http://www.mail.com/locations/3154-missouri.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/3154-missouri.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2153032-st-louis-gunman-was-somali-immigrant.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis businessman who killed three employees before turning the gun on himself was a Somali immigrant, described by friends as an intelligent man who was quick to reach out to other new-arriving Somalis, but who had lingering anger years after the divorce from his first wife. Police say 59-year-old Ahmed Dirir walked into his busi... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2153032-st-louis-gunman-was-somali-immigrant.html 2013-06-14T20:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2150290-police-gunman-shot-3-st-louis-business.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — An argument inside a St. Louis home health care business escalated into gun violence Thursday when a man shot three other people before turning the gun on himself, police said. The shooting occurred at AK Home Health Care LLC, one several small businesses inside the Cherokee Place Business Incubator south of downtown St. Louis. The shoote... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2150290-police-gunman-shot-3-st-louis-business.html 2013-06-14T01:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2147686-hampr-block-4q-profit-rises-misses-street-view.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — H&R Block Inc. said last-minute changes to tax laws, a delayed start to the filing season and new fraud controls created hurdles for the company in this year's tax season. The tax preparation company was able to cut costs to help offset weaker revenue stemming from these conditions, but it reported fiscal fourth-quarter results tha... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:29:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2147686-hampr-block-4q-profit-rises-misses-street-view.html 2013-06-12T21:29:12Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2144878-relatives-seek-custody-chiefs-players-baby.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mother of a Kansas City Chiefs player who killed his girlfriend and himself late last year, leaving his baby daughter an orphan, said in court Tuesday that relatives from both sides of the family should be involved in the girl's life. Cheryl Shepherd of West Babylon, N.Y., testified at hearings to decide who will get custody of... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:29:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2144878-relatives-seek-custody-chiefs-players-baby.html 2013-06-11T23:29:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2144554-officials-woman-approaches-kids-with-chain.html WINFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman is accused of trying to scare children by approaching them with a chain saw while wearing a ski mask. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department says Lynn Marie Herzog of Winfield, Mo., is charged with felony harassment in the Sunday incident. Patricia Manker called the police after she saw Herzog yelling at her son and ... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:55:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2144554-officials-woman-approaches-kids-with-chain.html 2013-06-11T17:55:14Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2135406-astros-draft-stanford-pitcher-mark-appel-no-1.html SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — This time, the Houston Astros couldn't resist drafting Mark Appel with the No. 1 pick. Houston selected the hard-throwing Stanford pitcher with the top choice in the Major League Baseball draft Thursday night, a year after passing on the hometown kid and instead choosing 17-year-old shortstop Carlos Correa from Puerto Rico. ... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:35:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2135406-astros-draft-stanford-pitcher-mark-appel-no-1.html 2013-06-07T03:35:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2135166-missouri-man-20-years-triplet-moms-death.html JACKSON, Mo. (AP) — A frustrated judge, begrudging prosecutors and chagrined family members all conceded Thursday that offering a plea deal to a southeast Missouri man accused of killing his estranged wife, a mother of 5-year-old triplets who was missing for almost two years before her body was found last week on an island in the nearby Mississippi River, was inadequate. ... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:35:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2135166-missouri-man-20-years-triplet-moms-death.html 2013-06-06T22:35:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2130312-saudi-remains-bars-2m-bond-posted.html WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP) — Ziyad Abid was a Missouri college student aspiring to become a pilot like his father back home in Saudi Arabia when he was accused of paying his roommate to kill a local bar owner. The judge set bond at $2 million, completely out of reach for his family — but not for the Saudi government. The money came in. Yet two months later, Ab... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:45:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2130312-saudi-remains-bars-2m-bond-posted.html 2013-06-05T14:45:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2129788-rising-mississippi-river-threatening-towns.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mississippi River communities scrambling Tuesday to fend off the rain-engorged waterway got discouraging news: More rains looming across much of the nation's midsection threatened to slow the potential retreat of the renegade river. Such an outlook may not be welcomed in the northeast Missouri town of West Alton, where a makeshift levee's... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:00:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2129788-rising-mississippi-river-threatening-towns.html 2013-06-04T23:00:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2127308-small-towns-prepare-flood-moves-south.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Volunteers were busy stacking sandbags in the tiny Missouri town of Dutchtown on Monday as the rain-swollen Mississippi River threatens to send water into about a third of the town's homes and make another nearby town an island. Heavy rain over the past several days has spurred a second round of spring flooding this year in Iowa, Illinois... