In a new report from KMOV “the old Carter Carburetor building in north St. Louis is an eyesore that’s full of cancer-causing chemicals – and it may finally come down, thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency.”
Yippee!
“The contaminated site sits right across the street from the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club.”
Hooray!
_“_Clean up comes with a $26 million price tag.”
(Cues cricket sound)…
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St. Louisan Carl Koenemann has been selected by Cosmo magazine as Missouri’s top bachelor.
In his own words: “I’m outgoing, energetic, and caring.”
Says Carl, who probably made that shit up. What’s he going to say? “I’m kind of a douche and not 100% sure if I’m straight yet.”?! Tell us something else Carl! Something we can believe in!
Guitar hero: “In my downtime, I play guitar and write songs. I’m inspired to write when I’m feeling love or pain. It’s cathartic.”
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“The Tea Party Coloring Book for Kids” is described on coloringbook.com as:
The newest, latest and the greatest on Tea Party info for kids that’s colossal fun and informative! This book is a “must have” for children and parents to learn more about The Tea Party. A very pleasant song, coloring and activity book!
…because having screaming matches in the street with the nutcases from the other side of the political aisle is only half the fun! Bringing your kids, that just want to play and be kids, in to fray is the just as important. If we can’t mess up our own kids then who will? Terrorists, Muslims or Mexicans that’s who! We can’t let that happen. USA USA! Don’t worry, little Timmy will eventually grow to love his Glenn Beck tattoo.
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[Update: Sadly, the kid died and they were hunting deer at the time.]
A 15-year old boy was hit in the face with an arrow just south of Eureka Thursday afternoon. In the face! The “shooter”…er…archer…is believed to be a 20-year-old neighbor and has been taken in to custody following the incident.
The grandparents of our crossed-eyed Robin Hood are claiming it was an accident, but what are they going to say? Even still, we believe them. A bow and arrow isn’t really a jump out, “Take that kid! Boosh! Arrow in the face!” kinda weapon. The only way to get hit in the face with an arrow is to look directly at the guy aiming his bow at you and stand still like an old-timey photograph for several minutes until he gets his crap together and fires one up your nose. That’s not smart, but unless we have the only 20-year-old crack archer since the 1500’s then its gotta be the ole “Hey lets see if I can hit this off your head.” deal.
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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is warning area residents about letters being received about how you totally won that lottery you didn’t enter or know about from Iceland. Hello luck day! I told you that wasn’t a midget! He was wearing way too much green to be a regular midget!
The letters are addressed from MTA Sweepstakes Lottery in Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital city. The letters say the recipients have won a large amount of money in the Icelandic Lottery.
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The infamous and much discussed bike ban on the docket in St. Charles County that would ban bikes from thin rural roads fell last night 6 – 0. Zero?! Yup, even the guy that sponsored the measure, Joe Brazil, who sounds like a bouncer in a strip club or the owner of a skeezy bar on Washington Ave, voted against it. Why would you vote against your own measure?
Eric Fischer was inspired by Bill Rankin’s Chicago map of racial and ethnic divides which took the recent Census data and dotted a city map with colored dots equaling groups of the same race…so he did the same thing for other cities. Not sure if this really counts as being “inspired”. “Thought that it was cool so I did the exact same thing.” might be closer.
Below is Fischer’s map of St. Louis. Each dot is 25 people. Red is white, blue is black, green is asian, orange is hispanic and gray is “other”/white guys that wear their hat sideways.
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Seven hours! Seven hours this guy was stuck in his car after a fairly serious car accident that apparently no one noticed.
MoDOT and a passer-by are credited with saving a 56-year-old Brentwood man who was trapped in his car for more than seven hours after a crash.
Investigators believe the driver, identified as 56-year-old Roger K. Boyd, was knocked unconscious as a result of the crash, which happened around 8:30 a.m.
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A 73-year old Charles Bartlett was struck and killed while standing in front of on-coming traffic on I-44 near St. James, MO.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Charles Bartlett of St. James was struck Monday night. The patrol says he was hit by a car as he stood in the eastbound passing lane near St. James, and died at the scene.
It wasn’t clear why Bartlett was in the driving lane of the interstate
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Because of the popularity of yesterday’s post on the Cardinals Kiss Cam controversy (say that 10 times fast), we have a few trailing notes that we wanted to share via a special weekend post!
– Largely ignored in the previous post, we should have given the Cardinals, as a whole, more credit. Good for them for promoting (kinda) a “Out at the Ballpark” day. No matter what happens with the Kiss Cam at the game today, this is a nice gesture and a step in the right direction.
– The Vital Voice did a great video about the “Out at the Ballpark” day along with their own coverage of the Kiss Cam noise. Watch through the end for their own take on the Kiss Cam. “First Gay Day At Busch Stadium / Kiss Cam Controversy“
– We loved making them and more than a few of your expressed that you really enjoyed our collection of “odd” Kiss Cam’s that dotted the right side of the initial post. For that reason, and the fact that we made a few more that didn’t make it in the post, we present to you the..
See the top 5 after the jump!
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