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Local Authors Take Over Local Bestseller List
February 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending February 17, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books,...
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Wydown Middle School Students Launch Campaign to Ban Plastic Bags in Clayton
February 21, 2013 in Daily RFT
The members of the Clayton Plastic Bag Campaign (l-r): Ben Schneider, Claire Millett, Elise Yang and Victor Xie.There are approximately 16,000 residents of Clayton. If each of them throws away...
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University of Central Missouri Mathematician Discovers Largest Prime Number
February 20, 2013 in Daily RFT
Curtis Cooper, a math professor at the University of Central Missouri, has discovered the world's largest prime number. Wait a minute, you say. Aren't numbers eternal and always sort of...there? Well, yes,...
A Confluence of Geekiness and God's Gift to the Planet: This Week's Bestsellers
February 15, 2013 in Daily RFT
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Mizzou Study Says Happily Married People are Healthier, or Another Reason to Hate V-Day
February 14, 2013 in Daily RFT
image viaScientific fact: If your life is like a Cialis commercial, you'll live longer.In case you need another reason to hate Valentine's Day, the University of Missouri has some exciting...
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This Weekend at Schlafly Tap Room: Cod, Casks...and Plokkfiskur!
February 13, 2013 in Gut Check
image viaA pan of the Schlafly Tap Room's plokkfiskur.Gut Check has been pining for fish fry season, which begins this weekend, since at least last Easter. (Maybe longer -- we're...
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Which St. Louisan Should Be the Next Pope?
Gettin' All Religious Up in Here
February 12, 2013 in Daily RFT
image viaSee ya later, Benedict.Yes, it may be a bit self-centered of us to think, as soon as we heard the news yesterday of Pope Benedict XVI's impending resignation, which...
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Bestsellers: For Valentine's Day, Read About the Marriage From Hell
February 11, 2013 in Daily RFT
It's like eating at Annie Gunn's, only you're safe at home.Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending February 3, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent...
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Nation's Most Literate Cities Survey: St. Louisans Less Educated, But Read More
February 08, 2013 in Daily RFT
Inside the newly-refurbished Central Library.It's time, once again, for Central Connecticut State University to make its annual ranking of the nation's most literate cities. Why bother? Well, according to Dr....
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St. Louis YA Author Heather Brewer Plans Anti-Bullying Conference
February 07, 2013 in Daily RFT
image viaHeather BrewerHeather Brewer was bullied almost constantly from elementary school through high school. She survived and became a living example of It Gets Better: Today she's the author of...
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Amy Dunbar: Tardiness-Hating OB/GYN Now Most Reviled St. Louisan on Facebook
February 05, 2013 in Daily RFT
image viaDr. Amy DunbarHey, guess what, Chris Higgins? You are no longer the most reviled St. Louisan on Facebook! Your reign was short, though intense, but the torch has now...
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MOBot Scientists Discover Tasty (That Is, Non-Fishy) New Source of Omega-3's
February 05, 2013 in Gut Check
courtesy Missouri Botanical GardenThe fruit and flower of Plukenetia huayllabambana, the wonder plant known as sacha inchi.Omega-3 fatty acids, for some of us, are a mixed blessing. On one hand,...
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A Brief History of Canned Food
February 04, 2013 in Gut Check
image viaHere's to you, Nicolas Appert! Let's toast with the jar you invented.Today marks the beginning of National Canned Food Month. Why is February National Canned Food Month? Well, are...
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The Electric Pencil Takes Manhattan
February 04, 2013 in Daily RFT
courtesy Harris DiamantIf you plan to be in New York this week, you might want to take a couple of hours and venture to Hirschl & Adler Galleries on Fifth...
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This Week's Local Bestseller List: See the Play, Buy the Book
February 01, 2013 in Daily RFT
The number-seven kids' bestseller this week. But it has the number-one title.Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending January 27, as compiled by the St. Louis...
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University of Illinois Seeks New Mascot; Students Attempt to Provide
January 31, 2013 in Daily RFT
image viaChief Illiniwek (RIP)Since the forced departure of Chief Illiniwek in February 2007, the University of Illinois has been mascot-less. While their Big Ten rivals have fielded ancient Greek warriors,...
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Former P-D Scribe Dave Luecking Launches Mound City Sports
January 30, 2013 in Daily RFT
Joy and happiness to you, St. Louis hockey fans. The lockout is finally over, the Blues are actually good and you have another site to read about them, Mound City...
Missouri Chocolate Makers Patric and Askinosie Clean Up at Good Food Awards
January 29, 2013 in Gut Check
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Mizzou Study: Facebook Can Show Whether You're Crazy
January 28, 2013 in Daily RFT
image viaAdmit it: You have some "friends" on Facebook who are, you're sure, raging narcissists or pathological liars and you'd definitely be able to diagnose them and suggest, in the...
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Cardinals 101: This Week's Bestseller List
January 25, 2013 in Daily RFT
Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending January 20, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books,...
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Think It's Cold Today? At Least the River's Still Flowing
January 24, 2013 in Daily RFT
courtesy Missouri History MuseumWoman crossing the frozen Mississippi, 1905.Yes, it's cold this week, the coldest it's been here in St. Louis in several years. What's particularly galling is that this...
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Happy National Pie Day!
January 23, 2013 in Gut Check
Mabel SuenIs there anything quite so beautiful and delicious as pie?Rejoice, o pie lovers of St. Louis! Today, January 23, is National Pie Day! Why January 23? Why not the infinitely...
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The Stan Musial Tour of St. Louis
January 23, 2013 in Daily RFT
By all accounts, Stan Musial was a deeply humble man and may have been embarrassed by the outpouring of tributes following his death this past Saturday at the age of...
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[UPDATE] Wash. U. Physicists to Set to Break Ballooning Record...In Antarctica
January 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
image viaEven though it comes from NASA, this balloon flight trophy looks suspiciously repurposed.Update January 22: Super-TIGER has broken the official NASA balloon record. And yes, there's a trophy for...
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This Thursday, Pay Your Last Respects to Stan Musial
January 22, 2013 in Daily RFT
image viaThe Musial statue outside Busch Stadium has become a place of pilgrimage for the Cardinals faithful.Thursday afternoon and evening, from 2 to 8 p.m., you'll be able to pay...
