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I Survived UberX and All I Got Was a Reasonable Lift to My Destination
A black Chevy Suburban pulled up to my apartment building this morning. Oh, boy! I thought.…
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Yes, a Cubs Fan Really Did Troll St. Louis by Playing "Go Cubs Go" Across...
The pain of the Cardinals' playoff loss is fresh. Agony is everywhere, tears roll like red boulders and the hurt is reflected in the baseball-loving eyes of fans all over the county. We get it.…
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Ferguson Residents Form Group to Fight Back Against the DOJ
Before you get upset, the new group called Ferguson Truth wants to make sure you know what they're not saying. They're not saying Ferguson is perfect. They're not saying racism isn't real. But this...
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The Walkman's The Tape EP: Making Cassettes Cool Again
by Christian Schaeffer The music-industry oracles have gotten hip to what the crust-punks, lo-fi freaks and just plain thrifty types have long known: Cassette tapes are back, baby!…
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Craigslist Con Man Guilty in St. Louis Scam, Attack on Secret Service
A Craigslist con man faces federal prison after his long-running scam ended in an attack on Secret Service agents. Jason Cripe had been wanted for months on fraud charges when the agents finally...
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After Growing Up in St. Louis, Kathleen Madigan Is Coming Home to Make Us Laugh
Decades before Florissant Avenue and the city of Ferguson drew national attention, and long before she was a comedic star in L.A., Kathleen Madigan was a student at McCluer North High School — and...
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Nineties Alt-Rock Darling Failure Finds New Fans in Today's Kids
The ongoing and seemingly unending cycle of band reunions has, for most music fans, become a predictable pantomime of pent-up nostalgia yielding increasingly unrewarding returns. After a decade (or a...
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Brooks Wheelan Bombs Sometimes But That's OK
Since being fired from Saturday Night Live last year, after just one season, Brooks Wheelan has been on a roll. First the funnyman released his debut comedy album This Is Cool, Right? in January to...
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Matt Osmoe Will Never Turn Down a Little Drop of Poison
Last month, Matt Osmoe of Blood & Sand competed in Bombay Sapphire's "Most Imaginative Bartender" competition in Las Vegas. Osmoe had previously bested mixologists from St. Louis, Nashville,...
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Missouri Man Fights Garbage Fire with a Van Full of Live Ammo
A man in Liberty, Missouri, had a novel plan to put out a garbage fire raging in his field yesterday: The guy drove over the fire repeatedly in a van loaded with ammunition. The Clay County Sheriff...
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Tonight: Stare Deeply Into a Stranger's Eyes in Downtown St. Louis
Feeling lost? Adrift ? Unfulfilled? Perhaps, as the organizers of The World's Biggest Eye-Contact Experiment suggest, you've gone too long without real, flesh-and-blood human interaction.…
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Update: Missing St. Louis Man Robert Polk Identified in 159th Homicide
St. Louis police have identified a dead body found early Thursday as a St. Louis man who went missing nearly two weeks ago. Demo workers discovered the lifeless body of Robert Lovings Polk, 22, under...
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An Evil Forest, a Beer Festival and 6 Other Fun Things to Do This Weekend
Ah, October! When it's not too cold and it's not too hot, things can get really fun ... or really creepy, depending on what you're into.…
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New Neighborhood Restaurant Planned for Former Bici Spot in U. City
For 30 years, Steve Cupp ran a restaurant in Columbia, Missouri, called Glenn's Cafe— a place you could call "iconic," if that word wasn't so dreadfully overused.…
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After GM's Murder, Bootleggin' BBQ Finally Ready for Grand Opening Today
Bootleggin' BBQ (1933 Washington Blvd., 314-241-5999), the new Kansas City-style barbecue joint in downtown St. Louis, had been planning a grand opening celebration for early October when tragedy...
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The Apu Trilogy, a Classic of World Cinema, Is a Must-See Event
It has been suggested that the rise of the digital image — in production, projection and consumption — has created a lack of interest in visual art as a source for what was once its most significant...
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The 10 Best Concerts in St. Louis This Weekend: October 16 to 18
An Israeli surf rock legend, a seminal jam band and the young face of chillwave walk into a — wait, you've heard this one before, haven't you? St. Louis is the biggest small town around, and you won't...
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This KC Police #Tweetalong Makes Us Want One in St. Louis
We don’t engage in much Kansas City envy over here in the Gateway City. Yet today we find ourselves wondering: Could whoever runs Twitter for the various St. Louis area police departments take a look...
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Fort Taco Is Expanding to Florissant
When Fort Taco(8106 Manchester Road, Brentwood; 314-647-2391) opened in the former Rally's in Brentwood last November, owners Matthew Martinez and his silent partner intended it to be the first of...
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