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For metro-east commuters, the stakes involved in next month's St. Louis County referendum on a new tax for the Metro transit agency will be high, even if Illinois voters don't have a say.
Robert Baer, Metro's president and CEO, is approaching next month's ballot referendum with a mix of confidence and fear.
Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects.
When Larry Kinsella was farming the land that now is Pleasant Ridge Park in Fairview Heights, he used to get the tractor and cultivator going straight on a row and then jump off and look for arrowheads in the fresh-turned ground.
Alberto Contador of Spain won the Paris-Nice race for the second time Sunday after successfully defending his narrow lead over Alejandro Valverde in the seventh and final stage.
Israel's prime minister tried to play down a serious diplomatic dispute with the United States on Sunday, urging calm after another stern rebuke from Washington over plans to build 1,600 new apartments for Jews in contested east Jerusalem.