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After trip, opponents still don't want plant
(Local News ~ 09/01/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Two Cape Girardeau County residents remain wary of Kinder Morgan's plan to build a power plant near their rural homes even after visiting the company's Fort Lupton, Colo., plant. Sharon Hanning and Cheryl Kieffer, who live near the Route U site of the proposed plant in southwest Cape Girardeau County, joined the Cape Girardeau County Commission and industrial recruiter Mitch Robinson in touring the plant near Denver Thursday. ...
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Out of the past 9/1/01
(Out of the Past ~ 09/01/01)
10 years ago: Sept. 1, 1991 First Christian Church of Cape Girardeau will be starting new program this fall, Logos Youth Club; club will be midweek program for children in kindergarten through high school, and will focus on theology and practice of Christian relationships...
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Correction 09/01/01
(Correction ~ 09/01/01)
The Heartland Advanced Practice Nursing Network will hold its third annual primary care conference from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 8 at Southeast Missouri State University. For information or to register, call Cheri Huckstep Reed at 335-2229. The date of the conference was omitted from Thursday's edition. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error...
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Births 09/01/01
(Births ~ 09/01/01)
Goode Daughter to Mark and Jennifer Goode of Gelnhausen, Germany, Main-Kinzig-Kliniken Kreiskrankenhaus in Gelnhausen, 3:08 p.m. Saturday, July 28, 2001. Name, Emma Dannielle JoAnne. Weight, 6 pounds 9 ounces. Third child, first daughter. Mrs. Goode is the former Jennifer Rice, daughter of the Rev. John and Pat Rice of Jackson, Mo. Goode is the son of Sherri and Dennis Deaton of Shelbyville, Ind., and the late Danny Goode. He is serving with the U.S. Army in Hanau, Germany...
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Hazel Sadler
(Obituary ~ 09/01/01)
ANNA, Ill.-- Hazel Sadler, 81, of Anna died Friday, Aug. 31, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Crain Funeral Home in Anna.
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Melvin Lackey
(Obituary ~ 09/01/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Melvin Preston Lackey, 70, of Sikeston died Friday, Aug. 31, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Sept. 10, 1930, in Little Rock, Ark., son of Charles A. and Lela Johnson Lackey Sr. He married Everstine Scheland...
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Thelma Hodges
(Obituary ~ 09/01/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Thelma Alberta Smith Hodges, 89, of Heber Springs, Ark., died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2001, at Lakeland Lodge in Heber Springs. She was born Feb. 11, 1912, in St. Louis, daughter of Algha Carl and Ethel Claire McCoy Lodwick. Hodges was a member of the United Church of God in Jacksonville, Ark...
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Henry Broeker
(Obituary ~ 09/01/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Henry M. Broeker, 83, of Perryville died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2001, at his home. He was born Feb. 16, 1918, at Yount, Mo., son of Herman F. and Zelpha LaRose Broeker. He and Ida Mae Favier were married Feb. 16, 1939, at Claryville, Mo...
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Verna Goehman
(Obituary ~ 09/01/01)
Verna "Hazel" Goehman, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 31, 2001, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Feb. 10, 1922, at Summerville, Mo., daughter of Earnest and Ollie Brown Duncan. She and Oscar LeRoy Goehman were married Nov. 4, 1938. He died Dec. 12, 1994...
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Otis Phillips
(Obituary ~ 09/01/01)
Otis Phillips, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Sept. 1, 1912, in Stoddard County, Mo., son of Albert and Anna Bell Moore Phillips. He and Carrie L. O'Daniell were married April 1, 1944, in Piggott, Ark...
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Glorine St. Germain
(Obituary ~ 09/01/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- A memorial service for Glorine St. Germain of Anna will be held at 6 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. The Rev. Kim Capel will officiate. A reception will follow. St. Germain, 66, died Friday, Aug. 31, 2001, at her home. She was born Nov. 10, 1934, in Burlington, Vt., daughter of Earline and Bill Wood. She married Robert St. Germain 47 years ago...
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Haywood Jones
(Obituary ~ 09/01/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral for Haywood Jones of Cairo will be held at noon today at Klondike Holy Trinity Church. Elder McNeir will officiate. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Cemetery. Heavenly Gates Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Jones, 46, died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...
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Starling Smith
(Obituary ~ 09/01/01)
PULASKI, Ill. -- Funeral for Starling Smith of Pulaski will be held at noon today at St. John Praise and Worship Center. The Rev. Larry Barnett will officiate. Burial will be in Westside Cemetery at Ullin, Ill. Friends may call at the church from 10 a.m. until time of service...
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Speak Out 09/01/01
(Speak Out ~ 09/01/01)
Courteous mowers I AM a frequent visitor to both the Cape LaCroix Trail and the Jackson City Park. I would like to thank the considerate park employees who mow the Cape trail area. They always shut down the mowers when people pass them on the trail. I wish the park employees who mow the Jackson park would be as courteous...
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Huly's Hooligans win national tourney
(Other Sports ~ 09/01/01)
What better place to become a big winner than in a Las Vegas casino? Eight area residents did just that, but they were not playing games of chance at the Riviera Hotel & Casino. Instead, they were playing a game of skill -- pool. The group of eight, known as Huly's Hooligans, placed first in the 2001 Camel 8-Ball National Team Championships-Open Division, held Aug. 20-25...
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MU Pinkel era begins against Bowling Green
(College Sports ~ 09/01/01)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- It's been nine months since Gary Pinkel, the latest in a line of coaches to take over the moribund Missouri football program, has started work on campus. The whole time, he couldn't escape thoughts about tonight and his first game-time moments on the field with his new team...
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Martin becomes first woman to score in Div. 1 football
(College Sports ~ 09/01/01)
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. Ashley Martin's knees were knocking as she ran on the football field. A swarm of butterflies fluttered in her stomach. "I tried not to think about a bunch of people being there," Martin said. She even recited a prayer. With a brown ponytail showing from her helmet, Martin made a point-after kick for Jacksonville State on Thursday to become the first woman to play -- and score -- in a Division I football game...
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Indians launch season on road
(College Sports ~ 09/01/01)
Even though they compete in different divisions, there are plenty of similarities between the football teams at Southeast Missouri State University and Eastern Michigan, who square off in today's season opener in Ypsilanti, Mich. For starters, each squad went 3-8 last year under new head coaches who are both trying to perform major rebuilding jobs. ...
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SE women win opener
(College Sports ~ 09/01/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's women's soccer team scored three second-half goals to down Belmont 3-0 Friday night in the season-opening SEMO Tournament. Erika Todd netted the first score at the 68-minute mark, then Nichole Thiele and Erin Slattery scored the final two, 30 seconds apart, with about three minutes to go...
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Otahkians drop opener in Hilton Cardinal Classic
(College Sports ~ 09/01/01)
BEAUMONT, Texas -- Southeast Missouri State University's volleyball team extended Wichita St. to five sets before losing its season opener at the Hilton Cardinal Classic Tournament at Lamar University. In the best of five format, Southeast dropped the opening set 24-30, but battled back to take the next two, 30-26, 30-24...
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Livestock auctions 09/01/01
(Local News ~ 09/01/01)
FRUITLAND LIVESTOCK FRUITLAND, Mo. -- Fruitland Livestock Auction, Wednesday receipts, 558; last week, 374; last year, 406. Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. ...
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Leopold captures Woodland tourney
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Top-seed Leopold outlasted second-seed Bell City in three sets to claim the championship of the Woodland Tournament. The Lady Wildcats took the first game 15-6 , fell 12-15 and then rallied from a 9-13 deficit in the third set. "I'm proud of the girls for the way they came back to win," said Leopold coach Leanne Huffman. "It's a great way to start the season."...
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Jackson trounces Sikeston
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Jackson showed many faces Friday night. The Indians played razzle-dazzle football. They played smash-mouth football. They played sloppy football. But in the end, they played winning football. Jackson, though clearly not in its top form, knocked off Sikeston 34-7 Friday night at Public Schools Stadium...
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Tigers shake Warriors late 21-7
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/01)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Senior Marcus Klund made his presence felt in his Cape Central debut Friday night, scoring two fourth-quarter touchdowns as the Tigers opened the 2001 campaign with 21-7 victory over St. Charles West. Klund, who rushed for 1,421 yards as a junior at Scott City last year, broke a 7-7 tie with 9:12 left in the game, hauling in a 24-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Mitch Craft. Chris Jones added the extra point for a 14-7 lead...
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Holden chooses senior services board members
(State News ~ 09/01/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Bob Holden on Friday nominated the first three members of the new State Board of Senior Services. The seven-member board will advise the director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on aging issues. Selected were Lillian Metzger of Troy, who currently serves on the Governor's Advisory Council for Aging; Marie Nowak of St. Louis, who has been active in the AARP; and Jeffrey Kerr of Rolla, a physician specializing in geriatric medicine...
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GOP- Livestock pricing panel stacked against rural interests
(State News ~ 09/01/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republicans are accusing House Speaker Jim Kreider of stacking a special committee with urban lawmakers who may be less knowledgeable about a state livestock pricing law. Kreider, D-Nixa, has appointed a special committee to consider repealing or changing the 1999 law during a special session that begins Wednesday...
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Lawmakers to consider exempting federal refunds from state tax
(State News ~ 09/01/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Roger Flowers has spent the past few weeks removing asbestos from the Senate chamber. Now he hopes lawmakers will remove the need for him to pay state taxes on his federal tax refund. Flowers, who has been working on Senate chamber renovations, said he would prefer to keep all of his $300 refund check, instead of paying a portion of it in state taxes...
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Deputy killed while trying to serve warrant
(National News ~ 09/01/01)
SANTACLARA, Calif. -- A man killed a deputy and shot more than 150 rounds at federal agents trying to serve a search warrant Friday, then apparently died as his home burned to the ground. Investigators began examining the house's charred ruins in the afternoon, but believe the body of James Beck is inside, Los Angeles Sheriff's Lt. Ray Peavy said...
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Downpour inundates intersections
(Local News ~ 09/01/01)
If the heavy rain that caused serious street flooding that stranded cars in July was the mother of summer storms, then Friday's storm was her squalling child. While July 19 brought nearly 6 inches of rain to Cape Girardeau, only about a half inch was measured Friday at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. But National Weather Service radar estimates showed up to an inch and a half of rain pelted some places in a short time...
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Women finally beaming in to sci-fi conventions
(National News ~ 09/01/01)
PHILADELPHIA -- You were more likely to spot a UFO than run into a woman at the first World Science Fiction convention six decades ago. But women were everywhere as the 59th convention opened its doors to 5,000 fans this week. Men still outnumber women on the list of convention presenters, award nominees and panelists -- but not by much. With a huge number of female authors and publishers on hand, the genre finally appears to be exploring its feminine side...
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Program offers spiritual guidance at Southeast
(Local News ~ 09/01/01)
The way Hollywood sometimes portrays it, college is about drunken parties at fraternity houses and sex-crazed students looking to hook up any way possible. Take the box-office hit "American Pie 2," which updates the adventures of students who in high school raced to lose their virginity by prom night. They're in college now, and their personal goals haven't changed much...
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New Mexico records first fatal bear attack in a century
(National News ~ 09/01/01)
CLEVELAND, N.M. -- At 93, Adelia Trujillo still got around without a cane. She was spunky and strong-willed, stubbornly insisting on staying in her small adobe house with its tin pitched roof. But she was no match for the animal that broke into her kitchen...
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Explosion, fire at gaming parlor kill 44
(International News ~ 09/01/01)
TOKYO -- An explosion and fire tore through a gambling parlor in a bustling Tokyo nightclub district early Saturday, killing at least 44 people and injuring dozens more, police and news reports said. Firefighters were checking to see if any people were still in the building, Public broadcaster NHK television said. The fire was on the third and fourth floors and appeared to be extinguished...
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Charities fear new currency will mean lower donations
(International News ~ 09/01/01)
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Orla Dowd is a lady of rare generosity. As the Dubliner walks down O'Connell Street she habitually gives a pound coin to each of the charities shaking collection cans and buckets outside the General Post Office. "They're all good causes and it keeps my purse light," says Dowd, who expects soon to be offering the charities her spare euro coins, once the new European common currency becomes the legal tender of Ireland in January...
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Personal physicians a growing trend
(National News ~ 09/01/01)
SEATTLE -- If David Heerensperger isn't feeling well, he calls Dr. Howard Maron on the physician's personal cell phone, whether it's 3 a.m. on a weekday or noon on a weekend. And Maron will happily make a house call to the 65-year-old executive or send a nurse to his patient's office for tests. And he'll guarantee same-day results...
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Officers check out candidates for police chief
(Local News ~ 09/01/01)
Cape Girardeau Police Officers Association members completed an independent background check of three out-of-town police chief candidates and made their recommendation to the city manager. But they're keeping mum on who it is until a chief is chosen...
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Janet Reno near decision on run for governor
(National News ~ 09/01/01)
MIAMI -- Wrapping up a summer on the road in Florida, Janet Reno is expected to reach a decision next week on whether to run for governor -- a move that could pit her against the president's brother. The former attorney general's decisive lead in the polls over other potential Democratic candidates -- plus the bad blood from the election fiasco last year -- could make a matchup with Gov. Jeb Bush the most-watched political contest of 2002...
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New museum plans to tell story of Midwest Orthodox immigrants
(State News ~ 09/01/01)
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Bible has a black cover and is worn, like a lot of them kept in families for several generations. Family births and deaths are recorded on the inside front cover, too. The first inscriptions -- like the text -- are in Arabic, made by Lebanese immigrants to the Kansas City area. As the family remained longer in the region, the inscriptions became English...
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City, fighting corruption, opens vice den to public
(International News ~ 09/01/01)
XIAMEN, China -- He invited them in, and each became a tentacle of his empire -- a deputy mayor, a customs chief, sundry civil servants who liked their liquor and their women 20 years old. When Lai Changxing made it worth their while, authorities say, Xiamen's leaders fell in line...
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Afghan aid workers' families fearing worst for relatives
(International News ~ 09/01/01)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- While Western diplomats appeal daily on behalf of eight foreign aid workers arrested for preaching Christianity, the families of Afghans of the same group hear nothing of their jailed relatives and fear the worst. Armed members of the radical Islamic Taliban militia, meanwhile, closed the offices of two more Christian aid organizations Friday, making no arrests but ordering some 50 mostly American expatriate employees to leave Afghanistan within 72 hours...
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Newspaper- Gephardt group raised funds in redistricting battle
(State News ~ 09/01/01)
ST. LOUIS -- House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt's political organization raised $230,000 in large unregulated contributions -- mostly from out-of-state donors -- to fund his Missouri redistricting battle, according to a newspaper report. Gephardt, the Democratic congressman from St. Louis County, collected the money through a special committee that redistricting experts consider unusual but not unique, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday...
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Lilly distances itself from diluted drugs
(State News ~ 09/01/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Eli Lilly and Co. says it did not suspect pharmacist Robert Courtney might be diluting chemotherapy drugs until May of this year. Several lawsuits against the company, including three filed on Friday, claim the Indianapolis-based company knew about the dilutions in early 2000, but did nothing...
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Study says Missouri ethanol expansion feasible
(State News ~ 09/01/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri has the economic potential to support three more ethanol plants to produce fuel from corn, according to a study released Friday. Backed by several farm organizations including the Missouri Corn Growers Association, the study said ethanol production in Missouri could increase substantially based on corn supply and other market forces...
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Eleven-year-old girl meets 'good Samaritan' organ donor
(State News ~ 09/01/01)
ST. LOUIS -- With an exchange of gifts and kisses, an 11-year-old girl on Friday met the stranger who donated part of her liver to help save the child's life. Appearing at a news conference at St. Louis Children's Hospital in their pajamas and "Donate Life" T-shirts, Lindsay Carter and donor Ruth Parker encouraged others to consider organ donation...
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Teen-agers gain attention in efforts to have U.S. 61 widened
(State News ~ 09/01/01)
CANTON, Mo. -- When ambulance sirens sound on U.S. Highway 61 near this quiet northeast Missouri town, the community braces itself, fearing the worst. "When we hear the sirens, the whole town freezes. You start counting people," said college sophomore Lindsay Gaither, 19...
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Experts determine Almonte's age was falsified
(Professional Sports ~ 09/01/01)
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Little League pitcher Danny Almonte is no longer perfect -- because he's no longer 12. The boy who dominated the Little League World Series with his 70 mph fastballs was ruled ineligible Friday after government records experts determined he actually is 14, and that birth certificates showing he was two years younger were false...
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Orthodontist jailed for not turning over sign-in sheets
(State News ~ 09/01/01)
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- A 66-year-old orthodontist has been unjustly jailed by federal authorities who are investigating Medicaid fraud, the orthodontist's wife said Friday. Surgius Rinaldi is in a Chicago jail for not giving his office's patient sign-in sheets to investigators, his wife said. But Rosemary Rinaldi contends her husband was truthful when he told U.S. District Judge Joe Billy McDade that he does not know where the sheets are located...
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Yankees' Clemens ups mark to 18-1
(Professional Sports ~ 09/01/01)
BOSTON -- Roger Clemens extended his winning streak to 14 when Jorge Posada hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning Friday night to give the New York Yankees a 3-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees increased their AL East lead over Boston to seven games, sending the Red Sox to their sixth straight loss. The teams began a stretch in which they play each other seven times in 11 days...
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Rams foil Vermeil's return with 21-17 comeback victory
(Professional Sports ~ 09/01/01)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Rams might have found a new backup quarterback, and the replacement referee finally found the on-off switch for his microphone. Third-stringer Marc Bulger played the last three quarters after Joe Germaine struggled again, and the Rams' defense scored two second-half touchdowns on miscues by Bubby Brister in a 21-17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday night. The Chiefs blew a 17-0 third-quarter lead...
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Astros win behind dramatic HR
(Professional Sports ~ 09/01/01)
MILWAUKEE -- Vinny Castilla hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Houston Astros a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. Jamey Wright (9-9), who struck out a career-high 12, took a five-hitter and a 2-1 lead into the ninth inning...
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Hingis claims third-round win in tie-breaker
(Professional Sports ~ 09/01/01)
NEW YORK -- Martina Hingis and Iva Majoli slugged it out for 2 1/2 hours in sweltering heat Friday in the U.S. Open, and when they finished it was difficult to tell the winner from the loser. The two players met at the net, grinned and embraced, just glad to still be standing...
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Injury ends career of Point Given
(Professional Sports ~ 09/01/01)
Point Given, the strapping chestnut colt who became America's Horse, will not race again because of a leg injury. "It's a big blow," trainer Bob Baffert said Friday at Del Mar in announcing Point Given's retirement because of a strain to a tendon in his left foreleg...
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Denial of Microsoft appeal urged
(National News ~ 09/01/01)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department on Friday urged the Supreme Court to reject an appeal by Microsoft, saying there should be no further delay in imposing punishment on the computer software giant for monopolistic practices. The software manufacturer argues that the case is ripe for the high court's review, "but Microsoft offers no satisfactory explanation of why that is so," states the Justice Department filing...
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Dead beneficiaries receive $31 million
(National News ~ 09/01/01)
WASHINGTON -- Social Security paid $31 million through the end of last year to deceased beneficiaries who were listed as dead in the agency's own electronic files, auditors estimate. One woman who died in November 1993 was still receiving benefit checks in May 2000, and auditors said more than $100,000 in benefits had been paid after her death. Authorities stopped the payments last November and now are trying now to determine who cashed her checks...
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Army Corps veers from spring rise plan
(National News ~ 09/01/01)
WASHINGTON -- Environmentalists said Friday the Missouri River's managers are choosing business interests over protecting wildlife by backing away from plans to alter the flow of the waterway. The Fish and Wildlife Service, which oversees the federal Endangered Species Act, says that switching to a seasonal ebb and flow is the only way to save the pallid sturgeon, least tern and piping plover. Barge and farm interests argue the change would shut down a vital shipping artery...
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Expected military cuts now appear unlikely
(National News ~ 09/01/01)
WASHINGTON -- After months of speculation that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld would order the military to get smaller, it now appears he will look elsewhere for savings to pay for missile defense and other investments aimed at remaking the military for the 21st century...
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Mentor program seeks mothers
(State News ~ 09/01/01)
The Mentoring Mom program through Young Life is seeking Christian mothers to participate in the coming year. The program matches teen-age mothers with Christian women in a mentoring relationship. Each participant is asked for a one-year commitment and willingness to develop the relationship. Mentors and their matches meet for monthly meetings...
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Closing Cairo factory declines severance pay
(Local News ~ 09/01/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- A foam factory set to close Oct. 1 does not plan to give its workers severance pay or any other parting benefit, an employee said Friday. Burkart Foam Inc., expected to distribute work done at the Cairo plant among its other nine factories nationwide, told its 30 workers Friday that they will get nothing when it shuts down, said Gwen Agnew, who has work-ed at the plant for 30 years...
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Sheriff 09/01/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/01/01)
Cape Girardeau County Saturday, Sept. 1 ArrestsShannon R. Hunsperger, 23, of Cape Girardeau was arrested Aug. 24 for parole violation. Original charge was possession of marijuana. Robert J. Owen, 32, of Perryville was arrested Aug. 26 on a warrant for criminal non-support...
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Cape police 09/01/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/01/01)
Cape Girardeau Friday, Aug. 31 ArrestsTracy Leigh Sorrels, 37, of Clearwater, Fla., was arrested Thursday for stealing. Jacky Wayne Gray Jr., 33, of Scott City was arrested Thursday on a warrant service. SummonsKenyette Shereise Jordan, 20, of 6 Village Drive was issued a summons Thursday for leaving the scene of an accident...
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Cape fire 09/01/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/01/01)
Cape Girardeau Saturday, Sept. 1 On Thursday, firefighters responded to the following calls:At 5:19 p.m., an emergency medical service at 2601 Independence. On Friday, firefighters responded to the following calls:At 10:18 a.m., emergency medical service at motor vehicle accident on Interstate 55...
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Monroe Hicks sets good example for us all
(Editorial ~ 09/01/01)
In a society where falling standards make finding role models nearly impossible -- particularly among teen-agers -- Monroe Hicks is someone to imitate. The Central High School junior had no reason to succeed. A one-time foster child who saw his older brother drop out and his peers fall victim to drugs and violence, he was headed down the same path...
