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02.04.2009 8:40 am

Reward offered for return of missing Obama banner

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The pilfered painting is on the bottom row, second from the left

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

ST. LOUIS — A $250 reward has been offered in the case of a custom Barack Obama banner that has vanished from City Hall.

The banner featured a likeness of the president…

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01.21.2009 5:06 pm

Heading home to St. Louis from the inauguration…or trying to at least

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
City hall reporter Jake Wagman and photojournalist Elie Gardner look for other flight options at Dulles.

City hall reporter Jake Wagman and photojournalist Elie Gardner look for other flight options at Dulles.

Six of us, four Post-Dispatch reporters and two PD photojournalists are spinning our wheels at Dulles airport in Washington, D.C., somewhat weary from three days…

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01.21.2009 5:01 pm

Inauguration day with Ritenour students

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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01.20.2009 8:42 pm

St. Louisans rejoice under the Washington Monument

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Roschell Murray joined three busloads of St. Louisans as they celebrated the inauguration of President Barack Obama on the National Mall.  The swearing-in ceremony concluded their three day trip which left from Jennings last Saturday.

Watch an audio slideshow from their journey.

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01.20.2009 7:01 pm

Dan Hynes cools speculation on Ill. governor run

Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau

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…

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01.20.2009 3:25 pm

Ill. Rep. Reitz gets front-row seat (and room service)

Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau
Reitz

Reitz

WASHINGTON - If there’s anything more surreal than watching a guy you used to bump into in the hallways at work become the most powerful man in the world, it’s trying to go that man’s inaugural - and realizing you…

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01.20.2009 2:29 pm

St. Louis campaign volunteer blocked from inauguration

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WASHINGTON — Jack Sago, 23, of St. Louis landed a ticket for the inauguration, but when he and several other friends who worked for the Obama campaign, arrived at the National Mall early Tuesday, security turned them away citing the huge crowd.

Undeterred, the…

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01.20.2009 1:45 pm

East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks: A mile away was close enough

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Parks

Parks

WASHINGTON — East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks and his wife, JoAnne, never got within a mile of the stage at the inauguration, but he  didn’t seem to mind.

“To be surrounded by people from across the United States — whites, Asians, Latinos…

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01.20.2009 1:10 pm

St. Louis Chamber head Dick Fleming spotted on the Hill

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WASHINGTON — Dick Fleming, head of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association, brought his two daughters to today’s inauguration.

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01.20.2009 12:46 pm

St. Louis woman and daughter attend historic inauguration

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Vickie Shannon, of Sugarland Texas, flew to St. Louis so that she could ride a bus to the inauguraiton with her elderly mother, Luella Shannon.
“This is really important to me that I can share this with her,” Vickie Shannon said.…

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