We get political with Kerry and Dean, feel the bite of a "Mad Dog" and discover something amazing about Prius ownership. Plus, confidential to Unreal readers: Parking downtown is easy!
flickr.com/photos/james_in_baltoToday is the National Day of Prayer. Or, in the words of the National Day of Prayer Task Force, a chance to "pray with conviction that God would continue to shed His grace on thee." This has been going on since 1952 when President (and Missourian) Harry Truman signed a joint resolution by both houses of Congress into law.Prayer is a means of forming a closer relationship with God. You can't just ask for things. That is the difference between God and Santa Claus. (
It was the summer of 1953. Queen Elizabeth had just been cornonated. The Braves had left Boston for Milwaukee, and Elvis was making his first recording. Back in Independence, Missouri, meanwhile, there was Harry Truman, restless in his first months of presidential retirement and itchy as a tick bite to make the transition into civilian-hood.
A cross-country road trip in his brand new Chrysler New Yorker, thought Truman, would help pave the way for him to become "Citizen Truman" a
Harry Truman and his "The Buck Stops Here" placard. Have you heard this one already? Matt Blunt's attorneys are asking the court to replace their client with Governor Jay Nixon in a lawsuit accusing the former governor of defamation and wrongful termination in the firing of political aide Scott Eckersley. Eckersley claims he was wrongly fired in 2007 after
raising concerns that Blunt's office was not following the Sunshine Law
in its e-mail practices. The former aide also claims he was defamed b
For the third time in 15 years, Billy Joel and Elton John have teamed up with their dueling pianos co-headlining tour. It's a fool-proof idea, really, and therefore no surprise that it drew a near-capacity crowd to the Scottrade Center last night. Both men have racked up dozens of hit songs and sold millions of records, and their common bond -- the primacy of the grand piano -- is more than enough to unite them.
The show began and ended with Elton and Billy facing each other from the piano ben
