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The Appellate Judicial Commission announced Tuesday its three nominees to fill a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals’ Western District. The panel consists of two attorneys — Alok Ahuja of Lathrop & Gage and Cynthia L. Reams Martin, a ...

Local federal court nixes house arrest in stealing case

Yahoo! Inc., the most-visited U.S. Web site, asked a federal judge to dismiss a case filed by a Chinese dissident who claims the company gave government officials information that led to his arrest and torture. Yahoo, in its request to ...

Burberry Group PLC, the U.K. luxury goods maker that sells $4,000 raincoats and $1,500 handbags, has sued Iconix Brand Group Inc., accusing the company of copying its familiar plaid pattern in a line of London Fog outerwear. Iconix, the New ...

Members of the Missouri House have announced the creation of a task force that will review property tax rates in the state. House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, said about 20 residents and lawmakers yet to be named will look ...

American Electric Power Co. isn’t planning to build any new nuclear power plants because delays will push operational starts to 2020, Chief Executive Officer Michael Morris said Tuesday. The first permit to build and operate a new U.S. reactor will ...

State police will begin checking whether people they arrest are illegal immigrants, under a directive Gov. Matt Blunt announced this week. Officers of the Highway Patrol, Water Patrol and Capitol Police will undergo training and be deputized to enforce federal ...

The American Bar Association should repeal a mandate requiring U.S. law schools to support racial, ethnic and sexual diversity, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights said Tuesday. The ABA directive, which addresses admissions and hiring, infringes institutions’ academic freedom, the ...

An award handed out by a Jackson County jury far exceeded what a Dexter couple demanded for the injuries the husband sustained in a fiery car wreck. But Delbert and Pam Sanders will receive about a quarter of the jury’s ...

Repairing department

An offramp from U.S. Highway 71 is not safe and contributed to the 2006 death of a Holden man, an arbitration panel ruled last week. Tony Bryant died one year after a drunken driver entered the highway from Hickman Mills ...