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Zillow 148000 here upside down on mortgages
The recovering housing market doesn't seem to be helping many "upside down" homeowners in St. Louis yet.Zillow, the real estate website, says 26.4 percent of metro St. Louis homeowners with mortgages owed more than their homes are worth in the first quarter of this year. That was down slightly from 26.9 percent in the last quarter of 2012.Zillow actually expects that number to ...
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Marco Andretti ready to shake Indy 500 curse
In this photo taken on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Marco Andretti sits in his pit box during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. Andretti went into the Indianapolis 500 last year believing the race was his to lose. Well, he lost and the Andretti Curse lives. Now off to his best start, he could become the first Andretti to win the showcase ...
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Lincoln County joy ride ends in crash arrest
o A Troy, Mo., teen is in jail after police say he took a joy ride in a stolen car and crashed it while trying to elude police.Deandre M. Blevins, 18, of the 200 block of Carrington Boulevard was charged with tampering with a motor vehicle and attempted assault of a law enforcement officer.According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, a trooper was traveling north on Highway 61 south of Grothe Road ...
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McClellan Missourahs legislators get a good grade from this Billy Bob
My name is Billy Bob McClellan, and I am proud to be from Missourah. I live in the St. Louis region, which happens to be a blue dot in a red state, but I mind my own business and git along just fine with most of my neighbors. Sometimes we speak a different language, that's all. They talk about their houses. I talk about my compound. But for the most part, we git along just fine.I was ...
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ObamaSexual Assault Threatens Trust in Military
Choosing future Navy and Marine leaders as his audience, President Barack Obama issued a pointed call Friday for an end to sexual assaults in the military, appealing to graduating midshipmen to contain what has become a growing epidemic. ...
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Margin Call
An intense, focused dramatization of one moment at the beginning of the 2008 global financial meltdown, J.C. Chandors Margin Call arrives on the heels of numerous documentaries that have attempted to show in grand fashion how toxic assets, bad mortgages, and shady dealings brought ... ...
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Bradford helps collect donations for tornado victims
St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford (8) runs out of the pocket against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second half at Raymond James Stadium. St. Louis Rams defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28-13. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY ...
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The Frankly Speaking Show with Frank Cusumano
(KSDK Sports) -- Our host Frank Cusumano is never short of opinion, and now we are bringing it to our digital platform here on ksdk.com. Today, Frank discusses the success of last night's EPL soccer match, the local golfers to watch at the Senior PGA Championship, and the tale of two teams, the Cardinals and the Dodgers - both going in two different directions. For now the show is purely ...
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Southbound I-55 reopens following school bus accident
ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - The southbound lanes of Interstate 55 were shut down Friday morning following an accident involving a school bus. The accident happened prior to 8:50 a.m. on I-55 near the 7th Street exit. The school bus was lying on its side. Children were in the bus at the time of the accident. A second vehicle, a four-door car, was overturned further north. Authorities said the bus ...
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St. Clair judge pleads not guilty on drug charges
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. (KSDK) - A St. Clair County circuit judge was released Friday morning after pleading "not guilty" to drug possession charges. Circuit Court Judge Michael Cook was charged with unlawful use of a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm and one charge of possession of heroin. He appeared in court Friday wearing a cut-off jean shorts and a t-shirt ...
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Peabody taps analytics app to track worker productivity
Greg Boyce Peabody Energy has added a business intelligence platform at its Bear Run Mine in Sullivan County, Ind., to track when employees start working during shifts and how long they are gone during lunch breaks. The technology, which runs mostly on Walldorf, Germany-based SAPs BusinessObjects software, tracks employees late starts (measured by when the bucket of a shovel, excavator or ...