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Puppeteer entertains children at libraries
(Local News ~ 06/23/08)
Mr. Mahoney, a leprechaun-like marionette who pranced around in a energetic dance, impressed 6-year-old Logan McClanahan so much that he said, "I think I'll make my own." The marionette, under the control of Ollie DePriest, entertained preschool through elementary school children during a program Tuesday at Jackson Riverside Regional Library...
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Reader stories, photos can now be posted on newspaper's Web site
(Local News ~ 06/23/08)
For years Faces and Places has been a place where you can get the word out about your events, awards, recognitions and other things that matter to the people of our community. And it still is. But we want you to know there's a new way, one that's more permanent than the newspaper that prints every day. It's cyberspace...
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Business development course offered July 15
(Business ~ 06/23/08)
The Small Business Development Center of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau will offer a free course on how to start a small business from 6 to 9 p.m. July 15. Russell Humphrey, business consultant with the Center, will teach the class. Preregistration is required and seating is limited. To reserve a space in the class, call 986-6084...
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People on the move 6/23/08
(Business ~ 06/23/08)
Habitat for Humanity hires executive director Habitat for Humanity, 117 N. Middle St. in Cape Girardeau, has hired Walter B. Wildman as its new executive director. Wildman previously was program specialist with the Boy Scouts of America in Cape Girardeau. A graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, Wildman also has served in the United States Air Force....
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Fresno State eliminates UNC, will face Georgia for CWS title
(College Sports ~ 06/23/08)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Fresno State's improbable postseason run will end with the Bulldogs playing for a national championship. Tommy Mendonca drove in four runs, Clayton Allison came back from a shoulder ailment to allow one run over six innings, and the Bulldogs defeated North Carolina 6-1 to win their bracket in the College World Series on Sunday night...
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Kenneth Moore
(Obituary ~ 06/23/08)
Kenneth James Moore, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 21, 2008, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born April 7, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, son of Otis J. and Roxie McClain Moore. He formerly worked at VIP Industries. Survivors include four sisters, LaVerne Warner and Betty Holland of Cape Girardeau, Ann Burton of Grantsburg, Ill., and Darlene Vinyard of Aquilla, Mo...
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Pleased with the same old grind: Bowman Milling Co., celebrates 150 years
(Business ~ 06/23/08)
POCAHONTAS Wilbert Reisenbichler recalls a time when Pocahontas sported a bustling business community. Fifty years ago, the town had three grocery stores, two blacksmith shops, a cream-buying station, a post office and Bowman Milling Company. But times have changed for this community of 127 people. Only a few businesses remain, including the mill...
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Capahas complete 5-0 weekend with sweep of doubleheader
(Community Sports ~ 06/23/08)
It would be hard to imagine the Plaza Tire Capahas having a better three days. Especially considering the competition they faced. The Capahas finished off a 5-0 weekend Sunday by sweeping a doubleheader from the visiting Crestwood (Ill.) Panthers 6-0 and 4-2...
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Female suicide bomber in Iraq kills at least 15
(International News ~ 06/23/08)
BAGHDAD -- A female suicide bomber concealing explosives beneath her black robe struck outside a government complex northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 40, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. It was the 21st suicide mission carried out by a woman in Iraq this year, the U.S. military said, as al-Qaida and other Sunni militant groups try to regroup from major losses suffered at the hands of U.S. and Iraqi forces...
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NBC: Brokaw to host 'Meet the Press' through presidential election
(National News ~ 06/23/08)
NEW YORK -- Veteran news anchor Tom Brokaw has agreed to moderate NBC's "Meet the Press" through the November election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Tim Russert. Brokaw will start next week, the network announced Sunday. Anchor Brian Williams did the show this week and announced the decision at its end...
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Plantation's attic holds 400 years' worth of documents
(National News ~ 06/23/08)
CENTREVILLE, Md. -- For four centuries, they were the ultimate pack rats. Now a Maryland family's massive collection of letters, maps and printed bills has surfaced in the attic of a former plantation, providing a firsthand account of life from the 1660s through World War II...
