Team USA celebrated in Beijing The USA Men’s Olympic Basketball Team, a.k.a. “The Redeem Team,” is determined to bring back the gold medal and regain its standing as the world’s top basketball power. It will take another couple of weeks to find out if the Americans are successful in their quest for redemption against some […]
Posted inHot sheet
No more first lady priveleges for LisaRaye
On the heels of infidelity accusations leveled by actress LisaRaye against her husband, Turks & Caicos Premier Michael Misick, he announced late Tuesday that their marriage has ended. “I am announcing that I am separated from LisaRaye McCoy-Misick,” Premier Misick said in a statement. “I am committed to dissolving the marriage amicably. I believe that […]
Posted inLiving It
DVD release for doc that shows passing of Gus’ Fashions
Daniel Bowers is throwing a party for a ghost. This Friday, August 15 he is staging a DVD release party for a short documentary film, Gus, that he made and premiered a number of years ago. It purports to be about a man who is still alive, St. Louis’ own Gus Torregrossa, but it is […]
Posted inBusiness
Lambert Airport to host insurance seminar
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program Office will hold a seminar on insurance for construction contracts at 6 p.m. Thursday August 28 in the Harris-Stowe State University Telecommunity Room. The seminar will feature Brenda Mainer of the J.D. Kutter Insurance Associates. The insurance seminar is part of an annual series promoting the […]
Posted inEditorials
Democrats need unity and black engagement
Coming out of the August 5 state primary, Missouri Democrats may be likened to a plucky baseball franchise that has had an amazingly successful season but will win or lose it all in the final few months. Whereas in big league baseball the right trade acquisition or minor league promotion can make all the difference, […]
Posted inLocal sports
The magic number for the Cards is ‘91’
The St. Louis Cardinals are in third place, out of the playoffs and trailing the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Central Division. This is what I predicted would happen during the 2008 season. But I’m neither happy nor satisfied. I, like millions of other Cardinals fans, want more. So it is […]
Posted inHot sheet
Sean Paul clipped by coppers in Sweden
Reggae sensation Sean Paul got arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession last weekend after cops raided a music festival in Sweden. The singer was part of Friday’s annual Uppsala Reggae Festival near Stockholm when cops stormed the grounds and took some 200-300 people into custody, including 10 performers, reports TMZ.com. Police continue to investigate the […]
Posted inLiving It
Diversity at Twilight Tuesdays, Something for everybody at the History Museum
“Roll out those lazy-hazy-crazy days of summer.” So sang the great Nat “King” Cole back in the day. Those lyrics describe exactly what your Missouri History Museum is doing beginning August 19 at 6:30 p.m. That’s when the “fall” edition of Twilight Tuesday kicks off. The 2008 version is actually wrapping up summer and ushering […]
Posted inHot sheet
‘Ye in the burger business?
According to the Panache Report, Kanye West is to launch a chain of burger restaurants in his native Chicago, Illinois. Executives at the Stronger hitmaker’s company, KW Foods LLC, have purchased the rights to the North American Fatburger franchise to develop 10 fast food joints in Chicago.
Posted inLetters to the editor
Change is coming
In the fall of 2007, I made my decision to run for Missouri State Treasurer. I began this campaign to create a better Missouri for my children. I ran to stimulate Missouri’s rural and economically disadvantaged areas’ economies by supporting small local hospitals, to help Missouri’s working families and children, to help small business employees […]