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What drives the N4I team to do the jobs we do?

How do we slog through thousands of documents and massive databases in search of our stories?

Well, the paychecks help... but we also rely on the near-constant stream of music that pours from my computer.

youthgroup.gifToday, we've been bopping along to...




It's always nice when someone in the industry recognizes the work we do in the News 4 Investigates unit. So when it happens twice in a day... well, we're just bursting with pride.

Sorry if this reads a bit like a press release, but it's hard to write about myself in the first person when it comes to something like this.

>> Continue reading: We're honored.




I used to crack a joke that said as much about the Drudge Report as it did about the business of reporting in general.

"Drudge gets it right about 90 percent of time time. In his business, that's not so bad."

My attitude about things isn't quite as flip these days... especially when the mad hatter r...




tebach.gifIt's awful convenient for us newsfolk when people suspected in pretty outrageous crimes post a whole bunch of personal information about themselves on the internet.

The latest accused criminal to make things easy and interesting on the media? >> Continue reading: YourSpace or mine?




I love working for a CBS station this time of year.

We have a built-in excuse to rachet down our workload and watch a lot of college hoops during the day.

And no tournament season would be complete without an office pool and a flurry of bracketology.

I follow that RPI stuff to a degree, but I also play with my heart.

Here, take a look...

>> Continue reading: Ides insanity.




Last month, we told you about the "junk mail" showing up inside Missouri motor vehicle registration renewal forms.

The state partnered with a direct mail company called Imagitas, which handles all the printing and mailing of the notices. This arrangement saves the state about $44,000 a year.

But that savings comes at a ...




Today's DB by N4I producer Steve Perron.

cemetery.gifWhen you bury a loved one, the last thing you want to deal with is problems with a funeral home or cemetery.

That's exactly what happened to Christina Salley of St. Charles.

Christina's husband Carl di...




There's nothing like that first day back at work after a nice, long vacation.

It's just miserable.

Well, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. But coming back to work after a week in the Florida sun is difficult stuff.

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Ahh. Happy memories.

Anyways... back to work.

I began my retur...




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