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Pamela Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 03/25/08)
Pamela Seabaugh Pamela Ann Seabaugh, 53, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 23, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 12, 1954, at Bonne Terre, Mo., daughter of Paul Vernon and Evelyn Geraldine Johnson Sikes. She and Adam Seabaugh were married Dec. 30, 1972, in Cape Girardeau...
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Floyd Goodman
(Obituary ~ 03/25/08)
Floyd Goodman Floyd R. "Dick" Goodman, 82, of Jackson, formerly of McClure, Ill., passed away Saturday, March 22, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Aug. 18, 1925, in McClure to George Franklin and Ella Mae Staub Goodman. Floyd and Wanda Lee Littleton were married Oct. 7, 1952, in Piggott, Ark...
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Venue change granted in Julian's manslaughter trial
(Local News ~ 03/25/08)
A Department of Corrections investigator charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a fugitive will face trial in a central Missouri county that includes a prison and many residents employed by the state prison system. In a brief appearance Monday before Circuit Judge Benjamin Lewis, Steven R. ...
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Goodell docks 49ers in draft for tampering
(Professional Sports ~ 03/25/08)
NEW YORK -- The San Francisco 49ers forfeited their fifth-round pick in next month's NFL draft on Monday after commissioner Roger Goodell deemed them guilty of tampering with Chicago linebacker Lance Briggs. Goodell also determined the teams will switch picks in the third round of the April 26-27 draft. Chicago, which had the 12th pick, will get San Francisco's seventh pick and the 49ers will get Chicago's choice...
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VW Beetle turned into police cruiser
(National News ~ 03/25/08)
MARYVILLE, Tenn. -- Blount County's newest police cruiser has been turning heads. Assistant chief deputy Archie Garner retrofitted a 1973 Volkswagen Beetle to add to the sheriff's fleet of police vehicles. The "bug-erceptor" was seized in a drunken driving case...
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William Ulrich
(Obituary ~ 03/25/08)
William Ulrich William "Bill" Ulrich, 71, of Jackson died Monday, March 24, 2008, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete with McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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Ogilvy ends Tiger's streak
(High School Sports ~ 03/25/08)
DORAL, Fla. -- So much for that perfect-season talk. Not only has Tiger Woods been beaten, Geoff Ogilvy did it on a course where the world's No. 1 player looked unstoppable in recent years. Ogilvy won the CA Championship on Monday, saving a round that seemed in peril with a chip-in for par at the 13th hole and going on to claim his second victory in a World Golf Championship event...
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Voter photo IDs
(Editorial ~ 03/25/08)
The issue of whether or not to require photo IDs for voters in Missouri was making news again earlier this month. In testimony before the Rules Committee in the U.S. Senate, the state's senior senator, Christopher Bond, and Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan were on opposite sides...
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QUEST FOR THE HEALTHY GRAIL: Take it all and tell your pharmacist
(Community ~ 03/25/08)
Do what you're told — especially if it's by your doctor. When we're sick, we want medicine. But when we stop showing signs of sickness, most of us stop caring and stop taking the medicine we waited and waited for, or we don't take them correctly in the first place...
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Health calendar/briefs 3/25/08
(Community ~ 03/25/08)
CALENDAR Wednesday @graphic_body_indent_bold leadin:n Body Guard — women's self-protection course: 7 to 9 p.m. at Fitness Plus Studio 2. Self-defense class teaches practical self-protection techniques to cover a range of threat situations, from low to high. ...
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Gomez wins job, but Twins lose game to Cards
(Professional Sports ~ 03/25/08)
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- It's official: Carlos Gomez is Minnesota's center fielder and leadoff hitter. Gomez formally won the job Monday, when competitors Denard Span and Jason Pridie were optioned to Class AAA Rochester before the Twins' 8-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals...
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XM-Sirius deal gets OK from Justice Department
(Business ~ 03/25/08)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department on Monday approved Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s proposed $5 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., saying the deal was unlikely to hurt competition or consumers. The deal was approved without conditions despite opposition from consumer groups and an intense lobbying campaign by the land-based radio industry...
