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Businessman in campaign to free employee
(State News ~ 04/01/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- A Scott City businessman, outraged after one of his employees was tossed in jail for 90 days, has started a flyer campaign and launched a Web site to try and free him. Rick Jackson, owner of Riverport Auto, also plans to attend the Scott City Council at 7 p.m. today to plead his mechanic's case...
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Illinois prepares for West Nile virus
(State News ~ 04/01/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- When the potentially deadly West Nile virus began appearing in Illinois last summer, health officials scrambled to inform the public and test dozens of animals killed by the disease. This year, with the virus likely to spread statewide, they hope to be better prepared...
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Voters in basketball town not ready to replace gym
(State News ~ 04/01/02)
PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. -- Gene Schumaier remembers the first time his hometown high school won the state basketball championship, in 1948. The town bought the coach, Duster Thomas, a new Packard to say thanks. It also hired builders to dig a big hole in back of the school and put up the Duster Thomas Gymnasium, complete with cement bleachers surrounding a sunken, brightly lit basketball court...
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Judge takes step toward returning control to KC schools
(State News ~ 04/01/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A ruling from a federal judge means the Kansas City school district is one step closer to regaining local control. U.S. District Court Judge Dean Whipple ruled on Friday that the schools have made enough progress in four areas to regain local control. The schools have been operating under Whipple's control...
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Genealogists, historians to line up for release of 1930 census
(State News ~ 04/01/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- You might think the 1930 census was a new "Star Wars" movie, judging by the lines, and hoopla, surrounding its release today. The Kansas City office of the National Archives planned to open at 12:01 a.m. today for the release. Statistics from each census typically are released a year after the tally. Federal regulations put in place in 1952 required that personal details collected in each census be kept confidential for 72 years...
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Some give up children over mental health care costs
(State News ~ 04/01/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Unable to afford mental health care for their children, some desperate parents are relinquishing custody to the state to ensure they receive treatment, advocates and state officials say. It's a drastic step that could be avoided, experts say, if the state Department of Mental Health were better funded. The department says it can afford to treat only 20 percent of the 53,000 Missouri children it estimates would qualify for services...
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Finalists have little in common
(Professional Sports ~ 04/01/02)
ATLANTA -- Pick a point, any point: History, style, coach, expectations. Indiana and Maryland aren't close on any of them. They are, however, the only college basketball teams still playing, and one will leave the Georgia Dome tonight as national champion...
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Huskies finish perfect
(Professional Sports ~ 04/01/02)
SAN ANTONIO -- Not even an imperfect game could keep Connecticut from a perfect season. Surviving an uncharacteristic rash of turnovers and poor outside shooting with strong inside play, the Huskies beat Oklahoma 82-70 Sunday night for their third national championship...
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Cards get started against Rockies
(Professional Sports ~ 04/01/02)
ST. LOUIS -- The career home run leader board, a fixture on the center field scoreboard at Busch Stadium during the Mark McGwire era, is gone along with Big Mac himself as the St. Louis Cardinals prepare to open the season against the Colorado Rockies today...
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Baseball players anxious to begin season
(Professional Sports ~ 04/01/02)
Roberto Alomar is ready. Really ready. "I can't wait to start the season the right way and win lots of games," the New York Mets' new second baseman said during Sunday's workout at Shea Stadium. Same goes for Luis Gonzalez. "The last time we took the field for real, when we walked off we were world champions," the Arizona star said. "All the guys are anxious and eager."...
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Indians shut out Angels in opener
(Professional Sports ~ 04/01/02)
The new-look Cleveland Indians opened the 2002 major league baseball season with the pitching they've been looking for. Bartolo Colon pitched a five-hitter to become the first Cleveland pitcher in 34 years to throw an opening-day shutout, and the Indians scored four first-inning runs in a 6-0 victory over the Anaheim Angels Sunday night in Anaheim, Calif...
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Williams, KU come up short again
(Professional Sports ~ 04/01/02)
ATLANTA -- Roy Williams ended his 14th season at Kansas just like the first 13 -- in tears. There was no shame for Williams, though, in losing or showing his emotions. "Guys make fun of me this time of year because I'm crying," Williams said after Kansas' second-half comeback fell short in a 97-88 loss to Maryland in the NCAA semifinals...
