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Tourists not put off by carjacking death over the weekend
(State News ~ 08/29/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Sherry Hoffman isn't letting a fatal carjacking attempt over the weekend ruin her view of the Gateway Arch. The 59-year-old North Carolina tourist, on a swing through eastern Missouri, said she's used to such crimes at home. "It doesn't put a damper on our visit," she says. "Maybe I'm too stupid to be afraid."...
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Inmate's bid to bill state for sex-change rejected
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
BOSTON -- An inmate who claims he is a woman trapped in a man's body should receive treatment for gender identity disorder, but cannot force the state to pay for a sex-change operation, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Michelle Kosilek, formerly known as Robert Kosilek, is serving a life sentence without possibility of parole for murdering his wife. ...
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People talk 08/29/02
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
Seinfeld and wife expecting second child NEW YORK -- You've gotta see the baby -- for the second time. Jerry Seinfeld and his wife, Jessica, are expecting another child, Seinfeld spokesman Steve Rubenstein told AP Radio on Wednesday. The baby is due in spring, said Rubenstein, who added that the couple is "thrilled."...
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California boy taken from home
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Two gunmen forced their way into a home Wednesday, kidnapped a 9-year-old boy who was the subject of a bitter custody dispute and attacked the boy's father, authorities said. Investigators were searching for the child's missing mother...
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Kentucky duo is world's oldest living married couple
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A couple who said "I do" 83 years ago have been officially recognized as the world's oldest living married couple. William and Claudia Lillian Ritchie, who got married on April 12, 1919, in Jeffersonville, Ind., received a certificate from Guinness World Records on Tuesday...
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Flight 93 exhibit opens in Pennsylvania
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Tributes left in the field where United Flight 93 crashed Sept. 11 were put on display Wednesday at the State Museum of Pennsylvania. Officials assembled "Flight 93 Remembered" with help from the Somerset County Historical and Genealogical Society. The display will run through Oct. 2...
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Authorities charge Seattle man in terror probe
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
SEATTLE -- Federal authorities on Wednesday charged a former Seattle man with conspiring to help al-Qaida and set up a terrorist training camp. Earnest James Ujaama was named in an indictment that accused him of conspiracy to provide material support and resources for al-Qaida and with using, carrying, possessing and discharging firearms during a crime...
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FBI under fire for missing e-mail account of Moussaoui
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The judge in the case against Sept. 11 conspiracy defendant Zacarias Moussaoui is demanding an explanation from the FBI about how it could have missed evidence of an e-mail account that Moussaoui said he used in the weeks before the attacks...
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NASA hopes Lance Bass space mission has kid appeal
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
SPACE CENTER, Houston -- Quicker than a hot boy band sinks, NASA is being 'N fused with much-needed kid appeal this week as its first celebrity space tourist, pop star Lance Bass, trains to become the youngest and coolest person ever to hit orbit. The stodgy, middle-aged space agency is jumping on the 'N Sync singer's bandwagon, even though not everyone is thrilled about Russia's bid to send a 23-year-old with barely a high-school education to the international space station this fall...
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Rix, Dorsey, Grossman bring QB skills, Heisman talk to Florida
(College Sports ~ 08/29/02)
For as far back as he can remember, Rex Grossman dreamed of playing quarterback at a big-time college. And for as far back as he can remember, that meant moving to Florida. California boys Chris Rix (Florida State) and Ken Dorsey (Miami) saw things the same...
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Six in rural Alabama family shot to death; teen, baby missing
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
RUTLEDGE, Ala. -- Six family members were found shot to death at their rural homestead, and a baby and her 16-year-old mother were missing. Authorities Wednesday were searching for them, a motive and two people they said were potential witnesses. The bodies of the victims, including three teenage boys, were discovered at a tin-roofed wooden house and nearby mobile home Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, District Attorney John Andrews said...
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Nation briefs 08/29/02
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
Potential suspect in Smart case hospitalized SALT LAKE CITY -- A handyman who police say is a potential suspect in the disappearance of Elizabeth Smart underwent four hours of surgery early Wednesday after collapsing in his prison cell, officials said...
