St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) back issues from September 2007:
Looper, Ankiel lift Cards past Reds.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Strauss ST. LOUIS _ The St. Louis Cardinals are six games above .500 when Braden Looper pitches. Once nine games below break even (20-29), they are eight games over when Rick Ankiel starts in the outfield. Sunday afternoon, for the first time ...
Samurai's workout falls short.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Amy Bertrand "A Samurai Workout" (DVD, $16.95) With fantastic scenery, artistic camera work and soothing, original music, you might expect a lot from this DVD. Unfortunately, you will be disappointed. The video spends far too much time ...
`Bankers' hours' now include evenings and Sundays.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Jerri Stroud ST. LOUIS, Mo. _ When Fifth Third Bank opens a branch next month in St. Louis, it will take an even bigger, bolder step and open all 11 branches seven days a week. The plan flies in the face of banking traditions and the growth of Internet ...
Bell tolls through history.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Angie Leventis LEBANON, Ill. _ A rich tone sounds on the hour at McKendree University, emanating from a bell that school historians claim is the oldest in the United States, perhaps the Western Hemisphere. The campus chapel has long been considered the emblem ...
Taiwan looms over Chinese-American diplomacy.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Philip Dine WASHINGTON _ Rep. Ike Skelton, the top House member on military affairs, has returned from a visit to China alarmed about the prospect of a U.S.-Chinese armed conflict over Taiwan. The Missouri Democrat led a congressional delegation to China that ...
News Quiz: Recent studies link a hole in the heart with what condition?
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Dale Singer 1. Recent studies link a hole in the heart with what condition? A. Acid reflux B. Asthma C. Migraines D. Elevated cholesterol 2. What state had the lowest obesity rate in the latest statistics? ...
Walk a mile in their shoes.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Karen Deer Menswear styles are showing up on women's fall heels and flats. Wing tips, oxfords and lace-up booties may be masculine, but women are falling in love with the feminine design. Pair the flat with jeans, work ensembles and even skinny trousers for an evening ...
Duncan delivers as Cards stop Pirates.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Strauss ST. LOUIS _ If not for Chris Duncan, the St. Louis Cardinals may not have survived May and June. Tuesday night, it was the Cardinals left fielder who escaped a summer's crypt. Duncan's bases-loaded, opposite-field double against former ...
Device takes human error out of potential crane collisions.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Repps Hudson ST. LOUIS _ Kevin Maitland, a safety director at McCarthy Building Companies Inc., was understandably nervous about the usual way tower crane operators avoid collisions. "The old system used to be, `Hey, you're getting too close,'" said Maitland, ...
In 1970 study, the roots of Sen. Craig's misadventure.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Todd C. Frankel ST. LOUIS _ Back in the 1960s, long before a U.S. senator got busted for lewd behavior in an airport bathroom, it was called "the tearoom trade." But social researchers knew almost nothing about it. So a young graduate student at ...
Crow-quet, anyone?
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Jamila Robinson This Halloween, after the kiddies recite their riddles and get their goodies, they can challenge each other to a game of six-wicket crow-quet in the yard. Crow-quet is a little spookier than the English game, with dried gourds for balls and ...
Capsule for NFL's Thursday night game.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Caesar Dan Caesar's NFL capsule SAINTS at COLTS When: 7:35 p.m. CDT on Thursday. TV: NBC. Line: Colts by 6. The fluff: The NFL again kicks off its season with a Thursday night extravaganza, with music blaring ...
Rethinking care for patients with Alzheimer's.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Jo Feldstein Sep. 5--After Gail Aylward was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, she moved into a condo with her brother and daughter. A few years later, she started to wander. Ron Aylward, her brother, realized she needed constant supervision. But he ...
Duncan delivers.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Strauss Sep. 5--If not for Chris Duncan, the Cardinals may not have survived May and June. Tuesday night, it was the Cardinals left fielder who escaped a summer's crypt. Duncan's bases-loaded, opposite-field double against former Redbirds ace Matt Morris ...
Eye injuries can affect careers of two players.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Rick Hummel Sep. 5--The unfortunate accident Friday night that cut short Juan Encarnacion's season brings to mind a handful of like occurrences in baseball, none of which had a particularly happy ending professionally for either the victim or the other player involved. ...
On-deck circles moved for safety.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Strauss Sep. 5--The Cardinals have relocated the on-deck circles farther from the dugouts in the aftermath of Juan Encarnacion being struck. The circle is actually closer to the plate but is more behind it than to the side. "I don't care where ...
