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The Missouri soccer team had, by all accounts, overachieved in its first eight games of the season. After being picked to finish eighth in the Big 12 Conference in a preseason media poll, the Tigers earned a national ranking and won seven straight games.

The newcomer knew the most dramatic way to introduce himself to the crowd.

Rob Heath did not beg his mother to let him play football. She begged him to play.

The scores started coming in for Rock Bridge at the William Woods Tournament on Tuesday at Tanglewood Golf Course, and coach Melissa Melahn was feeling good. Senior Anna Coil fired a 10-over-par 82 to tie for fourth place individually and Molly Ramsey carded a personal-best 95 to lead the Bruins. Danielle Kellar and Allison Coffelt also shot 95s, helping Rock Bridge to a team total of 367, one of the team’s better 18-hole scores of the season.

Tonight, as the sun sets, the second holiest day in the Jewish faith, Rosh Hashana, will begin the new year of 5767. The holiday commemorates the creation of the world and the birth of Isaac, son of Abraham.

Quick: Name the couple that has bridal registries at McAdams in Columbia along with Gearys of Beverly Hills and two national chains, Crate & Barrel and Williams-Sonoma. Here’s a clue: They are not registered at Wal-Mart.

ATLANTA — Federal health officials Thursday recommended regular, routine testing for the AIDS virus for all Americans ages 13 to 64, saying an HIV test should be as common as a cholesterol check.

As cities go, Columbia isn’t that big yet. It is big enough, though, for the character of housing and subdivisions to change drastically as you follow the compass points on a tour of the outer Columbian urban fringe.

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., facing pressure from critics who call its employee health care coverage inadequate, plans to begin selling nearly 300 generic prescription drugs for a sharply reduced price of $4 for a month’s supply.

The Boone County Prosecutor’s office dropped first-degree robbery and second-degree murder charges Tuesday against one of three men charged in the March slaying of Carlos Kelly.

Members of a Columbia health care union will voice concerns over the treatment of nurses at the Truman Veterans Hospital at an informational picket Saturday.

It’s only fitting that the Rev. Jim Bryan of Missouri United Methodist Church was chosen.

Six-year-old Olivia Zacharias practiced her fishing skills Thursday with a plastic fishing rod and a little toy alien as bait. After several casts into a children’s swimming pool, she got a piece of candy rather than a big fish as a prize.

The leaves are beginning to change, the football season has started and most students already have a month of classes under their belts. So it may come as no surprise to Columbia residents that summer is over.

Meet David.

He’s immature, easily angered, has a very short attention span and is entering the first grade. David’s kindergarten teacher has labeled him challenging.

Kim Freese crouched on the cold ground Thursday morning, stuck a pair of green scissors into the grass in front of Derby Ridge Elementary School and then planted a pencil into the freshly made hole. Attached to the pencil’s eraser was a multicolored paper pinwheel that had been made by a student in one of her art classes.

The Columbia Terminal railroad will gain a new customer before the end of the year.

An attorney for one of three men accused in the March 29 murder of Carlos Kelly asked a judge Friday not to allow two witnesses to testify against Travis Midgyett because they cannot provide a reliable identification of him.