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Briefly 11/4/02
(Professional Sports ~ 11/04/02)
Colleges Baylor football coach Kevin Steele was fired Sunday but agreed to finish out the season with the Bears. Steele, in his fourth season at Baylor, is 9-33 and his teams have won just one Big 12 conference game during his tenure. The Bears are 3-6 this season, including 1-4 in the Big 12...
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'A lot at stake' in U.N. debate
(International News ~ 11/04/02)
However the words read or the bombs fall in the end, the Security Council's long, painful haggling over Iraq will help shape the United Nations of the future, just as decisions a decade ago, under another President Bush, transformed the world body...
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UK 'Harry Potter' fans turn out for second movie's premier
(International News ~ 11/04/02)
LONDON -- Dressed in wizards' hats and witches' robes, hundreds of screaming fans greeted the stars of the new Harry Potter movie at its glitzy world premiere Sunday in London. "Daniel, Daniel, Daniel," chanted a crowd of teenage girls, as Daniel Radcliffe, the young actor who plays the boy wizard, arrived for the screening of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."...
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Russian defense minister suspends troop reduction in Chechnya
(International News ~ 11/04/02)
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia -- Chechen rebels shot down a Russian military helicopter Sunday, killing nine soldiers, shortly after the defense minister announced he was suspending plans to cut back Moscow's force in the troubled province. In the second such attack in less than a week, the Mi-8 helicopter, carrying three military crew and six troops, was hit as it lifted off from Russia's military headquarters in the southern republic. ...
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World briefs 11/04/02
(International News ~ 11/04/02)
Volcano eruption forces closure of Ecuador airport QUITO, Ecuador -- A volcano outside Ecuador's capital spewed a cloud of hot ash Sunday, forcing the closure of its airport and a nearby highway near, and showering Quito in white ash. No injuries were reported from the eruption of Reventador -- an 11,775-foot volcano located 59 miles northeast of Quito on the eastern slope of the Andes...
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Earthquake shakes villages in Pakistan, kills at least 10
(International News ~ 11/04/02)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A moderate earthquake jolted northern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 48, many of them critically, officials said. The magnitude-4.5 quake hit near Gilgit, about 125 miles north of Islamabad, said Chaudhry Mehmood Arif, an official in the Seismic Center in the northwestern city of Peshawar...
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Afghan president fires top provincial officials
(International News ~ 11/04/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has fired between 15 and 20 top civil and military chiefs across the country, accusing them of corruption and abuse of power, officials said Sunday. The move came after an emergency Cabinet meeting late Saturday, presidential spokesman Sayed Fazel Akbar told reporters in the capital, Kabul...
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Party with Islamic roots holds early lead in Turkish elections
(International News ~ 11/04/02)
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish voters, angry over the country's slide into its worst economic crisis in decades, gave an early lead to a party with Islamic roots in Sunday's elections that were expected to completely reshape parliament in this key U.S. ally...
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For music vets, TV shows the place to sell new songs
(Entertainment ~ 11/04/02)
NEW YORK -- For one week this summer, Bruce Springsteen was the biggest star on television. There he was in Asbury Park, N.J., where the "Today" show transplanted itself for a day to watch him perform. Ted Koppel interviewed him on "Nightline." Two nights in a row, Springsteen and his E Street Band were featured on David Letterman's "Late Show."...
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Kuwait shuts down Al-Jazeera TV network
(International News ~ 11/04/02)
KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwait shut down the Al-Jazeera television bureau here Sunday, charging that the Arab world's most popular satellite TV network was "not objective." "The government informed me that the bureau is closed because Al-Jazeera channel is not objective," Saad al-Enezi, the station's bureau chief, told The Associated Press. He said he was not given any detailed information about the decision...
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Parents of earthquake victims make pleas for safer schools
(International News ~ 11/04/02)
SAN GIULIANO DI PUGLIA, Italy -- By the end of the mass funeral Sunday, Cire Riggio could control his rage no longer. "I'd really like to know who built that school, I'd like to know the architect who designed it," Riggio shouted after the service for 26 children, including his twin boys, third-graders Gianmaria and Luca...
