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U.S. Bancorp Is Great At Growing Deposits And Profits
Richard Tarjeft • Mon, Jun 3
U.S. Bancorp Profits Edge Higher Even As Revenue Takes A Hit
Trefis • Wed, Apr 17 • 1 Comment
U.S. Bancorp Is A Chip Off The Wells Fargo Block
Ray Merola • Wed, Apr 17 • 6 Comments
Whisper Number Impact: Earnings Preview For U.S. Bancorp
WhisperNumber • Mon, Apr 15
Why Investors Should Reduce Long-Equity Exposure To U.S. Bancorp
Christopher Grosvenor, CMT • Tue, Mar 12 • 5 Comments
Downgraded U.S. Bancorp Still Presents Excellent Opportunity
Smart Equity • Fri, Dec 7, 2012
U.S. Bancorp Continues To Perform Strongly, But Is It Overpriced?
Caiman Valores • Thu, Nov 29, 2012 • 2 Comments
U.S. Bancorp: Low Risk, High Growth Prospects
Cris Frangold • Wed, Nov 28, 2012
U.S. Bancorp: Ride This Financial Stock 12% Higher In 12 Months
Dividend Kings • Tue, Nov 6, 2012 • 2 Comments
U.S. Bancorp: Your Portfolio Deserves Better
ValueMax • Fri, Oct 26, 2012 • 3 Comments
U.S. Bancorp: Rising Earnings Momentum
Zacks Investment Research • Thu, Oct 25, 2012
U.S. Bancorp Churns Out Record Results As Mortgage Revenue Soars
Trefis • Fri, Oct 19, 2012
U.S. Bancorp: Reduce Long Exposure
Christopher Grosvenor, CMT • Fri, Oct 19, 2012 • 4 Comments
U.S. Bancorp: Conservative Investors Steer Clear
Mel Daris • Tue, Oct 16, 2012 • 2 Comments
U.S. Bancorp: A Strong Long-Term Buy
Trading Maven • Fri, Oct 5, 2012
Buy Top Rated US Bancorp At Dip For Best Results
ValueMax • Tue, Sep 25, 2012
Value Investors: New Reasons To Buy U.S. Bancorp Now
Cris Frangold • Mon, Aug 27, 2012
Financial Strength Makes US Bancorp An Ideal Buy
Qineqt • Thu, Aug 23, 2012 • 1 Comment
U.S. Bancorp: Find Safety In Its Conservative Business Model
Ry Frank • Fri, Aug 3, 2012 • 2 Comments
U.S. Bancorp Shows Scaled Banking Can Be A Good Business
Dana Blankenhorn • Wed, Jul 18, 2012 • 1 Comment

U.S. Bancorp Continues To Perform Strongly, But Is It Overpriced?
Caiman Valores • Thu, Nov 29, 2012 • 2 Comments