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Secrecy in hiring chief doesn't serve public
(Editorial ~ 09/01/01)
Cape Girardeau's city manager, Michael Miller, has decided the public doesn't need to know who the final three out-of-town candidates for police chief are. This is ironic on so many levels, beginning with a review of the history of how the position came to be open...
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Cartoon skewers religious foibles but is still appreciated
(State News ~ 09/01/01)
How God appeared in a dream: "Perfect teeth. Nice smell. A class act all the way." The family religion: "You know, the one with all the well-meaning rules that don't work in real life. Uh, Christianity." Church signboard slogan: "God Welcomes His Victims."...
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Church uses seed money to raise more money for missions
(State News ~ 09/01/01)
Not everyone can preach like the apostle Paul or will devote their life to foreign mission service, but members of St. Andrew Lutheran Church learned great lessons about giving, sacrifice and faith during a Mission India campaign this summer. Mission India is a parachurch ministry that provides literacy training and materials to the Indian people. The organization, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., also plants Christian churches in the primarily Hindu nation...
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House has hidden charm
(Community ~ 09/01/01)
Well-kept, quiet, unassuming -- a good description for this Lexington Place home. A good description that is as long as the view is coming while driving by. Step out and take a better look, however, and prepare to be dazzled. From the well manicured front lawn to the rear garden, loving hours spent toward landscaping are evident...
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Residents fear result of plant's water use
(Local News ~ 09/02/01)
CRUMP, Mo. -- A proposed power plant in southwestern Cape Girardeau County would use more water daily than the entire city of Jackson, Mo. That's 2.69 million gallons of well water churning through the Kinder Morgan Power Co. plant each day, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources says. By comparison, Jackson -- with a population approaching 12,000 -- uses up to 1.5 million gallons of water daily...
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What affects neighbors affects us
(Column ~ 09/02/01)
PATTON, Mo. --Why does Cape Girardeau County only seem to consider projects for economic growth that are detrimental to the environment and private-property owners? The proposed Kinder Morgan Power Co. power plant would have a negative environmental impact on all, including farmers and local residents, and a depressing financial impact on county property values near the plant...
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Crites-Way
(Engagement ~ 09/02/01)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Rodger J. Crites of Sedgewickville announce the engagement of their daughter, Christy Noel Crites, to Bryan Steven Way. He is the son of Everett Way and Rebecca McKinley of Cape Girardeau. Crites is employed at Branson Yacht Club in Branson, Mo...
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Mayberrys to observe 25th
(Anniversary ~ 09/02/01)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Wayne and Glenda Mayberry of Jonesboro will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house reception Sept. 8 The event will be held from 4-6 p.m. at Cornerstone Church in Cape Girardeau. The Mayberrys were married Sept. 3, 1976, at Full Gospel Pentecostal Church in Cape Girardeau, by the Rev. Charles Mayberry. Their attendants were Diana Cavaness and Rick Mayberry...
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Craig-Hornback
(Engagement ~ 09/02/01)
John R. and Jeaneen M. Craig of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Andrea Lorraine Craig, to Mark Josef Hornback. He is the son of Kimberly Hornback of Cape Girardeau and Joe D. Hornback of Jackson, Mo. Craig is a consumer banker at Wood and Huston Bank...
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Hoffman-Little
(Engagement ~ 09/02/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- David and Connie Hoffman of Manchester, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Dawn Hoffman of St. Louis, to Michael David Little. He is the son of David and Nancy Little of Florissant, Mo. Hoffman is a 1990 graduate of Jackson High School. ...
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Rusk-Combs
(Engagement ~ 09/02/01)
Rick Rusk of St. Joseph, Ill., and Terri Clark-Bauer of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Melanie Joy Rusk, to Shawn Alan Combs. He is the son of Gary and Patricia Combs of Mahomet, Ill. Rusk is a graduate of Bismarck-Henning High School, attended Southeast Missouri State University and Parkland College. She is employed at First School in Mahomet...
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Peters-Turner
(Engagement ~ 09/02/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Greg and Glenda Peters of Marble Hill announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Lynnae Peters, to Joshua Lynn Turner. He is the son of Gary and Kathy Turner of Jackson, Mo. Peters is a 1996 graduate of Leopold High School at Leopold, Mo. She received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Southeast Missouri State University in 2000. She is a registered nurse in the Medical Progressive Care Unit at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...
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Schumer-Vandeven
(Wedding ~ 09/02/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Stephanie Lynn Schumer and John Orville Reed Vandeven exchanged vows June 9, 2001, at St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold, Mo. The Revs. Bill Huggins and Chase Shelby performed the double ring ceremony. Organist and pianist was Mary Jansen of Leopold. Vocalist was Andrea Chambers of Perryville, cousin of the bride...
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Dannenmueller-Beussink
(Wedding ~ 09/02/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Misty Ellen Dannenmueller and Chad Michael Beussink were united in marriage May 26, 2001, at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, Mo. The Rev. M. Oliver Clavin performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was Betty Ressel of Kelso. Vocalists were Renee Reinagel, Doug Moore, cousin of the bride, both of Kelso, and Brooke Burrows of Jackson, Mo...
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Huffman-Laxton
(Wedding ~ 09/02/01)
Michelle Renee Huffman and Michael Wayne Laxton were married Aug. 11, 2001, at Locust Grove Chapel in Marble Hill, Mo. The Rev. Brad Long performed the ceremony. Pianist was Marie Morgan of Marble Hill. Gene and Suellen Penny of Cape Girardeau are parents of the bride. The groom is the son of Kathleen Amos of Park Hills, Mo...
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Holshouser-Link
(Wedding ~ 09/02/01)
Kimberly Kay Holshouser and William Brian Link were united in marriage June 16, 2001, at St. Andrew Lutheran Church. The Rev. Paul Short performed the double ring ceremony. Harpist was Emily Bertrand, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bertrand Jr. of Jackson, Mo. Organist was Dr. Gary Miller of Cape Girardeau, and soloist was Jennifer Davey of St. Louis...
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Jones-McMullin
(Wedding ~ 09/02/01)
Tara Beth Jones and David Michl McMullin were married Jan. 6, 2001, at New McKendree United Methodist Church in Jackson, Mo. The Rev. John Rice performed the double ring ceremony. Pianist and organist was Linda Thompson, harpist was Jo Ann Rhodes, vocalist was Bill Engel, all of Jackson, and violinist was Nicole Fulwider of Columbia, Mo...
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Edwards builds three-stroke lead at Air Canada tourney
(Professional Sports ~ 09/02/01)
SURREY, British Columbia -- Joel Edwards shot a 3-under-par 68 Saturday and held a three-shot lead in the Air Canada Championship, the first time the 11-year PGA Tour veteran has led a tournament after 54 holes. "It's a nice feeling, I could get used to this," said Edwards, who hasn't had a bogey since his 10th hole of Thursday's opening round and was at 13-under 200. "I feel good about what I'm doing, but I'm surprised I didn't get in the way of myself, which I have a tendency to do."...
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'Return to Sunset Day' seeks to restore pride
(State News ~ 09/02/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Some came from Chicago and Atlanta. Some only walked across the street to Roberta Rowe Park for "Return to Sunset Day." More than 100 people attended Saturday's reunion meant to help restore a sense of pride to the troubled Sunset Addition community, which in recent years has gotten attention mostly as a magnet for drug dealing and violence...
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Judge forces teen to experience polka
(National News ~ 09/02/01)
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio -- A man was sentenced to listen to four hours of polka king Frankie Yankovic's greatest hits for driving through the city with his windows rolled down and his truck's stereo blaring. Municipal Judge John Nicholson found Alan Law guilty of disorderly conduct and ordered him to pay a $100 fine or listen to polka tunes...
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$7 million bail set for Iowa murder suspect
(National News ~ 09/02/01)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Bail was set at $7 million Saturday for a man accused of killing seven people, including his girlfriend and her five children who were bludgeoned to death in their sleep with a hammer. Adam Matthew Moss, 23, stared at the floor or his hands as he appeared before Woodbury County District Judge Frank B. Nelson...
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Hardy, Ark., paper joins Rust chain
(Local News ~ 09/02/01)
The Cherokee Villager Journal, a weekly newspaper in Hardy, Ark., became a member of the Rust Communications chain on Friday. The Villager Journal has over 3,100 subscribers and is the legal newspaper in Sharp County, one of the fastest growing counties in Arkansas...
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College dorms going upscale
(National News ~ 09/02/01)
GWYNEDD VALLEY, Pa. -- The residence hall at Gwynedd-Mercy College is so new it doesn't yet have a name. What it does have wouldn't pass for the old definition of "college dorm": suites with air conditioning, Internet access, a full kitchen and a semi-private bathrooms shared by only four students...
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NBC puts Emeril on prime-time menu
(Entertainment ~ 09/02/01)
NEW YORK -- Emeril the Underdog. That's how chef and TV personality Emeril Lagasse sees his role in the drama known as the fall television season. Believe it or not, the confident man behind the "Bam!" says it's a part he's used to playing. Lagasse, already the top draw on cable's Food Network with "Emeril Live" and "Essence of Emeril," is getting his own half-hour comedy on NBC. ...
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Laughter as the best medicine
(National News ~ 09/02/01)
Imagine a painkiller that could treat a variety of ailments, available without a prescription, whose only side effects are chuckles, giggles and maybe even guffaws. The cost? At most, the price of a video. UCLA researchers are hoping humor will prove to be a miracle pill in a study examining a tantalizing premise: What if something that makes you feel good can stop you from feeling bad?...
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Common virus can kill cancer tumors
(National News ~ 09/02/01)
Scientists have wiped out tumors in mice using a common virus that apparently tricks cancer cells into self-destructing. It is too early to know if the approach might work in humans. Many treatments that look promising in mice prove disappointing when they are tested on people...
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Yes! Woman wooed with newspaper proposal
(Local News ~ 09/02/01)
FRIEDHEIM, Mo. -- With all the Labor Day sales, the Saturday newspaper was full of advertisements, but Michael Phipps wanted the girl he loved to read just one. It was just after 7 a.m., and 27-year-old nursing assistant LeeAnn Chronister had worked a long shift at Perry County Hospital. She wasn't all that interested in the newspaper. Phipps had picked her up from work, and she was freshening up for a videotaped message to his sister in Australia before she went to bed...
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Cape Girardeau's ward, term-limit system get mixed reviews
(Local News ~ 09/02/01)
A collective feeling of discontent. That's how one Cape Girardeau city councilman described the mood in 1992 as residents overwhelmingly voted to change the way they elected city council representatives, scrapping the at-large system in favor of wards...
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Cave divers caught between danger, thrill
(National News ~ 09/02/01)
HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. -- What draws scuba divers to the caves around Florida's freshwater springs, they say, is the "Star Trek Syndrome" -- discovering a majestic chamber where no man has gone before. Steve Berman knew the feeling. As an experienced diver, he helped map the famous Devil's Eye cave system, which runs for more than 30,000 feet underneath the Santa Fe River in north-central Florida. As an instructor, he knew the dangers and taught new divers that the caves can kill...
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Health foundation prepares to target state's needs
(Local News ~ 09/02/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- With assets of well over half a billion dollars that could quickly grow to more than $1 billion, a new not-for profit foundation created under the direction of Missouri's attorney general could soon start having a significant impact on health care in the state...
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Principal's memo mistakenly distributed
(National News ~ 09/02/01)
SPRINGFIELD , Ore. -- In a back-to-school message accidentally sent to parents and students at Briggs Middle School, the principal described students as "snot-nosed" and "hormonally charged juvenile delinquents." Mike Riplinger, who says the letter was tongue-in-cheek and not meant to be publicly distributed, offered a letter of apology to the school, students and parents...
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Trains derail, hit car in separate incidents
(Local News ~ 09/02/01)
Friday night wasn't a good one for trains in Southeast Missouri. First, a broken rail caused a 117-car Union Pacific train to go off the tracks in Scott County, then another train struck a car in downtown Cape Girar-deau. No one was injured in either accident...
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Fire 09/02/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/02/01)
Cape Girardeau Sunday, Sept. 2 On Friday, firefighters responded to the following calls:At 3:27 p.m., emergency medical service at 2101 William, motor vehicle accident. At 3:55 p.m., emergency medical service on the 3000 block of Themis. At 4:38 p.m., motor vehicle accident cleanup at the 200 block of Farrar Drive...
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Surplus fears? Bigger tax cut is the answer
(Editorial ~ 09/02/01)
Washington, D.C., is known as a malarial swamp from which the sane try to escape during the month of August. But even by Beltway standards, the current furor over the federal budget surplus is zany. Last year saw the largest budget surplus in history. The current fiscal year will see the second largest. Budget estimators in both the White House and Congress agree: The feds will this year run a surplus well in excess of $150 billion, unthinkable just a few short years ago...
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Labor Day marks unofficial season change
(Editorial ~ 09/02/01)
Monday is Labor Day, that holiday set aside for honoring honest toil in the earning of our bread. Honoring labor goes back to at least Biblical times. The Lord said in the New Testament, "Come unto me all who labor and are heavy laden." The rise of the trade union movement is one of the great chapters of the American experience. Free and independent labor unions are hallmarks of a free society, among the chief distinguishing features between free societies and totalitarian ones...
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Supemarket workers share lottery jackpot
(National News ~ 09/02/01)
BRICK, N.J. -- Shoppers at the local Pathmark supermarket might have to wait a little longer for someone to ring up their purchases. Thirty-three of the store's 250 employees shared one of the two winning tickets for a Big Game lottery jackpot worth $115 million. The other half of the Friday jackpot in the multistate game goes to the holder of a ticket sold in Camden...
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Cool breeze blows choices to St. Louis schoolchildren
(Editorial ~ 09/02/01)
When was it ever but a treason, to go with the drift of things? -- Anonymous There is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come. -- Victor Hugo That sunny, unseasonably breezy August afternoon, Sunday the 19th, was suggestive of good things to come. And indeed, the winds of change are blowing for St. Louis schoolchildren....
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Deadly fire reveals mass of violations
(International News ~ 09/02/01)
TOKYO -- An investigation into Japan's deadliest blaze in more than 20 years has uncovered a long list of safety violations, and Tokyo fire officials drew up plans Saturday to conduct emergency inspections of thousands of buildings in the city. The early morning fire killed 44 people as it swept through a crowded mahjong parlor and bar occupying the top half of a narrow four-story building in the city's most popular entertainment district. Only three people survived...
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German, British soccer fans fight in beer hall before World Cup
(International News ~ 09/02/01)
MUNICH, Germany -- Soccer fans fought near a train station and wrecked a downtown beer hall, smashing windows, table and chairs before Saturday's key World Cup qualifying game between Germany and England. Three fans were injured and 40 people were arrested. Another 35 were arrested in Frankfurt as police tried to prevent a confrontation there Friday night...
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Measuring distance by stars
(Column ~ 09/02/01)
$$$Start A reader from Jackson, Mo., asks, "How do astronomers know the distances to the various objects they talk about?" The answer is that astronomers use a "boot strap" process to determine distances over ever larger distance scales. We first determine distances to nearby stars and then use that information to develop techniques for even further objects...
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Notre Dame's students taking college courses
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/02/01)
To the editor: I read with great interest your Aug. 20 article that dealt with more high school students taking college courses. It certainly is most impressive that all of our students are concerned about academic excellence. I too praise the administrations and staffs of both Central High School in Cape Girardeau and Jackson High School for their work in this area...
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Speak Out 09/01/01
(Speak Out ~ 09/02/01)
You go, Monroe! CONGRATULATIONS TO Monroe Hicks for the change in his life. Going to church has been a lifesaver for him. Thanks to the Yates family and the coaches and his grandmother for helping this young man. And thanks to Bob Miller for this wonderful article that I could not put down. You go, Monroe!...
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Andrew Heisserer
(Obituary ~ 09/02/01)
ORAN, Mo. -- Andrew V. Heisserer, 87, of Oran, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. He was born July 29, 1914, son of Victor and Bertha Schott Heisserer. On Jan. 15, 1949, he was married to Louise Roloff. A retired farmer, Heisserer was a Army veteran of World War II and belonged to Morley VFW Post 5368...
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Cross country season opens with Jackson Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Cape Central's Kim Pancoast won the senior division of the 20-team Jackson Invitational Saturday, completing the 2.35-mile course in 14 minutes, 53 seconds, a Cape Central school record at the course at Jackson Park. Central freshman Jennifer Pancoast took second in the freshman race at 13:54 on the 1.95-mile course...
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Lenora M. Weibrecht
(Obituary ~ 09/02/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo., -- Lenora M. Weibrecht, 84, of Perryville, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 4, 1916 in Friedenberg, Mo., daughter of Charles and Lydia Hoehn Lintner. On Nov. 17, 1943, she was married to Harry Weibrecht. He died June 12, 2001...
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Clem T. Schneider
(Obituary ~ 09/02/01)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Clem T. Schneider, 89, of East Prairie, died Friday Aug. 31, 2001, in the East Prairie Nursing Center. He was born Sept. 12, 1911, in the Sugartree community near East Prairie, son of Joseph and Lara Mae Wright Schneider. Schneider was a retired farmer and lived most his life in New Madrid and Mississippi counties. He was a member of the First Christian Church in East Prairie...
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Rosa Mae Curtis
(Obituary ~ 09/02/01)
ORAN, Mo. -- Rosa Mae Curtis, 69, of Oran died Friday, Aug. 31, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Jan. 25, 1932, in Gideon, Mo., daughter of Henry and Ella Kellum Brown. She was married to Clyde Curtis Sr. Curtis was a licensed practical nurse at Chaffee Nursing Center before she retired. She was a member of Hooe Baptist Church...
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Hazel L. Sadler
(Obituary ~ 09/02/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Hazel L. Sadler, 81, of Anna, died Friday, Aug. 31, 2001, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 1, 1919, in Dongola, Ill., daughter of Otto and Minnie Hoffner Casper. She married Ralph Sadler on March 24, 1940. He died on Oct. 25, 1980...
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Don't put Rams in Super Bowl just yet
(Sports Column ~ 09/02/01)
Entering the 2001 National Football League season that begins next Sunday, there appears to be at least two handfuls of fairly legitimate Super Bowl contenders, the St. Louis Rams among them. In fact, plenty of the so-called experts -- national media types -- already have the Rams repeating their world championship of two years ago...
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Discpline seminar set for Oct. 6
(Local News ~ 09/02/01)
A seminar on "brain smart discipline" will be held Oct. 6 at Southeast Missouri State University. The seminar will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Dempster Hall's Glenn Auditorium. Cheri Sheridan, who writes and speaks on child care and early childhood education, will present the seminar. She will discuss ways to deal with childhood behavior issues...
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Sampras of old presses onward
(Professional Sports ~ 09/02/01)
NEW YORK -- Pete Sampras wasn't perfect: He double-faulted, blew two easy volleys and dumped an overhead into the net. And that was just in the first game. But for the most part on Saturday, Sampras played like the Pete of old, dominating with his serve and blanketing the net to beat Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 and reach the fourth round at the U.S. Open...
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Otahk spikers fall to Lamar
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/01)
BEAUMONT, Texas -- Southeast Missouri State's women's volleyball team dropped to 1-2 after a three-set loss to Lamar University in the Hilton Cardinal Classic. Lamar won 30-21, 31-29 and 30-20. Emily Johnson led the Otahkians with 13 kills, while Bobbi Carlile added nine kills and a team-high 12 digs. Emily Scannell had 28 assists and Emily Wahlman had four blocks...
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Indians' upset vanishes
(College Sports ~ 09/02/01)
YPSILANTI, Mich. -- Southeast Missouri freshman quarterback Jeromy McDowell did his best work out of the shotgun. So did Eastern Michigan's QB Troy Edwards, which left the Indians with a painful loss in their season opener Saturday. Edwards' long-snap heroics came late as EMU, a Div. I-A school, scored in the last two minutes to beat Southeast 16-12 in non-conference football action. Southeast, a Div. I-AA school, fell to 0-1 on the season...
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Gordon attempts to protect lead at Southern 500
(Professional Sports ~ 09/02/01)
DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Can Jeff Gordon be as aggressive as he wants at the Southern 500 and still hold his overwhelming Winston Cup points lead? "We'll see," Gordon's crew chief Robbie Loomis said with a smile. Gordon has made himself a Darlington dominator since joining the NASCAR circuit, winning five events in 17 trips here. ...
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Park tells story of father-son legacy
(Community ~ 09/02/01)
QUINCY, Mass. -- The election of the second pair of father-son presidents, plus a new best-selling biography, are sparking renewed interest in a park dedicated to the first father and son to occupy the White House. The Adams National Historic Park that focuses on the life and times of John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, and their first ladies is a sightseeing bargain for history-minded tourists...
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Mizzou, new coach get Bowl-ed over
(College Sports ~ 09/02/01)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Joe Alls scored on a 2-yard run with 3:40 to go as Bowling Green upset Missouri 20-13 Saturday night in the opener for two teams with new coaches. Missouri was flat in Gary Pinkel's debut, gaining only 71 yards in the first half and 234 overall. Pinkel spent the previous 10 years at Toledo, which beat Bowling Green 51-17 in his final game there before signing a five-year deal at Missouri...
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Ole Miss' Manning torches Murray St.
(College Sports ~ 09/02/01)
OXFORD, Miss. -- Eli Manning was so good in his long-awaited first college start, he didn't need to finish. The sophomore broke school records with 18 straight completions and five touchdown passes as Mississippi had its way with Murray State 49-14 Saturday night...
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Visitors welcome to observe rich Chinese traditions
(Community ~ 09/02/01)
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Clouds of incense float through the crowded Hsingtien Temple as businessmen in grey suits mix with children in flip-flops and elderly women bowing and mumbling prayers. The temple is one of Taipei's most popular places to worship and a perfect example of why Taiwan is one of the world's best places to observe Chinese religious traditions...
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Louisville to become stop for steamboat
(Community ~ 09/02/01)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A huge steamboat will make Louisville a home port while cruising the Ohio River, and officials are trumpeting the economic gains long before passengers are whistled aboard. The Mississippi Queen will ply the river on seven-night cruises between Louisville and Pittsburgh next year, said a spokesman for the Delta Queen Steamboat Co., which operates the paddle-wheeler...
