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St. Joseph casino reopens after flood

September 28, 2011 By

The Missouri Gaming Commission has given the go-ahead to reopen the St Joe Frontier Casino, which has been closed by flooding for the last three months. Casino General Manager Craig Travers tells us that since the facility has been closed, regulators treated the reopening the same as they would the opening of a new gambling house.

Travers says the public will be allowed into the casino-proper sometime after 3pm Thursday. The restaurant and other concessions facilities will not reopen until Friday morning.

John Tretbar contributed to this report.

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Chiefs sign TE, release Anthony Becht

September 28, 2011 By

The Kansas City Chiefs signed free agent TE Jake O’Connell and released TE Anthony Becht. O’Connell (6-3, 250) has appeared in 20 games (four starts) with the Chiefs back in 2009-11.

He has six catches for 53 yards (8.8 avg.) and added two special teams tackles. He originally entered the NFL as a seventh-round draft pick (237th overall) of the Chiefs in 2009.

Becht (6-6, 270) has appeared in 160 games (128 starts) with the N.Y. Jets (2000-04), Tampa Bay (2005-07), St. Louis (2008), Arizona (2009) and Kansas City (2011). He has caught 185 passes for 1,511 yards (8.2 avg.) with 21 touchdowns. He originally entered the NFL as a first-round pick (27th overall) of the Jets in 2000.

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Blues win in Minnesota; KC’s Sprint Center hosts Kings-Penguins

September 28, 2011 By

Carlo Colaiacovo scored with 1:09 to play to give the St. Louis Blues a 4-3 preseason win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. Matt D’Agostini tied the game at 3-3 with a power-play goal with 7:30 left in the third period.

At the Sprint Center in Kansas City, in front of 17,779, the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the L.A. Kings 3-2 in a shootout. Matt Niskanen scored in the eighth round.  The game was the Sprint Center’s only professional game this year as the NBA canceled the Oct. 15 matchup between the Miami Heat and Houston Rockets because of the lockout.

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Cardinals tied for the wild card with one to play

September 28, 2011 By

The Cardinals rallied twice, once from a 5-0 hole and a 6-5 deficit to come back and beat the Houston Astros soundly, 13-6, to move into a tie with Atlanta (7-1 losers to Philly) for the wild card on the final day of the 2011 season.

Houston took a 5-0 lead by the third inning, scoring four in the third off Jake Westbrook, who didn’t finish the inning. However, the Cardinals battled by scoring five in the fourth inning. An RBI single from Yadier Molina, three run double from Skip Schumaker and later a sac fly from Jon Jay tied the game.

Houston went up 6-5 in the fifth, but the Cardinals came back in the seventh tying the game on a double by Allen Craig, a two run triple from Ryan Theriot and a Nick Punto double.

Craig would cash in again with a three run homer in the eighth and Punto tacked on a solo shot in the ninth. Craig finished with four RBIs after coming in to replace Matt Holliday.

Holliday aggravated his sore right hand and will not play. Rafael Furcal has a tight left hamstring and will sit out Wednesday as well. He could be ready for a possible one game playoff if needed on Thursday.

Chris Carpenter pitches for the Cardinals against Brett Myers in the regular-season finale on Wednesday. Myers has won four straight games and has a 1.24 ERA in his last five starts. Carpenter is 7-5 in his career against the Astros, but hasn’t won in Houston since 2005.

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Luetkemeyer discusses National MS Society concerns, Medicare reform

September 28, 2011 By

After visiting with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, a Central Missouri Congressman says now is the time to begin reforming Medicare.

Blaine Luetkemeyer says it is appropriate that federal funding support research into some diseases, such as MS. He says curing such illnesses or reducing their impact can allow patients to remain active and productive in society. He says from a fiscal standpoint, developing new treatments for diseases also saves money long-term.

Luetkemeyer also expresses a higher purpose for wanting to help patients, saying “as Christians, we need to be taking a hard look at trying to help our fellow man who can’t help himself.

Luetkemeyer told the Society’s representatives it will be important for people like them to be involved in discussion of Medicare reform, which he says is coming. He says such groups can point out where improvements in quality of care can be made, helping to save dollars in the process.

He believes President Barack Obama is prepared to start discussion of Medicare reform, which Luetkemeyer expects will take years to unfold.

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