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Moxley family, Skakel supporters testify at sentencing hearing
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
NORWALK, Conn. -- Martha Moxley's mother testified Wednesday that she is haunted by the knowledge her daughter died in fear and pain, and urged a judge to sentence Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel to life in prison for the teenager's murder. At Skakel's sentencing hearing, Dorthy Moxley said she had long prayed her daughter did not see the first blow from the golf club used to beat her to death the night of Oct. 30, 1975, and died quickly...
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Bank robber drops loot during getaway
(State News ~ 08/29/02)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- A bank robber made off with at least a couple thousand dollars, but not before dropping more than that while making his getaway, Belleville police said. The robber handed a note announcing a holdup to a teller at United Missouri Bank in downtown Belleville on Tuesday morning. As he ran from the bank he spilled more than half his take -- some $3,500 -- and dropped his costume straw hat and glasses...
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A new Afghanistan - After the Taliban, much has changed
(International News ~ 08/29/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Through an archway hung with musty drapes, in a gallery of photographs from a distant place, Afghan visitors sit in quiet solitude and record their thoughts about Sept. 11. "Tears came to my eyes," a man named Mohammad wrote in the guest book, recalling images of New York skyscrapers in shards. "They'll remember this for 100 generations."...
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Pakistani, U.S. officials raid militants' office, arrest 12
(International News ~ 08/29/02)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Pakistani and U.S. law enforcement officers raided an office used by an organization linked to al-Qaida, arresting 12 men and seizing explosives and weapons, a Pakistani official said Wednesday. Police said they believed the militants were working with al-Qaida and Taliban fugitives to carry out terror attacks inside Pakistan. A judge ordered them held pending further investigation...
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Germany files charges against terror suspect
(International News ~ 08/29/02)
BERLIN -- Germany filed charges Wednesday against the only suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks apprehended in the country, raising the prospect of a trial in the city that was once home to several of the key hijackers. The federal prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe said in a statement that Mounir El Motassadeq, a Moroccan citizen, was charged in a Hamburg superior court "because of his participation in the terror attacks in the United States on Sept. ...
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More violence in Gaza Strip
(International News ~ 08/29/02)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Palestinian security forces set up checkpoints in the Gaza Strip Wednesday to show they can maintain order as part of a new security agreement, but Israel postponed a meeting to implement the pact because of fresh violence. Four Palestinians were killed early Thursday and four were injured when Israeli tank shells landed in a Bedouin camp near an Israeli settlement...
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Iran's president says he will try to push parliament for reform
(International News ~ 08/29/02)
TEHRAN, Iran -- President Mohammad Khatami boldly challenged the religious hard-liners blocking his efforts to make Iran more democratic, vowing Wednesday to present a bill to parliament that would give him more power. Khatami's public initiative is a sharp change from the behind-the-scenes lobbying he has used in the past to push his reform program and risks a rebuke from his unelected opponents who wield most of the power in Iran...
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Rich, poor nations split over impact of globalization
(International News ~ 08/29/02)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The contentious rich vs. poor fight over globalization plagued the U.N. summit Wednesday even as negotiators hailed their first breakthrough: a deal to protect the world's oceans and marine life. Delegates at the World Summit for Sustainable Development are working on a plan of action to reduce poverty and save the planet's resources that all 191 nations present can agree to...
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Zimbabwean judge nullifies dozens of evictions of white farmers
(International News ~ 08/29/02)
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- A Zimbabwean judge nullified eviction orders served on 54 white farmers, ruling Wednesday that the orders were wrongly served under land seizure laws. High Court Judge Benjamin Paradza's decision came hours after President Robert Mugabe warned he was not prepared to negotiate with white farmers and would not relent on a government program that seizes land from whites and redistributes it to landless blacks...
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World briefs 8/29/02
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
World leaders caution U.S. against attack on Iraq BEIJING-- China's vice premier said Wednesday that Beijing opposes a possible American attack against Iraq, urging caution as the United States considers military action against Saddam Hussein. "China does not agree with the practice of using force or threatening to use force to resolve this issue," Vice Premier Qian Qichen told Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri, according to the Xinhua News Agency...
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Selig, negotiators clamor for late strike solution
(Professional Sports ~ 08/29/02)
NEW YORK -- As baseball moved within two days of another work stoppage, commissioner Bud Selig arrived at major league offices and negotiators worked late into the night to try to avert a planned strike. Players are set to walk out Friday unless there is an agreement for a labor contract. ...
