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Prosecutor seeks more meth cases on federal level
(Local News ~ 11/03/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Investigators need to offer more methamphetamine cases to the U.S. Attorney's Office, a federal prosecutor said. Speaking at meeting on meth initiatives in Sikeston on Wednesday, federal prosecutor Catherine Hanaway highlighted how the U.S. Attorney's Office can increase the range of punishment for meth charges. She laid out the thresholds at which state methamphetamine cases can be made into federal cases...
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KFC employees thwart robbery at knifepoint
(Local News ~ 11/03/05)
Employees of KFC thwarted a robbery attempt Wednesday morning by a knife-wielding man, Cape Girardeau police reported. Charles W. Williams, 18, of Thebes, Ill., was charged with attempted robbery, armed criminal action, felony assault, resisting arrest and misdemeanor assault, according to a warrant issued by the Cape Girardeau County proseuctor's office. Bond was set at $100,000...
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MoDOT to discuss widening of Highway 72 with public
(Local News ~ 11/03/05)
The Missouri Department of Transportation is providing information at a public meeting today on plans to improve the winding and aging Highway 72 in Bollinger and Madison counties. The meeting will be from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Meadow Heights High School cafeteria, on Highway 72 in Patton, Mo...
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Edmonds wins Gold Glove for sixth consecutive season
(Professional Sports ~ 11/03/05)
NEW YORK -- Jim Edmonds won a Gold Glove on Wednesday, extending the streak of awards he has earned since he joined the St. Louis Cardinals prior to the 2000 season. Edmonds, a center fielder, was on the National League Gold Glove team for the sixth consecutive year. He has eight overall, including two from his seven seasons with the California/Anaheim Angels...
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Central tops Jackson for district title
(High School Sports ~ 11/03/05)
With a championship on the line, it was not surprising Wednesday's Class 3 District 1 boys soccer game between rivals Central and Jackson included plenty of physical play, heated exchanges between players, a pair of yellow cards and even a little controversy...
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For area squads, only pride at stake this week
(High School Sports ~ 11/03/05)
High school football teams across the state have battled all season to be in position to walk away with a district title after this weekend's games. But, as Week 10 kicks off tonight, all six teams from the Southeast Missourian coverage area -- Central, Jackson, Scott City, Chaffee, Perryville and St. Vincent -- have been eliminated from the postseason...
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Cape orders barge off riverfront
(Local News ~ 11/03/05)
Cape Girardeau city officials have ordered the owner of a floating dock to tow it away from the foot of Riverfront Park by 5 p.m. Friday so it won't hamper future dockings of the River Explorer, Mississippi Queen and Delta Queen tourist boats. The owner of the barge-turned-dock, Neal Day of Cape Girardeau, hoped to open a floating bar and grill on the river...
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St. Louis arts center celebrates new expansion
(State News ~ 11/03/05)
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. -- When James Smith was growing up in suburban St. Louis, he thought he might become a janitor. A mediocre student, he didn't feel he had many options. But when he began dance classes at a community arts center called COCA, teacher Lee Nolting helped him learn he had talent. Now, the professional dancer is on the verge of beginning rehearsal as an ensemble member for "Tarzan", a new Broadway musical by Disney opening this spring...
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New Peabody plant will convert coal into natural gas
(National News ~ 11/03/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Peabody Energy Corp., the nation's biggest coal company, announced Wednesday plans to build a facility in Illinois that transforms coal into natural gas. Peabody formed a partnership with ArcLight Capital Partners LLC, a Boston-based investment company that finances a broad array of projects in the energy industry. ArcLight would not comment on how much it is investing in the project...
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World digest 11/03/05
(International News ~ 11/03/05)
Minibus bomber kills at least 20 in Shiite town BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide bomber detonated a minibus Wednesday in an outdoor market packed with shoppers ahead of a Muslim festival, killing about 20 people and wounding more than 60 in a Shiite town south of Baghdad. ...
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Official death toll in Pakistan quake jumps by 16,000
(International News ~ 11/03/05)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's official earthquake death toll jumped by 16,000, and officials warned Wednesday that it is likely to rise further as relief supplies fail to reach thousands of victims stranded in remote parts of the Himalayas. The announcement, which puts the official toll at 73,000, brings the central government figures closer to the number reported by local officials, who say the Oct. 8 quake killed at least 79,000 people in Pakistan...
