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College coaches, crocodile hunters share a new bond
(Sports Column ~ 06/16/03)
dwilson Recent actions have shown us that being a college coach is like being Steve the Croc Hunter -- one mistake and you're meat. And Rick Neuheisel just fell off the boat into the croc-infested waters, and there's little chance he'll survive. Neuheisel says he's "confident" his appeal will overturn the decision made by the University of Washington because of the ambiguity surrounding the NCAA's rule against gambling. ...
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Saudi raid suspects tied to bombings
(International News ~ 06/16/03)
MECCA, Saudi Arabia -- Police fought overnight gunbattles with suspected al-Qaida militants who were planning an imminent terrorist attack, killing five and arresting others believed linked to last month's suicide bombings in Riyadh, a Saudi officials said Sunday...
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Germans seek place in history for 1953 East German revolt
(International News ~ 06/16/03)
BERLIN -- Fifty years after Soviet tanks crushed a worker-led uprising against East Germany's communist rulers, the revolt is finally coming into its own for Germans -- as an early cry for freedom in eastern Europe. Television specials, dozens of new books and hundreds of commemorative events have captured the nation's attention ahead of official anniversary events Tuesday to mark June 17, 1953, the day the uprising peaked with street battles in East Berlin...
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Czechs take look at EU membership after approving referendum
(International News ~ 06/16/03)
PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- A day after voting decisively to join the European Union, Czechs on Sunday began looking ahead to the benefits -- and expected hardships -- of integration. The sober debate came after fireworks lit up the sky over Prague Castle to celebrate the participation of this central European country of 10 million in the EU's major expansion next year...
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Iran arrests four anti-government activists Sunday
(International News ~ 06/16/03)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Police arrested four activists accused of involvement in days of street protests against Iran's Islamic government, and President Bush said Sunday that the demonstrations showed a yearning for freedom. The protests in the capital eased -- as did the clashes sparked by hard-liners trying to suppress the demonstrators -- but sporadic violence elsewhere claimed the first reported fatality. ...
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Egyptian mediators work to reach cease-fire with militants
(International News ~ 06/16/03)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Egyptian mediators asked Palestinian militants Sunday to halt attacks on Israel in an effort to rescue a U.S.-backed peace plan that foundered after more than a week of violence. Israel's prime minister suggested he might accept a limited truce...
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Jewish settlers set up, then evacuate unauthorized outpost
(International News ~ 06/16/03)
NEVE TSUF, West Bank -- Jewish settlers occupied a remote site in the West Bank early Sunday, then left after the Israeli army promised that it would close two local roads to Palestinians, the settlers said. The brief encounter was just the latest in the cat-and-mouse game the Israeli army has been playing with the settlers...
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WHO expert - Cure for SARS unlikely soon
(International News ~ 06/16/03)
HONG KONG -- A cure for SARS is unlikely soon, a World Health Organization official said Saturday following a conference that failed to agree on how to treat the deadly virus. China, which has the most SARS deaths and cases, reported two SARS deaths, both in Beijing, on Saturday but no new infections...
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Saddam's daughter says she believes he is still alive
(International News ~ 06/16/03)
The Associated Press LONDON -- A daughter of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein told a British newspaper she believes he is still alive even though she has not seen him since before the U.S.-led invasion. "The last time I spoke to my father was five days before the war," Raghad was quoted as saying by The Sunday Times. "He was in good spirits...
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Former leader says North Korea should learn lesson from Iraq
(International News ~ 06/16/03)
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's former president who engineered a historic summit with North Korea three years ago Sunday urged the communist country to learn "a lesson" from the Iraq war and give up its nuclear programs. Kim Dae-jung, who met North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang in 2000, said the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula can be resolved if the North first abandons its nuclear ambitions. ...
