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School lawsuits could have big impact
(Editorial ~ 08/24/03)
Funding hopes for Missouri's public schools could be dramatically affected -- positively or negatively, depending on final rulings -- by any of several lawsuits that challenge the amount of state funding, how equitably the funding is distributed, whether some district can raise levies without a vote and what standards should be followed in providing special services to disabled students...
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Opening doors Young Mormons work hard to spread the gospel
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- It's a cold, rainy day in April, and Justin Stanger is sick. He woke up with a stomachache, and as he walks down a country road just west of Columbia, the morning chill hangs heavy on his shoulders. But Stanger is on a mission. It never crosses his mind to take the day off. ...
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Unusual land swap helps Pierce City residents rebuild
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
PIERCE CITY, Mo. -- The generosity of a church congregation, a grocer and a pharmacist will help this tiny town emerge from the devastation of a spring tornado. The First Baptist Church set things in motion by donating its parcel of prime real estate in downtown Pierce City to the Flummerfelts so they could rebuild the town's only supermarket...
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KC holds off on insurance for domestic partners
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City City Council delayed a proposal to provide health insurance benefits to unmarried partners of Kansas City's city employees, saying it wanted to determine the cost of providing the benefits. The council did introduce ordinances Thursday that would establish a domestic-partner registry and provide sick leave and funeral leave. ...
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Husband and wife plead guilty in embezzlement case
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An Overland Park, Kan., woman pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling about $2 million from her employer. She and her husband pleaded guilty to money laundering in the same case. Tamie J. Gordon, 42, and Ronald E. Gordon, 38, pleaded guilty in separate hearings before U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner in Kansas City, said U.S. Attorney Todd Graves...
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Industry struggles with handling of biotech crops
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- It would be so much easier if genetically altered corn were green or purple, instead of the same yellow as plain old ordinary corn. But there is no simple way to ensure that biotech varieties go only where they're accepted. While some safeguards are already in place, the process is still evolving among seed companies, farmers and grain handlers...
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Midwest banks sharing crime information
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Computers have provided criminals with new tools to rip off banks. Now, banks are using computers to try to catch the criminals. Banks throughout the Midwest can join FinCrime, a computer database that allows financial institutions and law enforcement to share information about crimes and provide warnings...
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Man gives historic home away
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. -- Available: 239 W. Fourth St,, A 5,000-square foot fixer-upper. Five bedrooms, fireplace, stained glass windows, original woodworking, hardwood floors, large front porch. Price: Free. Giving away a house isn't something Gery Schoenrock normally does. He's a broker at Coldwell Banker, and giving away a house isn't his traditional business practice...
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Try the Web for photography and fun
(Community ~ 08/24/03)
When I first became interested in photography, books and magazines were my prime resources. Today, the World Wide Web has become another valuable source of photo instruction. With a few clicks of a mouse, one can learn new photographic techniques and find out what's happening in the world of photography...
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Harvest herbs for brewing teas
(Community ~ 08/24/03)
Herb teas are inexpensive and tasty. Still, you might want to grow some herbs for tea simply because the plants are pretty and easy to grow. Mints are what first come to mind in herb teas. Peppermint and spearmint are the most familiar mints, but there are plenty of others. Chocolate mint, orange mint, and apple mint are as appealing in name as in aroma. They all spread by underground runners, and the only challenge is keeping them within bounds...
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Sweet styles are in good taste but low in calories
(Community ~ 08/24/03)
NEW YORK -- It's expected commentary: Shoppers, browsers and magazine readers wondering aloud if people in the fashion industry eat, let alone eat something as satisfying, sweet and caloric as chocolate. After all, the skeptics say, how do these style-minders fit into their micro-miniskirts if they're filling up on fabulous food?...
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Sewage kills fish in India's Gomati River
(International News ~ 08/24/03)
LUCKNOW, India -- A fisherman for nearly 50 years, Ramakant Nishad now sits idle because the sewage-filled Gomati River that runs through this northern Indian city cannot breed fish anymore. Nishad's two sons already have taken to collecting rags for money. He, too, is learning the intricacies of handling scrap...
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Bedbugs may be making comeback in United States
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- They creep quietly beneath bed sheets in the darkness of night, in search of a blood feast from an unsuspecting, slumbering host. They engorge themselves with blood and disappear with the same stealth. Once thought virtually eradicated in the United States, the bedbug is back...
