St. Louis Post-Dispatch

UPDATED, 9 a.m. Tuesday ST. LOUIS -- A teenager lying in a vacant lot was shot to death Monday night in the 2000 block of East Grand Boulevard, police say. Full Story »

ST. LOUIS -- The office of Missouri Auditor Susan Montee expects to release its audit of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department today. Then-Gov. Full Story »

ST. LOUIS COUNTY - - A man from St. Peters was killed Monday when he crashed into a bridge abutment while taking an exit from Interstate 70, the Missouri Highway Patrol says. The victim has been identified as Cory L. Bryan, 35, of St. Peters. Full Story »

One person has died and two are seriously hurt after a two-car crash late last night on Lucas and Hunt Road in north St. Louis County. The Missouri Highway Patrol still had investigators on the scene at 6 a.m. today. Full Story »

NOV. 9, 2009 -- Spectators watch as giant, painted styrofoam dominoes topple along the route of the former Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Full Story »

WICHITA, Kan. — Defiant and unapologetic, a man accused of shooting a Kansas abortion provider confessed to the slaying Monday, saying that he killed the doctor to protect unborn children. Full Story »

NOV. 9, 2009 -- A memorial to those killed and wounded in the Nov. 5 shooting rampage at the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood is placed at the apartment complex where U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan lived in Killeen, Texas. Full Story »

Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, 48, is set to die by injection in a Virginia prison seven years after he and his teenage accomplice terrorized the area in and around the nation's capital for three weeks. Full Story »

Tension inside the White House between cost-containment idealists and pragmatists is pitting Rahm Emanuel (left) against his brother, Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel. Full Story »

JEFFERSON CITY — Dozens of Missouri communities will be splitting $266 million for wastewater and drinking water improvements under a construction plan announced by Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday. Full Story »

RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday’s scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad. The Court did not comment Monday on why it refused to consider his appeal. Full Story »

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Three Florida teenagers accused of setting another teen on fire will be charged as adults. Denver Jarvis, Matthew Bent and Jesus Mendez were charged Monday with one count each of attempted second-degree murder. Jarvis and Bent are 15 years old and Mendez is 16. Full Story »

Updated at 7:50 p.m. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A restaurant and two condominium developments near the Lake of the Ozarks allowed sewage to be dumped into the popular central Missouri lake, state Attorney General Chris Koster claims in two lawsuits filed Monday. Full Story »

A young woman was found shot to death Monday evening at the Samuel Gompers housing complex, said Police Chief Lenzie Stewart. He said that it was possible the woman had shot herself, but detectives were investigating whether it was a homicide. Full Story »

CREVE COEUR — Residents who fought Delmar Gardens Enterprises' plan to construct two office buildings in their neighborhood say their grass-roots efforts will continue even though the company has withdrawn its proposal. Full Story »

One person was shot to death Monday evening at the Samuel Gompers housing complex, police said. Illinois State Police detectives were investigating. Full Story »

Cody A. Aubuchon, 18, of the 3400 block of Highgate Lane near St. Charles, was charged Friday with statutory rape and statutory sodomy. Investigators said Aubuchon had sex with a 12-year-old girl on Friday. Full Story »

John T. Haidul, 40, formerly of the 1800 block of Kingsford Drive near Florissant, was sentenced Monday in St. Charles to 20 years in prison for a 2007 bank robbery. Full Story »

Formal charges were expected today in Saturday night's triple-slaying at a convenience store at Martin Luther King Drive and Collinsville Avenue, officials said. Full Story »

For a second time in less than two weeks, an electrical fire knocked out power Monday to downtown Clayton buildings. Full Story »

Freddie Davis, 45, convicted last week of a July 29 burglary at a law firm in Belleville, will be sentenced Dec. 18. Full Story »

CHICAGO — A Connecticut woman who was mauled and blinded after a 200-pound chimpanzee attacked her in February will appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Chicago-based Harpo Productions announced Monday in a statement that Charla Nash would appear on Wednesday's episode of Winfrey's talk show. Full Story »

Updated: 12:37 p.m. Monday SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Police are investigating whether bail bond agents in southwest Missouri acted inappropriately when they raided the wrong house, frightening a couple and their three teenage children. Full Story »

CREVE COEUR – Delmar Gardens Enterprises has withdrawn its request for city permission to construct two office buildings south of Olive Boulevard and west of Interstate 270, John King, the company's zoning attorney, said today. Full Story »

Two videos produced by Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network have been found in the home of a Chicago man accused of plotting an armed attack on a Danish newspaper, federal prosecutors said. Full Story »