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Singh ends drought with record showing
(Professional Sports ~ 04/01/02)
THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Vijay Singh didn't allow for much suspense in the final round of the Shell Houston Open. Singh won his first PGA Tour title since the 2000 Masters, closing with a 4-under 68 Sunday for a six-stroke victory and tournament-record 22-under 266 total on the TPC at The Woodlands...
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Sports digest 4/1/02
(Professional Sports ~ 04/01/02)
Colleges West Virginia athletic director Ed Pastilong talked with two prospective candidates -- including Southern Illinois coach Bruce Weber -- at the Final Four about the Mountaineers' vacant basketball coaching position, according to published reports...
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MU's Snyder plans to stay with Tigers
(Professional Sports ~ 04/01/02)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri men's basketball coach Quin Snyder has declined a reported offer to coach at the University of Washington, saying late Sunday that he plans to remain on the sidelines next season with the Tigers. "We have some very special players on our team and we have made a tremendous investment in each other over the last few years," Snyder said in a statement. ...
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Clinton regrets Rich pardon for damage it did to his reputation
(National News ~ 04/01/02)
WASHINGTON -- Former President Clinton says he regrets the last-minute pardon he gave to fugitive financier Marc Rich because it has tarnished his reputation. Asked if he would do it again, "probably not, just for the politics," he said in an interview with Newsweek magazine. "It was terrible politics. It wasn't worth the damage to my reputation. But that doesn't mean the attacks were true."...
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Fed contracts awarded without bidding
(National News ~ 04/01/02)
WASHINGTON -- The government bought more than half of its products and services last year without bidding or with practices that auditors say do not fully shop the marketplace, an Associated Press analysis of contracting records found. While such shopping accelerated in President Bush's first year, it has been on the rise since the 1990s when the Clinton administration and the GOP-controlled Congress streamlined purchasing under its "reinventing government" initiatives...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda
(Local News ~ 04/01/02)
7 p.m., Monday, April 1 City Hall, 401 Independence Study session at 5 p.m. Public Hearings A public hearing regarding the request of Cape Girardeau Scool District for a special-use permit to construct a 6-foot by 10-foot marquee sign at 1360 Randol Avenue (Alma Schrader School) in an R-1, single family residential district...
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Media blitz unusual for private archbishop
(State News ~ 04/01/02)
ST. LOUIS -- It was a rare moment for the deeply private Archbishop Justin Rigali, made so because it was much more than just a moment. The leader of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, who rarely speaks in public and usually from a prepared text when he does, spent last Wednesday afternoon making the rounds of the St. Louis media. For eight hours, Rigali gave extensive interviews with two radio stations, four television stations and the city's major daily newspaper...
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Israel is 'at war,' prime minister says
(International News ~ 04/01/02)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel was at war for its survival and vowed to smash Palestinian militants in an uncompromising offensive as he addressed a nation rattled by five suicide bombings in five days -- including back-to-back attacks Sunday that killed 15 Israelis...
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Britons mourn loss of their 'Queen Mum'
(International News ~ 04/01/02)
LONDON -- The great State Bell of St. Paul's Cathedral tolled Sunday in remembrance of the Queen Mother as people across Britain prayed for her at Easter services and admirers lined up at royal palaces to sign books of condolence. Queen Elizabeth II, who has lost her mother and her only sister, Princess Margaret, within seven weeks, attended a private service at Windsor Castle, grieving a much-loved royal matriarch who died Saturday at 101. ...
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Lively Easter service held at Osage Centre
(Local News ~ 04/01/02)
The Easter worship service at the Osage Community Centre Sunday morning was anything but somber. It was one that had young and old alike shouting, dancing and singing in the aisles. The service started out like a Christian rock concert with music blaring so loud the beat could be felt pulsing through the floor and heard outside in the parking lot...
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Skateboarders trying to speed along building of skate park
(Local News ~ 04/01/02)
Jarred Harris, 15, and Cole Buerkle, 14, are tired of getting told where they can't ride their skateboards. In Cape Girardeau, that is just about everywhere. So Harris and Buerkle are among a group of skateboarders trying to muster support to speed up the city's long-range plans of getting a skateboard park built...
