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Recent foreclosure levels have been correlated to the high number of adjustable-rate mortgages that allow buyers to borrow with artificially low interest rates.

A policy revision, effective Oct. 1, means that applicants to full-time and part-time faculty and staff positions at MU will be required to submit to a criminal background check before being hired.

Applications for Boone County government panels will be accepted until the positions are filled.

Planned layoffs at 3M’s plant in Columbia would affect 200 hourly and 40 salaried workers by June 2008.

A four-person panel of experts answer high schooler’s questions about aging.

A Rhesus Macaque believed to have bitten a 7-year-old boy Saturday is also believed to have bitten an 11-year-old girl at the same event, a health department spokeswoman said.

A new hybrid variety of tomato surprised some fans by winning the top tasting prize at this month’s Tomato Festival.

Truman Veterans Hospital and up to 75 residential neighbors, including fraternity and sorority houses, lost power Thursday morning when Columbia Water & Light workers were fixing a city power connection.

Seventeen bulls died after a truck overturned on a bridge ramp. The incident occurred exactly a year after a horse trailer crashed on Interstate 44.

Sally Field had a right to say what she wanted, but Fox Entertainment also had the right to censor what was broadcast.

Instead of running the risk of creating a monopoly by luring one airline to the area, the airport would be better served extending the runway and bringing in more traffic.

On Sept. 1 Missouri' Jeremy Maclin took less than 10 seconds to show the countless hours of rehab from a devastating knee injury had paid off. His 66-yard punt return for a touchdown against Illinois proved he was fully recovered.

Sales tax reports show Columbia dining businesses’ sales in the first seven months of this year fell 1.2 percent from the same period last year.

In an unheard-of role for the Nebraska football team, quarterback Sam Keller’s arm is carrying the load for the Cornhuskers

Columbia College’s Sam Gelven had his leg shattered last season, but he’s back for his senior season, chasing his dreams of a professional soccer career.

The 70-year-old Carson & Barnes circus came to Columbia on Monday.

COLUMBIA — It took 10 games for the Columbia College men’s soccer team to find a dominating lineup, but the Cougars finally achieved it with a 3-1 victory Wednesday over Illinois-Springfield.

Hickman's 2-1 victory against Rock Bridge on Wednesday improved the Kewpies' record in Class 3 District 2 play to 4-0.

Gilbert Moye, a reserve safety, is accused of punching his roommate on the chin after a fight in a residence hall.

COLUMBIA — MU police are investigating the appearance of racially offensive graffiti in the bathroom of a university classroom building.