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Notre Dame faithful pray for leader's recovery
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
Although school was not in session Sunday, more than 250 Notre Dame Regional High students, teachers and parents gathered at the school to pray. A few miles away at Saint Francis Medical Center, Brother David Migliorino, the school's principal, was undergoing successful triple-bypass heart surgery...
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Eggimann's Feed & Seed razed
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
In 1938, the first owner was a man named O.E. Eggimann, who came to be known as "Eggimann the Egg Man" when his picture appeared in newspapers across the country in the old "Ripley's Believe it or Not" column. His partner in those early days was A.C. "Doc" Brase, whose name now graces the multipurpose building at Arena Park. Decades later, patrons came to know "Snuggies," the Texas heeler dog, who on warm days could be found resting on bales of hay along the storefront...
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With day off, teens get alternate lesson at mall
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
"I hate it when you all bring me into stores like this." Jody McCallister is working hard to avert his eyes from the frilly pink underwear hanging next to him. Except there doesn't seem to be anywhere else for his eyes to go. To his right, more girls' undergarments. To his left, beaded earrings. He settles on the shoe rack in front of him, gingerly picking up a pink leather stiletto...
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Southeast Missourian claims awards in contest
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
The Southeast Missourian won four first-place awards and one second place award in the Suburban Newspaper Association contest. The Missourian also won second place for general excellence. Staff writers Marc Powers and Laura Johnston won Best News Series for their series on marriage...
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Residents eye fluctuating floodwaters
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
Rising rivers have created more work for some area residents, while putting others temporarily out of a job. Although the Mississippi River is receding, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is keeping a watch on it. Sunday the corps reactivated Phase II floodfighting activities. ...
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Southeast to reveal mascot Saturday
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
Southeast Missouri State University will unveil its new Redhawk mascot Saturday, big feet and all. "The worst part about it is the shoes that we wear. They are huge. They are heavy. We really had to learn how to move in those," said Brooke Privett, one of three students who will take turns performing as the school's mascot...
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'The dream lives on'
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
To those who organized and participated in Monday's celebrations, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday isn't just a day to take off work, it's a day to honor a powerful legacy of service to humanity. "This is not a day off, it's a day on," organizer Debra Mitchell-Braxton told the audience at the city's numerous observances...
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French Open champ Myskina wins first-round match
(Professional Sports ~ 01/18/05)
MELBOURNE, Australia -- French Open champion Anastasia Myskina beat Kveta Peschke 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 at the Australian Open on Tuesday, shortly after U.S. Open winner Svetlana Kuznetsova declared her innocence in a doping case. Kuznetsova didn't answer questions before or after her practice session, but issued a statement Tuesday saying she was certain she'd be cleared of any doping violation...
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PGA Tour needs Wie to combat boredom
(Professional Sports ~ 01/18/05)
Here's a few things you might have learned, had you been snowed in somewhere and needed a golf fix so badly that you watched the Sony Open. One, television can't get enough of Michelle Wie, who is too young to even rent a golf cart at most courses. Two, Hawaii has some pretty nice scenery, with all the beaches and palm trees and stuff...
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Business digest 01/18/05
(National News ~ 01/18/05)
CEO faces trial three years after WorldCom collapse; Execs accused of looting Tyco face retrial today
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Jurors convict man in slaying of 6-year-old girl
(State News ~ 01/18/05)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- St. Louis County jurors Monday convicted a drifter of a murder count carrying a possible death sentence in the 2002 bludgeoning of a 6-year-old girl, turning back defense requests that he be found guilty of a lesser murder count. Jurors later Monday were to hear testimony in the penalty phase of the trial for Johnny Johnson, who admitted he crushed Cassandra "Casey" Williamson's head with bricks and rocks after she resisted his attempts to rape her...
