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A Victorian victory Home offers historic appeal with modern con
(Community ~ 11/17/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. There is nothing quite like a Victorian-style house to capture the imagination. Victorian architecture combines opulence with practicality. Every room is a surprise. Yet, the downside of buying an original Victorian-style house is that while all those high ceilings are perfect for displaying large pieces of artwork and furniture, they increase the cost of heating and cooling. ...
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Stewart runs into more photographer troubles
(Professional Sports ~ 11/17/02)
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- On the brink of winning the Winston Cup championship, Tony Stewart ran into trouble in the garage area again Saturday, bumping a photographer aside with a forearm. The collision occurred minutes after the final practice for Sunday's season-ending Ford 400. Stewart, walking swiftly from the garage toward his Joe Gibbs Racing team's hauler, allegedly bumped Getty Images photographer Rusty Jarrett out of his way...
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Saints, Falcons build NFC South rivalry
(Professional Sports ~ 11/17/02)
ATLANTA -- No matter what Joe Horn says, the New Orleans-Atlanta rivalry is alive and well. Actually, it's even more spirited than usual because Horn keeps trying to tear it down. "It's not a big game," said the Saints' top receiver, all evidence to the contrary. "Atlanta is not the St. Louis Rams of old. I don't know why people keep trying to pump them up like they're the greatest team in the NFL."...
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Throat slash gesture costs Taylor again
(Professional Sports ~ 11/17/02)
Jaguars running back Fred Taylor was fined $10,000 by the NFL for making a "slashing of the throat gesture" against the Redskins last weekend, his second such punishment this season. Taylor was docked $5,000 for making the same motion after scoring a touchdown against the Chiefs on Sept. 15, league spokesman Steve Alic said Saturday...
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More women taking up hunting
(State News ~ 11/17/02)
NEW BURNSIDE, Ill. -- Stephanie Lathrup is in many ways a typical 19-year-old. She likes attending college football games, shopping and watching videos with her friends. She also likes to shoot deer, wild turkeys, ducks and geese with her 12-gauge shotgun in the woods by her home, then dress the game and hand it to her mother to cook. It's a passion her girlfriends don't share...
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Corps' new rule upsets long-term campers
(State News ~ 11/17/02)
PITTSBURG, Mo. -- It's fine to camp for months at Pomme de Terre Lake. The Army Corps of Engineers just doesn't want it to look like anyone lives there year-round. That new regulation isn't sitting well with people who have spent years -- and hundreds of dollars, in some cases -- sprucing up their campsites...
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Car dealer sentenced to prison for helping drug dealer launder
(State News ~ 11/17/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The owner of a Blue Springs car dealership has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for laundering drug money, U.S. Attorney Todd Graves said. Andrew S. Holloway, 42, of Blue Springs, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, where he admitted he helped a drug dealer conceal his use of large amounts of cash by creating false sales documents that understated the sales price of a vehicle...
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Two charged after boy tied to chair
(State News ~ 11/17/02)
ST. LOUIS -- A teacher and her aide tied an 8-year-old special education student to a chair at a Jefferson County elementary school because he would not stop picking his nose, prosecutors said. Authorities said the two employees of the Fox School District then taped the boy's mouth shut...
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'Bad Hair' never met a mullet it didn't like
(Community ~ 11/17/02)
P Some punk styles are still influential today. By Samantha Critchell ~ The Associated Press NEW YORK -- Call it the car-wreck factor: People can't help but look at -- no, make that stare at -- bad hair. Many people, and not just the vain ones, fear bad-hair days and they end up spending a lot of money to protect themselves against frizz and flyaways. But sooner or later, it seems everyone ends up with a less-than-desirable 'do...
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Kentucky's Abney sets NCAA record
(Professional Sports ~ 11/17/02)
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky's Derek Abney set an NCAA record Saturday with his sixth kick return for a touchdown this season, a 95-yard runback of a kickoff against Vanderbilt. Abney has returned two kickoffs and four punts for scores. The 5-foot-10, 175-pound junior also set two Southeastern Conference records with Saturday's return: most kick returns for a touchdown in a season and a career...
