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Todays MLB starting lineups May 21
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: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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Oklahoma tornado brings back fear in recovering Joplin Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Less than three hours after a deadly twister on Monday flattened a swath of Moore, Oklahoma, tornado warning sirens sounded in Joplin, Missouri, 215 miles to the ...
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McKee to push on despite Jeff City defeat
, developer Paul McKee last week was unable to persuade lawmakers to extend a tax credit program that's key to funding his huge plan to redevelop two square miles of north St. Louis.But, McKee said Tuesday, he's pushing ahead with his NorthSide Regeneration.In a brief statement, the developer said he was "disappointed" that Missouri lawmakers didn't extend the Distressed ...
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Vote-by-videoconference bill passed too late for Paul Wynn
A newly-passed state bill allowing local elected officials to vote in meetings via videoconferencing came too late for former St. Charles County Councilman Paul Wynn.Wynn, R-O'Fallon, lost his re-election bid in the GOP primary last August after getting criticism for working in Afghanistan and Iraq as a military contract employee during big chunks of his four-year term.While he was outside ...
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Lindenwood University-Belleville gets first president
Jerry Bladdick was named the first president of Lindenwood University's Belleville campus last week.Since 2009, he has been vice president and chief administrative officer for the young campus. During his tenure, the campus has moved from an extension to a full-service campus, which just had its first commencement ceremony.Bladdick joined the main Lindenwood campus in 1987 as director of ...
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Oakville man claims $1 million prize from Powerball drawing
o Remember the Powerball drawing last Wednesday? The letdown drawing, when no one won the big $360 million prize and everyone had to go into work like normal?Well, Christopher Henson, 30, of Oakville, came close. He matched all the numbers except the Powerball for the drawing on May 15, good for a $1 million prize he claimed this week, according to the Missouri Lottery.Henson told the Missouri ...
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Missouri Baptist University student charged with setting car fires at campuses in Creve Coeur
o A Missouri Baptist University student and former missionary has been charged with setting four parked cars on fire on and near campus earlier this month.Andrew Wos, 21, of the 5200 block of Sunflower Drive in Eureka was charged today with four counts of knowingly burning or exploding after Creve Coeur police say he set four cars ablaze on two parking lots at the university on May 1.Two cars ...
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Fire chief says search almost complete after Oklahoma EF5 tornado
Austin Brock holds cat Tutti, shortly after the animal was retrieved from the rubble of Brock's home, which was demolished a day earlier when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening an entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled ...
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Casey Nolen reports from Moore Okla.
MOORE, Okla. (KSDK) - NewsChannel 5's Casey Nolen was one of the first reporters to arrive in Joplin, Mo. in 2011, and overnight he arrived in Moore, ...
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Stan Musials house hits the market
Stan Musial's Ladue home hit the open market May 21 and the residence is listed for $1.795 million. Built in 1962, the 5,286-square-foot mid-century estate features 4 bedrooms and 7 baths. The master suite connects to a library and den via brick patio. The residence opens to a grand foyer featuring a checkerboard marble floor and transitions to a living room lined with French doors. A ...
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Oklahoma tornado was top-of-the-scale EF-5
Trevor Hughes, Rick Jervis, Jonathan Shorman and John Bacon, USA TODAY MOORE, Okla. - Rescuers dug through the debris of destroyed homes, schools and businesses Tuesday in a desperate search for survivors of the massive tornado that blasted through this Tornado Alley ...
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2 new lawsuits filed over priest sex abuse
Plaintiff's attorney Rebecca Randles says the latest suits bring the total number of cases filed over the Rev. Shawn Ratigan's conduct to seven. Ratigan pleaded guilty in August to producing child pornography after police learned of hundreds of images of children, most of them clothed, with the focus on their crotch areas. Ratigan's case led Bishop Robert Finn to be charged with ...