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Stephens makes a solid return in win over Reds
(Professional Sports ~ 08/29/02)
CINCINNATI -- Garrett Stephenson returned from a three-month layoff by throwing four shutout innings, and pinch-hitter Kerry Robinson had a three-run double as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-2 Wednesday night. Miguel Cairo made the best defensive play of the game, slamming into the left-field wall to rob Ken Griffey Jr. of a hit. Cairo also had three hits, including an RBI double off Shawn Estes (4-11)...
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Sparks go for a repeat in WNBA championship series
(Professional Sports ~ 08/29/02)
NEW YORK -- New York. Los Angeles. No matter the subject -- sports, politics, fashion or music --when the talk involves these locales, it's not just a matter of comparing apples to oranges. Both are the symbols of their geographical coasts, East and West. Both represent outlandish levels of prosperity, population overload and urban angst...
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French student expands views with exchange trip
(Local News ~ 08/29/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Large homes and wide freedoms make an impact on some of the youth and adults who Stacy Meyr has helped bring to the region. In their native countries, both come in smaller sizes. "They enjoy our freedoms," said Meyr, youth exchange counselor for the Jackson Rotary Club, which brings foreign exchange students and adults to the area. ...
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Second woman arrested in murder conspiracy case
(Local News ~ 08/29/02)
An Illinois great-grandmother was the second family member arrested in connection with a murder plot that had her granddaughter's husband as the intended victim. Illinois State Police troopers picked up Helen A. Severs, 66, at her home in Ullin, Ill., on Tuesday. She is charged with conspiracy to commit murder...
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Survey crew finds missing man's body
(Local News ~ 08/29/02)
VAN BUREN -- The body of a man reported missing three months ago by his family was discovered Tuesday at the bottom of a deep ravine along U.S. 60 in Van Buren. Authorities believe Douglas Todd Johnson, 39, of Van Buren was killed in a single-vehicle accident on May 25 "just right up here, a quarter of a mile from the James Street entrance to Van Buren," according to Carter County Coroner Dennis McSpadden...
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Missouri Baptist group names new director
(State News ~ 08/29/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Baptist Convention on Tuesday selected the Rev. David Clippard as its new director. Clippard, 53, who grew up in Jackson, Mo., comes from the Oklahoma Baptist General Convention, where he was associate executive director...
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Ex-police chief faces six years for 1997 slaying
(State News ~ 08/29/02)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- Five years after shooting his neighbor to death, former Police Chief James Robert Hays Sr. has been jailed. Hayes turned himself over to authorities Tuesday, hours after a court rejected his appeal of his involuntary manslaughter conviction...
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Pet owners are learning to be first responders for animals
(Community ~ 08/29/02)
In this nation of dog spas and cat health insurance, some animal lovers are taking the next step: They're learning to put mouth to snout to perform CPR on their injured four-legged friends instead of waiting for the vet. A pet first aid class, available through the Red Cross, was first offered by the Los Angeles chapter five years ago. ...
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Jackson fire report 8/29
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/29/02)
Jackson Thursday, Aug. 29 Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday: An emergency medical service on Woodview Lane. An alarm on Court Street. A motor vehicle accident on North Farmington Road. A mutual aid on Interstate 55. An emergency medical service on West Independence...
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Cape fire report 8/29/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/29/02)
Cape Girardeau Thursday, Aug. 29 Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday: At 3:29 p.m., a request for emergency medical service at 132 Camellia Dr. At 8:21 p.m., a request for emergency medical service at 40 S. Sprigg. At 9:48 p.m., a request for emergency medical service at 341 S. Sprigg...
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To love one's neighbors
(Column ~ 08/29/02)
By Dr. Jay White A month ago, I wrote a letter to the editor about prayer that received many diverse remarks. I thought I would try to elaborate and clarify my point of view. Recently, while working on a series of messages about the Sermon on the Mount, I came across a story by Mark Twain. ...
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Two former WorldCom top execs are indicted for accounting fraud
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
CORPORATE CORRUPTION BY JUBE SHIVER JR. ~ LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON - Two former top executives of WorldCom Inc. were indicted Wednesday on securities fraud and other charges, significantly widening the federal government's efforts to prosecute alleged accounting fraud at the now-bankrupt telecommunications giant...
