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Meth Explosion Sends Suspect Running Naked Through Streets

Police say they've located the nude man seen fleeing an explosion early Wednesday morning in Farmington. The suspect, a 22-year-old male from the nearby eastern Missouri town of Bismarck, checked himself into Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis last week and is undergoing treatment for severe burns ... More >>

Barnes-Jewish Hospital Ambulance Theft: How Did Suspect Ride Off With Emergency Vehicle?

Emergency paramedics were in such a rush last night to get a patient into Barnes-Jewish Hospital that they apparently forgot to secure their ambulance. When they went back outside, the vehicle was gone. "The patient...was in such critical condition," Tim Brown, a MedStar operations manager, tell ... More >>

Tidbits: Robust Opens Downtown Location, Veritas Gateway Food and Wine Move and More

- Sauce's Julie Cohen sneaks a peek at the new downtown location of Robust (227 West Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves; 314-963-0033) at 635 Washington Avenue in the Mercantile Exchange, which opened this past weekend. - Meanwhile, Sauce's Ligaya Figueras reports that Veritas Gateway to Food and Wine ... More >>

Pork Steaks or Pork Chops? Don't Get Murdered; Get the Facts

John Cunningham of Jennings now stands accused of fatally blasting his uncle with a shotgun early Monday morning after a heated debate: Were the cuts of meat they were preparing to grill "pork steaks" or "pork chops"?Our city has a history of food-related murders, including one just last week involv ... More >>

Daniel Hooper: Police Say He Sexually Assaulted a Woman at Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Daniel Hooper, 42, has been charged with two counts of sexual abuse and one count of kidnapping for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman on Friday, August 24, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. According to the probable cause statement, the victim was sitting in a wheelchair in the hospital when Hooper app ... More >>

The Ten Best Neighborhood Bars in St. Louis

​Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this RFT Music series, we're beeboping and scattin' our way through notable runners up in a number of categories.Diana BenantiThe Royale̴ ... More >>

A Real Cluster Truck: As food trucks proliferate, tension builds between mobile vendors and immovable eateries

Norman Tammons: The Carjacker Who Couldn't Drive Straight

Norman Tammons​Norman Tammons has been charged with four counts of robbery and two counts of leaving the scene of an accident after he allegedly stole three cars Saturday in St. Louis and crashed all three vehicles within minutes. According to authorities, the 31-year-old from Centreville approa ... More >>

Stupid People Tricks: The raw crawfish conundrum

Bike with Dad

Talking Through Pictures

Battle of the Food Trucks: Tacos Tangle with Pizzas

Alissa NelsonGentlemen, start your engines!​In a world where our social interactions are dictated via our Internet connection, the food truck is king. Sure, you can experience the serendipity of random interaction, the chance street-food vendor, but who leaves these things to chance any more? ... More >>

This Month in Science

image via​Here in St. Louis, lots and lots of people are working tirelessly to explain the meaning of life -- not in the philosophical sense, but literally: How does the universe work? Here are some of the discoveries they've made this month, as reported in Riverfront Times and Daily RFT: Bar ... More >>

You think the Americans with Disabilities Act has leveled the playing field? Try walking in my shoes.

St. Louis Happy Hours: Central West End

Unions Lining Up Opposition to Rex Sinquefield's Prop A

It's definitely not fair to say that donations from local unions and their counterparts in Washington, D.C., will even the playing field with Rex Sinquefield. The St. Louis zillionaire has already donated an astonishing $10.8 million toward his campaign to force a vote on earnings taxes in St. Louis ... More >>

Marilyn Cork: Charged with Running Over Ex-Boyfriend After Their Court Hearing

Courtesy: Clayton PoliceMs. Cork: Pops off.​Marilyn Cork of the 5900 block of Garfield in Kinloch was charged today with first-degree assault and armed-criminal action for intentionally running over her ex-boyfriend after the two attended a hearing against each other in small-claims court. The inc ... More >>

Lightning Struck 2 Yesterday, Felt 'Tingly'

Image viaYesterday's storm as imagined from my outpost cowering under my desk.​Monday's ominous lightning-filled sky looked pretty cool, huh? The lightning, however, was much less awesome for the two people who were reportedly struck by it yesterday.

