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Kansas City outscored Oakland 16-5 in the first two games and had a 22-7 scoring edge, including the team’s 6-2 win at Texas on Thursday, during a three-game winning streak. But the Royals didn’t get on the board Sunday until Emil Brown’s RBI single in the seventh scored Mark Grudzielanek, who doubled leading off the inning.

Carlos Zambrano wanted to show why the Cubs gave him a whopping five-year, $91.5 million dollar contract. For three innings Sunday night, he did. Then the game against the St. Louis Cardinals was rained out. After retiring all nine batters he faced, Zambrano looked sharp, relieved and relaxed after getting his contract situation resolved after a season of waiting. He was certainly on track to be better than he had in his previous three starts.

Many new international students have to make adjustments after they land in Columbia. And their numbers are growing.

Zack Odem, a first-year graduate student at MU, has hopes of becoming an executive at a major company.

After a massive toy recall earlier this week, Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon has launched a Web site to serve as a recall clearinghouse, combining information from several federal agencies.

Men Exploring Non-violent Directions, or MEND, is one of the Family Counseling Center's many outpatient programs.

To expand the number of recycling bins, the Mid-Missouri Solid Waste Management District will award Columbia a $4,000 grant requiring a matching city grant of $1,333.

According to recent research, perhaps not all men, our nation’s 16th president included, were blessed with equal levels of health.

When it comes to zipping around town, two wheels are better than four if you ask the founding members of the Scooter Sirens, Columbia’s only motor scooter club.

Businesses along Broadway are finally looking the way Carrie Gartner envisioned a year ago when the last pieces of the downtown canopy came down.

Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri filed a federal lawsuit in Jefferson City on Monday that would block a bill that would temporarily prevent its clinics from performing abortions.

While Colin Brown hasn’t seen much playing time in his three years on the roster, he now finds himself vying with Dain Wise for the starting right tackle position. The right tackle position is the only position still in question, which is a testament to the skills of both Brown and Wise. Even though the starter hasn’t been named, the prospects of having a tandem of tackles over 6-feet-7 tall have left Chase Daniel excited about his protection in the pocket.