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Hollywood personalities, baseball royalty and other glitterati will be in town for the All-Star Game, which means finding room in an already jammed Busch Stadium. . So just where will the high-profile attendees sit?

ST. LOUIS – A group of minority contractors and businesspeople say plans are in the works to hold a protest Monday on Interstate 70 in the middle of festivities for the All-Star Game. Members of the African-American Business and Contractors Association said at a press conference Thursday that too few minority contractors are being hired as subcontractors on public projects, and the region needs ...

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Former students of a St. Louis County private school that closed midyear have found a new home. The Edgewood Children's Center in Webster Groves has started a new school for students who have Asperger's syndrome and other social disabilities.

TEHRAN, Iran — Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of the capital Thursday, chanting "death to the dictator" and defying security forces who fired tear gas and charged with batons, witnesses said.

(KMOV)-- News 4 has learned that representatives from a British based commercial electric vehicle company toured the Chrysler plant Thursday.

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(KMOV) -- Police say the broken ribs of a 9-week-old baby were allegedly caused by John Cravens, 27, of Troy, Ill. Authorities sat the 9-week-old suffered multiple rib fractures in May.

(KMOV) -- A man with a gun entered a Sports Authority store in Fairview Heights today and demanded three golf clubs. The robbery happened at about 12:30 p.m. today at the sporting goods store near Interstate 64 and Highway 159. The man is loose, on foot, with the three clubs.

(KMOV) -- A ten-month investigation is over and five people have been charged with stealing over $300,000 worth of computers from the Hazelwood School District, police say.

Bakers Footwear Group said sales increased to $17.0 million for the five-week period ended July 4, 2009, up 3.1 percent from sales of $16.6 million in the same period last year. That compares to an increase of 10.4 percent for the five-week period ended July 5, 2008.

Lisa Greening has joined Ready Readers as executive director.

Plaza Square Apartments, the largest apartment complex in downtown St. Louis, faces a July 28 foreclosure.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed state director of revenue Karen King Mitchell to serve as a judge for Missouri Court of Appeals Western District.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar plans to visit the Gateway Arch on Friday to provide an update on the stimulus package’s impact on St. Louis.

All-Star weekend draws near

Suffocated infant to be buried next week

Wright City soldier dies in Iraq

Visitors bureau ready to promote St. Louis to All-Star tourists

FanFest bringing exhibits for baseball fans of all ages

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The arrests this week of a Little League coach, a registered nurse and a teacher during the largest coordinated raids on dogfighting in U.S. history confirm the shadowy blood sport is alive and well despite tough laws across the country.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn opened the Governor's Mansion to downstate lawmakers Thursday for a roundtable discussion of the state's budget crisis. "I'm open to anything that gets us moving in a positive direction," he said during a news conference following the closed meeting.

The official name is 'The Car Allowance Rebate System - Also Known As 'Cash For Clunkers'. Nothing better for new car dealers like John Bommarito and nothing better for consumers who stand to receive thousands more than what their old, gas guzzler is actually worth.

For those who can't afford a Fanfest or All-Star Game ticket there are cheaper options all around town. For those who can't afford a Fanfest or All-Star Game ticket there are cheaper options all around town. That will still let you have fun and get involved.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Roland Burris, whose deep ties to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich seemed to doom his Senate tenure from the start, will not run for a full Senate term in 2010. The move increases Democrats' chances of holding on to the former Senate seat of President Barack Obama.

The City about to snuff out cigarettes with a smoking ban. Right now the bill is still in committee. Today fire works erupted when one bar owner believed his voice wasn't being heard.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Roland Burris, whose deep ties to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich seemed to doom his Senate tenure from the start, will not run for a full Senate term in 2010. The move increases Democrats' chances of holding on to the former Senate seat of President Barack Obama.

Fans get a chance to meet baseball greats and get their autographs for free. The world's largest interactive baseball theme park is set to open its doors in Downtown St. Louis, but it will only be here for five days. The 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Fanfest promises to be a big hit with baseball fans.

The number of tattoo artists has more than doubled. The number of tattoo artists has more than doubled in recent years. The art appears to be going mainstream.

The Park district in Troy, Illinois, may ask it's baseball league and soccer club to stand on their own feet, financially. The matter was on Wednesday's agenda, but quickly tabled. Still on the table, however, is outrage by parents of the some 2,000 youth involved in both programs.

St. Louis has always been a baseball town. In fact, a rare 1764 edition of Riverfront Times reports that Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau celebrated the establishment of their fur-trading post on the banks of the mighty Mississippi with a game of pepper. OK, so maybe St. Louis hasn't al...

The last time a swarm of TV cameras, talking heads and newspaper reporters descended on St. Louis, they were all abuzz about Sarah Palin. Leading up to the vice-presidential debate at Washington University in October 2008, Barack Obama characterized the difference between the policies of John McC...

When Allan Huber "Bud" Selig takes his seat in Busch Stadium to watch the 80th playing of baseball's All-Star Game, he will be returning to the scene of his greatest triumph, and baseball's greatest shame. It has been more than a decade since the Great Home Run Chase of 1998 brought baseball...

Current Stars 21. Joe Buck 18 Upper Warson Road, Ladue 22. Albert Pujols 13329 Autumn Trails Court, Creve Coeur 23. Al Hrabosky 9 Frontenac Estates Drive, Frontenac 24. Stan Musial 85 Trent Drive, Ladue...

Ten Memorable Moments at Busch Stadium II October 8, 1967: Bob Gibson throws a five-hit shutout against the Red Sox, striking out six and walking only one. The win gives the Cards a 3-1 lead in the World Series. After losing the next two, they will go on to win Game 7 in Boston for...

Two St. Charles County women were critically injured Wednesday afternoon after a bulldozer fell off of a tractor trailer onto their car.

Former St. Charles County Councilman Dan Foust has stepped back into politics as the executive director of the St. Charles County Municipal League.

Steve Petroff, owner of the replica steamboat the Lt. Robert E. Lee, is a step closer to opening the boat as a floating restaurant on the St. Charles riverfront.

The eastbound lane of Waterford Crossing Drive between Tri Sports Drive and Highway K near Dardenne Prairie will be closed from July 13 to 17 so that failing concrete pavement can be replaced.

More than 100 students were evacuated Wednesday morning from three Wentzville schools after construction crews ruptured a gas main near Boone Trails Elementary School.

An embattled cafe proposal may not be dead.

Deputy U.S. marshals working on a task force in June provided critical information that led to the return of a kidnapped Madison baby, said Don Slazinik, the U.S. marshal for Southern Illinois.

Work is under way on a new sports bar and restaurant at the Casino Queen.

A 2-year-old boy found unconscious in the water Thursday afternoon at the Belleville Swimming Pool was pulled to safety by a patron and revived by a lifeguard.

Residents of St. Clair and Madison counties will have a chance to say what they think about the management of their local water resources through a Southern Illinois University Carbondale survey.

Area businesses are showing their support by Painting the Parkland Purple in the weeks leading to Relay For Life.

STE. GENEVIEVE — A Ste. Genevieve firefighter died Wednesday morning of an apparent brain injury according to Ste. Genevieve Fire Chief G. Mick Schwent.

FARMINGTON — A Leadwood man has been charged with felony abuse of a child. St. Francois County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Patrick King filed the charges against Christopher R. Kelly, 24, Leadwood, on Tuesday.

What are you doing this summer? Show us in pictures and you could win a gift certificate to Country Mart.

The Farmington School Board President Randy Rains recognized Pat Momot for her five years of service on the Farmington School Board. Her position on the board will be filled before the September school board meeting. - Maridee Lawson / Daily Journal