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Donald Rasch's Death Ruled a Homicide

2012-02-08 14:03:44

Donald Rasch, the convicted art thief who was found unconscious in his Maplewood home in November and died four days later, has been declared a homicide victim by police.Police had initially de...

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Security Screenings At Lambert Will Be Expedited

2012-02-08 13:33:26

The Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Commission announced today that TSA Pre, its passenger pre-screening program, will expand to more airports in 2012 -- includin...

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What People Are Saying About Santorum's Missouri Win

2012-02-08 13:00:00

Last night Rick Santorum swept the primaries in Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado. As expected, his most decisive victory was in Missouri, where he took all 114 county for a 55 percent runaway, ...

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Man Shot 10 Times, Reportedly While Carrying Petitions for A Safer Missouri

2012-02-08 10:19:09

Police were called to Carter and Clarence avenues in the O'Fallon Park neighborhood around 9 p.m. last night to find an unidentified man in his mid-fifties had been shot ten times. According to ...

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Club-Goers Sue Blackmon's for Last Year's Infamous Ruckus

2012-02-08 08:34:00

Five plaintiffs have filed suit against an East St. Louis nightclub after claiming to have suffered injuries during a no-holds-barred melee made infamous last April after video footage emerged a...

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Blues Score Three, Take Two Points From Senators

2012-02-08 07:51:54

David Perron, you magnificent bastard. Perron scored twice last night, helping the Blues to a 3-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators, who have suddenly gone from playoff contender to Tom Pet...

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RIP St. Louis Soccer Legend Harry Keough

2012-02-08 07:00:53

Harry Keough, the soccer great who was a defender on the legendary 1950 U.S. World Cup team and who went on to become the longtime coach at Saint Louis University, died yesterday morning at hom...

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Mother Claims She's Possessed, Then Proves It

2012-02-07 14:32:11

A Camden County woman went to the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Camdenton in October and handed over her infant daughter, saying that she was possessed and she feared she was going to h...

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Which Is the Bigger Pussy? Mountain Lions or State Senator?

2012-02-07 12:53:07

State senator Bill Stouffer fancies himself a rugged S.O.B. In campaign photos, the central Missouri Republican likes to pose in western wear with farm equipment in the background. He boasts in...

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Road Rage Shooter Gets Comeuppance When His Victim Shoots Back

2012-02-07 12:09:48

Update: The suspect has now been identified as 18-year-old Xavier S. Minden of St. Louis. Original story follows... An unidentified 35-year old Franklin County man survived a harrowing ordeal...

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Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens, From a City You Hated!

2012-02-07 11:35:26

Today's your 200th birthday, and we salute you. It's true you died way back in 1870, so you're probably not aware that we are saluting you. But how amazing is it that people actually remember yo...

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Missouri Grand Jury Hands Up Major Indictment Following Robo-Signing Scandal

2012-02-07 11:02:00

The nation's foreclosure crisis has officially entered its newest chapter -- criminal allegations against the various players involved -- and Missouri is playing a leading role. Last Friday a B...

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Jay Leno Pokes Fun at Dave Spence's "Economics" Degree

2012-02-07 10:30:20

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Charles Smith: Man Who Dragged 15-Year Old Girl Into Car Is Captured

2012-02-07 09:49:37

The man who forced a 15-year old girl into the back of his van, robbed her and began to undress her has been caught. Charles B. Smith, 26, is charged with kidnapping, attempted forcible rape, fi...

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Albert Pujols Plans to Report to Camp Early

2012-02-07 07:59:21

The presumptive Anaheim Angels first baseman told ESPNDeportes.com that he intends to report to spring training a week earlier than position players are scheduled, because "For the last 12 year...

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State Law: Stop While We Affix Ads to Your School Bus

2012-02-07 07:13:24

Noting that state funding for student transportation has been slashed as Missouri deals with a very tight budget, State Representative Mike Kelley (R-Lamar) proposed a new idea: Advertising on ...

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Alyssa Bustamante: Her Confession Was Off-Limits, But Her Journal Is A Different Matter

2012-02-06 14:07:01

Alyssa Bustamante, the young woman who killed Elizabeth Olten, her nine-year-old neighbor, had a sentencing hearing today in Jefferson City. Although Bustamante, now eighteen, confessed to polic...

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Treasurer's Race Heats Up: Wessels Files Suit Against Williams A Week After Calling for Wahby to Step Down from Party Post

2012-02-06 13:30:00

It seems as if 13th Ward Alderman Fred Wessels is trying to pick-off his opponents in the race for City Treasurer like it's a dodge ball game. First he called for candidate Brian Wahby to step ...

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So, the Rams Are London Bound?

2012-02-06 11:54:43

Perhaps you missed it in the run-up to last night's rather big game, but Jim Thomas over at the Post-Dispatch reported late yesterday that the Rams and the Convention and Visitors Commission ar...

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Devon Von Cahill: St. Louis Homicide No. 9; Found in Bullet-Riddled Car

2012-02-06 11:09:40

Police responded to a call about a shooting in the 1300 block of Granville Place in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood (above) at 12:25 p.m. on Friday and found an Oldsmobile Intrigue with roughl...

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