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New urine test technique helps detect breast cancer
A Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher has developed a new screening method that uses urinalysis to diagnose breast cancer - and determine its severity - before it could be detected with a mammogram. A study to confirm this technique's effectiveness is under way at Mercy Breast Center in Springfield, Mo. Dr. Yinfa Ma, Curators' Teaching Professor of chemistry at Missouri S ...
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QB Golson no longer enrolled at Notre Dame
A Notre Dame spokesman says quarterback Everett Golson is no longer enrolled at the school.Spokesman Dennis Brown says Golson, who led the Fighting Irish to an undefeated regular season and the national championship game in his first season as a starter during his sophomore season, was no longer enrolled in the school as of Friday. Brown says he couldn't comment on why because of federal ...
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Cahokia blisters field for third straight title East Side is second
oPerhaps if the weather were a bit more accommodating, the Cahokia boys track team would have accomplished the outlandish instead of just the overwhelming.Through a driving rain at the state championships at Eastern Illinois University, Cahokia won its third consecutive title by scoring a record 99.5 points. East St. Louis was second with 40 points, giving the St. Clair County rivals the top two ...
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Duchesne advances to state with 6-1 rout of Lutheran St. Charles
o The Duchesne girls soccer team proved something very simple about the game of soccer Saturday.It's hard to score, and therefore be successful, if you spend an entire game playing on your heels.That is exactly what the Pioneers forced the visiting Lutheran St. Charles Cougars to do, as the relentless Duchesne attack paved the way for the 6-1 win in the team's Class 1 ...
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Alton and Triad among winners in regional championships
The Alton baseball team is streaking at just the right time.The second-seeded Redbirds defeated host and No. 1 seed Edwardsville 2-0 in the Class 4A Edwardsville Regional championship game on Saturday.Alton (27-9), which has won nine straight game, scored a run in the third inning and a run in the fourth. Ray Bailey had two hits, including his third home run of the season. Clint Cress had two ...
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Smith is premised on the not entirely incorrect notion that audiences will accept beautiful movie stars doing virtually anything as long as they look good doing it. The film gives us two prime specimens of movie star attractiveness in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ... ...
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Edwardsville enjoys big day with 11-1 win over league rival Alton
The Edwardsville Tigers powered their way to a five-inning 11-1 victory over Alton in the Class 4A Granite City Regional championship.Freshman Rachel Anderson went 4-for-4 on the day for the Tigers (29-3) with a double, a triple, two runs scored and a stolen base, while fellow freshman Hayli Green drove in two runs and went 3-for-3 with two stolen bases.Sophomore Katelyn Bobrowski joined the ...
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Cards fall to Dodgers after Gast leaves with injury
STL@LAD: Gast leaves with injury in the second LOS ANGELES -- Matt Carpenter had taken to his new position with relative ease. He proved himself to be a capable second baseman during Spring Training and took the reins of the starting job as the season opened. Carpenter was then flawless through his first 136 chances at second base this year. But a bobble on No. 137 provided the Dodgers with ...
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Minor leads Braves over Mets for 8th win in row
Light-hitting pitcher Mike Minor homered for his first two RBIs in the majors and struck out 10 as the Atlanta Braves posted their second win in a matter of hours, beating the New York Mets 6-0 Saturday for their eighth straight victory.Earlier, Dan Uggla hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning and the Braves won 7-5 in the resumption of a game suspended because of rain Friday night after eight ...
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St. Louis Rowing Club advances three teams to nationals
The St. Louis Rowing Club continues to prove itself among the elite programs in the nation.The SLRC won six gold medals and earned 18 total medals in a 23 events at the Midwest Junior Rowing Championships last weekend in Cincinnati and advanced three teams to nationals. Nationals will be held in Oak Ridge, Tenn. June 7-9.Advancing to nationals were the team of Jimmy Francis (Ladue), who will ...
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Hazelwood Central brings home record fourth straight state crown
o After 12 event finals on Saturday, Hazelwood Central trailed Blue Springs by 11 points in the race for the Class 4 boys track and field team title at Lincoln University.That would all change after the 400-meter run, however.The Hawks' Marcus Davis won the event in 48.88 seconds and Central's Brandon Chunn and Matt Quarells took third (49.27) and fourth (49.36), respectively. Just ...