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Breaking in brakes requires care
(Column ~ 06/13/03)
Dear Tom and Ray: I am about to change the brake pads on my car. I have heard that new brake pads need to be broken in, or "bedded." How does one do this? And if I don't do it, will I end up a smear on the road when I try to use the brakes next? Felix...
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FanFare
(Other Sports ~ 06/13/03)
Briefly Baseball Steve Phillips was fired Thursday as general manager of the New York Mets, who are mired in last place despite one of highest payrolls in the major leagues. Senior assistant general manager Jim Duquette will take over Phillips' duties on an interim basis through the end of the season and will be a candidate for the job, owner Fred Wilpon said...
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Beckham saga sounds like it's made for America
(Sports Column ~ 06/13/03)
If Prince Charles were sold to Spain for close to $50 million there might be less uproar in England than there is over the proposed sale of soccer megastar David Beckham. Beckham is the face and, with his frequent changes, the hairstyle of English soccer...
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Toyota Sienna poised to give minivans run for the money
(Column ~ 06/13/03)
I'm jealous of the "younger" generation. They are so darn lucky! I just test drove a vehicle so good, with so many nifty features, that does so many things so well that it makes me wish I could go back in time and live my family rearing years all over again. This is the vehicle that should have been in my driveway 20 years ago!...
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Wail, O oaks of Bashan
(Column ~ 06/13/03)
I've been trying all week to think of something good-humored to say about the demise of a good friend. But I can't. The good friend is a nearly 50-year-old oak tree, which resides in our backyard. As we speak, it is being removed, limb by limb, while the hydrangeas, impatiens, begonias, lilies of the valley, azaleas, boxwood hedges, iris, violets, ivy, forsythia, spirea, honeysuckle, wild grapevines and assorted other nearby neighbors watch in silence...
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People talk 06/13/03
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
Former pop star Adam Ant arrested in London LONDON -- Former pop star Adam Ant was arrested after allegedly throwing stones near his home in north London, then removing some of his clothes at a nearby cafe, police said Thursday. The arrest on suspicion of criminal damage occurred Wednesday, and one national newspaper, The Sun, carried a photograph showing two policemen leading Ant away with a blanket wrapped around his waist...
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Heart-device maker to pay $92.4 million
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A manufacturer of heart surgery devices pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $92.4 million in penalties Thursday for covering up malfunctions that may have led to 12 deaths and numerous other complications. Endovascular Technologies of Menlo Park, a subsidiary of Indianapolis-based Guidant Corp., pleaded guilty to 10 felonies, including shipping misbranded products and making false statements to government regulators...
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Miami woman jailed after being mistaken for French fugitive
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
MIAMI -- Thinking they had caught a French fugitive who had kidnapped her children from their father, authorities held a mother of two in jail for six nights until DNA tests proved them wrong. Nona Cason, 39, had pleaded her innocence, offering job records, birth certificates and passports to show she was not fugitive Nadine Tretiakoff...
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David Brinkley, elder statesman of TV broadcast news, dies
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
NEW YORK -- David Brinkley, a pioneering nightly news anchorman who also reinvented the Sunday political talk show, has died at 82. In 1956, Brinkley was paired with Chet Huntley for NBC News' coverage of the Democratic and Republican national conventions. It was a perfect fit, and the pair took over NBC's nightly newscast, with Huntley in New York and Brinkley in Washington...
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Gregory Peck, Oscar winner as 'Mockingbird's' Finch, dies at 87
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
LOS ANGELES -- Gregory Peck, who embodied saintly fatherhood in "To Kill a Mockingbird" and played a range of real-life figures from Abraham Lincoln to Josef Mengele, died Thursday at 87. With his wife of 48 years, Veronique, at his side, Peck died about 4 a.m. at his Los Angeles home, spokesman Monroe Friedman said...
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Americans threaten to withhold NATO money
(International News ~ 06/13/03)
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The United States threatened on Thursday to withhold money for a new NATO headquarters and ban Americans from attending alliance meetings unless Belgium changes a law under which Army commander Tommy Franks was charged with war crimes...
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Study - Most diabetics should get statin drugs
(International News ~ 06/13/03)
LONDON -- Most adult diabetics should be taking cholesterol-lowering drugs even if they have healthy cholesterol levels and no evidence of heart disease, a major new study has concluded. The results, which found that statin drugs cut the risk of heart attacks, strokes and the need for angioplasty or bypass surgery in diabetics by one-third, emerge from the largest study ever to test the power of statins...