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Smelting town warned of contamination by lead, cadmium
(State News ~ 09/02/01)
HERCULANEUM, Mo. -- "Extremely high" levels of lead and cadmium have been found on streets leading to the Doe Run Co. lead smelter, prompting federal warnings that residents avoid walking there until the contamination has been cleared. Hattie Thomas, the U.S. ...
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Hokies win opener, lose Suggs
(College Sports ~ 09/02/01)
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Virginia Tech found a replacement for Michael Vick. The ninth-ranked Hokies might need to find one for running back Lee Suggs. Grant Noel threw three touchdown passes in a near-perfect debut as Vick's replacement Saturday, but Virginia Tech lost Suggs to an injured left knee in a 52-10 win over Connecticut...
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Woman's truth and persistence paid off well
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/02/01)
To the editor: Regarding your story about an abortionist who stopped performing the most common surgical procedure in the United States: It is amazing to me that here in New York people are being hauled into federal court for leafleting outside the abortion clinics and trying to convert the abortionists from participating in a culture of death...
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Many residents confused about Cape's ward system
(Local News ~ 09/02/01)
Southeast Missourian Cape Girardeau resident Elmer Westbrook answered the question with an incredulous query of his own: "Why would I know something like that?" The question: Which city ward do you live in? The answer, though indirect, was telling...
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Police 09/02/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/02/01)
Cape Girardeau Sunday, Aug. 31 ArrestsDavid Lee McElwrath, 59, 57 Green Acres, was arrested Friday on two warrants for failure to appear. AssaultAn assault was reported Friday on the 1200 block of Linden. A 16-year-old male was cited into juvenile court...
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Film gives ABCs of education
(Entertainment ~ 09/02/01)
LOS ANGELES -- Leave it to Thomas Jefferson to craft a ringing and poetic endorsement of public schooling: "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be." Jefferson is one of many weighing in on the past, present or future of education in PBS' "School: The Story of American Public Education," a four-hour documentary airing Monday at 8 p.m...
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Sosa powers Cubs past Braves
(Professional Sports ~ 09/02/01)
ATLANTA -- Sammy Sosa hit his 53rd homer, a 471-foot shot that was the longest ever at Turner Field, and the Chicago Cubs beat Atlanta 5-3 Saturday to give the Braves their third straight defeat. The Cubs won their fourth in a row. They lead San Francisco by 1 1/2 games for the NL wild card...
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Leaders speak about Middle East, slavery at conference
(International News ~ 09/02/01)
DURBAN, South Africa -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat condemned what he called Israel's racist practices Saturday but declined to label Israel a racist state, an apparent compromise in how Palestinians would criticize Israel at the World Conference Against Racism...
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Economic uncertainty reflects on Monday's holiday
(National News ~ 09/02/01)
WASHINGTON -- The almost daily announcements of layoffs have created an uncertainty among America's workers that dampens this Labor Day for many. For Monica Hinojos, the headlines are more than just depressing news -- they are reality. Hinojos, 32, of Boston has been laid off twice this year, her jobs among the thousands of casualties of a softening economy...
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Out of the past 9/2/01
(Out of the Past ~ 09/02/01)
10 years ago: Sept. 2, 1991 Labor Day. The 26th annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon over Labor Day weekend raises $233,495 in 38-county local region and record $45,071,857 nationwide; last year, telethon raised more than $44 million nationally and $218,193 in Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky district...
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America- world labor leader
(National News ~ 09/02/01)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. workers put in more hours on the job last year than the labor force of any other industrial nation, outpacing employees in Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom, a study by a U.N. agency finds. The average American worked 1,978 hours in 2000, compared with 1,942 hours in 1990, according to Jeff Johnson, the economist who headed the study by the International Labor Organization...
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Three students graduate from ROTC camps
(Local News ~ 09/02/01)
Three area students have graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) camps recently. Cadets completed a five-week course of military leadership training and evaluation exercises in communications, management, and survival training...
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New Zealand, Nauru, to accept asylum seekers
(Local News ~ 09/02/01)
CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Australia -- New Zealand and the Pacific island state of Nauru agreed Saturday to accept more than 400 asylum seekers stranded on a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean, breaking a six-day diplomatic deadlock over the fate of the refugees...
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Boy hit by car at school bus stop
(Local News ~ 09/02/01)
An 8-year-old Cape Girardeau boy was hit by a car Friday after getting off a school bus. Cape Girardeau Police Officer Daryl Ferris said the child was playing with friends near the bus stop when he fell in front of an oncoming car, driven by Ricky R. Flye, 24, also of Cape Girardeau...
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Williams pitches Cards past Dodgers
(Professional Sports ~ 09/02/01)
LOS ANGELES -- Add Woody Williams to the long list of pitchers who look forward to playing in Los Angeles. Williams threw a four-hitter and Jim Edmonds homered Friday night to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-1 victory over the Dodgers. "I just love Dodger Stadium, the atmosphere, the mound, that's what baseball is all about," he said...
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Former crew members restore plane
(State News ~ 09/02/01)
RANTOUL, Ill. -- Former crew members working on the old Willy Victor now grounded at Rantoul say the end of their mission is in sight. And they understand its public relevance when Lincoln's Challenge participants based at the former Chanute Technical Training Center come over to ask why they're working so hard on a dilapidated airplane...
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FAA gives first OK for Peotone airport
(State News ~ 09/02/01)
CHICAGO -- The Federal Aviation Administration has given its preliminary approval to Gov. George Ryan's proposal for a third Chicago-area airport at south suburb Peotone, according to a published report. The report was issued Friday by the FAA, the Chicago Tribune reported in Saturday's editions. ...
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Yanks rally, hand Red Sox seventh consecutive loss
(Professional Sports ~ 09/02/01)
BOSTON -- Bernie Williams hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning to give Orlando Hernandez his first victory in nearly a year as the New York Yankees rallied for a 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. The Red Sox lost their seventh straight game, their worst skid since late in the 1997 season, and dropped eight games behind New York in the AL East...
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Expos suspend Irabu
(Professional Sports ~ 09/02/01)
MONTREAL -- Montreal pitcher Hideki Irabu was suspended by the Expos for drinking himself into a stupor before a scheduled rehabilitation start, according to two news reports. Irabu was supposed to pitch for the Triple-A Ottawa Lynx last Sunday, but he was so drunk that he had to be taken to a hospital, The Canadian Press cited the Montreal La Presse and Kyodo News Service, a Japanese news agency, as reporting...
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Springfield group helps poor Nicaraguans
(State News ~ 09/02/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- When catastrophe struck the Nicaraguan mountains of Matagalpa, the Rainbow Network had to re-evaluate its priorities. The nondenominational Christian organization is not an emergency relief network, said founder Keith Jaspers. Normally, the Springfield-based ministry helps poor, rural residents of Nicaragua become self-sufficient, he said...
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Drawing in the dark
(Community ~ 09/02/01)
SESSER, Ill. -- It's easy to tell a Gene Flowers drawing just by looking for the details. There are tiny screws in the hinges of the barn doors. The covered bridge is topped by 14 rows of intricate shingles. The 71-year-old from this town in Southern Illinois uses an architect's needle-thin pen to sketch his rural scenes, preserving with razor-sharp lines and pinprick-sized dots images of days gone by: an old-fashioned barn yard, a covered bridge, a corner gas station...
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Research shows catnip works well as mosquito repellent
(State News ~ 09/02/01)
CHICAGO -- Catnip, the stuff that drives cats wild, also appears to drive mosquitoes away, research suggests. Laboratory experiments at Iowa State University suggest that the oil in the catnip plant is about 10 times more effective at repelling mosquitoes than DEET, the chemical in many commercial insect repellents...
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Two attend national VFW Auxiliary convention
(Local News ~ 09/02/01)
Ladies Auxiliary VFW Past National President Glenneta Vogelsang of Cape Girardeau, a member of Clippard, Wilson, Taylor Auxiliary #3838, participated in the 88th National Convention of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States held Aug. 18-24 at the Midwest Express Center in Milwaukee, Wis...
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Cars are no place for a perpetual rain forest
(Column ~ 09/02/01)
It's bad enough that allergy sufferers have to cope with the great outdoors without people thinking that cars can be perfect gardens. Julie Gordon of Libertyville, Ill., cultivates a flower and herb garden on a ledge inside her two-seater Honda. The car has no air conditioning, so Gordon sprays the plants with a water bottle when it gets too hot...
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Where have chicory flowers gone?
(Column ~ 09/02/01)
I have lost my chicory patches. Why did they get up and go from their old familiar places? Did the heavy truck pulls and fair traffic pulverize the roots to extinction? My patch of chicory grew in the gravely roadside at the south end of the park. Every year, on my former daily walks, it caught my attention when the first blue blossoms presented themselves to the world. ...
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President attends labor union rallies; confident about economy,
(National News ~ 09/03/01)
Associated Press WriterKAUKAUNA, Wis. (AP) -- Surrounded by workers in hard hats, President Bush celebrated Labor Day with equal parts concern and confidence about the state of the American economy. The president and first lady Laura Bush took a quick trip outside Washington Monday to debut the balancing act that Bush will undertake when Congress gets back to work this week...
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Breaking news from around Missouri
(State News ~ 09/03/01)
Federal agents raid Courtney's pharmacy a second timeKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Federal agents conducted another raid on a pharmacy owned by Robert R. Courtney, the pharmacist charged with diluting chemotherapy drugs for cancer patients. The four-hour raid on Saturday involved about two dozen agents from the FBI and the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal Investigations, FBI spokesman Jeff Lanza said...
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Four bombs explode in Jerusalem, injuring three
(International News ~ 09/03/01)
By JACK KATZENELL Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) -- Four bombs exploded in Jerusalem early Monday -- two at virtually the same time during the morning rush hour -- and three people were lightly hurt, police and witnesses said...
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Intersection of racial and gender discrimination discussed at r
(International News ~ 09/03/01)
By CHRIS TOMLINSON Associated Press Writer DURBAN, South Africa (AP) -- Lower caste women in India are often raped while collecting water. Some women in Niger are sold into slavery as "fifth wives" to wealthy men. Black and Hispanic women are disproportionately represented in American jails...
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Six killed on Missouri roads during Labor Day weekend
(State News ~ 09/03/01)
By The Associated Press Traffic accidents in Missouri during the Labor Day holiday weekend had claimed the lives of six people. Verlene Verseman, 43, of Perryville, was killed Sunday night in Perry County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said she was a passenger in a vehicle that collided with a pickup truck on U.S. 61 south of Longtown...
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Dodgers 7, Cardinals 3
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/01)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kevin Brown is back just in time to keep the Los Angeles Dodgers in the middle of the NL playoff chase. Making his second start since returning from the disabled list, Brown allowed three runs in five innings Sunday night as the Dodgers rallied for a 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals...
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Detmer traded, Zeier, Harbaugh, Lewis cut as quarterbacks are o
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/01)
By DAVE GOLDBERG AP Football Writer The Cleveland Browns traded two backup quarterbacks and Atlanta, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Carolina each cut another as NFL teams got down to the 53-player limit Sunday. And the Buffalo Bills continued to sever ties with the past by cutting safety Henry Jones, one of the last veterans of the Super Bowl years...
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Germaine traded to Chiefs; Rams sign Jamie Martin as backup
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/01)
After an 0-for-4 performance in the Rams last preseason game, backup St. Louis Rams quarterback Joe Germaine was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs for a sixth round pick. The Rams signed former Rams back-up and long-time Martz student Jamie Martin to a two-year contract. Martin had been cut earlier in the day by the Jacksonville Jaguars...
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Agassi, Capriati gain Open quarters
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/01)
AP Sports WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Two-time champion Andre Agassi charged into the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open on Monday, battering Roger Federer 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. Also advancing to the quarters for the first time in 10 years was Jennifer Capriati, who continued her straight-sets march with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over No. 19 Barbara Schett...
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Rams trade backup quarterback to Chiefs
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/01)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Joe Germaine, who lost his backup job at quarterback with a poor performance in the final preseason game, was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday for a sixth-round draft choice. The Rams also signed quarterback Jamie Martin, who had been cut by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Martin previously was with the Rams from 1993-96, when coach Mike Martz was an offensive assistant with the team, and also spent the last month of the 1997 season with Martz in Washington...
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Germaine traded to Chiefs; Rams sign Jamie Martin as backup
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/01)
After an 0-for-4 performance in the Rams last preseason game, backup St. Louis Rams quarterback Joe Germaine was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs for a sixth round pick. The Rams signed former Rams back-up and long-time Martz student Jamie Martin to a two-year contract. Martin had been cut earlier in the day by the Jacksonville Jaguars...
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Rams shuffle their quarterback spot
(Professional Sports ~ 09/04/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Joe Germaine, who lost his backup job at quarterback with a poor performance in the final preseason game, was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs Monday for a sixth-round draft choice. The Rams also signed quarterback Jamie Martin, who had been cut by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Martin previously was with the Rams from 1993-96, when coach Mike Martz was an offensive assistant with the team, and also spent the last month of the 1997 season with Martz in Washington...
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Sen. Gramm of Texas announces he won't seek re-election
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Phil Gramm announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election next year. The Texas Republican said his decision followed "a long and difficult period of soul searching." Gramm's retirement, announced in a statement ahead of a news conference, will conclude a career that spanned two political parties and a quarter-century of unflinching conservatism...
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Reno opens bid for Democratic nomination for Florida governor
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
Associated Press WriterMIAMI (AP) -- Former Attorney General Janet Reno officially began her bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination on Tuesday, saying the people of Florida want a governor who is not afraid of making tough decisions...
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Motorola develops faster computer chip
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Motorola Inc. says it has developed a computer chip that runs 35 times faster than today's models, an innovation it hopes will lead to faster, smaller and cheaper cell phones, computers and other telecommunications equipment...
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Man holds hostages in Indiana bank before surrendering
(State News ~ 09/04/01)
Associated Press WriterLOWELL, Ind. (AP) -- A man trying to rob a bank took a group of people hostage Tuesday morning before surrendering hours later. No one was injured, police said. Police initially reported there were nine hostages, but news reports put the number as high as 20. Police did not release further information, pending a news conference...
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Study discounts link between IUDs, infertility
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
A new study has exonerated the IUD, the birth control device that has been shunned in the United States since the 1970s because of fears it makes women sterile. The federally funded study found that never-pregnant women who had used a modern intrauterine device had no increased risk of their fallopian tubes becoming blocked...
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LA hands Cardinals 7-3 Sunday setback
(Professional Sports ~ 09/04/01)
LOS ANGELES -- Kevin Brown wasn't as sharp as his first start off the disabled list. Still, he was good enough to win. Making his second start since returning from the DL, Brown allowed three runs in five innings Sunday night and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals...
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One dead, one critical after shark attack
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A shark attacked a couple wading in the surf off North Carolina's Outer Banks on Monday, killing the man and leaving his wife in critical condition. The death came just two days after the first fatal shark attack this year in the United States. A 10-year-old boy was killed Saturday at Virginia Beach, Va...
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Cape fire report 9/4/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/04/01)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, Sept. 4 Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:At 6:39 p.m., emergency medical service at Benton and Good Hope streets. At 7:12 p.m., emergency medical service at 917 Linden. At 7:15 p.m., emergency medical service at 3439 William St...
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Sampras in vintage form against Rafter
(Professional Sports ~ 09/04/01)
NEW YORK -- Pete Sampras rediscovered his greatness Monday, dominating a dangerous opponent with nearly flawless tennis punctuated by a brilliant sequence of shots on the final point. Disproving detractors who contend he's washed up, Sampras won a rare fourth-round showdown of former champions at the U.S. Open, beating Pat Rafter 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4...
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Medical savings accounts - Still a good idea
(Editorial ~ 09/04/01)
The future of medical savings accounts will likely be decided this fall as congressional negotiators iron out some final version of the patients' bill of rights that has already been approved by the U.S. House. Results of a five-year-old experiment that made some 750,000 Americans eligible for the accounts have been mixed. ...
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Buying the blue linoleum
(Local News ~ 09/04/01)
Editor's note: This is a chapter from Jean Bell Mosley's book "Wide Meadows" that was first published in 1960. Aunt Hannah and Uncle Joe were out first visitors after the linoleums. Lou met them at the door: "You got any tacks in your shoes?" she inquired ungraciously. But after all, we felt very proprietary about the linoleums and wanted them to last our lifetimes....
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Nine hostages taken in bank in Indiana
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
LOWELL, Ind. (AP) -- Nine people were taken hostage by a gunman Tuesday morning in a downtown bank, and two adults and a child were released by mid-morning, police said. Authorities negotiated with the gunman for the release of the hostages, Deputy Lake County police chief Melvin Maxwell said...
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Jackson road proposal could draw crowd
(Local News ~ 09/04/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- An item not on the agenda could draw the most people to tonight's meeting of the Jackson Board of Aldermen. People who oppose a preliminary city proposal to extend West Lane through to Route D, which would increase the amount of traffic that runs by some city schools, are planning to attend the meeting to demonstrate their concern...
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Yankees rally past Jays for fifth straight win
(Professional Sports ~ 09/04/01)
TORONTO -- Alfonso Soriano hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the ninth inning as the New York Yankees rallied for their fifth straight win, 7-5 Monday over the Toronto Blue Jays. New York, a season-high 9 1/2 games ahead of second-place Boston in the AL East, rallied from a 5-2 deficit on Derek Jeter's RBI single in the seventh and Enrique Wilson's two-run double in the eighth off Paul Quantrill...
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Miami new No. 1 in Associated Press poll
(Professional Sports ~ 09/04/01)
Larry Coker has more than just his first coaching victory at Miami. He has the No. 1 team in the nation. Following a dominating 33-7 victory over Penn State, the Hurricanes replaced the Florida Gators at No. 1 in The Associated Press media poll on Monday...
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Jack Burnett
(Obituary ~ 09/04/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Jack T. Burnett 78, of Sikeston, Mo., and formerly of Chaffee, died Monday Sept. 3, 2001, at John Pershing Veterans Administration Hospital in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Jack was born March 29,1923 at Chaffee, the son of Harvey and Jessie Marie Litzelfelner Burnett. He married Mildred Rose Schlitt Graviett on May 13, 1978, at Sikeston...
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MDA telethon tops last year's donations
(Local News ~ 09/04/01)
A slowing economy might mean people are spending less in some parts of the country, but the Muscular Dystrophy Association saw a jump in its donations during the 36th annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon Monday. The telethon raised $381,902 from pledges and donations throughout Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois and parts of Kentucky. That amount exceeded the $362,175 raised last year by almost $20,000...
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Animal attraction - Youngsters prepare livestock for fair
(Local News ~ 09/04/01)
Maggie listens to the radio every day from her home in rural Jackson. That's not so unusual -- except that Maggie is a Simmental heifer who calls a barn home. Jenny Eakins, Maggie's owner, says the radio is an integral part of the heifer's "stage presence" training for the SEMO District Fair, which runs Sept. 8 through 15...
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Scientists create first blood cells from stem cells
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
WASHINGTON -- For the first time, researchers have used embryonic stem cells to produce human blood cells, a step that could lead to a new source of cells for transfusion and other therapies. Primitive human blood cells, known as hematopoietic precursor cells, were produced from human embryonic stem cells by researchers at the University of Wisconsin, led by James A. Thomson...
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Speak Out A 09/02/01
(Speak Out ~ 09/04/01)
Positive article I'D LIKE to commend the Southeast Missourian on the article on Monroe Hicks. You need to run articles that are positive. Turnaround story THE STORY about Monroe Hicks brought tears to my eyes. I want to congratulate Monroe on turning his life around. Thank God for people like the Yates family who took him into their home. You go for it, Monroe. Don't let anything get you down. I'll be watching for you in the paper. Remember, God loves you...
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Marvin Speer
(Obituary ~ 09/04/01)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Marvin Speer, 57, of Advance, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001, at his home. He was born Nov. 19, 1943, at Columbia, Ill., son of Virgle and Geneva Hogue Speer. He and Emma Wood were married Oct. 25, 1996, at Marble Hill, Mo. He worked as a construction superintendent for Penzel Construction Co. in Jackson, Mo. He served in the Army 182nd Airborne Division...
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Welfare reform nears critical 5-year mark
(Editorial ~ 09/04/01)
Welfare reform has come a long way since the Welfare Reform Act of 1997 was passed and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. Millions of Americans who were part of multigenerational dependency on state and federal handouts have found jobs, many of them after completing tax-funded training programs...
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Reno to take steps to run for governor of Florida
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
MIAMI -- Janet Reno plans to take the first official step Tuesday in the race for Florida governor, setting up a possible matchup between the former U.S. attorney general and the president's brother, sources said Monday. Reno will open a campaign account to enable her to raise money for the gubernatorial bid, two Democratic sources said Monday. The sources, who are close to Reno, spoke on condition of anonymity...
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James Sanders
(Obituary ~ 09/04/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. - James Richmond Sanders, 78, of Winter Park, Fla., formerly of Scott City, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001, at his home in Florida. He was born Nov. 22, 1922, in Fornfelt, Mo., the son of Henry W. and Hulda F. Sander Sanders. He married Virginia Gibson on May 4, 1946, and she preceded him in death. In 1969 he married Nancy St. Germain...
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Worth County - Missouri's future?
(Column ~ 09/04/01)
GRANT CITY, Mo. -- Most Missourians probably have never heard of Worth County, one of the state's 114 counties. Those who know of the county's existence probably know it as Missouri's least populous county, which the U.S. Census Bureau says contains only 2,382 residents after losing 2.38 percent of its population over the past 10 years. The county has been losing population for decades, although not at the 12.23 percent rate of St. Louis...
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Mathis earns OVC defensive accolade
(College Sports ~ 09/04/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's football team could not quite pull off an upset at Eastern Michigan Saturday night as the Division I-A Eagles scored late to rally past the I-AA Indians 16-12. But despite the setback, Southeast linebacker Corey Mathis made enough of an impression in the Indians' season opener to nab the first Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week honor for the 2001 campaign...
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Supreme decade - Thomas balances work with raising grandnephew
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
WASHINGTON -- Most workdays, Clarence Thomas beats his eight Supreme Court colleagues to the office. He drives his black Corvette through the suburban Virginia dawn and scoots into the court's garage by 6 a.m. After a decade on the nation's high court, Thomas has settled into a comfortable routine that balances the court's heavy workload of reading and writing with a busy life of travel and raising a young grandnephew...