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Marshall appointed to U.S. Naval Academy
(Local News ~ 06/23/08)
Van C. Marshall has been appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. He is the son of Todd and Cheryl Marshall of Pleasant Hill, Mo., formerly of East Prairie, Mo., and the grandson of Norma Marshall, the late Van J. Marshall and Joy Ivie of East Prairie. ...
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Pedestrian dies on I-70 in St. Louis
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 27-year-old St. Louis man is dead after being struck and killed by a vehicle on Interstate 70. The incident happened about 3;30 a.m. Sunday. The victim is Konrad Whitt, who was found in the westbound lanes of the interstate. Police say the driver of the vehicle that struck him fled the scene. So far, there are no suspects...
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Despite summer's heat, economy is turning chilly
(Column ~ 06/23/08)
It may be the first week of summer, but the chilly winds buffeting the national economy are provoking shivers in Cape Girardeau. Since I started writing this column, I've been told repeatedly and by a variety of sources that Cape Girardeau has built-in insulation from national economic trends. Our big employers -- the two major hospitals and accompanying medical community, Southeast Missouri State University and Procter & Gamble, to name a few -- provide a base that puts a brake on downturns...
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More goods entering Gaza Strip under Israel-Hamas truce
(International News ~ 06/23/08)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel allowed dozens of trucks to deliver food, diapers and clothes to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, boosting the flow of basic goods as part of a four-day-old truce with Hamas militants. Further increases are expected if the quiet continues, offering the prospect of relief for Gazans after a year of Israeli sanctions against the Hamas regime...
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Ellen DeGeneres, fiancee planning Calif. 'dream wedding'
(Entertainment ~ 06/23/08)
LOS ANGELES -- Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have set a wedding date, and to hear the talk show host tell it, the ceremony is going to be a doozie. DeGeneres, who won her fourth consecutive Daytime Emmy for talk show host Friday night, told reporters backstage at the Kodak Theatre that she and de Rossi are planning their "dream wedding" in the wake of the California Supreme Court's ruling that struck down the state's ban on gay marriage...
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Death of skydiver under investigation in Pike Co.
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
BOWLING GREEN, Mo. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration and the Pike County Sheriff's Department are investigating the death of a skydiver in northeast Missouri. The man's body was found Saturday night in a field at Bowling Green, about 80 miles north of St. Louis. The coroner's office has not released the victim's name pending notification of relatives. An autopsy is planned...
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Jackson School Board to work on budgets
(Local News ~ 06/23/08)
The Jackson School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the administrative offices at 614 E. Adams St. The board will consider approving budget transfers for the 2007 to 2008 school year and will consider approving the 2008 to 2009 budget.
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Researchers use heating process to study Pawnee village artifacts
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
REPUBLIC COUNTY, Kan. -- You might be surprised what you can learn from a campfire. A campfire that has been cold for, say, 300 years. Stacey Lengyel is hoping she can tell, within 30 years or so, when it was used. Lengyel, a research associate in anthropology at the Illinois State Museum, is the country's leading authority on archeomagnetic dating, a process built around two phenomena: when heated, magnetic particles reorient themselves to magnetic north; and over time, magnetic north is, literally, all over the map.. ...
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Continued Wimbledon reign is questioned
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/08)
WIMBLEDON, England — Bjorn Borg and Novak Djokovic say Roger Federer's reign at Wimbledon is in jeopardy. Pete Sampras and Rafael Nadal say Federer remains the man to beat on grass. "It's maybe a time where some people talk a little bit too much," Federer said Sunday, 24 hours before playing the first Centre Court match as he begins his pursuit of a sixth consecutive Wimbledon title...
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Scientists wonder if Martian arctic can support extreme life
(National News ~ 06/23/08)
LOS ANGELES -- Bizarre microbes flourish in the most punishing environments on Earth, from the bone-dry Atacama Desert in Chile to the boiling hot springs of Yellowstone National Park to the sunless sea bottom vents in the Pacific. Could such exotic life emerge in the frigid arctic plains of Mars?...
