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Social worker Jane Buri gives even after death Jane Buri, a public school social worker, spent nearly four decades fighting to keep kids in class in St. Louis. All the while, she was quietly building a small fortune. Buri died at 84 with $1.4 million to her name. Then in death, as befit her life, she gave it all away. |
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Program that fights for at-risk youth, now at risk itself Two years ago, a dying church committed to saving one street corner. Before it closed, Friedens United Church of Christ turned buildings, staffers and its last dollars into a new foundation. It’s now part of a booming federal program – YouthBuild – that helps dropouts while rebuilding the worst neighborhoods in the United States. |
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St. Louis Public Schools dance festival Carr Lane VPA Middle School hosted their 2nd Annual Dance Festival. Central, Ames, Woerner, Shaw and Carr Lane students participated in the event which showcased a variety of dances ranging from tap and ballet to hip hop and modern. |
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Brown County boasts low unemployment rate Brown County boasts the lowest unemployment rate in Illinois and Missouri. Dot Foods and the prison are the areas two biggest employers. Residents of Mt. Sterling, the county seat, say there is more to love in the small town than the unemployment rate. |
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A look at three nations – Uganda, Malawi and Kenya – where the Danforth Center hopes to test a modified cassava. The non-profit center is developing the crop to resist a virus that has decimated the food staple across a large swath in Africa. In the coming years, the project will illuminate the role that non-profit biotech has to play in solving hunger in the developing world. |
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During wartime, men and women choose to enlist in the army. A series of reports following a group of recruits from the time they arrive at Fort Leonard Wood until their graduation more than nine weeks later.
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