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  • St. Mary’s nips Clayton moves within one win of semifinals

    oJoe Simokaitis and the 2001 St. Mary's baseball team fell one win short of the reaching the state semifinals when he was a senior.On Thursday, he's going to get another opportunity to get there-- this time as the Dragons' first-year coach.St. Mary's got a fine pitching performance from Adam Bieber and a clutch hit from cleanup hitter Mike Lamb to help the host Dragons nip ...

  • CLASS 3 GIRLS SOCCER SECTIONAL York steps up for Pattonville offense in win over Hazelwood Central

    o Pattonville sophomore Kayla York found out quickly that playing on the front line has its advantages.A shutdown defender, York scored three times in one of her rare starts at forward to lead the Pirates to a 4-0 win over Hazelwood Central on Tuesday afternoon in a Class 3 sectional contest at the James J. Eagan Center.Pattonville (21-5) will face Eureka (20-1-1) in a quarterfinal contest on ...

  • Padres take advantage of lost fly ball

    _Cardinals center fielder Jon Jay lost sight of a second-inning fly ball at tonight Petco Park and the resultant two-base hit led to the first run of the game for the San Diego Padres.There are a couple of buildings looming behind the downtown park here that occasionally have caused outfielders, even on the home team, to lose balls, especially early in the game. Jay made a late dive for Jeff ...

  • Mosquitoes might bite you more often if you drink this

    GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) - They kill more humans than any other animal. They number in the trillions, and their familiar buzz lets you know they are out for blood. It is the mosquito, and thanks to heavy rain and flooding, they are everywhere. Here are 11 mosquito facts: 1. The mosquito is the number one killer of humans because it can transmit disease like yellow fever, malaria and West Nile ...

  • City of St. Louis planning STL4OKC for tornado victims

    hashtag , and therefore spread the word through social media. The drive will run Thursday, May 23 and Friday, May 24. On Thursday, the city hopes to capitalize on the crowd coming to Busch Stadium to watch the Chelsea FC vs. Manchester City soccer match. A trailer will be parked in the TUMS lot near Gate 6 at the corner of Spruce and Broadway throughout the day. On Friday there will be two ...


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Straw Dogs (1971) [DVD]

Straw Dogs (1971) [DVD]

Sam Peckinpahs Straw Dogs is a great and troubling masterpiece, a film of such simultaneous depth and crudeness that it has elicited some of the most conflicting responses of his or any other filmmakers career. For every critic who found it the work of a great and terrible genius, there were those like Judith Crist who labeled it the worst film of 1971 and declared All anyone with an IQ of ... ...

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  • Cavaliers Win NBA Draft Lottery Again Sixers Get No. 11 Pick

    NBA Commissioner David Stern chats with Managing Owner Josh Harris of the Philadelphia 76ers during a reception prior to the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery on May 21, 2013 at the Millennium Hotel in New York City. (credit: Steven Freeman/NBAE via Getty ...

  • Hussongs huge save pushes Incarnate Word past Visitation in PKs

    oMakayla Hussong was staring down the barrel.Incarnate Word's freshman backup goalkeeper was between the pipes at Parkway Central in Tuesday's Class 2 sectional game, with Visitation standout striker Jade Klump standing at the penalty spot with the ball at her feet.Visitation and Incarnate Word spent 100 minutes exhausting one another only to finish regulation and two overtime periods ...

  • Relentless Vianney bashes its way past Seckman for 6-1 win

    o Vianney's bats were simply relentless at Seckman in a Class 5 baseball sectional on Tuesday.Vianney scored in each of the first three innings, put runners on base in five of the game's seven innings and worked the count full seven times-- fouling off several two-strike pitches in the process. The approach helped the Golden Griffins cruise to a 6-1 win."We have great leadership ...

  • Driver who died in St. Louis crash is identified

    ST. LOUISoA St. Louis man got life in prison plus 30 years for terrorizing two young women during two separate kidnapping incidents that ...

  • St. Louis man gets life plus 30 years for terrorizing two women during kidnappings

    ST. LOUISoA St. Louis man got life in prison plus 30 years for terrorizing two young women during two separate kidnapping incidents that ...

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