Email Author Nicholas Phillips

Awards

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published January 20, 2011

  "Left for Dead"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 20, 2011

  "Left for Dead"

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published June 9, 2010

  "Tears of a Town"

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2011 Stories by Nicholas Phillips

• Josh Gould, Admitted Ponzi Schemer from U. City, Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison

  published Jul 22, 2011

  Josh Gould, the 32-year-old University City resident and former Woodbury Financial broker who stole millions of dollars from his Orthodox Jewish brethren in a Ponzi scheme, was sentenced today to 97 m... More >>

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  Jack Buck, "the Negro," and Jackie Robinson

  published Jul 20, 2011

  On July 7, 2011, when rain halted the Cardinals' assault on the Diamondbacks in the sixth inning, local sportscasters found themselves with an hour to kill. Kevin Wheeler, host of Sports Open Line at ... More >>

• "Cops" TV Show Coming to Springfield

  published Jul 19, 2011

  We've been waiting for SO long, and now it's really happening!"Cops," America's oldest reality show, is coming to the Missourah Ozarks for the first time ever, according to the News-Leader. A quick vi... More >>

• Ladue Man Who Pursued Unlikely Job Discrimination Suit Calls it Quits

  published Jul 18, 2011

  In our July 7th feature, "Byte Me," software architect Chris Elbring claimed that his former business partner and major investor, Jim Kalishman, set out to "ruin" him when their small start-up company... More >>

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  City's Sign Code Violates First Amendment, Appeals Court Rules

  published Jul 14, 2011

  Activist Jim Roos got slapped down in 2007 when he applied for a permit for his huge "End Eminent Domain" mural near Interstates 44 and 55. The city said "No," citing the sign code. But yesterday, the... More >>

• Anonymous Takes On Monsanto, and Monsanto Responds

  published Jul 13, 2011

  In the latest of a string of increasingly ballsy attacks, Anonymous -- a loose collective of online ne'er-do-wells -- has trained its sights on the Creve-Coeur-based agri-giant, Monsanto. Anonymous go... More >>

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  Are STL Blacks Keeping Each Other Downr New Documentary, "City of Haterz," Says Yes

  published Jul 12, 2011

  In his recent documentary, City of Haterz, local filmmaker Horace Williams explores a combustible hypothesis, best summed up by DJ Cub of Derrty DJs in the first few minutes of the film: "[St. Louis i... More >>

• KMOV Flubs U.S. Women's Soccer Coverage

  published Jul 08, 2011

  Somewhere out there, a fan of U.S. Women's Soccer is displeased with KMOV Channel 4 -- to the point that he or she posted the video below earlier this week:Daily RFT has ascertained that, in fact, the... More >>

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  Apple Inc. Sued by Missourians for Tracking iPhone Users' Whereabouts

  published Jul 07, 2011

  Next time you get black-out wasted on Goldschlager and wake up behind a strip mall, you might have no idea where you are. But your iPhone does. In fact, it's been tracking -- and recording -- your spa... More >>

• Amber Lyon, CNN Reporter and Native St. Louisan, Blasted by Village Voice Media

  published Jul 06, 2011

  Remember when CNN reporter Amber Lyon "ambushed" Craigslist founder Craig Newmark last yearr Craigslist was under fire for the racy ads in its "Adult Services" section, which critics claimed weren't p... More >>

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  Clergy Sex-Abuse Claim from Former St. Mary Magdalen Parishoner Denied on Appeal

  published Jul 05, 2011

  The Eastern District Court of Appeals ruled today that if a local Catholic priest with a history of sexually abusing children molests a young boy but does it solely off of church property, the Archd... More >>

• CNN Reporter Amber Lyon Focus of Village Voice Takedown

  published July 7, 2011

  Remember when CNN reporter Amber Lyon ambushed Craigslist founder Craig Newmark last year? Craigslist was under fire for the racy ads... More >>

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  Byte Me: The collapse of SecureAxis left Jim Kalishman out for blood and his partner, Chris Elbring, in prison

  published July 7, 2011

  Across the thousands of pages of court documents filed since SecureAxis Software's meltdown, only once does a company founder refer to the... More >>

• Poll: Should Saggin' Be Banned by Ordinancer

  published Jun 29, 2011

  Collinsville councilwoman Liz Dalton has proposed a ban on sagging. Violators could pay a fine of up to $300, with possible community service. Her reason: Several constituents asked her to (according... More >>

• The Onion Skewers Our Love of Innocence Projects

  published Jun 28, 2011

  What Missourian doesn't feel for a wrongfully convicted inmater We sure do. The exonerations of Josh Kezer and Antonio Beaver in the last few years come to mind; Hell, RFT itself ran a feature in 2009... More >>

• Sex Toy Bandit Strikes Again!

  published Jun 27, 2011

  Down in Springfield, 40-year-old Daniel Ray is known as the Sex Toy Bandit. He has a fondness for showing up at adult shops in the wee hours, shattering the front window -- sometimes with a vehicle --... More >>

• How to Lose Friends and Injure People

  published Jun 24, 2011

  On Wednesday night, Chad R. Johnson got kicked out of a house party down in Springfield. The 22-year-old had been acting "disruptive," according to The News-Leader. So he left. But then he came back. ... More >>

• What the Marines Are Doing to Kill Time in St. Louis

  published Jun 23, 2011

  Apparently, they're training dogs to murder people.  ... More >>

• "Your Sweet Limbs Wove Around My Pulsing Defense"

  published Jun 16, 2011

  Every so often, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently.Adorable. rTattoos whererrJust a pirate singing foo... More >>

• Bizarre Lawsuit: Local Owners of Liberian Mineral Company Sue FLA Woman for Extortion

  published Jun 15, 2011

  A pair of St. Charles men who own a mineral company in Liberia are suing a Florida woman for allegedly extorting them, impersonating them, falsely accusing them of crimes, and generally acting crazy.A... More >>

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  City Nights Homicide: Tempers Flare at Reggie Allen's Bond Hearing

  published Jun 14, 2011

  On June 3, a grand jury in St. Clair County indicted Reggie Allen for reckless homicide. They believed he used a pickup truck to mow down Anthony Rice outside an East St. Louis bikini bar back in Octo... More >>

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  150 Years Ago Today, Missouri Was About to Join the Confederacy

  published Jun 13, 2011

  "Sophocles himself could not have better staged the tragedy that unfolded in Missouri in the spring and summer of 1861." So wrote University of Cincinnati Professor Christopher Phillips over the week... More >>

• Your Roof is Super HOT; Should You Paint it Whiter

  published Jun 09, 2011

  A regular reader of Daily RFT contacted us yesterday to say he'd just painted the roof of his south-city duplex completely white. The hope was that it would keep the second floor of his home cooler, b... More >>

• Why There Are No Cicadas In Your Backyard

  published Jun 08, 2011

  STL has gone cuh-razy for cicadas, now that the 13-year periodical brood has come out in force. But this big ol' cicada party ain't raging everywhere -- only in certain pockets. What givesr It's actua... More >>

• An Edgy Sign for Staid Kirkwoodr

  published Jun 06, 2011

  Despite the occasional shocker of a Cookie Thornton or a Michael Devlin, the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood is pretty much a bastion of family-friendly, American-heartland wholesomeness -- certainly not... More >>