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Black Market Human Body Fat is Being Used in Cosmetics

One estimate says that the human body has about $1.50 worth of chemicals in it. Of course it would cost a lot more than that to extract and separate all of them. Parts of the human body have always had great value when it comes to magic in certain ...

From WALT CROCKER, Associated Content,  23 Nov 2009

38th Annual Miss Gay America Pageant in St. Louis

Although I'm straight, I am pretty open minded when it comes to gay rights issues, and I'm not afraid to talk about it. I think that everybody should have the same human rights no matter what their sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or race. After ...

From WALT CROCKER, Associated Content,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Carrie Prejean,  RuPaul (actor),  Perez Hilton

Medicare Fraud Costs Taxpayers Billions Last Year

I recently cut my finger while working in the kitchen. I've been doing kitchen prep for 25 years now so you would think that I would be more careful. But no, I slashed it pretty good and decided that I might need to get a couple of stitches. I went to ...

From WALT CROCKER, Associated Content,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush

Downtown St. Louis Public Library Faces Massive Renovation

The Central library in downtown St. Louis is a grand old building. When I was a kid we had other libraries around the city, but I always liked to make the trip to the one downtown. On Saturday morning I would risk life and limb waiting for the Cherokee ...

From WALT CROCKER, Associated Content,  20 Nov 2009

The Creater of "True Jeans" is a True Believer

I have an old pair of Levi's that I've had for some 25-years now. They are getting slightly ragged around the edges. Both knees are blown out and there's a big hole in the rear end that I had to patch. I had trouble finding the iron-on patches I had ...

From WALT CROCKER, Associated Content,  19 Nov 2009

St. Louis Bikes for Kids Program Provides 275 Bikes for Area Children

I started pestering my mom for a bicycle when I was about ten-years-old. The problem was that I had never really learned how to ride one. Then my uncle began secretly building me one out of old bicycle parts in the garage. Unbeknown to him, I snuck in ...

From WALT CROCKER, Associated Content,  18 Nov 2009

Men and Women Have Tattooed Themselves Since the Dawn of Time

Mankind has marked himself with tattoos, scarifications, and piercings since the beginning of time. In the beginning and in some primitive parts of the world today, the markings were to identify him with a certain clan or tribe. They were often used as ...

From WALT CROCKER, Associated Content,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: US Marine Corps,  SIX FLAGS INC

What's New in St. Louis in 2010

In St. Louis, dinosaurs will walk the Earth once again in 2010. "DinoQuest:A Tropical Trek through Time" features dinosaurs and reptiles from the Cretaceous and Jurassic, period. And guess what? You'll be able to talk to them, and no, you're not ...

From WALT CROCKER, Associated Content,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Eric Clapton,  Ry Cooder

Price War on TVs Looms

Back when I was growing up, television sets weren't cheap. Unless the big picture tube went out, everything in the set was replaceable by the owner. TV sets back then had tubes. If one turned black, chances were that it was burned out. You took it up ...

From WALT CROCKER, Associated Content,  16 Nov 2009

Are You Getting the H1N1 Vaccine When it Becomes Available?

Remember all of the vaccinations you received when you were a child? There were vaccines for polio, smallpox, DPT, and several other ones. Back then there was no controversy about getting the vaccines. You brought home a piece of paper, your parents ...

From WALT CROCKER, Associated Content,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: World Health Organization,  Cleveland Clinic

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