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Sick of Crime, Shaw Is Buying Its Own Security Cameras
A quartet of new security cameras will soon watch over the Shaw neighborhood in south city. Following a spike in violent crime in 2016, residents got to work raising money. They collected $10,000 in...
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8 Nifty Things to Do This Weekend
Whether you're mourning the inauguration of a new president or celebrating it, there's plenty to do this weekend and early next week, too. Catch any number of the theatrical productions opening now...
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The 10 Best Concerts in St. Louis This Weekend: January 20 to 22
Some of the shows in St. Louis this weekend serve to protest the incoming president, while others provide a breather from the drama that has trailed the entire election season. So join the discourse...
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Arnold Restaurant Offers 'Mexican Wall' Photo-Op as Inauguration Special
A Mexican restaurant in Arnold wants you to take a photo to commemorate today's inauguration festivities — and they'll give you a buy-one-get-one-free dinner deal if you do. That's the promise made by...
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Berkeley Teen Lured Victim to Stolen Car, Then Killed Him, Police Say
A seventeen-year-old has been charged with murder in what authorities say was a case of deadly revenge. Eric Porter of Berkeley was among several suspects who lured seventeen-year-old Antoine Quinn...
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Toni Stevenson Killing Has Police Pleading 'We Don't Need Retaliation'
St. Louis police are pleading for information as they try to solve the murder of a fifteen-year-old girl — and head off another potential round of violence."We don't need another loss of life," police...
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St. Louis Area Median Home Price Rose 4 Percent in 2016
You might have laughed skeptically when experts predicted that St. Louis would be one of the nation's hottest real estate markets in 2016, but now the joke's on you: Smarter people did their laughing...
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Piccione Pastry Now Offering Clementine’s Gelato
If you live near the Loop and you’re feeling a little naughty — or even a little nice —here’s some good news: Beginning last Saturday, Piccione Pastry(6197 Delmar Boulevard, 314-932-1355) is offering...
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Wash. U. Fired Whistleblower for Questioning Fraud on Federal Contract,...
Washington University receives hundreds of millions of dollars each year in federal grants and contracts, but St. Louis' flagship research institution is now facing a lawsuit alleging that its...
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How Summer Wright Went from Working for Daniel Boulud to Vicia
Summer Wright doesn't hesitate when she thinks of the advice she'd give to her younger self. "I'd say you're crazy!" she laughs.…
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Stranded Far From Washington, D.C., These St. Louis Women Marched in Rural...
On Saturday, while tens of thousands of women marched through Washington, D.C., St. Louis and a host of other cities around the world, a group of 51 women and three men marched through a town called...
View ArticleThe Rep’s Constellations Deals with Love, Theoretically
In my ongoing to commitment to avoiding romantic comedies, I missed the Gwyneth Paltrow vehicle Sliding Doors. But lately I've been hearing a lot about the nineteen-year-old film, mostly because any...
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An Unedited Letter to the Editor from Mayoral Candidate Bill Haas
Editor's note: Bill Haas, one of the candidates running for mayor whom we chose not to profile in our January 18 cover package, sent us a "letter for publication" taking umbrage at our mean-spirited...
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Critic's Pick: Sara Watkins to Perform at Old Rock House This Saturday,...
Since the formal if not permanent dissolution of Nickel Creek, Sara Watkins has released three solo albums, including last year's Young in All the Wrong Ways, a breakup album that's as plainspoken and...
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10 Times Mauhaus Cat Cafe Was the Cutest Thing on the Internet
Although Mauhaus Cat Cafe(3101 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood; 314-384-2287) has only been open since November, it's already abundantly clear that these cats' social media game is on point. Whether...
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Creator of Bullet-Proof Groin Protector Unveils Latest Invention: Boot Armor
The local entrepreneur who invented Nutshellz, a Kevlar athletic cup that can protect your manbag from gunshots, is now deploying his armor-making techniques for a different set of vulnerable...
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Drive-By Truckers Are Grappling with America's Most Divisive Issues, From...
In the winter of 2014, Patterson Hood, co-founder of the alt-country/Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers, found himself in St. Louis during a solo tour and a show booked at the Sheldon Concert Hall....
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Set in North Korea, Under the Sun is Both Propaganda and Exposé
Mark Twain knew that one of the sharpest and most efficient ways of letting the wind out of a self-inflated opponent was to simply use their own words against them. When he wanted to debunk the...
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