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Serious injuries involved in couth county cycle crash
St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - An unidentified motorcyclist is hospitalized with severe injuries after being thrown from his speeding bike while driving along an interstate ramp overnight. St. Louis County Police continue to investigate the incident which occurred around midnight on the northbound ramp of I-270 at Tesson Ferry. Authorities say the motorcyclist was speeding when he lost control of the ...
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Paraplegic castrated in fight at assisted care facility
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A 41-year-old man is being held on $5 million bail after police say he castrated a paraplegic during a dispute at an assisted living facility in ...
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Navy holds hearing in Va on deaths of divers in Md
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Two members of a Navy dive unit are facing involuntary manslaughter and dereliction-of-duty charges in the drowning deaths of two divers at Aberdeen Proving Ground near ...
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Top summer sandal deals at 70 off
ST. LOUIS -- Today, patience pays off in a huge way. If you've followed our advice to wait for today to score the lowest summer prices on the top pairs of sandals, you're in for a cheap treat. You'll find absolutely everything you're looking for today including a major (and rare) deal drop at Nordstrom. For those of you concerned about my ability to hand-pick sandal deals ...
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Missouri Mom Faces Charges Of 2nd Degree Murder After Giving Boyfriend Permission To Rape Her Infant Resulting In Baby’s Death
Can one help but wonder, is this what our ‘rape culture’ has come to, when mothers start handing over their babies to be raped. Jessica Lynn Howell, the Missouri woman charged with allowing her boyfriend to sexually assault and murder her 4-month-old daughter. Image ...
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4th of July fireworks in St. Louis 2013
4th of July means fireworks, fireworks, and more fireworks. We are fortunate to live in an area where there are an abundance of summer festivals and fireworks displays to choose ...
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Royals turn to Mendoza in finale with Tribe
Perhaps it's only fitting that the Royals and Indians will play a rubber game to decide their series on Wednesday night. Cleveland entered the three-game set with a half-game lead over Kansas City for second place in the American League Central and a .500 record. After the Royals' 2-1 win in the opener on Monday night, they took over second place with a half-game lead and a .500 ...
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A sister acts as an unlikely mentor to deadbeat dads
o Sister Carol Schumer always eats everything on her plate, makes her bed every day, wears only white and navy and admits to being a wee pushy in her former career as a Catholic school principal.So there's no missing this rail-thin woman with gray hair and sensible navy shoes in the center of 18 men who've been labeled deadbeat dads.They are seated around her in a horseshoe in a ...
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McClellan Heading for a bar at midnight Thats no time for old men
An old friend who is retired from the police department stopped by the paper the other day. He was on his way to play poker at the downtown casino.I mentioned that my son was in town and I suggested that the three of us go to the track. "I can't go this Tuesday," said my friend. (When we go, we go on a Tuesday for the afternoon session. Horse hookey, it's called.) Maybe we ...
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McCaskills early endorsement of Hillary Clinton is meant as a nudge
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in Chicago on June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott ...
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First inning dooms Cards Wainwright
By the time Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright righted his wayward mechanics before the start of the second inning Tuesday, it was already too late.The Cubs had all the runs starter Jeff Samardzija needed.Taking early advantage of Wainwright's misbehaving fastball, the Cubs jumped the righty for four runs on four consecutive extra-base hits in the first inning. Samardzija did the rest as he ...
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Fracking comes to Illinois amid a wave of money and controversy
The rocky ground deep beneath Southern Illinois will soon be wrung like a sponge to yield previously unreachable oil and natural gas. "Fracking," the process of fracturing underground rock formations to extract their hidden fuel, is coming to the Land of Lincoln.The politics behind it, like the science, is all about pressure: Economic pressure, in the form of thousands of jobs for the ...
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No more free Saturdays on downtown St. Louis parking meters
Beginning July 1, downtown parking meters will be enforced on Saturdays. Visitors to Citygarden enjoy the sites as an expired meter on 10th Street awaits change on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Photo by Robert Cohen, ...
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Westbrook aims to maintain control throw strikes vs. Cubs
Cubs manager Dale Sveum has a few explanations for the Cardinals' success this season. The most important? Throwing strikes and limiting walks, which Jake Westbrook will look to do Wednesday against Chicago. "It's something you preach and something you try to get to in the organization -- throw strikes, you'll win a lot of games," Sveum said. "And if you hit .340 ...
