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Best of Coachella 2013: Weekend Two

The Visual Stimulations for People Who Were High Coachella's art installations -- the ones designed to impress you while you're high, aka all of them -- were particularly impressive this year. There was the tesla coil, the crane that was formerly a flower but now a praying mantis, the giant floresce ... More >>

Lambert Airport's China Hub Is Dead, But May Live at MidAmerica Airport

​Midwest China Hub Commission Chair Mike Jones all but admitted defeat in the battle to pry tax breaks and public money from Missourians in order to build a dedicated aviation center at Lambert St. Louis International Airport. Jones blamed Missouri for being "cheap" as the main reason why the prop ... More >>

USPS Begins Budget Cuts in Springfield and Cape Girardeau

​The Springfield and Cape Girardeau mail processing centers will be consolidated this year by the United States Postal Service, at a cost of 136 positions combined. Some of those jobs may be transferred to the Kansas City and Downtown St. Louis Sorting and Processing Facilities, which are assuming ... More >>

Cop Ganks Dank, Feds Spank

​Here's why your package from Humboldt didn't arrive in time for Christmas: Sergeant Larry J. Davis of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department enjoys his job so much that he allegedly took work home with him on a regular basis. Davis is assigned to the Central Patrol Division-Special Operatio ... More >>

St. Louis: A Dog-Eat-Mailman World and City Health Director Wearing MilkBone Underwear

​Remember one those classic intros to Cheers when Norm walks into the bar and Woody asks him how he's doing? Norm responds: "It's a dog-eat-dog world, Woody, and I'm wearing MilkBone underwear." I recalled that scene this morning when reading the latest dust up regarding St. Louis' problem with st ... More >>

Today's Inaugural China Hub Flight Gets Mascot: Ghost of Herve Villechaize

Look, boss! The plane! The plane!​Media is invited this afternoon to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport to witness the first of what city officials hope will be thousands of more cargo flights from China. The China Cargo Airlines jet is scheduled to land at 4 p.m. The governor, local official ... More >>

St. Louis Airport Director Gung-Ho on Cargo Hub

Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge has done her part. Will legislators follow?​As legislators in Jefferson City yesterday continued to debate $360 million in tax credits to help fund an international cargo hub at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, the airport's director, Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, plowed f ... More >>

Post Offices In St. Louis May Be on the National Chopping Block

​When's the last time you sent a letter...or mailed anything at all besides a rent check? It's probably been a while; you probably do most of your correspondence online.The United States Post Office is taking notice. Today, the USPS released a list of 3,653 post offices nationwide to be studied fo ... More >>

Receding River Allows Amtrak to Restore Full Service to Kansas City

Amtrak: Now free to move about Missouri.​Amtrak will restore full service between St. Louis and Kansas City beginning Wednesday. Flooding along the Missouri River forced Amtrak to reduce its runs between the two cities earlier this month after Union Pacific switched more of its freight traffic ont ... More >>

Swollen Missouri River Forces Amtrak to Reduce St. Louis to Kansas City Service

The Union Pacific line west of Jefferson City as viewed this morning.​Flood waters along the Missouri River have forced the Union Pacific railroad to divert its freight trains to a line of track the carrier shares with Amtrak. The resulting congestion has forced the passenger train to temporarily ... More >>

Air Cargo Analyst Stands By Criticism of St. Louis China Hub

Michael Webber: Says St. Louis is paying to hear what it wants to about the China Hub.​Michael Webber, an air-cargo consultant based out of Kansas City, took a lot of heat yesterday from Daily RFT commenters when we re-published some of his thoughts on St. Louis' plans to transform Lambert Field i ... More >>

St. Louis China Hub Called Infeasible; Won't Deliver Jobs or Flights

Look! Is that a Chinese cargo jet about to land in St. Louis, or just pie in the sky?​Air cargo consultant Michael Webber does not mince words then it comes to questioning the promises tied to the proposed Midwest China Hub at Lambert St. Louis International Airport. Webber argues that the cargo h ... More >>

St. Louis is Tops in Postal Carrier Dog Bites

It's up to you to prevent this.​We're No. 5! Celebratory chomps all around.OK, it's not actually that funny. The U.S. Postal Service today released data on the nation's top cities for dog attacks on postal carriers, and St. Louis tied for fifth (along with San Antonio) with 39 attacks in 2010. Hou ... More >>

Oberhofer/Flaming Death Trap/Dubb Nubb

9 p.m. Wednesday, January 26. The Billiken Club, 20 North Grand Boulevard in the Busch Student Center at Saint Louis University.

UPDATE: Last of the Steam-Powered Trains May Puff Into Town -- If You Cast Your Vote

image viaThe ol' 844 steams down the track.​Update, January 18: The Little Rock Express beat out the Tuscola Turn, 76,217 votes to 73,175. Daily RFT apologizes to Tuscolans who cannot take a little trash-talking in the name of friendly competition. -------- The nineteenth century was definit ... More >>

Postal Worker Stole $2,500 in Birthday Money From Wash. U. and Fontbonne Kids

image viaIs nothing sacred?​Thomas Riner, who sorted mail at the U.S. Postal Service processing center downtown, was convicted in a federal court last Wednesday, November 10, of nine counts of mail tampering and one count of mail theft. All ten cases involved taking money and gift cards from b ... More >>

Owl City

8 p.m. Wednesday, May 5. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Bob Wayne

9 p.m. Friday, January 15. The Fox Hole at the Atomic Cowboy, 4140 Manchester Avenue.

Dr. Dog

8 p.m. Tuesday, October 13. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University, One Brookings Drive.

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard Set Tour Dates

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard are playing four shows in October, to celebrate the release of their Jack Kerouac-inspired collaboration, One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. The closest tour date is October 26 in Chicago at Lincoln Hall -- and judging by the band backing the pair, a road trip m ... More >>

Jenny Lewis

8 p.m. Sunday, June 14. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

St. Louis to Chicago in Under Four Hours By Train

It may be possible in the not-too-distant future. Yesterday President Barack Obama unveiled plans for a high-speed rail network throughout the United States. A Midwestern route -- with a hub based in Chicago -- could go online in 2012 connecting the Windy City with Milwaukee and Detroit. Another lin ... More >>

Sending Out an S.O.S.

Independent media and labels bear the brunt of the postal service raising its rates.

Cold as Ice

NHL 2K7 looks pretty, but fails to light the lamp.

Little Debbie Marshmallow Pies (Banana)

$1.09
Grand Supermarket
2700 South Grand Boulevard

Running on Empty

Truck firms are so desperate for drivers that just about anybody can get behind the wheel

Benjy Come Philately

You've Got Mail

That is, unless you live in McKinley Heights

Rich McDonough

(Wednesday night, Beale on Broadway)

Love's Labor Remixed

We strike out with the ladies, music-geek style, check out John Kerry's Behind the Music and hunt for Weird Al trivia

Puttin' the "Rrrrr" in Washers

The sport of backyard kings

Letters

Week of February 11, 2004

Going Postal

Maybe it’s time to revisit Steve Stogel’s redevelopment plan for the Old Post Office downtown

Best Shortcut

Sublette Avenue

Best Post Office

Kirkwood Post Office

Track Meet

The Museum of Transportation throws wide its gates for a get-together

The Dresser

With his snappy threads, fancy footwork and sordid past, Vance Thompson has cut a swath through St. Louis

Board Games

New school-board members Amy Hilgemann and Rochell Moore wanted to improve public education in St. Louis but ended up suing the district. The gridlock continues, but the schools remain the same.

The Anthrax Is Not in the Mail

Americans need to get defiant about terrorism

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