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Area car dealers have hope as they try to match 2007 sales figures
(Local News ~ 11/22/08)
Despite new auto sales being down by as much as 45 percent for some car labels in the U.S., area car dealerships are bucking the national trend, according to the latest figures from the state Department of Revenue. A drop in gas prices, along with aggressive vehicle discounts, give some local car dealers hope as they try to match 2007 sales figures...
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Reflections: Making a bouquet of life
(Column ~ 11/22/08)
Once again, I was traveling, this time going up and down the Cumberland Mountains. I noticed still other views that God had created. Unlike what I had recently seen in Iowa and Wisconsin, I was now awed by the beautiful bouquet of colors in the fall trees by the roadside. I pondered the wonder, magnitude and splendor of it all and dissected the mystery of it...
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New water recycling system aboard space station experiences hiccups
(National News ~ 11/22/08)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's revolutionary new space water recycling system is having serious hiccups. The $154 million device for turning astronauts' urine and sweat into drinking water aboard the international space station shut down again Friday, and engineers on the ground were scrambling to figure out what was wrong...
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Nebraska lawmakers approve age limit for safe-haven law
(National News ~ 11/22/08)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law Friday a bill adding a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law that allowed 35 children -- including teenagers as old as 17 -- to be abandoned at state hospitals. The law, approved hours earlier by the Legislature in a 45-3 vote, goes into effect today, and makes Nebraska the 14th state with a 30-day age cap. It had been the only state with a safe-haven law without an age limit...
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Marie Niswonger
(Obituary ~ 11/22/08)
Marie Niswonger, 91, of Millersville passed away Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born March 29, 1917, in Cape Girardeau, to the late Luther and Sarah "Francis" Kistner Bridges. She and Ervin D. Niswonger were married April 26, 1936, at her parents' home in Millersville. In April 1937, they welcomed into the world their only child, Gary...
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Raymond Compas
(Obituary ~ 11/22/08)
Raymond L. Compas, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at Monticello House in Jackson. He was born May 20, 1922, in New Hamburg, Mo., son of Leo H. and Clara Diebold Compas. He and Minnie Sandboss were married in September 1949 in Cape Girardeau...
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Praise despite tough circumstances shows great character and faith
(Community ~ 11/22/08)
This is the weekend to gear up for Thanksgiving, to write and check off the lists of everything necessary for the perfect holiday. Turkey. Check. Stuffing. Check. Pumpkin pie. Check. Fat-pants, couch, remote control. Check, check and check. Bring on the tryptophan...
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Student kills himself in front of live webcam
(National News ~ 11/22/08)
MIAMI -- A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another messaged "OMG" in horror when it became clear it was no joke. Some watchers contacted the website to notify police, but by the time officers entered Abraham Biggs' home -- a scene also captured on the Internet -- it was too late...
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Troy Patton
(Obituary ~ 11/22/08)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Troy Nathan Patton, 91, of Marble Hill died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at Eldercare of Marble Hill. He was born June 19, 1917, in Bollinger County, son of Charles A. and Vallie Lincoln Patton. He first married Lora Sheppard. He and Ruth Williams were married in 1956...
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Eagle Ridge boys post lopsided victory
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/08)
The Eagle Ridge boys basketball team improved to 2-1 with its lopsided win Friday. Jonathan Rockhill led the way with 16 points to lead the Eagles to the 65-18 win over host Crosspoint Christian. Josh Wiseman added 11 for Eagle Ridge. Eagle Ridge181814 15 -- 65Crosspoint Christian6543--18...
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Bott Radio expands into four Southeast Missouri communities
(Community ~ 11/22/08)
Want to hear Elwood McQuaid's daily briefing of Israeli news at 3 a.m., heed parental advice from James Dobson at noon or listen to best-selling author John McArthur at 9:04 p.m.? Radio listeners in four Southeast Missouri communities now have that chance with the expansion of Bott Radio...
