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Can adoption be colorblind?

By Kristen Hare, Special to the Beacon

Last Updated ( Monday, 16 June 2008 )

For Maryanne Dersh, D.J. Wilson and Sandy and Ed Carr, the debate about the right approach to transracial adoptions is more than academic. It's personal. These white parents share their experiences with adopting black children.

Photo by Kristen Hare

More storms forecast as rising Mississippi threatens to approach '93 flood levels

By News services
Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 June 2008 )
Severe storms are expected to hit the Midwest again Thursday, possibly sparking tornadoes and more flooding from Missouri and Kansas up to Wisconsin. The forecast comes after storms began pounding the Midwest at the start of the month, knocking out electrical power, submerging roads and destroying homes and businesses.

Analysis: Crime in St. Louis has been worse

By Richard Rosenfeld, Special to the Beacon

Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 June 2008 )

As reports of violent crime seem to come more frequently, law-enforcement and elected officials would do well to look at what's been done before to bring down crime rates. St. Louis also has to keep the reports here in context.

A Father's Day to celebrate

By Bill Smith, Beacon staff

Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 June 2008 )

For 10 years, Halbert Sullivan (left), of the Fathers' Support Center, has helped children by helping men to become better parents. After a six-week course at the center, Lawrence Davis now looks forward to his first real Father's Day with his four children.

Gardens shimmer in the sun in Hermann

By Susan Hegger, Beacon Staff
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 10 June 2008 )
The herbs, flowers, vegetables and ground cover on display as part of the Hermann garden tour show the results of long, loving hours of work. The tour featured eight gardens, with most of them within the historic city center. Click on headline to see the slide show of the Hermann garden tour.

Need help? Call 2-1-1

By Bill Smith, Beacon staff

Last Updated ( Friday, 06 June 2008 )

Just short of its first birthday, Missouri's new 2-1-1 phone system, a referral system for non-emergency help, is within months of completing an ambitious plan to expand its reach into nine counties in Illinois. Once the program is up and running, it would make the Metro East region among the first in the state to become part of a 2-1-1 system, according to United Way 2-1-1 director Kay Archer (right).

Illinois Legislature ends without passing a balanced budget

By Andrea Zimmerman, Special to the Beacon

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 June 2008 )

Although Illinois lawmakers passed a budget and skipped town Saturday night, that doesn't mean work is over for everyone. Lawmakers have passed the red pen to Gov. Rod Blagojevich (left), saying it is his responsibility to bring the admittedly unbalanced $59.1 billion budget in line. On Monday, Blagojevich said he will meet with the four legislative leaders to negotiate the revenue-generating proposals that the House failed to pass.

What are people cutting out? So far, it's the big stuff and the small stuff

By Kristen Hare, Special to the Beacon
Last Updated ( Friday, 30 May 2008 )
As people reduce on what they're spending, waitresses and real estate agents feel those cuts, while hair stylists and travel agents aren't worried yet.

EPA decides to keep radioactive waste at West Lake landfill

By Bill Smith, Beacon staff
Last Updated ( Friday, 30 May 2008 )
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to build a "multilayered engineered cover" over a 40-acre section of the West Lake Landfill and then install monitoring wells on the site to protect the public from radioactive waste buried there. Local environmentalists, however, say that leaving radioactive waste in a landfill on a floodplain is not a solution in the public interest.

Hornbeck Foundation tries to get its paperwork in order

By Bill Smith, Beacon staff
Last Updated ( Monday, 07 July 2008 )
The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation -- which had been under public scrutiny for its failure to file an annual report with Missouri officials -- has ignored multiple requests over the past two years to supply financial and other information to the St. Louis Better Business Bureau. Craig Akers, head of the foundation, tells the Beacon that he hopes to "address that right away."

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- Amtrak strains to meet growing rider demand: Illinois Sen. Durbin wants to boost train service and revive rail-car manufacturing. | Chicago Tribune
- Gassed up and ready to go: Missouri S&T unveils state's first fueling station for hydrogen vehicles; Rolla event is part of Maine-to-California tour of hydogen cars. | Missouri University of Science and Technology
- Despite spring floods, Agriculture Department predicts strong corn crop: But lower food prices are unlikely as 30 percent of crop goes for ethanol. | Chicago Tribune
- Kansas City braces for loss of American Airlines jobs: Carrier plans to shift aircraft maintenance work to Tulsa, Okla.; union says as up to 600 local jobs are in jeopardy. | Kanas City Star
Govt./Politics
- Lake County sheriff goes behind bars to see from prisoners' perspective: Mark Curran hopes seven-day stay will help him cut down on repeat offenders, boost anti-recidivism programs. | Chicago Tribune
- Illinois lawmakers line up for chance to replace retiring state Senate President Emil Jones: Post is key to set tone for relationship between Gov. Rod Blagojevich, General Assembly. | Chicago Tribune
- Pay raises unlikely for Illinois lawmakers, government officials: State comptroller says his hands are tied without budget appropriation. | The Southern Illinoisan
- Lee's Summit joins move to buy Rock Island railroad line: Several western Missouri cities seek to buy right of way to connect Kansas City to Katy Trail State Park for possible commuter rail link. | Lee's Summit Tribune
Other news
- Kansas City bishop apologizes for clergy abuse: Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph reaches tenative $10 million settlement with 47 who sued 12 priests. | Kansas City Star
- Missouri State University grad student anxious over parents' detention in China: Pang Jin says government arrested her parents for practicing meditative excercise of Falun Gong. | Springfield News-Leader
- Children lived amid filth in trailer where authorities seized hundreds of animals: Six youngsters from 10 months to 12 years were covered with flea bites, other maladies; grandmother charged after 363 animals were found near Pleasant Hope.| Springfield News-Leader
- Chicagoans seek home, job protection as city bids for 2016 Olympics: South Side residents, activists want legally binding agreement protecting them from displacement, while stressing support for Games. | Chicago Defender

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How will media changes affect the election?

Whether by old-line boys on the bus or hot-shot bloggers, elections are covered like a horse race: Who's ahead? What are the odds? But the old-time journalistm was pretty straightforward, giving just what the candidate said. Now, cable and others mix analysis with the facts, and opinions are freely offered. Is the electorate confused or enlightened? Retired professor Lana Stein raises questions she hopes people will study.

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Convention preview: All circus, no bread

Columnist M.W. Guzy remembers a time when conventions actually mattered. As the Democrats and Republicans return to the "nominating" arena with everything carefully orchestrated, he wonders what the ratings will be for Nick at Nite.

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Sen. Barack Obama told Pastor Rick Warren at the Saddleback Church forum that he wouldn't have appointed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, partly because of inexperience. Conservatives responded, charging that Obama is less qualified than Justice Thomas.

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