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Father offers reward for proof son blameless in plane crash
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
LAKE ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Leo Lawrence doesn't think his son was to blame for a plane crash last year and he believes the proof may be hidden in the dense woods of central Missouri. Lawrence is offering a $5,000 reward to any Osage County property owner who finds a missing part that he believes is crucial to finding the cause of the accident that killed his son and a passenger. ...
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Great Lakes fish food in decline
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
CHICAGO -- A quarter-inch crustacean that makes up the bulk of the diet for some Great Lakes fish is disappearing from some areas, and researchers blame the invasion of non-native zebra mussels. The spineless scud, also called diporeia, is a shrimplike bottom dweller that makes up 25 to 75 percent of the whitefish diet, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It also feeds sculpin, smelt and chub, which in turn feed trout and salmon...
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Fire report 0824/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/24/03)
Cape Girardeau Sunday, Aug. 24 Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday: At 5:56 p.m., a citizen assist a 125 Clark St. At 8:43 p.m., a medical assist at 321 N. Sprigg St. Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday: At 6:35 a.m., a sprinkler alarm at 134 Westfield Shoppingtown West Park...
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World briefs 14A
(Local News ~ 08/24/03)
Report: Japan rushes to build physics facility TOKYO -- Japan plans to accelerate plans for a $1.7 billion physics facility in an attempt to keep the nation's Nobel Prize-winning research ahead of U.S. and European rivals, a newspaper reported today...
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Crowds mark anniversary of King's 'dream' speech
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
WASHINGTON -- Forty years after Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently captured the struggle of black Americans for equality, civil rights activists called Saturday for his dream to finally be realized. His vision of a land where little black boys and girls in the South would one day hold hands with little white boys and girls was remembered by thousands of people who gathered on a warm summer day to celebrate King's "I Have a Dream" speech...
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Audio tour goes high-tech
(Community ~ 08/24/03)
BOSTON -- After spending the morning walking the streets of Boston, following the red line that marks the famous Freedom Trail, tourist John Koch couldn't help but exclaim how easy a new audio guide of the city's historic walking tour is to understand...
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Web tips for traveling around Southern Illinois
(Community ~ 08/24/03)
There's plenty to see and do in Illinois outside the Chicago area, especially the often-overlooked southern tip of the state between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. By spending a little time on the Internet, you can plan a visit to enjoy the area's scenery, antique shops, wineries, and hunting and fishing...
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Super hangover
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/03)
MACOMB, Ill. -- Kurt Warner knows who to blame for his awful 2002 season. Adam Vinatieiri, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick engineered New England's Super Bowl upset over St. Louis the previous winter, leaving the Rams in a funk that caused them to start 0-5. They rallied for five straight wins, but finished 7-9 and missed the playoffs for the first time since that magical 1999 title season...
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Clarke leads NEC Invitational entering final round
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/03)
AKRON, Ohio -- Darren Clarke says he's working harder than ever. The proof is on the scoreboard, not on the scales. Lumbering down the fairway, often puffing away on cigars, Clarke emerged with the lead Saturday in the NEC Invitational, setting himself up for a chance to join Tiger Woods as the only multiple winners in the World Golf Championships...
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Boynton Beach, Tokyo teams to play for championship today
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/03)
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- R.J. Neal backed up his boast, and now his Florida team will play Japan for the Little League World Series championship. A day after he guaranteed a win, Neal hit a two-run homer to lead Boynton Beach over Saugus, Mass., 9-2 Saturday night in the U.S. title game...
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Moss shows signs he might be growing up
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/03)
MANKATO, Minn. -- The Randy Ratio didn't quite add up for Minnesota. Coach Mike Tice's cleverly titled plan to make Randy Moss feel wanted, a goal of throwing 40 percent of the team's passes to his superstar wide receiver, was shelved midway through a trying 6-10 season...
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Football fans to get the total picture with HDTV
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/03)
As announcer Bob Pompeani went through his pregame checklist before the Eagles-Steelers exhibition game, he added a task to his usual routine of memorizing player numbers and talking to key players. He made an extra trip to the makeup department. "It's in high definition," he said. "People are going to see me like they've never seen me before."...
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Jury acquits Independence man in fatal car crash
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- An Independence man who had two previous drunken driving convictions was acquitted of killing another motorist during an accident two years ago. A Jackson County jury on Friday found Michael Coots, 51, innocent of either second-degree murder or second-degree assault after a trial in which expert witnesses disagreed about who was driving his car the night of the accident...
