ST. LOUIS NEWS TODAY - Saturday, May 26, 2012 IN THE NEWS NEW: Memorial Day Weekend Heat Wave NEW: Click It or Ticket Day and Night Campaign Through June 3 NEW: Ameren Warns Against Utility Account Payment Scam HUD Awards $40 Million in Grants to Combat Housing Discrimination Movie Studios Asked to Stop Depicting Smoking in Youth-rated Movies MoDOT to Host Public Meetings on I-70 Blanchette Bridge Construction, May 30 JOB NEWS NEW: S.L.A.T.E. Offering Training Opportunities in Healthcare NEW: Veterans Can Use G.I. Bill Benefits for Financial Services Career at Edward Jones BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY NEWS NEW: GM's Historic $380 Million Expansion in Wentzville Is Rebirth of American Automotive Industry in Missouri NEW: Chesterfield City Council Approves Site Plan for St. Louis Premium Outlets Westinghouse Partners With Missouri to Develop Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NEWS Art in Square Ranked Nation's Number One Art Festival 2012 Illinois State Fair Grandstand Entertainment Announced Metro East Levee Project Gets Green Light for First Phase of Construction KANSAS CITY NEWS Kansas City Restaurant Week Raises $130,000 for Harvesters RESTAURANT NEWS NEW: The World's Top High-Tech Restaurants from Bangkok to D.C. Urban Eats Receives National Recognition As the ONLY Bike-Friendly Café in St Louis Bissell Mansion Restaurant and Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre Presents "Phantom of the Grand 'Ole Opry" Through July HOTEL NEWS Doubletree Chesterfield Completes Renovation of Conference Center Drury Hotels Named One of 50 Customer Service Champions COMMUNITY INFO USPS District Manager Releases Plan to Preserve Post Offices in Rural America Metro High School and Clayton High School Ranked Best in the Nation Youth Opportunities Tax Credits Awarded to St. Louis Organizations School Fair, June 5, for Students of Closing Imagine Charter Schools SPECIAL EVENTS Welcoming Chinese Dragon Greets Visitors to the Garden 2012 Shakespeare Festival St. Louis to Feature "Othello", Through June 17, at Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park NOT JUST FOR KIDS Free Summer Camps Available to City Youth, Ages 4 - 17 St. Louis Public Library Kicks Off Summer Reading Program ART GALLERY NEWS Hal Laspé Opens New Gallery of Art on Washington Street Near Grand Paintings of 'Historical St. Louis' by Impressionist Robert Dielmann at Soulard Coffee Garden & Café Wildlife Art Exhibit at Saint Louis Zoo ADVERTISEMENTS Weather Forecast St. Louis Front Page, Kansas City Front Page and Southwest Illinois News are owned and maintained by the Moore Design Group for the sole purpose of disseminating news and information about the Metropolitan St. Louis and Kansas City areas. Text or graphics may not be copied, rewritten or distributed in any manner whatsoever without written permission. For more information, contact editor@slfp.com All rights reserved world wide © 1996 - 2012 Moore Design Group.

Chinese Lantern Festival Is Beginning of a Long Friendship An opening extravaganza and parade featuring a 70-foot-long, 12-man Chinese dragon dance kicked off the Chinese Lantern Festival, Saturday morning, at the Missouri Botanical Garden. >>> NEW: Metro Kicks Off $36 Million Project to Restore Historic Eads Bridge ST. LOUIS, MO - The Eads Bridge Rehabilitation Project will repair and restore the historic, 138-year old bridge and ensure safe and efficient light rail service for thousands of people who use the bridge to cross the Mississippi River every day. >>> NEW: Conceptual Plans for a New Joplin Gain Ground JOPLIN, MO - The former St. John's Regional Medical Center site is expected to become a multi-purpose center of reverence, learning and art that will be given as a gift to the people of Joplin. >>> NEW: Home Prices & Sales Trend Higher, Recovery Continues ST. LOUIS, MO - The national median home price rose for the third straight month in April, indicating that a housing recovery is strengthening in 2012. >>> ADVERTISEMENTS

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