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Israel, Hamas threaten fight to the finish
(International News ~ 06/13/03)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel killed seven Palestinians, including a Hamas fugitive, his wife and their toddler daughter in its third rocket attack in 24 hours Thursday, as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Islamic militant group threatened a fight to the finish...
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Iran's supreme leader threatens crackdown as protests continue
(International News ~ 06/13/03)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Hundreds of protesters called for the death of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei as thousands of onlookers watched early Friday, the third day of demonstrations in the capital despite threats by the hard-line regime to crack down to end the disturbances...
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French students begin final exams unhindered by strikes
(International News ~ 06/13/03)
PARIS -- Most French high school students began their final exams Thursday unhindered by striking teachers who had threatened to cancel the tests, though students in some southern cities had to cross picket lines to get to school. In Toulouse, riot police with helmets and shields stood guard at one school to push back protesting teachers. In Perpignan, demonstrators blocked a bridge with tires and boulders. In Avignon, striking educators chained themselves to a school gate...
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Liberians trickle back to damaged homes as peace talks resume
(International News ~ 06/13/03)
MONROVIA, Liberia -- With rebels poised to take the capital, President Charles Taylor warned on Thursday there can be no peace in the west African country unless an international tribunal drops war crimes charges against him. His warning came as government envoys met with representatives of two rebel groups in nearby Ghana to negotiate an end to fighting that has displaced tens of thousands of people in the past week...
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World briefs 06/13/03
(International News ~ 06/13/03)
WHO: SARS could be coming to an end TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The World Health Organization said Thursday the global SARS outbreak may be nearing an end, and hard-hit Hong Kong reported no new infections or deaths for the first day since March. However, the WHO cautioned that the disease is not yet controlled in Taiwan. In Canada, authorities tested 23 people from two facilities for the elderly in Ontario for SARS symptoms and hundreds more were quarantined as a precaution...
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Area digest
(Other Sports ~ 06/13/03)
Scott fails to qualify in national track meet After a disappointing performance in the long jump Wednesday, Southeast Missouri State University senior Shelton Scott failed to qualify in the triple jump Thursday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif...
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Southwest tries to keep breakout season intact
(College Sports ~ 06/13/03)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Southwest Missouri State isn't happy just to be at the College World Series for the first time. The Bears were a surprise at-large selection to the NCAA's field of 64. That attitude ended when they went on the road and won the regional at Nebraska and then the super regional at Ohio State...
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Neuheisel to be fired over bets, university AD says
(College Sports ~ 06/13/03)
SEATTLE -- Rick Neuheisel couldn't hide from his latest lie. And this time, his deceit went too far for Washington athletic director Barbara Hedges to accept another apology. Hedges announced Thursday she intends to fire Neuheisel as Washington's football coach for betting on two NCAA basketball tournaments and lying to school officials and NCAA investigators about it...
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Republicans suspect scheme behind phone calls
(Local News ~ 06/13/03)
A rash of telemarketer-type phone calls asking area residents to voice concerns about state budget cuts may be part of what Republican lawmakers call a scheme to drum up false support for Gov. Bob Holden's budget proposal. The Southeast Missourian received phone calls Wednesday and Thursday from callers from throughout the region who were asked to voice their opposition to the budget cuts...
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Concerned citizens group discusses state budget cuts
(Local News ~ 06/13/03)
Representatives from local school districts attended a Coalition to Protect Education and Healthcare meeting Thursday in Sikeston, Mo., to discuss state budget cuts to education. The coalition is a non-partisan group of concerned citizens lobbying against state funding cuts to education and healthcare services in Missouri...
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Filmmakers seeking cast, crew
(Local News ~ 06/13/03)
Fifteen people responded to a casting call at DC's Cafe in Cape Girardeau Thursday night, hoping to get parts in an independent film to be made by a group of Cape Girardeau men. The aspiring actors read from the script for "Dark Garden," a psychological thriller written by Greg Levrault, a Cape Girardeau bill collector. ...
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Offense takes a dive in finals
(Professional Sports ~ 06/13/03)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Steve Kerr sat along the baseline Thursday, confessed to his occasional bouts with boredom during the NBA Finals and reminisced about the last time a championship series was tied 2-2. It was 1997, the first time the Bulls played the Utah Jazz in the finals, and Chicago had lost two in a row after winning Games 1 and 2 at home...
