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Father Gary Meier, St. Louis Catholic Priest, Announces He is Gay
Gettin' All Religious Up in Here
May 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
Courtesy Fr. Gary MeierFather Gary M. Meier at a wedding he officiated in 2012.In 2011, a slender book came out called Hidden Voices: Reflections of a Gay, Catholic Priest. The...
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Vinita Park Mayor James McGee's Secretly Recorded Race Comments (AUDIO)
May 16, 2013 in Daily RFT
VinitaPark.orgMayor James McGee.Over the course of several months in 2011, eight police officers for the city of Vinita Park were fired, resigned or took jobs with other departments. This was...
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[VIDEO] Joe Hoffmann, Evil Royals Fan, Wins First Plate at Flying Saucer St. Louis
May 13, 2013 in Gut Check
Kaitlin SteinbergJoe Hoffmann faced Richard Haegele (lower left) on Saturday in an epic showdown at Flying Saucer St. Louis.As Gut Check reported back in March, the opening of the Flying...
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Street Musicians, ACLU Sue City of St. Louis Over Permit Law Requiring Fees, Auditions
May 10, 2013 in Daily RFT
Courtesy ACLUFrederick WalkerWhen saxophonist Frederick Walker retired from his band "Mystic Voyage" after 21 years, he decided he didn't want to hang it up completely. He took his talents to...
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Nude Portrait Vandalized Outside White Flag Projects Art Gallery
May 08, 2013 in Daily RFT
Courtesy White Flags ProjectsNo butts about it.Someone out there in St. Louis is working really hard to cover our asses. White Flag Projects founder and director Matthew Strauss says he arrived...
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The "Ladue List": Office of Civil Rights and Ladue High School Reach Agreement
Where Did You Go To High School?
April 30, 2013 in Daily RFT
HSmemes.comA recent entry on Ladue Horton Watkins High School's meme page.Ah, springtime -- flowers are blooming, birds are singing...vicious, slut-shaming lists are being written? It's been about a year since the...
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"UPS KILLED MY DOG": Bizarre Sign Pops Up in North County [UPDATE]
April 26, 2013 in Daily RFT
The view from North Hanley Road.Update: A reader alerts us that we weren't the only ones who saw the sign. And it opened up their mind. Sometimes, stories are difficult to...
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Adolphus Busch IV Quits NRA; Slams Gun Rights Organization for "Distorted Values"
April 19, 2013 in Daily RFT
KSDKAdolphus Busch IV says the NRA ignores its own members.In a letter to the National Rifle Association that was also forwarded to KSDK Channel 5 News reporter Leisa Zigman, one...
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Don King Drops Lawsuit Against Ryan Coyne; Releases "Irish Outlaw"
April 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
Courtesy Ryan CoyneDon King and Ryan Coyne, former friends, former foes.Coming off of his first career loss, boxer and St. Louis native Ryan Coyne received some very important news yesterday...
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Ryan "Irish Outlaw" Coyne Loses Fight in Las Vegas; Takes Home Nasty Cut [PHOTOS]
April 15, 2013 in Daily RFT
Frederick Johnson, Don King ProductionsFight night did not go the Irish Outlaw's way.Sadly, Ryan "Irish Outlaw" Coyne's long-awaited fight in Las Vegas did not go the hometown boy's way. According to...
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Ryan "Irish Outlaw" Coyne Fights For Title Shot in Las Vegas Tonight [UPDATE]
April 12, 2013 in Daily RFT
Updated: Tonight, under the lights in a boxing ring in Las Vegas, local boy Ryan Coyne will finally get the chance to fight. As we documented in our March 14 feature...
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Fake Riverfront Times Food Critic Terrorizes Local Restaurant
April 11, 2013 in Gut Check
"I stink, I stink, I stink."Public service announcement, restaurateurs of the greater St. Louis area: Rumors are coming in that a fake Riverfront Times food critic is on the loose....
