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Lunchtime Photo

3 years 1 month ago
This is some  French countryside a few hours before sunset. It's mainly notable because I took it through the window of a bus. The combination of a polarizing filter to remove reflections and Photoshop to restore white balance makes the window disappear completely. Pretty cool clouds, eh?
Kevin Drum

St. Louis man sentenced for N-95 mask scam, PPP fraud

3 years 1 month ago
The COVID pandemic, like many crises before it, has seen its fair share of scammers, schemers, and confidence men wading into the chaos to commit fraud and take money away from the people and organizations who really need it.
Kevin S. Held

X Ambassadors,Third Eye Blind, '90s House Party Top Fair St. Louis Lineup

3 years 1 month ago
Fair St. Louis is returning in a fashion more akin to the way it was held in pre-pandemic times, with a slate of national acts set to perform across three days to celebrate the Fourth of July. The party will see performances from pop-rock acts X Ambassadors and Third Eye Blind alongside throwback jams from '90s House Party, featuring Color Me Badd, Montell Jordan, Coolio, Tone Loc and Young MC. The festivities will take place from July 2 to 4 at Kiener Plaza and Ballpark Village.
Daniel Hill

Massive weight loss helps St. Peters woman detect cancer

3 years 1 month ago
ST. PETERS, Mo. - A St. Peters woman lost 95 pounds by weight lifting and eating right, but now she's been diagnosed with breast cancer. Keri North, 39, started her weight loss journey at 305 pounds. "It was a slow, steady process," North said. She began losing weight in July 2017. She lost 50 pounds, [...]
Monica Ryan

Missouri health executive: Why collaboration is key to reducing health care costs

3 years 1 month ago
Health care costs top the list of expenses that people report difficulty affording. Medical care has become so expensive, the Kaiser Family Foundation reports, that it’s considered pricier than mortgages and rent, monthly utilities and food budgets. Sixty-six percent of Americans, in fact, predicted they wouldn’t be able to afford health care in 2021. The result is that more than half of adults have delayed or gone without certain medical care during the past year due to cost. For Missouri…
Stephanie Vojicic