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We want it now: Attitude fuels credit crunch and mortgage crisis

Online, consumers share their struggle to reduce mountains of debt. Credit card debt helped set the stage for the mortgage crisis, psychologically and financially.

Anheuser-Busch

Anheuser-Busch sues to protect its board

A-B wants an order that would prevent InBev from taking steps to oust A-B's board. The 21-page filing in Missouri accuses the Belgian company of spreading rumors and providing misleading information about its deal financing. And the suit says InBev's business in Cuba could violate U.S. laws.

Health

Alzheimer's patients and families need home care help

A family member has Alzheimer's. You want to help the person live at home. But soon the stress of care creates another victim of the disease. Coping methods and devices can help. Memory Care Home Solutions, a non-profit organization, helps figure them out.

Elections

Who is Mike Roberts Jr. and why is he running against Rachel Storch?

Of all the primary races, the one for the Democratic nomination for the 64th state House district may be the most perplexing. The race pits rising Democratic star and incumbent Rachel Storch against neophyte Mike Roberts Jr. who exhibits little support beyond his family and says he was previously unaware of Storch's work and clout.

Music

Letters from Iraq: Views from the mountainside and from the music stand

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra executive Marc Thayer viewed his host city in Kurdistan from a lofty distance, but most of his time is spent in classes and conversations with the enthusiastic young Iraqi musicians who've come to him and his colleagues for lessons and coaching. This is the second in a series of dispatches from Kurdish Autonomous Region of northern Iraq.

Books

Janis Ian: Surviving her life

Janis Ian has gone from teen sensation to exhasted seclusion to Grammy winner to abused spouse and has emerged with her strength and music intact. John Killacky, who produced her recent KETC-sponsored Live from Grand Center concert, talks about her autobiography and her amazing life.

Nation

Obama releases economic plan in St. Louis, as plane is diverted here

Because of concerns of "stiffness in the controls," the pilot of the plane carrying Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama put down in St. Louis this morning. The candidate used the stop to unveil an economic plan that includes stimulus and tax cuts.

Visual Arts

A brilliant bounty of bioluminescence

The lowly but lovely firefly rises to the level of art in a work of potential poetic beauty on the shores of the Missouri River in St. Charles. Head to the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles at 6 p.m. Wednesday to join in and view.

Movies/TV

NICK'S LIST of books and movies - July 7

Looking for a laugh-out-loud evening's worth of entertainment? Nick Otten takes a look at screwball comedies and the screenplay that launched the classic "It Happened One Night."

Editors' Picks

Nation/World
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signs landmark missile defense deal with Czech Republic.: Russia threatens military response to perceived threat from accord that permits U.S. tracking radar station on Czech soil. | AFP
- San Diego elementary schools trim class sizes, change how they group youngest students: Following Tennessee model, 30 schools in California district will limit classes to about 15 students per teacher in kindergarten, first and second grades. | San Diego Union-Tribune
- Vice President Cheney's staffers delete some of federal official's congressional testimony: Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., says Bush administration feared CDC official's testimony would force new greenhouse gas regulations. | Washington Post
- Southwest looks north: The budget carrier says it will partner with Canada-based WestJet to offer international flights for the first time. With the move, Chicago's Midway could become the airline's biggest hub. | Chicago Tribune
Region
- Cedar Rapids City Council pushes homeowner, not government, responsibility: Officials tell flood victims that buyout money may not be available for everyone. | The Gazette
- llinois grain dealers revel in newfound ways to serve Asian markets: Container grain trade grows to meet global demands for food. | Chicago Tribune
- Missouri Department of Transportation office shifts to voluntary four-day week: Offices will stay open for business Monday through Friday but plan lets workers pick which four days to work 10 hours. | St. Joseph News
- What do you do with 80,000 left-over sandbags?: After the floodwaters receed, getting rid of tons of sand is a weighty problem. | Chicago Tribune
Elections
- Green Party congressional candidate Vic Roberts, 75, dies after July 4 parade march: Ex-coal miner from Taylorville, Ill., was running against Republican U.S. Rep. John Shimkus and Democrat Daniel Davis. | The Southern Ilinoisan
- Airplane trouble brings Obama back to St. Louis instead of North Carolina: Charlotte-bound jet lands safely after "flight control problems. | Charlotte Observer
- Authorities brace for battalions of protesters at Democratic, Republican national conventions: As many as 50,000 people are likely in the Twin Cities -- with activists asking farmers to let demonstrators camp in fields; Denver expects 25,000 to keep Obama close to his grassroots foundation. | Los Angeles Times
- Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim shows up with Obama in Montana: Guggenheim, who made "An Inconvenient Truth," apparently was involved in shooting footage that might be used during the Democratic Convention. | Lynn Sweet's blog/Chicago Sun-Times

