading guilty to a fraud charge for diverting money from a $10 million loan intended to pay for the renovation of a downtown building into offices and condominiums. Clayton Hargrave, 53, of Jackson... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348015/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:09:52 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37348015/ When Marilyn Holloway was diagnosed with terminal colon and breast cancers, her doctors gave her six months to live. That was nearly a year and a half ago. “This last year, I have lived life l... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37347632/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:09:24 -0400 The Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37347632/ JEFFERSON CITY -- File this one under "maybe Chuck's getting too much publicity." After Democrats have spent much blogging and social media energy in recent days helping promote Republican http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344308/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:04:27 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344308/ St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch's office released the identity of the woman found dead Sunday in Sunset Hills. McCulloch's spokesman, Don Schneider, said Sherry Bladdick, 49 of the 850... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37341900/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:04:25 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37341900/ says it will extend an agreement to direct Medicare and Medicaid funds to local community health centers, a decision that will benefit thousands of low-income patients. An original funding agreeme... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37342713/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:04:22 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37342713/ Nelly's raps may not be welcome in Branson, but the welcome mat may be laid out for the St. Louis artist at tonight's concert at Kiener Plaza downtown. The concert is in support of the city's bid t... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344309/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:04:21 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344309/ -- The westbound lanes of Interstate 44 between I-55 and I-270 will close this weekend for restriping, the Missouri Department of Transportation said Thursday. According to Jack Wang, a MoDOT spokesm... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344310/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:52:09 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344310/ -- Perry County authorities have arrested two teens in connection with the death of a runaway girl, whose body was discovered in a creek earlier this week. Two fishermen went to Beaucoup Creek Bridge... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344311/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:52:04 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344311/ Missouri is a centrally located state with natural resources, a hard-working employee pool and diverse industries, Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday. But the state can’t be the best at everything, he cau... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344656/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:36:54 -0400 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344656/ pleading guilty to a fraud charge for diverting money from a $10 million loan intended to pay for the renovation of a downtown building into offices and condominiums. Clayton Hargrave, 53, of Jackson... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344326/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:33:49 -0400 Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344326/ Run Home for Kids This 6K run is an exclusive event for fans that honors Stan's legacy, promotes health and fitness, and raises money for Cards Care. http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344327/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:08:13 -0400 St Louis Cardinals http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344327/ (IHN). “We are delighted to receive this funding, which is critical to the viability of the St. Louis region’s health-care safety net,” Fruend said in a statement. The program, whi... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344306/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:46:23 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344306/ Gov. Jay Nixon’s statewide economic steering committee met for the first time Thursday in Jefferson City. The meeting, held at the Reynolds Alumni Center at the http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37343960/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:46:18 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37343960/ Whitney M. Young Jr. Center for Urban Leadership . The Whitney M. Young Jr. Center for Urban Leadership is an initiative to sustain the National Urban League movement through the development of its c... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344307/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:46:13 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37344307/ NASCAR races next year, casting doubt on the future of the Madison, Ill., race track. The Dover, Del.-based company (NYSE: DVD) said Wednesday that Gateway notified NASCAR that it would not seek 2011... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37342752/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:46:10 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37342752/ William Jewell College graduates’ salary potential ranks in the top 50 among liberal arts colleges nationwide, a new study found. PayScale, a Seattle-based online compensation data company, ran... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37343957/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:45:48 -0400 The Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37343957/ Most laid-off executives are finding new positions at the same or higher levels than their previous jobs, according to a study released Thursday by Right Management. In the Midwest, 71 percent of lai... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37343958/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:45:44 -0400 The Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37343958/ Kaplan University and Kauffman FastTrac, which offers training for entrepreneurs, are teaming up to offer two new online graduate certificates that help students prepare for careers running businesses... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37343959/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:45:40 -0400 The Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37343959/ "has worked tirelessly in his effort to produce balanced budgets. I have no doubt Allen's experience and discipline in fiscal matters will serve the state well when he becomes Missouri's next finan... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340651/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:46:32 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340651/ A St. Louis County jury decided today that Jacob Runge is not guilty of voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action for his role in a mutual suicide pact with a close friend in Hazelwood in 20... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340650/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:46:29 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340650/ : Locally owned DeVault Investments has bought the 250-room Crowne Plaza Hotel in Clayton. DeVault, which is headquartered in St. Charles, bought the hotel from the Bemiston Carondolet Corp., which... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37338524/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:46:27 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37338524/ Flushing, NY (Sports Network) - Rookie Ike Davis hit a three-run homer and knuckballer R.A. Dickey went 8 1/3 innings, as the New York Mets earned a 4-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the rubber ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37338780/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:34:38 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37338780/ The Anchorage Daily News is reporting a dead humpback whale was found pinned to the front of a Princess Cruises ship in Alaska on Wednesday. The news outlet says what appears to be a juvenile of the ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37338822/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:34:35 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37338822/ A six-week-old boy in a village in Moldova drowned last week while being baptized by a substitute priest, the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reports. The newspaper says Father Valentine Tsaralunge, a... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340652/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:34:32 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340652/ The first stage of a $70 million renovation of the St. Louis Public Library is underway, so movers are packing up and hauling off millions of books and other items to make room for a total make over. ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37338958/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:34:28 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37338958/ A St. Louis liquor control officer is accused of accepting a bribe from an applicant trying to obtain a liquor license for a new bar in St. Louis City. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, a fede... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340653/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:34:19 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340653/ SHAWNEE, Kan. -- The Eastern Kansas Multi-County Fire Investigation Task Force has determined that firefighter John Glaser's death was an accident.In a report released this week, investigators said Gl... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340270/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:32:01 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340270/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City police said they have begun a new investigation into the 40-year-old killing of black political leader Leon Jordan.The Kansas City Star reports that a decision to reope... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340271/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:31:57 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340271/ TOPEKA, Kan. -- A temporary federal high-risk pool for uninsured people in Kansas with pre-existing conditions is starting to take applications, state officials announced Thursday.Called the Pre-exist... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340272/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:31:54 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340272/ Saturday and Sunday, July 17 and 18, the Spirit America Futball Club (SAFC) traveled to Columbia, MO to participate in the Show Me State Games (an Olympic-style sports festival held each summer.) This... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340286/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:31:11 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340286/ The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has canceled fall tours of the Devil’s Icebox cave in Rock Bridge Memorial State Park in an effort to protect the cave’s bats from a disease recently d... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340972/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:19:21 -0400 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340972/ Sheriff’s deputies will operate a multi-jurisdictional sobriety checkpoint this weekend in search of impaired drivers. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department will begin the checkpoint at 11 p.m. s... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340973/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:19:19 -0400 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340973/ An overnight pet drop-off at the Central Missouri Humane Society resulted in the deaths of four puppies this week. Late Tuesday or early yesterday, someone dropped five roughly 7-week-old border coll... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340974/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:19:17 -0400 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340974/ A public defender who donated $1,500 to the challenger for a judicial seat in Tuesday’s Democratic primary said she supports the candidate personally but is not acting on behalf of the Boone County ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340975/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:19:15 -0400 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340975/ June Pitchford The amount of cuts, however, could be a point of contention within the Boone County Government Center. County Auditor June Pitchford wants non-county funding requests to be made as su... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340977/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:19:11 -0400 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340977/ The city will spend $50,000 for the first year of operation of downtown surveillance cameras through a city budget appropriation and a match from the Special Business District. http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340978/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:19:08 -0400 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340978/ The annual budgeting process that appropriates state money to colleges and universities is too political and circumvents the Coordinating Board for Higher Education’s power to make sure resources ar... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340979/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:19:07 -0400 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340979/ previously served as Missouri’s vice president for external affairs from the company’s St. Louis office. Jim Epperson, senior vice president of state legislative and regulatory affairs fo... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340274/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:15:47 -0400 Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340274/ Tidbits NEW YORK -- The Cardinals maintain interest in a starting pitcher, but the options may be dwindling. With Roy Oswalt apparently off the market, reportedly on his way to the Phillies if he a... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340670/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:48:14 -0400 St Louis Cardinals http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340670/ Tidbits NEW YORK -- Fully a third of the Cardinals' starting lineup is dealing with some sort of nagging injury, but all of the various wounded warriors are healthy enough to play. Albert Pujols pu... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340671/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:48:10 -0400 St Louis Cardinals http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340671/ KANSAS CITY -- Royals pitcher Sean O'Sullivan sits at his new locker lacing up his new cleats that match his new jersey, which sports the No. 37. As he sits there fidgeting with his shoes, he remember... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340276/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:48:04 -0400 Kansas City Royals http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340276/ SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Defense lawyers for the man charged in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart say he can't get a fair trial in Utah because widespread interest and pretrial publicity have tainted th... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340983/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:46:10 -0400 Associated Press http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340983/ JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Attorney General Chris Koster says a Fulton-based group that claimed to help domestic violence victims has been ordered to shut down its website and stop soliciting donatio... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340984/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:46:08 -0400 Associated Press http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/37340984/