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Jackson teachers, administrators learn to cope with disasters
(Local News ~ 08/12/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Emergency volunteers clad in hard hats and thick gloves worked frantically to free two victims caught beneath plywood and sandbags. Nearby, a fire suppression team used extinguishers to combat 10-foot-high flames while triage workers began the solemn task of sorting through bodies in search of life...
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New bank going to give mayor run for his money
(Column ~ 08/12/02)
It's just been a little over a week since Bank of America executives Jay Knudtson and Steve Taylor announced they were jumping ship to run a new bank in Cape Girardeau that would help them return to their community-oriented roots. Well, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Mayor are going to have some company...
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Spillway for Cape's detention basin close to completion
(Local News ~ 08/12/02)
It's one of the most significant structures in Cape Girardeau both in terms of size and importance, but you would never know it was there. The nearly completed emergency spillway for the Cape Girardeau detention basin is immense, but hidden beyond a seldom-traveled path off Route W near the Humane Society...
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History 8/12
(National News ~ 08/12/02)
Today is Monday, Aug. 12, the 224th day of 2002. There are 141 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 12, 1972, the last American combat ground troops left Vietnam.On this date: In 1851, Isaac Singer was granted a patent on his sewing machine...
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Plans for World Trade Center site in disarray as anniversary ne
(National News ~ 08/12/02)
NEW YORK -- As the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedy approaches, plans for the World Trade Center site are in disarray, tainted by criticism that they're boring and small-minded. "There's no clear consensus on the major ingredients," said Richard T. Anderson, president of the New York Building Congress, a construction industry association. "There is a lot of sorting out that needs to be done."...
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Panic guitarist dies after battle with cancer
(National News ~ 08/12/02)
ATHENS, Ga. -- Michael "Mikey" Houser, guitarist and singer for the rock band Widespread Panic, died Saturday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 40. Houser released a statement last month explaining his illness and saying he would not participate in its summer tour. His death was reported in The Athens Banner-Herald and on the band's Web site Sunday...
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US Airways files for Chapter 11
(National News ~ 08/12/02)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- US Airways, hard hit by slumping travel after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday, the company said. The first major carrier to declare bankruptcy since the attacks, US Airways said all of its flights are expected to continue without interruption. It had mentioned bankruptcy as a possibility after it lost $2.1 billion during 2001...
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Report says grand jury impaneled in probe of Kmart bankruptcy
(National News ~ 08/12/02)
TROY, Mich. -- The U.S. Attorney's Office has impaneled a federal grand jury in Detroit as part of its probe into bankrupt Kmart Corp., and more than 20 subpoenas have been issued for witnesses, bank records and other documents, according to a published report...
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Bioweapons expert says he had nothing to do with anthrax letter
(National News ~ 08/12/02)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A bioweapons expert under scrutiny for the anthrax attacks fiercely denied any involvement with the tainted letters and said Sunday he had cooperated with the investigation only to see his life and work destroyed through speculation and innuendo...
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Domino's testing fee for delivery
(National News ~ 08/12/02)
DETROIT -- Domino's Pizza is now testing a $1 delivery charge in 350 of its 4,800 outlets and will decide by the end of the year whether to implement the charge nationwide. Spokeswoman Holly Ryan attributes the fee to many costs, including the cost of ingredients. She said customers so far have shown little reaction to the change...
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Official balks at calls for public hearing
(National News ~ 08/12/02)
SOMERSET, Pa. -- The miners' union and the former head of a federal mine safety agency say public hearings are needed to determine what caused a flood that trapped nine coal miners underground for more than three days. But the current head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration said a public hearing, which would give investigators power to subpoena witnesses and documents, wouldn't reveal any more information than the routine investigation already under way into the accident at the Quecreek mine.. ...
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Tractor-trailer collides with cars, killing six motorists
(National News ~ 08/12/02)
PURCELL, Okla. -- A tractor-trailer carrying a cargo of peaches slammed into two cars and killed six people, including a family of five from Nebraska, police said. The truck, traveling northbound on Interstate 35, hit a sport utility vehicle carrying the family and then traveled 120 feet farther, where it hit a car and killed a female passenger, police said. The car driver and truck driver were injured in the Saturday accident...
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'Friends' sweetheart flaunts dark side in 'The Good Girl'
(Entertainment ~ 08/12/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Jennifer Aniston is showing off her unfriendly side. In the new film "The Good Girl," the sweetheart co-star of "Friends" backs away from her glamorous TV image to play a dejected, small-town woman who turns to adultery to lash out at the people in her monotonous life...
