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Filed September 24, 2008 by Antonio French
Aldermanic President Lewis Reed is calling on the mayor to immediately fire his head of the city’s IT Department. Reed’s demand follows a report aired last night on KSDK Channel 5 showing over the past three…
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Filed September 18, 2008 by Antonio French
A Riviera Beach, Florida law that landed a 17-year-old teenager in jail for wearing sagging jeans has been ruled unconstitutional. A similar law was passed last year by the St. Louis County town of Pine…
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Filed October 21, 2008 by Antonio French
John McCain was in St. Charles yesterday at a rally of a few hundred supporters. He later traveled to Columbia. Here are a few videos from the events by Post-Dispatch media reporter Adam Jadhav and…
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Filed September 5, 2008 by Antonio French
ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA — The line at one of the few working gas stations in St. Francisville, Louisiana is a half mile long. “Cash Only. $50 Limit,” reads the orange letters spray-painted in a piece…
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Filed January 7, 2008 by Antonio French
Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly is anything but subtle and he let an aide to Senator Barack Obama know exactly how he felt when he couldn’t get immediate access to the Democratic presidential candidate in New…
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Filed January 22, 2008 by Antonio French
BREAKING NEWS Saying his mission as governor has been accomplished, Gov. Matt Blunt made the surprise announcement of the decade today. “What we set-out to achieve four years ago has been accomplished,” said Blunt in…
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Filed April 7, 2008 by Antonio French
State Senator Jeff Smith (D-St. Louis) is asking residents of his 4th District to submit the names of Missourians from the private sector who have achieved, accomplished or overcome something remarkable in their lives. Some…
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Filed March 9, 2008 by Antonio French · 1 archived comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsx_Ph8vEj4 1 Comments For This Post Turd Ferguson Says: March 9th, 2008 at 10:53 am I’m all for sensible development, but only if it includes Affordable Housing and Historically Sensitive Infill. “Team 4 is Real”,…
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Filed April 9, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 2 archived comments
Congressman William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D-Mo.) will hold a House joint oversight hearing on hand-held devices meant to collect data for the 2010 US Census that were deemed faulty. Recently the Secretary of Commerce called…
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Filed May 5, 2008 by Antonio French · 2 archived comments
Supporters of an effort to get on the November ballot a measure to eliminate affirmative action in Missouri missed their midnight deadline last night. In all likelihood, it was not a strategic blunder, but probably…
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