PRESIDENT Kerry, in a landslide. SENATE For the second time in 12 years, Illinois elected a black U.S. senator. Democrat Barack Obama easily bested Republican Alan Keyes in race for seat of retiring GOP Sen. Peter Fitzgerald. Keyes moved from ...

Texas Hold ’em charity poker tournaments have been proliferating for years at the fringe of state gambling laws.

The latest manifestation is scheduled for Saturday night in Kansas City and aims to raise money for a very good cause — ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ For a Kansas City man, 2008 has been a great year when it comes to playing the Missouri Lottery. Arthur Watkins, 53, has won slightly more than $400,000 in two Powerball drawings within a four-month period. Missouri Lottery ...

A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home wins $20,000 in the state Lottery, for the second time this year. Kory McFarren cashed in his winning $2 Bonus Crossword ticket in Great Bend Monday. On July 29, the 37 ...

Penn National Gaming, Inc. PENN announced today that, subject to customary regulatory approvals, Ameet Patel has been named General Manager of its Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa in Riverside, Missouri, effective October 14, 2008. Mr. Patel currently ...

MADRID, Spain -- Rafael Nadal's reign at No. 1 is still young, and already the Spaniard heads into the Madrid Masters expecting a fight to hold on to the top spot. Nadal and Roger Federer both arrive in the Spanish capital refreshed from a three-week ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man was convicted of murder Wednesday after kicking his girlfriend's daughter in the head and dumping her body in the woods, resolving a case that haunted the Kansas City area during the four years the 3-year-old was known only ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jurors began deliberating the case Wednesday of a man accused of kicking a 3-year-old girl in the head, waiting hours without seeking help while she died, then decapitating the girl and dumping her body. During closing arguments ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — For a Kansas City man, 2008 has been a great year when it comes to playing the Missouri Lottery. Fifty-three-year-old Arthur Watkins has won slightly more than $400,000 in two Powerball drawings within a four-month period ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas Speedway officials say their new goal is to have the Hard Rock Casino open by next October, when NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series comes back to town, four months after the facility initially was expected to open. Dan Houser ...