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3 die in spring storm packing ice, snow, tornadoes
A strong spring storm that socked the Midwest with ice and heavy, wet snow made its way east, raking the South with tornadoes Thursday, with three ...
Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 1 dead
At least one death has been blamed on a strong spring storm system that's brought everything from tornadoes to ice and snow to much of the Midwest and ...
Midwest hit with snow, ice, other severe weather
Storms packing snow, ice and dangerous winds knocked out power in communities throughout the Midwest and prompted Minnesota's governor to call out the ...
Missouri point guard Pressey enters NBA draft
Missouri point guard Phil Pressey is skipping his senior season to enter the NBA draft. The decision was announced in a statement from the school on ...
Pressey declares for NBA draft
Missouri point guard Phil Pressey is skipping his senior season to enter the NBA draft. The decision was announced in a statement from the school on ...
Employers eager for new foreign worker program
As desperate as unemployed Americans are to find work, there are still some jobs that many would never consider applying for because they are seen as ...
Motte not cleared to throw, might need surgery
St. Louis Cardinals closer Jason Motte faces reconstructive elbow surgery if his condition doesn't improve in the next three weeks or so. It would be ...
NTSB: Pilot's texting contributed to copter crash
Texting by the pilot of a medical helicopter contributed to a crash that killed four people, federal accident investigators declared Tuesday, and they ...
Cardinals activate David Freese for home opener
Third baseman David Freese was activated from the 15-day disabled list by the St. Louis Cardinals and batted sixth in Monday's home opener against the ...
Cold case arrest prompts cross-country probe
When Los Angeles cold case detectives caught up with Samuel Little this past fall, he was living in a Christian shelter in Kentucky, his latest arrest ...
FINALS WATCH: 'Russdiculous,' Beilein followers
Around the Final Four and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the games
'At fertilization' declaration gives some pause
A phrase declaring that life begins "at fertilization" tucked into new abortion legislation in Kansas is creating concern among abortion rights ...
Tyson agrees to $4M penalty to resolve EPA case
Tyson Foods Inc. will pay roughly $4 million in civil penalties to settle allegations related to eight accidental anhydrous ammonia releases that ...
Hagel: B-2s not intended to provoke North Korea
America's unprecedented decision to send nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers to drop dummy munitions during military drills with South Korea this week ...
Man accused of using fake penis for drug test
A man accused of using a prosthetic penis to try to pass a drug test is now facing charges in eastern Missouri. Authorities allege that 34-year-old ...
Eyeballs found in KC gas station trash not human
Police say a pair of eyeballs found in a medical box in a Kansas City gas station's trash bin aren't human. Police spokesman Steve Young said Thursday ...
Coaches survive show-cause orders
Few words are less welcome to college basketball coaches than "show cause," shorthand for the NCAA penalty designed to keep those sanctioned for ...
Panera trying new pay-what-you-want experiment
Order a bowl of turkey chili at a St. Louis-area Panera Bread cafe and it'll cost you a penny. Or $5. Or $100. In other words, whatever you decide.
Early number sense plays role in later math skills
We know a lot about how babies learn to talk, and youngsters learn to read. Now scientists are unraveling the earliest building blocks of math — and ...
Spring snowstorm hits central states, pushes east
A wide-ranging storm is burying thoughts of springtime weather across a number of Midwestern states under a blanket of snow and slush, leaving in its ...
Kansas survives, La Salle surprises in Kansas City
Bill Self didn't have much to say to his team at halftime, not with Kansas playing as poorly as it had all season and North Carolina just 20 minutes ...
Second-half run sends Kansas past Tar Heels
Top-seeded Kansas was on the ropes, turning the ball over about as often as it was putting up shots, and had allowed North Carolina to build a ...
Mom of boy killed by Ala. airport sign unconscious
As airport officials tried to figure out how a 300-pound arrival-departure panel fell off the wall and onto a family, the mother of a boy who was ...
Midwest sees spring transform into winter weather
Few signs of spring are being found in parts of the Midwest as a snowstorm tracks eastward mostly along Interstate 70, bringing heavy snow and high ...
Winning $338M Powerball jackpot ticket sold in NJ
When Teddy Jackson heard Sunday morning that the lone winning ticket for a $338.3 million Powerball drawing was sold in New Jersey, the Toms River ...