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Blues blank Flames
(Professional Sports ~ 11/17/02)
The Assoc iated Press CALGARY, Alberta -- Tom Barrasso made 23 saves for his first win of the season and 38th career shutout as the St. Louis Blues got a goal from Eric Boguniecki and beat the Calgary Flames 1-0 Saturday night. Barrasso's second start since signing as a free agent Nov. 4 was much better than his debut on Tuesday when he was beaten six times on 35 shots in losing to the Vancouver Canucks...
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Positive thinking does not improve cancer survival, study finds
(Community ~ 11/17/02)
NICE, France -- New research has dealt a blow to the idea that a positive outlook might improve a patient's chances of surviving cancer, scientists say. However, experts said it is still worthwhile for patients to improve their attitude, perhaps by joining a cancer support group, because it does make them feel better...
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Dietary supplement may slow Parkinson's disease
(Community ~ 11/17/02)
CHICAGO -- A small but promising study found that an over-the-counter dietary supplement may slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. Existing treatments may ease symptoms of the degenerative brain disorder but are not believed to affect the underlying disease process. The new study found evidence that a naturally occurring compound called coenzyme Q-10, or CoQ10, may help stop the nerve cell death that characterizes Parkinson's...
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Sikeston woman hurt in accident
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/17/02)
BENTON, Mo. -- An Sikeston, Mo., woman sustained moderate injuries Saturday in a collision on Interstate 55, one mile south of Benton. Helen Angle, 66, was taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau after the 11:39 a.m. accident. She was a passenger in a northbound vehicle driven by Carrie Smith, 78, of Sikeston. Smith sustained minor injuries...
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Police report 11/17/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/17/02)
Cape Girardeau Sunday, Nov. 17 Arrests Charles Coker, 26, of 839 Morgan Oak was arrested Friday on an Alexander County warrant for domestic battery. Dejon Smith, 19, address unknown, was arrested Friday on a Jackson County warrant for probation violation...
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Fire report 11/16/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/17/02)
Jackson Sunday, Nov. 17 Firefighters responded to the following call Friday: A motor vehicle accident on West Independence. Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday: A transformer fire on East Jackson Boulevard. An emergency medical service on Ridgeway Drive...
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Region digest 11/17/02
(Local News ~ 11/17/02)
Wanted Scott County couple now in custody BENTON, Mo. -- A Scott County couple wanted for the production of more than 1,200 marijuana plants turned themselves in Saturday, according to the Scott County Sheriff's Department. Daryl W. McKnelly, 55, and Vicki L. McKnelly, 52, turned themselves in to the Cape Girardeau Police Department and were then transferred to Scott County...
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NATO's will to reform takes center stage
(Local News ~ 11/17/02)
BERLIN -- Ion Antonescu, the Romanian World War II leader, can thank the United States for the tin curtain that hides his bust outside Bucharest's Muncii Church. Before Romania can join NATO, a U.S. delegation asked for the removal of all monuments to the Nazi collaborator...
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Secrecy provisions in homeland security bill raise media concer
(National News ~ 11/17/02)
WASHINGTON -- Writers of the homeland security bill, in their quest to shield secrets from terrorists, may end up keeping information from the public that it needs to know, media and watchdog groups say. At issue is whether the legislation to create the massive federal agency will erect prohibitive barriers to openness by making it easier to deny requests under the Freedom of Information Act...
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Book defines the personality of purses
(Community ~ 11/17/02)
NEW YORK -- There are so many choices standing between a woman and her perfect handbag that she often buys everything in her way. "They're all so tempting," gushes Anna Johnson. "There are fewer rules in fashion now, so it's an excuse to have more bags."...
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Statement warns of more attacks on U.S.
(International News ~ 11/17/02)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A statement attributed to al-Qaida threatened more attacks in New York and Washington unless America stops supporting Israel and converts to Islam, an Arab TV reporter who received the unsigned document said Saturday. Yosri Fouda, correspondent for Al-Jazeera, said he received the six-page document on Wednesday, a day after the TV station broadcast an audiotape purportedly made by Osama bin Laden...
