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Yanks walk past Red Sox to open four-game lead
(Professional Sports ~ 07/22/02)
NEW YORK -- Jason Giambi led off the bottom of the ninth inning with an excuse-me single, right fielder Trot Nixon's error let the tying run score and Jorge Posada drew a bases-loaded walk Sunday that gave the New York Yankees a 9-8 win over the Red Sox...
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Lost cat found via cable channel
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
Rachel and Amy Cunningham of Cape Girardeau say that they've learned that with prayer, ingenuity and luck, miracles can happen. Thank Spottie the cat for that. Rachel, 10, and Amy, 9, left with their family earlier this month to travel to a family reunion in Canada. ...
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Ridge urges study of expanded military powers for domestic law
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
WASHINGTON -- Homeland security chief Tom Ridge says the threat of terrorism may force government planners to consider using the military for domestic law enforcement, now largely prohibited by federal law. President Bush has called on Congress to thoroughly review the law that bans the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines from participating in arrests, searches, seizure of evidence and other police-type activity on U.S. soil...
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Blast rips through coal mine, killing at least 3, 100 missing
(International News ~ 07/22/02)
KIEV, Ukraine -- A methane gas explosion tore through a Ukrainian coal mine Sunday, killing at least six miners and leaving more than 28 missing, officials said. Rescuers found three bodies after the blast at the Yuvileina mine in Pershotravensk, in Ukraine's eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, said Ihor Krol, an official at the Emergency Situations Ministry. Over the next several hours, they brought 392 workers out of the mine, including three who died later of injuries or smoke inhalation...
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Bus hits land mine in central Afghanistan, killing 13 riders
(International News ~ 07/22/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A bus carrying people to a picnic area hit a land mine in central Afghanistan, killing 13 passengers and injuring six others, a U.N. official said Sunday. The accident took place Saturday near Bamiyan, some 120 miles west of the capital, Kabul, said U.N. spokesman David Singh...
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Greek terror suspects charged as paper says they planned attack
(International News ~ 07/22/02)
ATHENS, Greece -- Greek authorities on Sunday charged two alleged members of the November 17 terror organization in the assassination of American and British servicemen, and a newspaper reported the deadly urban guerrilla group planned to attack U.S. and NATO peacekeepers...
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Deportation debate rages amid talk of troop withdrawal
(International News ~ 07/22/02)
JERUSALEM -- Israeli officials, faced with an international outcry and a definitive ruling by the attorney general, acknowledged Sunday they couldn't legally deport relatives of suicide bombers unless they were directly linked to attacks. Also Sunday, a Palestinian official said Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres told the Palestinians that Israeli troops could withdraw from two West Bank cities -- Bethlehem and Hebron -- in the coming days. Israeli officials denied the claim...
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Island fuss latest scrap between Morocco and Spain
(International News ~ 07/22/02)
RABAT, Morocco -- On the surface, the fuss of the past 10 days between Morocco and Spain was over a tiny, uninhabited rock outcropping that is a haven for hashish smugglers and clandestine immigrants heading for the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea across the spot where Africa and Europe nearly touch...
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Turkey's Ecevit warns of lengthy war against Iraq
(International News ~ 07/22/02)
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's embattled prime minister on Sunday warned the United States risked becoming bogged down in a long war if it moves ahead with plans to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. "Iraq is ... so developed technologically and economically despite the embargo, that it cannot be compared to Afghanistan or Vietnam," Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said in an interview on state-run television...
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Heat doesn't keep residents indoors
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
Scorching summer sun couldn't keep people indoors Sunday as they headed out for a swim, a jog or to mow the lawn. Even though it felt like 102 degrees at 1 p.m. with the humidity, plenty of people in Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area beat the heat with a dip in the water. By 3:30 p.m., the air temperature was 93 but relative humidity made it feel like 104 degrees...
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City, conservation department making Cape Woods more accessible
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
Sycamores, cottonwoods, box elder and silver maple trees block out all but a few scattered rays of sunlight. Over a small bank, a crooked, murky creek leisurely follows the path of least resistance. Three-inch, curly vertical vines stripe the scenery...
