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Cape post office moves this week
(Local News ~ 09/03/06)
Starting on Tuesday Cape Girardeau's post office will move to a familiar location -- its former facility on Frederick Street. By Tuesday morning the city's postal operations on Christine Street and Enterprise Drive will be shut down and business will start up once again at the post office's former location...
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Counties vary in Sunshine Law approach
(Local News ~ 09/03/06)
In August 2003, Randolph County, Mo., had a half-finished jail and a feuding county commission. Allegations of decisions made in secret meetings -- an accusation with a familiar ring in Cape Girardeau County following a sharp exchange among county commissioners last week -- led to a special state audit and an investigation by the Missouri attorney general's office...
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Mindset one of the challenges in training Iraqi police force, Cape native learns
(Local News ~ 09/03/06)
A police supervisor faced a tough situation. One of his officers severely beat his wife and stole $30,000. The solution: Ask for a 50 percent cut of the cash. Do nothing about the beating; the wife probably cooked a bad meal. Quickly Bill Adams realized he was far from home...
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Theater thrives in historic Missouri River town
(Community ~ 09/03/06)
ARROW ROCK, Mo. To get a sense of how far removed this historic town along the Lewis & Clark Trail is from the Great White Way, consider this. Its entire population could easily fit on a single New York City subway train. With plenty of room to spare...
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Sahara's fight
(Local News ~ 09/03/06)
HOUSTON, Texas -- Not long ago Sahara Aldridge's life was much simpler -- talking to friends, playing basketball and making the transition from middle school to junior high. Then everything changed. A little more than a month ago, Sahara and her family found out the good health most people take for granted is no guarantee. Sahara had cancer on her brain stem...
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Notre Dame plays impressively against Jackson in championship
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/06)
Four games is not enough to judge a team by, but if Notre Dame's boys soccer team can play as well as it did in this weekend's Notre Dame Soccerfest at the end of the season, the Bulldogs could be in for a long playoff run. The Bulldogs received a little more competition from Saturday's opponent, Jackson, than they had in their previous two games, but still managed to roll by the Indians 4-1 to claim the title...
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Nine world wonders to dream about
(Community ~ 09/03/06)
OAK BROOK, Ill. -- Most of us can't afford the $70,000 price tag on a 23-day trip being offered by the tour operator Abercrombie & Kent. The trip takes you around the globe on a private jet with 48 other travelers to visit nine world wonders. But the itinerary is worth sharing, as it may inspire you to plan -- or dream about -- your own trip of a lifetime to see one or more of these marvels...
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Pirates edge Cards in surprising duel
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Salomon Torres' first save of the year was far from routine. The Pittsburgh Pirates' reliever escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the eighth inning then got Albert Pujols to ground out with a man on for the final out in a 1-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night...
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Allenby's ace part of hot streak that puts him in lead
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/06)
Robert Allenby made a hole-in-one during a torrid stretch that took him from the middle of the pack to the top of the leaderboard Saturday, then finished off a 5-under 66 in blustery conditions to catch Justin Rose in the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Mass...
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Plenty of running backs cast aside as teams shrink rosters
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/06)
Any NFL teams looking for help in the backfield might be encouraged by the availability of a few running backs who were cut Saturday. That includes Ron Dayne, Lee Suggs and Najeh Davenport. Dayne, the 1999 Heisman Trophy winner who entered the Broncos' training camp as the starter, was released as Denver got down to the 53-man limit. ...
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Neighbor Days continues traditions
(Local News ~ 09/03/06)
BENTON, Mo. -- Two slams of a hammer put Yvonne Moore of Benton in the winner's circle Saturday. She explained her skill in the nail-driving contest simply: "We built a house." The contest, which had competition classes from 5-year-olds to men, was one of many activities at Neighbor Days in Benton on Saturday -- volleyball, horseshoes, home extension and agriculture exhibits, a talent show. New to the celebration were the evening lawn-mower races...