Sandra Lupo, Former Hooter's Waitress, Sues Breastaurant Chain for Discrimination
April 10, 2013 in Daily RFT
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Sandra Lupo, Former Hooters Waitress, Sues Breastaurant Chain for Discrimination
Complaints, Rants and Assorted Blowback
April 10, 2013 in Gut Check
MyspaceSandy Lupo says Hooters discriminated against her for having a surgical scar.Sandra Lupo knew something was seriously wrong when she suddenly felt a numb, tingling sensation running along the left...
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St. Louis Native Martyl Langsdorf, Designer of the Doomsday Clock, Dead at 96
April 08, 2013 in Daily RFT
WikipediaThe first appearance of the Doomsday Clock on the June 1947 cover of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.Late last month, Martyl Langsdorf -- the famed painter, designer and native St....
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Rep. Paul Fitzwater Likens Federal Health Care Coverage Expansion to Feeding "Zoo Animals"
April 05, 2013 in Daily RFT
Rep. Paul FitzwaterBuried in a CBS St. Louis story on the local impact of the Federal Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, is a rather bizarre quote from Representative Paul Fitzwater,...
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Participatory Budgeting-St. Louis Launches Pilot Project in 6th Ward
April 03, 2013 in Daily RFT
Michelle Witthaus and Alderwoman Christine Ingrassia have joined forces on participatory budgeting.Usually when a candidate loses an election, her ideas die with the campaign. Not so in the Sixth Ward. In...
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Spelling Bee Outs "Joe Sly," Alleged Undercover Cop Posing as Punk Fan
March 29, 2013 in RFTmusic
Courtesy Spelling BeeThis super real looking profile is allegedly the concoction of a Boston police officer.We here at RFT Music can barely breathe this is so awesome. St. Louis's own Spelling...
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Bud Light Jumps on Equality Bandwagon, Homophobe Beer Drinkers Pissed
March 28, 2013 in Gut Check
Bud Light Facebook pageThese Buds are for you, gay-marriage advocates.If you're on Facebook, you've likely seen the proliferation of red and pink equal signs in lieu of profile pictures, a...
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A. Peter Mutharika, Former Wash. U. Law Professor, Charged with Treason in Malawi [UPDATE]
March 28, 2013 in Daily RFT
MalawiUNChannelArthur Peter MutharikaUpdate: Washington University has released a very brief statement on Peter Mutharika. A former Washington University law professor was jailed earlier this month in Malawi after he and ten...
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St. Louis Policeman Matthew Schanz Allegedly Choked Boyfriend, Slammed His Head into Wall
March 26, 2013 in Daily RFT
Courtesy SLMPDOfficer Matthew Schanz.An officer with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has been charged with two counts of felony domestic assault and one count of resisting arrest. A probable-cause...
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Video: Todd Akin's "Legitimate Rape" Remark Makes "Law & Order: SVU" Plotline
March 26, 2013 in Daily RFT
The real Todd Akin and the "congressman" from Law & Order SVU.This summer will mark a full year since former Representative Todd Akin detonated the "legitimate rape" remark on his...
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Very NSFW: Is This the Official KC Royals Mascot Getting a Lap Dance?
March 25, 2013 in Daily RFT
Twitter user @johnnyo57See that smile?The guys over at Deadspin unearthed a little Twitter mystery over the weekend. A tipster tagged them on a photo that appears to show Sluggerrr --...
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Rams Cornerback Trumaine Johnson Arrested for DUI in Montana [UPDATE]
March 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
YouTube user RamsnflcomTrumaine Monte Johnson in happier times.Update, 3:30 p.m: Daily RFT has received more details on the arrest from the Missoula Police Department. The Rams Trumaine Johnson was picked up...
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Evan Spencer Ebel: Tom Clements Murder Suspect Dead, Possible White Supremacy Tie
March 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
Evan Spencer EbelThe murder of Tom Clements, the former director of adult institutions for the Missouri Department of Corrections, has taken several bizarre and violent twists since Daily RFT wrote...
