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Southwestern Illinois judge probed by feds
Federal prosecutors are preparing at least one drug possession charge against 20th Circuit drug court judge Michael Cook. The charge is believed to be associated with the death of one of the countys associate judges, Joseph Christ, whose body was found March 10 in the Cook familys hunting lodge near Pleasant Hill, Ill. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, cocaine was found under Christs ...
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Covidiens board gives green light to MNK
Mallinckrodt President Mark Trudeau Covidien's board has approved the spin off of Mallinckrodt as a separate public company, which will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'MNK.' As part of the spinoff, Covidien shareholders will receive one share of Mallinckrodt for every eight shares of Covidien they hold. That distribution is slated to occur on June 28, and ...
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City moves city-county economic partnership forward
The St. Louis Board of Alderman advanced a bill Thursday that would create a new economic development agreement between the city and county. The agreement would bring together 10 employees from the city's St. Louis Development Corp. and 30 employees from the Economic Council of St. Louis County in one office based in Clayton. Bill sponsor Alderman Fred Wessels told St. Louis Public Radio ...
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Soccer fans kick in $2 million to St. Louis economy
Manchester City may have beat rival Chelsea 4-3 last night at Busch Stadium, but it appears the city of St. Louis will come out as the big winner. Brian Hall with the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission told KTVI the soccer game last night was the equivalent of a first round playoff game that draws some 46,000 fans downtown. He said those fans spend between $1.5 million to $2 ...
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Denny Hamlin takes Coca-Cola 600 pole with record lap
(AP Photo/Mike McCarn) Denny Hamlin climbs from his car after qualifying for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup series Coca-Cola 600 auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Thursday, May 23, 2013. Hamlin won the pole position for the ...
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Menace II Society
After viewing "Menace II Society," it was hard for me to believe that Allen and Albert Hughes, the two brothers who wrote and directed it, were only twenty-one years old at the time of its completion. That two filmmakers could, at such a relatively young age, produce a work so mature and so well done is a testament to the sheer prowess of natural filmmaking ability. They had no formal training, ... ...
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Servia team preparing for final race of 2013
When Oriol Servia arrived at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and heard the slogan, he thought it was intended for him.Indy 500 or bust.For Servia and his team, Panther DRR, it's actually more fitting given that Sunday's race isn't just the biggest of the season for this team, it's an all-out battle for survival."My girlfriend has been (living) in Costa Rica the last five ...
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Cardinals vs. Dodgers Series preview
It was a zippy, innovative idea -- inject a few bells and whistles into a couple Cardinals telecasts, on an experimental basis, to see how ...
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Experimental plan on Cards telecasts is dead at least for now
It was a zippy, innovative idea -- inject a few bells and whistles into a couple Cardinals telecasts, on an experimental basis, to see how ...
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Saffold is making steady improvement at right tackle
When the Rams signed four-time Pro Bowler Jake Long as a free agent to play left tackle, it meant that incumbent Rodger Saffold would be making the shift to the right side.Although Saffold remained quiet, his representatives expressed their displeasure with the signing of the former Miami Dolphin and suggested that Saffold would not be opposed to a trade.But Saffold is back and working as hard ...
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Strong turnout likely means more soccer for St. Louis
After significant local progress in protecting the public and employees from secondhand smoke, St. Charles city and county remain behind the ...