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Schools moving to rid once-favored mercury from science labs
(National News ~ 03/07/05)
WASHINGTON -- As mercury spills in schools disrupt classes, teachers and environmental groups want to rid student labs of the versatile but dangerous metal. In recent weeks, mercury was found in stairwells and corridors of a high school in the nation's capital. The building had to be closed twice for decontamination and still more traces were found Sunday even as cleaning crews were wrapping up their work in preparation for reopening the school today...
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Jackson planning next part of trail system
(Local News ~ 03/07/05)
The city of Jackson has unveiled preliminary plans for the next leg of its trail system. This one would be 1.5 miles long and run along Hubble Creek from West Mary Street at Jackson City Park to the city's soccer park that is due to open next year...
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Creation science club reaching out to SEMO students
(Local News ~ 03/07/05)
Members of the SEMO Creation Science Club want to get their voice out. Eric Lynch, an engineering physics major at Southeast Missouri State University and a member of the organization, feels that creation science isn't represented on campus. "The university has their scientific thinking based in evolution," he said. "We want to provide an alternative to that thinking. We want the group there to provide information and materials, to let people know they don't have to believe in evolution."...
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Blunt's budget not faring as planned
(State News ~ 03/07/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Matt Blunt's budget isn't panning out exactly as he had expected. Some of the savings he assumed have vaporized. And some of his spending proposals have fallen flat in their first appearances before legislators. But that's often the way governors' budgets go -- an indication that Missouri's new era of all-Republican government still has room for disagreement, and still has an ear for interest groups fighting to protect funding for their causes...
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Impact of sales tax holiday disputed
(Local News ~ 03/07/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A study by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce concludes last year's experiment with a sales tax holiday didn't cost the state any revenue and actually helped boost collections for local governments that participated. Missouri Municipal League executive director Gary Markenson, however, called the study "an absurdity." Missouri Department of Revenue spokeswoman Jessica Robinson said the agency's internal analysis of the tax holiday's impact proved inconclusive...
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Demonstrating a need for kneading
(Local News ~ 03/07/05)
LaDonia Beggs is an active 70-year-old woman. She is still able to lift the heavier things in her kitchen at home. She has continued working at Pioneer Orchard, the business she owns with her husband. The Jackson resident is still able to get around enough to sell her Mary Kay cosmetics...
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Rhodes building new store
(Column ~ 03/07/05)
When it comes to building bigger, better convenience stores, Rhodes 101 Stop has established a successful formula: Build a new larger store near an existing Rhodes, then close the old Rhodes down and allow it to be developed for something else...
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Rice off to quick start in new position as secretary of state
(National News ~ 03/07/05)
WASHINGTON -- Through luck, good timing and persistence, the Bush administration finds itself swept up in the winds of change in the Middle East and relieved that two years of chilly relations with Europe seem to be in the past. Should the successes continue, much of the credit may go to Condoleezza Rice. The blame, too, for a secretary of state on the job for just more than five weeks, if the optimism fades...
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Indian Creek School photo no longer a mystery
(Local News ~ 03/07/05)
Last week's May 6, 1949, Indian Creek School mystery photo received responses from Nancy Sides Prince of Jackson, who said Bill Hargroves also had the photo complete with student names. Jim Sander and Jerry Reynolds also identified individuals in the photo...
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Cultures mix at Beijing hospital
(Local News ~ 03/07/05)
BEIJING -- The ward I am in is much nicer than the rest of the hospital. Today I had to go to another part of the hospital for an ultrasound of my digestive tract and X-rays of my spine where they are planning surgery; that part was colder and not as clean...
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Relative cost determines choice
(Business ~ 03/07/05)
My last column introduced the law of demand, which states, holding everything else constant, that the lower the price of something, the more people who will take of it, and the higher the price, the fewer who will take. But there's a bit of complexity we must add. It's crucial to recognize that relative prices determine choices, not absolute prices...
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Show Me Center director to head trade group
(Business ~ 03/07/05)
Show Me Center director David Ross wants to give a voice to others in the industry like him -- those who manage smaller arenas who sometimes get drowned out by the megaphones of venues like Madison Square Garden in New York or the Staples Center in Los Angeles...
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People on the move 03/07/05
(Business ~ 03/07/05)
Cape code inspector receives certification ; Veterans home nurse wins Leadership Award; Chiropractor participates in milestone study; Physician joins Illini Medical Associates; Southeast professor wins teaching award
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Business memo 03/07/05
(Business ~ 03/07/05)
Southeast office wins several awards; Business counseling sessions available
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Conservation tax
(Editorial ~ 03/07/05)
The Missouri Department of Conservation operates on a nearly $134 million budget funded primarily by a one-eighth cent sales tax voters approved in 1976. While those funds have been used to build a department that is the envy of most states, there is no accountability over how the agency spends its money, other than the oversight of the governor-appointed Missouri Conservation Commission...
