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Cape police report 09/12/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/12/01)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Sept. 12 ArrestsLinda Marie Pollard, 26, 624 Boxwood, was arrested Monday for property damage. Ray Lee Anthony, 38, 903 S. Sprigg, was arrested Monday for failure to return to confinement. Betty Anne Bryant, 18, Charleston, Mo., was arrested Monday for stealing and assault...
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Cancelled sports events
(Professional Sports ~ 09/12/01)
CANCELEDSports events canceled or postponed because of Tuesday's terrorist attacks. AUTO RACING: NASCAR canceled qualifying Friday for the New Hampshire 300. Sports Car Club of America postponed the Solo II(r) Nationals held at Forbes Field in Topeka, Kan., until Thursday morning. NHRA postponed Keystone Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa., until Oct. 4-7...
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Gov. Holden urges calm; state offices stay open
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri officials urged calm Tuesday in the wake of apparent terrorist attacks in New York and Washington and said state business will proceed as normal. Gov. Bob Holden placed the Missouri State Highway Patrol, National Guard and Capitol Police on heightened alert, but state buildings will remain open...
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Tragedy clouds St. Louis' big golf event
(Professional Sports ~ 09/12/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Tiger Woods teed off at dawn, when the world was at peace. First reports of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and then the Pentagon were relayed to him by Joe Corless, a retired FBI agent who heads security for the PGA Tour and walked the practice round with him at Bellerive Country Club...
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Gas-buying frenzy sweeps Cape
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
With rumors swirling that gas stations were going to run out of gasoline or close their doors by the end of the day Tuesday, Victoria Brazer's supervisor told her that it might be a good idea if she went and filled her car with gas while she had a chance...
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Baseball's playoff chase put on hold
(Professional Sports ~ 09/12/01)
NEW YORK -- Major league baseball postponed its entire schedule of 15 games Tuesday night following terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, and other sports also called off their events. Aside from work stoppages, it was the first time since D-Day in 1944 that baseball wiped out a whole day of regular-season play...
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Cape Girardeau's Lee family faces troubles after attacks
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
It started Tuesday morning, when Christopher Lee went into his boss' office to talk about an architectural project. He glanced out the window. Smoke was billowing out of the World Trade Center about a half-mile away. A hijacked plane had flown directly into the north tower moments before. That terrorist act would profoundly affect the Lee family...
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Former Cardinal ace Benes shows he will have a future
(Professional Sports ~ 09/12/01)
ST. LOUIS -- In the four years between starts, Alan Benes largely became a forgotten man. Then the former ace of the St. Louis Cardinals' rotation turned back the clock. After six strong innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, his team is anxious to see more...
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Local residents gather for comfort
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
It was a funeral, of sorts. There was no body, but the rest was there -- the church, the pews, the preacher, not to mention a congregation full of weeping mourners gathering together to express a staggering sense of loss. While the terrorist attacks -- one of the most brazen assaults ever against the United States -- took place more than 1,000 miles away, area residents felt an undeniable connection, gathering Tuesday for a communitywide prayer service...
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Bin Laden happy over attacks, but denies involvement
(International News ~ 09/12/01)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden congratulated the people who carried out the deadly terrorist strikes in the United States, but denied Wednesday that he was involved, a Palestinian journalist said. "Osama bin Laden thanked Almighty Allah and bowed before him when he heard this news," Jamal Ismail, Abu Dhabi Television's bureau chief in Islamabad, said, quoting a close aide of bin Laden's. ...
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State's U.S. senators respond
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
Missouri's U.S. senators voiced shock and sadness over Tuesday's terrorist attacks and predicted the government would punish those responsible for the devastation. U.S. Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo., said, "September 11, 2001, will forever be burned into American history as an unprecedented day of horror."...
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Court - Business cafeterias have to pay sales taxes
(State News ~ 09/12/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Cafeterias in businesses still must collect and pay state sale taxes, even if they serve food only to the building's employees and approved visitors, the state Supreme Court said. In a 5-2 decision Tuesday, the state's highest court rejected arguments that such cafeterias were exempt from a state law charging taxes at places where "meals or drinks are regularly served to the public."...
