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Arraignment of suspected vandals awaits naming of judge
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
The cases against three suspects scheduled to be arraigned in Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court Division 1 in connection with the January vandalism of five local churches and a law office were postponed Monday. Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle said that Judge William Syler sent the cases to the Office of the Court Administrator and asked that a special judge be appointed to hear the cases. The state Supreme Court is expected to appoint a special judge within the next week...
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Council approves Collegewood Apartments project
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
The owner of Collegewood Apartments will get to build four more apartment buildings despite concerns from neighbors. The Cape Girardeau City Council Monday night unanimously granted a special-use permit for the development provided that apartment complex owner E.W. ...
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Author to lead discussion at high school library
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
Newberry-winning author Richard Peck, author of "The River Between Us," will lead a discussion of his book at Central High School Library at 10 a.m. and 12:50 p.m. Wednesday as part of the United We Read program. Peck will also lead an evening discussion of the book beginning at 7 p.m. ...
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United Way continues fund raising for charities
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
Local organizations from Safe House to Teen Challenge are able to continue providing community services thanks to annual funding from the United Way of Southeast Missouri. All of the 39 programs received the same amount of funding this year as last and only one agency changed as the Scott City Ministerial Alliance was added...
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Cape Girardeau City Council action 2/8/05
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
Presentations...
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Jackson school board agenda 2/8/05
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
JACKSON SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA...
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Canseco's book puts president, players on the spot
(Professional Sports ~ 02/08/05)
The former slugger's tell-all book pulls everyone from President George W. Bush to Mark McGwire into the steroids fray. The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Bush was not aware of any steroid use by Texas Rangers players while he was a team executive, the White House said Monday...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen action 2/8/05
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
The board took the following action at Monday night's meeting:...
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Cape/Jackson fire reports 2/8/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/08/05)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following items on Sunday: * At 6:04 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1600 block of Westwood Drive. * At 10:35 p.m., box alarm at 15 Village Drive. Firefighters responded to the following items on Monday:...
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College interns learn political ropes at the state Capitol
(State News ~ 02/08/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- They answer phones. They write letters to constituents. They make copies, take bills to be filed and draft press releases. They hang wallpaper and pictures on their bosses' new office walls. They are the legislative interns with northwest Missouri ties working at the Missouri Capitol this year. And whether they are there to build their resumes, fulfill a class requirement or train for a dreamt-of career, they're having an experience few others will have...
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Education officials want resolution on special ed costs
(State News ~ 02/08/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Worried that a recent court decision could lead to a massive bill, education officials want lawmakers to limit the state's obligation to pay for the education of Missouri's most severely disabled students. Students with severe disabilities are a state responsibility, but determining who qualifies for educational assistance and how much the state must pay has turned into a legal dispute...
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Friends take serious steps with comic books series
(State News ~ 02/08/05)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. Parents who think comic books are a waste of time haven't met Seth Clark, Jason Egli and Wil Vezeecke. The 19-year-old Truman High School graduates created "Statistics," a comic book that will be published with hopes to spark sales across the nation and at retailers such as Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com...
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Daughters like changing wardrobe
(Column ~ 02/08/05)
A Connecticut boy won't part with his Brett Favre jersey. He's worn it for more than 400 straight days. That would never happen in our household. First of all, we're not Green Bay Packers fans. But more importantly our two daughters wouldn't think of going to school or anywhere else for that matter wearing the same clothes for two or more days in a row...
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Lawsuit reform - The time has come to do the job right
(Column ~ 02/08/05)
In 1985, Ronald Reagan issued a strong challenge to Congress and the nation. While talking about the need for a balanced budget, he uttered one of the most poignant questions ever asked in a political speech: "If not us, who? If not now, when?" That is the same thing Missourians have been asking about legal reform for the last two years...
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Area chapter to secede from League of the South
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
The Southeast Missouri Chapter of the Missouri League of the South has seceded from its parent organization. The group will now be called the Missouri League of Southern Voters. The group's organizer, Marble Hill resident Clint Lacy, said actions and comments made by some League of the South leaders were less than honorable, and the local group withdrew its membership...
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Jackson man arrested on drug charges
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
An observant store employee led police to arrest 35-year-old Jessie V. Dorris of Jackson Sunday on various drug charges. Lt. Rodney Barnes of the Jackson police said an employee of Country Mart noticed Dorris picking up an unusually large quantity of pills that he had dropped in the parking lot, became suspicious and notified police...
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Cape/Jackson police reports 2/8/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/08/05)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released Monday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs * Kevin Michael Rariden, 20, 1710 N. Sprigg St., Apt. 107, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and being a minor in possession of alcohol...