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Southeast women successfully defend turf
(College Sports ~ 11/22/08)
It figured that points would be hard to come by at the Show Me Center on Friday night. Arkansas-Little Rock, the defending Sun Belt Conference West Division champion, ranked third nationally in scoring defense last season. Southeast Missouri State, the defending Ohio Valley Conference champion, was no slouch itself defensively last year, as the Redhawks ranked 26th...
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U.S. develops tiny flying robots to serve as spies
(National News ~ 11/22/08)
DAYTON, Ohio -- If only we could be a fly on the wall when our enemies are plotting to attack us. Better yet, what if that fly could record voices, transmit video and even fire tiny weapons? That kind of James Bond-style fantasy is actually on the drawing board. U.S. military engineers are trying to design flying robots disguised as insects that could one day spy on enemies and conduct dangerous missions without risking lives...
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Police report 11/22/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/22/08)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Jeffrey L. Oliver, 46, of Burfordville was arrested on suspicion of careless and imprudent driving and driving while intoxicated. n Griffin A. Lord, 20, 115 N. Fountain St., No. 215, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and expired plates...
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Family seeks information on former Southeast agriculture professor
(Local News ~ 11/22/08)
A grandchild of former Southeast Missouri State University agriculture professor and former Department of Agriculture chairman John Henry Gehrs intends to set up a lecture in his name. He is soliciting information from people who knew Gehrs. People with information may call Dr. Michael Aide, current chairman of the department, at 332-1627...
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Bush signs jobless benefits extension
(National News ~ 11/22/08)
WASHINGTON -- With no end in sight to economic bad news, President Bush on Friday ensured millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach. Bush signed an extension of jobless benefits into law just before 8 a.m., as he was preparing to leave the White House for a morning flight to Lima, Peru, to attend the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum...
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Wal-Mart CEO to retire in February
(National News ~ 11/22/08)
NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unexpectedly announced Friday its chief executive will retire in February and be replaced by the head of its international division. The surprise change in leadership right before the crucial holiday season comes as Wal-Mart has roared back to success as people looking for bargains shop more at discounters. ...
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Speak Out 11/22/08
(Speak Out ~ 11/22/08)
Show me the form IT SEEMS like every day there's another company that wants to be bought out and bailed out of trouble. All we've done is start a snowball effect. When is it going to stop? Where can the working man get a form to send in to the government so he can be bought out for the problems he's going through?...
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Radical Islamic group says it will fight Somali pirates
(International News ~ 11/22/08)
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A radical Islamic group in Somalia said Friday it will fight the pirates holding a Saudi supertanker loaded with $100 million worth of crude oil. Abdelghafar Musa, a fighter with al-Shabab who claims to speak on behalf of all Islamic fighters in the Horn of Africa nation, said ships belonging to Muslim countries should not be seized...
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Calvin Hoehn
(Obituary ~ 11/22/08)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Calvin P. Hoehn, 61, of Perryville died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at his home. He was born June 2, 1947, in Perry County, son of Walter and Erna Hopfer Hoehn. He and Joan Buch¿heit were married April 12, 1969. Hoehn was a lifetime dairy and agriculture farmer. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Crosstown, Mo., where he was also in the voters assembly, the LLL Dart Ball Team, Church Council and the American Legion Post 133...
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Obama to tap N.Y. Federal Reserve president for secretary of treasury
(National News ~ 11/22/08)
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama intends to name Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as his treasury secretary to confront the nation's economic turmoil, senior Democratic officials said Friday. The stock market soared on the news...
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Ora Mae Phillips
(Obituary ~ 11/22/08)
Ora Mae Bledsoe Culkin Phillips, 76, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Olive Branch, Ill., died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at her granddaughter's home in Kansas City, Mo. She was born Nov. 29, 1931, at Thebes, Ill., daughter of Edgar and Bertha Roberts Bledsoe. She and William Robert Culkin were married, and he preceded her in death. She later married Clifford "Bud" Phillips, who also preceded her in death...
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Mexico accuses ex-drug czar of taking money from cartel
(International News ~ 11/22/08)
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico accused its former drug czar Friday of taking $450,000 from a cartel he was supposed to destroy, going public with a scandal that deals a serious blow to the country's U.S.-backed drug war. Noe Ramirez is the highest-ranking law enforcement official detained yet as part of Mexico's sweeping effort to weed out officials who allegedly shared police information with violent drug smugglers. ...
