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  • Cards bats get going lead 4-2 in sixth

    John Gast's afternoon ended in the sixth but the Cardinals hung on to a 4-2 lead.Gast gave up a leadoff single to Norichika Aoki, the third time he had reached base in three plate appearances. He went to second on a single by Jean Segura and after Ryan Braun grounded into a force at second, manager Mike Matheny took out Gast and put in Seth Maness.Maness struck out Carlos Gomez before ...

  • No witnesses in fatal East St. Louis shooting

    Police on Sunday identified a man shot to death in East St. Louis on Saturday as Tyrone Graham, 47, of the 600 block of North 85th Street.Graham was shot in the back about 6 a.m. Saturday at North 11th and Lynch streets, said East St. Louis Police Chief Michael Floore. Police said there were no witnesses to the killing and didn't know what led to the shooting.Anyone with information about ...

  • St. Louis native accused of spying leaves Moscow

    In this handout photo provided by the Russian Federal Security Service, or FSB, a man identified as Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, sits in the FSB offices in Moscow, early Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Fogle was carrying special technical equipment, disguises, written instructions and a large sum of money when he was detained overnight, the FSB said in a statement Tuesday. ...

  • Boys playing in car run over and kill East St. Louis toddler police say

    o A 1-year-old girl was killed Saturday when two young brothers playing in their mother's car put it in gear and ran over her, police say.Jayla Keith was playing in a yard in the Gompers housing complex in the 400 block of North Sixth Street about 4 p.m. when she was struck by a car, said East St. Louis Police Chief Michael Floore. Two brothers, 11 and 12, were in their mother's car ...

  • Bytes Explaining the Tyler Lyons promotion

    to make Wednesday's start at San Diego.Chances are this will be nothing more than a one-night, stop-gap move; in the Cardinals' hopeful scenario Lyons will make a start in the spot vacated by the ...


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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter [DVD]

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter [DVD]

Viewed in retrospect, knowing that there have been an additional seven sequels plus a recent remake plus an already planned sequel to that remake, the attempts at finality in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter are nothing less than laughable. Not tha ... ...

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  • Man burned in suspected meth explosion in St. Louis

    o A man was burned Saturday in a suspected methamphetamine-related explosion, police say.The 44-year-old man suffered facial and chest burns in an explosion about 4 p.m. Saturday in the 3800 block of Castleman Avenue in the city's Shaw neighborhood.Police said the man was "evasive" about what caused the explosion in a basement kitchen. Investigators said they found ingredients ...

  • Fergusons managerial career ends with 5-5 draw

    HBT: Robinson Cano homered twice while David Phelps had the longest outing of his career as the Yankees topped the Blue Jays 7-2 this afternoon at Yankee ...

  • Auburn womens golfers overcome trying season

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Auburn women's golf team had to overcome far more than the normal highs and lows of the sport to make the NCAA championships.Coach Kim Evans was diagnosed with clear cell ovarian cancer May 7. One of the Tigers' top players, Victoria Trapani, missed much of the spring after doctors found her mother's breast cancer had returned in December.Assistant coach ...

  • Ricardas Berankis Beats Denis Istomin in Nice

    NICE, France ...

  • Ballroom dance contest inspires St. Louis-area 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 ...

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