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(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 suits.

This morning, a body appeared on the glass ceiling of the Missouri House of Representatives in Jefferson City. It is hopefully just a dummy of sorts as part of some practical joke. (Remember things, do get silly in Jefferson City, sometimes!)

A House spokesman tells Daily RFT just now that he is not aware of the situation, but will look into it. Meanwhile, the leadership, it seems, has made a joke about it, soooo...we're hopeful it's just a bizarre final-week gag and not a horrible tragedy. We'll update when we know more. In the meantime, more photos and tweets below.

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Police on her yard.

Soon, it may be really easy to locate Belleville, Illinois, resident Robin Wheeler's house on Google Maps' "Street View." Just look for a handcuffed dude and some cops!

Wheeler was sitting on her porch in her pajamas yesterday morning minding her own business, when two cop cars stopped on her street -- and officers got out and apprehended a male suspect.

"They had him on the ground, handcuffed in my yard," she tells Daily RFT.

Then, a Google Street View car drove by.

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Missouri airplane arrest.

A flight from Los Angeles to New York City made an emergency stop in Missouri last week due to an unruly passenger -- who apparently would just not stop belting Whitney Houston songs.

She was reportedly handcuffed and escorted off the plane in Kansas City after she was interfering with the flight crew.

The decision to kick her off the flight did not, it seems, stop her singing. Quite the opposite, actually! Amazing video evidence has surfaced this week and is on below.

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Because...why not?

So this exists.

St. Louis' Baked T's store has jumped on the Internet hysteria around Charles Ramsey, the Cleveland hero who helped rescue three women who had reportedly been held captive for more than a decade.

Ramsey gave a now viral interview with local media, during which he said, "I knew something was wrong when a little, pretty white girl ran into a black man's arms."

Which brings us to Baked T's in the Delmar Loop, which designed this t-shirt and yesterday displayed it in the store window. More photos below.

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Go team!

Did you know that the Missouri legislature has a softball tournament? And did you know that one of the teams this year was called Military Mafia?

Daily RFT and our reliable Jefferson City tipsters have got you covered!

Last week, the photo to the right, big version below, arrived in our inbox. An attendee snapped this shot of the team of lawmakers and staffers that chose the name Military Mafia and printed matching orange T-shirts with rifles on them.

But, the office of the team captain tells us, the theme has nothing to do with any gun debates at the Missouri State Capitol.

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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 unearth and require insider sources and knowledge. Other times, they present themselves in screaming red and yellow letters on somebody's front lawn.

Daily RFT was taking a jaunt through north county when, just on the outskirts of University City, we happened upon the sign you see in the picture at right. It was strung up on a clothesline with letters as large as five feet tall: "UPS KILLED MY DOG."

What else could we do but pull over and attempt to learn more?

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Jon and Elmo.

Here's one television set where we really hope Jon Hamm's penis is not causing any problems.

Sesame Street!

That's right. Our favorite St. Louis celebrity Jon Hamm (who in recent weeks has struggled greatly with big-penis-causing-trouble headlines) is taking a break from Mad Men to chat with Elmo about the word of the day: sculpture.

Check out the clip below.

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Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey in St. Louis.

St. Louis residents Marcia and Tim Dorsey would like to get "verified" on Twitter through the website's official badge of authenticity (that little blue check next to a user's name).

Twitter generally reserves those verifications for well-known movie stars, politicians, athletes, etc. -- but these two are arguably quite deserving.

After all, they're the grandparents of Twitter.

That's right: Marcia and Tim, the parents of Twitter cofounder and St. Louis native Jack Dorsey, would like the site to verify their accounts.

And they're tweeting up a storm to promote the cause!

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John Hamm and Little John.

In honor of the season premiere of Mad Men last night, we here at Daily RFT wanted to be sure to give some love to local hero Jon Hamm.

And why not do it in the most immature way possible! The St. Louis native has gotten all kinds of attention in the weeks leading up to the much anticipated sixth season -- in large part surrounding the adventures and mishaps of his very abnormally huge penis. At Hamm's humble request, we said we'd try to stop talking about Little John, but with all the chatter last night (everyone had big expectations!) we just couldn't help ourselves.

Below, the RFT staff's top twelve nickname suggestions for Jon Hamm's penis.

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Some medicine for the Monday morning blues.

Watch the video below and try not to smile.

The laughter of an adorable St. Peters toddler trying to walk her dog is the latest viral YouTube sensation, and here at Daily RFT, we think it's some great Monday morning medicine for the start-of-the-week blues.

Uploaded just a few days ago, the video's already got well over 2 million hits. And for good reason.

Check out the 26 seconds of precious, youthful giggles below.

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