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Minor leads Braves over Mets for 8th win in row
Light-hitting pitcher Mike Minor homered for his first two RBIs in the majors and struck out 10 as the Atlanta Braves posted their second win in a matter of hours, beating the New York Mets 6-0 Saturday for their eighth straight victory.Earlier, Dan Uggla hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning and the Braves won 7-5 in the resumption of a game suspended because of rain Friday night after eight ...
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St. Louis Rowing Club advances three teams to nationals
The St. Louis Rowing Club continues to prove itself among the elite programs in the nation.The SLRC won six gold medals and earned 18 total medals in a 23 events at the Midwest Junior Rowing Championships last weekend in Cincinnati and advanced three teams to nationals. Nationals will be held in Oak Ridge, Tenn. June 7-9.Advancing to nationals were the team of Jimmy Francis (Ladue), who will ...
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Hazelwood Central brings home record fourth straight state crown
o After 12 event finals on Saturday, Hazelwood Central trailed Blue Springs by 11 points in the race for the Class 4 boys track and field team title at Lincoln University.That would all change after the 400-meter run, however.The Hawks' Marcus Davis won the event in 48.88 seconds and Central's Brandon Chunn and Matt Quarells took third (49.27) and fourth (49.36), respectively. Just ...
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Cahokia blisters field for third straight title East St. Louis is second
oPerhaps if the weather were a bit more accommodating, the Cahokia boys track team would have accomplished the outlandish instead of just the overwhelming.Through a driving rain at the state championships at Eastern Illinois University, Cahokia won its third consecutive title by scoring a record 99.5 points. East St. Louis was second with 40 points, giving the St. Clair County rivals the top two ...
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Duchesne blasts Lutheran St. Charles to advance to state semifinals
o The Duchesne girls soccer team proved something very simple about the game of soccer Saturday.It's hard to score, and therefore be successful, if you spend an entire game playing on your heels.That is exactly what the Pioneers forced the visiting Lutheran St. Charles Cougars to do, as the relentless Duchesne attack paved the way for the 6-1 win in the team's Class 1 ...
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Movie Review
Midnight in Paris
Literate and funny, light-hearted yet frequently eloquent, Midnight in Paris, Woody Allens 41st theatrical feature, is one of his best in years and the kind of film that could only be made by a filmmaker decades into his career. The subject of the film is nostalgia, that ... ...
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Oregon teen accused of planning to attack high school
oAn Oregon teenager intended to blow up his school in a plot "forged and inspired by the model of the Columbine shootings" and he will be charged with attempted aggravated murder, a prosecutor said late Saturday.Grant Acord, 17, will be charged as an adult and also faces six counts of manufacturing and possessing a destructive device after investigators found six bombs in a secret ...
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2-run 8th leads Phillies over Nationals 5-3
Philadelphia Phillies' Domonic Brown, left, and Erik Kratz celebrate after their back to back solo home runs during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex ...
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Protesters launch national campaign against Monsanto GMOs
Creve Coeur (KSDK) - People across the country are launching coordinated protests against St. Louis-based Monsanto. Organizers are trying to bring attention to dangers associated with genetically modified foods and seeds. They say they can cause health problems and hurt the environment. Merlin Seely, who put together the local demonstration, says the group is making a stand to save our food ...
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Rodney blows another save in Rays loss
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Fernando Rodney's meltdown in the ninth inning could be more troubling to the Tampa Bay Rays than losing in the 11th. Lyle Overbay homered off Josh Lueke with two outs in the 11th inning Saturday, lifting the New York Yankees to a 4-3 win over the Rays after rallying for two runs in the ninth against Tampa Bay's beleaguered closer. Rodney blew his fifth ...
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Rockies lose to Giants 6-5 on inside-the-park HR
SAN FRANCISCO — Troy Tulowitzki's home run in the 10th inning could have been the perfect cap to another stellar day near his hometown. Instead, Colorado's slugging shortstop was upstaged by one of the rarest plays in baseball. Angel Pagan hit a game-ending, inside-the-park home run with a runner aboard off closer Rafael Betancourt in the bottom of the 10th, spoiling ...