
Things are looking up for Gov. Mark Sanford as he prepares to leave office on his own terms more than a year after the international affair that derailed his once-promising political career.
Marcus Denmon scored 24 points to lead No. 9 Missouri to a 97-61 blowout victory over Northern Illinois on Monday night.

Things are looking up for Gov. Mark Sanford as he prepares to leave office on his own terms more than a year after the international affair that derailed his once-promising political career.

Three days a week, Yale sophomore James Campbell rises at 5 a.m. for ROTC drills on a college campus that isn't his own. He would gladly do push-ups and run circles on Yale's campus.

Heavy snow has been predicted for the nation's capital on Sunday from a storm that gave a rare white Christmas to parts of the South and caused airlines to cancel hundreds of flights on Saturday.
Missouri point guard Phil Pressey will be sidelined at least two weeks after breaking his right ring finger in practice.
NASA fueled space shuttle Discovery at the launch pad Friday, not for flight but rather for testing to understand the mysterious cracking that occurred last month.
Missouri point guard Michael Dixon has been suspended indefinitely for an unspecified violation of team rules.
"As I teach it, 'The Iliad' is primarily about a fundamental choice Achilleus must make ... what kind of life is best for human beings, or, at least, what kind of life is best for him," writes Robert T. Miller in the fall issue of Dappled Things.