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State official- Fix 'No Child Left Behind' before expanding
(State News ~ 01/18/05)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The state's superintendent of schools says the Bush administration needs to fix its No Child Left Behind education law before expanding it, but he says Illinois' schools will still respond to the challenge. President Bush last week began a push to require high school students to take the math and reading tests now required of younger students under No Child Left Behind...
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Abbas seeks end to attacks on Israel
(International News ~ 01/18/05)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, under growing pressure to rein in militants, ordered his security forces Monday to prevent attacks on Israel and investigate a deadly shooting of Israeli civilians last week. But Palestinian security officials were short on details about possible actions against armed groups, and a spokesman for Hamas said his extremist group would continue attacks...
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Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Mosul
(International News ~ 01/18/05)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Insurgents kidnapped a Catholic archbishop and targeted security forces in a series of brazen assaults Monday that killed more than 20 people. A suicide bomber attacked U.S. Marines in Ramadi, where insurgents also beheaded two Shiite Muslims and left their bodies on a sidewalk...
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Boeing rival unveiling 'superjumbo' jet
(National News ~ 01/18/05)
PARIS -- Boeing's European rival Airbus unveils its flagship A380 today, the plane on which Airbus is betting its newfound status as the world's leading jet maker as well as the $13 billion cost of developing the "superjumbo." The largest ever passenger jet will be revealed during a lavish ceremony at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France, attended by European leaders and almost 5,000 guests...
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Called on the carpet
(Entertainment ~ 01/18/05)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Star Jones Reynolds promised to gush and did, profusely, outside the Beverly Hilton hotel on E! Entertainment Television's red carpet coverage at the Golden Globes. Over on the TV Guide Channel, Joan and Melissa Rivers reprised their sharp-edged roles, with Joan Rivers, predictably, committing some of her famous flubs...
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Virginia Mayo, blonde beauty of 1940s, 1950s films, dies
(Entertainment ~ 01/18/05)
LOS ANGELES -- Virginia Mayo, the stunning blonde actress who brought beauty and romance to films of the 1940s and 1950s with such co-stars as James Cagney, Bob Hope, Gregory Peck, Danny Kaye and Ronald Reagan, died Monday at a nursing home in suburban Thousand Oaks. She was 84...
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Universal plans 'Fear Factor' theme park attractions
(Entertainment ~ 01/18/05)
LOS ANGELES -- Apparently fear is not a factor when it comes to melding a TV reality show with a theme park attraction. An audience-participation show based on the NBC show "Fear Factor" will open in May at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Orlando, Fla., the company said...
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Iraqis across the globe begin registering to vote
(National News ~ 01/18/05)
IRVINE, Calif. -- Hussan Al Taee woke before the crack of dawn and drove seven hours from Arizona, but he was all smiles Monday after registering to vote in an Iraqi election for the first time. Al Taee, 37, of Phoenix, was among thousands of Iraqi expatriates who showed up at polling stations in 14 countries from Australia to the United States on Monday to register to vote in their homeland's first independent election in nearly 50 years...
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At a crossroads NAACP members divided over future of the group
(National News ~ 01/18/05)
BALTIMORE -- During his speeches to Philadelphia children, J. Whyatt Mondesire, the head of that city's NAACP branch, likes to offer $20 to the student who can decode his group's acronym. Many think he is on a recruiting junket for the NCAA. "I've only had to give away my money twice in seven years," Mondesire said. "That's my challenge."...
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Braves, Eagles, Rams victorious at tournament
(High School Sports ~ 01/18/05)
Scott County Central, Scott City and East Prairie all picked up first-round victories Monday night as the boys' Scott-Mississippi Conference basketball tournament began play at Oran High School. Second-seed Scott County Central defeated seventh-seed Oran 79-32 with help from top scorers Avis White and Pershard Owens, who contributed 15 points each...
