Posted 11:30 a.m. Fri., 03.12.10 - U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., -- and who made his mark when he knocked off prominent Democratic incumbent Tom Daschle -- will be in town next Monday to help local Republican congressional candidate Ed Martin, who hopes to do the same against Democratic incumbent Russ Carnahan.
Posted 10:38 a.m. Fri. 03.12.10 - As Fleishman-Hillard's second female staffer and first female senior partner, Ruth Jacobson, who died Tuesday, blazed a trail for women in the field of public relations. Her creativity and drive pushed her up the ladder; and the higher she rose, the more she tried to bring other women along. Ms. Jacobson also served on more than 30 local boards, admitting to serving on more than 20 simultaneously at one point. (Photo from Fleishman-Hillard)
Posted 11:30 a.m. Thurs., 03.11.10 - Bridget Flood, executive director of the Incarnate Word Foundation, has
had Harlem on her mind lately -- more specifically the Harlem
Children's Zone. She is part of a local group hoping to replicate the innovative Children's Zone in
St. Louis.
Posted 10 a.m. Fri., 03.12.10 - In this installment: Young people are worried about their current financial status; decreasing trust in traditional banks; young Democrats showing little interest in midterm elections; debating how health-care legislation would help people in their 20s; inhalant abuse on the rise?; networks in search of the next "Friends." (Photo from sxc.hu)
Posted 3 p.m. Thurs., 03.11.10 - The first anniversary of the $787 billion federal stimulus program, in mid-February, set off lots of arguments, pro and con, about its worth. But among officials at the area's major universities, the value of the program is not up for debate. They all say the funding has made a big difference in starting up or continuing important research that benefits everyone.
Posted 10 a.m. Fri., 03.12.10 - Another great show at the tiny PSTL Gallery: Daniel McGrath's "What Pictures Want" combines conceptual art sobriety with razor-sharp humor directed squarely at the self-important, snooty high art crowd.
Posted 2:18 p.m. Thurs., 03.11.10 - Ten days after a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, representatives from some of the largest national relief organizations gathered at the United Way of Greater St. Louis' downtown office to discuss the recovery efforts. Each panelist outlined a slightly different strategy to reach the Haitian victims, but the group's main message was unified: Monetary donations are sorely needed. Two months later, they still are.
Posted 11:45 a.m. Thurs., 03.11.10 - From 1977, for almost two decades, Ron Carter (left) built and nurtured the music program at East St. Louis Lincoln High School, developing a jazz band that gained national acclaim. Now at Northern Illinois University, where he again worked his magic, Carter brings the NIU Liberace Jazztet to play in Webster Groves this weekend.
Posted 2:16 p.m. Thur., 03.11.10 - In Thursday's HealthDay TV segment, Cindy Haines mentions new treatments for head lice being tested by experts. Watch.
Become a fan of Dr. Cindy Haines on Facebook or follow her on Twitter .
Posted 12:35 p.m. Thurs., 03.11.10 - Local quilt artists Jerri Stroud and Pat Owoc have works in a new book, "500 Art Quilts: An Inspiring Collection of Contemporary Work." Click through to read Stroud's comments on the book and the way she designs her work.
