• Cheneta Jones
  • Larry Hughes

  • A study released last week by the Illinois Education Research Council at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville found that women, African-American students and those from low-income families expressed more confidence in their choice of college major, overall and in select science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

  • Rev. E.G. Shields Sr. (left), with the Rev. Earl E. Nance Jr., the Rev. Sammie Jones and Brian Leonard, manager for business and community relations for AmerenMO, posing for a Cool Down St. Louis event.

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  • Robin Carnahan during a rare moment in her 2010 campaign for U.S. Senate when she embraced President Obama.

  • Roger LeBlanc

  • Songs of Africa Ensemble will perform with the Voices of Namibia Youth Choir 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 11  at Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ, 826 Union Blvd.

  • The Major League Baseball All-Star Game brought a little action to the dog days when Cincinnati Reds Manager Dusty Baker got mad at former Cardinal Manager Tony La Russa for not selecting Brandon Phillips and Johnny Cueto to this year’s All-Star team as payback for their roles in an ugly team brawl.

  • Bradley Beal is flanked by his parents as he displays the jersey he will wear with his new team, the Washington Wizards.

  • Former Chicago Bear’s and Tennessee Titan’s wide receiver Justin Gage, tries to cool his son Corday (4) during the Pittsburgh Pirates-St. Louis Cardinals baseball game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on July 1, 2012. Temperatures hovered at 100 degrees throughout the day.

  • Dawn Harper, a 2002 graduate of East St. Louis High, displays her gold medal from the 2008 Olympic Games.

  • Brooklyn is the one and only team Dwight Howard is interested in long-term.

  • The St. Louis Surge of the Women’s Blue Chip Basketball league will host the undefeated Kansas Lady Nuggets in a big showdown on Saturday night, July 5 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Tip-off is at 7:05 p.m. The Surge are currently 7-1 in WBCBL play with their only loss coming to the 8-0 Nuggets 77-75 on June 12 in Kansas City. The Surge are currently 4-0 at home this season.

  • Amarachi Ukabam, a 2002 graduate of Rockwood Marquette

  • Alishea Usery, a 2008 graduate of McCluer South-Berkeley
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  • Linda Baker Roby and husband George Ronald Roby entertained guests when the Saint Louis Woman’s Club celebrated their Centennial year with a memorable black tie gala.

  • Monica Neal

  • President Barack Obama smiles in the Oval Office as he talks on the phone with Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, after learning of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Thursday.

    (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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  • Fans swarmed to say hello to St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford before the start of the 2012 Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure in St. Louis on June 230.

  • Veteran United Way leadership giver Larry Thomas with 2012 African American Leadership Society co-chairs Brenda and Maurice Newberry at the 2012 campaign kickoff on Friday at the City Museum in downtown St. Louis.

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  • Original Dreamgirls star Jennifer Holliday visited with Admires Holland States and Alisha Naylor following a heartfelt address Monday evening at the Bogey Club. Holliday will reprise her Broadway performance at the Muny July 16-22.

  • Karmeryn Smith 8, plays with her sister Kaylynn Perkins 3, near a fountain at the grand basin in Tower Grove Park during Tuesday afternoon’s 93 degree heat.

  • Sonja Little buys a cold lemonade from 12 year-old entreunpreneur Trey Newman at his lemonade stand Saturday afternoon. The Magnolia at 39th street location was across from Tower Grove Park.

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  • Stan Henderson doesn’t let the 109 degree temperatures stop him from turning the chicken and ribs on the grill at his “Mi Hungry” curb side eatery in north St. Louis on June 28, 2012. Today’s temperatures break the record of 104 in 1952 and the 109 degrees is the hottest day ever in June in St. Louis. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

  • University of Illinois Hospital sickle cell bone marrow transplant patient Ieshea Thomas, six months after the transplant. She is cured of her sickle cell disease and no longer requires blood transfusions.

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  • Muny Executive Producer Mike Isaacson holds original Dreamgirls star Jennifer Holliday as Muny President Denny Reagan makes remarks Monday evening at the Bogey Club during a Welcome Reception co-hosted by The St. Louis American, United Way of Greater St. Louis and World Wide Technology. Holliday will reprise her Broadway performance at the Muny July 16-22.

  • Visitors to Grand Center walk through a new artistic yarn display in St. Louis on June 22, 2012. “A Chromatic Confluence” is a temporary public art installation that will be the centerpiece of this year’s Art Walk at Grand Center. The installation is a hand-crafted rainbow of a maze, created from nearly 20,000 feet of multicolored string and filling a 25 by 65 square-foot space. The piece is interactive, as visitors walk through the maze, they face myriad paths, and in the weeks to come, special performances will be held inside the sculpture. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

  • Angela, Farin and Kaven Swan

  • Bernard L. Jennings, president of Erikbrand Products, Inc., uses the company’s portable simulator wall and office desk to show how its product the Holda works in restrooms and on desks and tables.

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  • A student adds the last drop of water to a graduated flask

  • City Academy graduates Madelyn Wansong and Kendall McLemore were presented with the 2012 Martin L. Mathews Award during the graduation ceremony on May 23. They are shown here with Martin Mathews, President and CEO of the Mathews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club (far left) and Don Danforth, President and Co-Founder of City Academy. City Academy is a private, independent elementary school located at 4175 N. Kingshighway.

  • Fans swarm to say hello to St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford before the start of the 2012 Koman Walk for the Cure in St. Louis on June 23, 2012. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

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