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Response to blood requests overwhelming
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
In the wake of terrorists' attacks on the East Coast, the American Red Cross has been overwhelmed by the response of residents who want to help by donating blood and others seeking information about loved ones who work in the Pentagon. "The phones have been going nuts," said Mary Burton, executive director of the Red Cross' Southeast Missouri chapter...
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King scouts die in crash
(Professional Sports ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Garnet "Ace" Bailey, director of pro scouting for the Los Angeles Kings, was one of 65 passengers aboard one of the flights that crashed into the World Trade Center on Tuesday. Team spokesman Mike Altieri said Mark Bavis, an amateur scout for the Kings, also was aboard United Airlines Flight 175 -- the second plane to hit the skyscrapers in New York. ...
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Jackson fire report 9/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/12/01)
Jackson Wednesday, Sept. 12 Firefighters responded to the following call Monday:A motor vehicle accident at Highway 72 and East Lane. Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:An emergency medical service on Shady Lane. A motor vehicle accident on South Hope Street....
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No stock listings
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
The daily listing of stocks does not appear today because of the closing Tuesday of the U.S. financial markets as a result of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Cape kids learn value of 911
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
Southwest Bell's regional director Marsha Haskell posed this question to a room full of Blanchard School kindergartners Tuesday: If your dad fell off a ladder, what should you do? "Pour water on him," one 5-year-old girl said. Actually, the answer is call 911, though the youngster's answer caused the adults in the room to stifle laughter...
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Cow injures two at SEMO Fair
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
Two people were trampled by a cow that was spooked at the SEMO District Fair Tuesday night. A woman and a 3-year-old girl were injured when the 300-pound animal jumped when it was being led into the livestock tent at the fair. Emergency personnel said the woman shielded the little girl when she saw the cow getting startled, taking the brunt of the cow's abuse. She suffered head and back injuries...
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Factory jobs expected to be soft spot in economy
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- They may not get the jobs they want, but most workers in the state won't have trouble finding employment for the rest of this year and the first half of 2002, Missouri University economists say. Although not exactly bullish, financial forecasters at UMC's Economic & Policy Research Center say there will be plenty of job openings, although those employed in the manufacturing sector should prepare for job reductions as high as 5.2 percent in selected industries through 2001.. ...
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Events at Cape library scheduled
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
The Cape Girardeau Public Library will hold the first meeting of the Great Books series from 2-4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20. The title is to be announced. At 7 p.m., the adult book discussion group will resume its monthly meetings. The title is to be announced...
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Government probe focuses on bin Laden
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials began piecing together a case linking Osama bin Laden to the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, aided by an intercept of communications between his supporters and harrowing cell phone calls from victims aboard the jetliners before they crashed on Tuesday...
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Panel cites need for more stem cell lines
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
WASHINGTON -- Public funding of embryonic stem cell research is the best way to speed new medical breakthroughs, but it will take work on more than just the 64 colonies of cells President Bush is allowing, says a report by one of the nation's most influential scientific groups...
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Area students watch disaster unfold
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
Schools in the area took pains to reassure parents Tuesday their children were safe in the wake of the most deadly terrorist attack on American soil. Students in junior high, high school and at Southeast Missouri State University watched the disaster unfold on television sets and discussed it with teachers, professors and counselors...
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Postal Service will seek hike in first-class postage
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Postal Service announced today that it will file for a rate increase, effective next year, that would boost the price of a first-class stamp to 37 cents. Stamp prices went up to the current 34-cent level in January and many other rates rose again this summer, but the post office still faces a deficit of $1.6 billion this year...
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Attacks send shock waves to Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
Terrorist attacks in New York and Washington rocked Cape Girardeau 1,000 miles away, shutting down the airport and businesses and sending stunned residents to churches and the blood collection center, seeking solace and hoping to help. The prayers and collections continue today, with church services scheduled across the region and an organized blood drive planned at the Osage Community Centre...