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Report- Kuwaiti authorities arrest senior al-Qaida member
(International News ~ 11/17/02)
KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwaiti police have arrested a senior member of al-Qaida who was helping to plan a car bomb attack on a Yemeni hotel frequented by Americans, a newspaper reported Saturday. Police arrested a 21-year-old Kuwaiti identified only by the initials "M.F." two weeks ago, the Kuwaiti daily Al-Anba said...
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Biographer- JFK pain greater than known previously
(National News ~ 11/17/02)
NEW YORK -- President John F. Kennedy suffered more pain and illness than previously known, and took as many as eight medications a day, according to a published report. Newly disclosed medical files from the last eight years of Kennedy's life, including X-rays and prescription records, show he took painkillers, anti-anxiety drugs, stimulants and sleeping pills, as well as hormones to keep him alive, according to a story for today's edition of The New York Times...
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Playing to win
(National News ~ 11/17/02)
NEW YORK -- The race begins at 9 a.m. the day after Labor Day, as parents speed-dial the city's elite nursery schools in hopes of just getting an application. Siblings and legacies often get first priority for admission. Church or synagogue affiliations help at some schools. And, like many things in New York, getting in may depend a lot on who you know...
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Parents tackle the morning rush
(Column ~ 11/17/02)
Parenting is a rush. It's a hurried life trying to keep up with children. The whole aging process is a result of parenting, I'm convinced. Immortality isn't an option. Take school mornings, for example. Education is a great thing, provided you wake up...
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Persistent Tigers edge Aggies in overtime 33-27
(Professional Sports ~ 11/17/02)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Missouri has been making determined comebacks all season but coming up just short. Saturday, the Tigers had trouble holding a lead before Brad Smith's 1-yard touchdown run in the second overtime helped Missouri overcome blowing a two-touchdown halftime lead to beat Texas A&M 33-27...
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Marlins' Johnson changes mind, clears way for trade with Rockie
(Professional Sports ~ 11/17/02)
The Associated Press DENVER -- Catcher Charles Johnson reversed his decision and approved a trade to the Colorado Rockies, his agent said Saturday, clearing the way for a six-player deal that sends left-hander Mike Hampton to the Florida Marlins...
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Wanted Scott County couple now in custody
(Local News ~ 11/17/02)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Scott County couple wanted for the production of more than 1,200 marijuana plants turned themselves in Saturday, according to the Scott County Sheriff's Department. Daryl W. McKnelly, 55, and Vicki L. McKnelly, 52, turned themselves in to the Cape Girardeau Police Department and were then transferred to Scott County...
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Young House leaders face big challenge
(State News ~ 11/17/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The next likely House speaker is age 39, the likely House speaker pro tem is 35, and the future majority floor leader is 30. The new Republican leadership team of Catherine Hanaway of Warson Woods, Rod Jetton of Marble Hill and Jason Crowell of Cape Girardeau is a youthful group nominated by their colleagues to face a monumental task...
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Best friends through thick and thin
(Community ~ 11/17/02)
Ask a woman who her best friend is, and she'll blurt out a name without even thinking about it. But there's a lot of meaning in that instinct and in those simple spoken syllables. They're born from someone seeing you on your worst day and not caring that you're a foul-mouthed basket case. They're born from years of honesty, even on subjects that would make others think poorly of you. When men leave, best friends really are there through sickness and in health, for richer or poorer...
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Despite new policy on abusers, bishops far from regaining trust
(National News ~ 11/17/02)
America's Roman Catholic bishops are hoping a newly adopted sex abuse policy will restore their credibility, but the damage caused by months of revelations that church leaders had sheltered priests accused of molesting children will take years to repair...
