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Oldest known photograph to get scientific analysis
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
LOS ANGELES -- One summer morning, Joseph Nicephore Niepce peered from an upstairs window in his home in the French countryside, framed the view of a pear tree, the sky and several farm buildings and did something remarkable: He took a picture. Opening the lens of a rudimentary camera for eight hours that day in 1826, Niepce exposed a polished, thinly varnished pewter plate to produce an image that is acknowledged as the world's first photograph...
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Illinois primary offers map for gubernatorial candidates
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
CHICAGO -- Democrat Rod Blagojevich and Republican Jim Ryan need look no further than their expensive and bruising primary races to find themes they can use against each other in the Nov. 5 general election for Illinois governor. Ryan, the state attorney general, began his challenge Wednesday of trying to unify a fractured Republican Party while Blagojevich vowed he was the man to reverse Democrats' 25-year losing streak in governor's races...
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Murder suspect re-arrested after his inadvertent release
(State News ~ 03/21/02)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- Police re-arrested an accused killer Wednesday morning, a week after the suspect was accidentally released from a state prison due to a clerical error, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Web site, stltoday.com, reported Wednesday. The suspect, Toywone Campbell, 29, of University City, had been held in the St. Louis County Jail since October on murder charges in the death of his 8-year-old stepson. Bail had been set at $1 million...
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Man killed by police officers had multiple bullet wounds
(State News ~ 03/21/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A gun-wielding man fatally shot by police during St. Patrick's Day festivities had 17 bullet wounds, a medical examination showed. But authorities said Tuesday that they still don't know how many times Kirt J. Morrissey was shot...
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Girl, 6, wanders away from school
(State News ~ 03/21/02)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A 6-year-old girl who was removed from her trailer classroom for being disruptive wandered a half-mile to a McDonald's restaurant. Police said the teacher left the girl alone outside for less than a minute while she went to get other school officials. When the teacher returned, the girl was gone, police said. She was found about 30 minutes later...
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Acquitted trooper fights for his job
(State News ~ 03/21/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Missouri Highway Patrol trooper acquitted of rape charges last month faces a hearing to determine if he will get to go back to his job. A Dade County jury in February found Sgt. David Callaway, 41, of Marshfield, innocent of charges of rape, sodomy and sexual abuse. Callaway has been on unpaid leave since June, after the patrol began investigating allegations that he attacked an 11-year-old girl in 1989...
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State Senate committee sends shortfall budget to chamber
(State News ~ 03/21/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A midyear spending bill endorsed early Wednesday by a Senate panel would still leave the state about $30 million short of balancing its budget this fiscal year. Gov. Bob Holden had asked lawmakers to transfer about $30 million from various treasury accounts to fill budget gaps in other areas of government...
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House approves numerous license plates but rejects animal plate
(State News ~ 03/21/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- In a rare and somewhat boisterous Tuesday night session, Missouri House members approved more than a dozen specialty license plates for everyone from coroners to square dancers. But representatives drew the line at creation of the Animal Friendly License Plate, defeating the proposal after some mocking and serious criticism...
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Inventor lost battles with Edison
(State News ~ 03/21/02)
Name any common electrical or entertainment device from before 1920 and there's a good chance Thomas A. Edison invented it. But there's also a chance that Edward H. Amet invented it, too. Indeed, Amet's penchant for working in the same fields as Edison led him into some battles with Edison's patent attorneys -- battles Amet inevitably lost. But Amet's new champion, Kirk Ketatos of Grayslake, says it wasn't a simple case of the Wizard of Menlo Park vs. the Waukegan Wannabe...
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League says TV schedule can be flexible
(Professional Sports ~ 03/21/02)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The NFL remains confident it can build more flexibility into its TV schedule despite opposition from CBS and Fox to moving any of their late-season Sunday games to Monday night on ABC. "There's a windfall in the number of games we have now," commissioner Paul Tagliabue said Wednesday as the NFL ended its annual meeting. "We don't think either network will give up much."...
