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Timing, luck play into size of drug busts
(Local News ~ 09/15/07)
Area police have made a number of drug arrests recently, but they say the larger-than-average quantities of drugs found are something of a fluke. On Thursday, police arrested Christopher L. Klughart, 29, of Benton, Mo., after a search warrant for his residence was executed. ...
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Democrat rep to be marshal for parade in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 09/15/07)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, a Democrat representing Missouri's 4th Congressional District, will be the grand marshal in the Cotton Carnival parade in Sikeston on Sept. 29. Skelton was tapped to be grand marshal by the Sikeston American Legion based on his position as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. ...
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Rains help drought, but don't end it
(Local News ~ 09/15/07)
Recent rains delayed the corn harvest for some Southeast Missouri farmers but helped to mitigate the drought the area has experienced throughout the summer. Those rains have kept the drought from growing worse throughout much of Southeast Missouri, but for the most part did little to replenish moisture supplies that have been steadily drained by months of abnormally dry weather...
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Sahara Aldridge doing well after surgery
(Local News ~ 09/15/07)
The Aldridge family is reporting their 13-year-old daughter Sahara is doing well following surgery earlier this week to remove most of a tumor from her brain stem. Sahara is undergoing treatment at an undisclosed location on the west coast for her brain stem tumor. Her father Shannon reported Friday that an MRI showed surgeons had removed about 70 percent of her tumor, and are now evaluating the next step in her treatment...
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A gift from the heart
(Local News ~ 09/15/07)
First-year pediatrics resident KIMBERLY NOBLE befriends an 8-year-old boy who needs a new heart ... and gets it. As I'm writing this, a little buddy of mine is starting a long recovery process. He got a new heart last night. This eight-year-old boy -- privacy laws prevent me from giving his name -- was born with congenital heart disease. His heart wasn't formed properly in the womb, and so it didn't pump nearly as well as his body needed it to...
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Teen describes wedding day at polygamist leader's trial
(National News ~ 09/15/07)
ST. GEORGE, Utah -- A former follower of a polygamous-sect leader sobbed on the witness stand Friday as she described the terror and despair she felt on the eve of her wedding at age 14, and said she became intensely depressed after having sex. "I kept thinking I felt like I was getting ready for death," she testified on the second day of the trial of Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints...
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Defense and DHS can't pass financial audits
(National News ~ 09/15/07)
Ten years after Congress ordered federal agencies to have outside auditors review their books, neither the Defense Department nor the newer Department of Homeland Security has met even basic accounting requirements, leaving them vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse...
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Graham grandson returns to flock with prodigal son story - his own
(National News ~ 09/15/07)
MARGATE, Fla. -- The pastor's hair is spiky, his beard is scruffy, his skin is tan. He talks of his youthful forays into drugs and sex. Meet the grandson of evangelist Billy Graham. Tullian Tchividjian cuts a far different profile than the man he grew up calling Daddy Bill. At 34, back in the fold, with a book just out and a congregation to lead, he says the spiritual path he's forging is all his own...
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Humberto knocks out power, dumps heavy rain in Texas, Louisiana
(National News ~ 09/15/07)
HIGH ISLAND, Texas -- Some residents of Texas and Louisiana fired up generators to cut through the darkness after Hurricane Humberto sneaked up on the Gulf Coast, knocking out power to thousands and flooding streets before fizzling into a tropical depression...
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Pearl Roth
(Obituary ~ 09/15/07)
Vivian Pearl Roth, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at Fountainbleau Lodge. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
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Caden French
(Obituary ~ 09/15/07)
Caden Chance French was stillborn Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include his parents, Nelson and Sarah McConnell French of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; maternal grandparents, Harold and Shari McConnell of Cape Girardeau and Deborah and Melvin Schott Jr. ...
