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People talk 2/28/02
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
'Survivor' show returns to tropical setting NEW YORK -- Maybe it was the return to a tropical setting, but "Survivor" host Jeff Probst says the CBS show's fourth edition was more fun than its third, set in a dusty African game reserve. The fourth "Survivor," which premieres on Thursday, is set on the South Pacific island of Marquesas...
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State health professionals vote to join union
(State News ~ 02/28/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Health professionals spread in several state departments have voted by a 2-to-1 margin for union representation. Election results tallied Tuesday showed a 515-227 vote in favor of joining the Service Employees International Union Local 2000 based in St. Louis, the state Board of Mediation said...
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House criticizes sales tax proposal
(State News ~ 02/28/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- In another setback for Gov. Bob Holden's budget strategy, the House on Wednesday tabled a proposal to use overcollected sales tax revenue to help fund education and balance the budget. The move came a day after a House committee set aside Holden's plan to apply unspent money from various treasury funds to a shortfall in the budget for the current fiscal year...
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Kinder bill offers rules for agencies to hire counsel
(State News ~ 02/28/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State agencies that hire outside attorneys would be subject to greater accountability under a bill proposed by the Senate's top officer. Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder said his bill would require agencies to seek competitive bids for legal services that are expected to cost more than $20,000. If the likely legal fees exceed $100,000, a budget appropriation would be required...
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KC man found guilty of murder
(State News ~ 02/28/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man has been convicted of fatally shooting a man and cutting off his head and hands. Chester H. James, 60, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Kevin Tucker, 38. Tucker's girlfriend told the jury that James rushed into the home the couple shared, killed Tucker and left his body in the basement...
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House gives initial OK to let troopers join school boards
(State News ~ 02/28/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's state troopers could serve on school boards, but with certain restrictions, under a measure given initial House approval Wednesday. Members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol are barred from holding public office. Under Rep. Robert Clayton's bill, troopers could hold seats on school boards -- but could not campaign for support for certain issues such as bond initiatives...
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Thousands pay tribute to three brothers who died in Kosovo
(International News ~ 02/28/02)
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia -- Hands on their hearts, thousands of ethnic Albanians gathered Wednesday around the coffins of three American brothers killed execution-style in 1999 in the chaotic aftermath of Kosovo's war. Their bodies were found in a mass grave...
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Widow meets with Pakistani president
(International News ~ 02/28/02)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The widow of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl thanked Pakistan's president during a face-to-face meeting Wednesday for his efforts to try to save her husband. Government television said Mariane Pearl told President Pervez Musharraf that she felt his government did everything it could to prevent the killing...
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Suicide bomber attacks Israeli roadblock
(International News ~ 02/28/02)
JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian woman set off explosives at an Israeli roadblock in the West Bank Wednesday, killing herself and wounding two companions and two Israeli police officers, police said. "The woman suicide bomber got out of the car and blew herself up," said Shachar Ayalon, the Israeli police commander in the West Bank. He said two other Palestinians who were in the car had severe injuries. "They are on the ground and are in serious condition," he told Israel radio...
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Senators reject higher taxes, fees for trucks
(State News ~ 02/28/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State senators rejected higher diesel fuel taxes and trucking fees Wednesday, citing concerns they could drive some trucking firms out of Missouri. The votes came as the Senate debated a sweeping transportation bill that would extend the life of a 6-cent motor fuel tax, place more restrictions and fees on billboard owners and allow larger highway construction contracts...
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Federal agents find tunnel under border
(State News ~ 02/28/02)
SAN DIEGO -- Authorities have discovered a tunnel running under the U.S.-Mexico border that apparently was used to smuggle drugs and illegal immigrants, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced Wednesday. The tunnel was discovered in the mountains east of San Diego...
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Cardinals open exhibition play against Mets
(Professional Sports ~ 02/28/02)
JUPITER, Fla. -- With both his arm and knee feeling better, Andy Benes is looking for a fresh start after a difficult 2001. Benes, something of a longshot for a job in the starting rotation, gets the start today in Jupiter, Fla., when the St. Louis Cardinals open the exhibition schedule against the New York Mets...
