LOS ANGELES • Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office.

ST. LOUIS • It's a good thing most people plan their Super Bowl parties inside. Today is a good day for staying there, the National Weather Service says.

WASHINGTON PARK • The man who died Friday in a fire at his home in the 6000 block of Forest Boulevard was identified by authorities as Alfredo Coates, 59.

Underperforming money managers are losing their most reliable scapegoat.

WASHINGTON • A second term for President Barack Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democratic ones on the nation's appeals courts, the final stop f

Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say a stomach virus affected nearly 100 passengers on a ship that arrived in South Florida. Meanwhile, passengers on another ship were complaining of gastrointesti

Tigers' 11-0 run to end the game produces 74-71 victory over Jayhawks.

Singer became a sultry sensation in France. 

Graduate students play in an old gym with no bleachers, no concession stand and no programs. 

At places like UMSL, however, they represent three out of every four students

CPI Corp. officials said today that the company's stock will start trading on the Nasdaq over-the counter market on Feb. 9. The change comes after after the New York Stock Exchange announced that trading of CPI Corp. stock will be suspended before the market opens on Feb. 9 because the portrait studio operator fell below an average market capitalization of $15 million over a consecutive 30-trading-day period, a minimum threshold for continued NYSE listing. CPI will announce its new trading symbol on Feb...

Missouri had the second highest teen unemployment rate last year, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The state’s teen labor force, which includes those between the ages of 16 and 19, had an overall unemployment rate of 32.7 percent, compared to 25.8 percent in 2010. Women in the teen demographic had an unemployment rate of 31.7 percent. By comparison, teen men had a 33.8 percent unemployment rate. There were 141,000 workers in the teen workforce in Missouri last year. Of those workers, 94,000 teens were employed...

Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar, World and Olympiad champion, and her Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence, will relocate in June to Webster University from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, Webster officials said today. All members of the reigning national collegiate champion Texas Tech chess team will transfer to Webster and attend during the 2012-2013 academic year. “Chess is increasingly valued for its instructional impact,” said Webster President Elizabeth Stroble. “Globally, educators recognize chess as a tool to cultivate interest and success in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines...

Companies that place IT personnel continued to make their presence felt on this year’s list of the St. Louis area’s largest temporary staffing firms. Half of the firms listed and three of the top five told us IT staffing was one of their specialities. This year saw four new companies added to the list, two of which have an IT staffing focus and are ranked at or near the top — Rose International ranked first this year with 81 staff members employed locally as of February 2011, and Technology Partners Inc...

Officials at Ameren Missouri said today that the company filed an electric rate increase request with the Missouri Public Services Commission that would raise customer rates 14.6 percent. The rate increase request is approximately $376 million. If approved, the average residential electric bill would increase about 46 cents a day, or $14.26 a month (based on 1,100 kilowatt-hours of usage per month). Company officials said the rate increase is to offset costs including: • $85 million (about 23 percent of the increase request) to improve Ameren Missouri’s aging infrastructure and comply with environmental and renewable energy regulations • $103 million (about 27 percent of the increase request) for higher net fuel costs for power plants • $81 million (about 22 percent of the request) for higher costs for energy efficiency programs...