Provides the latest RSS feeds for St Louis News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page St Louis Star.com http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/cf4abed8fe2be564/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:54:29 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:54:29 -0400 30 Washington, July 3 : A new study by University of Missouri researchers has found that overweight kids, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of being overweight as early as kindergarten. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/514767/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:10:16 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/514767/cs/1/ 07/04/2009 ARNOLD — Of the eight show dogs left overnight in a hot van in Jefferson County, the only one to survive is now back home with her owners. That dog, a Siberian Husky named Cinder,... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25863621/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:40 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25863621/ 07/04/2009 WASHINGTON —Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is stepping down, announcing suddenly Friday that she will pursue other means of having an impact in the public arena, fueling speculation about h... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25863618/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:40 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25863618/ A Toynbee tile sits embedded in the road at the intersection of Olive and 5th Streets Wednesday afternoon in downtown St. Louis. Many of the tiles are now being paved over. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25863620/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:39 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25863620/ 07/04/2009 ST. LOUIS — For Abilash Dash, the Independence Day celebration at Fair St. Louis is a world away from what he is used to back home in India. In fact, the liveliness of the fair is... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25863619/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:41 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25863619/ St. Louis Police Department headquarters at 1200 Clark Street, needs massive repairs that will require the department to spend at least tens of millions of dollars on renovating or moving, a departmen... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25862745/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:38 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25862745/ 07/04/2009 ST. LOUIS — For many, nothing feels more patriotic than buying American. The car in the driveway, the television in the living room, the lawn mower used to keep neighbors envious of ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25863039/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:38 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25863039/ July 2, 2009 - A camera operator covers Lori Drew as she leaves the federal courthouse in Los Angeles, after a federal judge tentatively threw out the convictions of the Missouri mother for her role i... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25862756/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:38 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25862756/ 07/04/2009 Consumers waiting to cash in on a promotion that offered free groceries for furniture purchases may have to wait forever. On Friday, the company handling the promotion announced it had ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25863622/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:37 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25863622/ 07/04/2009 WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND — Venus Williams is just about the perfect older sibling: She supports Serena endlessly, protects her fiercely and even lets her pick which bedroom she wants when ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860149/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:53 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860149/ 07/04/2009 Creve Coeur-based Precision Foods Inc. is among food distributors across the U.S. that are recalling nonfat dry milk, cocoa and other products that are linked to a possible salmonella cont... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860137/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:55 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860137/ 07/04/2009 SAN DIEGO — Manny Ramirez returned to the big leagues as only he could. Wearing sunglasses and with his famous dreadlocks in a ponytail, the Los Angeles Dodgers' slugger apologize... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860146/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:55 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860146/ SHINER, Texas (AP) -- By all accounts, Shiner beer shouldn't have made it this long. The Spoetzl Brewery ferments its brew in a one-stoplight town that's not on the way to anywhere, and much larger re... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860138/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:50 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860138/ The company told city officials on Thursday that it was closing the Shelbyville plant for an indefinite period. The announcement came less than month after Meridian announced a planned layoff of 198 p... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860139/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:51 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860139/ 07/04/2009 DETROIT — The latest numbers on auto sales show that Chrysler needs to quickly figure out how to navigate the car market as deftly as it did bankruptcy court. Ford's Fusion midsiz... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860136/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:59 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860136/ 07/04/2009 CINCINNATI • Tony La Russa said he told Kyle Lohse he was going to be the Cardinals’ Manny Ramirez and entertain fans all through the system. “Quad Cities is asking fo... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860143/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:59 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860143/ St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols complains after being struck out by Cincinnati Reds pitcher Homer Bailey in the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 3, 2009, in Cincinnati. Pujols said he ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860141/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:02:02 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860141/ 07/04/2009 Illini coach wins another trip to PGA — Mike Small has done it again. The University of Illinois golf coach closed with a 3-under-par 68 to capture the PGA Professional National Cham... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860145/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:56 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860145/ 07/04/2009 Tiger Woods lived up to his hopes of being a "greedy host" when he salvaged his round during a shaky stretch in the middle and shot 4-under 66 to take a 1-shot lead at his AT&amp... