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Same-sex weddings are becoming increasingly common in St. Louis, but none are commonplace, including the marriage of Scott Lowenbaum to Russell Strom at Temple Israel last weekend. Their wedding took place just two days after an important decision in California that legalized same-sex marriages.
The murder rate is up in St. Louis. It's also up in other American cities. Police, government and neighborhoods can help keep the increase down, but can't stop the rise -- until the economy rebounds.
The spectacular Civil War objects and artwork aren't the only reasons to visit the new "Lee and Grant" exhibition opening at the Missouri History Museum. The exhibition examines the similarities and differences of these two almost mythic figures.
Floodwaters crept into parts of Grafton over the weekend. See two scenes of the rising waters.
Editors' Picks
- Economy
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Enterprise Rent-a-Car will lay off 200: The slow economy is to blame for the cuts, which amount to about 5 per cent of the workforce in the St. Louis area. Most are IT workers in Clayton or Weldon Spring
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Foreclosures continue to increase here: One in every 188 St. Louis-area houses was in some stage of the foreclosure process between July and September. | STLtoday
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Missouri leads nation in job creation for September: The state added a net 3,800 civilian payroll jobs in the private and public sectors. | Kansas City Star
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Illinois gets credit boost as treasurer pledges $1 billion more of state money for banks, credit unions: Treasurer Giannoulias says plan should help financial institutions have money available for loans in times of increasingly tight credit. | Business Week
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- Govt./Politics
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McCain is winner in Missouri vote: With all jurisdictions reporting, his lead over Obama was 3,632 votes out of more than 2.9 million cast -- a margin of 0.12 percentage points. | Politico
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Obama win puts McCaskill in spotlight: Any list of Obama insiders who are said to have the ear of the president-elect has to include the freshman Democratic senator from Missouri. | Kansas City Star
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E-mail record contradicts Missouri governor's claims: Matt Blunt’s staffers said the administration did not regularly conduct state business out of public view on campaign e-mail accounts. Newly released records show otherwise. | STLtoday
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Bond says he would back bailout for automakers: The Missouri Republican is only the second GOP senator to support the $25 billion proposal that will be taken up on Monday. | AP/Columbia Daily Tribune
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- Other news
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Group seeks freeze on Mo. executions: It wants a study of a system it says has been used capriciously against the poor, minorities and those with bad lawyers. | AP/KMOV
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Testimony begins in cyber-bullying case: Prosecutors say Lori Drew of St. Charles County wanted to prey on the psyche of Megan Meier, the teen who committed suicide. | Wired.com
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St. Louis shut out of NCAA men's Final Four selections: It was passed over in favor of New Orleans, Atlanta, North Texas, Indianapolis and Houston for 2012-16. | AP/ESPN
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Albert does it again: Despite the Cards' fourth-place finish, Pujols is named the league's MVP, making him and Stan Musial the only Cardinals to win the award twice. Ryan Howard, his closest rival, grew up in the St. Louis area. | ESPN
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Jazz with Jerome Harris
Video by Christian Cudnik
Jazz musician and educator Jerome Harris talks about the importance of teaching. See a larger version of this video and read a profile of Harris.
Voices
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Beacon Columnists
One can argue that the financial problem started when Congress required credit-card companies to charge a minimum payment that actually included principal as well as interest. So, shouldn't Washington get to the root of the problem?
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In the News
In his much-maligned "malaise" speech, President Jimmy Carter spoke of a "crisis of the American spirit" and a Congress paralyzed by special interests. He warned that shared sacrifice had been "abandoned like an orphan without support and without friends." Those warnings hold true. The United States needs to come to terms with its lowered economic position and restore its moral leadership.
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In the News
The Big Three automakers may well be facing drastic, forced reorganization, but they do not have the same compelling case for a government bailout as the financial sector had. Business professor Anjan Thakor explains the difference.
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In the News
Posted 5 p.m. Mon. Nov. 17 - This weekend, nearly a hundred St. Louisans, many of them high school students, will travel to Fort Benning, GA to protest the School of the Americas. Among its graduates are some of Latin America's most notorious dictators, guilty of some of the continent's most savage human rights violations. Rachel Heidenry, who participated in the protest while a student at Nerinx Hall and Bard College, describes the experience and took the photographs that accompany the story and are in a slideshow at the end of the article.
The Lens
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Time for a celebration!
Today is the 80th birthday of one of Hollywood's most beloved creations: Mickey Mouse !
..while yesterday was the 30th anniversary of something they'd rather not talk about: Star Wars, The Holiday Special .
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