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Redhawk gymnasts defeat Illinois St. in home finale
(College Sports ~ 03/07/05)
Southeast Missouri State's gymnastics team celebrated senior day Sunday with a victory, rolling past Illinois State 192.975-189.125 at Houck Field House. The Redhawks (5-5) dominated the dual meet as they won every event, including taking the top three spots in the all-around competition...
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Hate to see motorist dump ashtray
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/07/05)
To the editor: Thanks for Joe Sullivan's great column on littering, I'm behind him 100 percent. What I really hate to see is a car stop at a red light and watch the driver dump his ashtray out the window. Thanks again. Keep up the good work. I really enjoy Sullivan's columns...
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Littering is a major pet peeve
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/07/05)
To the editor: I vigorously support every word Joe Sullivan wrote in the littering column. There are not many things that make me angrier, unless it's people who are cruel to animals, dictators like Saddam Hussein and a few other choice peeves that shall remain unnamed...
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U.S. loses in first-round of Davis Cup
(Professional Sports ~ 03/07/05)
CARSON, Calif. -- The United States remains in a Davis Cup slump. Ivan Ljubicic beat Andy Roddick in a taut, five-set marathon Sunday to give Croatia an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the opening-round Davis Cup matches. Playing iron man for his country, Ljubicic outlasted Roddick 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (11), 6-7 (7), 6-2 in a match that lasted almost 4 hours...
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Sorenstam collects her first win of the season
(Professional Sports ~ 03/07/05)
Annika Sorenstam rallied to win her first LPGA Tour event of the year, shooting a 4-under 68 in windy conditions Sunday for a three-stroke victory in the inaugural MasterCard Classic in Huixquilucan, Mexico. Sorenstam had eight birdies -- five in a row on Nos. 2-6 -- to offset four bogeys on the high-altitude Bosque Real Country Club course...
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Cardinals defeat Marlins for second straight day
(Professional Sports ~ 03/07/05)
JUPITER, Fla. -- A.J. Burnett was speechless after his miserable outing Sunday. Burnett allowed four runs in two innings then left the Florida Marlins' 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals without talking to reporters. The Cardinals scored four runs in the second inning on five consecutive hits, including a two-run double by pitcher Chris Carpenter. Burnett allowed six hits on 57 pitches...
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Braves depart with sweep
(College Sports ~ 03/07/05)
Southeast Missouri State's baseball team concluded a lost weekend Sunday afternoon as Bradley rolled 8-3 at Capaha Park to complete a three-game sweep. The Braves (6-2), who swept Saturday's doubleheader, outscored the Redhawks (3-7) 15-4 in the series as their pitchers limited Southeast to just 17 hits in 23 innings. The Redhawks scored in only two of the 23 frames...
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Tigers force bitter rival KU to share title
(College Sports ~ 03/07/05)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Kansas lost the outright Big 12 title, and may have lost one of its best players. Thomas Gardner matched his career best with 23 points and Linas Kleiza tied his with 14 rebounds, helping Missouri to a 72-68 upset Sunday that knocked the seventh-ranked Jayhawks into a tie for first place with Oklahoma...
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Illini perfection ends at Ohio St.
(College Sports ~ 03/07/05)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Their perfect season gone, the next challenge for the Illini is turning a loss into a lesson. "Everyone says a loss will help. We'll find out," Illinois coach Bruce Weber said. "We'll learn from it and move on. This next stretch is the most important of the year and that's what people are going to remember."...
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Woods outduels Mickelson at Doral
(Professional Sports ~ 03/07/05)
MIAMI -- Tiger Woods returned to No. 1 in the world Sunday. Phil Mickelson made him earn it. In a titanic battle on the Blue Monster before a sellout crowd, Woods made a 30-foot birdie putt on the 17th, then held his breath as the resilient Mickelson nearly chipped in for birdie on the final hole. After four hours of dramatic shifts in momentum and thunderous cheers, Woods ended a spectacular duel with a 6-foot par putt...
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No clear standards for NICUs
(Column ~ 03/07/05)
If you have a question, e-mail factorfiction@semissourian.com or call Speak Out (334-5111) and identify your call as a question for "Fact or fiction?" Q: My question is about neonatal intensive care units. Here in Cape Girardeau, one hospital regularly advertises that it has the region's "only" Level III NICU. Meanwhile, the other hospital also says it has a Level III NICU. What exactly is a Level III NICU, and who decides whether a unit qualifies for such a designation?...
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Fla. school is taste-testing South Beach Diet menus
(National News ~ 03/07/05)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Nine-year-old Kelly Ferrer no longer gets the waffles, pancakes and sugar cereals that she loved eating for breakfast last year in her school cafeteria. This year, instead, she is served whole-wheat bread, lowfat cheese and fruit...