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Investors turn dubious about earnings
(National News ~ 04/01/02)
NEW YORK -- Over the past few months, Wall Street has waited for first-quarter earnings, anticipating that the numbers would confirm whether a business turnaround is indeed under way. But judging from the stock market's behavior of late, it is clear that investors have lowered their expectations considerably...
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Wal-Mart claims top spot in Fortune 500
(National News ~ 04/01/02)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the discounter that has become the dominant force in American retailing, is now the largest company in the nation and the world, capturing the top spot on the annual Fortune 500 list. Wal-Mart, No. 2 on the list a year ago, traded places with oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. in the rankings compiled on the basis of companies' annual revenue figures. The retailer's ascendancy was expected after both companies issued their 2001 results earlier this year...
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Astronaut to break flight record
(National News ~ 04/01/02)
SPACE CENTER, Houston -- Jerry Ross was floating outside his spaceship in darkness, surrounded by the vast silence of space. Although he was hurtling around Earth, Ross felt as though he were gliding in a hot-air balloon. The only way he could tell he was moving, and that time was passing, was by gazing at the planet 280 miles below...
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People talk 4/1/02
(National News ~ 04/01/02)
Perez joins colleagues in battling violence NEW YORK -- Tears mixed with laughter as an all-star cast of black, Hispanic and Asian performers staged a version of "The Vagina Monologues" at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Salma Hayek, Rosie Perez, LisaGay Hamilton, Lynn Whitfield, rapper Eve, and several other artists took part in "V-Day Harlem," a benefit Saturday to raise awareness about violence against women...
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Stripper-turned-mayor fighting for political future
(National News ~ 04/01/02)
GEORGETOWN, Colo. -- Mayor Koleen Brooks no longer has keys to the town hall. She's been investigated for ordering a hit on a police officer, accused of flashing her breasts in a bar and faces criminal charges for allegedly making up a story about being assaulted...
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Work boots mingle with Easter finery at service at ground zeror
(National News ~ 04/01/02)
NEW YORK -- As worshippers sang hymns early Sunday in historic St. Paul's Chapel, workers in boots dusty from the devastation of the World Trade Center trudged in for hot drinks and then back out to the job a block away. "The message of Easter is a message of hope, and hope is something to which we cling amid the devastation of ground zero," said the Rev. Lyndon Harris, who delivered the Easter sermon at the 235-year-old Episcopal chapel...
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Woman accused of murdering husband hangs herself in jail
(National News ~ 04/01/02)
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. -- A woman accused of poisoning her husband with a horse tranquilizer last year and burying his body in a California vineyard hanged herself in a jail cell, authorities said Sunday. Laren Sims, 36, had been held without bail in the Hernando County jail since her arrest March 18 in Destin. She was found hanging from a braided bed sheet early Saturday morning in an apparent suicide, and died Sunday, Hernando County sheriff's Capt. Alan Arick said...
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Martha Stewart pokes fun at herself
(Entertainment ~ 04/01/02)
NEW YORK -- Who knew? Martha Stewart has quite the poker face. On today's edition of her syndicated television show, "Martha Stewart Living," the star stands in front of a giant to-do list. "April is such a busy month," she says. "Just look at all there is to do."...
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Actress Sally Field steps up to the bench in 'The Court'
(Entertainment ~ 04/01/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Kate Nolan is stepping into a new career. The popular, politically savvy, 50-something ex-governor of Ohio has been appointed to the Supreme Court. Nolan is played by Sally Field, who is taking her own "leap of faith" into new territory on ABC's hour-long drama series "The Court," which debuted Tuesday...
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5 killed in Taiwan quake
(International News ~ 04/01/02)
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Cranes and scaffolding at a high-rise building site crashed to the ground after a powerful earthquake jolted Taiwan on Sunday, killing five construction workers, authorities said. More than 200 injuries were reported across the island, mostly minor, as the quake started fires, shattered windows and cracked walls. Local officials said it registered magnitude 6.8, but the U.S. Geological Survey estimated it higher, at 7.1...
