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Answers to the Riverfront Times 2012 News Quiz

In January Riverfront Times published its annual "News Challenge" -- 78 multiple-choice questions testing how well readers paid attention to current events over the past twelve months. Within a week, more than 100 of you submitted your answers to us. A few weeks later a dozen readers e-mailed a simi ... More >>

The 10 Dumbest "Sports" of the Summer Olympics

This week thousands of international athletes will descend upon London to compete in 2012 Summer Olympic games. Some of the dozens of contests that make up the games are as old as ancient Greece; others are relative newcomers; and others are so incredibly inane that the International Olympic Committ ... More >>

The 2011 Unreal News Challenge

Albert Pujols Can Buy a Lot of Wheaties for $254 Million

St. Louis Cardinals fans might still be coming to terms with Albert Pujols' departure for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The marketplace, however, has already responded. Seen today at Schnucks:​(Of course, since this commemorative box of Wheaties Fuel features Albert's handsome mug but no St. ... More >>

Super 8 and a Mighty Kids Meal

Chrissy WilmesMighty greasy!​Summertime is exciting -- vacations, relaxing, realizing you no longer fit into your swimsuit. Here at Gut Check, we think the best part of those sweltering months is the roster of big summer movies -- and 2011 is no exception. After all, there's the last film in t ... More >>

OldestProfession2.0: A new generation of local "providers" and "hobbyists" create a virtual red-light district

Face the Nation

We find out what rocked across the country in 2007.

Buck Wild

Unreal dresses up for Halloween, ponders getting electrocuted and entertains a bizarre fantasy about Joe Buck and Tim McCarver.

Ping Dynasty

The Yao Family is set on making St. Louis a global powerhouse in table tennis.

Double Cross

Sometimes you get nailed, sometimes you don't

The Battle of the Paddle

Loot dreams, pre-teen stars, Russian immigrants and (cough) very old men have the St. Louis table-tennis scene popping off

Treat Him Write

Sam Hamm writes great scripts. So why do they rarely get made?

Town Without Pity