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Doris Morton
(Obituary ~ 03/25/08)
Doris Morton Doris J. Morton, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 23, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born May 18, 1935, at Arbor, Mo., daughter of Joe H. and Cleo Mansker Jones. She and Jack E. Morton were married Feb. 6, 1951, in Paragould, Ark. He died Feb. 12, 2004...
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Redhawks baseball to host two-game series with Missouri State
(College Sports ~ 03/25/08)
Southeast Missouri State baseball coach Mark Hogan has been anxious for Corey Harness to make his first collegiate start. That should happen today when Missouri State visits Capaha Field for a 5 p.m. contest. The two-game, nonconference series concludes at 2 p.m. Wednesday...
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Doctors learn to talk about affordability of cancer treatment
(National News ~ 03/25/08)
WASHINGTON -- You've just been diagnosed with cancer, and the doctor is discussing treatment options. Should the cost be a deciding factor? Chemotherapy costs are rising so dramatically that later this year, oncologists will get their first guidelines on how to have a straight talk with patients about the affordability of treatment choices, a topic too often sidestepped...
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From escargot in France to miso in Japan, food prices are rising worldwide
(International News ~ 03/25/08)
MEXICO CITY -- If you're seeing your grocery bill go up, you're not alone. From subsistence farmers eating rice in Ecuador to gourmets feasting on escargot in France, consumers worldwide face rising food prices in what analysts call a perfect storm of conditions. Freak weather is a factor. But so are dramatic changes in the global economy, including higher oil prices, lower food reserves and growing consumer demand in China and India...
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More reading
(Column ~ 03/25/08)
Here is a continuation of the best of my readings and e-mail: Kyoto follies: The reason Kyoto Protocol signatories are not reducing their emissions is that doing so is proving to be prohibitively costly. These nations are learning the hard way what the Bush Administration has understood all along: that attempts to rapidly force down the fossil-fuel use that provides the backbone of modern economies will be very expensive...
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Blunt provides Nixon investigators records on media requests
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Matt Blunt's office has provided attorney general's investigators with almost 3,000 pages of documents detailing open-records requests made by the media, his political opponents and citizens. But that information covers only a small part of what investigators appointed by Attorney General Jay Nixon have requested as they look into whether Blunt's office violated Missouri's open-records law or document-retention policies by deleting some e-mails...
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Mo. attorney general files lawsuit in attempt to stop Corps' spring rise on Missouri River
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
WASHINGTON -- Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to stop the Army Corps of Engineers from raising water levels on the Missouri River this week. The lawsuit says the annual spring rise should be canceled because it could add to the already heavy flooding Missouri suffered from torrential downpours last week...
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J.K. Rowling sad she once had 'suicidal thoughts'
(Entertainment ~ 03/25/08)
LONDON — J.K. Rowling said she contemplated suicide as she suffered from depression before her rise to success, according to an interview with a student journalist. The Harry Potter author said she had suicidal thoughts in her mid-20s, when she was a single mother and struggling to establish a literary career...
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Error keeping girl out of spelling bee was made by many
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A national spelling bee director says a "couple of hundred" school districts made the same paperwork mistake that's keeping a Kansas City-area girl from competing, according to the Kansas City Star. Most of those districts, which mistakenly registered their students by district rather than school, were given the chance to correct the error and reapply last fall for the Scripps National Spelling Bee...
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Births 3/25/08
(Births ~ 03/25/08)
Leuckel Son to Brad Carl Leuckel and Kelly Marie Staggs of Perryville, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:20 a.m. Thursday, March 13, 2008. Name, Drew Bradley. Weight, 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Second son. Ms. Staggs is the daughter of Carol Klein of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., and the late Harold Klein. She is employed at Sabreliner Corp. Leuckel is the son of Vennie Leuckel and Carl "Topper" Leuckel of Perryville. He is employed by AmerenUE...
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Police report 3/25/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/25/08)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Timothy D. Dickison, 28, 630 N. Fountain St., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated...
