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1:19 pm
May. 20, 2013
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Man Shot in the Face Leaving Midtown Nightclub, St. Louis Police Say A 34-year-old man leaving a St. Louis nightclub in midtown early this morning was walking to his friend's car when he heard gunshots. He bent down to the ground to shield himself, police say, bu... More >>
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12:26 pm
May. 20, 2013
St. Louis News
Macy's Is Closing Its Downtown St. Louis Store in the Railway Exchange Building The Macy's in downtown St. Louis is shutting its doors. The company announced this morning that the outlet, which opened in 1924 in the Railway Exchange building, will be closing with a final ... More >>
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11:40 am
May. 20, 2013
St. Louis News
Planned Parenthood To Missouri Lawmakers: End The "Campaign Against Women's Health" The Missouri legislative session ended last week and one of the many successes the state GOP is celebrating is the passage of a bill to add restrictions to the "abortion pill." It's one of sever... More >>
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9:51 am
May. 20, 2013
St. Louis News
Baron Calmese Admits He Stole From Piggy Bank of Nephew, 4, To Buy Drugs, Prostitutes "Man, I bought a piece of ass and some heroin" was the incredibly charming response Baron Calmese allegedly gave police when they asked him last year why he stole money straight from his nephew's... More >>
Daily RFT
8:45 am
May. 20, 2013
St. Louis News
Missouri's Approved Gun Bills: Concealed-Carry Permits Easier to Get, Record-Keeping Banned The legislative session in Missouri is finally over. And after months of heated debates on guns, lawmakers have sent controversial bills to the governor that would dramatically change the conceal... More >>
Daily RFT
8:00 am
May. 20, 2013
St. Louis News
Missouri Hate Tweets: State Has High Rates of Homophobia, Racism, N-Word Usage (MAPS) Compared to many other states in the country, Missouri has a high concentration of racist, homophobic tweets that include offensive, hateful language. And the tweeters are located all over the s... More >>
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7:00 am
May. 20, 2013
St. Louis News
Grieving Husband Says Calvary Cemetery Did Not Properly Bury Wife, Left Grave in Disrepair When Milad Abounader, 73, went to visit his wife's grave in Calvary Cemetery in north St. Louis on Mother's Day, he was horrified by what he saw. "She doesn't deserve this. No one does," Aboun... More >>
Daily RFT
6:00 am
May. 20, 2013
St. Louis News
St. Louis Boarding House Explosion Possibly a Meth Lab Fire, Burn Victim "Evasive, Police Say Police say that a 44-year-old man suffered burns on his face and chest from a fire over the weekend, which occurred in the basement kitchen of a boarding house in the Shaw neighborhood. The vi... More >>
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2:39 pm
May. 17, 2013
St. Louis News
KMOV's Larry Conners Off Air After IRS Comments, Lawyer Says Not Allowed To Talk On Tuesday we reported on KMOV-TV (Channel 4) anchor Larry Conners' controversial comments on his Facebook page pondering whether the IRS was targeting him in response to a critical interview he... More >>
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11:55 am
May. 17, 2013
St. Louis News
St. Peters Police: Nude Man Fondles Himself in Front of Library, Asks Girl If She Wants a Ride A naked man sitting in his car outside a library in St. Peters this week asked a teenage girl if she wanted a ride while he fondled himself. That is according to St. Peters police officials wh... More >>
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11:00 am
May. 17, 2013
St. Louis News
Blues Captain David Backes Fights to Save Phineas the Dog, Salem Pet on Death Row As we reported yesterday, Phineas the Dog, who lives in Salem, could be put to sleep -- after a long, bizarre battle in the south-central Missouri city. In response to a biting incident a year a... More >>
Daily RFT
9:30 am
May. 17, 2013
St. Louis News
Stacy Davis Charged with Murder; Woman Overdosed, Found in Alley, Buried Under TV Police say that Stacy Davis, a 29-year-old St. Louis man, provided Carmen Cross, 30, with heroin and cocaine, which she combined into a cocktail and injected. After the first dose, she allegedly... More >>
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8:45 am
May. 17, 2013
St. Louis News
Father Gary Meier, St. Louis Catholic Priest, Announces He is Gay In 2011, a slender book came out called Hidden Voices: Reflections of a Gay, Catholic Priest. The author was "Anonymous." "This book is for all of those who are being or have been driven away,"... More >>
Daily RFT
8:00 am
May. 17, 2013
St. Louis News
Kansas City Police Dept. Loves Footage of Officer Falling, Airs on Tonight Show (VIDEO) Earlier this month, a Kansas City police officer trying to pull a fallen tree from the road fell to the ground in the process when a branch broke. It's some pretty classic slapstick hilarity -- ... More >>
Daily RFT
7:00 am
May. 17, 2013
St. Louis News
St. Louis Protesters Rally Against Allowing Gay Boy Scouts: "We Are Not Out To Discriminate" Protesters are staging a rally in St. Louis today urging the Boy Scouts of America to reject a policy change that would allow openly gay members. Linda Briggs-Harty, a Brentwood mother who will... More >>
Daily RFT
6:00 am
May. 17, 2013
St. Louis News
Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Finally Gets Hearing on Last Day of Missouri Session A proposal to decriminalize marijuana across the state will have a hearing this morning at the Missouri House of Representatives -- which appears to be the farthest this effort has ever gone in ... More >>
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1:25 pm
May. 16, 2013
St. Louis News
LGBT Bullying: Why Does Rep. Sue Allen Oppose Specific Protections for Gay Students? An anti-bullying bill at the Missouri legislature has died -- and Representative Sue Allen, the sponsor of the proposal, is now casting blame on openly gay lawmakers. At the center of the figh... More >>
Daily RFT
11:33 am
May. 16, 2013
St. Louis News
There's A (Fake?) Body On The Glass Ceiling Of the Missouri House of Representatives It's the second to last day of the Missouri legislative session, and things are getting pretty weird. And, no, we're not talking about seersucker suits. This morning, a body appeared on the gl... More >>
Daily RFT
10:27 am
May. 16, 2013
St. Louis News
St. Louis Parks Officials Indicted on Fraud Charges, Allegedly Embezzled Funds For Years Update below: Two St. Louis parks officials allegedly stole around half a million dollars from the city by submitting false invoices since 2005, according to a federal indictment announced this m... More >>
Daily RFT
9:16 am
May. 16, 2013
St. Louis News
Military Sexual Assault: Claire McCaskill Calls For Justice System Reforms, Better Prevention This week, the United States Army announced that one of its sergeants in Fort Hood, Texas, is facing allegations of pandering, abusive sexual contact, assault and maltreatment of subordinates. ... More >>

