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Former St. Louis Alderman Tom Bauer Loses Defamation Ruling on Appeal

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District last week reversed a St. Louis jury's verdict in which former St. Louis Alderman Tom Bauer (Ward 24) won a defamation lawsuit against 7-Eleven and one of its franchise owners, Randy Munton. In a unanimous decision handed down November 27, all three appe ... More >>

50 Ounces of 7-Eleven Double Gulp Is Still a Lot of Double Gulp

Shocking news from the fountain-soda beat: 7-Eleven has reduced the capacity of its Double Gulp from 64 ounces to a mere 50. Is 7-Eleven taking a stand in the contentious debate about obesity in America? Nope. Seems the 64-ounce Double Gulp was just too damn big for the average vehicle's cup-holde ... More >>

Handcuffed Suspect Steals St. Louis Cop Car in Wild Chase Last Night

​The St. Louis police department mirrored the Keystone Kops last night in a bizarre chase that began in a south-city convenience store. As stltoday.com reports, three gunmen entered the 7-Eleven at Chippewa and Brannon last night and fired shots into the air before making off with the cash drawer. ... More >>

We All Scream For and About Ice Cream

Because CofFree Day at 7-Eleven isn't exciting enough, today's free mini waffle sundae day at Maggie Moo's (15801 Manchester Road, Ellisville; 699 F Gravois Bluffs Boulevard, Fenton; 8853 Ladue Road, Suite Q, Ladue)! They're giving away the sundaes to the first 200 customers from 3 to 6 p.m. It's ... More >>

Brace Yourself: 7-Eleven's Serving Up Free Coffee and Virtual Scaldings This Week

7-ElevenFree 7-Eleven coffee and exacting online revenge? Oh, thank heaven!​7-Eleven's giving away free stuff, and it's not even on a date that has a seven or eleven in it! This Thursday, from 7 to 11 a.m. -- ah, there it is -- 7-Eleven stores will be giving away free medium cups of coffee in ... More >>

Four Loko, 7-Eleven

image viaDrink of the Week is not acquainted with these hipsters, nor do we recognize the beach. But we're betting the Four Loko they've got is the original regular, not the reformulated unleaded.​If you subscribe to that line about living fast, dying young and leaving a good-looking corpse, t ... More >>

7-11 Doesn't Want to be Opportunisitc, Preceeds to Beat Slurpee Summit Idea to Pulp

7-11 freaks out at the prospect of a Slurpee Summit. USA Today reports that the company got really excited when President Obama suggested the possibility of a "Slurpee summit" with the new Republican leadership. They've contacted the White House and offered to cater the summit. A new ad campaign wil ... More >>

Christopher Lee of Cafe Ventana, Sanctuaria and Chuy Arzola's, Part 2

This is part two of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Christopher Lee of Cafe Ventana, Sanctuaria, and Chuy Arzola's. To read part one, click here. Part three, a recipe from Chef Lee, will be available soon. Robin Wheeler​Did your family cook when you were a child? If so, what mea ... More >>

Drink of the Week: G.T.'s Organic Raw Kombucha, Local Harvest Cafe

Debauchery is easy, penance is hard.​The kind folks who work at Local Harvest Grocery and the café across the street are accustomed to seeing us in various states of disrepair. These places are mere blocks away from our house, and we have come to treat them of extensions of our home. When we ... More >>

Rent a Wreck: For a former video-store giant, not such a blockbuster decade

A Convenient Sweet Tooth: Sweet Scout Visits Convenience Stores

User "Jellyfish Juice," Wikimedia Commons​There's no rule that says good sweets can't be cheap. Anyone with a sweet tooth worth its weight in Hostess CupCakes and Hershey's Milk Chocolate can tell you that. Sometimes, cheap simplicity hits the spot better than ornate decadence. You might not know ... More >>

The God of Skeptics: Heretics, nonbelievers and doubters worship "The Amazing Randi." So what will free thinkers do when he's gone?

"Macho Man" Economics

A Macho Man Randy Savage Impersonator's Sure-Fire Plan to Save the St. Louis Economy

J.R. Moore displays his economic stimulus plan -- and winning lottery picks. Got a call this morning from a J.R. Moore of St. Louis who told me that he had an idea better than President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan. "Could I meet you in person today for five minutes?" asked Moore over the p ... More >>

Warming Trend: Why do Mexicans heat up their cars for so damn long?

An Arrow Runs Through It: Bowfishers take aim at Asian carp

A Sweet Reminder: Free Slurpees Until 7 p.m.

2007: The Year in Movies and Music

A year-end wrap-up of what we adored, what was ignored and what the new year will bring.

Jermaine Andre brings the Code of the Samurai to cage fighting.

Bow to your sensei.

Bloodsuckahz

They get off on vampires and horror movies and brutal deaths. It's all part of the hell-hop scene.

From Russia with Latkes

A Russian buffet in suburban Creve Coeur. Who knew?

Matchmaker, Matchmaker

B-Sides finds other Franken-guitars to match Junior Brown's creation, earns some holiday cash on eBay and discovers that Milemarker and My Chemical Romance have more in common than you'd think

Lord of Dogtown

Tom Bauer wants his opponents to say uncle. They just want his job.

Pop the Top

This south-side spot proves you can go home again (and drink Dad's beer while you're there)

Break It Off

A new local DVD and dance contest revive breakin' in the Lou

Choke the Chicken

Adult businesses fear the "Smut Shop" bill will tax them into oblivion

As the Whirl Turns

St. Louis' crime tabloid is still dishing the dirt after 66 years -- and the cops love it

Peeping Bob

Soulard residents worry Big Brother will come knocking with Kraiberg's camera plan

Passing Gas

Jackass-riding Alderman Tom Bauer and QuikTrip join forces to test the limits of eminent domain

Baby Love

The belated holiday anime Tokyo Godfathers is a genre-bending offer you shouldn't refuse

Warsaw Pact House

DJ Sky brings Eastern European flava to the Lou

The Star-Spangled Bender

Hold on to your liver! An RFT salute to the coolest local watering holes you've never heard of.

Murder in the Cathedral

Carol Bledsoe's alleged killer had a long criminal record and deep psychological problems. Church volunteers didn't know how big a threat he posed.

Sherman's March

The venerable Billy Sherman's Deli makes a move but doesn't stray too far from where it came

Elvisville

Downtown Memphis is already where downtown St. Louis hopes to go

A Cross to Bear

Joyce gets nailed for tall talk and tiny action

Do We Choose Whom We Love, or Is Love Beyond Our Control?

Week of February 13, 2001

Letters

Week of September 26, 2001

Pledging Allegiance

All of a sudden, some immigrants are compelled to show their patriotism

Bad Rap

Nelly and the St. Lunatics are riding high, but their brother City Spud isn't riding with them. "I'm human. I made a mistake," he says from prison.

Which Radio Commercial Do You Turn Off the Quickest?

Week of June 27, 2001

In the Gutter, Face-Up

Grime pays for up-and-coming novelist Michael DeCapite

Jack and Jill

Our reviewer broadcasts her opinion of J. Buck's

THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT

Written and directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez

Burned

Ellen Reasonover has served 16 years of a life sentence for murder. But new evidence -- a secret tape and a forgotten memo -- suggests that the prosecution may have committed the real crime.

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