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Wainwright goes for MLB-best 11th win

Adam Wainwright is the epitomeof pitching, according to his manager.Before tonight's game against the Cubs, Mike Matheny gushed about his ace, who goes for his MLB-leading 11th win tonight."He's able to control all of his pitches for strikes, span the zone," Matheny said."I mean, it's textbook. It's very impressive."Wainwright is tied with St. Louis native ...
Track success lands Hazelwood Central at large schools No. 5

By Hazelwood Central standards, the athletics program for most of the 2012-13 school year was solid but not spectacular. The football and both basketball teams posted 7-0 league marks to win Suburban North Conference championships, but there were no lengthy drives in the playoffs.And then track happened. The Hawks swept the Class 4 state championships in Jefferson City on May 24-25, the boys ...
Columbia begins program of year countdown at small schools No. 5

STLhighschoolsports.com countdown for the 2012-13 year.A Monroe County public school with an official (and unfortunate) enrollment of 666, Columbia's well-rounded program posted .500 or better records among every team sport, topped by 30- and 35-win seasons from softball and girls volleyball.There were no state championships, team or individual, for Columbia, but that's an ...
Update Ex-KFNS owner apologizes after his firing for making fun of ALS victim

A former co-owner of St. Louis radio station KFNS, who was fired late Monday after participating in a biton Atlanta radio that made fun of a victim of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, appeared on CNN on Tuesday to apologize.Stephen "Steak'' Shapiro, who was a co-owner of Atlanta-based Big League when it had KFNS (590 AM) from 2004-2010, was dismissed along with Chris Dimino, who ...
Faith says shell seek second term as St. Charles mayor

The election is almost two years off but Mayor Sally Faith has begun raising money for a race for a second four-year term.Faith, 67, confirmed Tuesday she plans to be a candidate for the post in the 2015 municipal elections.To that end, she held a fundraiser a few weeks ago at a local restaurant, pulling in about $15,000.She said she's happy with the city's progress since she took ...

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Mean Girls [DVD]

I have noted in previous reviews of post-John Hughes teen movies the tiredness of the requisite sequence in which a character explains all the various subgroups of the high school social system and where they congregate. This is where the jocks hang out these are the mat ... ...

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Teens assault rob St. Charles homeowner police say

o Two teenagers are charged with second-degree robbery after police say they and a juvenile accomplice assaulted a homeowner and held him down while they took $195 from his pants pocket.Charged are: Timothy Logan Penland, 17, of the first block of Bee Jay Lane and Darrian Desheaun Johnson, 19, of the 1400 block of North Third Street. Both teens live in St. Charles.According to police, the three ...
Three seriously injured one killed in Berkeley shootout

Authorities investigate after a shootout in Berkeley that left four people injured on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Photo by Joel Currier, ...
Suspect who struck St. Louis police officer slipped away from hospital charged

FAIR: Anyone who watches Cardinals baseball on Fox Sports Midwest probably has seen the commercial for the Lumire Place casino/hotel complex ...
Hillary Clinton addresses Michigan business group

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- Ex-secretary of state and possible 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is addressing business leaders in western Michigan.She's guest of honor at the Economic Club of Grand Rapids' 26th annual dinner Monday. The club bars news coverage of the event.Ex-Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton also have spoken at the annual dinner, as have ...
Four in custody after standoff in St. John Mo.

ST. JOHN, Mo. (KSDK) - Four people were taken into custody after a standoff in the 3500 block of Joel in St. John. Police say the suspects were wanted for the robbery of a pizza delivery driver and ended up barricading themselves inside a home until officers talked them out. NewsChannel 5 has a crew on the scene and will have more on this story as details become available. ...

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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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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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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. ...