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The wife of vice presidential candidate Joe Biden spoke at Stephens College on Friday.

A fight that occurred around noon on Wednesday at Hickman was captured in a video and posted on the video-sharing Web site YouTube on Thursday night.

Hickman Resource Officer Mark Brotemarkle is under investigation by the Columbia Police Department with cooperation from Columbia Public Schools after a fight that occurred around noon Wednesday. A Hickman parent has begun collecting signatures for a petition to get Brotemarkle removed from his position.

Cheney is scheduled to appear at a private reception for 9th District congressional candidate Blaine Luetkemeyer at a club in the St. Louis area. Then, the vice president will fly to Cape Girardeau for a fundraiser for incumbent Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder.

Democratic lieutenant governor's candidate Sam Page scrambled to change his state finance report Friday after listing a check from a Canadian company, an apparent violation of a federal law banning foreign political donations.

More than 20 people are interested in joining a class action suit against Warren Funeral Chapel for alleged mishandling of their family members' bodies.

Kansas City's liberty memorial might hold the distinction in addition to hosting the centennial in 2014 to 2018.

Michael Yonan estimates that he has at least 200 ties. He finds the evolution of the tie interesting, and most of his collection is of post-World War II neckties.

The former Engineered Support Systems CEO was sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined $4 million in St. Louis on Friday.

Luke Pickett, an 18-month-old boy with a beaming smile and a frequent laugh, left for China on Oct. 4 with his father. There, he is scheduled to receive a donated umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant. With luck, it could reduce his symptoms of cerebral palsy. It's a long way to travel, and it's expensive, but the Pickett family says it's worth it.

Party spokeswoman Tina Hervey said McCain would be in Columbia on Monday, but McCain's campaign Web site lists only stops in St. Charles and Belton.

Jill Biden made the first stop of her Missouri tour Friday morning at Stephens College and touched on many of the issues pertinent to Columbia residents.

James Cook,  a surgical specialist in veterinary medicine and a faculty member at MU, developed a surgical procedure called TightRope, named after the rope-like material Cook uses to link the two bones in the knee joint. He hopes it will eradicate the extreme, though rare, problems dogs sometimes face after knee surgery.

Theatre 1360 at MU teaches students basic techniques in applying stage makeup, the kind that is dramatic and meant to look better from a distance.

Since she arrived in March, the Rev. Paula Robinson has energized the Calvary Episcopal Church with her presence and vision. She is the church's first female senior rector.

The garden added its 6 millionth plant specimen to that collection Friday. It's a member of the Philodendron family, collected by Thomas Croat during a trip to Equador last year.