by admin | Apr 29, 2006 | News
The Chiefs addressed their needs on the defensive line by taking DE Tamba Hali of Penn St. with their first-round pick of the NFL Draft on Saturday. Hali terrorized Big 10 quarterbacks as a senior, with a conference-leading 11 sacks. He was sixth nationally in sacks....
by admin | Apr 29, 2006 | News
The St. Louis Rams had one of the worst defenses in the NFL last season, and they continued to address that problem on Saturday afternoon by taking corner back Tye Hill of Clemson with the 15th pick of the NFL Draft. The Rams originally had the 11th pick but traded it...
by admin | Apr 28, 2006 | Crime / Courts
Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed a lawsuit to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from conducting a manmade flood, or Spring rise, on the Missouri River in May. The rise is supposed to help some endangered fish in the river. Nixon says the Corps has not followed...
by admin | Apr 28, 2006 | Education
Washington University in St. Louis seems ready to ignore pleas from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and follow-through with plans to tear down 105-year-old Prince Hall to make way for an underground parking garage. The university plans to begin demolition...
by admin | Apr 28, 2006 | Crime / Courts
A condemned Missouri inmate will get another hearing on his contention that Missouri’s method of execution violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Michael Taylor barely escaped execution earlier this year when a federal district...