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Hamas calls on EU to rebuff U.S. demands for freezing of funds
(International News ~ 08/24/03)
The Associated Pres BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Europe should reject U.S. demands to freeze the funds of Hamas officials and pro-Palestinian charities, the Lebanese representative of the Hamas militant group said Saturday. On Friday, the United States froze the assets of six Hamas leaders after the organization claimed responsibility for Tuesday's suicide attack on a packed bus in Jerusalem that killed 21 people, including six children. Five Americans were among those killed...
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Authorities evacuate thousands from British Columbia fire zone
(International News ~ 08/24/03)
KELOWNA, British Columbia -- A wildfire burned through orchards and vineyards Saturday, advancing to the edge of this city and forcing thousands to flee their homes ahead of flames that towered up to 400 feet. Authorities have evacuated some 30,000 people from homes in the suburbs of the city of Kelowna in recent days. Another 11,000 people were on evacuation alert...
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Indian football looks tough, but so does schedule
(Sports Column ~ 08/24/03)
Southeast Missouri State University's most anticipated football season in years -- maybe ever -- kicks off Thursday night in Athens, Ohio. As the Indians prepare to make the long bus trip to play Division I-A Ohio University, considerable eyes are on a team that returns 19 starters from last year's breakthrough 8-4 season and is ranked 20th nationally...
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West Nile's worst
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
DENVER -- For rancher Matt Anderson, contracting the West Nile virus has meant excruciating pain, worse than when he broke his back. Jim Diehl spent weeks in a hospital with hallucinations and severe headaches. Mary Tilger, 32, was so ill she couldn't care for her children and missed a chance to see her cousin play in a PGA golf tournament...
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Jackson, Zalma men killed in two accidents
(Local News ~ 08/24/03)
Separate traffic accidents claimed the lives of a Zalma, Mo., man and a Jackson man on Friday and Saturday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Norman Newell, 60, of Zalma was a pedestrian killed in a crash involving three vehicles at 8:50 p.m. Friday 3 miles north of Zalma. Daniel Estes, 55, of Jackson was killed in an accident at 7:40 a.m. Saturday 2 miles north of Pocahontas...
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Embattled Busch wins Sharpie 500
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/03)
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Kurt Busch avoided any post-race punches, but was in the middle of the usual bumping and banging in yet another win at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night. Busch, punched in the face by Jimmy Spencer after last week's race in Michigan, kept his head held high amid a flood of criticism from his competitors, raucous booing from the fans -- and of course, the chipped tooth and swollen nose Spencer gave him...
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Teens to decide U.S. Amateur crown
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/03)
OAKMONT, Pa. -- They are teenagers who grew up worlds apart, and their golf games reflect that. Casey Wittenberg is the never-nervous protege who's spent years polishing himself for this moment, a U.S. Amateur championship match that could be the stepping stone to a great career...
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Haulin' Butt team wins barbecue festival
(Local News ~ 08/24/03)
CHRIS PAGANO * cpagano@semissourian.com Brad Maevers of Altenburg cooks with a big green egg ceramic smoker grill at yesterday's BBQ Fest. The device is based on a 2000 year old design used by the Chinese.By Chris Pagano ~ Southeast Missourian...
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Cape's coming attractions
(Local News ~ 08/24/03)
Anne Berendsen didn't look at the tourist brochures. She moved to Cape Girardeau for a job. "I came down here not knowing anybody or anything about the town," said Berendsen, who moved to Cape Girardeau in 1997 from Chicago to take a specialized production job with a Jackson manufacturer...
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Educating Arnold
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
By Jeff Leeds and James Bates ~ Los Angeles Times SUPERIOR, Wis. - Arnold Schwarzenegger was unlike any other big man on campus when he roamed the University of Wisconsin-Superior halls here on the western tip of the Great Lakes 24 years ago...
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Giants mourn death of Bobby Bonds
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/03)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Bobby Bonds, one of the first major leaguers to blend home-run power with base-stealing speed and the father of one of baseball's greatest sluggers, died Saturday. He was 57. Barry Bonds' father had been ill for nearly a year with lung cancer and a brain tumor, but he never lost his love for baseball. He was at Pacific Bell Park on Wednesday night, watching his superstar son and the San Francisco Giants...
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Falling Mississippi forces closings on river cargo haulers
(Local News ~ 08/24/03)
Low water on the Mississippi River forced the U.S. Coast Guard to close two northern stretches of the river last week to allow for dredging. The closures raise concerns that low water may threaten barge traffic locally. The most recent closure occurred Friday after barges ran aground just south of the Jefferson Barracks Bridge at St. Louis...