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Spy plane downed in China returns
(National News ~ 11/17/02)
ATLANTA -- The Navy spy plane downed after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet last year has taken its first test flight, 16 months after it was shipped back to the United States in pieces. The repaired EP-3, a four-engine surveillance and reconnaissance airplane, took off from Dobbins Air Reserve Base on Friday morning and flew for about two hours...
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Three men charged in London with terrorist offenses
(International News ~ 11/17/02)
LONDON -- Three men have been charged with possessing materials that could be used to carry out terrorist acts, police said Saturday. Scotland Yard said the suspects were charged with possessing materials for the "preparation, instigation or commission" of terrorist acts...
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Pakistan swears in elected lawmakers
(International News ~ 11/17/02)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Lawmakers in Pakistan's first democratically elected legislature in three years were sworn in Saturday and said the makeup of the government would be known in a few days. The new government will test President Pervez Musharraf's pledge to return Pakistan to democracy and his ability to maintain his country's position as a key U.S. ally in the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban...
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Ukrainian president Kuchma fires prime minister's government
(International News ~ 11/17/02)
KIEV, Ukraine -- President Leonid Kuchma on Saturday fired the government of Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh, a presidential spokeswoman said, a fresh chapter in the political turmoil that has plagued the former Soviet republic in its decade of independence...
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Top goal for China's new leadership- breaking from past and fac
(International News ~ 11/17/02)
BEIJING -- If it wasn't clear enough already, the generational leadership change of the Communist Party revealed exactly what propels today's China: a frantic longing for better tomorrows, the same fuel that fired the revolution of Mao -- but with a profit motive...
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World briefs 12B
(National News ~ 11/17/02)
Venezuela's political crisis deepens CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez moved to take control of the Caracas police force Saturday, but opponents of the leftist leader rejected the maneuver as a threat to talks on resolving the country's deepening and violent political crisis...
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Man who terrorized high school with shotgun, gasoline charged
(National News ~ 11/17/02)
DALLAS -- The 18-year-old man who went to a rural high school with a shotgun and a can of gasoline was charged Saturday with aggravated assault, attempted arson and carrying a weapon illegally. Tony Cipriano's bond was set at $1.6 million. Faculty and students at Scurry-Rosser High School, about 30 miles southeast of Dallas, worked together to subdue Cipriano, who school officials say was once expelled for stealing a teacher's car...
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Rescuers discover body of man at garage collapse
(National News ~ 11/17/02)
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Rescue crews on Saturday found the body of a construction worker who was missing since the collapse of a seven-story parking garage that killed two others. The workers were killed when the floors of the unfinished garage crashed down Friday afternoon. Another was hospitalized in critical condition, but Montgomery County fire spokesman Pete Piringer said the worker's condition had stabilized...
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Pittsburgh priest defrocked by Pope John Paul II
(National News ~ 11/17/02)
PITTSBURGH -- A priest who was accused but never convicted of child molestation has been defrocked by Pope John Paul II for disobeying orders to not serve as a priest in public. Anthony Cipolla, 59, is in Rome to meet with a canon lawyer to discuss appealing the Pope's order to "laicize" him and could not immediately be reached Saturday. The Vatican decree states that "the penalty is unappealable," said the Rev. Ronald Lengwin, spokesman for the Pittsburgh diocese...
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Indians did much more than put up a winning record
(Sports Column ~ 11/17/02)
What a season! Those three words neatly sum up Southeast Missouri State University's 2002 football campaign that ended Saturday night with a win over Samford at Houck Stadium. I know coach Tim Billings, his assistants and their players believed this would be the year the Indians finally broke through and shook the losing ways that had marked Southeast football for a long time...
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'Dogs claim state crown
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/02)
FENTON, Mo.-- For the Notre Dame Bulldogs this week was a week of firsts. First state quarterfinal, first state semifinal and on Saturday, at the Anheuser Busch Conference Sports Centre, the Bulldogs capped off the week with their first state soccer championship...
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SE tramples Samford
(College Sports ~ 11/17/02)
Another offensive show and a solid defensive performance put the finishing touches on Southeast Missouri State University's best football season since 1969. The Indians rocked Samford for 34 first-half points and piled up a school-record 648 yards of offense during a 48-24 victory in front of 4,375 fans at Houck Stadium Saturday night...
