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No MO Money For a Former Bellwether

Once upon a time, Missouri was the bellwether of the Presidential elections. You could always count on us to pick the winner. Remember 2008 when Barack Obama rallied beneath the Arch and even John McCain paid a few visits here? Oh, those glorious days. But then, by just .1 percent of the popular vot ... More >>

The Electric Pencil: A long-lost cache of sketches by a state mental hospital inmate finally yields up some of its secrets

Working and Not Working: DW Gibson Talks About His Conversations With America's Unemployed

For many journalists, including DW Gibson, Studs Terkel's Working, originally published in 1974, remains a touchstone. Terkel took his tape recorder out into the streets of Chicago and interviewed some 200 people about what they did all day and how they felt about it, and then edited their responses ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Why can't we all call the Rio Grande the same thing?

National Survey Hails Crown Candy Kitchen, the Good Pie, Pappy's Smokehouse, Ted Drewes

Opinionated About Dining strikes again. In March, the restaurant website's annual survey, which draws from 70,000 reviews by 3,000 users, ranked Niche (1831 Sidney Street; 314-773-7755) one of the nation's top 100 restaurants. In April, it released the survey results by region, and six St. Louis re ... More >>

Kings for a Moment: The feds attack online poker, killing a $2.5 billion industry

Missouri Leads Nation in Black Homicides

​The Violence Policy Center released its analysis of homicide data for the year 2009 (the most recent year with full available statistics), and for the second year straight, Missouri leads the nation in black homicide victimization. With 239 black homicide victims statewide (206 male and 33 female ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Are more Mexicans becoming conservative?

Eating Roadkill's Okay. Organic Picnics Aren't.

Wikimedia CommonsRoadkill's good eats. Organic picnics aren't. ​Missouri's deer season started on Saturday, meaning the critters are on the run from the riflemen and ripe for the car-wrecking and eating. Last week NPR's food blog, The Salt, examined the laws pertaining to eating roadkill aro ... More >>

Farmers' Market Strawberries and Organic Spinach are Recalled

Wikimedia CommonsA big bowl of death! Stawberries recalled for E. coli, spinach for listeria. ​Just because it's organic or came from the farmers' market doesn't mean food's immune to contamination, a scary lesson being learned in Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona. In Oregon, at least si ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Can a gabacho become president of Mexico?

The Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: February 11 to 13

​Could it be? By Sunday the Ice of Doom will finally be starting to melt? Be still my heart! Go to these shows, then -- without fear of falling. And find some more ideas below. Friday Tef Poe Album Release @ The Gramophone The Force member celebrates the release of War Machine with a proper t ... More >>

And Then There Were Eight: Missouri Loses Congressional Seat

​Question: What do Arizona, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, Tennessee and Maryland have in common? Answer: They're all states that either matched or eclipsed Missouri in electoral clout yesterday. That's right, Mizzourah. By dropping one electoral seat as a result of the new censu ... More >>

Missouri Ranked 47th in Protecting Kids From Smoking

​Twelve years after the tobacco industry agreed to a multi-billion-dollar settlement with the attorneys general of 46 states, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is out with a new report examining how -- if at all -- those funds are being used to prevent youth from smoking.  The study isn't ki ... More >>

Steven Jackson, Tony La Russa Remind You (Via Twitter) to Vote

Yes, if you've somehow managed to miss it, today is election day. To that end, two of the biggest names in St. Louis sports are encouraging you to vote. Tony La Russa (@TonyLaRussa) reminds every Missourian to vote "yes" on Proposition B to limit the size and increase the oversight of dog-breeding f ... More >>

Praise the Lord! Concordia Publishing's Hymnal Outsells Freedom

image viaNever underestimate the selling power of a Good Book.​Perhaps Daily RFT's new favorite Tweeter, the world-domination-seeking Emperor Franzen, should take a page from Benton Park's Concordia Publishing House. Since it launched its Hymnal in Every Home campaign four years ago, Concordia ... More >>

Tuesday Tussle: Part 1, Sin Taxes Are the Best Solution to the Illinois Budget Crisis

Image sourceA two percent tax on apples would have kept the Garden of Eden solvent.​Illinois has essentially stopped paying its bills. According to the New York Times, the state has $62.4 billion in pension liabilities and "owes more than $5 billion for schools, rehabilitation centers, child care ... More >>

Tuesday Tussle: Part 2, Sin Taxes? Illinois Needs to Maintain Its Dignity Instead

