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2012 Stories by John H. Tucker

• How Fair Are Federal Sentencing Guidelinesr One Skeptical District Judge Weighs in

  published May 02, 2012

  In this week's feature story, "Our Military Doesn't Have a Gambling Problem," we narrate the tumultuous swan dive of decorated Army Sgt. Dreux Perkins, who returned home from a combat tour in Iraq wit... More >>

• Angela Halliday Case Gears up for Potential Trial

  published May 01, 2012

  Last August we published a feature article titled Smackdown, chronicling the downfall of Angela Halliday, a former dean's list student who became addicted to heroin. After the overdose deaths of an ac... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Combat veterans fall prey to gambling addictions at an alarming rate. Where's the military when the chips are down?

  published May 3, 2012

  In 2007, having served with distinction during two deployments to Iraq and one to Afghanistan, U.S. Air Force firefighter John Brownfield Jr.... More >>

• Granite City Shootout Case Involving Off-Duty St. Louis Cop Settled

  published Apr 27, 2012

  Following a 2008 shootout in Granite City involving off-duty St. Louis police officers and an innocent man, the City of St. Louis is on the hook for $250,000, Missouri Lawyers Weekly has reported, fol... More >>

• Missouri Psychologist Lobbies for Health Insurance Coverage for Eating Disorders

  published Apr 25, 2012

  When Richard P. Martielli took the job as president of the Missouri Psychological Association last summer at age 33, he likely became the youngest person in the country to lead a state psychological a... More >>

• Missouri Appellate Judge Mark Pfeiffer Flashes New Journalism Brilliance

  published Apr 24, 2012

  Reporters don't often linger over court documents for their gripping lyricism or narrative flow. Which is why it's so enjoyable to stumble onto a brief or judicial opinion that's written like a novel.... More >>

• Sports Illustrated Features New Chess Queen in Town

  published Apr 19, 2012

  Congrats to Susan Polgar, the incoming coach of Webster University's new chess team, for her sidebar article, "Winning Gambit," inside the current issue of Sports Illustrated (NFL Draft cover). We f... More >>

• Inside an Ashen Building, a Legal Aide Adds Color

  published Apr 18, 2012

  "Does that make senser" asks Vara Lyons. "I'm trying to not sound like a cerebral art historian." She can't help herself. Lyons is a legal assistant for the Community Affairs Bureau of City of St. Lo... More >>

• Campaign Attack: St. Louis Penguin Bites Newt Gingrich

  published Apr 17, 2012

  When Newt Gingrich lashed out at Fox News the other day, accusing it of unfairly slanting its coverage toward GOP primary rival Mitt Romney, you might say the candidate was biting the hand that fed hi... More >>

• Pulitzer Prizes Announced

  published Apr 16, 2012

  The Pulitzer Prize committee has just announced its awards for 2012. No Missouri publication received an award or finalist citation. In the Local Reporting category, 24-year-old Sara Ganim of The Pa... More >>

• Which St. Louisans Have the Strongest Liversr

  published Apr 06, 2012

  It's no secret that folks in the St. Louis region like to throw a few back from time time. Sometimes every day, in fact. We live in a beer town, and many of us are quite proud of that piece of our cul... More >>

• Judge Michael Wolff Enters Health Care Debate

  published Mar 29, 2012

  This morning's readers of The New York Times editorial pages who are interested in the current Supreme Court hearings on President Obama's health care bill might find themselves stumbling over a lette... More >>

• Local Weightlifter Appears on Sports Radio Show to Discuss Firing, Legal Strategies

  published Mar 28, 2012

  Derrick Johnson, the profile subject of our March 22 feature, He Ain't Heavy, continued his media rounds yesterday, appearing on Sports Mayhem USA With "The Coach" John Parker -- an online talk show a... More >>

• Billikens Baseball Scores National Ranking

  published Mar 27, 2012

  It's already been a pretty good year for the Saint Louis University Billikens. For the first time since 2000 the basketball team made a trip to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Divis... More >>

• Gateway Regional Patient Anthony Burkey Died From Suffocation in Hospital

  published Mar 26, 2012

  Back in December we reported that a Granite City man who'd been arrested by police and taken to Gateway Regional Medical Center may have died from a cause forensically labeled "excited delirium," whic... More >>

• Weightlifter Derrick Johnson Flexes Muscles on Tim Ezell Show

  published Mar 22, 2012

  This week's Riverfront Times cover boy Derrick Johnson, one of the nation's top-raked Olympic-style weightlifters and the subject of our March 22 feature profile "He Ain't Heavy," appeared this mornin... More >>

• Daily Beast Profiles Dana Loesch, with Nod to RFT

  published Mar 21, 2012

  The Daily Beast ran a lengthy profile yesterday of our town's Dana Loesch, darling of the conservative punditry, citing our own profile, penned by former staffer Kristen Hinman two years ago. The Be... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  He Ain't Heavy: Pound for pound, Derrick Johnson is one of the nation's best weightlifters. His twin kid brothers may be even better.

  published March 22, 2012

  Derrick Johnson has a chip on his shoulder. He had it as a kid, on the nights he went to bed hungry. He had it during middle school, when he... More >>

• Victim Fatally Felled By Police Bullet

  published Mar 19, 2012

  The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has reported that police officers and at least one suspect exchanged gunfire over the weekend, resulting in a man's death. On Friday evening St. Louis po... More >>

• Post-Dispatch Strips Away Anonymity From Its Online Commenters

  published Mar 16, 2012

  It's possible that the Daily RFT comment sections will see an uptick in trolling and race-baiting in the coming weeks. Reason being, STLtoday.com, the website of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has adopt... More >>

• Gay Missouri Man Ousted from Catholic School and Church Weds Partner in New York

  published Mar 12, 2012

  You might recall the recent plight of Al Fischer, the gay music teacher at St. Ann Catholic School, in Normandy, who was fired when his superiors learned he'd been planning to marry his partner of twe... More >>

• Temple Set to Leave Atlantic 10 Conference

  published Mar 08, 2012

  Were this the 2013-14 season, the Saint Louis University Billikens would hold the No. 1 ranking in the Atlantic 10 tournament that's currently being staged. Securing top seeds in future A-10 tournies... More >>

• So Long, A.G. Sulzberger; Son of New York Times Publisher Leaves KC for NYC

  published Mar 07, 2012

  Arthur's on the rocks, at least in Missouri. New York Times reporter Arthur G. Sulzberger (more recognizable by his byline A.G. Sulzberger), the heir to the Times' media throne -- he's the son of the... More >>

• John Ashcroft Endorses Mitt Romney

  published Mar 06, 2012

  We know you're all on the edge of your seats on this Super Tuesday morning waiting to see who former Missouri Governor and U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft decides to support in the Republican prim... More >>

• Family Sues Police Department, Detective, Alleging Callous Killing of Dying Man

  published Mar 02, 2012

  An undercover detective for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department fired bullets into the body of an unarmed dying man, then tried to cover up his act by planting a gun near the scene of the kil... More >>