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Evangelistic event 'Men at the Cross' to be held July 11-12 in St. Louis
(Community ~ 06/14/08)
Chris Edmonds and Marc Harris are looking for more than a few good men. They want to recruit at least 2,000 men from Southeast Missouri to join them in St. Louis for the kickoff of Men at the Cross. The evangelistic event will take place July 11 and 12 at the Scottrade Center. ...
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Wall Street ends turbulent week with sharp increases
(Business ~ 06/14/08)
NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended a turbulent week with a sharp gain Friday after government readings on inflation and a drop in oil prices eased worries about the effect of rising prices on consumers. The advance lifted the Dow Jones industrial average more than 165 points, and the three major indexes turned in a mixed performance for the week...
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Area teachers attend program focusing on career education
(Local News ~ 06/14/08)
Teacher Sara Pylate knows a four-year college isn't for everyone. "Students need a place they can tap into their interests, instead of being forced into a pigeonhole they feel is expected of them by society," she said. Nationally, college enrollment is soaring to all-time highs. While teachers say this is laudable, some worry not enough skilled workers are being trained...
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Rising Mississippi River closes Scott County road
(Local News ~ 06/14/08)
COMMERCE, Mo. -- The rising Mississippi River has forced the closure of a road near Commerce, a town in northern Scott County with no protection from the river's floodwaters. Route E is closed from one mile east of Route N to the end of state maintenance at Commerce, according to a MoDOT news release. The road was closed by river flooding earlier this year following the massive March rains...
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Budweiser fans weigh possible takeover by Belgian company
(Business ~ 06/14/08)
ST. LOUIS -- More than any other beer, Budweiser is an American icon: Its Clydesdale horses are fixtures of Super Bowl ads, and even the label is red, white and blue, with an eagle swooping through the "A" for Anheuser-Busch. The proposed sale of the maker of the beer that bills itself as "great American lager," to a Belgian firm has become a rallying point for some Bud fans and lawmakers playing to the view that America is being sold off, bit by bit...
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Happy Father's Day
(Community ~ 06/14/08)
Fathers can never be underestimated. Fathers play a tremendous role in the lives of their children. A father's love -- or lack of it -- bears a tremendous mark that is never outgrown in the life of a child. Whether they are active or disengaged, fathers will mark their children for the rest of their lives...
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Religion briefs 6/14/08
(Community ~ 06/14/08)
New series begins at Abbey Road Christian Beginning Sunday, Jay White will start a 15-week sequence teaching and discussing the great beliefs of the Christian faith at the 8:30 a.m. service: n God (grandpa, cosmic cop, or night watchman?) n Jesus Christ (the difference between Christ and God)...
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be
(Column ~ 06/14/08)
The meaning of William Shakespeare's words above from his 1603 work "Hamlet," have been consigned to the dustbin of history. We are spiritually poorer for it. There is a more insidious and ultimately more destructive social sin than the obvious one of our culture's preoccupation with sex. ...
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Mother Nature shows Klassic form with rain
(Community Sports ~ 06/14/08)
KELSO -- The Kelso Klassic wasted no time improving its batting average when it comes to rain. With a rain delay of nearly two hours before the start of Friday night's opening game, the men's fast-pitch softball tournament now has been affected by rain 75 percent of the time, 18-for-24...
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Jackson routs Perryville
(Community Sports ~ 06/14/08)
JACKSON -- Michael Mouser said he knew he needed to have a strong plate appearance leading off the bottom of the fourth Friday with his Jackson Post 158 American Legion baseball team trailing 3-2 against Perryville Post 133. Mouser thought if he had a good at-bat, he could get the rest of the offense rolling...
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Groves makes All-American; Smith races
into 400 final
(College Sports ~ 06/14/08)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Former Scott City High School star Loren Groves felt relief after earning one All-American award and nearly a second Friday. Groves had a throw of 210 feet, 4 inches to earn fifth place in the hammer throw at the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium...
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Strong quake shakes Japan; two dead
(International News ~ 06/14/08)
TOKYO -- A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked a rural area of northern Japan late Friday, killing at least two people, triggering landslides and reportedly knocking down a bridge. News reports said dozens of people were injured. Two nuclear power plants in the area were undergoing inspections but there were no immediate reports of damage, said Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura. ...