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Fair events to proceed on schedule
(Local News ~ 09/12/01)
Talk at the SEMO District Fair was much the same as anywhere else in Cape Girardeau on Tuesday. Everybody was discussing the morning's acts of terrorism. But the fair proceeded on schedule, complete with the mini car derby, the midway and the other sights, sounds and smells that make the fair what it is...
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Third trial in prison killing ordered
(State News ~ 09/12/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- An inmate twice convicted and sentenced to death for a 1983 prison murder has been granted yet another new trial by the Missouri Supreme Court. Justices said improper prosecution references to Robert Driscoll's involvement in the white supremacy group Aryan Brotherhood may have influenced some jurors to convict, rather than acquit him in a 1999 trial...
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Attacks shut down financial markets; will stay closed today
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
NEW YORK -- The U.S. financial markets came to a halt Tuesday after two planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. All U.S. exchanges and markets closed for the day, and late in the afternoon, officials of the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Market and American Stock Exchange said they would remain closed today...
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'Today, our nation saw evil,' says Bush
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
WASHINGTON -- A grim-faced President Bush mourned the deaths of thousands of Americans in Tuesday's atrocities and vowed to avenge their killings. "Today, our nation saw evil," he said. In his first prime-time Oval Office address, Bush said the United States would retaliate against "those behind these evil acts," and any country that harbors them...
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Business grinds to near-halt, airports shut down across nation
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
NEW YORK -- Workers were sent home and shop doors locked shut at many businesses in a badly shaken nation's response to the terrorist attacks in New York City and the nation's capital Tuesday. A suspension of air traffic nationwide crippled operations at businesses that rely on air transportation, such as package carriers FedEx and United Parcel Service. Evacuation of landmark buildings, such as the Sears Tower in Chicago, seriously disrupted activity at many firms...
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Port that links U.S. to Gulf oil, gas is vulnerable
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
PORT FOURCHON, La. -- Every day, about a thousand 18-wheelers rumble south on a two-lane road through the marshes of south Louisiana on their way to a town where nobody lives. The trucks arrive at Port Fourchon, La., and workers unload the cargo: food, water, pipeline, chains, anchors, ropes and everything else that keeps Gulf of Mexico oil rigs pumping. The trucks then turn around and head north on Louisiana Highway 1, the only way in and out of Port Fourchon...
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People talk 9/12/01
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Liz Taylor writes book about jewelry Now you can learn more about what makes Dame Elizabeth Taylor glitter. The Academy Award-winning actress is writing a book about her private jewelry collection, considered among the world's most valuable. "Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair With Jewelry" will be published by Simon & Schuster in 2002...
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City reaches settlement with Hells Angels
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
NEW YORK -- Members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club will receive nearly $200,000 in a settlement of civil rights claims brought after police broke into a building looking for a suspect in a beating. Attorney Ron Kuby, who brought the lawsuit, said the police department failed to obtain a warrant before searching the Hells Angels Clubhouse in April 2000...
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It's just a game, but it's one we want to win
(Sports Column ~ 09/12/01)
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on our great country. I was just sitting down Tuesday morning to write this column about seeking a record crowd for Saturday night's game with Southwest Missouri State and how we need fan support and about how our team is really starting to come together. Then the news reports about the plane crashes into the World Trade Center Towers started to come in...
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There's hardly a food that pepper can't complement
(Column ~ 09/12/01)
The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality," claims food critic Bryan Miller, "rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill." That may be so, but the fact remains that pepper, as Plato once observed, "is small in quantity and great in virtue."...
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Chiggers on pets possible, but unlikely
(Column ~ 09/12/01)
$$$Start jkoch By John Koch, DVM ~ Question: My dog loves to go outside. Since we have a fenced-in back yard, I let him spend a lot of time out there. Recently I have noticed Tippy chewing a lot on his legs and feet. When I looked at these areas, I found numerous little red spots that appear to be insect bites. ...
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Our generation's Pearl Harbor
(Column ~ 09/12/01)
$$$Start By Dr. Paul Kengor GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Sept. 11, 2001. We have a new date that will live in infamy. Years from now, Americans will vividly recall where they were on that date as they watched the World Trade Center buildings vanish and the Pentagon -- the symbol of the mightiest military power in the history of humanity -- burn...
