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Build-A-Bear to open 1st store in Italy, plans more international locations
Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. said it will partner with Giochi Preziosi S.p.A, an Italian toy distributor and retailer, to open a new store location in Milan, Italy.
St. Louis Blues' new branding campaign includes team-up with local musician Marquise Knox
The St. Louis Blues have teamed up with a local musician as part of the National Hockey League team’s new marketing campaign focused on its musical origins.
3 questions answered about the UAW strike
‘Just the Beginning’: Jail Oversight Board Sees Progress in New Bill
After months of “crying for help,” members of the St. Louis’ jail oversight board see relief in an aldermanic proposal to give the board more power. Board Bill 93, introduced today by Ward 14 Alderman Rasheen Aldridge, would allow the nine-member board to investigate complaints about the city jail faster and give them permission to hire an independent attorney.
UAW members are getting strike funds during their walkout. What are they?
Messenger: After nine deaths and a hostage crisis, St. Louis jail commissioner ‘can’t hide’
Mayor gives jail boss the dreaded vote of confidence.
How thieves are stealing luxury cars without the keys
Nurse's aide faces rape charges in alleged patient assault
A nurse's aide has been charged with the rape and sodomy of a hospital patient at DePaul Hospital in April. Felix Mumba, 38, has been charged with two counts of sodomy in the 2nd degree and two counts of rape in the 2nd degree, both of which are class D felonies. The court has set the bond at $500,000 in cash only.
RIP to the sculptor that made that Statue on Wydown that people throw BBQ sauce at.
Artists Who Use AI In Their Work Ask Congress Not To Kill AI
As the US government stumbles around to try to come up with an AI regulatory policy, it seems like they’re focused on trying every bad idea on for size. You may have heard how Senator Schumer just had the first of his AI Summits, including a bunch of big name folks, who probably are not […]
Friday Cat Blogging – 15 September 2023
Last week we got a closeup of Hilbert, so this week it's Charlie's turn. He was walking back and forth on the fence when I took this.
How Do You Spell Relief?
Today on TAP: After an FDA finding that a popular decongestant is worthless, Biden could direct that agency to fast-track approval of a miracle drug for colds used all over the world.
Best Cannolis?
Southampton yard sales tomorrow!
Higher interest rates help lift revenue by 22% at Benjamin F. Edwards
Revenue at the Clayton-based broker-dealer increased 22% in the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2022.
Aldermen look to boost gun laws in St. Louis
The bills are aimed at showing resolve on one of the city's thorniest problems, but largely piggyback on existing federal rules.
How Post Holdings, General Mills are handling cereal's decline
After a brief pandemic-era surge, the market for breakfast cereal has resumed its steady, years-long retreat. But General Mills and Post Holdings are making the best of it.
Weekend closure planned for Riverview ramp to westbound I-270 in St. Louis
The shutdown will run from 7 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
Can Joe Biden really do anything about the auto strike?
The UAW—my former union!—isn't happy with Joe "Mr. Union" Biden: Shawn Fain, the head of the United Auto Workers, has privately expressed his frustration with Joe Biden, wanting the president and other Democratic lawmakers to come out more aggressively in support of his union, which launched a strike Friday against the so-called Big Three automakers. ...continue reading "Can Joe Biden really do anything about the auto strike?"