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Crocheting before crocheting was cool
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
Once upon a time, I was a leper. The yarn sticking out of my purse made me different from everyone else. My constant crocheting made me look 80 years old by the time I was 12. I learned the glorious craft when I was 6 -- I can't remember a time where crochet didn't play a big part in my life...
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Delta girls shoot down Scott City
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/05)
Delta's girls basketball team used a big third quarter to defeat visiting Scott City 57-45 Monday night. Delta (15-4) led by three at halftime but outscored the Rams 16-8 in the third quarter to pull away. Kaci Menz led all scorers with 20 points for the Bobcats. Shea Smith scored 14, and Rachel Ware added 11...
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Southeast men rejuvenate OVC hopes
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
Sure, Southeast Missouri State has been playing impressive basketball during its five-game winning streak that is the program's longest since the 2000-01 team also reeled off five straight victories. But good fortune has also been with the Redhawks, as senior forward Reggie Golson was quick to point out following Saturday's 61-58 upset at Murray State in which Southeast missed two of three free throws in the final seconds...
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Southeast women go for nine in a row
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
It might be temporary, but Southeast Missouri State's women have a chance to move into sole possession of first place in the Ohio Valley Conference for the first time all season today. The sizzling Redhawks (15-6, 9-1 OVC) will have the top spot all to themselves if they beat Eastern Illinois (9-12, 2-8) in today's 5:15 p.m. matchup in Charleston, Ill...
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Ex-priest convicted in notorious abuse case
(National News ~ 02/08/05)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Defrocked priest Paul Shanley, the most notorious figure in the sex scandal that rocked the Boston Archdiocese, was convicted Monday of repeatedly raping and fondling a boy at his Roman Catholic church during the 1980s. Shanley, 74, could get life in prison for two counts each of child rape and indecent assault and battery on a child when he is sentenced Feb. 15. His bail was revoked and he was immediately led off to jail...
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Nation/world digest 02/08/05
(National News ~ 02/08/05)
Consumer borrowing rises only lightly in December; NYC mayor's compromise on gay marriage unpopular; FCC, Nextel agree on how to end cell interference; Kurdish ticket pulls into second as returns roll in
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'Medical Investigation' evolves to survive
(Entertainment ~ 02/08/05)
LOS ANGELES -- Like the viruses it attempts to eradicate, NBC's "Medical Investigation" has evolved to survive. Since the docs-on-global-health-watch drama debuted last September, it has acquired new executive producers, shifted to a greater focus on humanity rather than science, and allowed its leading man to become less gruff and more team oriented...
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Palestinians, Israel to OK cease-fire
(International News ~ 02/08/05)
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt -- Israeli and Palestinian leaders said they will declare a formal end to more than four years of fighting during a summit today in this Egyptian resort -- a breakthrough in Mideast peacemaking that comes after both sides also accepted invitations to meet separately with President Bush at the White House...
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Patriots focus on titles rather than cold cash
(Professional Sports ~ 02/08/05)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Deion Branch needed just five little words to explain why the New England Patriots have won three of the last four Super Bowls. Asked Monday if he had any thoughts of leaving the team when he becomes a restricted free agent, the Super Bowl MVP replied: "My home is in Foxboro."...
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Bush budget cuts Medicaid, nine Cabinet departments
(National News ~ 02/08/05)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush proposed a $2.57 trillion budget Monday that erases scores of programs and slices Medicaid, disabled housing and many more but still worsens federal deficits by $42 billion over the next five years. In one of the most austere presidential budgets in years, Bush would give nine of the 15 Cabinet-level departments less money in 2006 than they are getting this year. ...
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Life-changing words from Nelson Mandela
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
Some have been spectators at a Martin Luther King Jr. address. Many others have been in the audience at lectures given by foreign and domestic dignitaries. In the last few years of my short existence, I have been on hand to listen to many prominent and inspiring individuals, from presidents to entertainers and athletes; however, no address can compare to the one I witnessed last Thursday...
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Paying for autopsies
(Editorial ~ 02/08/05)
There appears to be some justification for the Cape Girardeau County Commission to ask Illinois counties to pay for autopsies when a victim is mortally injured in that state but dies in a Cape Girardeau hospital. For some time, counties in Missouri have had agreements whereby the county where the injury -- automobile accident, shooting, stabbing and so forth -- occurs will take care of the autopsy even if the victim dies in another county...