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Births 9/15/07
(Births ~ 09/15/07)
Kinder; Biri; LeGrand; Austin; Miller; Brown; Shepherd; Ponder
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Out of the past 9/15/07
(Out of the Past ~ 09/15/07)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- While Delta-area residents Monday voiced strong opposition to the merger of Delta and Chaffee school districts, about 50 residents participating in a hearing at Chaffee register their support for the consolidation move. It appeared yesterday's attendance at the SEMO District Fair was going to be excellent, but then came the rain; Arena Park was drenched by a thunderstorm that brought with it strong winds early in the evening...
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Monk diaries help scientists understand history of climate
(International News ~ 09/15/07)
EINSIEDELN, Switzerland -- A librarian at this 10th-century monastery leads a visitor beneath the vaulted ceilings of the archive past the skulls of two former abbots. He pushes aside medieval ledgers of indulgences and absolutions, pulls out one of 13 bound diaries inscribed from 1671 to 1704 and starts to read about the weather...
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Stocks post quiet end to best week since April
(National News ~ 09/15/07)
NEW YORK -- Wall Street finished a strong week little changed Friday after investors looked past weaker-than-expected economic readings and focused on the ramifications of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates next week. Stocks initially fell sharply Friday following a government report that August retail sales excluding automobiles declined precipitously. ...
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Cruise's new film to shoot at site where anti-Hitler plotter was executed
(Entertainment ~ 09/15/07)
BERLIN -- The German government will allow the makers of a movie starring Tom Cruise as the country's most famous anti-Hitler plotter to film at the site where the hero was executed. Shooting of "Valkyrie," which has attracted controversy because Cruise is a prominent Scientologist, began in July. ...
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Putin says new prime minister, Viktor Zubkov, could run for president
(International News ~ 09/15/07)
MOSCOW -- Vladimir Putin rewrote the rules for Russia's closely watched presidential succession on Friday, naming his new prime minister as one of a handful of people with a fighting chance of replacing him in the Kremlin next spring. Putin anointed Viktor Zubkov as a strong candidate hours after parliament approved his nomination as premier. ...
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Bhutto sets Oct. 18 return to Pakistan
(International News ~ 09/15/07)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is coming home next month to press for the restoration of democracy, regardless of the outcome of her talks on sharing power with Pakistan's U.S.-allied military president, her party said Friday...
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U.S. official: Syria on nuclear watch list; may be trying to get equipment
(International News ~ 09/15/07)
ROME -- A senior U.S. nuclear official said Friday that North Koreans were in Syria and that Damascus may have had contacts with "secret suppliers" to obtain nuclear equipment. Andrew Semmel, acting deputy assistant secretary of state for nuclear nonproliferation policy, did not identify the suppliers, but said North Koreans were in the country and that he could not exclude that the network run by the disgraced Pakistan nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan may have been involved...
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Measure to end workplace discrimination against gays may gain traction in Congress
(State News ~ 09/15/07)
WASHINGTON -- For Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, workplace discrimination against gays and lesbians is just as reprehensible as bias against blacks and women. That's why the Kansas City, Mo., Democrat is a leading proponent of a House bill that would prohibit job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity...
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Mo. to end live performances of taps at veterans' funerals
(State News ~ 09/15/07)
ST. LOUIS -- The musician lifts a bugle to his mouth, and the 24 notes of taps echo across the cemetery, a sad and stirring call played at veterans' funerals. But beginning today, the Missouri National Guard's honor guard members will use ceremonial bugles, outfitted with an internal electronic device that plays a digital recording. The recording will replace live buglers at graves, musicians often hired by contract...
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Missouri State to send mass text messages in case of disaster
(State News ~ 09/15/07)
Missouri State to send disaster text messages SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Missouri State University will set up a mass text messaging service to send alerts to students' and staff members' cell phones during emergencies like the Virginia Tech shootings. Missouri State president Michael Nietzel told a meeting of the university's board that the school will spend $300,000 this year implementing several recommendations by a safety task force. ...
