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DETROIT — This weekend, the Detroit Tigers drew more fans to Comerica Park for three consecutive games than they ever have in its seven-season history.

SONOMA, Calif. — Even for a guy who has won as many races as Jeff Gordon, Sunday’s victory at Infineon Raceway was like a life preserver to a drowning man.

The Rev. Edwin Cole strolls through the church’s aisles greeting parishioners as he has done for the last 10 years.

Columbia Public Schools students might be happy to know that Superintendent Phyllis Chase gets a report card, too. Actually, she gets two report cards each year — one in February and another in June.

A 183-home subdivision is being hailed as “innovative” and “creative” by members of the City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission.

JEFFERSON CITY — The negative TV ads have yet to begin, most of the yard signs have yet to go up, and candidates have yet to start knocking on doors.

Bob Gerau got started in the fireworks business in 1965. He had sent away for fireworks, and a few neighbors bought some from him. The first year, he and his wife, Audrey, made only $400, which translated to about 25 cents an hour.

Five high school seniors from Missouri and Illinois have spent the past two weeks at Columbia College considering how they make moral decisions and how others reach them.

ST. LOUIS — State Auditor Claire McCaskill is slightly ahead of Sen. Jim Talent in their race for the U.S. Senate, according to a poll conducted for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and KMOV/Channel 4 in St. Louis.