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Streets Named After MLK Paved With Broken 'Dream'

'Dr. King would be turning over in his grave'

(Newser) - More than 900 streets across the nation are named for Martin Luther King Jr., and many of those streets are struggling. In St. Louis, drug markets and pawn shops line Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. In Chicago, parts of the 12-mile drive are in bad shape and have serious...

Winter Weather Hits ... Just About Everywhere in US

Philadelphia gets a record 8 inches

(Newser) - It's not often the whole US feels serious winter weather at once—but that's what's happened over the past few days, meteorologists say. "This literally spreads across the entire US, and we're 12 days from the official start of winter," one tells CNN . Yesterday,...

Scary New 'Game' for Teens: Knockout

It involves punching unsuspecting victims unconscious

(Newser) - A terrifying new "game" is sweeping across the nation: "Knockout." Just like it sounds, it involves targeting a stranger on the street and rendering him unconscious with one punch, WPIX reports. Videos of the attacks are increasing on YouTube, WJLA reports. The NYPD is investigating a series...

St. Louis Man Busted Over World Series Tweets

His last job was as a social media manager

(Newser) - A few years back, Bobby Metzinger's "social media expertise" landed him a job in the field; now, it's landed him in court. Metzinger, a 30-year-old former social media manager for a marketing company, is reportedly a St. Louis Cardinals fan. As the World Series kicked off, Metzinger...

Red Sox Win World Series
 Red Sox Win World Series 
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Oct 31, 2013 12:03 AM CDT

Red Sox Win World Series

Beat Cardinals 6-1; first championship at home since 1918

(Newser) - David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox romped to their third World Series championship in 10 seasons, thumping October ace Michael Wacha and the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 last night in Game 6. Shane Victorino drove in four runs and John Lackey pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning as...

Radio Show Canned After Host Claims Pujols was a 'Juicer'

Former Cardinal Jack Clark says Pujols' trainer told him so

(Newser) - A St. Louis radio station has dropped a show co-hosted by former Cardinals player Jack Clark after Clark claimed on-air that Angels player Albert Pujols had used steroids. Clark was only in his first week as a radio host on WGNU when he said Pujols' former trainer Chris Mihlfeld told...

Dad&#39;s Restaurant Receipt Rips His &#39;F---in Needy Kids&#39;

 Dad's Restaurant 
 Receipt Rips His 
 'F---in Needy Kids' 
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Jun 22, 2013 4:31 PM CDT

Dad's Restaurant Receipt Rips His 'F---in Needy Kids'

Owner of Friendly's apologizes

(Newser) - Friendly's Sports Bar and Grill in St. Louis didn't quite live up to its name this Father's Day, when a man found an unusual line item on his printed receipt: "1 f---in needy kids," KSDK reports. The place doesn't usually allow children, its manager...

4 Dead in St. Louis Shooting
 4 Dead in St. Louis Shooting 
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Jun 13, 2013 3:12 PM CDT

4 Dead in St. Louis Shooting

2 men, 2 women shot inside business in murder-suicide

(Newser) - Four people were shot to death today inside a St. Louis health-care business in a murder-suicide, the Post-Dispatch reports. Two men and two women were found dead inside the building, and police say the male shooter is among the victims. Surveillance video shows the shooter having a brief argument with...

Distressed Plane Makes Crash Landing in St. Louis

Learjet had 8 people aboard

(Newser) - A distressed Learjet with eight people aboard successfully made an emergency landing in St. Louis' Lambert Field this afternoon after reporting landing gear trouble. Observers on the scene said the landing gear appeared to function. Passengers are disembarking the plane now. Fire trucks, ambulances and emergency crews were on hand...

'Rescue Me' Singer Fontella Bass Dead at 72

Her big hit in 1965 endures

(Newser) - R&B singer Fontella Bass, whose "Rescue Me" became a No. 1 hit in 1965 and remains in play today, died yesterday at 72 after a heart attack, reports the AP . The St. Louis native had modest success with other songs, but "Rescue Me," which she co-wrote,...