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Jackson traffic at festival is source of argument
(Local News ~ 08/24/03)
Thousands converged in uptown Jackson on Tuesday through Saturday evenings last week to enjoy the 95th annual Homecomers celebration. Every evening, the people bought food from service organizations, spending their money for a good cause. But every morning, traffic crawled along Hope Street, the result of the closure of several uptown streets, including Main and High. The closed streets affected traffic all over town, turning short trips into tests of patience...
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Bliss should never be allowed to coach again
(Sports Column ~ 08/24/03)
By Michael Wilbon ~ The Washington Post Rick Neuheisel will be coaching in Seattle this season after all . . . as a volunteer . . . at a high school. He reported to work a couple of days ago at Rainier Beach High to coach the quarterbacks. From head coach at the University of Washington to high school assistant...
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Odds and Ends
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
-- From wire reports
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Childhood can be dangerous
(Column ~ 08/24/03)
Warning: Childhood can be hazardous to your health. Our government has warnings for everything else. I'm surprised they don't have it for childhood. Growing up often seems centered on surviving a perpetual series of spills. Take Becca, for example. At age 11, she's become a fixture in the hospital emergency room...
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High stakes Building dispute is epicenter of India's religious
(International News ~ 08/24/03)
AYODHYA, India -- Mohammed Hashim is a chain-smoking tailor with no front teeth. For 34 years he has been a plaintiff in a court case that lies at the epicenter of India's Muslim-Hindu divide. But as yet another chapter of this seemingly endless trial opens on Monday, Mohammed isn't holding his breath. He is 82 now, and is certain the case will outlive him by decades...
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Israeli troops clash with Palestinians in Nablus
(International News ~ 08/24/03)
NABLUS, West Bank -- Israeli troops fired rubber bullets at Palestinian stone throwers, wounding 16, and tanks rolled through West Bank towns Saturday as Palestinian leaders appealed for international intervention to stave off a new round of violence...
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Blair Underwood brings change to 'Sex and the City'
(Entertainment ~ 08/24/03)
LOS ANGELES -- Miranda's new squeeze in "Sex and the City" is handsome, successful and charming. He's also black -- notable for a show that has been almost uniformly white in its casting. The series about four single New Yorkers is finally allowing the city's ethnic diversity a central role...
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Monument stays put in Alabama
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Demonstrators kept vigil Saturday outside the Alabama Judicial Building, singing, preaching and praying for a way to prevent removal of a Ten Commandments monument from the building's rotunda. After losing court battles at all levels and the suspension Friday of the monument's champion, Chief Justice Roy Moore, protest leaders concede the 5,300-pound marker will most likely be removed. State officials have not signaled when, where or how they will move it...
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Third enemy combatant moved to Charleston brig
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
HANAHAN, S.C. -- A U.S.-born man captured in Afghanistan has joined two other enemy combatants at the Navy brig at the Charleston Naval Weapons Station. Yasser Esam Hamdi was transferred to the brig near Hanahan from Norfolk, Va., on July 30, Maj. Michael Shavers said...
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Priest at center of sex abuse scandal murdered in prison
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
BOSTON -- Former priest John Geoghan, the convicted child molester whose prosecution sparked the sex abuse scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church nationwide, died Saturday after being attacked in prison. Preliminary indications are that Geoghan, 68, was strangled, Worcester District Attorney John J. Conte said. An autopsy will be conducted Monday...
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Rain aids firefighters in Montana working 400,000 scorched acre
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
HELENA, Mont. -- Rain fell over much of western Montana Saturday, clearing the sky of smoke and bringing relief to thousands of firefighters trying to control blazes that have blackened more than 400,000 acres. "It's going to give the fire crews a breather," said Susan Rinehart, information officer for the Northern Rockies Coordination Group. "You still have very serious dry fuels out there."...
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Phoenix gasoline crunch to get help as pipe reopens
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
PHOENIX -- A crippled pipeline that has created gasoline shortages and fueled frustrations for days is on schedule to resume bringing fuel to Phoenix today, officials said. Officials at Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, the company that owns the pipeline, said a test on a bypassed portion of the pipeline was successful Saturday...
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Search crews find woman missing after Ky. flooding
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Searchers found the body Saturday of a woman missing since a flash flood swept her home into a swollen creek a day earlier. A young boy who had been in the home was found dead Friday. Authorities also had been searching for a 6-year-old girl, but after talking to the owner of the house they determined that the child wasn't in the house when it was swept away after all, Franklin County fire chief Gary Watts said Saturday...
