St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) articles from July 2007

St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) archives from July 2007

It's time for kids' sports physicals again.
July 26, 2007... Byline: Harry Jackson Jr. ST. LOUIS _ It's crunch time for sports physicals at high schools, and two pediatricians who specialize in sports medicine say the physicals are more important than simply preparing for competition. A...

Busharraf.
July 26, 2007... The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday, July 25: X X X In November 1999, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, questioned on the presidential campaign trail by a Boston television reporter, was unable to...

Friends still worry about Shawn Hornbeck.
July 25, 2007... Byline: Aisha Sultan and David Hunn 7-22 Caption: PHOTO - Shawn Hornbeck and his mother, Pam Akers, eye the set of golf clubs presented to Shawn on Thursday at a fundraising golf tournament for the Shawn Hornbeck Foundation in...

United Way pushing to attract new business contributors.
July 25, 2007... Byline: Steven Baguma Jul. 25--The official launch of United Way of Greater St. Louis fundraising campaign is next month. But business executives in the region already are rallying their employees to support the charity. Jim Weddle,...

Roll over, Buchanan ... and tell Franklin Pierce the news.
July 25, 2007... Byline: Kevin Horrigan "I suppose I'll merely expose myself to harmless ridicule if I make the following assertion: George W. Bush's presidency will probably be a successful one." _ William Kristol, The Washington Post, July 15, 2007 ...

Leaving Iraq.
July 25, 2007... The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Tuesday, July 24: X X X "My logisticians are a humorless lot... they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay." _ Alexander the Great ___...

Bloomberg calls for overhaul of public education.
July 25, 2007... Byline: Jo Mannies ST. LOUIS _ New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg brought leaders of the National Urban League to their feet Wednesday when he called for overhauling public education in America. He said nothing about running for...

Alaska safari shows you the wild side of America's 49th state.
July 23, 2007... Byline: Tom Uhlenbrock DENALI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska _ The shaggy blond grizzly stopped grazing on grasses and sat back on her haunches. Two black cubs saw the opportunity and ended their wrestling match, each racing to nurse in her arms....

Diet leads the search for abs.
July 23, 2007... Byline: Carolyn Olson "The Abs Diet for Women" by David Zinczenko with Ted Spiker ($24.95 (hardbound), $15.95 paperback) If you haven't heard of "The Abs Diet," then you haven't been watching television lately. Author David Zinczenko...

Family seeks normal routine for found boy.
July 22, 2007... Byline: Aisha Sultan RICHWOODS, Mo. _ At first glance, it looks as if someone has it in for Shawn Hornbeck. This month, vandals destroyed the memorial his parents had set up at the nearby Lions Club during the years he was missing....

Arch is called safe, then tram quits again.
July 22, 2007... Byline: Aisha Sultan ST. LOUIS _ Less than half an hour after park officials declared the Gateway Arch safe and partly operational Sunday afternoon, the lights inside went out, the tram shut down and people started panicking _ again. ...

Cards overtake Braves in 10th.
July 22, 2007... Byline: Joe Strauss ATLANTA _ Sunday night offered the Cardinals a choice between a break-even trip and a broken record. They chose the former with a 10th-inning bolt from their 14th position player. Skip Schumaker, who entered the...

Ameren says reactor would be built near Callaway plant.
July 21, 2007... Byline: Jeffrey Tomich Jul. 21--Ameren Corp. says a site adjacent to its Callaway nuclear plant southeast of Fulton, Mo., would be the location for a new, 1,600-megawatt reactor if it decides to build one. The St. Louis-based utility...

Australia partners with Boeing for naval plane.
July 21, 2007... Byline: Tim Logan Jul. 21--The Australian government Friday gave initial approval to a $4 billion project to build a new naval plane with Chicago-based Boeing Co. and the Navy. The patrol and response aircraft would replace...

Clayton development: Condos, hotel are options.
July 21, 2007... Byline: Riddhi Trivedi-St. Clair Jul. 21--A developer has bought property in downtown Clayton that could be redeveloped into a hotel and condominium mixed-use project. Details on the estimated $100 million development at 25-45 North...

Rowling keeps fans hanging on until the end.
July 21, 2007... Byline: Sarah Bryan Miller "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling; Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic ($34.99) ___ (Editor's note: As a review, this piece reflects the writer's analysis and opinions with some basic plot...

Preserving the secrecy of the Harry Potter plot.
July 21, 2007... Byline: Jane Henderson ST. LOUIS _ There should be a secret handshake. Something to let other readers know whether it's safe to discuss the finer plot points of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." It's too late for...

St. Louis honors hometown heroes Tuskegee Airmen.
July 21, 2007... Byline: Kim Bell ST. LOUIS _ Christopher Newman flew 84 missions as a fighter pilot in World War II with the Tuskegee Airmen. When his plane got shot down over the Adriatic Sea, he bailed out with a parachute, a can of yellow dye and...

Cardinals drubbed by the Braves.
July 21, 2007... Byline: Joe Strauss ATLANTA _ For a fleeting moment Saturday night, it appeared Tony La Russa was ready to end it all. Perhaps having seen one three-run rally too many, the Cardinals' manager darted between innings onto the Turner...

Sorenson finds winning formula in crash-marred Gateway 250.
July 21, 2007... Byline: Ken Roberts MADISON, Ill. _ It took nearly two years, but Reed Sorenson finally captured his third career NASCAR Busch Series victory Saturday night at Gateway International Raceway in the crash-filled Gateway 250 before a crowd...