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SEMO learning by volunteering expands views
(Local News ~ 11/17/02)
By helping others, a group of honors students at Southeast Missouri State University is helping themselves. These students toiled together Saturday -- digging water and electrical trenches, installing insulation and hooking up electrical wiring in a Habitat for Humanity house on College Street in Cape Girardeau...
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Rangers find several trees of record size in one grove
(State News ~ 11/17/02)
Daily American Republic SILVA, Mo. -- The St. Francis River holds more secrets than any of us can imagine, but in the past two years park rangers John Daves and Eric Lemons have uncovered four of them. Daves and Lemons are employed with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake...
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Psychiatry on trial
(Local News ~ 11/17/02)
CHESTER, Ill. long with 8,400 other residents, two well-known personalities claim the small Southern Illinois community of Chester as home: Popeye and Rodney Yoder. Popeye is a cartoon character created by Chester native Elzie Segar during the Depression, known for his bulging forearms and a penchant for tobacco pipes and spinach. There's a sign with the sailor man's image on the way into town -- Chester, home of Popeye! -- and a squinty-eyed statue in the city park...
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Millie's story - The up-and-down romance with a mental patient
(Local News ~ 11/17/02)
illie Strom didn't immediately fall in love with Rodney Yoder. That shouldn't surprise anyone. A woman might have reservations about a man like Yoder, who has spent 12 years as a mental patient at Chester Mental Health Center and has a history of abusing women...
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The win factory Miami builds 31-game winning streak
(Professional Sports ~ 11/17/02)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- The flight would be long, the faces even longer. The Miami Hurricanes trudged out of Husky Stadium and into a somber locker room. Players cried, coaches consoled, and everyone prepared for the cross-country trip home -- as losers...
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Prosecutors argue for 30-year prison term for pharmacist
(State News ~ 11/17/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A former pharmacist who admitted diluting thousands of prescriptions should receive the maximum 30-year sentence allowed under a plea agreement, prosecutors argued Friday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gene Porter called Robert R. Courtney "cold-blooded," "heinous" and "sadistically cruel" in a court filing that laid out arguments for a long prison term. Courtney, 50, is scheduled for sentencing Dec. 5...
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Culture clash-Cochlear implants not an easy choice for the deaf
(State News ~ 11/17/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jessica Durrill, a 19-year-old college student who has been deaf since birth, was crossing a line in the deaf community when she decided to get a cochlear implant to improve her hearing. But she went ahead anyway. Doctors at the University of Missouri-Columbia put the implant, a two-part electronic device that has been gaining popularity in the United States, in Durrill's right ear in June...
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California overdue for big quake, say geologists
(National News ~ 11/17/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Southern California is overdue for the next "Big One," say geologists who have uncovered a detailed history of more than a dozen major earthquakes in the past 1,500 years on a stretch of the San Andreas fault. Digging into layers of peat and debris that drape a section of the fault near Wrightwood, a small town in the mountains that divide the Los Angeles basin from the Mojave Desert, geologists dated 14 earthquakes that each measured an estimated magnitude of 7.5...
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Rams could emerge from hole Monday night against Bears
(Professional Sports ~ 11/17/02)
ST. LOUIS -- When the St. Louis Rams fell into that 0-5 hole, some players had a hard time believing they would ever dig their way out. "Definitely," wide receiver Ricky Proehl said. "It was going to be one of those years." One game at a time, they erased that notion with impressive victories over the Raiders and Seahawks, a solid win at Arizona and a stirring fourth-quarter comeback over the Chargers. ...
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Gift cards, certificates becoming more popular at holidays
(National News ~ 11/17/02)
Busy people choose them for their ease in gift-giving. By Eileen Alt Powell ~ The Associated Press NEW YORK -- With the holidays approaching, many people are looking for ways to simplify gift giving. One increasingly popular method is to send a gift certificate or a gift card...