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Learning briefs 2/8/05
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
Ramsey on University of Evansville's dean's list; Area students make Mizzou dean's list; Jordan earns spot on Hillsdale dean's list; Lumsden makes Central Methodist dean's list; Burger on dean's list at SLU's Doisy School; Kelly grad makes dean's list at Southern Baptist; Area students named to dean's list at Vanderbilt; Jackson high wins 'battle of the belts' contest
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Six vehicles damaged at Interstate 55 overpass
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
Wanda Dees of Marble Hill, Mo., saw a blindingly bright light while southbound on Interstate 55 late Sunday night. "I slowed down and heard a big boom," she said. "My windshield was busted out." Dees was the first of six motorists on I-55 whose vehicles were damaged by objects thrown from the Hopper Road overpass. After her windshield was shattered, the object bounced over the roof of her 1996 Chrysler Cirrus and damaged the trunk...
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Southeast will widen Broadway under agreement with council
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
A section of busy, two-lane Broadway that has long been a traffic bottleneck will be widened this year under an agreement between the city of Cape Girardeau and Southeast Missouri State University that will speed up the estimated $1.3 million construction project...
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Vincent Michelena
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Vincent Ramon Michelena, 85, of Sikeston died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. He was born Nov. 4, 1919, in Denver, Colo., son of Ramon and Virginia Cage Michelena. He and Lena Tisher were married April 20, 1973, in Phoenix, Ariz...
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Carl Thomann
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Carl Irvin Thomann, 84, of Sikeston died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Dec. 25, 1920, at Morehouse, Mo., son of Irvin M. and Lillie B. West Thomann. He and Samantha C. Tanner were married March 15, 1940, at Benton, Mo. She died Feb. 27, 2004...
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Robert King
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
Robert King of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 7, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Ford and Sons Funeral Home
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Elvis Carmack
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Elvis "Butch" Carmack, 77, of Greenville died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born March 17, 1927, at Coldwater, Mo., son of Jesse M. and Mary D. Walker Carmack. He and Eva Larada Allen were married in 1956 in Tunica, Miss...
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Barbara Landewee
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Barbara Mary Landewee, 90, of Chaffee died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 14, 1914, in Bollinger County, daughter of William H. and Anna Hinkebein Vandeven. She and Frank John Landewee were married April 14, 1937. He died Feb. 2, 1993...
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Mary Mills
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
Mary Betty Mills, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 7, 2005. Arrangements are pending at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Jenny Stark
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Jeanette N. "Jenny" Stark, 27, of Sikeston died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 17, 1977, in Mexico, Mo., daughter of Paul and Caren Teaster Stark III. Stark was a 1996 graduate of Sikeston High School. She had worked in the photo lab at Wal-Mart and as a telephone sales person for Rainsoft...
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Rayanna and Maleah Mills
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
MARQUAND, Mo. -- Rayanna Joy Mills, one hour old, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Mo. Maleah Jane Mills, two days old, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. The twins were born Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at Perry County Hospital...
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Elmer Heuring
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
KELSO, Mo. -- Elmer George Heuring, 80, of Kelso died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, at his home. He was born June 11, 1924, at Kelso, son of Lawrence and Clara Gosche Heuring. He and Alene Catherine Scherer were married Sept. 11, 1948, at New Hamburg, Mo. Heuring was a farmer. He was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, charter member of Knights of Columbus Council 6420 in Scott City, life member of VFW Post 6407 in Scott City, and member of American Legion Post 133 in Perryville, Mo...
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Linda Douglass
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Linda Douglass, 56, of Memphis, Tenn., died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. She was born Nov. 27, 1948, in Cairo, Ill., daughter of Albert and Doris Workman Greenley. She and Garnett Douglass were married March 25, 1977...
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Artelle Summers
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Artelle Summers, 79, of Cairo died Monday, Feb. 7, 2005 at Daystar Care Center in Cairo. He was born Sept. 6, 1925, in Milburn, Ky., son of Fred Richardson and Ida Mae Taylor Summers. He married Julia Francis Harrison, and was a member of Tigert Memorial United Methodist Church in Cairo...
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Naomi McCulley
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
Naomi Nadine McCulley, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, at the Lutheran Home. She was born March 16, 1925, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Noah P. and Bessie Davis Kitchen. She first married George York March 30, 1961, in Cape Girardeau. He died Aug. 27, 1974. She later married Dale McCulley and he also preceded her in death...
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Births 2/8/05
(Births ~ 02/08/05)
Scott; Dean
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Lee Fansler
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Orla Lee Fansler, 79, of Sikeston died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005, at his home. He was born July 21, 1925, in Sikeston, son of Orla and Jennettia Fansler. He and Sylvia Cox were married Sept. 6, 1947. Fansler was a 1944 graduate of Sikeston High School. ...
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Marian Moody
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Marian Moody, 89, of Sikeston died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Sept. 7, 1915, at Bloomfield, Mo., daughter of David and Minnie Harper Aslin. She and Ralph Moody were married May 24, 1935, at Charleston, Mo...