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A major test awaits Woods, strong field
(Professional Sports ~ 03/21/02)
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Tiger Woods was on the golf course at dawn Wednesday, and not entirely pleased with what he saw. The fairways were soft and wet. His ball picked up mud along the fairways. He dug deep to repair pitch marks on the green. The Stadium Course on the TPC at Sawgrass hardly resembled what Ernie Els referred to as a "little monster."...
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U.S. House passes Republican budget
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- Republicans steered a $2.1 trillion budget for next year through the House on Wednesday that mirrors President Bush's plan of strengthening defense and domestic security while allowing deficits to return. The Senate's majority Democrats unfurled their own fiscal blueprint of the same amount and planned to shove it through that chamber's budget panel today. ...
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Bush to offer ideas for economic reforms
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- On the eve of his trip to Mexico, Peru and El Salvador, President Bush promised initiatives to ease the plight of would-be illegal immigrants, saying, "There are people in our neighborhood who hurt." Bush said Wednesday he would stick to a plan to make more than $5 billion in new foreign aid contingent on recipient nations making corruption-fighting economic and political reforms...
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Insufficient evidence to charge Clintons
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- Independent Counsel Robert Ray concludes in his final Whitewater report that the Clintons' land venture benefited from criminal transactions but there was insufficient evidence to prove the former president or his wife engaged in wrongdoing...
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Senators talk trash at waste hearing
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- Senators talked trash Wednesday as they discussed whether Congress needs to intervene to curb increases in garbage being shipped across state lines. From 1993 to 2000, out-of-state waste imports climbed from 14.5 million tons to 32 million tons a year, according to the Congressional Research Service...
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Spurrier delivers a unique style to league
(Professional Sports ~ 03/21/02)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- One day last week, Steve Spurrier left his office in suburban Washington at 3 p.m., played nine holes of golf, was back at work by 5 and home by 7. That makes the Redskins' new coach a rarity in the NFL even before he's coached a game there...
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Hockey death raises questions about fans' safety
(Professional Sports ~ 03/21/02)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The NHL is looking at arena safety following the death of a 13-year-old girl who was hit in the forehead by a puck that flew into the stands. Brittanie Cecil died two days after a deflected slap shot struck her at a Columbus Blue Jackets game, raising questions about the responsibilities of teams and arenas to protect fans. It was the first such fatality in league history...
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Edmonds powers comeback over Twins
(Professional Sports ~ 03/21/02)
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Jim Edmonds homered, tripled and doubled as the St. Louis Cardinals came from behind to beat the Minnesota Twins 8-6 Wednesday night. Edmonds came out for a pinch-runner after his double in the top of the fifth inning, so he didn't get a chance to hit for the cycle...
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McKay makes quick impact, lifts new team
(Professional Sports ~ 03/21/02)
The AssociatedPress DALLAS -- Randy McKay wasted no time making his presence felt with the Dallas Stars. McKay had two assists, including a nifty one-handed flick while his other arm was locked up by a defender that Kirk Muller turned into the game-winner as the Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 Wednesday night...
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Palestinian bus bomb kills 8
(International News ~ 03/21/02)
JERUSALEM -- An Islamic militant blew himself up in a packed bus during morning rush hour Wednesday, killing seven other passengers, including four Israeli soldiers. Israel said it wouldn't retaliate for now and agreed to a crucial meeting with the Palestinians in an effort to produce a cease-fire after 18 months of Mideast fighting...
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General - Enemy forces regrouping
(International News ~ 03/21/02)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- The Operation Anaconda commander warned on Wednesday that al-Qaida fighters are an "adaptable enemy" already drawing on a fresh flow of cash to rebuild forces in eastern Paktia province. Just 40 miles to the east, U.S. and Afghan troops came under fire, and one American was wounded...
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Airports note less air rage after Sept. 11
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
BANGOR, Maine -- Depending on your view, Bangor International Airport is the last major U.S. airport for jets headed across the Atlantic or the first for incoming flights. Either way, it's a convenient place to dislodge unruly passengers on international flights...