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860144/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:58 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860144/ 07/04/2009 WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND — Rising high above the most famous patch of grass in tennis, Roger Federer channeled Pete Sampras on match point in the Wimbledon semifinals Friday, tucking both ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860147/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:54 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860147/ HOUSTON (AP) -- A federal judge in Dallas said he will consider a modest request for money to pay lawyers and accountants to look through R. Allen Stanford's personal assets to find money untainted by... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860140/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:49 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860140/ 07/04/2009 Keep your fingers crossed for good luck, but we can expect to see Cardinals icon Stan Musial make an on-field appearance as part of the pregame All-Star Game festivities at Busch Stadium o... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860142/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:02:01 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860142/ 07/03/2009 COLLINSVILLE — A sizable crowd gathered Friday afternoon to celebrate the life of Vergil Fletcher, the legendary Collinsville High basketball coach, who died Tuesday at the age of 93... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860148/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:52 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860148/ After being forced to serve in Saddam Hussein's Army, Ahmed surrendered to US Troops. He spent a year in a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia, before arriving in Saint Louis in 1991. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860135/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:46 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860135/ CINCINNATI -- Albert Pujols may have a little bit of record fatigue, but everyone around him is enjoying the show. Pujols etched his name in the record books of both the Cardinals and Major League ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860150/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:34:16 -0400 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860150/ NEW PORT RICHEY - Douglas Scott Miller Jr. avoided law enforcement for more than a quarter of a century. He must have realized his streak was about to end Tuesday afternoon when officers with the Mis... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25859864/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:28:33 -0400 TBO.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25859864/ ORCHARD, Mo. (AP) -- Two men have been rescued from a cabin cruiser after it hit a navigation barrier called a wing dam in the Mississippi River. Forty-seven-year-old Gregory Simpson of Creve Coeur... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860134/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:02:33 -0400 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25860134/ CINCINNATI -- Albert Pujols was the star, but rookie Jarrett Hoffpauir was the hero. Hoffpauir's two-out, two-run single in the top of the ninth gave the Cardinals a hard-fought 7-4 win on Friday, ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25858413/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:10:52 -0400 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25858413/ - We may have gained our independence from the heat for the holiday weekend but the Fourth of July won't find freedom from rainfall. An area of showers is making its way across the viewing area this ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25856727/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:49:35 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25856727/ (as far as we know) did not put any time restrictions on itself when it promised to tap another former A-B director. And we’re no corporate governance expert - don’t even play one on TV. ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25854525/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:29:34 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25854525/ The 57-room Days Inn Downtown opened last week with the customary ribbon cutting and reception for St. Louis officials and other invited folks. But guests might wonder if the new establishment is rea... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25854526/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:29:32 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25854526/ 07/03/2009 U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill sat down this afternoon with the Jim Press, the deputy CEO of Chrysler Group LLC, in what she described as not a "happy meeting." Meeting at Chrysle... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25853092/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:29:31 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25853092/ Fire destroyed a recycling and metal plant in Edwardsville Friday. The fire call went out around 1:30 p.m. Firefighters called in mutual aid from several surrounding departments. Crews had to bring in... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25853116/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:23:03 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25853116/ CINCINNATI -- Coming off one of the finest months of his magnificent Major League career, Albert Pujols was named the National League Player of the Month for June on Friday, the second time in three m... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25854527/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:02:15 -0400 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25854527/ 07/03/2009 Lori Drew, acquitted Thursday of charges connected to the 2006 suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier, praised the judge's decision in a statement Friday and said that she "simply did not... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25852241/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:05:14 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25852241/ 07/03/2009 ARNOLD, Mo. -- Of the eight show dogs left overnight in a hot van in Jefferson County, the only one to survive is now back home with her owners. That dog, a Siberian Husky named Cinder,... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25852240/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:05:14 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25852240/ Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she will resign from office July 26. Her spokesman wouldn't say why Palin decided to step down, but the announcement stirred speculation that she would focus on a bid for ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25852242/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:41 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25852242/ Six southern Illinois counties are getting federal reimbursement for much of their efforts to recover from May storms. As part of the disaster declaration signed Thursday by President Barack Obama, g... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25852243/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:33 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25852243/ terms of service guidelines are not condoned by NewsChannel 5 and will be removed. Repeat offenders will see their profiles removed from the web site. PLEASE NOTE: Comments are automatically removed f... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25852244/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:32 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25852244/ The legal wrangling continues in wrongful-death case against Christopher Coleman. Ronald Coleman, Christopher's father, may be getting a new attorney. Bill Margulis has asked a judge in Monroe County... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25848729/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:23 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25848729/ A St. Charles County woman says she should have never been prosecuted for her role in the MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide. Thursday, a federal judge tentatively thre... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25850125/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:22 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25850125/ Funeral services were held Friday for television product pitchman Billy Mays. Mays' funeral was Friday in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. It's a small suburb of Pittsburgh were Mays was born and raised. ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25850126/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:20 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25850126/ Fireworks seem to go hand in hand with celebrating our country's independence. However, the celebration can quickly turn into anything but fun if you're not careful. Each year nearly 10,000 people a... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25850127/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:18 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25850127/ 07/03/2009 His 24 years at Chrysler made Toby Strayhorn a bit player in a process that turned out more cars, minivans and pickups than he dared to count. On Thursday morning, the 54-year-old Fergu... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847662/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:57 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847662/ Curt Poetker (left), co-owner of Poetker’s Dairy Farm in Waterloo, and Brian Offermann prepare cows for milking on Wednesday. Poetker’s is selling organic milk for half the price of just a... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847663/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:57 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847663/ 07/03/2009 Talk about strange bedfellows. Wal-Mart's chief executive, Mike Duke, and one of the retailer's harshest critics, union leader Andrew Stern, signed a joint letter this week. Moreover, t... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847666/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:55 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847666/ 07/03/2009 It was the first point of contact between a prospective employee and prospective employer. And, if your cover letters were anything like mine, style and substance tended to take a back ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847664/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:56 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847664/ 07/03/2009 ST. LOUIS -- A man was found slumped over the steering wheel of his wrecked car early today, and police have a mystery on their hands about how he died. He had a fatal chest wound, but ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847657/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:55 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847657/ 07/03/2009 The big number that came out Thursday was a reminder that green shoots don't always grow up straight. The number was 467,000. That's how many jobs disappeared from the U.S. economy in J... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847665/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:55 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847665/ 07/03/2009 ST. LOUIS — The barren blocks along downtown's north riverfront offer little to suggest redevelopment is just around the corner. The Laclede Power building, the signature building... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847667/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:54 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847667/ JULY 2, 2009 - General Manager Chris Kreutz stands inside the lobby of the Holiday Inn Southwest/ Viking Conference Center in Sunset Hills. Several redesign elements have been implemented in preparati... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847668/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:53 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847668/ The next big court date in former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption case comes Wednesday when one of his top aides may plead guilty. John Harris, Blagojevich's former chief of staff, is due in court ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847660/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:31:01 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847660/ The head of the St. Charles Humane Society says her organization is currently on, "shaky ground" financially. Meanwhile staff members at the no-kill shelter, on Pralle Lane in St. Charles, worry they ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847661/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:30:59 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847661/ ST LOUIS (AP) -- Precision Foods Inc., of St. Louis, said it was recalling certain Madagascar Vanilla cocoa. The recalled cocoa product is labeled as Land O Lakes International Drinking Cocoa &quot... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847659/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:39:14 -0400 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25847659/ Derby County have rejected two bids from Norwich City for striker Liam Dickinson. The Championship club are willing to do business for the 23-year-old but only at the right price.Having failed to m... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25844312/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:05:18 -0400 Sky Sports http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25844312/ Officers found the man around 5:00 a.m. at Washington Avenue and Memorial Drive. He was rushed to a local hospital with critical injuries. Investigators are still trying to determine exactly where th... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25845242/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:59:39 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25845242/ 07/03/2009 ST. LOUIS — A man found in possession of explosives stolen from a Weldon Spring police firing range could face up to about four years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to fede... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25842749/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:42:04 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25842749/ 07/03/2009 LOS ANGELES — Even as plans were taking shape Thursday for a memorial event for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles next week, the investigation into the ca... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25842751/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:42:03 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25842751/ 07/03/2009 ST. LOUIS -- A used car wholesaler who dodged more than $100,000 in taxes was sentenced to home confinement and probation Thursday. Bill D. Routh, 68, of Mehlville, pleaded guilty in April... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25842748/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:42:04 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25842748/ 07/03/2009 KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. soldier who inexplicably walked off his barren military base earlier this week was captured by Taliban militants hours later, U.S. military officials said... