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Serena Williams comments on rape case in interview

Serena Williams says in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine that, while not blaming the victim in the Steubenville rape case, "she shouldn't have put herself in that position."The comment is made in one paragraph of a lengthy story posted online Tuesday about Williams, a 16-time Grand Slam title winner who is ranked No. 1 heading into Wimbledon, which starts next week.Two ...
Beltran homer in the sixth cuts deficit to 4-1

The Cardinals are finally on the board.With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Carlos Beltran lined a home run off the right field foul poll. The home run was his 17th of the season, and has cut the lead to 4-1.In the fifth inning, Yadier Molina was hit by a pitch that was thrown high and inside.Adam Wainwright has settled down since his shaky first inning, only allowing two base runners, ...
St. Louis County Council finalizes link with city on economic development

Here's how former Missouri Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, once described the state's love affair with tax credits as an economic development ...
CBO Senate Immigration bill would help economy

People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP ...
Air conditioners donated to Cool Down St. Louis

ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - Summer, and the hot temperatures that come with it, begins Friday. Just in time, Cool Down St. Louis is kicking into high gear. A few hours ago, Ameren donated a truckload of air conditioners to charities serving St. Louis and Jefferson Counties. As a result, hundreds of local families, the disabled, and elderly, will be able to keep cool this summer. You can help out by ...

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Pulp Fiction [Blu-Ray]

Although it is has been 17 years since Quentin Tarantinos Pulp Fiction took the world by storm, winning the Palm dOr at the Cannes Film Festival and making the wunderkind video-store-clerk-turned-director a cultural icon of cinem ... ...

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Second teen in custody for Kirkwood murder charges filed

ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KSDK) - Murder charges have been filed against a teen accused of killing another teen in Kirkwood. Keenan Miller, 18, is charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and attempted delivery/distribution/sale of a controlled substance. Miller is held in the St. Louis County Jail on a $100,000 cash-only bond. Monday evening ...
Broken valve causes untreated wastewater to pour into River des Peres

ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - A broken valve at a Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District pump station caused an unknown amount of untreated wastewater to pour into the River des Peres, which empties into the Mississippi River. Lance LeComb, a spokesperson for MSD, says the valve failed at the Lemay Wastewater Treatment Plant near the intersection of South Broadway Street and Hoffmeister Avenue. LeComb says ...
Meet the man who helped find remains of a headless little girl

BERKELEY, Mo. (KSDK) - It's a major break in a well-publicized cold case in St. Louis. Forensic experts will soon begin examining the body of a headless girl who was raped and murdered in 1983. They hope to find DNA evidence that could identify her and her killer. After multiple tries, the girl's body was finally found and exhumed Monday from Washington Park Cemetery in ...
St. Clair County clerk to announce resignation Wednesday

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. (KSDK) - The St. Clair County clerk will announce his resignation Wednesday morning. Bob Delaney confirmed to NewsChannel 5 his plans to make his announcement public at 9 a.m. He says he had been considering retirement for awhile. He said politics has "become a blood sport." A woman has come forward saying she was fired from her job in St. Clair County ...
Dish wont submit revised bid for Sprint

Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday it would not submit a revised bid for Sprint, leaving the path open for the wireless carrier to accept what it already considers a superior offer from Japan's ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Vegetable oil helps lower heart disease risk

Researchers from University of Missouri have suggested that a person can attain a heart-healthy diet by using soybean, canola, corn and sunflower oils.

Kevin Fritsche, along with Guy Johnson, an adjunct professor of food and human nutrition at the University of Illinois, conducted one of the most thorough studies on linoleic acid (LA) questioning whether this fatty acid promoted inflammation in humans.

When the evidence from numerous clinical trials was gathered and examined, Fritsche said it was clear that LA consumption did not promote inflammation in healthy people.

Fritsche and Johnson reviewed 15 clinical trials that studied nearly 500 adults as they consumed various forms of fats, including vegetable oils.

The researchers could find no evidence that a diet high in linoleic acid had any links to inflammation in the body.

Due to this discovery, the researchers say that it is important to continue following the current recommendations from the Institute of Medicine and the American Heart Association to use vegetable oil when cooking and consume between two and four tablespoons of vegetable oil daily to reach the necessary amount of linoleic acid needed for a heart-healthy diet. ...