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...tour, founded by Cyndi Lauper last year, is highly unusual in that its main purpose, besides entertaining crowds, is to rally for gay, lesbian and transgender rights. The tour features a diverse cast of performers - including the B-52s, Tegan and Sara, the Indigo Girls, Rosie O'Donnell and Regina Spektor - onstage for nearly five hours...
...They're maybe the greatest corporate citizen this community ever had," says Al Hrabosky, a local celebrity whose biography is a testament to the omnipresence of A-B in St. Louis lives. Known as the "Mad Hungarian" for his antics on the mound, Hrabosky was a star relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals back when the Busch family owned the storied ball club. (The two-year-old downtown ballpark is still known as Busch Stadium, though Busch sold the club in 1995.) "A-B brought me to this city, where I married a St. Louis girl, settled down...
...weary residents are forced to contemplate a future without A-B...
...around town, is not technically the biggest firm left standing; that honor goes to industrial conglomerate Emerson Electric. But it is certainly the most famous, an iconic American brand backed by one of the largest advertising budgets on earth. Nearly half of all American beer is brewed by A-B. Every time a radio ad for Bud or Bud Light ends with the words "St. Louis, Missouri," it's a shot in the arm for the hometown, which is why more than 45,000 people, including the mayor of St. Louis and the governor of Missouri, have already signed...
...story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch put it succinctly: A-B is "a symbol of the city on par with the Gateway Arch...