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U.S. troops seize weapons, try to diffuse tensions
(International News ~ 06/16/03)
FALLUJAH, Iraq -- With a deadline passed for Iraqis to hand in heavy weapons, U.S. forces fanned out across Iraq on Sunday to seize arms and put down potential foes -- and tried to soothe the sting with deliveries of food, fuel, medical supplies and even teddy bears...
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Holden's taxes target a few but could affect many more
(State News ~ 06/16/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- To little avail, Gov. Bob Holden has been urging lawmakers for months to support higher taxes on cigarettes and casinos and to eliminate what he calls "corporate tax loopholes" -- all to avoid cuts to education and human services...
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Researchers looking to save Ozarks salamanders
(State News ~ 06/16/03)
GAINESVILLE, Mo. -- Standing on wobbly stones along the North Fork River in Ozark County, Ben Wheeler holds his fingers a few inches apart, a gap big enough to fit one Ozark hellbender, a tiny, young salamander he's hoping to find. "The ones this big, no one has a clue where they go," said Wheeler, a 29-year-old doctoral student at Arkansas State University...
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Ethnic churches in St. Louis offer international fare
(State News ~ 06/16/03)
ST. LOUIS -- Got a hankering for roast pork, dumplings, sauerkraut and the Eastern European pastry called kolacky? Head to St. John Nepomuk, the first Czech Catholic church in America, just south of downtown St. Louis. Or is it cevap, sarma, or djuvedic you're craving? The veal and pork sausage, pigs in a blanket and the rice dish are on the menu at Holy Trinity Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church on the city's near south side...
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Exelon considering new nuclear plant for Illinois
(State News ~ 06/16/03)
CLINTON, Ill. -- Any final decision might be years away, but the Exelon Corp., Illinois' largest electricity generator, says it is considering filing requests to build a new nuclear generating plant. No permits for new nuclear power stations have issued in the U.S. since the 1979 Three Mile Island disaster in Pennsylvania, but President George W. Bush is known to favor more reliance on nuclear power...
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Accident causes fireworks display
(State News ~ 06/16/03)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Residents and drivers in northern Kansas City got an unexpected Flag Day fireworks display Saturday after a trailer caught fire on Interstate 435. The 24-foot trailer, hauled by a pickup truck, caught fire about 6 p.m. on eastbound 435 near U.S. 169. The driver quickly unhooked the trailer, but there was no stopping the display...
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Earthquakes charted online
(State News ~ 06/16/03)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Not long after an earthquake shook this Southern Illinois town, Bobby Mayberry was on his computer telling the U.S. government about it. "I wanted them to know I felt it here," he said. "It's important to help them study it." What Mayberry did the morning of June 6 not only helped the government study that small, 4.0 magnitude quake -- which caused minor damage near its Blandville, Ky., epicenter -- but also brace for potentially bigger earthquakes in the future...
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Busch is year's first three-time winner
(Professional Sports ~ 06/16/03)
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- About the only thing Kurt Busch and his team didn't change on his car Sunday at Michigan International Speedway was the number. Making adjustments to his No. 97 Roush Racing Ford on every pit stop, Busch became the first three-time Winston Cup winner this season after snatching the lead from Jeff Gordon with 24 laps to go in the Sirius Satellite 400 at Michigan International Speedway...
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India's Bollywood on defense about stealing shots, plots
(Entertainment ~ 06/16/03)
BOMBAY, India -- Take a Hollywood plot, sprinkle in cheesy song-and-dance numbers and pour in a gallon of melodrama. Shake well, and you've got a Bollywood movie. But Bollywood, which churns out some 800 movies annually, may be forced to alter its recipe after best-selling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford persuaded India's Supreme Court last month to ban a 260-part TV series that she claimed stole heavily from her novels...
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Publishers hope Potter boosts other sales
(Entertainment ~ 06/16/03)
NEW YORK -- When "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" comes out Saturday, bookseller Chuck Robinson is counting on a nice increase in sales -- and not just from the Potter book. "The release happens to coincide with our 23rd anniversary, when we're having a storewide sale," said Robinson, owner of Village Books in Bellingham, Wash. "We're hoping the additional traffic will help all our books."...