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Benson's drought over
(Professional Sports ~ 11/04/02)
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. -- Johnny Benson ended one of the longest winless streaks in NASCAR on Sunday, holding off Mark Martin to win the Pop Secret 400 for his first victory in 226 starts. Benson, known as the best driver to never win a Winston Cup race, led the final 28 laps but had to battle Martin over the final dozen laps at North Carolina Speedway...
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Bengals rout Texans for their first victory
(Professional Sports ~ 11/04/02)
HOUSTON -- Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Johnson had "guaranteed" a victory for Sunday, but his proclamation didn't exactly rival Joe Namath for boldness. After all, the Bengals were playing the expansion Houston Texans. Still, Cincinnati got to shed the label as the league's most laughable team for at least one week, as Jon Kitna threw four touchdown passes to lead the Bengals past the Texans 38-3 Sunday...
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Blues post eighth consecutive win
(Professional Sports ~ 11/04/02)
NEW YORK -- While the St. Louis Blues keep finding ways to win, the New York Rangers are letting games slip away night after night. Scott Mellanby scored a goal and added an assist, and Doug Weight had two assists Sunday to lead the Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Rangers...
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Faulk leaves Cardinals feeling sick
(Professional Sports ~ 11/04/02)
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The formula for the St. Louis Rams' resurgence couldn't be simpler. Get the ball to Marshall Faulk and win. Even when he's feeling rotten. Faulk, his legs cramping because of a bout with the flu, rushed for 178 yards in 27 carries Sunday, including the clinching 13-yard touchdown with 1:53 to play, as the defending NFC champions won their third straight after an 0-5 start, 27-14 over the Arizona Cardinals...
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Talent urges rural voters to offset city 'machines'
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
ROLLA, Mo. -- Republican Jim Talent urged his rural backers on Sunday to get their country neighbors to the polls so that Tuesday's U.S. Senate election isn't "stolen from us in St. Louis." "The folks on the other side are working their machines to turn out the vote," Talent, grounded by poor flying weather, said in a speech by telephone to about 200 volunteers in Rolla, hometown of Democratic Sen. Jean Carnahan...
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Sen. Carnahan urges parishioners to vote
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Democratic Sen. Jean Carnahan campaigned from the pulpit on Sunday, telling black congregations in St. Louis they can make the difference in her close race against Republican Jim Talent. Carnahan urged parishioners of three churches to go to the polls on Election Day...
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State law guards workers' right to vote
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
ST. LOUIS -- A state law that guarantees workers time off to vote -- if they give at least a day's notice -- gives Missouri one of the strongest laws in the nation protecting workers' voting rights. Employees are guaranteed up to three hours off to head to the polls. Employers who refuse to comply can be fined $2,500 and face a year in jail...
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Branson theater to air family-oriented show
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
BRANSON, Mo. -- Television watchers across the country are about to get a taste of a Branson theater's family-oriented brand of entertainment. Performances of The Saturday Night Jubilee will be taped before live audiences and distributed through syndication beginning the end of this month. Several cable networks will air the show on Saturday nights...
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Political ads may reach billion-dollar mark
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
DELAND, Fla. -- Jim Lawlor can't remember ever seeing so many political advertisements on television. And he's been around longer than TV itself. "I think they're going at it hot and heavy. I just don't like to see all that," said the 81-year-old man, who was finishing a workout at an Orange City YMCA, where treadmill users burn calories while watching a bank of ceiling-mounted TVs...
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Mild quake centered in Nebraska felt in three states
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
O'NEILL, Neb. -- A mild earthquake centered near the Nebraska-South Dakota state line was felt in parts of three states Sunday. No major damage was reported, but callers reported that pictures were knocked off walls in O'Neill and some other towns in the region...
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Police in sniper case to investigate Sept. 5 shooting
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
BALTIMORE -- Investigators are looking into whether a Sept. 5 shooting in Clinton is related to the Washington-area sniper, a police spokesman said Sunday. A man was shot six times at close range around 10:30 p.m. after closing his restaurant, which is near the home of sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad's ex-wife, Mildred...
