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Now, complaints about Toyota Corolla steering prompt review: National Highway Traffic Safety Board has recorded more than 80 complaints about Corolla steering for 2009 and 2010 models. | Bloomberg
Boeing's largest plane ever makes its first flight: At 250 feet long, the 747-8 is about 18 feet longer than the existing 747-400 jumbo jet; its first flight came a year later than originally planned. | AP/Chicago Tribune
Billboard in Minnesota, featuring George W. Bush, asks, "Miss me yet?": It was put up by a group of small business owners who felt Washington wasn't listening. | Minneapolis Star Tribune
Florissant man is among five killed in Connecticut factory explosion: Chris Walters had worked for two months as a safety supervisor at the Kleen Energy plant construction project. | STLtoday.com
Former Ballwin prosecutor admits having child porn: George Fox, who also had been a prosecuting attorney in Clarkson Valley and a municipal judge in Eureka, was indicted in August. | STLtoday
New head of Missouri Highway Patrol is 26-year veteran: Ronald Replogle will take over as superintendent following the retirement of James Keathley at the end of February. | St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Rams quarterback Boller engaged to former Miss California Carrie Prejean: She gained notoriety for comments against same-sex marriage. | E! Online
Missourians charged in bungled abduction of New Jersey man: They kidnapped Jeffrey Muller and drove him 1,200 miles to Missouri, but he wasn't the Jeffrey Muller they meant to abduct. | Joplin Globe
Despite strong objections worldwide, defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program: U.S., others fear the move will eventually be used to give the Islamic republic nuclear weapons. | AP/Washington Post
Toyota recalls 437,000 Prius and other hybrid models to fix brake problems: It is the latest blow to the reputation of the Japanese automaker, which had already recalled millions of vehicles for sticking gas pedals. | Detroit Free Press
Man pulled from rubble in Haiti may have been trapped since Jan. 12: He suffered from extreme dehydration and malnutrition, but did not appear to have significant crushing injuries. | CNN
Toyota plans to recall 270,000 Prius models to fix brake problem, sources say: The planned recalls would affect about 100,000 units in the United States and around 170,000 units in Japan. | Kyodo News Agency
Defense Secretary Gates cites communication failures before Fort Hood shootings: Officers may face discipline after not sharing key information regarding Maj. Nidal Hasan, military psychiatrist accused of killing 13 at Army base.| New York Times
White House, congressional Democrats reach deal with unions over health care coverage: Agreement exempts union contracts from tax on high-end health-insurance plans until 2018, adds pressure to find new money to pay for health bill. | Wall Street Journal
New Jersey Cub Scout endures TSA scrutiny: Agency won't comment on case of Michael "Mickey" Hicks being on government watch-list of suspicious persons. | Sky News Online
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Internet broadcast of federal court challenge of California's gay-marriage ban: U.S. District Court considers whether 2008 voter initiative -- Proposition 8 -- violates U.S. Constitution by establishing law that discriminates based on sexual orientation.| Wall Street Journal
President of St. Louis Fed says rates may stay low until 2012: James Bullard is a new member of the Federal Open Market Committee, which faces tough, unprecedented policy decisions this year. | Fox Business
Dow closes below 10,000 for first time since Nov. 4: The index, which fell to 9,908 Monday, has been hurt by concerns about the global economy and U.S. interest-rate policy. | Wall Street Journal
Jobless rate falls unexpectedly to 9.7 percent, lowest level since August: Payrolls dropped by 20,000 as companies boosted worker hours and overtime instead of taking on new hires. | Bloomberg
Global economic worries drive stocks to worst one-day drop since last April: Investors have fled from risky bets amid new signs that Europe's governments are struggling to finance their debts and that America's employment picture may not be improving as much as expected. | Wall Street Journal
Washington University will lay off 25, leave another 25 jobs unfilled: The moves are expected to save $10 million as the school tries to trim its $1.8 billion budget. | STLtoday
Mississippi may allow ads on school buses: Supporters say the ads would help tight school budgets, but opponents say students shouldn't be exposed to ads without parental supervision. | AP/Education Week
Woman who submitted straight-A transcript to SEMO is charged with forgery: If convicted, Danielle Feagin faces up to seven years in prison. | Southeast Missourian
Failure rate for Advanced Placement tests is rising: The findings raise questions about whether schools are pushing millions of students into AP courses without adequate preparation. | USA Today
Posted 6 a.m. Tues., 02.09.10 - Part of the appeal of Charlie Brown is that he keeps trying to kick that football that Lucy always yanks away at the last minute. Bevis Schock says President Obama is like Lucy and equates raising taxes to pulling back the football. If taxes go too high, he says, entrepreneurs will stop trying.
Posted 9:16 a.m. Mon., 02.08.10 - With a smoking rate of 40 percent, Turkey has created a political and social firestorm is its seven-month old ban on public indoor smoking. Ekrem Mehmet Morali says that the country should have done more to mitigate how the ban affects coffeeshops and to help smokers quit.
Posted 6 a.m. Sun., 02.07.10 - How do you compare crime rates in cities that have different socio-economic conditions? Richard Rosenfeld joined in ranking of cities according to their homicide rates, after adjusting for poverty and other conditions strongly associated with city homicide rates but over which the police exert little control. The news for St. Louis isn't good.
Posted 2:45 p.m. Thu., 02.04.10 - In this week's Beacon Roundtable, Dale Singer, Jo Mannies and Robert Joiner sit down to talk about Missouri's budget, Illinois' primary, abstinence's effectiveness…
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Posted 9:05 p.m. Mon., 02.08.10 - The case against Garry Marshall and his not-so-“Pretty Woman”: The promos for the new Marshall movie "Valentine's Day" make Cinema St. Louis' director rethink his critique of the earlier Julie Roberts vehicle.
Updated 9:37 p.m. Thurs., 01.21.10 - In a major decision rejecting its precedents and a century of history, the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door to corporate…
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