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Archaeology office helps find clues under city
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
PHOENIX -- Archaeologist Gina Gage pulls a fragment of red pottery decorated with black stripes from the ground and begins to explain how it might fit into the history of one of America's most advanced and mysterious ancient cultures. Then her voice is drowned out and the shard trembles as a 747 takes off a few yards away and another of the seven jets lined up on the taxiway revs up...
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Allen Nelson
(Obituary ~ 09/04/01)
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Allen Nelson, a native of Cape Girardeau, passed away Sept. 1, 2001, at the age of 70. He was the former husband of Mary Kay Nelson of Foster City; father of Mary Ann Nelson of Belmont and Jessica Garcia of Foster City; brother of Edward Howard Nelson of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; uncle of Lynn Birk and her husband, Dan, Ricky Sue Koenig and her husband, Larry, all of Cape Girardeau, and Robin Holaves and her husband, Nick, of Florida and their families...
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Four bombs explode in Jerusalem; Israel responds with missile
(International News ~ 09/04/01)
JERUSALEM -- Four bombs exploded on the streets of Jerusalem early Monday, and Israel responded with a helicopter strike that sent missiles through the roof of a Palestinian security building in the West Bank. In a day of violence on several fronts, two Palestinians were killed and at least 20 were wounded, while at least six Israelis were hurt...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda
(Local News ~ 09/04/01)
Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 7 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Study session at 5 p.m. Public hearings Consent ordinances A public hearing regarding the proposed issuance of tax-exempt certificates of participation in a principal amount not to exceed $2,750,000 to finance a portion of the costs of a project to be leased to Renaissance Aircraft, LLC...
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Daniel Griffin Jr.
(Obituary ~ 09/04/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Daniel William Griffin Jr., age 43, of Bridgeton, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001, as a result of a motorcycle accident near Fredricktown, Mo. He was born Oct. 9, 1957, at Clayton, Mo., son of Daniel W. Griffin and Imogene R. Thele...
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Business booming for resale shops
(Business ~ 09/04/01)
Don't call them hand-me-downs. Instead, call them "sell-arounds." Consignment merchandise is no longer considered second-class. It's economical, with a good selection and growing number of outlets in which everything from suits to suitcases can be found...
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Researchers expect greater HIV resistance to drugs by 2005
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
WASHINGTON -- The share of HIV infections that are drug-resistant will jump to 42 percent in San Francisco by 2005, according to researchers. Estimating the current rate of drug resistance at 28.5 percent, the group used a mathematical formula to calculate its likely increase over the next few years...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda
(Local News ~ 09/04/01)
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4 City Hall Public Hearing Hearing to consider the voluntary annexation of 19.1 acres of property owned by the Southeast Missouri Medical Center Inc. Action Items Power and Light Committee Consider motion to set Fall Cleanup/Fixup Days for Oct. 1-5...
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Government embraces minicomputers for military, Mars
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
WASHINGTON -- A mechanic crawls under an Army tank with a computer strapped to his belt and a keyboard on his wrist. A tiny camera clipped to a futuristic headset beams pictures back to colleagues, who whisper repair instructions through the headset speaker...
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Merger could be good for Kentucky, Missouri paper operations
(Business ~ 09/04/01)
A merger that turns two midsize U.S. paper and packaging companies into the dominant force in the coated-paper market involves a giant operation in the Tri-State area -- Westvaco Corporation, which has operations in Western Kentucky and Southeast Missouri...
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Smith says no to Padres
(Professional Sports ~ 09/04/01)
SAN DIEGO -- Bud Smith became the 16th rookie in modern history to throw a no-hitter and the second unlikely pitcher to do it to San Diego this season in St. Louis' 4-0 win Monday night. Smith, making his 11th career start, showed the poise of a veteran in becoming the first rookie to throw a no-hitter since the Cardinals' Jose Jimenez did it in a 1-0 win against Arizona on June 25, 1999...
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Therapist says state agency mishandled family's situation
(State News ~ 09/04/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A therapist who was treating a woman suspected of killing her children and herself says the state social services department mishandled the family's situation. But Division of Family Services officials say they are satsified that they properly investigated and handled the case of Judy Baldwin and her children...
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Laid-off workers help non-profits in new program
(Business ~ 09/04/01)
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- About 80 of the 6,000 employees Cisco Systems laid off in April have found a good reason to hold their heads high at a time when many suddenly unemployed tech workers are having a tough time coping. In lieu of severance, they agreed to work for a year at homeless shelters, food banks and other charities, earning just a third of their Cisco salaries but keeping their benefits and stock plans...
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As native bee populations shrink, bee rentals buzz
(Business ~ 09/04/01)
SOUTH PEKIN, Ill. -- Bill and Cheri Miller stand amid a sea of pumpkin plants as they check on their beehives, each full of thousands of buzzing, darting honeybees that are doing most of the work in these fields until harvest time rolls around. In addition to producing honey for the Millers to collect in the fall, they also are earning the Millers rent money (about $40 per hive) from the farmers who own these fields. ...
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Turkey episode garners Emmy nomination
(Entertainment ~ 09/04/01)
BURBANK, Calif. -- "ER" star Laura Innes has an Emmy nomination -- for directing a couple of turkeys. The joke is corny but true, and the actress laughs softly as she discusses her burgeoning directing career over lunch at the Warner Bros. studio commissary...
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McDonald's gives former homeless man $1 million
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
HOLLY HILL, Fla. -- A former homeless day laborer had a happy meal at a McDonald's over the weekend. McDonald's corporate managers awarded Patrick Collier with a $1 million prize they said was randomly given out as part of the restaurant chain's effort to restore consumer confidence in its sweepstakes promotions...
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MTV's 'Real World' gets acquainted with real Chicago
(Entertainment ~ 09/04/01)
CHICAGO -- Welcome to the real world, MTV. That's the message in a Chicago neighborhood, where cast members from the network's latest installment of "The Real World" have had to contend with shouting protesters, graffiti calling them "DORKS" and even an unrelated shooting that ended with a dead man outside their building...
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Bible saves life of teen-ager in shooting involving mom
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A mother allegedly shot two of her sons, killing the 6-year-old and inflicting minor injuries on his 16-year-old brother, whose Bible absorbed the shotgun blast. Leslie Ann Wallace, 39, was shot and seriously wounded later Sunday by Lee County Sheriff's deputies after she fired at them, officials said. She was in serious condition Monday after undergoing surgery, according to a hospital supervisor...
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Perryville woman among holiday deaths
(State News ~ 09/04/01)
Five people were reported killed in accidents on Missouri roads over the Labor Day weekend, including a Perryville, Mo., woman. Verlene Verseman, 43, suffered fatal injuries when a vehicle she was riding in was struck on Route D just south of U.S. 61 in Perry County...
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Loy Baugher
(Obituary ~ 09/04/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Loy Mac Baugher, 53, of Oran, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born April 15, 1948, at Sikeston, son of Loy M. and Mary V. Baugher. He and Sheila D. Mitchell were married July 21, 2001, at Sikeston...
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Aletha Varnon
(Obituary ~ 09/04/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Aletha Emma Varnon, 84, of Scott City, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001, at Parkview Health Care Facility in Bolivar, Mo. She was born Feb. 9, 1916, at Ancell, Mo., daughter of Otto Walter and Anna Sander Walter. She and William "Bill" Varnon were married. He died Nov. 13, 1959...
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Summer a precursor of what's to come for investors
(National News ~ 09/04/01)
NEW YORK -- The summer of 2001 will likely be a bitter memory for investors who watched their already battered stock portfolios sink yet again as hopes of a business turnaround evaporated. Unfortunately, the market's plunge this past week, including a 503-point drop in the Dow Jones industrials over four days, suggests an increasingly bleak prognosis for September and perhaps beyond...
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Business memo 09/04/01
(Business ~ 09/04/01)
Business counseling sessions available The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions at Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Perryville and Malden. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call 335-3312 for appointment...
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U.S. men's basketball team makes impression
(Professional Sports ~ 09/04/01)
BRISBANE, Australia -- The U.S. men's basketball team at the Goodwill Games is making plenty of believers. First, it was Phil Smyth, coach of the Australian team. Then, it was five-time Australian Olympian Andrew Gaze. Finally, it was the Mexican team...
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Elian's father denies Time report of U.N. visit by son
(International News ~ 09/04/01)
CARDENAS, Cuba -- Elian Gonzalez's father on Monday denied reports that the 7-year-old boy would go to the United Nations later this month for a conference on children. "I have been consulted about everything that happens with my family," Juan Miguel Gonzalez said, holding Elian's hand as he walked him to the front of his school for the first day of fall classes. "I'm not going anywhere," and neither is Elian, the father added...
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World digest 9/4/01
(Local News ~ 09/04/01)
Untrademarked domain names are unprotected GENEVA -- Celebrities like Madonna and companies like Microsoft have already proved they have a commercial interest in protecting their names from cybersquatters who set up Web sites using their the famous monikers...
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Snail draws attention of Washington, D.C.
(State News ~ 09/04/01)
PROTEM, Mo. -- It's a tiny Ozark species, almost unrecognizable to the naked eye. Yet it has managed to draw attention as far away as Washington. It's known as the Tumbling Creek cavesnail, a grain-sized creature living in stream gravel only in one place in the world -- a dark Missouri cave. And last week the eyeless, almost clear snail was named for emergency review under the Endangered Species Act...
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Bonds blasts 58th but Giants fall
(Professional Sports ~ 09/04/01)
SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco's Barry Bonds hit his 58th home run, but that was about the only mistake Colorado rookie Jason Jennings made as the Rockies knocked off the Giants 4-1. Jennings (3-0) pitched seven innings of three-hit ball for his third straight victory...
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Out of the past 9/4/01
(Out of the Past ~ 09/04/01)
10 years ago: Sept. 4, 1991 Cape Girardeau County chapter of American Family Association is organizing effort to urge Cape Girardeau cable television company to drop MTV from its service; Linda Lawrence, founder of local chapter, says group will have informational booth at SEMO District Fair next week and will be seeking signatures from Cape Girardeau residents on petition asking cable company to drop MTV; group is concerned about sexual overtones of videos shown on MTV and impact it has on youth.. ...
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Bosnian boy drowns on family outing
(State News ~ 09/04/01)
ST. LOUIS -- A 10-year-old boy who emigrated from Bosnia with his family two years ago drowned Sunday in the Meramec River. Elmin Medyseljac was swimming with family and friends near Fenton, a southern suburb of St. Louis. Elmin and a friend apparently got caught in an undercurrent about 12:30 p.m. Sunday, police said...
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Project CHARLIE seeks volunteers
(Local News ~ 09/04/01)
The Excelsior Optimist Club in Cape Girardeau is sponsoring a Project CHARLIE educator training course from 6-10 p.m. Thursday at La Croix United Methodist Church. Anyone 18 years or older is eligible for the course to help teach drug prevention to students in the second and fourth grades. The courses require a half-hour commitment each week from volunteers...
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Business personnel 09/04/01
(Business ~ 09/04/01)
New general manager at home center Bill Wooten of Jackson is new general manager at Monty's Manufactured Homes Center, 602 S. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. Wooten's appointment was announced recently. He has been in sales more than 20 years and has been with Monty's mobile home five years...
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Tigers nip Bulldogs in Soccerfest
(High School Sports ~ 09/04/01)
Cape Girardeau Central won the championship of the Notre Dame Soccerfest with a 1-0 squeaker over the defending champion host squad Monday night. The battle of the two undefeated rivals, at the Notre Dame Soccer Complex, was decided on an unassisted goal by the Tigers' Arthur Pilsner at the 23-minute mark of the first half...
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Roy L. Walls
(Obituary ~ 09/04/01)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Roy L. Walls, 83, of Urbandale, formerly of Mound City, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 22, 1918, in Mound City, son of Charlie and Kitty Clyde Rothman Walls. He and Edyth Holdman were married; she survives...
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Mexico's president tests U.S. relations
(International News ~ 09/04/01)
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Vicente Fox sets out today for Washington, hoping to sell the U.S. Congress on the first "integrated" approach to migration: temporary work visas for Mexicans, amnesty for undocumented migrants and U.S. aid for their impoverished hometowns...
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Community digest 09/04/01
(Local News ~ 09/04/01)
Cape Girardeau woman marks 104th birthday Florence Robinson Poe celebrated her 104th birthday Aug. 24. She received well wishes from President Bush and the first lady as well as many phone calls and cards. Poe was born near Farmington, Mo., then moved to Canalou, Mo., before the town had a name. She now lives with her daughter, Iris Jackson, in Cape Girardeau...
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U.S., Israel walk out of racism conference
(International News ~ 09/04/01)
DURBAN, South Africa -- The United States and Israel pulled out of the World Conference Against Racism on Monday, denouncing efforts to condemn Israel in the meeting's proposed declaration. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who had remained in Washington and was not part of the U.S. delegation, denounced the draft declaration's "hateful language."...
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People and things 09/04/01
(Local News ~ 09/04/01)
Two schools receive state's highest rating The Kelly School District received the highest rating by the state's Missouri School Improvement Program review, conducted in March. Don Moore, district superintendent, and Dorothy Deason, MSIP coordinator, attended the state school board meeting June 21 in Jefferson City, Mo., to receive the banner recognizing the district's accredited with distinction honor...
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Mussina narrowly misses perfection
(Professional Sports ~ 09/04/01)
BOSTON -- Mike Mussina already had struck out 13 of 26 batters and had Carl Everett in a 1-2 hole. One more strike and Mussina would have a perfect game. Then Everett swung. Mussina knew immediately. "I thought it was a hit," he said. The pitcher who had been right all night was right again. He watched left fielder Chuck Knoblauch race in and shortstop Derek Jeter rush out. But they never had a chance...
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Four injured in area car crashes
(Local News ~ 09/04/01)
Four people were injured in three separate accidents on Southeast Missouri roads during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Owen Sandler, 23, of Friedheim, Mo., was injured and taken by ambulance to Southeast Missouri Hospital Monday afternoon after an accident on Route KK...
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Riot police intervene during walk to school in Northern Ireland
(International News ~ 09/04/01)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Terrified Roman Catholic schoolgirls clung to their parents Monday as riot police held back crowds of angry Protestants trying to keep them from walking to school through their neighborhood on the first day of classes. A Catholic mother was hit in the face with a bottle and hospitalized as police pushed Protestants away from the disputed road in Ardoyne, a mostly Catholic district of Belfast torn by riots this summer...
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Verlene Verseman
(Obituary ~ 09/04/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Verlene L. Verseman, 42, of Perryville, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born May 2, 1959, at Perryville, daughter of Lewis and Louise Weber Petzoldt. She and David D. Verseman were married June 25, 1977...
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Verla Griffin
(Obituary ~ 09/04/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Verla Russell Griffin, 91, of Anna, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001, at Union City Manor and Rehab Center in Union City, Tenn. She was born June 5, 1910, in Union City, Ill., daughter of John and Sarah Russell. She and James Lee Griffin were married Nov. 5, 1962, in Texarkana, Texas. He died March 30, 1988...
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Cape police report 9/4/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/04/01)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, Sept. 4 DWIA subject was taken into custody Saturday pending filing of formal charges for driving while intoxicated. SummonsIgnacio Morales Salinas, 28 of 2839 Hemlock, was issued a summons Sunday for stealing. TheftTools were reported stolen Sunday at 3440 Lowes Drive...
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Police standoff ends with explosion in Illinois
(State News ~ 09/04/01)
BURBANK, Ill. -- A standoff with police ended when a man who barricaded himself in a garage allegedly set off an explosion that seriously injured both him and a police lieutenant. Both men were rushed to a nearby hospital and then airlifted to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. Jaroslaw Dabrowski, 29, was listed in critical condition with burns over more than 30 percent of his body. Lt. Michael Summers, 46, was in serious condition with burns over 15 percent of his body...
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MAP test scores rise, still low in all subjects
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
Although fewer Missouri students are scoring low, about two-thirds still are not making the grade in such basics as math, science and social studies. Most students scored below their grade level in all five subjects of the standardized tests given under the Missouri Assessment Program, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said Tuesday...
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Learn to play hard -- and have fun
(Column ~ 09/05/01)
In the early 1990s, I volunteered to become a Little League baseball coach. What better way to get into the flow of the town than to participate in an activity I loved growing up? Jim Grebing, former political editor of the Southeast Missourian and current spokesman for the Missouri Democratic Party, was Little League commissioner at the time. ...
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Police report 09/05/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/05/01)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Sept. 5 DWI Brent Garret Lichtenegger, 24, of Jackson, Mo., was arrested Monday for driving while intoxicated at 1031 Main. Angel Trejo Hernandez, 28, 639 S. Spring, Apt. G was issued a summons Tuesday for driving while intoxicated at Bloomfield and Caruthers...
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Iraq expells five U.N. officials
(International News ~ 09/05/01)
Associated Press WriterBAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq has expelled five U.N. officials it accuses of jeopardizing its security and sovereignty. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the officials were from the U.N. office that oversees the oil-for-food program...
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Mexican president asks Bush to work out migration agreement
(National News ~ 09/05/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Mexican President Vicente Fox opened a state visit Wednesday by challenging President Bush to work out a bilateral migration agreement before the end of year. Flanked by Bush on the White House South Lawn, Fox said he envisions an agreement that will allow him and Bush, before the end of their respective terms in office, "to make sure that there are no Mexicans who have not entered this country legally in the United States and that those Mexicans who have come into the country do so with the proper documents.". ...
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Britain, France approve plans to resume Concorde flights
(International News ~ 09/05/01)
Associated Press WriterLONDON (AP) -- British and French officials cleared the luxury Concorde for takeoff, laying out a series of safety modifications Wednesday that will enable the world's only commercial supersonic jet to return to service a year after a deadly crash killed 113 people...
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Prosecutors to pursue state murder charges against Nichols
(National News ~ 09/05/01)
Associated Press WriterOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The new district attorney in Oklahoma City said Wednesday that he will prosecute bombing conspirator Terry Nichols on state murder charges that could bring the death penalty. District Attorney Wes Lane had hinted in recent months that he might not pursue the first-degree murder and other state charges filed by his predecessor against Nichols, 46...
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Missouri suspect surrenders after long standoff with police
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
WRIGHT CITY, Mo. (AP) -- An eastern Missouri man was in custody Wednesday following a four-hour standoff with police. It began around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at the suspect's mobile home at Wright City, about 45 miles west of St. Louis. The name of the suspect has not been released...
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Starship 2040 offers peek into the future
(Local News ~ 09/05/01)
Cape Girardeau isn't outer space, but it is on NASA's educational flight path serving as home to Missouri's only NASA Educator Resource Center. The center, housed in a small, former bank building at 222 N. Pacific St., opened in November 1999 and began operating fully in mid-January 2000. Managed by Southeast Missouri State University, it distributes NASA educational materials including video tapes and space slides to kindergarten through 12th grade teachers in Missouri...
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Missouri veterans can apply for honorary diplomas
(Local News ~ 09/05/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- War veterans who didn't complete high school can now apply with the Missouri Veterans Commission for honorary diplomas. A state law that took effect Aug. 28 allows honorably discharged veterans of either World War or the Korean War to receive diplomas. The Veterans Commission will process the applications, but the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will issue the diplomas...
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United Way gearing up for campaign
(Local News ~ 09/05/01)
The Area Wide United Way will kick off its 2001 fund-raising campaign during the SEMO District Fair next week, but will thank its sponsors in advance at its annual CEO luncheon Thursday afternoon at Drury Lodge. "We want to make them aware that it is campaign time again and encourage them to get others involved," said Nancy Jernigan, executive director of the Area Wide United Way...
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Cape weather radio station on air
(Local News ~ 09/05/01)
A weather radio station that promises better emergency coverage for Cape Girardeau is up and running, ready to alert listeners with special receivers about potentially hazardous weather. The 300-watt station began transmitting Aug. 20 and operates at 162.550 megahertz, said Rick Shanklin, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service at Paducah, Ky. The station's call letters are KXI-93...
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Regional digest 09/05/01
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
Tennessee chase ends with arrest in Missouri NEW MADRID, Mo. -- A St. Louis man is in custody in the New Madrid County Jail following his arrest early Monday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Renard Smith, 34, was fleeing authorities from Tennessee but his luck ran out when he came to Missouri...
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Out of the past 9/5/01
(Out of the Past ~ 09/05/01)
10 years ago: Sept. 5, 1991 Dutchtown - Jackson construction company is low bidder for construction of seismically designed, Highway 25 traffic bridge across Diversion Channel, between Dutchtown and Blomeyer in southwest Cape Girardeau County; Penzel Construction Co. submitted bid of $3.6 million; it was one of three bids submitted for work...
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Rising population giving Hispanic influence a firm foothold
(National News ~ 09/05/01)
WASHINGTON -- Hispanic influence is felt in the halls of Congress and in heartland towns. It expresses itself in music, on dinner plates and on the playing fields of the nation. When Mexican President Vicente Fox tours Washington and a slice of Ohio this week, he may feel quite at home, thanks to the growing Hispanic influence in the United States...
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Bush opens the door to capital gains tax cut
(National News ~ 09/05/01)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush opened the door Tuesday to a future cut in the capital gains tax, a longtime Republican prescription for reviving an ailing economy, but said he first wants to see the effects of last spring's income tax cut. Bracing for an autumn of wrestling with Democrats over the sluggish economy and diminished budget surplus, Bush told reporters that before reducing the capital gains tax, he wanted to give the income tax cut time to stimulate the economy. ...
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Want to go?
(Local News ~ 09/05/01)
What: NASA Starship 2040 exhibit When: Sept. 12, 13 and 14 Where: NASA Educator Resource Center, 222 N. Pacific St. Times: Sept. 12, 1 to 5 p.m.; Sept. 13, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sept. 14, 9 a.m. to noon Admission: Free For more information: Check out the exhibit's Internet site at www.Starship2040.com...
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Community digest 09/05/01
(Local News ~ 09/05/01)
Submitted photo Southeast Missouri State University's Sundancers attended the National Cheerleaders Association and National Dance Alliance summer collegiate camp. Front row, from left: Heather Cook, Jennifer Cox, Kelly Willson, Jessica Dick and Ashley Collem. Back row, from left: Kate Bryan, Chela Rutlin, Lakisha Jackson, Tiffany Wills, Katie Cummings, Jennifer Clarkson, Jessie Ladd and Manda Hill.Cheerleaders return with wins from camp...