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Iranian hard-liners fire 40 diplomats in purge of reformers
(International News ~ 11/03/05)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's government announced Wednesday that 40 ambassadors and senior diplomats, including supporters of warmer ties with the West, will be fired, continuing a purge of reformers as the regime takes an increasingly tough stance at home and abroad...
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PGA Tour announces playoff to end season in 2007
(Professional Sports ~ 11/03/05)
ATLANTA -- The PGA Tour might look like NASCAR in two years, with a season-long points race culminating with four blockbuster tournaments and a massive payoff to the winner. PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem disclosed the radical changes Wednesday during his State of the Tour, although he said most of the details would not be completed until next year...
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Wilkins signs contract extension
(Professional Sports ~ 11/03/05)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams kicker Jeff Wilkins, in his ninth season with the team, signed a four-year contract extension on Wednesday. "His performance has been a model of consistency at the highest level," president of football operations Jay Zygmunt said. "We are pleased he will continue his outstanding NFL career as a Ram."...
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Average ticket price for league rises to $45.92
(Professional Sports ~ 11/03/05)
CHICAGO -- Following record attendance last season, NBA ticket prices are up an average 3.1 percent this year to $45.92, according to a report released Wednesday by Chicago-based Team Marketing Report Inc. The Los Angeles Lakers are still the most expensive ticket, up 2 percent from last season to $79.21 despite missing the playoffs for the first time in more than a decade. Next most expensive is the New York Knicks at $70.51 and the Sacramento Kings at $59.80...
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Buffaloes prep for division showdown with Missouri
(Professional Sports ~ 11/03/05)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- With a showdown looming against Missouri for the Big 12 North lead, Colorado's seniors called a team meeting Monday to start fixing what went wrong in a narrow victory at Kansas State. The 25th-ranked Buffaloes (6-2, 4-1) can take a commanding two-game lead in the North with a win against Missouri (5-3, 3-2) in Boulder on Saturday. But the Tigers can pull even with the Buffaloes with a win and put themselves in control of the division because of the tiebreaker...
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Dodging the technology boom?
(High School Sports ~ 11/03/05)
Cross country may be the simplest of all sports. Put on shoes, run for a few miles, stop. The equipment used hasn't been part of the overt technology changes that have brought aluminum baseball bats, graphite tennis rackets, metal woods and hybrid golf clubs...
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Prince Charles and Camilla head to Washington, D.C.
(National News ~ 11/03/05)
WASHINGTON -- With smiles and handshakes, President Bush and his wife, Laura, quietly welcomed Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, to the White House on Wednesday as the royal couple made a low-key entrance to the nation's capital. "I'm still here. I'm alive," Charles replied dryly when a British reporter asked how the trip was going so far...
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White House seeks to deflect questions on prewar intelligence
(National News ~ 11/03/05)
WASHINGTON -- The White House sought to deflect politically charged questions Wednesday about President Bush's use of prewar intelligence in Iraq, saying Democrats, too, had concluded Saddam Hussein was a threat. "If Democrats want to talk about the threat that Saddam Hussein posed and the intelligence, they might want to start with looking at the previous administration and their own statements that they've made," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said...
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Road to Supreme Court getting smoother for Judge Samuel Alito
(National News ~ 11/03/05)
WASHINGTON -- The 14 centrists who averted a Senate breakdown over judicial nominees last spring are showing signs of splintering on the president's latest Supreme Court nominee. That is weakening the hand of Democrats opposed to Judge Samuel Alito and enhancing his prospects for confirmation...
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Bush unveils new strategy to combat flu pandemic
(National News ~ 11/03/05)
WASHINGTON -- A flu pandemic that hits the United States would force cities to ration scarce drugs and vaccine and house the sick in hotels or schools when hospitals overflow, unprecedented federal plans say. The Bush administration's long-awaited report Wednesday on battling a worldwide super-flu outbreak makes clear that old-fashioned infection-control will be key...
