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  • Man admits stealing nephews piggy bank to party

    Clayton, MO (KSDK) - A north St. Louis County man has admitted he stole his four year old nephew's piggy bank last summer, then using the money on narcotics and prostitutes. 31 year old Baron Calmese pleaded guilty Friday to a felony stealing charge. He's facing sentencing next month. Calmese was arrested last July after police say he took more than $500 for his nephews piggy bank, ...

  • North city shooting leaves man hospitalized

    St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - A man standing on the corner in north St. Louis Friday night is now in the hospital, recovering from a bullet wound. Police say just before 11:00 p.m. Friday night, the unidentified man in his early twenties, was standing in the 2900 block of University Street when shots rang out. Moments later the victim realized he had been struck in the buttocks by the gunfire. The ...

  • South St. Louis shooting leaves two injured

    St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - A police investigation is continuing in south St. Louis after two people were struck by bullets while standing outside a home. Police responded to the scene in the 3700 block of Keokuk Street around 10:45 p.m. last night and found the victims still outside the home. The victims told police they heard gun shots being fired. A man in his mid twenties was shot in the eye ...

  • Ballroom dance contest inspires 5th-graders

    It's not often that the introductory notes of a rhythmic Argentine tango flavored with accordion, violin and percussion elicits a roar of excitement from a roomful of fifth-graders.The finals of St. Louis Dancing Classrooms is no ordinary affair.After 10 weeks of training twice a week, select St. Louis public and private schools from Normandy to Imperial competed for bragging rights as ...

  • Ryder Cup players into last 8 at World Match Play

    KAVARNA, Bulgaria -; Ryder Cup-winning teammates Graeme McDowell, Nicolas Colsaerts and Francesco Molinari are through to the quarterfinals of the World Match Play ...


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Europa [DVD]

Europa [DVD]

There is no denying that Lars von Triers Europa, his third feature film and the concluding entry in a loose symbolic trilogy about the end of Europe, is a visual masterpiece. Intricately designed and bold in concept, it mixes noir-ish black-and-white with jarring instances of color that loo ... ...

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  • Ex-NBA player stabbed seriously injured in fight

    * Panamanian stops Lebedev in penultimate round * Povetkin knocks out Pole to set up Klitschko fight (updates with Jones win, adds details) MOSCOW, May 17 (Reuters) - Former champion Guillermo Jones of Panama stopped title holder Denis Lebedev with seconds remaining in the 11th round to reclaim his WBA cruiserweight crown from the Russian on Friday. Earlier, Alexander Povetkin knocked out ...

  • Jimmy Connors gets defensive in memoir

    The St. Louis area has produced several world-class tennis players, including Wimbledon champions Arthur Ashe (who attended Sumner High School) and the doubles team of Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (who attended SIU-Edwardsville). But the player who scrawled the name St. Louis on the map was tennis' original bad boy, Jimmy Connors.Actually, his place on the map was on the wrong side of the ...

  • Report Yahoo nearing $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr

    This image released by NBC shows Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer appearing on NBC News' "Today" show, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in New York to introduce the website's redesign. Yahoo is renovating the main entry into its website in an effort to get people to visit more frequently and linger for longer periods of time. The long-awaited makeover of Yahoo.com's home page is the most ...

  • Serena Williams reaches Italian Open final

    The top-ranked American overcame an early break of her serve to roll past Romanian qualifier Simona Halep 6-3, 6-0 Saturday to reach the Italian Open final and extend her career-best winning run to 23 ...

  • Missouri Legislature wraps up work for 2013 session

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's 2013 legislative session has come to an end. The House and Senate each wrapped up their work Friday shortly after 6 p.m. - a few minutes after the mandatory adjournment time set by the Missouri Constitution. The session included the passage of an income tax cut for individuals and businesses that is projected to eventually reduce state revenues by ...

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