The Kansas Supreme Court heard two hours of arguments Monday morning involving 60-year-old Gary Kleypas’ (KLAY’-puhs) appeal.

Kleypas was convicted of rape and murder in the death of 20-year-old Pittsburg State University student Carrie Williams in 1996.

After the state Supreme Court in 2001 overturned Kleypas’ death sentence, another jury restored it in 2008.

At the time of Williams’ death, Kleypas was on parole for a 1977 murder in Missouri.

The Kansas Supreme Court last month upheld a death sentence for the first time since the state reinstated capital punishment in 1994.

BLACK JACK, Mo. (AP) — A burglary suspect in suburban St. Louis is dead after being shot by the homeowner.

The shooting happened just before 10 a.m. Monday in an unincorporated part of north St. Louis County, near the town of Black Jack. The homeowner told police he heard a banging noise on his front door.

The homeowner retrieved a gun. A short time later, police say two suspects went to the back door and broke in.

Police say the homeowner and the suspects exchanged shots. One of the suspects was pronounced dead at the scene. Police were searching for the second man.

The homeowner was not hurt.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Meteorologists say Kansas saw more tornadoes than normal this year, but all but a few were weak and short-lived.

The Wichita Eagle reports there were 108 tornadoes in Kansas by the end of August, 18 more than normal for that period. Nationwide there were 971 tornadoes through October compared with the nearly 1,150 that typically touch down each year.

Only a few days qualified as a tornado outbreak in Kansas, including one that came in November when 15 twisters touched down in the southwest and northwest parts of the state.

The National Weather Service says it was the first time tornadoes have touched down in November in northwest Kansas since official tornadoes began being kept more than 50 years ago.

A blizzard hit the same areas the next day.

BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — Most of Texas will have Blue Bell ice cream this week after months of cleaning production plants and regulatory reviews following listeria contamination.

The Brenham-based company on Monday began returning ice cream to more retail outlets.

Sites include Abilene, Amarillo, Beaumont, Big Spring, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Laredo, Longview, Lubbock, Lufkin, Midland, McAllen, Odessa, San Antonio, Tyler and surrounding areas. The list also includes central and southern Alabama.

Blue Bell in April recalled all products after its treats were linked to 10 listeria cases, including three deaths in Kansas. Listeria bacteria can cause serious illness, especially in older adults, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems.

The company faced intense regulatory scrutiny while overhauling its plants in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas. Limited sales resumed in August.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal probe indicates that some employees at a now-shuttered south Kansas City bomb-making plant might have been exposed to more radiation than previously known.

The Bannister Federal Complex was built during World War II to make engines for Navy fighter planes but was transitioned to producing parts for nuclear weapons in 1949.

The Kansas City Star reports a group of more than 300 former Kansas City Plant workers have received more than $55 million in compensation for illnesses linked to their work in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. The money went to survivors after workers died in more than half the cases.

Most who applied to the federal government for compensation got nothing, and it’s unclear whether the new data will have an impact on future claims.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a patent fight with Apple, Samsung is asking the Supreme Court to take a digital-age look at a type of dispute it last confronted in the horse-and-buggy era.

South Korea-based Samsung on Monday appealed a $399 million judgment for illegally copying patented aspects of the look of Apple’s iPhone, the latest round in a long-running fight between the two tech industry giants.

The last time the Supreme Court heard cases on patents covering the appearance of a product — instead of the way it works — was in the late 1800s. That’s when court battles concerned designs of spoon handles, carpets and saddles.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some Missouri retired judges say they were underpaid based on a 2010 policy change that tied state judges’ salaries to their federal counterparts’ pay.

The judges’ attorneys argued to the state Supreme Court Monday that Missouri owes them back pay and an increase in retirement benefits.

The judges’ lawsuit follows similar suits by federal judges.

Federal judges claimed Congress in some years withheld paying them cost-of-living adjustments they were entitled to under a 1989 federal law. That meant Missouri judges also were paid less.

The federal judges won in court and received back pay, so state judges also want compensation.

Assistant Attorney General Robert Presson says the state paid judges properly based on what their federal counterparts were making at the time.

Supreme Court judges didn’t indicate when they’ll rule.