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As Scott Cairns sips his coffee on a spring afternoon he is a poet without pen and paper, putting into words the way he feels about God. The prayer rope wound around his left wrist is there to train him to be constantly aware of God’s presence, he says, a way to keep the divine in the daily discussion. It is an age-old conversation between language and faith, a narrative that Cairns negotiates through his writing.

A 13th Circuit Court judge decided Friday that a Mexico, Mo., man is likely to be determined a sexually violent predator and ordered him to be returned to a Farmington facility for a second evaluation.

Mary Miller said the wail of the tornado siren across the street from her house is so intense that she sometimes finds herself hiding in her room to mute the sound.

Parry Shen: Fulfilling stereotypes of Asian-Americans in film since 1997.

Firefighters worked for 3½ hours Tuesday to put out a house fire in the 6300 block of Druid Lane West. No one was injured, although two cats inside the house died, said Division Chief Gale Blomenkamp of the Boone County Fire Protection District.

For someone raised in the fairy-tale environs of old Hollywood, Victoria Riskin has a fitting and impressive resume. But the accomplished television writer and screenwriter credits her successful career to experiences she gained when she ventured outside Los Angeles’ bustling entertainment industry.

JEFFERSON CITY — Amid protests from Democrats who charged the bill did not go far enough to address campaign finance and lobbyist influence in Missouri politics, the Missouri House gave initial approval Tuesday to an ethics bill that would bar lobbyists from giving meals and entertainment to most legislative caucuses.

MU’s Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, commonly known as Fiji, voted Monday to surrender its charter after learning its board of trustees decided to shut down the chapter’s house April 10.

JEFFERSON CITY — The House Budget Committee dumped proposals to use the expected profits from a sale of student loans on initatives unrelated to higher education before passing the bill that had initially put some of the money toward building a women’s prison in Chillicothe.

Sweat soaked members of the Hickman tennis team Tuesday afternoon. The sun glared down on the players during Hickman’s 6-3 victory over Marshall.

Missouri pitcher Megan Dennis didn’t take part in fall practices. In the winter of 2005, Dennis tore her right Anterior Cruciate Ligament while playing badminton in high school. The knee was injured so badly that she was not cleared to practice softball with Missouri until January.

Standing near the MU Columns, Mike Hall still looks like a typical college student. His dirty blond hair is styled to make it look messy. His long-sleeved, purple shirt adorned with white vertical stripes was left unbuttoned at the chest. His sunglasses were pinned to the inside of his collar, despite the bright sun shining over the MU campus.

MU Golf: The women’s team turned in Tuesday’s best performance with a 287 in round two of the Big 12 Conference Championships. With this score, the women jumped four places into third, behind leader Oklahoma State and Texas A&M.

The Hickman girls’ soccer team entered the second half of its home game Tuesday night trailing Jefferson City 2-0.