SOURCES: The data for this interactive graphic was compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the Missouri Department of Economic Development and the Illinois Department of Employment Security.

It was adapted by Post-Dispatch interactive designers Brian Williamson and Erica Smith. The graphic, a snapshot of area employment, reflects the counties and cities where the employed and unemployed reside and not, necessarily, the business locations where they work or worked.

A graphic of the national employment scene, designed by TIP Strategies, provided the inspiration for the map.

When it first made its bid for Anheuser-Busch last year, few St. Louisans had ever heard of InBev, the Belgian-Brazilian hybrid that had rapidly grown into one of the world’s top brewers. As part of a four-day Post-Dispatch series starting Sunday, we trace here the evolution of what is now Anheuser-Busch InBev, one year after the deal that created the world’s biggest brewer.
—Jeremiah McWilliams

The public service ads tout the basic theme: You drink. You drive. You lose. But that’s often not the case in metro St. Louis. Lenient plea deals, secrecy laws and outright mistakes have allowed most DWI offenders — including many chronic offenders — to avoid serious punishment — in a system-wide breakdown that has claimed lives in Missouri and Illinois. Explore this map and timeline of William Down’s arrests and convictions.

It’s hard to forget the first time you saw Janet Leigh meet her maker in the original “Psycho” from 1960. That heart-stopping scene early in the film when her simple shower became deadly is the granddaddy of horror movies’ scary moments. Test yourself and see how many of these deadly moments, selected by Post-Dispatch critic Kevin Johnson, you remember in this sequel to the original Dead Quiz. If you have trouble viewing the quiz, please upgrade to Flash Player 10.

Most of metro St. Louis’ DWI cases are spread among the area’s 100 municipal courts. Those courts rarely convict anyone of DWI or a related alcohol charge — some places far less than others.