Mizzou defeats Clemon, 86-78, to advance in NCAA basketball tournament: The Tigers forced 20 turnovers as they won their fifth straight opening-round game. | Associated Press

Here's a new kind of Final Four: Government report says Minneapolis, Buffalo, Oklahoma City and Rochester, N.Y., had the smallest increase in unemployment over the past two years for cities with at least 1 million people. | Associated Press

Judge orders renegotiation of World Trade Center agreement: He said the multimillion-dollar deal to compensate 10,000 police officers, firefighters and other laborers didn't include enough money for the workers. | Associated Press

Killer of Malcolm X is granted parole: Thomas Hagan has been on work release for more than 20 years but had been passed over for parole 16 times before succeeding. | New York Times

Illinois House votes to ban monkeys as pets: The issue was prompted by the mauling of a Connecticut woman by a pet monkey. | STLtoday

St. Louis Zoo welcomes baby camel: Eli, born last week to parents Minnie and Elvis, will be in the zoo's Red Rocks exhibit. | KWMU

Charges stand against Illinois state trooper in deaths of two Collinsville sisters in 2007: A judge refused to dismiss charges of reckless homicide and reckless driving against Matt Mitchell. | Belleville News-Democrat

Former lawmaker Mildred Huffman dies at age 89: The Republican was the first woman to run for statewide office in Missouri, losing her race for secretary of state in 1976. | STLtoday

New AIDS cases and AIDS-related deaths decline in D.C.: The continuation of a four-year decline is a credit to aggressive testing and treatment efforts. Still, the disease is at epidemic rates in the district, hitting the African-American community the hardest. l Washington Post

Incidence of TB declining to historic low in U.S.: But drug-resistant strains of the disease are increasing across the world. l Los Angeles Times

Revised cyber security bill limits presidential authority: A bill that protects the nation's cyber system has been reintroduced in the Senate without a provision allowing the president to shut down the internet in case of a massive cyber attack. l Information Week

V.A. hospital fined for radiation errors on prostate patients: 97 of 116 radiation procedures had dosing errors, demonstrating a lack of safety protocols at the Philadelphia hospital. l New York Times

Dance St. Louis presents Azure Barton & Artists: Contemporary choreographer headlines performances at Touhill Performing Arts Center; 8 p.m., March 26, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., March 27. Tickets are $30-$50 for general admission and $27-46 for students, seniors, and groups of 20 or more. | Dance St. Louis

St. Louis County Library hosts author Roy Morris Jr.: Writer discusses new book,  "Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain;" 7 p.m., Monday, March 22, at Library headquarters, 1640 S. Lindberg Blvd. | St. Louis County Library

Christiane Amanpour switches to ABC from CNN: News maven will be new anchor of "This Week," replacing George Stephanopoulos. | New York Daily News

Fess Parker, TV's Davy Crockett, dies at age 85: After he hung up his coonskin cap, he became a real estate magnate in California. | Los Angeles Times

Health-care debate reaches its final lap: My bet is that the president will find his votes. If only Ted Kennedy were still here to be one of them. | Susan Estrich/Rasmussen Reports

Jihad Jane, international woman of mystery: Does this drab housewife really represent the changing face of terrorism? | Froma Harrop/Rasmussen Reports

It's time for black leaders to lead: Instead of hosting forums, perhaps they should be promoting a vision – one with a consistent, inspirational message and down-to-earth, step-by-step methods. | Sylvester Brown  Jr./New American Media

Real genius in D.C.: In Washington, the national pastime is not baseball but gotcha. And the more you try to do, the more likely you are to be gotten. | Susan Estrich/Rasmussen Reports