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Biotech bull still has to earn keep after spotlight
(International News ~ 04/01/02)
POLSBROEK, Netherlands -- Herman, the world's first farm animal carrying a human gene, sired 55 calves and outlived them all. Now, instead of retirement on a comfortable bed of straw listening to rap music, the bull has to make a living again. His sponsors have run out of money, so starting next summer, he will star at a permanent biotech exhibition in the city of Leiden...
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Israel calls up largest group of reservists in two decades
(International News ~ 04/01/02)
JERUSALEM -- When Paul Manor was summoned over the weekend for Israeli reservist duty, he didn't bother waking his 7-year-old son and just rushed out the door -- willing to serve in Israel's largest mobilization in two decades. Public support is strong for the call-up of 20,000 soldiers following a bloody string of Palestinian bombing attacks, but rare signs of unease were emerging as some worried the campaign's plans were dangerously fuzzy...
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Fear pervades Palestinian homes under Israeli siege
(International News ~ 04/01/02)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- This city used to be a Palestinian success story, a bustling commercial hub top-heavy with academics and professionals. On Sunday, two days after Israeli troops and tanks swept in, Ramallah looked as if it had been hit by a hurricane...
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Pakistan hands over Arabs suspected of al-Qaida links to U.S.
(International News ~ 04/01/02)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan has handed over to U.S. authorities about 20 Arabs arrested last week in raids on suspected al-Qaida hide-outs, a senior intelligence official said Sunday. One of the detainees resembles a key lieutenant of Osama bin Laden, police officials say. U.S. and Pakistani authorities are trying to determine if the suspect is Abu Zubaydah, who intelligence sources say had taken effective control of al-Qaida after the collapse of Taliban rule in Afghanistan...
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Easter services marked by pleas for peace
(International News ~ 04/01/02)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- Current events crept into traditional Easter Sunday services around the world, with pleas for peace in the Middle East, prayers for a recovering Afghanistan and encouragement for troops in the campaign against terrorism. As warplanes roared over the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains, U.S. Army Chaplain Bob McMeekin, a Greek Orthodox priest, held services for about 120 American, British and Polish soldiers at the Bagram air base in Afghanistan...
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Man crashes motorcycle near Anna
(Local News ~ 04/01/02)
ULLIN, Ill. -- An Ullin man was in serious condition at Union County Hospital Sunday after crashing his motorcycle on old U.S. Highway 51 north of Anna, Ill. The Illinois State Police in Ullin reported that Thomas R. Haynes, 27, of Ullin crashed his motorcycle at 1:28 a.m. Sunday while trying to pass another vehicle on a curve...
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River valley drive offers festival and folk events
(Local News ~ 04/01/02)
Submitted photo Barbara Yallaly, center, and a group of other volunteers from the Cape American Legion Auxiliary Unit 63 lend a helping hand at the Missouri Veterans Home. Here, they prepared decorations for the dining room. From left, Frieda Howard, Vergie Templeton, Yallaly, Ginger Beauden and Gladys Lawrence. ...
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Military digest 4/1
(Local News ~ 04/01/02)
Cape native named Airman of the YearStaff Sgt. Michael G. Cook, of the 239th Combat Communications Squadron, located at Lambert International Airport at St. Louis, has been named Outstanding Airman of the Year for 2001. Cook, a native of Cape Girardeau, graduate of Delta High School and graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a bachelor of science in industrial technology management, enlisted in the Missouri Air National Guard 239th Combat Communications Squadron in 1997...
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Speak Out A 04/01/02
(Speak Out ~ 04/01/02)
Don't blame clerks CONVENIENCE-STORE clerks do their best to card people buying liquor. Parents should check out who their kids are running around with. Underage kids use their friends who are 18 and older to buy alcohol for them. Don't blame the people who work at the convenience stores...
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Elmer Macke
(Obituary ~ 04/01/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Elmer Eugene Macke, 70, of Jackson died Saturday, March 30, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 24, 1932, at Tilsit, Mo., son of William and Frieda Biester Macke. He and Lawanda Fisher were married May 25, 1956...
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Dean Goodson
(Obituary ~ 04/01/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Friedrich "Dean" Goodson, 64, of Jackson died Friday, March 29, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 8, 1937, at Jackson, the son of Willard and Margaret Friedrich Goodson. He and Linda Hartle were married Nov. 8, 1963...