First Horizon: A Better Bank For Rising Rates Than Wells Fargo
Mike the PhD • Mon, Jun 17 • 1 Comment
Financial Weekly Notes: Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp And RBS
Trefis • Fri, Jun 7
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Is Set To Improve Its Performance
Market Analytics • Tue, Jun 4 • 1 Comment
Fresh Stock Picks From Market-Beating Managers
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6%-Plus Yields On Investments Set To Benefit From Fed Tapering / Ending QE
Mike the PhD • Wed, May 29 • 16 Comments
Banking Round-Up: Price-To-Book Ratio Comparisons
Trefis • Mon, May 20
What A Sucker Bet Says About JPMorgan
Harvard Winters • Mon, May 20 • 11 Comments
Complete Warren Buffett And Berkshire Hathaway 1st Quarter Portfolio Update
Profit Fan • Thu, May 16 • 10 Comments
Tracking Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio - Q1 2013 Update
John Vincent • Thu, May 16 • 3 Comments
5 Financial Stocks With Recent Large Insider Buying
Insightful Investor • Wed, May 15 • 12 Comments
17 New Preferred Stocks Offer 6.65% And More Diversification
Doug K. Le Du • Mon, May 13 • 25 Comments
A Critical Reassessment Of Risk And Return For Small Investors
Ray Merola • Sun, May 12 • 62 Comments
Conservative Dividend Investors Have 3 Options Right Now
Tim McAleenan Jr. • Fri, May 10 • 71 Comments
An Underrated Technique From The Charlie Munger Playbook
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Green Dot: Still Seeing Green
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Don't Let 'Shiny Objects' Distract You From Your Blue-Chip Dividend Strategy
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Bank Of America Looks ... Intriguing
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Financial Stocks With Recent Strong Insider Buying
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U.S. Bancorp Presents at Morgan Stanley Financials Conference 2013, Jun-11-2013 08:35 AM
Tue, Jun 11
U.S. Bancorp's Management Presents at Barclay's Americas Select Franchise Conference (Transcript)
Wed, May 22
U.S. Bancorp Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 16
U.S. Bancorp's CEO Presents at Citigroup US Financial Services Conference (Transcript)
Tue, Mar 5
U.S. Bancorp Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jan 16
U.S. Bancorp Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Oct 17, 2012
U.S. Bancorp Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jul 18, 2012
U.S. Bancorp's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 • 1 Comment
U.S. Bancorp's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
U.S. Bancorp's CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Oct 19, 2011 • 3 Comments
U.S. Bancorp's CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jul 20, 2011
U.S. Bancorp's CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
U.S. Bancorp's CEO Discusses Q4 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jan 19, 2011
U.S. Bancorp CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Oct 20, 2010
U.S. Bancorp Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 20, 2010
U.S. Bancorp Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jan 20, 2010
U.S. Bancorp Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Oct 21, 2009
U.S. Bancorp Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jul 22, 2009
U.S. Bancorp Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 21, 2009
U.S. Bancorp Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jan 21, 2009

U.S. Bank Backs Small Businesses in Wisconsin by Sponsoring Small Business Development Center Online Training

Business Wire (Wed, 10:00AM)
U.S. Bancorp Declares 18 Percent Increase in Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

Business Wire (Tue, 12:48PM)
U.S. Bank Closes on $55.1 Million in Financing for Two Urban Senior Living Developments

Business Wire (Jun 7, 2013)
U.S. Bancorp to Speak at the Morgan Stanley Financials Conference

Business Wire (Jun 6, 2013)
U.S. Bank sued over Peregrine fraud

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 6, 2013)
US Bancorp Unit Charged In Peregrine Scandal

at Fox Business (Jun 5, 2013)
U.S. Bancorp Second Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Set for Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Business Wire (Jun 4, 2013)
Bank Stocks May Fail to Live Up to Expectations: Pro

at CNBC.com (Jun 4, 2013)
David Weidner's Writing on the Wall: Buffett’s buying banks, but beware

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 4, 2013)
Cramer: The Market's 'Most Undervalued Group'

at CNBC.com (May 30, 2013)
U.S. Bancorp to Speak at the Sanford C. Bernstein 29th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference

Business Wire (May 24, 2013)
U.S. Bank ATMs Accepting Donations for American Red Cross Disaster Relief in Light of Oklahoma Tornado

Business Wire (May 22, 2013)
U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc. Announces June Distributions for Closed-End Funds

Business Wire (May 17, 2013)
U.S. Bancorp to Present at the 2013 Barclays Americas Select Franchise Conference

Business Wire (May 16, 2013)
U.S. Bank Closes on $11 Million Loan for C.E. John Co. to Expand Cedar Hills Crossing

Business Wire (May 13, 2013)
Does a Rally Still Count if Led by Defensive Stocks?

at Fox Business (May 2, 2013)
U.S. Bank to Sponsor Four-Part "CONSTITUTION USA" Series on PBS

Business Wire (Apr 29, 2013)
U.S. Bank Provides $24.3 Million in Financing for Many Mansions' New Hillcrest Villas