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Athletes, families join in memorial for Israelis killed at 1972
(International News ~ 08/12/02)
MUNICH, Germany -- Relatives and athletes joined in a memorial service Sunday for the 11 Israelis killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics, standing in a moment of silence, listening to songs and speeches and promising not to forget the victims. Amid extraordinary security and in cool, drizzly weather, 25 relatives of the athletes who were killed were joined by the Israeli team in Munich for the European athletics championship, a track and field competition that ended Sunday...
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Man hit, killed by truck at Sikeston rodeo
(Local News ~ 08/12/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The 50th annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo ended with the death of a Grandview, Mo., man early Sunday morning. Michael B. Krebs, 35, was found dead in the east parking lot of the rodeo grounds after he was struck by a utility truck...
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FanFare 8/12/02
(Other Sports ~ 08/12/02)
Briefly Baseball The Kansas City Royals optioned second baseman Carlos Febles to Triple-A Omaha after Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Febles, the team's starting second baseman since 1999, was hitting .233 with four homers, 22 RBIs and 39 runs scored in 102 games this season. He went 3-for-4 with a home run in Sunday's 10-0 victory...
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Sizzling Sammy
(Professional Sports ~ 08/12/02)
DENVER -- Sammy Sosa has long been the kind of player who transcends loyalties. Opposing fans cheer for him, as they did at Coors Field on Saturday night after the Chicago Cubs slugger hit his third straight three-run homer. The ovation became so loud that Sosa was summoned out of the dugout for a curtain call, tipping his cap to the 45,474 in attendance...
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Southeast could see record enrollment
(Local News ~ 08/12/02)
This fall, Southeast Missouri State University could have the most students it's had on campus in its 129-year history, topping last year's record enrollment of 9,352 students. "It is very possible," said Dr. Pauline Fox, vice president of administration and enrollment management...
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Meteor shower offers nighttime viewing
(State News ~ 08/12/02)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Better set the alarm clock. The best time to view the Perseids meteor show is Tuesday morning before dawn. The annual show has stargazers, librarians and insomniacs busy getting ready for what Michael Malolepszy, vice president of the St. Louis Astronomical Society, describes as "nature's fireworks."...
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Never going it alone
(National News ~ 08/12/02)
READING, Pa. -- While the doctors who separated conjoined twins in Los Angeles talk about the little girls' prospects for healthy, productive lives, another pair of conjoined twins say that's exactly the life they've lived for 40 years. The women, one a former hospital worker, the other an aspiring country-western singer, say the separation isn't necessary...
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Camps for 'Saddam's Cubs' offer gun and political training for
(International News ~ 08/12/02)
BAGHDAD, Iraq, -- Thousands of boys in Iraq have swapped soccer practice and tennis lessons for light-weapons training and religion lessons as they prepare to defend Iraq, they say, from "our enemies." Firing pistols and AK-47s while studying Islam and history, 1,800 boys aged between 13 and 16 are getting three weeks of training at "Saddam's Cubs Training Camp" in a southern Baghdad suburb, one of about 30 such camps scattered across the country...
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HBO comedy tries for delicate balance
(Entertainment ~ 08/12/02)
NEW YORK -- It had already been a lousy day for "Sex and the City" columnist Carrie Bradshaw when she tried to get on the subway. The entrance was roped off -- another terrorist alert in an already skittish city had shut it down. Recognize that scene from the HBO comedy's season-opener last month? No?...
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Cardinals cast 'The Wizard' in bronze
(Professional Sports ~ 08/12/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Ozzie Smith defied gravity many times playing shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals. In a statue unveiled Sunday afternoon outside Busch Stadium, a bronze Smith will forever be airborne. Smith is stretched horizontal to the ground, trying to grab a ground ball in the hole...
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Moya upsets Hewitt in Cincinnati Masters
(Professional Sports ~ 08/12/02)
MASON, Ohio -- Carlos Moya is back. Showing the form that once had him ranked No. 1 in the world, Moya upset Lleyton Hewitt, the current No. 1, 7-5, 7-6 (5) Sunday in the final of the $2.95 million Cincinnati Masters Series. "I knew my hardcourt game was not bad, but I didn't expect to win this tournament," Moya said. "It is a big surprise for me."...
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Stewart throttles emotions, takes flag at Watkins Glen
(Professional Sports ~ 08/12/02)
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- Tony Stewart doesn't think Sunday's victory at Watkins Glen International will help cure his emotional problem. "It's a Band-Aid," he said. "It's not going to heal me a bit." Stewart was racing for the first time since being placed on a season-long probation for the second year in a row and fined $60,000 for punching a photographer Aug. 4 at the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis. He said he is seeking professional help for his explosive temper...
