Register to win a pair of tickets to see Mizzou play Iowa State on Saturday, January 6,2007. Must be 21 or older to enter contest. One entry per email address only. Entry must be received by Dec. 22, 2006. Winners will be notified by email and phone, and will be required to pick up the […]
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Bow Wow flows on education at Beaumont
“Education is definitely important because its something that no one can take away from you.” Said Bow Wow. The platinum selling rapper braved the ice storm last Friday afternoon to come to Beaumont High School, giving them props for winning a radio contest with Radio One hip-hop station Hot 104.1 FM. Student staff members of […]
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Eddie Murphy denies fathering Scary Spice baby
In a move typically reserved for the Maury Povich Show paternity test episodes, Eddie Murphy announced in a TV interview that he may not be the father of Melanie Brown a.k.a. Scary Spice’s unborn child. Eddie Murphy and former Spice Girl Melanie Brown may have dated earlier this year, but the actor-comedian is making it […]
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Laugh Factory bans Damon Wayans
Damon Wayans has become the first casualty of the Laugh Factory’s newly instituted N-word free zone. The comedian used the term 16 times during his 20-minute set Sunday night and was promptly banned from performing at the venue for the next three months, reports the LA Times. Wayans’ act referred to the racist rant of […]
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Hummel to go into Hall
Post-Dispatch baseball columnist Rick Hummel has been named winner of the Spink Award, and will be enshrined in the writer’s wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The late Bob Broeg and Jack Buck have also received the award and Hall of Fame induction. I don’t think you start your career thinking of that,” […]
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Tony Temple guilty of disturbing the peace
Missouri running back Tony Temple plead guilty to a reduced charge in a misdemeanor assault case stemming from a fight in a restaurant parking lot. On Tuesday Temple was sentenced to 18 months of unsupervised probation after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace. He was charged with misdemeanor assault in June for punching a Bennigan’s […]
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Don Cheadle to play Miles Davis
After an Oscar nominated performance in Hotel Rwanda and critical acclaim for his role in Crash, actor Don Cheadle is set to transform himself into Miles Davis for the movie biopic about the jazz legend and East St. Louis native. Cheadle will also serve as the film’s director and has hired the Oscar-nominated screenwriting and […]
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Carpenter on deck for five more years
This morning the Cardinals announced the signing of pitcher Chris Carpenter to a five-year contract extension. The renegotiation and contract agreement cements the 2005 Cy Young winner’s status as one of the game’s elite pitchers and keeps him in St. Louis through the 2011 season with the Cardinals holding a club option for 2012. Carpenter […]
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Hazelwood parent education series continues tonight
Tonight’s presentation of “How to Relate to Your Teen,” at 6:30-8:00 p.m. will in the gym of Hazelwood Middle School as a part of their parent education series. “That’s one of the major questions parents ask—’how do I deal with my child who is not the same person that I knew last year in elementary […]