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Economists debate if conditions are right for stronger growth
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
WASHINGTON -- For the past three years, the U.S. economy has taken hits from the bursting stock market bubble, a recession and terrorist attacks. Conditions now, finally, offer the prospect of better growth over the last six months of the year. Of course, forecasters acknowledge, they made the similar predictions in 2002 and 2001, and were proved wrong...
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Park service will hold all-day event on CCC work at Big Springs
(Local News ~ 06/16/03)
It was the worst of times, the Great Depression. The gray era in the late 1920s and early 1930s saw financial institutions fail, businesses go bankrupt and proud, hard-working citizens beg, even steal, for food. The nation's 25 percent unemployment rate was both a cause and effect of the country's economic grogginess. Consumers couldn't afford to buy. Businesses couldn't afford to hire...
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Major Case Squad marks 20 years
(Local News ~ 06/16/03)
A bloody, murderous history exists in Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties. Victims have been brutally attacked and killed by strangers, acquaintances and even family members. A string of grisly, unsolved homicides in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including those of Mary and Brenda Parsh, Margie Call and Mildred Wallace, struck terror in residents, especially women...
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Teacher aides face new hurdles to keep jobs
(Local News ~ 06/16/03)
After 25 years of working with special-needs students in the Cape Girardeau School District, paraprofessional Nancy Smithey found herself facing a difficult decision: Go back to college, pass a lengthy state test or quit the job she loves. "I didn't really think it was fair, but all laws change and we either have to go along with it or get out," Smithey said. "And I wasn't ready to get out."...
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NASCAR banks on women to make its clothing line a success
(Business ~ 06/16/03)
Diane Sweet was perched atop a motor home at the third turn of the California Speedway in Fontana when the cars raced past her in a deafening blur. The 39-year-old mother of three was hooked. It was "exhilarating, exuberating,'' she said, reliving that moment three years ago. She recalled being "in awe of the cars and how fast they go, and the adrenaline rush you get just watching.''...
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So you like divided government?
(Column ~ 06/16/03)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Missourians have been receiving an unsolicited example of divided state government in recent weeks, making it an unfortunate period of turmoil that has literally paralyzed the single most important function of a democracy, namely serving the basic and best interests of its constituency...
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Rate cut could hurt money-fund business
(Business ~ 06/16/03)
NEW YORK -- Investors have largely cheered the Federal Reserve's openness toward cutting interest rates beyond their 41-year low, believing lower rates will promote economic growth. But the prospect of additional cuts is stirring concern in the money-market fund business...
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People talk 6/16/03
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
Ali joins governor for museum flag-raising PHILADELPHIA -- Boxing legend Muhammad Ali joined Gov. Ed Rendell in raising a well-traveled American flag at the National Constitution Center on Saturday, less than a month before the museum's scheduled public opening...
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'Finding Nemo' regains top spot with $29.2 million weekend
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
LOS ANGELES -- Cartoon fish still have audiences hooked as the undersea adventure "Finding Nemo" regained the top spot at the weekend box office with $29.2 million. The previous weekend's top movie, "2 Fast 2 Furious," fell to No. 2 in its second weekend with $19.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Another holdover movie, "Bruce Almighty," was third with $14.2 million...
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Nation briefs 6/16/03
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
Four dead in crash of plane near Pittsburgh JEANNETTE, Pa. -- A skydiving plane crashed Sunday as it was taking off from a small western Pennsylvania airport, killing four of the five men aboard, authorities said. The survivor was found 10 to 15 feet from the plane, but the extent of his injuries was not immediately known, said Ron Supancic, chief of the Claridge Volunteer Fire Department...
