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• 1 dead after storm blows down St. Louis beer tent

  April 29, 2012 12:41 AM

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - A man was killed and five other people seriously injured when high winds swept through a beer tent where 200 people were gathered after a Cardinals game in St. Louis. Seventeen were hospitalized and up to 100 people were treated at the scene after straight-line winds... more »

• Rare Honus Wagner card could fetch $1.5 million

  March 26, 2012 12:01 PM

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - Bill Goodwin of suburban St. Louis has been in the collectibles business for a quarter of a century, but he says the 102-year-old baseball card he's putting up for auction is about as good as it gets. Goodwin will begin an online auction for a 1909... more »

• More cities consider parades for Iraq War vets

  February 3, 2012 12:24 PM

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans is spurring talk of similar parades in at least 10 other cities. Organizers of the parade that drew an estimated 100,000 observers and 20,000 participants in St. Louis on Jan. 28 say... more »

• Unprovoked attacks at heart of 'Knockout King'

  December 24, 2011 11:36 AM

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - A vicious game called "Knockout King" is raising concerns in several areas of the country, but no place has been hit harder than St. Louis. St. Louis has seen around 10 "Knockout King" attacks in the past 15 months, including one in which a 72-year-old immigrant... more »

• Better weather expected Thursday in St. Louis

  October 27, 2011 2:39 AM

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - After Wednesday night's rainout, Game 6 of the World Series is scheduled for Thursday night at Busch Stadium with Texas leading St. Louis 3-2. The starters remain the same--Jaime Garcia for the Cardinals against Colby Lewis of the Rangers. The forecast for Thursday night is decent... more »

• Cardinals place right-hander Lynn on 60-day DL

  September 2, 2011 8:38 PM

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - Cardinals right-hander Lance Lynn was moved from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL after the team decided he couldn't recover from an oblique injury in time. St. Louis also purchased the contract of outfielder Shane Robinson from Triple-A Memphis, adding defense with a right-handed... more »

• Motorcycle gang members face murder, drug charges

  July 12, 2011 5:49 PM

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - Eighteen members of a motorcycle gang known as Wheels of Soul face a federal indictment on charges ranging from racketeering to kidnapping to murder, including for fatal shootings in three different states. The indictment handed up June 9 was unsealed Tuesday in U.S. District Court... more »

• NTSB investigating deadly school bus accident

  August 6, 2010 9:41 AM

  Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are in Missouri to look at the horrific interstate crash that killed a 15-year-old girl on a school bus and the driver of another vehicle. NTSB Vice Chairman Christopher Hunt said Friday that investigators will look into school bus safety and construction... more »

• Heavy rains cause some Midwestern rivers to rise

  May 18, 2010 9:09 AM

  Heavy rains have caused several Midwestern rivers to rise, with more storms in the forecast. Many rivers are at or near their crest after the latest round of spring storms over the weekend. But flood-watchers aren't ready to relax just yet. Heavy rain caused the Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois,... more »

• St. Louis pyrotechnics mishap singes pro wrestler

  February 23, 2010 12:36 PM

  The pro wrestler known as The Undertaker has suffered minor burns to the chest but escaped serious injury during a pyrotechnics mishap in St. Louis. World Wrestling Entertainment spokesman Robert Zimmerman says the wrestler, whose real name is Mark Calaway, is fine. In fact, he wrestled after being burned Sunday... more »

• Police identify 4 dead in workplace shooting

  January 8, 2010 9:22 AM

  St. Louis police have identified the four people who died in a workplace shooting and are confirming that the suspect is among the dead. Police said Friday that 51-year-old Timothy Hendron of Webster Groves, Mo., died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound underneath the chin. He was found inside ABB Inc.'s... more »

• Update: 3 dead after rampage at St. Louis plant

  January 7, 2010 9:19 AM

  Three people are dead and five have been wounded after a man armed with an assault rifle and a handgun opened fire at a St. Louis manufacturing plant. Police Capt. Sam Dotson confirmed the number but did not have names. Authorities haven't confirmed whether one of the eight was... more »

• 26 operations, 13 kidneys in largest donor chain

  December 14, 2009 12:35 PM

  Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors in the nation's capital just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify. "A whole new doorway of hope opened," says Tom Otten, a suburban St.... more »

• St. Louis coffee spill costs campus $200,000

  September 21, 2009 9:17 AM

  St. Louis is perking up with jokes about the $200,000 cup of coffee. But officials at a college and its insurance company aren't laughing. St. Louis Community College at Forest Park must foot the bill after a coffee maker rigged to a faucet and left on in a photo lab... more »