St Louis News

Neighbors outraged by vandalism of Miles Davis' childhood home

By Amber Leon

1:36 PM on 09/20/2011

ST. LOUIS - Fans and neighbors of the late, great Jazz musician Miles Davis are upset at the vandalism of his childhood home in St. Louis...
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Inmate fights off a dozen guards with homemade nunchucks, escapes

By theGrio

8:43 AM on 09/20/2011

NEW YORK - Lorenzo Pollard, 31, made the weapon from a bedsheet and and a chair, and used them to battle his way out of the medium security city Workhouse...
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Police: Ill. woman killed children with shotgun

By theGrio

5:29 PM on 09/01/2011

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Autopsies on Thursday determined that each child was shot once in the head at close range with a shotgun and died instantly of the "devastating" injuries...
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Lil Wayne hurt in skateboard accident

By theGrio

11:47 AM on 08/22/2011

ST LOUIS (AP) - "The Lou was good but I busted my ... head at the sk8park! 9stitches! Gnarly gash over my left eye! Luv the people," he wrote...
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Ex-NBA player arrested for gun at airport

By theGrio

12:25 PM on 08/04/2011

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Former NBA player Darius Miles has been arrested after security officers found him carrying a loaded gun at Lambert Airport in St. Louis...
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St. Louis statue honors music legend Chuck Berry

By theGrio

3:24 PM on 07/29/2011

UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) - The 8-foot-tall likeness of Berry was dedicated Friday in the University City Loop area in suburban St. Louis...
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Homemade cloth rope aids St. Louis jail escape

By theGrio

1:57 PM on 04/22/2011

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A "knuckle-headed corrections officer" is to blame for the escape of two men who apparently climbed down a homemade rope Friday morning to escape from a St. Louis detention center...
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TheGrio's 100: Terry Houston, bringing order to inner city high school

By theGrio

7:00 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - Inner-city students can go to college, and Roosevelt High School principal Terry Houston proves it every day...
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Chuck Berry returns home after health scare

By theGrio

11:34 AM on 01/03/2011

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rock-and-roll legend Chuck Berry has returned home to suburban St. Louis after falling ill with exhaustion during a concert in Chicago...
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Activist pastor: Funeral home gunfire 'disturbing'

By theGrio

4:00 PM on 12/01/2010

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Eleven days after being gunned down near an alley, David Davis didn't get a traditional funeral procession of family and friends...
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St. Louis tops the list of most dangerous US cities

By theGrio

7:54 AM on 11/22/2010

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - St. Louis overtook Camden, N.J., as the nation's most dangerous city in 2009, according to a national study released Sunday...
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Nelly to release movie based on 'Tip Drill' music video

By theGrio

2:45 PM on 10/12/2010

The St. Louis rapper who's working on a fitness DVD and radio show, is revealing his plans for his new movie and shunning people who criticized him for the video's racy message...
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Mayor murdered en route to his second job

By theGrio

1:01 PM on 04/01/2010

WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. (AP) - The mayor of a decaying village near St. Louis known for its strip clubs and beset by financial troubles and embezzlements was shot and killed...
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Black customer furious over 'racist' Pizza Hut receipt

By theGrio

5:10 PM on 02/17/2010

VIDEO - A St. Louis man will take action after finding what he calls a racist remark on his receipt from Pizza Hut...
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Nelly to give away college scholarships

By theGrio

10:52 AM on 12/07/2009

The Black and White Ball, St. Louis' premier celebrity gala event, will take place on December 6th at the Chase Park Plaza hotel. Hosted by Nelly, the annual black-tie holiday-season celebration is a highlight of the city's social calendar...
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