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Reporters who sold Smart case information to Enquirer are fired
(National News ~ 04/30/03)
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Salt Lake Tribune said Tuesday that it fired two reporters who were paid $20,000 for collaborating with the National Enquirer on an Elizabeth Smart story because they misled their employer about the level of their involvement with the tabloid...
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Area digest 4/30/03
(Other Sports ~ 04/30/03)
Illinois competitors lead ATPR feature finishes BENTON, Mo. -- Joe Morris of Galatia, Ill., won for the second week in a row when he led Saturday's 10-car UMP late model feature race at Auto Tire and Parts Racepark. Billy James of Sikeston was second...
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Sorenstam dreams of winning a man's game
(Sports Column ~ 04/30/03)
The dreamer in Annika Sorenstam says she can beat the men. The realist in her says she has no idea if she can even make the cut when she plays the Colonial next month, becoming the first woman in a PGA Tour event since Babe Zaharias in 1945. I'm pulling for the dreamer...
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From ham soup to a dessert with nuts
(Column ~ 04/30/03)
smcclanahan From ham soup to a dessert with nuts I received an e-mail that Wood & Huston Bank has put together a cookbook called "Cooking For a Cure." They are $10 each, and the money goes to the American Cancer Society. If you are interested, you may seek further information from Tricia at the bank...
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Closing 'loopholes' isn't right
(Column ~ 04/30/03)
By Daniel P. Mehan JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. --Gov. Bob Holden says business isn't paying its fair share. Despite the fact that Missouri leads the nation in job loss, with 77,000 fewer jobs than just one year ago, the governor wants employers to pay more. While stating that he will veto pro-jobs legislation such as workers' compensation and tort reforms, the governor has built his plan to address gaping budget shortfalls on the backs of Missouri employers...
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People talk 04/30/03
(National News ~ 04/30/03)
Third times's a charm for Playboy, 'Joe' beauty NEW YORK -- The first time Playboy magazine came calling, Sarah Kozer from "Joe Millionaire" said no. The second time, she said no again. But the third time -- after receiving unanimous approval from her family and friends -- she changed her mind. Now, the reality show runner-up is on the cover of the magazine's June issue...
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Child found in Illinois could be missing N.C. boy
(National News ~ 04/30/03)
CHICAGO -- Almost three months after a dirty, bedraggled boy showed up at a suburban hospital, authorities say he may be a child who disappeared in North Carolina more than two years ago. Relatives of Tristen "Buddy" Myers are optimistic that authorities have found the boy, who was 4 when they last saw him in October 2000...
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Nation briefs 04/30/03
(National News ~ 04/30/03)
Dial settles harassment suit for $10 million CHICAGO -- Dial Corp. agreed Tuesday to pay $10 million to settle a federal civil suit charging that its female workers were groped, forced to see pornography and called names at a soap-making plant near Chicago...
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Investigators close to knowing exact spot of Columbia breach
(National News ~ 04/30/03)
HOUSTON -- Columbia accident investigators said Tuesday they are close to zeroing in on where a hole opened up in the spaceship's left wing and strongly suspect the fatal blow was caused by a chunk of flyaway foam at liftoff. "I feel that we're probably within 30 inches of where the actual breach occurred," said Roger Tetrault, a member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. "We're closing in."...
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Future spacecraft may be powered with nuclear energy
(National News ~ 04/30/03)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The ability to explore planets beyond our solar system will require the use of space vehicles with nuclear-powered propulsion systems, NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe said Tuesday. Using nuclear power on future spacecraft could cut the time it takes to reach the edge of our solar system from 15 years to five years, O'Keefe told several hundred people attending Space Congress, an annual space industry conference in Cape Canaveral...
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Coast Guard having trouble cleaning thick oil spill
(National News ~ 04/30/03)
FAIRHAVEN, Mass. -- Crews had trouble cleaning up oil Tuesday from a spill in a prime shellfishing area west of Cape Cod that has threatened several species of birds and fish. Coast Guard officials said the heavy industrial oil that spilled from a barge in Buzzards Bay was "clumping together," making it difficult for recovery vessels to skim it off the surface...
