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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 ...

  • New Joplin hospital takes shape

    JOPLIN, Mo. - The Joplin tornado on May 22, 2011, hit one of the worst possible places. Six people were killed inside St. John's Medical Center, and now the building is completely gone. A new hospital - now known as Mercy Hospital Joplin - is taking shape, rising from a hillside along Interstate 44. The steel frame is in place, and construction crews are now using a huge crane to install ...

  • Joplin donut shop weathers the storm

    JOPLIN, Mo. - The familiar smells and sounds inside Dude's Donuts in Joplin tell customers everything is all right. The Joplin institution was destroyed on May 22, 2011, but reopened in a new building six months later. "Some of the customers even told us they received calls from people out of state and said the first thing they want to know -- 'What happened to Dude?'" ...

  • School in a mall is Joplins new normal

    JOPLIN, Mo. - Joplin High Schoolershave a new normal.They've been in transition for two years now, learning out of a temporary space in an old department store at the Northpark Mall. "This is my school; it's normal," junior Brooks Butler said. His old school was destroyed in the May 22, 2011 tornado, and the mall location has become home. "I feel like I'm in a ...

  • Infamous TV pitchman pleads the Fifth

    CHICAGO - The man who built an infomercial empire on his persuasive speaking style did not have much to say in a Chicago federal courtroom on Tuesday. Infamous TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau invoked his Fifth Amendment right nearly 400 times during a contempt hearing. Trudeau refused to answer about three hours of questioning from the Federal Trade Commission, which wants the infomercial king thrown ...


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Movie Review

Shallow Grave [Blu-Ray]

Shallow Grave [Blu-Ray]

Danny Boyles feature debut Shallow Grave arrived in the midst of a sweeping resurgence of independent cinema in the early to mid-1990s, much of which was extremely violent, darkly comic, and/or despairing. In her 1992 Sight & Sound article Art House Killers, B. Ruby Rich ... ...

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  • 10Xs expected volunteers go to Moore

    MOORE, Okla. - More than 1,000 volunteers arrived in Moore, Okla., as part of an organized cleanup effort less than two days after a massive tornado devastated the town. The city sought participation on its Facebook page and website and was only expecting about 100 people. Organizers said they were overwhelmed to see the mass that showed up early Wednesday morning. Volunteers gathered at the ...

  • Boy describes surviving tornado at flattened elementary school

    A boy who survived the EF-5 tornado at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., came to the mobile medical unit provided by Olathe's Heart to Heart International because he and his father needed ...

  • Missouri State hires Brad Korn as assistant basketball coach

    Judge halts closing of Gordon Parks Elementary School Gordon Parks Elementary School can remain open at least through June. A circuit court judge on Tuesday granted a temporary stay sought by the school after state education officials voted last week to pull the school’s ...

  • Leavenworth Fish Hatchery Kids Fishing Day is coming up soon

    The annual Fishing Kids Day at the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery is just a couple of weeks away, and I want to remind families that they need to register for this free event. For six years now the hatchery has opened its grounds to families, many of them fishing for the first time. After registration the kids will pass through some education stations, including boating safety, knot tying ...

  • After settling child-porn complaint Kansas City diocese hit with two more lawsuits

    Less than a week after the Diocese of Kansas City, Missouri, reached a $600,000 settlement with the family of a girl involved in a child-porn case against a local priest, two other lawsuits have been filed against the diocese, Bishop Robert Finn, and the accused priest. Father Shawn Ratigan, who has entered a guilty plea to federal child-pornography charges, has not responded to any of the ...

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