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Woman spends free time chasing down tornadoes
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Friends don't expect to see slides from Disney World when they go to Patti Volpert's house to hear about her vacation. Her images are straight out of the Hollywood blockbuster "Twister" -- without the flying cows. Volpert, 57, travels from her home in Illinois to spend at least two weeks each summer in Tornado Alley with Cloud 9 Tours, the oldest tour company catering to amateur storm chasers like Volpert...
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Coast Guard searches for missing crew member in Alaska ship sinking
(National News ~ 03/25/08)
JUNEAU, Alaska -- The Coast Guard scanned the icy Bering Sea on Monday for a fisherman who may have been dropped from a rescue basket after the vessel he was on sank, killing four people and leaving survivors bobbing across a mile of ocean. The 203-foot Alaska Ranger was on its way to mackerel grounds when it began taking on water Sunday in rough seas. A former captain of the ship recalled the vessel Monday as being "very unstable."...
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Mo. families clean up in flood's aftermath
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
PACIFIC, Mo. -- Nick and Connie Weislar were doing everything they could think of Monday to dry out their home after floodwaters receded -- tearing up soggy carpet, building a blaze in their fireplace, running a fan, even turning on the flame on their turkey fryer...
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Fire report 3/25/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/25/08)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following call Sunday: n At 10:12 p.m., an alarm sounding at 3120 Independence St. Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday: At 1:32 a.m., emergency medical service in the 700 block of Morgan Oak Street...
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Stocks jump as JPMorgan ups bid for Bear Stearns
(Business ~ 03/25/08)
NEW YORK -- Wall Street extended its big advance Monday as investors applauded a new agreement that will give Bear Stearns Cos. shareholders five times the payout that was set in a JPMorgan Chase & Co. buyout deal a week ago. Investors were also pleased by a stronger-than-expected housing report, and sent the Dow Jones industrial average nearly 190 points...
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Speak out 3/25/08
(Speak Out ~ 03/25/08)
Transportation costs I AM a trucker who is an owner-operator. While you may feel the pinch of exorbitant transportation costs, the real pinch is on me and everyone driving a truck these days. With diesel prices averaging $3.97 a gallon this week, the price of transport goes up. ...
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Out of the past 3/25/08
(Out of the Past ~ 03/25/08)
25 years ago: March 25, 1983 New officers were elected last night for the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri, amid calls for unity; chosen as president was Dr. C. Tom Herbert Jr., a Cape Girardeau dentist. CHAFFEE, Mo. — The goal for a $400,000 building program at St. ...
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Softball squad to play rare home games today vs. EIU
(College Sports ~ 03/25/08)
The Southeast Missouri State softball team will play rare home games today when Eastern Illinois visits for a 3 p.m. doubleheader. Southeast has had only two of its 27 contests in Cape Girardeau, and those two were played March 2. The Redhawks (11-16, 1-5 Ohio Valley Conference) have had 13 true road games and 12 neutral-site contests...
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Automobile flood damage warning signs
(Local News ~ 03/25/08)
Hundreds, if not thousands, of cars were caught in flash flood waters last week. Many of those cars may find their way on to used car lots in coming months with salvage titles. Missouri, however, does not require that a salvage title state the nature of the damage. Some things to look for to determine if a car has been flooded:...
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Pilot's gun fires on US Airways flight from Colo. to N.C.; no injuries reported
(National News ~ 03/25/08)
DENVER -- A gun belonging to the pilot of a US Airways plane went off as the aircraft was on approach to land in North Carolina over the weekend, the first time a weapon issued under a federal program to arm pilots was fired, authorities said Monday...
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Red Sox, A's to christen 2008 season in Japan
(Professional Sports ~ 03/25/08)
TOKYO -- Terry Francona knows how Daisuke Matsuzaka must be feeling when thousands of fans go wild for him in his native land. Well, sort of. The Red Sox manager is, after all, the pride of New Brighton, Pa. When he goes back there for a banquet, the crowd goes wild...
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Young athletes often suffer injuries
(Community ~ 03/25/08)
A generation or so ago, spring sports meant baseball and softball and track. Today, young athletes look forward to warm-weather opportunities in those sports, plus soccer, lacrosse, tennis, roller hockey and more. The trend goes virtually year-round, with potentially elite athletes either playing or training to play one or more sports all the time with more indoor facilities opening for practice...