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Grocers try out state-of-the-art carts
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
MIAMI -- Some supermarkets in Florida are putting the brakes on cartnapping by using an electrical gizmo that stops the rolling baskets in their tracks. Nationally, a grocery cart vanishes every 90 seconds, according to industry estimates. At $100 a cart, the thefts cost the supermarket industry millions of dollars a year...
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Amateur astronomer finds sixth comet
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
MORI, Japan -- The homemade telescope in Kaoru Ikeya's front yard isn't much to marvel at. It's painted flat black, has half a pair of binoculars for its makeshift finder, and looks its age of 25 years. "I don't have a lot of money to put into my equipment," Ikeya said. "But it does the job."...
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Black, white women explore shared history
(Local News ~ 03/21/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- When Ruth Randall phoned from Albuquerque, N.M., a few years ago looking for information about her roots, Jane Jackson was particularly interested. Jackson, the director of the Cape Girardeau County Archive Center, was a Randol before she got married. To genealogical researchers, Randall and Randol easily are close enough for a possible connection...
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St. Francis nurses to decide on union
(Local News ~ 03/21/02)
Registered nurses at St. Francis Medical Center will vote early next month on whether they want a St. Louis-based union to represent them. The 387 nurses at the Catholic Cape Girardeau hospital will have the opportunity to vote April 4 and 5 on whether or not United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 655 will be allowed to negotiate a contract for them with management at St. Francis...
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Waiting less, flying more
(Business ~ 03/21/02)
Business at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport took off last April. And after suffering some turbulence in September and October, it's ascending rapidly this year. The airport has seen an increase of 460 departures -- or 45 percent --after the first two months of 2002 compared to the same time last year...
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Petrowich leaves KRCU a bigger, broader station
(Local News ~ 03/21/02)
When Greg Petrowich came to KRCU a decade ago, the Southeast Missouri State University station was barely noticeable on the radio dial. There were few listeners. The National Public Radio station's signal was too weak to be picked up in parts of Cape Girardeau much less anywhere else...
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Keep lawn looking good in drought
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
NEW MARKET, Va. -- Although a persistent drought is baking the soil brick hard in more than 20 states, that doesn't mean having to hang up the hoe for the upcoming growing season. Water restrictions and burn bans have been ordered from Miami to Maine, and Montana to New Mexico. Shallow residential wells are going dry in New Hampshire and sections of Virginia...
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Georgia man creates new home in old corn bins
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
PARROTT, Ga. -- One man's corn bin has become another man's castle. In need of a new home in the midst of a divorce, Gary Buford transformed a galvanized steel grain bin into a cozy, comfortable one-bedroom house with sparkling white kitchen cabinets, modern appliances and a king-size bed...
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Antarctic ice shelf collapses with surprising speed
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
An enormous floating ice shelf in Antarctica that has existed since the last Ice Age 12,000 years ago collapsed this month with staggering speed during one of the warmest summers on record there, scientists say. Scientists stopped short of blaming the collapse on global warming caused by human activity. But they noted that the ice shelf had persisted through previous climate changes well before civilization began altering the environment...
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Police used to break up protests; unrest persists
(International News ~ 03/21/02)
BEIJING -- Profound labor unrest shook two cities in northern China's "rust belt" Wednesday as unpaid and laid off workers protested, overturning a car and massing 10,000-strong to face off with military police. In Liaoyang, an industrial center in northeastern Liaoning province, columns of military police protected the city government office -- on Democracy Road -- and broke up protests...
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Workers rally 'round company's flag
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
CHICAGO -- From protest rallies to lobbying campaigns to newspaper ads, Arthur Andersen LLP and its 28,000 U.S. employees are fighting back with their firm's survival on the line and once-sterling reputation now the butt of jokes. The new feistiness was on full display Wednesday when hundreds of employees clad in black-and-orange T-shirts declaring "I am Arthur Andersen" protested boisterously outside the Houston courthouse where the firm pleaded innocent to obstruction of justice charges...
