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Bernie Bytes Enough already about Cardinals soft schedule
The Cardinals are in a stretch of playing 24 of 30 games against teams that have a losing record.The breakdown: three vs. the NY Mets, six vs. Miami, eight vs. Chicago, four vs. Houston and three against the LA Angels. Between now and July 14 the Cardinals face only two winning teams, Texas and Oakland, for a total of six games.The apparent softness of the schedule supposedly will allow the ...
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Report says big banks are violating national mortgage settlement
(c) 2013, The Washington Post.WASHINGTON -- A new study confirms allegations made by state prosecutors that some of the nation's biggest banks are violating the terms of the $25 billion national mortgage settlement, the landmark agreement to clean up shoddy foreclosure practices.The court-appointed monitor of the settlement on Wednesday issued a report saying Citigroup, Bank of America, ...
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Wright City manufacturer calls government his biggest problem
prepared remarks describing the company's growth from a small, 2,500-square-foot machine shop to a 60-employee company in a 50,000-square-foot building.Then, Mittler uses his Washington soapbox to lash out against problems caused by ...
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Brand rankings in 2013 quality survey
J.D. Power and Associates released its ranking of initial quality in 2013 model-year vehicles Wednesday. Here's how the brands stacked up, along with their problems per 100 vehicles and how much they moved up or down in the rankings from last year.1. Porsche (80, +2)2. GMC (90, +10)3. Lexus (94, -2)4. Infiniti (95, +3)5. Chevrolet (97, +10)6. Acura (102, same)7. Toyota (102, +1)8. Honda ...
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Isle of Capri plans to sell Iowa casino
A view of the casino floor at the new Isle Casino Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. The $135 million casino opened Oct. 30. Photo by Robert Cohen, ...
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She's All That
"She's All That" is "Pygmalion" set in a Southern California high school, with the student body president and all-around athlete trying to turn a gawky, bespectacled art student into the prom queen in six weeks. The set-up is thin and much of the film is composed of predictable, well-trodden material from the John Hughes oeuvre and its imitators of the mid-1980s (anybody remember "Can't Buy Me Lo ... ...
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Missouri offers some relief on impending school transfers
directives from the state that provide leeway in how to handle a potential influx of students transferring from unaccredited school systems this fall.To avoid overcrowded classrooms, school district officials may make final building assignments for students wishing to transfer into their schools, the guidelines say.If there isn't room to enroll all students trying to transfer into a ...
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Registered sex offender charged with molesting boy 10 in Warren County
A registered sex offender is facing new felony charges, this time after police say he molested a 10-year-old boy.Douglas Hahn, 42, of the 29000 block of St. James Street near Wright City is charged with two counts of first-degree child molestation.The Warren County Sheriff's Department began an investigation earlier this month into allegations that Hahn had sexually abused the boy.The ...
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Pruitt DOJ broke rules in phone records seizure
Gary Pruitt, president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press speaks at the National Press Club (NPC) in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Pruitt, addressed a luncheon at the NPC and spoke about how the Justice Department violated its own rules in subpoenaing AP phone records. (AP Photo/Charles ...
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Best Buy recalls batteries over fire risk
Best Buy is recalling 5,100 replacement batteries for the MacBook Pro due to a fire risk.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday that there have been 13 reports that the battery caught fire. One consumer suffered a serious burn on the leg.Best Buy Co. is voluntarily recalling both black and white ATG lithium-ion replacement batteries for the notebook computers. The batteries ...
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Financial expert Bob Ferguson answers viewers questions
KSDK - From questions about CD rates to protecting your life savings, viewers are full of financial questions. Financial analyst Bob Ferguson with Millenium Financial joined NewsChannel 5's Ryan Dean with some answers. ...