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Stranger turns into an Angel for a mom of 7
By Mike Bush St. Louis (KSDK)- After all these years, Jonathan Deery still looks forward to the days he spends with Allen Savat. "I couldn't imagine him not being around, " says Deery. Today, they're giving Deery's new, used car the once over as they continue to fill up a fuel tank of memories. Though they're not related Allen is Jonathan's big brother. ...
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Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park
People survey damage from a tornado that hit Edmond, Okla., on Sunday, May 19, 2013. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, ...
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Two $1 million Powerball tickets sold in Missouri
The possibility of winning a record Powerball jackpot was a big draw Saturday for area stores selling lottery tickets. Early Sunday, officials with the multistate lottery said that one winning ticket for the $590 million jackpot had been sold in ...
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Miller leads Cardinals into three-game series in San Diego
Take a look at Shelby Miller's numbers, and it's easy to see that the Padres are about to face one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball on Monday. There's Miller's 1.40 ERA, tied with Clayton Kershaw for the lowest mark in the Majors, his 57 strikeouts in 51 1/3 innings, .182 opponents average and 0.88 WHIP. He's been untouchable lately, as he carries a 14 ...
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History behind Annie Malone parade remembered as agency marks 125 years
Thousands endured the heat to celebrate the the 125th annual Annie Malone May Day Parade Sunday, April 19, 2013, in downtown St. Louis. The ...
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Cardinals get the best of Lohse once again
A four-run fourth inning and some timely pitching was all the Cardinals needed as they beat their former teammate, Kyle Lohse, for the third straight time with a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. ';Baseball is a stupid game…baseball is weird, man. You make some good pitches and they get some good hits.'; John Gast (2-0) won his second straight start and Seth Maness ...
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Thomas leads Mizzou into Super Regionals for softball
Chelsea Thomas pitched a one-hitter to get No. 6 Mizzou past Hofstra and into the NCAA Super Regionals with nine strikeouts in a 5-0 win. Thomas improves to 24-4 on the season. Sophomore 1B Kelsea Roth and senior Nicole Hudson homered in the game after Hofstra beat the Tigers 10-0 earlier in the day to force a decisive second game. The Tigers have advanced to the Super Regional round of the ...
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Royals swept by A’s
Yeonis Cespedes hit a leadoff homer in the eighth inning and the A’s beat the Royals 4-3 to move back over .500. It was the third straight, one-run loss by the Royals in Oakland this weekend. Derek Norris hit a leadoff single and raced to third when the ball skipped over David Lough’s glove and rolled to the wall. One batter later Coco Crisp’s sacrifice fly tied the game at ...
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Gordon dominant but late homer drops Royals
KC@OAK: Gordon hits RBI single to put Royals up early OAKLAND -- The home-run pitch continues to bedevil Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera. Yoenis Cespedes belted Herrera's second pitch of the eighth inning out of the park to give the Oakland Athletics a 4-3 victory over the Royals on a sunny Sunday as 20,387 fans watched at the Coliseum. It was the eighth home run surrendered by Herrera ...
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Anniversary of Civil War massacre marked
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- It's been 150 years since Confederate guerrillas ambushed a black regiment at a Civil War battle site a few miles north of ...
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Bridgeton residents prepare for even smellier landfill
Ksdk - Work is set to begin Monday on the Bridgeton landfill and that means that the voluntary move for many in the area has already started. Republic Services says the early stages of the work will actually make the smell worse for a couple of weeks. That's why the company will pay for people who live within a mile of the landfill to stay in a hotel. Republic says they are first removing ...
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1-Year-Old Girl Killed by Boys Playing In Car
KSDK - East St. Louis Police say the death of a 1-year-old girl appears to be an accident. The child was playing outside Saturday afternoon with her mother, father, siblings and friends. The toddler was trying to follow after a couple of other kids when she stepped in front of a parked car. Police say an 11-year old boy was in that car. Officers say the boy took his mother's car key's ...
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Tornadoes hit Kan. Okla. no injuries reported
A tornado from a large storm system moving cross the south has struck a Georgia town 60 miles north of Atlanta, according to CNN. A least one death has been reported in the state. High winds also are raking Tennessee, where a man died after a tree fell into his home, according to ...
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The St. Louis Trotters bounce into MVP Sports Bar Grill for meet and greet
NBA's playoffs are here and the excitement is brewing, for hard hitting action up to the finale. St. Louis continue to long for such a chance at a team by focusing on the semi-professional ...