Image sourceWeep no more, Illinois. By resisting the path of sin, ye shall receive your heavenly reward.​Yes, it's true, these are troubled times for the state of Illinois. Our neighbor across the river is currently $12 billion in debt. Nearly half of that (OK, $5.01 billion) is owed to school ... More >>

Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin

2010 MLB Draft: A Mock Draft You Can Set Your Watch To

It's Christmas in June! ​Finally, Draft Day is here, and I'm as giddy as a small child the day before Christmas, shaking all the packages and trying to figure out what might be in that really big one with my name on it. Unfortunately, no amount of shaking or clever examination of the boxes is goin ... More >>

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New Charges in Kidnapping Case of the "Bumbling Idiots"

William Barger, alleged kidnapping ringleader​Two additional Missouri men have been charged with plotting the bizarre kidnapping last month of a New Jersey man who turned out to be the wrong intended target. The case of mistaken identity prompted the sheriff in the southwestern Missouri town of Ne ... More >>

Want to Own the Amp Used at O.J. Simpson's Trial? Now You Can!

File under: You really never know what's going to show up for sale on Craigslist. About twenty minutes ago, a posting for the amp used in O.J. Simpson's 1995 murder trial popped up for sale in St. Louis. The seller says: I have the PA amp that was used in the Trial of the Century. It is a Stewart P ... More >>

Missouri Ranks Second in U.S. for Black Homicides

Image viaThe dubious distinction was bestowed upon the Show-Me State by the Violence Policy Center, a Washington D.C.-based non-profit in a report published today on black victims of violence.With 235 African-American homicide victims in 2007 (a per capita rate of 34.8 per 100,000), Missouri t ... More >>

VIP FTW!: How bands are using VIP packages to give fans more bang for their buck

What the Post-Dispatch Missed About Milton "Skip" Ohlsen

Ohlsen's mug shot as it appears in an arrest report from March 2008 when police in Ladue found him in possession of a stolen .40 caliber Glock handgun. ​If you didn't see it yesterday, the Post-Dispatch ran a front-page article on Milton "Skip" Ohlsen, the man behind a federal probe into state Sen ... More >>

What Hookers and Johns Are Saying About the Demise of Craigslist's "Erotic Services"

www.anglingfish.netBy now you've probably heard that Craigslist is scrapping its controversial "erotic services" listings in the wake of a series of high-profile crimes and pressure from attorney generals from several states, including Missouri and Illinois.Of course, thinly veiled prostitution ... More >>

Moonflower Resurrection: Jetta Carleton's long-forgotten bestseller about the secret desires of a Missouri farm family blooms again

Humane Society: Missouri Among "The Five Worst States for Exotic Pets"

http://i.treehugger.com/images/2007/10/24/white-tiger-swimming.jpgWhile the Missouri Tigers are busy clawing their way through the first round of the NCAA tournament, the Humane Society of the United States says that when it comes to keeping your neighbors from housing real, live Tigers as pets, the ... More >>

Caseyville Joins the Craigslist Sex Crackdown

Last week, the Cook County Sheriff's Department filed a federal lawsuit demanding that the creators of Craigslist.com take down their site's "erotic services" section, calling it "The largest source of prostitution in America."www.bnd.comApparently the fuzz in the Metro East community of Caseyville ... More >>

Rod Blagojevich: The Musical

It was only a matter of time, wasn't it? The first Blago musical (I know of, anyway) will go on stage this weekend when the St. Louis community theater group StagedFrightMedia debuts its production, Waziriside Story: Till They Framed Rod Blagojevich.The musical, loosely based on West Side Story, jux ... More >>

Castanets

9 p.m. Wednesday, November 19. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Bubba shows up in Kirkwood and the Crowd Laps It Up

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As the World Turns...to Branson.

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You Don't Know Dick

St. Louisans, take some civic pride in Nelly-sanctioned model searches, fire-loving artists, Vespa-ridin' cops and one really underwhelming presidential campaign

Identity Crisis

James Mangold's latest looks scary, plays funny and might be genius for it

Best Casino

Harrah's

Midnight Explosion

"Outside the Box" brings Burning Man-style magic to St. Louis

The Count

Ace blackjack player Stuart Ziglin has been beating Missouri casinos at their own game. Now they want to change the rules.

Jackpot

Missouri's "get-tough" gaming commission gives an embattled casino what it wants

Paying the Price

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

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