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Sprint Nextel given 180 days to end Midwest Nextel unit Sprint Nextel Corp., the third-biggest U.S. mobile phone service provider, has 180 days to shut down its Nextel operations in Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and parts of Nebraska, a judge ruled. ...

K.C. men, Russians indicted for forced labor The managers of Frosty Treats ice cream truck company, along with the maintenance worker at a Northland apartment complex and two Russian nationals, were indicted by a Springfield federal grand jury Wednesday on ...

What if you were cross-examining a witness when, behind you, someone asked, “Was that a good question?” And an authoritative voice replied, “I don’t think so. Let’s watch and see.” It could happen, and you wouldn’t even know it in ...

Fearing up to three years of diminished sales, hundreds of farmers have joined two class-action lawsuits filed this month in federal court in St. Louis and Cape Girardeau against Bayer CropScience. More than 200 farmers were named in the St. ...

Woman faces charges for assault, shooting A Kansas City woman was charged Monday with five counts of first-degree assault for a Sept. 11 shooting. Dominique D. Tusa, 17, allegedly punched a woman in the face and shot two others near ...

The liquor flowed. The music roared. But the holiday party resulted in more than an end-of-the-year hangover. It led to a sexual-harassment complaint. A female employee complained to her manager that a male colleague touched her inappropriately on the dance ...

First, the lead plaintiffs’ attorney had to hop a plane from St. Louis for a family emergency just before opening arguments. A month later, the court’s broken air-conditioning system led to a second mistrial on a sweltering day in May. ...

Just one day before the Sept. 12 primary election, a federal judge refused to stop voter identification requirements for Arizona residents. Judge Roslyn Silver of the U.S. District Court in Phoenix ruled against the suit, which was filed by several ...

JPMorgan Chase sues to close scam Chase site JPMorgan Chase & Co., the third- biggest U.S. bank, sued a New York company to stop it from using the Chase name to offer loans. JPMorgan contends in court papers that Chase ...

Gov. Blunt appoints Joplin attorney to Court of Appeals The Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District will get its first judge to hail from Joplin in 20 years when attorney Daniel E. Scott steps up to the bench. Scott’s appointment ...