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Cooper sentencing delayed until November Sentencing for a former legislator and immigration attorney has been pushed back until November. Nathan Cooper, a Cape Girardeau Republican, was to have been sentenced today after pleading guilty in August to two federal felony ...

Michael B. Mukasey, on the witness stand Thursday for a second day of hearings on his nomination to be U.S. attorney general, clashed with Senate Democrats over wiretapping of suspected terrorists and what constitutes torture. The proceedings turned contentious a ...

FirstEnergy Corp., the Ohio-based utility owner that agreed to spend $1.1 billion on pollution controls to end government lawsuits, was sued by a Pennsylvania environmental group over emissions from its largest power plant. Soot from the plant violated state and ...

Rockers wins dismissal of music archive claims The Grateful Dead, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, Carlos Santana and other musicians won the dismissal of most claims filed by a music archive arguing the groups conspired to destroy its business. U.S. District ...

Lawsuits, accusations fly over language in proposed initiative

The noose hanging in the basement of the Civil Courts Building in downtown St. Louis was not the first racial incident two black sheriff’s deputies had experienced at work — but they had hoped it would be the last. Yet ...

Allstate Insurance Co. brought some resolution to a Jackson County case that the suburban Chicago company has taken all the way to the Missouri Supreme Court. The company agreed during court-ordered mediation last week to pay Dale Deer and his ...

The Edward D. Jones & Co. securities class-action road show had its final appearance Thursday as 14 lawyers brought a $127.5 million settlement to two judges for their blessings. U.S. District Court Judge Henry Autrey said he will rule in ...

Sentencing for a former legislator and immigration attorney has been pushed back until November. Nathan Cooper, a Cape Girardeau Republican, was to have been sentenced today after pleading guilty in August to two federal felony charges related to a scheme ...

Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, was sued by a Missouri couple who claimed they lost their baby after a prescription for pre-natal vitamins was filled with a chemotherapy drug carrying a similar brand name. Walgreen failed to properly ...

Michael B. Mukasey, on the witness stand Thursday for a second day of hearings on his nomination to be U.S. attorney general, clashed with Senate Democrats over wiretapping of suspected terrorists and what constitutes torture. The proceedings turned contentious a ...