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ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals count on Albert Pujols for big hits. His latest blast might have saved their season.

MINNEAPOLIS — David DeJesus and Mike Sweeney hit home runs, Mark Redman pitched eight strong innings, and the Kansas City Royals ended an eight-game losing streak with a 6-4 victory Wednesday night over the Minnesota Twins.

For the past two years, the Missouri Canoe and Kayak Club didn’t go on its annual beginner’s trip to the Spring River in Arkansas because of a lack of interest. But with an increase in participation this year, the club will be returning to Arkansas.

ST. LOUIS — Tony La Russa has always been a sore loser, quick to lash out at the slightest provocation during postgame news conferences.

Colorado kicker Mason Crosby lined up at the 46, his own 46, to try to hit a field goal while practicing before the Georgia game.

It looked like the Missouri volleyball team was going to have the letdown coach Wayne Kreklow dreaded.

It’s 3 p.m., the beginning of yet another Monday practice on the tennis courts at Hickman. Weary from a long weekend of gown shopping and other pre-homecoming madness, the Kewpies are reluctant to begin.

The loss was frustrating, but what happened afterwards angered Columbia College more.

In a game touted as a chess match between city rivals, Rock Bridge couldn’t have picked a better time to play like kings.

The Rock Bridge tennis team (14-1) made short work of Jefferson City, 9-0. The Bruins dropped three games in six singles matches, and finished the dual meet in less than two hours.

Three Tibetan monks on Tuesday began pouring millions of grains of colored sand through metal funnels called chakpur, transforming a flat platform into a sophisticated mandala.

The Twilight Festival has filled the streets of downtown Columbia every Thursday evening in September.

KANSAS CITY — There hasn’t been a specific terrorist threat against the U.S. food supply, but Americans should not take the safety of their food for granted, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Wednesday.

Check the aerial maps of Boone County online and you’ll find some glaring discrepancies between the photos and what’s really out there.

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department, the county jail and Juvenile Justice Center have had their garbage removed for free by the city of Columbia for the past 20 months. The county has received no invoice from the city since December 2004 and will not have to pay for the months the city missed.

When Jerry Hazelbauer became the chair of the MU biochemistry department six years ago, he made a habit of asking faculty members one question: “What would you change?”

Every year, photographers from the MU School of Journalism and across the country settle into a Missouri community and attempt to document the lives of its inhabitants.

CHESTERFIELD ­­— Gov. Matt Blunt’s appointees prevailed in a divided vote Wednesday as Missouri’s student loan authority endorsed his plan to siphon $350 million from the agency to finance college construction projects.

George Thompson was working as a police officer in Emporia, Kan., when he noticed veteran police officers calming agitated people with remarkable consistency.