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Royals Minor League report May 24
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 25
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: Baltimore Orioles: 1. ...
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7 hurt when trains collide in Mo. buckling road
Emergency personnel respond to the scene where of a train derailment near Rockview, Mo. Saturday. The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass in southeast Missouri, injuring seven ...
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Getz ejected after close play at first base
KANSAS CITY -- Royals second baseman Chris Getz was ejected from Saturday's game against the Angels in the wake of a close play at first base. Getz was called out by umpire Marty Foster to complete a double play that ended the fifth inning. With runners at first and third, Getz grounded to second baseman Howie Kendrick. When Getz was called out on shortstop Erick Aybar's relay to ...
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E. coli levels high in 3 SW Mo. waterways
http://sgfnow.co/10TQADb ) that the Christian County Health Department has posted advisories warning swimmers about high levels of E. coli bacteria at the Jim Turner Access at Finley River Park in Ozark, the Shelvin Rock Access southwest of Nixa and the Delaware Access west of ...
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Royals briefly shuffle coaches as Eiland returns home
KANSAS CITY -- Royals pitching coach Dave Eiland will be out of the staff rotation for a couple of days as he returns to his Florida home to attend his daughter's confirmation. Bullpen coach Doug Henry is moving into the dugout to handle the pitchers and Steve Foster, the Royals' former bullpen coach, is returning to that post for two days. Foster is currently the organization's ...
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Duffy to begin rehab assignment Sunday
Email KANSAS CITY -- Danny Duffy, who underwent Tommy John surgery last June 13, will start his Minor League rehab assignment on Sunday. Duffy will pitch four innings for Double-A Northwest Arkansas in San Antonio. A third-round Draft pick for the Royals in 2007, Duffy made 26 starts with a 6-10 record before he was placed on the disabled list last May. "I'm wanting him to work it at ...
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Dyson hoping to begin running program this week
Email KANSAS CITY -- Center fielder Jarrod Dyson said Saturday his recovery from a high ankle sprain is progressing well. Dyson was injured May 15 against the Angels when he scaled the outfield wall attempting to grab a Mike Trout home run. Dyson started wearing a boot on Friday for hitting and throwing drills, but he has not started running yet. He is hoping to start a running program next ...
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Perez gets break from lineup will return Sunday
Email KANSAS CITY -- Catcher Salvador Perez will return to the lineup on Sunday after sitting out Saturday's game. Perez is recovering from a bruised right hip. He missed two games with the injury earlier in the week, but returned Thursday and Friday against the Angels. "Salvy's still sore, and Salvy's going to be sore," manager Ned Yost said. "It was a quick ...
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Yost praises Tejada but stands firm behind Moustakas
Email KANSAS CITY -- Manager Ned Yost has admiration for veteran Miguel Tejada's contributions off the Royals' bench, but he has no immediate plans to use him more at third base. Tejada has occasionally spelled the struggling Mike Moustakas against left-handed pitchers, and he entered Saturday batting .323 in 14 games. He has seven RBIs and has hit two home runs, including one in ...
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NTSB investigating cause of SE Mo. train crash
CHAFFEE, Mo. (AP) -- The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass in southeast Missouri, injuring seven ...
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Park service review Brown Foundation report
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The National Park Service is reviewing a report that could lead to penalties being levied against a foundation led by the daughter of the lead plaintiff in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation ...
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Missouri officials work to limit geese at lake
http://bit.ly/12SXSLH ) that the state Department of Natural Resources has adjusted landscaping techniques at beaches to dissuade geese from congregating. That has included allowing vegetation to grow near the beach and installing brown landscape ...
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Prison is forced sabbatical for leader of Mo. band
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A popular Grateful Dead tribute band from Missouri is taking a sabbatical - the result of a 30-month prison sentence for the lead ...
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Missouri woman killed in Arkansas barge explosion
The Benton County coroner says 23-year-old Kayla Woolsey of Hollister, Mo., died Friday after being thrown from the barge she was standing on in the Lost Bridge area of the lake near ...
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Cargo trains collide derail in SE Missouri
CHAFFEE, Mo. - A federal agency has sent investigators to southeast Missouri, where seven people were injured when two cargo trains collided on tracks under a highway overpass, causing the overpass to partially collapse.Scott County Sheriff's Office Dispatcher Clay Slipis said the collision happened around 2:30 a.m. Saturday near Chaffee when a Union Pacific train hit a Burlington Northern ...
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A Look Back • St. Louis fights off British-led raid during American Revolution
Dear Abby o I'm a 21-year-old nursing student in college. I'm a "people person" and everyone says I'm easy to talk to. According to my ...
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Teens create touching exhibit on local veterans at History Museum
The exhibit now at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Parkruns through Oct. 20. The exhibit is part of the Teens Make History program, which began in 2007 for mainly under-served students ages 15-18. It has been expanded to teens of diverse backgrounds. The teens in the program also write and perform short original plays about history, attend an academy and are eligible for paid ...
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Kansas City Chiefs QB Alex Smith Then and Now
arrived to town via trade with the San Francisco 49ers. From the moment he was introduced by Chiefs general manager John Dorsey and head coach Andy Reid as the team's new QB, Smith admitted that Kansas City was the place he wanted to be, excited for the challenge of turning this franchise around. "I'm ready for this," Smith said in March. "I feel like because of what ...
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Seven injured in Missouri as trains collide trigger highway bridge collapse
By Patrick Garrity, NBC News Two freight trains collided and derailed early Saturday in southeast Missouri, then triggered the collapse of a highway overpass when several rail cars struck a support ...
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Collapse refocuses attention on aging spans
One part of President Barack Obama's speech Thursday at the National Defense University hasn't gotten quite the attention it deserves: His ...
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Farmington girl fatally struck by motorist in St. Francois County
The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal pedestrian accident that happened at 10:31 p.m. Friday evening on Missouri Route 32 one mile east of Maple Valley Drive.Kaitlyn R. Prater, 14, attempted to cross the road at Route 32 when she was struck by a 2011 Nissan Altima driven by Prokopieva M. Gulnara, 44, of Chesterfield. Kaitlyn was transported to Parkland Health Center where she was ...
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Family of missing Mich. man releases new details
HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) -- The mother-in-law of a Michigan man who disappeared in February says tools used to repair a flat tire were missing from his ...
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Auto parts maker to expand southern Illinois plant
MUPRHYSBORO, Ill.oA Southern Illinois woman who threw her baby away after giving birth at a party has been sentenced to three years in ...
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Du Quoin woman gets prison for throwing away her newborn
MUPRHYSBORO, Ill.oA Southern Illinois woman who threw her baby away after giving birth at a party has been sentenced to three years in ...
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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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