April 2011
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NFL lockout resumes →
The NFL won the latest round in an escalating battle with players Friday in a ruling handed down in St. Louis.
Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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Good Morning, from St. Louis
dotdapple: Here for the FIRST World Championships, and it’s great to be here. Sorry I sound really groggy. We arrived here at 1 PM. Also, sorry I haven’t been updating around here. Tons of stuff. Now that I’ve been unintentionally filling up your dash with an excessive amount of paragraphs and apologies, here’s some facts for teams here too: Team 3322 (us) is taking a sightseeing tour...
Apr 28th
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Apr 27th
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“All in all it was a really bad weekend but I’m glad we could help Maria....”
– Allyson Pittman, who, with her friend Aaryn Wooldridge, helped Maria, a traveler stranded at Lambert Airport after Friday night’s tornado.
Apr 27th
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“If you see water over the roadway DO NOT drive through it. You never know how...”
– Mascoutah Sheriff’s Capt. Steve Johnson, after firefighters rescued a woman and three young children who became trapped in their vehicle on a flooded road early Wednesday. 
Apr 27th
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#7690
ohnewsroom: Said to coughing sports editor: “Die on your own time!” This quip might have come from my newsroom. And when I say “might,” I mean definitely did.
Apr 27th
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A sad bird story, hopefully with a happy ending.
Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Today is National Pretzel Day! Celebrate with Gus’ Pretzels or, for a twist (ha!) try this Pretzel Hot Dog Bites recipe.
Apr 26th
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“Sometimes Mother Nature, you can’t stop her.”
– Crystal City Mayor Tom Schilly, on the 300-foot long slide at an earthen levee that keeps the backwaters of the swelled Plattin Creek from Festus and Crystal City. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the levee’s core is not affected.
Apr 26th
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“He said he went to the parking lot of the Schnucks store and tried to run over...”
– Police statement in court documents. Josef X. Achtentuch, 61, of St. Louis County, was charged with first-degree and third-degree assault after he used his car to hit two customers in the parking lot of a Schnucks market in Creve Coeur. Police said Achtentuch told them he hoped to kill someone. He...
Apr 25th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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Raw video of a helicopter tour of the tornado devastation at and near Lambert Airport.
Apr 23rd
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Apr 22nd
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“David White, 33, was arrested at a Phillips 66 station at North Broadway and...”
– One of the two jail escapees has been arrested
Apr 22nd
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Apr 22nd
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Apr 22nd
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A toast to journalists killed in the line of duty →
Tonight, journalists are raising a glass to honor those who have died in the line of duty. This week photojournalists Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington died in action in Libya. Whether it’s coffee, lemonade or beer, whether you’re a journalist or not, join us in honoring all journalists killed on the job. In St. Louis, a group of journalists will be meeting at 9 p.m. The Royale if...
Apr 21st
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Rainy days, storms forecast into next week →
A weather warning. Oh, and did you see that there was not one, not two, but at least five tornadoes in our area Tuesday night?
Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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“$21.13”
– The average per-hour wage of St. Louis area workers in 2010. That’s 20 cents less than the average for 2009.
Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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“They get patted down, but it is different. It is a good patting.”
– Snakes on a plane, indeed. Pet Airways Inc. is a flight service for pets (no humans allowed) and will begin serving Lambert-St. Louis International Airport later this year.
Apr 19th
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We're under a tornado watch until 9 p.m. →
I’ll be posting updates on Twitter for sure, and I’ll try to hit the highlights here, too. Stay safe, friends. If you hear tornado sirens, take shelter — move to a basement or interior room away from windows.
Apr 19th
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Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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Provel: Love it or hate it?
On Wednesday, Twitter friend @boxcar_fritz suggested the Post-Dispatch conduct a poll on the demographics of St. Louis residents who do and do not like provel cheese. Since I was on vacation, I did the next best thing and posted a Twitter poll. The provel poll asked two questions: Do you like provel? Are you a St. Louis native? Of the 65 people who answered both questions, the majority — 60...
Apr 15th
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Apr 4th
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Apr 2nd
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Beer at Busch Stadium: 54.1 cents an oz. →
That’s the most expensive beer in the National League. We’re No. 1?
Apr 1st
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