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Stocks end week on subdued note
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Bargain hunting lifted stocks higher Friday, particularly in the beleaguered tech sector, but the market's overall tone was guarded as investors waited for first-quarter earnings reports to begin in earnest next week...
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Jess Hooper
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
BERTRAND, Mo. -- Jess Lee Hooper, 79, of Bertrand died Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born March 11, 1923, in Grayridge, Mo., son of Berry "Buck" and Rebecca Tate Hooper. He and Vivian Skelton were married June 1, 1946...
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Paul Adams
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Paul Clayton Adams, 57, of East Prairie died Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Oct. 11, 1944, at Diehlstadt, Mo., son of James Neely and Vina Caroline Bugg Adams. Adams lived in East Prairie most of his life...
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Albert Masters
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Albert H. Masters, 84, of Moscow Mills, Mo., died Monday, April 8, 2002, at Lincoln County Memorial Hospital in Troy, Mo. He was born July 6, 1917, at Advance, Mo., son of William and Martha Park Masters. He and Dorothy Pritchett were married May 29, 1937, at Charleston, Mo...
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Bill Kuehn
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- William Fred "Bill" Kuehn, 65, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4-8 p.m. today. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. The Rev. Richard Northcutt will officiate. Interment will be in Russell Heights Cemetery...
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Charles Cunningham
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Charles Paul Cunningham, 81, of Chaffee died Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 8, 1920, at Chaffee, son of Charles Henry and Edith Lou Harrell Cunningham. Cunningham was collector for city of Chaffee 34 years. He was secretary of Chaffee R-2 School Board 28 years. He was a 50-year member of Chaffee Masonic Lodge 615, 50-year member of Chaffee Order of Eastern Star 48, and Valley of St. Louis Scottish Rite...
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Hannah Irvin
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
Hannah Nicole Irvin, daughter of Todd and Sherry. "The exciting moments of pregnancy have turned to sorrow in the heartfelt loss of our baby" who died April 6, 2002, at 3:53 a.m. at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Although not yet born, she was a beloved member of our family and a joy to her parents and big sister, Rachael. ...
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Speak Out A 04/12/02
(Speak Out ~ 04/12/02)
So skateboarders and their parents have to build their own park? Did any of you help build the baseball fields in Arena Park? How about the soccer fields over in Shawnee Park? Taxes pay for youth sports. It's always been that way, and it's time for equal recognition for skaters...
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President losing votes by violating campaign pledges
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/12/02)
To the editor: The hypocrisy of our elected officials in using the Enron farce as an excuse to pass a blatantly unconstitutional campaign-finance bill is incumbent self-protection gone astray. Enron was a drop in the bucket when it comes to corrupting influence. I recently read that Enron was only 37th in political contributions, giving a measly $2.5 million...
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VA cost-saving efforts can have devastating effect
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/12/02)
To the editor: Recent news-media attention on the events at the Kansas City VA Medical Center has brought the Department of Veterans Affairs another crisis of negative publicity. Finding maggots in patients' noses appears to be a simple case of horrible patient care. This is not a case of poor patient care. It is the outcome of years of under-funding the department...
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Grinnell put up a fight, but it's worth the battle
(Outdoors ~ 04/12/02)
I knew I had tied into a good one by the solid tug on my line. I was dunking minnows in Duck Creek's Pool 1, hoping to hook any weak-minded fish silly enough to bite my hook. The line jerked so solidly I felt the need to bolt rather than walk over to the pole. I watched as the line began to move to one side and knew it was time to set the hook. A good tussle with a worthy fish is something I enjoyed and this fish had my attention...
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Indians wrap up spring, look for RB cure
(College Sports ~ 04/12/02)
Heading into tonight's annual spring intrasquad game, Southeast Missouri State University football coach Tim Billings said he's been generally pleased with the Indians' spring drills. But the big question that remains: Who will run the ball? Southeast is still looking for a replacement for 1,000-yard rusher Curtis Cooper, who completed his eligibility last season. The position took a blow when touted Vanderbilt transfer Ray Perkins recently left the squad...