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Tiger tracks down win No. 33 Woods prepares for PGA Championshi
(Professional Sports ~ 08/12/02)
GRAND BLANC, Mich. -- Tiger Woods has won the PGA Championship two ways: by playing the previous week and by practicing and resting. Now he will attempt to win the year's final major off a victory. Woods shot a 2-under 70 Sunday to win the Buick Open by four shots at 17 under. It was his 33rd PGA Tour victory and fourth in his last eight starts...
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Cards go Rolen over Mets
(Professional Sports ~ 08/12/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Scott Rolen hit his first home run with St. Louis and also tripled Sunay night, and Chuck Finley pitched five-hit ball for seven innings to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-0 win over the New York Mets. Rolen, in a 2-for-32 slump, homered in his 42nd at-bat since coming to St. Louis in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies on July 29. He finished with three hits, two walks and three RBIs...
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Union likely to set strike date today at meeting
(Professional Sports ~ 08/12/02)
NEW YORK -- All the drama in baseball this season hasn't been confined to the field. Some of the toughest pitches are being hurled across Manhattan conference rooms, where owners are demanding economic changes that could spark the game's ninth work stoppage since 1972...
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Webb wins Women's British Open
(Professional Sports ~ 08/12/02)
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- Karrie Webb's latest comeback established a new standard of excellence on the LPGA Tour: the Super Slam. Webb shot a 6-under 66 Sunday, rallying from three strokes behind to win her third Women's British Open title. The 27-year-old Webb finished at 15-under 273, beating fellow Australian Michelle Ellis and Spain's Paula Marti by two strokes...
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Schilling collects his 19th victory
(Professional Sports ~ 08/12/02)
PHOENIX -- Curt Schilling became the season's first 19-game winner, pitching seven scoreless innings Sunday as the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a three-game sweep of the Florida Marlins with a 9-2 victory. He allowed five hits, struck out eight, walked none and threw just 89 pitches, 61 for strikes...
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Workers recover last two bodies in crash of U.S. Air Force plan
(International News ~ 08/12/02)
CAGUAS, Puerto Rico -- A search team cut into the wreckage of a U.S. Air Force plane Sunday and found the bodies of two servicemen, the last of 10 who died when their plane slammed into a mountainside. The searchers found the bodies after opening a battered section of the cockpit using a specialized saw and other equipment, officials said...
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Bus crashes in northwest Mexico, killing 16 people
(International News ~ 08/12/02)
MEXICO CITY -- A bus crashed through a railing and into a shallow river in northwestern Mexico, killing 16 passengers and injuring two dozen others, emergency officials said Sunday. Officials were investigating whether the driver of the bus fell asleep, causing the crash early Saturday south of Hermosillo, 990 miles northwest of Mexico City. Three of the dead were children...
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Driving tests mark half-century in Cape
(Editorial ~ 08/12/02)
For most American teenagers, obtaining a driver's license is an important coming-of-age milestone. And that's been the case in Cape Girardeau for the past 50 years. The first driver's license exams were given here in August 1952, even though driver's licenses had been issued in some states as early as the 1920s...
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Record snafu undermines INS efforts
(Editorial ~ 08/12/02)
Recently, there were calls for the Immigration and Naturalization Service to step up its enforcement of the rules that require immigrants to keep the U.S. government abreast of their whereabouts and what they are doing. In an editorial at the time, we suggested that in a free and open country of nearly 280 million people, such efforts will never be perfect. But we encouraged the INS to restore some sanity to the way it tracks non-citizens in our midst...
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Republicans are breaking promise, spending surplus
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/12/02)
To the editor: I read where Congress has raised the national debt ceiling by $450 billion. That won't last a Republican president very long. What did the Republicans do with that balanced budget and those billions of dollars of surplus that President Clinton handed them? They've already run through it. President Bush and his loyal followers have returned us to the Ronald Reagan voodoo type of government...
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Speak Out A 08/12/02
(Speak Out ~ 08/12/02)
Attack plans I AM tired of hearing every day about U.S. plans to attack Iraq. Our leaders right now in the White House do some of the dumbest things concerning Iraq. Our leaders are telling the whole world that we are going to attack Iraq and get rid of its leader. ...
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Elizabeth Bonifield
(Obituary ~ 08/12/02)
ORAN, Mo. -- Elizabeth Bonifield, 89, of Bell City, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 12, 1912, at Charleston, Mo., daughter of the late Alfred George and Berneita Telker Carlisle. She and Charles D. Bonifield were married May 8, 1932. He preceded her in death on Sept. 10, 1997...