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Community cuisine 11/3/05
(Community News ~ 11/03/05)
Fish and chicken supper scheduled for Nov. 11...
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Cemetery attack
(Editorial ~ 11/03/05)
First reports late last month of the vandalism at Old Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau's oldest burying ground established in 1808 and just placed on the National Register of Historic Places, were bad enough. But after historical experts assessed the damage, it proved to be even worse. The cost of repairs to knocked-over tombstones, first estimated at $15,000, has swollen to as high as $60,000 -- money that is not readily available to the city-operated cemetery...
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'Escort service' mix-up settled
(State News ~ 11/03/05)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- An Ozarks man who provides motorcycle escorts for funeral processions has settled a lawsuit with a phone book company that published his business number under the heading "escort services," leading to late-night calls from people wanting female company...
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Missouri hammers Bemidji in exhibition
(Professional Sports ~ 11/03/05)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Thomas Gardner had 22 points, and Missouri shot 64 percent to beat Bemidji State 105-56 in its opening exhibition on Wednesday night. Marshall Brown added 14 points for the Tigers, who are coming off a 16-17 season and regrouping after losing leading scorer and rebounder Linas Kleiza to the NBA's Denver Nuggets...
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Looking for the DNA evidence
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/03/05)
To the editor: Neo-Darwinists believe our ancestry includes aquatic invertebrates that changed into aquatic vertebrates that changed into amphibians that changed into reptiles that changed into small egg-laying mammals that changed into small placental mammals that changed into primates that changed into humans, ultimately as a result of unique historically distinct identical mutations in the eggs and sperm of mating individuals...
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Alito might get liberals to vote
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/03/05)
To the editor: The new 700 Club may motivate liberals. I have been scratching my head since the bungled 2000 election trying to figure out what it will take before liberals finally wake up and start voting. Will budget-busting tax cuts for rich people do the trick? Nope...
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War is a conflict of religions
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/03/05)
To the editor: When it comes down to it, we must decide where we as Americans, Christians, people of the West, are going to confront the radical Islamists, here (in the streets of New York again, Nashville, Colorado Springs) with American civilians, or there with trained, professional, volunteer soldiers. I vote for there with soldiers...
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Homelessness is real here, too
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/03/05)
To the editor: I saw one of the strangest sights a few Sundays ago in downtown Memphis. People exited from the north side of a church greeting the pastor and talking to fellow members as their children played on the lawn. On the south end of the church were several homeless people on cardboard mattresses with tattered blankets. ...
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Speak Out 11/3/05
(Speak Out ~ 11/03/05)
Too many trains; Donation address; Neighbor shoots dogs; Get the message; Exceptional insight; Get more information; Public transportation; Missed the boat; Expensive project; Nice thing to do; Floating campus
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Jeff McFall
(Obituary ~ 11/03/05)
Jeff Alan McFall, 44, of Scott City died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005, at his home. He was born Dec. 15, 1960, in Sycamore, Ill., son of John L. and Ruby Den-ny McFall. He and Melissa Jean Gray were married April 3, 1982, in Scott City. McFall was a truck driver with Millington Trucking Co. in Dexter, Mo...
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Edith Johnson
(Obituary ~ 11/03/05)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Edith M. Insco Johnson, 90, of St. Charles, Ill., died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005, at Tower Hill Nursing Home in South Elgin, Ill. She was born Feb. 12, 1915, in Pulaski, Ill., daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Glenzy Modglin. She married William Insco, who died in 1969. She later married Leonard Johnson, who died in 1982...
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Lewis Dunker
(Obituary ~ 11/03/05)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lewis A. Dunker, 77, of Perryville died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005, at Perry Oaks Manor. He was born Jan. 18, 1928, in White, S.D., son of Hillary and Eunice Biery Dunker. He and Dolores Feltz were married April 10, 1951, at Sereno, Mo...
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Wallace Sutterer
(Obituary ~ 11/03/05)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Wallace J. Sutterer, 79, of Perryville died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005, at his home. He was born Nov. 10, 1925, in Perryville, son of Edwin and Teresa Layton Sutterer. He first married Bertha Laurent Nov. 8, 1947. She died June 1, 1992. He and Dorothy Cissell Leible were married Jan. 2, 1993. She died May 22, 2002...
