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  • Kansas lands transfer Tarik Black from Memphis

    Last season, Black started five of 32 games played for Memphis and averaged 8.1 points and 4.8 rebounds. His 58.9 field goal percentage was second on the team. He had 20 blocked shots and 22 steals at the power forward ...

  • Tornado follows path of 99 twister

    devastated by Monday's tornado outbreak -- is all too familiar with the power of deadly storms. In 1999, an F5 tornado with winds of more than 260 miles-per-hour tore through the Oklahoma City suburb, causing more than $1 billion in damage and killing 41 people. The tornado that leveled some 1,800 homes in Moore was one of dozens of tornados to touch down across the southern plains on May ...

  • Will infamous TV pitchman go to prison

    CHICAGO - An infamous TV pitchman is expected to appear in a Chicago courtroom Tuesday as the Federal Trade Commission fights to have him thrown in prison for nonpayment of a multi-million dollar fine. The case has ties ...

  • 2013 5150 Kansas Triathlon age group Olympic course results

    triathlon course with the swim in Clinton Lake, the bike portion on the rural roads around the lake and the run on the campground roads within the ...

  • Perez exits with discomfort in his right hip

    HOUSTON -- Royals catcher Salvador Perez left Monday night's game in the middle of the sixth inning with discomfort in his right hip. Perez will continue to be evaluated. In the bottom of the fifth, Perez slammed into a post on the fence in front of the Astros dugout as he attempted to catch a foul ball off the bat of Jason Castro. After a brief delay, Perez remained in the game. He was ...


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Movie Review

Hardball

Harball is a sluggish, "uplifting" Hollywoodized account of a troubled man who finds unlikely redemption by coaching an inner-city baseball team. Adapted by John Gatins (Summer Catch) from Daniel Coyle's 1993 memoir and directed by Brian Robbins (Varsity Blues) as Boyz N the Hood meets The Bad News Bears, Hardball is one of those irritatingly "well-intent ... ...

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  • Tejada starts for Royals in return to Houston

    Email HOUSTON -- Royals infielder Miguel Tejada returned to the starting lineup on Monday night against the Astros, starting at third base in place of the struggling Mike Moustakas. Tejada also returned to the city where he was the starting shortstop for the Astros in 2008 and '09. "I have a lot of good memories here," Tejada said. "I really, really enjoyed my time here. I ...

  • Gordon counting up wins not personal hits

    Email HOUSTON -- Royals left fielder Alex Gordon went 4-for-5 on Sunday at Oakland, which is about as good as it gets. The one at-bat that Gordon remembered most was his trip to the plate in the ninth inning. With the Royals trailing by a run and one out, it would have been a perfect time for Gordon, Kansas City's hottest hitter, to ignite a rally. Instead, he struck out and the Royals ...

  • Missouri social services agency loses two top officials in a week

    The head of Missouri's social services department has resigned, one week after the state's longtime Medicaid chief departed without explanation.Social Services Director Alan Freeman will return to his position as chief executive officer of Grace Hill Health Centers in St. Louis, effective May 31, Gov. Jay Nixon said in a statement issued Monday. Freeman had been on the job less than ...

  • Sedalia storm shelter cracked leaking

    SEDALIA, Mo. - A sump pump is doing all it can to drain water out of a Sedalia storm shelter. But it's having a hard time keeping up because water starts leaking inside every time it rains. "It kind of looks like a little waterfall coming in here with all the water running down the walls," said Dave Clippert, emergency management director for Sedalia and Pettis County. Cracks have ...

  • DDS 4-year-olds death prompts firings

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Department of Social Services has fired two employees after 4-year-old Lucas Webb died, citing that proper policy was not followed in the months leading up to his death. DDS released records Monday showing exactly how much the department knew about 4-year-old Lucas Webb prior to his death in October 2012 from blunt force trauma to his abdomen. The 41 Action ...

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