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Limbaugh inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians

JEFFERSON CITY • A ceremony was held at the state Capitol today to induct conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh into the Hall of Famous Missourians. “This is something I never, ever considered would happen to me,” Limbaugh said from the House chamber …

Child care cut by $10 million in Missouri

Nearly $10 million in child care cuts in the last hours of budget negotiations will slash a state-funded Head Start program for infants and toddlers and wipe out two state efforts to expand quality child care slots in Missouri. The $24 billion state budget sent to Gov. Jay Nixon …

I Have An ipad Problem. Help? Anyone?

I'm the proud owner of an ipad 2. It was given to me as a birthday present from my family. When brousing the internet, the pad functions comparatively the same as any laptop computer. The more I use it, the more I learn how to use it. ( The touch typing pad is a little strange to …

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What do you think of R.J. Matson's 'Nobamacare' cartoon?

Post-Dispatch editorial cartoonist R.J. Matson weighs in today on the health care act being argued before the Supreme Court. What do you think of the law and of the cartoon? Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/talk-of-the-day/what-do-you-think-of-r-j-ma …

Woman demanding care at St. Mary's hospital is arrested for trespassing, dies in jail

RICHMOND HEIGHTS • Anna Brown wasn't leaving the emergency room quietly. She yelled from a wheelchair at St. Mary's Health Center security personnel and Richmond Heights police officers that her legs hurt so badly she couldn't stand. She had already been to two othe …

What if Trayvon Martin was White and George Zimmerman was Black?

If we could reverse things here in respect to what the outcome would be, would there have been an arrest?   Would the black shooter be in jail as an alleged killer of an innocent white teenager?   I think we all know what the answer to this reversal of racial roles woul …

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St. Louis man saves kittens from trash bag

"Willie" Jones of St. Louis encountered something strange when he took out the garbage: a black trash bag near his trash container, with noises coming from inside. When he opened the bag, he found five tiny kittens struggling to breathe. "I must have gotten there in the nick  …

Conflict, strategy mark Missouri GOP caucuses

Crowds and chaos rattled Missouri's GOP caucuses on Saturday, threatening to put further scrutiny on a process that was already a national anomaly. In St. Charles County, which was to have been the biggest single prize of the day, the caucus was shut down before delegates were …

St. Louis business owner sues Obama administration over birth control rule

What do you want to bet this gets thrown out of court?

Man gets 40 days in jail for strangling dog with hockey stick

Jefferson County judge on Monday sentenced an Arnold man to 40 days in jail for using a hockey stick to strangle a dog. Steven Brunello, 53, pleaded guilty in December to a felony animal abuse charge that said he mutilated and tortured the dog. In addition to the jail tim …

Bust of Rush Limbaugh to join Twain's, others in Missouri Capitol. Really!

House Speaker Steve Tilley, R-Perryville, intends to honor Limbaugh with a place in the Hall of Famous Missourians, a ring of busts in the Capitol rotunda recognizing prominent Missourians. The unveiling is not expected until closer to the end of the legislative session in May.

Abortion again shares agenda with livestock in Illinois committee

A bill that would impose tough new standards on facilities that perform abortions (HB4117) is slated for a hearing in the House Agriculture & Conservation Committee later this month.

Gun target stickers found at Mo. Capitol offices-Sigh-Will it never end.

JEFFERSON CITY • Authorities in Missouri were investigating the discovery Tuesday of small stickers resembling gun targets that were found near the office doors of several state lawmakers. Senators widely condemned the orange, round stickers displaying crosshairs as  …

Boehner fundraiser in St. Louis gets bumped up for Game 7

Being a St. Louis fan (my home town) it does my heart good to see that he might miss the game.

I'm scared-Will this kill me. _Update-8/29/11

I plan to make this a running account of my medical experience for as long as I can, or as long as I can stand This is a silly question but still serious.  I went to the ER Friday morning with what I thought was indigestion pain.

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Reports say Al Sharpton will get MSNBC talk show

MSNBC is about to make the Rev. Al Sharpton its evening talk show host, many news outlets are reporting. This is from the New York Times' Brian Stelter:

What will you do if the U.S.A. defaults on it's debts?

As for myself, I don't know.  I'm retired an very dependent on Social Security and a very small pension that was destroyed by Wall Street.

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Goodwill toward retirees went out with season's greetings

Many years ago, when the business world was an entirely different place and employees were encouraged to consider themselves members of a corporate family, this newspaper introduced a cost-savings campaign called "Your Ideas Count." Employees could win prizes for submitting idea …

Old Man Beats up Bully - ThisIs50.com

This makes an old man feel good.

Missouri marijuana legalization petition filed

Missouri marijuana advocates want to ask voters next year to legalize the drug and regulate its medical use.Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_97bfa8a2-a8d7-11e0-9919-001a4bcf6878.html#ixzz1RSQIdrzc

Man said he stopped to pray, but instead stole from St. Charles church

A north St.

Missouri lawmakers eat for free

When members of a Missouri House committee met in April to discuss a bill to expand the use of handguns for hunting deer, they didn't do it on an empty stomach.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist says he's an illegal immigrant

On Wednesday, the New York Times published an article on its website in which former Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio Vargas basically outed himself as an illegal immigrant. Vargas,  who while working for the Post shared a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of  …

McClellan: Presidential pensions should be next budget target

If we want to cut the federal budget, let's start with something all of us can agree to cut.So much of the debate is ideological. People on my side of the spectrum would take an ax to the defense budget. Let's get out of Iraq. Let's get out of Afghanistan.

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        WASHINGTON (AP) — Are Republican lawmakers deliberately stalling the economic recovery to hurt President Barack Obama's re-election chances? Some top Democrats say yes, pointing to GOP stances on the debt limit and other issues that they claim are causi …

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    In 2007, I watched many young people and some older begin to see their wealth plummet, some to the level of bankruptcy, due to factors that hit just about every U.S. household:

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    I've had it up to here with this President Obama... if that is his real name.  I just got done watching seven minutes of Fox News, and let me tell you, I learned more than I cared to learn about this Muslim socialist who hates America and wants to poop directly on our childr …

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  • Limbaugh inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians

    JEFFERSON CITY • A ceremony was held at the state Capitol today to induct conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh into the Hall of Famous Missourians. “This is something I never, ever considered would happen to me,” Limbaugh said from the House chamber …