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Birk, Thompson homer, pace Jackson win
(High School Sports ~ 04/12/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Michael Birk's three-run fifth-inning homer handed Jackson the lead and Trevor Thompson's sixth-inning solo shot provided insurance in a 10-9 baseball win Thursday over Sikeston. With the Indians up 9-8 in the SEMO Conference contest, Thompson's home run gave Jackson a two-run cushion which proved huge as Sikeston (5-2) added a single tally in the top of the seventh...
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Family gathering on the green
(High School Sports ~ 04/12/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Should we call him Coach Prost? Or maybe Uncle Tom? How about Coach? Uncle Coach? It's a quandary confronting six golfers on the St. Vincent golf team, where a family tree has found its way onto the Perryville Country Club landscape...
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New opponents plentiful on fall football schedules
(High School Sports ~ 04/12/02)
The new Jackson football schedule comes with a guarantee. It's definitely not a guaranteed win. "It's the toughest schedule in the history of Jackson High School," Jackson coach Carl Gross said. "I guarantee you. That's the way we want it." Jackson and other area high schools have set their schedules, with only a few details still being addressed...
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Good news for Ste. Genevieve job market
(Editorial ~ 04/12/02)
Like so many smaller communities, Ste. Genevieve, Mo., has struggled to keep jobs and find new employers. Last week, the town got good news: Sabreliner Corp., which provides maintenance and modifications for corporate and government aircraft, engines, systems and components, is opening a new plant to overhaul components for Air Force aircraft...
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Lead testing, precautions are vital steps
(Editorial ~ 04/12/02)
A good deal of attention has been focused recently on children with high levels of lead in their bloodstreams, mainly in or near Herculaneum, Mo., on the Mississippi River south of St. Louis. Herculaneum is the home of Doe Run Co.'s lead smelter. Last year, 67 children under age 6 were tested, with 30 of those children showing elevated lead levels -- nearly six times the state average...
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Jackson fire report 4/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/12/02)
Jackson Friday, April 12 Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday:An emergency medical service on East Main Street. An emergency medical service on North Maryland.
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Lucille Hanna
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Lucille J. Hanna, 94, of Sikeston died Thursday, April 11, 2002, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Jan. 12, 1908, in Cobden, Ill., daughter of Matt and Anna Switzer Jungers. She and Charles A. Hanna were married Dec. 11, 1926. He died May 16, 1969...
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Martha Coomes
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral for Martha Coomes of Anna will be held at 11 a.m. today at the United Missionary Baptist Church in Lick Creek, Ill. The Rev. Ken Wilson will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Memorial Park. Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Anna from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m...
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Rev. Spillman Britt
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Funeral for the Rev. Spillman Britt of Jonesboro will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Lutz and Rendleman funeral Home in Anna, Ill. The Rev. Davy Miller will officiate. Burial will be in Alto Pass Cemetery, with military honors by Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455 in Anna...
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Powell weighing whether to meet Arafat on Saturday
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
AP Diplomatic WriterJERUSALEM (AP) -- His peacekeeping mission rocked by a terrorist bombing, Secretary of State Colin Powell was reviewing whether to meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Saturday, a U.S. official said. Just hours after a suicide bomber struck near a Jerusalem marketplace Friday, the White House called on Arafat to publicly denounce the terrorist act and the State Department said Powell would decide later whether to see Arafat as planned...
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Bluegrass at the cave
(Entertainment ~ 04/12/02)
The band Shanti Groove was playing music in Boulder, Colo., for years before the movie "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" and its soundtrack made bluegrass cool. But finding work suddenly has become much easier for bluegrass musicians. "Bluegrass is pretty much hot across the country right now," says Jason Scroggins, guitarist and lead vocalist for Shanti Groove, in a phone interview from Boulder...