Arts + Life
- Smoking ban may not force the "Jersey Boys" to quit cold turkey. Chicago alderman wants to create a loophole in the Illinois smoking ban for artistic expression. | Sun Times
- "Jersy Boys" runs afoul of the Illinois smoking ban. No artistic exceptions. | Chris Jones, The Chicago Tribune
- As the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis says about its series The Playground of the Ridiculous: "Ridiculous, serious, and inconsequential acts will be performed." This week's installment includes screening of "Houdini: The Movie Star," poetry readings hosted by Observable Books, dance performances by Atrek Dance Collective and music. 6-10 p.m. July 11. Free admission.
- Trivia night to benefit Do the Right Thing of Greater St. Louis will be held July 12 at Bishop DuBourg High School, 5850 Eichelberger. Doors open at 6; games start at 7. $15 a person/$120 for a table of 8. For information, call 314-444-5328.
Health/Science
- Black box warning on Cipro: The FDA has issued a strong warning on the use of the antibiotic, cautioning users to discontinue the drug if they experience any tendon pain, swelling, or inflammation. l Time Magazine
- Specialized supercomputer offers thousand-fold increase in molecular simulations: A privately-financed project is a gamble to jump forward in modelling molecular interactions. l New York Times
- Hormone treatment for prostate cancer has no significant benefit over watchful waiting: The use of hormones to treat localized prostate tumors does not prolong life and has many negative side effects. l Los Angeles Times
- Nurses say that understaffing in hospitals increases the likelihood of violence against them: Half of all non-fatal workplace injuries from assaults occur in healthcare and social service settings. l New York Times
Voices
- National anthem controversy in Denver: Jazz singer Rene Marie was supposed to sing the national anthem at the mayor's address last week. She sang the anthem's tune but the words to Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing. | Undercover Black Man
- Affirmative action: Thirty years after the Supreme Court's confusing ruling in the Bakke case, there are two widely disparate classes of black Americans, and the country still has not addressed racial injustice. | Stephen Carter/New York Times
- It's the American way: InBev's just trying to do what many U.S. companies have done, including Anheuser-Busch, an expert on the brewing industry points out. | Maureen Ogle/Washington Post
- Obama's take on patriotism and Frederick Douglass's: On July 4, 1852, the abolitionist praised the nation's founding principles but told a white audience the holiday "is yours not mine." Obama, in his recent speech in Independence, embraced America as his own. | Colbert King/Washington Post

Facing Foreclosure: Granite City

From KETC, Living St. Louis Producer Patrick Murphy visits Granite City, Illinois, a community hard hit by the mortgage crisis—with as many as 120 foreclosure cases each month. Illinois has a judicial foreclosure system that gives you more time before losing your home. The foreclosure begins with a lawsuit and has to be approved by a judge which can take as long as a year. If you're facing a mortgage crisis, the most important thing to do is to ask your lender questions and seek help.

See more coverage: Facing the Mortgage Crisis

Voices in the news

Universities should step up to lead the region

Civic Progress served the region well, but changes in the corporate and banking world created a need for a new leaders. The obvious place to look is to the higher education system, writes lawyer John Roach.

Columnists

For whom the exit polls

Columnist M.W. Guzy looks at an overview of the 2004 election and wonders how John Kerry lost. Exit polls, which are usually much more precise than pre-election polling, showed Kerry with a decent margin of victory in several states. But that margin evaporated when the vote totals were released.

Blogs

Christmas at White House; chaos at myobama
Law Scoop
The U.S. Senate is on the verge of passing a new foreign intelligence surveillance law that U.S. Sen. Christopher S. "Kit" Bond, R-Mo., has described as "a better deal than they even (the White House) had hoped to get." The ACLU calls it "Christmas" at the White House and Barack Obama's social networkers are up in arms.

The Lens

You broke it, you pay for it
Lens
Ellen Page's new film, "The Tracey Fragments," falls to pieces.