St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford throws during the first quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff...

Nyjer Morgan's wild week has landed him an eight-game suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday by Major League Baseball following a brawl between Washington Nationals and Florida...

Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips is in. Pitcher Johnny Cueto is out. Phillips will return tonight from a week-long wrist injury, while Cueto has been excused from the team to attend...

Play at the U.S. Open has resumed after a 25-minute rain delay caused by one of the outer bands from Hurricane Earl. As a light rain picked up Friday, players were briefly sent back to the locker...

Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz isn't talking about the cuts he has to make by Saturday night. The franchise, along with the rest of the NFL, must trim its roster to 53 players by 6 p.m....

The University of Missouri-St. Louis was put on two years probation by the NCAA today for wagering-related violations in its men's golf program and "unethical conduct" by its former men's golf ...

In this photo taken, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, Ohio State fans dance while tailgating before an NCAA college football game between Marshall and Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State won 45-7. (AP...

, who enjoyed an auspicious NFL debut with the Falcons. Giddy optimism reigned. Fans managed to push last season’s 1-15 nightmare further toward the back of their brains. This assessment in...

, gathered last night to honor Powers on the eve of the premiere of his first play. A benefit staged reading of the play, "Sam and Laura," will debut tonight at 8 p.m. at...

AmerenUE said today that it will ask for a $263 million rate increase from the Missouri Public Service Commission. If approved by the PSC, the electric rate hike would mean an 11-percent...

Brian McBride, whose scoring touch and tenacity earned him fans on both sides of the Atlantic, is calling it a career. The 38-year-old McBride said Friday he will retire at the end of the season,...

A toy drive aided by several Lincoln County Emergency responders recently collected more than $4,000 worth of toys for patients at St. Louis Children's Hospital. The toy drive was the brainchild...

research paper   that the Clunkers program's effect on sales was "almost completely reversed" just seven months after it ended. Mian and Sufi don't analyze the aggregate auto-sales numbers; that...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Hollywood producer Gavin Polone wants Missouri voters to raise the standards for raising puppies in the state. So does former Time Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ...

- Well, summer's goodbye party is just about to get rolling, and with all that's going on, the kagillion dollar question is will the weather cooperate? The answer is yes - and that'll be a kagillion...

AmerenUE, the Missouri utility company of Ameren Corporation, plans to file an electric rate increase request with the Missouri Public Service Commission to recover more than $1 billion in invested...

By SARA KUGLER FRAZIER, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A new poll finds New Yorkers are conflicted about the construction of a mosque near the World Trade Center site, with half of...

-- A Montana teen looking to buy marijuana tried to text a drug dealer but hit the wrong number and instead hooked up with the county sheriff. The message: "Hey Dawg, do you have a $20 I can buy...

Buxton, NC -- Hurricane Earl's powerful gusts and driving rains churned over the Outer Banks of North Carolina overnight. National Weather Service meteorologist Jeremy Schulz said early Friday...

Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night, giving the Rams a 3-1 preseason finish for the second straight season. He was 6 for 6 for 68 yards and a touchdown in his one series. That followed a two-TD effort...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — All the news coming out of Columbia, Mo., lately has been off the field, and bad. No doubt, Missouri can't wait to hit the...

has made management changes at its St. Louis casinos and will combine some back-office support functions to improve margins, the gaming company said Thursday. Todd George, who joined the company in...

Missouri revenue collections picked up in August, although they weren’t able to make up for the prior month’s dive. The state collected $594 million in net general revenue in August, a...

Houston Texans kicker Kris Brown (3) reacts after missing a 56-yard field goal attempt against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second quarter of an NFL preseason football game Thursday, Sept. 2,...

Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh (90) chasesx Cleveland Browns quarterback Jake Delhomme (17) in the first quarter of an NFL preseason football game Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, in Detroit....

Coach Steve Spagnuolo realizes it's the foremost question on the minds of St. Louis Rams fans. But he's still not ready to announce his decision on the team's opening-day starting quarterback...

Alex Rodriguez and longtime agent Scott Boras have split. The New York Yankees slugger said Friday that he and Boras had "a good run," but he no longer needs some of the things he needed 20 years...

The pictures on the walls and the old videos Bob Stoops shows to his players serve as a reminder that Oklahoma's program has been thriving for decades, since long before any of them were around. ...

Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini addresses journalists during an NCAA college football news conference in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Pelini would not say who will be starting at quarterback...

Nicki Paterson, the Scottish midfielder AC St. Louis picked up last week, is gone before playing a game because of a visa problem unrelated to soccer. (Lacking the proper visa, it turns out he was ...

karate exhibition -- then let it be. The Cardinals have embarrassed themselves and proven to be far lesser than the Reds after winning those three games in Cincinnati from Aug. 8-11. So if the...

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2010, file photo, Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly huddles with his team during NCAA college football practice in South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame opens their season against...

Don’t you mean catching the Phillies AND the Giants in the wild card race? The Cardinals may have one last opportunity to crash the postseason party. They are currently 5 1/2 games behind a...

The new St. Louis City trash bills are going out to residents this week. They should hit mailboxes today and tomorrow, according to city staff. The added $11 monthly charge will be added to units'...

Gasoline prices have been falling for weeks, and they could go even lower as autumn's leaves begin to drop. The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular was $2.681 on Friday, according to...

Roger Clemens gets ready to tee off on the first hole of the Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship at The Pearl golf club Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, in Calabash, N.C. Clemens pleaded not guilty...

-- An Edwardsville man was struck by a car and killed Thursday night on Horseshoe Lake Road, authorities say. Terell A. Grant, 21, was struck before 9:30 p.m. Thursday and pronounced dead at...

The Missouri Department of Transportation has canceled the planned Sept. 10-13 closure of westbound Highway 40 in west St. Louis County. MoDOT officials blamed the recent wet weather. The...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake has rocked much of New Zealand's South Island. No immediate tsunami alert has been issued and no injuries have been reported. The...

The fate of a nightclub on Washington Avenue is being discussed at St. Louis City Hall. Judge Margaret Walsh is hearing testimony from residents, police and others. Residents have complained about...

A Malaysian man has pleaded guilty to wildlife smuggling after his luggage packed with 95 live boa constrictors broke open on a conveyor belt at Kuala Lumpur International airport. Keng Liang...

A 21-year-old Edwardsville, Illinois man was running along a road in Pontoon Beach when he went into traffic and was struck and killed. Madison County Coroner Stephen P. Nonn said Terrell Grant was...

Bridgeton police are investigating a parental kidnapping. Police said a two-year-old girl was taken from her mother's home in the 3100 block of Bridgeland around 7:58 a.m by her father. The girl's...

After 35 years as a journalist, and 27 of them at KSDK, I'm leaving the industry to practice law with Chet Pleban. The web is a new landscape for news, and it also gives me the opportunity to speak...

The Missouri Department of Transportation canceled the weekend closure of westbound Route 40, the Daniel Boone Bridge, at the Missouri River, the weekend of Sept. 10-13. The closure for the weekend...