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Get creative with grilled cheese sandwiches
(Column ~ 09/12/01)
$$$Start Here in Cape Girardeau we are right in the middle of the SEMO District Fair. There has been so much excitement in the air building up to this week and that includes fair food. I have been somewhat involved in planning the food and quantities for our church stand. We have had our fish and hamburger stand some 35 years and have become noted for our fried fish. So if I smell like fish when you see me, you will know why...
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Thousands feared dead in terrorist raids on NYC, Washington
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
NEW YORK -- In the most devastating terrorist onslaught ever waged against the United States, knife-wielding hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center on Tuesday, toppling its twin 110-story towers. The deadly calamity was witnessed on televisions across the world as another plane slammed into the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed outside Pittsburgh...
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Low-fat, low-labor vegetarian meals
(Community ~ 09/12/01)
CONCORD, N.H. -- Need to drop 10 pounds? Maybe you need to drop animal products from your diet. That's the message from Dr. Neal Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. He advocates vegetarian and dairy-free diets as easy ways to health and happiness -- not to mention a trimmer waist...
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Judge to rule if abuse trial will proceed
(State News ~ 09/12/01)
MONTICELLO, Mo. -- A judge said he will likely rule today on whether five men accused of making troubled youths stand in manure pits should stand trial on felony child abuse charges. Lewis County Judge Garry Lewis told prosecutors and defense attorneys after Tuesday's preliminary hearing that he still needed to review the evidence...
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Rebates may have helped casinos have good August
(State News ~ 09/12/01)
ST. LOUIS -- August was the second-biggest month ever for Missouri casinos, according to numbers released by the Missouri Gaming Commission. The state's 10 casinos brought in $99.3 million last month. Could it be those tax rebate checks from the federal government that gamblers are losing at the boats?...
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Judge rules on attempt to claim money
(State News ~ 09/12/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The state cannot force two Cole County judges to turn over more than $2 million in disputed funds, some of which was used to pay for courthouse improvements and staff salaries, a judge has ruled. Osage County Circuit Court Judge Gael D. Wood ruled Monday that Attorney General Jay Nixon cannot force judges Byron Kinder and Thomas Brown III to turn over $2.75 million remaining from state cases involving utility bill overpayments and an insolvent insurance company...
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Neighborhood in Chicago goes dry
(State News ~ 09/12/01)
CHICAGO -- Community leaders of a South Side neighborhood are celebrating their victory of shutting down liquor stores and taverns, in an effort to transform an area where liquor previously could be bought on every other block. Since residents voted in 1998 to ban liquor sales in Roseland, city officials have closed 27 liquor establishments along the South Michigan Avenue business strip. ...
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Bike thieves end college program
(Community ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- An idealistic effort to fight campus traffic at Florida State University by providing 20 free bicycles has hit a snag: A lot of bikes weren't being returned. University officials say they will not try to revive the experimental program that began last fall, since thieves helped themselves to all of the bikes...
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Share prices skid, oil and gold soars in panic buying on London
(International News ~ 09/12/01)
LONDON -- Shocked investors sent European share prices sharply lower and panic buying caused oil and gold prices to soar Tuesday in response to the terrorist attacks in the United States. The London Stock Exchange evacuated its headquarters in the city's financial district as a precaution, but a spokesman said trading continued at an undisclosed alternative site...
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Albanians' surrendered weapons reportedly out of service
(International News ~ 09/12/01)
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- About a third of the rifles and other field weapons so far surrendered by ethnic Albanians in Macedonia do not work and may not have been used in recent fighting, military sources said Tuesday. Such a tally would raise questions about the rebels' commitment to disarm and bolster objections from Macedonians who claim the peace accord will fail to cripple the insurgents' ability to battle...
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Israeli troops surround West Bank town
(International News ~ 09/12/01)
JENIN, West Bank -- Israeli tanks encircled this West Bank town early Tuesday in an open-ended foray into Palestinian territory that came in response to a string of attacks by Palestinian militants. Amid the rising tensions, high-level truce talks were postponed once more...
