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As a business owner, it may seem counterintuitive that when your employees create inventions related to your business, in addition to not automatically owning them, you might not even have the right to use them. This is because in the U.S., the general rule is that inventions are owned by their creator. This concept is embodied in patent law where, absent a written agreement to the contrary, the inventor of a patent is the owner. The simple solution to this issue is to have employees sign employment…

St. Louis Community College and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have developed a program that paves the way for high school students to enter the biotechnology field. EMBARK is a dual credit/dual enrollment program that enables high school students to earn a life science lab assistant certificate by high school graduation. Students who graduate from the program are prepared for work in bioscience laboratories and are well positioned to continue studies to complete bioscience and biotechnology…

Danielle Deavens was frustrated. It was the holiday season of 2016, and, having made a pact with herself to buy gifts exclusively from Black-owned businesses, she found herself at an impasse. Though she knew there had to be companies selling a variety of products somewhere in the marketplace, she could not find them, despite her best efforts. Surely, there was a better way, she thought, as she lamented the situation to her partner, Doug Spencer. “It was just a really clunky and disjointed experience,”…

The Riverboats at the Gateway Arch award guests one of the best views of St. Louis’ working riverfront, the Gateway Arch and the city skyline.   Narrated by the captain

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A new study is out that compares the amount of work completed in a day by office workers vs. home workers. It's based on random assignment to either home or office of data-entry workers in India, so the measure of "work" is pretty objective. The study has two basic conclusions: Your best workers are the ...continue reading "Yet more evidence that home workers goof off a lot"

In a months-long investigation, our I-Team delves into the extent of the nursing crisis in the St. Louis area.

From far and wide, young and old, with lines stretching out the door. Cameras are ready to grab the perfect picture, all looking for a closeup of a smelly flower.

At the Emerson Park Station on Monday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke aside Senator Dick Durbin and Congresswoman Cori Bush to announce $28 million allocated to improving public transit, with $196.3 million also going directly to Metro improvements, including a whole new set of rail vehicles.

The St. Charles County Council pushed back voting on the Tall Tree Subdivision proposal on Monday.

It appears the city of Jennings will continue to tow cars from private property without a search warrant, but there may be instances where a judge will weigh in prior to the tow.

When police arrived at the scene, they were told the driver had run from the crash without clothing on.

A few weeks ago, vandals polluted a swimming pool in O'Fallon, Illinois with motor oil, causing it to turn black.

A mother and her children residing in a HUD apartment in the Metro East are currently experiencing triple-digit heat with no air conditioning.

Councilman says there isn't enough support on the council to approve the Tall Tree project off Highway DD in its current form.

A former Northwoods police officer accused of beating a man and leaving him in an empty field was able to bond out of jail Monday. FOX 2 was the only media outlet in court for the latest twist in the high-profile case.