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Jordan has surgery, will likely return this season
(Professional Sports ~ 02/28/02)
WASHINGTON -- Michael Jordan will probably be able to play again this season. Whether he can make it back in time to save the Washington Wizards' drive for the playoffs is another matter. Jordan had surgery for the first time in his career Wednesday morning. Team physician Dr. Stephen Haas found and repaired torn cartilage in the 39-year-old forward's right knee, an injury Haas said was the result of normal wear and tear for an athlete of Jordan's caliber...
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Woods is the No. 1 taxpayer in Shenzhen
(Professional Sports ~ 02/28/02)
BEIJING -- Tiger Woods is a record setter in China. The world's No. 1 golfer paid 4.2 million yuan ($500,000) in taxes on his fee for an appearance in the southern city of Shenzhen in November, the official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday. That made him the biggest taxpayer last year in Shenzhen, a prosperous center for finance and high-tech industry near Hong Kong, Xinhua said, citing local tax officials...
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Steady influx of young talent has Tiger Woods feeling old at 26
(Professional Sports ~ 02/28/02)
MIAMI -- Tiger Woods marched through a maze of hallways to the locker room Wednesday until there was no more carpet. Golf spikes and a marble floor are not a good mix, so he took small steps with great caution, walking like an old man. That must be how Woods feels this week in the Genuity Championship...
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Aikman doesn't rule out return to football
(Professional Sports ~ 02/28/02)
WACO, Texas -- Troy Aikman still believes he can play in the NFL. A year after he was cut by the Dallas Cowboys, though, he doesn't miss it as much as he thought he would. "There's a general perception that I'm looking to get back into the league, and that's really not true," Aikman said. "I'm very happy doing what I'm doing with Fox and I'm happy right now in my personal life with my family...
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Davis remains with Broncos; Romanowski joins Raiders
(Professional Sports ~ 02/28/02)
Terrell Davis, who has played in just 17 of a possible 48 games since rushing for 2,008 yards in 1998, signed a restructured contract with the Denver Broncos on Wednesday. The deal reportedly will save the team more than $4 million in salary cap room next season...
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Thankful Twins blast Reds in spring opener
(Professional Sports ~ 02/28/02)
The Minnesota Twins could not be more excited to play a spring training game in February. Survivors of a trying offseason in which baseball owners attempted to eliminate them, the Twins wound up playing the first major league spring training game of the year Wednesday...
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Security checkpoints find drugs, weapons
(State News ~ 02/28/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Security checkpoints at state office buildings have done more than protect against possible terrorist attacks -- they have turned up illegal drugs and weapons. Since the checkpoints were established in mid-October following the Sept. 11 attacks and U.S. military action in Afghanistan, law officers have made 43 arrests for weapons and drugs at state buildings, officials said Wednesday...
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Presence of U.S. military advisers worries Russians
(International News ~ 02/28/02)
TBILISI, Georgia -- With U.S. military advisers already in Georgia -- and with the prospect of hundreds more American troops being sent to Russia's doorstep -- Georgian and U.S. officials denied Wednesday that American soldiers would go into combat against terrorism in the small Caucasus nation...
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Soldiers kill 27 communist rebels in Nepal
(International News ~ 02/28/02)
The AssociatedPress KATMANDU, Nepal -- Soldiers killed 27 rebels over two days in western Nepal as part of a military offensive launched after the guerrillas staged their deadliest strike ever earlier this month, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday...
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FBI investigating possible bomb at power station
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
SALT LAKE CITY -- The FBI is investigating the possibility that a power outage on the last day of the Winter Olympics was caused by a bomb, The Associated Press has learned. Electricity was cut to 33,000 customers -- including the airport and the main media center downtown -- for up to two hours Sunday morning when a circuit breaker exploded at a substation. Investigators later found that a security fence had been cut...
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Federal Building parking eases with barrier removal
(Local News ~ 02/28/02)
Parking around the Federal Building improved Wednesday as several orange-and-white barriers were replaced with permanent no-parking signs, signaling a change of attitude by federal officials who had said the barriers were needed for security reasons...
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Roadway memorials to troopers approved by panel
(Local News ~ 02/28/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Trooper James Froemsdorf, murdered in the line of duty in 1985, would be humbled if he knew of a plan in the General Assembly to name a stretch of highway after him, his widow told lawmakers Wednesday. Sarah Froemsdorf said that with recent events highlighting the dangers law enforcement officers face everyday, the time couldn't be better to recognize her husband's sacrifice, as well of those of two fellow troopers killed on the job...
