It's always wise to talk things over before taking action. That's what they do in Congress before moving forward with major legislation on controversial issues involving guns, steroids and corruption.
Think of it as a new normal in American family life. After creeping slowly and steadily upward most of the last 50 years, the number of babies born to young unmarried women quietly crossed a troubling threshold in 2006.
KIRKWOOD, Mo. | Mike Swoboda, badly wounded when a gunman opened fire at a City Council meeting in February, has died of complications related to his injuries.
Lawsuits and a campaign raising nearly $500,000 have not saved a historic railroad lift bridge in Boonville, Mo., which a group wants to make part of the Katy Trail.
HOLLY, 15, is a self- described people person with a great smile. She loves to draw. She also likes to shop. In school, she's been getting good grades lately.
Republican Kenny Hulshof unveiled his health-care plan late last month amid predictions that it would help nearly all 729,000 uninsured Missourians acquire health coverage at modest cost.
Republican presidential nominee John McCain and vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin will appear at a rally in Lee's Summit at 10:30 a.m. Monday, the campaign said.
A proposal to replace Kansas City International Airport's three terminals with only one has sparked considerable debate since it was first mentioned more than a year ago.
A recording of Arlo Guthrie's Mr. Customs Man was blaring over loudspeakers just a few feet away from a tent where Budweiser and margaritas were being dispensed.