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There are few factors that, at face value, set apart Missouri backup quarterback James Franklin. He’s funny, but even starter Blaine Gabbert will crack a joke. He’s polite, but many of his teammates’ reserved manners border on politeness. He is religious, but many Tigers thank God for their success on the field. With Franklin, the differences are in the details, and when you’ve spent time with him you realize just how unique those details make him. His humor is different, more genuine and guileless, and his politeness isn’t just a means to evade questions. His religion, though so much less overt than many athletes', is deeper — there’s no need to talk about it — and it drives everything he does.

The day after Christmas is one of the busiest of the year for retailers. Customers armed with gift cards, Christmas cash and items to return swarmed stores in Columbia on Sunday.

On Dec. 28, Missouri will play Iowa for the first time since 1910, bringing a once ugly rivalry into the 21st century.

The Missouri football team has spent the past weeks learning how to blend the fun of playing in the Insight Bowl with the intensity it needs to succeed on Tuesday in Tempe, Ariz.

The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services surveyed more than 1,500 adults and 800 children about their exercise and food habits.

Carolyn Selby finds that after more than 25 years as a hair stylist, she now gets requests from clients to be ready to prepare their hairdos for their funerals.

Since the Scott County sheriff reopened the case and Joshua Kezer was exonerated, a nationally known expert has found a long-hidden fingerprint on old evidence.