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Video Obama Sexual assault threatens trust in military

Choosing future Navy and Marine leaders as his audience, President Barack Obama issued a pointed call Friday for an end to sexual assaults in the military, appealing to graduating midshipmen to contain what has become a growing ...
Broadway producer getting Loop star

will receive a star on the STL Walk of Fame on June 11.Landesman is a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and just finished a term as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.He is the son ...
Daughter comes forward for World War II medals found in Goodwill store

It didn't take long for a family member of James Joseph McKenzie to claim his World War II medals.The medals mysteriously turned up in a Goodwill store on Wednesday.This morning, a few hours after the Post-Dispatch published a story on the medals, McKenzie's daughter, Mimi Michelle McKenzie called Goodwill to see if she could take possession of them, said Goodwill President and CEO ...
For 1st time since 82 3 US men qualify in Paris

A trio of American men hadn't done that together in Paris since 1982, when Charles Strode, Craig Wittus and Derek Tarr qualified. That year, all three lost in the first round of the main ...
Delta ups the ante in battle for NY travel market

NEW YORK -- Delta Air Lines is opening a $1.4 billion terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, strengthening its hand in the battle for the lucrative New York travel market.The expanded concourse offers sweeping views of the airport, upscale food and shopping options and increased seating.It replaces a decrepit terminal built by Pan Am in 1960 that was an embarrassing way to welcome ...

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Margin Call

An intense, focused dramatization of one moment at the beginning of the 2008 global financial meltdown, J.C. Chandors Margin Call arrives on the heels of numerous documentaries that have attempted to show in grand fashion how toxic assets, bad mortgages, and shady dealings brought ... ...

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Judge wears unique attire to plead not guilty on heroin charges

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. (KSDK) - A St. Clair County circuit judge was released Friday morning after pleading "not guilty" to drug possession charges. Circuit Court Judge Michael Cook was charged with unlawful use of a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm and one charge of possession of heroin. He appeared in court Friday wearing a cut-off jean shorts and a t-shirt ...
Indy 500 fans will find track security tighter this year

Fans coming to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for this weekend's Indy 500 will notice some changes in the traditional routine in response to last month's bombing at the Boston Marathon. Getting into the speedway will be harder as officials tighten up access to the track, closing traffic on one popular route. More uniformed police officers also will be present. But the biggest ...
Zillow 148000 here upside down on mortgages

The recovering housing market doesn't seem to be helping many "upside down" homeowners in St. Louis yet.Zillow, the real estate website, says 26.4 percent of metro St. Louis homeowners with mortgages owed more than their homes are worth in the first quarter of this year. That was down slightly from 26.9 percent in the last quarter of 2012.Zillow actually expects that number to ...
Marco Andretti ready to shake Indy 500 curse

In this photo taken on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Marco Andretti sits in his pit box during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. Andretti went into the Indianapolis 500 last year believing the race was his to lose. Well, he lost and the Andretti Curse lives. Now off to his best start, he could become the first Andretti to win the showcase ...
Lincoln County joy ride ends in crash arrest

o A Troy, Mo., teen is in jail after police say he took a joy ride in a stolen car and crashed it while trying to elude police.Deandre M. Blevins, 18, of the 200 block of Carrington Boulevard was charged with tampering with a motor vehicle and attempted assault of a law enforcement officer.According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, a trooper was traveling north on Highway 61 south of Grothe Road ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.

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Thistle Marble Arch Hotel

The hotel is an old building, in fact there are neon signs on an adjacent, seemingly unused warehouse which is ...

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Radioactive nanoparticles that target cancer cells developed

Researchers at the University of Missouri have found a way to create radioactive nanoparticles that target lymphoma tumor cells wherever they may be in the body.

Cancers of all types become most deadly when they metastasize and spread tumors throughout the body. Once cancer has reached this stage, it becomes very difficult for doctors to locate and treat the numerous tumors that can develop.

Michael Lewis, an associate professor of oncology in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, stated that being able to target secondary tumors is vital to successfully treating patients with progressive cancers.

"Depending on the type of cancer, primary tumors usually are not the cause of death for cancer patients. If a cancer metastasizes, or spreads creating hard-to-find tumors, it often becomes fatal. Having a way to identify and shrink these secondary tumors is of utmost importance when fighting to save people with these diseases," Lewis said.

In an effort to find a way to locate and kill secondary tumors, Lewis, in collaboration with J. David Robertson, director of research at the MU Research Reactor and professor of chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, have successfully created nanoparticles made of a radioactive form of the element lutetium. ...