Mitt Romney’s recent losses to Rick Santorum in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota revealed a truism that Romney might want to study — but not too much! Parting with one’s dreams isn’t only sweet sorrow, it also can be liberating. Beneath the sorrow and alongside the liberation, one finds not only peace but often oneself. Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney and the power of losing

Rick Santorum’s trio of victories in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri on Tuesday is shifting the Republican presidential contest into a state-by-state fight for delegates that could last much longer than initially anticipated. Read full article > >

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GOP presidential race could turn into a regional delegate battle

In the aftermath of Rick Santorum’s clean sweep of Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, Mitt Romney is still, in fact, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. But the lack of enthusiasm for his candidacy among conservatives foreshadows a potentially ugly road ahead to Tampa and general election problems if he is nominee. Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney and the enthusiasm gap

Rick Santorum wins Minnesota and Missouri’s Republican presidential nominating contests and is also declared the winner in Colorado.

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Santorum’s hat-trick stuns Romney

Rick Santorum’s victories in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri were his first breakout moments, but how much they will matter in the long run remains unclear.

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Santorum’s Victories May Not Guarantee an Edge

In southeastern Missouri, where the Army Corps of Engineers blasted a levee last spring to help with flooding, signs of recovery are mounting, but controversy continues.

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Along Mississippi River, Rebuilding Levee After Spring’s Flood

The visually striking Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is a new locus of culture in Kansas City, Mo.

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Critic’s Notebook: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo.

You get the sense that Brad Pitt always knew he’d be a star. The story is now so well rehearsed as to be canonical in Hollywood legend and lore: Instead of graduating with a journalism degree from the University of Missouri, young Pitt famously quit college and lit out for the Golden West, where his corn-fed good looks and athletic self-confidence would serve him well in an industry where style so often — and so profitably — trumps substance. Read full article > >

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Brad Pitt in ‘Moneyball’: Hollywood golden boy keeps proving he’s an actor, too

Federal investigators will examine why a World War II-era plane plunged into the stands at an air show in Reno, killing at least three people and injuring more than 50.

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Investigators Due to Arrive at Deadly Nevada Air Crash Site

KENNETT, Mo. — Remains believed to be a 3-year-old Missouri girl who went missing more than a week ago were found Tuesday near a series of ditches where authorities say a neighbor is suspected of dumping her body after suffocating her with a plastic bag. A joint statement sent Tuesday night from prosecutors and law enforcement officers in the area said a Missouri State Highway Patrol officer searching by boat found the body of Breeann Rodriguez near the floodway ditches about eight miles southeast of the girl’s family’s home in Senath. Read full article > >

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Officials: Remains believed to be missing girl, 3, found near ditches in southeast Missouri

Authorities have found what they believe to be the remains of Breeann Rodriguez, a 3-year-old Missouri girl whose neighbor told police he had suffocated the child.

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Remains found likely to be of 3-year-old Missouri girl

A suspect in the disappearance of a 3-year-old Missouri girl last seen riding her bicycle was in custody Saturday, authorities announced.

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Suspect held in case of missing girl, 3

Haven’t they been through enough? A rare and lethal fungus has been discovered in eight people in Joplin, Missouri, the site of last month’s devastating tornado. At least three of those eight confirmed cases have resulted in death. The fungus, known as…

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Deadly Fungus Hits Joplin

Haven’t they been through enough? A rare and lethal fungus has been discovered in eight people in Joplin, Missouri, the site of last month’s devastating tornado. At least three of those eight confirmed cases have resulted in death. The fungus, known as…

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Deadly Fungus Hits Joplin

Eight people injured by the devastating Joplin, Missouri, tornado have contracted a rare fungal infection, and at least one of them died as a result, officials said Friday.

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Rare fungal infection strikes Joplin tornado victims