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Appeals ruling in DWI case expected within 30 days
(Local News ~ 06/13/03)
If an appellate court affirms a local judge's ruling, Missouri's suspected drunken drivers could be exempt from further blood-alcohol-level tests -- involving blood and urine samples -- by first refusing to take a breathalyzer test. Oral arguments in the Cape Girardeau County case of State v. ...
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Fees, taxes going up in most states
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
Get ready to pay. States struggling to keep government running and balance their budgets are turning to higher taxes and fees to do the dirty work, potentially doubling the load of new taxes this year and erasing much of the savings from the high-flying 1990s...
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Aunt, nephew charged in death of Parma man
(Local News ~ 06/13/03)
A Parma, Mo., man was found murdered Wednesday, say investigators with the New Madrid County Sheriff's Department and the Southeast Missouri Major Case Squad. Van Patterson, 65, died from a head trauma, officials said. His body was found in his home on County Road 531...
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Marble Hill man found guilty of meth possession
(Local News ~ 06/13/03)
A Ste. Genevieve County jury found Arlen B. Brown, 49, of Marble Hill, Mo., guilty Wednesday of possession of methamphetamine. The case was moved from Cape Girardeau County on a change of venue. His sentencing was set for Aug. 12. He received probation in August 2001 on a Perry County conviction for possession of a controlled substance...
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Sculptor replacing Civil War statue
(Local News ~ 06/13/03)
The Union soldier that looked over Cape Girardeau for 92 years will make another stand. The Cape Girardeau County Commission this week awarded a contract to Dexter sculptor Alan Gibson to repair the Civil War memorial fountain statue, which was erected on the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn in 1911 and then was knocked over by a fallen tree limb on May 12 of this year...
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Lightning strikes unlucky tree twice
(Local News ~ 06/13/03)
If trees could talk, the tulip poplar at 2534 Meadow Lane would have yelled "ouch" twice in two years. Planted almost five decades ago, the tree still was healing from a lightning strike last spring when it was struck again in Wednesday's storms...
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Increasing water pressure
(Local News ~ 06/13/03)
When the weather cooperates, Capaha Pool still looks good to children who plunge down the three short water slides or splash around in the crystal clear water. They don't see a nearly 46-year-old pool whose below-ground deterioration threatens to eventually close it...
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Increase in funding for autism work cut
(State News ~ 06/13/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Language earmarking $200,000 to upgrade services for autistic children in Southeast Missouri was pulled from the revised state budget bills the Senate approved Tuesday. However, state Sen. Bill Foster, R-Poplar Bluff, said he is confident the funding, removed without discussion by the Senate Appropriations Committee on which Foster serves, will be restored by the time the measures are sent to Gov. Bob Holden...
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Cardinals nudge Red Sox in 13 innings
(Professional Sports ~ 06/13/03)
BOSTON -- Jim Edmonds hit an opposite-field, three-run homer in the 13th inning, and the Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox 8-7 Thursday after wasting a pair of late leads. Edmonds also had a solo homer and Edgar Renteria went 5-for-6 for the Cardinals, who took two of three from the Red Sox in the first meeting between the teams since St. Louis won the 1967 World Series 4-3...
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Steady vet Watson leads the way after first round
(Professional Sports ~ 06/13/03)
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. -- Tom Watson felt like a kid again, leaping as high as his 53-year-old body allowed, charging up the leaderboard at the U.S. Open with magical shots that brought Olympia Fields to life. As he walked up the final fairway to a thunderous ovation, his eyes glistening and a lump in his throat, Watson looked over at Bruce Edwards, his dying caddie who was fighting back tears of his own...
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Colorado's Forsberg wins his first league MVP title
(Professional Sports ~ 06/13/03)
TORONTO -- Peter Forsberg's stellar return to the NHL following an injury that forced him to miss an entire regular season culminated with him being chosen as the league's most valuable player on Thursday night. Forsberg won the scoring title with 106 points and became the first Swedish player to capture the Hart Trophy. It was presented during the league's annual awards ceremonies...
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U.S. ready to begin rebuilding of Iraqi army within weeks
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
WASHINGTON -- The task of building a new Iraqi military will get under way in the next few weeks at selected training and recruiting sites, the American administrator of Iraq said Thursday. Speaking over a satellite video hookup from Baghdad, L. Paul Bremer said the project will serve not only to restore a necessary element of Iraq's long-term security but also address the short-term problem of hundreds of thousands of former Iraqi soldiers being without work since the war...
