​Just in time for Valentine's Day (ugh, thanks Hallmark), Foursquare has determined that we're the fourth-most romantic city in the country. This information was gleaned by searching more than 1.5 billion check-ins made by couples on the social media system at typically romantic places such as wine bars, flower shops, lingerie shops and French restaurants. Quick aside: Does Pepe Le Pew own Foursquare?

Lest you doubt the validity of the findings, please note that Lake Buena Vista, Florida finished first. That probably has more than a little to do with Lake Buena Vista being wholly owned by the Walt Disney Company. It's a resort town for the nearby theme parks, and is nothing but hotels, restaurants, wine shops and boutiques. Way to game the system, Lake Buena Vista.

Which city finished dead-last?
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Jon's also a musician of note.

​Truly, we live in an age of marvels. Hamm-O-Gram is a new online service that will send a personal letter -- that's an actual letter transcribed from your form, not an email -- to the friend of your choice. What's so amazing about that? The letter includes "a picture of Handsome Man Jon Hamm, a unique love note and more," according the website. And it only costs you $5.

Hamm, as if you didn't know, is the star of the TV show Mad Men and a St. Louis native. He also sets ladies' hearts -- and other tender organs -- a-flutter. According to the website's FAQ section, Jon Hamm is in no way affiliated with the service.

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​Matthew Hathaway over at the Post-Dispatch has a concise look into the particulars of the Edward Jones Dome's pressing need for self- improvement. It's pressing in the sense that there's a February 1 deadline for the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission to present a plan to upgrade the facility, and the need is there because back in 1994 the city fathers essentially bent over and told the Rams ownership to "be gentle now and we'll do something special for you in eighteen years."

But what, exactly, do we need to do to move the Ed into the very vague "top tier" of football stadia? To be honest, we don't know and we don't care -- that's the St. Louis way. Closing our eyes and promising the moon and the stars to millionaires is how we got this team, and doing so again is our best bet to keep the team. Especially with only a week to go to file the paperwork.

Ladies and gentlemen, fire up the DREAM MACHINE. And lube your poopers, 'cause it's gonna get a little rough if we're going to convince Stan Kroenke that we're a city of double-jointed contortionists with no gag reflex and little thought for the future.
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We'll be the first to say we're no fans of Casey Anthony -- yesterday's jury verdict aside, we can't help but think she's a cold-blooded killer. Still, the one we'd actually like to bitch-slap in this situation is Nancy Grace.

We know, we know: Grace is a former prosecutor, she's on the side of Law and Order, and she really just wants to see Tot Mom burn in hell, like every other red-blooded American (save those twelve contrary Floridians, of course).

But does she have to be so shrilly self-righteous? So smug? So endlessly, maddeningly indignant? Just once, while Grace was shouting about Zanny the Nanny and the heart-shaped sticker on the duct tape and how Caylee couldn't have climbed that damned pool ladder, couldn't Jane Velez-Mitchell have reached over and smacked her straight across the face?

You can't have everything, alas. But here are eight devastating blows -- the sort of thing we would have liked to see aimed at Grace just once during HLN's marathon Tot Mom coverage.

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​"I can't explain why, I just love to get high." 

When Jay-Z rapped those words on the song "Allure," he probably wasn't talking about knocking back a frothy mug of reindeer piss, subjecting himself to multiple bee stings or huffing spray paint out of a paper bag.

The vast majority of drug users get their kicks from the classics -- everything from cocaine to plain ol' Mary Jane -- but for the adventurous, bored, poor and pitifully desperate there is always some way to find a fix.

Recently in St. Louis, a fifteen-year-old girl told one TV news station that when she and her friends couldn't find any weed, they raided her mom's pantry and rolled a spliff out of nutmeg instead. While undeniably misguided, the idea wasn't actually that outlandish. Nutmeg, ingested high concentrations, is a potent hallucinogen.

Another local girl ended up in the hospital when she snorted a brand of "bath salts" called Ivory Wave. Though effective -- the product contains a pair of legal ingredients that mimic cocaine's stimulant and anesthetic properties -- it sounds quite unpleasant. A writer for Vice magazine described his Ivory Wave experience as "like crystal meth without any of the good bits."

Remarkably, however, neither of these substances compare to some of the other truly idiotic things people have (supposedly) used to get high.*

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These seven politicians surely have good excuses for their slurred speech and bizarre commentary. They'd probably say they're just fatigued from the road -- or too busy serving the people. Call us cynics, but we happen to think that they're drunk beyond belief after enjoying some of their own secret service.

Here are the videos. You decide.

7. Japanese Finance Minister
This poor man is either very sleepy, heavily sedated...or straight up crunked.

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Click here for a full slideshow from the Gateway to November Tea Party Rally.

On Sunday September 12, Tea Party members and their fellow travelers descended on the grounds of the Gateway Arch to protest the federal government. As with most political rallies, homemade signs were abundant and, as with most political rallies, more than a few of those signs raised some eyebrows.

10. Protesting the Federal Government on Federal Land

Okay, so this is more about the location than any actual signage. But we could not help but notice the irony resulting from this unique combination of setting and message.

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