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Jackson girls cool off hot Oakville
(High School Sports ~ 01/18/05)
"Capture the Moment", a collection of Pulitzer Prize photographs, is currently on display at the Maryville University Library in St. Louis. The Jackson girls basketball team visited Maryville Monday as part of the Martin Luther King Classic. The Indians did not have a "prize-winning" performance but, as has been the case in 14 of their 15 games this season, it was a winning effort as they defeated Oakville 48-40...
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Pujols is still having trouble with heel injury
(Professional Sports ~ 01/18/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Despite offseason treatment for a heel injury that hindered him much of last season, St. Louis Cardinals star Albert Pujols says the pain has returned. Pujols, third in the NL MVP voting last year behind Barry Bonds and Adrian Beltre, underwent sound wave treatment for chronic plantar fasciitis on his left heel after the season. He had been feeling much better in the weeks after the treatment, but began experiencing trouble again about a week ago...
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Patriots might just be unstoppable
(Professional Sports ~ 01/18/05)
Yes, the New England Patriots go to Pittsburgh to face a team that beat them in the regular season and has a 16-1 record with 15 straight wins. But no, the Patriots probably won't lose to the Steelers in next Sunday's AFC title game. Nor are they likely to lose in the Super Bowl on Feb. 6, probably against Philadelphia...
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Fourth time the charm?
(Professional Sports ~ 01/18/05)
PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Eagles didn't pop open any champagne bottles and hardly celebrated their latest playoff victory. After losing the last three NFC championship games, they won't be partying until they get to a Super Bowl. Neither will their jittery fans, who are used to heartbreaking losses this time of year...
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Teams scramble to sign players, avoid arbitration
(Professional Sports ~ 01/18/05)
NEW YORK -- Alfonso Soriano agreed to a $7.5 million, one-year contract with Texas, and Cesar Izturis got a $9.9 million, three-year deal with Los Angeles as players and teams scrambled to reach agreements before the scheduled swap of salary arbitration figures today...
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Illinois-KU remain 1-2 for sixth straight week
(Professional Sports ~ 01/18/05)
Illinois and Kansas were ranked 1-2 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday for the seventh straight week, the longest such run in 6 years. The Illini (18-0) beat Penn State and Northwestern last week for the best start in school history. They received 58 first-place votes and 1,759 points from the national media panel...
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Social Security overhaul unclear on impact to disabled
(National News ~ 01/18/05)
WASHINGTON -- Social Security disability benefits may not be safe from the across-the-board cuts that are likely in President Bush's proposal to allow personal investment accounts. Retirement and disability benefits are calculated using the same formula, so if future promised retirement benefits are cut, then disability benefits also would be reduced -- unless the program is somehow separated...
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Dreaming of Oregon Coast visit
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/18/05)
To the editor: Thank you, Joe Sullivan, for your neat column on the Oregon Coast. We too have visited the coast many times the past 30 years, and the Yachats-Walport area is one of our favorites. Permit me a word of cheer about the Oregon winters. We spent five consecutive winters there, and there is lots of rain and wind. ...
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A better and fairer way to tax
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/18/05)
To the editor: We are in the joyous tax season again. Soon all those tax forms and payments will be due after long hours of preparation and wasted dollars to file the forms. Then we wait to see if we really filed the forms correctly or will we be audited by one of the 116,000 employees of the IRS...
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Changes could save Social Security
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/18/05)
To the editor: President Bush believes Social Security can be fixed without raising the Social Security tax. Is he right? Yes, but only if we eliminate some of the sacred cows of the program. Here's how: * About 5 million of America's state and local government workers are exempt from Social Security tax. By requiring newly hired state and local government workers to join Social Security, we could eliminate about 11 percent of Social Security's pending actuarial deficit...
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Speak Out 1/18/05
(Speak Out ~ 01/18/05)
Traffic glut on Spanish; Birds in the store; Education's purpose; Better planning; Reason for job losses; Supply and demand; Republican agenda; A banana republic; Welfare exception; Political adviser
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Betty Anderson
(Obituary ~ 01/18/05)
Betty J. Anderson, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born July 25, 1927, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Ben W. and Flora Cox Snider. She and Donald Lee Anderson were married Dec. 24, 1945, in Cape Girardeau. He died Sept. 28, 1987...