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Blast near seaside restaurant kills three in Tel Aviv
(International News ~ 04/30/03)
TEL AVIV, Israel -- A suicide bombing destroyed a seaside restaurant near the U.S. Embassy early Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding dozens of others, officials said. Witnesses said a guard apparently prevented the attacker from entering the building...
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Israelis remember Holocaust victims
(International News ~ 04/30/03)
JERUSALEM -- Air raid sirens sounded throughout Israel on Tuesday, marking two minutes of silence, as Israelis remembered the 6 million Jews who died at the hands of the Nazis and commemorated the anniversary of the best-known uprising against the Germans...
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Palestinians confirm Abbas as their first prime minister
(International News ~ 04/30/03)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinian parliament approved Mahmoud Abbas as prime minister Tuesday, clearing the final obstacle to the launch of a U.S.-backed plan that holds the first real hope of ending 2 1/2 years of Israeli-Palestinian fighting and renewing peace talks...
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War opponents in Europe to boost military cooperation
(International News ~ 04/30/03)
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The leaders of France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg agreed Tuesday to boost their military cooperation, aiming to make Europe's defense less dependent on the United States. The four, among the most vocal European opponents of the U.S.-led attack on Iraq, agreed to create a military center by the summer of 2004 in Belgium "for operational planning and command of EU-led operations without recourse to NATO assets."...
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Protestant hard-liners vow to destroy N. Ireland peace pact
(International News ~ 04/30/03)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Protestant die-hards launched their campaign Tuesday for parliamentary elections with a vow to block a new power-sharing deal with Catholics, the cornerstone of Northern Ireland's 1998 peace agreement. "Unless we destroy the agreement, we will be destroyed forever," Democratic Unionist leader the Rev. Ian Paisley, 77, said at a party rally. He received a standing ovation...
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Jordanian court sentences three to death for fatal bombing
(International News ~ 04/30/03)
AMMAN, Jordan -- A Jordanian court on Tuesday condemned three men to death, including two still at large, for a terrorist bombing that killed two people last year. The military State Security Court also sentenced four convicted accomplices to prison terms ranging from one year to life with hard labor. One of those accomplices was a juvenile...
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Afghan farmers will produce 4,000 tons of opium this season
(International News ~ 04/30/03)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Mohammed Din said he had two choices to survive Afghanistan's crushing poverty: beg or grow poppies. Despite a countrywide ban by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, he chose poppies -- the crop used to make heroin. The United Nations says Din is not alone...
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Indians welcome new shot at No. 22 Missouri
(College Sports ~ 04/30/03)
Southeast Missouri State University will shoot for its third win over a nationally ranked baseball team this season when the Indians visit the University of Missouri today for a 6 p.m. non-conference game. The Indians are 22-14 overall and 6-5 in the Ohio Valley Conference, good for third place in the eight-team league and just one game behind first-place Tennessee Tech...
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Title showdown all Sikeston's
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/03)
The Sikeston Bulldogs have it all. Bats, arms, defense. Add SEMO Conference regular-season championship to the list. Behind a career-high 14-strikeout, five-hit performance by Blake DeWitt, Sikeston clinched the title Tuesday at the expense of the Notre Dame Bulldogs...
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Computer glitch occurs in debut of abduction alert system
(State News ~ 04/30/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's abduction alert system debuted with less-than-steller results when an 11-year-old girl was reported kidnapped in a rural Missouri town. Because of a computer glitch, the abduction alert sent Monday night was retransmitted to hundreds of police and media agencies again, and again and again -- clogging fax machines well into Tuesday...