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Ex-Enron workers seek $53 million
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
HOUSTON -- Former employees of Enron Corp. have won the company's support to recover $53 million paid to a select group of executives a month before the energy giant filed for bankruptcy. Enron filed a request Friday backing talks to recover from 40 to 90 percent of the withdrawals 114 current and former Enron employees were allowed to make from their deferred-compensation accounts...
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State program honors Missouri centenarians
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- It's an exclusive club where members pay no dues. There's no meeting hall, not even a secret handshake. The only requirement for membership is longevity. The Missouri Century Club was created in the mid-1980s to recognize Missourians who are age 100 or older. Members receive a letter from the governor and a declaration from the lieutenant governor, the official state advocate for the elderly...
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Cat chatters when frustrated
(Column ~ 08/24/03)
jkoch By Dr. John Koch Question: My cat loves to sit in front of a window and watch everything that goes on outdoors. Sometimes when she does, her teeth chatter. This has been going on ever since she was a kitten. Physically she seems to be healthy. What causes a cat's teeth to chatter? Does she have a neurological problem?...
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Pobst-Glueck
(Engagement ~ 08/24/03)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Larry and Glenda Pobst of Chaffee announce the engagement of their daughter, Amy Pobst, to Brian Keith Glueck. He is the son of Charles and Donna Glueck of Oak Ridge. Pobst is a graduate of Chaffee High School, Rolla Technical Institute in Rolla, Mo., and received a degree in radiology from Drury College in Springfield, Mo. She is a radiologic technologist at Physician Associates...
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North Korea's arsenal worries U.S. officials
(International News ~ 08/24/03)
SEOUL, South Korea -- The United States wants to talk to North Korea not only about nuclear bombs, but the communist nation's entire arsenal: suspected stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, missiles that can reach all of South Korea and Japan and massive conventional forces massed near the border...
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Re-armed Cards stop Phillies
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/03)
The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Matt Morris returned to the mound for St. Louis and received some help from his two new teammates. Sterling Hitchcock won in his St. Louis debut Saturday, pitching a scoreless inning in relief of Morris as the Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies for the first in eight meetings, 5-3...
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Cardinals send out Yan, Pearson
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/03)
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals made several moves involving pitchers Saturday to make room for newly acquired Sterling Hitchcock and Mike DeJean, and injured starter Matt Morris. Morris, on the disabled list with a broken finger and a sprained ankle, was activated Saturday...
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KC events mark dark chapter in Civil War
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- One of the darkest chapters in the feud between Missouri and Kansas that began during the Civil War will be commemorated today in an unusual and somber gathering. Those who attend the 140th anniversary of Order No. 11 at the 1859 Jail, Marshal's Home and Museum in Independence can expect to be interrogated instead of entertained...
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Volunteers clean stone marking pioneers' graves
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
FEMME OSAGE, Mo. -- As she washed the dinner dishes, Zenita Albers would look out the parsonage kitchen window and lament that most names on the blackened gravestones in the church cemetery could not be read. It's not right, she would say, and her daughter, Cindy Albers Carr, took her words to heart...
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Thousands flee toward Liberia's capital, escaping artillery
(International News ~ 08/24/03)
COTTON TREE, Liberia -- Thousands of panicked civilians toting hastily gathered possessions streamed toward Liberia's capital Saturday, fleeing artillery explosions that West African peacekeepers said came from government militias. Even as calm spreads in Monrovia, fighting and banditry has continued in the countryside despite a peace deal between the government and rebels. ...
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Berlusconi, Schroeder say relations fine
(International News ~ 08/24/03)
VERONA, Italy -- Italy's Silvio Berlusconi and Germany's Gerhard Schroeder may not be the warmest of pals, but the two leaders held a cordial make-up session Saturday, burying an embarrassing summer row in Verona. Berlusconi and Schroeder decided that two great European nations could not be seen squabbling. The plan had been to meet Friday at a performance of the opera "Carmen," but Berlusconi pulled out at the last minute -- a fact neither leader dwelled on Saturday...
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Records- Shovel among items police seized from home of missing
(State News ~ 08/24/03)
ST. LOUIS -- A shovel and pitchfork were among items police seized from the family residence of a missing 9-year-old boy during a search earlier this month, according to police records obtained Friday by television station KSDK-TV. Police also took a pick, a post-hole digger, clothing, medical supplies and bed clothes during the search Aug. 12 of the Pine Lawn home of Christian Ferguson, who was reported missing in June, and his father, Dawan, according to the records ...
