The city of St. Louis might turn over some oversight of its city jails to two independent committees. The Public Safety Committee of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted Thursday to recommend that the full board approve the establishment ...

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A St. Charles pharmacist says Target fired her four years ago because she said she would not fill prescriptions for emergency contraception or refer customers to another pharmacist. Heather Williams filed a lawsuit in the St. Louis-based U.S. District Court ...

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The Obama administration ruled out prosecution of government interrogators as it released censored versions of legal memos that guided harsh questioning of terror suspects by the CIA under President George W. Bush. The memos show that Justice Department lawyers authorized ...

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“Brother, can you spare a dollar?” All of us have been so solicited. As more people lose their jobs and are dispossessed, we will hear the plea more and more. Sometimes such pleas occur at an exit off of an ...

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One of President George W. Bush’s legacies will be spelled “NSL,” as in national security letter. Bush did not dream up NSLs. Congress enacted the legislation creating NSLs in 1986. What the president oversaw was an explosion in their use ...

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