CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A 75-year-old Missouri woman accused of killing her husband in Wyoming almost 40 years ago was found guilty of second-degree murder Thursday in a case that hinged on whether jurors believed her claim she was defending their 2-year-old daughter.

Alice Uden faces 20 years to life in prison during sentencing, which will be scheduled later.

“We are pleased with the verdict,” Laramie County District Attorney Scott Homar said. “The jury made it clear that they believe she at least purposely and maliciously killed the victim in this matter.”

Jurors deliberated for about 13 hours over two days.

MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say syphilis has reached its highest level since 1995 with the increase all in men.

KANSAS CITY (AP) – Two federal inmates are awaiting word on whether they’ll be sentenced to death for the slaying of a fellow prisoner at a Missouri medical center.

A federal jury in Springfield on Wednesday found 34-year-old Wesley Paul Coonce Jr., from Texas, and 43-year-old Charles Michael Hall, from Maine, guilty of murder for the Jan. 26, 2010 slaying of 51-year-old Victor Castro-Rodriguez.

Court documents show both men admitted stepping on Castro’s throat after he was bound and gagged in his cell at the Federal Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield.

Investigators said both also claimed that if they hadn’t killed Castro, they would have taken someone else’s life.

Jurors now are debating whether to sentence the men to death or life in prison, with a decision not expected for weeks.

On the 130th anniversary of the birth of Missouri native and former U.S. President Harry S. Truman, U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.) today introduced legislation that would rename Washington, D.C.’s iconic Union Station the “Harry S. Truman Union Station.”

Upon introducing the bipartisan legislation—cosponsored by fellow Missouri Senator Roy Blunt—McCaskill noted that, as important as Truman’s presidency was to America’s history, there is no memorial to Truman in Washington, D.C., or even a statue to honor him in the U.S. Capitol.

“As the only Missourian to become president, Harry Truman’s tenacity, self-education, and courage to do difficult things are appreciated by people in our state and nationwide,” said Blunt. “I’m honored to share Harry Truman’s Senate offices, and I’m pleased to co-sponsor this bill, which would appropriately recognize his leadership on behalf of all Americans.”

“It would be a fitting tribute to have the train station just a short walk from the Capitol, that played such an important role in his presidency, bear the name of this great leader,” said McCaskill. “A gutsy straight-talker, ‘Missouri’s Favorite Son,’ and one of America’s most well-respected Presidents, Harry Truman deserves a memorial in Washington that can carry the weight of his heavy accomplishments and can remind future generations of his great legacy that inspired a nation.”

Union Station was home to the Presidential rail car, U.S. Car No. 1, which was used extensively by Truman during his time in the White House. When Truman left Washington, D.C., aboard the train car to embark on his famous “whistle-stop campaign” tour, his journey began and ended at Union Station. The day after his reelection, Truman returned to Washington, DC, via Union Station. As he made his way from Union Station to the White House, more than 750,000 people welcomed him back to the city. Following the inauguration of President Eisenhower in 1953, Truman departed from Union Station by train one last time with his wife, Bess. More than 5,000 people squeezed on the platform to see them off.

While in office, Truman successfully advocated for the creation of the United Nations, passed the Marshall Plan to help rebuild Turkey and Greece after World War II, and oversaw the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Domestically, Truman formulated the “Fair Deal,” in which he called for a national healthcare system, higher minimum wage, and more education funding, among other goals.

Congress has the authority to rename Union Station through legislation since the station is owned by the federal government. Blunt and McCaskill both serve on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, which will have jurisdiction over the legislation.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is recovering after having arthroscopic surgery on his knee.

Nixon spokesman Scott Holste said Thursday that the governor has remained on the job by holding staff meetings at his residence instead of the Capitol.

He said Nixon had the surgery Tuesday morning in Columbia. That’s about the same time that the Missouri House was voting to enact an income tax cut by overriding Nixon’s veto of the bill.

Nixon has had other knee procedures in the past. Holste said the latest surgery was not the result of any new injury.

MARSHFIELD (AP) – A southwest Missouri sheriff says a man who was shot by police officers was threatening his wife with a gun but did not shoot at the officers.

Webster County Sheriff Roye Cole is investigating the shooting Sunday in Marshfield.

He says the man, whose name was not released, was holding his wife at gunpoint and threatening to kill her when officers arrived at his home. Cole says the man pointed his weapon at the officers but did not shoot at them.

The two officers shot the man several times. Cole said the man is in stable condition in Springfield but will have a long recovery.

Marshfield Police Chief Doug Fannen told the Springfield News-Leader Monday that the man fired at the officers, based on the suspect’s wife’s statements.

CARTHAGE (AP) – A man charged in the shooting death of a Missouri Southern State University assistant football coach has been released from jail.

The Joplin Globe reports 40-year-old Jeffrey Bruner posted $100,000 bond Wednesday and was released from the Jasper County Jail in Carthage.

Bruner was released after a judge ruled Monday that his bail could be reduced from $1 million cash-only to 10 percent of that bond.

He is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the Nov. 1 death of Derek Moore.

Bruner will be required to live with his parents in Greene County and wear an electronic ankle monitor. He also cannot have contact with his estranged wife or be on the Missouri Southern campus.

INDEPENDENCE (AP) – An Independence man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing his brother.

Forty-nine-year-old David L. Womack pleaded guilty and was sentenced Wednesday in the death of 58-year-old Bill Womack outside their mother’s home in Carollton in January 2011.

David Womack pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action. He had been scheduled for trial on June 27. The case was transferred from Carroll County to Ray County.

The Independence Examiner reports Bill Womack was checking on the men’s mother when he was shot. He had been upset about David’s alleged domestic violence against his girlfriend before the shooting.

MEAD GRUVER, Associated Press

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Jurors are having difficulty reaching a verdict in the case of a 75-year-old Missouri woman accused of killing her husband in Wyoming in the mid-1970s.

Alice Uden, of Chadwick, Missouri, is charged with first-degree murder in Ronald Holtz’s death in Cheyenne almost 40 years ago.

The eight-woman, four-man jury in Cheyenne deliberated all day Wednesday without agreeing on a verdict. Deliberations resume Thursday morning.

Uden testified she shot her 24-year-old husband at their Cheyenne home to stop Holtz as he was set to attack her 2-year-old daughter. Prosecutors say Uden shot her husband as he slept.

Police arrested Uden and current husband Gerald Uden in September. Gerald Uden has pleaded guilty to killing his ex-wife and her two children in central Wyoming in 1980.

Prosecutors haven’t linked the two cases.