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Daisy Garris
(Obituary ~ 04/01/02)
Daisy L. Garris, 87, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Perryville, Mo., died Sunday, March 31, 2002, at Heartland Care Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 6, 1914, in Perry County, daughter of James E. and Mary E. Ellison Roberts. She and Steve Garris were married June 29, 1931. He died July 22, 1976...
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Virginia Webb
(Obituary ~ 04/01/02)
EL CAMPO, Texas -- Virginia Webb, 82, of El Campo, formerly of Anna, Ill., died Wednesday, March 27, 2002, at El Campo Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 23, 1919, at Ullin, Ill., daughter of Nile and Lutie Siebert Wood. Webb was a member of the First Christian Church in Anna, where she was an active volunteer. ...
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Zelma Treece
(Obituary ~ 04/01/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Zelma Ruth Treece, 80, of Anna died at 2:08 p.m. Saturday, March 30, 2002, at Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born Oct. 26, 1921, at Jonesboro, Ill., daughter of John and Mary Lacy Rhodes. She was married to Tyrus R. Treece. He died in 1947...
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Clyde Harvel
(Obituary ~ 04/01/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Clyde L. Harvel, 45, of Anna died Sunday, March 31, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 2, 1957, at Carlsbad, N.M., son of Fred A. and Constance L. Rose Harvel. He and Julie Bennett were married April 3, 1976, at Anna...
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Lynn Deimund
(Obituary ~ 04/01/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Lynn May Deimund, 94, of Scott City died Saturday, March 30, 2002, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 13, 1907, at New Hamburg, Mo., daughter of Jiles "William" and Lillie Jane Hockersmith Jones. She first married Leonard Workman on June 7, 1928. He died Oct. 13, 1979. She later married Dennis Deimund, and he also preceded her in death...
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Clarence Thompson
(Obituary ~ 04/01/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Clarence Edward Thompson, 68, of Jackson died Friday, March 29, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 29, 1933, at Cape Girardeau, son of the late Elmer E. and Etta Cowan Thompson. He and Earlene Mitchell were married Dec. 8, 1990...
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Out of the past 4/1/02
(Out of the Past ~ 04/01/02)
10 years ago: April 1, 1992 New Trends in Agriculture extravaganza that was established in Cape Girardeau in 1988 has disbanded; annual event, which had already been scheduled at Show Me Center for July 14-15, was canceled recently when three of sponsors announced their withdrawal from event...
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New Madrid woman honored in exhibit
(State News ~ 04/01/02)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Her story is being told in the rotunda of Missouri's State Capitol, but that doesn't concern Mildred Henry at the moment. What does concern her is if there is enough food for those who will soon gather around her table at noon. There is fried chicken, mashed potatoes, cornbread, green beans, okra, homegrown tomatoes and pickle relish. ...
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On unions, the economy and ice cream
(Column ~ 04/01/02)
smoyers This is a big week at St. Francis Medical Center. On Thursday and Friday roughly 400 registered nurses at the hospital will have the opportunity to vote on whether they want to let the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 represent them in negotiating a contract...
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Mideast worries weigh on stocks, but techs rebound
(National News ~ 04/01/02)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Worries about the escalating violence in the Middle East weighed on stock prices for much of the day Monday, but an afternoon rebound in tech stocks wiped out some of the losses. There were also more positive signs on the economic front...
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Throngs of children take over South lawn for annual Egg Roll
(National News ~ 04/01/02)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush and first lady Laura Bush welcomed thousands of children and their parents to the White House on Monday for the Easter Egg Roll -- the first time the general public had been invited inside the gates since last September...
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Judge says U.S. doesn't have to prove Lindh killed CIA agent
(National News ~ 04/01/02)
Associated Press WriterALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Prosecutors do not have to prove that American-born Taliban John Walker Lindh personally killed CIA agent Johnny Micheal Spann or other Americans, but only that he participated in a broad conspiracy with the Taliban, a federal judge said Monday...
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Car bomb rocks west Jerusalem
(International News ~ 04/01/02)
ERUSALEM (AP) -- A suicide attacker set off a car bomb in west Jerusalem near the Old City on Monday night, killing the bomber and seriously wounding a policeman who was inspecting the vehicle at a checkpoint. Two or three other people might have been injured, police said...