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Odds stacked in favor of IHOP coming here
(Column ~ 11/04/02)
The International House of Pancakes -- IHOP for the ADHD crowd -- has shown a strong interest in opening a restaurant in Cape Girardeau, and a spot they're seriously looking at is the Drury property just west of Ruby Tuesday. "We've been investigating the area," said Patrick Lenow, a corporate spokesman for the California-based restaurant known for its pancakes. ...
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College hoops is wonderful time of year
(Sports Column ~ 11/04/02)
dwilson It's the most wonderful time of the year. We're only 18 days away and counting from the tip-off of the college basketball season. Here goes nothing. There is no doubt the Indians are frustrated with last season and they are eager to step onto the hardwood and erase any doubt about this season. There is also little doubt that the Indians' don't have an abundance of talent this year either...
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Welcome to the Welfare State
(Column ~ 11/04/02)
KENNETT, Mo. -- It's difficult not using the seemingly outmoded "Show-Me State" slogan for Missouri at the time a newer, more relevant one seems more appropriate. As a matter of fact, I'd be willing to bet that thousands, give or take a few, would begin marching on Jefferson City to protest use of the more accurate one: "The Welfare State."...
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Oak Ridge dedicates new middle school
(Local News ~ 11/04/02)
The recent construction of a $1.9 million middle school and multipurpose activity center has given people in the Oak Ridge School District a new reason to point to their school with pride. "For a school our size, our facilities and technology are second to none now," said Mike Qualls, an English teacher at the new middle school...
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Turning over old leaves
(Local News ~ 11/04/02)
There are two theories to raking leaves. There's the keep-the-lawn-green approach, where homeowners rake their yards several times during the leaf-falling period in October and November. Then there's the do-it-all-at-once method, which requires harder labor and results in mammoth leaf piles...
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Downtown Cape microbrewery to open by Christmas
(Business ~ 11/04/02)
Mark Sprigg talks about microbrew as if he's talking about fine wine. "It can be subtle," he said. "It has extra body. Different flavors go with different meals. It's certainly not meant to be chugged." It's just the sort of attitude one would want in a man who has been making his own beer since 1979 and is about to become the co-owner -- and head brewmaster -- of Cape Girardeau's first microbrewery since before World War II...
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McDonald's super-size strategy falters
(Business ~ 11/04/02)
CHICAGO -- Golden arches have been proliferating around the globe ever since a traveling salesman named Ray Kroc had a vision about the limitless potential of fast food nearly a half-century ago. Taking over the revolutionary Speedee Service System from brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald, Kroc built a burger-and-fries empire on the premise that there can never be too many McDonald's...
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Latest downtown Cape Christmas ornament is available
(Local News ~ 11/04/02)
Cape Girardeau's downtown ornaments are upon us, and this year's featured site is the old Lorimier School, now City Hall. "I think it is a great tribute to one of our great historic structures in Old Town Cape," said Catherine Dunlap, executive director of the Old Town Cape organization. "It was wonderful that the city of Cape Girardeau could reuse the old school building as a home for city operations."...
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U.S. says N. Korea must scrap nuclear weapons program
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Bush administration showed little interest Sunday in renewing official dialogue with North Korea unless the communist government first scraps its nuclear weapons program. A senior North Korean diplomat was quoted as saying his country was willing to negotiate with the Bush administration over the newly disclosed weapons program, which violates a 1994 accord with the United States...
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Dozens injured in California freeway pileup
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Nearly 200 cars and big-rig trucks collided on the fogbound Long Beach Freeway early Sunday, injuring dozens of people, nine critically, and closing the highway for hours. "The fog was thick and all you saw on the horizon was the cars piled up in both directions," driver Rob Zeigler told KABC-TV. "... You could feel your car moving, knowing that other cars are still hitting you."...
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About 1 in 4 Florida students have given up vouchers
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
MIAMI -- More than one in four students who took a voucher to attend private school in Florida this semester have transferred back to public education, a newspaper reported. This summer, 607 students requested taxpayer-funded vouchers to leave public schools that received failing grades. As of last week, 170 had returned to public schools, The Miami Herald reported Sunday...
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Cardinal Law acknowledges 'terrible evil' of abuse
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
BOSTON -- Cardinal Bernard Law acknowledged Sunday that some of his decisions regarding priests were wrong, and said he has a "far deeper awareness of this terrible evil" of clergy sexual abuse than he did ten months ago, when the scandal first broke...