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U.S. targets Saddam loyalists in biggest assault since war
(International News ~ 06/13/03)
DULUIYAH, Iraq -- U.S. fighter jets bombed a suspected terrorist camp and troops stormed door-to-door through Sunni Muslim towns Thursday, seeking Saddam Hussein loyalists in one of the biggest American military assaults since the war. As Operation Peninsula Strike entered day three, Iraqi fighters shot down a U.S. ...
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Angry Castro leads anti-Europe protest
(International News ~ 06/13/03)
HAVANA -- President Fidel Castro led hundreds of thousands of people in a march past the Spanish Embassy on Thursday to protest European support of U.S. policies aimed at nurturing pro-democracy activism on the communist island. Surrounded by security men and close aides, the 76-year-old bearded leader marched in his trademark olive green fatigues for about 10 minutes during a demonstration that lasted for more than two hours...
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SEMO trout club plans series of classes
(Outdoors ~ 06/13/03)
Area fly tyers will have a place to share their knowledge and pick up a few tips along the way beginning Tuesday. The Southeast Missouri Chapter of Trout Unlimited will offer monthly fly-tying meetings from 7 p.m. to 9 at the Southeast Regional Headquarters of the Missouri Department of Conservation in Cape Girardeau. After Tuesday's meeting, the group will take July off before picking up on their regular date in August. The group will meet the third Tuesday of each month...
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CCC memories still plentiful
(Outdoors ~ 06/13/03)
It's 10 a.m., and the mockingbirds are still jabbering about the storm here last night. It does nothing to help workers picking up debris around this state conservation office. Inside, Al Vaughn cautiously shifts his weight onto a swivel chair behind a desk. ...
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U.S. deception over Iraq war is impeachable
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/13/03)
To the editor: I think the American people should be outraged with the Bush administration, which pushed us into a costly war by preying on our fear of attack. Administration officials told us Iraq had stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. Now it's discovered this was a lie and the story was made up to secure economic gain through oil...
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Cape should stop giving away valves, hydrants
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/13/03)
After reading the June 11 article "Budget study: Cape council says city needs to get handles on rising health insurance costs," I truly believe the Cape Girardeau City Council has not looked at all the ways to cut expenses. Why does the city give water valves and fire hydrants free to contractors for subdivisions? The cost of the valves and hydrants as a set is approximately $1,000. ...
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EMAA seeking broad support for state funding
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/13/03)
To the editor: If Missouri lawmakers are successful in cutting the State Comprehensive Family Planning Program from the state budget, there will be 33,000 men and women affected in 2003. The depletion of funding will ultimately impact several social-service programs. By 2004, Missouri could expect a dramatic increase of citizens enrolling in welfare programs...
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Speak Out A 06/13/03
(Speak Out ~ 06/13/03)
Strong leaders THOSE WERE powerful speeches in the special legislative session by Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder and House Speaker Katherine Hanaway. It's certainly refreshing to hear the truth. If only Kinder and Hanaway were in the governor's office. We would see progress in our Missouri government instead of horseplay...
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Richard Brandom
(Obituary ~ 06/13/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Richard Land "Rick" Brandom, 70, of Sikeston died Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at his home. He was born May 3, 1933, in Kansas City, son of Thomas Martin and Mary Doak Smithpeter Brandom. He and Ellen Campbell Hutter were married July 27, 1968, in Quincy, Ill...
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Howard Lacey
(Obituary ~ 06/13/03)
Howard Louis Lacey, 60, of Scott City died Thursday, June 12, 2003, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 23, 1942, at Elvins, Mo., son of Stanley Louis and Edith Howell Lacey. He and Leslie Ella Holmes were married June 15, 1962, at Doe Run, Mo...
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Sara Mize
(Obituary ~ 06/13/03)
Sara Mize, 62, of St. Louis died Wednesday, June 4, 2003, in a St. Louis nursing home. She was born June 7, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Marvin B. and Arda Barnes Craig. Mize was a graduate of Central High School, and had been a beautician. Survivors include a sister, Ann Craig of St. Louis...
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Virginia Dusablon
(Obituary ~ 06/13/03)
Virginia Ehlers Dusablon, 85, of Staunton, Ill., and formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at the Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Staunton. She was born Feb. 1, 1918, at Oelwein, Iowa, the daughter of Julius and Martha Ellisat Ehlers. She married Paul Dusablon on Sept. 3, 1939, at Maynard, Iowa. He preceded her in death on May 23, 1993...
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Out of the past 6/13/03
(Out of the Past ~ 06/13/03)
10 years ago: June 13, 1993 The Rev. Paul B. Catterton was appointed associate pastor at Centenary United Methodist Church at close of Missouri East Annual Conference last week in Columbia; Catterton received bachelor's degree in ministry from Oakland City College in 1981 and master of divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1985...
