Marshals museum opening pushed back to 2017 FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Officials have delayed the opening of Fort Smith's $50 million U.S. Marshals Museum until 2017. The U.S. Marshals Museum Board initially planned to open the museum in 2016. But museum president and CEO Jim Dunn said Tuesday that it will take longer to build the 50,000-square-foot building along the Arkansas River. Groundbreaking for the facility is still set for Sept. 24. According to ...

Hudson Hawk opens at Farmers Park Two more businesses have just opened at the new Farmers Park development in Springfield, Missouri off Republic Road and 65.  Hudson Hawk Barber & Shop and Studio 417 Salon sit side-by-side, offering professional hair and salon services.  Hudson Hawk also sells "Fizzing Dash Fire" beard products and "Rockabilly Rub" hair pomade made locally in Springfield and unique men's accessories.   Customers can get tailored jeans by ...

Footprints in the snow lead deputies to burglary suspects in rural Missouri Two men are facing burglary charges in rural northeast Missouri after police tracked them down from footprints in the snow. Kenneth Floyd, 46, of Moberly and Richard Elder, 20, of Edina are charged with felony burglary, stealing and other counts following their arrest last week. Both men are jailed on $25,000 bond. An Edina home was burglarized on March 4. Thieves broke in through a kitchen window ...

Farm road closing for pipe installation Drivers who travel Farm Road 128 east of Springfield will need to find an alternate route until Friday. The County Highway Department is closing the road from 8:30 am to 4 pm Wednesday and Thursday to install a pipe. The closure is between Farm Road 205 to the west and Farm Road 217 to the east. ...

Flu cases continue decline in Greene County Flu cases continue to drop in Greene County. The Health Department says cases reported last week were about half what they were the week before - down to 16 from 30 at the end of February. Month to month, the drop is more pronounced. The Health Department reported 106 cases of flu the first week of February. Flu cases have been on a steady decline from ...

Working women still earn less than men in Missouri Working women in Missouri still find a lot less in their paychecks than working men. In 2012, Missouri women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median weekly earnings of$660 or 78.5 percent of the $841 median weekly earnings for their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this week. Regional Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman noted that the women’s to men’s earnings ...

Malaysia defends search for missing jet
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia defended its handling of the hunt for the missing Boeing 777 on Wednesday but acknowledged it is still unsure which direction the plane was headed when it disappeared, highlighting the massive task facing an international search now in its fifth day.

Tesco emphasises ethics as plans to buy clothes from Ethiopia
Tesco, the world's third-largest retailer, expects to source more clothes from Ethiopia, but wants the nascent industry there to uphold high ethical standards as global chains seek to prevent factory disasters like those seen in Bangladesh. "Ethiopia is a very exciting potential country to grow a supply chain but needs to grow up to be a well regulated, ethical new industry," Giles Bolton, ethical trading director at Tesco, told the Retail Week Live conference on Wednesday. Hennes & Mauritz, the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, said in January it saw good opportunities for producing clothing in sub-Saharan Africa, as it seeks to diversify from relying on Asian sourcing. The Swedish company is one of the biggest buyers of garments from Bangladesh, where the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory last April killed more than 1,100 people, drawing global attention to the poor conditions in many Asian factories.

Putin discusses Ukraine with OSCE
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday discussed the crisis in Ukraine with Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter whose country chairs the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Kremlin said. Putin and Burkhalter "discussed the capabilities of the OSCE in the context of fostering a resolution of the crisis," the Kremlin statement said. Talk of a mediation role for the OSCE has come to little.

New York building explodes, collapses
A residential building in New York's East Harlem neighborhood exploded and collapsed on Wednesday, sparking a serious fire and engulfing the area in thick smoke, officials said. All train services in and out of Grand Central terminal were suspended as a result of the incident next to its tracks. "It was an explosion and a building collapsed," a spokesman for New York Police Department told AFP, giving no further details. It is a residential building.

Candy Crush maker to be valued at up to $7.6 bn in New York float
King Digital Entertainment, the British developer behind the wildly-addictive mobile game Candy Crush, said on Wednesday that it could be valued at up to $7.6 billion in its eagerly-awaited upcoming flotation. The planned listing on the New York Stock Exchange, unveiled last month, is the latest in a series by Internet and gaming firms over the past three years -- the most high-profile being Facebook and Twitter. King said on Wednesday that it was planning an initial public offering of 22.2 million shares each priced at between $21 and $24 a share. Candy Crush -- King's top-seller -- started life as a Facebook game in 2012 but can also be played online and on smartphones.