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World briefs 9/3/06
(Local News ~ 09/03/06)
Hurricane John weakens, pounds southern Baja; Al-Qaida video features alleged American terrorist
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Fire reports 9/3/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/03/06)
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Police reports 9/3/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/03/06)
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Double taxation?
(Editorial ~ 09/03/06)
When voters approved an additional half-cent sales tax for roads and the sheriff's department last month, they were encouraged to do so, in part, by a pledge to eliminate all property taxes for roads. The tradeoff, it was suggested, would result in less tax spending by many Cape Girardeau County residents...
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Gibson paces Jackson in winning effort
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/06)
Jackson sophomore Greg Gibson and Central sophomore Brittany Moreland highlighted a strong day for local runners at the Jackson Invitational cross country meet with a pair of individual championships Saturday at Jackson City Park. Gibson covered the 2.35-mile course in 12 minutes, 49 seconds, bringing home his second straight title at the Jackson Invitational...
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Redhawks suffer two more losses
(College Sports ~ 09/03/06)
Southeast Missouri State suffered a pair of three-game losses at the Arkansas Invitational on Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark. The Redhawks lost to Stephen F. Austin 30-17, 30-24, 30-16, and lost to host Arkansas 30-16, 30-27, 30-21. Southeast fell to 1-6...
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Quarterback Ragone among cuts
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/06)
ST. LOUIS -- With Stephen Davis in a Rams uniform, the St. Louis Rams cut veteran Moe Williams and nine other players Saturday to get down to the league-mandated 53-man roster. Davis, a three-time Pro-Bowl running back released by Carolina in the spring, signed with St. Louis on Friday...
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Scott City woman charged with felony theft
(Local News ~ 09/03/06)
A Scott City woman was arrested Friday on charges of stealing more than $7,000 in gasoline from her employer. Charlotte Wrinkle, 40, is charged with four counts of felony theft and two counts of felony fraudulent use of a credit device. Authorities accuse her of using gas credit cards from her employer, General Sign Co., for her own personal use...
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Chase format means Kahne in contention
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/06)
FONTANA, Calif. -- In the years before the Chase for the Nextel Cup, few would have paid much attention to Kasey Kahne, who was in 11th place entering today's race at California Speedway. Twenty-five races into a 36-race season and 540 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson, Kahne would have been reduced to trying to salvage a mostly lost season with another win or two...
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Investigator recommends death penalty in fatal Iraq shootings
(National News ~ 09/03/06)
An Army investigator has recommended that four soldiers accused of murder in a raid in Iraq should face the death penalty if convicted, according to a report obtained Saturday by The Associated Press. Lt. Col. James P. Daniel Jr. concluded that the slayings were premeditated and warranted the death sentence based on evidence he heard at an August hearing. The case will now be forwarded to Army officials, who will decide whether Daniel's recommendation should be followed...
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Death sentence lifted for man who killed grandmother
(State News ~ 09/03/06)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis man who represented himself at a murder trial no longer faces the death penalty for the 1995 beating death of his grandmother. Charles W. Armentrout III has agreed to drop all appeals of his conviction in return for a recent order by a St. Louis circuit judge reducing his sentence to life in prison...
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British police arrest 16 suspects in anti-terror raids
(International News ~ 09/03/06)
LONDON -- Police said Saturday they had arrested 14 people in and around London suspected of trying to train and recruit others for terror attacks. Two others were arrested in a separate raid in the northern city of Manchester. Police said the arrests late Friday and early Saturday were not linked to an alleged plot which emerged last month to bomb as many as 10 trans-Atlantic jets or to the July 2005 suicide bombings on London's transit network, which killed 52 commuters and the bombers...
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Zoo introduces 3 new tiger cubs
(National News ~ 09/03/06)
WASHINGTON -- The National Zoo introduced three Sumatran tiger cubs to the public Saturday, more than three months after they were born. The cubs, which now weigh about 25 to 30 pounds, were also given names on Saturday after a monthlong contest. The male cub was named Guntur, which means thunder in Bahasa Indonesian...
