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Filed November 18, 2008 by Antonio French
Congress is debating a $25 billion loan proposal to give automakers part of the $700 billion originally allotted for the mortgage and banking sectors. “We are seeing a potential meltdown in the auto industry, with…
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Filed September 26, 2008 by Antonio French
Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, an early Palin fan, wrote on the National Review website that Palin is “clearly out of her league…I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger…
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Filed November 4, 2008 by Antonio French
Before the sun has risen, nearly 300 people are already standing in line at Yeatman School in north St. Louis. Young and old are standing in the morning cold for a chance to vote for…
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Filed October 2, 2008 by Antonio French
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric asked Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden and Republican VP candidate the same question earlier this week: why do you think Roe v. Wade is or is not a good…
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Filed May 23, 2008 by Antonio French
I’ve been slammed this week with other work so I apologize for letting this slip pass me, because this is a very big deal. KWMU reports: The Missouri Board of Education has voted unanimously to…
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Filed January 7, 2008 by Antonio French
As you may have heard, Hillary Clinton “had a moment” at a campaign event today. It was Tom Hanks (in “A League of Their Own”) who said, “There’s no crying in baseball.” Is the same…
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Filed April 18, 2008 by Antonio French · 13 archived comments
According to Post-Dispatch columnist Deb Petterson: St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and his wife, Kim, have their house on Oleatha Avenue near Ivanhoe Avenue in the Lindenwood Heights subdivision listed for sale at $419,900. The…
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Filed March 24, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 9 archived comments
With all the drama surrounding St. Louis Public Schools any discussion on the subject sounds like a marvelous notion to kick off some progress, so education professionals are preparing their thinking caps for the latest…
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Filed March 18, 2008 by Antonio French · 1 archived comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1k8cW3g7fs 1 Comments For This Post BarfBarfBarf Says: March 18th, 2008 at 8:47 pm Cuff links are nice, but kind of pretentious for everyday at City Hall with people who only make 30k a year.…
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