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Tick-tock and a proclamation
(Column ~ 04/12/02)
A few of you have called or e-mailed or written this week to ask why I didn't whine like I usually do when we change our clocks. Here's why: You don't live in Indiana, Hawaii or Arizona, the only states left where red-blooded, true-blue Americans still believe they have a constitutional right to set their clocks once -- when they are purchased -- and never fiddle with them again...
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Do the math - Invest in children
(Column ~ 04/12/02)
By Charla Myers When I was in school, one of the things I learned in math was how to find the lowest common denominator. Al-though the problems I now analyze are not always mathematical, finding that lowest fundamental intersection is still a critical skill. ...
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Over my dead body 4/12
(Entertainment ~ 04/12/02)
Here are the 10 songs Steve Hendricks of Cape Girardeau wouldn't want to live without: 1. "Aqualung" -- Jethro Tull This is an English Cathedral Anthem in the guise of '70s progressive rock. A composition where text and music work so perfectly together, that if one is separated from the other, both lose their power to communicate a disturbing picture of the human condition...
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Autopsy planned for INS prisoner
(State News ~ 04/12/02)
Standard Democrat CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A federal Immigration and Naturalization prisoner being held at the Mississippi County Detention Center died Wednesday morning of what appears to be natural causes, according to the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department...
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Interstate 55 accident causes delays
(State News ~ 04/12/02)
Standard Democrat SIKESTON, Mo. -- An accident Wednesday morning on Interstate 55, two miles south of Sikeston, led to nearly two and a half hours of delay for many travelers. The accident occurred when a driver pulling a mobile home stopped on the shoulder of the northbound lane...
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Out of the past 4/12/02
(Out of the Past ~ 04/12/02)
10 years ago: April 12, 1992 Palm Sunday. Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel begins Holy Week with festival Palm Sunday service in morning; children participate in procession of palms, and each worshiper receives palm leaf as reminder of Christ's entry into Jerusalem...
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Getella Sander
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
Getella I. Sander, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 11, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Oct. 26, 1920, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of David and Ursel Bolen Caraker. She and Albert C. Sander were married Aug. 12, 1941, in Cape Girardeau...
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Violet Skinner
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
MILLERSVILLE, Mo. -- Funeral for Violet B. Skinner of National City, Calif., was held Thursday at Glen Abbey Mortuary Chapel in Bonita, Calif. Entombment was in Glen Abbey Memorial Park. Skinner, 84, died Saturday, April 6, 2002. She was born March 14, 1918, at Millersville...
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Michael Raben
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Michael David Raben, 24, of Perryville died Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at his home. He was born May 10, 1977, in Detroit, Mich., son of Gerald and Joann Lee Raben. He and Nicolle Rae Pingel were married Feb. 8, 2002, at Marble Hill, Mo...
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Francis Hoernig
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Francis J. Hoernig, 86, died Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at his home. He was born May 4, 1915, in Advance, Mo., son of August and Anna Greuel Hoernig. He and Mildred Unterreiner were married Jan. 19, 1952, at Biehle, Mo. Hoernig had been a factory worker and farmed. He was a member and usher at St. Maurus Catholic Church at Biehle, Mo., and member of Western Catholic Union...
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Pete Statler
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Linus Henderson "Pete" Statler, 82, died Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 3, 1919, in Jackson, son of John Henderson and Ida Hitt Statler. Statler was a self-employed farmer. He was a member of First Baptist Church and Altenthal-Joerns American Legion Post 158 in Jackson, and VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau...
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Ernest Whitaker Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Elder Ernest Edward Whitaker Sr., 56, of Cairo, died Friday, April 5, 2002, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill. He was born Aug. 18, 1945, in Cairo, son of Elihue Whitaker Sr. and Lydia Moore Whitaker. He married Quincie Faye Bivens in 1972...
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Cecil Roberts
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Cecil Alfred Roberts, 83, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at his home. He was born Aug. 16, 1918, near Marble Hill, son of the Rev. William C. and Susan Elizabeth Richards Roberts. Roberts retired from Superior Electric in 1980. He was a member of Point Pleasant General Baptist Church and IOOF Lodge...
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Ida Mayberry
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Ida May Mayberry, 89, of Tamms died Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at Countryside Health Care in Bardwell, Ky. She was born Feb. 10, 1913, in Pulaski, Ill., daughter of William Edward and Maude Bearden Farnsworth. She married Paul L. Mayberry, who died June 16, 1993...
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E.A. Buchanan
(Obituary ~ 04/12/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- E.A. "Buck" Buchanan, 78, of Perryville died Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 6, 1923, at Leeper, Mo., son of Andrew Jackson and Arizona Sanders Buchanan. He and Glendelea Clyburn were married Nov. 1, 1947...
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Jackson police report 4/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/12/02)
Jackson Friday, April 12 BurglaryA burglary was reported Saturday at 911 Kimbel Lane. A burglary was reported Tuesday at 957 W. Independence St. A burglary was reported Wednesday at 315 East Lane. TheftA theft was reported Sunday at 115 S. Ohio St. A theft was reported Sunday at 1901 Lee Ave...
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Correction 4/12/02
(Local News ~ 04/12/02)
A story that appeared Thursday should have stated that William Swan was approached by Cingular Wireless regarding use of a telecommunication tower. The tower will handle Cingular's height request, but the structure is not capable of handling load requirements. The Southeast Missourian regrets the errors...
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National briefs 4/12
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
Traficant convicted in corruption case CLEVELAND -- Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. was convicted Thursday of taking bribes and kickbacks from businessmen and his own staff after a raucous and often-farcical trial where the legislator insisted on representing himself...
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Town's fears of hog farm grow with new arrivals
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
CRYSTAL SPRING, Pa. -- At first, the neighbors of a new hog farm were upset about the persistent, sour smell. Lately, the odor hasn't been the worst of their concerns. Late last month, diluted liquid manure from approximately 2,100 hogs spilled over from a 770,000 gallon lagoon, swamped a tiny brook and emptied into the town's most treasured waterway, Brush Creek...
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Killer of co-workers claims he thought they were Nazis
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A man who claims he thought he was killing Nazis when he fatally shot seven co-workers testified Thursday that he left a previous job at a nuclear plant because "I had gone crazy." "I had an escalating mental illness which eventually led to a suicide attempt," said Michael McDermott, who claimed he was harassed by an ex-girlfriend who worked with him at the Maine Yankee plant. "I cut my wrist open."...
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Kinder bill would increase protection of religious rights
(State News ~ 04/12/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Government officials would have to meet the highest possible legal standard to take action that would impinge on free exercise of religion under a bill the Senate debated Thursday. Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, is sponsoring the measure to counteract a 1990s U.S. Supreme Court decision that lowered the standard for government restrictions on religion...
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How to remake a museum
(Local News ~ 04/12/02)
SEMO museum master plan creates arts debate By Mark Bliss ~ Southeast Missourian The success of Southeast Missouri State University's proposed River Campus museum may rest on child's play, consultants say...
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Construction of veterans cemetery to begin in May
(State News ~ 04/12/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- After years of delays, construction of the Bloomfield State Veterans Cemetery is slated to begin in early May. The state last week awarded a $5.2 million contract to MJC Constructors of St. Jacob, Ill., to build the cemetery. Ron Taylor, the Missouri Veterans Commission superintendent of services and cemeteries, said he expects work to start no later than May 15...
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LaHaye - Spirit moving nationally through book series
(State News ~ 04/12/02)
HOPE FOR AMERICA ~ By Laura Johnston ~ Southeast Missourian Author Tim LaHaye said he can feel the Holy Spirit moving across the nation as he travels the country speaking to audiences about his books in the "Left Behind" series...
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Law says he'll stay as long as 'God gives me the opportunity'
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
Associated Press WriterBOSTON (AP) -- Amid growing demands that he step down because of the sex scandal engulfing the church, Cardinal Bernard Law said Friday that he will continue serving the Boston Archdiocese "as long as God gives me the opportunity."...
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Move upsets some bombing survivors
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Jane Graham says she will quit her job rather than move to a new federal building next to the site of the bombing that killed 35 of her co-workers and buried her under rubble. She says she does not have the strength to park in the same garage she did before the 1995 bombing, then walk past the field of empty chairs that represent the 168 people killed seven years ago...
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Judge finds man guilty in rape and kidnapping of children
(Local News ~ 04/12/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A Jackson man who kidnapped and sexually molested two young girls now faces a possibility of eight life sentences. Sentencing will be May 28. A judge Thursday rejected a mental defect defense and convicted Samuel J. Farrow Jr. on 11 of 15 charges, including kidnapping and forcible rape, forcible sodomy and furnishing pornographic material to a minor...
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Senate hopeful makes stop in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 04/12/02)
U.S. Senate candidate Jim Talent has some unfinished business to tackle. Unable to get his health insurance legislation passed through the Senate when he was a U.S. Representative, Talent promised that he would indeed get the act passed if he is elected to the Senate this November...
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Nora Naranjo-Morse - An artist in two cultures
(Local News ~ 04/12/02)
In New Mexico, clay runs in ribbons in the hillsides. Before a Pueblo Indian woman goes to dig clay, she humbly prays to the Clay Mother, promising if she is given clay she will give her body back to the Earth when it is time. She takes only as much clay as she needs, then closes the "wound."...
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Nordenia workers vote down joining Teamsters
(Business ~ 04/12/02)
3-TO-1 MARGIN By Scott Moyers ~ Southeast Missourian JACKSON, Mo. -- Employees at Nordenia USA have solidly voted to reject the Teamsters union by nearly a 3-1 margin...
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Jackson, Central football teams face revamped schedules
(High School Sports ~ 04/12/02)
Jackson High School may have one of the state's most reworked football schedules after replacing many of its 2001 opponents. Elsewhere, Central and other teams in the area will face new, unfamiliar opponents when the football season starts. For more on this story, see Friday's Southeast Missourian...
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Everybody's a critic - 'Panic Room'
(Entertainment ~ 04/12/02)
There's a reason Jodie Foster waits so long between movies, and the wait is well worth it. "Panic Room" is one of the best suspense movies I've seen in a long time. First off, Foster does an excellent job in her role. The passion with which she plays Meg Altman makes it seem real, and the commitment she has to her daughter, played by Kristen Stewart, is easy to connect to...
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Everybody's a critic - 'Panic Room'
(Entertainment ~ 04/12/02)
How many times do we have to watch a woman -- always in her underwear -- hear a noise in the dark basement, open the door and go on down? Everyone but her knows what's down there. The next move is always known in this movie. Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) and her daughter move into a huge New York brownstone with a safe room (panic room) built by the previous owner for disasters and invasions. ...
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Everybody's a critic - 'Panic Room'
(Entertainment ~ 04/12/02)
Jodie Foster is the screen queen of strong women who don't need men. In "Panic Room," a philandering husband dumps her, so she moves into a cavernous brownstone in NYC with her sullen teen-age daughter. The late eccentric owner installed the titular room as a safe fortress, and a game of cat-and-mouse ensues as three would-be thieves try to coax the girls out...
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Grand jury planned in priest sex abuse
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
NEW YORK -- Expressing concern about a possible cover-up by Long Island's Roman Catholic diocese, a district attorney Thursday announced he was convening a special grand jury to investigate allegations of sexual abuse by priests and how the allegations were handled by the church...
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Girder attached to space station
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Two spacewalking astronauts bolted a 44-foot girder to the international space station on Thursday, completing the first step in one of the most complicated construction jobs at the orbiting outpost. The 27,000-pound beam was first hoisted into place and clamped down by the space station's 58-foot robot arm, operated by remote control from inside the spacecraft by two astronauts...
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World briefs 4/12
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
2 dead, 96 wounded in Venezuelan protest CARACAS, Venezuela -- Police battled protesters Thursday after more than 150,000 people marched on the presidential palace demanding President Hugo Chavez's ouster as a general strike gripped the country. At least 12 people were killed and 96 wounded, officials said...
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JCPenney celebrates 100 years in retail
(Local News ~ 04/12/02)
JCPenney opened its doors in Cape Girardeau at 33 N. Main St. in 1924, 22 years after James Cash Penney opened his first department store in Kemmerer, Wyo., where frontier miners and farmers went for blue jeans and other work clothes, shoes, fabrics and sewing needs...
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LaRue-Pine Hills Appreciation Days slated for this weekend
(Local News ~ 04/12/02)
The LaRue-Pine Hills Area of Southern Illinois' Shawnee National Forest will be busy this weekend for the annual LaRue-Pine Hills Appreciation and Environmental Awareness Days. Included in the weekend activities will be a field trip to the 350-foot cliffs looming above the swamp, said Marlene Rivero, a spokesperson for the two-day event...
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Senate passes election overhaul bill
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
WASHINGTON -- Senators voted Thursday to make states correct the kinds of balloting problems that threw Florida's presidential vote into dispute and to address voter fraud such as in Missouri where a dog and a dead man were registered to vote. The 99-1 passage of the bill capped a months-long argument between Republicans and Democrats over how much power the federal government should wield over states and whether tough anti-fraud standards would cost poor voters their ballots...
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House passes pension reform bill
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
WASHINGTON -- The House voted Thursday to add more worker protections to the nation's pension laws in response to the Enron collapse that caused thousands of employees to lose their retirement savings. The bill, passed on a 255-163 vote, is modeled after President Bush's pension overhaul plan...
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Bush pushes legislation that helps nation's charities
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders met over breakfast with President Bush on Thursday and declared their support of the White House mission in the Middle East, though Democrats said they need to be consulted more often about the crisis. Later, Bush renewed his calls on the Democratic-run Senate to pass legislation boosting religious charities, urging they do so by Memorial Day. ...
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GOP building links with union workers
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
WASHINGTON -- From steel tariffs to Alaskan oil drilling, Republicans and business interests are building alliances with union workers that could affect where and how organized labor provides support in the fall congressional elections. The latest example came Thursday when traditional rivals, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO, joined to lobby for an overhaul of immigration laws. Both want to win legal status for millions of illegal immigrants now working in the United States...
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Blues defeat Sharks, earn 23rd straight playoff berth
(Professional Sports ~ 04/12/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Cory Stillman had two goals as the St. Louis Blues clinched a playoff berth for the 23rd consecutive season -- the longest current streak in professional sports -- with a 4-1 victory Thursday night over the San Jose Sharks. Brent Johnson made 22 saves for the Blues, who eliminated Edmonton from contention and denied the Sharks a chance to clinch their first division championship. ...
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Martinez slumps; Cards sweep
(Professional Sports ~ 04/12/02)
Associated Press/James A. Finley Cardinals starter Bud Smith, moved into the rotation earlier Thursday, gave up three runs in 5 1/3 innings against the Brewers.By R.B. Fallstrom ~ The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Tino Martinez made a big contribution to the St. Louis Cardinals without taking the bat off his shoulder...
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Love leads mastery of tough Augusta course after 1st day
(Professional Sports ~ 04/12/02)
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- More than the golf course changed at the Masters. Davis Love III took advantage of a surprisingly calm day to put himself atop the leaderboard for the first time at Augusta National. Tiger Woods found himself in places he rarely sees thanks to a longer, tougher golf course that lived up its billing...
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'Cajun Taliban' term upsets
(State News ~ 04/12/02)
NEW ORLEANS -- Cajuns have long since learned to cope with being stereotyped as backward swamp-dwelling caricatures, but a phrase coined by national media outlets this week got their Tabasco-laden blood boiling. The words "Cajun Taliban" and "Ragin' Cajun" were used by ABC Radio and Time magazine in reference to Yasser Esam Hamdi, the second American suspected of joining with Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan...
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Blunt heads to Missouri after duty overseas
(State News ~ 04/12/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Secretary of State Matt Blunt, activated by the Naval Reserve after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, is returning home after six months of duty. Blunt, 32, a lieutenant, had been stationed near London where he served as an assistant operations and security officer. As of Thursday, Blunt was back in the United States undergoing a demobilization process that could take a few days, said Spence Jackson, a spokesman for the Republican secretary of state...
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Dozens of Mexican police arrested
(International News ~ 04/12/02)
TIJUANA, Mexico -- The police officers were expecting to receive an evaluation of their work. Instead, soldiers and federal police stormed a meeting Wednesday at a state police academy in the border city of Tecate, ordering dozens of officers -- including several chiefs and commanders -- to hand over their guns. They then placed them under arrest...
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Wave of Afghan violence possible omen
(International News ~ 04/12/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Not a day goes by without more news of a bombing, weapons seizure, rocket attack, assassination attempt or shooting in this devastated nation seeking to end decades of war. The interim government is blaming Taliban and al-Qaida remnants, a former prime minister and Pakistani intelligence officers for most of the violence...
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Israeli forces withdraw from two dozen towns, enter other areas
(International News ~ 04/12/02)
JERUSALEM -- Israel pulled out of two dozen small West Bank towns and villages Thursday but swept into others and rounded up more Palestinian men despite U.S. calls and international pressure to end the 2-week-old campaign to root out militants. Israel's army says 4,185 Palestinians have been detained in the operation -- nearly half of them in the past two days as fighters in the key northern West Bank cities of Jenin and Nablus, their numbers depleted in battle, ran out of ammunition and surrendered.. ...
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Ferry catches fire in Philippines
(International News ~ 04/12/02)
LUCENA, Philippines -- Fire swept a packed inter-island ferry in the central Philippines early Thursday, sending panicked passengers into the sea. At least 23 people died and 13 were missing. Some of the victims drowned, including four children, said coast guard Lt. Cmdr. Elpidio Gunio. Others suffocated aboard the MV Maria Carmela, which was carrying at least 290 people when a blaze broke out in the cargo hold. At least 94 people were injured...
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West Point opening up to the arts
(Entertainment ~ 04/12/02)
WEST POINT, N.Y. Cadet Corrie Hanson opens an anthology of Native American literature and rests her thick fingers upon "Indian Boarding School: the Runaways," a poem by Louise Erdrich. Hanson, one of eight West Point students enrolled in "ethnic literature," reads the opening passage:...
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People talk 4/12
(National News ~ 04/12/02)
Former mayor poses for Playboy magazine GEORGETOWN, Colo. -- Former mayor Koleen Brooks, who was recalled from office last week, posed for Playboy magazine the day before she was scheduled to appear in court on false reporting charges. Brooks traveled to Chicago for the Wednesday shoot, and an article and photos will appear on the magazine's Web site today. ...
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Motion to dismiss filed in case of police officers
(State News ~ 04/12/02)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Attorneys representing two Dexter police officers charged with hindering prosecution have filed what one of them describes as an "unusual" motion asking that the cases be dismissed. John Oliver of Cape Girardeau and Jim Spain of Poplar Bluff filed a motion for dismissal for "failure to state an offense and other irregularities" in Circuit Court, Division I March 29 on behalf of Police Chief Ken Rinehart and Sgt. Sammy Stone...
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