The latest local news, weather and high school sports in and around Columbia and Jefferson City

Friday, May 03, 2013  Amgen agreed last month to pay $24.9 million to resolve claims it gave kickbacks to increase sales of its anemia drug Aranesp

Thursday, April 25, 2013  Facebook says independent audit following FTC settlement found privacy practices sufficient

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Attorney General Chris Koster joined a $7 million settlement with Google Tuesday.

Sunday, January 27, 2013  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- A man who alleges Columbia police used excessive force during his 2009 arrest has agreed to settle his federal lawsuit for $55,000.

Monday, January 14, 2013  Missourians who underwent home foreclosures from 2008 through 2011 have until Friday to submit claims under the national settlement with several mortgage lenders.

Monday, September 10, 2012  Carl and Merna Sneed were killed in a gas explosion in March of 2008

Thursday, September 06, 2012  Missouri has tapped a state reserve fund for cash flow purposes for the second consecutive month.

Friday, August 10, 2012  Missouri consumers who bought electronics with LCD screens during an eight-year period may now be eligible to claim some money under several legal settlements.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  A Missouri company has agreed to settlement terms over cleaning up pollution at its former metal fabrication plant in eastern Missouri.

Friday, February 10, 2012  Attorney General Chris Koster said his office will embark on a statewide education campaign to alert home loan customers about the benefits they can receive.

Sunday, June 26, 2011  A proposed Missouri ballot measure would ask voters whether to raise taxes on cigarettes made "by certain tobacco product manufacturers."

Friday, March 11, 2011  Drug maker accused of off-label marketing campaign for psychiatric drug.

Wednesday, December 29, 2010  AP Exclusive: The Palestinians will ask the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israeli settlement construction.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010  The makers of a popular yogurt have agreed to pay Missouri nearly half-a-million dollars to settle allegations of deceptive marketing.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010  A man who spent 16 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed against the southeast Missouri county that put him behind bars.