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Mistress of Horror: Nobody writes vampire novels the way St. Louis' Laurell K. Hamilton does – and yes, there's lots of sexBy Aimee LevittWednesday, November 19On the warm, moonless night before Halloween, 65 people huddle around a campfire at Eureka's Wild Canid Survival and Research Center in the... More >> -
Hairy Times: St. Louis-based American Mustache Institute wants to put the 'stache back in styleBy Matt KasperWednesday, November 12Inside the Lumière Casino theater last month, Richard Roundtree and his Shaft-inspired moustache appeared on a giant overhead screen. Next... More >> -
D.I.Y. Now for the Future: The Undertow Collective and Magnolia Summer are using technology to modernize their D.I.Y. creative visionBy Annie ZaleskiWednesday, November 05It is a Friday night in late September and Saint Louis University's Billiken Club is bustling with homecoming-weekend activity. Alumni and... More >> -
Love the War, Neglect the Warrior: His fame's based on his POW status, but Senator John McCain's made a point of voting against fellow veteransBy Amy SilvermanWednesday, October 29If you want to know what it's like to be a veteran in John McCain's home state, stop by the Justa Center in downtown Phoenix. On a Thursday... More >> -
Old School: Unearthed in a cluttered storeroom, a pair of vintage St. Louis hip-hop recordings help tell the history of rapBy Keegan HamiltonWednesday, October 22From the street, Vintage Vinyl's shop in the Delmar Loop looks like your classic friendly neighborhood record store (albeit one housed in a... More >>
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Residents of a Davie trailer park think their contaminated water is making them sick
By Amy Guthrie
Allan Payan lifts a photograph from a shelf inside his singlewide trailer home. The smiling... More >>
Dallas
Dallas Cast Reunion Leaves Fans Southforked
Thirty years after Dallas, fans worldwide came, saw and were conquered.
By Robert Wilonsky
This wasn't supposed to be a story about a catastrophe. This wasn't supposed to be about a... More >>
Denver
Denver Snowboard Bandits lived for excitement, but the FBI got the final thrill
By Joel Warner
For photos of the Snowboard Bandits in action, go to westword.com/slideshow.
The guy in the... More >>
Houston
The Collector: Mack McCormick's Huge Archive of Culture and Lore
A great American folklorist has spent a life squirreling away bits and pieces of Texas culture. Now time is running out on him and his inventory.
By John Nova Lomax
An evening at Mack McCormick's house in Spring Branch always has the same structure, if vastly... More >>
Kansas City
117 Homicides and Counting
As City Hall tries to fix its Aim4Peace program, the killing continues.
By Peter Rugg
Anti-violence activists pull up to the corner of 27th Street and Benton, cars following as... More >>
Miami
A Stripper, a Mobster, and a Murder
Yep, that's Miami.
By Natalie O'Neill
Hauling a fishing rod and bait, Orlando Maytin and his 12-year-old son trudged through a vacant... More >>
Minneapolis
The Green Institute faces possible foreclosure after 15 years
It was ahead of its time, but now the nonprofit has a looming debt problem
By Beth Walton
ANNIE YOUNG WENT to bed exhausted. For more than 12 years, the large, outspoken woman had been... More >>
Phoenix
Can Maynard James Keenan Put Arizona Wine on the Map?
By Michele Laudig
Early-afternoon sun shines intensely on the sleepy vineyard, where row after row of grape-laden... More >>
San Francisco
Voodoo on the Vine
The origins of the increasingly popular Biodynamic wine are steeped in the occult and bad science.
By Joe Eskenazi
In a remote corner of the Benziger Family Winery, you can just barely hear the tour guide's... More >>
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Will Smith: "I Could Absolutely be the President of the U.S."
Thu Nov 20, 11:01 AM
Will Smith, in a deep-blue V-neck sweater with tailored collar peeking out, enters and eyes an African-American reporter sitting in the back of the room. "Barack’s the President," he quips, "you don’t have to sit back there." We all... More >>
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Shaky Grounds: Congress may consider putting the Arch's riverfront park in private hands
Wednesday, November 19The St. Louis Arch grounds may have moved a step closer to local control. On October 3, U.S. Congressman William "Lacy" Clay introduced H.R.... More>>
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Oh, Deer: A buck goes nuts in a Town & Country strip mall
Wednesday, November 19Town & Country resident Chuck Lenz has made something of a name for himself with his repeated demands that the city do something to control its... More>>
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RFT readers pen sweet shout-outs for Dr. Wizard
Wednesday, November 19NEWS REAL, NOVEMBER 13, 2008 Wonderful Wizard of SLU Well-played: As a university instructor myself, I often feel as though my students look at... More>>
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The Cover of the November 20 Print Edition
Wednesday, November 19Photo of Laurell K. Hamilton by Jennifer SilverbergMore>>
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RFT readers pen sweet shout-outs for Dr. Wizard
Wednesday, November 19
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Wonderful Wizard of SLU
Well-played: As a university instructor myself, I often feel as though my students look at... More >>
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