Experts push for earlier detection of autism.
July 20, 2007... Byline: Mary Delach Leonard ST. LOUIS _ Heather Conrad's instincts told her something was wrong when her son Canyon, then 2, stopped singing his favorite song, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." Conrad began to notice that her bright,...

Truman, redux. Again.
July 20, 2007... The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday, July 19: X X X In "Plain Speaking," Merle Miller's biography of President Harry Truman, Mr. Truman recalled the time his Senate Special Committee to...

Michael Vick is latest to take rap for the rap in our culture.
July 20, 2007... Byline: Bryan Burwell ST. LOUIS _ All the breathless debates about Michael Vick are missing the point. The bigger issue has nothing to do with whether or not he deserves the right of due process, or whether NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell...

As fears ramp up over Highway 40 jams, home and work collide.
July 20, 2007... Byline: Tim Barker Jul. 20--Solutions for the Highway 40 blues come in a dozen different flavors. But none of them sounds quite so tasty as telecommuting -- that wonderful piece of business jargon that conjures up thoughts of lounging by...

State approves 2.7 percent rate hike.
July 20, 2007... Byline: Jeffrey Tomich Jul. 20--Missouri regulators on Thursday approved a $38.6 million rate increase for Laclede Gas Co. that will increase bills for residential customers about 2.7 percent, or $30 a year. The new rates take effect...

Cardinals defeat Braves.
July 20, 2007... Byline: Joe Strauss ATLANTA _ To the Atlanta Braves, Adam Wainwright is the one who got away. To the St. Louis Cardinals, Wainwright is a keeper. Wainwright extended his excellent July on Friday night at Turner Field when the...

Missouri case may trip up FEC nominee.
July 19, 2007... Byline: Adam Sichko WASHINGTON _ For more than a year, a team of veteran attorneys in the Justice Department's civil rights division crafted a lawsuit arguing that Hazelwood school board elections violated voting-rights laws. The...

Cardinals routed by Braves.
July 19, 2007... Byline: Joe Strauss ATLANTA _ It is the walk a manager detests taking, an early-inning trudge to the mound to tell his starting pitcher that circumstance demands he remain in an out-of-control game that long ago consumed him. Tony La...

Cardinals' Carpenter to undergo Tommy John surgery.
July 19, 2007... Byline: Joe Strauss ATLANTA _ Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter will undergo additional elbow surgery that will end his season and potentially cause him to miss a significant portion of the 2008 season, club and industry sources told the St....

Cardinals blank the Marlins.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Derrick Goold MIAMI _ Rarely is the end of a first inning in July the cause for a fist-pumping celebration, especially when it's a meager groundball back to the pitcher that spurs such revelry. But cut Kip Wells some slack....

Senators call for commission to investigate wartime contracts.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Philip Dine WASHINGTON _ Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is taking the lead on a new bill to set up an independent commission to ensure accountability for wartime spending on contracts. The federal Government Accountability...

Plan to divvy up Highway 40 impact aid surfaces.
July 17, 2007... Byline: Tim Barker Jul. 17--Missouri transportation officials on Monday revealed initial plans for divvying up $1 million in grant money earmarked for helping businesses deal with Highway 40 (Interstate 64) construction problems. ...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Joe Whittington column.(Column)
July 17, 2007... Byline: Joe Whittington Jul. 17--DISMISSED EVENT PLANNER FIRED UP OVER BELONGINGS: Pat Schaumann has yet another big event in her day planner -- a court date with the people who fired her June 26 as president of MAC Meetings and Events....

News Quiz: What city volunteers the most?
July 17, 2007... Byline: Dale Singer 1. A new survey shows volunteerism is strongest in what metropolitan area? A. St. Louis B. Kansas City C. Chicago D. Minneapolis 2. Which Springfield will host the premiere of the "Simpsons"...

American scraps Lambert-to-Love Field flights.
July 17, 2007... Byline: Tim Logan Jul. 17--The Love is ending at Lambert Field for American Airlines. Love Field, that is. American announced Monday that its regional partners will end their five daily flights to Dallas Love Field on Sept. 5,...

Cardinals blanked by Marlins.
July 17, 2007... Byline: Derrick Goold MIAMI _ With the cadence of a Boy Scout reciting his oath, St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen listed all of the things he could have done in his bases-loaded chance Tuesday. For a hitter who has spent his...

Supreme Court ruling won't hurt retail competition.
July 16, 2007... Byline: David Nicklaus Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer apparently doesn't spend a lot of time shopping. Breyer, in a dissenting opinion this month, said the court's ruling in an antitrust case could cost the average consumer...

Man restoring log cabins linked to Daniel Boone.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Roberto Manzano DEFIANCE, Mo. _ Adam Marty often eats deer and squirrels that he hunts with a black powder rifle. For the past decade he has been building a 2,700-square-foot log cabin on land he owns in Washington County,...

Offering sanctuary.
July 16, 2007... The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Sunday, July 15: X X X The number of refugees worldwide increased by almost 2 million people last year. A recent report by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and...

Stunt woman's effort comes up short.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Amy Bertrand "Sandy Gimpel's StuntBlasters: Low Impact Cardio Workout" (DVD, $14.99) You might expect a video made by one of Hollywood's leading stunt women to be kick-your-butt tough. Even when you learn this stunt woman is...

Dr. Andrew Weil DVD is worth the time.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Harry Jackson "Dr. Andrew Weil's Guide to Eating Well" (DVD, $14.99) Dr. Andrew Weil is a senior member of the cadre of experts the Public Broadcasting System airs when it needs money. Members talk about health, finances...