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City Lights illumnates beat times
(Entertainment ~ 06/13/03)
SAN FRANCISCO The gallery where Allen Ginsberg first read his seminal poem "Howl" is now a rug store, and the Vesuvio Cafe draws more out-of-towners than bohemians. Taggers have misspelled Neal Cassady's name in Jack Kerouac Alley. The Cellar, where jazzmen backed poets in the 1950s, is just another restaurant basement...
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Everybody's a critic - '2 Fast 2 Furious'
(Entertainment ~ 06/13/03)
Two stars (out of four) It's hard to be fair toward a movie that has the entire audience erupting in bliss over a 30-second shot of a hubcap while you're left wondering what you've missed. "2 Fast 2 Furious" is built like a car. It's quick. It's loud. ...
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Save some room for lobster
(Entertainment ~ 06/13/03)
Did you know that Arthur Scott invented the paper napkin/paper towel in 1931? For that fact alone I am grateful to him. Because if it wasn't for him and that lovely piece of absorbent tissue I wouldn't be able to eat at Red Lobster. Bless him. Succulent, warm and exotic describe some of Red Lobster items being offered this summer. ...
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New on CD 6/13
(Entertainment ~ 06/13/03)
'St. Anger'Instead of "St. Anger," "St. Jude" would be a more appropriate title for Metallica's latest disc -- but even the patron saint of lost causes couldn't help this album. Like the title implies, "St. Anger" is Metallica's heaviest, most aggressive, angriest album yet. ...
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Artifacts
(Entertainment ~ 06/13/03)
This weekend going to the dogs The Southeast Missouri Kennel Club will hold its annual dog shows from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. Admission is free. More than 500 American Kennel Club-registered dogs will be exhibited, with more than 100 breed represented. No walk-in entries will be taken at the gate...
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Cape council must weigh health-care options
(Editorial ~ 06/13/03)
The plight of the Cape Girardeau City Council over the skyrocketing cost of providing health insurance employees is a familiar one to the city's business owners who have watched annual premiums jump year after year even while deductibles have been increased an overall coverage has diminished...
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Medicare - A rush to a quick fix
(Editorial ~ 06/13/03)
Congressional efforts are picking up steam to provide major changes in the Medicare system, including reimbursements for prescription medications. While prescription coverage is a major goal, there is another goal that is just as important: shoring up the system financially so it will be able to provide benefits long into the future...
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Cape fire reports 6/13/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/13/03)
Cape Girardeau Friday, June 13 Firefighters responded Wednesday to the following item: At 3:52 p.m., medical assist at Sprigg and William. Firefighters responded Thursday to the following items: At 7:08 a.m., citizen assist at 611 S. West End Blvd., Apt. 306...
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Country music acts dominate lineup
(State News ~ 06/13/03)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- Long an entertainment mainstay at the Missouri State Fair, country music again dominates the 2003 schedule. Of the eight musical acts slated for the fair's main stage, six are country stars -- including the Academy of Country Music's top male and top female vocalists for 2003 -- Kenny Chesney and Martina McBride...
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Retrial set for death row inmate who was cleared by high court
(State News ~ 06/13/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A death row inmate whose murder conviction and sentence were overturned by the Missouri Supreme Court will be retried for the 1985 killing of a fellow prisoner. Joseph Amrine, 46, of Kansas City, had been scheduled to walk out of the Potosi Correctional Center by next Monday. Instead, he was brought Thursday to Jefferson City to face an amended murder charge filed by Cole County Prosecutor Bill Tackett...
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Students unearth a rare glimpse of Missouri's past
(State News ~ 06/13/03)
MARSHALL, Mo. -- Under the guidance of a University of Missouri professor, college students are carefully unearthing a rarely seen piece of state history: slave quarters. Their first week of digging at a site about 11 miles southeast of Marshall yielded toys, a Union soldier's button from the Civil War, building materials, pieces of ceramic, even a wine bottle still in its place...
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About 3,500 still without power after Tuesday's thunderstorms
(State News ~ 06/13/03)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- About 3,500 electric customers around Belleville remained without power Thursday evening, two days after strong storms raked the St. Louis area and blacked out some 55,000 customers. Illinois Power Co. continued repairing its lines and expected to restore power to almost everyone by Friday morning, spokeswoman Shirley Swarthout said...
