ST. LOUIS — The city of St. Louis circumvented normal purchasing procedures to buy "emergency" items that don't meet that definition, such as a sno-cone machine, fleece blankets and magnetic baseball schedules, a state audit says.
Some emergency: In St. Louis, that meant buying a sno-cone machine
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | 5:49 p.m. CDT
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