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Baghdad claims it downed spy plane
(International News ~ 09/12/01)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A second unmanned U.S. spy plane has been downed by Iraq in less than a month, Baghdad said Tuesday, following American reports that Iraq was beefing up its ability to strike U.S. and British aircraft patrolling no-fly zones over Iraq's north and south...
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Alcohol poisoning deaths rise
(International News ~ 09/12/01)
TALLINN, Estonia -- The death toll from a batch of homemade grain alcohol reached 33 in Estonia on Tuesday, and health officials raised the number of injured to 64 with more deaths expected. Most victims consumed the poisonous brew, presumably tainted by methanol, last weekend in Parnu, a Baltic Sea resort...
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Frankfurt motor show opens
(International News ~ 09/12/01)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Volkswagen AG showed off its redesigned Polo compact and Ford touted its revamped Fiesta as the world's top carmakers unveiled their newest models Tuesday at Europe's biggest auto show. The designs reflected top carmakers' search for ways to shore up sales in a market facing a severe squeeze...
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U.N. pulling out staff from Afghanistan
(International News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The United Nations began pulling its foreign staff out of Afghanistan on Wednesday and the mothers of two detained American women were to leave as well amid fears that terrorist attacks in the United States could prompt retaliatory strikes...
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Council's decision is effort to keep peace
(Editorial ~ 09/12/01)
P In turning down a request to license another bar where the Taste Lounge operated until last June, the council listened to the please of neighbors who say the area is much better now. The Cape Girardeau City Council made a wise decision last week in refusing to grant a liquor license to another bar that would have opened in the building that formerly housed the Taste Restaurant and Lounge on Good Hope Street...
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This is a time for action
(Column ~ 09/12/01)
It's a time to pray. A time to mourn. And a time to gather information for a decisive, devastating response. Yesterday, churches throughout the region opened their doors for special services. That is good. At home and at work, we should pray too. The loss of life and innocence are tragic...
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Air Force examining fate of unmanned plane down in Iraq
(International News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press Writer MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- American military experts were examining data Wednesday transmitted from an unmanned U.S. spy plane to ground controllers to determine why it went down over southern Iraq. Iraqi television, meanwhile, showed footage Wednesday of what it described as the wreckage of the plane Baghdad says it shot down one day earlier. Five or six pieces of debris, including part of a twisted wing, were shown scattered in a 70-square-foot area...
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'Heroic effort' by passengers may have spared lives of others
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press WriterSHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Just before United Airlines Flight 93 crashed, a passenger reportedly telephoned his wife, told her the plane had been hijacked and said he and some others were going to "do something about it."...
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Police stop train in Providence, order passengers off
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press WriterPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- An Amtrak train heading to Washington, D.C., was stopped by authorities in Providence on Wednesday, police went on board and passengers were ordered off. The mayor said officers were searching for suspects from Boston...
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FBI teams converge on Boston hotel
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
BOSTON (AP) -- A heavily armed FBI team searching for suspects in the terrorism attacks in New York and Washington stormed a Boston hotel Wednesday, and a witness said someone was seen being put in a van. A couple of dozen officers, wearing bulletproof vests and carrying shields, were seen bringing fiber-optic equipment into the Westin Hotel in the Back Bay section...
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Government investigation focuses on bin Laden
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal authorities are investigating whether four separate cells of terrorists were involved in Tuesday's devastating attacks. At least one set of hijackers is believed to have crossed from Canada and had ties to Osama bin Laden, law enforcement officials said Wednesday...
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FAA unsure when Wednesday flights will be allowed to resume
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Aviation Administration officials prepared to allow air flights to resume sometime Wednesday, but did not know when they would give the green light. FAA spokeswoman Diane Spitaliere said agency officials were deciding when to allow planes to take off, and they may not make an announcement until after noon EDT, as originally planned...
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Bush calls attacks 'acts of war'
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush on Wednesday condemned terrorist attacks in New York and Washington as "acts of war," and said he would ask Congress for money for recovery and to protect the nation's security. "This will be a monumental struggle of good versus evil. But good will prevail," the president said. He said the nation was prepared to spend "whatever it takes."...
