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St. Charles Smoking Ban: Officials Consider New Policy As Critics Argue For Property Rights
May 21, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaIs a government ban on smoking an infringement on property rights? That's a central question that has emerged in the city of St. Charles, which had its final of three...
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Police: Fake UPS Driver Who Robbed Woman, Taped Her to Stove Is ID'd But On The Loose
May 21, 2013 in Daily RFT
Tyson McGuire, 37. Police say that on April 27, a man posing as a UPS delivery driver forced his way into an Ellisville home, stole a woman's jewelry, taped her...
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Busch Stadium Is Becoming a Soccer Field for Man City vs. Chelsea F.C. Match (PHOTOS)
May 21, 2013 in Daily RFT
Update: See photos from soccer at Busch Stadium.viaBusch Stadium's transformation. It may have been totally friggin' impossible to get tickets to the Premier League's much-discussed exhibition soccer game at Busch...
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Robert Boettcher, Homeless Man Once Accused of Murder, Wins University City Photo Award
May 21, 2013 in Daily RFT
via robertboettcherphotography.comRobert Boettcher.Robert Boettcher, a 53-year-old homeless man in St. Louis, was recently released from prison after spending nearly two years behind bars on murder charges. He was arrested on...
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Schnucks Credit Card Lawsuit: Could Company Owe Millions of Dollars To Affected Customers?
May 21, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaScott Schnuck. In the wake of a massive security breach that left millions of credit cards vulnerable, Schnucks is now facing multiple lawsuits in Missouri and Illinois from customers and...
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Man Shot in the Face Leaving Midtown Nightclub, St. Louis Police Say
May 20, 2013 in Daily RFT
A 34-year-old man leaving a St. Louis nightclub in midtown early this morning was walking to his friend's car when he heard gunshots. He bent down to the ground to...
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Macy's Is Closing Its Downtown St. Louis Store in the Railway Exchange Building
May 20, 2013 in Daily RFT
via Google MapsMacy's downtown.The Macy's in downtown St. Louis is shutting its doors. The company announced this morning that the outlet, which opened in 1924 in the Railway Exchange building,...
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Planned Parenthood To Missouri Lawmakers: End The "Campaign Against Women's Health"
May 20, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaAbortion pill. The Missouri legislative session ended last week and one of the many successes the state GOP is celebrating is the passage of a bill to add restrictions to...
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Baron Calmese Admits He Stole From Piggy Bank of Nephew, 4, To Buy Drugs, Prostitutes
May 20, 2013 in Daily RFT
Baron Calmese, the piggy bank thief. "Man, I bought a piece of ass and some heroin" was the incredibly charming response Baron Calmese allegedly gave police when they asked him...
Woman Found In Trash After Man Repeatedly Sold Her Cocaine, Heroin On The Same Day
May 20, 2013 in True Crime Report
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Missouri's Approved Gun Bills: Concealed-Carry Permits Easier to Get, Record-Keeping Banned
May 20, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaThe legislative session in Missouri is finally over. And after months of heated debates on guns, lawmakers have sent controversial bills to the governor that would dramatically change the concealed-carry...
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Missouri Hate Tweets: State Has High Rates of Homophobia, Racism, N-Word Usage (MAPS)
May 20, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaAreas with a high concentration of N-word tweets.Compared to many other states in the country, Missouri has a high concentration of racist, homophobic tweets that include offensive, hateful language. And...
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Grieving Husband Says Calvary Cemetery Did Not Properly Bury Wife, Left Grave in Disrepair
May 20, 2013 in Daily RFT
Courtesy of Milad Abounader. Calvary Cemetery.When Milad Abounader, 73, went to visit his wife's grave in Calvary Cemetery in north St. Louis on Mother's Day, he was horrified by what...
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St. Louis Boarding House Explosion Possibly a Meth Lab Fire, Burn Victim "Evasive, Police Say
May 20, 2013 in Daily RFT
via KSDKFirefighter investigates possible meth fire. Police say that a 44-year-old man suffered burns on his face and chest from a fire over the weekend, which occurred in the basement...
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KMOV's Larry Conners Off Air After IRS Comments, Lawyer Says Not Allowed To Talk
May 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaLarry Conners. On Tuesday we reported on KMOV-TV (Channel 4) anchor Larry Conners' controversial comments on his Facebook page pondering whether the IRS was targeting him in response to a...
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St. Peters Police: Nude Man Fondles Himself in Front of Library, Asks Girl If She Wants a Ride
May 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
St. Peters PoliceKevin Flatley. A naked man sitting in his car outside a library in St. Peters this week asked a teenage girl if she wanted a ride while he...
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Blues Captain David Backes Fights to Save Phineas the Dog, Salem Pet on Death Row
May 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
via blues.nhl.comDavid Backes to the rescue. As we reported yesterday, Phineas the Dog, who lives in Salem, could be put to sleep -- after a long, bizarre battle in the...
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Stacy Davis Charged with Murder; Woman Overdosed, Found in Alley, Buried Under TV
May 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
SLMPDStacy Davis, 29. Police say that Stacy Davis, a 29-year-old St. Louis man, provided Carmen Cross, 30, with heroin and cocaine, which she combined into a cocktail and injected. After...
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Kansas City Police Dept. Loves Footage of Officer Falling, Airs on Tonight Show (VIDEO)
May 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
via YouTubeKCPD's finest takes a tumble. Earlier this month, a Kansas City police officer trying to pull a fallen tree from the road fell to the ground in the process...
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St. Louis Protesters Rally Against Allowing Gay Boy Scouts: "We Are Not Out To Discriminate"
May 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaProtesters are staging a rally in St. Louis today urging the Boy Scouts of America to reject a policy change that would allow openly gay members. Linda Briggs-Harty, a Brentwood...
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Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Finally Gets Hearing on Last Day of Missouri Session
May 17, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaOne step closer to decriminalization. A proposal to decriminalize marijuana across the state will have a hearing this morning at the Missouri House of Representatives -- which appears to be...
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LGBT Bullying: Why Does Rep. Sue Allen Oppose Specific Protections for Gay Students?
May 16, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaRep. Sue Allen. An anti-bullying bill at the Missouri legislature has died -- and Representative Sue Allen, the sponsor of the proposal, is now casting blame on openly gay lawmakers....
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There's A (Fake?) Body On The Glass Ceiling Of the Missouri House of Representatives
May 16, 2013 in Daily RFT
via @DavidALieb(Fake?) body on house ceiling. It's the second to last day of the Missouri legislative session, and things are getting pretty weird. And, no, we're not talking about seersucker...
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St. Louis Parks Officials Indicted on Fraud Charges, Allegedly Embezzled Funds For Years
May 16, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaUpdate below: Two St. Louis parks officials allegedly stole around half a million dollars from the city by submitting false invoices since 2005, according to a federal indictment announced this...
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Military Sexual Assault: Claire McCaskill Calls For Justice System Reforms, Better Prevention
May 16, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaClaire McCaskill.This week, the United States Army announced that one of its sergeants in Fort Hood, Texas, is facing allegations of pandering, abusive sexual contact, assault and maltreatment of subordinates....
