Missouri farmers face after-effects of dry conditions

Record drought ravaged parts of Texas and Oklahoma this year, but Missouri was hard hit, too

Global stocks recover on euro rescue hopes

Global stocks enjoyed one of their best sessions in weeks Monday as further proposals to get a grip on Europe’s debt crisis were touted amid […]

SKorean police: US trade deal rally turns violent

South Korean police say nearly 40 officers were injured during a rally opposing the ratification of the country’s free trade deal with the United States.
Hundreds […]

Sediment clog snarls St. Louis barge traffic

ST. LOUIS

Few Lake of the Ozark structures will face removal, FERC says

The regulated area around the Lake of the Ozarks will be reduced so dramatically that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission expects few structures to face […]

Asia stocks rise as Europe stabilizes, Japan grows

Asian stocks rose sharply Monday after Japan’s economy grew for the first time in four quarters and Europe moved closer to resolving a debt crisis […]

Nonprofit hospitals’ huge tax breaks under increasing scrutiny

BJC Healthcare, which operates Barnes-Jewish Hospital and a dozen others in Missouri and Illinois, owns property worth about $1.5 billion. But it pays few property […]

Wave of strikes hammer Greece as crisis enters decisive week

ATHENS, GREECE

Libyan official: Gadhafi hiding in southern desert

An official on Libya’s governing council said Monday that he believes Moammar Gadhafi is hiding in the southwestern desert near the borders with Niger and […]

Geist: Why are consumers missing from CRTC

Earlier this year, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission launched a consultation into the policy implications of increasingly popular Internet-based video services such as Netflix. […]