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Council rejects license at Taste
(Local News ~ 09/05/01)
Although there is no connection between Shelia Brown and the previous owner of Good Hope's popular but troubled Taste Restaurant and Lounge, that wasn't enough for the Cape Girardeau City Council to grant a liquor license to Brown. The council refused to allow Brown and her two business partners to reopen the bar at 402 Good Hope St. with a new name, new management and what she said would be renewed commitment to wiping out the Taste's embattled history...
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Fire report 09/05/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/05/01)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Sept. 5 Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday:At 5:02 p.m., an emergency medical service at Wal-Mart. At 6:02 p.m., an emergency medical service at 3208 Lakewood. At 9:10 p.m., an emergency medical service at Notre Dame High School...
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Preparing to paint - How to choose and use applicators
(Community ~ 09/05/01)
Recorded information about paintbrushes dates as far back as the Phoenicians. However, brushes were a bit different then. In those days horns were filled with animal hair that was held in place with twine. Eventually, a cylindrical piece of wood fitted with a leather strap at one end (the ferrule) replaced the horn...
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SE running game picks up ground
(College Sports ~ 09/05/01)
Out of the many positive signs that emerged from Southeast Missouri State University's near-upset of Division I-A Eastern Michigan Saturday night, one of the biggest had to be the performance of running back Curtis Cooper. Cooper, who played wide receiver for the Indians last year but had been a running back in junior college, broke loose for 129 yards on 26 carries during the Indians' 16-12 season-opening loss...
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Gary Ernst
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Gary LeRoy Ernst, 59, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born April 19, 1942, at Perryville, son of Gilbert A. and Gladys M. Moore Ernst. Ernst worked in information systems at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and American Legion Post 133...
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Stanley Manestar
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
Stanley M. Manestar, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Aug. 1, 1922, in Empire, Ohio, son of Martin and Veranika Manestar. He and Lorene C. Kuethe were married April 24, 1948, in St. Louis. Manestar worked for Von Der Ahe Moving Co. in St. Louis and then was a long-distance driver with ABF. He had lived in Cape Girardeau since 1966...
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Naomi Finley
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
Naomi Finley, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at her home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Harlan Basham
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Harlan Basham, 93, of Anna and formerly of Cypress, Ill., died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Aug. 9, 1908, in Owensboro, Ky., son of Warner and Sarah Spencer Basham. He married Lorena Jones. He was a retired grain and stock farmer in the Cypress area. He was a member of the Nazarene Church at Anna. He was a past member of the West Eden Methodist Church near Cypress...
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Shirley Messer
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Funeral for Shirley Jean Messer of Dexter will be held at 1 p.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, Mo. The Rev. Dale Hendrix will officiate. Burial will be in Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield. Messer, 67, died Ssunday, Sept. 2, 2001, at Dexter...
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Shelton departs Southeast after just one season
(College Sports ~ 09/05/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's basketball backcourt will now include one less player for the 2001-2002 season. Indians' head coach Gary Garner announced Tuesday that sophomore guard Joel Shelton has left the team for personal reasons. Shelton averaged 2.4 points and 1.5 assists per game while playing a reserve role as a true freshman at Southeast last season. ...
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J.R. Futch
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- J.R. Futch, 68, of East Prairie died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at his home. He was born May 31, 1933, at Dorena, Mo., son of Wayne and Pauline D. Hunt Futch. He and Agnes Lorene Ivie were married Dec. 5, 1958. Futch was a retired farmer and landowner and member of St. James General Baptist Church...
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Perform audit of city's road work
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/05/01)
To the editor: It seems that with each passing day the controversy over road construction in Cape Girardeau becomes a bit more heated. I would like to make a modest proposal for resolving some of the issues at hand. Hire a van that would seat about six people. ...
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Driver has advice on flooded roads
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/05/01)
To the editor: I regularly read your paper online. I enjoy the photographs that you pushish in the newspaper and online. I am writing to you about a photo printed Sept. 1. On your front page was a photo of another motorist stranded in floodwater. Even with recent drainage improvements, any city with the topography of Cape Gir-ardeau can experience flooding in a downpour. With streets crossing each other at the bottom of hills, this flooding at intersections is hard to eliminate...
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Speak Out A 09/05/01
(Speak Out ~ 09/05/01)
Hot-weather work THE MAYOR is right. I read his column on the Opinion page, and I totally agree with him. He's been a good mayor. I would have to sit all winter and wait for a street to be repaired. Do it now while the weather is great. Just like swallows...
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John Arendt
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
John Edward Arendt, 60, of Warsaw, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001, at his home. He was born May 8, 1941, in St. Louis, son of John S. and Dolores Heller Arendt. He and Carol Stevenson were married in 1962. Arendt moved to Southeast Missouri in 1976 from Arnold, Mo., and then to Warsaw in 2000...
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Norma Feterly
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
MCCLURE, Ill. -- Funeral Mass for Norma P. Feterly of Belleville, Ill., formerly of McClure, will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Peter's Cathedral in Belleville. Graveside service will be at 1:15 p.m. in Anna Cemetery at Anna. Friends may call at St. Peter's Cathedral from 9-10 a.m...
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Painted furniture equals pure fun
(Community ~ 09/05/01)
Interesting furniture pieces, either from grandma's attic or a flea market or new ones from an unfinished furniture source, are pure fun because of their versatility. These days, you can pair them with nearly any other pieces of furniture and accessories in any room of the house, and they fit right in...
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Housing survey provides a starting point
(Editorial ~ 09/05/01)
There wasn't much encouraging news in a recent study on housing in Cape Girardeau commissioned by the Area Wide United Way's Housing Needs Coordinating Committee: There's more homelessness in this city than one might think. The average cost of available homes is $90,000. ...
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Glenn House needs financial assistance
(Editorial ~ 09/05/01)
Cape Girardeau's 118-year-old Glenn House, almost as much of a city fixture as the Mississippi River, is in sad disrepair. The Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau, which owns the house and maintains it for public tours, is seeking financial help...
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West Lane discussion premature, mayor says
(Local News ~ 09/05/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Seven people turned out at Tuesday night's Jackson Board of Aldermen meeting to show their opposition to a preliminary proposal that would extend West Lane to Route D, a move they fear would create more traffic problems for the schools on West Lane. But no one spoke after Mayor Paul Sander opened the period for non-agenda citizen input saying, "The proper time for public input is when we have something to talk about."...
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Lt. Gov. Wood reportedly to run for Illinois governor
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Pushing the Illinois Republican Party toward a potentially damaging primary battle, Republican Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood will formally announce her bid for governor Sunday, a source within her office said Monday. Wood will join Attorney General Jim Ryan and state Sen. Patrick O'Malley of Palos Park in the March 2002 Republican primary election, said the source, who spoke only on condition of anonymity...
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Math scores creep upward; reading, writing stay constant
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The percentage of Illinois schoolchildren meeting state mathematics standards rose at three grade levels for the second year in a row, figures released Tuesday show. Still, only half of eighth-graders meet or exceed math goals as measured by the Illinois Standards Achievement Test, compared to 74 percent of third-graders and 61 percent of fifth-graders...
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DuQuoin State Fair sees record crowd
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
DUQUOIN, Ill. -- The DuQuoin State Fair drew 54,900 more people this year than last, due mainly to improved entertainment, officials said Tuesday. The state's smaller and lesser-known state fair attracted 447,950 people during its run Aug. 25 to Sept. 3, 14 percent more than the year before, said Jeff Squibb, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Agriculture...
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New dishes found among readers' recipe files
(Column ~ 09/05/01)
$$$Start The 146th Annual SEMO District Fair is just about ready to open, and area cooks are getting geared up for the Midwest Food and Poultry Recipe Contest. The recipe contest will be take place at 2 p.m. Saturday in the R&R Tent. I will be helping to judge the entries of chicken appetizers or main dishes brought in for the contest. Prizes will be awarded to the top three winners with the first prize being $100. It promises to be a great time for all and tasty, too...
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America's Labor Party
(Column ~ 09/05/01)
$$$Start The Wall Street Journal Of all the strengths of America's labor movement, historically two have distinguished it from the more radicalized versions which prevail on the continent. One was its determined anti-communism. The other was an agenda geared less to ideology than to concrete issues like pay and working conditions. ...
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It takes help to haul a bigger load
(Column ~ 09/05/01)
$$$Start By Frank Moreland A few years ago my wife read in the paper that President Reagan had a mole removed from his nose. Her reaction was, "That was a terrible thing to put on the front page of the newspapers of the land." My immediate reaction was, "Thank God that was the biggest new of the day. No drought, dustbowl, no killing of all the natives someplace, no plague or war. How much better can life be?"...
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Carter back in China to promote democracy
(International News ~ 09/05/01)
BEIJING -- He established diplomatic relations with China two decades ago, helping along a relationship that time has only made more important. Now Jimmy Carter, in his typically gentle way, is deploying his clout as an elder statesman to enter places and talk to people no one else could...
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Hollow tail not a real disease
(Column ~ 09/05/01)
$$$Start jkoch By John Koch, DVMQuestion: I have a dog that stays skinny all the time. He eats well, and the vet says he is healthy. I have never worried much about it because Hyper, as I call him, is extremely energetic and does everything at a full gallop. ...
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Linus Huck
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
COMMERCE, Mo. -- Linus E. "Bud" Huck, 86, of Commerce died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Hope is fading that ref lockout will end soon
(Professional Sports ~ 09/05/01)
By Dave Goldberg ~ The Associated Press NEW YORK -- The NFL and its locked-out officials got nowhere in negotiations Tuesday, despite facing a midweek deadline to reach a deal or go into the regular season with the replacements who worked last week's exhibition games...
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Best place to play tennis is on a private court
(Column ~ 09/05/01)
No doubt you've been watching the display of sheer power, athleticism and depth perception we call the U.S. Open. I certainly have. It's amazing the way players never lose a game because they can't get a single serve over the net. And it's unbelievable the way they actually return the ball instead of flailing their rackets wildly about three feet away, believing they are about to hit it...
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ND spikers open season with victory over Bernie
(High School Sports ~ 09/05/01)
BERNIE, Mo. -- The Notre Dame High School volleyball team got its season off in impressive fashion Tuesday night by rolling past host Bernie 15-7, 15-7. "We played good for the first match of the year," said Notre Dame coach Helen Payne. "There is a lot of improvement to be done, but for the opening match I'm very pleased with them."...
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Holden embraces prescription recommendations
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- With a special legislative session about to begin, Gov. Bob Holden embraced recommendations Tuesday for a new state-funded, privately run prescription drug benefit for seniors. Holden urged legislators to work with bipartisanship during the session starting today and quickly pass a bill based on the recommendations of his prescription drug task force...
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Louise Childress
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
Louise E. Childress, 88, of Little Rock, Ark., died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001, at Pleasant Valley Living Center in Little Rock. She was born Oct. 1, 1912, in Cape Gir-ardeau, daughter of August and Ella Dilport Gockel. She and James T. Childress were married May 23, 1934, in Cape Girardeau. He died Jan. 30, 1991...
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Notre Dame avenges soccer loss to Cape Central
(High School Sports ~ 09/05/01)
Round two between the two city soccer rivals, Notre Dame and Cape Girardeau Central, proved to be an intense and spirited contest. Meeting for the second time in two days, Notre Dame prevailed in this SEMO Conference matchup 2-1 at the Southeast Missouri State University Intramural Field Tuesday night...
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U.S. planes bomb Iraqi air defenses
(National News ~ 09/05/01)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. fighter jets bombed Iraqi air defenses in separate attacks Tuesday in the southern and northern "no-fly" zones, defense officials said. The official Iraqi news agency said the strike in the south injured four people. The Pentagon generally does not comment immediately on casualties related to patrols over Iraq...
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Gramm decides against re-election
(National News ~ 09/05/01)
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Phil Gramm announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election next year. The Texas Republican said his decision followed "a long and difficult period of soul searching." Gramm's retirement will conclude a career that spanned two political parties and a quarter-century of unflinching conservatism...
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Jacob Williamson
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Jacob Williamson, 96, of Sikeston died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Dec. 18,1904, at Parma, Mo., son of Jacob Ledford and Onvill Mary Hatchel Williamson. He married Edna Grubbs, who died March 20,1984...
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Minnie Smith
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Minnie M. Smith, 80, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at Eldercare of Marble Hill. She was born Oct. 12, 1920, at Leopold, Mo., daughter of John D. and Mary Holweg Scharenborg. Smith had been a cook at several local restaurants...
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Woman who let her newborn freeze to death leaves jail
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
DWIGHT, Ill. -- A Poplar Grove woman convicted of letting her newborn daughter freeze to death outside more than five years ago was released from jail on Tuesday. Kelli Moye, 21, walked out of the Dwight Correctional Center after serving almost two years for a crime that stunned residents of Poplar Grove, a small town surrounded by farmland about 70 miles northwest of Chicago...
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Monroe Hicks - Turning the corner
(High School Sports ~ 09/05/01)
It was there. The laughter, the sincerity, the talent, love, peace and potential. It was always there. But for so long it was clouded by a haze of drugs, alcohol, a broken home and a life on the streets. But Monroe Hicks was there. He was always there...
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Med school applications drop again
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
CHICAGO -- Applications to the nation's medical schools fell 3.7 percent in 2000 in the fourth straight year of decline. Attractive jobs in dot-coms and information technology, along with the prospect of big medical school debts, may be among the reasons for the decline, said Barbara Barzansky, secretary of the American Medical Association's medical education council and author of the report...
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Southern Illinois school defies odds to open again
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
LOGAN, Ill. -- As this town's elementary students report to school for another year, parents are thankful that their small town in Franklin County still has a school at all. Budget and enrollment problems forced the school board to vote to close Logan Elementary School at the end of last school year...
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S. African, EU officials seek compromise at racism parley
(International News ~ 09/05/01)
DURBAN, South Africa -- Desperate to save the U.N. racism conference, the European Union and South Africa joined forces Tuesday to try resolving the language dispute that prompted a walkout by the United States and Israel. References to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were temporarily removed from a draft declaration while the South Africans formulated substitute language, said Mary Robinson, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights...
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Slaying suspect to face 7 counts
(National News ~ 09/05/01)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Ukrainian immigrant arrested in the stabbing deaths of his pregnant wife and five other relatives will be charged with seven counts of murder, including one for his unborn child, prosecutors said Tuesday. District Attorney Jan Scully said Tuesday she has not decided whether to seek the death penalty against Nikolay Soltys...
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Man releases hostages in Indiana bank
(National News ~ 09/05/01)
LOWELL, Ind. -- A man armed with a sawed-off shotgun entered a bank and took nine people hostage Tuesday morning before surrendering about four hours later. No one was injured, police said. The hostages were released throughout the morning as police negotiators talked to the bank manager, who relayed the demands of the gunman. Authorities said David Potchen, 39, of Lowell, asked for two Big Macs and a pack of cigarettes, which were delivered in exchange for two hostages...
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Martinez reveals tear in rotator cuff, rips GM
(Professional Sports ~ 09/05/01)
BOSTON -- Pedro Martinez has a minor tear in his rotator cuff and criticized Boston general manager Dan Duquette for saying he was healthy. "What I don't appreciate is Duquette saying I'm healthy because then it is not true," Martinez said Tuesday. "I'm doing the best that I can to help the team, but I'm not 100 percent. .....
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Sikeston man gets life in prison for murder
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Scott County jury has recommended a life sentence without the possibility of parole for a Sikeston man convicted of fatally shooting a woman in front of a closed convenience store. Prosecutors said Sheila Box, 36, of Sikeston was sitting in a sport utility vehicle next to a pay phone on Aug. 5, 2000, when David Robinson, 33, shot her in the chest. She died during surgery...
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Pharmacist at center of cancer drug scare was innovative
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Even as a pharmacy business student, Robert R. Courtney was looking for ways to make money -- lots of it. When one of his college professors told him there might be profit in mixing chemotherapy drugs, he took up the tricky work and was paid handsomely by doctors. He turned out to be so successful that the professor, Ashok Gumbhir, later used his former student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City as an example of how to do things right...
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Births 9/5/01
(Births ~ 09/05/01)
Johnson Son to Olusola C. Johnson of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:43 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, 2001. Name, Amare Amarii Shemar. Weight, 6 pounds 11 ounces. Miss Johnson is the daughter of Francine Johnson of Springfield, Ill. Harrison Son to Jeffrey C. ...
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Brian Evans
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Brian J. Evans, 42, of Dexter died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born March 30, 1959, in Sikeston, son of Bill and Patricia Carr Evans. Evans was a heavy equipment operator for J.H. Berra Construction in St. Louis. He was an officer eight years with Sikeston Department of Public Safety. He was a member of Operating Engineers Local 513...
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Biologists net suspected record trout
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
BRANSON, Mo. -- Everyone agrees it's a whopper of a fish for Lake Taneycomo, but it won't be going into the record book. There won't be any certificates or trophies, either. That's because Missouri Department of Conservation biologists netted the brown trout while looking for evidence that large fish are returning to the popular fishing lake near Branson...
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Hannibal officials say cabarets don't fit town
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
HANNIBAL, Mo. -- In "America's Hometown," town leaders say, semi-nude dancing has no place a few blocks from Mark Twain's boyhood home and the river where fictional Tom and Huck romped. By a 5-0 vote Tuesday night, the Hannibal City Council advanced a proposal to restrict "adult cabarets" in the northeast Missouri town. Two council members were absent and did not vote on the measure, which could be decided during the council's next meeting in two weeks...
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Janet Reno makes bid for Florida governor
(National News ~ 09/05/01)
MIAMI -- Janet Reno launched her bid for governor Tuesday, setting up a potential battle against the president's brother that could be the most closely watched political contest of 2002. Even some Democrats, though, say Reno faces an uphill fight. The people of Florida want a governor "who's not afraid to make the hard decision, to stand up for those decisions," said Reno, who filed paperwork to open a campaign account in a bid for the Democratic nomination...
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Latest bombing shocks Jerusalem
(International News ~ 09/05/01)
JERUSALEM -- The young man making his way along the Street of the Prophets was dressed in a skullcap, white shirt and dark trousers -- the sober garb of an Orthodox Jew, apparel that would scarcely draw a glance in the center of Jerusalem. But to sharp-eyed passers-by, the man's demeanor was all wrong. His movements were jerky, nervous; he was almost running. As two Israeli paramilitary policemen confronted him, he smiled, turned away -- and detonated explosives in a sack strapped to his back...
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SEMO's Slattery nabs OVC honor
(Professional Sports ~ 09/05/01)
SEMO's Slattery nabs OVC honor Southeast Missouri State University's Erin Slattery has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Soccer Player of the Week. Slattery, a freshman from St. Louis, scored two goals and added an assist over the weekend as the Otahkians opened their season with two shutout victories in their own tournament...
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Almonte's father charged with falsifying document
(Professional Sports ~ 09/05/01)
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Danny Almonte's father was charged Tuesday with falsifying a birth certificate to make his son appear to be 12 when he actually was 14 -- and thus too old for Little League. Felipe de Jesus Almonte "will be arrested as soon as he sets foot in this country," said Victor Romero, a public-records official in the Dominican Republic who determined the young pitcher's real age...
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Marlins rookie shuts down Cubs in major league debut
(Professional Sports ~ 09/05/01)
MIAMI -- Josh Beckett allowed one hit in six shutout innings in his major league debut as the Florida Marlins beat the Chicago Cubs 8-1 Tuesday. Beckett also doubled and scored as Florida won for the just the fifth time in 22 games. Preston Wilson had a three-run homer off Jon Lieber (17-6) and Kevin Millar hit his second career grand slam, providing plenty of run support for Beckett...
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Red Sox skid hits nine games
(Professional Sports ~ 09/05/01)
BOSTON -- Jim Thome homered twice and Juan Gonzalez drove in three runs as the Cleveland Indians sent the Boston Red Sox to their ninth straight loss, 8-5 Tuesday. Boston, on its longest skid since June 1994, remained a season-high 9 1/2 behind the Yankees in the AL East...
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Bud blossoms - Cards' young lefty displays potential
(Professional Sports ~ 09/05/01)
SAN DIEGO -- Bud Smith had thrown no-hitters before, one in high school and twice in the minors last year. He sure didn't have to wait long to throw one in the majors. And it was a pretty cool experience. The 21-year-old St. Louis Cardinals rookie no-hit the rotten-luck San Diego Padres on Monday night, winning 4-0 in just his 11th start...
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Williams holds off Davenport
(Professional Sports ~ 09/05/01)
NEW YORK -- Serena Williams kept building a lead, and Lindsay Davenport kept coming back. Finally, capping a furious exchange on her third match point, Williams ripped a forehand winner for a 6-3, 6-7 (7), 7-5 victory Tuesday night in the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open...
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Prisons are grappling with boom in cases of hepatitis C
(National News ~ 09/05/01)
PITTSBURGH -- When Charles White was sentenced to prison in Oregon for robbery five years ago, he knew nothing about hepatitis C. It was only after his release in December that he found out he was infected with the blood-borne virus. A prison doctor had told him he had high liver enzymes -- a telltale symptom of the sometimes fatal condition -- and cautioned him against taking aspirin or drinking coffee. Nothing more...
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Union unhappy with new uniforms
(State News ~ 09/05/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The state Corrections Department plans to replace the green polyester uniforms its employees have been using for at least 30 years, but the union that represents prison workers is not happy. The uniform money could be used to hire more prison guards, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees says. ...
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Beatrice Holland
(Obituary ~ 09/05/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Funeral for Beatrice Holland of Dexter will be held at 10 a.m. today at Rainey Funeral Home. Burial will be in Chalk Bluff Cemetery. Holland, 77, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001, at Crowley Ridge Care Center. She was born Dec. 7, 1923, in Pontotoc, Miss., daughter of Connie Clarence and Heather Beatrice Williams Harkness. She and Ernest Lee Holland were married July 15, 1944, in Hernando, Miss. He died May 24, 1972...