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Speak Out 6/14/08
(Speak Out ~ 06/14/08)
Bikinis and signs CAN WE be honest? There would have been no problem with the city council if those holding up signs for a mattress company closeout sale had been young women clad in car wash-soliciting bikinis. Dictating columnist I OFTEN wonder why the once proud voice of conservatism, National Review, would hire someone like Kathryn Lopez. ...
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No contest plea in case of woman stuck to toilet
(National News ~ 06/14/08)
NESS CITY, Kan. -- A western Kansas man has pleaded no contest to mistreating his girlfriend, who became stuck to a toilet after refusing to leave the bathroom for two years. Police discovered Kory McFarren's girlfriend, Pam Babcock, physically stuck to the toilet in February...
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Fire report 6/14/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/14/08)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday: n At 7:19 p.m., an alarm at 1333 N. Sprigg St. n At 9:41 p.m., emergency medical service in the 900 block of Bellevue Street. n At 3:58 a.m., emergency medical service in the 2800 block of Independence Street...
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Cape Legion sweeps Mayfield
(Community Sports ~ 06/14/08)
Ford & Sons Cape Girardeau American Legion baseball team swept a pair of games from visiting Mayfield (Ky.) on Thursday. Cape won the opener 7-6 behind the complete-game pitching of Steven Houseman, then collected a 13-3, five-inning victory in the nightcap...
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Two accidents reported on North Kingshighway
(Local News ~ 06/14/08)
Two accidents reported on North Kingshighway Two accidents were reported in the 2000 block of North Kings-highway Friday afternoon. At 2:40 p.m., a vehicle was making a left turn off North Kingshighway, then merged back into the left lane. As it was merging, another car rear-ended the vehicle. ...
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Irish voters veto EU treaty
(International News ~ 06/14/08)
DUBLIN, Ireland -- It took years to negotiate, weighs in at 260 pages, is virtually unreadable -- and now could be a dead letter. Irish voters vetoed a painstakingly drafted treaty Friday that had been designed to streamline the European Union. Politicians from all of Ireland's major parties worked hard to sell the complex, deeply technical document to a confused and suspicious public...
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Audrey Jokerst
(Obituary ~ 06/14/08)
Audrey Jokerst Ste. Genevieve, Mo. -- Audrey M. Jokerst, 84, of Ste. Genevieve died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at Ste. Genevieve Care Center. She was born June 22, 1923, in Ste. Genevieve, daughter of August Louis and Marie Elizabeth Newingham LaRose. She and Clarence H. "Shim" Jokerst were married Nov. 8, 1947. He died March 15, 1995...
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NBC's Tim Russert dead at 58
(National News ~ 06/14/08)
WASHINGTON -- Tim Russert, a political lifer who made a TV career of his passion with unrelenting questioning of the powerful and influential, died of a heart attack Friday in the midst of a presidential campaign he'd covered with trademark intensity...
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Edna Rose
(Obituary ~ 06/14/08)
Edna Rose Edna S. Rose, 83, formerly of Piedmont, Mo., died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at the Lutheran Home-Assisted Living East in Cape Girardeau, where she had resided more than a year. Mrs. Rose was born June 27, 1924, near Des Arc, Mo., the daughter of Hansford and Millie (Jackson) Miller, who preceded her in death...
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Cape casino idea may have to wait
(Local News ~ 06/14/08)
David Knight never abandoned his dream of a riverboat casino that would spark a redevelopment of the Cape Girardeau riverfront north of Broadway. And Knight, owner of Ole Hickory Pits, thought the idea was finally ready to move forward when he learned the Missouri Gaming Commission will hold a hurriedly arranged meeting next week to consider a moratorium on all new casinos applications...
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Altered crops aren't the answer
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/14/08)
To the editor: The Food and Agriculture Association of the United Nations has been meeting this week to address the growing global food crisis. The U.S. delegation, led by Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, is proposing that the world adopt genetically engineered crops as a silver-bullet solution. ...
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Dutchtown going for levee, not buyout
(Local News ~ 06/14/08)
Dutchtown property owners decided to pursue a levee instead of a buyout Friday night at a town meeting. The poll was 16-7 in favor of the levee and was conducted in the Affordable Furniture store where roughly 25 residents and a few nonresidents attended. Members of the Dutchtown Board of Trustees said they would act in accordance with the majority Friday...
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Police report 6/14/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/14/08)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Crystal L. Dobbs, 31, 1915 Grandview St., was arrested on suspicion of making a fraudulent attempt to obtain a controlled substance...
