Email Author Nicholas Phillips

Awards

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists 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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2012 Stories by Nicholas Phillips

• Are You a Missourian Who Wants God Out of Governmentr Meet Your Fellows

  published Jun 13, 2012

  The Secular Coalition of America -- an umbrella group comprised of non-theists, believers in the separation of church and state, freethinkers, and other people headed straight to Hell -- is trying to ... More >>

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  Becky Queen of Carpets Goes Out of Business, But Her Cray-Cray Commercials Will Live On

  published Jun 12, 2012

  After 58 years in business, Becky "Queen of Carpets" Rothman has abruptly called it quits (KSDK Channel 5 broke the news Monday night). While Daily RFT tries to find out why, we'll tide you over with ... More >>

• Campaign to Approve Sewer Upgrade Bonds Took "Laser Beam" Approach, To Huge Effect

  published Jun 08, 2012

  Were you even aware, before Tuesday's special election, that we voters in the city and county had to make a near-billion-dollar decisionr That the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District wanted us to ap... More >>

• Lee Enterprises Stock Cools Off a Bit After "Warren Buffet Surge"

  published Jun 08, 2012

  Late Tuesday, Berkshire Hathaway -- the conglomerate controlled by investment wizard Warren Buffet -- was forced by SEC fiat to disclose that it had bought $2.1 million worth of shares in Lee Enterpri... More >>

• St. Louis Fed: The Crisis In Greece Could Happen Here

  published Jun 06, 2012

  The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank (one of 12 such regional banks in our nation) does cool stuff sometimes. One of its missions is to "disseminate economic research that is useful to a wide range of a... More >>

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  Oral Argument: Ladue-Based Creator of Tongue Vibrators Sues Chinese-Knockoff Vendors

  published Jun 05, 2012

  When Jeff Klearman of Ladue went surfing online for tongue vibrators this past year, the only part of him to become roused was his ire. Several websites, he discovered, were selling tongue vibrator mo... More >>

• Battleship Sucked As a Movie, But Might Not as a Fundraiser for the USS Missouri

  published Jun 04, 2012

  Critics and moviegoers alike have panned the recent film Battleship, part of which was filmed on the USS Missouri -- our state's namesake vessel (on whose deck, by the way, the Japanese surrendered to... More >>

• Luminary's Move to 2700 Cherokee Looks Unlikely

  published May 31, 2012

  Since December, the Luminary Center for the Arts has been raising tens of thousands -- from both big benefactors and regular Joes on Kickstarter -- to move into larger quarters at 2700 Cherokee St., w... More >>

• Missouri's Cyber-Bullying Law Partly Struck Down by State Supreme Court

  published May 30, 2012

  Missouri Supreme Court justices believe legislators went too far with the 2008 anti-cyber-bullying law they passed in reaction to the suicide of Megan Meier. (You may remember Meier as the 13-year-old... More >>

• Freaky Lights Spotted Over Blue Springs: Possibly Aliens, Definitely Internet Gold

  published May 29, 2012

  The freaky blue-red lights seen twinkling over Blue Springs (KPLR, KMOV) have now begun to trickle into newscasts across the country; even Huffington Post is all over it in their Weird News section. I... More >>

• Soulard Girl Flatulates, Guy Falls in Love

  published May 25, 2012

  Every so often, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here's one that caught our eye recently.Just the toots of us... More >>

• Protestors Tag Downtown Banks, Get Cuffed

  published May 25, 2012

  Around ten people were arrested downtown late last night after tagging some banks and scuffling with cops and civilians. (Daily RFT happened to be a couple blocks away when the melee erupted. At about... More >>

• Romney Attacks Obama's Pro-Union Stance With Video Ad Vilifying St. Louis' Local 42

  published May 24, 2012

  Yesterday, after presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney attacked President Barack Obama for his ties to teachers' unions, Daily RFT went a-digging for some background and found an interest... More >>

• VIDEO: James McAnally Discusses the Gospel's Role at The Luminary

  published May 23, 2012

  For months, rumors have swirled in St. Louis' arts & music scene that the Luminary Center for the Arts, a secular 501(c)(3) nonprofit, harbors secret plans to convert artists to Christianity. (See... More >>

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  Oh, My Landlord! The Luminary Center of the Arts is not a religious organization. But it's housed by one. Mystery solved.

  published May 24, 2012

  For the past few years, the vast second floor above the former Globe Variety Store at Cherokee Street and Ohio Avenue has been a hive of... More >>

• Illinois Strip Club Owners Will Not Challenge Amended "Pole Tax"

  published May 21, 2012

  The Illinois Club Owners Association will not mount a constitutional challenge to the amended "pole tax" bill should it become law, according to Michael Ocello, president of VCG Holdings (which owns R... More >>

• Stray Rescue: $10k Reward for Info on Scumbags Who Tortured, Mutilated & Killed Dogs

  published May 17, 2012

  WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE BELOW. (Update: Stray Rescue doubled the reward amount to $10,000 late Thursday morning). All the major news outlets (KMOV, KSDK, KTVI, KMOX and the Post-Dispatch) are covering ... More >>

• The Bachelorette Season 8: The St. Louis Guy Calls Himself "Wolf"

  published May 15, 2012

  So there's a guy from St. Louis on The Bachelorette Season 8, which began airing last night, and and he calls himself, "Wolf." His real name is just John. (Almost nobody in reality television has a la... More >>

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  Homosexuality is "Killing People 2 to 3 Times the Rate of Smoking" Says Missouri Republican

  published May 14, 2012

  The following ad recently ran in The Daily American Republican of Poplar Bluff in support of the "Don't Say Gay" bill: As the late Christopher Hitchens might say, "Extraordinary claims require extrao... More >>

• Judge Invalidates Citizens' Petition to Strip Trupiano Family of Nightclub Liquor License

  published May 11, 2012

  The Trupiano siblings -- operators of The Social House in Soulard and the now-defunct Club Lure on Washington Avenue -- won a big battle this week in the long-standing war over their liquor license. O... More >>

• UPDATED: St. Louis' LGBT Crowd Reacts to Obama's Support for Same-Sex Marriage

  published May 11, 2012

  Updated Friday at 9 a.m. with reactions from Joan Lipkin and Nancy Novak. In the wake of President Barack Obama's historic endorsement of gay marriage, here's what some locals in the LGBT community ha... More >>

• We'll Get By (With a Little Elk From Our Friends)

  published May 09, 2012

  Got elkr Missouri does. And we're about to double the population by trucking in 35 more from eastern Kentucky. Last year -- despite dire warnings from the Farm Bureau -- the Department of Conservation... More >>

• Fox2Now's Accidental Poetry Memorialized in New Tumblr

  published May 08, 2012

  Daily RFT has long been tickled at how KTVI (Channel 2) web stories capture the fragmented nature of human experience, as in this story that ran yesterday: It took fire crews about two hours to knock ... More >>

• Marty Sigillito, Convicted of Biggest Ponzi Scheme in Local History, Wants a New Trial

  published May 04, 2012

  Last month, a federal jury convicted Martin Sigillito (a lawyer and American Anglican bishop) of running a $66 million Ponzi scheme. Now, he feels he deserves a new trial. The reason: "sustained gover... More >>

• VIDEO: Watch Republican Lawmaker Zachary Wyatt Announce He's Gay

  published May 03, 2012

  As we reported yesterday, State Rep. Zach Wyatt -- Air Force veteran, beef cattle farmer, and Republican lawmaker -- came out of the closet yesterday to denounce Missouri's "Don't Say Gay" bill. Below... More >>