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Powell seeks coordinated international response to attacks
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Starting before dawn Wednesday, Secretary of State Colin Powell telephoned world leaders in search of support for a coordinated response to the "assault against the civilized world" waged by terrorists at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon...
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Administration vows to fight back 'like we are at war'
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
AP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) -- On the day after fearsome terrorist attacks likened to Pearl Harbor, Secretary of State Colin Powell vowed Wednesday that America will fight back "like we are at war." Congress returned to the Capitol and federal agencies reopened their doors as the Bush administration sought to reassure a nation struggling to recover...
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No more survivors expected to be found in Pentagon wreckage
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon said Wednesday no more survivors are expected to be pulled from the rubble following the terrorist attack that sent a jetliner into the side of the building. Search-and-rescue officials said 80 bodies had been pulled from the wreckage...
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Pentagon says no more survivors expected
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
WASHINGTON -- Pentagon says no more survivors expected; 80 bodies retrieved so far.
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Deficit in broadest trade measure shrinks to $106.5 billion
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP)-- America's deficit in the broadest measure of trade narrowed to $106.5 billion in the second quarter as the global economic slowdown sapped demand. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that the deficit in the current account shrank by 4.7 percent from the previous quarter, which showed an imbalance of $111.8 billion...
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U.S. financial markets shut down after WTC attacks
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street was shuttered for a second session Wednesday as New York's financial district struggled to recover from a terrorist attack that devastated the World Trade Center. The New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market were expected to decide later in the day when trading would resume. ...
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Players closes, will reopen as Harrah's
(Business ~ 09/12/01)
METROPOLIS, Ill. -- Players Island Casino closed at midnight Tuesday. Harrah's Metropolis Casino will open at noon today. A new riverboat casino is in place and everything is go for the new opening, which completes the transition of Players into Harrah's...
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White House, Air Force One were terrorist targets
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House and Air Force One, two potent symbols of the American presidency, were targets of Tuesday's suicide bombers, President Bush's spokesman said. Ari Fleischer said Wednesday that government officials had credible information the hijacked plane that slammed into the Pentagon "was originally intended to hit the White House." He said White House aides learned this during Bush's flight Tuesday from Sarasota, Fla., to an air base in Louisiana.. ...
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Notre Dame kicks aside Poplar Bluff, wins 2-0
(High School Sports ~ 09/12/01)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Timmy Wencewicz and Adam Prasanphanich both scored second-half goals as Notre Dame blanked Poplar Bluff 2-0 Tuesday in high school soccer action. Wencewicz scored two minutes into the second half off a pass from Tyler Cuba to break a scoreless deadlock. Prasanphanich struck eight minutes later...
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At ground zero, an otherworldly scene of broken stone, steel
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- The spot where the World Trade Center once stood was an otherworldly place Wednesday, a hazy landscape of gray dust, splayed girders and boulders of broken concrete. Everywhere lay the paperwork of Wall Street -- charred expense reports, torn memos, ledger sheets, along with floppy disks...
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Several dozen U.S. embassies, consulates close as precaution
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The doors to about a quarter of all U.S. embassies remained shut Wednesday in the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack ever against the United States. About 50 embassies or U.S. consulates -- including those in Japan, Italy, Sweden, Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East -- were closed or partially shut down, mostly as a precaution...
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FAA allows flights diverted Tuesday to resume
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Airline flights diverted after Tuesday's attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon were authorized to finish their journeys Wednesday but all other planes remain grounded. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said that only passengers on the original flights could reboard and only after new security measures were put in place. Airlines also can move empty airplanes, Mineta said...
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Partial list of people killed in terrorist attacks
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Partial lists of those killed in Tuesday's terrorist attacks, according to family members, friends, co-workers and law enforcement. American Airlines Flight 11, Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into World Trade CenterCREW: -- John Ogonowski, 52, Dracut, Mass., captain...
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Midway Airlines halts flight operations, cites terror attacks
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Midway Airlines, citing the impact of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on its already precarious financial situation, said Wednesday it would suspend all flight operations. Some 1,700 employees were immediately put out of work, the airline said...