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Crash at wall conjures sour memory for Cain
Email OAKLAND -- When Royals center fielder Lorenzo Cain bumped into the center-field wall while making a catch on a long drive by the A's Derek Norris on Saturday night, it brought back a non-too-pleasant memory. It was against the Oakland Coliseum wall in last season's fifth game that Cain sustained a groin injury while making a spectacular catch. That was just the first of three ...
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Royals School Day rescheduled for June
Email OAKLAND -- School Day, the weather day for kids that was weathered out May 2, has been re-titled Summer School Day and is rescheduled for the afternoon of Wednesday, June 12, prior to the Royals' game against the Tigers at Kauffman Stadium. Stadium gates will open that day at 8:30 a.m. CT, and the Fox 4 Weather Team will launch its presentation at 10 a.m. After an hour-long program, ...
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Lough latest to man leadoff spot
Email OAKLAND -- Manning the leadoff spot in the Royals' batting order has been something of a challenge the last couple of years. It has mostly ended up being Alex Gordon, 81 times of 162 games last year and 30 of the first 40 games this year. Eventually, though, Gordon always seems to gravitate back to the No. 3 slot. So last year, manager Ned Yost had nine different players in the No. ...
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MLB St. Louis 4 Milwaukee 2
Rookie John Gast tossed 5 1/3 innings in his second major league start Sunday and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee 4-2. Gast (2-0), filling in for the ...
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Emergency officials monitor Wichita-area tornado
Click here for live updates The National Weather Service is describing the twister as "large, violent and extremely dangerous." Meteorologists say it was located on the southwest side of Wichita around 3:45 p.m. Sunday and was moving northeast at 30 mph. Kansas Division of Emergency Management spokeswoman Sharon Watson says the agency is watching the tornado. She says she isn't ...
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Woman bought $1 million Powerball ticket in St. Louis County
One of two $1 million winning Powerball tickets bought in Missouri was purchased at a liquor store in south St. Louis County, a Missouri Lottery spokeswoman said Sunday.A ticket matching five Powerball numbers was purchased at Sam's Liquor and Convenience store at 250 Kingston Drive, the spokeswoman said. The other winning $1 million ticket was bought at a Hartland Pit-stop in Doniphan, ...
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Boggs eager for fresh start after rejoining Cards
Email ST. LOUIS -- Mitchell Boggs is tired of talking mechanics. He won't divulge the specifics on what he accomplished or tweaked during his Triple-A stint in Memphis, but he'll be happy to show it. With starter Jaime Garcia on the 15-day disabled list with a left shoulder strain, Boggs returned to the club Sunday after 16 days with the Memphis Redbirds eager for his fresh start. ...
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Cards tab rookie Lyons to start Wednesday
ST. LOUIS -- Manager Mike Matheny announced on Sunday that the Cardinals will have left-hander Tyler Lyons start against the Padres on Wednesday in place of Jaime Garcia, who has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left shoulder injury. Lyons will join the team in San Diego in advance of the start but will not be added to the 40- and 25-man rosters until Wednesday. That will allow ...
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Busch Stadium to transform into soccer field
ST. LOUIS -- Following Sunday's game, the Cardinals' grounds crew will begin the process of converting a baseball diamond into a soccer field for Thursday's international exhibition game between Manchester City and Chelsea. The conversion, head groundskeeper Bill Findley said, will begin almost immediately. The mound will have to be removed, as will a layer of all the dirt in the ...
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Westbrook begins throwing program after setback
Email ST. LOUIS -- Three days after receiving a cortisone injection to target a buildup of scar tissue around his right elbow, Jake Westbrook was cleared to begin his throwing program. Westbrook made about 25 throws from a distance of 60 feet on Sunday, saying afterward that "it went well" and that his elbow "feels a lot better." Westbrook, who will travel to California with ...
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No witnesses in fatal East St. Louis shooting
Police on Sunday identified a man shot to death in East St. Louis on Saturday as Tyrone Graham, 47, of the 600 block of North 85th Street.Graham was shot in the back about 6 a.m. Saturday at North 11th and Lynch streets, said East St. Louis Police Chief Michael Floore. Police said there were no witnesses to the killing and didn't know what led to the shooting.Anyone with information about ...
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St Louis high-speed rail link to Chicago breaks ground
St Louis, Chicago and the state governments of Missouri and Illinois have taken the first step in constructing the Mid West Hub of high-speed rail connections with the building of a high-speed line between the two cities which will quadruple capacity and spur economic development, according to proponents of the high-speed rail line.
Work on the high-speed rail link between St Louis and Chicago has begun, signalling the first step of a mammoth project that is intended to ultimately see Chicago become the hub of a national high-speed railway network that will change the nature of overland transport in the country. Read more
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