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Class 3 boys state championship results

Team scores (through four events): 1. Maryville 16, 2. Mount Vernon 12.5, 3. St. Charles West 11, T4. Southern Boone County 10, Helias Catholic 10, Benton 10, 7. Sikeston 8.5, 8. Grandview 8, T9. Warrensburg 6, Springfield Catholic 6, Chillicothe 6, T12. Orchard Farm 5, Trinity Catholic 5, Normandy 5, Pleasant Hill 5, 16. John Burroughs 4.5, T17. Center 4, Owensville 4, Kirksville 4, T20. ...
Davis hits 16th HR as Orioles beat Blue Jays

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CLASS 1A SOCCER SEMIFINAL Down two starters Alton Marquette falls 3-1

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 ...
MISSOURI BOYS STATE TENNIS CBCs Pozo still perfect heading to semifinals

o Part 1 of the state tennis tournament Thursday was a success for CBC's Alex Pozo. Part 2 got off to a very good start Friday at the Cooper Tennis Center in Springfield. He hopes for an even better Part 3.Pozo won both of his matches Thursday in the team portion of the tournament as the Cadets finished third in Class 2 in the first final four appearance in school history."It was great ...
Cahokia sitting in good shape in its quest for another state 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 ...

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BOYS LACROSSE FINAL CBC holds off SLUH for first title 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, ...
Terhaar leads OFallon past Edwardsville for fourth time this season

o Luke Terhaar and the streaking O'Fallon boys volleyball team continued its late-season surge on Friday.The Panthers beat Southwestern Conference rival Edwardsville for the fourth time this season, 25-14, 25-22, in the O'Fallon Sectional semifinals at O'Fallon High's Milburn Campus."We found our rhythm and we found our game and it's been working basically against ...
Craigs two-run double gives Cards 3-0 lead

Allen Craig's two-run double jumped the Cardinals' lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers to 3-0 in the third inning and induced the first round of boos from a Los Angeles crowd dissatisfied with its last-place club.Matt Carpenter, five for his last 10, singled to left center and Carlos Beltran before Matt Holliday flied deep to right, advancing Carpenter to third.Craig, batting .422 with ...
Suspect in slayings of 5 in Illinois claims he killed killer

oA 34-year-old man accused of killing five members of a central Illinois family with a tire iron took the witness stand Friday, wiping away tears as he painted a horrifying picture of the murder scene.Christopher Harris also insisted it wasn't him, but one of the children, who slaughtered the family at their home on a night four years ago in the tiny farming community of Beason.Harris is ...
Penguins rip Ottawa 6-2 move to conference finals

Pittsburgh Penguins' Brenden Morrow (10) celebrates his first-period goal with teammate Jussi Jokinen (36) in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in their NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs series, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. ...

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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. ...