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Art League to promote art and education
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- As far as Bob Bussabarger is concerned, the local art scene's roots are in the Columbia Art League. The 86-year-old retired University of Missouri professor remembers when the arts in Columbia resided largely in the halls of academia, seemingly out of reach from the rest of the community...
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Community briefs 6/23/08
(Local News ~ 06/23/08)
June youth programs continue at Cape library The Cape Girardeau Public Library has a number of programs and activities available throughout June, including: n 10 a.m. today: Toddler time will feature stories, fingerplays and songs for ages 18 to 35 months...
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Red Sox walk off on Cards
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/08)
BOSTON -- What the Boston Red Sox couldn't get done with doubles they did with the long ball. After Boston opened the 10th, 11th and 12th innings with doubles and failed to score, Kevin Youkilis hit a two-run home run off of Mike Parisi during the bottom of the 13th inning to lift the Red Sox to a 5-3 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday...
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Mo. governor's race seems to pit establishment against challenger
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- There is no incumbent in Missouri's gubernatorial race. But that's hard to tell from the way the Republican primary is shaping up. U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof has the incumbent-like support of the party establishment, including the state's entire Republican congressional delegation, a majority of state Republican lawmakers and key interest groups in the business and agricultural sectors...
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Out of the past 6/23/08
(Out of the Past ~ 06/23/08)
25 years ago: June 23, 1983 WASHINGTON — Cape Girardeau lawyer Stephen N. Limbaugh sailed through a confirmation hearing yesterday on his nomination to become a federal judge; he received accolades from Republican senators John C. Danforth of Missouri and Chic Hecht of Nevada, a former Cape Girardeau resident...
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Philippines' typhoon death toll rises to 137
(International News ~ 06/23/08)
MANILA, Philippines -- Rescuers fought the tail of a typhoon swamping the Philippines to reach a capsized ferry Sunday only to find a mystery -- scant signs of the more than 740 passengers and crew. Only 10 wave-battered survivors are known to have made it to land, just hours after the ferry, brought to a virtual halt by the storm that killed at least 137 people nationwide, suddenly tilted and went belly up in about a half-hour around noon Saturday...
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Vergie Warren
(Obituary ~ 06/23/08)
GRAND CHAIN, Ill. — Vergie "Toots" Warren, 82, of Grand Chain died Sunday, June 22, 2008, at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., and at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Alexander Free Will Baptist Church in Thebes, Ill...
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Cape Post 63 wins Jr. Legion tourney
(Community Sports ~ 06/23/08)
The Plaza Tire Cape Girardeau Junior Legion Post 63 baseball team won the River City Roundup on Sunday, defeating the Cape Cherokees 4-3 in the championship game. Andrew Williams (4-1) posted the victory on the mound for Plaza Tire (17-8), while Josh Compas recorded a save...
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Cable ads attacking Verizon confuse consumers
(National News ~ 06/23/08)
NEW YORK -- Avery Axel was annoyed with his cable company, Comcast, and was considering switching to Verizon's new FiOS fiber-optic TV and Internet service. The picture on his TV would freeze now and then, and he had heard good things about FiOS. Then the 21-year-old student saw a TV commercial from Comcast that made fun of FiOS and claimed the cable TV company has a larger fiber-optic network...
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Busch continues big season at road course
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/08)
SONOMA, Calif. -- Kyle Busch snapped the slump that plagued him the past two weeks, racing to his first Sprint Cup Series win on a road course Sunday at Infineon Raceway. Busch, who had a poor qualifying run and started 30th, steadily moved through the field and grabbed the lead away from defending race winner Juan Pablo Montoya on an early restart. Nobody came close to taking the lead from him the rest of the way, but he did have to hold off a pair of challenges on two late restarts...