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Greg O'Guinn
(Obituary ~ 01/18/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Gregory "Greg" O'Guinn, 54, of Sikeston died Friday, Jan. 14, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Aug. 31, 1950, in St. Louis, son of Orbie and Dorotha Bushong O'Guinn. He first married Jolene Martin. He and Sandra Tucker Whitener were married May 8, 2000...
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Ludolf Ruch
(Obituary ~ 01/18/05)
Ludolf H. "Rudy" Ruch, 92, of Jackson died Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at his home. He was born Sept. 29, 1912, at Hilderbrand, Mo., son of Isedore and Albertina Schemel Ruch. He and Anna Helen Grebe were married Nov. 16, 1942. Ruch worked many years for Cape County Highway Department, retiring in 1977. He moved to Jackson in 1980 from Oak Ridge...
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Harry Hall
(Obituary ~ 01/18/05)
BUNCOMBE, Ill. -- Harry C. Hall, 89, of Buncombe died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2005, at his home. He was born May 31, 1915, in Anna, Ill., son of Ford C. and Eva Goddard Hall. Hall had been a painter and decorator, and was a member of First Baptist Church in Anna...
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Truman Shell
(Obituary ~ 01/18/05)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Truman Bruette Shell, 89, of Marble Hill died Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at Elder Care of Marble Hill. He was born Jan. 13, 1916, at Lutesville, Mo., son of Arthur L. and Willie Mae Francis Shell. He and Rachel B. Myers were married in April 1955...
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Ray Wheeler
(Obituary ~ 01/18/05)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Ray D. Wheeler, 49, of Altenburg, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 3, 1955, at Bloomington, Ill., son of James Wheeler and Thelma Worstel Wheeler Klockenga. He and Penny Waters were married June 10, 1989...
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Betty Wulfers
(Obituary ~ 01/18/05)
Betty Joann Wulfers, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 3, 1929, in Fredericktown, Mo., daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Blair Selle. She and Gregory Wulfers were married May 7, 1955, in Cape Girardeau...
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Births 1/18/05
(Births ~ 01/18/05)
Lewis; Popham; Cooper; Ives; Moonier; Walker; Ramanayake; Williams
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Out of the past 1/18/05
(Out of the Past ~ 01/18/05)
25 years ago: Jan. 18, 1980 Voters of Trinity Lutheran Church congregation have approved a $2 million project to erect a new church on the site of the old church that was razed last year; the new edifice, designed by Becker and Flowers of St. Louis, should be completed in November 1981...
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What if it was president's daughters?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/18/05)
To the editor: If I could interview President Bush and first lady Laura Bush, I would ask some hard questions. In a recent interview, President Bush was asked if all the deaths and casualties of our brave men and women was worth the invasion of Iraq. ...
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Mayor takes time to listen
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/18/05)
To the editor: I would like to thank the mayor for taking time from his busy schedule to talk to me about a traffic problem that I thought I might have some positive input on. This man acted like he really cared about what I had to say. We had a great conversation. The next day I received a letter from him thanking me for coming in to talk to him. This is a mayor who cares about this community. Thank you, Jay Knudtson, for your time and caring...
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Sports briefs 1/18/05
(Other Sports ~ 01/18/05)
Basketball...
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Nation digest 01/18/05
(National News ~ 01/18/05)
Utah avalanche may have killed only one; Head of bishops group takes Atlanta post; Common colorectal screening test often fails; Northern Minnesota town hits 54 below zero
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U.S. intelligence- no sign WMD moved out of Iraq
(National News ~ 01/18/05)
WASHINGTON -- The final U.S. intelligence report on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is expected to address whether the banned armaments may have been smuggled out of the country before the war started. Top Bush administration officials have speculated publicly that chemical, biological or radiological weapons may have been smuggled out, and the question is one of the unresolved issues on WMD. The report is due next month...
