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Jackson school district losing money
(Local News ~ 11/14/03)
An audit of the Jackson School District's finances confirmed what officials there have been saying for the past year: they're losing money quickly. The Jackson School Board approved this week a financial audit for the 2002-03 school year performed by Larson, Allen, Weishair & Co., LLP in St. Louis...
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Meadow Heights bookkeeper fired over accounting 'discrepancies'
(Local News ~ 11/14/03)
PATTON, Mo. -- Missing money at the Meadow Heights School District has prompted the firing of an employee and an investigation by local law enforcement. Superintendent Mike Miller confirmed Thursday that a criminal investigation was taking place following the firing of a bookkeeper...
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Challenge raises questions about reporting child abuse
(State News ~ 11/14/03)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Jill Geary Patterson keeps a picture of a smiling, seemingly carefree boy jumping on a trampoline with her at the Greene County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. The 7-year-old is a stark reminder about the wisdom of a state law requiring health-care workers and others who care for children to call authorities if they suspect abuse...
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Alabama judge ousted over refusal to move monument
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who became a hero to religious conservatives for refusing to remove his granite Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse, was thrown off the bench Thursday by a judicial ethics panel for having "placed himself above the law."...
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Lawmakers pull all-nighter on judicial nominees
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush delivered a wake-up call to the Senate on Thursday, punctuating an all-night talkathon with a demand for an "up or down" vote on four of his appellate court nominees blocked by Democrats. Standing in the Oval Office with three women whose nominations have been stalled, Bush launched his broadside as Democrats and Republicans took turns at the microphone during a marathon session organized by majority Republicans to protest Democratic filibusters...
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Cautious cutbacks
(Editorial ~ 11/14/03)
While local school districts are finding ways to cope with tight budgets and new federal education standards, schools across the country are facing the same money problems. Some are trying out changes designed to save costs, but the question is whether the benefits outweigh the problems...
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Swingle deserves thanks for writing honest column
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/14/03)
To the editor: In response to his guest column "Warning: Licentious sex is unconstitutional!" please tell Morley Swingle I said thank you for his honesty in the writing of this article. I think he's a stand-up guy. I wish I ran across more like him...
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Jackson losing excellent officer from K-9 unit
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/14/03)
To the editor: In response to the article "Jackson K-9 police officer resigns": I think the way the article on Kevin Harris was written up was a good way to show that he is a decent person but is only leaving his position because of a situation he didn't have a part in. He has always been a excellent officer and trainer for the K-9 unit in Jackson. I am sure the police department knows what it is losing...
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Constitution's ban should apply to officers too
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/14/03)
To the editor: In response to the article "Judge blocks concealed guns measure": I hope, since Missouri's Constitution mandates that keeping and bearing arms "does not justify carrying concealed." that the enlightened governor will issue a proclamation to all law enforcers stating that their backup pieces (usually carried concealed) are now illegal and that the use of same will violate the Missouri Constitution...
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Players benefit raises $2,412 for Lynn funeral
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/14/03)
To the editor: A very special thanks to all the friends and patrons from Players who showed their love and support at Saturday's benefit for our dear missed friend, Terry Lynn. We also sincerely appreciate the musicians and volunteers who showed their support, as well as the food preparation by Justin Barns from Show-Me's Restaurant...
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MoDOT apology would at least be a good start
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/14/03)
To the editor: Your defense of the Missouri Department of Transportation is very brave. However, MoDOT has no credibility as shown by the gas tax vote failure last year. Given that we need good roads and the voters have good reason to no longer trust MoDOT, what should the residents of Missouri do?...
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Lions clubs collect 1,014 pairs of glasses
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/14/03)
To the editor: The Lions clubs of Cape Girardeau would like to thank the residents of Cape Girardeau and Jackson for another successful Lions Looking for Lenses campaign. We collected 1,014 pairs of used eyeglasses and several used hearing aids. Thanks also goes to the Cape Girardeau and Jackson post office personnel for their help again this year...
