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If you're reading this, maybe you'll want to drop me a line
(Column ~ 10/19/01)
Once again, kind readers, I am resorting to the biggest crutch available to column writers: the mailbag. It has been a while since I shared some of your pithy letters, terse e-mails and crudely hand-lettered notes on napkins that actually look used...
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Man accused of tapping into FBI call
(State News ~ 10/19/01)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A former Sprint Corp. worker was indicted Thursday on charges that he intercepted a conference call between FBI agents. Scott Braithwaite, 23, of Lenexa, could get 10 years if he is convicted. Sprint had set up the Sept. 16 call, U.S. Attorney Jim Flory said...
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Chuck Berry marks 75th birthday with hometown bash
(State News ~ 10/19/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Visiting with friends in a dressing room Thursday night, Chuck Berry showed off a wooden duck that waddled when pulled. "Isn't that something," he laughed as at least 1,500 fans waited for him to show that the bird didn't have anything on the rock 'n' roll legend who made the duck walk famous...
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Largest managed care firm in state to merge
(State News ~ 10/19/01)
ST. LOUIS -- The wager Jay Nixon and state insurance regulators made last year on providing health care for Missouri's poor has paid off -- big time. Last year, the Missouri attorney general and state health care regulators ended a six-year legal fight with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri that allowed the nonprofit firm to become RightChoice Managed Care Inc., a for-profit company that Thursday announced a $1.3 billion sale to California-based WellPoint Health Networks Inc...
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Trade deficit narrows to lowest level in 19 months
(National News ~ 10/19/01)
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- America's trade deficit shrank to $27.1 billion in August, the lowest level in 19 months, as the weak U.S. economy cut further into Americans' appetite for foreign-made computers, televisions and other consumer goods...
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Sports digest 2 10/19/01
(Professional Sports ~ 10/19/01)
Big 12 coaches pick KU, MU to finish 1-2 DALLAS -- Missouri junior Kareem Rush, the Big 12's top scorer last season, has been tabbed as the preseason player of the year by the league's coaches, who chose Kansas as the team to beat for the 2001-02 title...
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Pro athletes warned about handling mail
(Professional Sports ~ 10/19/01)
Concerned by the wave of anthrax cases surfacing around the country, wary professional sports teams and leagues are warning players to handle mail with care, if they handle it at all. And many athletes are being extra cautious about what once was a routine matter of answering correspondence from fans...
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Latest playoff failure costs Dierker his job
(Professional Sports ~ 10/19/01)
HOUSTON -- It took him five years, but Larry Dierker finally realized managing was tougher than it seemed. The former major league pitcher resigned Thursday after leading the Houston Astros to four division titles in five seasons but never getting past the first round of the playoffs. The Astros' 93-69 record this season tied for the best in the National League but Dierker decided he'd had enough...
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Five share National Car Rental lead
(Professional Sports ~ 10/19/01)
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Tiger Woods returned after a five-week break from the PGA Tour and found that some things never change. In the land of Disney, players have to shoot low scores to be in the lead. He wasn't among them. "For my first tournament back in a while, to be able to shoot a halfway decent score is not bad," Woods said Thursday after his 69 in the National Car Rental Classic...
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Bills pick up first victory of season over Jaguars
(Professional Sports ~ 10/19/01)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- While the Buffalo Bills are rebuilding, it's hard to tell what the Jacksonville Jaguars are up to. Rob Johnson moved the Bills 48 yards to set up a 46-yard field goal by Jake Arians with 1:03 remaining and help Buffalo crack the win column Thursday night with a 13-10 victory over hapless Jacksonville...
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Yankees grab 2-0 series lead
(Professional Sports ~ 10/19/01)
SEATTLE -- Quickly, the New York Yankees are showing Seattle there's life in those old bones. Scott Brosius sparked a three-run second inning, Mike Mussina slid by without his best stuff and New York beat the heralded Mariners 3-2 Thursday night to take a 2-0 lead in an AL championship series that could be quite brief...
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$1 million reward offered in anthrax investigation
(National News ~ 10/19/01)
WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators pressed for evidence at research labs and universities that may have access to anthrax and questioned pharmacies to see if anyone tried to buy large amounts of antibiotics before the nationwide anthrax scare. As a third television network in New York reported an anthrax exposure and a New Jersey postal worker who may have handled two anthrax letters tested positive for the disease, authorities offered $1 million for information leading to the arrest of those who sent the deadly spores.. ...