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Club news 11/3/05
(Community News ~ 11/03/05)
Oak Ridge FCE...
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Out of the past 11/3/05
(Out of the Past ~ 11/03/05)
25 years ago: Nov. 3, 1980 Negotiations on a new one-year contract between Cape Girardeau County Court and Cape County Private Ambulance Service Inc. are underway, and county officials say they hope to reach a final subsidy agreement by mid-November...
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Ulysses Hemmann
(Obituary ~ 11/03/05)
LONGTOWN, Mo. -- Ulysses A. Hemmann, 82, of Longtown died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005, at Perry County Nursing Home in Perryville, Mo. He was born Feb. 28, 1923, in Uniontown, Mo., son of Gotfried B. and Emma Kanke Hemmann. He and Verna Weinrich Funke were married Aug. 28, 1966, at Longtown...
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Health briefs/calendar 11/3/05
(Community ~ 11/03/05)
Briefly High schools organize upcoming blood drives During November, area high schools are organizing blood drives. Cheryl Klueppel, donor recruitment account manager for the American Red Cross, says the organization appreciates the effort student leaders are making by organizing blood drives...
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'Killshot' aims for 100 local extras for film
(Local News ~ 11/03/05)
The casting director for "Killshot" is looking for 100 local people to participate in the film as extras, a group she says must have interesting faces to help "create the fabric" of Cape Girardeau when the movie is shot here for five days next month...
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Mother charged in daughter's train accident
(Local News ~ 11/03/05)
A mother allegedly led her two daughters and their friend under a stationary train Sunday in Scott City. That decision led to an accident that severed her daughter's arm. On Wednesday it also led to felony child endangerment charges that could put her in prison for up to 21 years...
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Chautauqua: Cape selected to hold 2006 history festival
(Local News ~ 11/03/05)
From Teddy Roosevelt to George Washington Carver, some seriously famous historical figures will be brought to life in Cape Girardeau next June when the weeklong historical festival known as Chautauqua comes to town. From June 19-24, an area probably near the Osage Community Centre will be transformed, thanks to a community tent-raising and four Chautauqua performers, who will portray historic figures in full costume. ...
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Parks' funeral draws thousands
(National News ~ 11/03/05)
DETROIT -- Perhaps it wasn't the most fitting memorial for Rosa Parks: dozens of prominent speakers and thousands of mourners at a seven-hour funeral that followed lavish remembrances in Alabama and Washington. Parks would have been shocked, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said, "because this wasn't what she was about. ... She wasn't about being a big shot."...
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Not trying not to think about things
(Column ~ 11/03/05)
Nov. 3, 2005 Dear Pat, I'm trying to change. After many years of doing things one way, change can be daunting. Habits are safe, like ruts in a muddy road. I know how to do certain things, but my way of doing them leaves me wondering if a surer, more grace-filled way might exist. With the old way I never know from one moment to the next how what I'm doing might feel. I want it to feel just right...
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Challengers of conceal-carry law seek to recoup their legal costs
(State News ~ 11/03/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The legal challenge against Missouri's concealed guns law has long been resolved, but the legal wrangling continues over who should pay the bills for the court battle. Attorneys for concealed gun opponents who challenged the law filed a motion Wednesday seeking reimbursement from the state for their unspecified costs and fees...
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Nation briefs 11/3/05
(National News ~ 11/03/05)
Convicted murderer in Ala. admits to killing 12 more MOBILE, Ala. -- A man convicted of raping and murdering an Alabama woman has confessed to at least 12 more slayings in four other states, and may be linked to four more killings, authorities said Wednesday. ...
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Cape police report 11/3/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/03/05)
Cape Girardeau...
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Cape fire report 11/3/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/03/05)
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- Central grad receives officer's commission (Community News ~ 11/03/05)
- Airman completes basic training at Texas base (Community News ~ 11/03/05)
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Community briefs 11/3/05
(Community News ~ 11/03/05)
Christmas basket applications accepted The Salvation Army kettle workers will start ringing bells Nov. 14 at various Cape Girardeau and Jackson locations, working on the $250,000 goal used for the operation of the Salvation Army. Last year the Salvation Army assisted more than 1,000 families with Christmas toys and food. ...
