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A former city clerk for the northwest Missouri town of Callao pleaded guilty today to embezzling $120,000 in city funds over four years.

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An environmental case Monsanto argued before the nation's high court last week may only amount to a supreme slap on the hand to a disobedient federal circuit.

The daughter of a man killed in a fatal drunken driving accident in St. Charles has settled with the drunken driver for $200,000. On Feb. 3, 2008, defendant Donald L. Fleming III drove through a yellow light at the intersection ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning in a Monsanto case that could clarify the standards by which courts may grant injunctive relief.

Kathy Kurrelmeyer fought back tears as she described her shock at seeing her autistic daughter's name and address on Case.net.

Missouri takes first prize in embracing the uniform bar exam, but how close - or how far away - are other states to adopting the concept?

Chris Stewart, from left, Leo O. Salinger and Bradley Akins, all law students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, camp out at Salinger’s house last week studying for their final exams. Bar examiners across the country are lauding Missouri for becoming the first state to adopt the uniform bar exam, a set of standard testing instruments whose score can be transferred to other states.

Portia Kayser’s law professors are trying desperately to bring her back to Earth. Just because Kayser deftly argued and won her first two cases before the Missouri Court of Appeals doesn’t mean she will win every case upon her graduation ...

Down, down, down she went. For 500 feet, Rashda M. Buttar descended slowly into the coal mine. The constant 55 degree temperature warmed her face, chilled earlier from the winter winds above ground in West Virginia. She flicked on her ...

In Joan Lipkin’s version of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” towheaded Becky Thatcher is reborn as a strident and sassy heroine who declares her life’s dream from a wheelchair: “I want to grow up to be a rich, successful lawyer!” ...