Jefferson City

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright is excited about Matt Holliday's huge new contract and disappointed that Mark McGwire hasn't made the Hall of Fame.

HERMANN, Mo. - The 19th century German settlers who saw visions of the Rhineland in the rolling Missouri hills likely didn't anticipate the more modern voyagers who flock to these parts: Spandex-wearing, energy-bar-chowing cyclists lured by a 236-mile rails-to-trails path - the nation's longest.