Business Wire (Apr 24, 2013)
Cramer: Buying Stocks - An Often Overlooked Catalyst

at CNBC.com (Apr 22, 2013)
Small Business Owners Mixed on State of the Economy in 2013, Growth Outlook for 2014 Tempered, Citing Federal Budget and Jobs as Top Concerns

Business Wire (Apr 22, 2013)

USB vs. ETF Alternatives

Company Description

U.S. Bancorp and its significant subsidiaries occupy headquarter offices under a long-term lease in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Company also leases seven freestanding operations centers in Cincinnati, Denver, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Portland and St. Paul. The Company owns 11 principal operations... More

Sector: Financial

Industry: Regional - Midwest Banks

Country: United States

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Tuesday, June 18, 1:05 PM U.S. Bancorp (USB) declares $0.23/share quarterly dividend, 18% increase from prior dividend of $0.19. Forward yield 2.60 %. For shareholders of record June 28.Payable July 15.Ex-div date June 26. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, June 18, 12:57 PM As expected following the Fed stress test results in March, U.S. Bancorp (USB +0.3%) ups its quarterly dividend 18% to $0.23/share. The annualized yield is 2.6%. (PR) Comment! [Financials]
Wednesday, June 12, 11:19 AM Wells Fargo (WFC -0.2%) and U.S. Bancorp (USB -0.2%) are both downgraded to Sell by Atlantic Equities' Richard Staite, who says valuations and earnings expectations are already high, leaving little room for upside surprises. Wells is likely "overearning" relative to normal capacity thanks to previously high (now, not so much) refinance volumes. His top pick is Bank of America (BAC -0.4%), currently "underearning" by as much as 50% thanks to high legal and asset servicing costs. 2 Comments [Financials]
Wednesday, June 5, 2:49 PM A unit of U.S. Bancorp (USB -1.1%) is sued by the CFTC for allegedly knowingly facilitating Russ Wasendorf's embezzlement of customer funds from Peregrine Financial. The bank calls the charges without merit and claims it is a victim of the fraud, "one that the CFTC failed to detect." Comment! [Financials]
Friday, May 31, 3:21 PM Large-cap banks are poised for multiple expansion, says Sterne Agee, as discussions with managements along with data points from recent investor presentations suggest business in Q2 is doing better than expectations. The team is recommending a basket of C, JPM, MS, and GS. In a similar vein, they like a basket of "discounted regionals" - PNC, MTB, RF, USB, and STI. Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, May 21, 12:24 PM Low rates and sluggish loan growth will continue to pressure profits of the big banks in 2013, writes Credit Suisse. At the top of the list of those best-positioned to grow revenue, manage expenses, and deploy capital: Citigroup (C), JPMorgan (JPM), and U.S. Bancorp (USB). JPMorgan has already tipped that trading results are looking good in Q2. Look to upcoming investor conferences for more pre-earnings clues. Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, May 21, 5:40 AM Goldman Sachs lifts its forecasts for the S&P 500 (SPY), as David Kostin and company now say they expect the index to gain 5% by year-end to 1,750, 9% to 1,900 in 2014, and 10% to 2,100 in 2015. The rationale: expectations of above-trend real GDP growth beginning next year (Mr. Evans' "escape velocity" ?) coupled with P/E multiple expansion to 16x. Furthermore, dividends should rise ~30% over the next two years, bolstering the firm's claim that dividend-paying equities (DVY) are one of the only places U.S. investors can look to for income-generation. Some of GS's dividend picks, as listed on MarketWatch: Mattel (MAT), Ford (F), Philip Morris (PM), Walgreen (WAG), Chevron (CVX), U.S. Bancorp (USB), GE, Western Union (WU), Dow Chemical (DOW), and AT&T (T). 11 Comments