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Mississippi River cresting in many parts of Missouri, Illinois
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
LOUISIANA, Mo. -- As the faithful gathered for church services Sunday in towns hit hard by flooding along the Mississippi River, many found comfort in the word that the swollen waterway had started to reach its high point. Dozens of parishioners filled the dry Centenary United Methodist Church in Louisiana, a few blocks from floodwaters that still cover about 15 percent of the town's neighborhoods. ...
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4,000 cancer survivors attend St. Louis event
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
ST. LOUIS — Downtown St. Louis took on a pinkish hue Saturday as more than 4,000 breast cancer survivors gathered for the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. The women, many dressed in pink in show of unity against the disease, participated in the Survivor Procession and were joined by thousands of supporters for the noncompetitive race. ...
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N.M. couple call off home giveaway essay contest
(National News ~ 06/23/08)
SANTA FE, N.M. -- A New Mexico couple have ended their effort to award their home to the winner of an essay contest, citing a dearth of entries. Todd and Tiffany Lovell received only 675 entries by Friday's deadline, well short of the 2,500 they had hoped for...
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Fire report 6/23/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/23/08)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday: n At 8:51 p.m., illegal burn at 1222 Spanish St. n At 11:48 p.m., gasoline leak in the 500 block of Cape Meadows Circle. Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Redbirds place shortstop Izturis on DL
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/08)
BOSTON -- The St. Louis Cardinals placed shortstop Cesar Izturis on the 15-day disabled list before Sunday's game in Boston with a strained right hamstring. Izturis injured his hamstring Friday night in Boston and came out of the game in the fourth inning. Izturis was batting .241 with one homer and 12 RBIs in 67 games this season...
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Time for Southeast to move on - carefully
(High School Sports ~ 06/23/08)
After nearly three years, the Southeast Missouri State athletic department finally has some closure regarding NCAA rules violations within its women's basketball program. The NCAA handed down its decision last week, including penalties that were fairly significant, led by the vacation of wins from the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons...
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Woman makes homemade Colombian empanadas
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
ST. LOUIS -- Rubiela Garcia gently kneads the corn-flour dough by hand, adding the occasional splash of water. "She has to do it with her hands because it's the only way she can feel that it's exactly how it should be," said her husband, Orlando Moreno...
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Speak Out 6/23/08
(Speak Out ~ 06/23/08)
Drilling for oil I WANT to thank Jonah Goldberg on his column explaining the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the difference between the general opinion that it's pristine mountains and streams, which we would not want to destroy with oil drill wells, and the coastal plains, which are virtually uninhabited and have no wildlife potential. ...
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Mo. drownings on fast pace this year
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- It's been a deadly spring on Missouri's lakes and rivers as 21 people have drowned, almost half as many as in all of last year, with the busy summer recreation season just beginning. The Missouri Water Patrol blames "strong currents" as contributing to seven of the drownings, but conditions created by excessive rain and flooding could have contributed to most of the deaths, as they all have occurred since heavy spring rains began March 17. ...
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Sprigg Street
(Editorial ~ 06/23/08)
The Southeast Missourian's series on Sprigg Street last week was aimed at understanding our city a little better. Perhaps no street in Cape Girardeau represents a better cross-section of our town. Sure, there are more traveled streets, and streets that are more important in terms of businesses, health care and tax revenue...
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Butler County case managers to meet with victims of March, April flooding
(Local News ~ 06/23/08)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Even as tens of thousands across the Midwest face rising waters, area flood victims have not been forgotten. Case managers with the Butler County Long-term Recovery Committee recently began contacting victims of March and April high waters. They hope to help meet any needs that still exist...
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Ditch the junk, then get out and play
(Column ~ 06/23/08)
Today marks the beginning of Jackson's annual Cleanup/Fixup Days, which last through Friday. The rules allowing Jackson residents to empty basements, garages and other catchalls include a few limits. For instance, no more than what would fill the beds of three standard-sized pickup trucks will be picked up. All the junk needs to be at the curb by 8 a.m. on your regular garbage day. Don't use the good trash cans, because everything is being picked up, including containers...