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Southeast business school starts entrepreneur program
(Local News ~ 06/14/08)
The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in Southeast Missouri State University's Harrison College of Business plans to launch a program aimed at promoting entrepreneurial education among the state's grade-school students and teachers. Developed by the center's director, James Stapleton, the Missouri Rural Entrepreneurial through Action Learning program will allow elementary and high school students in the region an opportunity to study innovative and enterprising business concepts. ...
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Intoxicating situation
(Editorial ~ 06/14/08)
Last week, Dallis F. Coomer was in court facing his 10th charge of driving while intoxicated. Because of procedural errors made by the arresting officer, Coomer's charges were dismissed, though he faces sentencing Monday for driving with a revoked license. The defense attorney said at trial that the officer did not monitor Coomer for 15 minutes before administering a blood-alcohol-content test as required...
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California wildfires destroy homes, force evacuations
(National News ~ 06/14/08)
FELTON, Calif. -- Strong, erratic winds complicated firefighters attempts' to put down several fast-growing wildfires across Northern California, including a blaze that enveloped more than 31 square miles and threatened 4,600 structures, officials said...
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Woman ejected from car in accident on I-55
(Local News ~ 06/14/08)
Cape Girardeau police responded to an accident Friday afternoon on Interstate 55, stopping traffic for about 15 minutes when a car rolled over on the northbound side near mile marker 93, said Sgt. Barry Hovis, spokesman for the police department. The driver, a 20-year-old woman, was ejected from the car and pinned beneath it for a brief time, but other people were able to move it off her, Hovis said. ...
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Floodwaters swamp Iowa town; drinking water all but gone
(National News ~ 06/14/08)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Hospital patients in wheelchairs and on stretchers were evacuated in the middle of the night as the biggest flood Cedar Rapids has ever seen swamped more than 400 blocks Friday and all but cut off the supply of clean drinking water in the city of 120,000...
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Zimbabwe leader warns of violence if he loses vote
(International News ~ 06/14/08)
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- President Robert Mugabe said Friday that his supporters are ready to fight if the opposition wins an upcoming presidential runoff election. The campaign already has seen widespread violence against government opponents. "I'm even prepared to join the fight," the 84-year-old Mugabe told a conference of his party's youth wing...
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KC denied exemption from sale of ethanol
(State News ~ 06/14/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Matt Blunt announced Friday that he is denying requests to exempt Kansas City from the sale of ethanol-blended gas. The Mid-America Regional Council and the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce had asked the governor to issue a waiver from a state law that requires most of Missouri's gas to include a 10 percent ethanol blend whenever the alternative fuel is cheaper than regular gas...
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Jury acquits R. Kelly of all counts
(National News ~ 06/14/08)
CHICAGO -- R. Kelly was acquitted of all charges Friday after less than a day of deliberations in his child pornography trial, ending a six-year ordeal for the R&B superstar. Kelly dabbed his face with a handkerchief and hugged each of his four attorneys after the verdict -- not guilty on all 14 counts -- was read. The Grammy award-winning singer had faced 15 years in prison if convicted...
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Explorers find 1780 British warship in Lake Ontario
(National News ~ 06/14/08)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A 22-gun British warship that sank during the American Revolution and has long been regarded as one of the "Holy Grail" shipwrecks in the Great Lakes has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Ontario, astonishingly well-preserved in the cold, deep water, explorers announced Friday...
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3 in Ohio guilty of plot against U.S. troops in Iraq
(National News ~ 06/14/08)
CLEVELAND -- Three Ohio men were convicted Friday of plotting to recruit and train terrorists to kill American soldiers in Iraq, a case put together with help from a former soldier who posed as a radical bent on violence. Mohammad Amawi, 28, Marwan El-Hindi, 45, and Wassim Mazloum, 27, face maximum sentences of life in prison. Prosecutors said the men were learning to shoot guns and make explosives while raising money to fund their plans to wage a holy war against U.S. troops...
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May's combat deaths in Afghanistan outnumber Iraq
(International News ~ 06/14/08)
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- It's a grim gauge of U.S. wars going in opposite directions: American and allied combat deaths in Afghanistan in May passed the monthly toll in Iraq for the first time. Defense Secretary Robert Gates used the statistical comparison to dramatize his point to NATO defense ministers that they need to do more to get Afghanistan moving in a better direction. He wants more allied combat troops, more trainers and more public commitment...