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Crowd mourns tiny hit-and-run victim at vigil in St. Louis County
ST. LOUIS oA broken sewer valve caused an unknown amount of untreated wastewater to flow into the River des Peres near the Mississippi ...
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Hopes are high for elevated park in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS oA broken sewer valve caused an unknown amount of untreated wastewater to flow into the River des Peres near the Mississippi ...
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Some residents say fees too high for Eurekas planned rec center
EUREKA o Eureka's almost-built, wood and stone community recreation center sits perched high on a hill, beckoning visitors to come. A ...
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Ft. Leonard Wood soldier arrested for fake military fundraiser
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (KSDK) - Police say Private Kevin P. Lane, an Army reservist out of Ft. Leonard Wood, was arrested for stealing earlier this month. Investigators say Lane was soliciting donations for a fake charity he called "Parties in the Park." Lane allegedly told people on Main Street in St. Charles the charity would fund a party for the families of the soldiers in his unit who ...
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Neighbors hold vigil for boy killed by hit and run driver
2-year-old boy was killed in a hit and run in Spanish Lake. Family members of the 2-year-old victim held a candlelight vigil Tuesday night. The neighborhood is quiet and sleepy and full of families. That's until neighbors say cars come zooming down the road at high rates of speed. That happened Sunday night and led to the death of 2-year-old Darrion Griffin. ...
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Big inning low run support sinks Wainwright Cards
CHC@STL: Beltran homers off the foul pole in right ST. LOUIS -- Adam Wainwright retired 22 of the 29 batters he faced. But it was the four he didn't in the first inning that cost the Cardinals the game Tuesday night. Wainwright got off to an uncharacteristically poor start in an otherwise solid seven innings of work as the Cardinals fell to the Cubs, 4-2, at Busch Stadium. He set down ...
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Broken sewer valve spills up to one million gallons of untreated wastewater into River des Peres
ST. LOUIS oA broken sewer valve caused an unknown amount of untreated wastewater to flow into the River des Peres near the Mississippi ...
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Medical group recognizes obesity as a disease
By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY The American Medical Association, the nation's largest physician organization, decided Tuesday to recognize obesity as a disease that requires a range of medical interventions for treatment and prevention. The decision was made at the group's annual meeting in Chicago. Experts in obesity have struggled for years to have obesity recognized as a disease ...
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Royals bullpen cant hang on late vs. Indians
KC@CLE: Perez singles home an insurance run CLEVELAND -- This time, the bullpen couldn't hold the lead. Cleveland struck for three runs in the eighth inning against Royals relievers Kelvin Herrera and Tim Collins and the Indians took a 4-3 comeback victory on Tuesday night in front of an appreciative crowd of 14,853 at Progressive Field. Herrera was put in charge of a 3-1 lead in the ...
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Air conditioners donated to Cool Down St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - Summer, and the hot temperatures that come with it, begins Friday. Just in time, Cool Down St. Louis is kicking into high gear. A few hours ago, Ameren donated a truckload of air conditioners to charities serving St. Louis and Jefferson Counties. As a result, hundreds of local families, the disabled, and elderly, will be able to keep cool this summer. You can help out by ...
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Second teen in custody for Kirkwood murder charges filed
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KSDK) - Murder charges have been filed against a teen accused of killing another teen in Kirkwood. Keenan Miller, 18, is charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and attempted delivery/distribution/sale of a controlled substance. Miller is held in the St. Louis County Jail on a $100,000 cash-only bond. Monday evening ...
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Kansas City women focus on micro-finance
Kansas City women are trying to make an impact in the world by teaming up with micro-finance providers for people living in poverty.
All too often charitable causes and organisations looking for funding focus on symptomatic poverty, responding to the causes of poverty worldwide in a similar manner to a doctor giving a patient painkillers for a cancer tumor instead of removing the tumor. We donate so that children in poverty around the world can get food, education, clothing, medicines and various other basic needs. But it doesn’t solve the problem of why they’re in poverty in the first place. Read more
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