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Ex-fire chief claims ouster was illegal

A battle that has been brewing in downtown St. Louis found its way to the state Supreme Court on Thursday. There, attorneys for St. Louis’ land clearance authority and the owner of a junkyard they’re trying to relocate argued about ...

Union Pacific failed to adequately train brakeman, suit alleged

Let’s say you have a lunch meeting at a restaurant, but you can only recall part of the name. Do a quick search on Google via computer — or perhaps your cell phone — and you’ve found it. Or, rather, ...

Wyeth’s Prempro menopause drug helped cause three Nevada women’s cancers, and they deserve a total of $134.5 million in damages, jurors found Thursday in the drugmaker’s fourth loss at a trial over the medicine. A state court jury in Reno, ...

Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest U.S. securities firm by market value, won final approval of a $46 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit over claims it discriminated against women. The settlement, reached in April, won preliminary approval in July from U.S. ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Congress should “proceed very cautiously” before immunizing telephone companies from lawsuits claiming they illegally helped the government listen to Americans’ phone calls after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Companies that cooperated with President George W. ...

The Justice Department announced a new campaign to reduce illegal exports of U.S. military and other technology to countries such as China and Iran by boosting enforcement against companies and weapons dealers that violate the law. The effort is driven, ...

A unit of Air France-KLM Group, Europe’s biggest airline company, was sued by a Florida firm claiming the carrier lost more than $1 million in gold bullion during shipment to Zurich from Mexico City. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines personnel disregarded ...

Pelosi voices doubts about immunity for telephone companies House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Congress should “proceed very cautiously” before immunizing telephone companies from lawsuits claiming they illegally helped the government listen to Americans’ phone calls after the Sept. 11 terrorist ...

Gwen Grant, president of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, speaks at a City Council committee meeting Wednesday. Grant, along with other members of the black community, were offended at a suggestion that black applicants for the Municipal Court ...