Nurses walk off job at St. John's

ST. LOUIS -- Registered nurses at one of the St. Louis area's biggest hospitals began a 72-hour work stoppage Friday, a day after rejecting the hospital's contract offer. The strike at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in west St. Louis County began at 6 a.m. It followed a 763-62 vote by union nurses Thursday to launch the three-day walkout. Negotiations have been going on for nearly two years...