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Rumsfeld - Roles among nations in coalition vary
(National News ~ 10/19/01)
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld defended on Thursday the secondary roles played by some of the NATO allies in the U.S.-led war against terrorism in Afghanistan. The coalition is unlikely to unravel, Rumsfeld said at a Pentagon news conference. But he said the campaign is a flexible one, involving "different nations at different times doing different things."...
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Sports digest 10/19/01
(Local News ~ 10/19/01)
Tiger's face unrecognized at Disney's PGA event LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- In morning darkness at Disney, Tiger Woods and Mark O'Meara were headed to the first tee at the Magnolia Course when two security guards asked for identification. Woods, perhaps the most recognizable athlete in the world, held out his driver's license, but that wasn't enough. They wanted to see his PGA Tour badge...
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Greyhound passenger attacks driver to flip bus
(Local News ~ 10/19/01)
Associated Press/AE, Sebastiao Moreira People watched as firefighters in special protective gear picked up a suspicious envelope from a post office in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Thursday. The envelope was taken to a laboratory for analysis. Several such envelopes have appeared in Brazil in recent days, and so far all have been confirmed as hoaxes.SALT LAKE CITY -- Passengers on a Greyhound bus overpowered a hijacker who grabbed the steering wheel and threatened to flip the vehicle, authorities said...
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Cape police report 10/19/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/19/01)
Cape Girardeau Friday, Oct. 19 DWIBradley Philip Vandeen, 30, Kelso, Mo., was arrested Wednesday for driving while intoxicated. ArrestsJesse Nathan Kerr, 17, Tamms, Ill., was arrested Wednesday for receiving stolen property and for property damage. Dameon Wayne Oakley, 18, 198 Woodlawn, was arrested Wednesday for parole violation...
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Cape fire report 10/19/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/19/01)
Cape Girardeau Friday, Oct. 19 Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday:At 3:06 p.m., an emergency medical service at 411 Themis At 5:53 p.m., an illegal burn at 1900 William. At 7:55 p.m., an alarm sounding at 1025 N. Sprigg. Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday:At 4:21 a.m., an emergency medical service at 31 N. Henderson...
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Sponsor to revoke charter of KC school
(State News ~ 10/19/01)
WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Central Missouri State University has rescinded an earlier decision to revoke the charter of one Kansas City charter school while notifying another that it plans to revoke its charter. The university's Board of Governors on Wednesday rescinded an Aug. ...
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Liberty police look for child thought taken from home
(State News ~ 10/19/01)
LIBERTY, Mo. -- Arrest warrants and charges have been filed against two men suspected of abducting a 4-year-old boy from his home. One of the men charged, Mark A. Trapasso of Round Rock, Texas, is believed to be the father of the missing child, Evan Anthony Trapasso, Liberty police Lt. Mark Misenhelter said Thursday...
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Superintendent says KC schools making progress
(State News ~ 10/19/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Citing improved test scores and other factors, Kansas City School Superintendent Bernard Taylor Jr. told the state Board of Education Thursday there's been enough progress for the district to be considered for re-accreditation...
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A Brave team goes back for last stand
(Sports Column ~ 10/19/01)
$$$Start jlitke They've been called the Buffalo Bills in stirrups, always good but never good enough. They've been heckled as too old, too familiar or too corporate to justify keeping around. And the thought of being subjected to another Turner Field crowd chop-chop-chopping its way through another postseason is reason enough to root against the Atlanta Braves...
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NASA chief quits, cites terrorism, time with family
(National News ~ 10/19/01)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's fiery administrator, Daniel Goldin, is stepping down next month after a decade in the top job, ending a tenure that made him the longest-serving head of the space agency. Goldin announced his resignation Wednesday, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family and that last month's terrorist attacks played into his decision...
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Parents leary of vaccine hosting 'chickenpox parties'
(National News ~ 10/19/01)
PITTSBURGH -- The kids who attend parties at Connie Shoemaker's house get something more than ice cream or cake. They get exposed to chickenpox. Shoemaker and other parents leery of the relatively new chickenpox vaccine are holding "chickenpox parties," inviting healthy children to play with infected ones in hopes the youngsters will catch the disease and gain lifetime immunity...
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bin Laden followers get life for bombings
(National News ~ 10/19/01)
NEW YORK -- Three Osama bin Laden disciples convicted in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa received life without parole Thursday in a city still reeling from last month's terrorist attacks. A fourth defendant also faced sentencing Thursday, but planned to make a half-hour statement first at the fortified federal courthouse in lower Manhattan...