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Mammoth bones have some rethinking when humans came to America
(State News ~ 07/22/02)
KENOSHA, Wis. -- Scientists have dated man-made marks on bones of two woolly mammoths, excavated about 10 years ago from farms in Kenosha, at 15,000 years old. That casts doubt on a decades-old theory that suggests humans came to America 14,000 years ago after crossing a land bridge from Siberia...
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Borrowers must beware of debt consolidation loans
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
NEW YORK -- The pitch on late-night TV or in mail solicitations is appealing: Consolidate your credit card debt! Slash your monthly payments! A debt consolidation loan might be tempting to many who feel overwhelmed by monthly bills. Credit experts say, however, such offers should be accompanied by a big "BORROWER BEWARE" notice...
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Interior design show becomes a cable sensation
(Entertainment ~ 07/22/02)
BEDFORD, N.Y. -- She's not a movie star or a musician. Yet Genevieve Gorder stands surrounded by six teen-age girls, each thrusting bits of paper toward her to sign. A designer, Gorder is taking a break from splashing "coffee-toned" paints on the walls and ceiling of a suburban bedroom for The Learning Channel program "Trading Spaces."...
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Andy's clothes, Cher's gowns are Monets to collector
(Entertainment ~ 07/22/02)
LOS ANGELES -- James Comisar is whistling a happy tune as he scrounges through a rack of clothing. From the thousands of items in his TV memorabilia collection, Comisar plucks out sheriff's costumes used in "The Andy Griffith Show" as he evokes a few bars of the show's theme song...
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WorldCom files for bankruptcy; largest case in U.S. history
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
NEW YORK -- Telecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday, about a month after disclosing it had inflated profits by nearly $4 billion through deceptive accounting. The bankruptcy is the largest in U.S. history and the latest in a spectacular series of corporate collapses...
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Fiddle-dee-dee - New Cape B&B to feature southern flair
(Column ~ 07/22/02)
Talking to Susan Steel last week, she sounded as harried as Scarlett O'Hara getting ready for her first day of finishing school. That's because Steel -- a Texas native who is no stranger to southern tradition herself -- has been busy all year getting ready to open the Southern Heritage Bed and Breakfast. She hopes to have everything ready enough to open this week...
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Civil liberties in times of war
(Column ~ 07/22/02)
teagleton The Constitution has not greatly bothered any wartime president. -- Francis Biddle, U.S. attorney general (1941-1945) ST. LOUIS -- One case down, two to go. John Walker Lindh has copped a 20-year plea in federal court. ...
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Southeast cultivates plans to construct new greenhouse
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
There's little room to maneuver through the flowers, ferns and ficus trees that populate Southeast Missouri State University's 23-year-old greenhouse. But that could change soon. Southeast Missouri State University is cultivating plans for a new 11,000-square-foot greenhouse that will be twice as large as the current greenhouse built in 1979. ...
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Prime minister - France will punishment anti-Semitic acts
(International News ~ 07/22/02)
PARIS -- France's prime minister pledged Sunday that anyone involved in anti-Semitic acts will be caught and punished -- a promise made on the 60th anniversary of the France's roundup of Jews sent to Nazi death camps. "To harm the Jewish community is to harm France, harm the values of our Republic which can leave no room for anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia," Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said at a gathering of 1,000 people at the Square of Jewish Martyrs...
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Pakistan arrests four extremist group members
(International News ~ 07/22/02)
MULTAN, Pakistan -- Pakistani police arrested four members of a banned Islamic extremist group suspected of involvement in dozens of religiously motivated killings, officials said Sunday. The arrests of the members of the Sunni Muslim Lashkar-e-Jhangvi occurred in the town of Jhang in Punjab province, said inspector Farhan Tanveer of the Jhang police...
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Dunklin County enters district as big favorite
(Community Sports ~ 07/22/02)
Dunklin County appears poised to reclaim its spot as the king of District 14 American Legion baseball -- but Jamie Johnson is not about to chalk up another title just yet. Johnson, Dunklin County's manager, has plenty of respect for the other five teams entered in the District 14 Tournament that begins today in Sikeston...
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Fanfare 7/22/02
(Other Sports ~ 07/22/02)
Briefly Basketball Milwaukee Bucks forward Glenn Robinson was released on $5,000 bail Sunday after being arrested on charges of domestic battery, assault and illegal possession of a firearm, his attorney said. Robinson was arrested Saturday after an incident at his ex-fiancee's house...