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Robert Hoffman
(Obituary ~ 03/25/08)
Robert Hoffman Robert Hoffman, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, March 24, 2008, at his home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Floodwaters can do long-term damage to vehicles
(Local News ~ 03/25/08)
A car caught in last week's flash flooding may seem OK at first. Once it is fully dried, and the engine and transmission are checked closely for water in the lubricating fluids, it may start and run fine, mechanics and insurance experts said. But there are probably major problems lurking just beneath the surface as corrosion quickly sets in, shorting out electrical connections and leading to ongoing problems that can make the car far more expensive to fix than it is worth...
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Poplar Bluff retains title at ND Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 03/25/08)
Jackson's Brett Leimbach and Tanner Werner tied for second place overall after firing 79s at Monday's Notre Dame Invitational played at Bent Creek Golf Course in Jackson. Poplar Bluff defended its team title with a score of 338. Notre Dame was led by Brett Slaten (81) and finished second with a 340...
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Olympic flame-lighting ceremony disrupted by protests against China
(International News ~ 03/25/08)
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece -- The head of Beijing's Olympic committee had just started his speech. The high priestesses in flowing robes were waiting to start the ancient ceremony to kindle the Olympic flame. Suddenly, a protester evaded tight security, ran behind Beijing Olympic chief Liu Qi, and held up a black banner showing the Olympic rings as handcuffs. Liu stopped briefly, then continued, while uniformed Greek police dragged the protester away...
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Dozens of animals rescued from rising floodwaters in Bootheel
(Local News ~ 03/25/08)
The Humane Society of Missouri plans to double the size of its rescue team of 10 stationed in Caruthersville to help save animals threatened by the rising Mississippi River. The organization removed 37 dogs and 11 cats from the humane society shelter in Caruthersville on Sunday night. The animals had been displaced by the flood or impending flooding...
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Thelma McDaniel
(Obituary ~ 03/25/08)
Thelma McDaniel Thelma "Cricket" McDaniel, 80, of Delta died Sunday, March 23, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 3, 1928, at Randles, daughter of Charles Rayżmond and Rosa Ann Clonżinger Simmons. She and Harold Lloyd McDaniel were married Nov. 14, 1945. He preceded her in death June 17, 2000...
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'Prop B' would pay for more services in Perry Co.
(Local News ~ 03/25/08)
When asked their concerns, Perry County residents identified four areas regarding youth: drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, high school dropout rate and declining family values. Since that survey in 1996, a community task force developed eight programs to address the problems identified, including a mentoring program...
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Cape County paving plan moves ahead
(Local News ~ 03/25/08)
Cape Girardeau County's road paving program got a forward push Monday by county commissioners. But people living along County Roads 380, 435 and 436 may find their projects dropped to the bottom of the priority list. Easement agreements along those roads are incomplete...
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Soldier from Festus dies in Iraq
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Louis-area town of Festus is mourning the loss of a 22-year-old native who was killed in Iraq. Andy Habsieger was among four soldiers whose death on Sunday brought the American death toll in Iraq to 4,000. The four were killed by a bomb that exploded near Baghdad...
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Ameren prepares for second nuclear reactor in Missouri
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Utility provider Ameren continues to prepare for a possible second nuclear reactor at its Callaway County plant south of Fulton. A license application to federal regulators is expected to be filed later this year. Meanwhile, the company is replacing the six-mile pipeline that connects the reactor to the Missouri River...
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Some Southeast Missouri roads still closed today
(Local News ~ 03/25/08)
MoDOT is reporting some roads in its Southeast district are still closed today due to flooding. The closed roads were, as of 3 p.m.:Butler CountyHighway N (entire length)Highway AA from B to 51Mississippi CountyHighway 80 from the levee to the ferry landingHighway 77 from the levee to the ferry landingNew Madrid CountyHighway P from CR 717 to CR 727Highway 162 from 2.7 miles east of MHighway WW from P to CR 740Perry CountyHighway A from 61 to end of state maintenanceHighway E from CR 322 to levee roadScott CountyHighway W from CC to P (closed due to bridge damage, do not cross)Stoddard CountyHighway O from CR 310 to PHighway Y from AB to PHighway Y from CR 593 to DDHighway AB from CR 589 to YHighway BB from C to KWayne CountyHighway FF from 67 to 34 . ...
