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Loud Boom Continues To Pose Question Marks, Although Viewers Continue Discussion

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Residents around the region definitely heard or felt the loud boom just after 2 a.m. on Tuesday, June 8. After a series of source calls Tuesday, a definite cause of the noise that shook the area could not be determined. The Madison County Sheriff's Office investigated the situation but could not determine a cause even after an investigation. The Rosewood Heights Fire Department was alerted of the boom but did not have a cause. The National Weather Service in St. Louis did not have any reports about the incident and they did a check that showed there was no earthquake activity in that vicinity said to be the Fosterburg, Rosewood Heights area. The Phillips 66 Wood River Refinery also did not have anything unusual to report at that time of the morning. These are some assorted comments about the loud boom sent to Riverbender.com after the story was published Tuesday afternoon: Kylinn Boyer said the following: "There was what seemed to be a loud explosion in the Godfrey/Alton/Cottage Hills/Rosewoo

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Lunchtime Photo

2 years 10 months ago
This is an allegedly famous house in the town of Vernon, but I suspect "famous" should be taken in the same sense you'd take "World Famous Burgers" at your local diner. Maybe it's locally well known, but it probably ranks about 100,000th on the global list of famous things. Pretty, though.
Kevin Drum

Democrats Need To Get Their Head Out Of The Sand: The Only Reason GOP Is Supporting Their Antitrust Bills Is To Force Companies To Host Disinfo

2 years 10 months ago
We’ve pointed this out a few times over the past year. The main antitrust bills that are floating around both the House and the Senate only have Republican support because they have a trojan horse hidden in them that will make it much more difficult for the biggest websites to do any moderation on Republican […]
Mike Masnick

Bad Doctor vs. Bad Patient

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Today on TAP: The race for the Pennsylvania Senate seat will be the ultimate in fake versus real populism and sheer entertainment. It will be hard for SNL to parody.
Robert Kuttner