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Women gather for prayer day around world
(State News ~ 02/28/02)
Each year when the members of Church Women United gather for the annual World Day of Prayer worship service, they leave behind denominational differences and nuances to focus on the unity they find in faith. To them it doesn't really matter whether Christians recite the Lord's Prayer using the word trespasses, debts or sins from Matthew 6:12, which in one version reads "forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors."...
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State troopers rally at Capitol for better pay
(State News ~ 02/28/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- If the Missouri State Highway Patrol offered competitive salaries for veteran troopers, it would save taxpayers money in the long haul, said troopers who rallied Wednesday at the Capitol. It costs $50,000 to train one trooper. That is meant to be a long-term investment. However, Sgt. Blaine Adams of Jackson, Mo., said that too often that investment never matures for the state...
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United We Read - A huge success
(Column ~ 02/28/02)
By Julia Howes Jorgensen In August as the organizing committee for Cape Girardeau: United We Read met, we had several questions on the table: 1. If Chicago, Seattle and the state of Kentucky could read as a community, could Cape Girardeau?...
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Bearing witness from El Salvador to Pakistan
(Column ~ 02/28/02)
Feb. 28, 2002 Dear Julie, Twenty years ago, when the United States was funding a regime murderously trying to retain power in El Salvador, Carolyn Forche published a book of poetry that crystallized the conflict and galvanized the political debate over El Salvador just as the four American churchwomen were found killed...
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Speak Out A 02/28/02
(Speak Out ~ 02/28/02)
Opportunity to succeed I AM proud to be both a Christian and a Republican. As a Methodist, my greatest calling is to the service of the needy. I serve with alacrity. As a Republican, I believe that the service of the needy is the right of the people, not the responsibility of the government. The beauty of America is the opportunity to succeed, not the guarantee of success. Protection from failure is found only in communist society.Support the police...
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Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
CHICAGO -- The hands of the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic gauge of the threat of nuclear annihilation, were moved for the first time in nearly four years Wednesday because of the Sept. 11 attacks, increasing tension between India and Pakistan and other threats...
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Court overturns murder conviction
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The state's highest court has thrown out a 1999 murder conviction because the judge limited the defense's opening statement. Bruce D. Thompson, 42, of Kansas City, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the 1997 stabbing death of his live-in girlfriend, Lynn D. Thompson, 32...
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Indonesian terror suspect admits planning deadly bombing
(International News ~ 02/28/02)
MANILA, Philippines -- An Indonesian man authorities suspect is a major figure in a militant group linked to al-Qaida said Wednesday that he was behind a bombing attack that killed 22 people in Manila 14 months ago. Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi, who was arrested in the Philippine capital last month, had said in a sworn statement that he obtained funds to finance the Dec. 30, 2000 attack -- five nearly simultaneous bomb blasts -- from a Malaysian-based leader of the extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah...
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List of 2002 Grammy winners
(Entertainment ~ 02/28/02)
A complete list of 44th Annual Grammy Award winners, announced Wednesday night: RECORD OF THE YEAR: "Walk On," U2. Rap Album: "STANKONIA," OUTKAST. SONG OF THE YEAR: "Fallin'," Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys)...
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Rep. Gary Condit lends his campaign $50,000
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
FRESNO, Calif. -- With his war chest almost empty a week before the primary, Rep. Gary Condit has loaned his campaign $50,000. "The loan is to get us to the finish line," Condit's son Chad, one of his campaign workers, said Wednesday. Condit, 53, a Democrat, is running for re-election to the 18th Congressional District in central California...
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Bankruptcy judge rejects Enron executives' request
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A bankruptcy judge ruled Wednesday that Enron Corp. executives cannot secure millions of dollars from the company for their legal fees. Enron was seeking an advance of at least $30 million from bankruptcy court to pay to defend its officers and directors. The company's request was opposed by attorneys general from 33 states...