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Trail of the world's most wanted man goes cold
(International News ~ 08/29/02)
WHERE'S OSAMA? By Kathy Gannon ~ The Associated Press TORA BORA, Afghanistan -- As Taliban defenses around Kabul crumbled under the fury of American bombs, the man responsible for it all -- Osama bin Laden -- was far away in the safety of this mountain fortress...
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Senator visits bioterrorism treatment center
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
CREVE COEUR, Mo. -- The United States must be prepared for a bioterrorism attack and be ready to handle those who are hurt, Sen. Bill Frist said Wednesday as he campaigned for Republican Senate candidate Jim Talent. Frist, R-Tenn., is heading up the campaign effort of Senate Republicans. ...
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With his slump over, Gordon now real threat for title
(Professional Sports ~ 08/29/02)
DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Through six months of losing, Jeff Gordon was routinely asked when he'd finally win a race. His answer was always the same: Winning races is great, but championships are even better. Now that Gordon has snapped his 31-race winless streak -- breaking through by bumping Rusty Wallace out of his way to win at Bristol Motor Speedway last weekend -- the attention has shifted to his bid for a fifth Winston Cup title...
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Haas survives for five-set victory after flap over shirt
(Professional Sports ~ 08/29/02)
NEW YORK -- Little was ordinary about the start of the U.S. Open for third-seeded Tommy Haas, from being ordered to change out of a sleeveless shirt to three straight double faults in the fifth set. On a day that past champions Pete Sampras and Serena Williams won, while one-hit wonders Jelena Dokic and David Nalbandian lost -- all in straight sets -- Haas and his foil, David Sanchez, produced enough theater for a round's worth of matches...
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Sprints head up holiday weekend schedule
(Community Sports ~ 08/29/02)
The tracks may change. The cars may change. But a busy schedule of racing on Labor Day weekend is a constant. Here are the events that likely will send area fans and racers onto the highways this weekend: The 52nd annual Ted Horn Memorial 100 for USAC Silver Crown sprint cars goes at 1:15 p.m. ...
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FanFare 8/29/02
(Other Sports ~ 08/29/02)
Baseball Indians third baseman Travis Fryman, who has struggled most of the year following offseason shoulder surgery, announced Wednesday that he will retire at the end of the season. The Kansas City Royals optioned right-hander Ryan Bukvich to Triple-A Omaha after their 7-1 loss to the Oakland Athletics...
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Indians get opening test - Boll Weevils
(College Sports ~ 08/29/02)
He knows his team will be a decided underdog tonight, but Arkansas-Monticello coach Gregg Ricono won't approach the season-opening game against Southeast Missouri State University as a David vs. Goliath battle. "People are going to call it a David vs. ...
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The meaning of life without golf
(Column ~ 08/29/02)
Aug. 29, 2002 Dear Ken, After half a century on earth, certain experiences appear inevitable. You no longer care that much about Billboard's Top 10. The appreciation of a 20-year-old's loveliness becomes an exercise in aesthetics...
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Young and undefeated Indians ready for opening day
(Sports Column ~ 08/29/02)
There is a lot of excitement as our football team prepares for the season opener against Arkansas-Monticello tonight at Houck Stadium. I hope everyone is planning on attending the game and giving us that home field advantage of a very enthusiastic crowd...
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Election officials to begin ballot recount
(State News ~ 08/29/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Election judges today will start manually recounting more than 6,000 punch-card ballots cast in the Aug. 6 Republican Party primary for 157th District state representative. The recount, ordered by Secretary of State Matt Blunt, will begin at 8 a.m. in the Cape Girardeau County Administration Building in Jackson and at 9 a.m. in the Perry County Administration Building in Perryville...
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Man guilty of abandoning corpse
(Local News ~ 08/29/02)
FIVE-YEAR MAXIMUM James Bratina left his 3-year-old daughter with the body and went to work By Mike Wells ~ Southeast Missourian A Jackson father was found guilty Wednesday of leaving his 3-year-old daughter alone in an apartment with his wife's corpse and a kitchen littered with anti-psychotic pills...
