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Albert Haas.

Rocket attack kills Belleville man at Afghanistan air base

Albert Henry Haas, 64, loved his job as a civilian aircraft mechanic at Bagram Air Base, near the Afghanistan capital of Kabul.

Crime

Montrell Cooper in a file photo provided by East St. Louis police.

Police arrest ex-boyfriend of slain East St. Louis woman

The ex-boyfriend sought in connection with the stabbing death of the mother of one of his children surrendered to police Tuesday.

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Larry Conners in an undated KMOV photo.

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

Since his career as a KMOV anchor ended in May, all the news about famous St. Louis newsman Larry Conners has been about his battle to get back on the airwaves despite a one-year ban written into his contract.

Sports

Mater Dei's Avoynna Kampwerth passes the ball away from West's (32) Kayla Juenger and (5) Shay Fluker.

Mater Dei downs Maroons in overtime

With two key Belleville West starters on the bench after fouling out, the Mater Dei Knights seized the moment.

Features

Charlie Meier, with his dog, Millie, will open his Okawville farmhouse for a house tour this weekend. His great-grandparents built the house in 1907. The house is one of four that will be part of Okawville's House Tour noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Charlie Meier: 'People are amazed at how much family history I have in this house'

Charlie Meier's 1907 farmhouse has a clapboard exterior, a metal roof and an antique-filled interior. 2 hours ago

State|Region

In this Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks with reporters after pension legislation passed at the state Capitol Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, in Springfield Ill. One day after celebrating a legislative victory on a pension crisis he said he was “put on earth” to solve, Quinn heard the wrath of some longtime labor supporters on Wednesday _ a signal of the murky impact the landmark vote could have on next year’s governor’s race.

Quinn stands to collect $74K in back salary

Gov. Pat Quinn is set to get about $74,000 in back pay now that Illinois lawmakers have finally approved a pension deal.

Nation|World

Celebrity chef, Nigella Lawson, arrives at Isleworth Crown Court in London, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Lawson arrived at court on Thursday for a second day where she will testify as a prosecution witness at the trial of Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo, longtime employees who worked as nannies, cleaners and assistants in the couple's London home. The Grillos — sisters from Calabria in southern Italy — are accused of using credit cards loaned to them by Lawson and Saatchi for household expenses to spend 685,000 pounds (more than $1 million) on luxury clothes, accessories and rooms at high-end hotels.

Nigella: I won't be 'bullied by lies' on drug use

Television cook and author Nigella Lawson on Thursday accused lawyers for two former assistants of treating her like a suspect rather than a witness, as she again denied allegations of heavy drug use. 6 minutes ago

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