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The weaknes of the dollar, the death of Jesse Helms, what's good for GM and Barack Obama leaning to the center have caught the cartoonists' fancy.
Washington University hydrologist Robert Criss notes that the flood of 2008 should not have been a surprise. Experts have long warned that floods are becoming more frequent and
more severe, and that this succession of aggravated misfortune is
caused by Man. What should be done now?
Photo by Robert Criss
Editors' Picks
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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
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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
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Rising unemployment and inflation mean stock market woes are likely to continue. | Business Week
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What does patriotism look like? | Chicago Tribune
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"The politics of hip-hop: Can rap change the world?" | Lexington, The Economics
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- World
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European Central Bank raises interest rates to combat inflation. | The Economist
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Ban Ki-moon brings drive and focus to the United Nations , but how much can he improve the organization? | Greg Sheridan, The Australian
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Food needs continue to threaten millions -- what's the world to do? | Marc van Ameringen, Daily News, Egypt
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Should other countries intervene to end the rule of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe? | Malcolm Rifkind, The Telegraph
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North Korea has blown up a cooling tower and been removed from the U.S. axis of evil, but it still has a host of problems. | Der Spiegel
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- Region
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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
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Lt. Gov. Kinder is right on target with his ethics proposal; he's also really late. | Kansas City Star
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Illinois starts the fiscal year without a budget -- again . The governor and the legislature needs to get serious. | The Pantagraph, Bloomington
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Looking to the future in Illinois: How would a Gov. Madigan work with a Speaker Madigan? | Kristen McQueary, Southtown Star
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The InBev bid to take over A-B gets the Onion treatment. | The Onion
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- U.S. Elections
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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
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Can Obama buy the election? The money might not be so lopsided. | Karl Rove, The Wall Street Journal
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Obama's Iraq withdrawal timetable was a mistake: The situation has improved, and more flexibility will keep pressure on Iraqis to cooperate, George Packer says. | New Yorker
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McCain's energy plan sounds a lot like one put forth by Dick Cheney. | Joe Conason, Salon
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Could Elian Gonzalez cost another Democrat the presidency? Obama has been tone deaf to the importance of that issue in Florida and the role two of his advisers played in forcing Elian to return to Cuba. | Paul David Kuhn, Politico
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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
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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.
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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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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.
Visit our special section to read coverage of this issue, watch Channel 9's stories and access resources to find help.
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