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Class 1-3 quarterfinal capsules

Notes: Winner plays Dixon-Springfield Catholic winner in a Class 1 semifinal at 1 p.m. on Friday at Blue Springs South. ...Kennedy advanced after beating John Burroughs 5-2 in sectional. The Celts enter this match as enormous underdogs but that's just fine if you ask coach Tom Rapp. All the pressure rests on the Lancers shoulders as they are the defending Class 1 champion and trot out an ...
Granderson hurt as Yankees beat Rays 9-4

Another injury marred a New York Yankees' victory.Outfielder Curtis Granderson broke the knuckle on his left pinky finger in the Yankees' 9-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.Yankees manager Joe Girardi had no official timeline for how long Granderson will be out, but indicated it could be a minimum of four weeks."It is what it is," said Granderson, who will see a ...
CLASS 1A SOCCER SEMI Early mishaps are bad omen for Alton Marquette in loss

oAlton Marquette survived five playoff games that included two straight overtime sessions without allowing a goal.Almost everything went right.That wasn't the case Friday.Chicago Francis Parker needed less than seven minutes to end the Explorers' streak in Friday's Class 1A state semifinal, then added two second-half goals in a 3-1 victory over Alton Marquette at North Central ...
BOYS LACROSSE FINAL CBC holds off SLUH for first championship since 2007

oCBC avenged an earlier loss this season when it meant the most.The Cadets won their first state title since 2007 on Friday with a 7-6 win over SLUH in the Missouri Scholastic Lacrosse Association state championship at St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Park.In a tightly-contested game, CBC kept just ahead of the Junior Billikens for most of the second half.SLUH (14-7), the 2012 state champions, ...
Top area teams overcome some early bad luck

oRight before McCluer North senior standout Aaron Mallet was going to run in the 110-meter hurdle prelims on Friday, a black cat ran across the track in front of him and the other competitors in the race.Whether the feline brought bad luck to him and a number of other St. Louis runners during the first day of the Class 3 and 4 state track and field meet at Lincoln University is debatable. What ...

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Wedding Crashers [DVD]

One could make a substantial argument that there are precisely two ways to have fun at a wedding: Either you go with someone you love or you pick someone up at the wedding. Thats it. Going to a wedding solo -- and, worse, leaving a wedding solo -- can be one of modern lif ... ...

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CLASS 3A SOCCER SECTIONAL Collinsville wins defending champ next

oAlyssa Reiniger wiped tears from her eyes. Alexis Arnold laid down on the logo at midfield and feigned a nap.The Collinsville girls soccer team won't play another home match this spring. But the Kahoks still have work to do after securing a 2-1 victory over Normal Community for the Class 3A Collinsville Sectional championship Friday.The win sends Collinsville (17-6, No. 6 large school in ...
Freeses two-run HR finishes Capuano

_ Embattled Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly sent his pitching coach, Rick Honeycutt, to the mound in the sixth inning after the Cardinals' Jon Jay had opened the inning with a single.David Freese, the next hitter, already had doubled off the wall against Dodgers lefthander Chris Capuano, who was already down 4-0. The situation seemed to call for a change but Honeycutt returned ...
Furlough Friday Many in government had day off

Of all the local Memorial Day weekend events, perhaps the most consistently exciting is the three-night Spring to Dance Festival presented by ...
White Sox slip past Marlins 4-3 in 11 innings

Chicago White Sox's Hector Gimenez hits an one-run single during the fifth inning of an interleague baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. ...
Boy thanks firefighters for rescuing him from overturned bus

school bus crash Friday morning on Interstate 55. Nico Jackson stopped by engine house one with his mom and brother to thank firefighters for rescuing him. While he was there he got a tour of the house and the truck. Firefighters also presented him with a t-shirt for being so brave. ...

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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. ...