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Whoopi, Sting and circus - All part of Oscar show
(Entertainment ~ 03/21/02)
LOS ANGELES -- The theater is new and so is the heightened security, but there will be nostalgic Hollywood touches as well at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony. Laura Ziskin, the show's producer, hopes that old-time glamour combined with performers including Sting, Paul McCartney and Cirque du Soleil will hold viewers after last year's lowest-rated Oscars...
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Nation digest 3/21
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
Court could set limits for age-biased cases WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court confronted the job safety fears of America's graying workers on Wednesday in a case that asks whether older employees have the same legal clout as minorities in discrimination claims...
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Some Arabs in U.S. change names
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Tariq Hasan will henceforth be known as Terry Hasan. The 35-year-old Pakistani-born financial worker is among a small but growing number of people across the nation going to court to change their names to less Arabic-sounding ones since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
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Training accident kills one soldier, injures 14 others
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Two artillery shells fell short during an Army firing exercise and exploded near a mess tent where soldiers were eating breakfast Wednesday. One soldier was killed and 14 were injured. The soldiers, from the 10th Mountain Division's 110th Military Intelligence Battalion, were about 200 yards from the edge of the 90-square-mile target area when the shells hit at 7:20 a.m., the Army said...
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More rainfall drenches Appalachia
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
OLIVE HILL, Ky. -- Another round of rain hit the hills of Appalachia on Wednesday, pushing the flooding north into more towns as even some of the tiniest creeks and streams turned into torrents. Kentucky and West Virginia got the brunt of the latest storms...
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Raitt's Hollywood star unveiled on sidewalk
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Grammy-winner Bonnie Raitt gave her fans something to talk about as she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Raitt's father, veteran Broadway singer John Raitt, was on hand Tuesday to perform "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" and ended the song with the words, "Everything is going Bonnie's way."...
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Military tribunals to look like courts-martial cases
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- Terror suspects tried before military tribunals would have many of the legal rights given defendants accused of other crimes, but prosecutors could use evidence that probably would be tossed out of an ordinary American court, a U.S. official said Wednesday...
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Senate passes wide campaign finance changes
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- Congress approved the most far-reaching changes to the nation's campaign finance system since the Watergate scandals on Wednesday, sweeping aside years of gridlock to clear legislation for President Bush's signature. Bush said he will sign the bill, though he called it "flawed in some areas." Critics attacked the bill as unconstitutional and pledged a swift court challenge...
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Effort to derail name change fails
(Local News ~ 03/21/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Southeast Missouri State University officials won't have to worry about ordering new business cards after the House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a proposal to change the names of the state's four regional universities...
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Robert Bell
(Obituary ~ 03/21/02)
Funeral for Robert Junior Bell of Kansas City, Mo., will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Bethel Baptist Church. The Rev. Johnny Thomas will officiate. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at the church Saturday from 11 a.m. until time of service...
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John Higgins
(Obituary ~ 03/21/02)
WEST HELENA, Ark. -- John Emmett Higgins Sr., 69, of West Helena died Saturday, March 16, 2002, at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. He was born July 22, 1932, in Coaldale, Ark., son of Dorris and Gladys Blevins Higgins. He and Barbara Joann Crittendon were married Feb. 15, 1959, at Malden, Mo. She died June 22, 2000. He and Kathleen Adams were married Sept. 21, 2001, in Hot Springs, Ark...
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Molly Hayed
(Obituary ~ 03/21/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Molly J. Hayed, 92, of Perryville died Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at her home. She was born Sept. 13, 1909, in Perry County, daughter of James Baxter and Chile Bell Rhine Sides. She and Elder Joseph Hayed were married April 8, 1939. He died June 21, 1975...
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Billie Sander
(Obituary ~ 03/21/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Funeral for Wilma Ida "Billie" Sander of Frankfort, Ky., will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Eisleben Lutheran Church. The Rev. Bob Azinger will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City from 5-8 p.m. today, and Friday from 9 a.m. until time of service at the church...
