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Stan Musial's home up for sale

The longtime home of St. Louis Cardinals great Stan Musial is on the market, but the price isn't cheap.

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TELEVISION

Singer Kellie Pickler named new `Dancing' champ

Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first.
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LIVING

Longtime SWIC culinary instructor Chef Ollie Sommer dies

For decades, he's just been Chef Ollie.
EVENTS

Metro-east celebrates Memorial Day

Valhalla Gardens of Memory in Belleville is reviving a decades-old tradition after a two-year hiatus.
LIVING

Answer Man: What's the record for double plays in one game?

During a Cardinals-Cubs game on May 8, the Cardinals ended four consecutive Cub at-bats with double plays. A colleague and I are curious if there has ever been a game in which EVERY inning ended on a double play? -- Dr. James Curtis
EVENTS

Abraham Lincoln will stop by this base ball tournament

If you want to see base ball the way it was meant to be played -- by 1860s rules, without gloves and with a gentlemanly spirit -- check out the inaugural Gustave Koerner-Illinois Cup on Saturday at Belleville-Swansea Moose Lodge 1221 in Swansea.
FEATURES

For Philadelphia bicyclist, a cat is his co-pilot

For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Celeb birthdays for the week of May 26-June 1

May 26: Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 74. Steel guitar player Gates Nichols of Confederate Railroad is 69. Drummer Garry Peterson of The Guess Who is 68. Singer Stevie Nicks is 65. Actor Philip Michael Thomas ("Miami Vice") is 64. Actress Pam Grier is 64. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 64...

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HEALTH

Teen birth rates decline in most US states

The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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HEALTH

Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Photographer and forester Wayne Miller dies at 94

Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday. He was 94.