Mary Ellen

OccupySTL Protesters and Reps from Mayor's Office Hold Meeting; Civility Ensues

Albert SamahaHow long will Mayor Slay let the OccupySTL tents stay in Kiener Plaza?​Forty or so OccupySTL protesters and a handful of reporters stood outside the Broadway Central entrance of the Edward Jones Dome, in the rain, waiting for someone to open the doors. They could see security guards a ... More >>

Pro-Earnings Tax Group Spent $15 Per Vote

Rex Sinquefield forced the earnings tax to vote -- thereby pumping more than $500,000 into the economy of political consultants and campaign strategists. Talk about a stimulus!​It wasn't exactly cheap -- but it was effective.Citizens for a Stronger St. Louis, the group organized by St. Louis Mayor ... More >>

Citizens For a Stronger St. Louis: Pro-Tax Group Spent $417K

Rex Sinquefield: Billionaire spent $11 million, apparently to help a few Dems make a quick buck.​Rex Sinquefield may have been hoping to kickstart a discussion about whether the city's earnings tax is a good thing -- a discussion Mayor Francis Slay has indicated he's willing to have. But in the me ... More >>

Latest Possible Cause of Food Poisoning? The Body of Christ

Wash those hands!​From Newsday, via Gawker, comes a twist to the usual food-poisoning story: exposure to hepatitis A during the communion portion of a Catholic mass in Long Island.Department and church officials did not name the source of the virus, but said that people who attended services [on ... More >>

Thousand Dollar Baby: By day Jamie O'Hare studies for a master's in social work. Her night job is anything but.

The Rockwell Files

Steven Spielberg's stolen painting, a St. Louis art thief, and a plot to kill Martin Luther King. It could make a helluva movie.

The Purloined Rockwell

Stolen in St. Louis in '73. Found last week — on Steven Spielberg's wall.

The Purloined Rockwell

The Purloined Rockwell

Stolen in St. Louis in '73. Found today -- on Steven Spielberg's wall

Letters

Week of September 15, 2004

Tailspin

Lambert's billion-dollar expansion hangs on a wing and a prayer: The numbers no longer add up

Tempest Tossed

Writer Terry Tempest Williams believes the chaos and terror of recent weeks could bring about a restoration of place and spirit in America

FREE AT LAST

Ellen Reasonover is released from jail after 16 years

ON THE HOT SEAT

A former prosecutor and a former police investigator explain their actions in the Ellen Reasonover case 16 years ago. Their accounts don't square.

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.