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Developers Look to Rename Part of Downtown Near Soccer Stadium

2 years 1 month ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  Chances are good that you’ve been to City Commons. You’ve been there if you’ve visited CityPark, the home stadium of Major League Soccer team St. Louis City SC. You’ve been there if you had a beer at the nearby Schlafly Tap Room or tea at the London Tea Room. If […]
Kacey Crawley

Federal Funds Will Pay For Pedestrian Bridge Linking Foundry and Armory

2 years 1 month ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  A pedestrian bridge over part of Interstate 64 in Midtown will link two of the biggest new developments in St. Louis, with funding from a federal grant. Regional trail district Great Rivers Greenway has received $9.9 million in federal grants that will cover half the construction cost of a new […]
Kacey Crawley

Rare Merlin Falcon Released Back Into St. Louis Skies

2 years 1 month ago
A window nearly killed her, but now, after several weeks of intensive treatment and recovery, a rare falcon has been released back into St. Louis skies (amid tornado watches). The World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park announced on Thursday (that’s 314 day to all who celebrate) that patient #24-087 — a Merlin falcon — was released back into the wild after receiving care. This patient is one of only five Merlin falcons treated at the sanctuary’s Kathryn G. Favre Foundation Raptor Hospital in the past decade, according to the organization. 
Kallie Cox

Lunchtime Photo

2 years 1 month ago
This is the surprisingly colorful view from Mesa Verde National Park, looking west toward the Ute Mountain Reservation. I don't know what the purple and green and yellow vegetation is, but it's pretty striking.
Kevin Drum

ExTwitter Mostly Wins Silly Music Copyright Lawsuit

2 years 1 month ago
Last year, we wrote about a very silly lawsuit that some big music publishers had filed against ExTwitter, making some silly claims about how copyright law works. It basically ignored the existence of the DMCA, which was designed to prevent lawsuits like this one, where there is some infringement happening on the platform, but no […]
Mike Masnick