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25842747/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:42:03 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25842747/ July 2, 2009 - A camera operator covers Lori Drew as she leaves the federal courthouse in Los Angeles, after a federal judge tentatively threw out the convictions of the Missouri mother for her role i... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25841389/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:42:01 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25841389/ June 26, 2009 - Jenny Sanford, wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, speaks about her husband's recent affair admission at the family beach house in Sullivans Island, S.C. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25842750/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:42:00 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25842750/ 07/03/2009 LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — The mood of the Afghan people has tipped into a popular revolt in some parts of southern Afghanistan, presenting incoming American forces with an even hard... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25841981/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:41:59 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25841981/ 07/03/2009 SPRINGFIELD — Reality smacked Kyle Lohse Thursday night at Hammons Field. His name was Mitch Moreland. Facing his second hitter since leaving a June 3 start against the Cincinnati... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837582/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:37 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837582/ 07/03/2009 SAN DIEGO — Manny Ramirez will be back in the big leagues tonight after a 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy. His return should be a spectacle. It'll be the s... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837585/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:33 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837585/ Defending champion Venus Williams (left) will go for her sixth Wimbledon title Saturday against a familiar opponent, her younger sister, Serena (right). The Williams have won seven of the past nine ti... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837588/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:31 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837588/ 07/03/2009 Despite his best effort to paint a positive veneer over the widening cracks in his season, Cardinals starter Todd Wellemeyer had something stronger than his erratic performances tugging at... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837581/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:39 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837581/ 07/03/2009 When Mike Eise first became a father, he would put his daughter to sleep watching the news. Then he came up with a different idea, something that would be just as boring to a 2-year-old... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837586/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:32 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837586/ 07/03/2009 Brendan Ryan broke a one-for-15 skid Thursday night with two hits and two runs as the leadoff man against San Francisco lefthander Barry Zito. Coming into the game, Ryan had one hit and... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837583/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:35 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837583/ JULY 2, 2009 -- Outfielder Wagner Mateo, 16, from the Dominican Republic, attends a press conference Thursday in Santo Domingo announcing that the St. Louis Cardinals had signed the lefthander. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837584/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:34 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837584/ JULY 2, 2009 -- Alberto Contador of Spain (second from left), the 2007 Tour de France winner, and teammate Lance Armstrong (center), seven-time winner, participate in a training session Thursday in Mo... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837589/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:30 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837589/ 07/03/2009 Ron Artest is joining Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. David Bauman, Artest's agent, told The Associated Press that the Houston Rockets forward has verbally agreed to play for th... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837590/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:29 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837590/ -- Just more than a week away, the All-Star Game is fast approaching. And fans lucky enough to attend any of the events at Busch Stadium, will notice some major league changes. "It's a Major League Ba... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837580/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:53 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837580/ ST. LOUIS -- Hosting the All-Star Game brings plenty of perks to the home club but also a few disadvantages. One of those begins Friday night as the Cardinals embark on a 10-game road trip to close ou... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837591/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:51 -0400 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25837591/ -- An elderly couple in their 70s was robbed Wednesday morning by a man wielding a hammer, the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department reported. The robbery occurred around 11 a.m. in the 1800 block of... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25833969/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:42 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25833969/ -- At St. Louis University Hospital, Dr. Tim Rice takes care of both patients and pupils. "I like working with students, I like teaching," explains Dr. Rice. And more than any medicine, he likes to ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25834283/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:41 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25834283/ It's a summer camp like you've never seen before. It's an explosives camp, where high school juniors and seniors gain hands-on experience working with explosives. Dr. Paul Worsey founded the camp at ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25835166/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:39 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25835166/ ST. LOUIS -- Todd Wellemeyer and the Cardinals' offense both emerged from recent slumps, giving St. Louis a 5-2 win over the Giants at Busch Stadium on Thursday night. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25835167/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:14:20 -0400 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25835167/ JEFFERSON CITY (AP) -- Attorney General Chris Koster is accusing officials of a St. Louis County fire and ambulance district of violating Missouri's open meetings and records laws. Koster has filed... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25835165/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:46:10 -0400 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25835165/ -- City officials got the reaction they were hoping for when Citygarden opened earlier this week. Hundreds of people are coming here to see the garden that took more than a year to build. When you ask... