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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 ...

  • Hsieh Niculescu lose in 2nd round at Strasbourg

    STRASBOURG, France — Seeded players Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Monica Niculescu of Romania were beaten Wednesday in the second round of the Strasbourg International. The fourth-seeded Hsieh lost 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3) to Misaki Doi of Japan, and fifth-seeded Niculescu fell 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to Anna Tatishvili of Georgia. Last year's runner-up Alize Cornet downed Magda Linette 6-3, 6-4. At ...

  • Clark future uncertain if PGA follows anchor ban

    Remember the deficit? That big, bad existential issue that threatened the future of the U.S. economy and demanded an urgent, Pearl ...

  • Oklahoma club pro Woodward is focused on Bellerive feeling for his neighbors back home

    This should be one of the best weeks of Jim Woodward's life, and it is. But it's also one with much sobering undertones.Woodward is the reigning Southward Senior PGA Professional champion. He won the club pro championship in spectacular style last October in Aldie, Va. to punch his ticket into the Senior PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club.Woodward is playing in the Senior PGA ...

  • State tournament area qualifiers

    Area singles and doubles qualifiers for the Missouri state tennis championships scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the Cooper Tennis Complex in ...


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Movie Review

The Order

The Order

The Order reunites the major players who two years ago brought us the giddy-goofy medieval action flick A Knights Taleincluding writer/director Brian Helgeland and stars Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, and Mark Addybut the two movies couldnt be any different. While A Knights Tale was a fun, thoroughly calculated crowd pleaser with a silly postmodern spin (using 70s rock tunes ... ...

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  • CBC raring to go in first team tennis appearance at state

    Area singles and doubles qualifiers for the Missouri state tennis championships scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the Cooper Tennis ...

  • Erbert and Gerberts headed to St. Louis

    Erbert and Gerbert's, a sub sandwich chain based in Eau Claire, Wis., says it plans to open 10 locations in the St. Louis area by the end of next year.For now, nearly all of the approximately 63 shops are situated in the upper Midwest. Locations range from city centers to rural areas, the company says.The chain, founded in 1988, says it plans to add shops in Iowa, Illinois, Colorado, ...

  • 62 pickle makers pay $960K for jobless aid fraud

    oThe state says 62 former workers at a Vlasic pickle factory have pleaded guilty and will make $960,000 in restitution for fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits while continuing to work.The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs announced the sentencing Wednesday. It says the 62 people worked for Pinnacle Foods Inc. in Lapeer County's Imlay Township, about 45 miles ...

  • Existing-home sales highest since late 2009

    oExisting-home sales rose in April to hit the highest rate since November 2009, pointing to an ongoing recovery supported by low interest rates and pent-up demand, according to data released Wednesday.Existing-home sales rose 0.6 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.97 million, according to the National Association of Realtors, or NAR.Sales of existing homes in April were ...

  • Fed weighed slowing its pace of bond purchases

    Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed's efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as June _ if the economy showed strong and sustained growth. But those officials appeared at odds over what evidence would demonstrate such gains.Minutes of the Fed's April 30-May 1 meeting released Wednesday show "a number" of members ...

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