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Excitement builds with strong play in opener
(Sports Column ~ 09/05/01)
I am excited! I thought our diaper dandies played a tremendous football game Saturday at Division I-A Eastern Michigan, even though we fell short 16-12, and we have regional rival Southern Illinois at Houck Stadium this Saturday night in what should be an exciting and fun football game...
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Republicans open collective bargaining hearings
(State News ~ 09/06/01)
Associated Press WriterJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- With Democrats conspicuously absent, Republican senators opened hearings Thursday on the legality of Gov. Bob Holden's order allowing collective bargaining for thousands of state employees...
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Power-plant trip a good gesture by company
(Editorial ~ 09/06/01)
P But two opponents who visited the Kinder-Morgan Power Co. plant in Colorado came away still convinced they don't want a similar facility in their area of Cape Girardeau County. Neither of two people who oppose a plan to build a power plant in Cape Girardeau County changed her mind after visiting a similar but smaller plant in Colorado...
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Administration no longer interested in breaking up Microsoft
(National News ~ 09/06/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration, reversing the Clinton White House legal strategy against Microsoft, told the software manufacturer Thursday it no longer seeks to have the company broken up. The department also said it will not pursue the bundling issues in its protracted antitrust suit against the software giant...
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Domenici says spending part of Social Security surplus harmless
(National News ~ 09/06/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Social Security surpluses remain so huge that it would be harmless to use some of the money to finance other programs, a top Senate Republican said Thursday in a departure from the orthodoxy of both parties...
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Fox promotes immigration overhaul in speech to Congress
(National News ~ 09/06/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Mexican President Vicente Fox pressed his case for immigration overhaul to Congress on Thursday, urging greater trust between neighbors as the basis for "a new partnership in North America." Fox told a joint session of the Senate and House, "The time has come for Mexico and the United States to trust each other."...
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Danforth tapped as special envoy to troubled Sudan
(National News ~ 09/06/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush named a prominent former senator and ordained minister, John C. Danforth, to broker an end to an African civil war that after nearly two decades is grabbing the attention of Christian groups and western oil companies alike...
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Russian rocket burns up in atmosphere off East Coast
(National News ~ 09/06/01)
Associated Press WriterA Russian rocket that had orbited the Earth since 1975 re-entered the atmosphere Thursday, its fiery debris creating a spectacular early-morning light show along much of the East Coast. "It was kind of sparkling a little bit, almost like it was on fire," said John Yeomans, who saw it at 6 a.m. as he and his wife were drinking coffee at home in Smyrna, Del. "It left just an incredible trail."...
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NFL refs reject offer, replacements to open season
(Professional Sports ~ 09/06/01)
AP Football WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- The NFL referees' union rejected the league's latest contract offer on Thursday, and replacement officials will work at least the opening weekend of the regular season. The league said Tom Condon, head of the NFL Referees' Association, left a telephone message saying the union's board unanimously rejected the offer presented the previous day...
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Crucial vote on peace plan clears Macedonian parliament
(International News ~ 09/06/01)
Associated Press WriterSKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -- Macedonia's peace process cleared a crucial test Thursday as parliament backed its overall framework and opened the way for NATO to resume collecting weapons from ethnic Albanian rebels. The vote passed 91-19, with two abstentions, following a nearly weeklong process in which many lawmakers assailed the pact but conceded the consequences of defiance were too grave...
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Local lawmakers expect smooth special session
(State News ~ 09/06/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Area state lawmakers are predicting the special session of the General Assembly that began Wednesday to be productive and relatively swift. Gov. Bob Holden called the lawmakers into session to tackle three tasks: crafting a prescription drug benefit for the elderly, fixing a livestock pricing law and exempting this summer's federal tax rebates from state income taxes...
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Autism - In search of answers
(Local News ~ 09/06/01)
First Atlanta, then San Diego. But in between conferences where millions of people live, Defeat Autism Now will come to Cape Girardeau, bringing national experts to inform area families, doctors and educators about the latest breakthroughs and theories in the field of autism...
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Cape force veteran named police chief
(Local News ~ 09/06/01)
After a four-month nationwide search, the Cape Girardeau Police Department has chosen one of its own as its new police chief. Capt. Steve Strong, 53, a 25-year veteran of the force, was named to the position Wednesday at a news conference held by city manager Michael Miller...
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Livestock auctions
(Local News ~ 09/06/01)
Fruitland Livestock FRUITLAND, Mo. -- Fruitland Livestock Auction Tuesday receipts, 326; last week, 558; last year, 274. Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers 250-600 lbs sold 2.00- 3.00 higher, the heavier side of the offering sold steady. ...
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St. Francis' new birth center gives preview to public
(Local News ~ 09/06/01)
When Jan Massey took a tour of the new Family BirthPlace at St. Francis Medical Center Wednesday afternoon, she said she could see a problem developing. It wasn't that the facility was incomplete or too small. It's just too nice. "Now everyone's going to want to get pregnant," said Massey, of Benton, Mo.,...
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John Tlapek reappointed to SEMO Board of Regents
(Local News ~ 09/06/01)
John C. Tlapek of Cape Girardeau will serve a second term on the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents. Gov. Bob Holden reappointed Tlapek to a six-year term on Wednesday, retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year. His term will end on Jan. 1, 2007...
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New Anna, Ill., lab to separate good grapes from bad
(Local News ~ 09/06/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- The grape picking season is under way in Southern Illinois, and Shawnee Community College is doing something to ensure its quality. The college has opened a grape juice testing lab at its Anna Extension Center. The region's wine making is at stake, said Dr. Ben Maragni, coordinator of alternative agriculture at the college...
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Out of the past 9/6/01
(Out of the Past ~ 09/06/01)
10 years ago: Sept. 6, 1991 MTV won't be pulled from local cable television service despite religious group's move to ban it from local airwaves; Roger Harms, who heads up local TCI Cablevision of Missouri, says petition being circulated by Cape Girardeau County Chapter of the American Family Association that supports removal of channel will have no effect on TCI's programming...
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Correction 9/6
(Correction ~ 09/06/01)
Lisa Gay McDaniel of 720 S. West End was involved in a car accident. She was listed incorrectly in Wednesday's police report as having been arrested. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error.
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Births 9/6/01
(Births ~ 09/06/01)
Skinner Daughter to Jay D. and Susan Skinner of Dallas, Texas, Presbyterian Hospital in Plano, Texas, 5:25 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, 2001. Name, Rhiannon Elizabeth. Weight, 6 pounds 14 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Skinner is the former Susan Lorberg, daughter of Jerry and Barbara Lorberg of Gordonville, Mo. She is a self-employed graphic designer. Skinner is the son of Jerry and Janet Skinner of Wichita, Kan. He is a geophysicist with Kerr McGee...
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Betty Chivalie
(Obituary ~ 09/06/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Betty Chivalie, 69, of Key Largo, Fla., formerly of Cairo, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001, at Mariner's Hospital in Tavernier, Fla. Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo is in charge of arrangements.
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Ralph Anderson
(Obituary ~ 09/06/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ralph O. Anderson, 93, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born Sept. 27, 1907, in Perry County, Mo., son of Bob and Maude Hudson Anderson. He and LaVesta M. Reeves Thoms were married March 14, 1942...
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Roy Barks
(Obituary ~ 09/06/01)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Roy Lester Barks, 83, of Sedgewickville died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 16, 1917, son of David and Emma Statler Barks. He and Mary Seabaugh were married June 1, 1951. She died Jan. 3, 1994...
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Velma Lee
(Obituary ~ 09/06/01)
Velma Lee, 81, of Las Vegas, Nev., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2001, at her home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Naomi Finley
(Obituary ~ 09/06/01)
Naomi Yvonne Finley, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at her home. She was born June 23, 1934, in Mayfield, Ky., daughter of George Henry and Novella Myatt Callis. She first married Ralph McDaniel May 9, 1960. He died Nov. 13, 1975. She later married Thomas Finley Aug. 11, 1979, in Cape Girardeau...
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Linus Huck
(Obituary ~ 09/06/01)
COMMERCE, Mo. -- Linus E. "Bud" Huck, 86, of Commerce died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 9, 1915, at Crystal City, Mo., son of George W. and Ilma Baumstark Huck. He and Ann Alice Foster were married Oct. 3, 1936, in Fairfield, Ill...
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Emma Anderson
(Obituary ~ 09/06/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Emma Marie Anderson, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 23, 1922, at St. Charles, Mo., daughter of James Ebert and Nettie Croquart Anderson. Anderson was a beautician more than 25 years in Hartford, Ill. ...
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Pauline McCollom
(Obituary ~ 09/06/01)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Pauline Jannett McCollom, 52, of Bloomfield died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 6, 1949, at Holcomb, Mo., daughter of Lowell and Lela Chambers Mann. She and Randy McCollom were married Sept. 13, 1989...
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Ryoko Reeder
(Obituary ~ 09/06/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Ryoko Reeder, 69, of Anna died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at Jonesboro Healthcare Center in Jonesboro, Ill. She was born March 16, 1932, in Tokyo, Japan, daughter of Hogoro and Hanako Kiyosu Matsuoka. She and Glenn O. Reeder were married Oct. 1, 1965, in Tokyo. He preceded her in death...
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Christine May
(Obituary ~ 09/06/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Christine May, 84, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2001, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Sept. 23, 1916, in Clay County, Ark., the daughter of Joseph Lewis and Willie Lavada Wagner Murphy. She married Oather Liddell May on May 19, 1934. He preceded her in death on Oct. 5, 1980. She also married Robert Franklin. He also preceded her in death...
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Elva McConnell
(Obituary ~ 09/06/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Elva Estes McConnell Jr., 77, of Chaffee died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at Chaffee Nursing Center. He was born Oct. 7, 1923, at Malden, Mo., son of Elva Estes and Gertrude Ellen Markle McConnell Sr. He and Virginia Jordan were married Sept. 9, 1949...
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Speak Out A 09/06/01
(Speak Out ~ 09/06/01)
Clearheaded analysis AL SPRADLING is arguably the best mayor Cape Girardeau has ever had. One of his many strengths is his level-headed and even-tempered approach to any and all problems facing our proud community. Though his guest column criticizing the Southeast Missourian generally and editor Joe Sullivan specifically concerning their ongoing criticism of the process of street repairs may have at first glance seemed an uncharacteristic verbal temper tantrum on his behalf, upon further reflection it becomes apparent that it was not. ...
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Politicans should keep hands off Social Security
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/06/01)
To the editor: The headline in the Aug. 28 Southeast Missourian read: "Government must tap SS for $9 billion." I am an 85-year-old widow. I am not a politician, nor am I campaigning for Democrats, Republicans or independents. The Social Security account is not the government's money to spend. It was paid into the Social Security fund by employees and their employers. This fund has been tapped for years, and I have never seen or heard where even one IOU has been repaid...
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Sports digest 9/6/01
(Other Sports ~ 09/06/01)
Woods commits to St. Louis event ST. LOUIS -- Tiger Woods officially entered the American Express Championship next week in suburban St. Louis, the final World Golf Championship event for official money this year. The WGC event, to be played at Bellerive Country Club in west St. Louis County, is for the top 50 players in the world ranking, plus top money-winners from six tours around the world...
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Work is welcome, but drop-offs can be dangerous
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/06/01)
To the editor: I totally support Cape Girardeau's implementation of upgrading its streets. However, careless removal of paving with several inches of drop-off without any warning whatsoever could cause damage to cars going the speed limit of 30 mph. Or, worse yet, sudden stops at these parts of the pavement might cause rear-end collisions...
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Jackson spikers beat Scott City for SEMO crown
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/01)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- The Jackson Lady Indians swept away Scott City 15-6, 15-3 to capture the championship of the SEMO Conference Tournament. Jackson (6-0) defeated Sikeston 15-8, 15-5 in the semifinal match. "The girls played well," said Jackson coach Nancy Ellis. "We have a long way to go, but overall it was a good couple of days."...
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SEMO Sports & Specialists Volleyball Classic
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/01)
Following is a list of the teams in each pool : Pool A: Advance, Leopold, Lesterville, Poplar Bluff, Sikeston. Pool B: Bloomfield, Gideon, Lindbergh, Notre Dame-Cape Girardeau, South Iron. Pool C: Cape Girardeau Central, Farmington, New Madrid, Notre Dame-St. Louis, Zalma...
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Overcoming obesity - Researchers study successful dieters
(Community ~ 09/06/01)
NEW YORK -- The city that never sleeps is still snoozing peacefully when John Kubacki trots out his front door for a sunrise run in Central Park. Across town, Patricia Brawer is already pumping iron with her personal trainer. Soon Toni Landau will be striding briskly on the treadmill in her bedroom, just like she has six days a week for the past 12 years...
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Cape serves up area's biggest volleyball tourney
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/01)
Southeast Missouri's biggest regular-season high school volleyball tournament -- by far -- is ready for its 14th edition. The annual SEMO Specialties & Sports High School Volleyball Classic will be played Friday and Saturday at two venues on the Southeast Missouri State University campus and at Notre Dame High School...
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Judge sends harsh warning to Butler County
(Editorial ~ 09/06/01)
P A former correctional officer in the Butler County Sherifff's Department showed that the behavior of her superiors and co-workers was wrong. Ruling in a sexual harassment suit, a federal judge put the Butler County Sheriff's Department on notice that public officials and their employees had best watch what they say and do around the people they work with...
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Health calendar and digest 9/6
(Community ~ 09/06/01)
Today Blood pressure screening from 10-11 a.m. at Cape Senior Center. The event is sponsored by Southeast Missouri Hospital's Generations Family Resource Center. Healthy Bites seminar from noon to 12:40 p.m. on ethnic cooking, presented by Kris Schmidt, dietetic intern at St. Francis Medical Center. Lunch is served in Conference Room C of the education center. For information, call the Wellness Department at 331-5970...
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Cape police report 9/6
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/06/01)
Cape Girardeau Thursday, Sept. 6 ArrestsSantos Felipe Sosa, 42, of 310 N. Pacific St. was arrested Tuesday by the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department on a Cape Girardeau warrant for contempt of court. Stephen Damian Evans, 18, of Clarksville, Tenn., was arrested Tuesday on a Sikeston, Mo., warrant for contempt of court...
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Cape fire report 9/6
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/06/01)
Cape Girardeau Thursday, Sept. 6 Firefighters responded to the following call Tuesday:At 4:15 p.m., emergency medical service at 341 N. Main St. Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday:At 12:32 a.m., emergency medical service at 3020 Boutin Drive...
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Cape Girardeau City Council action taken this week
(Local News ~ 09/06/01)
Tuesday, Sept. 5 Public hearings Consent ordinances Approved a request regarding the proposed issuance of tax-exempt certificates of participation in a principal amount not to exceed $2,750,000 to finance a portion of the costs of a project to be leased to Renaissance Aircraft, LLC...
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GOP leaders still want more tax cuts this fall
(National News ~ 09/06/01)
WASHINGTON -- Top congressional Republicans said Wednesday they want new legislation to stimulate the economy including cuts in the capital gains tax rate, despite President Bush's wish to delay such an effort. The GOP split emerged as Republicans stepped up efforts to combat Democratic claims that this year's tax cut was so costly that, unless savings are found, it could force the use of Social Security surpluses to pay for defense, education and other increases that both sides support...
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Fox surprises Bush with quick timetable
(National News ~ 09/06/01)
WASHINGTON -- Mexican President Vicente Fox, the first state visitor of the Bush presidency, challenged the United States on Wednesday to strike an agreement on immigration by year's end. President Bush said "there is no more important relationship" than with Mexico but did not embrace Fox's ambitious deadline...
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Administration - Most stem cell lines undeveloped
(National News ~ 09/06/01)
WASHINGTON -- Fewer than half the embryonic stem cell lines approved for federal funding are ready for research, the Bush administration admitted Wednesday as it defended the president's restrictions to skeptics on Capitol Hill. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said he expects more of the existing cell lines to be fully developed by the time federal grants are issued next year. Even if they aren't, he said, two dozen cell lines are enough to get the science moving...
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Dominicans see baseball as ticket out of poverty and into fame
(Professional Sports ~ 09/06/01)
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Sitting on a trash-strewn sandlot in a Santo Domingo slum, Guillermo Matos Jr.'s eyes shine when he talks about the major leagues -- and what he would do to get there. "It is the fastest way out of poverty, for me and my family," the young catcher said...
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27 up, 27 down - Williams pitches two-hitter
(Professional Sports ~ 09/06/01)
SAN DIEGO -- Woody Williams threw six perfect innings against his former Padres teammates two nights after rookie Bud Smith pitched a no-hitter, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat San Diego 2-0 Wednesday night for a three-game sweep. Williams didn't allow a runner until rookie D'Angelo Jimenez lofted a fly ball into the left-center gap that fell in for a single on the first pitch of the seventh. ...
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Ho-hum attitudes stun Phillies skipper
(Professional Sports ~ 09/06/01)
PHILADELPHIA -- Larry Bowa isn't surprised the Philadelphia Phillies are in contention for a playoff spot. He's stunned by the way they're responding to it. "As a manager, it's hard for me to fathom no excitement in a pennant race," Bowa said Wednesday. "But it's their personality. There are some out there who have won before and you can hear them chirping. But most of them have never won...
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Clemens wins 15th straight
(Professional Sports ~ 09/06/01)
TORONTO -- Roger Clemens set a Yankees record with his 15th straight victory, leading New York over the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 Wednesday night. Clemens (19-1) also became just the second player in major league history to win 19 of his first 20 decisions. Rube Marquard of the New York Giants did it in 1912...
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Martinez hoping to start Friday against Yankees
(Professional Sports ~ 09/06/01)
BOSTON -- Pedro Martinez, who a day earlier criticized Boston general manager Dan Duquette for saying he was healthy, said Wednesday he hopes to pitch again this season. Martinez threw in the outfield while the Red Sox took batting practice before playing Cleveland. His next scheduled start is Friday at Yankee Stadium...
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Astros rip Reds 10-3
(Professional Sports ~ 09/06/01)
CINCINNATI -- Vinny Castilla homered, doubled twice and drove in six runs as the Houston Astros shook up their struggling lineup and beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-3 Wednesday night. With Jeff Bagwell and Moises Alou watching from the bench, Castilla led the Astros to their best offensive showing in more than two weeks. His six RBIs matched his career high...
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Morris pitches 7 shutout innings
(Professional Sports ~ 09/06/01)
SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Padres got some hits -- eight of them -- and scored a run. Other than that, their offensive slump continued as they were beaten 6-1 by the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Matt Morris pitched seven shutout innings to join Arizona's Curt Schilling as the only 19-game winners in the majors, and rookie Albert Pujols hit his 33rd homer for the Cardinals...
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Venus, Capriati set for semifinal match
(Professional Sports ~ 09/06/01)
NEW YORK -- Venus Williams was erratic, Jennifer Capriati was ecstatic. Now the winners of the year's first three Grand Slam titles will meet for a spot in the final of the fourth major. Not a whole lot went right for Williams at the U.S. Open on Wednesday -- the 43 unforced errors, the 48 percent of first serves that missed the mark, the eight double-faults. Just enough did go the defending champion's way, though, to add up to a 6-3, 6-1 quarterfinal victory over Kim Clijsters...
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Martz, angry with media, threatens to close practice
(Professional Sports ~ 09/06/01)
ST. LOUIS-- St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz had to be talked out of closing practice Wednesday after he was asked about using running backs Marshall Faulk and Trung Canidate together in the backfield. Martz also shooed photographers and TV cameras from the field early in practice...
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Drug benefit takes stage in session
(State News ~ 09/06/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers began a special session Wednesday with more than enough support to pass a new prescription drug benefit for lower-income senior citizens. A majority of House and Senate members signed onto a pair of bills that differ only slightly and closely mirror the recommendations of Gov. Bob Holden's prescription drug task force...
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Dunklin County man imprisoned
(State News ~ 09/06/01)
A Dunklin County man has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges that he set fire to a Malden auto-repair shop last year. Louis E. Gamlin, 39, of Malden, also was ordered Tuesday in U.S. District Court to pay $44,000 in restitution in the March 2000 fire that destroyed Mike's Automotive...
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Kansas City Zoo gets six months for improvements
(State News ~ 09/06/01)
ST. LOUIS -- A professional association on Wednesday gave the Kansas City Zoo six more months to improve finances and staffing and upgrade a dilapidated orangutan exhibit. Zoo director Mark Wourms met in a closed meeting with the accreditation committee of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association. The meeting took place in St. Louis, where the association will begin its annual conference Friday...
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Inquiry by congressman clears agents in dogs' death
(State News ~ 09/06/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt on Wednesday defended federal agents who took criticism for the deaths of two dogs who succumbed to heat in a car as their owner was arrested in one of the Midwest's largest counterfeiting schemes. In a report capping an investigation requested by animal advocates, Blunt said the agents took reasonable steps to protect the English Bulldogs July 11 and that the owner, Edward Clyde Allen Sr., ultimately put the animals at risk by using them to protect his alleged criminal activity.. ...
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AT&T adds additional fee in Missouri
(State News ~ 09/06/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Many of AT&T's Missouri customers will soon see an additional fee on their long-distance bills -- whether or not they use the service targeted by the increase. The long-distance carrier has informed its Missouri customers that they will be billed an extra $1.95 a month beginning Sept. 15. The charge, the company says, will offset access fees that AT&T must pay local carriers to place in-state long-distance calls...
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Plan looks to turn Jefferson Barracks into historical park
(State News ~ 09/06/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Sen. Jean Carnahan and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt offered support Wednesday for a plan to turn 60 acres at Jefferson Barracks in south St. Louis County into a historical park. Carnahan and Gephardt, both Missouri Democrats, sent a letter Wednesday to Gov. Bob Holden seeking help in developing the project at the barracks, site of the first permanent military installation west of the Mississippi...
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Missouri Supreme Court names redistricting panel
(State News ~ 09/06/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court has named a judicial panel to redraw Missouri's legislative districts for the next decade. The appointments Wednesday of six appellate judges from Missouri's three judicial districts comes a week after two citizen panels failed to reach an agreement on tentative maps based on 2000 census data...
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'Titanic' fight expected over cattle losses
(State News ~ 09/06/01)
OMAHA, Neb. -- A battle for the assets of Missouri man accused of selling the same cattle to more than one investor promises to pit private investors against banks, lawyers say. The Omaha World-Herald reported last month that George L. Young's cattle businesses closed Aug. 10, and media reports have estimated losses at up to $100 million...
