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Oh, This Is Why We Have Car Chases: The sublime dumb play of Fast & Furious 6

Republican Rep. Keith Frederick Introduces Bill to Make Obamacare Illegal in Missouri

Missouri Republicans have come up with many different ways to express their disdain for President Barack Obama and his health care plan. Notably, GOP leaders are continuing to fight the mandatory coverage of contraception as outlined in federal health-care policy. But this week, one House Republic ... More >>

Birther Bill: Rep. Lyle Rowland Not Giving Up, Says "Our Country is Getting So Diverse"

Last year, Missouri's so-called "birther" bill got national attention -- but this legislative session, no one's talking about it. But it's there. It hasn't advanced, but Daily RFT noticed the legislation when we went to chat with its author, Republican Representative Lyle Rowland, who has received m ... More >>

10 St. Louis Mardi Gras Food & Drink Specials Worth Their Weight in Beads

It's that time again folks, that time when it's perfectly acceptable to get day drunk in public while getting as undressed as the 51-degree forecast will allow us. That's right, Mardi Gras is this Saturday, February 9, in Soulard. If the only thing on your Mardi Gras to-do list so far is "party," th ... More >>

Photo ID Bill in Missouri? Controversial Proposal Sparks Voter Suppression Criticism

Should Missouri residents be required to show photo identification if they want to vote in elections? Yes indeed, says Representative Tony Dugger, a Republican from Hartville, who is pushing not one, but two different measures to try and create stricter requirements for voters in Missouri. The effo ... More >>

The 25 Creepiest Heavy Metal Album Covers

Halloween is the time where it's acceptable to wallow in the creepy, the crawly, the dark, and the macabre. Sounds like the themes of heavy metal, year-round! Here then, are those most spine-tingliest metal album covers, for your All Hallow's Eve viewing pleasure. Step inside... By Jason Roche See ... More >>

20 Food Holidays Even More Absurdly Specific Than National Peach Ice Cream Day

Did you know that today, July 17, is National Peach Ice Cream Day? Neither did we! Truth be told, this fact pisses us off. Here we are, getting ready to celebrate National Ice Cream Day this very Friday, July 20, and peach ice cream has to be like, "Oh! Look at me! I'm special! I'm seasonal. I deser ... More >>

More culture-clash yuks than comedy revolution in Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator

White Rabbits, Black Keys Lead This Week's Show Announcements

Ricky Smiley and his infectious chuckle tickle our eardrums daily during his long-running morning show syndicated on Hot 104.1. The ATL funnyman brings his comic stylings to Chaifetz in February. Chaifetz also snagged the Black Keys in late April, and newcomer Plush is bringing our Missouri boys bac ... More >>

Angry Wash. U. Students Protest Ad in Student Newspaper, Calling it Racist

WikipediaHorowitz​The United Nations isn't the only place where Jewish-Muslim tensions have escalated this week. On the campus of Washington University, a small imbroglio over an advertisement placed in the student newspaper has generated quite a buzz. The dust-up began Monday, when the prin ... More >>

Pro-Palestine Group Accuses Congressman Russ Carnahan of Refusing to Meet

Russ Carnahan​For more than a month, members of the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee have been angling for face time with Democratic Congressman Russ Carnahan. But they say his staffers have been blowing off their calls and emails -- and ignored a deadline they set for getting a meeting on ... More >>

Style, but little substance in Miral, Schnabel's Palestine plea

St. Louis Happy Hours University City/Loop

Drink More, Live Longer? Perhaps.

Drink up! Time published a report that heavy drinkers live longer than non-drinkers. Alcoholics Anonymous has always attributed this to many non-drinkers being recovering alcoholics who damage their bodies beyond repair before they stopped drinking. But a new study claims people who don't drink have ... More >>

St. Louis Pediatrician Works a Peanut Butter Miracle in Haiti

Image sourceDr. Patricia Wolff and one her Haitian patients.​Even before last January's earthquake, Haiti was the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. Thirty percent of its budget came from foreign aid. Infant mortality was high. So was the rate of childhood malnutrition; according to th ... More >>

The Beertender Celebrates Rauchbier, or Smoke on the Wasser

Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons​One of the things that I love about beer -- and, truth be told, wine and spirits, too -- is the sense that I'm drinking history. When a beer is made according to a nearly-lost brewing tradition, drinking it allows you a vibrant, if brief, glimpse into another er ... More >>

Horny Mothers, Bonehead Academics, "Butt" Peddlers and Questionable Politicos: Who is This Week's Ass Clown?

​Ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of the week again. Vote for the local headline maker you think made the biggest ass of themselves this week. And the nominees...1. Mizzou Officials: Administrators at University of Missouri helped make headlines this week when they sold old cell phones belongi ... More >>

Match Points: Readers chew on Match meat and tea parties

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 6.17

New FDA head Margaret Hamburg meets the press for the first time since being confirmed. (New York Times)A new U.N. report finds that crop prices have fallen with the global recession -- but should still rise over the next decade. (New York Times)Beginning in 2011, any food that uses the cochineal bu ... More >>

Master Baiter: Paul Kinsella is reeling in West African e-mail hucksters one scammer at a time

Water, Water Everywhere

But not for as long as you may think

The Morning Brew: Friday, 12.19

In today's news: more countries need food aid, Mexico protests U.S. labeling laws, eating cats in china and brewing beer in space.

End of the Journey

Life in Africa during wartime

The Morning Brew: Friday, 5.9

Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend
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The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 3.19

The Economist on Food Costs

Fashion Now!

Better Red Than Rouge?

Dance of the Penguin

That whole talking animal genre? Let's be done with it.

Napalm Pilot

Skin in Flames gets you all hot and bothered about the war in Iraq

Another Look at a Legend

New releases for the week of October 4, 2005

A Lion in Winter

Danforth to fellow Republicans: You can come home again

Bobby Conn & the Glass Gypsies

Saturday, September 3; the Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue)

Caravan of Class

Vintage Vincent Price trailers!

Film Openings

Week of April 20, 2005

Lost in Translation

All talk and little action, The Interpreter doesn't even make sense

Who'd Guess

Can it be that Bernie and Ashton are better than Spencer and Sidney?

Lost in Translation

Sudanese refugees struggle to make their way in America

Breast in Show

Angelina Jolie stars in Taking Lives, but the filmmakers are the real boobs

Sex, Paralysis, the Usual

It's only River Styx at Duff's

Film Openings

Week of October 22, 2003

Bonobo

Dial M for Monkey (Ninja Tune)

From Bulgaria With Love

Nikolay Nedeltchev wanted to be a gun broker in America. Fat chance.

Letters

Week of October 24, 2001

The Calm Before the Storm

For anti-war protesters, the enemies are indifference and irrelevance

This Ain't No Party

Ross Perot launched the Reform Party as the voice of the American people. Eight years later, it's a shrill, staticky free-for-all, and the moderates can't get heard.

Luke Y. Thompson

Boukman Eksperyans

Friday, Aug. 13; Club Viva!

Inhumane Society

St. Louis scores failing grades on a report card of compliance with the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights