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  • LIVE VIDEO Tornado in Oklahoma City suburb causes destruction

    Interactive Radar OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday, as part of a severe weather outbreak that was expected to spread in other parts of the Plains and Midwest. Watch the live video from NBC ...

  • Bytes A closer look at Gast Lyons

    GAST Let's issue the small-sample caveat up front.Gast has impressed in his first two big-league starts, providing a nice lift with two wins on a 7-3 Cardinals home stand that pushed the team to 13 games over. 500.As I mentioned in Monday's column, Gast has really endured one bad inning over his first 11.1 innings in the majors Ideally, you'd like to see him go a little deeper ...

  • Peoples National Bank closing downtown branch

    When bundled with a host of other suggestions aimed at curbing drunk driving, the National Transportation Safety Board's proposal that state ...

  • Tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburbs

    A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday, as part of a severe weather outbreak that was expected to spread in other parts of the Plains and Midwest.A massive black-and-blue cloud dragged across the landscape just south of Will Rogers World Airport.Television video showed debris from homes and businesses being carried aloft ...

  • Library event with author Paul French is canceled

    Author Paul French has had to cancel his visit Friday to the St. Louis County Library.French is the author of "Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China." Earlier this month, the book won an Edgar Award for best true crime.A news release from the library said the event was canceled because of a death in the author's family. No ...


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For All Mankind [Blu-Ray]

For All Mankind [Blu-Ray]

Culled from thousands of hours of footage shot by NASA astronauts, almost all of which had never been seen before, For All Mankind returns the magic and wonderment to space travel, which has become all but mundane in the popular imaginary. By editing together bits and pieces ... ...

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  • Laclede Gas says settlement near in rate case

    Laclede paying $1 billion to expand utility business Long seen as a staid utility owner, Laclede Group Inc. on Monday took a bold step toward shedding the reputation -- a $1.04 billion deal that ...

  • Power likes pavement at Detroit Grand Prix track

    Will Power, of Australia, covers his ear as he waits to be interview on the public address system following his qualification run on the first day of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Darron ...

  • Man disappears in Mississippi River

    ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - A man vanished in the Mississippi River while fishing and was not located, the St. Louis Fire Department said Monday. According to Fire Captain Dan Sutter, the incident happened shortly after 1:13 p.m. Witnesses said a man was fishing under the Merchants Bridge near downtown St. Louis when he left to get something out of his vehicle. For reasons unknown, the vehicle rolled ...

  • Who will step forward to claim record Powerball jackpot

    - At least one person is waking up a whole lot richer after a single Powerball ticket sold in Florida matched all of the numbers to win the largest single jackpot in Powerball history. The single winning ticket was sold at a Publix grocery store in the town of Zephyrhills. The winning ticket is worth more than $590 million dollars. A lump payment adds up to $370 ...

  • Jodi Arias could testify in sentencing hearing

    Michael Kiefer and John Bacon, USA TODAY PHOENIX - The sentencing hearing for convicted killer Jodi Arias ground to a halt Monday when her lawyers refused to call any witnesses and a judge refused their requests for a mistrial and to withdraw from the case. Judge Sherry Stephens stopped the proceedings and released the jury for the day, telling them to return Tuesday morning. Defense ...

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