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It's the actors who need rescued in trapped-whale saga Big Miracle

Occupy STL -- Voices from Kiener Plaza

​The man in the light blue button down is just on a quick smoke break. He's from southwest Missourah, in town for a meeting, soaking up a nice day in Kiener Plaza in the heart of downtown St. Louis and he's stumbled upon a square full of sleeping bags and Imo's boxes and pitched tents and people t ... More >>

Reports: Bob Cassilly Killed This Morning at "Cementland" in Bulldozer Accident

Photo by Jennifer SilverbergBob Cassilly at Cementland in 2000.​UPDATE 2:45 p.m. A source close to the family tells Daily RFT that Cassilly died from a "bulldozer accident" at Cementland in which the vehicle apparently overturned. One of Cassilly's employees found him around 8 a.m. after Cassilly ... More >>

Arrow Strikes St. Louis Granny As She Sits Inside Home Eating Donuts

Margaret Shofner: Arrow survivor.​If you weren't watching the local news last night, you missed a truly remarkable moment in St. Louis television history. Never before -- nor never again -- will all three* local news stations converge for a story as outlandish as that of 80-year-old Margaret Shofn ... More >>

Glenn Beck Talks About - and to - Cupcakes

Rumors of the death of the cupcake fad have swirled for months. With five minutes of video, Glenn Beck kills them dead. In an attempt to explain inflation and treasury bonds on his Fox News show last night, Beck substituted flag-studded cupcakes for gold so that us simple folk might understand. ... More >>

CNN Adds Dana Loesch In Effort to Become More Political, Save Ratings

Dana Loesch: Does she have the right (wing) stuff to save CNN?​The original cable news network (a.k.a. CNN) announced yesterday that it has hired St. Louis Tea Party co-founder Dana Loesch for its 2012 election coverage. The contract is the latest coup for Loesch, who -- in just a few years' time ... More >>

Friday Afternoon Video Dump

It's that time of the week again -- Friday afternoon. The final few hours of the work week are lingering and plenty of us are hard at work trying to avoid doing anything resembling our jobs for the rest of the day. That said, here's a few videos to help you waste time. Snowpocalpyse Chicago: Weathe ... More >>

Fox News, Robin Carnahan Settle Lawsuit

An excerpt from the advertisement in question.​Three months after the election and nearly five months after it was filed, Fox News and its anchor Chris Wallace have settled a suit against former U.S. Senate contender Robin Carnahan. The network filed the lawsuit in response to a Carnahan' campaign ... More >>

The Future of News? Media Trends Suggest Social Media, Partisan Reporting and Brevity

Social Media, Version 1.0​Amy Mitchell, deputy director of the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism was in town yesterday to speak at a luncheon for PR professionals. Her topic, "The New News Consumer and the Future of News: Trends for 2011 and Beyond," also drew a fair numbe ... More >>

ABC Affiliate to Get News -- From NBC

This just in: For the first time in almost a decade, you'll be able to get local news from your ABC affiliate in St. Louis, KDNL.Come January, there will be more local news on your telly.​But this doesn't mean KDNL (owned by Sinclair and operating on Channel 30) is going to hire hundreds of report ... More >>

Sklar Brothers Headed to St. Louis: Highlighting Fundraiser for Jewish Federation

This just in...the comedic, tag-team duo Randy and Jason Sklar are coming to St. Louis next month to highlight the Jewish Federation's Young Professionals. The Sklars grew up in St. Louis before moving out to New York in the mid-90s where they gained fame for their stand-up act. Their performance at ... More >>

Slate Debunks the Fox News Lawsuit Against Robin Carnahan

To be blunt, Fox is full of it.​From being represented by a law firm with ties to Republican Roy Blunt to using copyright law for the purpose of political censorship, earlier today Slate published a thorough take-down of Fox News and their "bogus" lawsuit against Robin Carnahan, Missouri's Democra ... More >>

Salmonella Patients Testify in Congressional Food Safety Hearings

As reported yesterday, several giant egg farms are testifying before Congress after last month's massive salmonella recall. Also testifying - several people sickened in the outbreak, including a 77-year-old Colorado grandmother who nearly died from salmonella-related septic shock. Despite not being ... More >>

Poll Suggests Robin Carnahan is Closing the Gap vs. Roy Blunt; Is Fox News to Thank?

