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• COLUMBIA, MO. > Congressman's daughter-in-law dies in crash

The daughter-in-law of U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-St. Elizabeth, has died in a car accident in central Missouri.

• ST. LOUIS > 3 men are charged in bank robbery

Three men are in police custody in the bank robbery Tuesday at the St. Louis Community Credit Union, 3651 Forest Park Parkway.

• ST. LOUIS > Woman gets probation in tax case

A woman who filed more than 20 false tax returns in a bid for $75,000 in refunds was sentenced Friday to five years on probation and ordered to pay the Internal Revenue Service $75,652.

• American admits killing 5 in Panama, including ex-St. Louisan

PANAMA CITY -- A jailed U.S. man has admitted killing five other Americans so he could take over their businesses and other properties in a Panamanian resort area, a government prosecutor said Saturda

• Missing UMSL employee found in Chesterfield

A Ballwin woman who had been missing since Wednesday was found today near the Daniel Boone Bridge in Chesterfield, police said.

• Thumbs up for St. Louis in 2012?

Get ready for the Final Four, convention style. St. Louis and three other cities are in the running for the 2012 national Democratic convention, and elbows already are being thrown.

• A girl dies during restraint at hospital already criticized for problems

The charge nurse found Alexis Evette Richie alone in a small room at SSM DePaul Health Center, motionless and sprawled facedown on a bean bag chair.

• Uranium, not kryptonite, worries Superman's hometown

Metropolis, Ill. ? Uranium, not kryptonite, has residents of Superman's hometown on edge these days.

• AT&T, others made big donations, got action in Illinois General Assembly

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. ? As a federal jury ponders ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's fate for allegedly seeking campaign money in exchange for official action, consider some of what happened in Springfield the p

• East St. Louis cuts include almost third of police force

EAST ST. LOUIS ? The Rev. Joseph Tracy said he's tired of going to funerals. And now, he suspects he'll be going to more of them.