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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 native accused of spying leaves Moscow
In this handout photo provided by the Russian Federal Security Service, or FSB, a man identified as Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, sits in the FSB offices in Moscow, early Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Fogle was carrying special technical equipment, disguises, written instructions and a large sum of money when he was detained overnight, the FSB said in a statement Tuesday. ...
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Boys playing in car run over and kill East St. Louis toddler police say
o A 1-year-old girl was killed Saturday when two young brothers playing in their mother's car put it in gear and ran over her, police say.Jayla Keith was playing in a yard in the Gompers housing complex in the 400 block of North Sixth Street about 4 p.m. when she was struck by a car, said East St. Louis Police Chief Michael Floore. Two brothers, 11 and 12, were in their mother's car ...
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1 St. Louis charter school closing 2nd is at risk
http://bit.ly/17QrP36 ) reported that Shearwater High School announced Friday that it would close voluntarily in late June. The school sought to help at-risk students receive diplomas before they turned 22. But officials said many arrived so far behind that staff couldn't get them caught up in ...
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Man burned in suspected meth explosion in St. Louis
o A man was burned Saturday in a suspected methamphetamine-related explosion, police say.The 44-year-old man suffered facial and chest burns in an explosion about 4 p.m. Saturday in the 3800 block of Castleman Avenue in the city's Shaw neighborhood.Police said the man was "evasive" about what caused the explosion in a basement kitchen. Investigators said they found ingredients ...
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Ballroom dance contest inspires St. Louis-area 5th-graders
It's not often that the introductory notes of a rhythmic Argentine tango flavored with accordion, violin and percussion elicits a roar of excitement from a roomful of fifth-graders.The finals of St. Louis Dancing Classrooms is no ordinary affair.After 10 weeks of training twice a week, select St. Louis public and private schools from Normandy to Imperial competed for bragging rights as ...
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Man suffers cardiac arrest while driving crashes in St. Louis and dies
o A 47-year-old man went into cardiac arrest Saturday night while exiting Interstate 44 in St. Louis, crashed his car and died, police said.The man was exiting the highway at South Kingshighway about 9 p.m. when his heart stopped, causing him to crash into a traffic light, police said. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.Police did not identify the man Sunday or ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 19
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...
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Kansas Oklahoma Iowa Missouri are in bulls-eye
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. (CNN) -- Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes are threatening to pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest on Sunday and Monday. A mix of ingredients could combine to spawn a severe weather outbreak sweeping through parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa and ...
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Conflict-ridden Missouri legislative session could lead to more Nixon vetoes
GOP leadership touted other victories, such as an income tax cut that could save Missouri businesses and individuals more than $700 million a ...
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Teens success at debate leads to Princeton
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Destiny Crockett is the first graduate of St. Louis' Clyde C. Miller Career Academy to ascend to the Ivy League. A love for debate helped get her ...
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Two teenagers shot in south St. Louis
SOUTH ST. LOUIS (KSDK) -- Police are investigating an overnight shooting in the 3600 block of Michigan in south St Louis. One female teen was shot in the foot and thigh, a second female teen was also shot in the leg. Both are in stable condition. Police say the girls were walking down the street when two men came up to them and told them not to move. They tried to run away and were shot. The ...
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Missouri GOPs legislative success in eye of beholder
Sometimes, success is in the effort. But ultimately, success is often judged by results.When the Missouri Legislature adjourned its annual session this past week, the Republican majority claimed it was a successful effort – even “historic” and “monumental” – based on the measures they considered and approved. Yet if results are what matter, their success may ...
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Alternative energy fuels hopes for Pea Ridge mine
SULLIVAN, Mo. (AP) -- Never mind the lawsuits, regulatory hurdles and competing against the Chinese. Jim Kennedy is plotting a comeback for the mine he used to own in eastern ...
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Cards send Gast up against Lohse today to decide series
May 14, 2013; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher John Gast (64) throws to a New York Mets batter during the fifth inning at Busch Stadium. St. Louis defeated New York 10-4. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY ...
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Royals and Cardinals lose Saturday night
A’s starter Tommy Milone threw more than 50 pitches before recording the first out of the second inning, but he overcame his rough start to outduel Royals starter Ervin Santana as the A’s scored twice in the sixth inning to beat the Royals 2-1 on Saturday night. The Royals loaded the bases with no outs in the second but Milone got out of it without allowing a run. Elliot Johnson ...
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Artist installs new penguin sculpture at St. Louis Zoo
Penguin & Puffin Coast at the St. Louis Zoo. The sculpture is a gift of the Explorers Club of St. Louis, which also is presenting Obara with the Marlin Perkins/Jim Fowler Lifetime Artist-in-Residence Award. We talked to the artist about penguins, vanishing nature and how his early experiments in taxidermy led to a career as one of the nation's foremost wildlife sculptors. Q ...
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Mizzou will face Hofstra in softball regional final today at 1 p.m.
Hofstra went off for five runs, all on home runs, in the top of the 10th inning to record an 8-4 win over Oregon State in game five of the NCAA Columbia Regional Saturday at University Field. Mizzou (37-11) will face Hofstra in the championship on today at 1 p.m. A Hofstra win in the first game would force a second game at 3:30 p.m. in a winner-take-all contest. Mizzou’s Chelsea Thomas ...
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Garcia on the shelf with a sore shoulder
Jaime Garcia can only watch as Milwaukee Brewers Aramis Ramirez runs the bases after hitting his second three run home run of the game in the sixth inning. UPI/Bill Greenblatt St. Louis Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left shoulder strain. General manager John Mozeliak says the team became aware of the issue about a week ago and had hoped ...
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Mizzou baseball gets into SEC Tournament as 12 seed
SEC Tournament Seeding #1 Vanderbilt (.897) #2 LSU (.767) #3 Arkansas (.621) #4 South Carolina (.586) #5 Mississippi State (.533) #6 Ole Miss (.500) #7 Alabama (.483) #8 Florida (.467) #9 Texas A&M (.448) #10 Auburn (.433) #11 Kentucky (.367) #12 Missouri ...
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Central Missouri knocked of NCAA baseball tournament
Central Missouri fell behind early, and couldn’t dig out of the hole falling 4-1 to Southern Arkansas in the Central Regional. For the Mules Samuel Domingue was one for four with a run scored. Kyle Grieshaber was one for three with a run driven in. Trevor Jones had the only multiple hit game going two for three on the afternoon. Jake Heissler worked 5.1 innings of relief without allowing ...
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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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