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  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Elain Kay Young and Katherine A. Mock: Convicted of 2006 Murder for Hire

    ​Two rural Missouri women were found guilty of conspiracy to committ murder for hire as a tandem, despite their partnership falling apart and each woman turning on the other in court. Elain Kay Young, 57, and Katherine A. Mock, 58, face life in prison for the crime, which resulted in one man' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Daniel Hughes: Ritz-Carlton Sexual Assault Suspect Sued By Home Insurer

    Daniel Hughes' insurance company bristles at paying for his legal defense.​The company that holds the home insurance policy for Daniel Hughes, the Pennsylvania man accused of sexually assaulting a pre-teen in the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton this past March, has found himself in yet another legal battl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    State Senator Jane Cunningham Hints at Death Panels, Blocks Bill for Insurance Exchanges

    ​State Senator Jane Cunningham (R - Chesterfield) assures Daily RFT that she is not the "black helicopter type." Still, when reading House Bill 609 that would set up a health insurance exchange in Missouri, she came across language that reminded her of the "death panels" critics of federal health ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Harris-Stowe, Fontbonne Notch Worst Student Loan Default Rates Locally

    A bad economy has sent many college grads into default on their student loans.​Nationally, the rate of former college students defaulting on their federal student loans shot up this year -- with 8.8 percent of borrowers now in default as opposed to just 7 percent last year, according to the U.S. D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Lee Enterprises Gets Another SEC Warning -- Stock Faces Delisting

    Lee Enterprises has loads of debt -- but the company's current market value has dipped below $50 million.​Lee Enterprises -- parent company of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Arizona Daily Star and a number of other smaller newspapers -- has been warned a second time in as many months that it cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    SLU Sues U.S. Department of Education

    Financial aid forms don't always tell the whole story, according to federal statute​Has the U.S. Department of Education pulled a bait-and-switch by demanding that Saint Louis University fork over $2.8 million in student loans paid out by the government fifteen years ago? That's what administ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Debt Collection Company Fights Off Missouri AG -- Again

    Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster​Deception? Unfair practices? The Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District says those may be A-OK for a Kansas City debt collection company targeted by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster.Why? Turns out that, per the court, the statute Koster was using t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    University of Missouri, Other MO Colleges, Hit By Veterans' Lawsuit

    War is hell; trying to pay for college tuition in Missouri ain't all that easy either.​A group of military veterans is suing trustees at the University of Missouri, Southeast Missouri State University and the Moberly Area Community College, alleging that the universities systematically overcharged ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Time to Drug Test that CEO

    While the real dialogue on DailyRFT today could be found on a post about the efficacy of red-light cameras in saving lives, the most succinct and humorous comment of the day came in response to a post about a bill allowing welfare recipients to be drug tested. Commenter "AN" had this to say: So seri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    How Easy Is It to Get Into Webster University? Inmate Gets 23 Bogus Students Accepted Via Internet

    Suddenly worth a lot less.​Yes, Webster University is a fine school. It's nothing like University of Phoenix and other so-called "diploma mills." Webster U. has standards. It rigorously screens its students and selects only the best and brightest. [Insert sound of record scratching here.] Yesterda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Local Musicians' Union Thwarted in its Plot to Undermine Kansas Show at Family Arena

    The Musicians' Association of St. Louis has threatened to protest Saturday night's Kansas concert at the Family Arena in St. Charles because the band chose to be accompanied by the Truman State University's student orchestra instead of professional musicians. This is all part of a charitable endeavo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Missouri Congressional Candidate: Don't Donate to Me

    Here's a political development so shocking, it's won our prize for the press release of the day: There's someone running for Congress who doesn't want your money.Arthur Lieber doesn't want your money.​Arthur Lieber of Creve Coeur, a Democrat running for the suburban St. Louis congressional seat cu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Belleville Dog Wins Award for Attacking Chainsaw

    We have to admit, we find it hilarious when our dog attacks the lawn mower. He barks at the wheels and tries to corner the machine as if it were a squirrel or a stray kitty. How dumb! How funny!Courtesy of VPIhamboneaward.comYes, this sweet little dog tried to take out a chainsaw.​But one Bellevil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Greedy Insurance Provider Thwarted in Attempt to Grab Chaplain's Settlement

