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  • Radioactive nanoparticles that target cancer cells developed

    Researchers at the University of Missouri have found a way to create radioactive nanoparticles that target lymphoma tumor cells wherever they may be in the body. Cancers of all types become most deadly when they metastasize and spread tumors throughout the body. Once cancer has reached this stage, it becomes very difficult for doctors to locate and treat the numerous tumors that can ...

  • Tipsheet Remembering the Eduardo Sanchez Era

    , the latest prospect to arrive ahead of schedule this season.Back in 2011, Sanchez was really something. He helped save a battered bullpen. He filled in as the Cardinals closer and excelled as a set-up man.He was 3-1 with five saves and a 1.80 earned-run average. His lively fastball and nasty slider gave him the tools to fill a late-inning role for years to come.But Sanchez, a product of the ...

  • Breakfast with Bernie Bill DeWitt Jr is best owner in MLB

    In today's breakfast meeting Post-Dispatch Sports Columnist Bernie Miklasz explains why he believes Cardinals' chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. is ...

  • Museum offers a look at life in the Missouri State Penitentiary

    oVisitors to Jefferson City will be able to get a glimpse of life at the Missouri State Penitentiary at a new museum.The Missouri State Penitentiary Museum is scheduled to open on Tuesday, at the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau.Museum officials say the idea for the facility out of the popularity of tours of the penitentiary in Jefferson City.The museum features artifacts and ...

  • Shots fired into home kill woman in St. Louis County

    A 22-year-old woman is dead after someone fired shots into a home in north St. Louis County on Tuesday night.The shooting happened at about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday in the 2100 block of Chambers Road. Her name has not been released.The woman was dead when officers arrived. Several other people were inside the house, too, but no one else was hurt, Vaughn said.St. Louis County Police Officer Randy ...


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The Wrestler [Blu-Ray]

The Wrestler [Blu-Ray]

The defining shot in Darren Aronofskys The Wrestler, a bittersweet story about a man struggling through lifes second act, is a tracking shot that follows right behind the titular character, a decaying former superstar named Randy The Ram Robinson, as he walks down various hallways a ... ...

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  • Trial ordered for captain in deadly Costa Concordia shipwreck in Italy

    FOR USE AS DESIRED, YEAR END PHOTOS - FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2012 file photo released by the Guardia di Finanza (border Police), the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. The luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, sending water pouring in through a 160-foot (50-meter) gash in the hull and forcing ...

  • Motorcyclist slain in College Hill neighborhood site of hot-spot policing

    A man on a motorcycle was fatally shot Tuesday night in the College Hill neighborhood, which had been the focus earlier this year for hot-spot policing by the St. Louis Police Department.The man, in his early 20s, was shot at about 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 2100 block of Obear Avenue. Police did not release his name early Wednesday or any information about a possible motive.Obear is near Grand ...

  • Iceland forms new center-right government

    Icelanders voted April 27 to return power to the conservative Independent Party and rural-based Progressive Party, who governed Iceland for decades before the 2008 economic ...

  • Arias holding out hope jury will spare her life

    Jodi Arias gives her first interview since pleading with jurors for her life May 21 at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail in Phoenix, Ariz. (Photo: Rob Schumacher, The ...

  • U.S. auto factories cutting back on summer downtime

    DETROIT The Detroit automakers are largely forgoing the traditional two-week summer break at their factories and speeding up production to meet buyers' growing demand for new cars and trucks. Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that 21 of its North American factories will shut for only one week this summer. That includes the Chicago plant that makes the Ford Explorer SUV and the Mexican plant ...

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