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William Buerck
(Obituary ~ 03/21/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- William A. "Bill" Buerck, 83, of Perryville died Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 30, 1918, in Perry County, son of William and Amelia Wingerter Buerck. He and Lela R. Buchheit were married Oct. 1, 1949, at Perryville...
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Nell Avery
(Obituary ~ 03/21/02)
Nell Avery, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at Fountainbleau Lodge. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Marianna Obermiller
(Obituary ~ 03/21/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Marianna Obermiller, 84, of Jefferson City, Mo., died Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at St. Mary's Health Center. She was born Dec. 31, 1917, in Jackson, daughter of Theodore and Ethel Davis Obermiller. Obermiller was a graduate of Jackson High School and Northwest Missouri State University...
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Lila Rubel
(Obituary ~ 03/21/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Lila Pauline Rubel, 84, of Scott City died Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Out of the past 3/21/02
(Out of the Past ~ 03/21/02)
10 years ago: March 21, 1992 Cairo, Ill. - Cairo Mayor James Wilson is requesting special contingent of Illinois State Police to be stationed in Cairo to help city control rampant drug problem; in letter to Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, Wilson says, "The people of the city of Cairo are under siege by drug trafficking gangs from throughout the country."...
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Dexter asks Highway Patrol to study 'serious allegations'
(State News ~ 03/21/02)
DEXTER, Mo. -- The city of Dexter has formally requested the Missouri Highway Patrol investigate the allegations of a member of the SEMO Drug Task Force against a city official. Mayor John Pruitt told The Daily Statesman Wednesday morning he drafted a letter to the patrol requesting an investigation into the allegations made at Monday's Board of Alderman meeting by Trooper Chris Graves...
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St. Louis mayor signs stadium bill
(State News ~ 03/21/02)
ST. LOUIS -- The rhetoric was the same and the outcome not a surprise, but Mayor Francis Slay was still excited Wednesday as he signed legislation approving the city's role in building the St. Louis Cardinals a new facility to replace the aging Busch Stadium...
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Woman convicted of murder, manslaughter in dog-mauling case
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A woman whose two huge dogs mauled a neighbor to death in a San Francisco apartment building was convicted of murder and manslaughter Thursday. Her husband was found guilty of manslaughter. Marjorie Knoller, 46, could get 15 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder conviction in the death of 33-year-old Diane Whipple. She looked stricken upon hearing the verdict, taking several deep breaths...
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Stocks close mixed
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Investors locked in profits from blue chips for a second straight session Thursday, selling on concerns about rising interest rates. But some cautious bargain hunting, which increased gradually throughout the afternoon, allowed the tech sector to make a solid advance and saved the Dow industrials from a triple-digit loss incurred in earlier trading...
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Powell to designate Al Aqsa group as terrorist organization
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration said Thursday it is taking steps to designate the Al Aqsa brigades, a Palestinian militia, as a foreign terrorist organization. The brigades are linked to the Fatah faction of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat...
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Arafat condemns Jerusalem bombing, promises to end attacks
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
Associated Press WriterRAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat condemned Thursday's suicide bombing in Jerusalem, promising to "put an end to such attacks" and work toward a cease-fire after 18 months of violence with Israel...
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Jury reaches verdict in dog attack trial
(National News ~ 03/21/02)
AP Special CorrespondentLOS ANGELES (AP) -- The jury in the San Francisco dog mauling trial reached a decision on the fifth and final charge Thursday, and the judge scheduled an afternoon hearing to read the verdict. The decision came about 90 minutes into the third day of deliberations and after about 11 1/2 hours of deliberation overall. The jury reached its decisions on the other four counts Wednesday...
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Around the world with knickknacks
(Column ~ 03/21/02)
March 21, 2002 Dear Julie, Before leaving for vacation last week, DC and I assaulted our house with cleaning supplies and brooms and tried to reduce the clutter so we wouldn't be too embarrassed when our new cleaning woman came to the house while we were away. We wore our old cleaning woman out...
