Albert Pujols continues to make his claim on baseball greatness, winning his third National League Most Valuable Player today in a unanimous vote. He is the 10th player in the history of the award to win three. Only Barry Bonds,…

Local nightclub owners are thankful for Thanksgiving, reports Kevin C. Johnson, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s pop music critic.  Johnson reports in tomorrow’s Post-Dispatch that clubs, bars and lounges will see some of their biggest crowds of the year the next…

Digital books — read on various electronic devices instead of paper — are just a small portion of the publishing industry: sales accounted for only $113 million of the $24.3 billion in books sold last year. But those sales were…

The movie sequel based on the “Twilight” books opens at midnight tonight in some theaters and nationwide on Friday.  “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” continues the story of Bella and her vampire boyfriend Edward, with the added tension of a…

Both Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter of the St. Louis Cardinals are among the top contenders for the National League Cy Young Award, given to the league’s best pitcher. The award will be announced Thursday midday. Will the honor return…

Thanksgiving is barely more than a week away, and preparations are in full swing for the annual feast. The turkey, dressing and sides will be followed by glorious desserts. Check in tomorrow with online and in the paper for some…

Sarah Palin kicked off a 14-state tour to tout her political memoirs — “Going Rogue” — with an appearance Monday on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

Jane Henderson, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s book editor, writes in a front-page story for Tuesday’s paper that…

The Rams, after a 24-hour extension from the NFL, have sold enough tickets for this Sunday’s game against New Orleans to be classified as a sellout to avoid being blacked out on local television.

But the complicated rules don’t mean that…

A former Missouri prison inmate has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges of stealing more than $22,000 from other inmates by posing as a lawyer. Jeffrey Tedrick fooled seven inmates into believing he was a disbarred corporate lawyer who would…

Harry Statham of  McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill., is already the winningest basketball coach in history at a four-year college. He has more victories than legendary coaches Adolph Rupp, Bob Knight and Dean Smith, whom Statham passed for first place…