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Zimbabwe opposition leader pulling out of election
(International News ~ 06/23/08)
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of Zimbabwe's violence-wracked presidential runoff Sunday, declaring that the election was no longer credible and the loss of life among his supporters was simply too high. The announcement cleared the way for President Robert Mugabe to continue his 28-year rule, despite mounting condemnation from even loyal African allies that the former independence hero has become a despot who has bankrupted the country's once thriving economy.. ...
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Cink closes deal to win Travelers Championship
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/08)
Stewart Cink had a reputation as a good golfer who just couldn't finish off a tournament. His final-round collapse in March in the PODS Championship left him with just one victory in the nine career events he led going into the last day. On Sunday, he put that behind him, holding off Tommy Armour III and defending champion Hunter Mahan to win the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., by a stroke. ...
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Police report 6/23/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/23/08)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Michael T. Reeves, 23, of St. Louis, was arrested on a warrant of commitment. n Chelsea N. Hawn, 23, no address given, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for two counts of failure to appear...
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Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy
(National News ~ 06/23/08)
NEW YORK -- Raging Midwest floodwaters that swallowed crops and sent corn and soybean prices soaring are about to give consumers more grief at the grocery store. In the latest bout of food inflation, beef, pork, poultry and even eggs, cheese and milk are expected to get more expensive as livestock owners go out of business or are forced to slaughter more cattle, hogs, turkeys and chickens to cope with rocketing costs for corn-based animal feed...
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Official: Saudis willing to increase crude output
(International News ~ 06/23/08)
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Facing strong U.S. pressure and global dismay over oil prices, Saudi Arabia said Sunday it will produce more crude this year if the market needs it. But the vague pledge fell far short of U.S. hopes for a specific increase and may do little to lower prices immediately...
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Area work force training shifts emphasis to retaining local jobs
(Local News ~ 06/23/08)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Mike Seabaugh, a member of the Workforce Investment Board, told the Bootheel Regional Planning and Development Commission (BRPC) that Southeast Missouri has lost 2,400 manufacturing jobs in recent years and he was helping coordinate an effort to combat this problem. His comments came at the regular meeting of the Commission held Thursday...
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Va. Tech grad finds inspiration, career from poverty
(National News ~ 06/23/08)
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Carolyn Barnes spent much of her childhood wishing for a different life: a life with a home. She knows how it feels to be on the receiving end of public assistance, to be teased by classmates because your clothes come from thrift stores, the fear that wells up when you can't reach your mother because she doesn't have a phone or a place to live...
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New clue to Alzheimer's discovered
(National News ~ 06/23/08)
WASHINGTON -- Researchers have uncovered a new clue to the cause of Alzheimer's disease. The brains of people with the memory-robbing form of dementia are cluttered with a plaque made up of beta-amyloid, a sticky protein. But there long has been a question whether this is a cause of the disease or a side effect. Also involved are tangles of a protein called tau; some scientists suspect this is the cause...
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Skate board group hosts competition in Cape
(Local News ~ 06/23/08)
Four skateboarders walked away with a total of $250 in prize money during the Cape Girardeau Skate Park Association's third competition. The event drew 11 boarders in two age groups, who grabbed, grinded and ollied for more than an hour Sunday at Missouri Park. The event is a fundraiser for the association, with the ultimate goal of building a better skate park in a better part of town, said spokeswoman Lindsey Holman...
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Dozens take part in third downtown Cape golf tournament
(Local News ~ 06/23/08)
Stan Smee isn't a golfer; he plays only about once a year. His son, Tony, slowed down after their daughter was born. Tony Smee's own son, Hayden, plays baseball and is a "computer whiz," Stan Smee said. Together, the three-generational group competed Sunday in the First-ever Third Annual Louis J. Lorimier Memorial World-famous Downtown Golf Tournament and All-You-Can-Eat Catfish Buffet...
