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EDITORIAL | Technology helped save lives

MOORE, Okla. - By lunchtime Monday, storm spotters knew something terrible could happen. Heartache would be in this storm's path. There would be no way around ...
Gordon Parks closure halted by judge

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Gordon Parks Elementary School got a last-minute reprieve from a judge to stay open through part of the summer. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education ordered the Kansas City charter school be shut down earlier this ...
Bezos moon rocket engines restored in Kansas

An Apollo Saturn V F-1 engine thrust chamber, recovered by Bezos Expeditions, at the Kansas Cosmosphere's SpaceWorks conservation facility. The engine's nozzle would extend from the top as positioned in the wooden ...
Ameren Missouri working to finish restoring power to residents

ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - Fewer than 800 customers are still without power in Missouri from Monday nights storms. Ameren Missouri has approximately 800 crew members helping with restoration efforts. The Ameren Missouri Emergency Operations Center will stay open through Tuesday night because of storms that are expected throughout parts of the state. "By keeping the EOC open, we remain ready and ...
Court order provides reprieve for KC school

The judge blocked the state's decision to close Gordon Parks Elementary School, an action that brought cheers at a rally aimed at helping the school ...

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Movie Review

Grosse Pointe Blank

"Grosse Pointe Blank" is a rather odd movie that seems to exist in a world that is just slightly askew of our own. Granted, everything looks the same -- houses, trees, cars, stores -- but all the characters and situations presented here are just a little off balance; everything people in this movie do or say is just weird enough to constantly keep you on your toes. Of course, this is hardly surpri ... ...

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9 Can Help Oklahoma Tornado Relief

Students at two elementary schools hit hard by the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., on Monday said they ran for cover in hallways and bathroom stalls because they didn't have safe rooms like many Oklahoma schools ...
Oklahoma tornado cuts 17-mile path

Search-and-rescue crews with dogs went through smashed houses and crushed cars on Tuesday, looking for signs of life a day after a monster tornado pulverized a vast swath of suburbs of Oklahoma ...
Former Kansas City Man Indicted for Producing Child Pornography

KANSAS CITY, MO-Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Kansas City, Missouri resident was indicted by a federal grand jury today for producing child pornography. Paul Leslie Kannarr, 68, formerly of Kansas City, was charged in a 10-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City. Today’s indictment alleges ...
Todays MLB starting lineups May 21

Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
Oklahoma tornado brings back fear in recovering Joplin Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Less than three hours after a deadly twister on Monday flattened a swath of Moore, Oklahoma, tornado warning sirens sounded in Joplin, Missouri, 215 miles to the ...

On the record

Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead. I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back.

David Beckham

The world's best known footballer was speaking after formally announcing his retirement.

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The Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler, Canada

After getting off the Greyhound bus I trudged through the Whistler Village to the bottom of Whistler Mountain, and there ...

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Statins may cut exercise benefits for obese adults

University of Missouri researchers have found that simvastatin, a generic type of statin previously sold under the brand name "Zocor," hindered the positive effects of exercise for obese and overweight adults.

Statins, the most widely prescribed drugs worldwide, are often suggested to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease in individuals with obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which is a combination of medical disorders including excess body fat and/or high levels of blood pressure, blood sugar and/or cholesterol.

"Daily physical activity is needed to maintain or improve fitness, and thus improve health outcomes. However, if patients start exercising and taking statins at the same time, it seems that statins block the ability of exercise to improve their fitness levels," said John Thyfault, an associate professor of nutrition and exercise physiology at MU.

Thyfault said that many cardiologists want to prescribe statins to all patients over a certain age regardless of whether they have metabolic syndrome; the drugs also are recommended for people with Type 2 diabetes. He recommends that cardiologists more closely weigh the benefits and risks of statins given this new data about their effect on exercise training. ...