Wednesday, May 15, 9:26 PM Four U.S. Bancorp (USB) executives took advantage of a nice run to unload more than $2.5M worth of stock in the week beginning May 7. A bank spokesman notes execs have a small window to sell stock following earnings (April 16) and it closed in mid-May. It should be noted that insiders buy for just one reason, but sell for any number of motivations. Still InsiderInsights' Jon Moreland notes the sales are contrary to the action he's seeing at numerous other banks both big and small. 1 Comment [Financials]
Wednesday, May 8, 10:43 AM KeyCorp's (KEY) big move (up 22% YTD vs. 14% for KBE) is unjustified, according to KBW's Chris Mutascio, who's had a Sell on the stock for most of the run. Four other large regionals - WFC, USB, BBT, FITB - are better bargains as they sport lower P/E multiples despite higher ROAs and (for 3 of the 4) far larger ROEs. 3 Comments [Financials]
Saturday, May 4, 1:34 PM More from Omaha: Andrew Ross Sorkin asks if Dodd-Frank banking rules will affect the profitability of Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.B) investments. Buffett says investments in US Bancorp (USB), M&T Bank (MTB), and similar holdings are not likely to be disproportionately affected, although returns on tangible equity at some holdings will be lower going forward. Buffett also opines on speculation, saying subsequent bubbles will not likely be the fault of the financial sector. Munger: "I do not see why massive derivative books should be mixed up with insured deposits ... [I don't like] bankers acting like investment bankers." (NY Times, WSJ) 9 Comments [Financials]
Monday, April 29, 10:26 AM Citigroup's (C) reluctance to pare its mortgage assets at fire-sale prices could pay off, says KBW, as it now stands to greatly benefit from rising home prices. It's a flow vs. stock argument as Citi - compared to WFC, JPM, or USB - does a relatively small amount of (now under profit-pressure) mortgage origination volume, but still has loads of questionable paper on its books. Also positioned to benefit is BAC. 3 Comments [Financials]
Tuesday, April 16, 7:41 AM More on U.S. Bancorp (USB) Q1 earnings: Loan growth of 5.8% Y/Y vs. deposit growth of 7.3%. Loan growth sequentially slowed to 1%. Fee income from mortgage banking drops to $401M from $452M a year ago, $476M in Q4. Net interest margin drops to 3.48% from 3.60 in Q4. Provision for credit losses drops to $403M from $443M in Q4 (just above $0.02/share). Shares +1.1% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Tuesday, April 16, 7:02 AM U.S. Bancorp (USB): Q1 EPS of $0.73 in-line. Revenue of $4.87B (-3.3% Y/Y) misses by $0.16B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Tuesday, April 16, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: AMTD, BLK, CMA, GS, GWW, JNJ, KO, NTRS, USB, WWW Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, April 15, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: AMTD, BLK, CMA, GS, GWW, JNJ, KO, NTRS, USB, WWW Comment! [Earnings]
Friday, April 12, 6:00 AM A break-up of the big banks is on the minds of none other than analysts at the banks themselves. Wells Fargo reckons shareholders might "intensify demands" for it, especially as the likes of Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C) and JPMorgan (JPM) trade at discounts of 25-30% to more-focused rivals. JPM's analysts have questioned the viability of running an investment bank "as part of a universal banking business." 7 Comments [Financials, Top Stories]