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Hezbollah mobilizes support as Syria pulls back troops
(International News ~ 03/07/05)
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The militant group Hezbollah, largely on the fence since anti-Syrian protests erupted in Lebanon last month, switched gears Sunday and threw its weight behind Syria and its allies -- calling for massive rallies in Beirut to show loyalty to Damascus...
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Syrians praise decision to move troops in Lebanon
(International News ~ 03/07/05)
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanese officials said Syrian troops will start moving toward eastern Lebanon today in a pullback that will take two or three days, while Syrians -- not unexpectedly -- backed President Bashar Assad's decision and insisted Sunday he was not bowing to international pressure...
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Amtrak riders fear impact of budget cuts
(State News ~ 03/07/05)
KIRKWOOD, Mo. -- If Missouri cuts Amtrak funding, Diane Luebbering expects fewer opportunities to visit with her relatives. "That's really the only way our family gets to come see us," she said. "My parents can't drive at all." She was among a handful of people waiting at the Kirkwood station in suburban St. Louis one afternoon this week for a train between Kansas City and St. Louis that makes eight stops along the way...
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Plane hit top altitude before crash
(State News ~ 03/07/05)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- A pilot aboard a doomed regional jet told an air traffic controller moments before an October crash that he and his co-pilot "decided to have a little fun" by flying at the plane's maximum altitude. Cockpit transcripts the St. Louis Post-Disptach obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration describe the rapid descent of the Pinnacle Airlines Corp. ...
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Help lower malpractice premiums
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/07/05)
To the editor: I am concerned about the escalating expense of medical malpractice insurance in Missouri. These premiums are the product of upwardly spiraling, out-of-control medical liability awards. Missouri is losing quality physicians to states where liability insurance is not so expensive...
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Speak Out 3/7/05
(Speak Out ~ 03/07/05)
Beauty on the highway; Head in the sand; No separation; Public evaluations; Tax-cut-and-spend; University spending; Bad decision; It's just an excuse
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Community digest 3/7/05
(Local News ~ 03/07/05)
Free training offered on positive parenting; AARP meeting includes candidates forum; National history day district contest; Humane Society to raffle off a shed, garden tools; Program on managing family assets offered; Kindergarten registration for Kelso coming up; Nell Holcomb registration, enrollment date set; Scott City school picture, event calendar offered
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Bill would make it easier to raise electricity rates
(State News ~ 03/07/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- It's a battle that has pitted big business against big utility companies, but Republican lawmakers think they've found a solution. The problem with their solution, critics say, is that consumers still could feel the pinch of higher electric bills without the usual checks and balances utilities must endure...
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Missouri juvenile justice practices praised, and copied
(State News ~ 03/07/05)
FULTON, Mo. -- Cynthia Cheever neatly arranged the stuffed animals on her wooden bunk bed's pink comforter. "And this one is from my grandparents," the 14-year-old chirped. "We are having a really good relationship now." It wasn't always so. Cynthia doesn't know her father, and her mother died more than a decade ago. ...
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World briefs 3/7/05
(International News ~ 03/07/05)
West Bank town goes to Palestinians' control; Turkish police use tear gas on protesters; Italian journalist: Shooting may have been planned; Frail pope gives faithful silent blessing; Taiwanese protest bill barring independence
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Support building for release of jailed Egyptian reform 'hero'
(International News ~ 03/07/05)
CAIRO, Egypt -- For years, Ayman Nour has handed out charity in a densely populated neighborhood of Cairo's old city -- helping people find jobs, paying old people's pensions and providing a medical center. His arrest by Egyptian authorities alarmed Washington and caused Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to cancel a recent visit to Egypt, and now hundreds of supporters gather in the neighborhood of Nour's good works to call for his release from jail...
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Top Iraqi political spots to go to Kurd, Shiite
(International News ~ 03/07/05)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi politicians set March 16 for the opening of the country's first democratically elected parliament in modern history as a deal hardened Sunday to name Jalal Talabani, a leader of the minority Kurds, to the presidency. The more powerful prime minister's job will go to Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a deeply conservative Shiite who leads the Islamic Dawa party. ...
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Vin Diesel pacifies audience as Navy SEAL in Disney comedy
(Entertainment ~ 03/07/05)
LOS ANGELES -- Vin Diesel's family-friendly comedy "The Pacifier" pulled in $30.2 million on its opening weekend to rank as the nation's top-grossing movie, turning his action-star image -- and box-office expectations -- upside down. Proving he's more than biceps and tattoos, Diesel's performance as a Navy SEAL turned baby sitter easily outdistanced the weekend's other major opening, "Be Cool" with John Travolta...