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Scientists find gene promoting some manic-depression
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
Scientists say they've identified a flawed gene that appears to promote manic-depression, or bipolar disorder, a finding that could eventually help guide scientists to new treatments. A particular variant of the gene was associated with only about 3 percent of cases in a study, but researchers said other variants might be involved with more...
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Bush says he has not lot hope for peace in Mideast
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine -- President Bush said Sunday he has not lost hope for peace in the Middle East but insisted the world must deal harshly with terrorists to keep them from undoing a peace plan he helped restart just days ago. Bush said he wants to help the Palestinians rein in terrorists, but he stopped short of pledging money or arms to the Palestinian Authority to aid it in combating terror groups like Hamas...
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Milwaukee's once-clean reputation is muddied
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
MILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin's once-clean political image, damaged by recent scandals in state, county and city government, could be further sullied this week as a trial begins for a Milwaukee alderman accused of extortion and fraud. Paul Henningsen's trial follows guilty pleas from two former colleagues, who resigned their seats after being indicted on federal corruption charges...
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Highway worker chases celebrity across the county
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. -- He is, in a word, ubiquitous. There's Greg Packer hobnobbing with Hillary Clinton, or hanging with Justin Timberlake. He's downtown at Ground Zero, or in Times Square on New Year's Eve. He's shaking hands with Jimmy Carter, or shaking it up at a Madonna concert...
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Fishing boat turned parallel to wave before capsizing
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
GARIBALDI, Ore. --A charter fishing boat battered by rough surf turned parallel to the tall wave that flipped it over just before the capsizing that killed at least nine people, survivors said Sunday. "We went through a couple rough waves and turned north to try to get around a pretty large wave but then it crashed into the side," said Tyler Bohnet, 28, of Canby. ...
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Head of panel on sexual abuse by priests plans to resign
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating's reported decision to resign as head of a national panel examining sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests would be a serious setback, but not a fatal one, observers said Sunday. Keating's media spokesman Dan Mahoney said the former governor plans to resign as chairman of the National Review Board this week, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday, and sources later indicated an announcement could come as early as today...
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Massachusetts denies diplomas to some high schoolers
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
BOSTON -- Four attempts. Two points shy. The numbers plague Karl Kearns, a senior at Burke High School in Boston. This was the first year in which seniors statewide were denied diplomas if they failed the state's high school test, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam, or MCAS...
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Teske beats Sorenstam, others to capture playoff
(Professional Sports ~ 06/16/03)
VIENNA, Ohio -- An exhausted Annika Sorenstam turned to a course marshal late in Sunday's final round of the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic and said, "I'm done." An hour or so later, Rachel Teske made sure she was. Teske made a 35-foot birdie on the last hole to join a four-player playoff, then ended it by rolling in an 18-foot putt for birdie on the third hole of sudden death Sunday to win the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic...
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Furyk wins with record performance
(Professional Sports ~ 06/16/03)
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. -- The U.S. Open finally lived up to its billing as golf's toughest test. For Jim Furyk, that was the easy part. His challenge Sunday morning at Olympia Fields wasn't how to protect a three-stroke lead, but how to say "Happy Father's Day" to the only coach he's ever known, to the man who taught him an unorthodox swing and wouldn't let anyone change it...
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Survey says competition among employees on the rise
(Business ~ 06/16/03)
Admit it. When your co-worker gets praise from above, you feel a twinge of jealousy. Perhaps it even pushes you to work a little longer and harder, in hopes of capturing the interest of those managers yourself. Some say competition among employees is helpful because it keeps workers working and interested in their jobs...
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School districts coping with lean funding
(Editorial ~ 06/16/03)
This is the way the Central High School math department chairwoman puts it: "This is the first time I've seen them not hire teachers who need to be replaced, and I have a real problem with that." Mary Shelton's sentiments are being echoed across the state as Missouri's current financial crunch results in less state funding for schools that many district would like to have...