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Investors opt for companies with simpler business plans
(Business ~ 08/29/02)
Investors opt for companies with simpler business plans By Debora Vrana ~ The Los Angeles Times Burned by the continuing technology meltdown, more venture capitalists are aiming their investment dollars at companies with business plans that nearly everyone can understand...
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Cutbacks forces salary commission to seek funding elsewhere
(State News ~ 08/29/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Legislature and judiciary each have rejected requests to help pay the expenses of a panel that recommends salaries for lawmakers and judges. The Senate, House and the Office of State Courts Administrator have turned down requests to pay between $3,500 and $4,000 each to support the Missouri Citizens' Commission for Elected Officials...
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Sorry, but odds are against your team going unbeaten
(College Sports ~ 08/29/02)
The Sporting News The buzz already is building in Louisville, Ky., and the Kentucky Derby is nine months away. But it's football -- not horse racing -- that has captured the fancy of the denizens of this river city. This could be the biggest season in Louisville history -- bigger even than the 1990 campaign that concluded with a resounding win over Alabama in the Fiesta Bowl. ...
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Tigers picked near bottom of Big 12
(College Sports ~ 08/29/02)
The Associated Press It's year two of the Gary Pinkel era at Missouri, and there's plenty of work to do. At the least, the Tigers are more familiar with Pinkel's system. Pinkel was a huge success at Toledo before taking the Missouri job, and players are anticipating an upswing...
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Misery, frustration - Indians look for better emotion
(College Sports ~ 08/29/02)
Southeast has more experience than last year's 4-7 team By Marty Mishow Southeast Missourian Tim Billings said he was miserable during the 2000 season, his first as Southeast Missouri State University's head football coach. The outmanned Indians faltered in most games and limped to a 3-8 record...
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Births 8/29/02
(Births ~ 08/29/02)
Tanz Son to Jeremy Dean and Jessica A. Tanz of Perryville, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:17 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2002. Name, Braden Connor. Weight, 6 pounds 3 ounces. First child. Mrs. Tanz is the former Jessica Fabian, daughter of Allan and Sharon Fabian of Ava, Ill. She is employed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri. Tanz is the son of Darrell and Pat Tanz of Perryville. He is employed by SEMO Regional Planning Commission...
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Tom Rhinerson
(Obituary ~ 08/29/02)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Tom Rhinerson, 81, of East Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2002, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 2, 1920, in Knottsville, Ky., son of John and Nellie Millay Rhinerson. Rhinerson was a truck driver 37 years with ABF. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he was a member of American Legion Post 900 at McClure, Ill., and Cave City Lodge 790 AF&AM...
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Charles Decker
(Obituary ~ 08/29/02)
The funeral for Charles E. Decker of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday. Decker, 70, died Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2002, at his home...
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Thelma Richardson
(Obituary ~ 08/29/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Thelma Faye Richardson, 81, died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born May 27, 1921, in Blodgett, Mo., daughter of John Henry and Stella Ethel Salyer Thompson. Richardson was an operator 35 years with Southwestern Bell. She was a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church...
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Myrtle Perrin
(Obituary ~ 08/29/02)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Myrtle A. Perrin, 83, of Joplin, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2002, at Sarcoxie Nursing Center in Sarcoxie, Mo. She was born Feb. 6, 1919, at Altenburg, daughter of Charles and Agnes Hellwege Schuessler. Perrin was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Joplin...
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Esther Hayden
(Obituary ~ 08/29/02)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Esther Barks Hayden, 99, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2002, at Three Rivers Healthcare-North Campus in Poplar Bluff. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Top teams fill their key voids
(College Sports ~ 08/29/02)
The Sporting News The magazines stare back at him from bookshelves everywhere. In this summer of change, he is gripped by them. He digests every word. You know, the preseason college football annuals that say Jason Fife is no Joey Harrington; the ones that say Jason Fife is the reason the Oregon Ducks, who return most of a team that should've played for the national title last season, will be lucky to stay among the elite in the Pac-10. ...
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Sophomore McDowell, if healthy, has a lock on the QB position
(College Sports ~ 08/29/02)
Southeast Missourian A position-by-position look at Southeast Missouri State University's offense: Quarterback Despite battling knee and shoulder injuries, Jeromy McDowell turned in a record-setting season as a redshirt freshman last year. He passed for 2,051 yards -- the most ever by a Southeast freshman quarterback -- while completing 56 percent of his attempts, with 13 touchdowns and 13 interceptions...