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Earthquake measuring 7.9 rocks interior of Alaska
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A major earthquake rocked a sparsely populated area of interior Alaska Sunday afternoon, cracking highways and roads, knocking over fuel tanks and shaking rural homes. The magnitude 7.9 quake, centered 90 miles south of Fairbanks, was strongly felt in Anchorage about 270 miles to the south. It hit at 1:13 p.m. Alaska Standard Time, said Bruce Turner of Alaska and Tsunami Warning Center...
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Nation briefs 11/04/02
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
Sharpton calls for release of Haitian migrants MIAMI -- The Rev. Al Sharpton called the treatment of more than 200 Haitian migrants detained in South Florida a "moral outrage" Saturday, and pledged to organize rallies and marches to demand their release...
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Control of Congress still a tossup as elections remain close
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
WASHINGTON -- Less than 48 hours before Americans vote in midterm elections, late surveys dashed Democratic hopes for a last-minute surge. The country remained evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, at least seven Senate races remained too close to call, and the House of Representatives remained likely to stay Republican...
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Painful presence - Some spouses cause mates' pain
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Every married person who thinks their spouse is a pain in the caboose, listen up. New research suggests they're actually a pain in the back. Some spouses could cause their mate's chronic back pain to flare up by merely being in the same room, according to a study presented Sunday in Orlando, Fla...
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People talk 11/4
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
Chicago man wins bid on plate used by Monroe SPARKS, Nev. -- A silver oyster plate used by Marilyn Monroe during filming of "The Misfits" sold at auction for $1,000. Robert W. Otto, president and CEO of a Chicago human resources consulting company, made the highest bid for the plate from the former Mapes Hotel in Reno, where Monroe stayed in 1960 during shooting...
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Pension funds may dip into profits
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
NEW YORK -- Even if the economy manages to bounce back, don't expect corporate profits to soar. Not if underfunded pensions keep crimping the bottom line. When Wall Street was going up and up, companies shifted more of their pension funds into stocks and watched their assets grow...
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Arts council gives new award
(Local News ~ 11/04/02)
Receiving an award is one thing. Having an award invented for you is another. The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri bestowed its first Friends of the Arts Award to Sam Blackwell, arts and leisure editor of the Southeast Missourian newspaper. The award was given during the council's First Friday Opening Reception Friday evening...
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Singh wins season finale
(Professional Sports ~ 11/04/02)
ATLANTA -- Vijay Singh pulled away from the field with three straight birdies and closing with a 3-under 67 Sunday to win the season-ending Tour Championship. Singh finished at 12-under 268 for a two-stroke victory over Charles Howell III, who closed with a 66. Singh earned $900,000...
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Gary Rust honored with Inland Press Association award
(Business ~ 11/04/02)
Citing strong contributions to journalism, public service and leadership, longtime Cape Girardeau newspaperman Gary W. Rust has been awarded the Ralph D. Casey Award by the Inland Press Association, one of the country's top newspaper trade associations...
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Candidate Q&A - State house; Dennis Smith
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
District 106 1. Options to help the state out of its continuing budget problems include raising taxes, eliminating more programs or a combination of the two. Which would you prefer and why? I would prefer a serious review of state agencies above middle management to find ways to work more efficiently, saving money. Agencies are struggling to provide services at the consumer level, where they are seriously needed...
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Candidate Q&A - State house; Kevin Engler
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
District 106 1. Options to help the state out of its continuing budget problems include raising taxes, eliminating more programs or a combination of the two. Which would you prefer and why? Raising taxes is not an option. I support zero-based budgeting with an evaluation of programs and getting input from department employers, as well as end users...
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Candidate Q&A - State house; Elbert Bohnert
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
District 106 1. Options to help the state out of its continuing budget problems include raising taxes, eliminating more programs or a combination of the two. Which would you prefer and why? Accountability -- it seems that is all we hear lately. Folks need to know where their tax dollars are being spent. ...