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Out of the past 11/22/08
(Out of the Past ~ 11/22/08)
25 years ago: Nov. 22, 1983 The assassination of President John F. Kennedy 20 years ago is recalled; the Southeast Missourian announced the news to its readers in an extra printed on the night of Nov. 22, 1963. Bill Stroup, the chief of security for Mid-America Motel Corp. here, which owns the Holiday Inn, announces his candidacy on the Republican ticket for the office of Cape Girardeau County sheriff...
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Redhawks want to close on high note vs. Austin Peay
(College Sports ~ 11/22/08)
Not much tangible will be on the line today for Southeast Missouri State when the Redhawks wrap up their season. But the Redhawks say they'll have plenty to play for when they visit Austin Peay for a 1 p.m. kickoff. It doesn't matter that Southeast (3-8, 1-6 Ohio Valley Conference) is relegated to its 16th losing record in 18 years on the Division I-AA level...
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Norman Wildman
(Obituary ~ 11/22/08)
Norman James Wildman, 65, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Nov. 29, 1942, in Kankakee, Ill., son of Newton Edward and Theresa Marie Schreffler Wildman. He and Charlotte Nelson were married Dec. 31, 1975, at Delta...
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St. Louis no longer holds a monopoly in boys soccer
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/08)
FENTON -- Notre Dame's championship run is over. And Jefferson City Helias will take a crack at joining an exclusive club of teams from outside the St. Louis area that has won a state soccer championship. The Bulldogs were knocked off in penalty kicks Friday afternoon for a 1-0 loss to Helias, leaving Notre Dame short in its bid for a third consecutive state championship...
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Airports seek to ease checkpoint process with lane for families, people carrying liquids
(State News ~ 11/22/08)
ST. LOUIS -- The cumbersome task of getting through the airport checkpoint is getting a little easier at Lambert Airport in St. Louis and around the country. Transportation Security Administration security director Bill Switzer was at Lambert on Friday for the opening of the airport's family and medically exempt liquids lane...
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Shootouts get a winner, but little else
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/08)
FENTON -- Almost everyone at the Anheuser-Busch Center for the state soccer final four would agree that it's a shame to have a soccer game end in penalty kicks. Almost everyone. "I like that as a method of deciding games," Helias keeper Jorden Bax said. "It's fun for the keeper. The keeper never gets enough glory, but when he gets in that situation, it's his time to shine."...
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Baptist association names new director of missions
(Community ~ 11/22/08)
The Rev. Bill Jetton has joined the Cape Girardeau Baptist Association as director of missions. A graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, Jetton joined the associational staff in early November. The Cape Girardeau Baptist Association has 32 member churches and is aligned with the Missouri Baptist Convention and Southern Baptist Convention. ...
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Myanmar hands comedian 45-year prison term for criticizing relief response
(International News ~ 11/22/08)
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's courts continued a crackdown on activists Friday, handing out a 45-year prison sentence to a comedian who went to the delta to help cyclone victims and criticized the junta's slow relief response. Comedian and activist Zarganar, whose birth name is Maung Thura, was among at least 100 people to receive sentences of two to 65 years since early November. Many of the trials were held in closed sessions, sometimes without defense lawyers or family present...
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Westminster Presbyterian calls new designated pastor
(Community ~ 11/22/08)
The Rev. Karen Dumey, a native of Jackson, is the new designated pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1820 Perryville Road in Cape Girardeau. Dumey's first day as pastor of the congregation of 100 members was Aug. 1. Dumey was officially installed to serve in her role during a Sept. ...
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Mortgage mess
(Editorial ~ 11/22/08)
The mortgage crisis that has hit the U.S. has generated plenty of national headlines in recent months, but the financial finagling has stretched all the way from Seattle-based Washington Mutual, one of the biggest lenders hit the hardest, to Southeast Missouri, according to charges filed by federal prosecutors earlier this month...
