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St. Louis grandma, 86, sheds 120 pounds by walking in her apartment
Jessica Slaughter’s diligence -- and 3,000 steps a day from her living room to her kitchen -- have helped her lose 120 pounds, KSDK reported. Slaughter said she has struggled with obesity since she was a child. "Even as a kid in Mississippi, I was always the fattest kid in the class. I got teased a lot," Slaughter told the television station. "I didn't know how to stop eating. Fried chicken. Bacon and eggs. Desserts, like cakes and pies."
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Lesbian couple denied housing in Sunset Hills senior living community, lawsuit claims
A St. Louis County senior community has denied housing to a married lesbian couple who have been together for nearly four decades because of the couple’s sexual orientation, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court. Mary Walsh, 72, and Bev Nance, 68, both of Shrewsbury, say the Friendship Village senior living community, which has locations in Sunset Hills and Chesterfield, denied occupancy to them to live at the Sunset Hills community...
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St. Louis Man Ticketed After Honking at Cop Stopped at a Green Light
In a scene that is literally a plot point from an episode of the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, a St. Louis man claims he was ticketed on Friday afternoon after honking at a police officer who was stopped at a green light. Scott Smith and two co-workers were returning to work downtown from lunch at Peacemaker Lobster & Crab when they were stopped at a red light at the intersection of South 12th Street and Geyer. When the light turned green, Smith says, the vehicle in front of them — an unmarked police car, as it turns out — failed to move.
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Whirl
For almost sixty years, the weekly St. Louis Evening Whirl brazenly attacked criminals, exposed the sexual peccadilloes of the black bourgeoisie, and racked up millions in libel claims— most of the time in iambic, rhyming couplets. By Scott Eden.
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Death and Politics: Did a Vicious Campaign Drive a Candidate to Suicide?
A Republican kingmaker, Ted Cruz's campaign manager and questions of faith hounded an "anti-corruption" crusader until his tragic end. By Andy Kroll.
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With NFL Rams Gone, St. Louis Still Stuck with Stadium Debt
The National Football League’s Rams left behind more than bitterness when the team ditched St. Louis for Los Angeles last month - it left a stadium saddled with about $144 million in debt and maintenance costs.
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Who Gets a Public Defender?
In St. Louis, Missouri, an effort to manage enormous caseloads left hundreds of the city's poorest without a lawyer. By Steven Hsieh.
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Rams Somehow Light Own Field On Fire Before Game Vs. Steelers
The St. Louis Rams needed a spark before Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. They got a little more than they bargained for.
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Radioactive waste found in St. Louis residential area
The Army Corps of Engineers has found radioactive nuclear weapon waste in residential lots along a St. Louis County creek. Coldwater Creek runs some 20 miles through St. Louis’ northern suburbs and was contaminated in the decades after the Manhattan Project’s activities in the region. The creek has flooded residential areas many times over the past seven decades, but the floodplain had never been tested for radioactive waste until now.
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