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US Supreme Court lifts stay of Missouri execution

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 06:58

The US Supreme Court has lifted its stay on the scheduled execution of a Missouri death row inmate whose lawyers had challenged the state`s refusal to disclose where it obtained its lethal injection drug.

Sub-zero arctic blast strikes US

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 08:20

Icy, snow-covered roads and high winds made travel treacherous from the Dakotas to Michigan and Missouri as much of the US braced for dangerously cold temperatures that could break records.

Humans evolved agile hands much earlier than thought

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 20:03

Humans may have evolved dexterous hands around half a million years earlier than previously thought, discovery of a 1.42-million-year-old bone fossil in Kenya suggests.

Serial killer Joseph Franklin executed after US Supreme Court clears way

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 10:52

Missouri serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin was executed by lethal injection early Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for him to be put to death, a corrections spokesman said.

Late Cretaceous Period may have been ice-free

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 13:16

A researcher has said that he has found proof suggesting that no ice sheet formed during the late Cretaceous Period when the climate was much warmer than today.

US highway buckles after rail cars hit overpass

Last Updated: Sunday, May 26, 2013, 10:12

A highway overpass in Missouri has collapsed when rail cars slammed into one of the bridge`s pillars after a cargo train collision, authorities said. Seven people were injured, though none seriously.

Scientists measure croc nerves to understand ancient animals

Last Updated: Saturday, April 6, 2013, 13:47

Scientists have measured super-sensitive crocodilian facial nerves to better understand how today`s animals, as well as dinosaurs and crocodiles that lived millions of years ago, interact with their environment.

Rape rarely leads to pregnancy, says another Republican

Last Updated: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 11:14

Now, another Republican has sparked a row saying pregnancies by rape are rare because a woman`s body is traumatized by the violence.

US Kansas City fire: Sniffer dogs search the burnt remains

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 10:45

A gas explosion sparked a massive fire in a shopping district in Kansas City, Missouri on Tuesday, destroying a restaurant completely and injuring 14, officials said.

World`s largest prime number discovered with 17 mn digits

Last Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2013, 14:17

Researchers have identified the world`s largest prime number yet, beating the previous record by over four million digits.

Soon, X-ray scanners that could fit in the palm of the hand

Last Updated: Thursday, January 10, 2013, 10:32

Hand-held scanners are one step closer to reality now, as an engineering team from the University of Missouri has invented a compact source of X-rays and other forms of radiation.

Conflicting images emerge of NY terror suspect

Last Updated: Friday, October 19, 2012, 23:46

At the Missouri college where Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis enrolled, a classmate said he often remarked that true Muslims don`t believe in violence.