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Eddings-Short
(Wedding ~ 09/03/06)
St. Andrew Lutheran Church was the setting May 27, 2006, for the wedding of Lisa Maria Eddings and Kevin Paul Short. The Rev. Paul J. Short, father of the groom, performed the ceremony. Organist was Diann Daume, trumpeter was Dan Berry, violinist was Jake Glaus, all of Cape Girardeau, and keyboardist was Joy Schubert of Jackson. Soloist was Brandon Hahs of Cape Girardeau...
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Throop-Holloway
(Wedding ~ 09/03/06)
Ashley Logan Throop and Michael Vincent Holloway exchanged vows June 3, 2006, at Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Stacy Green performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Ronald and Paula Throop of Scott City. The groom is the son of Larry Holloway of Jackson, and Diana Holloway of Jonesboro, Ill...
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Campbells observe 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 09/03/06)
ORAN, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Campbell of Oran celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a party Aug. 19, 2006, in Branson, Mo. Campbell and Tomye Garrard were married Aug. 19, 1956, at Parma, Mo., by the Rev. Claude Jenkins. Their attendants were Larry and Phyllis Campbell...
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Townsend-Haas
(Wedding ~ 09/03/06)
Katie Rose Townsend and Brian Robert Haas were married June 3, 2006, at New McKendree United Methodist Church South Campus Celebration Center. Allen Ladage and John Rice performed the ceremony. Pianist was Linda Thompson and soloist was Erica Beasley, both of Jackson...
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Narrow-Seibel
(Wedding ~ 09/03/06)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Megan Michelle Narrow and Luke Joseph Seibel were united in marriage June 10, 2006, at Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna, Mo. David Pieplow performed the ceremony. Readers were Jensyn and Shanna Meyer. Soloist was Whitney Plessel of Milford, Neb...
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Amos-Dees
(Wedding ~ 09/03/06)
Michelle Renee Amos and Randy Scott Dees exchanged wedding vows June 10, 2006, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. The Rev. Robert Henrichs performed the ceremony. Organist was Lois Fehrmann. Parents of the couple are John and Renee Amos of Jackson, and Anthony and Wanda Dees of Marble Hill, Mo...
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Loretta Brucker
(Obituary ~ 09/03/06)
ORAN, Mo. --Loretta C. Brucker, 90, of Oran died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 18, 1916, in Bell City, Mo., daughter of Albert and Dora Dirnberger Vetter. She and Herbert M. Brucker were married Jan. 9, 1946. He died July 24, 1995...
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Joseph Wolsey
(Obituary ~ 09/03/06)
Joseph Wolsey, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006, at Heartland Care and Rehab in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 1, 1918, in Cape Girardeau, son of Joseph and Minnie Schneeler Wolsey. He and Demova Reed were married in Jonesboro, Ark. She died in June 1992...
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Myer-Lane
(Wedding ~ 09/03/06)
Ashley Myer and Scott Lane were married March 11, 2006, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. David Johnson performed the ceremony. Pianist was Pat Palisch. Vocalists were April Hemmann, cousin of the bride, and Bailey Duncan, cousin of the groom...
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Smith-Ressel
(Wedding ~ 09/03/06)
Kyla Janae Smith and Matthew Lee Ressel exchanged vows June 24, 2006, at Eisleben Lutheran Church in Scott City. Robert Azinger performed the ceremony. Organist was Christy Bohn of Scott City, and vocalist was Cassie Beary of Columbia, Mo. The bride is the daughter of Rodney and Judy Smith of Jackson, and Barbara and Sam Herndon of Scott City. The groom is the son of Bradley and Sandra Ressel of Scott City...
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Gregory-Brockmire
(Engagement ~ 09/03/06)
James and Linda Gregory of Idaho Falls, Idaho, announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Anne Gregory, to Chad Albert Brockmire. He is the son of Bill and Pam Brockmire of Cape Girardeau. Gregory is a graduate of Brooks Institute of Photography School in Santa Barbara, Calif. She is employed at J.C. Penney...
