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St. Louis: The 23rd Drunkest City In America

We didn't make the top five, ten, fifteen or even twenty, but hey, we weren't left out altogether. According to the Daily Beast, St. Louis ranks 23 in its study and list compiling the 25 "drunkest cities" in America in 2012. Maybe we're a skosh too sensitive, but we're sort of offended by our ranki ... More >>

[VIDEO] HILARIOUS Presidential Race Parody from STL's Anastasis Films

John Pa and Matt Seilback of Anastasis Films have done bleeding heart St. Louis pride. They've done a truly badass campaign ad. And now they're back at us with a hilarious political parody in cartoon form!

Sex is Incredible at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Daily Beast is out with another list. This particular one ranks the quality of sexual-health services at America's colleges and universities. Guess who's Number One? The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign! Here's why:

Carrie M. Becker: 2012 Riverfront Times MasterMind Award Winner

Breaking News: Columbia is a Way, Way Smarter City Than StL

Our good friends at the Daily Beast have decided to torment us with another set of rankings, this time a list of the 25 smartest cities in this fine nation of ours. Last time they did this, St. Louis came in 32nd. But this time, instead of using statistics, they're relying on science! Stats can be c ... More >>

Mizzou Report Shows that Missourians Are Absolutely Average

If you get excited about lists comparing states to one another -- as Daily RFT does -- then now is time to rejoice. David C. Valentine, director of the Missouri Legislative Academy at the Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri has concocted the mother of all lists, Snapshot M ... More >>

Wash. U is 16th Most Crime-Riddled Campus

According to The Daily Beast, Washington University is a premiere institution for hitting the books or getting hit over the head. Using data from the U.S. Department of Education, the blog used incidents of murder, robbery, assault, burglaries, and car thefts between 2008 and 2010 to populate their ... More >>

St. Louis Ranks Among Most Fashionable Cities in U.S.

Yeah, we were pretty shocked, too. Who would've thought that Cardinals t-shirts and Blues caps were the height of modern fashion? (Then again, Jon Hamm has been photographed wearing a Blues cap. Ah, Jon, you give us class!) But there it is, in another one of those scientific polls we love so much, t ... More >>

Straight Shootin': The firepower at the NRA convention is incredible, just like the rhetoric

Mayor Blasts NRA Leadership at Start of St. Louis Convention

As thousands of gun-loving Americans (and the politicians who crave their votes, including GOP-presidential candidates Mit Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum) descend on St. Louis today for the start of the NRA Annual Convention, one city mayor isn't having any of it. Conveniently that mayor is ... More >>

The Ten Biggest Presidential Endorsements by Musicians in the 2012 Campaign

Megadeth rocker Dave Mustaine raised a few collective eyebrows this week when he endorsed former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's bourgeoning presidential bid. The former Pennsylvania senator has been gaining steam as of late after prevailing in a trio of February contests, including Missouri's non-bindin ... More >>

Wanna Start a Business? St. Louis is One of the Best Places to Do It

With the recession still in full swing and likely to continue for several more years, it seems like it would be a foolhardy proposition to start up a small business. But there is something infinitely appealing in working for yourself -- particularly since that makes you immune to layoffs. And accord ... More >>

Tea Party Princess: Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics

St. Louis: 8th Drunkest City

​St. Louis has made yet another ranking in the Daily Beast, this one for Drunkest Cities in America. According to the list makers at the online magazine, metro St. Louis ranks as the 8th drunkest city in all the land -- nestled between No. 9 San Diego and No. 7 Austin.And why is that? Because rese ... More >>

Need to Start Over in Life? Try Columbia! After Trying 16 Other Cities First

Image viaDowntown Columbia! Prepare ye for hoardes of new blood!​From the people who told you we're ugly, dumb and not as funny as Kansas City: The list-hounds over at The Daily Beast have come up with yet another one: The 30 "best places in America for reinvigorating your life and career."And to ... More >>

St. Louis Squeezes (Barely) Into List of Fittest Cities

​St. Louis, it seems, never finishes well in those Internet-age lists that rank cities based on the perceived health, happiness, etc. of their residents. Shocking, then, that the list maker of all list makers, Daily Beast, recently ranked St. Louis among the fittest cities in the nation. Of course ... More >>

Smart Girls Invade St. Louis -- Teaching Conservatives to "Fight Like a Girl"

Jennifer DeJournett conducts the VOICES of Conservative Women's Presidential straw poll, won by Michele Bachmann.​Sarah Palin was not present at the third annual Smart Girl Summit, which took place last Friday and Saturday at the Crowne Plaza downtown (not, as was reported by The Daily Beast, ... More >>