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Congress reconvenes to show unity after attack
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers returned to the Capitol intent on ensuring Americans the government is functioning and politicians are united in the wake of terrorist attacks. Both the House and Senate were devoting the day Wednesday to giving speeches and passing resolutions condemning the attacks in New York and Washington...
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Missouri officials back at work despite attacks
(State News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press Writer JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Security remained tight at state facilities across Missouri after terrorist attacks nationwide. With some doors locked and flags at half-staff, the Missouri Capitol stayed open for business after Tuesday's attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C...
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Conferences, concerts, sports matches canceled as world mourns
(International News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press Writer LONDON (AP) -- Church bells pealed, flags stood at half-staff, and conferences, concerts and sports matches were canceled Wednesday as countries contemplated a world utterly changed by the deadly terrorist attacks on the United States...
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Government probe focuses on bin Laden, intelligence intercept
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- From broken bits of hijacked airplanes to intelligence intercepts, the FBI is collecting evidence in its search for those responsible for Tuesday's twin terrorist attacks. Officials said early evidence pointed to Saudi exile Osama bin Laden...
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Military patrols America's skies, waters
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. fighter aircraft patrolled America's skies and Navy warships sailed into waters off New York today as the military remained on high alert in response to the deadly terrorist strikes at the Pentagon and World Trade Center...
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Edith Kenney
(Obituary ~ 09/12/01)
Funeral for Edith Kenney of Monett, Mo., will be held at 2 p.m. today at McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton, Mo. Dick Palmer will officiate. Burial will be in Union Cemetery at Stella, Mo. Kenney, 94, died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2001, at Monett Health Care Center in Monett...
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Lanny Laub
(Obituary ~ 09/12/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Lanny J. Laub, 47, of Sikeston died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001, at his home. He was born Oct. 27, 1953, in Cape Girardeau, son of William H. and Iva Mae Bohannon Laub. Mr. Laub was a graduate of Oran High School, the University of Missouri, and Southeast Missouri State University. He received a B.S. in education, M.S. in human relations, and an M.A. in English literature...
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Daniel Clark
(Obituary ~ 09/12/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Daniel Clark, 72, of Chaffee died Monday, Sept. 10, 2001, at his home. He was born Sept. 28, 1928, in Hagenville, Ark., son of Henry and Alice Johnson Clark. He and Audrey Faye Leggett were married Sept. 23, 1950, in Piggott, Ark. Clark was a conductor with Burlington Northern Railroad in Chaffee 41 years. He was a member of Chaffee Elks Lodge 639, Chaffee VFW Post 3127, and Trainmen's United Transportation Union...
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Speak Out A 09/12/01
(Speak Out ~ 09/12/01)
Spend less, not more ABOUT A decade ago, Tennessee started a health care plan called Tenncare. It has bankrupted the state. Tennessee is having to defund universities and schools because it has to put more money into Tenncare. Now Missouri is short on money, and what does Gov. ...
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Focus on good instead of all the unhappiness
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/12/01)
To the editor: I fear for those who appear so unhappy and who find dissatisfaction instead of looking for the good in life. That definitely does not show a healthy state of mind. That's what I oppose in Speak Out. There is some good in every life. I would like to refer to the Speak Out item, "Making judgments."...
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Southeast athletics schedules remain in doubt
(College Sports ~ 09/12/01)
Two Southeast Missouri State University athletic events were canceled Tuesday as a result of the terrorist attacks on the East Coast. Southeast's women's volleyball game at Southern Illinois University and the women's soccer match at Drury College were postponed...
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Southeast's Johnson earns medalist at Drury tourney
(College Sports ~ 09/12/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Southeast Missouri State golfer Bryan Johnson took first place in the Drury Intercollegiate Invitational at Bent Creek Golf Course Tuesday. He took first place among 80 competitors with a 3-under par 213 in three rounds. He was the only Southeast player to finish in the top 20. Fourteen schools participated...
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Jackson sweeps past Cape Central
(High School Sports ~ 09/12/01)
Sports contests are ultimately decided by the final score. But often scores and records don't tell the entire story. Cape Girardeau Central's girls volleyball team dropped a SEMO Conference match to Jackson 15-2, 15-4 at Central High School on Tuesday...