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Chamber fitness program urges healthy competition
(Local News ~ 04/30/03)
Missourians are more likely to race to the refrigerator than to run a race, a preference that landed the state at No. 10 on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2001 list of most obese states. It's a statistic often cited in trying to get Missourians off the couch and into the gym...
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Volunteers receive honors at luncheon
(Local News ~ 04/30/03)
The Area Wide United Way's 16th Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon was held Tuesday at the Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau to recognize outstanding volunteers in local communities. Jonathan Atwood received the Outstanding Youth Volunteer Award for his volunteer work at Southeast Missouri Hospital. ...
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Storm causes little damage
(Local News ~ 04/30/03)
A dark thunderstorm that blustered through Bollinger and Cape Girardeau counties late Tuesday afternoon brought hail, .04 inches of rain, a few lightning strikes and a small number of outages in Cape Girardeau. No outages were reported in Jackson. One power line was reported down in Scott City...
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Bill to expand county powers raises doubts in Senate
(Local News ~ 04/30/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Although legislation that would greatly expand the powers of county commissions sailed easily through the House of Representatives, some rural senators are expressing skepticism. The bill would give county commissions the authority to enact ordinances locally without seeking the approval of the Missouri Legislature, as currently required in most cases...
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First Friday Coffee to feature social service needs
(Local News ~ 04/30/03)
The next First Friday Coffee will feature a presentation from Area Wide United Way about how it's addressed four areas of need in social services: transportation, affordable housing, youth substance abuse and low-income family assistance. The United Way sets aside 10 percent of its campaign to address those issues, said executive director Nancy Jernigan. The meeting Friday morning will be a presentation of what the group has been doing...
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'The Diviners' - The right thing undone
(Entertainment ~ 04/30/03)
From the beginning of "The Diviners," when Zion, Ind., farmer Basil Bennett (Mike Culbertson) announces, "The idiot boy is dead," we know something bad is going to happen in the next two hours. "The Diviners" makes the point that wanting something good to happen, whether through religion or simply trying to do the right thing, doesn't necessarily change anything...
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Area soldiers sent to help rebuild Iraq
(Local News ~ 04/30/03)
Within the next two weeks, 26 Southeast Missouri Army Reservists will be headed to northern Iraq for a mission that may make the war look easy -- rebuilding the battle-scarred country. The troops from the 348th Engineer Co., based at Cape Girardeau's Army Reserve Training Center on Plaza Way, have been at Fort Leonard Wood since they were activated in late February. They received word about their impending deployment within the past few days...
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Most of U.S. military to leave Saudi Arabia
(International News ~ 04/30/03)
PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi Arabia -- In a major shift in American focus in the Persian Gulf, the United States is all but ending its military presence in Saudi Arabia, abandoning this remote desert air base that was built in the 1990s and made the site of a high-tech air operations center in 2001...
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Red light collision wrecks cruiser, pickup
(Local News ~ 04/30/03)
Emergency crews had less than a dozen yards to travel when they responded to a crash involving a police car that smashed into a pickup when the officer ran a red light. The accident happened shortly after 11 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Sprigg and Independence streets -- less than a block from both the Cape Girardeau police and fire headquarters...
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Timeliness key as airport seeks business backing
(Local News ~ 04/30/03)
Cape Girardeau Regional Airport officials have yet to close a deal with area businesses to commit corporate travel dollars on business flights to and from the airport that would land an added round-trip commuter flight. The success of the plan could hinge on Procter & Gamble Co., whose staff does a lot of business travel with trips between its plant in Cape Girardeau County and the corporate offices in Cincinnati, those involved in the financing proposal say...
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Cards clobber struggling Mets
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/03)
ST. LOUIS -- Matt Morris pitched six solid innings and Scott Rolen and Edgar Renteria each drove in four runs as the Cardinals beat the New York Mets 13-3 Tuesday night. The struggling Mets began a six-game road trip looking just as awful as they did Sunday at Shea Stadium, when they made eight errors and struck out a record 27 times in a doubleheader sweep by Arizona...