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:50:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2127308-small-towns-prepare-flood-moves-south.html 2013-06-04T00:50:52Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2127252-cards-molina-suspended-1-game-contacting-ump.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina has been suspended one game and fined by Major League Baseball for making contact with umpire Mike Everitt during an argument Sunday. The commissioner's office announced the penalty Monday evening, minutes before St. Louis hosted Arizona. Molina appealed the decision and was in the starting lineup against t... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:24:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2127252-cards-molina-suspended-1-game-contacting-ump.html 2013-06-04T00:24:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2124196-damaging-storms-moving-through-east-south.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Damaging winds flattened trees and utility poles and knocked out power in parts of northern New England on Sunday, flights were delayed in New York City and a tornado touched down in South Carolina as the East Coast weathered the remnants of violent storms that claimed 13 lives in Oklahoma. Heavy rain, thunderstorms, high winds and ... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 05:23:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2124196-damaging-storms-moving-through-east-south.html 2013-06-03T05:23:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2122948-frightened-okla-residents-opt-to-flee-tornadoes.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — It's a warning as familiar as a daily prayer for Tornado Alley residents: When a twister approaches, take shelter in a basement or low-level interior room or closet, away from windows and exterior walls. But with the powerful devastation from the May 20 twister that killed 24 and pummeled the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore still etched... Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:05:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2122948-frightened-okla-residents-opt-to-flee-tornadoes.html 2013-06-02T01:05:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2121094-5-dead-tornado-oklahoma-city-area-50-hurt.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tornadoes rolled in from the prairie and slammed Oklahoma City and its suburbs, trapping people in their vehicles as a storm swept down an interstate highway while commuters tried to beat it home. Five people were killed, including a mother and baby killed near Union City. Another person died at El Reno, the first city struck by the s... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 04:39:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2121094-5-dead-tornado-oklahoma-city-area-50-hurt.html 2013-06-01T04:39:09Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2121500-rain-delay-long-night-st-louis.html Jeff Francouer noticed the sun rising as the plane landed and people having breakfast as the Kansas City Royals arrived at their hotel near Dallas. Calling it a long night would be just a mild understatement. What appeared to be a routine game at St. Louis on Thursday turned into something else thanks a marathon rain delay and a decision to wait it out. ... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:43:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2121500-rain-delay-long-night-st-louis.html 2013-06-01T00:43:54Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2120738-royals-rally-to-beat-cards-4-2-8-game-skid.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Kansas City Royals waited a long time between wins. They had no problem waiting to put this one in the books. Jeff Francoeur and Eric Hosmer combined for three RBIs in the ninth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals' bullpen and the Royals spoiled Michael Wacha's almost spotless debut, snapping an eight-game losing streak with a rain... Fri, 31 May 2013 09:38:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2120738-royals-rally-to-beat-cards-4-2-8-game-skid.html 2013-05-31T09:38:36Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2119634-rain-driving-midwest-flooding.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pouring rain pelted much of the Midwest on Thursday, flooding rivers for a second time this season and leaving beleaguered residents and local officials fearing another onslaught of water. And with more rain in the forecast, residents in towns along the swollen Mississippi and Missouri rivers can do little more than wait to see how bad it... Thu, 30 May 2013 22:05:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2119634-rain-driving-midwest-flooding.html 2013-05-30T22:05:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2119238-boy-10-finds-10000-kansas-city-hotel-room.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 10-year-old boy who found $10,000 in a drawer at a Kansas City hotel where he was staying with his dad turned the money over to police. Tyler Schaefer found the neatly stacked bills Saturday in the room where he and his father, Cody Schaefer, were staying at a hotel near the airport, The Kansas City Star reported (http://bit.ly/1... Thu, 30 May 2013 19:39:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2119238-boy-10-finds-10000-kansas-city-hotel-room.html 2013-05-30T19:39:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2112442-hotel-magnate-mo-philanthropist-hammons-dies.html SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — John Q. Hammons' first business went bust, saddling him with debt. Yet the son of a poor Missouri dairy farmer paid it off within two years and turned his sights to hotels, the cornerstone of what would become a national real estate empire. Along the way, he opened his wallet to his home state, donating millions to hospitals, publi... Mon, 27 May 2013 21:01:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2112442-hotel-magnate-mo-philanthropist-hammons-dies.html 2013-05-27T21:01:32Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2111658-perry-collapses-idoki-takes-senior-pga.