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Body found near San Diego believed to be missing girl
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
EL CAJON, Calif. -- The nude body of a child found Wednesday in a rural area east of San Diego is believed to be that of a 7-year-old girl who vanished from her home nearly a month ago, authorities said. Volunteers who have searched for Danielle van Dam since her disappearance discovered the body near a cluster of oak trees...
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Chain-reaction pileup leaves one person dead
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
ERIE, Pa. -- As many as 100 cars and tractor-trailers were involved in a series of chain-reaction crashes Wednesday during heavy snow on Interstate 90. At least one person died and 13 were injured, officials said. Officials closed a five-mile stretch of the highway just south of Erie, in northwestern Pennsylvania, an area known for severe weather...
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Shuttle launch delayed one day because of cold
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA postponed Thursday's liftoff of space shuttle Columbia for a day because of the potential for the coldest launch-time temperature since the Challenger disaster in 1986. Liftoff had been set for sunrise, with temperatures forecast in the 30s. Warmer weather was expected for Friday's attempt to send Columbia on a mission to overhaul the Hubble Space Telescope...
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State digest 2/28
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
Paper plates sent in protest to lawmakers BISMARCK, Mo. -- Paper plates -- symbolically cut in half -- will be piling up in the offices of Southeast Missouri lawmakers as part of a protest of planned cuts to senior citizen centers. Because of a severe budget shortfall, Gov. Holden's budget for fiscal 2003 calls for reduced funding for senior citizen centers. The Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging stands to lose about $825,000 in state money...
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Wie, 12, qualifies for LPGA history
(Professional Sports ~ 02/28/02)
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii -- Michelle Wie had a lot on her mind as she prepared for her first LPGA Tour start. "Oh my God," the 12-year-old player said Wednesday. "I have to make up a Chinese test and a math test and a speech." Wie, the youngest player to earn a spot in an LPGA Tour event through a Monday qualifier, will join top stars Annika Sorenstam, Juli Inkster and defending champion Lorie Kane in the season-opening Takefuji Classic that begins today...
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Sports digest 2/28/02
(Professional Sports ~ 02/28/02)
Mark Quinn will probably open the Kansas City Royals' season on the disabled list due to a cracked rib he suffered while playfully kung fu fighting with his brother. An MRI examination found that the outfielder has a fractured lower right rib, which will keep him sidelined four to six weeks...
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Senators split on key election reform vote
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
WASHINGTON -- They agreed there should be a crackdown on fraudulent election ballots, but Missouri Sens. Kit Bond and Jean Carnahan parted ways on how much proof of identity a voter should have to produce. The disagreement brought the U.S. Senate to a standstill Wednesday as it debated a sweeping election reform bill, with lawmakers divided on party lines...
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Bonnie Lindgren
(Obituary ~ 02/28/02)
BROWNSBURG, Ind. -- Bonnie Jean Chandler Lindgren, 58, of Brownsburg, formerly of Thebes, Ill, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2002, at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Indianapolis. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rose Hill Cemetery in Thebes, with the Rev. Carl Fisher officiating. Friends may call at the graveside. Crain Funeral Home of Tamms, Ill., is in charge of arrangements...
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Patricia Kiefner
(Obituary ~ 02/28/02)
Patricia B. Kiefner, 66, a resident of Bollinger County and former resident of Perryville, Mo., died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Oct. 14, 1935, in Fredericktown, Mo.,, the daughter of Thomas A. and Mittie Roberts Barton. She married Edwin K. Kiefner on Aug. 18, 1956. He survives...
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Mamie Starkey
(Obituary ~ 02/28/02)
WHITEWATER, Mo. -- Mamie M. Starkey, 68, of Whitewater died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 18, 1933, at Egypt Mills, Mo., daughter of L.A. and Minnie Fornkohl Myer. She married Cecil Starkey Sept. 30, 1950...
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Carol Antrup
(Obituary ~ 02/28/02)
Carol I. Antrup, 61, of Butler, Ind., died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002, at her home. She was born March 26, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Melvin "Gip" and Alice Hosea Harris. She and James A. Antrup were married June 28, 1984, in Las Vegas, Nev. He died Dec. 10, 1999...
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Rev. Dale Niswonger
(Obituary ~ 02/28/02)
Graveside service for the Rev. Dale Niswonger of Frankfort, Ky., will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lorimier Cemetery. The Rev. Donny Ford will officiate. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday. Niswonger, 48, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2002, in Lexington, Ky., following a brief illness...
