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As the Mississippi River forced Fair St. Louis from the Arch grounds, St. Louisans should check out
two Websites about the development discussions that have grown out of a push
to reinvigorate the Arch grounds by local groups, including the
Danforth Foundation.
The lights are on and doors are open at the new home for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri. The organization that's been serving St. Louis for 94 years hopes its move brings in new vounteers as it energizes the operation and another corner of Grand Center.
Access will be limited -- but not closed off -- to land that has become a gardening project for many residents of Kinloch and neighboring communities. Developers of a large project next to the farmed land talk about safety concerns; the airport says it has no plans for the site. (Please see the related slideshow. All Garden Boy photos are by Deborah Weinstein.)
To get people to move into lofts and condominiums
in the heart of the city, which has experienced a residential
resurgence in the last decade, property developers in downtown St. Louis are switching strategy. In these tight economic times, developers are moving away from sales and turning to rentals to attract new residents.
Internationally acclaimed artist Maya Lin is mulling over ideas for
making what remains of a 124-year-old, burned-out stone church in Grand
Center one of her next art projects. Should she take it on, it would be
her first permanent art installation in Missouri.
Editors' Picks
- Region
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Cedar Rapids City Council pushes homeowner, not government, responsibility: Officials tell flood victims that buyout money may not be available for everyone. | The Gazette
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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
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Mississippi reopens to traffic: Locks at Winfield and Clarksville were the last to remain closed because of flooding. Barge traffic can now resume. | KSDK
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With Mississippi River receding, Corps of Engineers aims to reopen locks for barges: Worst Midwest flooding in 15 years forced river closing for almost a month. | Reuters
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- Elections
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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
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Airplane trouble brings Obama back to St. Louis instead of North Carolina: Charlotte-bound jet lands safely after "flight control problems. | Charlotte Observer
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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
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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
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- Nation/World
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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
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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
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Washington Post makes generational shift with selection of new editor: Marcus W. Brauchli, a former Wall Street Journal editor, is expected to meld print and online operations. At 47, he could work for years with publisher Katharine Weymouth, 42. | New York Times
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Missourians crafted compromise on federal surveillance bill: It would revamp federal wiretapping rules and give immunity to telecommunications companies for turning over information. Mo. Sen. Kit Bond and Rep. Roy Blunt revived the measure with Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer of Md. | Post-Dispatch
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- Development
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llinois grain dealers revel in newfound ways to serve Asian markets: Container grain trade grows to meet global demands for food. | Chicago Tribune
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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
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The Fed will restrict risky home loans: Chairman Ben S. Bernanke also favors extending a program that gives quick loans to big financial institutions, and he wants to overhaul oversight of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. | New York Times
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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
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- Education
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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
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Business boot camp gives non-business students effective survival skills: Carolina Business Institute at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill gives new biologists, psychologists and arts majors tools to run their own businesses or better manage their personal finances. | Hartford Courant
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Department of Education changes how schools assess progress under No Child Left Behind law: Under "growth model," students who miss proficiency targets but show growth will now count toward school meeting federal standards. | Southeast Missourian
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Minnesota middle schools prepare for big changes: Twin Cities suburb Woodbury dumps mini-high school method, opts for plan that lets teachers "understand the whole student." | Woodbury Bulletin
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Lens
Ellen Page's new film, "The Tracey Fragments," falls to pieces.
The Beacon and KETC/Channel 9 are covering mortgage forclosures – how they're affecting St. Louis area residents and where you can find help.
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