Carnahan never looks a Fox News gift horse in the mouth.​First a caveat, the following poll was conducted at the behest of the Missouri Democratic Party. Assuming, then, that their pollsters got it right, Democratic candidate Robin Carnahan is now neck-and-neck with her Republican rival Roy Blunt ... More >>

Fox News Sues Robin Carnahan Over Campaign Commercial

Excerpt from the Fox News interview.​Saying that a campaign advertisement compromises its "apparent objectivity," Fox News yesterday filed suit against Robin Carnahan's senate campaign over a commercial that uses footage taken from the broadcaster.The lawsuit stems from an interview Congressman Ro ... More >>

Love Hurts

Excerpt from the Fox News interview.​Saying that a campaign advertisement compromises its "apparent objectivity," Fox News yesterday filed suit against Robin Carnahan's senate campaign over a commercial that uses footage taken from the broadcaster.The lawsuit stems from an interview Congressman Ro ... More >>

Up in the Air Singer-Songwriter Featured on CBS Evening News

If you went to see Up in the Air (aka The George Clooney Movie) and hung around to watch the closing credits, you would have heard St. Louis singer-songwriter Kevin Renick performing his own melancholy tune about unemployment and uncertaintyRenick, a former Riverfront Times proofreader, wrote the so ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 10.28

​ How to fail at the food co-op. (The New York Times)Oyster ban threatens industry. (MSNBC)Name that Halloween candy. (Epicurious.com)A look at Yuengling Beer's 180 years of brewing. (ABC News)Missouri wine sales increase. (KOMU-TV)

American Mustache Institute Honors a Fallen Hero: Walter Cronkite

The St. Louis based American Mustache Institute is today honoring one of its own: famed newsman Walter Cronkite who passed away Friday at the age of 92. For 19 years (1962-1981) Cronkite's grace, charm and caterpillar-like lip warmer, earned the trust of millions of Americans watching the CBS Evenin ... More >>

Breaking: Starbucks to Close 300 More Stores, Cut 6,700 Jobs

MSNBC reports that Starbucks will close 300 additional stores and cut 6,700 jobs, both at those closed stores and at its corporate offices. The coffee giant saw its profit drop 69% during the first quarter of its fiscal year. No word yet on where and when the closings will occur.

The Morning Brew: Monday, 7.7

MSNBC reports that Starbucks will close 300 additional stores and cut 6,700 jobs, both at those closed stores and at its corporate offices. The coffee giant saw its profit drop 69% during the first quarter of its fiscal year. No word yet on where and when the closings will occur.

George Carlin, R.I.P.

MSNBC reports that Starbucks will close 300 additional stores and cut 6,700 jobs, both at those closed stores and at its corporate offices. The coffee giant saw its profit drop 69% during the first quarter of its fiscal year. No word yet on where and when the closings will occur.

Find the River

Bill Callahan discovers new sounds and voices -- and cleans up with Chloe Sevigny -- on Smog's latest album

Letters

Week of October 6, 2004

Best Weathercaster

Ben Abel

Best Hair on a Local TV Personality (Female)

Vickie Newton

Bowling for St. Louis

Michael Moore swings through our state

Various Artists

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Universal)

Best TV News Anchor

Kathryn Jamboretz
KPLR-TV (Channel 11)

Best Hair on a Local TV Personality (Female)

Vickie Newton
KMOV-TV (Channel 4)

Best Hair on a Local TV Personality (Male)

Art Holliday
KSDK-TV (Channel 5)

Gossip Folks

Thanks to The O'Reilly Factor and Pepsi, Ludacris got a bad rap

Chasing the Young

WB11 and its girl-power anchor team are diving after a younger demographic. Will they belly-flop or win?

Best Hair on a Local TV Personality (Female)

Jennifer Davis, KTVI (Channel 2)

Judge Julius

Week of August 21, 2002

Low-Fat Menu

Crazy Bowls & Wraps

Best TV-Sports Anchor

Mike Bush, KSDK-TV (Channel 5)

Best TV-News Anchor

Kathryn Jamboretz, KPLR-TV (Channel 11)

The Product

Heath Ledger's in no rush to be a star. Why's everyone else in a hurry?

Unleash the Hounds

Using the media is not the same as controlling it

Bad Head Job

The Post leans on TV for election coverage and flubs the Big Story

Best Place to See Celebrities Out of Their Element

Wild Oats Community Market, Ladue

Best Radio-News Programming

KMOX-AM

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM

KMOX-AM talker Charles Jaco promotes his latest project; Channel 30 anchor Patrick Emory lets St. Louis in on a little secret

Point-Less

KMOX-AM talker Charles Jaco promotes his latest project; Channel 30 anchor Patrick Emory lets St. Louis in on a little secret

Fast Forward

A day in the life of TV station KSDK leaves one observer gasping for breath as the need for speed vies with sound news judgment

Sleeping with the Enemy

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is finding common cause with some local television newscasts.

Clean Sweep

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is finding common cause with some local television newscasts.

Reel Life

Neal Gabler alerts the masses to the proliferation of entertainment in his book Life the Movie

Lethal TV

Neal Gabler alerts the masses to the proliferation of entertainment in his book Life the Movie