African-american. in 1950 whites in st. louis outnumbered african-americans 4-1. by 2010 whites were in the minority. national trend played a role as well. in the 1950s people were moving out of the cities and into the suburbs all over the country. in many places the cities simply expanded to keep the residents within their boundaries. that didn t happen in st. louis. there s a quirk in the way the city limits had been drawn preventing st. louis from following suit. back in 1876 boundaries were drawn to divide the city from st. louis county, ceiling the city at 61 square miles. by the 1950s construction inside the city limits had maxed out. over the years the older buildings fell into disrepair and decay. while other cities were able to annex smaller communities, st. louis never could and it cost it precious financial resources as more and more residents fled to the burbs. in addition the city s decision to allow major highways to cut through some historic neighborhoods like north st.
The truck in the woods in north st. louis and we watched it and watched it and watched and it later the cops caught him so there you go. before we go our team s top five things of the day. number five, the bulletin board web site pin tryst now vaulted at $1.5 billion after huge round of financing according to the wall street journal which our parent company owns. iran wants to attend the summer olympics. britain wants him to stay home. number three facebook reports priced its stock at 38 adds share on a high end of the expectation which means facebook is worth more than the entire rest of the world. number two, prosecutors have released hundreds of pages of documents and photographs and audio recording s in the case of the man who killed the central florida teenager trayvon martin. everything from photos to the autopsy report. number one, former massachusetts governor mitt romney has rejected super pac s ad strategy that would have linked president obama to
Oklahoma city last night. the deputy was making a bank deposit for a restaurant, and the officer has undergone face and jaw surgery. he s in critical condition. there is surveillance video of the attack. hopefully it will lead to the suspect here. i want to take you across country, now. you probably don t want to step into this baltimore bar if your team is losing. that s because every curse word or cuss word, as some say, out of your mouth, will cost you. the mount royal tavern has a cuss bucket, and customers have to pluck in a quarter for every bad word they say. the owner said he s sick of strong profanity and he s giving all the money to charity. and in minnesota check out this unusual early morning chase involving police in north st. paul. all caught on dash cam. officers responded to a call of
event, and peter handy who is on the trail with mitt romney. shannon, cain may not have the name recognition others have. give us the lowdown on him. some of the things you mentioned, he has solid business experience, a financial background. he was the former ceo of godfather s pizza. he had other experience in other profile executive experience in restaurants. he s going to run on that, don. he s going to run on the fact he has solid business credentials, and he s got immense tea party support. he hopes that will help differentiate him from the more well known names like mitt romney and newt gingrich. part of the announcement was to drum up support, but part was also like a reintroduction. i m herman cain, the business guy, and if you re worried about where the economy is going, i m the one you have to support. this is romney s first trip. tell us what he s doing and why the state is so important. this is the state, mitt romney is the front runner for the republican no
Trained to do this kind of work, and a lot of them are working right now. many of them are in standby as more needs arise. they re also in the communities doing bulk distribution of supplies like shovels and rakes and tarps. and then soon we will have folks out there in our emergency response vehicles handling mobile feeding so that we can get food to people that need it. ma am, you mentioned your shelter, that s set up in one of the hardest-hit areas, but from what you ve been able to gauge and since i talked to you last, we re trying to get a handle on how widespread the devastation is. we ve seen mainly north-northeast, northeast of the city or downtown of st. louis at the airport area and some neighborhoods there. but is that what you re getting as well, it appears it s kind of concentrated, if you will, in one particular area outside the city? yeah. it s concentrated in north st. louis county which includes the towns of bridgton, berkeley, dellwood, and maryland heights. but t