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A university and the federal government have agreed to resolve a lawsuit over taxing medical residents.

Saint Louis University sued the U.S. government last fall alleging it overpaid $24.6 million in Social Security and Medicare taxes from 1995 through March 2005.

Several other teaching medical programs have made similar claims, including Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which sued seeking a nearly $25 million refund.

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A truck driver injured after another rig swerved into his lane in St. Charles County won $500,000 after a federal jury trial. But how much he ultimately receives isn’t finalized. John Burroughs sued Mackie Moving Systems Corp., for whom the ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said Tuesday that the state's Public Service Commission followed the applicable statutes and regulations in allowing KCP&L's holding company, Great Plains Energy Inc., to take over Aquila and operate it as a subsidiary.

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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday said a lower court in Kansas City erred in denying a habeas corpus petition, but still affirmed the decision. The appeals court agreed with a man who said he shouldn’t have ...

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Developer John R. Steffen has been indicted on bank fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday. The indictment alleges Steffen, who headed up the defunct Pyramid Construction Inc., used collateral from a loan intended for the Metropolitan Building in Grand ...

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Great Rivers Habitat Alliance and the Adolphus A. Busch Revocable Living Trust had challenged the Federal Emergency Management Agency's approval of the Lakeside 370 levee in St. Peters. But the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday the groups failed to bring up any new scientific information for FEMA to consider.

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If you can't change the opinion, delay it.

A man accused of a shooting 12 years ago will not have to stand trial because police waited too long to track him down, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision Friday. But Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr. [left] dissented, saying Garcia "is the principal cause of the police's delay in locating him" because he fled the state.

Here are brief summaries of other decisions the Missouri Supreme Court released in a rare Friday hand down:

A man accused of a shooting 12 years ago will not have to stand trial because police waited too long to track him down, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Friday.

Prosecutors can't modify a charge midway through a trial, determined the Missouri Supreme Court last week.