One final keepsake from the week that was: President Barack Obama and his new First Lady sharing a dance at the Midwestern Inaugural Ball, attended by supporters from Missouri and ten others states.

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The Boss, at Tuesday's inauguration

Earlier, we brought you some slapdash footage of rock giant Bruce Springsteen at the inauguration in Washington.

But, it turns out, that another St. Louisan — Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed — got a much better look at the…

The pilfered painting is on the bottom row, second from the left

The St. Louis Young Democrats are hoping the first week of the new administration finds a Barack Obama banner returned to its owner.

The Young Dems co-hosted a black tie…

Finally home, and with footage from President Barack Obama’s appearance at the Midwestern Inaugural Ball on Tuesday night.

I spent the long, cold day yesterday with a group of Ritenour High School students. The students are members of Partners in Achievement, an organization dedicated to closing the achievement gap between White and minority…

WASHINGTON - Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes, long considered one of several major contenders for governor in 2010, sought to cool off that speculation in a conversation just now, saying the likely ouster of Gov. Rod Blagojevich changes everything.

“Blagojevich was so…

Slay

WASHINGTON — Mayor Francis Slay didn’t bother with the Metro, walking an hour back to his hotel room after watching Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Slay, who had never been to a presidential inauguration before, wanted to stretch every moment out of the “unbelievable experience.”

“I…