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Pakistan hands over senior al-Qaida leader to U.S.
(National News ~ 04/01/02)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Pakistani authorities have handed over to the United States a man considered the biggest catch yet in the war on terrorism: Abu Zubaydah, a senior al-Qaida leader believed to be leading an attempt to reconstitute the group in Pakistan, officials said...
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Scorecard skews votes and issues to favor liberals
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/01/02)
To the editor: It was reported recently that the League of Conservation Voters released its 2001 national environmental scorecard. The scorecard claims to demonstrate which elected officials had a pro-environment voting record in 2001 and which did not. However, important environmental votes were actually ignored in the scorecard while other issues, including abortion and campaign reform, were included...
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Lead detected in children across Missouri
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/01/02)
To the editor: Gov. Bob Holden announced recently he had forced Doe Run Co. to do something about children in Herculaneum, Mo., who are being poisoned by lead from the company's smelter. My husband works at Doe Run, and I am a registered nurse, so I have some insight into the situation...
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Abortionists should be treated as criminals
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/01/02)
To the editor: Once again, pro-choicers have dragged out the old lie about illegal abortions being done by back-alley butchers with coat hangers resulting in the deaths of 5,000 to 10,000 women each year. Bernard Nathanson, co-founder of the National Abortion Rights Action League, said, "I confess that I knew the figures were totally false. ... But in the morality of the revolution, it was a useful figure, widely accepted, so why go out of our way to correct it with honest statistics?"...
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Volunteer switches attention from phone company to veterans
(Local News ~ 04/01/02)
When Barbara Yallaly retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in 1990, she was already a familiar face at the Missouri Veterans Home. Yallaly, who has been with the American Legion Auxiliary more than 32 years, is home representative for Southeast Missouri American Legion posts and auxiliary units, which have provided thousands of volunteer hours to the home since it opened in 1990...
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Women's agriculture club in search of new members
(Local News ~ 04/01/02)
The Scott County Women in Agriculture is looking for new members with membership open to anyone who is actively involved in or is interested in agricultural matters, said Terra Holt, president of the club. Club meetings will be held the first Thursday of each month, alternating between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m...
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Cape fire report 4/1
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/01/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, April 1 On Saturday, firefighters responded to the following calls:At 4:28 p.m., an emergency medical service at 2506 Ford Dr. At 5:30 p.m., a motor vehicle accident at 1032 Kingshighway. At 7:02 p.m., a false alarm at 2900 S. Sprigg...
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Cape police report 4/1
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/01/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, April 1 ArrestsVernon H. Swader, 56, of 1631 N. Spanish was arrested Saturday for driving while intoxicated. Joshua A. Hunter, 25, of McClure, Ill., was arrested Saturday on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for insufficient checks, a Scott County warrant for bad checks and a Scott City warrant for insufficient checks...
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Retail cards can build loyalty, consumer debt
(Business ~ 04/01/02)
NEW YORK -- Department stores, catalog companies and other retailers want customers to sign up for the merchants' own credit cards because they believe these cards make shoppers more loyal. So many retailers are offering incentives -- like 15 percent off purchases made with a new account -- to persuade more consumers to use the cards...
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Program boosts H&R Block profits, bites into refunds
(Business ~ 04/01/02)
As tax preparation giant H&R Block Inc. branches into financial planning, it's boosting profits with a loan program that gets customers refunds faster but takes a big bite of the proceeds. Block last year arranged "refund anticipation loans" for 4.5 million of its customers -- about one of every four individuals that turned to the company for tax help. As this year's tax filing season began, Block was already 18 percent ahead of last year's pace...
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Hail to the chefs
(Business ~ 04/01/02)
Associated Press/April L. Brown Cynthia Johnson, a food technologist with Tyson Foods Inc., checked the temperature of chicken strips to verify that they were fully cooked inside a test kitchen at Tyson headquarters in Springdale, Ark., on Feb. 1. The kitchen is one of five inside the research and development facility at the headquarters, which uses the same equipment used by the company's clients to cook Tyson products.By Chuck Bartels ~ The Associated Press...
