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The average lawyer enters the workforce with $60,000 in debt. Depending on that lawyer’s chosen field, her salary may be as low as $20,000 or as high as $125,000. Despite the huge disparity in income, though, a recent program put ...

Cuts will help some, but not all, homeowners

Drooling after dental work may become a thing of the past, according to Harvard researchers who have developed a shot from chili peppers that appears to stop pain without numbness. A combination of capsaicin, the natural compound that makes chili ...

Women in danger of sudden death from an erratic heart rate are about three times less likely than men to get a defibrillator, a $40,000 device that saves lives by shocking the heart back into a normal rhythm, researchers said. ...

A $1,000 computerized colon exam to detect cancer found signs of early tumors as effectively as standard colonoscopy that costs four times as much, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. In a group of more ...

Patients given drug-coated stents to prop open clogged heart arteries were less likely to die or need repeat procedures than those with older, bare-metal devices, in a study that may help revive sales of the newer models. Researchers analyzed the ...

Blunt announces grant program for historic courthouses Gov. Matt Blunt announced a $500,000 grant program Thursday to emphasize historic courthouses around the state. Speaking in St. Charles, Blunt said Missouri’s courthouses play a significant historic role as well as promoting ...

Media vehicles line up outside the federal courthouse in Kansas City as the trial Lisa Montgomery, accused of killing a woman and stealing her unborn baby, began Thursday morning. Photo by Scott Lauck As the long-awaited trial against Lisa Montgomery ...

Just weeks after making a decision on state campaign finance law in private, the Missouri Ethics Commission opened its doors Thursday afternoon for a public meeting that provoked robust discussion and no decision. Instead of deciding whether Missouri political candidates ...

Just weeks after making a decision on state campaign finance law in private, the Missouri Ethics Commission opened its doors Thursday afternoon for a public meeting that provoked robust discussion and no decision. Instead of deciding whether Missouri political candidates ...