Jim Van Meerten
$USB - 100% Barchart technical buy signals - 11 new highs and up 8.83% in the last month - Relative Strength Index 76.13%
May 22, 5:39 PM
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Dividend Sheet
$WFC $WMT $USB and $IBM are Warren Buffetts best yielding dividend stock buys for his company Berkshire Hathaway - http://stks.co/bV2C
May 21, 8:41 AM
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Dhierin Bechai
These stocks will face SMA cross: $ATI, $ALTR, $AMZN, $AVGO, $CBG, $CVE, $CHK, $COV, $EMC, $ITUB, $JDSU, $MXIM, $PSX, $QCOM, $X, $USB, $WIN
May 17, 12:02 PM
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WhisperNumber
$USB earnings $0.73, one cent ahead of the whisper number. Expected price reaction: http://seekingalpha.com/a/srxx
Apr 16, 8:14 AM
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Chines33
Well tomorrow we've got $KO $JNJ $INTC $GS $USB $YHOO $BK
Apr 15, 9:36 PM
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Chines33
Big earnings week ahead: $C $KO $JNJ $INTC $GS $USB $GPS $YHOO $BK $BAC $AXP $EBAY $KMP $GPS $SNDK $UNP $MSFT $GOOG $CMG $IBM $MS $PEP $VZ
Apr 14, 10:14 PM
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Ocean Man: If CAT dips next Monday into the 70s, that could be interesting.
Apr 15, 11:31 PM
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zachziggy23: BLMN has been killing it check it out
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RETANG2012
Dividend up, additional stock repurchase! This may be time for $USB to make a move.
Mar 15, 8:24 AM
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SKS1586
Sold $USB & half $NVDA to keep profit (>10%) & create CASH
Feb 27, 2:13 PM
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WhisperNumber
$USB earnings $0.72, short of $0.76 whisper number. Expected price reaction: http://seekingalpha.com/a/nut9
Jan 16, 8:26 AM
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John Vincent
Prem Watsa's Fairfax Financial doubled $BBRY stake while reducing stakes in $WFC, $USB, & $USG. Details @ http://bit.ly/U3LaUJ
11/27/12
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Chines33
Big earnings week ahead: $C $KO $JNJ $INTC $GS $USB $GPS $YHOO $BK $BAC $AXP $EBAY $KMP $GPS $SNDK $UNP $MSFT $GOOG $CMG $IBM $MS $PEP $VZ
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Ocean Man: If CAT dips next Monday into the 70s, that could be interesting.
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zachziggy23: BLMN has been killing it check it out
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Joe Springer
There's time to make these trades yet if you agree: $AEM $BAC $QQQ $C $JPM $WFC $USB http://bit.ly/T5AvKl
11/16/12
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Joe Springer: It's a down day and it's early but so far we are 3 for 3: http://seekingalpha.com/a/lpx7 $AEM $BAC $QQQ
11/16/12
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Cabeza Howe
3 solid banks to play economic recovery: $FRC $USB $CFNL.
10/15/12
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TonyNed: They've all run so hard since the December low, seems risky to buy any now.
10/15/12
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Cabeza Howe: I agree. Think of them as "safe" & growing banks to own. For example, $CFNL definitely looks more room to downside. I would wait a bit more.
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Chines33
Some beta I'm eying to add on the event of a wild sell off CMI ETN DD QCOM URBN USB. Safety I'm eying on a selloff KO IBM AT MCD
5/16/12
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bajjiblow: All good quality . What seems like a good entry point for KO , QCOM and ETN ?
5/16/12
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Chines33: KO 72-74 ETN 38-42 QCOM 56
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gcrain
Still long APA, EGO, TLM, USB
4/25/12
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gcrain: Sold APA, > 4% , Holding TLM , and looking @ VLO, DVN.
4/29/12
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Chines33
Other big names I'm listening to this week DD KO IBM INTC USB ABT GS SWK LRCX EMC FCX BAC
4/15/12
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gcrain: I'm getting some DD before earnings are released.
4/18/12
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Ocean Man
JPM, WFC, and USB all down today. My banks, however, are up big BAC +4% and NYCB +3%. Love that 8% yield on NYB too.
3/16/12
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Ocean Man: BAC is a trade, NYCB a long term hold.
3/17/12
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Josh Krause: Ok, I was looking for some bank exposure, might pick.some up on weakness.
3/17/12
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Native Texan
Fast Money talked up Financials and now Cramer talking up WFC and USB, Financials in general.
1/9/12
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Chines33
Anyone know why USB sold off so hard at close?not that I want to buy but t fell off hard while other banks gained.
10/11/11
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golfitobob: Might be new Volker rule.
10/11/11
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Muzzmatrix: Good question Chines33. Maybe its the Strontium 90 they're now detecting in St.Louis from Fukushima???
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