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People you should know/Shawn Seabaugh
(Business ~ 04/01/02)
Age: 27 Key responsibilities: Oversee staff, handle budgets, oversee Youth Opportunities Tax credit program, research and apply for grants, others. How long have you lived in Cape Girardeau: About eight years, if you count college. Original hometown: Marble Hill, Mo...
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People on the move 4/1/02
(Business ~ 04/01/02)
Kuntze hired as assistant at law firm Karla Kuntze has been hired as a new assistant to Joe Buerkle of Buerkle, Beeson, Ludwig, Jackson and Boner, L.C., in Jackson, Mo. Kuntze recently relocated from Atlanta. She is a certified paralegal and worked in the legal field in Atlanta since 1988. Buerkle's former assistant, Peggy Donaldson, moved to Omaha, Neb...
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Business memo 4/1/02
(Business ~ 04/01/02)
Good weather helps February home sales Good weather motivated people to house hunt and favorable financing got them to lock in deals, giving new-home sales a solid increase in February. The Commerce Department reported last week that sales of new single-family homes totaled a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 875,000 last month, a 5.3 percent increase over January's level...
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Tariffs kick in, while domestic steel price increases
(Business ~ 04/01/02)
PITTSBURGH -- As less expensive foreign steel imports are being hit with new tariffs of up to 30 percent, U.S. mills are already raising prices to meet increased demand and some companies may even ration steel. Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel and other companies say they are not taking advantage of the pressure on foreign mills created by the Bush administration's tariffs, but simply reacting to the market, where an improving economy is increasing demand and where supplies are limited...
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Economic positives outweigh the negatives
(Editorial ~ 04/01/02)
No one -- not even Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan -- wants to say for sure that the recession that sneaked up on us last year is going away or is already gone. Nor does anyone want to forecast the extent of what appears to be a solid economic recovery...
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Free trade requires fairness on both sides
(Editorial ~ 04/01/02)
In another round of new trade tariffs, the U.S. government has targeted imports of softwood lumber from Canada, which supplies up to a third of the lumber used in the United States, mainly for home construction. The move comes on the heels of new tariffs on imported steel, and it bolsters tariffs on Canadian lumber imposed last year...
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Study finds processed meat, diabetes link in men
(Community ~ 04/01/02)
WASHINGTON -- Eat too many hot dogs and they can bite you back. A study shows that a diet heavy in processed meats, including hot dogs and bacon, increases the risk of type 2 diabetes by about 50 percent in men, researchers say. A group of Harvard School of Public Health researchers analyzed the dietary habits of thousands of men and found that those who frequently ate bacon, hot dogs, sausage, baloney or other processed meats were 46 percent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than men who less of the food.. ...
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Fifth-grader convinced preaching is his calling
(State News ~ 04/01/02)
ST. LOUIS -- His voice rising and falling like the waves of applause that roll his way, Dane Jones works his Baptist church's congregation like a seasoned pastor. For the moment, his unscripted words overshadow the fact they were from a fifth-grader...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda
(Local News ~ 04/01/02)
7:30 p.m. Monday, April 1 City Hall Action Items Power and Light Committee Consider motion amending the 2001 budget. Consider motion to set Spring CleanUp FixUp Days for May 6-10. Consider bill proposing an ordinance accepting the dedication of sanitary sewer easement deeds form Joe and Ann Donnelly, Savannah Ridge Partners, L.P., Roy Dean Bullinger, Patricia Tollison, Mary Ann Hartje and Joe David Bollinger...
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Indians get ready for MU, SIU
(College Sports ~ 04/01/02)
After having already had six non-conference games wiped out so far this season by bad weather, Southeast Missouri State University baseball coach Mark Hogan hopes the Indians will be able to play a pair of non-league games this week. The Indians travel to Columbia, Mo., Tuesday for a 6 p.m. contest with the University of Missouri, then return home for a 3 p.m. game Wednesday against Southern Illinois-Carbondale...
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Riverside library group plans used book sale
(Local News ~ 04/01/02)
The Friends of the Riverside Regional Library will hold its annual used book sale again this year at Westfield Shoppingtown West Park in the Famous Barr Court on April 6-7. Proceeds will go to the library system's six branches -- Altenburg, Perryville, Jackson, Scott City, Benton and Oran...
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