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Taylor Smith, Delta girls basketball
(High School Sports ~ 03/25/08)
The Delta girls basketball team's third trip to the state's final four this decade resulted in its best finish in that span and hope for a bright future. Sophomore point guard Taylor Smith led the Bobcats in scoring in the two games at the final four, scoring 14 points in each game and finishing the week 14-for-15 from the free throw line...
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Judge declines to stop corps' March rise of Missouri River
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A federal judge on Tuesday refused to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from raising water levels on the Missouri River this week, despite Missouri's concerns that it could add to downstream flooding. The corps usually releases extra water in the spring to encourage spawning of the pallid sturgeon, an endangered fish. It was expected to decide later Tuesday whether to release water after midnight...
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Mo. lawmakers consider banning dairies from calling milk hormone-free
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri and Kansas may be the newest battlegrounds in a national fight between dairies that want to tell consumers their milk is hormone-free and the hormone manufacturers, who worry such labeling will hurt sales. Lawmakers in both states are considering legislation that would limit what dairies could print on their bottles and cartons...
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Man dies in police shootout in SW Mo.
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
MARSHFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities say one man is dead after a shootout with law enforcement officers in southwest Missouri. The Webster County Sheriff's Office says two deputies and a highway patrol trooper responded to calls late Monday night about a man with a weapon at a home northwest of Marshfield...
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Missouri pilot sues over F-15 crash
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A pilot for the Missouri Air National Guard is suing Boeing Corp. over a crash in November of the F-15C Eagle he flew during a training mission in mid-Missouri. Maj. Stephen Stilwell survived but suffered serious injuries when he ejected as the jet broke in half during the training mission over Dent County. Stilwell was part of the 131st Fighter Wing at Lambert Airport in St. Louis...
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Emerson assures drug task force officials on funding
(Local News ~ 03/25/08)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson assured local law enforcement officials that funding for drug task forces will not be "zeroed out" of the federal budget. Members of the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force met with Emerson during a luncheon Monday at the Clinton Building in Sikeston to discuss the funding and the state's ongoing problem with methamphetamine...
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Kansas City possible candidate for aircraft plant
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Bombardier Aerospace is considering Kansas City as a site for a $375 million passenger jet assembly plant, city and state officials said. While the project is only in its initial stages, discussions have gone far enough that state officials outlined legislation Tuesday to provide state tax credits as a prerequisite for landing the plant...
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Mo. newborn's death being investigated as homicide
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
CASSVILLE, Mo. (AP) -- The death of a newborn infant found in a plastic bag is being investigated as a homicide. Barry County authorities said an autopsy found air in the baby's lungs, indicating the child was born alive. A 16-year-old girl from the small southwest Missouri town of Seligman is being detained by the county juvenile office in connection with the case...
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Mo. district denies high school drama team travel funds
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Members of a high school drama team in Springfield are trying to raise $4,000 for the cost of going to a statewide competition. The students at Kickapoo High School won a district tournament last month for their performance of the one-act play "Antigone." That qualifies the young thespians for next month's statewide speech and debate tournament in Columbia...
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Crane damages overpass on I-64 at Chesterfield
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Missouri Department of Transportation crews are evaluating an overpass in suburban St. Louis after it was struck by a truck. The incident happened Tuesday morning on Interstate 64 in Chesterfield when the truck struck the Spirit of St. Louis Boulevard overpass, forcing the closure of all eastbound lanes. Traffic was backed up for miles...
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Judge denies Missouri River flow restraining order
(State News ~ 03/25/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A federal district judge in St. Louis says the state of Missouri did not meet its burden in seeking to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from raising water levels on the Missouri River this week. The Army Corps usually releases extra water in the spring to encourage spawning of an endangered fish...
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