Daily Briefs: Missouri Tourism, Smoking Ban, Infographics

By CHRIS PACKHAM

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Click the image for the story, though it’s not my stated mandate to drive traffic to local true-crime stories. If I worked in the Channel 5 graphics department, I’d spend my entire day cooking up scary graphics for every possible kind of death. I’m not just saying that — it’s actually one of my hobbies. Here’s one I added to my portfolio this weekend:

After the jump, a report about teenagers and fermented sewage that will chill you to the bone. Click here, or on our dynamic, newsy infographic:

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