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Republic needs God's guidance more than judges
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/14/03)
To the editor: I read David Limbaugh's piece on judicial activism, and he really hit the nail on the head, calling it insidious. It's bad enough that some judges reinterpret the U.S. Constitution to suit their own political ideas: support and protect sodomy, pull the Ten Commandments off and out of all public buildings and take prayer and Bible study out of schools. ...
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Oscar Kasten
(Obituary ~ 11/14/03)
Oscar "Buster" Kasten, 95, formerly of Jackson and Altenburg, Mo., fell asleep in Jesus Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, at Saxony Village in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 31, 1908, in Pocahontas, son of August and Caroline Engelhart Kasten. He and Irma Leimer were married May 7, 1933...
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Marvin Boxdorfer
(Obituary ~ 11/14/03)
Marvin Everett Boxdorfer, 69, of Fruitland died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 24, 1934, in Perryville, Mo., son of Leonard G. and Minnie C. Deimund Boxdorfer. He and Ruth Ann Reisenbichler were married March 22,1980, at Florissant, Mo...
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Chris Lynch
(Obituary ~ 11/14/03)
Christopher Edward Lynch, 45, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, in Scott City. He was born Sept. 14, 1958, in Cape Girardeau, son of Donald Edward and Mary Lou Robinson Lynch. He and Nancy Crites were married April 12, 1981, in Cape Girardeau...
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Wilburn Colyer
(Obituary ~ 11/14/03)
Wilburn Colyer, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Helen Creacy
(Obituary ~ 11/14/03)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Helen Irene Laws Creacy, 88, of Ullin died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003. She was born April 23, 1915, in Mounds, Ill., daughter of DeVere and Nellie Tanner Parmley. She first married Tobi Laws, who died March 12, 1972. She later married Orville J. "Bud" Creacy, who died April 27, 1992...
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U.S. trade deficit widens; imports reach record high
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
WASHINGTON --The U.S. trade deficit widened to $41.3 billion in September as imports climbed to an all-time monthly high, a fresh sign of Americans' hearty appetite for foreign-made goods. Exports, however, also posted a solid gain. The latest snapshot of the country's trade activity showed that the trade gap grew by 4.4 percent in September from August's $39.5 billion imbalance, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. ...
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FBI documents detail witness' racial remarks
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
WASHINGTON -- A government chemist who testified in the Washington sniper case kept a "sloppy" office that raised concerns of contaminated evidence and has made numerous racially insensitive remarks, according to evidence the government has had for more than a decade...
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Gagne converts his season of saves into Cy Young title
(Professional Sports ~ 11/14/03)
NEW YORK -- Eric Gagne was almost as perfect in NL Cy Young Award voting as he was on the mound. The relief pitcher who converted all 55 of his save chances this year received 28 of 32 first-place votes and 146 points to win the honor Thursday from the Baseball Writers' Association of America...
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U.S. uses 'get-tough' plan on militants in Iraq
(International News ~ 11/14/03)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Japan put off a decision Thursday on sending troops to Iraq, a day after the deadliest attack on coalition forces since the war, and South Korea capped its contribution at 3,000 soldiers -- new setbacks to U.S. hopes for easing the pressure on its forces...
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Don't revise Civil War history
(Column ~ 11/14/03)
By Clint E. Lacy Your insert in the Veterans Day edition of the Southeast Missourian would have been a fine tribute to our nation's veterans had the writers of the insert not stained the honor of the veterans' memories by taking the opportunity to interject political correctness into it...
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Scott City track star signs letter with KSU
(High School Sports ~ 11/14/03)
She's an 11-time all-state track athlete and one of the most decorated track and field athletes in Southeast Missouri history. And now Loren Groves, a senior at Scott City High School, has made it official that she will go to Kansas State University to continue her track and field career...
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Malibu makes a comeback
(Column ~ 11/14/03)
srobertson Mention 1964 and some folks think of the New York World's Fair. For others it was the struggle for equality and the enactment of the Civil Rights Act. 1964 was the year of the Yankee/Cardinals World Series Game, the Beatles' invasion and the escalation of the Vietnam War...
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You can order almost anything ...
