Gidget
An American cultural icon passed on recently. No, not revered anchorman Walter Cronkite.
Gidget the Taco Bell Dog, whose image was used with a male voice declaring ”Yo Quiero Taco Bell,” had a stroke Tuesday night and was euthanized.
The huge-eared Chihuahua was the…
AP Photo/Jack Dempsey
Update: Read the governor’s Veto Message here.
Tony Messenger reports that Gov. Jay Nixon will veto the bill that would repeal the Missouri law that requires motorcyclists to wear helmets:
“In terms of lives and of dollars, the cost of repealing…
From Think Progress comes this:
In January, Sandy Tsao, an army officer based out of St. Louis, MO, told her superiors that she is gay — a violation of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law. Tsao then wrote to President Obama, urging him…
A woman wears a mask at the Cherokee Street Cinco de Mayo celebration Saturday. She said she was being careful because of what is called the swine flu. | Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch
Mexicans and Mexican-Americans usually spend today toasting Cinco de Mayo with fiestas,…
4/26/2007–A Dodge Ram pickup has bumpers attached and wired as it makes its way down the line at the DaimlerChrysler North Assembly Center. Post-Dispatch file photo
President Barack Obama’s financial recovery plans have been derided by the Republican leadership and some…
The Weatherbird blogs, politely. Dan Martin | Post-Dispatch
Almost a year ago, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial page ventured into the blogosphere by creating the The Platform, designed to give readers an interactive place to debate important issues.
The guidelines remain unchanged: “The Platform is where…
Ed Bushmeyer and Dora Schriro (2002) Post-Dispatch file photo
Dora Schriro, who served as the St. Louis city corrections commissioner before she became director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, on Wednesday was named to an important post in the U.S. Department of Homeland…
MOHELA: No buildings, fewer loans, but lots of walnuts.
Our colleague Kavita Kumar reports in today’s paper:
Gov. Jay Nixon’s administration sent letters to five universities this week alerting them that millions of dollars they had been counting on for campus construction projects…
President-Elect Barack Obama
People are crying in Harlem, screaming in Chicago and celebrating all over the United States as CNN calls the election for Barack Obama.
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois now is the first African-American elected president of the United…
News: On July 21, Section 328 down the right field line in Busch Stadium will go peanut-free, allowing allergic Cardinals fans to watch a game without worrying that peanuts will cause a reaction.
Views: If the peanuts don’t get you, the…
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Aldermanic President Lewis Reed seems determined that he and city Comptroller Darlene Green should have personal bodyguards. As the Post-Dispatch’s Jake Wagman reports today, Mr. Reed is behind an amendment to the city budget that would add five deputies to…
Missouri Treasurer Sarah Steelman, a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, has a bold idea: St. Louis city should get rid of its 1 percent earnings tax.
Bold it is. Smart it is not, at least not in its current form.
The…