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Drug-coated stents help many avoid heart bypass surgery
(National News ~ 03/07/05)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A new generation of tiny, drug-coated metal scaffolds that prop open arteries has transformed heart care in just a few years and is allowing a growing number of people to avoid having bypass surgery. The devices, called drug-coated stents, slowly release medication that prevents vessels from reclogging after procedures to open them up...
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A third of the nation's astronauts may never get to fly
(National News ~ 03/07/05)
SPACE CENTER, Houston -- George Zamka has been an astronaut for almost seven years and he still hasn't made it to space. But he's far from alone. Grounded for two years, a third of the nation's nearly 150 astronauts have never flown in space, and some wonder when they will...
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Nation briefs 3/7/05
(National News ~ 03/07/05)
BTK suspect complains of depression, sleeplessness; Ark., Iowa governors team up for marathon
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Community cuisine 3/7/05
(Local News ~ 03/07/05)
Bell City offers fish and chicken supper; Immanuel Evangelical to hold benefit dinner; Scott City PTO selling tickets for dinner auction
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Community Q&A 3/7/05
(Local News ~ 03/07/05)
* Name: Tammy Keller ...
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Results from last week's online poll
(Local News ~ 03/07/05)
The HIV infection rate has doubled among blacks in the United States over a decade while holding steady among whites -- stark evidence of a widening racial gap in the epidemic, government scientists said last month. Statistics from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services show similar trends in the the state. Last week's online poll asked, "Do you thnk HIV testing should be mandatory?" (350 votes)...
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Theodora Kanaday
(Obituary ~ 03/07/05)
Theodora A. Kanaday, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 6, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 13, 1925, in Omaha, Neb., daughter of Lawrence and Caroline Pederson Hansen. She and Harry Kanaday were married in 1959 in San Francisco, Calif. He died in 1984...
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Hazel McBride
(Obituary ~ 03/07/05)
Hazel Marie McBride, 91, of Jackson died Saturday, March 5, 2005, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 29, 1913, in Byrd Township, Jackson, daughter of Charles Albert and Lizzie Lee Goza Abernathy. She grew up on a farm near Jackson and attended the McFerron School. She moved to Jackson after graduation...
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Francis Elfrink
(Obituary ~ 03/07/05)
HERCULANEUM, Mo. -- Francis Vennie Elfrink, 82, of Herculaneum, formerly of Advance, Mo., died Saturday, March 5, 2005, at Scenic Nursing and Rehab in Herculaneum. She was born April 3, 1922, in Gideon, Mo., daughter of Frank and Cora Goin Abbott. She and Andlee Frasier were married in 1940 in Kennett, Mo. She and Delbert Sherman were later married in March 1969 in St. Louis, Mo.; he died Aug. 10, 1992. She and Charles Elfrink were married in Advance, Mo.; he died May 17, 1993...
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Out of the past 3/7/05
(Out of the Past ~ 03/07/05)
25 years ago: March 7, 1980 Cape Girardeau County Associate Judge J. Ronald Fischer, who has served on the county court for about a decade, has filed for re-election to his sixth term; Fischer, a Cape Girardeau Democrat, has served as a county judge since 1968, when he was appointed by then governor Warren E. Hearnes to fill a vacancy on the court...
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Births 3/7/05
(Births ~ 03/07/05)
Cook...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 3/7/05
(Local News ~ 03/07/05)
7 p.m. today...
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Bosses and blogs
(Business ~ 03/07/05)
Flight attendant Ellen Simonetti and former Google employee Mark Jen have more in common than their love of blogging: They both got fired over it. Simonetti had posted suggestive photographs of herself in uniform, while Jen speculated online about his employer's finances. In neither case were their bosses happy when they found out...
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Cape fire report 03/07/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/07/05)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following items on Saturday: * At 3:54 p.m., motor vehicle accident at 3051 William St. * At 7:54 p.m., emergency medical service at 1900 Delwin St. * At 10:16 p.m., emergency medical service at 505 N. Kingshighway...
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Cape police report 03/07/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/07/05)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released Sunday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs * Ross Allen Bridges, 21, of 70 Rivercrest Drive, was issued a summons on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, failure to drive on the right side of the road and supplying alcohol to a minor...
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Glen Hoppe
(Obituary ~ 03/07/05)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Glen R. Hoppe, 43, of Blakely, Ga., formerly of Cairo, died Sunday, March 6, 2005, at Early Memorial Hospital in Blakely. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo.
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Stewart calls time behind bars 'life altering'
(National News ~ 03/07/05)
NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart took up the cause of prisoners' rights during her five months in prison and calls her time behind bars "life altering and life affirming." Other white collar criminals have proclaimed themselves equally transformed after emerging from prison. But are they really?...
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