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Area fire departments get key equipment
(Editorial ~ 06/16/03)
People who live in the East County Fire Protection District or in Cape Girardeau and Scott City have better fire protection now. All three fire departments now own $7,500 thermal imaging cameras. The cameras "see" through walls for up to about 200 yards, identifying hot spots quickly. The departments were able to save a little money by pooling their purchases...
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Stuckey, Hopkins going pro
(College Sports ~ 06/16/03)
Southeast Missouri State University standouts Denver Stuckey and Brian Hopkins were disappointed when they were not selected in the recent baseball draft. But Stuckey and Hopkins will both have the opportunity to play professional baseball -- although not yet with a major league organization -- as they have hooked up with teams in the independent Frontier League...
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FanFare 5/16
(Other Sports ~ 06/16/03)
Briefly Baseball The Kansas City Royals purchased the contract of right-hander Jose Lima from Triple-A Omaha on Sunday and optioned righty Nate Field to Omaha. Lima, a 10-year veteran and 21-game winner in 1999 with Houston, had been pitching in the independent Atlantic League before the Royals signed him last week. He started on Sunday against San Francisco...
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Area digest 6/16/03
(Other Sports ~ 06/16/03)
Squaws' Hoeh chosen player of the year St. Vincent senior Caitlin Hoeh was chosen as the girls soccer player of the year for the Jefferson County Conference. Hoeh led the conference in scoring with 75 points. She is the conference career scoring leader with 109 goals and 27 assists...
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Red Lobster sets record straight about menu items
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/16/03)
To the editor: I was amazed at the inaccuracies and lack of information Rhon Abraham's review of Red Lobster contained. Some of the things that were written were downright misleading. We do not have a 6-ounce steak on our menu. Abraham enjoyed a 7-ounce filet mignon. ...
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Speak Out A 06/16/03
(Speak Out ~ 06/16/03)
Discipline options I AM a teacher. I have many things I can do as a teacher that are what a recent comment called "on the spot" discipline. I can separate students. I can put a student in the hall or give him detention. I can contact his parents and have them come in for a conference. I can have him come in at lunch or send them to the office. I can do all kinds of things to students that are all legal and supported by the courts...
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Roger Richmond
(Obituary ~ 06/16/03)
LONGVIEW, Texas -- Roger Lee Richmond, 64, of Longview was born April 7, 1939, in Advance, Mo., to Leamon and Kathleen Richmond. Mr. Richmond died Sunday morning, June 15, 2003, at a medical facility in Longview, Texas. He had lived in the Longview area since 1965...
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Gene Morton
(Obituary ~ 06/16/03)
Gene Morton, 54, of Cahokia, Ill., died Saturday, June 14, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born July 31, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, son of Bill and Maxine Cook Morton. He and Rebecca Parker were married Feb. 8, 1976, in Alabama. Morton worked as a custodian for Cahokia schools for 15 years...
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Lucille Baugher
(Obituary ~ 06/16/03)
Lucille Baugher, 83, of Thebes, Ill., died Sunday, June 15, 2003, at the home of a granddaughter in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangement are pending at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Henrietta Godwin
(Obituary ~ 06/16/03)
Henrietta Godwin, 96, of Jackson died Saturday, June 14, 2003, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born Feb. 12, 1907, in Jackson, daughter of August and Minnie Peetz Hoffmeister. She and Frank E. Godwin were married June 21, 1935. He died Jan. 18, 2002...
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Elbert Williamson
(Obituary ~ 06/16/03)
Elbert Ray Williamson, 86, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, June 15, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford & Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Coletta Heisserer
(Obituary ~ 06/16/03)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Coletta Louis Heisserer, 86, of New Hamburg, Mo., died Saturday, June 14, 2003, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Oct. 7, 1916, at Kelso, Mo., daughter of the late Joe and Elizabeth Enderle Glastetter. She and Joe P. Heisserer were married Nov. 22, 1938...
