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Filed August 20, 2008 by Antonio French
“Off The Record”, a locally-produced documentary about the violent realities of young people living in St. Louis’ roughest neighborhoods, will have an encore showing at the Tivoli theatre on Sunday, August 24th at 4:45 p.m.…
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Filed February 23, 2008 by Antonio French · 6 archived comments
Developer Paul McKee, a man known to many for his secret Blairmont development plan for Old North St. Louis, is heading to China soon to lobby for Lambert Airport and his own 550 acres surrounding…
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Filed October 19, 2008 by Antonio French
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Filed April 7, 2008 by Danielle Belton
The Barack Obama presidential campaign is in need for some dial-a-voter help. The St. Louis campaign is looking for assistance on a national phone bank project targeting Indiana, an upcoming primary state. The St. Louis…
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Filed September 10, 2008 by Antonio French
I know it was inevitable, but it’s still sad.  To placate the right wing of the Republican Party, John McCain has proposed a new corporate tax cut as a means of promoting growth.  After years…
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Filed April 27, 2008 by Antonio French · 10 archived comments
The fight for Missouri’s top law enforcement job has come to the wards of St. Louis City. On Thursday, two open Democratic ward organizations voted to endorse Attorney General candidates. Two of the three leading Democrats…
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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 January 12, 2008 by Antonio French
First the New York Times, now the Associated Press via the Boston Herald. From yesterday’s Herald: Few brotherhoods are as strong as the one among firefighters, who depend on one another just to stay alive.…
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Filed March 31, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 6 archived comments
If anyone in St. Louis should know anything about how to throw a proper protest it would be Percy Green. A veteran of civil rights fights in St. Louis since the 1960s, Green has been…
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Filed August 19, 2008 by Antonio French
As a young girl laid in her bed, butterflies swarmed in her belly with anticipation of the first day of school that awaits when she opens her eyes. A freshman no more, young Shaneick Golden…
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