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Ethanol: Good news and some bad news
(Column ~ 06/14/08)
By Jack H. Knowlan Sr. Although I agree with almost every thing William I. Ludlow said in his May 15 article, "Ethanol Fuel is Folly," ethanol has in some odd way been good. In my first article, "Corn famine," in February 2007, I warned against overproduction of ethanol affecting our food supplies, causing higher prices and possibly rationing. ...
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Spacey to teach at Oxford
(Entertainment ~ 06/14/08)
LONDON -- Kevin Spacey already has two Academy Awards and heads London's Old Vic theater. Now he can add a new title -- Oxford University professor. The Hollywood star has been named Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theater at Oxford's St. Catherine's College, officials there announced Friday...
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Charley Estes
(Obituary ~ 06/14/08)
Charley Estes MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Charley Thomas Estes, 89, of Marble Hill died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 4, 1919, in Grassy, Mo., son of Louis and Lury Like Estes. He and Virgie Acup were married June 27, 1946...
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Floods could reduce corn supplies, raise prices
(National News ~ 06/14/08)
NEW YORK-- Floods that have inundated the Midwest could reduce world corn supplies and drive food prices higher at a time when Americans are already stretching their grocery budgets and people in poor countries have rioted over rising food costs. The U.S. ...
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Andrew Gleeson
(Obituary ~ 06/14/08)
Andrew Gleeson St. Charles, Mo.¿ ¿-- Andrew L. Gleeson, 52, of St. Charles died Sunday, June 8, 2008, in St. Charles. He was born May 22, 1956, in St. Louis, son of Thomas Paul and Mary L. Franciscus Jr. Gleeson was formerly of Cape Girardeau and a graduate of Central High School. He was a warehouseman at Truck Body Manufacturing...
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Appleby finds a fast-healing Tiger in pursuit at U.S. Open
(Professional Sports ~ 06/14/08)
SAN DIEGO -- Tiger Woods looked like any other player trying to survive a U.S. Open, head bowed in frustration with each shot that found trouble and kept him farther from the lead. One hole changed everything. With his metal spikes on a cement path and a tree over his head, he fired an 8-iron around the branches and over the bunker to 18 feet for a birdie that sent him charging into contention at Torrey Pines on Friday...
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Elvah Hyten
(Obituary ~ 06/14/08)
Elvah Hyten DEXTER, Mo. -- Elvah Hyten, 86, died Friday, June 13, 2008, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. She was born June 24, 1921, at Blodgett, Mo., daughter of Edward and Maude Davis Dupree. Hyten was a former injection molder at Modern Plastics in Benton Harbor, Mich...
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Dardanell Guell
(Obituary ~ 06/14/08)
Dardanell Guell PATTON, Mo. -- Dardanell Guell, 79, of Patton passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, June 12, 2008, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Feb. 10, 1929, in Des Moines, Iowa, daughter of Fred and Iva Rambow. She and George Guell were married Jan. 4, 1969, in Rockford, Ill. He died April 29, 2008...
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Reason for extra headstone still a mystery
(Local News ~ 06/14/08)
Neither Ford and Sons Funeral Home nor officials from Lorimier Cemetery know how two identical headstones for Virginia Allcorn were placed 100 yards apart. Allcorn's husband, Bob, ordered a headstone with his wife before she died of cancer in January 2006. But her headstone was not cut right, he said. He ordered another, and that was the one placed at Virginia Allcorn's grave...
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Rituals mark Flag Day
(Local News ~ 06/14/08)
For most Americans, today is Flag Day. For Jim Haney of Chaffee, Mo., every day is Flag Day. He sees the Old Glory as a living, breathing symbol of sacrifice. Haney, 64 and a Vietnam veteran, gets emotional and stops talking to regain his composure. Bonnie Haney, his wife of nearly 44 years, sums up all the flag means to her in a word: pride...
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Krajcir pleads guilty to 1979 Pa. murder
(Local News ~ 06/14/08)
Convicted serial killer Timothy Krajcir pleaded guilty Friday to his eighth slaying, the 1979 rape and murder of a nurse in Berks County, Pa. Krajcir, 63, a Pennsylvania native, was sentenced to life in prison for killing Myrtle Rupp, 51, inside her South Temple, Pa., home...
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