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Out of the past 6/16/03
(Out of the Past ~ 06/16/03)
10 years ago: June 16, 1993 Federal appeals court Tuesday lassoed efforts to keep about 20 wild horses roaming free along 24-mile stretch of Ozark National Scenic Riverways in southern Missouri; in 2-1 opinion, three-judge panel of 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis reversed lower court ruling and vacated injunction that prohibited National Park Service from removing horses, which live along Current and Jacks Fork rivers in Shannon County...
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Nourie's no-hitter lifts Capahas
(Community Sports ~ 06/16/03)
Jon Nourie has had several no-hitters during his baseball career but he said the thrill of pitching one never diminishes. Nourie added to his list of no-hit gems Sunday as the Cape Girardeau Craftsman Union Capahas swept a hard-fought doubleheader from the Cape Girardeau Riverdogs at Capaha Field, winning 2-1 in the opener and 2-0 behind Nourie in the second game. Both contests were seven innings...
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Republican campaign for recalling California's govenor now seen
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
LOS ANGELES -- A Republican-led campaign to recall California's Democratic governor, once dismissed as improbable, now appears poised to qualify for the ballot -- and to shake up California politics like never before. The outcome is anyone's guess, and the situation has politicians from both parties scrambling. It promises to be "a wild ride," promises one political consultant...
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Business memo 06/16/03
(Business ~ 06/16/03)
Women in ag conference to be held in September The ninth annual "Women in Agriculture" conference will be held Sept. 15 through 17 at the Victorian Inn in Cape Girardeau. The conference is being billed as for anyone "actively involved in your farm, have a career related to agriculture or have farming interest of any kind."...
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People on the move 06/16/03
(Business ~ 06/16/03)
Woman elected president of Travelers division Margret Dickerson of Jackson, a member of the Cape Girardeau Post M of Travelers Protective Association, has been elected president of the Missouri Division at a convention held in Springfield recently...
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Duncan propels Spurs to NBA title
(Professional Sports ~ 06/16/03)
SAN ANTONIO -- First came a blocked shot, one of eight rejections Tim Duncan had on the night. Next came a two-handed, overhead pass from the low post that found Stephen Jackson at the 3-point line. Swish, and the Spurs had their first lead of the night...
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Yankees finish off Cardinals
(Professional Sports ~ 06/16/03)
NEW YORK -- Suddenly, the New York Yankees look like a dominant team again. Mike Mussina pitched eight sharp innings and Robin Ventura hit a two-run double that sent New York over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 Sunday for a three-game sweep in their first meeting since the 1964 World Series...
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Robers - Open hearings on Iraqi weapons programs are possible
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee held out the possibility Sunday of open hearings in the panel's examination of the quality of prewar intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and how it was used by the Bush administration...
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Scientists discover why dengue fever gets worse the second time
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
WASHINGTON -- While some diseases leave the patient with immunity against future attacks, people with dengue fever get sicker the second time around. Scientists now believe they know why, and their finding may help lead to ways to fight the dangerous mosquito-borne illness...
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Sept. 11 survivor adds personal touch to work of commission
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
WASHINGTON -- Of the 30 people on duty in the Pentagon's Navy Command Center the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, only one -- Lt. Kevin Shaeffer -- survived the crash of a hijacked airliner. He is again standing out, now as one of 60 employees of the independent commission studying the events of that day...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 6/16/03
(Local News ~ 06/16/03)
7 p.m. tonight City Hall, 401 Independence Study session at 5 p.m. Public hearingsn A public hearing regarding the proposed annual operating budget for fiscal year 2003-2004. A public hearing regarding the request of George A. and Karen I. Graham for a special-use permit for a small engine repair shop at 1335 Westhill Drive in an R-2, single family residential district...
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Role of fossil fuels, nuclear power complicate talks
(National News ~ 06/16/03)
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration wants to enlist European support for an international partnership to develop hydrogen energy, but differences over fossil fuels and nuclear power are complicating the talks. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, who was outlining the administration's hydrogen policy at a conference in Belgium on Monday, planned to emphasize that the United States is committed to developing renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power. ...