Heavy Duty: Back-weary St. Louis EMTs struggle to transport more portly patients than ever before

Ass Clown of the Week: Who's the First Moron of 2010?

​We're only eight days into the new year, but based on the number of outrageous and depraved acts revealed this week, oh what a year 2010 shall be! That said, it's time to vote on the year's first crop of Ass Clowns. Choose the local news-maker below who you think brought the most shame and disgra ... More >>

Chef's Choice: Josh Allen, Companion

Robin WheelerJosh Allen, founder of Companion​It doesn't take much to change the face of baking in a city. For Companion founder Josh Allen, it started with a few watts. "I have a fond memory of stealing my sister's Easy-Bake oven, so I was pretty good at baking brownies by the heat of a light bu ... More >>

RFT talks with the St. Louis nurse who kept Saddam healthy until it was time for him to hang

We're Woven Together

Meeting Tonight to Help Design City's Newest Green Space: Chouteau Park

Remember all that squabbling a few years ago when the city handed over a piece of Forest Park to Barnes-Jewish Hospital? Part of the deal required that the city replace the 9.4 acres of green space it would lose to the hospital with new park land. Two years later, one of those spin-off parks is now ... More >>

Barnes-Jewish Hospital Makes U.S. News' Honor Roll (Again)

stlouis.missouri.orgU.S. News & World Report came out yesterday with its annual ranking of the country's best hospitals. Earning high marks (again) was Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The hospital ranked No. 9 this year in the magazine's "Honor Roll" of best hospitals. According to a Barnes-Jewish spoke ... More >>

R.I.P. Tega from Da Camp

myspace.com/theweightisoverTegaSt. Louis rapper Tega, of the group Da Camp, died last week from injuries suffered in a May 16 shooting in Wellston, reports the Post-Dispatch.The 25 year-old (given name Ortega Devon Henderson), died on Wednesday May 27 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.Da Camp is best known ... More >>

Certified professional midwife: Coming to a yellow pages directory near you

Mark Pollman: R.I.P. You Ornery Ol' Cuss

Legendarily Ornery STL Bartender Mark Pollman ICU Update

Midwest Avengers' Guitarist Stabbed, Show Postponed

Walking and Talking

Northside's Antoine Anderson Walks on the Sidewalk

Money Talks

Jogging While Intoxicated

Just in time for the worst storm in recorded history, Unreal catches up to Hash House Harriers, the drinking club with a running problem

Going Down Slow

Bennie Smith and a dwindling cadre of St. Louis music pioneers have a right to sing the blues

This Gland Is Your Gland

Unreal snags the rare prostate interview, drops in on a lawyer's blog and cracks open a can of Dinty Moore beef stew (the linchpin of the Pontoon Beach Diet); plus, how many Post reporters does it take to tell us it's really frickin' cold?

Mind Over Muddle

Cha Yoon Sushi & Elixir Tea Bar, 4 N. Euclid Avenue, 314-367-2209

Hey, Mr. Spaceman

Unreal wants proof of this whole "Mars" thing; plus, Rochell Moore readies her arsenal of biblical curses (again), and we unveil the Official Unreal Wardrobe Malfunction Nipple Shield™ (just in time for Mardi Gras!)

Gob Story

Exxon pulled out of its Clinton County coal mine nearly a decade ago. Locals still live with the mess.

Shot in the Act

Two off-duty St. Louis County cops. One dangerous game.

Who's Afraid of Anthony Shahid?

He's a hero to some, a pain to others. Either way, he makes people very nervous.

Best St. Louisan of 2002

Bob Jamerson

Working for Tips

With wit and banter as sharp as his izmal, Rabbi Mike Rovinsky is a circumcising machine

Funny Business

Rich Balducci takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'

Best Neighborhood

Central West End

Wages of the City

Even if the living-wage proposal passes, don't look for any drastic changes for many St. Louisans eking out a living on minimum pay

Removing a Doorstop

The theory behind Dr. Joel Cooper's lung-volume-reduction technique is as simple as closing a door

A Tale of Two Buildings

Things are looking up for the Arcade Building, but what will happen to the Marquette Building is anyone's guess; plus, other St. Louis follies and foibles

WHY BE NORML?

How a respected economist became St. Louis' No. 1 advocate for legalizing pot

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