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Candidate Q&A - State house; Chuck Miller
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
District 157 1. Options to help the state out of its continuing budget problems include raising taxes, eliminating more programs or a combination of the two. Which would you prefer and why? I am not in favor of any kind of tax increase. I think our first priority should be to reduce spending and that may mean eliminating programs. At a time when families are experiencing belt tightening, it is time for the state also to tighten its belt, not create more taxes for working men and women...
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Candidate Q&A - State house; Scott Lipke
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
District 157 1. Options to help the state out of its continuing budget problems include raising taxes, eliminating more programs or a combination of the two. Which would you prefer and why? In my mind, there are more choices. In fact, it is that way of thinking that in part has put us in our current budget crisis. ...
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Out of the past 11/4/02
(Out of the Past ~ 11/04/02)
10 years ago: Nov. 4, 1992 In night when Democrats were winning from White House to state house, U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson celebrated Republican victory Tuesday, handily winning re-election to seventh term; Cape Girardeau Republican won in all 26 counties in 8th District, defeating Democratic challenger Thad Bullock of Cape Girardeau and write-in candidate Harold Reed of Glen Allen...
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Latecomer to race outspending opponents
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Just one month after he launched his campaign for 106th District state representative, Republican Kevin Engler had spent close to double the amount spent by Democrat Dennis W. Smith, who has been running for the seat since March...
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Kathy Thiele
(Obituary ~ 11/04/02)
Kathy Ann Thiele, 65, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Oct. 19, 1937, in Effingham, Ill., daughter of Edward and Nora Vaultonburg. She worked as a registered nurse at Effingham Hospital for 22 years and at the former Shuffett Nursing Home in Sikeston for 10 years...
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Candidate Q&A - State house; Donnie Kiefer
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
District 160 1. Options to help the state out of its continuing budget problems include raising taxes, eliminating more programs or a combination of the two. Which would you prefer and why? These are options to help the state with its budget problems. ...
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Candidate Q&A - State house; Peter Myers
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
District 160 1. Options to help the state out of its continuing budget problems include raising taxes, eliminating more programs or a combination of the two. Which would you prefer and why? I don't believe that we should or will be able to raise taxes. ...
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Supreme Court will examine California's 'three-strikes' law
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
WASHINGTON -- Gary Ewing was slapped with 25 years-to-life for sneaking out of a shop with three golf clubs stuffed down his pants leg. Shoplifting "Free Willy 2" and eight other videotapes earned Leandro Andrade 50 years behind bars. Both men are repeat offenders sentenced under California's tough "three-strikes" law, which mandates long prison terms for those convicted of at least two prior felonies...
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Haysbert dignifies action again on '24'
(Entertainment ~ 11/04/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Commanding yet guarded, President David Palmer addresses the press corps, assuring them that although the situation is grave, everything is under control. It's a scene from an upcoming hour of Fox's real-time action series "24" (8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12), being shot at a suburban community college that is doubling for a presidential retreat-turned-crisis bunker...
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Community scrapbook - Businessman William H. Vedder
(Local News ~ 11/04/02)
William H. Vedder was well-known in the business community of Cape Girardeau for many years, according to his great-niece Jane Bodine of Cape and his obituary that ran in the Southeast Missourian on Dec. 1, 1956. Born Jan. 30, 1869, in Osnabrueck,Germany, Vedder came to America in 1881 and settled in St. ...
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Precedent challenged in collective bargaining case
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- When the Missouri Supreme Court first tackled the issue of whether government employees have a constitutional right to collectively bargain with management, it issued an unequivocal opinion that such rights didn't extend to public sector workers. While the result was straightforward and has since guided state policy for 55 years, the court will revisit the case in a hearing on Wednesday...
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Candidate Q&A - State House; Lannie Black III
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
District 161 1. Options to help the state out of its continuing budget problems include raising taxes, eliminating more programs or a combination of the two. Which would you prefer and why? There are no simple solutions available. I believe there is some waste in the administration and spending involved with many programs, but I believe if we eliminate 100 percent of the "waste" (which realistically is not possible) that current revenue will be insufficient to maintain all programs and spending at present levels. ...
