Joel Currier
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Former: @stltoday/St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Lifelong @Cubs fan; a cappella singer. Tweets are mine.
St. Louis, Mo.
Joined June 2009
Spotted on my way to vote this morning. Roughly 100 people lined up outside the Grants View library branch about 815am. Took about an hour start to finish. Election workers were polite and efficient.
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Without these photos, many of my memories from that day would have faded away. Much of it remains a blur. I’m grateful to my friends and neighbors in Brooklyn for sticking together over many challenging, confusing days that followed 9/11.
Thanks @stltoday for allowing me to share my 9/11 story and photos on this 20th anniversary of the attacks.
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Twenty years ago, a sinkhole swallowed an entire lake in Chesterfield, Mo.:
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A sinkhole at the bottom of the 23-acre lake in Wildwood swallowed millions of gallons of water.
Collapsed mine that caused Alton sinkhole was active limestone operation
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Law enforcement official tells Associated Press that Maine mass killing suspect has been found dead
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Shocked and fearful Maine residents are keeping to their homes as hundreds of police and FBI agents search intently for Robert Card, a U.S. Army reservist who authorities say fatally shot 18 people...
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BREAKING: At least 10 people are dead after a shooting in Lewiston, Maine, and the number is expected to rise, two law enforcement officials tell The Associated Press.
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A shelter-in-place advisory is in effect for the area surrounding Lewiston, Maine's second largest city. The suspect, a trained firearms instructor, rampaged through a bowling alley and a restaurant...
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Man tied to suspected shooter in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing arrested in Las Vegas, AP sources say
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A grand jury in Las Vegas has indicted the last living suspect in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur in a long-awaited breakthrough in one of hip-hop’s most enduring mysteries.
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I wonder if play-by-play bros would spend as much time yapping about Taylor Swift if the Bears-Chief game were a bit closer. At this point, she’s the only reason to continue watching. #dabears
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McClellan: When Dean Hoag was in court, he held court
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Columnist Bill McClellan writes: Everyone who watched him in court came away with the same thought: “I don’t ever want this guy prosecuting me.”
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Recent events that indicate Earth's climate has entered uncharted territory
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Scientists say global heat that inched into worrisome new territory this week is a clear example of how pollutants released by humans are warming their environment.
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Rescuers race against time to find the missing sub in the Atlantic bound for the Titanic site
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Theodore 'Ted' Kaczynski, known as the 'Unabomber,' has died in federal prison
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Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23...
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Sixty days on a ledge in the Atlantic: teacher aims to break Rockall record | Rockall | The Guardian
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Chris ‘Cam’ Cameron ready to set sail for barren rock 230 miles from nearest permanently inhabited place
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BREAKING: Tina Turner, the unstoppable musical force with hits like 'What's Love Got to Do With It,' has died at age 83, her manager says. https://t.co/QMcMdS7DK6
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