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Finley gives Cards boost in NL debut
(Professional Sports ~ 07/22/02)
PITTSBURGH -- On a hot, tense day in which it seemed a fight might break out at any minute, Chuck Finley found a way to cool off the Pittsburgh Pirates and win his National League debut. Finley overcame a shaky beginning by getting the offensive support he seldom got in Cleveland, with Albert Pujols homering and driving in four runs in St. Louis' 8-4 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday...
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Wobbly Els left standing
(Professional Sports ~ 07/22/02)
GULLANE, Scotland -- Relief washed over Ernie Els as he cradled the silver claret jug after winning the British Open in a battle that could have ruined him. He didn't beat Tiger Woods at Muirfield. It only felt that way. "I'm back on track," Els said. "I can now legitimately try to win the majors."...
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Prosecutor helps family of defendant move closer to prison
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
PROVO, Utah -- The prosecutor behind Tom Green's bigamy convictions is helping Green's wives and children move from their complex of mobile homes in Utah's west desert to an apartment closer to the prison where he is serving time. The wives are loathe to accept the offer of help from Juab County Attorney David Leavitt, but they have no choice, said John R. Bucher, Green's attorney...
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People talk 7/22/02
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
Cuaron pegged to direct third 'Harry Potter' film LOS ANGELES -- Alfonso Cuaron, director of this year's Spanish-language hit "Y Tu Mama Tambien," has been picked to direct "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," the third movie in the film franchise....
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Evacuation orders in effect in Oregon, Washington
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A 87,000-acre wildfire burned along a milelong front Sunday, threatening about 60 homes, and the number of firefighters assigned to the blaze nearly doubled. A voluntary evacuation order remained in effect for the threatened homes near Summer Lake, and several homes in the Silver Lake area also were in danger, said David Widmark, a spokesman at the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center...
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Rifle problems blamed on maintenance
(International News ~ 07/22/02)
LONDON -- An official inquiry into the fault-prone assault rifle used by British troops in Afghanistan has blamed soldiers for not cleaning and maintaining the weapon correctly, a newspaper reported Sunday. The government has come under pressure to scrap the modified SA80-A2 rifle after troops reported it had misfired and jammed during anti-terrorist operations...
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Capahas win on heels of bitter NBC loss
(Community Sports ~ 07/22/02)
It didn't quite ease the sting of failing to defend their National Baseball Congress Mid-South Regional title, but the Craftsman Union Capahas were at least able to bounce back with a victory Sunday afternoon. Less than 24 hours after falling to Springfield (Mo.) 3-2 in Saturday's final round of the regional, Craftsman Union was back on the steamy Capaha Field diamond. While the Capahas weren't overly impressive, they were able to hold off the Evansville (Ind.) Outlaws 4-2...
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Prosecutors may seek death penalty in California child slaying
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
STANTON, Calif. -- The district attorney said Sunday he is reviewing whether to seek the death penalty against the man arrested in the kidnap and murder of 5-year-old Samantha Runnion. Alejandro Avila, 27, was expected to be charged Monday with abducting, sexually assaulting and strangling the girl...
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U.S. officials warn citizens to stay away from Pakistan
(International News ~ 07/22/02)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A former Taliban commander says Islamic militants led by al-Qaida want to strike quickly against American interests in Pakistan in retaliation for the death sentence in the Daniel Pearl murder case and the ongoing crackdown on Muslim extremists...
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Americans say long-suffering zoo not ready for animal additions
(International News ~ 07/22/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Mangy monkeys tremble as young Afghans rattle their cages with sticks. Eagles bake in the summer heat as they languish in small, smelly pens. A bear sits listlessly, an open sore on its nose left untreated. China is preparing to send more animals to Kabul's dilapidated zoo, but some experts say conditions there need to be improved first before subjecting newcomers to such hardships...
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Girl finds friendship, hope in teen with same disease
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. -- When 6-year-old Kelly Williamson looks at Lauren Beeson, in many ways, she sees her future. Both girls are blond, though 13-year-old Lauren's hair is longer. Each is chatty and quick with a smile. When Lauren tells of her dream to be an actress on Broadway, Kelly shouts "Me too!" running and jumping on Lauren's bed for a cuddle...
