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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 ...

  • In Illinois Davis preparing for marathon race for Congress

    U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis recalls the moment he learned that Democrats had identified him as a special target for defeat in 2014.He was standing in line for freshman orientation the week after winning his seat last November."The honeymoon didn't even last a week," Davis, R-Ill., said. "When you win by a thousand votes in a district they didn't expect you to win, you know ...

  • Consumer group flags high SPF ratings on sunscreen as misleading

    WASHINGTON – Sunbathers headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But despite those long-awaited changes, many sunscreens continue to carry SPF ratings that some experts consider misleading and potentially dangerous, according to a consumer watchdog group. A survey of 1,400 ...

  • Lakeland Raiders Rout Missouri In Regular-Season Finale

    LAKELAND | The Lakeland Raiders raced to a 30-0 lead after one quarter in a 59-6 rout of the Missouri Monsters on Saturday night at the Lakeland ...

  • Oxbow vs. Orb in Belmont

    Another year, another Triple Crown hopeful unable to come through.After Oxbow upset Kentucky Derby winner Orb in Saturday's Preakness to extend racing's Triple Crown drought to 36 years, the next best alternative for the Belmont Stakes is a rematch.And, it appears both trainers are giving every indication their classic-winning colts will run in the Belmont on June 8."You know ...


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Anguish [DVD]

Anguish [DVD]

More than a decade before the art-imitating-life -imitating-art postmodern horror theatrics of the "Scream" trilogy (1997-2000), there was Bigas Luna's "Anguish," a clever, if not wholly successful, slasher film that toys with the uncomfortable links between blood on the screen and blood in the audience. ...

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  • Fresh starts Another rookie leads Cards to win vs. Lohse

    Several seasons ago when Chris Carpenter and Mark Mulder were the injured veteran starters and Adam Wainwright was the colt at the back end of the rotation, the young righty attended a meeting where the healthy starters were asked to "hold the fort down." Help the team survive, came the instruction, "until our stallions get back."He still remembers years later what the ...

  • Schrader becomes oldest ARCA winner

    Schrader becomes oldest ARCA winnerLongtime NASCAR driver and Fenton native Ken Schrader became the oldest winner in ARCA Racing Series history Sunday, dominating the Menards 200 at Toledo (Ohio) Speedway.The 57-year-old Schrader, who started second in his Chevrolet and led 163 laps, surpassed Iggy Katona as the oldest series winner. The Missouri driver won for the fifth time at Toledo and 16th ...

  • San Antonio routs Memphis in series opener

    San Antonio routs Memphis in series openerTony Parker had 20 points and nine assists, Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points and the San Antonio Spurs struck first in the Western Conference finals by beating the visiting Memphis Grizzlies 105-83 on Sunday.The Spurs avoided a repeat of their Game 1 loss from when the teams met two years ago in the first round. The Grizzlies went on to knock San Antonio ...

  • Miklasz Cardinals are looking good but they have company

    Now 43 games into the 2013 campaign, the Cardinals have burned off more than a quarter of their schedule. They have taken firm shape, forming the National League's best record despite having two broken pieces in the starting rotation, kinks in the bullpen and various knots and snags in the lineup.One would have to possess an inherently miserable outlook to bellyache about a 28-15 record ...

  • Price of oil falls below $96 per barrel as traders await data Fed chief Bernankes speech

    BANGKOK - The price of oil fell Monday ahead of the release later this week of economic data from the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, and a speech by the Federal Reserve chief. Benchmark crude for June delivery was down 25 cents to $95.77 a barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 86 cents to close at ...

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