Post-Dispatch photos: Thursday, January 19, 2012
Date: 1/19/2012 Album ID: 1398163
Photos by David Carson/
Photographs by staff photographers
Firefighters prepare to enter a home to help put out a fire in the 2200 block of McCausland Avenue in St. Louis on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012.  Shortly before 4:30 fire fighters received a call for smoke coming out of the occupied home.  The fire was quickly put out, but the structure sustain substantial damage as the fire spread into several rooms.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Charlie Lustman plays his guitar and sings for Julia Lamborn-Gettinger and Al Hirschbuehler as they each get blood and platelet transfusions Monday Jan. 16, 2012 at Siteman West County. Lustman is a survivor of osteosarcoma, to which he lost three-quarters of his upper jaw. He now performs his original songs to cancer patients around the country. 
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Charlie Lustman high fives Julia Lamborn-Gettinger after performing for her as she gets blood and platelet transfusions Monday Jan. 16, 2012 at Siteman West County. Lustman is a survivor of osteosarcoma, in which he lost three-quarters of his upper jaw. He now performs his original songs to cancer patients around the country. Lamborn- Gettinger, 67, of Hazelwood is being treated for a blood disorder. 
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Charlie Lustman (reflected in window) plays his guitar and sings for Al Hirschbuehler as Hirschbuehler  gets blood and platelet transfusions Monday Jan. 16, 2012 at Siteman West County. Lustman is a survivor of osteosarcoma, which he lost three-quarters of his upper jaw to. He now performs his original songs to cancer patients around the country. 
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Johnny Greer leads a bible study on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Greer is one of 100 students in Concordia Seminary's distance education program.
Photo by Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Shannon Moore with Z & L Wrecking Co.  clears scrap metal Wednesday, Jan. 18,2012, at the demolition of the Avalon Theater in St Louis. The once popular theater closed in 1999 and the dilapidated building was condemned in 2006. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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A Canada Goose looks for food on a partially frozen pond at Tower Grove Park in St. Louis on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2012. Temperatures in the St. Louis area were in the 30's.

Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle, scordle@post-dispatch.com
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Robin Brussel, 48, holds her five week-old son Noah Brussel as she checks on her granddaughter Joey Fowler Holmes, four months, who she was watching at her home in Labadie, Mo. on Friday January, 13, 2012.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Blues goaltender Brian Elliott tries to knock the puck away with his stick in second period action during a game between the St. Louis Blues and the Chicago Blackhawks Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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Blues goaltender Brian Elliott blocks a shot with his glove in second-period action during a game between the Blues and the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
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