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Mildred Pierce
(Obituary ~ 08/12/02)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Mildred H. Pierce, daughter of the late Homer and Beatrice Rickles Hazel, was born in Birmingham, Ala., on April 7, 1929, and passed away at Kindred Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., on Aug. 10, 2002, at the age of 73 years, four months and three days...
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Alta Green
(Obituary ~ 08/12/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Alta Mae Green, 89, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2002, at Monticello House, where she had lived since February. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, followed by burial in Zion Methodist Cemetery in Gordonville, Mo. The Rev. Lloyd Ray Green will officiate...
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Annie Scowden
(Obituary ~ 08/12/02)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Annie R. Scowden, 98, died Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002, at her residence. She was born Jan. 13, 1904, in Kansas, Ill., daughter of the late William H. and Josephine Glovier Simmers. She was first married to Evert Harris in 1926. He died June 12, 1931. In 1935, she married Oren Scowden at Greenbrier, Mo. He died Nov. 20, 1953...
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Michael Krebs
(Obituary ~ 08/12/02)
SIKESTON, Mo -- Michael Brian Krebs, 35, of Grandview, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2002, at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds as the result of an accident. He was born Jan. 8, 1967, son of Russell Edward and Barbara Jane Happe Krebs of Wappapello, Mo...
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Lisa Lage
(Obituary ~ 08/12/02)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Lisa Gail Lage, 36, of Mobile, Ala., formerly of Paducah, died Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002, at Providence Hospital in Mobile. She was the daughter-in-law of Wally and Dori Lage of Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are pending with Milner and Orr Funeral Home in Paducah...
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Larry Owens
(Obituary ~ 08/12/02)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Larry H. Owens, 61, of East Prairie died Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002, at his residence. He was born March 22, 1941, near Diehlstadt, Mo., son of Charlie M. and Altha Marie Smith Owens. He was a retired riverboat captain and had been employed by Midland Company for over 34 years...
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Out of the past 8/12/02
(Out of the Past ~ 08/12/02)
10 years ago: Aug. 12, 1992 Under new lease agreement, fixed base operator at Municipal Airport will be charged 2 cents-per-gallon fuel flowage fee and will lease fewer acres; Mark Spatz, owner and president of Cape Central Airways - airport's fixed base operator - says he's unhappy with lease agreement, although he understands why it was changed; city last year canceled Cape Central's lease because company was three months behind on its payments...
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Three people held in burglaries of convenience store
(State News ~ 08/12/02)
Daily American Republic POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A teen who applied for a job while casing a local convenience store has been charged with burglarizing it later that night, authorities said. "Once we got the application, it got us on a real good start," said Lt. Jerry Armes of the Butler County Sheriff's Department. By the time the investigation was over, three people had been arrested in connection to two burglaries at the Green Forest Grocery, Armes said...
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People on the move 08/12/02
(Business ~ 08/12/02)
Development director at Notre Dame named Tony Buehrle has been named development director at Notre Dame Regional High School, principal Brother David Migliorino announced last week. Buehrle is a 1972 graduate of Notre Dame High School and a native of Southeast Missouri. He has been employed the past eight years as a regional sales and marketing manager, most recently with Nash Finch in Cincinnati...
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Business memo 08/12/02
(Business ~ 08/12/02)
Edward Jones ties for highest ranking The financial services firm Edward Jones tied for first in J.D. Power and Associates' first survey of customer satisfaction among full-service investors, according to Stan Irwin, one of the firm's Cape Girardeau investment representatives. The ranking ranked Edward Jones ahead of 19 other firms...
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Thirty-five years ago, Truman Cole took a chance
(Business ~ 08/12/02)
Truman Cole's biggest obstacle in getting his new business up and running wasn't financing, finding qualified employees or even pinpointing a prime location. Believe it or not, it was carbon paper. "They'd say 'What do I need a copy machine for? I have carbon paper,'" said Cole, the 82-year-old president of Copi-Rite, one of the city's first copy machine dealers. "But I turned them from doubting Thomases into buyers."...
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Former Venezuelan president predicts coup
(International News ~ 08/12/02)
Former Venezuelan president predicts coup MADRID, Spain -- A former Venezuelan president -- who survived a coup attempt by President Hugo Chavez -- said the policies of the current leader would force the military to launch a bloody takeover. Former leader Carlos Andres Perez, in an interview published by a Spanish newspaper over the weekend, said he opposed a violent overthrow...
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Additional rainfall adds to flooding across Europe
(International News ~ 08/12/02)
Additional rainfall adds to flooding across Europe MOSCOW -- The death toll from flooding that swept through holiday resorts and scenic villages in Russia's Black Sea Coast rose to 55 on Sunday, according to the Krasnodar region's Emergency Situations Ministry...
