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  • Utah police close missing mom case after 3 years

    Dear Miss Manners o The time for school graduation ceremonies is upon us again. Unfortunately, I've been witnessing that in recent years, ...

  • Breakfast with Bernie Cards bullpen troubles surfacing

    In today's breakfast meeting Post-Dispatch Sports Columnist Bernie Miklasz discusses a growing concern: Cardinals starting pitchers haven't ...

  • Medical examiner 24 dead in Oklahoma twister

    A resident surveys the damage after the tornado hit the area near 149th and Drexel on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Chris ...

  • Another round of storms heading for St. Louis

    The best shot at more storms for the St. Louis region is late this afternoon and tonight.The National Weather Service says the forecast today is for more showers and thunderstorms --similar to what the area got on Monday night. Hail and damaging winds are possible.The area in the path of the storms is likely the immediate St. Louis area and to the south and east, said Jayson Gosselin, a ...

  • Pot penalties wont change in Springfield Mo.

    . oSpringfield's city council has again rejected a proposal to lower penalties for small amounts of marijuana.Supporters gathered enough signatures last summer to limit the penalties for marijuana possession, but council members declined to put the proposal on the November ballot. Instead, the council approved the petition and then repealed it.An alternate bill was then drafted and would ...


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The Ice Storm [DVD]

The Ice Storm [DVD]

In The Ice Storm we are shown with painful clarity just how cold the human heart can be and how we dont have to look very far to grasp this notion. In fact, we only have to glance in our own backyards, and we might be shocked at what we find. Set to an ethereal, haunting score ... ...

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  • Winds destroy part of Mount Olive business district

    o Winds that ripped through Mount Olive's Main Street on Monday night destroyed four commercial buildings in the downtown business district and damaged at least 10 other properties, authorities say.No injuries were reported. The storm hit at about 10:35 p.m. Monday.James W. Pitchford, coordinator for the Macoupin County Emergency Management Agency, said the National Weather Service will be ...

  • Paws for Reading prevents summer brain drain

    You can prevent your kids from getting summer brain drain, and keep them sharp. Educators say parents should make sure kids read all summer long. If they don't, they could lose the reading and writing skills learned during the school ...

  • FedEx plane stuck in mud at downtown airport

    Crews are working to remove a FedEx display plane that was stuck in the mud at the St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia. The plane was being moved Monday afternoon when it got stuck. A second plane was also in the grass. It was purposely put there for a fire demonstration. Neither plane has any damage. ...

  • Oklahoma tornado Rescuers listening for cries

    Rescuers in Moore, Oklahoma have asked the media to move away from a school leveled by a massive tornado so they could listen for cries for help. Rescuers were tearing through rubble at the Plaza Towers Elementary School searching for survivors. Twenty children were among those killed in the tornado. They also have homes to search. ...

  • Okla. death toll estimate revised at least 24 dead

    Trevor Hughes, Jonathan Shorman and Doyle Rice, USA TODAY MOORE, Okla. - The grim work of search, rescue and recovery spun into a second day Tuesday in central Oklahoma after a massive and murderous tornado blasted through the area, killing at least 24 people, flattening neighborhoods and destroying two elementary schools. There was a strand of good news Tuesday: Authorities dramatically ...

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