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Happy campers
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/03)
MACOMB, Ill. -- On top of luring fans who light up cash registers every summer, the St. Louis Rams also helped score a new surgeon for this western Illinois city's lone hospital. Across the state, the Chicago Bears have pumped up the Bourbonnais economy for the last two years, along with the spirits of a die-hard fan who has multiple sclerosis...
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Wonderland Trail lives up to its corny name
(Community ~ 08/24/03)
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. -- The woman lay near a clear creek of melted snow, her face obscured by caked blood, her elbow bent at a disconcerting angle. As a ranger tends to her, her friends relay that she had fallen on the way to Little Tahoma, an 11,138-foot peak on Mount Rainier. They carried her gingerly here, just above the campsite at Summerland, on the east side of the mountain, elevation 6,000 feet...
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Travel briefs 8/24
(Community ~ 08/24/03)
National Steinbeck Center opens ag wing SALINAS, Calif. -- A new exhibit celebrating the agricultural heritage of Salinas Valley opens Sept. 1 at the National Steinbeck Center. The wing is called "The Valley of the World," the phrase John Steinbeck used to describe the story that became "East of Eden." One of the museum's other wings explores Steinbeck's life and work, and a third hall is home to the Gabilan Gallery, which hosts changing art and cultural exhibits...
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British soldiers killed in Basra
(International News ~ 08/24/03)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The death toll among coalition forces rose Saturday when three British soldiers were killed in a guerrilla attack in southern Iraq. Also, U.S. troops killed two Iraqi Turkomen who opened fire when soldiers arrived to quell a bloody ethnic clash in the north...
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Dissolving Iraqi army was costly decision
(International News ~ 08/24/03)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. civil administrator L. Paul Bremer III had been on the job in Baghdad, Iraq, less than two weeks when he announced a decision that sent shockwaves through Iraqi society. With a stroke of the pen, Bremer dissolved Iraq's vast armed services, sending pink slips to more than 400,000 armed officers and enlisted men whose light resistance had helped secure the U.S.-led military victory against their government...
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Sniper fears high as schools resume
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Memories of last fall's sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area, including one shooting outside a school, have raised the anxiety level here as students prepare to start the school year knowing a copycat shooter may be on the loose...
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Roth- Schwab
(Engagement ~ 08/24/03)
Dennis and Joan Roth of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Julie Marie Roth, to Gregory Dean Schwab. He is the son of Roger and Pat Schwab of Jackson. Roth is a senior at Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio. Schwab is a junior at Cedarville University...
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Robinson- Goza
(Engagement ~ 08/24/03)
Jerry and Judy Robinson of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Stacy Ann Robinson, to Wally Goza of Texas. A September wedding is planned.
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Ponkoney- Slipis
(Engagement ~ 08/24/03)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Jennifer Michelle Ponkoney and Adam Dale Slipis announce their engagement. She is the daughter of Joy Ponkoney of Taylor, Texas. Slipis is the son of Sammy and Taina Slipis of Morley. Ponkoney is a 2003 graduate of Taylor High School. She is employed at Morley Baptist Child Care Center...
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Cox-Scherer
(Engagement ~ 08/24/03)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- George and Mary Nelle Cox of Chaffee announce the engagement of their daughter, Meredith Cox, to Kenneth Scherer of Oran, Mo. He is the son of Charles and Rose Ann Scherer of Benton, Mo. Cox received a bachelor of science degree from Southeast Missouri State University, and a master's degree in communication disorders from Arkansas State University. She is a speech-language pathologist with RehabSystems...
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Averting blackouts stirs talk on policy
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
The exposure of flaws in power-grid equipment and design after last week's massive blackout has added a sense of urgency to the long-standing debate about how to improve the nation's electricity transmission network. In essence, the debate, likely to be taken up by Congress next month, is over two competing economic philosophies. Each would require the government to intervene, with one seeking more federal regulation and the other, less...
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Utilities- Ohio region was black hole in hours before blackout
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio region where the nation's worst blackout started became a black hole ahead of the outage, sucking electricity from two power companies' generators and threatening to burn transmission lines, utilities say. As a result, power lines that were operating above emergency levels disconnected from the system and power plants automatically shut down in eight states and in Ontario, Canada -- protecting equipment from permanent damage, but also rapidly spreading darkness across state and national borders.. ...
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Breaking the language barrier
(Community ~ 08/24/03)
Before coming to America, they lived middle-class lives, working in well-established careers as accountants, politicians, lawyers and engineers. Here they work at menial jobs -- if they even can find those -- hoping to carve out a better life for themselves and their children. But one thing holds them back: language. One in five American residents speaks a language other than English at home, according to census data. And many of them are living in Cape Girardeau...