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Couples taking joy from the fruits of his labor
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/03)
Fred Couples rediscovered his place in golf. The search started almost three months ago on the practice range at Pebble Beach, when he beat balls for six hours with Butch Harmon at his side. "He's never done that in his life," Harmon said. It ended late Sunday afternoon at the Houston Open when Couples was flawless over the final five holes and wound up with a four-stroke victory, his first on the PGA Tour in five years and 87 tournaments...
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Defending champ needs turnaround in tour's race
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/03)
A poor start to the season has put two-time IRL champion Sam Hornish Jr. in the difficult position of hoping to turn his season around in the Indianapolis 500. That could be a daunting prospect for Hornish, whose worst performances in winning the IndyCar Series titles the past two seasons have come at the IRL's biggest race...
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Tigers push ahead in sixth for league win against Dexter
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/03)
Jake Welch pitched 4 2/3 innings of scoreless relief as Central's baseball team won a SEMO Conference game 6-3 Tuesday in Dexter. Dexter knocked Tiger starter Tyrone Reece out in the third inning, scoring two runs to take a 3-2 lead. Central (12-8) trailed until the sixth inning when it scored three runs to go up by 6-3. Central's Lucas Presson hit a solo home run in the seventh to finish off the scoring...
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Suspension reduced for Martinez
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/03)
ST. LOUIS -- Tino Martinez's four-game suspension for punching a pitcher was reduced by a game Tuesday on the condition the Cardinals' first baseman begin serving it immediately. That means he'll miss the three-game series with the New York Mets that began Tuesday night...
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Tournament pins bull's-eye on No. 1 Sikeston
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/03)
It's called the SEMO Conference tournament. But for nine teams, it's an opportunity to avenge a loss to regular season champion Sikeston. "We've got a target on our back, and you're going to get people's best every time you come out," Sikeston coach Kevin Self said after his team clinched the conference regular season crown on Tuesday...
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Missouri court overturns inmate's death row status
(State News ~ 04/30/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of death row inmate Joseph Amrine, who had claimed he was innocent of killing another prisoner 17 years ago. The Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, said Amrine had shown "clear and convincing evidence of actual innocence that undermines confidence" in his conviction...
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Tiger's schedule change could include Colonial
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/03)
Tiger Woods is not expected to play in the $5.6 million Wachovia Championship next week in Charlotte, N.C., meaning he could miss six consecutive PGA Tour events before returning at the Memorial. It would be his longest layoff from the PGA Tour in his career. Woods missed only five tournaments during his rehabilitation from knee surgery earlier this year...
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Paralee Anderson
(Obituary ~ 04/30/03)
Paralee H. Anderson, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, April 25, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 9, 1907, in Shaw, Miss., daughter of Coleman and Molenda Sharp Huffman. She and Clayborn Anderson were married Sept. 2, 1933. He died in 1986...
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Lorene Fairweather
(Obituary ~ 04/30/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Lorene Fairweather, 83, of Sikeston died Monday, April 28, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born March 25, 1920, in Lilbourn, Mo., daughter of Albert and Carrie Hill Fodge. Fairweather had been an inspector and worked in quality control 27 years for Shakeproof Inc. in Elgin, Ill., retiring in July 1978. She moved to Sikeston later that year. She was a member of Calvary Temple Assembly of God Church...
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Births 4/30/03
(Births ~ 04/30/03)
Salter Daughter to Gerard Francis and Requi Marie Salter of Cape Girardeau, St. Francis Medical Center, 3:09 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Name, Audrey Caitlin. Weight, 9 pounds 6 ounces. Fourth child, third daughter. Mrs. Salter is the former Requi Hines, daughter of Leonard Hines and Jeff and Mary King, all of Cape Girardeau. Salter is the son of Francis and Janet Salter of Haverhill, Mass. He is manager of outpatient rehabilitation at St. Francis Medical Center...