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Marilyn Mirly
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
Marilyn R. Mirly, 57, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was born May 6, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Wilbert E. and Delma M. Oberbeck Huettig. She and James W. Mirly were married May 6, 1966, in Cape Girardeau...
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Illmo road district to vote on dissolving
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
Some voters and taxpayers in the Old Illmo Special Road District are unhappy with their roads -- so unhappy they are trying to disband the district and put the roads under the jurisdiction of Scott County. Residents in the district, which is on the boundaries of Scott City and extends into the city limits, have gathered enough signatures on a petition to force the measure onto the April 5 ballot...
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Nible & quick - Jackson's Jack Puisis can also knock down a 3
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/05)
Heading into his senior season, Jackson guard Jack Puisis felt he needed to prove himself to basketball critics and scouts across the area. Puisis averaged 12 points a game -- second on the team -- during his junior campaign, but he knew an upgrade in his game was needed to meet the goals for his final high school season...
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Southeast collects early win against Evansville
(Local News ~ 02/08/05)
Just two matches into the season, the Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team has already equaled its victory total from all of last year. The Redhawks slipped past host Evansville 4-3 over the weekend to even their record at 1-1. They went 1-21 in 2004 during coach Jay Pacelli's first season...
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Sports briefs 2/8/05
(Other Sports ~ 02/08/05)
Colleges...
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Incident with little consequence
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/08/05)
To the editor: Paula Kempe, writing in this space, complained about the incident during halftime at last year's Super Bowl in which the breast of a female no-talent was exposed, accidentally or intentionally, by a male no-talent. I would be surprised if the incident lasted as much as three seconds. All adults and most kids know what a breast looks like. The exceptions are those children who were bottle-fed...
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Eighth-grader urges bond support
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/08/05)
To the editor: I am an eighth-grade student at Jackson Middle School. I want to remind people that they will have an opportunity to vote to improve their community in April if they approve the school-bond issue. I think it is very important to show the children (the future) of our community that they are important by improving their educational surroundings...
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God was the witness at creation
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/08/05)
To the editor: I would like to reply to "Looking for witnesses" in Speak Out. The comment asked who was here to witness the creation and was thoughtful enough to document it for us. There was God the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost, angels and, of course, Satan himself. ...
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Insurers, doctors set up straw man
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/08/05)
To the editor: Finally, someone has looked beyond the rhetoric of tort reformers and addressed the basic problem, which is insurance companies. State Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis, said, "The heart of this issue is really the soaring cost of medical malpractice insurance premiums. But with the volume turned up on all these arguments, the insurance industry escapes unnoticed." All those doctors dressed in white coats have turned the volume up...
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Speak Out 2/8/05
(Speak Out ~ 02/08/05)
They deserve it; Crowd control; Bad for this family; Early signs; Placing blame; Teenagers choose; Money problem; Care for the young; Touch of reality; Health-care crisis; Displays of faith; A great program; Quality of life; Need all the facts; Questionable luxury
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Nadine Friedhof
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
Nadine F. Friedhof, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Feb. 4, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center She was born May 12, 1924, in Sikeston, Mo., daughter of Edgar Leroy and Stella Lee Masterson Kinder. She and Otto Friedhof were married Dec. 20, 1947, in St. Louis. He died May 2, 1991...
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Jean Miller
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
Jean Miller, 76, of Scott City died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005, at her home. She was born July 24, 1928, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., daughter of Jess and Alpha Harris Hodge. She and Alva Miller were married Jan. 14, 1946, in Poplar Bluff. Miller was owner and operator of Jean's Fabrics. She was a member of First Baptist Church...
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Richard Randol Sr.
(Obituary ~ 02/08/05)
Richard Glenn Randol Sr., 68, of Jackson died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, at his home. He was born Sept. 25, 1936, in Cape Girardeau, son of William Randol and Theresa "Tressie" Blaylock Randol. He and Patricia Ann Logan were married Dec. 24, 1955, in Cape Girardeau...
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Out of the past 2/8/05
(Out of the Past ~ 02/08/05)
25 years ago: Feb. 8, 1980 A major snowstorm closes schools, including Southeast Missouri State University, throughout Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois, and forecasters predict as much as 8 inches could pile up before the snow ends late tonight or early tomorrow...
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11 detainees say they gave false confessions to halt abuse
(International News ~ 02/08/05)
Nearly a dozen detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp contend they were wrongly imprisoned after repeated abuse by U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including beatings with chains, electric shock and sodomy, their attorney said Monday. Tom Wilner represents 11 Kuwaiti prisoners held in the detention center at the U.S. ...
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