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The Brentwood-based consumer packaged goods holding company has promoted from within to fill two C-suite posts.

My fandom of Claire Saffitz began much like everyone else’s. It was early 2020, right before everything went downhill.

At COP 27, negotiators have been haggling over how to pay for the mounting costs of climate change.

Bruce Springsteen just released his soul covers record Only The Strong Survive, which is billed as volume 1, so of course fans are wondering when they’ll get to hear volume 2. And…

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Police and school officials are investigating a threat linked to Marquette High School for the second consecutive day.

A new report released this week found that nearly 350,000 Missouri children are in families with incomes too low to qualify for the full federal child tax credit — with children of color and children in rural areas particularly likely to fall through the cracks.

Lawmakers on Friday passed bills creating tax subsidy districts for a $325 million entertainment, restaurant and retail complex proposed along the Mississippi River in north St. Louis.

Earlier this week, we wrote about how the EU seemed to practically be salivating over getting its hands on Elon Musk now that he owned Twitter. The first half of that post was about how he was at risk of running afoul of his GDPR commitments, potentially allowing the jurisdiction over GDPR enforcement to fall […]

MagPRO Smartwatch is a tracker designed to help you track your activity levels. Customize the face of the watch or use hundreds of different custom backgrounds to fit your needs or make your own. It comes with a magnetic, no-buckle, wraparound band that’s sweatproof and waterproof. It’s on sale for $40. Note: The Techdirt Deals […]

In an impressive display of hubris that would make even Icarus himself blush, disgraced former St. Louis Alderman John Collins-Muhammad is attempting to make the case that, actually, he should be able to keep that bribe money that he received while serving in public office, thank you very much. According to federal court documents filed this week, Collins-Muhammad's lawyer has argued that the disgraced former lawmaker should not be required to return the $19,500 in ill-gotten funds because they were "an investigative cost." As reported by KSDK, attorney Joseph Flees cited the Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982 as justification for keeping the cash, saying it “does not authorize courts to order restitution of ‘buy money’ because restitution under the statute is for ‘victims,’ and the government is not a victim when it fronts buy/bribe money or other investigative costs.”

The Rolling Stones are sharing a newly restored version of the music video for “2000 Light Years From Home,” from their 1967 experimental/psychedelic album, Their Satanic Majesties Request. The clip, filmed and…

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Tides have turned since the St. Louis Blues snapped out of an early-season eight-game losing streak last week.

The BLS released 2021 figures for total factor productivity today: I'm on vacation, so I don't feel like diving too deeply into this, but TFP is generally taken to measure productivity improvements from the adoption of improved technology. This means that the two industries that drove most of the efficiency gains from technology during the ...continue reading "Raw data: Total factor productivity was up in 2021"

2nd Annual Miracle on St. Francois Street Nov. 26 Includes Kids Events, Santa, Live Music & More Mayor Tim Lowery along with the Florissant Valley of Flowers, Florissant Old Town Partners and Old St. Ferdinand Shrine have announced the 2nd Annual Miracle on St. Francois Street will be held Saturday, Nov. 26 from noon to […]

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Ringo Star has dropped a new video for the Linda Perry-penned track “Everyone and Everything,” from his recent release EP3, which just came out on 10-inch vinyl and blue cassette. The colorful clip was directed by…

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The person who owns the 72,000-square-foot Pensmore Castle wants it torn down and rebuilt.