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 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:44:56 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:44:56 -0500 30 By Casey Nolen KSDK -- A half cent sales tax will be on the ballot for St. Louis County voters on April 6th. Both supporters and opponents say much more is on the line with Proposition A, a measure... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33052238/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:12:48 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33052238/ -- Have an idea to solve the St. Louis budget shortfall? City officials want to hear it. Beginning Thursday, they're asking residents to offer their suggestions online. City officials are looking for... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33052239/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:32:53 -0500 KSDK http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33052239/ -- An Alton police officer claims he shot and killed a pit bull to save his own life, now the dog's owner is in jail. Alton police first responded to a home Tuesday in response to a shootout betwee... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33049152/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:45:10 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33049152/ -- One student was arrested and another injured following a fight at University City High School Thursday afternoon. According to a district spokesperson, the fight was one of three unrelated inciden... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33050349/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:45:09 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33050349/ -- St. Louis is known for putting on the largest Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure in the world. On Thursday, the countdown to the 2010 race officially kicked off at Lumiere Place. About 500 people g... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33049359/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:45:06 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33049359/ near Arnold. This is the result of snow melt farther north. The flood warning for the Meramec near Arnold is in effect from Sunday until further notice. The flood stage at Arnold is 24 feet. The river... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33050348/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:23:31 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33050348/ By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer UNIONDALE, NY (AP) -- T.J. Oshie and Brad Boyes scored shootout goals to lift the surging St. Louis Blues to a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday ni... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33048415/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:05:56 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33048415/ -- The cross-state rivalry between St. Louis and Kansas City is being set aside as leaders of the two cities come together Thursday. Both St. Louis and Kansas City rely on an earnings tax to pay for ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33048165/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:05:55 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33048165/ -- More than 12,000 gallons of treated effluent poured into a creek at Cuivre River State Park on Wednesday following a pipe burst. Park officials contacted the Missouri Department of Natural Resourc... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33048416/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:05:53 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33048416/ -- Fairview Heights police arrested a woman they believe responsible for an attempted purse snatching late last month at an area Target store. According to Sgt. Stephen R. Evans, a spokesman for the ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33044032/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:46:06 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33044032/ The Lindbergh Schools Board of Education approved a plan Tuesday night to cut $4.7 million, which includes eliminating 60 teaching, staff and administrative positions. The cuts will be effective fo... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33045986/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:45:46 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33045986/ JUPITER, Fla. -- Seemingly one of the more settled units of the 2010 Cardinals, the club's bullpen may have more openings than would be evident at first glance. Four or five spots are set, but that... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33045987/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:22:32 -0500 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33045987/ JUPITER, Fla. -- Kyle Lohse had an extra opponent in his second start of Spring Training. Not only was he facing the Florida Marlins, he was also contending with a stiff wind blowing out to the outfie... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33045988/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:22:30 -0500 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33045988/ -- A St. Louis County man has been sentenced to six years in prison for trying to purchase sex with a 14-year-old girl over the Internet. The sentence was handed down Thursday for 24-year-old David H... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33045985/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:22:07 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33045985/ -- Lost revenue in the Lindbergh School District is being blamed for four-point-seven-million-dollars in proposed cuts for the 2010-2011 school year. Superintendent Doctor Jim Simpson tells K-M-O-X i... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33045984/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:22:06 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33045984/ JUPITER, Fla. _ For eight innings today, the Cardinals had as many hit batsmen (three) as they had hits. And no runs. Starter Kyle Lohse became the second Cardinals starter in two days (Brad Penny wa... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042525/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:51:52 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042525/ Defensive end Leonard Little has been scheduled to wrap up his free-agent visit today with the New Orleans Saints. But Little, the St. Louis Rams veteran, never made it to New Orleans. His visit has b... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042527/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:51:51 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042527/ decided it was time for a change, so he trimmed up his wild hair. “It’s something new . . . I wanted to cut it for a while now,” Oshie said. “I almost cut it in training camp ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042526/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:51:50 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042526/ DECATUR, IL (AP) -- Police in central Illinois have arrested five people in connection with the alleged abduction of two boys who were found safe in St. Louis. Macon County court records show the thr... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042523/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:04 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042523/ -- Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is asking the U.S. Bankruptcy Court here to appoint a trustee to oversee the winding up of the affairs of U.S. Fidelis, the once giant auto warranty company b... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042076/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:42:59 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042076/ -- A new bridge over the Mississippi River which carries Interstate 70 to Illinois from north of downtown, may mean changes a mile south, and to the Gateway Arch. The new bridge will divert lots of tr... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042524/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:42:55 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042524/ -- A new Duke University study finds a test for heart blockages, known as an angiogram, may be used much more frequently than necessary. The study found 62 percent of the patients who received the ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042521/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:19:33 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042521/ U’una’i Legal Services Corp. pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing $31,292 from the federally funded nonprofit in American Samoa. David Wagner, 47, of Maryland Heights, Mo., pleaded guilty ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33040683/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:08:12 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33040683/ Missouri expects its revenue for the current fiscal year to drop by $700 million compared with last year, the state’s largest revenue drop in history, as revenue collections keep undercutting pr... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042070/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:08:08 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042070/ Genesys Regional Medical Center in Flint, Mich. About 300 technical employees and licensed practical nurses are facing possible wage and benefit cuts at the medical center, according to the union. Te... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33040967/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:08:05 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33040967/ Chairman and Chief Executive Ronald Kruszewski sold 100,000 shares of Stifel common stock this week. Stifel’s stock closed at $55.98 a share Thursday, making Kruszewski’s sale worth nearl... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042519/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:08:03 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042519/ Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster asked the federal bankruptcy court Thursday to order the appointment of an independent trustee to watch over http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042518/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:08:01 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042518/ Trian Fund Management , the owner of Atlanta-based Wendy’s/Arby’s, is looking to buy Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. hamburger chains, the http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042520/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:08:00 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33042520/ Financial shares rose after Citigroup Inc. CEO Vikram Pandit said the bank was on a path toward "sustained profitability" as it sells off risky assets. The bank has been the hardest hit by the financi... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039204/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:43 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039204/ Shrewsbury officials are looking for a redeveloper of the 25-acre Kenrick Plaza, site of a closed movie theater and a strip center with dwindling occupancy. Barry Alexander, the city administrator, s... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039203/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:42 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039203/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth - gradually. Household net worth rose last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was slig... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039205/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:41 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039205/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sought Thursday to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years, calling the effort imperative to putting people bac... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039206/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:40 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039206/ JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has announced $125 million in spending cuts, with plans to trim hundreds of millions of dollars more in the future. The cuts announced Wednesday inc... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039202/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:52:05 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039202/ CARDINALS 5, MARLINS 3 at Jupiter, Fla. Thursday, March 11 Marlins at the plate: Ronny Paulino had a second-inning double, and Jorge Cantu added a single to left in the fourth inning. Those were th... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039207/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:28:35 -0500 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039207/ ST. LOUIS (KMOX Radio) -- A group fighting the Metro transit agency's request for a half-cent sales tax hike on the April ballot in St. Louis County claims Metro has bigger budget problems than its re... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039199/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:28:17 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039199/ -- Missouri's Attorney General says the state needs to buckle down on the extended car warranty business. "Our inability to clean up this problem here locally is having ramifications across the ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039200/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:28:15 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039200/ ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) -- Giving a dog a bone turned to tragedy for some pet owners. The Better Business Bureau of St. Louis says it's received complaints about the "Real Ham Bone for Dogs".... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039201/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:28:14 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33039201/ stayed fairly flat in January, dropping to 9.5 percent, compared with 9.6 percent in December and 8.1 percent in January 2009, according to preliminary figures from the bureau. The national unemploym... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33038771/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:19:57 -0500 Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33038771/ Illinois Liquor Control Commission ruled that because A-B’s parent, Anheuser-Busch InBev, is based outside the state and in Belgium, it can’t buy the 70 percent interest it does not alread... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33037413/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:16:31 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33037413/ said Thursday that on April 1, it will expand its securities litigation practice with the arrival of two lateral partners and four counsel to the St. Louis office. The new lawyers are Jeffrey Kalinow... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33037537/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:16:28 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33037537/ MidStates Capital in Overland Park, Kan., to make the acquisition. Chief Executive Terry Wastweet and President James Iverson will continue to run CMC. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33037266/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:16:20 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33037266/ will pay Thomas McHugh — its interim CFO, interim treasurer, vice president of finance, and chief accounting officer — an annual base salary of $230,000, under a new employment agreement e... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33037614/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:16:17 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33037614/ stayed fairly flat in January, dropping to 9.5 percent, compared with 9.6 percent in December and 8.1 percent in January 2009, according to preliminary figures from the bureau. The national unemploym... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33038765/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:16:10 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33038765/ Missouri expects its revenue for the current fiscal year to drop by $700 million compared with last year, the state’s largest revenue drop, as revenue collections keep undercutting projections. ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33038766/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:16:07 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33038766/ Heading into spring training one of the concerns for the Cardinals was depth and how injuries could easily take a toll on this team. That said, any alarm bells going off with Albert Pujols’ back con... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33036116/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:16 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33036116/ 03/11/2010 Lawyers for an Illinois State trooper charged with reckless homicide for crashing his squad car and killing two teens told a judge today that the trooper’s prosecution is "predicate... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33034261/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:12 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33034261/ -- A man from the Czech Republic has been sentenced to three years in prison for failing to return a recreational vehicle he rented in western Missouri. A Platte County jury convicted 44-year-old Milo... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33036110/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:02:24 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33036110/ Live music at lunch, movies at night and a farmers’ market are coming to downtown St. Louis this summer. The farmers’ market will set up Thursday evenings from June through October in the... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032882/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:43 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032882/ There is growing evidence that the foreclosure crisis, if not exactly easing, at least isn’t getting much worse. New numbers out today from real estate data service RealtyTrac show that the num... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032883/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:33 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032883/ but most of that was in stock options that he received upon joining the company. Chatila got a signing bonus of $600,000, along with options valued at $14.5 million, when he joined MEMC on March 2, 2... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032884/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:32 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032884/ In the Line of Fire . An obstetric nurse allowed that in all her years spent in delivery rooms, she has never encountered a mother spewing hysterical obscenities at the father of a soon-to-be-born in... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032885/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:30 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032885/ several area service contract sellers for fraud and telemarketing violations. The service contract industry has been under assault by regulators, class-action lawyers and consumer groups. At least 30... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032886/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:23 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032886/ Well, Wednesday’s  hideous loss to Nebraska set off those alarm bells again, and for legitimate reasons. We’ll get to that in a moment. But are the Tigers safe in their bid to enter the N... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032887/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:22 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032887/ About 30 employees from six businesses had to be evacuated as a precaution because of a gas leak. Wentzville Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Austin Worcester said there was a gas leak in the... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032881/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:35:36 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032881/ -- The head of the St. Louis Aldermanic budget committee is leading a delegation to Kansas City today, as both town's fight a proposal that would do away with something they have in common -- a one-pe... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032880/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:12:42 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032880/ Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman with the Los Angeles Rams who was a charter member of the team's famed Fearsome Foursome, then made a remarkably smooth transition into careers in broadc... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032888/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:07:54 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33032888/ JUPITER, Fla. _ With most of the regulars out of the Cardinals’ lineup today against Florida righthander Josh Johnson, the most intriguing aspect of the game may be the relief appearance of left... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029874/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:21:16 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029874/ 03/11/2010 LINCOLN COUNTY — The family of missing teen Bianca Piper is hoping for a miracle ending like Shawn Hornbeck's. Five years ago Wednesday, Bianca, then 13, disappeared from her neighbor... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029867/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:21:14 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029867/ By Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY Congressional probes, mushrooming lawsuits and a federal probe into reporting of acceleration defects have raised the risk of criminal charges for Toyota. The legal sta... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33027690/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:12:08 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33027690/ -- A man from St. Charles County will be sentenced in May for shooting his wife during an argument, but he will face a lesser charge because his wife is not cooperating with prosecutors. Prosecutors ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33027952/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:12:04 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33027952/ Brendan Ryan has a target date for his 2010 Grapefruit League debut, and it's sooner than previously expected. Ryan's program currently has him on track to play on March 20, when the Cardinals are ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029875/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:49:01 -0500 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029875/ KANSAS CITY (State Capitol Bureau) -- Two years ago, Rod Jetton held one of the most powerful jobs in state government as speaker of the Missouri House. Now, unemployed and at the center of a federal ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029869/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:48:48 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029869/ St. Louis Rams have re-signed tight end Daniel Fells, who caught three touchdown passes in 2009. Terms of this week's deal were not disclosed. Fells was signed off of Tampa Bay's practice squad in O... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029868/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:48:17 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029868/ Dog owners claim a pet treat distributed by a meat company in Washington, Mo., and sold in stores nationwide has injured or killed their pets. The http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029865/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:37:55 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029865/ "); jQuery('#sendemailclick').attr('value','Processing...'); jQuery('#sendemailclick').attr('disabled','disabled'); jQuery('#sendemailclick').attr('readonly','readonly'); return true; } // post-... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029866/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:37:52 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029866/ is developing near Sweetwater, Texas. Arch officials said the investment would be staged over time as the development of the project reaches key milestones. Kim Link, an Arch spokeswoman, declined to... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33028131/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:37:47 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33028131/ Rams coach Tim Miles: "This is our opportunity to make a breakthough." (Denver Post file photo) LAS VEGAS — With the top five players in every major statistical category returning next season, C... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029798/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:23:41 -0500 Denver Post http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33029798/ a surprise ruling , the Illinois Liquor Control Commission blocked Anheuser-Busch’s bid to buy a controlling interest in a Chicago-area beer distributor. A-B already owns 30% of City Beverage. ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026587/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:35:35 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026587/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in January, reflecting a big drop in imports of oil and foreign cars. American exports also fell, a potential blow to hopes that the econo... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026588/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:35:34 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026588/ NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks fell in early trading Thursday after China reported a sharp jump in inflation. Mixed U.S. economic news also held the market back. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026589/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:35:34 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026589/ RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday that the number of U.S. households facing foreclosure in February grew 6 percent from a year ago, the smallest annual increase in four years. On the state level, foreclos... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026591/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:35:33 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026591/ 03/11/2010 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The CBS TV program "48 Hours Mystery" will focus Saturday on an unsolved murder case out of southeast Missouri. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026233/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:35:32 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026233/ A former St. Charles County teacher pled guilty after he was accused of soliciting sexual acts from a St. Charles County detective posing as a 14-year-old girl during an Internet sex sting. Neil Swyr... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026585/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:25:57 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026585/ ST. LOUIS (KMOX) -- The owners of Smoking Joe's Bar-Be-Que in downtown St. Louis say they plan to open for business as usual at 11 am Thursday That's despite the fact a car rammed into their patio ov... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026583/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:02:46 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026583/ is listed as No. 28 on the 2010 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list. While Monsanto was the only St. Louis-based company to make the list, a number of the other companies on the list hav... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026581/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:51:37 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026581/ Thomson Reuters in Tokyo, as managing director for North Asia. The company also said it would expand its offerings in the Asia-Pacific region. Smith, based in Tokyo, will promote Savvis’ cloud ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026582/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:51:35 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33026582/ 03/11/2010 ST. LOUIS — The faded, tattered American flags at the President Casino's entryway aren't exactly presidential. The casino's cloudy, smudged windows are in sore need of Windex. The ven... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33022399/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:44:11 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33022399/ 03/11/2010 A motorcyclist from Florissant was killed during the evening rush Wednesday when he crashed into the rear of a pickup truck in congested traffic, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported. B... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33023660/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:44:11 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33023660/ 03/11/2010 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — After failing last year to persuade the Legislature to raise taxes for the good of Illinois' fiscal stability, Gov. Pat Quinn has turned to a more personal and politi... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33023661/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:44:10 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33023661/ 03/11/2010 Thunderstorms boomed through the St. Louis area shortly after midnight, bringing 1/2 of rain or more before passing to the east by 3 a.m. No damage was reported. The National Weather S... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33023662/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:44:09 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33023662/ A crash caused a geyser to shoot up in the middle of a north St. Louis intersection. The pick-up truck on Prairie at West Florissant hit a curb and crashed into a fire hydrant sending water into the ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33023665/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:34:35 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33023665/ -- A north St. Louis County man is dead following a traffic crash at 5:30 Wednesday evening. State police say 45-year-old Bryon McRoberts of Florissant was going north on I-270 near McDonnell Bouleva... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33023663/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:13:09 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33023663/ March 11, 2010 President Obama says the time for talk is over and that Congress needs to take an up-or-down vote on the health care overhaul plan. He traveled to St. Charles, Mo., to sell his plan Wed... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33020756/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:08:32 -0500 NPR http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33020756/ March 11, 2010 President Obama says the time for talk is over and that Congress needs to take an up-or-down vote on the health care overhaul plan. He traveled to St. Charles, Mo., to sell his plan Wed... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33020755/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:08:29 -0500 NPR http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33020755/ 03/11/2010 Bryon McRoberts, 45, of Florissant was killed Wednesday in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 270 just south of James McDonnell Boulevard, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33019348/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:46:45 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33019348/ 03/11/2010 Hillsboro — The veterinarian expected to be hired to euthanize animals at the Jefferson County Animal Control center withdrew from consideration on Wednesday, saying she was concerned ab... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33019242/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:46:44 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33019242/ 03/11/2010 Rick James was a world traveler, an experienced scuba diver and was on the adventure of a lifetime with one of his best friends. On March 1, as their wives snorkled on the surface of th... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33019349/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:46:44 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33019349/ PRATTVILLE -- For today's young people, bullying isn't just a shove on the playground or a hateful comment spoken in the school hallway. It's attacks that the victim can't seem to escape. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33019208/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:39:57 -0500 Montgomery Advertiser http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33019208/ It's not the St. Mary's High girls basketball team. The Rams are where they usually are this time of year, hosting a second-round game in the NorCal Division III regional, where they are overwhelming ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33017325/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:41:03 -0500 Record Net http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33017325/ The 12th-seeded Huskers, who had lost twice already to the fifth-seeded Tigers, played perhaps their best game of the season and shocked Missouri with an early 16-1 spree en route to a 75-60 victory i... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33014630/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:30:10 -0500 USA Today http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/cf4abed8fe2be564/id/33014630/