Tuesday 7th September, 2010

• Onobun makes Rams as long shot

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  July 29, 2010 -- Rams rookie tight end Fendi Onobun hauls in a pass Thursday morning during the first day of practice at the Russell Training Center in Earth City. (J.B. Forbes jforbes@post-dispatch.c...

• Lindenwood beats No. 1 team in soccer

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Lindenwood's men beat No. 1 NAIA soccer team Simon Harrsen scored from a bad angle in the 74th minute to break a 1-1 tie and lift unranked Lindenwood to a 2-1 victory Monday afternoon at home over ...

• Deputies' suit starting against St. Louis sheriff

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  -- Two deputies who claim St. Louis Sheriff James Murphy supported a racially hostile work environment and failed to discipline three deputies who hung a noose in the courthouse take will their cas...

• Wozniacki tops Sharapova at U.S. Open

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Sept. 6, 2010 -- Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark celebrates after beating Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-3, 6-4 in the fourth round of play at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy W...

• Police search for suspect in crimes against students

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  • Clayton police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted and robbed a woman, 23, on Monday. Clayton police said the man approached the woman about 12:30 a.m. Monday as she left her vehicle...

• U.S. crushes Angola in basketball

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Sept. 6, 2010 -- U.S. player Danny Granger, center, goes to score as Angola's players try to stop him during a World Basketball Championship round of 16 match at the Sinan Erdem stadium in Istanbul. T...

• Charlack breaks rules on cameras

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  • As state highway officials ponder sanctions against Charlack for violating an agreement about the operation of its automatic speed cameras, St. Louis County police chiefs are asking the Legisla...

• Maryland wins; Van Slyke out for Michigan

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Maryland nips Navy Kenny Tate stopped Ricky Dobbs at the goal line with 34 seconds left, and Maryland stunned in-state rival Navy 17-14 on Monday in Baltimore to break a seven-game losing streak th...

• Candidates more similar than it appears

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  • If elections were held over coffee and steakburgers, the political world would be a friendlier place. That was my thought last week as the war of words got ratcheted up in the Missouri battle ...

• Baseball roundup: Rockies rally to beat Reds

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Rockies rally to defeat Reds Ubaldo Jimenez won his club-record 18th game despite a wild performance and Colorado rallied from a 4-run deficit to beat Cincinnati 10-5 on Monday. Even though he leads...

• Afghanistan promises bank bailout

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  • The chairman of the Central Bank of Afghanistan promised Monday to lend the embattled Kabul Bank "as much as it wants" to stave off a collapse, even as he continued to defend the bank's solvenc...

• Dodgers promote Lindsey after 15 years in minors

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  John Lindsey has finally reached the big leagues after 15 years in the minors. The Los Angeles Dodgers purchased Lindsey's contract from Triple-A Albuquerque on Monday. The 33-year-old first basema...

• Hawk Point bears summer of sorrow, suspicion

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  September 3, 2010 - A large crack marks the spot where the patrol car of part-time Hawk Point Police Chief Paul Fricke came to rest on Highway 47 August 27. "For the past three months we've had a...

• Japan central bank keeps key interest rate steady

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Japan's central bank voted to keep interest rates near zero, holding off on further measures to tackle a strong yen that is undermining the country's fragile economic recovery. In an unanimous deci...

• Thousands gather for Labor Day Parade

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  September 6, 2010 - Scott Schaefer of Crestwood rides along with the Laborers Local 660 of St. Charles during Monday's Labor Day parade in downtown St. Louis. Robert Cohen rcohen@post-dispatch.com

• Blunt's ties to Abramoff resurface

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  In 2003, U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt sent a letter to the federal Department of Interior that appeared to have little relevance to his constituents in southwest Missouri. Blunt, then one of the top-ranking...

• Rams add 2 LBs to practice squad

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  The St. Louis Rams are putting the finishing touches on their eight-man practice squad. Two linebackers cut over the weekend by NFC clubs were added to the Rams' practice squad Sunday, raising to ...

• St. Louis Navy Week

  News Channel 5

  Sailors in uniform are a common site near navy bases, but not so in the Midwest. That's why the Navy is hosting Navy Week here in St. Louis. It kicks off with Navy Day in New Town, St. Charles. Playin...

• Many line up to go public, but market mood iffy

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Wall Street's IPO pipeline is jammed. One-hundred sixty-one companies are seeking to raise more than $56 billion through initial public offerings, according to Renaissance Capital, an IPO research ...

• Oracle names ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd co-president

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Oracle Corp. has announced former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd is joining the database software maker as co-president. Oracle said in a statement Monday that Hurd will also serve as a member o...

• Molina's grand slam powers Cardinals

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Sept. 6, 2010 -- Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is greeted by teammates after hitting a grand slam home run off Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Todd Coffey in the 8th inning at Miller Park. (Photo by Benny...

• Apple faces many rivals for streaming content to TVs

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  -- When Steven P. Jobs introduced Apple's first iPod in 2001, it held more music and was easier to use than the handful of rival products already in the market. But it had a big shortcoming: It wor...

• Another Baltimore WR due in St. Louis Tuesday

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  On the heels of the St. Louis Rams' trade for Baltimore wide receiver Mark Clayton, another former Ravens wideout is headed to St. Louis. But in the case of Demetrius Williams, it's only for a visi...

• 1 Wyoming football player killed, 3 hurt in wreck

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  A University of Wyoming football player was killed and three teammates were injured when a pickup drifted off a Colorado highway and crashed on Monday, authorities said. Ruben Narcisse, 19, of Miam...

• 2 kids injured at Giants-Diamondbacks game

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Two children have been taken to the hospital after being struck by a bat and a ball at Monday's game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Francisco Giants. A 13-year-old boy seated near Arizona...

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