    Three years ago, a woman named Pamela Scroggins took a nasty fall in a parking lot owned by a Missouri Red Lobster franchise. Scroggins' attorney, Roger Johnson of Joplin, tells Daily RFT that his client fractured her neck -- and, to this date, is still unable to return to work.​Naturally, Scroggi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Obamacare Litigation Update: Missouri's Vote Today Could Actually Count

    Today, Missouri voters will weigh a measure that would reject a key provision of President Barack Obama's health care reform package -- the provision mandating that individuals either find insurance coverage, or pay a fine. Missouri votes on a referendum to stop Obama's plan today.â ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Trak Starz Plead Guilty to Failing to File Tax Returns

    The Trak Starz -- Shamar Daugherty and Alonzo Lee -- yesterday pleaded guilty to multiple counts of failing to file tax returns. According to a press release issued: Daugherty, Lee, and their various entities, had gross income of over $4.8 million for the tax years 2003 thru 2005. None of the indi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Governor Nixon Cuts College Scholarship Programs

    Image source​In a further attempt to balance the state budget, Governor Jay Nixon cut the Access Missouri Scholarship program by $50 million, leaving a comparatively-paltry $33 million in the program's coffers. Access Missouri is the state's only need-based scholarship program, which provides ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Aaron Duncan, CEO of Duncan Group, Pleads Guilty to Pyramid Scheme

    ​Aaron Duncan, former CEO and owner of The Duncan Group, has pleaded guilty to yesterday to federal fraud charges involving a $3.9 million investment scheme. According to court documents, Duncan represented that The Duncan Group was involved in real estate investments, including buying, rehabili ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Missouri Representatives "Draw A Line in the Sand" On Federal Health Care Reform

    Image Via Do not snort this line​The Missouri House of Representatives has launched a preemptive strike against Obamacare, passing legislation intended to make sure the Show-Me State is not affected by any federal health care reform efforts.Yesterday, the House approved a state constitution ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Ballot Initiatives for Local Police Control Cruise Through Administrative Hoops

    Wikimedia Commons​Lawyer Brad Ketcher has had three ballot-initiative petitions pertaining to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department approved by Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, her office announced yesterday.Ketcher is a political operative who led the successful 2008 ballot initiative to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Ink-Stained Kvetch: Post-Dispatch Retirees Make Good on Threat, Protest Ex-Employer

    It all piles up.​Several dozen former employees of the Post-Dispatch gathered yesterday morning outside the newspaper's office on Tucker Boulevard to protest cuts to their health-care coverage. As first reported last week in Daily RFT, Lee Enterprises, owner of the paper, notified former employees ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Newspaper Retirees Planning to Protest Post-Dispatch

    ​Post-Dispatch retirees say it's only appropriate that they received news December 7 -- Pearl Harbor Day -- that their former employer planned to stop reimbursing their medical coverage. "A great day for a sneak attack," says one member of the St. Louis Newspaper Guild, who tells Daily RFT that ph ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2009

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

    ​Post-Dispatch retirees say it's only appropriate that they received news December 7 -- Pearl Harbor Day -- that their former employer planned to stop reimbursing their medical coverage. "A great day for a sneak attack," says one member of the St. Louis Newspaper Guild, who tells Daily RFT that ph ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    What to Expect When You're Expecting Economic Recovery

    Dorothea Lange, courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum​In an interesting piece in the October Atlantic, Benjamin Schwarz surveys a collection of books about daily life during the Great Depression in an attempt to glean some lessons from the past about what we can exp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    The Novice Foodie: The Prix (Fixe) Is Right at Acero

    Two common obstacles to people who want to explore cuisine are 1) money and 2) feelings of insecurity. St. Louisans as a whole seem obsessed with value in dining. They want a lot for their money -- ever seen the lines outside Cunetto's? -- and in this economic climate, they might not have much mone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Richard Nixon: That First "Liberal" President Who Dared to Overhaul Health Care

    ​Tonight President Barack Obama will speak before a joint session of Congress in an attempt to salvage his healthcare reform initiative that -- if it were a patient -- appears close to flatlining.But if you think Obama is the first president who tried to reform this country's medical system only t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    FoodWire: La Dolce Via Joins in Health Care Debate

