While the St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association claims the World Series will provide a $24.4 million economic boost to the area, a Washington University in St. Louis economist says it won’t change the area’s economic outlook as a whole.

Music commands our attention, reflects our emotions, and stimulates our brains. But can the study of music impact how our brain works? That's the question that Fox 2 News set out to explore in an Oct. 14 story featuring brain researchers from Washington University School of Medicine.

Dr. Randall Bateman of Washington University School of Medicine is interviewed as part of an Oct. 5 CBS News report on research into inherited forms of Alzheimer's disease. "We believe that the genetic test itself, when it's positive, is nearly universally predictive of who will get Alzheimer's disease," Bateman told CBS News.

Discussion of the federal debt ceiling has dominated the front page recently. Several Washington University in St. Louis faculty experts, all members of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, have offered their opinions to the news media on the history of the debt ceiling and what may happen if a deal is not reached.