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Wyoming house coated with 5 tons of cheese
(National News ~ 10/19/01)
POWELL, Wyo. -- Cosimo Cavallaro has a vision -- and it involves cheese. Tons and tons of cheese, in fact. Enough cheese to blanket a house. The New York artist began spraying pepperjack cheese in the bedroom of a vacant home Tuesday. By the time he's done, 10,000 pounds of cheese will cover the home, inside and out...
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DNA test acquits man after 13 years
(National News ~ 10/19/01)
CLEVELAND -- A man who served 13 years in prison for a rape conviction was acquitted Thursday based on DNA evidence from a dirty washcloth found at the scene. Prosecutors and Judge Anthony O. Calabrese Jr. apologized to Anthony Michael Green, who turned 36 on Thursday...
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Suspect says Taliban would have approved Sept. 11 attacks
(International News ~ 10/19/01)
PARIS -- A leading suspect in a plot to attack the U.S. Embassy in Paris told a French judge that Afghanistan's Taliban regime made a "pact" with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network and would have had to approve terrorist acts like those on Sept. 11...
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Northern alliance says some Taliban fighters changing sides
(International News ~ 10/19/01)
MAHMOUD-E-RAQI, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's Taliban regime is weakened by low morale and some of its fighters are fleeing, defectors who crossed over to the northern alliance said Thursday. "They say their morale is high but it isn't. Fighters are running away to Pakistan or Iran, or joining" the northern alliance, said 30-year-old Abdul Ghafur, who defected four days ago...
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U.S. bombs heart of Afghanistan capital
(International News ~ 10/19/01)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- American jets bombarded the center of the Afghan capital Thursday, and residents said a strike that hit homes killed at least five civilians -- including a 16-year-old girl and four in one family who lived near a Taliban tank unit...
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Report says veteran al-Qaida fighter killed
(International News ~ 10/19/01)
LONDON -- A veteran al-Qaida fighter was killed by a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan, a London-based Islamic group said Thursday. It was the first reported death of an established figure from Osama bin Laden's terror network in the nearly two-week bombardment...
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Romanian's 'Ode' touches many in U.S.
(International News ~ 10/19/01)
BUCHAREST, Romania -- Banging out his column on an aging typewriter, Romanian journalist Cornel Nistorescu had no idea how broad a chord his "Ode to America" would strike among Americans on the other side of the world. "Your article made me proud. It made me cry," wrote Sharon Givens, a high school teacher in Pittsburgh, of the column, a salute to the American spirit in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
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Kursk submarine salvage continues
(International News ~ 10/19/01)
MOSCOW -- The second of two huge pontoons was locked onto the barge carrying the nuclear submarine Kursk on Thursday in preparation for moving the vessel into dry dock, Russian news agencies reported. The wreck of the submarine was raised from the Barents Sea floor last week in an unprecedented naval engineering operation, then towed beneath a barge...
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Afghan Taliban defiant at deployment of U.S. ground forces
(International News ~ 10/19/01)
and AMIR SHAH Associated Press WritersKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Shrugging off the deployment of U.S. special forces in Afghanistan, the Taliban regime challenged Washington on Friday to send a full force of troops. "Then it can be a fight between our soldiers and theirs," a Taliban official declared...
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Bush seeks Asian support for battle against terrorism
(International News ~ 10/19/01)
SHANGHAI, China -- President Bush, halfway around the world from home, sought Thursday to secure China's position in his fragile anti-terrorism coalition and stem concern throughout Asia about U.S. military strikes in Afghanistan. Some nations gathering for the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation summit said they hoped U.S. attacks would end soon, exposing a possible split with Bush who says the strikes could last one or two years...
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Northern Ireland government loses Protestant party
(International News ~ 10/19/01)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Northern Ireland's largest Protestant party resigned from the province's unity government Thursday, leaving Britain to decide whether to suspend the troubled experiment in Catholic-Protestant cooperation. Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble said his party would not return to the four-party coalition government until the Irish Republican Army starts to disarm...
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Attacks opened new epoch in world affairs
(International News ~ 10/19/01)
LONDON -- The Sept. 11 attacks on America ushered in a new era in international relations, reshuffling old alliances and antagonisms for a struggle likely to be as defining as the Cold War, the International Institute for Strategic Studies said Thursday...