(Column ~ 11/14/03)
The mail carriers at our house are nice people. Whenever I'm outside when the mail arrives, they wave and say hello. I like that. I like living in a town where mail carriers and the clerk at the grocery store and the waitress at your favorite breakfast spot know who you are and make a point of being neighborly...
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Green settles in for a new ride
(Professional Sports ~ 11/14/03)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Every time Trent Green takes the field for Kansas City's first series, coach Dick Vermeil tells his quarterback, "I love you, buddy." Green grins and tells the older man he loves him, too. Then, anchored by a player-coach bond rarely seen in the here-today, gone-tomorrow world of professional sports, the NFL's leading offense goes to work...
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Presidential candidate gives $7 billion higher ed plan
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
HANOVER, N.H. -- Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean on Thursday offered a plan to provide college students with $10,000 a year in federal financial aid as part of his $7.1 billion higher education program. Arguing that President Bush's tax cuts have resulted in cuts in Pell grants and other financial help, Dean proposed that students be entitled to $10,000 for post-secondary schooling, whether at a traditional college or university or in high-skills training...
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Muhammad sniper trial goes to jury; Malvo's continues
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The jury in John Allen Muhammad's murder trial got the case Thursday after the prosecutor said during closing arguments that Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo formed "a sniper-spotter killing team" with Muhammad as the "captain."...
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Learning to cut rugs
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
WHEATON, Ill. -- Tonight dance history changes when as many as 1,200 students at Wheaton College will gather in the gym for the first real dance in the school's 143-year history. Which explains why students in recent days have been seeking out classmates who know this stuff and looking for places where they can practice. And it explains why on Monday night and Tuesday night, dozens of students packed a room on campus for a quick dance lesson...
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Odd-sized wedding gowns stolen
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Jennifer Schultz-Hurt can't understand it. Neither can Lincoln police. Why would someone steal 75 wedding gowns from Schultz-Hurt's store? Sometime between 6 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Tuesday, the gowns, valued at $37,500, were taken from the Bridal Gown Outlet, police said...
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Wynonna Judd charged for drunken driving
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country singer Wynonna Judd was charged with driving under the influence early Thursday after a city police officer stopped her speeding Land Rover not far from Music Row. Judd had an odor of alcohol about her, had watery eyes and dilated pupils, and didn't remember how many drinks she had consumed, police reported...
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Canadian prime minister ending four-decade career
(International News ~ 11/14/03)
TORONTO -- A grateful Liberal Party told Jean Chretien "au revoir" Thursday night with a star-filled tribute to thank the retiring prime minister for a 40-year political career culminated by a decade in power. The celebration on the opening night of a convention to choose a new party leader, and by extension prime minister, overlooked divisions of the past two years from the rivalry between Chretien and his successor, former Finance Minister Paul Martin...
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Palestinian and Israeli leaders prepare for summit
(International News ~ 11/14/03)
JERUSALEM -- Looking ahead for the first time after months of impasse, the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers on Thursday prepared for a summit, possibly within days. Despite conciliatory statements, however,expectations are low that the U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan can be revived. Neither side appears closer to making concessions -- a crackdown on militant groups by the Palestinians, a removal of dozens of settlement outposts by Israel...
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Test results trigger MLB steroid penalties
(Professional Sports ~ 11/14/03)
NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball will begin penalizing players for steroid use next season after learning that more than 5 percent of this year's tests came back positive. Suspicions of steroid use had run high recently as bulked-up sluggers set all sorts of home run records. Stars like Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa denied taking the drugs...
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Lavonia Dunker
(Obituary ~ 11/14/03)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Lavonia E. Dunker, 94, of Cairo died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003, at Daystar Care Center. She was born March 14, 1909, in Blandville, Ky., daughter of Kenneth and Effie Hutcherson Caldwell. She married Harry Joseph Dunker, who preceded her in death...
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Irlene Groves
(Obituary ~ 11/14/03)
THEBES, Ill. -- Irlene Genevieve Groves, 77, of Thebes died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 19, 1926, in Benton, Ill., daughter of Oliver P. and Edith Cruson Farley. She and Clyde Groves were married in April 1947...
