Mizzou’s Franklin the new best dual threat? SEC Quick Hits for 1/27
Mizzou QB James Franklin, the new best dual threat in the SEC? Dorial Green-Beckham visiting Mizzou this weekend. Where Missouri baseball ranks against SEC schools.  Preseason Top 25 poll. Future of the SEC. Four divisions made up of four teams. Immigration rule forces player to quit Georgia football team.

Missouri football to play at Central Florida
The Missouri football team filled one of their non-conference holes for next season by adding Central Florida to the schedule, according to the Knights’ official website. Mizzou will play the Knights on September 29th in Orlando. The Tigers may see a familiar face. According to a report in the Orlando Sentinel, quarterback Tyler Gabbert has [...]

Big 12 Commish sticks it again to Missouri
In an article that ran on Wednesday in the Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette, interim Big 12 Commissioner Chuck Neinas laid into the University of Missouri and blamed them for the headaches caused with conference realignment. Neinas called Missouri “disruptive” and “selfish” in their move to the SEC. In the article, Neinas said, “The one thing [...]

House map challenger sympathizes with candidates (AUDIO)
One of the people who says the new districts for state representatives have been so poorly drawn that they’re illegal sympathizes with people who are waiting to find out who they’ll represent and even where they might have to live. The supreme court says it will expedite hearing the lawsuit—after it has been re-filed in [...]

‘Chloe’s Law’ would mandate additional newborn screening
A person’s oxygen saturation are at certain levels that fluctuate depending on whether the heart is functioning normally. A Cass County legislator says there’s an easy way to prevent infant deaths if those levels are checked before they’re released from the hospital. If his bill passes, Chloe’s Law would be named for a little girl in Cass [...]

Disturbance prompts Grant lockdown
Grant Elementary School was briefly put on lockdown Thursday afternoon after a report of a suspicious incident in the area. Everyone at the school was safe, district spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark said.

Comedian pokes fun at racism during talk
Black comedian Larry Wilmore had a packed Missouri Theatre audience in stitches Wednesday night with jokes and comments that sometimes pushed racial lines. The keynote address was part of the University of Missouri’s belated tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday this month.

Education officials testify about public school funding
JEFFERSON CITY — There is a $470 million difference between what Missouri law says the state should spend on public schools and the amount in Gov. Jay Nixon’s budget for next year, a top state education official said Wednesday.

Eyes on the prize
McCartney Hostetter, 8, looks at the 2011 World Series trophy with St. Louis Cardinals employee Verna Cooper Wednesday at the U.S. Cellular store at 213 N. Stadium Blvd.

HONOR ROLL: Tolton Catholic High School

Demi Moore 'Convulsing' During 911 Call
Demi Moore 911 Call: Moore 'Smoked Something' and Is 'Convulsing'

Auschwitz Survivor Dies in Same Town
Auschwitz survivor dies on 67th anniversary of camp's liberation

Death Row Dad Contradicted By Son on Life of 'Leisure'
The son of the North Carolina death row inmate who wrote a taunting letter about his life of leisure in prison says that his father is mentally ill and "severely depressed." "No person in their right mind thinks that living in death row is a life of leisure," Danny Hembree III told ABCNews.com. "There's no good explanation for why he wrote that except he's mentally ill."

Watch: Broderick Back as Ferris Bueller?
The actor appears in Super Bowl ad that references his 1980s movie.

Home Invasion Killer Sentenced to Death
Conn. home invasion killer is formally sentenced, will join accomplice on death row

Tiger putts way to within two of Abu Dhabi lead
Tiger Woods found his putting stroke and put himself in contention at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, shooting 3-under-par 69 Friday to trail unheralded Thorbjorn Olesen by two strokes heading into the weekend.

Ravens promote Pees to defensive coordinator
The Baltimore Ravens promoted linebackers coach Dean Pees to defensive coordinator on Friday, filling the void created when Chuck Pagano departed to become coach of the Indianapolis Colts.

Djokovic tops Murray in marathon Aussie semi
Novak Djokovic overcame his breathing problems and fatigue to beat friend Andy Murray 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 7-5 Friday in a nearly five-hour Australian Open semifinal.

Irsay upset Manning went public with comments
The Indianapolis Colts are a long, long way from being healed.

Melo, Wade both out for Knicks-Heat battle
Carmelo Anthony will not play Friday night when the New York Knicks visit the Miami Heat, who are still waiting to see if Dwyane Wade's sprained right ankle will allow him to return to the lineup.