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Redhawks notch first win against Culver-Stockton
(College Sports ~ 11/22/08)
It took longer than anticipated. But once the 3-pointers stopped falling for Culver-Stockton, Southeast Missouri State had its expected blowout Friday night. And its first win of the season. The Redhawks put the clamps on a hot-shooting start by the visiting Wildcats and romped 89-50...
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Financial crisis increases student interest in economics
(National News ~ 11/22/08)
NEW YORK -- Stocks are down, down, down. But student interest in economics appears to be trending upward. The financial crisis has made "the dismal science" more relevant and immediate to many high school and college students, and they are suddenly paying closer attention in class...
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Catherine Graham
(Obituary ~ 11/22/08)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Catherine Graham, 97, of St. Louis, formerly of Marble Hill, died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at Northgate Park Nursing Home in St. Louis. She was born July 27, 1911, in St. Louis, daughter of James Eugene and Ida Mae Hickey Healy. She and John Graham were married in 1932. He died in 1976...
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Scott County puts sales tax back on ballot with changes
(Local News ~ 11/22/08)
BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County voters will decide on Feb. 3 whether to waive the county portion of their real estate and personal property taxes in exchange for a half-cent sales tax. On Thursday, commissioners voted to place the initiative of the ballot...
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Rebecca Sue Mathis
(Obituary ~ 11/22/08)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Rebecca Sue Mathis, 69, of Perryville died Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis. She was born Sept. 10, 1939, at Attwood, Tenn., daughter of Ruben Goodman and Mary Tucker Goodman. She and Jewett Freeman Mathis were married Nov. 10, 1972, in Nashville, Tenn...
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Missouri lawyers argue over advertising rules
(State News ~ 11/22/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Newly proposed requirements for lawyers' TV, radio and direct mail ads drew opposition Friday from lawyers who rely on the solicitations. Missouri already has some restrictions on what lawyers can say and what they must disclose in ads. The new proposal would make the disclosures more prominent and restrict testimonials and claims about past successes...
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St. Louis says bye to 'Am-shack,' hello to transport hub
(State News ~ 11/22/08)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis residents for years have gotten on the train from a no-frills building known locally as the "Am-shack." Not anymore. After about two decades of planning and work, state and city officials opened a new, $28 million transportation hub downtown on Friday where commuters can catch the bus, light rail and Amtrak trains...
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Bulgarian archaeologists discover ancient bronze chariot
(International News ~ 11/22/08)
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Archaeologists have unearthed a well-preserved 1,800-year-old bronze chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Friday. "The lavishly ornamented four-wheel chariot dates back to the end of the second century A.D.," Veselin Ignatov said in a telephone interview from the site, near the southeastern village of Karanovo...
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Helias ends 'Dogs' reign atop Class 2 in semis
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/08)
FENTON -- Notre Dame senior keeper Ryan Bass was excited about participating in an overtime shootout that would decide the outcome of his team's Class 2 semifinal game against Helias on Friday. He certainly looked prepared for one after making quality saves during the first two overtime sessions, igniting the Notre Dame student section to chant, "We love Ryan."...
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Bush attempts to get China's help with North Korea
(International News ~ 11/22/08)
LIMA, Peru -- In a last dash of diplomacy, President George W. Bush on Friday sought China's help in pinning down North Korea to keep its shaky promises of nuclear disarmament. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao privately tried to push along a way to verify North Korea's nuclear declarations -- the latest hang-up in a showdown that has vexed six nations...
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SEMO students end Global Entrepreneurship Week with innovative ideas
(Local News ~ 11/22/08)
In his YouTube video, Taylor Hartwell makes a bowl, ear muffs and a jump rope out of duct tape. "Check this out!" he loudly pants as he bounces in a dorm room, swishing through the silvery jump rope. "Ahhhhh! Feel the burn!"...
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Births 11/22/08
(Births ~ 11/22/08)
Clark Son to Derrick Clark and Natasha Mayberry of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. Name, Dorrian Christopher. Weight, 5 pounds, 4 ounces. Ms. Mayberry is the daughter of Laura Harris of Fort Knox, Ky., and Danny Mayberry of Villa Ridge, Ill. Clark is the son of Haywood Jones of Champaign, Ill., and Deb Clark of Sandusky, Ill...