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Movie making brings several financial rewards to Fayette
(State News ~ 06/13/03)
FAYETTE, Mo. -- When Hollywood comes to town, it brings a lot of money. That's what residents of Fayette are finding out, as they watch the filming of the independent movie "Bottleneck." "There has been a significant amount of money spent here," said Mayor Mike Hirsch, who helped lure the production team to Fayette. "A lot of the production people are already living here, shopping here, buying gas here, having their car worked on here."...
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Swarm of bees help alleged shoplifter escape
(State News ~ 06/13/03)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- A shoplifter released a swarm of honeybees in a Kmart restroom, creating a diversion that allowed him to escape, authorities said. Store security spotted the man shoplifting Monday and followed him to the restroom to confront him. When the worker opened the door, about 100 bees buzzed out...
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Defending champ takes cautious approach
(Professional Sports ~ 06/13/03)
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. -- Tiger Woods left it up to Tom Watson to provide the spark for this U.S. Open. On a day when Olympia Fields was there for the taking, Woods came out early and cautious, determined not to shoot his way out of a second straight Open title in the opening round...
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New rules promise faster generic drug approval by limiting laws
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
WASHINGTON -- Cheaper generic versions of pricey medications could reach consumers more quickly under federal rules announced Thursday -- but not as quickly as the Senate hopes to speed them. The goal is to save consumers and taxpayers billions in health care costs. The question is how far the government will challenge the brand-name drug industry to do that...
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Questions and answers on the monkeypox outbreak
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
WASHINGTON -- Public health authorities are scrambling to combat the nation's first outbreak of monkeypox -- including a controversial recommendation of smallpox vaccinations for people who may have been exposed. Several cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the United States, with more than 50 possible cases, apparently spread by infected pets...
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House plans to move most class-action suits to federal courts
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday approved moving virtually all national class-action lawsuits from state court into federal court, a move supporters hope will curb frivolous lawsuits but opponents fear will allow big businesses to escape multimillion-dollar verdicts for misdeeds...
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Small business health care bill faces test in House
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
WASHINGTON -- Small businesses would be able to band together in nationwide health plans under legislation that cleared a House committee Thursday. The measure is part of the Bush administration's plan to extend health coverage to some of the nation's 41 million uninsured...
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Child tax credit expands to a decade
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
WASHINGTON -- The House voted Thursday to extend $1,000 child tax credits through the rest of the decade, leaving uncertainty over whether low-income families will cash in on rebates going out to other households this summer. The 224-201 vote on the package of $82 billion in new tax cuts extends the $1,000 child tax credit to 2010 and makes the benefit available to more low-income families and higher-income married couples. ...
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Flying bolt fragment may present new threat to future shuttle
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
WASHINGTON -- Investigators have found a new threat to future space shuttles -- a 40-pound bolt fragment that could fly off during launch and smash into the spacecraft with catastrophic results as it raced toward orbit. Members of the investigation board that is searching for the cause of Columbia's destruction said Thursday they found radar evidence that a piece of a 2-foot-long heavy bolt that joins the solid-rocket boosters to the shuttle's external fuel tank may have flown loose during the launch.. ...
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Medicare program gains bipartisan support
(National News ~ 06/13/03)
WASHINGTON -- Legislation providing prescription drug coverage under Medicare won strong bipartisan approval Thursday in the Senate Finance Committee as part of the most far-reaching changes in the government's health care program for the elderly since its creation in 1965...
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Relocation of poles, lines next phase of widening project
(Local News ~ 06/13/03)
Engineering will begin soon on the city of Jackson's part in the Highway 34/72 widening project as the city attempts to comply with a Missouri Department of Transportation January deadline. The city aims to have all of the utility poles, lines and pipes relocated by the first week of January, although that depends on how quickly MoDOT can negotiate with property owners and take possession of right-of-way...
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Cape/Jackson police reports 6/13/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/13/03)
Cape Girardeau Friday, June 13 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Heather D. Weston of 2808 Themis, Apt. 3, Cape Girardeau, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of assault. Melanie E. Powers, 39, of 231 Weiss Blvd., Apt. 17, Jackson, was arrested Thursday on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear...
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Folk music is in the house
(Entertainment ~ 06/13/03)
ean and Larry Underberg never used to listen to folk music before. She was a hard rock AC/DC fan. That changed in January 2002, when Larry heard the Cantrells for the first time. The Nashville duo lit up Grace Cafe with their harmonies and musicianship. Since then Underberg, a speech professor at Southeast Missouri State University, has become a bot of a folk music impresario. ...
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