Encarnacion released from hospital.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Strauss Sep. 5--Cardinals right fielder Juan Encarnacion was discharged Tuesday from Missouri Baptist Medical Center, but doctors have yet to decide when surgery will take place to repair Encarnacion's fractured left eye socket. Manager Tony La Russa and ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Bill McClellan column.(Column)
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Bill McClellan Sep. 5--"Here comes a raging rush of people with torches, and an awful whooping and yelling and banging tin pans and blowing horns; and we jumped to one side to let them go by, and as they went by I see they had the king and the duke astraddle of a rail -- ...
BRIEF: Ticket notices sent for postseason.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Strauss Sep. 5--Season ticket holders have received order forms for postseason tickets, but no official announcement has been made when tickets will be made available to the rest of the fan base. The Cardinals, who have a season ticket base of about ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Bryan Burwell column.(Column)
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Bryan Burwell Sep. 5--Baseball is supposed to be the ultimate numbers game. Cold, hard facts and exotic figures always have provided the game with certain rock-solid, numerological certainties. If you hit over .350 for a stretch of 162 games, you're an All-Star hitter ....
Barat Academy opens.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Jessica Bock Sep. 5--DARDENNE PRAIRIE -- More than 80 students in the founding freshman class at Barat Academy began their first day on Tuesday with a blessing from Archbishop Raymond Burke and a round of applause. The new independent Catholic high school in ...
Grieving mom calls for closing cliff-diving site.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Christine Byersand Robert Kelly Sep. 5--FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- The grieving mother of a young man from Mehlville has joined the call to close a popular private swimming and diving spot about 70 miles south of St. Louis. It's a call that David Lewis has heard several times ...
Juice Williams looks good in return to practice.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Stu Durando Sep. 5--Juice Williams might have been groggy Saturday afternoon at the Edward Jones Dome, but he was as sharp as ever in practice Monday. Coach Ron Zook said the sophomore quarterback threw the ball as well as he has all year when the Illini held ...
Arrest ends 'one-man crime spree,' says Randolph County police.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Nicholas J.C. Pistor Sep. 5--SPARTA, Ill. -- A string of home invasions, one leaving an elderly man beaten with his unloaded shotgun, has led to the arrest of a paroled convict. On Tuesday, the Randolph County Sheriff's Department called the break-ins a "one-man crime ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dan O'Neill column.(Column)
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Dan O'Neill Sep. 5--In the recent issue of Sports Illustrated, football scribe Peter King ranks his top 500 NFL players. More power to King and/or staffers for attempting such a thing. Many of us would be hard-pressed to name so many NFL players, much less ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus column.(Column)
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: David Nicklaus Sep. 5--Robert Guller wants everyone to know that flipping properties is not his style. He has, though, shown an amazing sense of timing with two aging, nondescript downtown office buildings. Guller and his family made tens of millions of ...
Developer unveils plan for Lafayette Square.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Joel Currier Sep. 5--ST. LOUIS -- A developer on Tuesday night presented plans for a $41.6 million residential and commercial development in St. Louis on a site that encompasses the former Praxair plant in Lafayette Square. The plan -- called the Mackay ...
EDITORIAL: On to Plan D.(Editorial)
Sep 05, 2007 ... Sep. 5--Plan A for Iraq was "shock and awe," followed by the "Thunder Run" into Baghdad to knock off Saddam Hussein, followed by "Mission Accomplished." Plan B was the Coalition Provisional Authority, disbanding that messy Iraqi army and showering the nation with billions of ...
EDITORIAL: Confounded by a street lamp.(Editorial)
Sep 05, 2007 ... Sep. 5--It's tempting to laugh at the predicament of AT&T and the city of St. Louis in their efforts to make wireless, high-speed Internet access available everywhere in town. Here, after all, is the nation's biggest communications company, backed by City Hall, and the pair is flummoxed by ...
Plan to allow St. Charles vote on fireworks dies.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Bryant Sep. 5--ST. CHARLES -- A split City Council Tuesday killed a proposal that would have allowed voters to decide whether to ban the use and sale of fireworks. The council had been considering a proposal to put the issue before voters in April, but a ...
Phone rings, and that's good news for Culberson.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Bill Coats Sep. 5--The Rams' on-the-bubble players spent Saturday -- the day final NFL rosters had to be set -- hoping that their phones wouldn't ring. Players who are released get calls from team officials; those who make the squad don't. So, when linebacker ...
Man admits fraud in home-buying scheme.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Robert Patrick Sep. 5--ST. LOUIS -- A man from St. Louis pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal bank fraud conspiracy and money laundering charges, admitting his role in a scheme that used lax lending standards and motivated sellers to illicitly make more than $1 million from ...
Fleeced investors upset that key figure isn't prosecuted.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Robert Patrick Sep. 5--ST. LOUIS -- Investors bilked out of more than $4 million in a fraud scheme were left unhappy Tuesday when the scheme's originator avoided charges and his shell company was ordered to pay money that may never be found. They lost their ...
