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Jim The Wonder Dog (Who Predicted the Future!), Old Drum: Missouri's Official Dogs?

Legend has it that Jim the Wonder Dog successfully predicted the sex of unborn babies, correctly chose the winner of seven Kentucky Derbies and the World Series, could comprehend complex human speech -- and so much more. And now, the hard-at-work Missouri legislature is one step closer to making Jim ... More >>

Missouri's Lost Musician

School Bus Ad Bill Fails to Pass Senate

Representative Mike Kelley's (R-Lamar) bill that would create and regulate a system for school districts to place advertising on school buses has stalled out in the senate. The language of HB1273 prohibited ads of a sexual, drug related or age-inappropriate nature, which caused some concern for Sena ... More >>

Cargill Meat Solutions Recalls Ground Beef

More recalls. A Pennsylvania company recalled 8500 pounds of ground beef for suspected E. coli contamination. The Washington Post reports that the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service found a link between Cargill Meat Solutions in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, and three cases of the infection in Ma ... More >>

It's Not Too Late to See the Rain Man After All

A Daily RFT post on Tuesday joked that Kim Peek, the developmentally disabled genius who inspired Dustin Hoffman's character in Rain Man, is incredibly gifted when it comes to memorizing dates and times.Perhaps Peek is looking for a job as a blogger, because this writer is obviously not so good with ... More >>

The Real Rain Man Was in Missouri Yesterday

ahsmail.uwaterloo.ca/​Kim Peek, the real-life savant who inspired the Dustin Hoffman/Tom Cruise classic, gave a speech yesterday at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. That was a Monday. Peek could also tell you-- instantly-- what day of the week October 5 was in 1979, 1994, 1852 or ... More >>

Gentleman Auction House Tour Diary, Day Seven: Rochester, Buffalo, New York

Super Black Market

7 p.m. Friday, May 18. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

Sweet and Lo-Fi

Bill Streeter's vlog is how others see us

RIPPLE EFFECT

A statewide fight over the biggest-ever water-rate-increase request could spill over into St. Louis County