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Movie Review: “Michael Clayton”

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BY MAGGIE SCOTT George Clooney has hit social-consciousness pay dirt, again. "Michael Clayton" is a worthy, multi-Oscar nominee contender, from its craftsman script to its formidable performances. If it doesn’t…

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Movie review: “Across the Universe”

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BY MAGGIE SCOTT "Is there anything you didn’t like?" asks the nervous director of Beatles legend, Paul McCartney, after a private screening of her new film, "Across the Universe." "What’s…

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Black Jack Firefighters Train For Any Rescue Challenge

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BLACK JACK FIREFIGHTERS TIM MARTIN and DARNELL TAYLOR finish "packaging" up the victim in preparation for a rope rescue simulation during a recent training evolution. An industrial worker is found…

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Hazelwood East Takes District Football Break, Visits Rival Hazelwood Central

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BY JIM WIENERS Hazelwood East Football is in a five-team, round robin football district, Class Five, District Two, where all but four districts in the 11-man sport have four teams.…

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Hazelwood Central, IWA Win Class Four District Softball Tourneys

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BY JIM WIENERS Hazelwood Central High School and Incarnate Word Academy were repeat winners last weekend in Class Four District Girls Softball. For Hazelwood Central it was their third straight…

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Office Depot Plans New Location On North Lindbergh

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BY CAROL ARNETT The big round Commerce Bank building on Lindbergh has been torn down, but an Office Depot may soon rise in its place. The distinctive round bank building,…

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Hazelwood Plans New Aquatic Center In White Birch Park

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NEW AQUATIC CENTER: Hazelwood has announced plans to build a new aquatic center next year to replace the outdated Kline pool. The new pool should be ready for the 2008…

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Hazelwood Names New Assistant City Manager

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HAZELWOOD CITY MANAGER ED CARLSTROM, NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ROBERT FRANK, AND MAYOR T.R. CARR Piotrowicz Suprises City With Her Resignation; Asst. City Manager Named BY JEANETTE EBERLIN RIZZELLO Hazelwood…

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October Lacks Usual Flare For Pro Sports

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BY RANDY GARDNER Here we go again, the same old story but you know what? It makes it real easy to write my column with the state of sports in…

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Movie review: Deep Water

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BY MAGGIE SCOTT It’s not the rolling waves in the fascinating documentary "Deep Water" that will make you feel sick. It’s the sense of utter folly and looming disaster that…

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