    ​Bill McClellan devoted his column this past Sunday, September 6, to telling the story of Marcia Sindel, owner of La Dolce Via (4474 Arco Avenue; website). Sindel has no health insurance, is in debt for throat surgery from two years ago and is facing two surgeries, one on her gall bladder and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Injured St. Louis Tea Party Protestor Has No Health Insurance, Asking For Donations for Medical Bills

    thinkprogress.orgGladney in a wheelchair two days after his "beating".​In yet another example of how truth is stranger than fiction, I present you with the case of Kenny Gladney. Who is Mr. Gladney, you ask? He's the current poster boy for the St. Louis national Tea Party movement. Gladney is the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Can't Keep Track of the Financial Meltdown? The St. Louis Fed is Here to Help

    The St. Louis FedWhen did it all begin? This financial mess we're in? And what were the major events that have defined it?  A new timeline feature available on the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis helps answer that. The voyage begins in late February 2007 when Freddie Mac announ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Good News For Your Next Vacation to Afghanistan

    www.funnyphotos.net.auPlanning a little weekend getaway to lovely Afghanistan? Bird watching in the FARC-controlled jungles of Colombia? Visiting a quaint little health spa in Mogadishu? You're in luck.Thanks to a bill signed into law today by governor Jay Nixon, Missouri life insurance providers ca ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2009

    Looky Here

    www.funnyphotos.net.auPlanning a little weekend getaway to lovely Afghanistan? Bird watching in the FARC-controlled jungles of Colombia? Visiting a quaint little health spa in Mogadishu? You're in luck.Thanks to a bill signed into law today by governor Jay Nixon, Missouri life insurance providers ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Lee Enterprises to Post-Dispatch Employees: We Need A Big Pay Cut

    Lee Enterprises, parent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the St. Louis Newspaper Guild, which represents many of the local daily's employees, including most of the newsroom, have still not worked out a new contract. The current contract expires this coming weekend.Updates on the Guild website sho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Tonight! Brighton MA at Cicero's

    Lee Enterprises, parent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the St. Louis Newspaper Guild, which represents many of the local daily's employees, including most of the newsroom, have still not worked out a new contract. The current contract expires this coming weekend.Updates on the Guild website sho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Post-Dispatch Parent Co. Suspends 401(k) Contributions

    Lee Enterprises, parent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the St. Louis Newspaper Guild, which represents many of the local daily's employees, including most of the newsroom, have still not worked out a new contract. The current contract expires this coming weekend.Updates on the Guild website sho ... More >>

  • Music

    October 29, 2008

    Brighton MA

    8:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 5. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2008

    Closing: Blue Water Grill

    8:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 5. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2007

    Floyd Irons' Alleged Co-Conspirator Expected to Plead Guilty

    8:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 5. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2007

    Floyd Irons' Alleged Co-Conspirator Expected to Plead Guilty

    8:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 5. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2007

    Floyd Irons Pleads Guilty, Faces Prison and Up to $1 Million Fine

    8:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 5. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2007

    Floyd Irons Pleads Guilty, Faces Prison and Up to $1 Million Fine

    8:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 5. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2007

    Support Your Local Hooker!

    8:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 5. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • News

    June 21, 2006

    Mi Casa? Sue Casa!

    Hispanic immigrants cry foul over an alleged St. Louis housing scam

  • News

    May 11, 2005

    Getting Rolled

    (US Bank, Clayton)

  • Calendar

    April 13, 2005

    Welcome to the Cabaret

    The bar is open

  • News

    August 27, 2003

    Blood Money

    If Charlie Webb had hidden his money under his pillow, he wouldn't be in the red. Instead, he trusted banks.

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 25, 2002

    Best Concept to Boost Civic Pride

    St. Louis Litteracy Project

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 26, 2001

    Best Mexican Deli

    La Tropicana Market

  • News

    November 29, 2000

    Porn in the USA

    Internet smut peddlers reaped millions from unsuspecting credit-card holders. Their partner in slime was right here in the heartland.

  • News

    April 12, 2000

    Olive's Treasure

    A retired stenographer has stashed away a fortune, but her life story is fading fast

  • News

    December 16, 1998

    With a Little Help From the Bank

    South Side National Bank antes up $4 million for home loans for low- to moderate-income families.

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