Local owner of Krispy Kreme franchises files for bankruptcy.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Jeremiah McWilliams Sep. 5--The franchise operator of five Krispy Kreme doughnut shops in the St. Louis area has filed for bankruptcy, but the company doesn't expect any impact on local daily operations. Des Peres-based Sweet Traditions LLC said it decided to ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Mary Jo Feldstein column.(Column)
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Jo Feldstein Sep. 5--About a year and a half ago, my doctor told me I needed to lose weight. I knew I had put on a few pounds after college. But when she said I was 25 or 30 pounds over my ideal weight, I brushed her off as crazy. A few days ...
CORRECTION: Steve Fossett's plane is missing.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Bill Smith and Stephen Deere Sep. 5--The St. Louis Post-Dispatch story slugged SL-MISSING-PLANE-20070905, moved by McClatchy-Tribune Regional News for Sept. 5, incorrectly identified John Glenn's Freedom 7 as the first manned spacecraft to orbit Earth. It should have ...
Are 4 NFL exhibition games too many?
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Thomas Sep. 5--Decades ago, long before the days when television money turned the National Football League into a billion-dollar business, players spent the offseason working in banks or selling insurance to supplement their still-modest football incomes. They showed ...
Wells may lose job as starter.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Strauss Sep. 5--Kip Wells' standing in the Cardinals rotation came into serious question Tuesday, and with it the viability of manager Tony La Russa's projected six-man rotation. La Russa refused to give Wells a vote of confidence before Tuesday's game ...
Infielder gets to play first season in a league in Israel.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Brian Sumers Sep. 5--David Kramer will probably never play major-league baseball, but for one summer, far away from St. Louis, he was someone special. Kramer, a Parkway North and Washington University graduate, played in the inaugural season of the Israel ...
Chicago-area officer will lead Edwardsville police.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Terry Hillig Sep. 5--EDWARDSVILLE -- A veteran police officer with the Naperville, Ill., police department will be Edwardsville's next police chief. The Edwardsville City Council Tuesday unanimously approved Mayor Gary Niebur's appointment of James Bedell to ...
Talkin' baseball, football at the Police Foundation.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Bill Bryan Sep. 5--ST. LOUIS -- The Police Department got a $260,000 boost from a crowd that turned out Tuesday to hear shop talk from sportscasters Joe Buck and Dan Dierdorf at the St. Louis Police Foundation's inaugural luncheon. The foundation was ...
Gov. Blunt stands by education nominees.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Jo Mannies Sep. 5--As Gov. Matt Blunt sees it, Rick Sullivan still holds his interim appointment as chief executive officer of the St. Louis Public Schools. The same holds for Derio Gambaro, nominated by the governor to sit on the state Board of Education. ...
Dempsey nabs seat once held by Gross.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Schlinkmann Sep. 5--ST. CHARLES COUNTY -- State Rep. Tom Dempsey captured on Tuesday the state Senate seat that opened when fellow Republican Chuck Gross resigned for a high-level job in St. Charles County government. Dempsey, of St. Charles, won by a ...
HARD/EASY: Bratwurst kicks off tailgating season.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Babette Morgan Sep. 5--While the St. Louis Rams have been getting ready for the start of their regular football season, which opens Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome against the Carolina Panthers, I've been doing a little practicing myself. My practice has ...
SLUH's Zandstra dies.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Brian Sumers Sep. 5--Chris Zandstra's arm rose in David Callon's sophomore English class two weeks ago, his face showing sickness but his mind still sharp. "The second question I asked in class, he raised his hand to answer it, even though he had not been ...
Women's league delays its debut.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Timmermann Sep. 5--The new women's professional soccer league, which includes a team in St. Louis, has pushed its debut back from 2008 to 2009 to allow for the league to be fully ready and to avoid a conflict with the 2008 Summer Olympics. "The key is not ...
Cardinals treading water in playoff race.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Strauss ST. LOUIS _ Looking for a storybook finish, the Cardinals on Wednesday night happened upon a cautionary tale. Mark Mulder resurfaced in a pennant race feeling like it's still spring training. Only four minor-league starts behind him, Mulder made ...
Woman tells of beating with Bible.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Heather Ratcliffe Sep. 5--An elementary school teacher wept today as she told a St. Louis jury how a man who followed her into a downtown parking garage beat her with a Bible and then took her purse last year. Elyse McNett, 27, identified her attacker in St ....
Fire candidates did poorly on test.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Jake Wagman Sep. 5--ST. LOUIS -- Scores of aspiring city firefighters could not answer basic math and reading questions on an entrance exam given this summer. More than 70 percent of about 1,350 applicants failed the test, according to city personnel director ...