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121 receive GED diplomas in ceremony
(Local News ~ 10/19/01)
The Cape Girardeau Adult Education and Literacy Program conferred 121 General Educational Development diplomas Thursday night at the Career and Technology Center. The Adult Education and Literacy Program offers free one-on-one instruction in reading, mathematics or writing skills to people interested in taking the GED exam. It also prepares students for the military, employment, college or technical school...
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Staggering projections hidden by headlines
(Editorial ~ 10/19/01)
Several pundits recently have written interesting pieces about the news that has been overshadowed by terrorist-related events since Sept. 11. For example, many Americans may still be unaware that the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to increase the cost of a first-class postage stamp on the same day the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked...
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Americans live longer, get more diseases
(Editorial ~ 10/19/01)
Continuing a long trend, life expectancy in the United States has increased again with the release of the latest government statistics. An American born in 2000 has a life expectancy of 76.9 years, up from 76.7 years in 1999. And infant mortality has declined again, to 6.9 deaths for every 1,000 live births from 7.1...
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Out of the past 10/19/01
(Out of the Past ~ 10/19/01)
10 years ago: Oct. 19, 1991 Scott City - First Missouri Terminals, recently formed corporation that handles liquid fertilizer, has become fourth tenant of Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority; company will lease 2.5 acres of land near harbor from port and has begun construction on one-million-gallon bulk-liquid fertilizer-storage tank...
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Team organized to respond to acts of terror
(Local News ~ 10/19/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The newest branch of the region's disaster preparedness response network met Wednesday at the Jackson Fire Department. The Weapons of Mass Destruction Team is coordinated by Jackson Fire Chief Brad Golden and Drew Juden, chief of Sikeston's Department of Public Safety...
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Click your poison - Purchasing Cipro on Internet
(Local News ~ 10/19/01)
The medical community has chastised Internet sites that sell Cipro. It doesn't take the family doctor to get anthrax-fighting Cipro anymore -- just a computer, an Internet connection and a credit card. With the country's collective psyche shattered by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 and the possibly related aftermath that includes the nationwide anthrax scare, many are turning to the World Wide Web to self-medicate against the deadly disease...
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Audit - Caring program lacks accountability
(Local News ~ 10/19/01)
A state program designed to provide money and services to needy communities lacks ways to measure results against costs, a new audit said. State Auditor Claire McCaskill's office said in an audit Missouri's Caring Community Program is hampered by poor planning and reporting, funding problems and questionable expenditures...
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Pet owner not ducking police
(Local News ~ 10/19/01)
It began as the case of the stolen duck, but it ended only as a would-be case of fowl play. Police records detail the mystery: It started with a call to the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Two witnesses reported they had watched as a man walked up to a flock of ducks at Capaha Park and plucked one out of the crowd...
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Initiative to fund roads posed
(State News ~ 10/19/01)
LAKE OZARK, Mo. -- Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder on Thursday said an initiative petition is "in the works" to put the controversial issue of transportation funding before voters in November 2002. "Transportation is a vexing problem for our state," Kinder said. "You are beginning to hear serious talk about the possibility of putting an initiative petition in the field next year."...
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Villa Ridge plans Harvest Day events Saturday
(State News ~ 10/19/01)
Southeast Missourian VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- You won't find Villa Ridge on a regular Illinois road map. It's a small Southern Illinois community, located on both sides of U.S. 51, a dozen miles north of Cairo, Ill. It has a grade school, but it's no longer used...
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Jim Talent fields questions at forum
(State News ~ 10/19/01)
Jim Talent will be talking about common sense, conservative ideals and stronger values during his campaign for the U.S. Senate. "I want to go back to Washington and make some changes in the system," said an enthusiastic Talent during a "Talk With Talent" town-hall forum at the Osage Community Centre in Cape Girardeau Thursday. "You can make some changes if you stand up for your values."...
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Proposed charter school misses SEMO's deadline
(Local News ~ 10/19/01)
A St. Louis neighborhood group has fallen short in its effort to establish a charter school. The board of directors of the Garden School said it couldn't meet the October deadline set by Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents to reapply for a charter...
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Regents to expand University Center, dining facilities
(Local News ~ 10/19/01)
Southeast Missouri State University plans to expand the University Center to provide more dining space. Renovation of the existing dining area also will be included in the $1.1 million project. School officials said construction of a new 300-bed residence hall on Henderson Street prompted the move...
