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Gateway Arch - Emerald Ash Borer
3:12 pm
Mon August 1, 2011

Public asked to comment on proposal to replace hundreds of trees near Gateway Arch

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An adult emerald ash borer.
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An ash tree showing damage from the larval stage of the emerald ash borer.
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The National Park Service is bracing for the possible loss of more than 900 trees near the Gateway Arch. That’s what could happen if the emerald ash borer makes it to the St. Louis area.

The emerald ash borer has killed millions of ash trees since it was accidentally introduced to the U.S. in the early 1990s.

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SSM Healthcare
11:07 am
Mon August 1, 2011

Transition at the top of SSM Health Care staff

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SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center - one of the hospitals in SSM Health Care's St. Louis-area group of medical facilities.

For the first time in its 25-year history, SSM Health Care no longer has a nun as its top executive officer.

Sister Mary Jean Ryan will remain as chairman of the board of SSM. But she says she's reaching an age, 73, when she would prefer to step away from the day-to-day operations of the system, which owns 15 hospitals and two nursing homes in four states, including Missouri.

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Morning round-up
9:20 am
Mon August 1, 2011

Morning headlines: Monday, August 1, 2011

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Ill Gov. Pat Quinn will sign the Illinois Dream Act August 1, 2011 in Chicago.
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Quinn to sign Dream Act today

Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn is set to sign a bill that gives illegal immigrants access to private scholarships for college and lets them enroll in state college savings programs. Quinn will visit Benito Juarez Community Academy in Chicago on Monday to sign the Illinois Dream Act.

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Science Blogging
6:35 am
Mon August 1, 2011

St. Louis blogger helps inner city youth find "on-ramp" to science

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Danielle Lee has been blogging about science since 2006.
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Lee blogs about science you can see in your neighborhood park or backyard. Here, she holds a young goldfinch.
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The text that follows is a condensed version of a longer interview, which you can listen to above.

Science blogger Danielle Lee is on a roll.

The Memphis native recently got her Ph.D. in animal behavior at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

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Photo of the Week
12:03 am
Mon August 1, 2011

Attention to Detail

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Photo taken in St. Louis by Michael Rudolph on Flickr.com.

Join the St. Louis Public Radio Flickr group to see interesting photos taken in the St. Louis region and submit your own. Each week we feature, on our website, one outstanding photo from the group.

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