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Inside Cuba - Castro plays down his public image
(Column ~ 03/21/02)
Wendy and I spent a week in Cuba earlier this month as part of a group of Inland Press Association editors and publishers. Previously, I gave an account of some of our first impressions and a bit of history. In this segment, I'll review the government, Fidel Castro and the Cuban missile crisis. I'll also begin a detailed account of our itinerary....
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Henry Bolin
(Obituary ~ 03/21/02)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Funeral for Henry Warren Bolin of Poplar Bluff, was held Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at Cotrell Funeral Chapel in Poplar Bluff. The Rev. Kurt Schuermann officiated. Burial was in Kinsey Cemetery in Butler County, near Harviell, Mo...
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Wesley Sharp
(Obituary ~ 03/21/02)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Wesley Lee Sharp, 84, of Olive Branch and formerly of Grand Chain, Ill., died Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at his home. He was a member of the Ohio Chapel United Methodist Church in Grand Chain. He was a member of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 160 at Murphysboro, Ill...
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Health calendar 3/21
(Community ~ 03/21/02)
Today Newborn massage class for parents and child from 10 to 11 a.m. at Generations Family Resource Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Participants will receive massage oil and a book and are encouraged to bring a pillow and blanket. To register, call 651-5825...
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Small earthquake is a big reminder
(Editorial ~ 03/21/02)
Residents of Southeast Missouri live matter-of-factly with the possibility of tornadoes and earthquakes. There isn't anything you can do to prevent them. You can only take precautions and be prepared. But most of us rarely give such potential disasters much thought, unless the sky is filled with dark clouds turning that ominous green color...
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Cape's 'good problem' - growing churches
(Editorial ~ 03/21/02)
Cape Girardeau is blessed to have dozens of thriving, growing church congregations. Take a drive on Mount Auburn Road and Lexington Avenue from William Street to Perryville Road. Along the way you'll see several large new church buildings as well as several older ones. Many of them have what might be called a "good problem" of too little room for their expanding memberships. Indeed, leaders of some of the newer churches are already building on or looking at ways to expand...
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East St. Louis man charged after chase in Cape
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/21/02)
Cape Girardeau police arrested an East St. Louis, Ill., man Tuesday night after he led them on a low-speed chase through town that resulted in damage to a police car. Qurchan L. Wallace was charged with 15 misdemeanors, including failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. Most of the violations were for failure to stop at red lights. According to Scott Lipke, assistant prosecuting attorney, Wallace's vehicle rolled into a police car after he tried to flee...
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Cape police report 3/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/21/02)
Cape Girardeau Thursday, March 21 ArrestsTarshish Nelson, 27, of 921 Hackberry, Apt. 107, was issued a warrant Tuesday for insufficient funds check. Joe Brand, 18, of 624 Boxwood, was issued a warrant Tuesday for failure to appear in court. Ronald Slinkard, 47, of 701 Broadway, Apt. 1, was arrested Wednesday for damaging a light at McClanahan Real Estate at 701 Broadway...
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Jackson fire report 3/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/21/02)
Jackson Thursday, March 21 Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday:An emergency medical service on East Jackson Boulevard. An emergency medical service on North West Lane. Cape Girardeau Thursday, March 21 Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:At 3:48 p.m., a medical assist at 439 S. Spring...
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Bridge pothole patching planned
(Local News ~ 03/21/02)
The Missouri Department of Transportation will patch potholes on the Mississippi River Bridge in Cape Girardeau from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Traffic will be reduced to one lane, causing delays of 10 to 15 minutes. For more information, call MoDOT's customer service center at 1-888-ASK-MODOT...
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Four get stolen vehicle stuck in mud, arrested by police
(Local News ~ 03/21/02)
Four Tennessee residents were in custody Wednesday night after Cape Girardeau police chased them down near Toys R Us after the men got their stolen vehicle stuck in the mud. Two men were charged and held at the Cape Girardeau jail and two minors were referred to the juvenile authorities...