Men Are Lonely Cynics, Study Finds

image via A new survey suggests that men don't believe in anything but their own prostates -- and the tea party. Way to go, men!​A new study measuring how men and women feel about supporting causes and the power of social media has us worried about the future of mankind.And by mankind, we mean st ... More >>

Daily Beast: Our Moms Are Happier Than Yours

USA Today​According to the oh-so-scientific pollsters of the Daily Beast, St. Louisans, among other things, have nicotine addictions and a lack of book-smarts. So it's nice to know that the latest ranking chart of the pop-political website, released this week for Mother's Day, suggests that ou ... More >>

Latest Daily Beast Ranking "Proves" KC is Funnier than StL

image viaHey Daily Beast,don't you know the Arch is really just a big smile turned upside-down?​In honor of April Fool's Day, our friends at the Daily Beast (who, as you may recall, previously declared St. Louisans ugly and dumb) have decided to rank the 30 funniest cities in America. Apparent ... More >>

St. Louis Suburbs Shockingly Happy, Gallup Says

Is Todd Akin your congressman? If so, you're probably pretty happy. ​The city of St. Louis may be a crime-ridden abyss. But our west-county suburbs ... whooboy, are they another story!That's latest from pollster Gallup, which (unlike those Daily Beast polls proclaiming random cities the "fattest" ... More >>

Study: Missouri Has 3rd Deadliest Eating Habits in U.S.

Image via​Missouri has the third-deadliest eating habits in the nation, according to a study by 24/7 Wall St. and reported by Yahoo! Finance.The study considered several factors: "...income, access to healthy food sources, the ability to pay for healthy food, the concentration of fast food outlet ... More >>

St. Louis Avoids Ignominy of Being a "Fast-Food Capital"

Image viaJared is everywhere -- watching you.​The Daily Beast is back with yet another of its rankings of American cities. This one charts the top 40 "Fast-Food Capitals" as defined by the number of fast-food restaurants per 100,000 residents. Having driven all over the metro area as part of my re ... More >>

Everything You Wanted to Know About the St. Louis Smoking Ban -- But Were Afraid to Ask

Where can I go to do this?​With all the hoopla surrounding the new smoking ban, we've yet to find a good resource offering a list of city establishments where patrons can still light up. Certain bars are exempt, right? How's a smoker to know?! As it turns out, there's good reason for the c ... More >>

Everything You Wanted to Know About the St. Louis Smoking Ban -- But Were Afraid to Ask

Where can I go to do this? With all the hoopla surrounding the new smoking ban, we've yet to find a good resource offering a list of city establishments where patrons can still light up. Certain bars are exempt, right? How's a smoker to know?! As it turns out, there's good reason for the conf ... More >>

George Hickenlooper's Posthumous Media Blitz

Hickenlooper at work on Casino Jack.​Casino Jack, St. Louis-born director George Hickenlooper's last film, opens today in New York and L.A. Hickenlooper, who died in October, is not around for the inevitable media blitz, so the movie's star, Kevin Spacey, is doing the honors. Yesterday Spacey ... More >>

Take That, Chicago: St. Louis Is "More Charitable"

We had vowed never to ever pay attention to those silly lists at the Daily Beast again -- but then we saw one that actually made us kinda happy about ourselves. Never mind that whole Most Dangerous City designation; it turns out we're actually the Fifteenth Most Charitable City in the country!If we ... More >>

Daily Beast Thinks We're Getting Dumber

image viaThe Arch: symbol of our city's plummeting intelligence.​Honestly, why do we continue to pay attention when the Daily Beast decides to rank the nation's cities when all they ever do is make us feel bad about ourselves? St. Louis is a splendid place. And we are willing to bet that none ... More >>

Just How Bad Are Missouri Drivers?

image via​We've all seen them: The trucks straddling the center line. The mini vans that ping pong back and forth, bouncing from one side of the lane to the other, just on the brink of sideswiping a parked car on the right, only to sway back and come dangerously close to their left-lane neighbor. ... More >>

Wash. U. Among Nation's Most Dangerous Colleges [Updated]

Wikimedia CommonsAbandon hope (and your wallet, your bicycle and possibly your car) ye who enter here.​Oh, hello there Daily Beast rankings! It's been a while since we heard from you. Not that we missed you. You have such a way of making us feel bad about ourselves, even if we have doubts abou ... More >>

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