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  • 50 injured as car rams into public in US

    As many as 50 people were injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of people participating in a parade in the US state of Virginia. There was no fatality. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon during the Hiker's Parade at the annual Trail Days festival in the Damascus town, near the border with Tennessee state, a US media report said. Some of the victims were flown by helicopters to ...

  • Tipsheet Brewers are road kill in NL Central

    The road did not treat the Milwaukee Brewers kindly. They embarked on a 10-game excursion and lost eight times.Their overall road record fell to 7-14. They wobbled home in last place, 10 games off the lead.The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel asked ...

  • Mizzou wins regional softball title again

    Chelsea Thomas allowed one hit and struck out nine to get sixth-ranked Missouri past Hofstra 5-0 Sunday afternoon in the deciding game of the NCAA regional softball championship at University Field in Columbia.The Tigers (38-12) move on to the super regionals for the sixth consecutive season; they will host No. 11 Washington (41-15) next weekend.Thomas did not walk a batter in upping her senior ...

  • St. Louisan McLemore vying for No. 1 spot in draft

    A vigil was held by family and friends for 15-month-old Jay'lah Keith in East St. Louis on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The child was killed in ...

  • Driver killed when truck slams into tree in Washington County

    A vigil was held by family and friends for 15-month-old Jay'lah Keith in East St. Louis on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The child was killed in ...


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Man on the Moon

The primary problem faced by filmmakers who attempt to make biopics of well-known celebrities is the impossibility of capturing a person's essence in two hours of screen time. Biographers write hundreds, sometimes thousands, of pages trying to explain their subjects and what made them unique. To do this in a two- or three-hour movie is close to impossible, which is why so many biopics are deeply ... ...

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  • Storm knocks out power to thousands in St. Louis County

    A vigil was held by family and friends for 15-month-old Jay'lah Keith in East St. Louis on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The child was killed in ...

  • McClellan offers investigative tips for law firm looking into Meramec attack

    The Board of Trustees of St. Louis Community College announced Thursday that it has hired the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale to investigate the administration's handling of an assault last month on the Meramec campus. In the assault, a female student was attacked by a male student in a women's restroom, according to police.Good. This is a case that begs for an investigation.However, I ...

  • US futures subdued as investors take stock

    FILE - In this Tuesday, May 7, 2013, photo, specialist Charles Boeddinghaus works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push world stock markets higher ...

  • SIRV to crack down on crime

    ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - A new group known as SIRV will work to reduce crime in the St. Louis-area. SIRV stands for Saint Louis Initiative to Reduce Violence. It's a partnership between police departments, church groups and schools. The group plans to release additional information at 10 a.m. Monday. It hopes to target neighborhoods known as crime hot spots. Their first area of concern is to ...

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