A Census Bureau report, which takes a wide look at the makeup of American families, has some surprising findings on stay-at-home moms, the authors report.

(The Census Bureau isn’t allowing media to report the actual findings until tomorrow. So come back…

Job seekers naughty or nice hoping the holiday shopping season will bring the gift of a seasonal paycheck may end up with an economic lump of coal — if the latest estimates are right.

The question: Will 2009 look like 2003-07,…

The Postal Service is hoping to make ends meet by closing branches around the country.  Wednesday, it announced that it had trimmed the number of branches that might close in the St. Louis area to nine — five in the…

Ragweed allergy season is back, causing hay fever symptoms for up to one in five people.  And high levels of weed pollen are currently being reported.

I fear the Weatherbird is going to jinx the weather. It’s been a mild summer so far, although the 10-day forecast predicts we’ll soon be in for a few sweltering days. In the meantime, get out and enjoy a day at…

The Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone is 3,000 square miles, smaller than the 8,000-square-mile projection. The dead zone is caused by runoff from farms and cities along the Mississippi River, which runs into the Gulf. The decrease in size is being…

AmerenUE is asking Missouri regulators for another rate hike, less than six months after the company raised electric rates by $163 million. This time, the utility company wants to increase rates by 18 percent, or $402 million, to help compensate…

Thursday’s White Sox-Tampa Bay game is one for the history books. Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle — a St. Charles native — pitched the first perfect game in the major leagues since 2004. Buehrle threw 116 pitches, retiring all 27 batters…

President Barack Obama took to the airwaves again, this time trying to create momentum for his health care plan. Experts say some of his points were debatable.

If you missed it, here’s the text from Obama’s news conference, and just…

For the last five years, St. Louis has challenged the results of the census. The city has won four of those cases; the most recent is still pending. But you can bet that the city is paying attention to the…