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St. Louisans will celebrate the National Day of Civic Hacking with Random Hacks of Kindness Saint Louis, a weekend hackathon June 1-2 at the T-Rex that encourages community involvement for the betterment of St. Louis. The Password Protection Act, a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, would make it illegal for employers or potential employers to ask for you social ...
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McCarthy adds office in Kansas City
McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has increased its presence in the Kansas City market with two nearby construction projects underway and an announcement earlier this spring of a new downtown office. According to REJ Blog, McCarthy now has more than $1.4 billion worth of construction underway in the region. Two major projects for McCarthy include work on a $80 million National Bio and Agro-Defense ...
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Budweiser Black Crown boosts beer sales
Beer sales in dollar terms inched up 1.5 percent. Despite a tough few months for the beer business, overall sales in dollar terms inched up in May, due in part to the new upmarket Budweiser Black Crown's introduction to consumers. According to Nielsen data, volume of beer sold in the four weeks to May 11 dropped 0.6 percent, but sales in dollar terms were up 1.5 percent, boosted by Black ...
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Larry Conners attorney preparing for lawsuit
Larry Conners Larry Conners' attorneys are gathering the necessary documents for a lawsuit on the heels of Conners being fired from KMOV. Conners' lawyer, Merle Silverstein, sent a letter to KMOV asking them to "carefully preserve and not destroy" all papers relating to Conners' employment and termination, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The letter to KMOV President and ...
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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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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 ...
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Special honor for Shogren this week
Sometimes life is confetti and hosanna choruses, sometimes it's an unexpected punch to the belly. Sometimes it's both at the same time.Bob Shogren has spent the past 23 years officiating championships, amateur and professional. He also has been a member of Bellerive Country Club for 35 years.This week, Shogren is enjoying a special invitation to work with the PGA Rules Committee at the ...
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Errors spoil super regional opener for Mizzou
After a sloppy practice on Tuesday, Missouri softball coach Ehren Earleywine didn't know what to expect from his team 48 hours later when it would host Washington in the opening game of the NCAA super regionals. He worried about defense especially.Thursday's shivering crowd at University Field knows why."In a game against a team like that, in this type of setting, championship ...
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Schumaker says its too early for Dodgers to panic
Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Skip Schumaker fields a ball hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Paul Goldschmidt during the first inning of their baseball game, Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in Los Angeles. Goldschmidt was thrown out at first on the play. (AP Photo/Mark J. ...
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Palmer reacts to challenge shoots a 62
Ryan Palmer was standing in the fairway on his last hole Thursday when his longtime caddie and fellow Colonial member issued a challenge.James Edmondson, who won his third Colonial club championship last year, told Palmer that a birdie would match the caddie's low round at Hogan's Alley."What do you do when you get that thrown at you," Palmer said.Palmer hit his approach to 5 ...
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Burwell Yes golf is the sport of gentlemen but rumbles are allowed
In this photo made May 12, 2013, Sergio Garcia, of Spain, left, shakes hands with Tiger Woods at the end of the third round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Garcia apologized to Woods on Wednesday, May 22, 3013, for saying he would have "fried chicken" at dinner with his rival, a comment that Woods described as hurtful and ...
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Manchester City comes from three goals down to beat Chelsea 4-3
After significant local progress in protecting the public and employees from secondhand smoke, St. Charles city and county remain behind the ...
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Strauss Skins Game breaks out Thursday at Bellerive
Thousands of fans come out to cheer on English Premier League teams Manchester City and Chelsea play an exhibit game in the Cardinals' nest, ...
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Rams speed is new threat for offense
Rams quarterback Sam Bradford (8) passes to wide receiver Tavon Austin (11), covered by cornerback Trumaine Johnson, during practice on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Rams Park in Earth City. Photo by Huy Mach, ...
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A drugstore would help fill downtowns retail gap
Downtown St. Louis Partnership. The number of residents has doubled since 2000.We should start by looking for stores that will meet those residents' and workers' needs. "Food and pharmacy are great places to start," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of retail consulting and investment-banking firm Davidowitz & Associates in New York.Downtown stopped being a food desert ...
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Former St. Louis startup works to help factory workers
After significant local progress in protecting the public and employees from secondhand smoke, St. Charles city and county remain behind the ...
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Commercial real estate notes
Tim Bryant covers commercial real estate, development and other business stories for the Post-Dispatch. He blogs at Building Blocks, the Post-Dispatch development ...
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St Louis high-speed rail link to Chicago breaks ground
St Louis, Chicago and the state governments of Missouri and Illinois have taken the first step in constructing the Mid West Hub of high-speed rail connections with the building of a high-speed line between the two cities which will quadruple capacity and spur economic development, according to proponents of the high-speed rail line.
Work on the high-speed rail link between St Louis and Chicago has begun, signalling the first step of a mammoth project that is intended to ultimately see Chicago become the hub of a national high-speed railway network that will change the nature of overland transport in the country. Read more
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