State fire officials have responded to a report of pipe bomb at a Charles City home.
The homeowner, Gary Carlson, says he moved in last April and was doing some fall cleaning on Wednesday when he discovered a pipe with sealed ends and a six-inch fuse.
Officials with the state fire marshal’s office say they safely removed [...]
A strike team of local firefighters from the Kern County Fire Department just returned from an exhaustive effort in battling the Tea fire in Santa Barbara. Many of these guys have gotten little sleep since Thursday when the fire broke out.
When they got there, they said there was fire everywhere and it is was complete [...]
I’m sorry, but the news has been too grim this week. We have had local crimes and national scandals, the Dow keeps setting new records for how low and how fast it can drop. So, frankly, I’m not in the mood on this late Thursday and Friday to stomach a serious Talk of the Day.
So, [...]
Debates have been a long-held tradition in politics. And we vary them between the stilted podium-anchored statements and tonight’s “town hall style” meetings.
to me, however. Sen. Obama worked very hard to paint Sen. McCain as a clone of President George Bush. McCain worked hard to describe Obama as a product of the Washington establishment [...]
The Dow closed below 10,000 for the first time in four years today. But, of course, you know that already, because everyone has been watching the market today after Friday’s passage of the bailout bill and since the international markets tanked much earlier today.
According to the :
Investors have come to the realization that the Bush [...]
An Associated Press story in today’s Post-Dispatch talks about a plan by American Airlines to initiate the idea of paying a single, simple fare to fly on an airliner.
In the story, , we learn that beginning next year, the airline that began the practice of charging to check even a single suitcase, will eventually charge [...]
Congrats to Scott Lohse, who got 44 percent of the more than 1,000 votes in our contest! We’ll post more details about Scott when I get them. And thank you all for participating and voting.
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Several weeks ago, we announced a contest in Talk of the Day inviting readers to submit [...]
Susan Weich’s talks about Brenda Hollrah, whose son is 24 and has three DWIs. She says he started drinking at age 15 at the home of some friends whose parents either condoned underrage drinking or looked the other way.
Some parents think they are keeping kids safe by buying the beer and taking away the car keys, [...]
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Republican John McCain says he’s directing his staff to work with Barack Obama’s campaign and the debate commission to delay Friday’s debate because of the economic crisis.
In a statement, McCain says he will stop campaigning after addressing former President Bill Clinton’s Global Initiative session on Thursday and return to Washington to focus [...]
outlines a dispute between a St. Louis woman and Ultimate Bride store on Brentwood. The short version of the story:
She ordered a bridesmaid dress, didn’t get the dress she ordered. She asked for a refund of half the cost. The store, ultimately, offered . “You can’t have it both ways,” the store’s general manager [...]