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A software startup led by a co-founder of high-profile fitness company Peloton has made St. Louis a hub of its operations, with the city being home to a cluster of its employees and its only office.

This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on April 11, 2022.  A St. Louis-based industrial hemp fiber processor will expand its operations in Metro East after the company closed on $7 million in tax credit financing. Tiger Fiber, which has operations in Sauget and Fenton, will expand its Sauget facility and add 90 permanent jobs there after receiving $7 […]

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While searching for people inside, crews found one person inside, the fire department confirmed. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

James Cleverly, recalling Winston Churchill’s speech at Fulton in 1946, reminds Missourians of ‘the special relationship’ between the U.K. and the U.S.

Many households experience stress and anxiety about their personal finances. These intense feelings of uneasiness and discontent can lead to misinformation and negative money behaviors. The University of Illinois Extension is providing a series of six free online workshops to help families learn strategies for talking about money and important financial issues. The workshops are held each Thursday evening beginning May 5. The virtual one-hour sessions start at 6:30 p.m. Registration is required at go.illinois.edu/TalkMoney . If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate, contact Camaya Wallace Bechard, Extension consumer economics educator, cawb17@illinois.edu , or call 309-663-8270. "Ignite conversations about money and motivate your family to take action," says Wallace Bechard. The individual sessions include: Who Are You with Money on May 5: The first step to taking control of your money is matching your values and goals to your financial decision-making. In this

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Rental car company Hertz has put the “hurt” back in, um, “Hertz.” The company recently declared itself bankrupt, something that presumably only referred to its balance sheet. But Hertz has more problems. In 2021 (the same year Hertz “emerged” from bankruptcy), the company was sued by a man who could have been cleared of murder […]

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JERSEY - Jersey County Sheriff Mike Ringhausen and Safety Pup made a recent appearance at a Jersey Community Hospital Health Fair and as always, were popular with those in attendance. Also present were Rep. Avery Bourne and shown here with Rita Robertson, JCUSD 100 SUPS Coordinator and State Rep. Avery Bourne, and Republican candidate for Illinois Governor Richard Irvin. Safety Pup goes to many events for the Jersey Sheriff's Office and helps educate children on a variety of things from safety practices to the potential hazards of drug abuse, and the pup also does programs for the elderly. "Safety Pup is a great tool and the kids respond well to the pup in costume," Sheriff Ringhausen said. Citizens had a variety of tests available for people in attendance from blood pressure, blood sugar, COVID-19 Tests, ABI Arterial, Liquid Panel/Cholesterol, Prostate Cancer, Thyroid, and A1C tests were done. There was strong attendance during the health fair, so it was a win-win situation for

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The Arkadin co-owners share their upcoming film programming slate, as well as some plans for the microcinema’s future.

EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the grand opening of the Skin Care Center of Southern Illinois' newest location at 4575 Benes Street in Glen Carbon. The new Glen Carbon business offers medical and cosmetic dermatology services and most surgery in their state-of-the-art clinic. The Skin Care Center management said patient-focused care helps them stand out in the industry. Skin Care Center describes itself as highly qualified and that they devote their skills and energy to providing many effective medical and surgical treatments for problems of the skin, hair, nails such as skin cancer psoriasis, rashes, warts, acne, nail problems, and more. The business plans to have office hours five days a week by June 2022. "We strive to educate patients on preventing future skin conditions by teaching proper skin-care techniques and protection from the sun to avoid future skin cancer and skin damage," the practice said in a message about the business.

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Here's an interesting thing. I was looking at Joe Biden's approval level trying to figure out what events plausibly produced especially big drops when I happened upon YouGov's tracking poll. Most polls consist of responses from all adults, but the YouGov poll is limited to registered voters. This makes a difference: Gallup's poll, like most ...continue reading "Raw data: Joe Biden’s approval among registered voters"

In an important ruling for the press’s ability to report freely on the work of other outlets, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that including a screenshot in an article commenting on another article's reporting is not copyright infringement. This is welcome news in an age where copyright can be used to restrict what newspapers can and can’t say about each other.

The article in question, a 2017 New York Post piece titled "Why I won't date hot women anymore," described three vignettes from people who had supposedly sworn off the very attractive. The leading anecdote concerned a 40-year-old private equity executive who, post-epiphany, had become engaged to a "merely beautiful" woman. The article was illustrated with a photograph of the exec that ran at the top of the story. Mic Network, a media company, reported on the backlash that the article had received and incorporated a screenshot that included part of that photograph.

Photographer Stephen Yang sued Mic for copyright infringement, and Mic moved to dismiss the case on the grounds that its inclusion qualified as a fair use — meaning, not copyright infringement. The Southern District of New York agreed, providing a fair use analysis that came to the conclusion that the purpose and character of Mic's use was clearly “transformative” and used to identify and provide commentary on the underlying article. (Whether a use is “transformative,” and how much that should affect the analysis, has been the subject of lots of legal analysis, including in a case headed to the Supreme Court in the next term. In this case, the court didn’t get bogged down in the details.)

Yang appealed, arguing that because his photograph was not the target of criticism, the use wasn't fair — an argument the Second Circuit has now rejected. That's an important win for the press and its ability to report on the media itself — in part, because copyright has long been one of the levers of control that the subjects of news stories use to exert influence over how they may be covered.

Notably, before the Hulk Hogan case in state court that ultimately bankrupted Gawker, the former wrestler and his attorney Charles Harder filed a federal lawsuit for copyright infringement over the same video that formed the basis of the later suit. And in just the past several years, a guest at Donald Trump’s private golf club sued outlets making use of his photos to report on the newsworthy actions of the then-president.

Photographs in particular have become recognized as a source of potential liability for news outlets who could face ruinous damages at worst, or expensive and stressful litigation at best. That sense has been heightened by an unusual ruling also in the Southern District of New York, finding that embedding a photo directly from a social media post could possibly constitute copyright infringement. (After that ruling, the parties settled out of court, which meant the Second Circuit did not get a chance to weigh in on an appeal.) One consequence of this uncertainty is that, likely in an effort to limit their possible exposure to lawsuits, some sites have taken to removing images from their archives en masse.

As we’ve long argued, news reporting relies on fair use. The actual practice of fair use, in turn, relies on firmly established principles and precedents that can ward off litigation — or at least limit its scope. Although it’s unfortunate that the current case has dragged on for nearly four years, its unambiguous result in Mic’s favor may discourage other plaintiffs from following suit.

The cannabis brand Dad Grass has launched a new line of George Harrison-themed products celebrating the late Beatles guitarist's classic 1970 solo album, All Things Must Pass, and approved by…

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Messenger: Despite receiving federal aid to pay for back rent; out-of-state landlord kicks residents to the curb.

Take a load off and take in the views on a relaxing daytime cruise that shows St. Louis from the river that built it. Narrated

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BUNKER HILL - First Congregational Church of Bunker Hill welcomes you to join them in their upcoming Sermon Series beginning Sunday, April 24th. This series will last through the summer. Worship services are Sundays at 8 am and 10 am. "The book of Revelation is the last book in the Bible. It has some of the most vivid descriptions of Christ's triumph and evil's destruction in all of scripture. Does the book of Revelation matter for believers in Southern Illinois today? What does Revelation have to say about eternity, the end of times, and God's messiah? Was this book supposed to be as mysterious and confusing as so many see it today?" In addition to preaching through Revelation during Sunday morning worship, they will have several discussions. These discussions will be throughout the summer on the first Sunday night of each month (May 1st, June 5th, July 3rd, August 7th, September 4th) at 6:00 PM at the church. First Congregational Church of Bunker Hill is located at 105 N Franklin

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