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Dow drops below 8,000

Treasury launches financial literacy program

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Actor's visits to cities promoting 'Seven Pounds' carry movie's theme of philanthropy.

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Lori Drew sent no Web messages, lawyer says

Jury hears a mother's tearful description of daughter's suicide.

100 NEEDIEST: Ailing mom, son going it alone

St. Louis police board nixes gun buyback program with tie vote

Des Peres shopping center killer apologies to victim's family

Fish rules could dilute 'organic' label, groups say

Daschle to be Obama's health secretary

Sen. Kit Bond tries last-ditch effort to find $25 billion for automakers

Sylvester Brown Jr. Sex offenders get a different kind of life sentence

Tony Messenger Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt's controvery about e-mails is really about the public's right to know

Pat Gauen Pat Gauen goes back to the Illinois lottery

Joe Whittington Washington University seeking to install wind turbines on Delmar property

Bernie Miklasz Cards are in holding pattern

Political Fix MoveOn holding pro-Obama gathering in St. Louis County

Commish's Hot Stove Cardinals fans want acvitity. . . now!

The Game Guy Missouri’s attorney general warns parents to check game ratings before buying

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Around the Horns Anthony Davis could be latest find for St. Louis Rams’ Billy Devaney

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We expect Forest Park Parkway to have extremely heavy traffic when the east half of I-64 closes. Similar to how crowded Clayton and Ladue Roads have been this past year, the Parkway will be the worst for the east half.

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5. Enter the Post-Dispatch/STLtoday.com essay contest for high school students

6. Free money: Become your own bank

7. Dooley proposes wage freeze for St. Louis County workers

8. Rooster arrested in Benton, Ill.

9. Hazelwood West High wrestler dies at practice

10. Pinnacle eyes President Casino's move to Chain of Rocks

1. St. Louis shut out in Final Four bid

2. Killer apologizes for shooting teacher at West County Center; gets 27-year prison sentence

3. Yes, Haslett is still the right man

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5. Philly view: Baseball writers need to get out of voting business

6. Amtrak begins using Gateway Center in St. Louis

7. Pinnacle eyes President Casino's move to Chain of Rocks

8. Young father wants custody of 3

9. Third jury recommends 15 years in girl's molestation

10. St. Peters man, 58, is killed in house fire

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The quality and energy at Triumph make me think the arrow is pointing upward again.

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Will Smith comes to St. Louis

Will Smith delights fans at a red-carpet premiere of his movie, Seven Pounds, in Creve Coeur.

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Jefferson County Commission is dissolved under new home-rule charter
The three-member County Commission that has governed Jefferson County for generations is no more.

Madison County Board votes down money for sheltered care home

Friends remember young immigrant a year after accidental death

Missing boy is safe and sound

St. Charles County not immune to recession this time

St. Louis area office is opened to handle flooding damage claims

St. Clair County jury can hear of Sam Shelton's alleged racial slur

John McCain wins Missouri; state loses bellwether status

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Deer season brings stories, memories

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Lori Drew and the MySpace trial
Daily updates and links to the Megan Meier suicide story

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Edwardsville steamrolls Granite City

'Zombie Road' tales untrue, but incidents of weapons, drugs have arisen

Students will name a turkey to be spared by the Governor

The dream comes true for Freeburg

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Paris Hilton and Benji Madden split after 9 months

Sammy Hagar brings party vibe to Pageant concert

Cunningham and Taylor: Dance Masters Keep in Step

Hugh Jackman crowned People's `Sexiest Man Alive'

Who’s calling ‘Twilight’ twaddle? Not teen girls

Postage stamp planned for Bob Hope

Vampire lit hit, "Twilight" opens in St. Louis theaters

Nelly returns to “CSI: NY” tonight, brings Marshall Faulk

National Book Award ceremony tonight in New York

Taylor makes Swift move to top of Billboard 200

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St. Louis caterer expands operations to Bohemian Hill area
Richard Nix Jr., owner of a St. Louis catering service, is in the midst of moving his business to what served as the hospital's laundry building decades ago.

Joe Whittington Washington University seeking to install wind turbines on Delmar property

'B' word colors talk of auto aid

Falling prices bring their own economic perils

Health insurers want to make deal

Boeing to lay off 800 in at Wichita plant

Harrah's chief expects fewer new casino projects

Treasury launches financial literacy program