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7-Up vs. Coke Part 2
Heir to a fortune, Andrew Gladney went from John Burroughs to Yale and came home to found the dot-com darling Savvis Inc. Then he squandered it all. The spectacular flameout of a St. Louis soft-drink scion.
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Red Alert: Everything they really don't want you to know about those pesky traffic-light cameras
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Ludo is fired up and ready to play on the national stage
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Curious Gorge: Ian tests the animal magnetism of Three Monkeys
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Feel a Draught?: Tigín opens an outpost in a Hampton Inn downtown? O'Really!
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Seeing Red: Partners battle over a Wash. Ave. eatery's ownership (9)
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Red Alert: Everything they really don't want you to know about those pesky traffic-light cameras (9)
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7-Up vs. Coke Part 2 (6)
Heir to a fortune, Andrew Gladney went from John Burroughs to Yale and came home to found the dot-com darling Savvis Inc. Then he squandered it all. The spectacular flameout of a St. Louis soft-drink scion.
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Will Ian flip for the Original Pancake House? (4)
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Is a Wash. U. dean destroying alumni records and making unjust department cuts? (3)
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Have two Nirvana producers helped create the next Metallica?
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"The Sex Song": Not TASTiSKANK's homage to Matthew McConaughey
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Bret Michaels (sort of) talks dirty to RFT
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The 75s make an extra-fancy splash with its debut record
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Producer nonpareil Pharrell Williams is happy to be just one of the band again
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R.E.M. Accelerate: An Advance Review and Song-by-Song Analysis of the Band's New Album
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Buffalo Brewing Co.
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This Is Hawkwind -- Do Not Panic
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Recent Articles By Kristyn Pomranz
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"The Sex Song": Not TASTiSKANK's homage to Matthew McConaughey
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Grand Buffet
7 p.m. Monday, January 7. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.
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Blake Lewis
Audio Day Dream
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Nellie McKay
Obligatory Villagers (Hungry Mouse)
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That 1 Guy
9 p.m. Tuesday, October 16. Billiken Club, 20 North Grand Boulevard.
National Features
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Houston Press
"It Was Like an Armageddon Movie"
For days after Hurricane Rita, a Texas prison was hell on earth.
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Our columnist knows Ralph Nader's running mate all too well.
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The Pitch
How Not To Be a Rap Star
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Village Voice
Project Runaway
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Mandisa
6 p.m. Sunday, January 27. Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, St. Charles.
Kristyn Pomranz
Published: January 23, 2008
It may seem hyperbolic to call Mandisa's ninth-place American Idol ousting a shocker, but fans were invested in her fate. After all, she was the woman who humbled Simon Cowell. (After he made snide "fat" jokes, Mandisa graciously replied, "I figure if Jesus died so that all of my wrongs could be forgiven, I can certainly extend the same grace to you.") She brings that same grace to her Grammy-nominated contemporary gospel-music songs, which are imbued with elements of effervescent funk and anecdotal pop. And though Mandisa is not a typical bellowing gospel powerhouse — her voice is sparkling and lithe, suitable for a Disney princess — her boundless range and empowered energy rouse like a one-woman choir.