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Backfisch- Brunke
(Engagement ~ 09/03/06)
Michelle Backfisch and Jeff Brunke of Scott City announce their engagement. She is the daughter of Sandra and Dewayne Dlugosh of Lamar, Ark., and the late Mike Backfisch Sr. of New Hamburg, Mo. Brunke is the son of Tom and Paula Brunke of Scott City...
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Scannell-Brune
(Engagement ~ 09/03/06)
Keith and Bert Scannell of Swansea, Ill., announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Anne Scannell, to Robert Jonathan Brune. He is the son of Greg and Barbara Brune of Cape Girardeau. Scannell is a 2000 graduate of Althoff Catholic High School in Belleville, Ill. She received a bachelor of science degree in early childhood education from Southeast Missouri State University in 2005. She is a second grade teacher with Jackson School District...
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Churchill-Christian
(Wedding ~ 09/03/06)
Kerri Sue Churchill and Wade Matthew Christian exchanged vows June 3, 2006, at Francine's Gardens. Don Henson performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of William and Connie Churchill of Dexter, Mo., and Don and Susan Henson of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of Allen and Nancy Christian of Cape Girardeau...
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Below-Kinder
(Engagement ~ 09/03/06)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Loretta Below of Chaffee and Samuel Below of Delta announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca Jean Below, to Shawn Wesley Kinder. He is the son of Wesley and Teresa Kinder of Randles. Below is pursuing a degree in accounting at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Stafford-Ressel
(Engagement ~ 09/03/06)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- David and Kelley Petitt of Chaffee announce the engagement of their daughter, April Lee Stafford, to Ronald Nathan Ressel. He is the son of Ron and Cindy Ressel of Sikeston, Mo., and the late Mary Ressel. Stafford is a 2002 graduate of Chaffee High School, and is pursuing a degree in social work at Southeast Missouri State University. She is employed at McKesson Healthcare Resources in Cape Girardeau...
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Seavey-Martin
(Engagement ~ 09/03/06)
Tom and June Seavey of Olathe, Kan., announce the engagement of their daughter, Stefanie Renee Seavey, to Jonathan Winn Martin, both of Jefferson City, Mo. He is the son of Dr. Rich and Sue Martin of Cape Girardeau. Seavey is a graduate of Spring Hill High School and Central Missouri State University. She is employed by state of Missouri...
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Out of the past 9/3/06
(Out of the Past ~ 09/03/06)
25 years ago: Sept. 3, 1981 The Cape Girardeau City Council yesterday approved the issuance of industrial revenue bonds totaling about $2 million in accordance with a request from First National Bank; the bonds will be used to outfit the bank's new home office to be built along the planned Silver Springs Road south of Route K...
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Dillow-Smithey
(Engagement ~ 09/03/06)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Jerry and Cathy Dillow of Jonesboro and Robert and Gayla Smithey of Ware, Ill., announce the engagement of their children, Laura Ann Dillow and Brandon Davie Smithey. Dillow is a 2004 graduate of Anna-Jonesboro Community High School, and a 2006 graduate of Shawnee Community College. She is majoring in communication disorders and sciences at Southern Illinois University. She is employed at First National Bank of Jonesboro...
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Hayden Trankler-Melton
(Obituary ~ 09/03/06)
Hayden Nicholas Thomas Trankler-Melton was stillborn Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was the son of Natalie Faye Trankler and Nicholas "Aaron" Melton of Jackson. Survivors of the maternal family include two grandparents, Frank and Debbie Trankler of Jackson; an uncle, Lance (Samantha) Trankler of Jackson; two great-grandmothers, Agnes Trankler of Oran, Mo., and Alma Bock of Jackson; and a great-great-grandmother, Ruby Bock of Jackson...
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Paul Stewart
(Obituary ~ 09/03/06)
Paul Erwin Stewart, 20, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006, in a motorcycle accident on State Highway W in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 19, 1985, in Cape Girardeau, son of Mark Stewart and Lizabeth Boone. He and Michelle King were married July 24, 2004, in Jackson...