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Vesta Bittle
(Obituary ~ 11/14/03)
ANNA, Ill. -- Vesta D. Bittle, 85, of Anna died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 2, 1918, in Jonesboro, Ill., daughter of Louie Joe and Nona Redman Turner. She and Lawrence "Hog" Bittle were married April 6, 1939, in Jackson. He died Dec. 12, 1992...
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Sports briefs 11/14/03
(Other Sports ~ 11/14/03)
Baseball Former major leaguer Ozzie Canseco intends to plead guilty next week to possessing an illegal anabolic steroid and to a felony traffic charge, his attorney said. The former Cardinal and twin brother of former All-Star slugger Jose Canseco was charged in May with possessing an illegal anabolic steroid, driving with a revoked license and possession of drug paraphernalia...
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Otahkians debut with Top-25 test
(College Sports ~ 11/14/03)
Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team certainly isn't easing into the season. The Otahkians' regular-season schedule opens with an 8 p.m. game today at 19th-ranked Utah in the opening round of the Preseason NIT. "It's a big challenge for us to open our season, but we're looking forward to it," Southeast coach B.J. Smith said. "I'm anxious to see how we react and play against that type of team. I think we're ready."...
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Cape councilman picks up the town trash
(Local News ~ 11/14/03)
Politics can be a dirty business, particularly when you're out there picking up the trash. Cape Girardeau city Councilman Jay Purcell rode on the back of a garbage truck and picked up trash on Monday just to get a better understanding of the job performed by city sanitation workers...
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Without revenue, the village of Biehle vanishes
(Local News ~ 11/14/03)
BIEHLE, Mo. -- A financial drought has claimed the village of Biehle and ended its official existence. Twelve years ago, the Buchheit family initiated the town's incorporation to fund a fire district. But the sales tax fount that once enabled Biehle to pay for its basic operating costs and fund the surrounding fire district has dried up, and the village was disincorporated earlier this month...
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SEMO cuts jobs, three majors
(Local News ~ 11/14/03)
Southeast Missouri State University will cut operating costs by eliminating three academic programs, restructuring others, and trimming expenses in nonacademic areas including athletics. The board of regents, with little comment on Thursday night, voted to eliminate degree programs in geography, sociology and geosciences and restructure others by June 2005...
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Concealed gun case may hit high court in February
(State News ~ 11/14/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Attorneys who successfully challenged Missouri's new concealed guns law have asked the state Supreme Court to hear appeal arguments no sooner than Feb. 9 -- at least two months later than the expedited schedule sought by the state attorney general...
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Zoe's world - Author says she doesn't want to be teen spokesman
(Entertainment ~ 11/14/03)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Do not call Zoe Trope the poster child for the Baby Boomlet generation. Do not remark on the fact that, at the tender age of 15, she managed to secure a $100,000 contract from a major New York publishing house for what is essentially a diary of her first two tortured years in high school, or that she pulled this off without ever revealing her true identity...
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Everybody's a critic - 'Elf'
(Entertainment ~ 11/14/03)
Three and a half stars (out of four) Tiny Tim, George Bailey É and Buddy the Elf? Will Ferrell's lovable "Buddy" may not enter the Christmas Movie Hero Hall of Fame, but he puts you in a holiday mood! Elf is the story of an orphaned baby who crawls into Santa's sack, winds up at the North Pole and is raised by elves. ...
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'Mostly Mozart' to showcase top flutist
(Entertainment ~ 11/14/03)
In the kingdom of flutists, Mark Sparks is at the least a prince. n Windplayer Magazine recently named him one of the top 10 flute players in the United States. "I think he's one of the top 10 flutists in the world," says Paul Thompson, a flutist on the music faculty at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Speak Out 11/14/03
(Speak Out ~ 11/14/03)
Lawmaking in courts WHEN ARE the liberals of this state going to figure it out. Recently we had a historic thing happen in our state. Our legislature overrode three vetoes in one special session. That is very uncommon. On our behalf, legislators passed a bill that would have made it mandatory for a woman to wait one day to have an abortion. ...
