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2012 Stories by Paul Friswold

• Devon Von Cahill: St. Louis Homicide No. 9; Found in Bullet-Riddled Car

  published Feb 06, 2012

  Police responded to a call about a shooting in the 1300 block of Granville Place in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood (above) at 12:25 p.m. on Friday and found an Oldsmobile Intrigue with roughly 30 b... More >>

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  Roger Goodell Prefers Expansion to Evacuation

  published Feb 03, 2012

  NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was on Costas Tonight: Live From the Superbowl last night discussing the possibility of a team relocating to Los Angeles, and the Ginger Hammer now seems much more parti... More >>

• Tonight! Strippers, Live and On-Screen!

  published Feb 03, 2012

  Never doubt man's ability to adapt -- especially if the adaptation allows him to see naked ladies. Dick Snow, owner of Bazooka's strip club in Kansas City, has finagled his way around Missouri's law t... More >>

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  Mizzou's Fan-Made Rally Song Is An Abomination

  published Feb 03, 2012

  I have heard songs by Rebecca Black, Tito Jackson and Rascal Flatts, and I can say without hyperbole that this Mizzou rally song is a million times worse than all of those things combined.It's not jus... More >>

• Skip Schumaker Rally Squirrel Card Going For $255

  published Feb 03, 2012

  The previously mocked Skip Schumaker Rally Squirrel baseball card from Topps is successfully being sold for $255 on eBay. The actual Skip Schumaker card from the same series is going for $1, with a $2... More >>

• Missouri Gets a C in Science Education -- And It's One of the Better Students

  published Feb 03, 2012

  The Thomas B. Fordham Institute for Advancing Educational Excellence just released its comprehensive State of State Science Standards 2012 report, which grades each state on how it teaches science to ... More >>

• Foster Father Sexually Abused Two Kids In His Care

  published Feb 02, 2012

  Mark Daniel Obrien, 40, has been charged with statutory sodomy, child molestation, possession of child pornography and child abuse in conjunction with two boys younger than ten. Both boys were in Obri... More >>

• Vote In the State Primary! Or Don't. Whatever, Who Caresr

  published Feb 02, 2012

  Missouri's presidential primary is Tuesday, February 7. It's your chance to tell your party who you want to see represent you as president. Except that if you're planning on selecting someone from the... More >>

• Westboro Baptist Church To Raise Funds for LGBT Equality

  published Feb 02, 2012

  As reported earlier, the Westboro Baptist Church has scheduled a protest at Clayton High School on Monday, February 6. The WBC wants to publicly denounce the students and faculty for their inclusivene... More >>

• Words With Friends Saves Life, Says TV Show

  published Feb 01, 2012

  The online word game Words With Friends can do anything, it seems. Humble the mightyr Check. Bring two lonely souls togetherr Yup. Make me get a cell phoner No, not yet. But it is being credited with ... More >>

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  What's Up With Whats Upr

  published Feb 01, 2012

  Today is the day of reckoning for Whats Up magazine. Earlier this month, Whats Up's founder and main main Jay Swoboda appealed to the public for moral and financial support. Without both, Swoboda plan... More >>

• Mouthbreather Mistakes Actual Bank for Spank Bank

  published Feb 01, 2012

  There's a unique rhythm to police reports, one that prizes precision and conciseness more than style. Occasionally, you find one that sheds its "just the facts" cadence and blossoms into blank verse b... More >>

• Mr. Clean Lookalike Has Some Filthy Habits

  published Jan 31, 2012

  Jack C. Baldwin, 46, has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault and aggravated child pornography. The Belleville man was allegedly sending sexually explicit images to the cell phone of an... More >>

• And the Kevin Kline Nominees Are ...

  published Jan 31, 2012

  The Professional Theatre Council announced its nominees for the 2012 Kevin Kline Awards last night in person at Tucci & Fresta Trattoria and simultaneously online at its Facebook page. As has been... More >>

• Lee Enterprises Out of Bankruptcy

  published Jan 31, 2012

  Late yesterday afternoon Lee Enterprises officially left behind its bankrupt status. The parent corporation of our own Post-Dispatch, as well as more than 40 other daily newspapers, successfully repac... More >>

• Skip Schumaker's Baseball Card Is Nuts, But Not The Worst Ever

  published Jan 30, 2012

  Topps is just screwing with Cardinals fans now. According to Rick Chandler at Off The Bench, Skip Schumaker's baseball card in the forthcoming Topps' Series 1 features Schumaker's right ankle only, wi... More >>

• Projected High Today, 68 Degrees, Is Total Bullshit

  published Jan 30, 2012

  The National Weather Service predicts a high temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit today, which would set a new record high for January 30 in St. Louis (the current record is 67 degrees, set in 1884.) ... More >>

• Red Light Cameras Are Changing How We Drive

  published Jan 30, 2012

  According to statistics the police have gathered during the five years that red light cameras have been operational in St. Louis, 88.5 percent of the drivers who received a fine in the mail are first-... More >>

• Are We Really This White and Boringr

  published Jan 30, 2012

  The "Shit BLANK Say" thing has almost reached it's endpoint, hasn't itr With every minority combo and regional variation taken, the only option that remains is for people to break it down into indiv... More >>

• Poets for Dinner

  published January 12, 2012

  Robert Burns is celebrated worldwide for both his original poetry and lyrics, and for his work collecting the folk songs of his people, the Scots,... More >>

• St. Louis Rams: Leasebreakersr

  published Jan 27, 2012

  Stan Kroenke was perhaps so preoccupied with trying to buy another sports team that he neglected to read all the fine print on the St. Louis Rams paperwork. It was recently announced that the Rams wou... More >>

• Shake-and-Bake Meth Becomes Run-and-Gun

  published Jan 27, 2012

  Bootheel Drug Task Force investigators were in Steele, MO, earlier this week watching a farm house suspected of being an illegal drug manufacturing operation when a vehicle left. The agents pursued th... More >>

• Are You Ready To Rumbler

  published Jan 27, 2012

  Hey, wrestling fans. Hopefully you all read Albert Samaha's profile of wrestling legend Harley Race last week, but if you haven't, here's an incentive.The RFT has two plaza level tickets for this Sund... More >>

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  Westboro Baptist Church to Protest Clayton High School

  published Jan 27, 2012

  Suppurating asshole Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church plan to bring their piquant blend of ignorance, religious hate and general dicketry to Clayton High School for a 30-minute protest on Mo... More >>

• Rep. Wieland Tries Once Again to Regulate Red Light Cameras

  published Jan 26, 2012

  Representative Paul Wieland (R-Imperial) filed a bill in the Missouri House today that would regulate the use of "automated traffic enforcement systems," better known by most drivers as "those damn re... More >>