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25832448/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:02:38 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25832448/ -- In the Metro East, overcrowding in the St. Clair County Jail this week meant early release for 23 prisoners Wednesday. But as of Thursday afternoon the jail was still overcrowded. Sheriff Mearl Ju... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25830223/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:02:35 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25830223/ -- Outfielder Colby Rasmus ended the Cardinals' three-game losing streak Wednesday night with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the tenth inning against the Giants. The rookie caught a break durin... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25832447/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:02:33 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25832447/ -- A St. Louis-area educator has made history. Chris Wright Nicastro was named Missouri's first female education commissioner at a news conference in Jefferson City on Thursday. Nicastro is also the f... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25832449/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:02:28 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25832449/ LOS ANGELES, July 2 (Xinhua) -- A federal judge in Los Angeles tentatively decided on Thursday to acquit a Missouri woman who had been convicted of computer fraud charges stemming from an Internet hoa... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25830538/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:44:07 -0400 SINA http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25830538/ 07/02/2009 The Missouri attorney general's office and the state auditor's office filed a lawsuit today against the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District and two of its board members allegi... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828555/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:29:11 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828555/ ) -- It was not a good day for Perth resident Don Ribbons. A suspected drunk driver crashed through his back fence and into his swimming pool behind his home in the middle of the night. "We heard this... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828561/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:21:55 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828561/ -- Governor Jay Nixon vetoed legislation Thursday that would have repealed a decades-old law requiring all motorcycle riders to wear helmets. Keeping the law in place is both cost-effective and will ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828560/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:21:52 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828560/ SEATTLE -- A suspected bank robber was shot after crashing into a patrol car just hours after a bank was robbed a few miles down the road. Seattle police said they came upon a silver truck with a lice... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828558/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:20:30 -0400 KATU 2 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828558/ Missouri’s net general revenue collections dropped 7 percent in fiscal 2009 as residents lost jobs and pulled back on spending, which hurt the state’s income and sales tax collections. St... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25826001/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:09:58 -0400 Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25826001/ 07/02/2009 ST. LOUIS COUNTY -- A motorcyclist was injured Thursday when he crashed while taking his drivers license test at a station in St. Louis County, police said. The Missouri Highway Patrol ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828556/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:29:10 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828556/ said it delivered 246 commercial airplanes so far in 2009, ahead of last year’s pace when it had delivered 241 by the same time. In this year’s latest quarter, Boeing delivered 125 commer... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25825742/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:09:38 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25825742/ : I was told last week that the Blues are hopeful Eller will be able to participate. He might not be on the ice the entire week, but you may see him at some point. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828562/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:29:11 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828562/ Barry-Wehmiller Cos. Dayton, Ohio-based Robbins & Myers supplies equipment and systems for global energy, industrial, chemical and pharmaceutical markets. St. Louis-based Barry-Wehmiller Cos. In... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828551/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:09:31 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828551/ 07/02/2009 UPDATE: 2:29 P.M. LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge in Los Angeles tossed out the case against the St. Charles County mother accused of playing a role in the 2006 death of 13-year-old Mega... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828554/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:29:11 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828554/ B&R Motors , a used car wholesale business in Peerless Park, was sentenced to six months of home confinement and two years probation for filing a false federal income tax return. Bill Routh, 68, ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828552/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:09:23 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828552/ A Knoxville, Tenn.-based charity that is soliciting locally gives less than a penny of every dollar raised in direct aid to help people with cancer, the BBB said Thursday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25826580/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:09:26 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25826580/ Missouri Department of Insurance received $5.9 million from insurance companies during the first half of 2009. The money was returned as a result of the department’s mediation efforts on behalf... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25826125/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:09:21 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25826125/ Chris Nicastro, superintendent of Hazelwood school district, has been named Missouri’s first female commissioner of education. Nicastro, 58, is only the fifth person – and the first woman... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828065/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:09:19 -0400 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25828065/ 07/02/2009 CARBONDALE -- While Southern Illinois University has complied with a federal subpoena from prosecutors investigating ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich, two other schools haven't. University o... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25823741/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:32:18 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25823741/ A-B InBev has the widest moat in the entire beer industry. It is the largest brewer in the world, controlling about 25 percent of global volume, and dominates many attractive markets, such as the U.S.... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25823754/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:32:16 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/25823754/