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Duane Black
(Obituary ~ 09/03/06)
Duane L. Black, 76, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Aug. 1, 1930, in Glidden, Iowa, son of Paul E. and Lillian A. Robson Black. He and Midori Maruyama were married July 19, 1957. She died Feb. 23, 1991. He married Shirley Bennett on July 24, 1992. She died May 18, 2006...
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Oil companies provide jobs, income
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/03/06)
To the editor: Note the headline: "Ford to halt production at 10 plants." Ford also is cutting production by 20 percent, laying off people and closing subsidiaries. General Motors also has discharged numerous employees and closed plants, and their suppliers are in bankruptcy. The reason both major companies are in such a perilous state is that they are losing money like a hemophiliac loses blood...
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Speak Out 9/3/06
(Speak Out ~ 09/03/06)
Out of our face; Reach out to help; Take it outside; Join the few; Pull out now
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Evangelicals intensify call for parents to pull children from public schools
(State News ~ 09/03/06)
NEW YORK -- Public schools take a lot of criticism, but a growing, loosely organized movement is now starting to take action -- with parents taking their children out of public schools and exhorting other families to do the same. Led mainly by evangelical Christians, the movement depicts public education as hostile to religious faith and claims to be behind a surge in the number of students being schooled at home...
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Remnants of Ernesto cut into summer's last big tourism weekend
(National News ~ 09/03/06)
RICHMOND, Va. -- The remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto put a sloppy wet damper on the last big tourism weekend of the summer for many people, making a mess of some oceanfront hotels and leaving beaches and boardwalks less crowded than usual. Ernesto was reduced to an area of rain over western New York state and the lower Great Lakes by Saturday afternoon, after drenching Virginia and North Carolina with up to a foot on its run up the East Coast...
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IRS audits may not catch wealthy evading taxes on business income
(National News ~ 09/03/06)
WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service has been auditing more high-income taxpayers but may not be effectively going after one of the biggest problems -- wealthy people who evade taxes by reporting too little business income or overstating business expenses...
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Watchdog groups say government secrecy has dipped but still near high
(National News ~ 09/03/06)
WASHINGTON -- Federal officials unsealed more classified documents in 2005 but shrouded data elsewhere by claiming more legal privileges in court, a coalition of watchdog groups reported Saturday. The study by OpenTheGovernment.org shows modest improvement from record 2004 levels in which Americans were kept in the dark about information they should be able to access. Overall government secrecy remained high compared to previous years, it said...
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It's our responsibility to change lives, and we can with United Way
(Column ~ 09/03/06)
Another year, another kickoff, another goal, more volunteers, more publicity, more work -- some may think this is routine. But it isn't. Why? Because of the results achieved through all these efforts. Because of the lives changed. My hope today is that I motivate and encourage each of you to stay involved with the United Way. ...
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5 killed, 1 injured in boat collision
(National News ~ 09/03/06)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Two jet boats collided on Lake Texoma, killing five people and injuring one, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. One of the boats struck the other watercraft on the middle of its side, trooper Kera Philippi said. Four people were in one boat and two were in the other, she said...
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Iraqi prime minister meets influential cleric
(International News ~ 09/03/06)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric on Saturday warned the prime minister to quell violence or risk "other powers" filling the gap, while police found the tortured and blindfolded bodies of 13 Pakistani and Indian pilgrims and their Iraqi driver...
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Peacekeeping force begins to take shape
(International News ~ 09/03/06)
TYRE, Lebanon -- The beefed-up peacekeeping force in Lebanon began to take shape Saturday as 1,000 Italian soldiers started moving in, the first large contingent of international troops dispatched to help safeguard a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas...
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Southeast gets going, rewards Samuel with win
(Sports Column ~ 09/03/06)
It took a while to get going, but the end result was that the Tony Samuel era at Southeast Missouri State began with a bang Saturday night. Most people probably didn't expect anything different, but the Redhawks made sure Samuel would be able to relish his first game as their head coach by pulling away from Austin Peay 38-13...