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American ground troops move into Afghanistan
(National News ~ 10/19/01)
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. special forces have begun operations on the ground in Afghanistan, officials said Friday, opening a significant and dangerous new phase of the assault against the Taliban and terrorists...
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FDA to block illegal Cipro sales from foreign Web sites
(State News ~ 10/19/01)
AP Medical WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has ordered all private Cipro shipments arriving from overseas to be stopped at the border, a move to crack down on illegal Internet antibiotic sales spurred by the anthrax scare...
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NY Post employee has skin anthrax
(National News ~ 10/19/01)
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- A New York Post employee has contracted skin anthrax, a television station affiliated with the newspaper reported Friday. The woman had been tested with 10 other employees considered at high risk but the first test came up negative because she was on antibiotics for an unrelated illness, WNYW-TV reported...
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Consumer prices rise 0.4 percent in September
(National News ~ 10/19/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer prices edged up in September, pushed higher by the biggest jump in gasoline prices in 15 months, the government reported Friday. The Consumer Price Index, a closely watched inflation gauge, rose by 0.4 percent last month, the largest increase since May, the Labor Department said. The advance came after a tiny, 0.1 percent increase in August...
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Student accused of perjury in investigation of Sept. 11
(National News ~ 10/19/01)
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- A college student from Jordan was charged Friday with lying to a grand jury about his association with two men suspected of hijacking the plane that crashed into the Pentagon last month. The charges against Osama Awadallah were brought in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, where a grand jury has been hearing testimony related to the investigation of the Sept. 11 disaster that heavily damaged the Pentagon and toppled the World Trade Center towers...
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U.S. special forces conducting 'hit-and-run' operations
(International News ~ 10/19/01)
Associated Press WriterISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Washington has told Pakistan that U.S. special forces will be conducting "hit-and-run" operations in Taliban-ruled areas of Afghanistan to flush out Osama bin Laden, members of his al-Qaida network and Taliban leaders, a Pakistan military official said Friday...
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Births 10/19/01
(Births ~ 10/19/01)
Brown Son to Michael T. Brown and Michelle L. Pierce of Chaffee, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:12 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001. Name, Joseph Michael. Weight, 7 pounds 3 ounces. Third child, first son. Ms. Pierce is the daughter of Deloris Fehr of Cape Girardeau and James Pierce of Jackson. She is employed at Chaffee Nursing Center. Brown is the son of Jean Bounds of Chaffee and James Brown of Bellingham, Wash...
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Lloyd Bird
(Obituary ~ 10/19/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Lloyd E. Bird, 93, of Anna died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001, at his home. He was born April 22, 1908, in Goreville, Ill., son of Ira and Myrtle Hoyle Bird. He was first married to Marie Hancock. He later married Myrtle DeWolfe. Both preceded him in death. On Sept. 21, 1989, in Ledbetter, Ky., he married Helen Reed Sullivan...
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Thelma Kirkpatrick
(Obituary ~ 10/19/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Funeral for Thelma Kirkpatrick of Marble Hill will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Virgil Bunch will officiate. Burial will be in Baker Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...
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Tonight's football games
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/01)
SCOTT CITY (2-5) at GRANDVIEW (0-7), 7 p.m. Last week: Hayti 41, Scott City 0; Valle 43, Grandview 0 Last year: Scott City 31, Grandview 14 Scott City coach Stephen O'Brien: "It's nice to not play a state-ranked opponent this week, but it kind of puts more pressure on you. ...
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SEMO Conference leaders
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/01)
RUSHING G Att Yds Avg TdMario Whitney, Jackson 7 125 1535 12.3 24 Matt Burnett, Dexter 7 190 1162 6.1 15 Dereke Tipler, NMCC 7 121 1007 8.3 13 Brad Glenn, Scott City 7 142 841 5.9 6 Jordy Mixon, Charleston 6 95 774 8.1 6...
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Jackson players to begin action at state tourney
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/01)
Three Jackson girls tennis players will serve it up as the Missouri State Tennis Tournament begins today in Springfield, Mo. Senior Nicole Poythress will compete in Class 4A singles, while senior Carly Vogelsang and sophomore Kelly Mitchell will team up in the doubles competition, the first appearance for each in the state meet...
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Leopold spikers ease past ND in two sets
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/01)
Leopold closed a stellar regular season in impressive fashion Thursday night, sweeping host Notre Dame 15-7, 15-2 in high school volleyball action. Leopold, which opens Class 1A district play on Monday, improved to 22-3-1 on the season. "The girls really came together as a team and played well," said Leopold coach Leanne Huffman. "And that's what we should be doing right now."...