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Former eastern Missouri postmaster pleads guilty to fraud
(State News ~ 09/06/01)
ST. LOUIS -- A former eastern Missouri postmaster pleaded guilty Wednesday to federally defrauding the U.S. Postal Service and an organization representing postmasters of thousands of dollars. Tina Emery, 47, of St. Charles, admitted in U.S. District Court that she embezzled postal money orders valued at $3,742 in December 1998 while she was Hawk Point's postmaster. ...
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Homemade grenade blasts police in Northern Ireland
(International News ~ 09/06/01)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Schoolgirls screamed and their parents ducked after Protestant extremists hurled a homemade grenade at them Wednesday, the third day of a hate-fueled confrontation outside a Catholic elementary school in Northern Ireland...
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Bathroom renovations at Missouri Capitol cost millions
(State News ~ 09/06/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- While the governor and lawmakers sweat over a budget crunch that has some offices conserving paper clips, their Capitol bathrooms are getting a $2.7 million makeover. When lawmakers returned Wednesday for the special session, they found that one of the more convenient men's restrooms -- right across the hall from the House chamber -- was a boarded-up construction zone...
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Delegates struggle to find compromise at racism meeting
(International News ~ 09/06/01)
DURBAN, South Africa -- Under threat of a devastating European walkout, the World Conference Against Racism held closed-door meetings Wednesday to try to find compromise language on the Israel-Palestinian conflict and reparations for slavery. France warned it and the European Union could follow the United States and Israel by quitting the U.N. ...
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China, media near deal to trade programs
(International News ~ 09/06/01)
BEIJING -- Looking to spread its culture through television, China said Wednesday that it is near an extraordinary agreement to allow direct foreign broadcasts into citizens' homes -- if an English-language channel run by the Chinese government is disseminated across the United States...
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Russians experts fear germ warfare research
(National News ~ 09/06/01)
MOSCOW -- Russian experts voiced concern Wednesday about U.S. plans to develop a potentially more lethal version of the bacterium that causes deadly anthrax, but the government refrained from immediate reaction. The Pentagon confirmed its intention Tuesday to conduct the research once legal reviews have been completed and the U.S. ...
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Figures suggest back-to-school sales gains
(National News ~ 09/06/01)
NEW YORK -- In a first look at the back-to-school sales season, three major retailers on Wednesday reported modest sales gains for August. "My sense is that the back-to-school season is still adversely affected by the onslaught of layoffs," said Jeff Feiner, managing director at Lehman Brothers...
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Students swarm campuses
(National News ~ 09/06/01)
HANOVER, N.H. -- A campus housing crunch at schools around the country is so bad that Dartmouth College has offered freshmen the chance to defer their first year in return for a year of free housing. Fourteen students out of the roughly 2,000 the Ivy League school accepted this year have taken Dartmouth up on its offer -- worth about $5,000 -- which was extended because of increased student enrollment...
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Investors take aim at HP, Compaq
(National News ~ 09/06/01)
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Investors pounded the stocks of Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. to 52-week lows Wednesday, indicating Wall Street has yet to be convinced HP's acquisition of Compaq is a good idea. HP shares fell 4 percent, or 79 cents, to $18.21 on the New York Stock Exchange. The price has fallen 22 percent since HP's stock swap with Compaq was announced late Monday, dropping the value of the deal from $25 billion to $19.5 billion...
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Reno has some party bosses cringing
(National News ~ 09/06/01)
MIAMI -- Janet Reno crisscrosses Florida in a red pickup. Those who have something to say to her can just call her up -- she's in the book. And when she announced for governor, she didn't call a news conference; she invited reporters over to her rustic house for one-on-one interviews...
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The horror of chiggers and basking in summer of someone's arms
(Column ~ 09/06/01)
Sept. 7, 2001 Dear Ken, Sitting in our favorite Chinese restaurant, my wife offers her right leg for my inspection. "Hmm," I say in a tone meant to imply insignificance. I pull up my left pants leg and roll the sock down below the ankle. "Oh!" she exclaims....
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New sound to City of Roses Music Festival
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
By Jim Obert When the City of Roses Music Festival kicks-off downtown later this month, namebrand musicians will entertain with the rambling river as a backdrop. For the first time, wailing guitars, thumping drums and voracious vocals will emanate from Riverfront Park - inside the Mississippi River floodwall. Headliner musicians will play on a stage near the edge of the river or on a barge...
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Billboard's Top Ten
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
Billboard's Top Ten Modern Rock Tracks 1. Smooth Criminal, Alien Ant Farm 2. Fat Lip, Sum 41 3. Schism, Tool 4. Clint Eastwood, Gorillaz 5. How You Remind Me, Nickelback 6. It's Been Awhile, Staind 7. Control, Puddle of Mud 8. Hash Pipe, Weezer...
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Event schedule for September and October 2001
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
MISSOURI RIVERPORT AMPHITHEATRE Sat. 9/8 Sammy Hagar Sat. 9/15 Matchbox Twenty Sat. 9/29 The Guess Who & Joe Cocker THE PAGEANT Thur. 9/6 Osomatli Mon. 9/10 Rollins Band Tue. 9/11 Carrot Top Thur. 9/13 Bela Fleck & The Flecktones...
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Veg Out!
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
by Becky Brown What do Pamela Anderson Lee, Leonardo da Vinci, Hank Aaron and Sting have in common? They are all vegetarians. Throughout the course of history, many people have been vegetarians. The reasons people enjoy a veggie lifestyle vary greatly...
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OFF! on Music
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
Sum 41 All Killer No Filler These new millennium skateboarding punksters are self-aware masters of entertainment. They'll take you on a joy ride combining super pop with heavy metal, hip-hop and ska sounds. The single "Fat Lip" glides smoothly from an 80s Beastie Boys' sound to Blink 182 to Black Sabbath. Crazy combinations like this that'll make you laugh, but leave you asking for another listen...
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The Dharma Bum
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
By Jaysen Buterin "Has anyone ever told you that look like Jesus?" - Asked of me by virtually every bloody person I've ever met, often on a continual basis. Wow, has it really been a month already? That went by faster than Walt Flanagan's dog, and in these two fortnights, so much has happened. ...
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Arts Council announces exhibit of antique motorcycles
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri announces an exhibit of antique and restored Harley-Davidson motorcycles at Gallery 100. The opening reception will be held on Friday, September 7, 5-8pm. The display continues through Friday, September 28. In conjunction with a Harley-Davidson Rally to be held in Cape Girardeau September 7-9, this exhibit will display some of the choicest antique Harleys held in private collections in this area. ...
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Reel News
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
Enemy at the Gates - video rental By Donna Denson The opening sequence of Enemy At the Gates depicts the 1942-43 siege of Stalingrad. Red Army soldier Vassili Zaitzev (Jude Law) is thrown off a train and into the heat of battle. Zaitsev is thrown into a boat where the choice is to stay on board and be shot by German fighter planes or jump into the water and be shot by their own commanders. ...
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Old Town ArtsCape
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
"Old Town ArtsCape", a fine art fair sponsored by The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, will be held on Saturday, September 29, 10 a.m .to 6 p.m., on the parking lot across the street from Bella Itallia on North Spanish Street. The fair is being held in conjunction with the fifth annual City of Roses Music Festival...
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146th annual SEMO District Fair starts Saturday
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
Country music stars Neal McCoy and Charley Pride will perform at the SEMO District Fair to be held Sept. 8-15 in Arena Park. Grandstand events include horse shows, a pet parade, demolition derby and tractor-truck pulls. Astro Amusements returns with special wrist-band nights for rides...
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September Events in Cape
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
6 Open Mic/Writers Night, Grace Café 7 Don Haupt Jr., Grace Café Gospel Concert, SEMO District Fair State H.O.G. Ralley, Osage Community Center, thru the 9th Wise Acres, Port Cape 8 Harley Davidson Opening, Arts Council Todd Mayberry, Grace Café...
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Tattoo for you, and body piercing too
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
By Jim Obert The word tattoo comes from the Tahitian "tatu," which means "to mark something." It is probable that tattooing has existed since 12,000 years B.C. The purpose of tattooing has varied from culture to culture over the years. In the United States after World War II, tattoos were frowned upon because of their association with Marlon Brando-type motorcycle hoodlums and juvenile delinquents...
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Cason Point
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
By Richard Cason What does it take to stir-up some controversy around here? I thought that in this conservative area, the hate mail would've been pouring in after my column concerning flag burning! I didn't get so much as note tied to a rock thrown through my window at home -how disappointing. I guess it shows that there are more people who think like me than I'd thought; not that it's a good thing...
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Get yer motors runnin' -- The HOGs are crankin' into Cape
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
Motorcycle lovers will get their motors runnin' and head on down the highway to Cape Girardeau -- meaning locals will see a lot of leather, chrome and heavy boots. The 2001 Missouri State HOG Rally, an adventure sponsored by the local HOG chapter, will take place here Sept. 7-9 and is expected to draw more than 3,000 HOG members to the city. It offers Cape Girardeans a chance to learn more about the biker lifestyle...
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Kill Your TV
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/01)
By Jason Parker Mix 104.7's afternoon personality I was asked one time to be the lead singer of a rock band. It was seventh-grade, the new kid in town and I really didn't fit in. I was a skater kid from St. Louis who was forced to move to a town with less than 5,000 people...
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Unemployment rate jumps to 4.9 percent
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
AP Labor WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's unemployment rate soared to 4.9 percent in August, the highest level in nearly four years, and businesses slashed 113,000 jobs as the slumping economy continued to hammer the labor market. The Labor Department reported Friday that the unemployment rate jumped 0.4 percent in August, up from 4.5 percent, the level it had held since April...
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Federal, state authorities mass near Salem, Mo., in standoff
(State News ~ 09/07/01)
SALEM, Mo. (AP) -- Federal authorities closed down a highway north of Salem and were involved in an "enforcement operation" at a home outside the city on Friday, officials said. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and U.S. Customs were called in to serve a federal search warrant at a home about eight miles north of Salem on Missouri 68, said ATF spokesman Larry Scott...
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Federal regulators approve Chevron acquisition of Texaco
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Oil giant Chevron Corp. received the go-ahead from federal regulators to proceed with its acquisition of fellow industry titan Texaco Inc. to make the nation's second-largest oil company, the government announced Friday...
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Racism conference agrees to compromise on slavery
(International News ~ 09/07/01)
Associated Press WriterDURBAN, South Africa (AP) -- The European Union agreed to a compromise calling on those responsible for slavery to find ways to restore the dignity of victims, resolving a key issue deadlocking the U.N. conference against racism, an EU spokesman said Friday...
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Bush says his plan will revive economy
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush summoned Republican leaders to an emergency Oval Office meeting Friday and sought to reassure the nation about the rising unemployment rate. "We've got a plan to get our economy moving so Americans can find work," the president said. Privately he considered calling for across-the-board budget cuts next year if the economy worsens and spending starts eating into Social Security reserves...
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Administration drops breakup of Microsoft
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- In a dramatic shift, the Bush administration on Thursday abandoned the Clinton-era effort to break up Microsoft. It suggested a lesser antitrust penalty that could still force changes to the company's new Windows operating system. The Justice Department also dropped charges that the software giant illegally hurt competitors by tying or bundling separate features, like a Web browser, to its flagship computer operating system...
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Cape public schools set record in closing
(Local News ~ 09/07/01)
Dan Steska knew it was going to be hot Thursday, which is why the Cape Girardeau superintendent of schools ordered 1,600 Popsicles for his students in classrooms without air conditioning. But when the heat index in one Central High School classroom reached 122 degrees by 9 a.m., Steska decided that Popsicles wouldn't be enough. He called off afternoon classes, setting a district record for the latest date school was called for heat. The old record was Sept. 4, 1998...
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Traffic tribulations on tap for weekend in Cape
(Local News ~ 09/07/01)
Today marks the start of Cape Girardeau's busiest tourist weekend of the year, with four major events that will attract people as diverse as Harley riders, teen-age volleyball players, antique-tractor collectors and football fans. And while the prospect has business owners almost salivating, most Cape Girardeau residents should brace themselves for real traffic jams, something virtually unheard of here...
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Annual Cape library sale offers rare tomes
(Local News ~ 09/07/01)
Each year on a Friday afternoon in September, a line forms at the entrance to the Cape Girardeau Public Library. At 5 p.m., the treasure hunt begins. Those in line want the first look at thousands of books in the Friends of the Cape Girardeau Public Library Book Sale. Those who aren't already members of the Friends are willing to pay $15 to join and get a chance to search for books during the first hour of the sale...
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No race - but just think of the great campaign slogans
(Column ~ 09/07/01)
Didn't we just have an election? You know, the one where we didn't know who would be president for weeks after we voted? But here we are talking about another election. Not for president of the United States. The talk now is about city councilmembers and term limits and wards and who will be mayor...
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Democrats skip collective bargaining hearing
(Local News ~ 09/07/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Three Democrats appointed to serve on a special Senate committee investigating Gov. Bob Holden's executive order on collective bargaining for state workers boycotted the panel's first meeting Thursday. While several Democratic senators branded the committee a "witch hunt," state Sen. Danny Staples, D-Eminence, refused to characterize it as such. However, Staples still refused to participate...
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United Way gives thanks to CEOs, starts fund raising
(Local News ~ 09/07/01)
The Area Wide United Way unofficially kicked off its 2001 "Make Someone Happy" fundraising campaign Thursday afternoon with the annual CEO luncheon at Drury Lodge. The luncheon served as a way for the Area Wide United Way to show its appreciation to the local CEOs and business owners who support it and its cause...
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Correction 9/7/01
(Correction ~ 09/07/01)
A helicopter operated by ARCH Air Medical Service Inc. was at Wednesday's Cornerstone Church street fair. The names of the helicopter company and the church were incorrect in a photo caption in Thursday's edition. The Southeast Missourian regrets the errors...
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Hometown honors Roger Wilson
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Boone County honored its "favorite son" Roger Wilson on Thursday, renaming its government center for the man who rose to the Missouri governor's office amid tragedy. Wilson, 52, was visibly moved as speaker after speaker told of his family's generational involvement in county government and politics, and of his steady but sympathetic handling of the sudden transition when Gov. Mel Carnahan died in a plane crash last fall...
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Out of the past 9/7/01
(Out of the Past ~ 09/07/01)
10 years ago: Sept. 7, 1991 New round of state budget cuts, totaling nearly $71.4 million, will force Southeast Missouri State University to chop another $942,325 from already scaled-back budget; including this last round, Southeast has experienced $2.83 million in budget cuts for 1992 fiscal year, largest budget reductions in school's history...
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Barbara Mixen
(Obituary ~ 09/07/01)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Barbara Jane Mixen, 75, of Pomona, Ill., formerly of Cobden, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 24, 1926, in Murphysboro, Ill., daughter of Frank and Ossie Keeley Parker. She and James O. "Chub" Mixen were married March 22, 1947, in Piggott, Ark. He died Feb. 25, 1991...
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Births 9/7/01
(Births ~ 09/07/01)
Felter Daughter to Steven M. and Leslie D. Felter of Jackson, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2001. Name, Kendall Mae. Weight, 8 pounds 4 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Felter is the former Leslie Treadwell, daughter of J.D. and Joyce Treadwell of Cape Girardeau. She is employed by Drs. Jan Seabaugh and Tom Critchlow. Felter is the son of Charles and Verena Felter of Cape Girardeau. He is employed at The Clean Uniform Co...
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Richard Beard Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/07/01)
Richard R. "Whiz" Beard Sr., 68, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Nov. 5, 1932, at Belleview, Mo., son of Cecil Carl and Stella May Pender Beard. He and Barbara Wulfers were married Jan. 25, 1980, in Cape Girardeau...
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John Powell
(Obituary ~ 09/07/01)
PUXICO, Mo. -- John Powell, 94, of Puxico died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2001, at his home. He was born April 8, 1907, near Puxico, son of Enoch and Ella Helms Powell. He and Mildred Kitchen were married Sept. 3, 1931, at Poplar Bluff, Mo. She died Oct. 28, 1994...
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Betty Chivalie
(Obituary ~ 09/07/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Betty Barkett Chivalie, 68, of Key Largo, Fla., died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001, at Mariners Hospital in Tavernier, Fla. She was born Oct. 13, 1932, in Cairo, daughter of David and Ruth Lassiter Groves. Chivalie was a retired licensed practical nurse. She was a member of Key Largo Elks Ladies Auxiliary, and the Episcopal Church...
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Pauletta Hooper
(Obituary ~ 09/07/01)
BERTRAND, Mo. -- Pauletta Hooper, 71, of Bertrand died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001, at her home. She was born Dec. 29, 1929, at Bertrand, daughter of Ernest and Gladys Spicer Hurley. She and Harold Eugene "Gene" Hooper were married in 1949. He died Oct. 28, 1992...
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Alice Kendall
(Obituary ~ 09/07/01)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Alice Kendall, 92, of Ullin, formerly of Karnak, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001 at the Cache River Apartments in Ullin. Arrangements are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak.
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Speak Out A 09/07/01
(Speak Out ~ 09/07/01)
Fighting wars THANKS TO the vet who recently called in and explained that the United States has not fought for freedom since World War II. In fact, besides the Revolutionary War and World War II, the whole "fighting for our freedom" cry for veterans is a misnomer. The caller was very correct in saying the rest of American wars were not about our freedom, but about politics and economics...
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Marie Huey
(Obituary ~ 09/07/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Marie W. Huey, 69, of Jackson died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 13, 1932, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Charles and Wilma Exler Reimann Jr. She and Don G. Huey were married Dec. 18, 1951, at Egypt Mills, Mo...
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Abortion doctor offers momentoes of dead fetuses
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/07/01)
To the editor: Dr. George Tiller, who specializes in abortions up to 38 weeks gestation in his Wichita death clinic, has come up with a gimmick. His clinic is famous for its grief-management services. This includes viewing the dead baby after its delivery, holding the dead baby after delivery, photographs of the little body, baptism of the baby, footprints and handprints of the baby and -- the best lie of all -- a certificate of premature miscarriage. ...
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Jack T. Burnett had big voice, heart to match
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/07/01)
To the editor: Chaffee lost a great man and friend, Jack T. Burnett. Jack never knew a stranger and always knew your name and always asked how you were doing. If you were in town on any given day, you could hear Jack's voice before you saw him. He had a big voice and a huge heart to match. Jack did things for people of this town, but you never heard about it. Jack was the kind of person who never said anything about what he did, but the person would find out later, but not from Jack...
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Big Business led GOP like labor controlled Dems
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/07/01)
To the editor: I am not going to lose any sleep over the dismay felt by The Wall Street Journal (Aug. 31 editorial) at learning that there might be a symbiosis between the Democratic Party and labor unions and that -- horrors! -- labor unions might have input into Democratic Party policies...
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Jackson looks to reduce mistakes
(High School Sports ~ 09/07/01)
Mentally, the Jackson Indians were a few yards short of a first down Friday night. They just weren't all there as they made a ton of mental miscues. Still, Jackson had enough talent and luck to beat Sikeston 34-7. When Jackson plays host to Sumner at 7:30 p.m. tonight, coach Carl Gross anticipates his Indians will be more focused -- and comfortable...
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Train encounters wall at Houck
(High School Sports ~ 09/07/01)
Cape Central can be a brick wall. New Madrid County Central can be a speeding locomotive. The immovable object meets the irresistible force tonight when two of the area's best teams hook up at 7:30 p.m. at Houck Stadium. New Madrid, the eighth-ranked team in Class 3A, has to be considered the favorite going in, considering it has beaten Cape Central the last two years (20-7 last year) and because it returns most of its skill-position players from a year ago...
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Bell City rings up big win
(High School Sports ~ 09/07/01)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Bell City picked up a big, back-and-forth victory as it edged out Stoddard County rival Bernie 16-14, 18-16 Thursday in high school volleyball action. Katie Kiemczyk led the Lady Cubs with six kills and 13 digs. Katie Spears had seven kills, three blocks and eight digs. Whitney Abner posted 14 assists and Amanda Bailey chipped in with seven digs and nine points...
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Cape transit board draws closer to merger
(Local News ~ 09/07/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The Cape Girardeau County Commission agreed Thursday to make changes in the county's Transit Authority board, a move that could pave the way for the authority to take over operation of a local transportation service. The authority would take over operation of the not-for-profit Cape County Transit Inc. of Jackson, which operates a fleet of vans that provides low-cost public transportation ...
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Tonight's football games
(High School Sports ~ 09/07/01)
Game times are 7:30 p.m. unless noted PORTAGEVILLE at SCOTT CITY Scott City last week: Malden 19, Scott City 13. Brad Glenn had 16 carries for 131 yards. Portageville last week: 39-20 loss to Gosnell, Ark. Last year: 27-14, Scott City...
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Welcome to Cape Girardeau, Harley owners
(Editorial ~ 09/07/01)
There are family reunions in Cape Girardeau year-around. But the reunion starting today at Osage Community Centre will be one of the largest. And, if all the participants decide to rev their V-twin engines at the same time, it could be one of the loudest...
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Cape fire report 09/07/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/07/01)
Cape Girardeau Friday, Sept. 7 On Wednesday, firefighters responded to the following calls:At 6:39 p.m., emergency medical service at 40 S. Sprigg. At 6:44 p.m., citizen assist at 1805 Margaret. At 8:14 p.m., apartment fire at 2824 Themis. At 9:42 p.m., emergency medical service at 226 Barberry...
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Missouri appears ripe for ethanol plants
(Editorial ~ 09/07/01)
Anyone who follows market prices for farm commodities knows how bleak the agricultural picture can be. One hope for farmers is to find new markets. Foreign buyers, in particular, are aggressively sought. One emerging market for corn growers is the increasing demand for ethanol, a fuel additive that is blended with unleaded gasoline to produce a cleaner burning fuel. ...
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Cape police report 09/07/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/07/01)
Cape Girardeau Friday, Sept. 7 DWIJon Lawrence Holman, 110 N. Park, was arrested Friday for driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. SummonsNickie Jerome Cain, 28, 836 N. Sprigg, was issued a summons Thursday for stealing. TheftsA compact disc changer was reported stolen at 1545 Grandview...
