World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT), has been awarded a $15 million IT procurement contract with the State of Alaska, Department of Administration. WWT has expanded its operations in Alaska to meet the region’s growing need for advanced technology solutions, employing 29 people and opening new offices in Anchorage. Under the terms of the contract, WWT […]
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Major slide in Midwest
Existing home sales in the Midwest declined almost 10 percent in November compared with last year but remained unchanged from October, the National Association of Realtors reported Thursday. The group reported 1.42 million existing-home sales throughout the Midwest in November, down 9.6 percent from 1.57 million last year, Molony said. The median existing-home sale price […]
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Mike makes four
When “alderman emeritus” (as he has jokingly referred to himself) Mike McMillan was sworn in Tuesday as the city’s new license collector, he became the fourth African American to hold this position in the city of St. Louis. His black predecessors: Benny Goins, Larry Woodson and Billie Boykins. In his campaign for the office, McMillan […]
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St. Louis American Prep Athlete of the Week
Meghan Lewis McCluer South-Berkeley Girls Basketball The 5’8″ junior guard led the Bulldogs to the championship of the McCluer South-Berkeley Tournament for the second consecutive year. Lewis averaged 20 points in three games as the Bulldogs defeated Ritenour, Normandy and Career Academy for the title. In the first round, Lewis had 20 points, seven steals […]
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Vigil hymns victims
Troupe sends cop shooting to feds By Bill Beene Of the St. Louis American While police officials attended a vigil for murder victims on New Year’s Eve, Alderman Charles “Quincy” Troupe interviewed neighbors across town about a controversial police shooting of a North St. Louis boy, calling it unwarranted. “That was really outright – damn […]
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Nelly not jumping broom anytime soon
Forget what you’ve heard. Nelly is still among the rappers in the world of single celebrities. Over the holiday break, rumors spread that the St. Louis rapper had been engaged to girlfriend Ashanti, but the rapper has dispelled the notion. Nelly and Ashanti are not headed to the wedding altar, a publicist at Universal Records […]
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Obama’s past may haunt him
Barack Obama, Democratic golden boy and presidential candidate hopeful, may have to account for some of the skeletons he let out of his closet with his memoir more than a decade ago. “Junkie. Pothead. That’s where I’d been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man. . . . I got high […]
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Redemption eludes Iverson in loss to 76ers
Kyle Korver scored 26 points to help the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Denver Nuggets 108-97 Tuesday night in Allen Iverson’s first game against his former team. “It was weird to see him wearing a white jersey and we’re wearing black,” Korver said. “I said to one of our coaches that it is so weird to […]
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Oprah Academy opens its doors
Oprah Winfrey opened a school today (Tuesday) for disadvantaged girls, fulfilling a promise she made to former President Nelson Mandela six years ago and giving more than 150 students a chance for a better future. “I wanted to give this opportunity to girls who had a light so bright that not even poverty could dim […]
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Iraq war death toll passes 3000
U.S. troops killed six people Monday during a raid on a possible safe house for al-Qaida in Iraq, the military said, while the death toll of American service members in Iraq surpassed 3,000. The attack occurred near the west Baghdad offices of Saleh al-Mutlaq, a senior Sunni Arab politician of the National Dialogue Front, the […]