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Somali gunmen seize British-registered vessel
(International News ~ 08/12/02)
Somali gunmen seize British-registered vessel MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Somali gunmen have seized a British-registered vessel off northeastern Somalia, a businessman in the region said Sunday. The man, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said at least 15 gunmen in three speedboats seized the vessel off the village of Bareda near Bossaso on the Gulf of Aden several days ago when it was foundering in a storm...
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Attempt to reopen military school in time for fall fails
(State News ~ 08/12/02)
BOONVILLE, Mo. -- A group working to buy and reopen Kemper Military School has failed to recruit enough students in time for a fall class but plans to continue trying to revive the school founded in 1844. "Families made choices that were best for them, and we applaud them, because the care and guidance of our cadets was the genesis of this project," Greg Early, leader of the so-called "Project KMS," said in a note posted on the school's Web site. Early is a former principal of the school...
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Glassblowers bring their delicate craft to Illinois
(State News ~ 08/12/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Nick Scarbrough pulls a long pipe out of a furnace roaring away at 2,200 degrees. At the pipe's end sits an orange, glowing lump of molten glass. Twenty minutes later, after being shaped with wet newspapers, puffs of air, shears and skills developed over years of study, this lump has been transformed into a delicate cobalt-blue pitcher...
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Disabled mother evicted over son's drug charges
(State News ~ 08/12/02)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Authorities have tossed a drug suspect's wheelchair-bound mother out of her home for 60 days, boarding up the dwelling's windows and doors after repeatedly finding drugs at the house. "This wasn't some Draconian measure on the part of law enforcement," said Boone County prosecutor Kevin Crane, who defended the decision to evict 59-year-old Dorothy Allen from her home...
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Voters in largest county again reject tax increase
(State News ~ 08/12/02)
HOUSTON, Mo. -- In Missouri's most sprawling county, the sheriff's department pays its deputies an average of $8.35 an hour and cannot afford to provide around-the-clock service. And when the department is open for business, Texas County Sheriff Dean Belshe says he can only afford to assign one deputy at a time to patrol the 1,600 miles of paved and gravel roads that meander through the south-central Missouri county...
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Atomic weapons waste site draws tourists
(State News ~ 08/12/02)
WELDON SPRING, Mo. -- It is perhaps Missouri's oddest tourist site -- a seven-story high tomb of radioactive waste and an interpretive center detailing the history of a place where Cold War bomb materials were born. This week, the U.S. Department of Energy officially welcomed the public to what was a 16-year Superfund cleanup site near the Missouri River in St. Charles County, right beside the Katy Trail biking path and near the August Busch Wildlife Area...
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Researcher on offense in court of public opinion
(National News ~ 08/12/02)
WASHINGTON -- For the defense team, trotting a client like Dr. Steven J. Hatfill before the media makes little sense as a legal strategy. Instead, he is appealing to the court of public opinion, lawyers said. Calling himself "the currently designated fall guy," Hatfill told a crowd of reporters Sunday that he had nothing to do with last fall's fatal anthrax attacks, has never worked with the deadly bacteria and is being smeared by the FBI...
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Police report 8/12/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/12/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Aug. 12 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Allison Lanpher, 25, of 435 Lorraine was arrested Sunday on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Arrests...
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Fire report 8/12/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/12/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Aug. 12 Firefighters responded Saturday to the following calls: At 4:39 p.m., an emergency medical service at 525 Koch. At 7:08 p.m., an emergency medical service at 121 S. Sprigg. At 7:51 p.m., an emergency medical service at 315 S. Middle...
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Gossip can be dangerous but also can be informative
(Business ~ 08/12/02)
About a year ago, the human resources department at the Brand Consultancy Inc. in Washington came up with a rule: No more office gossip. Er, um, make that no more "anaconda." The company likens gossip to an anaconda, because, well, "what it does is wraps itself around people and literally sucks the wind out of them," said Vickie Hann, director of human resources...
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Few dot-coms aren't bleeding cash to death
(Business ~ 08/12/02)
Diamonds may be forever, but not dot-coms. Most of the flashy ones are already gone, with a few exceptions, one being Blue Nile, the fast-growing Internet diamond merchant. "We've had operating profits for the last three quarters," said Mark Vadon, chief executive of the privately held Seattle start-up. ...
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Rams come home to a re-named dome
(Sports Column ~ 08/12/02)
The Cardinals begin a seven game road trip today (they're 26-30 road games this year) so no baseball this week. But that's OK because it's finally (sound the trumpets!) football season. The Rams break the seal on a new stadium name when they play their home opener this week...
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