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Decongestion Hacks or Hazards?

2 years 5 months ago
People across the country are getting sick with a multitude of seasonal illnesses. Colds, the flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19 seem to be lurking around every corner, and one symptom that seems to be unavoidable is congestion. While over-the-counter medications to help combat congestion are flying off store shelves, some people are taking matters into their own hands and are resorting to at-home remedies. A couple of congestion remedies in particular that many people are trying at home include garlic and onions. While using these popular kitchen staples to combat side effects from seasonal illnesses may seem like something new, these “hacks” have actually been around for a long time. In fact, claims that raw onions can help relieve congestion date as far back as the 1500s. “These kinds of remedies like onions in your socks and a lot of these things have existed for centuries when they didn’t really understand the science behind how infections

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The games are back: Nominations for St. Louis' Inno Madness bracket challenge are open

2 years 5 months ago
Inno Madness, St. Louis Inno’s annual contest designed to showcase the region’s innovation economy, is back for another year. We are currently accepting nominations for our 2023 Inno Madness bracket challenge, which will launch in the coming weeks. Inno Madness is designed to generate awareness and excitement for the city’s startup ecosystem, and those that are driving it forward. How does it work? Nominate a local startup or your own startup and we will assemble a bracket of private, fast-growing,…
Nathan Rubbelke

Review: Broadway Bound Is an Effective, Touching Story of Change

2 years 5 months ago
In 2019, New Jewish Theatre introduced audiences to the Jerome family, the central characters in Neil Simon's coming-of-age trilogy, in their production of Brighton Beach Memoirs. The family's bittersweet, effectively comic story now comes to a close with the company's heartfelt and touching production of Broadway Bound. The year is now 1949.
Tina Farmer

Daily Deal: Super Vectorizer Pro For Mac

2 years 5 months ago
Super Vectorizer Pro is used to vectorize images for personal and professional projects alike, whether you are a hobbyist or a graphic design company. With technological advances in raster-to-vector conversion, this image vectorizer program for Mac does an impressive job of vectorizing raster bitmap images and converting them to crisp, clean, scalable fine-line art illustrations […]
Gretchen Heckmann

Dan Isom Resigns as St. Louis' Interim Public Safety Director

2 years 5 months ago
Dan Isom has stepped down from his role as interim director of the St. Louis Department of Public Safety after holding the position for two years. The role is one of the most prominent in city leadership. Isom’s departure kicks off a national search for his replacement, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones announced in a press briefing today.
Monica Obradovic

Xbox has been ruined by woke liberal fanatics

2 years 5 months ago
Yesterday the marketing department at Mars Inc. discontinued the use of their animated M&Ms characters because, um, Tucker Carlson said they were fat lesbians now? Or something. It's not really explainable without sounding like an idiot yourself. But now there's this: Fox News is MAD that "woke" Xbox is changing its power saving mode Earhardt: ...continue reading "Xbox has been ruined by woke liberal fanatics"
Kevin Drum

39 North: Growing innovation

2 years 5 months ago
39 North is a vibrant innovation district in St. Louis County, Missouri, that creates the conditions where agri-food tech innovation can thrive. By enabling and encouraging collision and collaboration, scientists, startups, students, innovators, investors and companies can convene to make the global agri-food tech industry more secure, agile and sustainable from farm to fork. 39 North is a critical asset in an ecosystem that recognizes that St. Louis has an opportunity to leverage its proximity…
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Alton Man Faces Aggravated Discharge Of Firearm And Aggravated Unlawful Use Of Weapons Charges

2 years 5 months ago
ALTON - Alvin D. Perry, 18, of Alton faces charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of weapons after the Alton Police Department received a post of gunshots fired in the vicinity of East 20th Street and North Henry Street last Friday afternoon. Alton Police Chief Jarrett Ford said when officers arrived Friday at the scene, they determined that an occupied vehicle had been struck by gunfire but no injuries occurred. The chief said the investigation also showed the gunshots had been fired from a vehicle as it drove through the area. Officers located the vehicle a short time later and were able to stop the driver and detained the driver/occupant. Ford said he thought his investigators did an outstanding job in this case, finding the suspect so quickly. Perry was given a bail of $250,000 in this case, by Judge Ronald Slemer.

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