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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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Closing birdies keep Haas on Perrys heels
Bob Goalby stood just off the 18th green at Bellerive Country Club on Saturday afternoon and marveled at how his nephew, Jay Haas, had finished the third round of the Senior PGA Championship."That's a hell of a hole," the 84-year-old former Masters champ, who followed Haas around the course, said. "I never liked it. You have to hit a good drive and you have to hit a great ...
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Chapman putts nine birdies for 66
An early wake-up call is never particularly fun, but it can be productive.Roger Chapman was up at 5 a.m. on Saturday. He was alongside Ian Woosnam, the second pair off the tee for the third round of the Senior PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club. And it was worthwhile.Not only did defending champion Chapman beat the afternoon rains -- which brought a two-hour delay -- he beat the golf ...
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Johnson focused on wins
CONCORD, N.C. o Jimmie Johnson is focused on chasing victory at the Coca-Cola 600. He says he's not thinking about his championship legacy.A win Sunday night would be Johnson's fourth in NASCAR's longest race, trailing only Darrell Waltrip's five spring victories at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Johnson could also strengthen his series points lead with his third win this season ...
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Kimball misses driver meeting with illness
Drivers in the starting field for the May 26, 2013 Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race are shown after they qualified at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 18, 2013. Fifth row: Oriol Servia, of Spain; Justin Wilson, of England; Sebastien Bourdais, of France. Sixth row: Scott Dixon, of New Zealand; Dario Franchitti, of Scotland; Takuma Sato, of Japan. Seventh row: ...
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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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Gast hurt as Cards lose to Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher John Gast throws to the plate during the first inning of their baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. ...
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Public companies are disappearing and not just in St. Louis
More than 100 people visited the Stray Rescue of St. Louis' Memorial Day Weekend Adoption Special, and several animals were adopted. The ...
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Whats a wimpy investor to do
I'm a scaredy-cat investor, and I'm not afraid to say so.There a lot of us money-wimps out there -- folks in or near retirement, or a few years away from big college bills, or a home purchase. People who turn to jelly at the thought of risk.We see the roaring stock market and don't want to miss the ride.But we remember 2000-2002 and 2007-2009, when stocks lost half their value. We ...
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Caterpillar CEO enriched by companys growth as worker pay stalls
Caterpillar Inc.'s D11 bulldozer, which costs about $2 million, is the size of a small studio apartment.On a spring afternoon, Doug Oberhelman, chief executive officer and chairman of the world's biggest maker of construction and mining equipment, gazes approvingly at one of the gargantuan machines, gleaming in its fresh yellow paint at the East Peoria factory."Good-looking ...
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McClellan In Vietnam a tale of two Marines
When college didn't work out, Cottrell Fox joined the Marine Corps. That didn't shock anybody who knew him in Webster Groves. His two older brothers had been Marines. In fact, one of them had already been in and out of Vietnam by the time Fox got there in February 1967.Fox was in a CAP (Combined Action Program) unit. A Marine rifle squad of 11 or 12 men and a Navy corpsman lived in a ...