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"> Steel pan drums featured Saturday
In reality, it’s an empty steel drum that once held 55 gallons of something — like oil.
Parsons charged with molesting childPOTOSI — A Potosi man is facing charges again for molesting a child.
Summer full of fun ahead in Bonne TerreBONNE TERRE — Festivals, live music, and other activities will keep Bonne Terre area residents busy this spring and summer.
Students earn spots in All-State ChoirAcross the state this winter, students in seventh and eighth grades auditioned for 150 slots in the Missouri All-State Choir.
Traveling tribute to Vietnam veterans arrives at De SotoDE SOTO — The Wall Vietnam Veterans Memorial will begin its four-day stop in De Soto today. Organizers of the event have said the 4/5 scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be set up by 6 p.m. After that the memorial will be open to the public at no charge 24 hours a day during its stay in De Soto. The memorial stands eight feet high and spans 370 feet.
Students reach goal but not trophyStudents at Bonne Terre Elementary were able to reach their goal but they weren’t able to reclaim the blood cup trophy.
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KC officer fatally shoots theft suspect
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Kansas City police say an officer shot and killed a theft suspect who pointed a gun at him during a foot chase....
New class gives students hands-on announcing experience
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- Tim Pendergraft has loved baseball since he played the sport in elementary school....
Missouri family helps father adjust to life in wheelchair
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) -- The unconditional bond of love and trust has come full circle for the family of an Independence man who suffered devastating injuries in an accident more than two years ago....
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UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments Friday meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help....
Tornado knocks vehicles around in N. Carolina, kills 1
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities began combing through the wreckage Friday caused by a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina....
Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday in the country's worst sectarian clashes since the 15-year civil war....
Obama wins 2 more superdelegates; Clinton keeps campaigning
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama's sprint to the Democratic nomination received another boost Friday as two more superdelegates pledged their support, including one who dropped his backing for Hillary Rodham Clinton's faltering White House bid....
Man who lost homes in Katrina claims $97M Powerball prize
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk....
US National
77 more hepatitis cases may trace to clinic, officials say
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Seventy-seven more people that were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said....
Tornado knocks vehicles around in N. Carolina, kills 1
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities began combing through the wreckage Friday caused by a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina....
Ask AP: Leaded gas and college football poll votes
It used to be called "regular." But there's nothing regular about leaded gasoline these days - good luck even finding a gallon....
Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child
LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman - she's pregnant with her 18th child....
Oldest gorilla in captivity turns 55 at Dallas Zoo
DALLAS (AP) -- A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats....
World
US military denies Iraqi claims of al-Qaida leader's arrest
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq has been not been captured, the U.S. military said Friday, despite a claim by the Iraqi government....
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,073
As of Thursday, May 8, 2008, at least 4,073 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count....
Golfing Baghdad's Green Zone: a course with real bunkers
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The weight of the 9-iron felt just right. My first swing off the first tee was smooth and the ball sailed straight and true....
US military says 3,500 troops set to leave Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military says 3,500 soldiers sent to Iraq last summer as part of the so-called surge will soon be leaving....
US: Hezbollah training Iraqi Shiite extremists in Iran
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi Shiite extremists are being trained by members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in camps near Tehran, a U.S. military spokesman said Monday....
Washington
March trade deficit drops by bigger-than-expected amount
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in March as demand for imports fell by the largest amount since the last recession was ending....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. trade deficit narrowed in March as imports fell by the largest amount in six years...
Housing aid bill faces veto by President Bush
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats' plans to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling with rising subprime mortgage rates and plummeting house values could be sidetracked by President Bush's threatened veto and the backing of many congressional Republicans....
Armstrong urges Congress to renew war on cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong is calling on Congress to renew the nation's war on cancer....
Pentagon proceeding cautiously on potential aid drop
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday the U.S. military was stepping up preparations for a relief mission in Myanmar, but he said he couldn't imagine air dropping aid without permission from the closed regime....
Business & Finance
Icahn prepared to buy Circuit City if Blockbuster can't
NEW YORK (AP) -- Consumer electronics retailer Circuit City Stores said Friday that it will allow Blockbuster to review its books in connection with the video-rental chain's bid to buy the company....
Citigroup to shed $500B in assets
NEW YORK (AP) -- Citigroup Inc. said Friday it aims to shed about $500 billion in assets and grow revenue by 9 percent over the next few years, as it tries to rebound from massive losses tied to deterioration in the mortgage and credit markets....
China producer price index up 8.1 pct
SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- China's producer price index, a key indicator of inflation, rose 8.1 percent in April over the same month a year earlier, the government reported Friday, as a top economic official sought new controls to cool rising prices....