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Letter: Dad-friendly team
(Community Sports ~ 09/03/06)
Jess Bolen took the Capahas to the NBC World Series in Wichita, placed 13th out of 42 teams with 15 players and somebody has the nerve to criticize him for letting a dad sit in the dugout? I couldn't believe what I was reading. I was in Wichita for those games. I sat in the stands with Bob Gibson as we watched our sons [Levi Olson and Chris Gibson] play a big game, and I can assure you he was there in a "dad" capacity...
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Cook wins two horseshoe events
(Community Sports ~ 09/03/06)
Lachelle Cook picked up a pair of victories last weekend in the Southeast Missouri Horseshoe Association tournaments. Cook teamed with Jake Kluesner on Aug. 26 to top a 17-team field at the Oran J.C. Fall Festival. Rose Kern and Danny Williams finished second, while Darrel Vandeven and Patsy Tinkhoff finished third...
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Fan Speak 9/3/06
(Community Sports ~ 09/03/06)
I DID not see anything in print regarding the Central football team at the jamboree except for who they were playing. Did they show anything exceptional? IT WOULD seem to me that if transferring high school students have to sit out a year from their sport, it would only be reasonable to for a transferring coach do the same...
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St. Vincent wins volleyball title in repeat effort
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/06)
St. Vincent topped Notre Dame 25-10, 25-21 for its second straight championship in Notre Dame's Volleyballfest. The Squaws, a Class 2 district champion last year, improved to 7-0 through Saturday. "We played awfully well," St. Vincent coach Mary Rosenquist said. "I'm real happy with how we did, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the season."...
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Samuel era begins with win
(College Sports ~ 09/03/06)
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- A big second half allowed Southeast Missouri State to post its first season-opening win since 2002 and hand Tony Samuel a victory in his debut as the Redhawks' head coach. No surprise, then, that there were plenty of smiles in the Southeast corner Saturday night after the Redhawks defeated host Austin Peay 38-13...
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Samuel leaves two starters home for violating team rules
(College Sports ~ 09/03/06)
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- It hasn't taken first-year Southeast Missouri State football coach Tony Samuel long to show his players that he won't hesitate to dole out discipline in the area that probably hurts them the most. Playing time. It was announced prior to Saturday's season opener at Austin Peay that starting cornerbacks Monroe Hicks and Todshon Jones had been suspended for the game for violating unspecified team policy. They did not even make the trip...
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Perryville snaps streak at Pacific
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/06)
Perryville's football team made sure right away it would not suffer through another winless season on Friday, beating Pacific 21-7 on the road in the season opener for both teams. Pacific scored off a Perryville turnover in the opening quarter to grab a 7-0 lead, but the Pirates dominated play the rest of the night...
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Edmonds won't make road trip with Cardinals
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/06)
ST. LOUIS-- Jim Edmonds, who missed his 12th start in 13 games Saturday due to post-concussion syndrome, will not accompany the St. Louis Cardinals on their upcoming seven-game trip. Edmonds had been trying to slowly increase his activity level, but has noticed no improvement. So for the foreseeable future he has ceased baseball activities...
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Playing doubles: Tennis and style collide with beauty, design
(Community ~ 09/03/06)
NEW YORK -- These days, a good sense of style seems just as important a tool for tennis stars as good racquets and sneakers. The U.S. Open, which runs through Sept. 10 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, is an opportunity for the Maria Sharapovas and Andy Roddicks of the world -- and their sponsors -- to show off what they think is the latest and greatest in athleticwear, beauty products and even home design...
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Rain gives Agassi extra day of rest
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/06)
NEW YORK -- Andre Agassi stepped into the drizzle, the pain in his back made more bearable by another anti-inflammatory injection and the knowledge that he'd get extra rest for his third-round match at the U.S. Open. Rain that was barely there in the morning but grew heavy by the evening washed out Saturday's entire schedule at Flushing Meadows. Agassi's match against German qualifier Benjamin Becker was rescheduled for 11 a.m. today...
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