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Weekend weather remains frigid, snow possible

Look for the snow and ice to stick around for a while. 3 hours ago

• Lindenwood opens dorm for female students 2 hours ago

• Belleville area man charged in scissors stabbing

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• Lebanon teen to serve 30 months for making bombs

Metro-east News

Lebanon teen to serve 30 months for making bombs

A Lebanon teenager was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Friday for possessing a destructive device.

• Ex-student, his mother file sexual abuse lawsuit against Governor French, headmaster

• Lindenwood opens dorm for female students 2 hours ago

• Weekend weather remains frigid, snow possible 3 hours ago

• Teen found shot dead in the snow in East St. Louis 3 hours ago

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Crime

Businessman discovers someone was tearing his building down, brick by brick

It's unlikely Superman broke through, so why is there a gaping hole in a downtown building? And the owner wants to know why no one in City Hall or police knows who was tearing his building down.

• Collinsville man charged in crash that killed 5

• Teen found shot dead in the snow in East St. Louis 3 hours ago

• Bathon sentenced to 30 months for role in bid-rigging scheme

• Belleville area man charged in scissors stabbing

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Hot Topics

Injured hunter rescued after fall from deer stand in remote area

A 75-year-old man was injured Thursday morning when he fell out of a deer stand near New Athens, police said.

• Off the beat: Tweet prompts NASCAR driver to invite fan to Daytona 500

• Wendy's worker drops pot in burger, loses job

• Off the beat: Larry Conners is back on the air -- in commercials?

• Metro-east lawmakers vote against pension reform plan

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Sports

Winter storm forces sports cancellations

A winter storm has caused widespread cancellations of high school and college sports events involving metro-east teams: 3 hours ago

• Columbia's Dossett selected to play in All-American Game

• Missouri's offense has rolled up numbers similar to Auburn 2 hours ago

• Belleville West's Kayleigh Thurwalker is tennis player of the year

• Thursday's girls basketball scores

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Features

Fawcett portrait worth $12M, expert tells jury

An Andy Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett currently held by actor Ryan O'Neal is worth an estimated $12 million, an appraiser told a jury Friday. 11 minutes ago

• Couple accidentally gets bag of cash at drive-thru

• Reality TV director killed in home invasion

• Answer Man: Why do sidewalks have those red bumpy areas?

• FDA approves breakthrough hepatitis C drug 6 minutes ago

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State|Region

Car slides on ice, hits MetroLink train

Eight passengers on a MetroLink light rail train in suburban St. Louis are recovering from what appeared to be minor injuries after a car slid into the path of a train.

• State of emergency in Jackson Co. as snow falls

• Unions vow to challenge new Illinois pension law

• State-by-state look at frigid blast hitting US 3 hours ago

• Vigil for Mandela at Rainbow Push headquarters 3 hours ago

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Nation|World

New consumer tips for Obama's fixer-upper website

It doesn't rival Amazon and Travelocity, but President Barack Obama's much-maligned health insurance website finally seems to be working reasonably well most of the time. 6 minutes ago

• Obama, Bush, Clinton to travel to South Africa 6 minutes ago

• Jobless rates drops to lowest level in five years

• FDA approves breakthrough hepatitis C drug 6 minutes ago

• Deal to boost global trade reached at WTO summit 6 minutes ago

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Opinion

• World is richer for Nelson Mandela's life, poorer for his death

• God's good and faithful servant 2 hours ago

• Trying to keep St. Elizabeth's

• Crime makes the case for capital punishment 2 hours ago

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