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Business Outreach Friday coffee topic
(Local News ~ 09/07/01)
Jim Thompson of Missouri's Small Business Outreach Project will speak at this week's First Friday Coffee. The project, a service of the Missouri secretary of state's office, helps businesses communicate with state government. First Friday Coffee is a monthly event sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. The meeting starts at 7:30 a.m. today in the Show Me Center...
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Report favors trust fund for housing
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- A national trust fund for affordable housing would create over a million jobs with up to $50 billion in wages, public housing advocates said Thursday. A new study released by the Washington-based Center for Community Change justifies the economic benefits of such a fund. Already, housing trust funds exist in more than three dozen states, nearly four dozen cities and six dozen counties...
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Walkers take themes for strolling by river
(Local News ~ 09/07/01)
The RiverWalkers, an Old Town Cape walking club, has kicked off its nine-week "themed" walking program. Walkers have joined walking club coordinator Steve Gerard the past two weeks for walks, and next on the themed walk list will be the "Urban Gardens Tour" next week...
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Bush taps John Danforth as special envoy to Sudan
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- John C. Danforth, a minister and former senator, was appointed by President Bush to look for a way to end the long-running civil war in Sudan, which has grabbed the attention of Christian groups and oil companies in the West. "It's important to America, important to the world to bring some sanity to the Sudan," Bush said Thursday during a Rose Garden ceremony. "For nearly two decades, the government of Sudan has waged a brutal and shameful war against its own people."...
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Mexico, U.S. must develop trust on immigration issue
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- Immigration reform may be too complex to complete by year's end, President Bush said Thursday in response to the plea of visiting Mexican President Vicente Fox. Undaunted, Fox told Americans "we need your trust" to swiftly legalize millions of undocumented immigrants...
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Bonds joins 60 Club
(Professional Sports ~ 09/07/01)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds became the fifth player in baseball history to hit 60 home runs in a season, connecting in the second inning of San Francisco's game against Arizona on Thursday. "That one was nice. My heart was just racing as I rounded the bases," he said after the Giants' 9-5 victory over the Diamondbacks...
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House moves ahead with bill despite cost fears
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- The House will start overhauling federal farm and food programs despite concerns that the shrinking budget surplus means little money for the legislation, GOP leaders decided Thursday. Debate on the measure could start as early as next week...
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Russians invade men's semifinals
(Professional Sports ~ 09/07/01)
NEW YORK -- In Russia they call it "Super Subbota." Yevgeny Kafelnikov advanced to Super Saturday at the U.S. Open, joining countryman Marat Safin to give Russia two Grand Slam semifinalists for the first time. "Would be even better if we both are in the final," Kafelnikov said Thursday after eliminating top-seeded Gustavo Kuerten 6-4, 6-0, 6-3...
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Sports digest 9/7/01
(Professional Sports ~ 09/07/01)
Expos release Irabu after suspension MONTREAL -- The Montreal Expos released pitcher Hideki Irabu on Thursday, the day after he finished a one-week suspension imposed while he was on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Ottawa. "It's a risk that we can't take," Expos general manager Jim Beattie said Thursday after making the announcement about the injury-plagued Japanese right-hander...
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In the Rams' corner - Williams eager to battle for St. Louis
(Professional Sports ~ 09/07/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Aenaes Williams, about to enter his 11th season, feels like a kid again. Getting traded from the Arizona Cardinals to the St. Louis Rams can have that effect on you, even if you are a six-time Pro Bowler. He's so excited about his new surroundings, being with a Super Bowl favorite instead of a team perennially struggling for .500, that he can't stay off the field even when he's not playing...
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Brewers cool off Astros with 4-3, 10-inning victory
(Professional Sports ~ 09/07/01)
HOUSTON -- Mark Loretta singled home the go-ahead run off Billy Wagner in the 10th inning, rallying the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Thursday night. The loss dropped Houston's NL Central lead to 4 1/2 games over idle Chicago. The Astros have won eight of their last 11 games and have a 24-10 record since Aug. 1...
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Red Sox continue tailspin
(Professional Sports ~ 09/07/01)
BOSTON -- Chuck Finley (6-6) gave up four hits in 6 1-3 innings, and Juan Gonzalez drove in three runs Thursday night in the Cleveland Indians' 6-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox. The Indians moved seven games ahead of second-place Minnesota in the AL Central...
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Sampras uses tie-breakers to break chief rival Agassi
(Professional Sports ~ 09/07/01)
NEW YORK -- If the late Jimmy Van Alen hadn't invented the tiebreaker in the 1960s, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi might still be playing. Without the revolutionary scoring system, the longtime rivals would have been tied 24-all in the opening set 3 1/2 hours into their U.S. Open showdown early Thursday morning...
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Canadiens' team captain diagnosed with cancer
(Professional Sports ~ 09/07/01)
MONTREAL -- After getting over the shock of learning he had abdominal cancer, Montreal Canadiens captain Saku Koivu sought out some inspiration. "He asked us to bring him a copy of Lance Armstrong's book when we go back to visit him later today," Canadiens defenseman Craig Rivet said Thursday after he and teammate Brian Savage visited Koivu in the hospital earlier in the day...
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Tiger tied for lead at Canadian Open
(Professional Sports ~ 09/07/01)
MONTREAL -- Tiger Woods wasn't interested in revenge at Royal Montreal Golf Club, only a chance to win another Canadian Open. He took care of both matters Thursday with a 5-under-par 65 that gave him a share of the lead. Returning to the course where four years ago he missed his only cut as a professional, Woods was rarely in trouble and capped off a nearly flawless round by hitting a 5-iron into 6 feet on the final hole...
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Kansas City officers not charged in fatal shooting
(State News ~ 09/07/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two police officers won't be charged in the death of a man who came toward them wielding a measuring tool, Clay County Prosecutor Don Norris says. Norris made the announcement Wednesday after a Clay County grand jury decided not to indict the police officers in the Aug. 13 death of Phillip E. Pankey, 46...
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Puppy stabbed in barbecue battle at Belleville
(State News ~ 09/07/01)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- The wife of a Belleville man who is charged with stabbing to death a puppy said her husband killed the dog because she wouldn't go outside and barbecue with him. Kathy Lybarger said she told her husband she wasn't feeling well Monday and was going to stay inside. But he stormed outside and when she looked out the window minutes later, she saw him stabbing the puppy, a female German shepherd mix named Baby...
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Illinois schools get low marks
(State News ~ 09/07/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- In the second measure of Illinois student achievement released in three days, fewer than three in five high school juniors met the state's expectations for reading, writing and other essential skills. But the "historic" new test provides information that will help students prepare for their lives after high school, officials said Thursday...
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Researcher presses black churches to fight suicide
(State News ~ 09/07/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Black churches should become the first line of defense against the dramatic rise in black teens committing suicide, the third-leading cause of death among that demographic, a researcher said. "The pulpit is the first place that ministers need to talk about suicide," Sherry Davis Molock, a George Washington University psychology professor, said Wednesday during a statewide gathering of more than 175 clergy, representatives from social agencies and government abuse-prevention workers.. ...
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Illinois teachers failed competency tests
(State News ~ 09/07/01)
CHICAGO -- More than 5,200 Illinois public school teachers have failed at least one teacher competency test since the state began giving its own certification exams in 1988, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Thursday in a copyright story. One Chicago teacher flunked 24 of 25 such tests, the newspaper reported...
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Neighborhood fears, furies sustain conflict
(International News ~ 09/07/01)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Angie Boyle tightly clasped the hand of her 10-year-old daughter Helen on the walk to school. A few streets away, Alyson Ross made a similar trip alongside 6-year-old Rachel. The girls live in the same Belfast neighborhood, Ardoyne, and attend schools virtually side by side. They are unlikely ever to become friends...
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World digest 9/7/01
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
Peres to meet with Arafat next week CERNOBBIO, Italy -- Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said Thursday night that he will meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat next week in the Middle East. In the Mideast, Palestinian International Cooperation Minister Nabil Shaath said efforts were under way to arrange the talks. "Until this moment, no time and no date and no place for such a meeting has been set."...
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Fatboy Slim wins five awards at VMA ceremony
(Entertainment ~ 09/07/01)
NEW YORK -- Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" video emerged as the leading winner at Thursday's MTV Video Music Awards, winning five of the nine awards for which it was nominated. The "Weapon of Choice" clip by Fatboy Slim, a DJ, doesn't even feature the artist; its star is actor Christopher Walken, dancing around an empty hotel lobby. Among the early awards it nabbed was for best direction, for Spike Jonze, and best choreography...
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Broadway bound - Strindberg, Ibsen, Webber and $100 tickets
(Entertainment ~ 09/07/01)
NEW YORK -- Ibsen and Strindberg are the hot playwrights. Andrew Lloyd Webber returns -- with a modest little musical. And the $100 ticket is not just for "The Producers" anymore. Welcome to fall 2001 on Broadway. Looking ahead to what audiences want to see, though, starts with "Mamma Mia!" The London musical behemoth, featuring nearly two dozen old songs by the Swedish pop group ABBA, already has a $25 million advance. ...
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Monkey experiments raise hopes for AIDS vaccine
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
PHILADELPHIA -- For 600 days and counting, monkeys given an experimental new AIDS vaccine have survived with no signs of illness despite exposure to lethal doses of virus, raising hopes that scientists may be headed at last toward an effective vaccine for people...
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Workers' health insurance costs rise
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
NEW YORK -- Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance plans rose 11 percent this year -- the biggest jump since 1992 -- pushing companies to consider making workers pay more out of their own pockets. From spring 2000 to spring 2001, annual premiums for employer-sponsored plans grew to $2,650 for single coverage and to $7,053 for family coverage, according to a study of 2,734 companies released Thursday by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust...
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California police surround murder suspect after 110 mph chase
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
NEWMAN, Calif. -- A suspect in a double murder led police on a 110 mph chase Thursday, then holed up in his crippled automobile as officers surrounded him. The standoff forced the closure of Interstate 5. Two hostage negotiators were with police at the highway outside Newman, trying to persuade Joaquin Gutierrez, 40, to surrender as a SWAT team sharpshooter lay in a strip of grass nearby. ...
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People talk
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
Anne Heche pregnancy revealed during interview LOS ANGELES -- Add expectant mother to the roles taken on by Anne Heche. Heche, who married cameraman Coleman Laffoon on Saturday in a ceremony in Los Angeles, is three months pregnant, publicist Brad Cafarelli said Thursday...
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Commission works to ban shark feedings
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. -- A state commission Thursday moved to ban shark-feeding scuba dives in Florida following two deadly shark attacks along the East Coast over the Labor Day weekend. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 7-1 for a total ban on feeding marine animals by people in the water. The proposed rule could become effective after a hearing and a subsequent final vote in November...
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'Doonesbury' creator apologizes for citing Bush IQ hoax
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
PHILADELPHIA -- "Doonesbury" creator Garry Trudeau has apologized -- sort of -- for a Sunday strip that cited an Internet hoax that said George W. Bush had the lowest IQ of any president in the last 50 years. The strip depicted a purported conversation between an unseen Bush and an adviser in the White House. It cited a purported ranking of presidential IQs based on public statements and writings...
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Maine seal population explodes
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
PORTLAND, Maine -- The seal population is exploding off the Maine coast, with the greatest surge coming in the last decade. "At least to the back of the turn of the last century, we probably have more now than ever before," says James Gilbert, a professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Maine who is heading the 2001 survey...
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Shad make comeback in eastern rivers
(National News ~ 09/07/01)
COLUMBIA, Pa. -- Once, American shad swam up Atlantic coastal rivers in huge masses each spring, when instinct -- or some inner compass -- lured them by the millions from the ocean to their ancestral spawning beds. Schools of the fork-tailed fish ruled the Chesapeake Bay and ran rivers like the Potomac, Susquehanna, Hudson and Connecticut in huge migrations. Shad from the Delaware River played a part in the American Revolution, feeding George Washington's troops during their historic crossing...
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Sikeston driver picks up first win out west
(Sports Column ~ 09/07/01)
$$$Start A Sikeston racer competing in the NASCAR Winston West Series led a list of local competitors with big holiday weekends. Sammy Potashnick, 27, led the final 43 laps of the Bank One 250 at Rocky Mountain Raceways near Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday, wrapping up his first win on the tour...
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Local schools give MAP scores short shrift
(Editorial ~ 09/08/01)
There wasn't much to cheer about when the Cape Girardeau School District released its Missouri Assessment Program test scores this week. There were only two categories where more than half of district students were proficient: fifth-grade physical education and third-grade science...
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Cape permit status for August
(Business ~ 09/08/01)
Following is the August permit status of new buildings, expansions and remodeling projects and the status of those projects in Cape Girardeau: New buildings Rebel Group, LLC, new building for strip mall, 623 S. Silver Springs Road, preliminary site plan, 9/4/01...
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Out of the past 09/08/01
(Out of the Past ~ 09/08/01)
10 years ago: Sept. 8, 1991 Gordonville - Congregation of Good Life Church, Route K and Highway 25, celebrates its fifth anniversary with special activities; Pam Jolliff and Sonja Jarrell of Dexter, known as The Gospel Duo Vision, perform at morning worship; lunch and afternoon service is held at Dennis Scivally Park...
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Team searching for Earhart disappointed
(State News ~ 09/08/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Researchers have discovered that a rusty splotch visible on a satellite photo of the South Pacific is red algae, not part of Amelia Earhart's missing plane, The Kansas City Star reported Friday. Divers began their search this week at the coral reef at Nikumaroro, the island where some believe Earhart died more than 64 years ago during an attempted around-the-world flight...
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Correction 09/08/01
(Correction ~ 09/08/01)
The Hammer Sisters will perform Sept. 14 at Trail of Tears Park amphitheater and Sept. 15 at Bollinger Mill Historic Site at Burfordville. Incorrect dates were given in Friday's edition. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error.
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Births 09/08/01
(Births ~ 09/08/01)
Cowling Daughter to Shawn David and Christy Lea Cowling of Jackson, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:05 a.m. Friday, Aug. 31, 2001. Name, Destiny Cheyenne. Weight, 7 pounds 12 1/2 ounces. Mrs. Cowling is the former Christy Ringwald, daughter of Harold and Kathy Ringwald of Jackson. Cowling is the son of Mikell and Bonny Rackley of Fredericktown, Mo. He is employed at Farrow Fabricating...
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Anderson Moore
(Obituary ~ 09/08/01)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Anderson Moore, 83, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001, at his home. He was born June 25, 1918, in Hornsby, Tenn., son of James Walter and Callie Wilson Moore. He and Garnita Maxine Smith were married Jan. 26, 1943. Moore lived in Mississippi County most of his life, and was a retired farmer...
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Elmer Palisch
(Obituary ~ 09/08/01)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Elmer H. Palisch, 76, of Altenburg, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 3, 1924, at Altenburg, son of Adolph Christian and Frieda Ida Jungclaus Palisch. He and Irene Bock were married Oct. 4, 1952...
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Betty Volner
(Obituary ~ 09/08/01)
MILLER CITY, Ill. -- Betty L. Brown Volner, 69, of Sikeston, Mo., and Miller City, Ill., died Friday, Sept. 7, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Oct. 2, 1931, in Miller City to Vegie D. and Velma Louise Hornberger Brown. She married Bill Volner in 1962...
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Indians want shot at big lead this year against SIU
(College Sports ~ 09/08/01)
Turnabout is only fair play, which is why Southeast Missouri State University football coach Tim Billings wouldn't mind giving Southern Illinois a chance to make up a huge deficit tonight. "I'd like to get up 31-0 on them this time and let them come back, see if they can do it," said Billings with a laugh...
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Speak Out 09/08/01
(Speak Out ~ 09/08/01)
Climate changes FINALLY, PROOF of global warming. CNN reported NASA scientists have discovered that growing seasons in Europe and North America have increased by as much as 18 days in over just a few decades. This means plants have responded to climate change by blooming sooner and dropping leaves later, a sure sign of climate change that should have taken hundreds or thousands of years...
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NCAA says Alabama booster paid cash to influence recruits
(College Sports ~ 09/08/01)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- An Alabama booster offered a high school player's coach $115,000, and another recruit got $20,000 from a booster, including $10,000 cash in a plastic bag, according to NCAA charges disclosed Friday. The NCAA charges of rules violations, released by the university, said the booster who offered $115,000 actually made at least three cash payments of $10,000 to the high school coach to influence the player's recruitment...
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Mizzou tries to gather itself after ugly opener
(College Sports ~ 09/08/01)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Before the season, a quick glance at Missouri's schedule had the Tigers spending this past week readying for a second win against a non-conference patsy before the arrival of what's sure to be a rough year in the Big 12. That was before last week's embarrassing loss to Bowling Green, a straggler in the Mid-American Conference. It's a loss that makes today's game against Division I-AA Southwest Texas State that much more important...
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Irish make rare visit to 'Husker country; Miami tries on No. 1
(College Sports ~ 09/08/01)
Even on the third weekend of the season, there are still a few more firsts to go around. There's Notre Dame's first visit to Nebraska in 53 years, Jim Tressel's debut as Ohio State's coach and Miami's first game as the No. 1 team in nine years...
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Southeast spikers fall in tournament opener
(College Sports ~ 09/08/01)
MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Southeast Missouri State University's volleyball team dropped its opening game in the Powerade Panther Invitational Friday night, falling to the host squad Wisconsin-Milwaukee in three sets. Wisconsin-Milwaukee won 30-19, 30-15, 31-29...
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Jackson dominates Sumner, wins 42-0
(High School Sports ~ 09/08/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Jackson High football coach Carl Gross came away not feeling all that good about the Indians' season opener last weekend, even though they routed Sikeston by 27 points. But Gross was feeling plenty good Friday night as the Indians pushed their early-season record to 2-0 with a totally dominant 42-0 blowout of visiting Sumner...
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Otahks keep shutout string alive, win 3-0
(College Sports ~ 09/08/01)
Southeast Missouri State University women's soccer coach Heather Nelson admits that her team has not exactly faced a murderous schedule so far. But there is no denying just how dominant the Otahkians have been during the early part of the 2001 season...
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Eagles collar Tigers 28-20
(High School Sports ~ 09/08/01)
Murphy's Law was in full force at Houck Stadium Friday night. Everything that could go wrong did for New Madrid during the third quarter. The same could be said for Cape Central during the entire first half. The end result was an exciting finish as the Eagles (2-0) held off the Tigers 28-20...
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Thompson nets four goals in Tiger loss
(High School Sports ~ 09/08/01)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Cape Central's Jon Mark Thompson scored four unassisted goals, but even that was not enough to prevent the Tigers from falling 7-4 in a first-round game in the Francis Howell Soccer Tournament. Francis Howell North, which has won the tournament nine of the 13 years its been held, received four goals of its own from Matt Forrester and never trailed in the contest...
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St. Vincent recovers from opening loss
(High School Sports ~ 09/08/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The St. Vincent High football team bounced back from last week's season-opening loss by routing visiting Brentwood 31-8 Friday night. "It was good to win after last week," said St. Vincent coach Keith Winkler, whose 1-1 squad was blanked by Park Hills Central 23-0 in its opener. "We didn't have nearly as many mistakes. We played good, fundamental football."...
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Portageville routs Scott City 58-0
(High School Sports ~ 09/08/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- The once-proud tradition of Scott City High football suffered a humiliating setback Friday night. Portageville, winless in its last 11 games, trounced the host Rams 58-0. "Our kids have had this (losing streak) bothering them for a good while," said longtime Portageville coach Jim McKay, who returned this season to try and rebuild the down program...
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Christian coffeehouses offer more than a cup of joe
(State News ~ 09/08/01)
EAST NORTHPORT, N.Y. Henry Sanchez was reluctant to restart his social life after his wife of 27 years, Barbara, died from breast cancer last December. His attitude changed after he found Samantha's "Li'l Bit of Heaven," a boutique-turned-Christian coffeehouse on Long Island. A warm hello from the proprietor, Samantha Tetro, and a supportive environment has made him a regular on Friday nights...
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Looking for next pope in Third World
(State News ~ 09/08/01)
VATICAN CITY -- In Colombia's coffee country, people talk about Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos as a young priest walking the meanest of streets at night, carrying hot coffee and bread for the beggars and mentally ill who slept on the sidewalks. In Nigeria, Cardinal Francis Arinze is remembered for turning mission schools into shelters for starving refugees...
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SEMO District Fair is week of thrills, fun
(Editorial ~ 09/08/01)
Today marks the opening of the 146th annual SEMO District Fair, the oldest fair in Missouri. The event transforms Arena Park in Cape Girardeau into a wonderland of colorful sights and tantalizing smells. There's literally something for everyone, from stomach-turning rides to livestock to country music...
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Children's program to begin soon
(State News ~ 09/08/01)
The Pioneer Clubs will start a new year of activities with a kick-off event from 2-4 p.m. Sept. 16 at Christ Presbyterian Church. The club is open to children in grades 3-8 and includes Bible study, games, crafts, outdoor activities and field trips. For more information, call 334-6292...
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Fire 09/08/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/08/01)
Cape Girardeau Saturday, Sept. 8 On Thursday, firefighters responded to the following calls:At 2:29 p.m., lightening-damaged wiring at 115 Themis. At 3:29 p.m., extrication on Highway 177. At 3:39 p.m., motor vehicle accident at Broadway and North Kingshighway...
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Sheriff 09/08/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/08/01)
Cape Girardeau County Saturday, Sept. 8 ArrestsTravis W. Beasley, 31, of Scopus, Mo., was arrested Aug. 31 on a warrant for a parole violation for non-payment of child support. Terri S. Noce, 29, of Jackson, Mo., was arrested Sept. 2 on a warrant for two counts of endangering the welfare of a child...
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Police 09/08/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/08/01)
Cape Girardeau Sept. 8 MiscellaneousA stolen vehicle was recovered Thursday on the 900 block of South Lorimier. Fraudulent use of a credit/debit device was reported Thursday at 2 S. Mount Auburn. Property damage was reported Thursday at 503 Maple. Counterfeit money was reported Friday at 2116 William...
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Secretary of state reaching out to small businesses
(Local News ~ 09/08/01)
Jim Thompson's job is so new most people don't know about it. Thompson manages the Small Business Outreach Project, an effort by the Missouri secretary of state's office to assist small businesses. "It's brand new," said Thompson, who discussed the outreach project at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee. Nearly 100 people attended Friday's gathering...
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