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Malpractice suit against Husch Blackwell restored by appeals court
The Husch Blackwell LLP St. Louis headquarters at The Plaza in Clayton. An appeals court ruling Tuesday allowed a legal malpractice lawsuit against Husch Blackwell LLP to go forward. The dispute dates to 2001, when MTW Corp., a software company formerly based in Mission Woods, Kan., was sold to a British company for $85 million. Brian Nail, who had been MTWs CFO, sought advice from attorneys at ...
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Mo. counties to receive aid after April storms
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Jay Nixon says federal help is being offered to residents and businesses in several eastern Missouri counties affected by severe weather in ...
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Weather Service confirms five tornadoes in Missouri no touchdown in Hannibal
National Weather Service assessment teams have confirmed five tornado touchdowns in Missouri from storms yesterday. Tornadoes with winds topping out at between 90 and 100 miles per hour caused damage near Knob Noster in northwest Missouri and near Carthage in southwest Missouri. Trees were uprooted, power lineswere downed and outbuildings destroyed near Carthage. Those tornadoes rate EF-1 on ...
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Suzsanne Singer dies her volunteers visited nursing home residents
Suzsanne Singer, who died this week at age 88, was a psychologist who trained volunteers to visit nursing home residents who had no visitors.She started her Senior Connections program when she noticed many elderly living their final years in isolation. She and her daughter-in-law, Sandy Roeder Singer, trained volunteers to visit nursing homes.They modeled the program after the extended family of ...
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Stan Musial slept here and so can you — for $1.8 million
, one of Musial's grandchildren, said his fondest memories of the house are "all the times I played catch with (Musial) down by the pool."Not that long ago, I kind of tried to compute how many times I'd been there, and it's eerie how close it comes to 3,630," Schwarze said, referencing the number of hits Musial amassed in his career.It is not, however, the home in ...
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St. Louis police arrest a dozen Peabody protesters
ST. LOUIS o Police arrested a dozen protesters who were representing the United Mine Workers of America earlier today for blocking a city street outside of bankruptcy court downtown.Ten men and two women were among those arrested along the 100 block of South 10th Street after they disobeyed an officer's order to disperse because they were sitting in a street, police said.Police said the ...
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Schnucks says credit-card breach could cost it $80 million just in Illinois
The cost of the massive payment card hack that struck Schnucks in recent months could cost the company $80 million in Illinois alone, according to a court filing.In a motion filed last week, the Maryland Heights-based chain asked that a lawsuit against the company be heard in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, rather than in St. Clair County Circuit Court, because the ...
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Carmakers impede drive to prevent rental of defective vehicles
Enterprise relents, promises not to rent recalled cars WASHINGTON o Clayton-based Enterprise Holdings Inc. on Thursday dropped opposition to federal oversight of rental car safety and endorsed ...
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Bishop would-be pipe bomber gets 37 years
CHICAGO -; An Iowa letter carrier has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for sending dud pipe bombs with threatening letters signed "The ...
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Collinsville lifts boil order
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (KSDK) - A temporary boil order for some neighborhoods in Collinsville was lifted about 24 hours after it was enacted. The city water department issued the boil order Monday to residents living on Sugarloaf Road and all streets connected to Sugarloaf Road including Sugar Bend Estates and Deer Creek Estates. Water pressure had been lost in the area. Water samples were tested ...
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Helmet 2 Helmet My First Road Trip Experience
My first experience traveling with the Kansas City Chiefs into the local community was to the Army post at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. I was accompanied by Chiefs players, ...
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When Missouri child support can be extended
Missouri child support laws are unique from several other states in that the age of emancipation is often extended until the child is 21, according to information provided by ...
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Promoters and event planners invade St. Louis marketing flight this summer
On Friday, June 28, 2013, The Newsletter 2005 Promotions is hosting its first ever Promoter's Bash and Show. The show will start off with a jazz opening and a sample of delicious appetizers from Ace's Bar & Grill menu. This event is said to be full of great social gatherings, delicious appetizers, raffles and entertainment, which features two of the St. Louis area's hottest ...
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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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