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Boeing machinists strike; several satellite launches could be delayed
(National News ~ 11/03/05)
LOS ANGELES -- Boeing Co. officials have not yet decided whether to scrub upcoming satellite launches or hire replacement workers after machinists went on strike in California, Alabama and Florida, a company spokesman said Wednesday. About 1,500 workers joined the walkout that began at 12:01 a.m. after last-minute talks broke down between their union and Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems unit that operates the Delta rocket program...
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Four top cable companies to offer cell phone services through Sprint Nextel
(National News ~ 11/03/05)
NEW YORK -- Four top cable TV providers announced a long-awaited deal to deliver their own cell phone services through Sprint Nextel Corp., creating a "quadruple play" of voice, video, Internet and wireless products for a new battle against telephone companies that are adding TV to their arsenals...
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Redhawks knock Eastern Illinois out of second-place tie in OVC standings
(College Sports ~ 11/03/05)
Arguably Southeast Missouri State's best performance of the season meant a surprisingly lopsided victory over one of the Ohio Valley Conference's top teams. The Redhawks kicked off a four-match homestand to end the regular season Wednesday night by rolling past Eastern Illinois 30-28, 30-18, 30-21 at Houck Field House...
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Blackhawks top Blues with tally in overtime
(Professional Sports ~ 11/03/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Brent Seabrook scored his first NHL goal 35 seconds into overtime, giving the Chicago Blackhawks a 6-5 victory Wednesday night over the slumping St. Louis Blues. Martin Lapointe had a goal and two assists, and rookie Pavol Vorobiev added a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks, who blew a three-goal lead in the third period but recovered to snap a four-game skid that included three consecutive losses to Detroit...
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The top five from Oct. 27-Nov. 2
(Entertainment ~ 11/03/05)
TELEVISION 1. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS. 2. "Without a Trace," CBS. 3. "Fox World Series Game 4: Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros," Fox. 4. "CSI: Miami," CBS. 5. "NCIS," CBS. (From Nielsen Media Research) FILM 1. "Saw II," Lions Gate...
- Tattoo description leads to arrest for robbery (Local News ~ 11/03/05)
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State lawmaker proposes umpire tax
(Professional Sports ~ 11/03/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A state lawmaker and Cardinals baseball fan says umpires should pay -- literally -- for what he sees as bad calls made during the playoff series in which the Cardinals lost to the Houston Astros. Rep. Jeff Roorda, D-Barnhart, announced Wednesday he wants to expand the state athlete and entertainer tax to also cover officials such as umpires and referees. ...
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High school football | Week 10
(High School Sports ~ 11/03/05)
Thursday Sikeston (1-8) at Central (2-7), 7 p.m. Last week's games: West Plains 42, Central 20; Poplar Bluff 21, Sikeston 13 Last year's meeting: Sikeston 37, Central 8 Notes: Central's district title hopes were dashed in a road loss to West Plains. ...
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What if you had one year left to live?
(Community ~ 11/03/05)
Imagine this. You visit your doctor for your annual physical. Strictly routine. She studies your lab work with her usual casualness; you are already thinking about the dry cleaning you have to pick up. All at once, you notice that wrinkles are appearing in her forehead where Botox had seemed to permanently remove them...
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'Blithe Spirit' has jovial take on afterlife
(Local News ~ 11/03/05)
Blithe -- an adjective meaning of a happy, lighthearted character or disposition. "Blithe Spirit" -- a play about a supernatural kind of love that opens tonight at Notre Dame Regional High School. In the name of the Halloween season, the drama team at Notre Dame chose "Blithe Spirit" as a jovial take on the afterlife and the bonds between the ethereal plane and our own. ...
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A lollipop a day... could keep the doctor away
(Community ~ 11/03/05)
Ever try forcing a spoonful of thick, yellow cough medicine down a protesting child's throat? With even the weakest child, it's not pretty. In response to this long-fought battle, more and more companies are coming up with kid-appealing ways to take medicine...
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