Editors' Picks
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Illinois lawmakers vote to restrict scholarship abuses: The legislative perks sometimes went to to relatives, cronies and political donors. | Chicago Tribune
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Robin Carnahan calls for ban on earmarks: The Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate becomes the latest in a string of high-profile candidates from both parties who are swearing off the pork barreling practice. | Politico
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Internet agency delays decision on special domain for porn sites: The proposal to create the ".xxx" domain, first made in 2000, has been rejected three times so far. | Associated Press
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Obama delays overseas trip by three days to work on health care: He is now scheduled to leave for Indonesia on March 21. | Washington Post
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Police chief and city administrator of Louisiana, Mo., hired as new East St. Louis chief: Robert Jenne, 60, was police chief in Berkeley from 2001 to 2007. | Belleville News-Democrat
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Illinois Democrats will choose lt. gov. candidate March 27: More than 220 people have submitted applications for the job in an online open casting call to replace Scott Lee Cohen, who resigned after winning the primary. | Chicago Tribune
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Anheuser-Busch claims trademark infringement by a Maryland man who created baby beer bottles that look like Budweiser to sell as gag gifts: The brewer filed suit in federal court against Greg Jones and his Baby Beer Bottles Inc. | St. Louis Business Journal
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Area casino revenue flat in February: The $88.1 million in revenue was down just 0.2 percent from a year ago. | St. Louis Business Journal
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Pelosi expects a House vote on health reform by March 21: The Democrats are waiting for the Office of Management and Budget to weigh in with cost estimates. l New York Times
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Medicare drug insurers raise premium rates by 10%: The inflation rate for the same period was 2.6%. l Kaiser Health News
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Women using earliest oral contraceptives live longer: The British study draws not conclusions on cause. l Associated Press
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Bird species in U.S. are declining: Birds are indicators of evironmental health according to Dr. Kenneth Rosenberg of the the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. l USA Today
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New music festival scheduled for Forest Park in August: LOUfest will feature 18 bands on two stages in Central Field on Aug. 28-29. | STLtoday
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Actor Corey Haim dies of apparent drug overdose at age 38: The one-time teen idol appeared in movies such as "The Lost Boys" and "Lucas" in the 1980s. | Chicago Tribune
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Pianist Claude Frank will perform works by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert as part of the Maryville concert series at 3 p.m. March 21 in the Auditorium, 650 Maryville University Dr. $5-$10.
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The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum is hosting a Factory Film Festival March 23-25 at the Tivoli Theatre. All shows 7 p.m.: March 23 - “Modern Times.” March 24 - “Norma Rae.” March 25 - “24 City.” Information, click here . Free
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Real genius in D.C.: In Washington, the national pastime is not baseball but gotcha. And the more you try to do, the more likely you are to be gotten. | Susan Estrich/Rasmussen Reports
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Want a model for a group to mentor young African-American males? Look to St. Louis Twenty-six years ago the Rev. C. Garnett Henning of St. Paul A.M. E. Church set up “a manhood, leadership and development group” that is still at work today. | George Curry, NNPA Columnist
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Health care changes should be more incremental: Most Americans don't want this health care legislation because they worry it will hurt their own coverage, raise their premiums and add to the deficit they and their children must pay for. | Jim Talent/Springfield News-Leader
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Low-tax Texas beats big-government California: The nation's two most populous states have different approaches to government, with vastly different results. | Michael Barone/Rasmussen Reports
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Baby Lift
Video by Kristen Hare
Vietnamese babies that were part of "Operation Baby Lift" now have lives and families in St. Louis but they still have questions about their pasts. Read the story and see a larger version of the video here.
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Health Check | Race, Frankly | Facing the Mortgage Crisis | Uneasy Street: Granite City, O'Fallon MO, MaplewoodVoices
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Beacon Columnists
Posted 6 a.m. Fri., 03.12.10 - As international assessment of educational achievement shows that U.S. students scored below average. R.W. Hafer says one change that's needed is to demand excellence, stopping grade inflation.
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Beacon Columnists
Posted 9:42 a.m. Thurs., 03.11.10 - M.W. Guzy is confused by the Post-Dispatch. It wants the legislature to free the city police from the control of a state board whose members are appointed by the governor, then merge an assortment of locally controlled departments and place them under the supervision of a different state board whose members are also appointed by the governor.
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In the News
Posted 12:35 p.m. Wed., 03.10.10 - The success of Citygarden is one reason for the resurgence of the idea of setting aside a "percent for art" on public projects and private ones covered by TIFs or tax abatement. Lana Stein laments that, once again, developers (this time joined by the mayor's office) won the votes to kill the plan.
Beacon Roundtable
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Posted 5:00 p.m. Thu., 03.11.10 - In this week's Beacon Roundtable, Dick Weiss, Robert Joiner, Jo Mannies and Dale Singer sit down to talk about President Obama's trip to…
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The Lens
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Posted 10:35 a.m. Mon., 03.08.10 - Tim Burton's treatment of "Alice in Wonderland" is just the most recent in a long line - a line dating from 1903.
Lawscoop
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Posted 10:47 a.m. Mon., Feb. 15 - On March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in an Illinois gun case that could end up pleasing liberals and conservatives…
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