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Out of the past 11/17/02
(Out of the Past ~ 11/17/02)
10 years ago: Nov. 17, 1992 By 5-2 vote Monday, city council approved spending excess tourism funds on proposal that would expand sports and recreational facilities in two areas of city; action came after proponents of proposal to purchase and renovate St. Vincent's Seminary essentially conceded their claim to the tourism funds...
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Fanfare 11/17
(Professional Sports ~ 11/17/02)
Baseball Behind the hitting of Bernie Williams and Barry Bonds, the major leaguers beat Japan 12-7 Saturday for their third straight victory to even the exhibition series entering a final Game 7. Williams had a solo homer and drove in three runs while Bonds went 2-for-4 with an RBI to highlight an 18-hit attack, offsetting four errors by the major leaguers. Jacque Jones and Jimmy Rollins had three hits apiece...
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Millions of dollars for roads bypass MoDOT
(Local News ~ 11/17/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- For every $1 paid to the state in highway user fees, the Missouri Department of Transportation gets only 61 cents. MoDOT director Henry Hungerbeeler said most Missourians believe the department receives every penny of the approximately $1.16 billion in annual revenue from fuel taxes, levies on motor-vehicles sales and license and registration fees to spend on road and bridge construction. ...
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The way it was - Former Cape Choraliers reunite after 50 years
(Local News ~ 11/17/02)
The 48 singers who called themselves the Cape Choraliers were thrilled when they learned they had been chosen to represent Missouri at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, but the news left them less than a month to raise the $13,000 needed to make the trip. On the night before the plane was to leave, Choraliers and spouses and friends were still going door to door selling donated loaves of bread to make up the last few hundred dollars...
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Saddam says U.N. resolution accepted to avoid U.S.-led war
(International News ~ 11/17/02)
From wire reports BAGHDAD, Iraq -- President Saddam Hussein said Saturday he had no choice but to accept a tough new U.N. weapons inspection resolution because the United States and Israel had shown their "claws and teeth" and declared unilateral war on the Iraqi people...
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Report raises question - Why?
(Column ~ 11/17/02)
As I read the Southeast Missourian article last Sunday ("Jefferson's Challenge"), I continued to ask myself the same question I repeatedly asked the reporter and managing editor as they were collecting information: Why? Why characterize a productive multicultural learning community as racially imbalanced and teetering on the edge of a federal violation?...
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Cape district has opportunity to improve
(Editorial ~ 11/17/02)
A report in last Sunday's Southeast Missourian about the 48 percent minority enrollment at Jefferson Elementary School and the school's low Missouri Assessment Program test scores outlined a set of circumstances that deserves the attention not just of school administrators and board of education, but the community as well...
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KC may lose its Chief
(Professional Sports ~ 11/17/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Football practice was over, finally. She was still waiting, her tanned, pretty face shielded from the bright sun by a jaunty yellow hat sold only in the most exclusive shops. He paused on the field as the players dispersed, then hurried to her side and slipped his arm around her narrow waist...
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Study - garlic, shallots, and onions may fight prostate cancer
(Community ~ 11/17/02)
WASHINGTON -- Men in China have the lowest rate of prostate cancer in the world, and a diet rich in garlic, shallots and onions may be one of the reasons. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute report in a new study that a diet with lots of vegetables from the allium food group -- which includes garlic, shallots and onions -- reduces the risk of prostate cancer by about half. And the common Chinese diet includes hearty servings of these vegetables...
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New Salem places first in tourney
(Other Sports ~ 11/17/02)
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark.-- New Salem Baptist finished a successful trip to Blytheville, Ark., by taking first place in the boy's and girl's divisions of the Blytheville Tournament. The boys (5-1) won a rematch with Pathway 64-42, while the girls (4-1) handled Evangelical Methodist 69-23. Johnathan Davault was tournament MVP for the boys and Sarah Green was tournament MVP for the girls...