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Renovated American history museum reopens
(Entertainment ~ 11/22/08)
WASHINGTON -- George and Martha Washington, Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz" and other costumed characters greeted thousands of visitors Friday as the National Museum of American History reopened after a two-year, $85 million renovation. Former secretary of state and retired Army Gen. Colin Powell read President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to a crowd of at least 200 people on the museum's steps before the doors opened...
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Dr. Peter Hilty
(Obituary ~ 11/22/08)
Peter Daniel Hilty of Cape Girardeau was born to Peter P. and Barbara Koller Hilty on July 16, 1921. He died Nov. 20, 2008. He and Nancy Wismer were married Aug. 16, 1969. They have one son, Daniel Peter Hilty, a minister at First United Methodist Church in Jefferson City, Mo. Daniel is married to Kristen Celeste Hicks, and they have two children, Elijah Tate and Madgalena Caroline "Maggie."...
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Jackson will try to throw speed bump at Hawks
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/08)
The Jackson Indians likely have seen whatever it is Hazelwood East brings to the table for today's Class 5 state semifinal game. The question is whether the Indians can stop it. The Indians opened the season against some of the speed of St. Louis area teams such as Class 6 schools Riverview Gardens and Hazelwood Central, and they lost. The Indians faced a pass-oriented spread from Farmington, and they lost. Ditto for the first go-round against the balanced spread offense of Eureka...
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Palin pardons turkey; others slaughtered behind her in video
(National News ~ 11/22/08)
WASILLA, Alaska -- Gov. Sarah Palin has granted the traditional Thanksgiving pardon to one lucky turkey, but the video that shocked some viewers captured what was happening in the background. As she answered questions Thursday at Triple D Farm and Hatchery outside Wasilla cameras from the Anchorage Daily News and others showed the bloody work of an employee slaughtering birds behind the former Republican vice presidential candidate...
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Religion calendar 11/22/08
(Community ~ 11/22/08)
HOLIDAY EVENTS Christmas celebration workshop Morley Baptist Church will host a free workshop featuring Brenda Poinsett from Union, Mo. When: 9 and 11 a.m. today Where: 221 S. Stephenson St., Morley, Mo. Thanksgiving service...
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New Madrid earthquake study shows Tennessee would suffer most damage
(State News ~ 11/22/08)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A new federal study of the New Madrid Seismic Zone predicts Tennessee would see the highest level of damage if there is a magnitude-7.7 earthquake. The Federal Emergency Management Agency released the two-year study Thursday. The seismic zone includes areas of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Missouri...
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Correction 11/22/08
(Correction ~ 11/22/08)
Thursday's story on the Brown Bag Video II robbery and murder case contained two errors. Michael Fencel's name was misspelled. Fencel entered his plea of guilt Oct. 31. Sentencing is set for Dec. 9. The Southeast Missourian regrets the errors.
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Correction 11/22/08
(Correction ~ 11/22/08)
Friday's story about Perryville, Mo., city officials considering a ban on pit bulls should have said that only one of the 16 people who spoke at the hearing spoke in favor of a ban on pit bulls. Another sentence in the story should have read "Perryville already has city ordinances banning nuisance barking and allowing the impound of nuisance animals at large."...
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'Twilight' sells out late-night screenings
(Entertainment ~ 11/22/08)
By Yvonne Villarreal The Los Angeles Times HOLLYWOOD — They'd given much thought to how they would see it — some had been planning for months — but they did not imagine this kind of pandemonium. They waited in the long line outside the Universal CityWalk Cinemas, staring into the eyes of the movie ticket ushers, and they looked back at them frightened. Surely, it was a good way to watch a movie. At midnight. With other fans...
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Past & Future
(Submitted Story ~ 11/22/08)
Ashley Andrews, Jordan Lacy & Alexandria Lacy exploring the Osceola, Missouri cemetery prior to the Monument to Osceola's Citizens dedication.
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