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Secondary allows room for new looks
(College Sports ~ 08/29/02)
Southeast Missourian A position-by-position look at Southeast Missouri State University's defense: Line Senior James Jennette, a second-team all-Ohio Valley Conference selection last year, anchors a unit that suffered a blow when Jermaine Motley, who joined Jennette as the Indians' only two returning inside run-stoppers with considerable size, was ruled to be out of eligibility by the NCAA...
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Iraq allows journalists to go inside suspect plant
(International News ~ 08/29/02)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The Iraqi government took reporters on a tour of what it said was an insecticide plant that had been wrongly stamped a weapons factory, continuing a diplomatic and public relations campaign to combat allegations it is stockpiling weapons of mass destruction...
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Saudi oil may be key if U.S. attacks Iraq
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
WASHINGTON -- Fear over war with Iraq has sent oil prices higher, but Saudi Arabia and its oil dominance may well determine whether a U.S. attack on Iraq will have worldwide impact on energy markets -- and choke off a U.S. economic recovery with higher fuel prices...
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Bad timing for Russia's dealings with Iraq
(Editorial ~ 08/29/02)
The timing could hardly be worse: According to the Iraqi ambassador, Iraq and Russia are close to signing a $40 billion economic cooperation plan. The deal is a development troubling to U.S. diplomats. To say the least, if it pans out, this agreement holds the potential for greatly complicating U.S.-Russian relations, which have thawed so dramatically in recent years to the great betterment of both countries...
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High school girls' tennis preview
(High School Sports ~ 08/29/02)
This is part of a series of fall sports previews for area high schools. Information was provided by the coaches of each school. Previews of other fall sports will be published as those seasons begin. Central Tigers Coach: Bud Craven...
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Academic alterations unneeded at SEMO, faculty say
(Local News ~ 08/29/02)
BUDGET STRUGGLES By Mark Bliss ~ Southeast Missourian Faculty members are unhappy with university proposals for academic restructuring that school administrators insist are necessary to cut operating costs in the face of tight state funding...
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Notre Dame softball team slips past Central
(High School Sports ~ 08/29/02)
Notre Dame (2-0) and Central (1-1) had a pitchers' duel Wednesday, with Notre Dame coming out on top 2-0. Lindsay Reinagel picked up her second win in as many days for the Bulldogs as she fired a one-hitter over the full seven innings. Megan McDonald took the loss. McDonald struck out 12 in seven innings and the only two runs she allowed were unearned...
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Picking the next big team and big star is a big chore
(High School Sports ~ 08/29/02)
Southeast Missourian Much like last year's area prep football star Mario Whitney, the high school years are a fleeting thing. It's all right there in front of you, but gone before you know it. A blur. Whitney, who rushed for 2,782 yards his senior season, was the latest in a recent lineage of talent in the area, following other standouts like O.J. ...
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AP preseason Top 25 at a glance
(College Sports ~ 08/29/02)
No. 1 Miami 2001 (12-0) Larry Coker (12-0, 1 year) Returning Starters: Offense 4, Defense 6. Players to Watch: QB Ken Dorsey; K Todd Sievers; WR Andre Johnson; DT William Joseph; DE Jerome McDougle; LB D.J. Williams; C Brett Romberg; TE Kellen Winslow Jr.; DT Vince Wilfork; OT Vernon Carey...
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College football 4cast
(College Sports ~ 08/29/02)
Richard Rosenblatt scouts the nation four at a time Heisman Fab Four 1. Ken Dorsey, QB, Miami 2. Chris Simms, QB, Texas 3. Jason Gesser, QB, Washington State 4. Dave Ragone, QB, Louisville Rising stars 1. Tommie Harris, DT, Oklahoma: Projected to be a star last season, he didn't disappoint with 17 tackles for losses. Coming off a Big 12 defensive freshman of the year season, this agile but massive (6-3, 288) tackling machine is an All-American in the making...
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Mary Wise
(Obituary ~ 08/29/02)
Mary Gladys Wise, 89, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. McMikle Funeral Home at Charleston is in charge of arrangements.