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Blamy-Enger
(Wedding ~ 11/17/02)
Mary Beth Blamy and Kevin Charles Enger were united in marriage Oct. 19, 2002, at United Methodist Church of the Shepherd in St. Charles, Mo. The Rev. Robert Farr performed the ceremony. Vocalists were Katie Cole of Cape Girardeau, niece of the bride, and Eric Enger of St. Louis, son of the groom. Eric was also guitarist...
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Harmons mark silver event
(Anniversary ~ 11/17/02)
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lee Harmon of Cincinnati, Ohio, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary by repeating their vows Sept. 28, 2002, at Covenant Apostolic Church in Cincinnati. An open house, luncheon and reception followed. The event was hosted by the couple's daughter, Geri Harmon. Guests attended from Cape Girardeau; Newtonsville and Milford, Ohio; Nashville, Tenn.; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Indianapolis, Ind...
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Lois Lee
(Obituary ~ 11/17/02)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Lois Lee, 89, of Advance died Friday, Nov. 15, 2002, at the Advance Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 17, 1913, at McGee, daughter of Noah and Elvira Whitner Shell. She and Jess Lee were married Jan. 31, 1949, at Advance. He died Jan. 15, 1973...
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Regina Scott
(Obituary ~ 11/17/02)
Regina C. Scott, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002, at her home. She was born March 7, 1922, at Oran, Mo., daughter of Daniel J. and Annie S. Beal Halter. She and William A. Scott were married Aug. 11, 1942. She was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau. A former resident of Eagle River, Alaska, she worked 17 years at Fort Richardson Army Base through the civil service...
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Ellen Spurlock
(Obituary ~ 11/17/02)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Ellen M. Spurlock, 90, of Mount Vernon, Ill., died Friday, Nov. 15, 2002, at her home. She was born Dec. 11, 1911, at Dongola, Ill., daughter of John and Lela Highland Aden. She and William L. Spurlock were married Feb. 27, 1931, at Mounds City, Ill. He preceded her in death...
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Dr. Larry Grisvard
(Obituary ~ 11/17/02)
Dr. Larry E. Grisvard passed away on Nov. 14, 2002. Larry was a retired professor emeritus, director of theater and ombudsman from Southeast Missouri State University for 30 years. After his retirement from Southeast Missouri State University, Larry was a professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in the Communications Department...
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Karen King
(Obituary ~ 11/17/02)
Karen E. King, age 50, passed away Friday, Nov. 15, 2002, at St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. Friends may call after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. A memorial service will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home. The Rev. Sam Roethemeyer will officiate. A graveside committal service will be held Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 10:30 a.m. at Russell Heights Cemetery...
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FanSpeak 11/17/02
(Other Sports ~ 11/17/02)
Slap on the back I JUST want to say congrats to the Southeast football team. What a great season. Rude soccer fans THE FANS for Southeast were extremely rude and poor sports at the soccer game Sunday. During the final minutes of the game, one of the Southeast fans attempted to knock me off of the bleacher. It's a good thing someone from Eastern grabbed me or I could have been seriously injured...
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Stuessel-Plassman
(Wedding ~ 11/17/02)
Val-Lisa Stuessel and Nicholas Plassman were married Aug. 24, 2002, at Oasis Assembly of God Church in Princeton, Ind. The Rev. Jeff Enochs performed the ceremony. Pianist was Janene Greene of Princeton. Vocalists were Leah Greene of Princeton, Diana Smith of Owensville, Ind., and the Rev. Enochs...
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Malkowski-Hagedorn
(Wedding ~ 11/17/02)
Amy Michelle Malkowski and Ryan Matthew Hagedorn were married June 29, 2002, at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in St. Charles, Mo. The Rev. Milton Ryan performed the ceremony. Readers were Kim Hagedorn of Cape Girardeau, sister-in-law of the groom, and William Winetroub of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, uncle of the bride. Vocalists were Casie Janet and Mark Kohlfeld of Cape Girardeau...