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Blunt's staffers acknowledge purging e-mails from systems
(State News ~ 09/15/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Staff members for Gov. Matt Blunt do not consider electronic communications to be public record and routinely purge e-mails from the state system, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday. But the governor's office declined to discuss in detail what e-mails are being purged, how often or why, the newspaper said...
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Defense Secretary Gates says he hopes U.S. can cut troops to 100,000 by end of 2008
(National News ~ 09/15/07)
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Friday of cutting U.S. troop levels in Iraq to 100,000 by the end of next year, well beyond the cuts President Bush has approved. Stressing that he was expressing a hope, not an administration plan, Gates said it was possible that conditions in Iraq would improve enough to merit much deeper troop cuts than are currently scheduled for 2008...
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Crop conditions
(Local News ~ 09/15/07)
The condition of crops in Southeast Missouri as of Sept. 9. Corn harvested 2007: 72 percent 2006: 62 percent Corn yield forecast 164 bushels per acre 2006: 160.6 bushels Corn condition Very poor: 4 percent Poor: 10 percent Fair: 24 percent Good: 44 percent...
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Brainard Hope
(Obituary ~ 09/15/07)
J. Brainard Hope, 99, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at the Lutheran Home. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Fire report 9/15/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/15/07)
n At 6:32 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1700 block of Cecilia Street. n At 8:55 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1300 block of West Cape Rock Drive. n At 9:19 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1300 block of Cousin Street. n At 10:02 p.m., emergency medical service in the 2700 block of Bloomfield Road...
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Police report 9/15/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/15/07)
Arrests
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John Weber Jr.
(Obituary ~ 09/15/07)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- John H. "Jack" Weber Jr., 75, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born June 23, 1932, in St. Louis, son of John H. and Lucille Clara Aszmann Weber Sr. He and Wanoma Hoehn were married June 22, 1957. She died May 24, 2004...
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Louis Glastetter
(Obituary ~ 09/15/07)
BENTON, Mo. -- Louis Paul Glastetter, 81, of Benton died Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton is in charge of arrangements.
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Margaret Fornkahl
(Obituary ~ 09/15/07)
Margaret L. "Marge" Fornkahl, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home...
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Cornelius Dirnberger
(Obituary ~ 09/15/07)
BENTON, Mo. -- Cornelius Z. Dirnberger, 81, of Benton died Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Benton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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The valiant hider
(Community ~ 09/15/07)
The Bible is full of stories of men and women who, though they lived a world and centuries away, lived lives that relate directly to our own. The name of one such man is Gideon. Gideon was an unassuming man. He did not come from a family of great wealth or influence. Of his own confession he was the least in his family. Gideon led an army that was ill-equipped, untrained and outnumbered to a tremendous victory that brought freedom to his people. But he did not begin that way...
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Elwanda Haney
(Obituary ~ 09/15/07)
ANNA, Ill. -- Elwanda J. Haney, 69, of Anna died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, at her home. She was born July 15, 1938, in Malden, Mo., daughter of Norton and Beulah M. Waddle Perry. She and Jimmy Lewis Haney were married Jan. 7, 1959, at Cobden, Ill. Survivors include two sons, Michael Haney of Anna, Jimmy Haney of Cobden; a daughter, Lori Danielson of Anna; a brother, Gary Perry of San Francisco, Calif.; and five grandchildren...
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Southeast gets federal grant to study irrigation
(Local News ~ 09/15/07)
A Southeast Missouri State University research project looking into a combined underground irrigation and drainage system for farm fields will be supported by a $90,126 federal grant. The irrigation system, to be installed on the university's new farm on Highway 25 south of Gordonville, will be installed underground to prevent the loss of water due to evaporation. ...
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Oak Ridge to get sewer system for 105 homes
(Local News ~ 09/15/07)
Oak Ridge will be able to provide sewage service to 105 homes and the Oak Ridge School District with the help of a $52,000 federal loan, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill announced this week. The loan, from the U.S. ...
