LA prosecutors say no appeal of Missouri mom's dismissed conviction in MySpace suicide case. Prosecutors say they will not appeal the dismissal of a woman's convictions in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.

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Holders of lost savings bonds dating to World War II say Treasury not making them easy to find. Holders of lost savings bonds dating back to World War II say its not nearly as easy to track down the lost money as the U.S. Treasury Department claims in an ongoing lawsuit.

US Agriculture officials to survey Missouri farmers about this year's production. Agriculture officials will be surveying farmers to determine if expected yields met expectations this year.

Arrest at Walmart for alleged line cutter leads to charges of racism, ongoing court case. Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute with white customers and authorities, the young black schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 years.

Mo. gained jobs in October; unemployment rate falls slightly to 9.3 percent. Missouri's unemployment rate dropped slightly last month as a few thousand more people gained jobs.

Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.

Ex-Mo. funeral home owner pleads guilty, agrees to repay 3 families in false cremation case. A former central Missouri funeral home director has pleaded guilty to intentionally giving three families the wrong cremated remains.

Internet phone service Vonage to pay $3M and issue refunds to end investigation by 32 states. Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. has agreed to pay $3 million to 32 states to settle an investigation into some of its business practices.

Time to show greater action . After being the world leader in nuclear power for many years, the U.S. dropped out and has been huddled in fear since the Three-Mile Island nuclear power plant incident in 1979.

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USA Today tests new online edition targeted at students at Penn State, Indiana and Missouri. Penn State, Indiana and Missouri are the first schools to participate in a USA Today initiative meant to test how students respond to electronic versions of printed newspapers.

Md. city erects Dred Scott decision plaque to quell rancor over Supreme Court justice's statue. More than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming slavery, a Maryland city unveiled a plaque Tuesday to educate visitors about the opinion and the local man who wrote it ? and to quell a local controversy.

Wyoming hopes new pipeline funneling natural gas across 8 states will help drive more revenue. A 1,679-mile pipeline crossing eight states is now fully completed and funneling natural gas from Wyoming and Colorado to the eastern edge of Ohio.

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Faced with high health insurance costs, a North Carolina brokerage passed the buck on to its employees, a Texas public relations firm switched from group insurance to stipends, and a Missouri travel agency let its workers walk away instead paying for insurance.

Small businesses paring back health insurance plans to counter escalating premium costs. Faced with high health insurance costs, a North Carolina brokerage passed the buck on to its employees, a Texas public relations firm switched from group insurance to stipends, and a Missouri travel agency let its workers walk away instead paying for insurance.

Wyoming hopes new pipeline funneling natural gas across 8 states will help drive more revenue. A 1,679-mile pipeline crossing eight states is now fully completed and funneling natural gas from Wyoming and Colorado to the eastern edge of Ohio.

Arkansas lottery commissioners vote to sell Mega Millions tickets along with Powerball. The Arkansas Lottery Commission agreed Tuesday to sell Mega Millions tickets next year, making multistate jackpots available to lottery participants four nights a week instead of two.

Gov. Nixon: Missouri will freeze public higher education tuition for second straight year. Tuition and academic fees will be frozen for the second straight year at Missouri's public four-year colleges and universities, Gov. Jay Nixon announced Tuesday.