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Thelma Dunn
(Obituary ~ 08/29/02)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- The funeral for Thelma L. Dunn of Olive Branch will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill. The Rev. Tom Bridges will officiate. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery near Dongola, Ill. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. today...
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Lucy Busick
(Obituary ~ 08/29/02)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Lucy Jeston Busick, 78, of Advance died Monday, Aug. 26, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 25, 1924, in Roanoke, Va. She married Judd Elrod in 1946, who preceded her in death. She then married Linwood Busick in 1968, who also preceded her in death...
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Dove season adds to talk of West Nile
(Local News ~ 08/29/02)
The West Nile virus has dominated health-related news coverage in Missouri recently, but health and hunting officials say the opening of dove season Sunday is adding a new dimension to the issue. Shirley Renaud with the Cape Girardeau County Health Department recently wrote Dr. Howard Pue, chief of the communicable disease and veterinary section of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, to ask about any potential dangers in eating dove meat...
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Charity provides clothing necessities for newborns
(Local News ~ 08/29/02)
The St. Francois County Tiny Hearts Chapter of the Newborns in Need organization recently donated clothing to St. Francis Medical Center's Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Newborns in Need is a charity that focuses on providing necessities for premature and newborn babies. Volunteers sew quilts, blankets, sleepers and other baby items, which are then given free of charge to those in need. Find out more by visiting www.newbornsinneed.org...
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Drug firms want to stop preferred lists based on price
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
WASHINGTON -- Drug companies asked a federal judge on Wednesday to stop states from limiting low-income patients' access to more expensive medicines. A coalition of drug makers sued Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson for approving Michigan's 6-month-old "preferred drug list" program for Medicaid recipients...
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Five men charged with conspiracy to provide terrorist support
(National News ~ 08/29/02)
WASHINGTON -- The government Wednesday charged five men with conspiring to provide "material support and resources" to terrorists for a series of attacks in the United States and overseas. In an indictment from a Detroit federal grand jury, prosecutors alleged at least four of the men "operated as a covert underground support unit for terrorist attacks" and functioned as a "sleeper operational combat cell."...
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IOC panel wants to nix baseball, softball
(Professional Sports ~ 08/29/02)
LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- As major league baseball players and owners worked to prevent a strike, the sport endured a setback on the international stage Wednesday, as an IOC panel recommended dropping baseball from the Summer Olympics. The panel also proposed getting rid of softball, another game the United States excels at, while adding golf and rugby for the 2008 Beijing Games...
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The week ahead in motorsports
(Professional Sports ~ 08/29/02)
AREA EVENTS Late model, modified, hobby stock, pure stock and cruiser divisions, Malden Speedway, 7 p.m. Friday. Late model, pro stock and pure stock classes, Fredericktown Raceway, 7 p.m. Friday. 600cc multi, mini stock, kart and dwarf car divisions, Doe Run (Mo.) Raceway, 8 p.m. Friday...
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Gov. Ryan makes new pitch to bring team to Illinois
(State News ~ 08/29/02)
ST. LOUIS -- For the second time this year, Illinois Gov. George Ryan met with St. Louis Cardinals president Mark Lamping on the prospect of moving the team across the Mississippi River into Illinois. After a 30-minute meeting Wednesday in East St. Louis, Ill., Lamping said a new ballpark could be built at any of five suburban St. Louis sites in Illinois that the team is weighing as alternatives to its preferred site south of Busch Stadium...
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Canada seeks DNA testing for man serving rape sentence in Mo.
(State News ~ 08/29/02)
ST. LOUIS -- The Canadian government is urging DNA testing for a Canadian citizen who has already spent 16 years in prison for a rape he claims he didn't commit. Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs sent letters last week to St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce and Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon, asking both to honor Circuit Judge Thomas Grady's order for DNA testing for Kenneth Charron...
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CDC allocates more money to West Nile fight in Illinois
(State News ~ 08/29/02)
CHICAGO -- The federal government has given the city of Chicago and the state an additional $680,500 to help battle the West Nile virus amid expectations that the number of human cases will continue to rise in the next couple of weeks. The number of cases in Illinois increased Wednesday to 79, as state health officials announced eight more people had tested positive for the virus...