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Out of the past 4/30/03
(Out of the Past ~ 04/30/03)
10 years ago: April 30, 1993 Faculty Senate at Southeast Missouri State University needs to address tenure, says group's newly elected chairman; economics professor Terry Sutton, who was elected chairman Wednesday, says he expects senate to consider tenure issue in next academic year; he and other members are concerned tenure decisions are being made more on whether they have published research rather than on classroom teaching...
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'Missile Man' and Basra's former governor taken into custody
(International News ~ 04/30/03)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two Iraqis on the U.S.-led coalition's 55 most-wanted list -- a weapons expert nicknamed the "Missile Man" and a provincial governor -- have surrendered, the U.S. military and Iraqi opposition sources said Tuesday. Former oil minister Amer Mohammed Rashid, who was Saddam Hussein's point-man on weapons delivery systems, turned himself in Monday, the U.S. Central Command said...
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Striking Nigerian oil workers holding hostages on offshore rig
(International News ~ 04/30/03)
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Striking Nigerian oil workers have seized 97 hostages, including 17 Americans, on several offshore oil rigs, officials said Tuesday. Some captives said they feared armed rescue attempts would end in disaster. There were conflicting reports about whether the hostages had been threatened. ...
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U.S. troops open fire during protest outside of Baghdad
(International News ~ 04/30/03)
FALLUJAH, Iraq -- U.S. paratroopers fired on anti-American protesters during a nighttime demonstration, and a hospital reported Tuesday that 13 Iraqis were killed and 75 wounded, including three young boys. Soldiers said armed men had mixed into the crowd and fired at them from nearby buildings...
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Decades of neglect hinder oil repair efforts
(International News ~ 04/30/03)
DOHA, Qatar -- The unexploded bombs littering Iraq's oil fields aren't the only obstacle to rebooting the country's petroleum sector. Other damage dates back to decades of conflict, neglect, patchy repair work and environmental disregard by a cash-strapped Iraqi regime -- problems now surfacing as U.S. oil engineers peel back the curtain on what was a secretive national industry...
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Club news 4/30/03
(Community News ~ 04/30/03)
Editor's note: Please submit your club news information either typed or printed. It is sometimes very difficult to make out people's names. Please use members' first and last names instead of formal titles. For instance, Jane Smith, not Mrs. John Smith. Thank you....
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Travel warning on Toronto lifted
(International News ~ 04/30/03)
GENEVA -- The World Health Organization lifted its warning against nonessential travel to Toronto, saying Tuesday it was satisfied with measures to stop the spread of the SARS virus in Canada's largest city. Warnings still stand for Hong Kong, Beijing and two Chinese provinces, as China's premier admitted his government failed to act quickly against the disease...
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U.S. official - Amid threats, N. Korea talks disarmament
(National News ~ 04/30/03)
WASHINGTON -- Despite its threats of nuclear tests, North Korea caught the attention of U.S. officials last week by also expressing a willingness to dispose of its missiles and nuclear weapons programs. The North Koreans told U.S. diplomats in Beijing that in exchange for disarmament, they would insist on a long list of concessions from the United States, including energy assistance...
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The inside scoop on outdoor paint
(Community ~ 04/30/03)
ouse-painting season is here. Before you panic about paint, rest assured the job is easier and faster than it used to be, and the basic essentials -- paint, brushes, sprayers -- are better, too. "Painting a house isn't the chore it once was," said Ben Mauceri, the exterior paint expert for Lowes Home Improvement Warehouse. "Paint on the market today lasts longer, goes on easier, and looks better."...
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How to eliminate water in a basement
(Community ~ 04/30/03)
Aside from being a nuisance, a leak can cause substantial damage to framing, wall and floor finishes, personal property and can be the source of life-threatening toxic mold. Consequently, a leak never should be taken for granted, and maintenance -- caulking, painting, roofing, flashing, etc. -- should be performed on a regular basis to prevent such a problem from occurring...
