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The five biggest makers of hip- and knee-implant devices disclosed the names of 1,805 medical consultants they paid this year, including 46 doctors or organizations that got $1 million or more. The companies posted the names on their Web sites ...

Students walk to class Thursday morning at Washington University. Missouri lawmakers have changed the law that requires noncustodial parents to pay for their children’s college education. Photo by Karen Elshout Some noncustodial parents think it should go further Missouri lawmakers ...

EEOC unable to prove, disprove any violation An attorney who once worked for the state’s social services agency claims Attorney General Jay Nixon’s office discriminated against her in not offering a job because she is a quadriplegic. Marla Grothoff, of ...

Warren Welliver Warren Welliver, a former Missouri Supreme Court judge from Columbia, died Monday, the high court announced on Wednesday. He was 87. An appointee of Democratic Gov. Joe Teasdale, Welliver served on the court for 10 years, beginning in ...

Insurer must pay $25,000 daily fine The tab for Allstate Insurance Co. in defending a bad-faith case continues to swell larger by the day. On Tuesday, the Missouri Supreme Court denied Allstate’s writ that sought protection from an order by ...

Application period open for last Western District vacancy The Appellate Judicial Commission is now accepting applications for the final vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals’ Western District. The commission will accept applications through 5 p.m. Nov. 16 for the ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled a Tuesday vote on Michael Mukasey’s nomination to be attorney general as support among Democrats dwindled because of his reluctance to clarify his position on torture. Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and chairman of ...

Former Illinois Governor George H. Ryan, convicted last year on corruption charges, lost a bid to postpone a 6 1/2-year prison sentence that starts Nov. 7. A federal appeals court in Chicago on Wednesday denied Ryan’s request for freedom while ...

EEOC unable to prove, disprove any violation

Warren Welliver, a former Missouri Supreme Court judge from Columbia, died Monday, the high court announced on Wednesday. He was 87. An appointee of Democratic Gov. Joe Teasdale, Welliver served on the court for 10 years, beginning in 1979. He ...

Insurer must pay $25,000 daily fine