Oil surpasses $126 per barrel ahead of US driving season
Oil prices surpassed a record $126 per barrel Friday on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening dollar drove investors to snap up commodities....
Diageo brews Irish Guinness overhaul
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Guinness beer owner Diageo PLC rattled an Irish icon Friday, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery workers, close two breweries and shift most beer production to a new, high-tech plant in the Dublin suburbs by 2013....
Health
77 more hepatitis cases may trace to clinic, officials say
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Seventy-seven more people that were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said....
Feds: Teen use of pot can lead to dependency, mental illness
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Depression, teens and marijuana are a dangerous mix that can lead to dependency, mental illness or suicidal thoughts, according to a White House report being released Friday....
Medical know-how raises suicide risk for doctors
CHICAGO (AP) -- There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own. An estimated 300 to 400 U.S. doctors kill themselves each year - a suicide rate thought to be higher than in the general population, although exact figures are hard to come by....
New rule would limit insurers contact with elderly, disabled
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Agents selling private health insurance plans to the elderly and disabled would be barred from cold-calling, door-to-door solicitations and pitching their products outside hospital waiting rooms or pharmacies, under a federal rule proposed Thursday....
Too much, too little sleep tied to ill health in CDC study
ATLANTA (AP) -- People who sleep fewer than six hours a night - or more than nine - are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big bellies....
Science
New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain....
Seaweed provides clues to earliest inhabitants of Americas
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Remains of meals that included seaweed are helping confirm the date of a settlement in southern Chile that may offer the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas....
Oldest gorilla in captivity turns 55 at Dallas Zoo
DALLAS (AP) -- A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats....
Conservationists, developer reach major Calif. land deal
LEBEC, Calif. (AP) -- A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in California history....
Spain claims $500 million in sunken treasure
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Spain formally laid claim Thursday to a shipwreck that yielded a $500 million treasure, saying it has proof the vessel was Spanish....
Strange
Customers wait hours for 23-cent pizzas in Ohio
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) -- Maybe Cleveland Cavaliers fans can hope for cheap gas if an oil company insults All-Star LeBron James....
Texas teens tell police they converted skull into bong
HOUSTON (AP) -- Three teenagers were arrested after two of them told police they dug up a secluded grave north of Houston, removed the skull from the coffin and converted it into a marijuana bong....
Woman donates kidney to her former English teacher
ELWOOD, Ind. (AP) -- Twenty-two years after graduating from high school, Angie Collins is now her former English teacher's favorite student....
Gorilla celebrates her 55th birthday with frozen cake
DALLAS (AP) -- Jenny, recognized as the world's oldest living gorilla in captivity, celebrated her 55th birthday Thursday with a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats at her wooded home in the Dallas Zoo....
Woman files claim, saying dog feces ruined family outing
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) -- A New York woman has filed a $100 claim against Norwalk saying a family outing to the Maritime Aquarium was ruined by dog feces. The woman claims her child's shoes, along with the entire outing, were ruined when her 1-year-old stepped in dog feces outside the Maritime Garage....
Technology
Clear Channel profit surges, income flat from continuing ops
NEW YORK (AP) -- Clear Channel Communications Inc. reported Friday its first-quarter profit soared due to asset sales, an investment gain and higher revenue, but earnings from continuing operations were flat....
Gates: Microsoft shifts focus after Yahoo deal collapses
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will focus on growing its own advertising and Internet search business after it withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo Inc., Chairman Bill Gates said Friday....
Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies under an agreement with officials nationwide that was announced Thursday....
Google execs hope for long-term ad deal with Yahoo
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Google Inc.'s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the Internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. - a deal that would lower the odds of Microsoft Corp. renewing its attempts to buy Yahoo....
Court weighs whether to restrict 'business method' patents
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Is a baseball pitcher's method for throwing a curveball patentable? How about a chiropractor's techniques?...
Weather
Foreign donors open their wallets despite Myanmar problems
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- The Myanmar junta's refusal to let in foreign aid workers has not stopped donors - from billionaire Bill Gates to a small British travel company - from trying to help....
Tornado knocks vehicles around in N. Carolina, kills 1
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities began combing through the wreckage Friday caused by a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina....
UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments Friday meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help....
Cyclone Nargis had all the makings of a perfect storm
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- A cyclone with winds up to 120 mph. A low-lying, densely populated delta region, stripped of its protective trees....
Malaria, diarrhea reported after storm hits Myanmar
Health experts are scrambling to prevent widespread illness after reports of malaria outbreaks and diarrhea surfaced in areas of Myanmar hardest hit by a cyclone, U.N. health officials said Thursday....
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