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Perfect Indians to open district
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/01)
Vianney coach Glen Gladstone has a fail-safe plan to keep Jackson running back Mario Whitney in check. It's a popular concept, really. Simply don't let Jackson have the ball. And to do that, Vianney just needs to move the chains, eat up some clock and score...
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Tigers whip Bulldogs
(High School Sports ~ 10/19/01)
The real Central Tigers finally stood up. Cape Central (4-4) lived up to its preseason potential Thursday night, whipping visiting Sikeston 32-9 in what was expected to be a close Class 4A, District 1 opener at Houck Stadium. Central hadn't had a 100-yard rusher all season...
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Cape native among finalists for NCAA Woman of the Year
(College Sports ~ 10/19/01)
Aptly named Sunny because she was born on the first sunny day after a long blizzard in '79, Sunny Deshea Gilbert's light has beamed brightly; athletically, academically and socially. Her achievements at such a young age certainly command attention...
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After sitting out a season, Winans leaps on to scene
(College Sports ~ 10/19/01)
It was with mixed emotions that Derek Winans sat out his first season as a member of the Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball program last year. But all in all, Winans is confident the redshirt season he took was for the best. "It was tough to watch games last year," said Winans, a former standout at Shawnee (Ill.) High School. "But it was the best thing for me. It gave me a year to mature."...
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Our actions keep God from doing what he promises
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/19/01)
To the editor: With all our prayers for our nation, when will we realize what we must do to get God's help and healing for this troubled world? We want God's protection and his control over these enemy attacks and all kinds of evil, but we have not come into alignment with God in order to receive what he promises he will give when we pray...
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BPW still seeks equity for women in the workplace
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/19/01)
To the editor: The week of Oct. 15 marks National Business Women's Week. This week was first observed in 1928. At that time, the president of the Business and Professional Organization, Lena Madison Phillips, stated the purpose of the week was "to focus public attention upon a better business woman for a better business world."...
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Speak Out A 10/19/01
(Speak Out ~ 10/19/01)
No obstacle THANK YOU, David Limbaugh, for your Oct. 13 column. I have been a fan of your brother for many years. I am also sure that no obstacle will stand in his way. I pray for him daily. Pie in the sky STATE REP. Peter Myers recently told us what he believes to be the truth about farmers. ...
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Dorothy Reid
(Obituary ~ 10/19/01)
Dorothy Dodd Reid, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born April 27, 1911, in Arcadia, Mo., daughter of Hartford and Ruth Kanouse Collins. She and WC Reid were married Feb. 14, 1944, at Blytheville, Ark. He died Nov. 20, 1977...
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Gene Thornton
(Obituary ~ 10/19/01)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Gene Thornton, 74, of Adams, Tenn., died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001, at Northcrest Medical Center in Springfield, Tenn. He was born Jan. 23, 1927, in Mounds, son of Ernest Eugene and Lola Parmley Thornton Sr. Thornton was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church in Villa Ridge, Ill., and Mounds VFW...
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Michael Baughn
(Obituary ~ 10/19/01)
Michael Lee Baughn, 42, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001, in the Emergency Room at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born May 15, 1959, in Orange County, Calif., son of Ray and Betty Jean Little Baughn. Baughn was a painter with Simms Coating...
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Summers Parker
(Obituary ~ 10/19/01)
ALTO PASS, Ill. -- Summers D. "Byrd" Parker, 89, of Alto Pass died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001, at his home. He was born April 12, 1912, in Lorena, Miss., son of Jeff and Ethel Russum Parker. He and Marie Greer were married Dec. 24, 1939, in Dubach, La...
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Lucille Ford
(Obituary ~ 10/19/01)
Lucille Virginia Ford, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 12, 1918, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Ben and Ida Boxdorfer Griffaw. She and Ray "Tiny" Ford were married Oct. 5, 1938, in St. Louis...
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Lower inflation means smaller raises in Social Security
(National News ~ 10/19/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Social Security recipients will get a 2.6 percent cost-of-living increase in their monthly checks next year, which translates into an extra $22 a month for the average retiree. Next year's increase, announced Friday for more than 50 million Social Security recipients, is smaller than this year's 3.5 percent boost -- a nine-year high -- because inflation pressures have slowed...
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