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Candidate Q&A - State house; Jason Crowell
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
District 158 1. Options to help the state out of its continuing budget problems include raising taxes, eliminating more programs or a combination of the two. Which would you prefer and why? I don't agree with the question. The only way the state will climb out of the current fiscal situation we find ourselves in is for the legislature to do all it can to make Missouri once again attractive to businesses. ...
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Candidate Q&A - State house; C. Darby Ulery
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
District 158 1. Options to help the state out of its continuing budget problems include raising taxes, eliminating more programs or a combination of the two. Which would you prefer and why? In response to the options to either raise taxes or eliminate more programs in order to help the state out of its continuing budget problems, I propose we eliminate more programs and privatize many government programs. The government continuously manages money poorly; private citizens are better at this...
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Candidate Q&A - State house; Wayne Petitt
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
District 161 1. Options to help the state out of its continuing budget problems include raising taxes, eliminating more programs or a combination of the two. Which would you prefer and why? People are taxed enough. I believe that a lot of waste could be cut out of the state's budget. Times are tough and state departments are going to have to be more careful with the money they have...
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Vera Huff
(Obituary ~ 11/04/02)
Vera Jean Huff, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Jan. 21, 1927, in Flat River, Mo., daughter of the late Edward J. and Roma E. Dalton Bradley. She and Carter Lynn Huff were married in New York. He preceded her in death in December 1989...
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Russel Boothe
(Obituary ~ 11/04/02)
PATTON, Mo. -- Russel Dean Boothe, 26, of Patton died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, at Glenallen, Mo. He was born Aug. 3, 1976, in Chaffee, Mo., son of Joseph and Dottie Kirkpatrick Boothe. He was an operator for Gilster-Mary Lee Company in Perryville, Mo., and had taken welding classes at the Perry County Vo-Tech School...
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Helen Shores
(Obituary ~ 11/04/02)
Helen May Shores, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Dec. 22, 1913, in Carter County, Mo., daughter of the late William Joseph and Virginia Ann Felker Snider. On Sept. 7, 1940, and Andrew Keith Shores Jr. were married in St. Louis. He preceded her in death Dec. 11, 2000...
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Cape fire report 11/4/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/04/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Nov. 4 Firefighters responded Saturday to the following calls: At 6 p.m., a medical assist at 1471 Kingshighway. At 7 p.m., a medical assist at the intersection of Kingshighway and Cape Rock. At 7:38 p.m., a medical assist at 3020 Boutin Drive...
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Cape police report 11/4/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/04/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Nov. 4 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI James Deberry, 41, of 903 S. Pacific was issued a summons Sunday at 232 Broadway for driving while intoxicated, no proof of insurance and driving while revoked...
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Patton man dies in accident
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/04/02)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- A Patton, Mo., man was killed in a one-vehicle accident Saturday evening in Bollinger County. Russel Boothe, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred on Route Z, three miles north of Glenallen. Boothe was a passenger in a 1994 Ford truck driven by Daniel Cureton, 24, of Marble Hill, Mo...
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Candidate Q&A - State house; Timothy Doubledee
(State News ~ 11/04/02)
157th District 1. Options to help the state out of its continuing budget problems include raising taxes, eliminating more programs or a combination of the two. Which would you prefer and why? I would prefer eliminating programs. Productive citizens are already taxed too much for the poor results we see in return. ...
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Community briefs 11/04/02
(Local News ~ 11/04/02)
Altenburg Homemakers sponsoring home tour ALTENBURG, Mo. -- The Altenburg Homemakers are sponsoring a Home Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in Altenburg. Five homes with Christmas and fall decor will be open to the public. Also open will be the first Lutheran College of the Missouri Synod, the Tower Rock Winery and a craft show...
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Area Agency on Aging will celebrate caregivers' month
(Local News ~ 11/04/02)
The Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging will celebrate one of its newest programs, the Family Care Giver Support Program, in November as part of National Family Caregivers Month. "Our organization is pleased to have this opportunity to formally recognize and celebrate the valuable role they play," said Kathy Bullis, family care giver program coordinator...
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Fed expected to cut rates for first time in 11 months
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve is likely to move four-decades-low interest rates even lower this week in the face of rising worry that the struggling economy is headed for rougher times. A series of recent economic reports has offered indications that the country's sputtering recovery is once again threatening to stall, and that leads many private economists to predict a rate cut when Fed policy-makers meet Wednesday...
