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Larry Conners: After KMOV-TV Firing, Former Anchor's Lawyers Consider Lawsuit
May 24, 2013 in Daily RFT
via kmov.comLarry Conners.Attorneys for fired news anchor Larry Conners are considering taking legal action against KMOV-TV, which announced this week that it was terminating the veteran newsman over his controversial...
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County Police Warn Of Unsolved Rape Cases; Man Targeted Asian Women Last Two Years
May 24, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaSt. Louis county police believe a man raped two Asian women in separate cases in the summers of 2011 and 2012 in the same area -- and with the cases...
Police Shoot Man Dead After He Points Assault Rifle At Them When They Knock On His Door
May 24, 2013 in True Crime Report
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Credit Card Security Breach: St. Louis Classical Guitar Society's Ticket Service Hacked
May 24, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaSchnucks is not the only local entity to fall victim to a large credit card security breach. The St. Louis Classical Guitar Society, a local nonprofit music organization, sent out...
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Cleophus King: Life Sentence For Man Who Killed County Counselor In Violent Plot
May 24, 2013 in Daily RFT
Cleophus King.On March 6, 2008, St. Louis County Counselor Luke Meiners agreed to take Ronald Johnson to the house of Cleophus King -- because Johnson said he needed to do...
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St. Louis Referee George Gansner Chosen For Man City vs. Chelsea F.C. Soccer Match At Busch
May 23, 2013 in Daily RFT
Update: See photos from soccer at Busch Stadium. Courtesy of GansnerGeorge Gansner.St. Louis resident George Gansner was able to snag a ticket to the highly anticipated Manchester City v. Chelsea F.C....
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Larry Conners Talks KMOV-TV Firing, Defends IRS Facebook Post, Journalistic Integrity
May 23, 2013 in Daily RFT
Larry Conners.Yesterday, KMOV-TV (Channel 4) fired veteran news anchor Larry Conners, one week after he wrote a controversial Facebook post pondering whether the IRS had targeted him in response to...
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St. Louis Rams Quarterback Sam Bradford, Mayor Team Up For Oklahoma City Relief Effort
May 23, 2013 in Daily RFT
Talia Frenkel, American Red CrossSam Bradford, quarterback for the St. Louis Rams, is trying to help draw attention to the devastation and difficult relief effort in Oklahoma City after an...
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Cardinals: Sports Illustrated Cover Draws On 1968 Lou Brock, Roger Maris, Bob Gibson Photo
May 23, 2013 in Daily RFT
via Facebook / SICalling all of the Best Fans In Baseball! Take a break from your intense soccer bashing, avert your eyes from the permanent destruction at Busch Stadium for...
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Minimum Wage: U.S. Secretary Of Labor Seth Harris Is Meeting With St. Louis Workers
May 23, 2013 in Daily RFT
Krystyna Ninh for RFTSt. Louis protester earlier this month. Update: Officials say the event was cancelled due to "weather-created flight delays." Original post: Earlier this month, St. Louis got national attention...
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Marijuana: Springfield Politicians Again Reject Pot Reform Law, Activists Consider Lawsuit
May 23, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaSpringfield City Councilman Doug Burlison believes that marijuana can be a helpful medicine and that it's time to stop treating it like such a harmful, dangerous drug. Compared to other...
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Suspect Fleeing Cops Runs Into County Police Headquarters, Heads Straight To Chief's Office
May 23, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaSpokesman officer Randy Vaughn.A police chase ended badly for a male suspect yesterday when he somehow managed to run into the St. Louis county police headquarters -- and inadvertently headed...
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Larry Conners Out At KMOV-TV, President Cites Importance of "Journalistic Standards"
May 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaLarry Conners.Update below: Larry Conners is out at KMOV-TV (Channel 4). So says Mark Pimentel, KMOV's president and general manager, in an announcement on the station's website published this afternoon....
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Anthony Douglas, 21, Shot, Killed While Riding Motorcycle In College Hill (Homicide No. 35)
May 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
via kmov.comCrime scene last night. It's been a violent few days in St. Louis. Yesterday, we told you about Jermaine Johnson, a twenty-year-old who was shot in the face in...
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Did Clyde C. Miller Academy Security Officer Pepper Spray Students Over Food Fight?
May 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
via KSDKSecurity guards at Clyde Academy. Did a security officer at Clyde C. Miller Career Academy, a St. Louis high school, pepper spray students in an effort to break up...
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Stan Musial's Ladue Home Now On Sale For $1.8 Million (PHOTOS)
May 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
Photo by Steve Smith.Stan Musial's dining room, NBD.What's it like to be one of the most beloved baseball players of all time? If you have $1.8 million, you can sort...
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Patricia Singleton, 22, Killed In North County; Shots Allegedly Fired From Driveway Into Home
May 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
via KSDKCrime scene last night. A young woman was killed inside a north-county home yesterday when someone fired bullets into a house from the driveway. Patricia Singleton, who would have...
Body Appears On Glass Ceiling of Missouri Capitol Building (PHOTOS)
May 22, 2013 in True Crime Report
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Brad Pitt Regrets Dropping Out of Mizzou
May 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaBrad Pitt, full of regret.Brad Pitt wishes he did not drop out of the University of Missouri. Why? Because who would do such a foolish thing? What kind of guy...
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"Blasphemous!" Cardinals Fans Outraged By "Horrible Idea" of Soccer at Busch Stadium
May 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
Update: See photos from soccer at Busch Stadium.viaSoccer at Busch? Blasphemy!Think soccer at Busch Stadium will be a hit? Not so fast, sissy boys! This is the message of a handful...
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Schnucks' Biggest Fans: St. Louis Couple Gets Married At Des Peres Supermarket (PHOTOS)
May 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
Courtesy of Schnucks.Angela and Gerald Taylor.Angela and Gerald Taylor might just be the most devoted Schnucks customers in the company's more than seven decades in business. Early in their relationship,...
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Heroin: O'Fallon Mom Speaks of Daughter's Overdose, Rallies Against "The Silent Killer"
May 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
Courtesy of Gee VignaNicky Vigna. On February 4, 2010, Gee Vigna and her husband discovered a horrible sight in the room of their seventeen-year-old daughter, Nicky. "We had no idea...
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Three Young Teenage Boys Shot In Carr Square, In Serious Condition, St. Louis Police Say
May 21, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaLast night, three young teenage boys were shot in the Carr Square neighborhood and taken to a local hospital where they are all in serious condition. Two of the shooting...
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Shearwater High School Geared Toward Dropouts Is Closing After Three Years
May 21, 2013 in Daily RFT
viaStudents in Shearwater's first graduating class. Shearwater High School, a public charter school geared toward dropouts and at-risk youth in St. Louis, is closing its doors after three years in...
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Homicide No. 34: Jermaine Johnson, 20, Found Unconscious in North St. Louis, Shot in Face
May 21, 2013 in Daily RFT
When police responded to calls for a shooting early this morning, they were already too late. Jermaine Johnson, twenty, was lying unconscious at the corner of Darby Street and Natural...