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Health digest 3/21/02
(Community ~ 03/21/02)
March of Dimes topic of women's program The March of Dimes will be the program topic during today's noon Woman to Woman luncheon at St. Francis Medical Center. The meal is served in the education department and is $10 at the door. For information, contact St. Francis' Education Department at 331-5107...
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Spring teams try to uncover bright side to delays
(High School Sports ~ 03/21/02)
Mother Nature has stepped in to stall season openers for many area spring sports teams. Area high schools were scheduled to start their spring sports seasons this week, but rainy, cool weather has forced rescheduling. Among them is the the baseball opener for Central and Chaffee, originally scheduled for Wednesday. It was moved to 4 p.m. today...
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Michael Stephens
(Obituary ~ 03/21/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Michael Ray Stephens, 55, of Scott City died Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 7, 1947, in St. Louis, son of Charles Zenith and Violet Lorena Allen Stephens. He and Diane Gulley were married Feb. 13, 1965, in Cape Girardeau...
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Ed Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 03/21/02)
Ed Seabaugh, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 17, 2002, at the Lutheran Home. He was born June 18, 1909, at Daisy, Mo., son of Julius and Effie Friese Seabaugh. He and Marie Lacy were married in 1933 in Blytheville, Ark. She died May 4, 1976...
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Speak Out A 03/21/02
(Speak Out ~ 03/21/02)
Can't hold a candle I THINK we're very lucky country. Can you imagine having men of weak character like Tom Daschle, Joe Leiberman, Al Gore or Ted Kennedy as president in these tragic times? They can't hold a candle to our present commander in chief, yet they continue to second-guess and backstab for political gain. It's almost a joke, but it's no laughing matter...
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Sports digest 3/21/02
(Other Sports ~ 03/21/02)
AREA ST. VINCENT STARTS STRONG, DEFEATS PERRYVILLE PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Defending Class 1A state champion St. Vincent made a big season debut in less than ideal conditions. Andrew Prost and Wes Richardet, returning from last year's team, led the way with 35 and 37 in cool, rainy weather on the par-35 Perryville Country Club course...
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People & accomplishments
(Other Sports ~ 03/21/02)
Cape bowler's 855 series earns spot in hall of fame Stan Lueders of Cape Girardeau earned a spot in the state's bowling hall of fame when he bowled a district-record 855 series at West Park Lanes in Cape Girardeau. It was the best series in Lueders' 15 years of competitive bowling and consisted of games of 257, 299 and 299...
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Pinkel says every position up for grabs in spring season
(College Sports ~ 03/21/02)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- As Gary Pinkel opens his second session of spring football as Missouri's head coach, he has made one thing clear: There is no pecking order. A player could've been all-Big 12 or sitting the bench last season, but now each has an equal chance for a starting position in the fall. Pinkel stressed that his teams have always been run that way and always will...
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Hoosiers don't think much of underdog tag
(College Sports ~ 03/21/02)
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Indiana has had its share of distractions the last two seasons. So, playing defending champion Duke in the NCAA tournament is a minor sideshow to the Hoosiers. There's been the Bob Knight saga, a mediocre 7-5 start this year and a late-season injury to Jared Jeffries that probably cost Indiana the Big Ten title outright...
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At 35 wins, UConn team ranks among best
(College Sports ~ 03/21/02)
STORRS, Conn. -- Geno Auriemma has been peppered with questions. At 35-0, is this Connecticut team his best yet, or was it the 1995 unbeaten NCAA champs? How does this edition compare to Tennessee's 39-0 squad in 1998? "Everybody wants to be remembered as something," the coach said Wednesday. "We just want to go out and win games."...
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Police officers enter pleas of 'not guilty' at hearing
(State News ~ 03/21/02)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- In a brief court appearance Tuesday morning, Dexter's police chief and one of its sergeants entered not guilty pleas on a hindering prosecution charge. Police Chief Ken Rinehart and Sgt. Sammy Stone were indicted by a Stoddard County grand jury in January on a Class D felony of hindering prosecution...
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