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Speak Out 11/17/02
(Speak Out ~ 11/17/02)
Jefferson booster THIS IS in response to the article on Jefferson Elementary School concerning racial diversity. I'm a parent of a non-minority student there, and we're pleased with the education of our child at Jefferson. Government agencies may feel that the 48 percent mix is a problem, but I feel my children have been blessed growing up in a mixed school. ...
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Warners celebrate 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 11/17/02)
Orville and Laverne Moore Warner of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th anniversary with a party Nov. 8, 2002, at Fellowship Baptist Church. Hosts were their children, Sandy Baker of Earle, Ark., Connie Wissman of Alton, Ill., Beverly Warner of West Memphis, Ark., and Ray Warner of Cape Girardeau...
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Wiedefeld-Lappe
(Engagement ~ 11/17/02)
Raymond Wiedefeld of Gordonville and Beverly Wiedefeld of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Michelle Wiedefeld, to Michael Robert Lappe. He is the son of Robert and Maryln Lappe of Cape Girardeau. Wiedefeld is a graduate of Jackson High School. She is employed at Wal-Mart...
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Schermann-Monette
(Engagement ~ 11/17/02)
Paul and Sarah Schermann of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Erinn Schermann, to Matthew Monette. He is the son of John and Sara Monette of Pineville, La. Schermann is a 1996 graduate of Central High School. She received a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Mississippi in 2000. She is a manufacturing resource engineer at International Paper in Natchez, Miss...
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Dillow-Curry
(Wedding ~ 11/17/02)
Angela M. Dillow and Terry J. Curry were married Oct. 25, 2002, in Edwardsville, Ill. The bride is the daughter of Roger and Deborah Baugher of McClure, Ill. The groom is the son of Terry and Jeanie Curry of Villa Ridge, Ill. Mrs. Curry is owner of Sign Design in Cape Girardeau...
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Erlbacher-Bernal
(Wedding ~ 11/17/02)
Cassandra Leigh Erlbacher and Michael Joseph Bernal were married Sept. 14, 2002, at Cape Girardeau Court House Park gazebo. The Rev. Paul Short performed the ceremony. Music was by Trio Girardeaux. Parents of the bride are Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Erlbacher II of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Peterson of Prairie Village, Kan., and Mr. and Mrs. David Bernal of Lees Summit, Mo...
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Cobble-Flowers
(Wedding ~ 11/17/02)
Cedar DeLynn Cobble and Isaac Benjamin Flowers were married Oct. 12, 2002, at Calera Methodist Church in Calera, Okla. The Rev. David G. Ledford performed the ceremony. Music was by Billie Rodgers of Durant, Okla. The bride is the daughter of Debbie and Allan Boyd of Bokchito, Okla., and Rick and Becky Cobble of Kaplan, La. The groom is the son of Diane and Howard Nix of Sherman, Texas, and the late Loren Flowers. Diane Nix is formerly of Cape Girardeau...
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Glueck-Ruiz
(Wedding ~ 11/17/02)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- St. Ambrose Catholic Church was the setting June 22, 2002, for the wedding of Angela Dawn Glueck and Jeremy Jason Ruiz. The Rev. Ralph Duffner performed the ceremony. Lector was Donna Ressel of Kelso. Organist was Betty Vandeven and vocalist was Tyree Emerson, both of Chaffee...
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Calendar
(Other Sports ~ 11/17/02)
Baseball Southeast winter camps: Southeast Missouri State University baseball coach Mark Hogan and his staff will hold three sessions of winter camps at Houck Field House: Dec. 7-8, Dec. 14-15 and Jan. 25-26. Times are 8 a.m.-noon for ages 7-12 and 1-5 p.m. for ages 13-18. Cost is $90 per athlete per session. Info: 651-2645, 986-6002....
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Holiday shopping tests abilities
(Column ~ 11/17/02)
Editor's note: This column originally was published Nov. 14, 1999. Just as I had honed my tactics for gaining attention while shopping in the larger stores, I now find such help and attention almost at arm's length. Without any help from reminders of what season we are entering, I can tell by the attention I get as soon as I step through the stores' doors. ...
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