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Junior Zaire Taylor, the Missouri men's basketball team's starting point guard, says he is working on his efficiency and taking care of the basketball.

A new study suggests that men feel more self-conscious when confronted with a gorgeous woman than a handsome gent because of men's "strict" standards of appearance.

As it is, with winter progressing and the country sinking deeper into recession, I'm glad I have Geronimo, the cat, around to keep me focused. It's so easy to get depressed when you hear thousands are losing their jobs and their homes, everyday. And you could drive yourself crazy, realizing there is nothing you can do to stop it.

Darwin Hindman proposed the change to the City Council at a meeting earlier this month.

Columbia College volleyball player Maria Omondi became interested in medicine at an early age, and moved to the U.S. from Kenya to become a doctor.

The freeze will apply to open positions and searches currently under way and will affect administrative, staff and faculty positions.

The $16 million school, which will eventually house 400 students, is scheduled to open in 2010.

The Missouri football team's game Nov. 29 against Kansas holds plenty of meaning for the Tigers, even though they have already earned the Big 12 North title.

After hearing Barrack Obama discuss the playoff issue in a TV interview, Texas coach Mack Brown wants to at least see a format that coaches could debate.

A new certification program between the MU College of Education and School of Nursing aims to improve the state of child psychiatry by training nurses, teachers and other education providers in adolescent mental health.

The Council voted Monday night to remove the extension from the city's Major Roadway Plan. The action was recommended by the Planning and Zoning, Parks and Recreation and Bicycle and Pedestrian commissions.

Northern District Commissioner Skip Elkin confirmed Monday that the Boone County Commission has accepted the resignation of Boone County Public Works Director David Mink.

Blaine Luetkemeyer, the 9th District U.S. Representative-elect, is in Washington, D.C., this week for Congressional orientation. But before he left, Luetkemeyer he shed light on some of his legislative priorities.

Hickman High School's Just Hip-Hop club won two local competitions last year and hopes to compete nationally in 2009.

Kelvin Simmons will become the Commissioner of Administration, a post in which he will coordinate the seven divisions of the Office of Administration.

Capt. Beverly Braun has worked in the Boone County Sheriff's Department for more than 23 years and will retire in December. Friends, family and co-workers gathered at the department Monday to celebrate her career.

The case, which is supposed to be about a violation of the terms of service of MySpace, has already inspired an episode of "Law & Order."

The plea to concealment of a felony comes with a maximum fine of $250,000 and the possibility of three years in prison.

Chinese students are enrolling in U.S. universities in record numbers, encouraged by aggressive recruiting, China’s booming economy and the growing Chinese middle class. Their enrollment grew by 20 percent in 2007.