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Southeast Missourian takes home 10 APME awards
(Business ~ 06/23/08)
The Southeast Missourian took home 10 awards at the 2007 Missouri APME contest. Winners were announced June 13 at the annual convention in Lake Ozark, Mo. In Division II competition, which included newspapers based in cities with a population between 15,000 and 50,000, the Southeast Missourian won first place in spot news and photography. ...
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Salvation Army serving free Meals with Friends this week
(Local News ~ 06/23/08)
At 4:30 p.m. every day this week, free meals are being served at the Salvation Army building in downtown Cape Girardeau. "Meals with Friends" is a program aimed at everyone in the community, according to Maj. Beth Stillwell. "The reason we do it is that food stamps run out and income is down toward the end of the month," she said. "We noticed if we provided a hot meal, that helps people tremendously, to stretch [grocery money]."...
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Ireland 1920s
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/23/08)
My grandmother with a child in Ireland in the 1920s
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Former Southeast university hall director charged in Georgia for illegally accessing two student acounts
(Local News ~ 06/23/08)
A former Southeast Missouri State University employee has been indicted on two charges of identity fraud and one charge of computer trespass after being found in possession of 800 student names and Social Security numbers. William Elum, hall director of Dearmont during the 2006 to 2007 school year,...
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I-55 reduced from Oak Ridge to Scott City beginning Tuesday
(Local News ~ 06/23/08)
Interstate 55 southbound will be reduced to one lane Tuesday, weather permitting, from exit 111 at Oak Ridge to exit 89 at Scott City. The reduction will happen as MoDOT contractors install guardcable in the median along southbound lanes to prevent traffic from crossing.Guardcable installation will take place from 6:30 a.m. ...
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Crews keep working at Sny levee, south of Quincy
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) -- Emergency crews are working on and keeping a close eye on a 52-mile levee along the Mississippi River near Quincy, Ill. Officials with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency say National Guardsmen, prison inmates and others continue to sandbag the Sny levee. They say workers are also using a bulldozer to push the base of the levee to make it higher...
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Efforts to hold back Mississippi continue
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
WINFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Along one of the last stretches of Mississippi River where the river is still rising, around-the-clock efforts continued Monday to keep floodwaters at bay. Officials in Lincoln County asked for volunteers to fill 50,000 sandbags to fortify the 2-mile long Pin Oak levee, where pressure from the swollen Mississippi has softened the ground to the point where walking on the earthen berm is like "walking on a waterbed," said county emergency management spokesman Andy Binder...
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St. Louis police looking for men who killed man over gold chain
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A 19-year-old Ferguson man was shot to death Sunday after several men confronted him and robbed him of a gold chain necklace, police said. The victim, Terrance Mims, of Ferguson, was killed as he walked up a St. Louis street about 8:20 p.m. Sunday, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Web site...
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19-year-old man drowns in Missouri lake
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
ANDERSON, Mo. (AP) -- A 19-year-old man drowned while swimming in a lake in southwest Missouri, the Missouri State Water Patrol said. Carlos Alejo-Chavez of Anderson, died Friday afternoon while swimming in Indian Creek Lake, the patrol said. The patrol said a witness heard Alejo-Chavez scream and went to help, but could not locate the victim. His body was later recovered in about three feet of water, the patrol said...
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Residents keep fighting rising Mississippi River
(State News ~ 06/23/08)
WINFIELD, Mo. (AP) — With a few days to go before the last stretch of the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce levees already strained and saturated from the pressure of the rising water...
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Cape man accused of assaulting a police officer
(Local News ~ 06/23/08)
David Lindsey, 46, of 325 N. Lorimier St., No. 1, was arrested last week and now faces charges of assault on a law enforcement officer following an incident that occurred at Southeast Missouri Hosptial during the early morning hours Friday. Police responded to the hospital around 2 a.m. on Friday. Lindsey had been transported to the hosptial earlier in the evening, after reportedly taking 25 Xanax tablets, according to a probable cause statement written and signed by officer J. M. Jensen...
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