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Air pollution blamed for killer African drought of last century
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
Nearly two decades after one of the world's most devastating famines in Africa, scientists are pointing a finger at pollution from industrial nations as one of the possible causes. The starvation brought on by the 1970-85 drought that stretched from Senegal to Ethiopia captured the world's attention with searing images: skeletal mothers staring vacantly, children with bloated bellies lying in the sand, vultures lurking nearby...
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Mysterious mile-wide depression prompts scientific debate
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
MERNA, Neb. -- A mysterious mile-wide dent in the earth has generated a debate among scientists about whether the depression was the catastrophic creation of a meteorite, or the patient work of Mother Nature. Wakefield Dort Jr., a retired University of Kansas geology professor, will make his case for the crater's unearthly origin at the annual Meteoritical Society meeting in Los Angeles on Tuesday...
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Investors, Wall Street brace for another difficult week
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
NEW YORK -- Wall Street's hemorrhaging may not be over, much to the chagrin of investors who have watched stock prices plummet for nine straight weeks. Even after the 390-point plunge Friday that took the Dow Jones industrials to their lowest close in nearly four years, many analysts said a brief bounce higher on bargain hunting is the best the market is likely to get -- and more losses Monday were still a strong possibility...
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Blacks making progress, but far from parity with whites
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
In areas ranging from jobs to home ownership to politics, blacks continue to make gains, but equality with whites remains a far-off goal, the National Urban League says in its annual report on the state of black America. "When you look at the data, yes, we have made substantial headway, but there are still -- without a shadow of a doubt -- substantial gaps in every category, every vital sign," said Urban League President Hugh Price. ...
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WorldCom's failure remains spectacular amid telecom busts
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
NEW YORK -- WorldCom Inc.'s bankruptcy filing Sunday delivered a body blow to a sector already reeling from tumbling revenue, fleeing customers and shrinking long-distance rates. The company is tottering under more than $30 billion in debt and the recriminations of an accounting scandal...
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Search under way for low-cal ice cream that tastes good
(State News ~ 07/22/02)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Here's a mouthful about how humans savor ice cream flavors, courtesy of Seo-Jing Chung, a doctoral candidate at the University of Missouri: "When you masticate food, essentially, flavor volatiles come out from the food matrix to the head space and it moves over to your nasal cavity."...
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Homeowners sue their city for view of Missouri River
(State News ~ 07/22/02)
WASHINGTON, Mo. -- Thirty-five homeowners are suing their city for the right to cut down trees that threaten to block their view of the Missouri River. The homeowners are upset because the city of Washington, Mo., won't let them cut trees along a strip of land between the homes and the waters of Big Muddy -- a strip of land that the city claims to own. The homeowners say they have long been allowed to trim the trees for a better view...
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Plans will move forward for Kansas City arts center
(State News ~ 07/22/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Plans for a $304 million performing arts center will move forward, although a two-state tax that would have helped fund the project won't be on the November ballot. Although the performing arts center planned for downtown Kansas City stood to gain $40 million from the 20-year, one-eighth-cent sales tax, organizers said Friday that they would move forward with plans for the complex even without it...
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Irby appointed new director of University Center
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
Michele Irby has been named director of the University Center at Southeast Missouri State University. Irby has served as interim director since March, officials said. Before serving as interim director, Irby served for two years as assistant director of operations and for the two years prior to that as assitant director for student involvement...
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Out of the past 7/22/02
(Out of the Past ~ 07/22/02)
10 years ago: July 22, 1992 Fire in three-story apartment building in central west end of Cape Girardeau in morning injures at least five people, one seriously; at least three people are trapped in smoke-filled building and have to be rescued by firefighters; building, one of number of apartment buildings in complex located in 100 block of Clark Street, near Central High School, isn't equipped with smoke detectors...
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Brandy Keller
(Obituary ~ 07/22/02)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Brandy Dawn Keller, 25, of Holts Summit, Mo., died Friday, July 19, 2002, at her home. She was born June 1, 1977, daughter of Jimmy Keller and Theresa Powell. She had attended State Fair College in Jefferson City, Mo. Survivors include her father and stepmother, Jimmy and Judy Keller of Chaffee, Mo.; mother and stepfather, Theresa and Michael Powell of New Bloomfield, Mo.; a son, Christopher Keller of the home; a daughter, Acayshia Keller of the home; a half brother, J.R. ...