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Joe Friday promoted; 'Dragnet' updated
(Entertainment ~ 08/24/03)
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- "Start with what you know," says Joe Friday in explaining the basics of crime-solving as the cameras roll on a Universal Studios soundstage. The veteran detective and central character of the "Dragnet" franchise is sticking to the facts and following procedure, just as he's always done. But this time, more people are listening to his no-nonsense know-how...
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Indians cash in on Div. I-A opponents
(College Sports ~ 08/24/03)
For the fourth straight year, Southeast Missouri State University's athletic department will cash in through its football team hitting the road to play NCAA Division I-A competition. Southeast played one Division I-A team in each of coach Tim Billings' first two years with the program and last season faced two I-A squads...
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Faulk debuts in preseason loss
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/03)
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Marshall Faulk needed only one half Saturday night to show he's ready for the regular season. Making his preseason debut, Faulk scored twice, including a 26-yard reception from Kurt Warner, in the St. Louis Rams' 28-24 loss to the Buffalo Bills...
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Schwarzenegger gets boost as GOP's Simon exits recall race
(National News ~ 08/24/03)
LOS ANGELES -- Republican Bill Simon dropped out of California's gubernatorial recall race Saturday, boosting the position of GOP front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger amid calls from party leaders to narrow the Republican field. "I strongly believe that the desire of Californians must come before the aspirations of any single candidate," Simon said in a statement released by his campaign. ...
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Ex-media tycoon arrested in Greece
(International News ~ 08/24/03)
MOSCOW -- In an apparent escalation of the Russian government's crackdown on wealthy oligarchs, former media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky has been arrested in Greece on a 2-year-old warrant charging him with fraud and money laundering in Russia, authorities said Saturday...
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Government takes over polling agency on eve of elections
(International News ~ 08/24/03)
MOSCOW -- Not long ago, as the upcoming national election campaign got under way, the All-Russia Center for the Study of Public Opinion put out some polling data. Only 11 percent of the voters, the nation's most respected polling agency found, thought that President Vladimir V. Putin represented the interests of "all Russian people." The opposition Communist Party fared much better: Nearly 40 percent of those polled said it was on the side of ordinary citizens...
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Moore-Petzoldt
(Wedding ~ 08/24/03)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Abigail Katherine Moore and Thomas Wade Petzoldt were married Sept. 28, 2002, at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna, Mo. The Revs. Robert Schneider and Wayne Palmer performed the ceremony. Pianist was Tyson Zahner of Cape Girardeau, violinists were Karl and Michelle Suhr of Farrar, Mo., and soloists were Erin Darter and Adrian True of Cape Girardeau, and Zahner....
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The Rev. Eldor Kuehnert
(Obituary ~ 08/24/03)
CONOVER, N.C. -- The Rev. Eldor Paul Kuehnert, 81, of Conover died Friday, Aug. 22, 2003, at his home. He was born Nov. 21, 1921, in Cape Girardeau, son of Paul and Marie Kuehnert. He and Lila Gilbert were married Aug. 10, 1947. He attended St. Paul's College in Concordia, Mo., and the former Southeast Missouri State Teachers College in Cape Girardeau and graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis...
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Gerald Lentz
(Obituary ~ 08/24/03)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Gerald E. "Wolf" Lentz, 83, of Ullin died Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003, at Jonesboro Health Care Center. He was born June 11, 1920, in Alexander County, son of Joseph H. and Cecile Clarabelle Gaskill Lentz. He and Wanda P. Dexter were married Nov. 22, 1949. She died Aug. 12, 1987...
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Johnnie Long
(Obituary ~ 08/24/03)
ST. PETERS, Mo. -- Johnnie D. Long, 69, of St. Peters died Friday, Aug. 22, 2003, at his home. He was born Sept. 14, 1933, in St. Louis, son of Charles A. and Bess G. Long. He was a flight engineer for the Air National Guard for 20 years. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1954 to 1962...
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Norman Newell
(Obituary ~ 08/24/03)
ZALMA, Mo. -- Norman Newell, 60, of Zalma was born May 5, 1943, at Morley, the son of Lottie Gibbs Newell and the late Earl Newell, and passed away Aug. 22, 2003, near Zalma. Norman worked for Arab Stone Co. in Arab, Mo. He was a Vietnam veteran, serving in the U.S. Army. He attended Zalma General Baptist Church...