From the Print Edition

All Politics Is Racial: The tiny north-county hamlet of Vinita Park puts a new spin on the old adage All Politics Is Racial: The tiny north-county hamlet of Vinita Park puts a new spin on the old adage

The first time JaCola Williams saw the mayor was when he drove his golf cart, the one with "City of Vinita Park" painted on the side, up her family's dead-end… More >>

Ask a Mexican: Why do people think you can make a word Spanish just by adding an O? Ask a Mexican: Why do people think you can make a word Spanish just by adding an O?

Dear Mexican: Where did the notion of adding an -o to the end of an English word and assuming it makes it a Spanish word come from? Juanito Dear Wab: "Anglos have… More >>

The Cover of the May 16 Print Edition

Photo-illustration by Tom Carlson. Read the cover story: "All Politics Is Racial: The tiny north-county hamlet of Vinita Park puts a new spin on the old adage."… More >>

Ask a Mexican: Why is it that people from Chihuahua and Monterrey are such jackasses? Ask a Mexican: Why is it that people from Chihuahua and Monterrey are such jackasses?

Dear Mexican: Why is it that people from Chihuahua and Monterrey are such jackasses? They come from pinches ranchitos and talk about their haciendas, They cross the border and act… More >>

Echoes of the Cold War

This week's RFT feature is a Tim Lane graphic that recounts his visit to a retired Nike missile silo in the town of Pacific. It includes facts about the installation,… More >>

The Cover of the May 9 Print Edition

Illustration by Tim Lane. Read the story: "Echoes of the Cold War".… More >>

Catch Him While You Can: Broadway star Norbert Leo Butz returns to St. Louis next week for a good cause Catch Him While You Can: Broadway star Norbert Leo Butz returns to St. Louis next week for a good cause

For Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can sounded like the ideal gig. This musical adaptation of Steven Spielberg's popular movie had been tailor-written to accentuate Butz's stage strengths:… More >>

Ask a Mexican: Why is everybody "white" now? Ask a Mexican: Why is everybody "white" now?

Dear Mexican: Although I'm familiar with your column, I don't read it regularly. But today, I was struck by something you said in a recent column about how Mexicans can… More >>

The Cover of the May 2 Print Edition

Illustration by Sarah Norwood. See Also: - RFT Spring Arts Guide 2012: Music - RFT Spring Arts Guide 2012: Dance - Catch Him While You Can: Broadway star Norbert Leo Butz returns to… More >>

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