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Photo courtesy of FDA Doctors need to be on the lookout for lead poisoning in children as the latest tally of kids exposed to the toxin after consuming pouches of cinnamon-flavored apple puree climbed to 22, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. In a health advisory the agency sent out to healthcare providers, officials said any provider who has such a patient should report it to local health authorities. The agency added that it is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and state and local partners to investigate the link. But there are already...

This month, Schnucks grocery stores in Missouri ended their ill-advised policy of prohibiting defensive firearm carry on the premises. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports: The signs barring the carrying of concealed weapons inside Schnucks quietly came down earlier this month — more than six years after they first went up in the grocery chain's Missouri stores following the passage of a state law allowing individuals to carry concealed weapons. Why the change, I wonder? "As the discussion continued, we decided to make the change in policy based on the idea that any customer who has a valid license to carry...

A holdout in a developer's bid to acquire property for a shopping center is having her day in court. A hearing on whether the city has the right to take the home of June Thompson by eminent domain was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon before St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Timothy Wilson.