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Cinderella's Closet helps Buffalo area girls prepare for prom High school proms are fast approaching, and while girls are getting excited about getting dressed up, their parents may be dreading the prom price tags. But in Buffalo this weekend, the dresses and accessories were free.

Missouri Tigers: Mizzou draws the Clemson Tigers in NCAA bracket Tigers earn #10 seed, shipped out East

Mizzou men get NCAA bid; Bears in Collegeinsider.com tourney; Lady Bears find out fate Monday night The Mizzou Tigers are a 10th seed in the NCAA Tournament's East Regional. Their first round game is against 7th seed Clemson on Friday in Buffalo, New York.

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Drury Lady Panthers in Sweet 16 of NCAA Division II The Drury Lady Panthers are within one victory of advancing to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division II national tournament, which this year will be played just north of Kansas City in St. Joseph, Mo.

Hillcrest wins Missouri Class 5 boys basketball title Dorial Green had 15 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter as Hillcrest tops Oakville 54-49.



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Obama heads to Ohio looking for health care votes (AP)
In this image released by NBC David Axelrod, President Barack Obama's top political adviser, is interviewed on NBC's Meet the Press in Washington Sunday, March 14, 2010. Axelrod said Sunday that lobbyists are gathering on Capitol Hill 'like locusts' to try to derail health care legislation, that passage will be a struggle, but that he's confident the overhaul will soon become law. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALESAP - Still seeking votes for his proposed health care overhaul, President Barack Obama appears ready to reverse his position and allow unpopular deal-sweetening measures in the hopes of finding Democratic support for legislation whose future will be decided in coming days.

US census forms arrive in the mail: What to expect (AP)
FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2010 file photo, U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves arrives in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska in a dogsled driven by Noorvik resident Brian Coffin, 11,  to formally launch the nation's 2010 count. More than 120 million U.S. census forms begin arriving Monday, March 15, 2010, in mailboxes around the country, in the government's once-a-decade population count that will be used to divvy up congressional seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - Let the count begin.

Deadline for Thai Parliament dissolution passes (AP)
Anti-goverment protestors shout slogans as they march to the main gates of the 11th Infantry Regiment headquarters Monday, March 15, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand.  The 'Red Shirts' are asking for the dissolution of Parliament before noon in exchange for a halt to demonstrations.  Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, the key target of the massive demonstration, said he could not give in to the protesters' ultimatum but left room for compromise.  (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - Thailand's prime minister, backed by a formidable military force, rejected an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament on Monday as tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters vowed to continue their push to oust the government.

Narcos blamed for killings of 3 with US consul tie (AP)
Soldiers patrol a crime scene where a crashed car sits in Ciudad Juarez, Sunday, March 14, 2010.  A U.S. consulate employee and her husband were shot to death Saturday in their car near the Santa Fe International bridge linking Ciudad Juarez with El Paso, Texas, and their baby was found unharmed in the back seat, according to Vladimir Tuexi, a spokesman for Chihuahua state prosecutors' office.  (AP Photo)AP - Suspected drug gang hit men separately ambushed two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate in this violent border city, killing an American couple and a Mexican man. Three young children survived, although two suffered wounds.

Views split on Calif runaway Prius driver's story (AP)
FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - This much is not in dispute: Inspectors could not duplicate the sudden, unintended acceleration that a motorist reported last week when his Toyota Prius reached 94 mph on a California freeway. They tried during a two-hour test drive.