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No Justice: We've bailed out the banks. When do we go after the crooks behind our financial collapse?
By James Lieber
Published: October 28, 2009
When Barack Obama donned the crusader's mantle during the 2008 presidential campaign, his Web-savvy campaign team created KeatingEconomics.com and pushed it on millions of...
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The Marrying Kind
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: October 28, 2009
It's no secret that London is an epicenter of live theater, home to some of the finest dramatic troupes and big-budget productions in the Western world. But who can afford a...
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Normal or Paranormal? You Make the Call!
By Alison Sieloff
Published: October 28, 2009
When an entire town is haunted, as Alton, Illinois, is, you know the Halloween celebrations there have to be pretty spooky. Something as innocent as an annual Halloween Parade...
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Alchemy and Architecture
By Paul Friswold
Published: October 28, 2009
The building has a long history of being an artistic object, but few artists have attempted to use them as a medium. Gordon Matta-Clark was like few artists. In the same manner...
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Gone By Song
By Paul Friswold
Published: October 28, 2009
Whether it's in the form of the rolling stone or the rambling man, American folk music celebrates the transient. Outlaws on the run, pioneers, people upping stakes and moving...
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Do You Believe in Magic?
By Ms. Day
Published: October 28, 2009
Somewhere along the way, Halloween lost its magic, at least in the eyes of Ms. Day. She used to adore donning a costume and trick-or-treating during her school days — and...
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Back to Bag End
By Paul Friswold
Published: October 28, 2009
Fans of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien are a loyal bunch, and so they should be aware that while Patricia Gray's stage adaptation of The Hobbit was personally approved by Tolkien,...
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Frankenstein for President
By Paul Friswold
Published: October 28, 2009
It is the year 2000. America's thirst for violence and sport has finally been slaked by the Transcontinental Road Race, a gladiators-in-cars event where drivers score points...
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Physician, Heal ... Something
By Paul Friswold
Published: October 28, 2009
Dr. William Shumway is a bright and talented cellular researcher who may be on the cusp of huge leap forward in the fight against cancer. And so a bidding war begins among the...
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Another Brick in the Crumbling Wall
By Alison Sieloff
Published: October 28, 2009
While there are no shortage of decaying buildings within the city limits, photographer Dan Younger chose to document the shambles of one abandoned St. Louis city high school....
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That's Incredible, Hulk
By Paul Friswold
Published: October 28, 2009
With his legendary pythons, a swashbuckling mustache and a flair for dramatic comebacks, Hulk Hogan parlayed his skill at athletic wrestling into a huge fan base of...
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Day of the Dead
By Alison Sieloff
Published: October 28, 2009
The post-Halloween letdown can be tough. Your sugar levels have crashed, your pillowcase is ruined with costume makeup, and you're not sure exactly what you did to win that...
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Let's Have A Ball
By Nicole Beckert
Published: October 28, 2009
Once viewed as a time for spirits to pass from the boundaries of Earth to the otherworld, Halloween has come a long way. Now as assimilated as any other holiday, Halloween is...
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Rich in Song
By Alison Sieloff
Published: October 28, 2009
How many times has each of us thought like Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof? Finish this sentence: If I were a rich man (or woman), all day long I'd.... You didn't have to think...
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A Tale of Two Mazes
Published: October 28, 2009
By day, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Red's Corn Maze is a kid-friendly place with a sandbox full of corn, a haystack wall and pumpkins galore. But at night Farmer Red and His Family,...
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Take a Trip to the Ol' Meat Market
Published: October 28, 2009
Ezekial Slaughter has returned to the site of his former butcher shop bent on revenge -- and he's brought along a group of serial killers and freaks to get it. Wed.,...
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Still Terrifying After all these Years
Published: October 28, 2009
Ridley Scott's first sci-fi masterpiece (Bladerunner trumps it, but just barely) still retains its power to scarify. The thinking man will tell you the film's power is its...
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News Real
What Price Green? A rattled Chesterfield neighborhood says the droning noise of Parkway Central's recycling plant far outweighs environmental benefits
By Kristen Hinman
Published: October 28, 2009
The Parkway School District estimates that last year it saved 1,304 tons of trash from a landfill, or the equivalent of taking 244 cars off the road. The environmental...
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Blowback
Stuffed Up: Readers consider a life without Sudafed and ponder St. Louis' dismal rankings in national polls
Published: October 28, 2009
DAILY RFT, OCTOBER 20, 2009 WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE Swanson never got the help she needed: Even more sad is the fact that the police would rather go through the trouble of...
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Amazing Facts & Beyond
Amazing Facts & Beyond: Shaganera's Buried Temple of the Dead
By Kevin Huizenga
Published: October 28, 2009
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