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Yesterday the yield curve inverted: interest rates on 10-year Treasuries were lower than rates on 2-year Treasuries. This upends the normal order of the universe, in which you have to offer higher rates to investors to get them to buy long-term bonds. This has long been taken as a sign that we're in an economic ...continue reading "Does an inverted yield curve mean a recession is near?"

US courts are a dystopian mess from the Supreme Court down to the county level.

Come join us on a late-afternoon paddle on one of our great rivers and enjoy twilight with a campfire gourmet dinner in an unparalleled remote

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Two vehicles collided at Lucas and Hunt Road and Hord Avenue.

The North City Blues aims to increase awareness of ice hockey among people of color.

We’re now past the halfway point in our series of posts about the winners of the fourth annual public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1926. So far, we’ve looked at The Wall Across The River, The Obstruction Method, and Dreaming The Cave. Today, the spotlight falls on the winner of Best Visuals: Mr. Top […]

From Lincoln Center Theater that brought you The King & I and South Pacific, comes “a sumptuous new production of the most perfect musical of all time” (Entertainment

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ALTON - The Alton Police Department is investigating a fatal traffic crash that happened on East Broadway at Main Street around 11 a.m. Saturday. Alton Police Chief Marcos Pulido said a preliminary investigation revealed that the occupant of a motorcycle was traveling westbound on East Broadway and collided with a truck that had been traveling southbound on Main Street. "Alton Police Officers and the Alton Fire Department arrived on scene and life-saving measures were attempted, but unfortunately the occupant of the motorcycle died," the chief said. "The Alton Police Department Traffic Division is currently investigating this crash." The chief said no other information could be released at this time about the accident.

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In an aside to a longer post, Charlie Stross says: It should be noted that Donbass has the second largest gas reserves in Europe: this is economically as much an oil/gas war as was the Iraq war before it. I did not know that! However, although this is technically true, there are some caveats. First, ...continue reading "Is the Ukraine war all about natural gas?"

The man was a pedestrian crossing New Halls Ferry Road when the crash happened.

Authorities were working Saturday to identify the body of a man found Friday evening in the Big River near Old Byrnesville Road.

The measure sets up a plan to allow residents and companies to contribute to a slavery reparations fund by adding donations to tax, water and refuse bills.

The Boulevard development in Richmond Heights will once again include a hotel component. New marketing materials by the L3 Corporation...

Maggie Drew’s dad sent her to Circle of Hope Girls’ Ranch in Missouri in 2007, hoping strict Christian teachings would stop his 14-year-old daughter’s teenage rebellion. Instead, Drew said, she found herself in a nightmare, sexually abused by one of the boarding school's founders and left with permanent spinal injuries after a fall from a [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a man was hit and killed on Route AC, west of Woodwind Drive. The incident happened around 7:50 p.m. Friday. Troopers say the man, 64-year-old Ronnie Bailey of St. Louis, Missouri, was in one of the lanes in the road when he was hit [...]