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Omega Casper
(Obituary ~ 02/28/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral for Omega "Mickey" Casper of Anna will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. The Rev. Scott Harner will officiate. Burial will be in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. today, and Friday until time of service...
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Austin Bell
(Obituary ~ 02/28/02)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Austin Gabriel Bell, 45 days, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002, at his home. He was born Jan. 13, 2002, in Cape Girardeau, son of Jeremy and Melissa Crofutt Bell. Survivors include his parents of Olive Branch; paternal grandparents, George and Shirley Bell of Mounds, Ill.; maternal grandparents, William and Karen Winters of Villa Ridge, Ill., William and Joyce Crofutt of Phoenix, Ariz.; paternal great-grandparents, Nida Bell of Mounds, Paul and Pauline Harrett of Quincy, Ill.; maternal great-grandparents, William and Betty Winters of Joppa, Ill., Raymond and Doris Nickle of Big Prairie, Ohio, Jerry and Shirley Crofutt of Wooster, Ohio; and maternal great-great-grandmother, Vera Nickle of Wooster.. ...
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Besse Lyon
(Obituary ~ 02/28/02)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Besse D. Lyon, 87, a resident of Montgomery, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002, in a local hospital. She was born in Converse, La. She attended nursing school in Shreveport, La., where she met, fell in love with and married Dr. Frank E. Chapman. They had a daughter, Joan...
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Marie Prewett
(Obituary ~ 02/28/02)
BENTON, Mo. -- Marie Maxine Prewett, 80, of Benton died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton.
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Betty Dunn
(Obituary ~ 02/28/02)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Betty J. Dunn of Carbondale, Ill., formerly of Union County, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. She was the daughter of Ralph and Agnes Shephard Wilkins. She and Clifton Dunn were married March 27, 1958, in Mississippi...
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Stocks fall, enthusiasm over economic news lessens
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- A brief surge of enthusiasm evaporated on Wall Street Thursday, gradually pulling stock prices lower in what turned out to be another lackluster session. Blue chips fell into losing ground in the last half hour of trading, while technology issues stumbled earlier on a profit warning from Gateway...
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Canadian fighters shadow New York-bound airliner
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Canadian fighters shadowed a New York-bound Air India jetliner over the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after authorities determined that a suspicious passenger was aboard, U.S. government officials said...
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Unplugged metal detector causes evacuation at LA airport
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The discovery of an unplugged metal detector forced the evacuation of five terminals at Los Angeles International Airport early Thursday and delayed more than 300 flights, authorities said. Hundreds of passengers from terminals No. 4 through 8 had to be rescreened at security checkpoints after authorities discovered at 6:30 a.m. that a metal detector was not working at Terminal 4, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jerry Snyder...
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Power outage not due to equipment failure
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The FBI said Thursday that an explosion that knocked out power to thousands of customers Sunday morning was not caused by equipment failure. That left open the possibility of sabotage. The bureau said in a statement that investigators do not think the explosion at a Utah Power substation was the work of terrorists or was related to the Winter Olympics, which wrapped up Sunday evening...
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Bush spokesman blames Clinton for today's Mideast violence
(National News ~ 02/28/02)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House on Thursday suggested that aggressive diplomacy by former President Clinton triggered an increase of violence in the Middle East. "In an attempt to shoot the moon and get nothing, more violence resulted," President Bush's spokesman said...
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Bluff man gets probation for cattle rustling scheme
(State News ~ 02/28/02)
Daily American Republic DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff, Mo., man suspected as the leader in a tri-county cattle theft operation was sentenced to probation. During a court appearance this week in Ripley County, Leslie "Tator" Armor, 62, of the 1100 block of Kinzer Street entered an Alford plea to stealing before Judge Paul McGhee...
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Out of the past 2/28/02
(Out of the Past ~ 02/28/02)
10 years ago: Feb. 28, 1992 Charleston - Former Missouri First Lady Betty Hearnes has decided to seek seat in state Senate being vacated by retiring Sen. John Dennis; Hearnes, former member of Missouri House and one-time candidate for governor, says she will base her candidacy on her legislative experience, background in education, efforts to promote economic development and long record of service in Missouri...
