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SIUE Aims to Set a World Record — and Benefit Kids — With Books
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville needs books — but we're not talking about books for classes. The university has its sights set on breaking a world record and helping the community in the...
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Baby Kakez Offers Delicious Desserts — and Saturday BBQ — in Midtown
Michelle Jones never meant to get into the food business. She just had a lot of time on her hands — and she loved to bake. A few years ago, Jones was running an in-home day care, which for a time...
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John Danforth Wants to Play the Hero. But His Partisanship Got Us Into This Mess
John Danforth wants you to know he’s very concerned about this Trump fellow. Last week, the former U.S. senator called Trump the “most divisive president in our history.”Opining in the Washington...
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St. Louis Trainer Bobby Ritter Fired After Appearing in Charlottesville Hate...
A personal trainer has been fired from a south St. Louis gym after clients and fellow trainers spotted him in photos of white supremacists marching in Charlottesville two weeks ago. Bobby Ritter,...
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NAACP Pushes Back Against McCulloch in Marcellus Williams' Case
Hours before Missouri's governor halted the execution of convicted murderer Marcellus William, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch defiantly insisted to the Associated Press that there...
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Randolfi's Italian Kitchen Is Closing Next Month
Randolfi's Italian Kitchen(6665 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-899-9221), the acclaimed restaurant that James Beard-nominated chef Mike Randolph opened as a tribute to his Italian roots, is...
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Atlanta Trap Rapper 2 Chainz to Perform at the Pageant Tonight
What's in a name? In the case of the Atlanta-based rapper Tauheed Epps, it turns out the answer is "a whole lot."…
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How Tim Wiggins of Retreat Gastropub Found His Way Behind the Bar
Tim Wiggins, the beverage director at Retreat Gastropub(6 N. Sarah Street; 314-261-4497), vividly remembers his initial response when his boss, Travis Howard, first asked him if he wanted to bartend....
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Taco Buddha Is Now Open in University City
Taco Buddha(7405 Pershing Avenue, University City) offers just what you would expect from its name: tacos. The flavors, however, are delightfully unexpected, representing the owners’ travels through...
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Here Is the Taylor Swift Story They Don't Want You to Read
Is Taylor Swift a psychopath? Our columnist Jaime Lees is convinced of it — and two years ago, back when #LookWhatYouMadeMeDo was still a Right Said Fred beat, she explained her reasoning to the world.…
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Black-White Homeowner Gap Increases in St. Louis
Across the nation, the gap between the percentage of whites who own homes and blacks who own homes has fallen — dropping 2.2 percent from 2000 to 2015. But in St. Louis, that marker of inequality has...
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Vista Ramen Owners to Run Food Service Inside Earthbound Brewery
If you love Vista Ramen (2609 Cherokee Street, 314-797-8250)— and seriously, who doesn't? — we've got some great news for you.…
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Every Matt Carpenter Home Run Means $20K for Houston Relief Efforts
St. Louis Cardinals infielder Matt Carpenter announced on Twitter on Monday that he will donate $10,000 toward Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Houston for every home run he hits. The native Texan's...
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St. Louis Blues Musician Marquise Knox Stabbed In the Neck Saturday Morning
Prolific blues musician Marquise Knox, 26, was stabbed in the neck early Saturday morning while returning to his home after a performance in downtown St. Louis Friday night. Knox performed alongside...
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Sister-in-Law Pleads for Information in Quadruple Homicide in North County
The sister-in-law of a mother who was killed with her sons is pleading for information in the mysterious quadruple homicide that shook north county late last week. Carmen Steward says she has...
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Nikki Glaser to Perform Pop-Up Houston Benefit at Funny Bone Wednesday
In light of the record-setting flooding currently afflicting the city of Houston, comedian Nikki Glaser is doing her part to help. The St. Louis native will be performing a pop-up show at the Funny...
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St. Louis Comedian Kenny Kinds Brings the Laughs — No Matter the Medium
At a recent performance of their live talk show/podcast, Sorry, Please Continue, hosts Jeremy Hellwig and Kenny Kinds, along with guest host Emily Hickner, descended, over the course of about two...
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Patti Cake$'s Danielle Macdonald Is a Star, But the Movie Falls Flat
There are few surprises to be found in Patti Cake$, a predictable, eager-to-please movie with a soft heart wrapped in a tough veneer. It's a familiar fairy tale, the story of a young artist struggling...
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Titus Andronicus Is a Rare St. Louis Shakespeare Misfire
Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus is a play that revels in the grotesque. It's rife with stabbings, beheadings, rape, revenge and the perversion of the social order.…
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Pizza Head Triumphs, With Punk Rock Edge and New York-Style Slices
If Pizzeoli is Scott Sandler's symphony, a restaurant that's been painstakingly thought-through, fussed-over and crafted with an air of reverence, Pizza Head is Nevermind the Bollocks, a brash middle...
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