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The East: Where Brit Marling saves the world from the world-savers

The Ag-Gag War: How undercover animal-rights activists are winning it

Vapor Nozzles On Their Way Out at St. Louis Gas Stations

They've been around for well over a decade, but now the accordian-like bibs on gas nozzles at metro St. Louis gas stations are headed toward extinction. Last year the EPA determined that the vapor-trapping nozzles are no longer needed because most cars on the road these days come equipped with dev ... More >>

Vontel Harris, St. Louis Homicide No. 101; Shot Outside a Mobil Station on Kingshighway

Yesterday, Vontel Harris of the O'Fallon neighborhood was in the parking lot of the Mobil station at Kingshighway and Delmar Boulevard.  At about 1 pm., the cops say, a white, newer-model Mazda SUV pulled in front of him and a companion and started shooting. Harris  suffered gunshots to th ... More >>

The Ten Most Egregious Tax Loopholes in the U.S.

St. Clair County Sheriff's Department Raids 13 Shops for Synthetic Drugs

The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department joined forces with the Belleville Police, US Marshals, Cahokia Police, Mascoutah Police and the Fairview Heights Police to simultaneously execute search warrants at thirteen businesses in the county suspected of selling synthetic drugs. The 10 a.m. raid was ... More >>

Northside Gas Station Owner Claims City Seduced and Betrayed Him

Image viaAttorney Eric Vickers​Attorney/activist Eric Vickers has made something of a cottage industry out of championing the little guy against City Hall (see his case against Paul McKee's Northside Regeneration project, or the one against St. Louis Public Schools). Now he's at it again: Last Thu ... More >>

Express Scripts Tearing Up Fortune 500 List

Express Scripts is St. Louis' largest company -- by far.​The pharmaceutical management company Express Scripts isn't just the largest St. Louis company on this year's Fortune 500 list -- it's actually made the magazine's list of fastest growing companies across the nation.With 81.8 percent revenue ... More >>

Cardinals: A Humble Suggestion for This Season's "Mobil on the Run" Song

The good folks at Mobil on the Run have given us some notable pieces of advertisement over the past couple years, but I have yet to see a new commercial from them this baseball season, regarding the number six or any other numbers, serious or otherwise. To which I say: bunk! We need cheap drink ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, July 9, to Sunday, July 11

Common will perform for free with DJ Needles Friday night at Live on the Levee.​Friday, July 9 *Common/DJ Needles, Live on the Levee *Jonny Lang/Brandi Shearer, The Pageant *Let Them Eat Art festival, Maplewood *3 Sheets to the Wind/Vanattica/Sonic Candy/Ahj/Acupunkture, Fubar (early show) *Le ... More >>

Washington Park's Mobil Gas Station of Death

Those gas prices are killer!​Running on empty in southern Illinois? You might want to avoid filling up at the Mobil station on Kingshighway in Washington Park.After yet another homicide in the gritty East St. Louis suburb, the village's police chief told the Belleville News-Democrat that police "a ... More >>

Country Version of "Six is a Serious Number" is Seriously Awful

​Remember how last year you heard that 'Six is a Serious Number' advertisement on the radio, or saw it on the television, and immediately found it annoying? You thought to yourself, "This is just terrible. Who in the hell thought this was a good idea?" But then, something odd happened. T ... More >>

Laclede Gas Tied for Worst Place in America to Work if You're Gay, Lesbian or Transgendered

Laclede: It's a gas -- unless you're gay. ​The Laclede Group, whose primary subsidiary is Laclede Gas, has earned the dubious distinction of finishing tied with Exxon Mobil Corp. as the worst place in the nation to work if you're gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered. A total o ... More >>

2009 in Review: November

​​November was all about Thanksgiving -- though not in the traditional sense. No, our Thanksgiving was all about booze. (Or maybe that is traditional.) Anyway: The Beertender told you what beers to drink with Thanksgiving dinner, the Noble Writ discussed how to pair wines with your feast, and we ... More >>

FoodWire: Four Forbes Stars for Tony's Restaurant

Forbes Travel Guide -- formerly known as Mobil Travel Guide -- is out with its annual star ratings of restaurants nationwide, and Downtown institution Tony's (410 Market Street; website) is the highest-rated St. Louis restaurant, scoring four out of a maximum five stars. The only other four- star re ... More >>

The Big Bloody: In East St. Louis, Three Women Shot at Gas Station, Children in Vehicle

Police have arrested a man suspected of executing a triple-slaying on Saturday night at an East St. Louis Mobil station, reports KMOX.

No Justice: We've bailed out the banks. When do we go after the crooks behind our financial collapse?

Love It or Hate It, Cardinals "Six is a Serious Number" Promo is a Serious Ear Worm

Urban Dictionary defines an ear worm as "any song that is so catchy, and at the same time extremely annoying, that it feels like a worm has crawled into your ear and eaten the intelligent parts of your brain so that you hum the song all day long, no matter how much you hate it." I tend to think of t ... More >>

Special tortilla-contest edition!

University of Missouri biology professor Frederick vom Saal has been sounding the alarm about bisphenol A for a decade. Has he got your attention?

Press Release of the Day - The Southern Gentleman's Edition

Small Plates, Monday, 11/27

Alternative Energy

Margaritaville Lives

We picnic with Parrotheads, get literary with book-minded bands and witness an old-fashioned blues royale

The Resurrection of Carl Officer

East St. Louis’ prodigal son is back — but is he the man to save Sin City?

As the Whirl Turns

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

What Is a Fair and Reasonable Price for a Gallon of Gas?

Week of October 6, 2004

Gob Story

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

Inn & Out

Decadence and desperation rendezvous at St. Louis' no-tell motels

Cold Comfort

Coldplay reinvigorates the power ballad for the MTV2 generation

Odd Ducks

The fight to preserve St. Charles County floodplains makes for some strange bedfellows

Fond Affections

Love her or hate her, the RFT's most talked-about food reviewer is back

The Great Escape

Baz Luhrmann makes movies -- and audiences -- in his own image

Let Them Eat Y2Cake

Dining out at the end of the millennium

Hunting for the Smoking Gun

An Alabama lawyer with St. Louis ties takes on big oil

Paying the Price

Bud Faron and other independent dealers devoted their lives to the big oil companies. That just wasn't enough.

What Does It Mean When Restaurants Advertise "Fine Foods" or "Fine Dining"?

Have You Test-Driven the So-Called Female Condom?

The Merchant of Venice

The McKinley Bridge is broke — structurally and financially — and everyone wants it fixed. Trouble is, Mayor Tyrone Echols of Venice isn't about to give away the city's bridge. But he could be talked into trading it.