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Births 2/28/02
(Births ~ 02/28/02)
Son to Bernard Steven Missey Jr. and Christy L. Vandeven-Missey of Jackson, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:28 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002. Name, Connor Jamison. Weight, 5 pounds 13 ounces. First child. Mrs. Vandeven-Missey is the former Christy Vandeven, daughter of James and Alice Vandeven of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Dorothy Doherty
(Obituary ~ 02/28/02)
Dorothy Ashley Huff Doherty, the wife of Dr. William T. Doherty, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2002, at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney, Md. She was born July 2, 1918, at The Praesidio in San Francisco, Calif., daughter of Col. Sargent Prentiss Huff of Woodville, Miss., and the former Dorothy Ashley Holbrook of Washington, D.C...
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Illinois man defends Missouri in Wisconsin
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/28/02)
To the editor: A few months ago I was in Wisconsin. While sitting in a motel lobby, I started a conversation with some folks. One asked me where I was from. I answered Cairo, Ill., just across the river from Missouri. One said, "That's the state that elected a dead man to the U.S. Senate, isn't it?" I said yes, and the governor selected the dead man's wife to take his place, and she was about as capable of being a senator as I would of being president."...
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Cape fire report 2/28
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/28/02)
Cape Girardeau Thursday, Feb. 28 Firefighters responded to these calls Tuesday:At 7:44 p.m., a medical assist at a vehicle accident in the 2000 block of William. At 8:20 p.m., a cleanup of a vehicle accident in the 2000 block of William. At 11:40 p.m., a medical assist at 1092 Linden...
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Cape police report 2/28
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/28/02)
Cape Girardeau Thursday, Feb. 28 ArrestAugust Godtry Jones, 26, was arrested Tuesday at 1927 N. Kingshighway on a warrant for bad checks. Juston D. Farmer, 31, was arrested Tuesday for trespassing at 104 Vantage Drive. SummonsTrespassing was reported Tuesday at 104 Vantage Drive...
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Crimestopper 2/28
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/28/02)
Crimestoppers Name: Chance Terry Umfleet Race: White Sex: Male Age: 22 Date of birth: 11-21-79 Height: 5-9 Weight: 150 pounds Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Last known address: 507 Cape Meadows, Apt. 10, Cape Girardeau Wanted for: Felony parole absconder. Original charge of second-degree burglary, stealing, assault and distribution of a controlled substance. No bond. Warrant out of Probation and Parole of Jefferson City, Mo...
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Tribute in the works for 'century families'
(Local News ~ 02/28/02)
Marvin and LaFern Schoen set a good 4-H example for their children and grandchildren. The Schoens have logged 73 years of 4-H volunteer service. "We've been involved in 4-H since our children were born," said LaFern Schoen. "My husband has been involved 39 years."...
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Community digest 2/28
(Local News ~ 02/28/02)
Basketball game to benefit SADI Local firefighters, police officers and criminal justice students from Southeast Missouri State University will face the River City Rollers, a professional wheelchair basketball team from Memphis, Tenn., in a benefit basketball game Saturday at the Show Me Center...
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Scouting for scrap during the war
(Local News ~ 02/28/02)
During World War II, scrap metal was a precious commodity. Patriotic Americans scoured attics and basements for scrap metal, rubber and paper. The collection of scrap metal and rubber received the highest priority. Scrap drives supplied many of the materials needed to win World War II...
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Optimist Club members honored in St. Louis
(Local News ~ 02/28/02)
Submitted photo A number of area Optimist Club members were honored recently during the Optimist District Conference at St. Louis. They are, from left: Don Sievers, Billy Joe Thompson, Beverly Nelson, and Tom Houchins. Shown at right is Sallie Westenbarger, governor of the East Missouri District of Optimist International.Southeast Missourian...
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Four Cape County men arrested on drug charges
(Local News ~ 02/28/02)
Four people have been arrested and a quarter-ounce of cocaine, half-pound of marijuana and a half-gram of methamphetamine were collected Tuesday when a search warrant was executed at 5585 County Road 205 in Cape Girardeau County. Narcotics detective Paul Tipler, of the Cape Girardeau Police Department, said he applied for a search warrant after he received information from a confidential informant that quantities of cocaine and marijuana were in the residence at 5585 County Road 205...
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Fruitland livestock
(Business ~ 02/28/02)
Fruitland livestock FRUITLAND, Mo. -- Tuesday's Fruitland Livestock Auction results: Cattle receipts: 580. Week ago: 998. Compared to last week, 600-800 pound steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower, bulls scarce. ...
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Industrial training is key to better jobs
(Editorial ~ 02/28/02)
Thanks to the cooperative efforts of area industries and the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center, employees have an opportunity to upgrade their skills to move up to better jobs without having to change employers or move to a new location. Since the program started in 1995, more than 1,000 employees in the Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City areas have benefited from the training...
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People & accomplishments
(Other Sports ~ 02/28/02)
Uzoaru ties MEAC record Cape Girardeau Central graduate Marisa Uzoaru repeated as the Mid-East Athletic Conference indoor high jump champion this past week, tying the 14-year-old conference record in the process. Competing in Princess Anne, Md., Uzoaru, a junior competing for Florida A&M University, cleared 5 feet, 9 3/4 inches on her final attempt...
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OVC Tournament 2/28/02
(College Sports ~ 02/28/02)
(Louisville, Ky.) Men's semifinals Friday 5 p.m. -- Tenn. Tech vs. Austin Peay 7 p.m. -- Murray St. vs. Morehead St.Men's championship Saturday Semifinal winners, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)Women's semifinals Saturday...
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Top four still on the floor
(College Sports ~ 02/28/02)
The home court proved to be a safe haven in the first round of the Ohio Valley Conference basketball tournament Tuesday night. All eight games -- four men's and four women's -- were won by the home team, with most of those victories decisive. So finishing in the top four of the regular-season standings to earn home-court advantage for the tourney's opening round certainly was beneficial...
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Vanderbilt ends Kentucky spell with 86-73 victory
(College Sports ~ 02/28/02)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Reserve Brendan Plavich scored all but two of his 20 points on 3-pointers and Vanderbilt beat No. 11 Kentucky 86-73 Wednesday night to snap an 18-game losing streak to the Wildcats. Kentucky (19-8, 9-6 Southeastern Conference) is the only visiting team with a winning record in Memorial Gym. Vanderbilt (16-12, 6-9) had not beaten Kentucky since 1993, a stretch of eight straight home losses...
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Notre Dame, Kelly girls reach final
(High School Sports ~ 02/28/02)
Southeast Missourian BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Top-seed Notre Dame and No. 2 seed Kelly reached the championship game of the Class 2A, District 2 girls tournament Wednesday night. The teams arrived in different fashion as Notre Dame won in a 81-32 rout over No. 4 Scott City, while Kelly overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to edge No. 3 Charleston 53-50...
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Prep basketball star beaten
(High School Sports ~ 02/28/02)
PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- A high school basketball star was severely beaten after a rival team's tournament game, leaving him too injured to play in his own team's contest Wednesday. Assault charges have been filed against six Shelby Valley High School students after a melee Monday that injured Jarrod R. Adkins, the leading scorer for cross-county rival Millard High School...
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Health calendar 2/28
(Community ~ 02/28/02)
Today Newborn massage class from 10 to 11 a.m. in Generations Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. The course is offered for parents and caregivers of newborns up to 6 weeks old. Call Generations at 651-5825 for information. Parish nursing seminar on end of life issues from 6:30 to 8 p.m. ...
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Appellate judge goes to state's highest court
(Editorial ~ 02/28/02)
With the appointment of Judge Richard B. Teitelman to fill a vacancy on the Missouri Supreme Court, Gov. Bob Holden has chosen someone with judicial experience who promises to be a credit to the state's highest court. Teitelman, who currently serves on the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District thanks to his 1997 appointment by Gov. Mel Carnahan, has been tapped to replace Judge John Holstein on the Supreme Court...
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Onion-paper bridge plans drawn 76 years ago offer insight
(Local News ~ 02/28/02)
David Glastetter knew for about two years that pieces of Cape Girardeau history were down there somewhere. Located in the basement of the Kansas City engineering firm where he works -- a place he and his co-workers call The Dungeon -- were the original plans of one of the most important landmarks in Cape Girardeau...
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