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Waste not
(Local News ~ 08/29/02)
A Cape Girardeau teenager has been recognized by the state for his role in promoting a cleaner environment. Conservation Commissioner Stephen Bradford presented 19-year-old Stratton Tingle of Cape Girardeau with an award Wednesday for his 30-second video against littering. It was produced together with Tingle's friends Justin Hawkins and Ross Tilghman...
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Poplar Bluff man arrested for pharmacy robbery
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/29/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff man has been arrested for allegedly robbing one pharmacy and attempting to rob another in Sikeston Friday. Clint Browning, 24, was arrested for robbing the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy and attempting to rob the Medicap Pharmacy. He was charged with second-degree pharmacy robbery...
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Lawsuit against Saudis raises nagging issues
(Editorial ~ 08/29/02)
Just before President Bush received the Saudi ambassador, Prince Bandahar, U.S.-Saudi relations received another major jolt: More than 600 relatives of Sept. 11 terror victims filed a lawsuit that accuses seven foreign banks, eight Islamic foundations and three members of the Saudi royal family of financing Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network. The lawsuit asks for $1 trillion in damages...
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Carlton Rollins
(Obituary ~ 08/29/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Carlton Rollins, 70, of Jackson died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2002, at his home. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Robert Smith
(Obituary ~ 08/29/02)
UNITY, Ill. -- Robert R. Smith, 72, of Unity died Monday, Aug. 26, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Bethel Temple Church of God in Christ in Mounds, Ill., with Elder Carl J. Whitaker and Elder Leon Wilkins Jr. officiating...
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Cape police report 8/29/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/29/02)
Cape Girardeau Thursday, Aug. 29 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Melanie Dawn Woodruff, 26, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., was arrested Tuesday for stealing at Famous Barr. Nancy Nicole Bolin, 26, of Imperial, Mo., was arrested Tuesday for stealing at Famous Barr...
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Out of the past 8/29/02
(Out of the Past ~ 08/29/02)
10 years ago: Aug. 29, 1992 New street construction in Cape Girardeau was up this year thanks in large part to rapid development in several subdivisions; James Tilley, chief inspector in city's engineering department, says 10,500 feet - or nearly two miles - of high-grade concrete streets have been built this year with additional projects now under construction...
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Speak Out A 8/29/02
(Speak Out ~ 08/29/02)
Bargain with devil IN APPARENTLY allying itself with Missouri's Republican Party in litigation, proposals for laws, lobbying efforts and support for GOP candidates, the once proud, professional and politically neutral Missouri State Teacher's Association has made a bargain with the devil and sounded its own death knell...
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Column sounds like whining over lack of power
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/29/02)
To the editor: Peter Kinder's recent column about his lawsuit against Gov. Bob Holden was the most ridiculous item I have read by him yet. It is nothing more than childish whining, and the points he makes are nothing short of laughable. He couldn't hear the defense's voice? So what? Get a hearing aid...
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Oswalt keeps streak alive in win
(Other Sports ~ 08/29/02)
Roy Oswalt won his seventh start in a row, giving up four hits and pitching into the eighth inning as the Astros beat the Padres 2-1 Wednesday night. Oswalt (17-6) hasn't lost since July 16 and has one no decision since then. He went 7 2/3 innings, striking out six and walking two...
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Shape Up Cape updates
(Community ~ 08/29/02)
The Fit to Print team earned 761 points for the past week. St. Andrew's Fit for Eternity earned 789 points and the public library's Bookin' Team earned 306 points. Point totals: Sam Blackwell 98 Andrea Buchanan 60 Spencer Cramer 74 Heidi Hall 70...
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Health calendar 8/29
(Community ~ 08/29/02)
Today Grief Support Group from 7 to 9 p.m. in the diabetes kitchen at St. Francis Education Center. Call 651-4617 for information about the group. "Ask your doctor" at 8 p.m. with Dr. Edwin Masters speaking about tick-borne illnesses. Viewers can call with questions by phoning 334-3095 during the show. The program is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau County Area Medical Society, St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital...
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Seven children injured in school bus crash
(State News ~ 08/29/02)
ODESSA, Mo. -- Seven children were sent to the hospital with minor injuries after a school bus crash near Odessa Wednesday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says none of the children had serious injuries. All the children were between the ages of 7 and 10...
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