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Deer firearm season opens Saturday
(Outdoors ~ 11/14/03)
Halloween was two weeks ago today, but you'll see a lot of people wearing the color orange this weekend with the start of the Missouri firearms deer hunting season. Hunters will head out today to set up deer camps for the start of the season Saturday. The season ends Nov. 25...
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Winds cut off electricity to hundreds of thousands
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
Strong wind kicked up by a fast-moving cold front swept through the Midwest and Great Lakes and headed East on Thursday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands. A motorist died in a flooded creek in West Virginia, and a 14-year-old girl was seriously injured after a tree fell on her as she waited for a school bus in Sterling, Va...
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Study indicates medium mattress may be better than hard one
(International News ~ 11/14/03)
LONDON -- Contrary to popular belief, a firm mattress may not necessarily be best for the back, new research suggests. Doctors have traditionally recommended hard beds for people with lower-back pain, but that advice has been based on scarce evidence...
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Artifacts 11/14/03
(Entertainment ~ 11/14/03)
'Between the Wars' presented on Wednesday A concert to include music written by a Holocaust survivor will be performed Wednesday at Southeast Missouri State University. Titled "Between the Wars: Music of a Lost Generation," the concert will be given by Lorraine Glass-Harris, a violinist with the St. Louis Symphony, and her sister, Fern Glass Boyd. Boyd is a professor of music at the University of Montana...
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Math up, reading steady in national test results
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
WASHINGTON -- The nation's math report card shows promise, with more than seven in 10 fourth-graders and almost as many eighth-graders now achieving at a basic level or better. But enthusiasm over rising test scores is tempered by another figure: More than two-thirds of the students still can't do math at the level they should, based on federal standards...
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Area digest 11/14/03
(Other Sports ~ 11/14/03)
Noel wins bass fishing tournament in Illinois Brad Noel of Jackson won the BassBusters of SEMO bass fishing tournament Saturday on Lake Egypt in Southern Illinois. Brad caught his limit of bass using a Sumo Frog fished quickly across matted vegitation on main lake points...
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Nurses' strike hits one-year mark
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
PETOSKEY, Mich. -- For a year now, through the autumn chill, the winter snows, the spring rain and the summer heat, hundreds of nurses have been on strike at Northern Michigan Hospital in a dispute that illustrates what is ailing the nursing profession...
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Darrell Cornman
(Obituary ~ 11/14/03)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Darrell Lee Cornman, 67, of Glenallen died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, at his home. He was born Aug. 9, 1936, son of Everett and Fern Lutes Cornman. He married Sandra Kirkpatrick Sept. 5, 1955. Cornman was a self-employed electrician, and a member of Marble Hill Bible Chapel...
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Out of the past 11/14/03
(Out of the Past ~ 11/14/03)
10 years ago: Nov. 14, 1993 Construction of a temporary rock levee to protect property and residents in Bois Brule Levee District is 25 to 30 percent complete, according to a project manager with the Corps of Engineers. The congregation of Second Baptist Church celebrates its 126th anniversary at a special afternoon service...
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New on CD 11/14/03
(Entertainment ~ 11/14/03)
'Rock N Roll' "Let me sing a song for you, that's never been sung before," Ryan Adams bawls in the opening track of his latest album. It's almost an ironic start to a record so dense with classic rock 'n' roll. On the other hand, the phrase couldn't be more apt since Adams' fourth release cranks out the kind of great power-chord-and-feedback rock that music fans haven't heard in too long...
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Births 11/14/03
(Births ~ 11/14/03)
Sisson Son to Eli Jeremiah and Valerie Ann Sisson of Whitewater, St. Francis Medical Center, 3:54 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003. Name, Lane Michael. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Sisson is the former Valerie Hyten, daughter of Kathleen Green of Bloomfield, Mo., and Stacy Hyten of Dexter, Mo. She is an intensive in-home services specialist at Community Counseling Center. Sisson is the son of Tom and Cecilia Sisson of Cuba, Ky. He is an assistant herdsman with Schwartz Brothers Inc...