Critic's TV Picks for Wednesday: 'Lords of the Gourd'.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Gail Pennington Sep. 5--One summer during college, as an intern at my hometown newspaper, I was assigned to the giant-vegetables beat. That meant sifting through snapshots of people showing off bloated watermelons, oversize squashes, grotesque tomatoes and once even a ...
Heart repair may give migraine relief.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Tina Hesman Saey ST. LOUIS _ Doctors soon will know whether sealing a small hole in the heart can cure a big pain in the head. In worldwide clinical trials, researchers are closing a passageway through the heart in migraine sufferers and then waiting to see if ...
Maroth gets key start.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Derrick Goold Sep. 6--Back from a rehab assignment that had to be rushed, Mike Maroth rejoins the Cardinals starting staff this afternoon with the chance to influence more than just his place in the rotation. For a second consecutive game, the Cardinals will ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Bernie Miklasz column.(Column)
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Bernie Miklasz Sep. 6--In his first meaningful start in more than a year, Mark Mulder couldn't summon the magic from his fingertips. There would be no dramatic comeback, no triumphant return, no instant September solution. Mulder was just a surgically ...
Teacher testifies against man she says beat her with a Bible in robbery.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Heather Ratcliffe Sep. 6--ST. LOUIS -- An elementary school teacher wept Wednesday as she told a St. Louis jury how a man who followed her into a downtown parking garage beat her with a Bible and then took her purse last year. Elyse McNett, 27, identified her ...
BRIEF: NL Central: Cards fall back a step.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Sep. 6--CUBS -- 1st (71-67) Up next -- Final game of four with LA Dodgers What to watch -- Jason Marquis (left) will start opposite Derek Lowe this afternoon at Wrigley Field. Marquis (11-8) is 6-2 in day games. Wednesday -- Won 8-2 over the LA Dodgers BREWERS -- 1/2 GB (71-68) ...
BRIEF: Clemente nominees.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Derrick Goold Sep. 6--CLEMENTE NOMINEES ANNOUNCED: As part of Roberto Clemente Day celebrations around baseball Wednesday, each club announced its local winner and nominee for the national Roberto Clemente Award. The Cardinals' nominee is a repeat-winner on the local ...
BRIEF: Spiezio's status.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Derrick Goold Sep. 6--SPIEZIO'S RETURN "POSSIBLE": Nearly a month after utility infielder Scott Spiezio entered a rehabilitation program for substance abuse, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said "it's still possible we'll see him before this season is over." The ...
BRIEF: SAINTS at COLTS.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Sep. 6--When: 7:35 tonight (St. Louis time) TV: KSDK (Channel 5) Line: Colts by 6 The fluff: The NFL again kicks off its season with a Thursday night extravaganza, with music blaring from John Mellencamp, Faith Hill and Kelly Clarkson between 7 and 7:30. Synopsis: Indy begins ...
BRIEF: Hagans, Bennett: Studying up.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Bill Coats Sep. 6--Wide receiver Marques Hagans took some snaps at quarterback during team drills Wednesday. Hagans, a quarterback at the University of Virginia, and Drew Bennett, who called signals at UCLA, will be tutored as possible backups. The Rams have only two ...
BRIEF: Rule change on injuries.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Bill Coats Sep. 6--The NFL has changed its injury report procedure. On Wednesdays and Thursdays, teams have to list only players who are out, didn't practice or were limited. Only on Fridays do injured players have to be categorized as probable, questionable, doubtful ...
BRIEF: Postseason tickets.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Derrick Goold Sep. 6--POSTSEASON TICKETS, ETC.: For fans who don't have season tickets and would like a chance to purchase playoff tickets, registration for postseason tickets began Wednesday at StlCardinals.com and will continue through Sept. 19. A lottery will be held ...
BRIEF: Ram-blings.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Bill Coats Sep. 6--Exercising a provision of the injured reserve rules, the Rams reached an injury settlement Wednesday with offensive tackle Todd Steussie. As a result, Steussie becomes a free agent and can rejoin the team in November. ... Newly acquired running back ...
BRIEF: Reyes in relief.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Derrick Goold Sep. 6--REYES IN RELIEF: Righthander Anthony Reyes has been available in relief for two games, but the situations the Cardinals plan to use the second-year starter out of the bullpen appear limited. Reyes has started all 19 games he's appeared in this ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dan O'Neill column.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Dan O'Neill Sep. 6--If you're a baseball fan, you know there is nothing quite like September, nothing like the thrill of a pennant drive. And make no mistake, won-loss records notwithstanding, we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of a race. How can you tell? ...
Developer sues over Columbia, Ill., project.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Nicholas J.C. Pistor Sep. 6--COLUMBIA, Ill. -- A St. Louis development firm has sued this city for breach of contact involving the massive Columbia Crossing retail project. In the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, developer G.J. Grewe alleges that the newly elected ...