Some things are sure to upset some readers. Two women readers called today to say they were offended by a Page One reference to St. Louis as “The Lou.”

(The skyteaser at the top of the Post-Dispatch’s front page this…

I spent a good portion of Friday — and much of the weekend — moderating the hundreds of comments posted on our Talk of the Day blog about the Kirkwood shootings. We had invited readers to post their condolences and thoughts…

The Associated Press called Hillary Rodham Clinton the winner in Missouri’s Demcoratic primary Tuesday evening, just as the Post-Dispatch faced its first-edition deadline, shortly before 11 p.m.

Political writer Jo Mannies and political editor Christopher Ave pulled back Mannies’ story,…

“Favorite son rides a “rock star” vibe,” read the biggest headline  in Sunday’s Illinois editions of the Post-Dispatch.  It was atop the story reporting presidential poll results of Illinois voters. (Sunday’s Missouri editions lead with results of the Missouri voters…

I got an e-mail recently from a reader who noted that one of the universities in St. Louis is officially called “Saint Louis University” — yet the Post-Dispatch refers to it as “St. Louis University.” Why, she wanted to know.…

A caller today  said that stories — about Afghanistan and Iran — on this morning’s  Page A12 were better for the front page than any of the “fluff” that appeared on Page One. Those stories are more important, he said.…

That’s what one anonymous caller asked this morning, complaining that the story about the fate of the “rescued” pit bulls  didn’t belong on the front page.

He complained that the headline — Fighting dogs likely to be killed — said “killed”…

 We promoted a story from the front page this morning and then failed to print it inside. (It appears below.) We ran a Page One digest item in column one headlined “Drug troubles.” It read “FDA order in 1998 led…

Some newspapers today put an asterisk on the main headline on Barry Bonds, as a dig to the new home run king. But most newspapers in the country played it straight, including the San Francisco Chronicle, which uncovered much of the Balco…

We received dozens of calls Sunday and today from readers who objected to the front page story on Shawn Hornbeck. The story detailed how some of the friends who knew Shawn when he was living as “Shawn Devlin” are now distressed…