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Dear Reader: Stay in my line of work for any length of time and you’ll pick up several sayings – some of them true. Newspaper people can meet deadlines but are always late to a party. A job perk is getting a pretty good obit when you die.

Are there too many new home in Columbia? Real estate professional aren't sure. In the meantime, builders are re-examinging their straegies.

On Saturday afternoon, the Unity Center of Columbia was filled with talk about how to make Columbia’s energy future a little bit brighter.

Columbia will soon join the trend of more than 100 communities that use cameras to catch people who run red lights.

Cecil Moore, chairman of MU’s veterinary medicine and surgery department, will become the interim dean of the MU College of Veterinary Medicine beginning Oct. 13.

Thursday marked the final Twilight Festival of the year, and based on organizers’ early estimates, it was one of the most successful.

Columbia police made seven arrests after serving two narcotics search warrants in two hours Friday afternoon.

NEW YORK — Hand-carved 3-D fruit, intricate snakeskin and tiny faces all painted on a fingernail.

When members of Columbia United Church of Christ learned their pastor of nearly 30 years, Fred Brandbenburg, was moving on in 2004, they wondered how they would fill the void.

After days of feeling dizzy, ill and having difficulty breathing, 23-year-old Lisa Britt was rushed to the emergency room. Her heart went into failure.

WASHINGTON — Most adults can determine at what age their children should get vaccinated or discern from a label when to take medicines, but they still need help understanding many basic health instructions.

Hungry from your shopping trip at Columbia Mall but don’t want to compromise your health by eating a burger at the food court? There’s some news for health conscious Columbians who want fast food. Wendy’s recently introduced healthier oils in its menu items, including french fries and breaded chicken items.

Beginning at sundown tonight, Jews around the world will begin reflecting on the nature of their sins and seeking redemption. Yom Kippur, the “day of atonement,” will last 25 hours, during which time Jews are expected to refrain from eating, drinking, working, wearing makeup or engaging in sexual activities.

It’s not the kind of competition you usually see in Columbia: Mayor Darwin Hindman and MU women’s volleyball coach Wayne Kreklow racing to transfer steamed dumplings from one plate to another using chopsticks.

For 98 years, the Columbia Daily Tribune has competed fiercely but fairly against its crosstown rival, the Columbia Missourian, the one-of-a-kind community newspaper that serves as a training and research laboratory for the Missouri School of Journalism.