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Briefly
(Community ~ 09/15/07)
Church Women United hold luncheon The annual awareness luncheon of Church Women United will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 21 at Zion United Methodist Church in Gordonville. The agenda includes presentations by NaTika Rowles of the Boys and Girls Club; Denise Lincoln and Pat King of the Family Resource Center; Jim Ray of the Family Counseling Center; Jackson police Capt. ...
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ISU in search of rare victory
(College Sports ~ 09/15/07)
Southeast Missouri State football fans who think their favorite team has struggled in recent years, things could be worse. Just look at Indiana State, which visits Houck Stadium tonight. Since 2005, the Redhawks are 7-17, including 1-1 this year. During that same stretch, the Sycamores are 1-23, including two losses to start this season. Over its last 30 games, ISU is 1-29...
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Redhawks open OVC season with loss to Tennessee St.
(High School Sports ~ 09/15/07)
The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team suffered a tough loss to begin Ohio Valley Conference play. In a marathon match Friday night, host Tennessee State outlasted the Redhawks 30-27, 27-30, 30-21, 27-30, 15-12. Southeast fell to 3-7 overall, while Tennessee State improved to 3-6...
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Tigers' NFL imitation falls short vs. Chicks
(High School Sports ~ 09/15/07)
Chase Johnson tried to mimick his favorite NFL player Friday night. He hit open receivers. He didn't turn the ball over. He even sported a black and orange jersey. Unfortunately for Johnson and his Cape Central teammates, he couldn't lead his team to victory like Carson Palmer helped the Cincinnati Bengals win last week...
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Loan agency transfers money for building plan
(State News ~ 09/15/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's student loan authority Friday transferred $230 million to the state to finance Gov. Matt Blunt's college construction plan. The transfer is the first installment of a plan that ultimately will take $350 million from the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority over several years. ...
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Ankiel says he met with MLB officials about HGH
(Professional Sports ~ 09/15/07)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he met earlier this week with baseball officials to answer questions about human growth hormone. Major League Baseball had requested a meeting after a New York Daily News report that Ankiel received eight shipments of HGH in 2004...
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Turnout for REO Speedwagon 'phenomenal,' fair board member says
(Local News ~ 09/15/07)
It might have been 1980 again Friday night for REO Speedwagon. The classic rock band sold out Arena Park's grandstand for its SEMO District Fair concert. When fair board members added portable bleachers, most of those seats sold, too. Peggy Berryhill, 44, and Dee Kinder, 43, both of Cape Girardeau carried their chips and sodas to the highest bleacher seat in the grandstand...
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St. Vincent wins Catholic showdown with Valle 14-7
(High School Sports ~ 09/15/07)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The first time St. Vincent senior Josh Rollet played football was last fall, and he had a difficult start to his career. Rollet broke his leg during a game about halfway through the season, which kept him from partaking in the Indians' postseason victory against heated rival Valle Catholic in the 2006 sectional playoffs...
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Jackson defense leads way in 21-7 win over Vianney
(High School Sports ~ 09/15/07)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Jackson's offense was having trouble finishing off drives, allowing Vianney to hang dangerously close to the Indians Friday night. So Jackson's defense decided to take matters into its own hands. After that, it was lights out for the visiting Golden Griffins from St. Louis...
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Cubs drop Cards six games back
(High School Sports ~ 09/15/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Carlos Zambrano came up big. The St. Louis Cardinals didn't. Zambrano allowed four hits in eight innings, Cliff Floyd hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh and the Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis 5-3 on Friday night to send the Cardinals to their eighth straight loss...
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In Love INC care
(Community ~ 09/15/07)
Some call it networking. Eva Hillis calls what she does a biblical mandate. Hired July 15 as director of Love INC (In the Name of Christ), Hillis has been visiting churches, talking with ministers and church leaders letting them know what Love INC is all about...
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