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Nation keeps getting fatter; Mississippi leads way
(Community ~ 09/12/01)
CHICAGO -- With alarming new figures indicating that nearly 40 million U.S. adults are obese, the government has an urgent public health message: Get off your butts NOW! Well, OK, maybe not in so many words, but pointing to a survey showing the nation's obesity rate continued a decade-long climb to reach 19.8 percent last year, frustrated researchers say the polite drone to eat a sensible diet and get plenty of exercise simply isn't getting through...
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Aspirin may lower long-term death risk
(Community ~ 09/12/01)
CHICAGO -- People who take aspirin regularly to reduce their short-term heart attack risk may also be substantially extending their lives, new research suggests. The study of 6,174 adults with suspected heart disease found that regular aspirin users faced a 33 percent lower risk of dying during a follow-up period averaging three years than patients who didn't take aspirin...
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After the tragedy - Prayers for our nation
(Editorial ~ 09/12/01)
As the sun rises on another day, the unbelievable tragedy of the terrorist attacks Tuesday in New York and Washington still has a surreal quality. We've seen the images. We've heard and read the reports of unprecedented human devastation on American soil...
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Garland Burchfield
(Obituary ~ 09/12/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Garland C. Burchfield, 81, of Sikeston died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, at Miner Nursing Center in Sikeston. He was born March 8, 1920, in Wooster, Ark., the son of John Lee and Mary Edna Wofford Burchfield. He married Jeanne E. Maxwell on Feb. 12, 1983, in Sikeston. She survives...
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Bobbie White
(Obituary ~ 09/12/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Bobbie Jean White, 67, of Sikeston died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Aug. 26, 1934, in Dell, Ark., daughter of Homer Lee and Blanche Anna Pate King Sr. She and Dale White Sr. were married Aug. 27, 1960, at Illmo, Mo. He died May 8, 1994...
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Bush - Murderers will pay for attacks on U.S. landmarks
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
AP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon went back to work Wednesday even as smoke poured from the gaping hole left by a terrorist assault that President Bush is vowing to avenge. Civilian and military employees of the Defense Department drifted into their stricken headquarters before dawn. The building is "open and ready for business," Pentagon spokeswoman Susan Hansen said...
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Terrorists may have used own pilots to crash planes
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The terrorists who crashed planes into the Pentagon and World Trade Center probably were able to overcome the flight crews and then fly the airliners themselves, aviation safety experts suggested...
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World braces for terror as U.S. attacks cast global chill
(International News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) -- The world went on a terror alert Wednesday as governments stepped up security in the wake of audacious attacks in New York and Washington that left people around the globe wondering whether their cities might be next...
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New York, D.C. dig out of 'devastating, unspeakable' carnage
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Hospitals began the grim accounting of the dead and injured on Wednesday, as barges ferried bodies across the Hudson River to a makeshift morgue and rescuers waded through the World Trade Center's smoking rubble...
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Out of the past 9/12/01
(Out of the Past ~ 09/12/01)
10 years ago: Sept. 12, 1991 Hundreds of volunteers hit streets yesterday morning selling special Y.E.L.L. for Newspapers edition and generating excitement and awareness about literacy; all copies of edition sold out; in all, 9,000 Y.E.L.L. newspapers were printed - 7,000 by Southeast Missourian and 2,000 by The Cash-Book Journal in Jackson; project raised close to $13,000 for literacy programs...
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Washington returns to work amid Pentagon devastation
(National News ~ 09/12/01)
AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government went back to work amid the carnage Wednesday, its political leaders, diplomats and soldiers leaving no doubt the terrorist assault will be answered. "We will go after them," Secretary of State Colin Powell vowed. "We will not let up."...
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Births 9/12/01
(Births ~ 09/12/01)
Chapman Son to Amanda Louise Chapman of Oran, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:32 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001. Name, Zachary James. Weight, 8 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Ms. Chapman is the daughter of Victoria Eftink of Oran, and the late Bill Chapman. She is employed at JCPenney...
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