PHOTOS: Cards shut down Giants Todd Wellemeyer rebounded from his shortest start of the season to combine with three others on a shutout.
PHOTOS: Cardinals beat Giants Colby Rasmus hit a leadoff homer in the 10th inning, giving the Cardinals a victory over the Giants.
PHOTOS: Cardinals v. Giants Albert Pujols has more home runs than strikeouts against Randy Johnson after going deep two more times off the big left-hander.
Neb. group: Make spending details more accessible Thursday, July 09, 2009 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) A government watchdog group chairman says the Legislature should require public colleges and schools to make
Mont. declared free of livestock disease Thursday, July 09, 2009 BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Export restrictions on Montana's billion-dollar cattle industry are to be lifted on Friday after federal officials
Groups say states violating voter registration law Thursday, July 09, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) States across the country are violating part of the federal ''motor voter'' law requiring voter registration help
Thursday, July 9, 2009 Thursday, July 09, 2009 Rural Iowa benefits from transportation stimulus DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) More than $300 million in federal transportation stimulus money
Checks remain outstanding in Blunt settlement Thursday, July 09, 2009 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Troubles have arisen with a settlement payment to a staffer who sued former Gov. Matt
Governor signs bill expanding DNA testing in Mo. Thursday, July 09, 2009 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri police will soon start taking DNA samples along with booking photos and fingerprints when
Sheryl Crow to sing All-Star national anthem Thursday, July 09, 2009 NEW YORK (AP) Pop star Sheryl Crow will sing ''The Star-Spangled Banner'' before Tuesday night's All-Star game in St.
Mo. retirement fund to post pension benefits Thursday, July 09, 2009 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Pension benefits for Missouri's elected officials and judges may now be viewed online. The Missouri
Ill. governor to approve public works program Thursday, July 09, 2009 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Gov. Pat Quinn said Thursday that he plans to sign long-delayed legislation creating a huge public
Hastert son running for Congress Thursday, July 09, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) The Illinois congressional seat that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert once held for 20 years may see
Nationwide roundup nets more than 35,000 fugitives Thursday, July 09, 2009 CHICAGO (AP) Police searching for fugitive sex offenders, violent criminals and gang members made more than 35,000 arrests nationwide
4 Ill. cemetery workers accused in grisly plot Thursday, July 09, 2009 ALSIP, Ill. (AP) Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south
Ill. financial aid agency in limbo over budget Thursday, July 09, 2009 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Without the $4,900 a year she receives from the Illinois Monetary Award Program for college students,
Families seek answers, bodies at Ill. cemetery Thursday, July 09, 2009 ALSIP, Ill. (AP) Hundreds of confused and angry family members are looking for answers at a suburban Chicago cemetery
Illinois regulators sign off on planned pipeline Thursday, July 09, 2009 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) A Canadian company's quest to build a 170-mile oil pipeline underground through Illinois' midsection has won
A brief look at the history of General Motors Thursday, July 09, 2009 Some key events in General Motors' history: Sept. 16, 1908 General Motors Co. founded by William C. Durant, incorporating
