KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Mark Buehrle was dominant into the ninth inning, allowing six hits and a run, and the surging Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City 4-1 Thursday night for their fifth victory in a row.... (More...)

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Food distributors across the country announced on Thursday they are recalling nonfat dry milk, cocoa and other products that are linked to a possible salmonella contamination at a Plainview, Minn., milk processor.... (More...)

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Todd Wellemeyer rebounded from his shortest start of the season with 7 1-3 solid innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Thursday night.... (More...)

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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- The St. Louis Cardinals gave a $3.1 million signing bonus to 16-year-old outfielder Wagner Mateo, considered to be among the top amateur free agents from Latin America.... (More...)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation Thursday that would have relaxed a law that requires motorcyclists in Missouri to wear helmets at all times, citing concerns about highway safety and health care costs.... (More...)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Attorney General Chris Koster is accusing officials of a St. Louis County fire and ambulance district of violating Missouri's open meetings and records laws.... (More...)

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Jay Nixon signed several veterans-related bills Thursday that include a tax break on state income taxes.... (More...)

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday tentatively threw out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who ended up committing suicide.... (More...)

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A 23-year-old man has admitted in court in St. Louis that he possessed explosives that were stolen from the St. Charles County law enforcement training center.... (More...)

BUTLER, Mo. (AP) -- A western Missouri sheriff says a fugitive who had been on the run for 25 years fatally shot himself after being cornered in a house where he was living under an alias.... (More...)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri's next education commissioner pledged after being selected Thursday to improve student achievement in both urban and rural districts.... (More...)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri revenues declined by nearly 7 percent in the 2009 fiscal year.... (More...)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Kansas City woman has admitted her role in a scheme in which she was sexually assaulted in an attempt to increase the settlement in a sexual harassment case against her former employer.... (More...)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Wheat 204,752 bushels: 23 1/2 cents lower to 0 cents; No. 2 hard 5.34-5.48n; No. 3 5.23-5.47n; No. 2 red wheat 4.73-5.22n; No. 3 red wheat 4.62-5.21n.... (More...)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's police departments are clamoring for an unprecedented amount of federal aid to forestall big local tax hikes or the possible layoff of nearly 40,000 police officers - enough to staff the entire New York City Police Department.... (More...)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss a workplace discrimination lawsuit filed against Mayor Mark Funkhouser by a former aide.... (More...)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Jackson County judge sentenced 20-year-old James C. Martin to 28 years in prison for the murder of a 12-year-old boy.... (More...)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Jay Nixon has submitted a request to put a statue of former President Harry Truman in the U.S. Capitol.... (More...)