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St. Louis Cardinals icon, Hall of Famer Stan "The Man" Musial dies at 92
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Stan Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the St. Louis Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday. He was 92. Stan the Man won seven National League batting titles, was a three-time MVP and...
Tags: Enos Slaughter, Busch Stadium, Stan Musial, Los Angeles Dodgers, World Series
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A final salute: Ozarks Honor Flight comes to glorious end
sgrant@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The final Ozarks Honor Flight returned home to Springfield's airport on Wednesday night to a cheering throng of well-wishers packing the terminal. Eighty World War II veterans felt the love with wave after wave of applause, hugs,...Tags: Human Interest, Shriners, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Steve Grant
Off camera, Steve Grant has passed the ketchup to former President Nixon at a Caribbean café’… prayed The Lord’s Prayer with Pope John Paul II during a private audience… hugged by Paul Harvey (as personal thanks from the...Tags: Human Interest, Dalai Lama, Paul Harvey, Facebook, New York City
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Route 66 landmark hotel reopens in Carthage with nostalgic authenticity
news@ky3.comCARTHAGE, Mo. -- One of the halfway stops on the Mother Road re-opened on Tuesday with a ribbon cutting and nostalgia. Spared from foreclosure and demolition, the Boots Motel is back in business. Four million cars were rolling off Detroit's assembly...Tags: Gene Autry, Travel, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Family, Hotels and Accommodations
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Born from the Storm: Firefighters rescue woman after Joplin tornado, saving two lives
KY3 ReporterJOPLIN, Mo.-- Nearly a year after the Joplin tornado, a couple that lost everything is celebrating. Firefighters in the right place at the right time may have meant the difference between death and new life. Desiree and Matthew Morris married in...Tags: Tornadoes, Natural Disasters, Joplin Tornado (2011), Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Holocaust survivor from Springfield area loses ability to speak out
padler@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- We are slowly losing the chance to talk directly with survivors of the Holocaust. World War II ended nearly 70 years ago. Thursday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Retired professor Harvey Saalberg, a Holocaust survivor,...Tags: Nazi Party, Human Interest, Judaism, Parkinson's Disease, Health
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PASSINGS: Henri Dutilleux, Harold Shapero, Vernon McGarity
Henri Dutilleux French composer of modernist music Henri Dutilleux, 97, a highly regarded French composer of modernist music, died Thursday in Paris, said his publisher, Schott Music. The cause was not given. Considered one of the most important...
Tags: U.S. Army, Human Interest, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Harvard University, Music
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Preserving D-day memories with a tattered flag
FrameworkThe assignment seemed routine — a portrait of couple for a story about personal finance. But as I was soon reminded, sometimes an interesting, if not extraordinary, story lurks just beneath the surface. Such are the regular discoveries of a... -
Cromwell Veteran Recalls Battle Of The Bulge
The Hartford CourantJames Scovill never talked about his service during World War II much, and only recently started opening up to his children. Scovill, 91, fought in the Battle of the Bulge in Germany during the winter of 1944-45. His service in one of the great war's...Tags: Germany, U.S. Army, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Military, Armed Forces
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Artist Kapoor draws on Berlin's dark history in new show
Reuters* Anish Kapoor stages first major exhibit in Berlin * Includes many artworks created for the show * Kapoor attacks British government for not supporting arts By Sarah Marsh BERLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - Blood-red bricks of wax are shifted by conveyor...Tags: India, Germany, Judaism, Arts and Culture, Arts
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Standouts among Hollywood's many attempts to portray the conflict
The Orange County Register(EDITORS: Monday is Memorial Day, when we honor the dead from America's wars. To mark the anniversary, Orange County Register Travel Editor Gary A. Warner, the newspaper's one-time military reporter, offers his updated list of the best World War II...Tags: Heroism, Germany, Human Interest, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Paul Henreid
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