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  • Bruins go up 3-0 on Rangers

    FOUL: It's time to let go of the Goldenrod showboat. Vaudeville is over. Dinner-theater was never an answer when both the dinner and the ...

  • Munoz Daly in same place

    INDIANAPOLIS o Carlos Munoz's initiation to Indianapolis went relatively smoothly.Conor Daly's first week on the 2.5-mile oval was a little rougher.Either way, the two 21-year-olds will find themselves at the same place Sunday, starting their engines for the Indianapolis 500, the biggest race in the IndyCar Series."It doesn't really matter where you qualify, it's still ...

  • Descalso breaks out in rout of Padres

    SAN DIEGO o Adam Wainwright, Daniel Descalso and Mike Matheny all recorded firsts at Petco Park on Tuesday night.The first had never won a game there as a pitcher. The second never had hit a grand slam. And the third had been 0-4 there as a manager.All those droughts were satisfied in a 10-2 Cardinals win over San Diego as Cardinals righthander Wainwright held the Padres to four hits in 7 1/3 ...

  • Haas always feels at home when he returns to his roots

    Belleville native Jay Haas watches a shot during the Champions Tour's Principal Charity Classic last June in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP ...

  • 55 years later Manchester City comes back to St. Louis

    WEBSTER GROVES oThe Webster Groves City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved changes to the city guidelines on residents keeping domestic ...


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Straw Dogs (1971) [DVD]

Straw Dogs (1971) [DVD]

Sam Peckinpahs Straw Dogs is a great and troubling masterpiece, a film of such simultaneous depth and crudeness that it has elicited some of the most conflicting responses of his or any other filmmakers career. For every critic who found it the work of a great and terrible genius, there were those like Judith Crist who labeled it the worst film of 1971 and declared All anyone with an IQ of ... ...

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  • Strauss USGA PGA anchored in great putter debate

    The rules-making powers that be in professional golf formally announced Tuesday morning they will spend the next 2 years attempting to shove toothpaste back into the tube.Of course, the United States Golf Association and the Royal & Ancient put it a bit differently. For the "betterment of golf," players no longer will be able to employ an anchored putter as of January 2016. This ...

  • Lilliquist not worried about Millers high pitch count

    After he all but forced manager Mike Matheny to remove him after throwing 107 pitches through 52/3 innings on Monday, Cardinals rookie Shelby Miller, one of the National League's top pitchers through the first month and a half of the season, lamented his inability to avoid "20-pitch innings."Not to worry, said Cardinals pitching coach Derek Lilliquist on Tuesday. "I ...

  • USCAC race set for Gateway

    Gateway 100 USAC race is scheduled for June 1 The United States Auto Club Silver Crown series returns to Gateway Motorsports Park on June 1 for the Gateway 100 on the 1.25-mile oval in Madison. The green flag for the 80-lap race is 4 p.m."This will be a great historical day for Gateway as we reopen the oval," said Gateway owner and St. Louisan Curtis Francois, who completed the ...

  • Royals end skid with 7-3 win over Astros

    Mike Moustakas tied it with an RBI single before George Kottaras walked with the bases-loaded to drive in the go-ahead run in a four-run eighth inning, and the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night to end a four-game skid.The Royals trailed 3-0 and couldn't get much going offensively until the seventh when they cut the lead to one on RBI singles ...

  • Indians tamed 5-1 by Tigers

    The Indians' run of magical comebacks and improbable, walkoff wins was going to end at some point.Max Scherzer decided it was time.Scherzer retired 22 straight batters after the first inning and Miguel Cabrera made the Indians pay for not walking him by hitting a two-run homer, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 win Tuesday night. Cleveland had its winning streak stopped at five and its ...

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