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Military news 11/4/02
(Local News ~ 11/04/02)
Sievers graduates from U.S. Army rigger course Army Pvt. James J. Sievers has graduated from a parachute rigger course at the 262nd Quartermaster Battalion, Fort Lee, Petersburg, Va. Sievers was trained to inspect, pack, rig, recover, store and maintain airdrop equipment. Airdrop equipment includes troop and cargo parachutes, platforms, cushioning materials, and extraction and release systems...
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Manufacturing shrinks for second straight month
(Business ~ 11/04/02)
NEW YORK -- U.S. manufacturing activity contracted in October for the second straight month, an industry group reported Friday, the latest indication the economic rebound is running into difficulty. The Tempe, Ariz.-based Institute for Supply Management said its index of business activity declined to 48.5 in October compared with 49.5 in September. Analysts had been expecting a reading of 48.9...
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People on the move 11/04/02
(Business ~ 11/04/02)
Biggerstaff named advocate of the year William Biggerstaff, superintendent of Woodland School District, is scheduled to be awarded the Missouri School Counselor Association Advocate of the Year today at the association's annual banquet...
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Speak Out A 11/04/02
(Speak Out ~ 11/04/02)
Remembering values I'M A senior citizen. I'm a little senile, and maybe I'm not with the times. But does anybody remember when no one would ever consider an abortion? People really believed in God. You could walk in any part of our city without fear. ...
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Mary Burns
(Obituary ~ 11/04/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Mary Margaret Burns, 69, of Sikeston died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, at her daughter's residence in Rogersville, Mo. She was born June 24, 1933, in Sikeston, daughter of the late James Clifford and Edna Landers Counsil. She married James L. Burns Sr. April 6, 1949, in Sikeston. He preceded her in death Oct. 11, 1999...
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Indians expected tough test
(College Sports ~ 11/04/02)
Southeast Missouri State University football coach Tim Billings knew better than to look at Tennessee Tech's dismal record and think the Indians would have an easy time with the Golden Eagles Saturday night. "Tech is a good football team that had played just about everybody close, but they'd lost some really tough games," Billings said. "I thought it would be a really tough game."...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda
(Local News ~ 11/04/02)
7:30 p.m. Monday City Hall Action Items Power and Light Committee Consider motion to reappoint Mayor Paul Sander to serve as Jackson's representative on the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association Board of Directors for a one-year term beginning Jan. 1...
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Energetic Zeiler brings OVC gold back to Cape
(College Sports ~ 11/04/02)
Once Lindsay Zeiler got her energy level back up, she again began to run like she knew she was capable of all along. And that culminated in Southeast Missouri State University's freshman distance ace winning Saturday's Ohio Valley Conference cross country meet in Morehead, Ky...
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Jackson city-school cooperation works well
(Editorial ~ 11/04/02)
Anybody familiar with growth in the Jackson School District knows that a high school campus that worked just fine for decades simply won't work well when the enrollment is 1,100 students in grades 10 through 12 and there are many more large classes to come...
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Sisters make good on pledge to graduate
(Editorial ~ 11/04/02)
For every child living in a two-parent home with all his needs taken care of, there is at least one other child struggling to make his way in a society that can seem unfair. The second scenario is the case for most teenagers being educated at the Alternative Education Center in Cape Girardeau. It offers a last chance for students in danger of dropping out and losing their opportunity to have fulfilling careers and successful families of their own...
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Business memo 11/04/02
(Business ~ 11/04/02)
Business counseling sessions available The Small Business Development Center of Southeast Missouri State University will be conducting counseling sessions for area small business people planning business ventures. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, 1267 N. Mount Auburn Road. Call 335-3312 for an appointment. The counseling sessions are about an hour and are free of charge...
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Army considers outsourcing 214,000 jobs to private sector
(National News ~ 11/04/02)
WASHINGTON -- The Army is considering contracting out nearly 214,000 military and civilian support jobs to the private sector in an ambitious plan to free money to fight terrorism and comply with President Bush's desire to trim the federal government through outsourcing...
Stories from Monday, November 4, 2002
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