City officials are considering whether Auburn needs an ordinance requiring stores to take measures to assure crowd control following an episode outside the local Wal-Mart on "Black Friday," the shopping day after Thanksgiving.

AP - Dallas Stars agitator Sean Avery apologized Wednesday for comments about his former girlfriends that led to an indefinite NHL suspension.

It was supposed to be a quick stop at Wal-Mart for a Lee's Summit woman to do a little Christmas shopping. But before she even got inside the store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. FOX 4's Stephanie Hockridge has the report.

THE International Day for the Disabled fell on Dec 3 and I wonder how many of us were aware of this. Malaysians treat the disabled with a curious combination of either disrespect or as morbid objects of curiosity.

A committee has been formed to conduct a national search to fill the dean of the Arthur Temple college of forestry and agriculture position at SFA. The current dean, Dr. Scott Beasley, is retiring after leading the college since 1992.

Reuters - Sotheby's sold Old Masters' paintings worth 13.3 million pounds ($19.7 million) on Wednesday, close to the top end of expectations and bucking the recent art market trend of disappointing results.

AP - A Minnesota judge has blocked the NFL's suspension of Vikings stars Kevin and Pat Williams for violating the league's anti-doping policy.

Holiday shopping probably has a bit more consequence this year for most of us, who are trying to do more with less.

AP - For more than a century, thousands of mentally disabled Americans were isolated from society, sometimes for life, by being confined to huge state institutions.

In the wake of a series of tragic teen suicides in Douglas County, parents and kids alike are searching not only for answers, but for ways to make sure it doesn't happen again.