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World briefs 1/18/05
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
Report: Global poverty can be halved by 2015; Doctors: 66-year-old mother, baby doing well; Ukraine's Supreme Court rejects election repeals; U.N. officials ban travel in part of tsunami-hit region
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Police reports 1/18/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/18/05)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released Monday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest * Lattie A. Clark, 46, 1300 N. Water St., was arrested on suspicion of stealing. Summons * Charles D. Finke, 19, 1000 Towers Circle, was issued a summons on suspicion of being a minor in possession of alcohol...
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Fire reports 1/18/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/18/05)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following items on Sunday: * At 3:04 p.m., emergency medical service in the 3000 block of William Street. * At 9:04 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1100 block of Linden Street. * At 10:34 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1800 block of Dumas Drive...
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Using my fatherly instincts
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
I'm not a father just yet, but I have been using my fatherly instincts a lot recently to help take care of my 2-year-old nephew, Connor. And I must say, depending on what mood he's in, he can either be melt-your-heart cute or oh-my-God-he-got-a-knife-out-of-the-drawer scary...
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Learning briefs 1/18/05
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
Southeast University awards scholarships; President's Plus scholarship; President's scholarships ; Missouri Leadership Award; Other scholarships; Central announces students of the month
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Economic optimism
(Editorial ~ 01/18/05)
There has been cause in recent days to think that the U.S. economy may finally be growing stronger following the end of the recession that plagued much of President Bush's first term. U.S. employment in 2004 rose at the fastest pace in the last five years. Some economists pooh-poohed the growth, pointing out that the number of new jobs was less than the Bush administration had forecast as the result of tax cuts. But the solid employment numbers can't be ignored...
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Week of Jan. 16 - 22
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
Bandit Cole Younger talks of his career; Will Mayfield College to Close During Drive for Funds; Parade marks opening of Blanchard school...
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Millikin University offers course in "Star Trek"
(Local News ~ 01/18/05)
DECATUR, Ill. An amazing variety of scholarship exists on "Star Trek." Even a cursory glance at the offerings on Amazon.com turns up "The Physics of Star Trek," a look at the science used in the various series and how realistic it is; "The Ethics of Star Trek," a look at ethical theory with Star Trek as the popular culture model; and "Star Trek: The Human Frontier," which studies Star Trek as a way to consider what it means to be human...
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Airline president quits following Christmas cancellation fiasco
(National News ~ 01/18/05)
CINCINNATI -- The president of Delta subsidiary Comair Inc. resigned Monday, weeks after the failure of an overloaded computer system stranded hundreds of customers on Christmas. Asked whether Rademacher was pressured to leave, Comair spokesman Nick Miller said: "It was his personal decision. We don't want to speculate on his reasons."...
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Board members critical of district in dispute with St. Louis teachers
(State News ~ 01/18/05)
ST. LOUIS -- On the verge of a strike that would violate state law, St. Louis teachers received support Monday from an unlikely source: three members of the school board. Dissident board members Bill Haas, Amy Hilgemann and Veronica O'Brien met with union leaders over the weekend, then called a Monday news conference to say the majority of the board and the district were not doing enough to avert a strike in the state's largest school district...
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Putin orders pension increases and criticizes officials
(International News ~ 01/18/05)
MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin, seeking to assuage rising public anger, promised a moderate increase in pensions and blamed federal and local officials Monday for failing to properly implement Kremlin reforms that cut off benefits to millions of Russians...
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Iraqi exiles hopeful as they register to vote in homeland's election
(International News ~ 01/18/05)
LONDON -- Exiled Iraqis began registering to vote Monday in their homeland's first independent election in nearly 50 years, with dozens arriving at polling stations in 14 countries from Australia to Britain to the United States -- and many expressing confusion at the process...
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