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SLU: Prof. Matthew Hall Criticizes Lawrence Biondi; Trustees Call Him Immature Liar

Over the past month, we've reported on the latest controversies of Saint Louis University, first with the high-profile resignation of the theology chair and most recently with the departure of the interim law dean over inappropriate comments. At the center of much of the conflict at SLU is Father La ... More >>

The New Cold War: On the frontlines of the costliest battle in the high-tech world

Debates Got You Bored? 7 Badass Feats of Strength from Politicians

As the general election approaches, candidates try harder than ever to court voters (except not really in Missouri). If you're like Daily RFT, you've grown weary of the debates and heated verbal sparring. Back in ye olde days, when brains fell short, candidates seeking public office courted the publ ... More >>

Meal Thicket: Dramatic License Productions rustles up Dinner with Friends

University of Corporate Greed: America's for-profit colleges leave taxpayers and students high and dry

The Vijay Iyer Trio combines math, diplomacy and dancing

Contemporary Art Museum: Paul Ha Is NOT Leaving for Job at MIT

Eastward, ho, Ha! As we can all now plainly see, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM) director Paul Ha is moving to Massachusetts.​@paulha8Photographic evidence of Paul Ha in sedentary repose, a.k.a. staying put.​Updated 4:59 p.m.: Ten minutes after we published this post, Contemporary Art Mu ... More >>

Back from the Undead: Happy 100th to homegrown horror icon Vincent Price

The 2010 St. Louis International Film Festival was to have been a triumphant homecoming for George Hickenlooper. Instead, it'll be a wake.

Happy Birthday, Eero Saarinen!

Finnish-born architect Eero Saarinen didn't live long enough to see the completion of his masterwork -- St. Louis' own Gateway Arch. He died in 1961, two years before construction even began.Happy birthday, old chap!​Had Saarinen lived (and lived and lived) he would have been 100 years old today. ... More >>

Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Craig Newmark speaks at victim's memorial in wake of Craigslist killings

Fizzled Out: Andrew Gladney, heir to the 7-Up fortune, is off to a federal penitentiary

St. Louis Art Capsules

Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

7-Up vs. Coke, Part 2: From dot-com darling to disaster, the spectacular flameout of Andrew Gladney. Heir to a fortune, Andrew Gladney went from John Burroughs to Yale and came home to found Savvis Inc. Then he squandered it all.

Did George W.'s grandpa steal Pancho Villa's head?

The truth behind a decades-old skull theft.

Clothes by Any Other Name

She designs the duds that make the OSTL sing

Pay for Play

Producer Rocco Landesman comes home to talk about Broadway (and baseball)

Dawn of the Diaz

Bill Haas trumps other Blog o' the Week possibilities, a white supremacy group loses its power (literally), and we wonder if Hotel Rwanda is OK for kids; plus, everybody loves Einar!

Hell on Wheels

A jug of pee flung from a school-bus window has a Maplewood man, well, pissed off

Love's Labor Remixed

We strike out with the ladies, music-geek style, check out John Kerry's Behind the Music and hunt for Weird Al trivia

Methmaker, Methmaker, Make Me Some Meth

Unreal finds good meth-lab locations and talks to a young lady making her way in the world (with the help of semi-nude photos); Bill Haas gets honest; and we (and Denny's) find several ways to play with our food

Raggedy Dandies

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

Taking Office

Bingenheimer and Hickenlooper discuss their rockin' doc, Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Accounting to Thurtene

Some participants question the high cost of giving to Wash. U.'s annual carnival

The Family Guy

A son goes looking for his late father and finds some buildings

Knockin' 'Em Dead

Here's how the Board of Education could raise money for St. Louis schools: Charge admission to its meetings

Greek Out

Distributors still don't honeymoon with small romantic comedies

Of Boobs and Blood

Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor

Save the Earth

The earthwork "Cromlech Glen" and Laumeier Sculpture Park receive needed restoration

"You Don't Just Grouch"

Helen Hudlin saw the blight in her East St. Louis neighborhood and "just got busy"

Look Ahead

D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it

Hold Those Cheers for the FDA

The drug we should stop using "immediately" has been questioned for decades

PLAYING TAPS

A tribute to the great trumpeter Lester Bowie

THE ROAD TO WELLES-VILLE

St. Louis native George Hickenlooper takes another step on his Hollywood career path with the Orson Welles adaptation The Big Brass Ring -- but a happy ending's still not in sight.

Guitars on Mars

Gary Lucas has performed with Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley, John Zorn and Allen Ginsberg. Now he's visiting St. Louis to perform alongside the silent film The Golem.

Landslide Victory

Grim Harvest

Residents of Town & Country can't decide whether to slaughter hundreds of deer, move a few to rural acreage, or do a little of both. The Missouri Department of Conservation's best advice is lethal -- but the mayor is committing political suicide to save t