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Be smart about home improvement projects
(Community ~ 04/30/03)
Bill Petitta knows what can happen when homeowners get in over their heads on home improvement projects they can't handle. He just wishes the New Year's resolutions of die-hard do-it-yourselfers would include some introspection about what they can -- and can't -- do around the house...
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Make your home a friend to the environment
(Community ~ 04/30/03)
Whoever said "Don't sweat the small stuff" apparently didn't refer to homes and the environment. It is the accumulation of little earth-friendly steps that mark today's eco-conscious home. A plastic bottle recycled here, a gallon of paint disposed cleanly there, and you've made a good start toward saving energy, reining in dangerous materials and reducing pollutants...
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The joys of low-maintenance decking
(Community ~ 04/30/03)
Enjoyment of a deck is high on the priority list of most homeowners. Joy turns to drudgery, however, when homeowners must abandon cushy deck chairs to deal with the realities of wood decks: split boards, nails that pop up, and faded stains or paint...
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States shaken awake by rare quake in South
(State News ~ 04/30/03)
FORT PAYNE, Ala. -- An earthquake was about the last thing people expected when they were shaken out of bed early Tuesday by a 4.9-magnitude tremor that rattled seven Southern states and was even felt as far away as Cape Girardeau. Some thought the boom and rumble was a bomb, a gas truck explosion, a tornado, even terrorism. By the time the trembling stopped, fear began to give way to nervous laughter...
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Winifred Meeks
(Obituary ~ 04/30/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Winifred Meeks, 68, of Sikeston died Sunday, April 27, 2003, at North West Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. She was born June 5, 1934, in Warrington, England, daughter of John and Rachel Hutcheson Alcock. She and Charles E. Meeks were married Jan. 14, 1954, in England...
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Hilda Foerstel
(Obituary ~ 04/30/03)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Hilda M. Foerstel, 94, of Perryville died Monday, April 28, 2003, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 1, 1908, in Perry County, daughter of John and Margaret Mabuce Christisen. She and William F. Foerstel were married Dec. 23, 1931, in St. Louis. He died in 1981...
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War, terror, SARS keep fearfal Americans at home
(National News ~ 04/30/03)
WASHINGTON -- Tom Rich planned a family vacation to Britain but changed his mind after the deadly poison ricin turned up in a London apartment during the arrest of terrorist suspects. "I just don't think it's the right time to go," says Rich, of Duxbury, Mass. "I don't think we'll do anything this summer."...
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This week's golf events
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/03)
PGA TOUR HP CLASSIC Site: New Orleans. n Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: English Turn Golf & Country Club (7,116 yards, par 72). n Purse: $5 million. Winner's share: $900,000...
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Republicans start shaping ideas for tax cuts, economy
(National News ~ 04/30/03)
WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders in Congress mended their rift Tuesday over a Senate deal earlier this month to reduce by more than half President Bush's proposed new tax cuts but discovered quickly they're far from agreement on what to do next. In a show of solidarity, President Bush met at the White House residence Tuesday evening with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee and House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois. ...
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Bush to sign bill creating national Amber Alert system today
(National News ~ 04/30/03)
WASHINGTON -- With the parents of Elizabeth Smart looking on, President Bush plans today to sign a far-reaching child protection bill that would create a nationwide system to help find kidnapped children and impose tougher penalties on child abusers, kidnappers and pornographers...
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FTC - Two-thirds of junk e-mails make false claims
(National News ~ 04/30/03)
WASHINGTON -- Internet users skeptical of junk e-mails promising easy money, miracle cures and dream dates are right to be wary: The government says two-thirds of the "spam" messages clogging online mailboxes probably are false in some way. The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that spam e-mails involving investment and business opportunities are especially dubious, with an estimated 96 percent containing information that probably is false or misleading...
