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Cahokia in good shape in its quest for another title

oCahokia is looking to scale new heights, Edwardsville wants a top-three finish, Belleville West and O'Fallon have a chance to match them and some others were just happy to be part of it all Friday at the Illinois Class 2A and 3A preliminaries at Eastern Illinois University.The Comanches have the number 94 1/3 to shoot for - it's the point total the 2006 Class 2A championship team ...
Coast Guard award for river rescuer

The little fishing boat floated by at the end of the day. Tug boat worker Jarvise Shelton was prepping barges for the next load down the Mississippi River when he saw it, drifting 20 to 30 feet off his barge.The boat, a fiberglass bass skiff, was powerless. Three adults and two children were aboard. They paddled toward shore with hands, sticks -- or maybe fishing poles -- but weren't ...
Daughter of World War II hero steps forward to claim medals

Michele McKenzie spent years wondering about a part of her father's life that he seemed to want to forget: his experience during World War II.On Friday, McKenzie learned that a piece of that story had turned up in a Goodwill store in Chesterfield. A Goodwill employee discovered a shadow box filled with World War II medals that once belonged to Marine Sgt. James Joseph McKenzie, who died in ...
Best waterproof cameras of 2013

Reviewed.com has taken a look at the best waterproof cameras of the year, and rates them. Click the video player above to hear the reviews. USA ...
LPGA Bowie Young Cavalleri tied in the Bahamas

Silvia Cavalleri was hitting the ball so well Friday she was sorry the Bahamas Classic was held on only 12 holes. The slogan for the LPGA Tour is, "See why it's different out here." Was it ever. Bowie Young and Cavalleri were tied for the lead at 6-under 39, which by numbers alone broke the LPGA scoring record by 20 shots. Not to worry. Annika Sorenstam's 59 in Phoenix in ...

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À nos amours [DVD]

Writer/director Maurice Pialat became a filmmaker late in life. He began making shorts and documentaries in his mid-30s, but he was 43 before he directed his first feature-length film, 1968s Lenfance nue. Prior to that, he was a painter, but interestingly enough, there is nothing ... ...

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Kentucky connection tops the board at Bellerive Gaus and Delsing make the cut

It was a bright, sunny day at Bellerive on Friday. And yet there clearly was a moon visible, a blue moon. And that blue moon of Kentucky shined all afternoon.Former high school chums in Paducah, Ky., Kenny Perry and Russ Cochran basked in the blue moon at Bellerive to fire matching 66s and share the second-round lead of the 74th Senior PGA Championship.Playing together the first two days, the ...
Letters Blues are the Chicago Cubs of NHL

I am a St. Louisan. My family can trace its history with this city to its very earliest days. I am a Cardinals fan. I have loathed the Cubs as has every true Cardinals fan. I am a Blues fan. But I now completely and utterly empathize and sympathize with every Cubs fan, as well as consider them my brethren. Why? Because ...
Kuchar leads Colonial when 2nd round suspended

Matt Kuchar was 10-under par on the 16th green when the second round of the Colonial was suspended Friday night because of an impending storm system.There were 18 groups still on the course, three still with eight holes to play, when play was stopped at 6:38 p.m. The second round at Hogan's Alley will be completed Saturday morning.Kuchar had a one-stroke lead over Graham DeLaet, the ...
St. Clair County court drug scandal widens to probation worker

St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook during his swearing-in ceremony in 2010. Photo courtesy of the Belleville News-Democrat, Derik ...
Investigation uncovers formaldehyde in baby clothing

ISANTI, Minn. (KARE) - A nine-month KARE 11 investigation uncovered levels of formaldehyde in several items of baby clothing. Formaldehyde is a chemical the U.S. government calls a carcinogen, or known cancer-causing chemical, but the substance is not regulated. The test results prompted Sen. Amy Klobuchar to step in, asking the government take a second look at regulating the chemical, ...

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Thistle Marble Arch Hotel

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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. ...