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Butch Grassi still mourns the loss of his wife, Cindy, after she and her friend were struck by an alleged drunk driver nearly six months ago while in Philadelphia to watch the Cardinals play.

If you're out of work, you need to have a plan A and a plan B, to make ends meet, while you search for a new job.

Prosecutors charged three people with a double shooting and home invasion on New Year's Eve in Alton.

An East St. Louis woman who worked for Acorn submitted false information on voter registration cards according to a federal indictment.

A federal judge in Chicago has given prosecutors an additional three months to present evidence and obtain an indictment in the corruption case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Actor John Travolta and his family were very vocal about another serious illness their late son Jett had been diagnosed with: Kawasaki Disease.

A woman and her 18-year-old son were robbed at gunpoint Monday afternoon.

Bridgeton Police hope surveillance video will lead them to identify a bank robbery suspect.

Still looking for a closer, the St. Louis Cardinals might consider turning to oft-injured ace Chris Carpenter next season.

Former Riverview Gardens School District Superintendent Henry Williams was sentenced today to five years probation and ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution for allegations he spent district money without permission.

Former New York Giants coach Jim Fassel is among the candidates the St. Louis Rams could interview for their head coaching vacancy this week.

Keith Kowalczyk says there is no other way to describe 2008 in terms of investing. 401k's and retirement plans took a nosedive when America's banks and the mortgage industry stumbled.

Some St. Louis actors could land speaking parts in George Clooney's new movie, "Up in the Air."

Nearly six months ago, she was clinging to life after a car accident that killed her best friend. On Monday, Sandra Wacker returned to work at a Brentwood school.

A judge approves a legal settlement requiring Gov. Matt Blunt's office to turn over thousands of e-mails to investigators representing the attorney general's office.

Central County firefighters said a grease fire led to a two-alarm fire at an apartment building in St. Peters Monday afternoon.

Every vote counts equally in the Senate, but first you have to get in.

The St. Louis Cardinals are adding a third left-handed reliever to the bullpen competition for next season, signing Royce Ring to a one-year contract.

Citing dropping lead prices, The Doe Run Company announced it will reduce its mine output by one million tons a year.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich's attorney says he'll ask a federal judge to give a legislative impeachment committee all FBI tapes of the governor's conversations and not just the four prosecutors are offering.

A former member of Glass Molders Plastics Local 30 pled guilty to embezzling more than $24,000 in union funds, US Attorney Catherine Hanaway said Monday.
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Route TT will be closed at I-55 until June.

Missouri's largest electric utility is considering building a second nuclear reactor in mid-Missouri, and that means lawmakers will be considering how to pay for it during the 2009 session.

Incoming Missouri Treasurer Clint Zweifel has picked his top two deputies and an auditor to review the office's current operations.

Missouri may soon have to borrow money to pay benefits to the rising number of unemployed people.
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One of the perks of visiting a theme park owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev is going away for good.
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Retired Admiral Dennis Blair is Barack Obama's choice to be director of national intelligence.
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Two Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to run the CIA.

Roland Burris says he's going to tell Democratic leaders he's ready to take his appointed place in the U.S. Senate despite their vows not to seat him.