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Out of closet over summer clothes
(Column ~ 04/30/03)
Saturday was switch-out-the-clothes day in the Hall household, when the winter clothes get stored away in boxes and the summer ones make their first appearance. In Missouri, that's Mother Nature's signal to send a few 50-degree days our way and laugh maniacally while we try to find our sweaters...
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Cape fire report 4/30/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/30/03)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, April 30 Firefighters responded Monday to the following items: At 10:38 a.m., citizen assist at 606 S. Silver Springs, Lot 22. At 4:30 p.m., medical assist at Independence and Kingshighway. At 4:53 p.m., structure fire at 436 S. Spring, Apt. C...
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Cape/Jackson police report 4/30/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/30/03)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, April 30 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Eric L. Holloway, 23, of 930 Rodney Vista, Cape Girardeau, was arrested Monday on suspicion of domestic assault...
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What Cape needs - A convincing proposal
(Editorial ~ 04/30/03)
Mayor Jay Knudtson and the Cape Girardeau City Council would like for city residents to tell them why they voted against four tax and fee issues earlier this month, leaving the city millions of dollars short of funding for critical operating expenses and capital improvements....
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Speak Out A 04/30/03
(Speak Out ~ 04/30/03)
The battle continues MORLEY SWINGLE'S special report on the 1863 Battle of Cape Girardeau was super. However, in my revisionist history of our community I will take a somewhat different view. The way I see it, the players may be different, but the battle is still being waged. ...
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Lisa Mitchell
(Obituary ~ 04/30/03)
Lisa Gaye Fraser Mitchell came into this world Jan. 13, 1959. Cancer took her from us April 22, 2003, while home in Millersville with husband, Daniel J. Mitchell, and her youngest son, Daniel J. Mitchell III. Her parents, Orville and Clara Fraser, preceded her in death...
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Dora Staats
(Obituary ~ 04/30/03)
ARBOR, Mo. -- Dora Lee Staats, 81, of Farmington, Mo., formerly of Arbor, died Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at Parkland Health Center in Farmington. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.
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Franklin Powell
(Obituary ~ 04/30/03)
Franklin "Don" Powell, 61, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born May 31, 1941, in Gadsden, Ala., son of Ollie and Bertha Hanna Powell. He married Theresa Eve Musgrave. Powell retired from Noranda Aluminum. He was owner and manager of Muddy Waters...
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Ruth Hodges
(Obituary ~ 04/30/03)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Ruth Virginia Hodges, 69, of Villa Ridge died Monday, April 28, 2003, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 15, 1933, in Brownsville, Ill., daughter of Donald and Mary Wagner Coleman. She and Robert S. Hodges were married June 7, 1953, in Cairo, Ill...
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Maxie Graviett
(Obituary ~ 04/30/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Maxie Alton Graviett, 82, of Sikeston died Tuesday, April 29, 2003, in the Emergency Room at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Dec. 11, 1920, in Fayetteville, Ark., daughter of Clarence Lee and Mary Lou Evans Graviett. Graviett was a retired carpenter...
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Edgar Culbertson
(Obituary ~ 04/30/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Edgar I. Culbertson, 77, of Sikeston died Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at his home. He was born Aug. 6, 1925, in Sikeston, son of Earl and Elizabeth Johnson Culbertson. He and Margaret Jane Middleton were married May 8, 1947. She died March 24, 1976. He and Nedria McCain Vanover were married Aug. 11, 1984...
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Herman Scheiding
(Obituary ~ 04/30/03)
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Herman "Red" Scheiding, 92, of Murphysboro died Monday, April 28, 2003, at St. Joseph Hospital. He was born Sept. 19, 1910, in Kankakee County, son of Herman and Marie Scheiding. He and Dora Mae Rich were married in 1932. She died in 1967. He later married Ameda Jackson...
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Senate panel rejects broadband bill
(State News ~ 04/30/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Senate committee on Tuesday rejected a House-passed bill prohibiting state and local regulation of high-speed Internet service -- a protection that SBC Communications has called crucial to expansion of its Missouri broadband network...
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