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1. Feature

   Demons Among Us: The RFT paid a visit to America's foremost demonologist in Chesterfield and came home with our head spinning

   By Aimee Levitt

   Published: August 13, 2008

   Late one night last spring, William Bradshaw sat nervously in his study in Chesterfield waiting to make his media debut as a demonologist. A radio host in either Maine or...

2. Unreal

   Unreal's cougar search continues, with a bathroom break, and another for Breaking Dawn

   By Unreal

   Published: August 13, 2008

   "What's your vampire name?" asks the girl sitting behind the desk at Left Bank Books two Fridays ago as Unreal duly reports for the Breaking Dawn midnight release party. "Um,"...

3. Night & Day

   Doll House or Haunted House?

   Some toys don't age well

   By Paul Friswold

   Published: August 13, 2008

   Today's favorite doll or stuffed animal is the stuff of tomorrow's nightmares. (Except for Bratz dolls — those things are God-awful now and forever.) Don't believe it?...

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   For Whom the Bell's Pours

   By Paul Friswold

   Published: August 13, 2008

   Bell's Brewery, located in picturesque Kalamazoo, Michigan, makes a hell of a beer. Somebody (no names, please) whiled away much of this past winter with Bell's Cherry Stout...

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   Strings Attached

   It's time to visit the puppet master

   By Jeanette Kozlowski

   Published: August 13, 2008

   If hot temperatures have you envisioning nearby oases and conversing with inanimate objects, take a day off with the kids to attend a zany, one-of-a-kind marionette show at...

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   Botany Unshrouds the Past

   Knowledge flowers with flowers' help

   By Paul Friswold

   Published: August 13, 2008

   Can science prove that the Shroud of Turin is the burial cloth of Jesus? The answer probably depends on your own faith and how much faith you have in science. But science is...

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   Nothin' but a Good Time

   Party and then party some more

   By Mark Fischer

   Published: August 13, 2008

   Time and time again, Poison guitarist CC DeVille has proven himself worthy of the Aqua Net that holds his hair just so. Just as CC's hairspray gives him the volume he needs to...

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   Athletic Supporters

   Feel the camaraderie

   By Alison Sieloff

   Published: August 13, 2008

   While certainly entertaining, watching the Olympics on TV is largely a passive activity. There's no way to glad-hand the athletes, get your paws on some memorabilia or...

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   Drink Up the Delicious Cabaret

   Four nights, four shows

   By Ms. Day

   Published: August 13, 2008

   Ms. Day just loves a good cabaret performance. The remarkable voices, the song choices, the theatrical spirit of the night — what's not to adore, really? When she sees a...

10. Night & Day

    Trash to Treasure

    An incredible transformation

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: August 13, 2008

    Everyone's into repurposing stuff now. You've made your old T-shirts into a cozy memory quilt, and those old socks of yours have become amusing hand puppets. And while we're...

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    Fill in the Blanks

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: August 13, 2008

    For many artists the blank canvas is an object of terror: What are you supposed to do with all that space? Approaching that empty expanse can also be an optimistic moment: What...

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    Life and How to Live It

    Are we bound for glory or not?

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: August 13, 2008

    No one can accuse Cormac McCarthy of being a feel-good writer. McCarthy's works contain a pervasive sense of doom and desperation, but the richness with which he writes makes...

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    The King Is Dead

    Long drin the King

    By Anna Teekell Hays

    Published: August 13, 2008

    Saint Louis Cellars (2640 South Big Bend Boulevard, Maplewood; 314-880-9000 or www.saintlouiscellars.com) is "All Shook Up" (Brut Champagne) about the 31st anniversary of...

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    Party All the Time

    Hey, it's for a good cause!

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: August 13, 2008

    Most people agree: Parties are good things. We have parties for birthdays, anniversaries, departures, arrivals, weddings — you name it. What we don't often have are...

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    Shifting Gears

    The bikers come out at night

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: August 13, 2008

    You love the idea of a nighttime group cycling event, but you were far too chicken to disrobe for the recent World Naked Bike Ride. What to do? Why, just head downtown for the...

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    Eight Is Great

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: August 13, 2008

    St. Louis Black Pride's mission statement requires that the group be a resource for the St. Louis black GLBT community. The eighth annual St. Louis Black Gay Pride Weekend...

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    Eight Is Great

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: August 13, 2008

    St. Louis Black Pride's mission statement requires that the group be a resource for the St. Louis black GLBT community. The eighth annual St. Louis Black Gay Pride Weekend...

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    Eight Is Great

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: August 13, 2008

    St. Louis Black Pride's mission statement requires that the group be a resource for the St. Louis black GLBT community. The eighth annual St. Louis Black Gay Pride Weekend...

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    Here's to Beer

    A heady good time

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: August 13, 2008

    Not so very long ago, beer was just beer. We drank it, and we didn't think much about it. Now, with the recent Anheuser-Busch news, we've realized that it's possible for beer...

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    Chillin' First-Glass

    It's cool when it's hot

    By Nicole Beckert

    Published: August 13, 2008

    There's nothing like being in front of a live furnace during a St. Louis summer — not even a sweat lodge could compare. Fortunately, at the Third Degree Glass Factory...