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Joan Wall
(Obituary ~ 07/22/02)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Joan Kay Wall, 61, of Advance died Saturday, July 20, 2002, at Advance Nursing Center. She was born May 5, 1941, at Gladwyn, Mich., daughter of Chester and Lottie Meese Stotts. She and Guy Wall were married in 1971. He died in 1997. She and Harold Portlock were married Oct. 10, 1999...
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Norma Damback
(Obituary ~ 07/22/02)
Norma Damback died Sunday, July 21, 2002, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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John Whittington
(Obituary ~ 07/22/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- John E. Whittington, 77, died Friday, July 19, 2002, at his home. Funeral will be Monday at 10 a.m. at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, followed by interment at Russell Heights Cemetery with a graveside military honor service. Dr. Grant Gillard will officiate...
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Speak Out
(Speak Out ~ 07/22/02)
Misleading columnist HOW CAN anyone take anything David Limbaugh says seriously when he is obviously so inherently dishonest? He states that Republicans are "presumed" associated with business. He also states that Republicans are "perceived" to be friendly to business. ...
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Fight over livestock ownership begins anew in Congress
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
WASHINGTON -- Not for 14 years had South Dakota cattleman Herman Schumacher culled his herd because of severe drought. Retail beef prices are higher now, but his cows are bringing only $35 for every 100 pounds they weigh, down $15 from 1988. He and other small-scale producers, believing meatpackers are manipulating markets to pay lower prices to ranchers and farmers, want Congress to stop meatpackers from owning cattle and hogs...
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Missouri sixth in soft money
(State News ~ 07/22/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A recent study by two national campaign watchdog groups reveals that 71 cents of every dollar spent for candidates in Missouri's 2000 election came from unregulated and often untraceable special interest groups and individuals...
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Missing mom calls in from South Carolina
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
Jeanna Martin, a Kokomo, Miss., mother of four who disappeared July 9 five miles north of Cape Girardeau, is expected to return home today. Capt. Bud Proffer with the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department said Marion County, Miss., authorities are eager to interview her about her whereabouts over the last two weeks. ...
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College helps make computer maps of St. Louis schools
(State News ~ 07/22/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Using the 1999 carnage at Columbine High School as a lesson, newly developed computer software could allow emergency workers to take virtual tours of a St. Louis school to hasten response if violence strikes. Working with St. Louis police and school administrators, a St. Louis University lab has created CD-ROMs showing 360-degree panoramic views of every classroom, cafeteria, gym and office in two of the city's largest high schools...
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Justice Dept wants independent examiner in WorldCom case
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to appoint an independent examiner in the WorldCom bankruptcy case, an agent who would be in charge of investigating the downfall of the company for mismanagement, irregularities and fraud...
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Armstrong taking suspense out of Tour de France
(Professional Sports ~ 07/22/02)
Associated Press WriterVAISON-LA-ROMAINE, France (AP) -- Lance Armstrong is taking the suspense out of the Tour de France. For the fourth straight year, his rivals are stranded long before the finish. His early success is angering French fans and ruining organizers' plans to make the Tour less predictable...
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More possible al-Qaida officials apprehended in Pakistan
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
AP Military WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Pakistani authorities have apprehended several suspected al-Qaida officials in the past two weeks, including one man who may have been a top finance official for the terrorist network, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday...
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Prince Ahmed bin Salman, owner of War Emblem, dead at 44
(Professional Sports ~ 07/22/02)
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Prince Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, owner of Kentucky Derby winner War Emblem and 2001 horse of the year Point Given, died Monday of a heart attack at age 43. Ahmed, a nephew of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and also chairman of a publishing empire, died in the capital of Riyadh...
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Afghan president fires bodyguard, calls in American soldiers
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- President Hamid Karzai has sidelined his Afghan bodyguards and called in U.S. troops to replace them in a sign of rising security fears following the murder of an Afghan vice president, his aide said Monday...
