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Ferguson-Florissant school district to put tax hike on ballot
FERGUSON-FLORISSANT SCHOOLS oFerguson-Florissant School District will seek voter approval for a property tax increase at the Aug. 6 ...
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Slowey exits with injury Marlins lose to Phillies
Miami Marlins' Kevin Slowey throws to the Philadelphia Phillies in the first inning of a baseball game in Miami, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Alan ...
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Review Google music plan solid serendipitous
LOS ANGELES -- Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers.The All Access service represents Google's attempt to grab a bigger piece of the ...
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Sex trafficking moves toward St. Louis
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KSDK) - The non-descript hotel room is full of men and a few women. One of them is young and blonde. "I've been talking dirty to you all day long," she said to the person on the other end of the phone. A man in the room said, "Like a spider web, just lay in wait, wait for them to call you." The man is a sergeant in the Kansas City Police Department. ...
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Tech job growth in St. Louis means local companies conduct talent searches
ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - World Wide Technology is the latest St. Louis company to announce it's adding information technology jobs. At its brand new, state of the art building, World Wide Technology says it's adding 100-plus jobs with an average salary of $100,000. St. Louis continues to get national attention as one of the hottest cities for tech jobs. The jobs pay well, but how do you get ...
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LeBron saves Heat at buzzer of Game 1
LeBron James made a layup as time expired in overtime, and the Miami Heat found a way to beat the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wild Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday ...
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Maurer pounded by Angels in 7-1 loss
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Rookie Brandon Maurer is going through some growing pains, and the Seattle Mariners are feeling ill, too. Maurer lasted just three innings while making his first major league start near his hometown, and the Mariners fell 7-1 to the Los Angeles Angels for their season-worst sixth consecutive loss. "Brandon's learning so much and he's going through what ...
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Early offense stands up as Belleville East holds off rival West
Things started off with a bang for host Belleville East softball team in its Class 4A regional game at home with rival West on Wednesday.The Lancers tallied four first-inning runs but had to hold on for the 7-6 win.The big inning was nice, but East senior shortstop Andrea Roberts knew it wasn't going to get the job done."It helps us settle in, especially with (starting pitcher) Allison ...
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St. Mary Margaret Mary Alacoque take home sixth grade CYC closed title
The St. Margaret Mary Alacoque sixth grade boy's basketball team capped off an undefeated season by taking the CYC City/County Crusader Closed Division Championship title, earning them the Cardinals Featured Team of the Week honor.St. Margaret Mary Alacoque beat Holy Rosary 41-36 in the championship game at SLUH after Holy Rosary hit a 3-pointer with 4.6 seconds left in regulation to send ...
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Penguins rout Senators 7-3 take 3-1 series lead
Members of the Chelsea soccer team practice at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Chelsea will take on Manchester City in an ...
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Orioles hit 3 HRs in 6-3 win over Yankees
O'FALLON, Ill. o Chad Spanberger doesn't remember coming through with a hit with the bases loaded this season before Wednesday's game, but ...
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CLASS 3 BASEBALL QUARTERFINAL Lutheran North cant overcome Hallsvilles Beatty in 4-2 loss
o The Lutheran North baseball team's season came to an end after a 4-2 defeat in a Class 3 quarterfinal at Hallsville on Wednesday night."We competed, I cannot argue with out effort," Lutheran North coach Mike Russell said.The Crusaders battled back from an early two-run deficit, but that is all they could get against a stingy Hallsville pitching staff.Hallsville pitcher Brendan ...
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ILLINOIS REGIONAL VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP OFallon sweeps Belleville East plays Edwardsville next
O'Fallon had not lost in the past 17 matches after falling to Belleville East in three games on April 6.But the Panthers have more than avenged that setback. They have since beaten the Lancers three times, including a 25-19, 25-23 victory Wednesday in an Illinois regional final at home."It's probably one of our biggest wins of the year," Panthers setter Luke Terhaar said. ...
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Bid to end tax shelters goes global
Apple CEO Tim Cook is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent subcommittee on Investigations hearing to examine the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code. Lawmakers want to hear from ...
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Lyons scoreless through three
O'FALLON, Ill. o Chad Spanberger doesn't remember coming through with a hit with the bases loaded this season before Wednesday's game, but ...
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Frontenac OKs budget that gives workers small raise
FRONTENAC oFrontenac's new budget will again provide a 2.5 percent pay increase for employees, the same as the one adopted for last year, as ...
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Ford to end auto production in Australia in 2016
Rain falls on a car at a Ford dealership in Sydney on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Ford Motor Co. said it was closing its two Australian auto plants and ending production in the country in 2016, amid soaring manufacturing costs and plummeting sales. (AP Photo/Rick ...
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Astros win series with 3-1 victory over Royals
Houston Astros' Jordan Lyles winds up to pitch against the Kansas City Royals in the first inning of a baseball game on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat ...
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Asia stocks down as China factory output slips
BANGKOK -; Asian stock markets fell Thursday, weighed down by a contraction in China's manufacturing that adds to signs a shaky recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is ...
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Survey shows China manufacturing contracting
HSBC economist Hongbin Qu in a statement, "The cooling manufacturing activities in May reflected slower domestic demand and ongoing external headwinds." He said that showed a possible "downside risk to China's fragile growth recovery" while signs of weakness in the labor market "call for more policy support" from the ...
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Joplin awarded economic recovery grant on second anniversary of tornado
WASHINGTON (KSDK) - On Wednesday, the second anniversary of the Joplin tornado, Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank announced a $20 million grant will be awarded to the city to help fund the town's economic recovery. The grant will come from the Economic Development Administration and help redevelop Joplin's 20th Street corridor. "We are grateful for this grant as it ...
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Security beefed up for soccer match at Busch
ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - Security around Busch Stadium is as tight as it is during a World Series game. England's premier soccer clubs Chelsea and Manchester City are in town for a historic exhibition match Thursday and the St. Louis police chief says the increase is necessary after the Boston marathon bombing. The police presence was obvious Wednesday night for Chelsea's training. ...
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UW softball faces Missouri in Super Regional
Missouri has the home field. Washington has the momentum. So who's got the advantage in their NCAA softball Super Regional set to start Thursday at 6 p.m.? Maybe Missouri. The sixth-seeded Tigers (38-12), one of six SEC teams among the 16 tournament teams still playing, feature an elite pitcher in senior Chelsea Thomas. Named the Big 12 pitcher of the year as a sophomore and junior, ...
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Lee pitches 3-hitter Phillies blank Marlins 3-0
Philadelphia Phillies' Cliff Lee pitches to the Miami Marlins in the first inning of a baseball game in Miami, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Alan ...
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Emmonnie Henderson • Edwardsville track and field
A senior thrower, Henderson won both the shot put and discus in Class 3A for the third consecutive year. Her shot put heave of 50-9.5 broke the state mark she set in the prelims of 49-7.75. She won the discus with a throw of 156-07. Henderson's best throws this season in the shot (50.9.5) and discus (167-8) also were tops in the area. A three-time first-team Post-Dispatch All-Metro ...
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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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