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Vets push for exposure, and a local Hooters Girl gets it. Plus: Colt 45 works every time.

Last Week's Most Popular Daily RFT Posts, June 29-July 5, 2009

If you missed any of these items posted last week on the Daily RFT -- or were like some of us and just checked-out for the holidays by Monday -- here's your chance to catch up before you have to do any real work this morning.Michael Jackson Watched Donald Duck to Fall Asleep, Exercised with Incredib ... More >>

Become a True Baseball Nerd in One Easy Step!

Every year, the day after the All Star Game in the host city, there takes place an event which is, in my ever so humble opinion, quite a bit more interesting that the game itself. The Annual Symposium on Statistics in Sports is just what it sounds like- a gathering of some of the biggest nerds you'v ... More >>

Recent Mizzou Grad Named Miss Hooters International 2009

Her parents must be so proud. hooters.comRaechel HoltgraveRaechel (yes, that's Raechel as in Rachel Raquel) Holtgrave just graduated from the University of Missouri with majors in math and actuarial science. But instead of landing a job with an insurance firm or another corporate gig, Holtgrave will ... More >>

St. Louis Aviation Expert Remembers a Time When Air Travel Was Exotic

flickr.com/photos/The Picture HouseIn 1957, amid the true glory days of air travel, Frank Sinatra came out with a hit song, "Come Fly With Me," which evoked the glamour and exhilarating anticipation of climbing aboard an airplane.Come fly with me, lets' fly let's fly awayIf you can use s ... More >>

60 Minutes Makes a Believer out of Mizzou Scientist

research.missouri.eduRob DuncanIf you squandered a perfectly good evening last night watching the Blues lose (again), chances are you missed an interesting report on 60 Minutes concerning so-called "cold fusion" technology.First unveiled in 1989, cold fusion suggests that nuclear energy can be prod ... More >>

Friday, March 13: Calendar Pimp Suggests

University of Missouri St. Louis Now is the time at the Toupac when when we dance According to tradition on Mypos, Friday is the appropriate day to break into the Dance of Joy. Who are we to shirk tradition? Go grab Cousin Larry and make an evening of it.

Medical School Ethics Policies: How Area Universities Stack Up

The March 2 New York Times contains a story that smacks down the Harvard Medical School's lax ethics policies when it comes to getting in bed with pharmaceutical companies. Timesman Duff Wilson reports that Harvard students and some faculty members complain that drug companies are exerting undue inf ... More >>

Mizzou Frat Goes Up In Smoke

Update: It appears that it was actually a hookah that started the fire, which would help explain the charcoal claim. The University of Missouri's student newspaper has the scoop.This just in from the AP via the Kansas City Star:COLUMBIA | Fire investigators are blaming an unattended bong for a fire ... More >>

Play Hooky Today and Watch the Inauguration

If you're reading this early, you may want to call into work, stay home and watch the inauguration. Or you could head out on the town, have a stiff drink or two in the middle of the afternoon, talk politics all day long and be back home in time for dinner. Once home, you can get in a cat nap before ... More >>

KWMU (90.7 FM) Hires New GM to Replace Patty Wente

University of Missouri - St. Louis announced today the hiring of Tim Eby as general manager of its public radio station, KWMU (90.7 FM). A veteran manager with WOSU Public Media in Columbus, Ohio, Eby will begin his new job January 20. Eby takes over for KWMU's longtime general manager Patty Wente, ... More >>

You Have No More Excuses Not to Eat Soy Bars

A report and interview featuring Azlin Mustapha, a University of Missouri professor who has developed flatulence-free soy bars.

Put Up Your Dukes: The Contender, a new boxing reality show, features local fighter Ryan Coyne

Fired KWMU Boss Reaches $50,000 Settlement with University

Patty Wente, the former general manager of KWMU (90.7 FM) known for her off-color sense of humor and risqué taste in fashion (imagine “leather dominatrix outfits”), has reached a settlement with University of Missouri-St. Louis. The settlement agreed to November 11 pays Wente a lump sum of $5 ... More >>

Unreal has a few questions for Mr. Corporate Takeover Architect, checks in with dear old dad and the potential first ladies, and chooses a new favorite war

Patty Went: Readers respond to the termination of KWMU's general manager

KWMU (90.7 FM) General Manager Patricia Wente "Terminated"

University of Missouri biology professor Frederick vom Saal has been sounding the alarm about bisphenol A for a decade. Has he got your attention?

And the Top Five Baseball Draft Picks Will Be...

And the Top Five Baseball Draft Picks Will Be...

Unreal puts "Jorts & Mandals Day" initiative on the back burner, weighs in on Saint Louis Fashion Week

Virtually New(s)

Ex-Post-Dispatch staffers to launch new online paper.

The Mystery of Lloyd Gaines

A St. Louis civil-rights pioneer vanished without a trace almost 70 years ago. Now, the NAACP wants the feds to find him.

Unreal uncovers the secrets of "manly men"!

Plus, playin' the Name Game and countin' cards. Wouldn't Mom be proud?

King's Cups

Unreal gets tipsy on premium cocktails, then asks a bunch of questions about beer bellies and white weddings.

A Queer Debate

Overheard

Let's raise a toast to mathematicians! Plus: Wedding tips for pretty much everybody.

"I can just hope that every single person can experience a live show just once. They will be changed forever."

Week of August 3, 2006

Bounty by the County

The state�s winemakers and food producers aren�t exactly key playersin the global economy. A Mizzou professor aims to change all that.

Lady Sings the Blues

A Missouri director heads home

Race Goggles

Unreal gets liquored up and starts demanding tasteless jokes. And in unrelated news, we talk teen sex with a Seattle sexologist and check out the locker room at the new Busch.

Good Sports

Skeet shooting? Women's hockey? Lindenwood's got it.

Letters

Week of February 16, 2005

Honor Your Mother

The legacy of Alice Guy Blaché

Transdermal Celebration Canceled

Radar Station mourns a broken streak

Conservatives? Anyone?

Ben Stein at UMSL

Raggedy Dandies

The fashion-forward minds behind Rock Star Rags, St. Louis' invite-only vintage clothing warehouse

Letters

Week of June 2, 2004

Know News?

The year in review: A quiz (For answers, see last page)

What Do You Have to be Thankful For?

Week of November 26, 2003

Letters

Week of October 29, 2003

UMSL Won't Play Ball

Week of May 21, 2003

Profanity Rock

Week of December 11, 2002

Best Veterinarian

Ed Migneco

Mad-As-Hell Letter-Writing 101

School spirit goes haywire at the University of Missouri

Money Walks

Did a state representative yank the purse strings in an effort to frighten off a would-be challenger to one of his closest allies?

IT'S THE SHOES, IT MUST BE THE SHOES

In college athletics, the kids live under the rules and the coaches and shoe companies rule

BLANCHE BENEFITS FROM THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS

A review of UM-St. Louis pronounces the university fiscally sound, but critics continue to question Chancellor Blanche Touhill's spending priorities

SCHOOLS WITHOUT RULES

Controversy exposes folly of charter-mania

Letters to the Editor