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Suspect in Samantha Runnion case is charted with murder
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
Associated Press WriterSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- The man arrested in the abduction and slaying of 5-year-old Samantha Runnion was charged Monday with murder and other counts that could bring the death penalty. The charges against Alejandro Avila came a week after Samantha was abducted kicking and screaming outside her apartment while playing with a friend. The girl's nude body was found a day later; investigators said she had been sexually assaulted and strangled...
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Ashcroft asks State to list nine groups as terrorists
(National News ~ 07/22/02)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General John Ashcroft asked the State Department on Monday to list nine foreign groups and companies as terrorist organizations. The listing would prohibit any noncitizen members from entering the United States...
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Kansas cattlemen face difficult choices with drought
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Dighton rancher Don Hineman and his neighbors are doing everything they can to resist selling off their cows. The drought, however, may leave them with no choice. "Pastures are brown, the grass is gone and the cows are wondering what is coming next," he said...
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Vermont program helps fill temp jobs at dairies around state
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Vermont dairy farmers are getting help in finding temporary workers to milk their cows and do other chores. The Vermont Farm Labor Service Cooperative was started this spring to assess dairy farmers' labor needs and the pool of workers interested in agricultural jobs. So far it has referred temporary workers for 18 jobs around the state...
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Med student trying small-town practice
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
Associated Press/Charlie Riedel A pair of cattle headed for a water tank as they crossed a dusty stubble field in near Elkhart, Kan. A prolonged drought has promped many area ranchers to sell off their livestock as feed becomes more and more scarce.By Tammy Raddle ~ Southeast Missourian...
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Community digest 7/22/02
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
Salvation Army to host 'Meals with Friends' The Salvation Army, 701 Good Hope, will be serving "Meals with Friends" Monday through Friday this week. Serving time is 4:30 to 6 p.m. The menu includes. Monday -- Chile dog on bun, French fries, peaches, cake or pie...
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Bikers for Babies ride set for Aug. 17
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
The March of Dimes Bikers for Babies Ride, one of the country's largest American Motorcycle Association-sanctioned events, gives motorcycle enthusiasts an opportunity to raise funds to help babies while doing something they love. Riders of all brands of motorcycles are invited to participate in this year's event, which includes a 70-mile ride from Cape Girardeau to Perryville and back...
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Military digest 7/22/02
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
Man with ties to Cape promoted to major Michael Lance Goodin has been promoted to the rank of major. Goodin, son of James and Carolyn Goodin of Cape Girardeau, is stationed at Hurlburt Air Force Base in Florida. Goodin, his wife, Yvonne, and their daughters, Lainey and Erica, live in Navarre, Fla...
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Canine caddie - Dog repels unwanted geese at golf courses
(State News ~ 07/22/02)
STREATOR, Ill. -- Bill Jarchow's favorite caddie has never carried his golf clubs and insists on riding shotgun in the cart, but he doesn't mind. This particular Caddie, a purebred golden retriever, isn't a bit interested in golf, but she does have a hobby that dovetails beautifully with her master's. He's there for the golf; she's there for the birds...
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Man who debunked validity of Shroud of Turin dies
(State News ~ 07/22/02)
CHICAGO -- Walter C. McCrone Jr., who looked into his microscope to confirm the Shroud of Turin was created 13 centuries after Jesus Christ was buried and conclude Ludwig van Beethoven's died of lead poisoning, has died. He was 86. McCrone died July 10 of congestive heart failure in his home on Chicago's South Side. ...
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Thousands die needlessly from infections
(State News ~ 07/22/02)
CHICAGO -- Deaths linked to hospital infections in 2000 were 14 percent higher than the federal government estimated, and nearly 75 percent of the deaths could have been prevented, a newspaper reported. About 103,000 deaths were linked to hospital infections, 13,000 more than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calculated last year, according to a report in Sunday editions of the Chicago Tribune...
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Tax cap difficult to calculate
(State News ~ 07/22/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Voters gave overwhelming approval six years ago to a constitutional amendment limiting the amount of tax and fee increases that lawmakers can impose annually. That's part of the reason that a $483 million increase in the state sales and fuel taxes is on the November ballot. Even if lawmakers had wanted to impose it themselves, the tax increase far exceeded the constitutional limit and would have triggered a statewide vote...
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Four hurt in weekend accident near Scott City
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
Four people were injured in a two-vehicle accident Saturday on Interstate 55. No one suffered serious injuries in the accident, which happened at 4:50 p.m. on Interstate 55, two miles south of Scott City. According to a report filed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Clinton Hollis, 28, of Doyline, La., was traveling northbound when his vehicle hydroplaned and crossed the median. The vehicle then skipped into the path of a southbound vehicle driven by Brenda Ward, 50, of Sikeston, Mo...
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Cape police report 7/22/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/22/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, July 22 SummonsKelly L. Tummins of 2731 Chrysler was issued a summons Sunday for following too closely after a motor vehicle accident at Independence and Minnesota. AssaultAn assault was reported Sunday at 2812 Independence No. 2...
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Hydroponics plant's focus is system efficiency
(Local News ~ 07/22/02)
DECATUR, Ill. -- Dan Helfrich grows lettuce in trays and tilapia in tanks at Archer Daniels Midland's sprawling Decatur complex. His work at the company, where corn and soybeans from Illinois fields are turned into products sold all over the world, has taken him far from his Piatt County agricultural roots...
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Plants with promise turn into problems
(Editorial ~ 07/22/02)
Time and time again, people who thought they were doing a good thing by introducing and cultivating new plants from around the world in this country have been dismayed by the results. Some plants, it turns out, do too well in their new homes and turn into troublesome pests...
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People on the move 7/22/02
(Business ~ 07/22/02)
Associated Press/Donna McWilliam Susan Gervitz, left with her husband Gary Gervitz posed in their Keller, Texas, home. They met online and later married.John's Pharmacy's Jenson gets certification Carol Jenson has received her pedorthist certification from the New York College of Podiatric Medicine. Jenson, who has worked at John's Pharmacy for two years, does custom orthodics and shoe modifications for people with diabetes who often have circulation trouble in their feet...
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Business memo 7/22/02
(Business ~ 07/22/02)
WorldCom on edge of bankruptcy JACKSON, Miss. -- WorldCom Inc., struggling to find billions to keep its telecommunications empire from crumbling, may be only days from a bankruptcy filing that would dwarf those seen in the past. The Clinton-based long distance, Internet and data services provider revealed last month that it disguised nearly $4 billion in expenses to make it appear more profitable. Since then, analysts have said a bankruptcy filing was inevitable...
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Author says colorful words create more stress at work
(Business ~ 07/22/02)
You know Sarge from the Beetle Bailey comic strip? Beetle's hot-tempered "boss'' peppers many of his conversations with $&%#&$, or sometimes the good old $&%#& and the ever-popular ?%$&$! Does that sound like your boss? Or perhaps even you? As workdays grow longer and workplaces grow more casual, so, it seems, grows workplace cussing. Sure, it may have been around for a while, but many see it as much more prominent today. And with that comes some workplace problems...
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Many top execs angry and insulted by taint of scandals
(Business ~ 07/22/02)
Kathy Bronstein leads a life to envy. As chief executive of Wet Seal Inc., she rules a chain of 584 clothing stores with 7,000 employees. Her weekly paycheck exceeds $16,600, more than some Americans earn in a year. Like most CEOs, she is celebrated, praised, coddled and obeyed...
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Businesses grappling to lead online dating industry
(Business ~ 07/22/02)
Gary Gervitz wanted a girlfriend, but with stipulations. She had to be smart. She had to be politically conservative, but not religious. She had to be a redhead. Gervitz, 30, a busy investment manager, knew it would take a lifetime of scouring bars and college campuses to find such a woman -- especially in the Bible belt...
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Cape fire report 7/22/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/22/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, July 22 Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:At 4:29 p.m., smoke odor at 1606 Luce. At 9:47 p.m., medical assist at 505 N. Kingshighway, Room 227. At 10:20 p.m., illegal burn at 1223 N. Spanish. At 10:32 p.m., extrication at motor vehicle accident at 449 S. Kingshighway...
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Last bridge contract let; project is on target
(Editorial ~ 07/22/02)
Sometimes it seems as though watching a bridge being built is like watching a big pot of water come to a boil. For the hundreds of motorists who drive back and forth across the old Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau, progress on the new Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge can seem exceedingly slow. Less frequent travelers, however, would be more likely to take note of the spurts of progress that are being made...
Stories from Monday, July 22, 2002
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