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A group of residents from Sauget, Ill. have filed suit against Monsanto, and its subsidiaries alleging that for years the company dumped toxic, carcinogenic chemicals that poisoned their town. The suit asked for two class certifications: a medical monitoring class ...

A Missouri appeals court issued a decision this week likely to please the state’s Republican-led Legislature. On Tuesday, the appellate court in St. Louis said a Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission employee was not injured in the course of his ...

Appeals court to decide thorny issue

8th Circuit upholds conviction

For two centuries, Wall Street survived wars, depressions, bank panics and terrorist attacks. Now Wall Street as we know it is dead. Gone. When a healthy and thriving person dies suddenly, a medical examiner may talk to family and friends ...

In Arizona v. Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether police officers who perform a lawful traffic stop have the authority to frisk the vehicle’s passengers. The facts in Johnson are not complicated: The defendant was the ...

Attorney Mark Jess packs up his things after arguing Thursday before the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Jess represented Melissa Howard, who sued Kansas City for $2.13 million after the City Council rejected her for a municipal judgeship because ...

A Missouri appeals court issued a decision this week likely to please the state’s Republican-led Legislature. On Tuesday, the appellate court in St. Louis said a Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission employee was not injured in the course of his ...

The W.G. Krummich Plant in Sauget, Ill. Photo by Karen Elshout A group of residents from Sauget, Ill. have filed suit against Monsanto, and its subsidiaries alleging that for years the company dumped toxic, carcinogenic chemicals that poisoned their town. ...

Faced with the choice of living in prison or on the streets, James Richard Cook says he had to chose prison. Then he tried to use that choice to stay out of prison. A federal judge, however, refused to allow ...

Republican Congressman Roy Blunt announced on Thursday that he will seek the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond. Bond announced in January that he would not seek a fifth Senate term in 2010. “The Senate ...