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kohki Idoki's eyes welled with tears as he putted for the Senior PGA Championship, and again in the interview room Sunday. Everything about his first appearance in the event, and first trip to the United States, was perfect. "It is one of the greatest things to win in this game, so I cannot imagine more," Idoki said Sunday through a trans... Mon, 27 May 2013 00:04:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2111658-perry-collapses-idoki-takes-senior-pga.html 2013-05-27T00:04:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2111476-suspect-colo-kidnapping-arrested-boy-safe.html DENVER (AP) — Authorities on Sunday arrested a man accused of breaking into his estranged wife's home before blasting her with a stun gun and pepper spray and kidnapping their 3-year-old son. Monty Ray Turner was arrested without incident at a motel in Brandon, Manitoba in Canada at about 1:30 p.m., said Longmont, Colo., Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur. The boy w... Sun, 26 May 2013 23:48:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2111476-suspect-colo-kidnapping-arrested-boy-safe.html 2013-05-26T23:48:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2110180-replacing-damaged-mo-bridge-estimated-3m.html CHAFFEE, Mo. (AP) — Cleanup of the collapsed southeast Missouri highway overpass continued Sunday, more than 24 hours after a cargo train crash led to a chain reaction. The crash, which happened about 2:30 a.m. Saturday near Chaffee, led to the derailment of about two dozen rail cars that smashed into the bridge's support pillars. Seven people in two cars... Sun, 26 May 2013 18:08:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2110180-replacing-damaged-mo-bridge-estimated-3m.html 2013-05-26T18:08:02Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2110208-hamilton-angels-beat-royals-7-0-7th-straight.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Billy Buckner needed to jog his memory to recall his previous major league win. "It's been a while," he said. "The Cubs, my last outing in 2009." Right on the money. Josh Hamilton and Hank Conger homered to back Buckner's first victory in 3½ years, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 7-0 on Saturday for their sev... Sat, 25 May 2013 23:22:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2110208-hamilton-angels-beat-royals-7-0-7th-straight.html 2013-05-25T23:22:15Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2108934-cochran-perry-tied-lead-senior-pga.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Longtime Kentucky pals Russ Cochran and Kenny Perry have shared a massive gallery the first two rounds of the Senior PGA Championship. Now, they also share the lead. "It's been a great couple of days," Cochran said after the pair each shot 5-under-66 on Friday. "He's one of my best friends. We had a good time out there." Cochran and Perry... Sat, 25 May 2013 02:34:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2108934-cochran-perry-tied-lead-senior-pga.html 2013-05-25T02:34:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2108360-oklahoma-than-share-disasters.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central. The twister that devastated Moore, Okla., was the 74th presidential disaster declared in the Sooner state in the past 60 years. Only much-larger and more-populous California and Texas have had more. The state is No. 1 in tornad... Fri, 24 May 2013 19:52:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2108360-oklahoma-than-share-disasters.html 2013-05-24T19:52:29Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107354-safe-room-mandates-remain-rare-tornado.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery — for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing the concrete bunker beneath the slab of their garage in early May. About three weeks later, the shelter saved their lives when a tornado that killed 24 people tor... Fri, 24 May 2013 11:30:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107354-safe-room-mandates-remain-rare-tornado.html 2013-05-24T11:30:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102120-correction-oklahoma-tornado-story.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — In some early versions of a story May 22 about damage estimates from the tornado in Moore, Okla., The Associated Press misspelled the name of the city's mayor. He is Glenn Lewis, not Glen. The correct version of the story is below: Okla. tornado damage: Thousands of homes, $1.5-$2B Oklahoma tornado ripped through as many as 13,000 home... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:19:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102120-correction-oklahoma-tornado-story.html 2013-05-23T23:19:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103932-school-storm-protection-spotty-tornado-zones.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building's lack of modern safety standards, destroying the school and killing seven students. Unlike several other schools in the Oklahoma City are... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:31:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103932-school-storm-protection-spotty-tornado-zones.html 2013-05-22T21:31:01Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2099832-chelsea-tops-ap-poll-winning-euro-title.html MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Chelsea surged to the top of the weekly Associated Press global soccer poll after winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League for the 11th straight season. There was a Chelsea player at the top of the player rankings, with Fernando Torres sharing first place with Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery. The Span... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:17:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2099832-chelsea-tops-ap-poll-winning-euro-title.html 2013-05-21T18:17:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099234-missouri-city-aids-tornado-ravaged-okla-town.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Officials in Joplin, Mo., have brought together a team of public safety employees they are sending to tornado-stricken Moore. Joplin was devastated by a tornado two years ago that killed 158 people and injured hundreds more. On Monday, Joplin organized a team of about a dozen police and firefighters to assist in Moore. Joplin City Mana... Tue, 21 May 2013 03:09:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099234-missouri-city-aids-tornado-ravaged-okla-town.html 2013-05-21T03:09:32Z