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Celebration scheduled for Saturday
(Local News ~ 06/16/03)
The National Park Service at Ozark National Scenic Riverways is making plans to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps at Big Spring State Park on Saturday. The all-day event includes opportunities for the public to listen, learn and experience what it was like to be a CCC enrollee...
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College promotes literacy with family program
(Local News ~ 06/16/03)
Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Ill., is offering family programs this week and in July to promote literacy. Children will meet the main character of Dr. Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat" during the reading activities from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday and again on July 18 at Shawnee Community College Library. The program will focus on 4- to 9-year-olds, with younger and older siblings and parents also welcome. The library is in the lower level of Building H on the main campus...
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Community Q&A 06/16/03
(Local News ~ 06/16/03)
Name: Sara Rackley Lives in: Jackson Family: I have one sister. Job: I'm a hairdresser at Great Clips in Jackson. What do you like most about the area? The people. ...
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Missouri 4-H'ers chosen to go to national convention in Atlanta
(Local News ~ 06/16/03)
Thirty 4-H members from across the state will head to Atlanta, Ga., to represent Missouri at the National 4-H Congress Nov. 28 to Dec. 2. The winners were announced during the State 4-H Congress, held June 4 to 6 at the University of Missouri-Columbia...
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Community briefs 06/16/03
(Local News ~ 06/16/03)
Wampler family reunion to be held Sunday The Wampler family reunion will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday in Cape County Park South at pavilion 22. For more information, call Janene Givens at 243-7137. Smelterville reunion to be planned at park A meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Ranney Street Park shelter to plan for the Smelterville reunion this year. Anyone wishing to help is welcome...
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Jackson center's walk-a-thon succeeds despite rainy weather
(Local News ~ 06/16/03)
The Jackson Senior Center's annual Meals-On-Wheels walk-a-thon saw a big turnout despite the rain on May 16. Tom Novak, event sponsor, spoke briefly on the importance of the walk-a-thon and how the Jackson community supports it. Community members' efforts in helping one another after the tornado could not go unnoticed and was mentioned in his speech...
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VA accepting applications for homeless program grants
(Local News ~ 06/16/03)
The Department of Veterans Affairs is accepting applications from public and nonprofit private groups for $8 million in grants to develop or expand programs that help veterans recover from homelessness. Since 1994, VA's Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program has provided assistance to community and faith-based organizations, Indian tribal governments, as well as state and local governments that provide critical services to homeless veterans...
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World briefs 6/16/03
(Local News ~ 06/16/03)
Report: Japanese police seek arrest of U.S. soldier TOKYO -- Japanese police requested an arrest warrant today for a U.S. Marine accused of raping a woman on the southern island of Okinawa, according to a news report. The alleged attack against a 19-year-old woman spurred Japan's prime minister to call Friday for stricter discipline among U.S. forces in Japan...
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Cape police report 6/16/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/16/03)
Cape Girardeau Monday,June 16 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Victoria Overby, 34, of 111 Samptle, Apt. 5, Marble Hill, Mo., was arrested Friday on a Bollinger County warrant for distribution of a controlled substance...
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Cape/Jackson fire reports 6/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/16/03)
Cape Girardeau Monday,June 16 Firefighters responded Saturday to the following items: At 8:30 p.m., medical assist at 105 S. Spanish. At 11:17 p.m., medical assist at Good Hope and Lorimier. At 11:36 p.m., medical assist at 1 Arena Park Drive.Firefighters responded Sunday to the following items:...
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Slipping in skills at summer school Students like the relaxed a
(Local News ~ 06/16/03)
Jackson students are learning "All about Missouri" in their lessons. By Callie Clark ~ Southeast Missourian They're racing snails and worms in Scott City. They're making maps out of cookie dough and building birdhouses in Jackson...
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