Court Lets Missouri Town Restrict Westboro Protests

Federal appeals decision says limits don't violate free-speech rights

(Newser) - A St. Louis suburb can enforce a funeral protest ordinance aimed at preventing pickets from the notorious Westboro Baptist Church , a federal appeals court ruled today. The Manchester ordinance allows for protest activities but with limitations—protesters are not allowed within 300 feet of a funeral or burial service while...

Girl, 12, Tasered at Victoria's Secret

Cops: She was protecting mom from traffic ticket bust

(Newser) - A 12-year-old girl was Tasered while shopping at a Missouri Victoria's Secret by a cop hunting her mom. "He said, 'Put your hands behind your back.' I was just crying. I guess he got mad because then he took it out and just Tasered me,"...

Stick Shift Foils Car Robbery

Would-be thief takes a ride instead

(Newser) - The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a nice entry for the dumb-criminals file: Robber holds up man at gunpoint, then tries to flee in the victim's car—only to discover it's a manual transmission, which he can't drive. The robber then accepts a ride from the victim and...

1 Killed When Lightning, Wind Hit St. Louis Beer Tent

200 people were celebrating Cardinals' 7-3 win over Milwaukee

(Newser) - One person died and 100 were injured, five seriously, when a sudden storm destroyed a beer tent where 200 people had gathered after a St. Louis Cardinals game yesterday, reports the Post-Dispatch . Sudden winds of about 50 miles per hour ripped through the tent behind Kilroy's Sports Bar for...

'Holy Grail' Baseball Card Sells for $1.2M

1909 Honus Wagner collectible auctioned in St. Louis

(Newser) - A baseball card known as the "Holy Grail" for collectors has sold for more than $1.2 million in a St. Louis-based online auction. The winner, after 14 bids, was a New Jersey man who hasn't yet been identified. The card, which features shortstop Honus Wagner, is part...

Newt Gingrich Bit by Penguin
 Newt Gingrich Bit by Penguin 
Apr 17, 2012 6:28 AM CDT

Newt Gingrich Bit by Penguin

It only sounds made up...

(Newser) - At least one penguin at the St. Louis Zoo appears to be a feisty opponent of Newt Gingrich. The GOP candidate is sporting a bandage on his finger after getting nipped by a small penguin during his tour of the zoo on Friday. Gingrich was in St. Louis to speak...

Occupy Hacker Hits St. Louis Mayor

Thousands of Francis Slay's emails go up online

(Newser) - A self-proclaimed member of Anonymous turned his malice on St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay this week to express solidarity with the city’s branch of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Slay had told protesters last week that they couldn’t camp out overnight anymore, and was in talks with them...

Man Busts Out of Jail Using Homemade Nunchucks

Lorenzo Pollard recaptured within 48 hours after fighting off a dozen guards

(Newser) - Lorenzo Pollard really, really wanted to get out of jail. The inmate, 31, escaped a medium-security facility in St. Louis after fighting off some dozen guards with home-made nunchucks fashioned from bedsheets and a chair, according to cops. Pollard used the weapon to smash through glass blocks and then scaled...

National Weather Service: 'Do Not Take Threat Lightly'

29 states remain under heat advisories

(Newser) - Twenty-nine states are under advisories as a blistering heat wave continues, MSNBC reports. East Coast temps are projected to hit highs in the 90s and 100s, says a meteorologist, but the heat index—what it feels like—could be closer to 115 degrees through tomorrow, says the National Weather Service....

Stolen Moon Dust Found Up for Auction

Tape with a few flecks of dust was valued at $1K or more

(Newser) - Investigators from NASA and the US attorney's office in St. Louis have found what could be the government’s tiniest piece of stolen property: a bit of moon dust. The item was up for sale at a local auction house, with a value estimated at $1,000 to $1,...

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