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Speak Out A 08/24/03
(Speak Out ~ 08/24/03)
Teaching respect IT IS a disgrace the way some students treat teachers. I read in your article on Jason Bandermann's first year of teaching. Bandermann, I believe, is a sincere and good person and wants to do well. I hope all parents read the article and control their children. And may they teach them to respect others...
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Sunday FanFare 8/24/03
(Other Sports ~ 08/24/03)
Briefly Baseball Athletics pitcher Mark Mulder has a stress fracture in his right hip, a startling injury that will likely sideline the ace for the rest of the season. Basketball Tim Duncan decided not to play against the U.S. ...
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FanSpeak
(Other Sports ~ 08/24/03)
Players acting selfish THOSE FOOTBALL players in Benton (Ill.), they ought to protest against the school board and the superintendent. They choose to protest against the paying end -- the teachers. They seem to care about only one thing: themselves. I think their parents ought to instill in them that they ought to be backing up the teachers, because the teachers have to make a living and keep up the standard of living. So be a little unselfish...
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Derailed, not defeated Georgia running back Hollis works to get
(College Sports ~ 08/24/03)
ATHENS, Ga. -- Everyone loved to watch Albert Hollis run. There was hardly a more breathtaking sight on the football field. He would burst through an opening in the line, reach top speed after a few elegant strides and pull farther and farther away, leaving the others in futile pursuit...
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NCAA works to prevent player betting
(College Sports ~ 08/24/03)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Bill Saum, the NCAA's director of gambling activities knows he can't catch everyone. That doesn't mean he won't try to beat the odds in preventing betting on college sports. "We can never stop it because it's such a societal problem, but we can limit it by educating coaches and administrators about the pitfalls," Saum said. "We can also become a little more cutting edge in educating people."...
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No. 1 OU searches for offense
(College Sports ~ 08/24/03)
NORMAN, Okla. -- When Oklahoma quarterback Jason White comes to the line of scrimmage in practice, he sees one of the nation's stingiest defenses looking back at him. What the defense sees is anyone's guess. "Going against a defense that's pretty darn good every single day," OU coach Bob Stoops said, "it's pretty hard to assess the offense's progress."...
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Out of the past 8/24/03
(Out of the Past ~ 08/24/03)
10 years ago: Aug. 24, 1993 Dispute between cable operators and area broadcasters could leave cable customers scrambling for "rabbit ears" to watch World Series and other over-the-air network programming; from Paducah, Ky., to Cape Girardeau, cable operators have threatened to drop ABC, NBC and CBS affiliate broadcast stations from their lineups rather than pay retransmission fees...
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Reagin-Smith
(Wedding ~ 08/24/03)
Tammy D. Reagin and Sheldon K. Smith were married Aug. 15, 2003, at St. Charles County Courthouse in St. Charles, Mo. Judge Ted C. House performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Lynn Alley of Cape Girardeau, and the late Charlotte Alley. The groom is the son of Charlotte Smith of Coraopolis, Pa...
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Crites-Smith
(Wedding ~ 08/24/03)
Kristy Lynn Crites and Kirkley Wayne Smith exchanged wedding vows May 24, 2003, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. The Rev. Mark Boettcher performed the ceremony. Organist was Wanda Aufdenberg of Gordonville, and soloist was Sheila Boyd of Bertrand, Mo...
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Police report 8/24/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/24/03)
Cape Girardeau Sunday, Aug. 24 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Corey Martin, 24, of 110 S. Hanover, Cape Girardeau, was arrested Friday on Cape Girardeau warrants for contempt of court...
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Creative spaces
(Community ~ 08/24/03)
Every once in a while, a house stands out because of the creative way its space is managed. That's the case with the home at 615 Bainbridge Drive in Jackson. This home has a lot of basics working in its favor. It is situated on nearly an acre, giving it a parklike setting up a long private drive. The large yard is nicely landscaped. The entry porch is protected with a roof supported by a stately column offset by gray-toned brick and burgundy shutters...
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Sports quotes 8/24/03
(Other Sports ~ 08/24/03)
Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle: "(Ted) Williams' head reportedly has been moved among three different containers and is marked with a coded tag. As a guy who has had even good dry-cleaning shops lose a shirt, I hope John Henry Williams kept the claim check."...
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Hogan-Ogles
(Wedding ~ 08/24/03)
Julie Jean Hogan and Mitchell Lee Ogles exchanged wedding vows June 21, 2003, at Centenary United Methodist Church. Dr. Clayton Smith performed the ceremony. Organist was Mary Miller of Cape Girardeau, pianist was Chris Altrudo of St. Louis, and soloist was Matt Brandt of Cape Girardeau...
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