The images are reminiscent of a war zone: Helmeted officers pointing weapons from armored trucks, flash grenades lighting the night sky and tear gas exploding in crowded streets.

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ST. LOUIS — A jury has sided with a St. Louis company in its battle with Frito-Lay over bowl-shaped tortilla chips. Frito-Lay sued St. Louis-based Ralcorp Holdings in February 2012 in U.S. District Court in Dallas, claiming Ralcorp and its ...

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WASHINGTON — Your boss wants you to eat your broccoli, hit the treadmill and pledge you’ll never puff on a cigarette. But a new study raises doubts that those workplace wellness programs companies are rushing to adopt actually do save ...

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ST. LOUIS — A federal appeals court has ruled that a St. Louis suburb can enforce a funeral protest ordinance aimed at preventing picketing by an anti-gay Kansas church. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Tuesday reverses a ...

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The interim dean at the St. Louis University School of Law is buying each student at the law school a membership to the American Bar Association.

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ST. LOUIS — A Chicago-area atheist is using his last legal recourse in challenging the use of state funds to renovate a towering southern Illinois cross, but he acknowledges the odds are “pretty slim” that the U.S. Supreme Court will ...

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All hail Monday, the Orioles five-game winning streak and, of course, the roundup. Here are some news items to get the final full week of July started. ...

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ST. LOUIS  — Anheuser-Busch is coming out with a sweeter, more alcoholic version of Bud Light as it tries to build on the popularity of one of its top beers. Bud Light Platinum will have a slightly sweeter taste, 6 ...

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — After complaints about murky employment data from law schools, the American Bar Association is trying to make the schools divulge more details on after-graduation jobs and debt. An ABA council recently approved changes that will require ...

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — When is a phone not just a phone? When a federal court declares it’s a computer. That’s what happened last week, when the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lengthier sentence for a man ...

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