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Cape fire report 11/14/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/14/03)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded Wednesday to the following items: At 3:03 p.m., carbon monoxide detector at 2604 Melrose. At 5:13 p.m., vehicle fire at Rand and Roberts. At 5:57 p.m., line down at 629 Good Hope. At 7:21 p.m., medical assist at 1020 Bloomfield, Apt. A...
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Cape/Jackson police reports 11/14/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/14/03)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Peter J. Riley of 404 N. Lincoln, Scott City, was arrested Wednesday on Cape Girardeau warrants for failure to appear. Thefts Stealing by deceit was reported Wednesday at 1622 N. Kingshighway...
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American Indian Center meeting set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 11/14/03)
The first organizational meeting for a new American Indian Center of the Heartland will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday. The center is planned as a nonprofit cultural and educational organization serving Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, Northeast Arkansas, Western Kentucky and Tennessee. The founder and president of the center is Glinda Ladd Seabaugh...
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Nation briefs 11/14/03
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
High schoolers smoking less, not middle schoolers ATLANTA -- Smoking among U.S. high school students has declined by nearly one-fifth since 2000 but has not budged among middle-schoolers, according to a study released Thursday. Nearly one out of four high school students, 23 percent, said they had smoked tobacco in the preceding month -- a drop from 28 percent the last time the survey was conducted, two years earlier...
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Senate GOP - 30 hours straight just isn't enough
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
WASHINGTON -- Saying 30 straight hours isn't enough, Republicans vowed to keep the Senate open overnight again Thursday in an attempt to pry conservative jurists loose from Democratic filibusters. President Bush, lending his voice to the effort, accused Democrats of "shameful" inaction on his judicial nominees...
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Papers reveal Jacqueline Kennedy's grief after assassination
(National News ~ 11/14/03)
WASHINGTON -- To a grieving nation, Jacqueline Kennedy was stoic following her husband's assassination. But over games of tennis with a priest who counseled her, she apparently revealed her feelings, including thoughts of suicide. She wondered if God would separate her from her husband if she killed herself. She agonized over the existence of eternal life, and suggested that her young children might be better off if they were raised by the slain president's brother Robert and his wife Ethel...
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Region briefs 11/14/03
(State News ~ 11/14/03)
Three accused of Internet fraud through ticket scamST. LOUIS -- Three St. Louis-area men were indicted Thursday on federal charges that they duped bidders on Internet auction sites. The indictment alleges that between Oct. 2, 2002, and Feb. 13 of this year, the men monitored Internet-based auctions such as eBay for tickets related to sporting events and concerts, identifying losing bidders...
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Nation briefs 11/14/03
(State News ~ 11/14/03)
Chief Illiniwek vote to wait another day URBANA, Ill. -- The University of Illinois' newest trustee backed away Thursday from pushing a vote to retire the school's controversial American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek, once again postponing board action on the divisive issue...
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Agency draws fire for saying it found no evidence of nukes
(International News ~ 11/14/03)
VIENNA, Austria -- The U.N. atomic agency is coming under fire for saying it has no evidence that Tehran tried to make nuclear weapons. In a report detailing two decades of covert Iranian nuclear activity, the agency said Iran was guilty of numerous secret experiments, including uranium enrichment and the production of small amounts of plutonium that effectively put the nation in violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty...
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Study - Nearly 5 million Indians infected with HIV
(International News ~ 11/14/03)
NEW DELHI, India -- The virus that causes AIDS is being spread through India's general population mainly by married men, who have unprotected sex with prostitutes, according to a study released Thursday. About 610,000 Indians contracted HIV last year, increasing the overall number of infected Indians to about 4.5 million, said the study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
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Riyadh bombing intensifies pressure for democratic reform
(International News ~ 11/14/03)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- The bombing that killed 17 people in the Saudi capital is intensifying pressure for democratic reform in Saudi Arabia, and is likely to undercut the militants' support among Arabs who previously sympathized to some degree with their goals...
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A truck-based SUV fits the bill for this reader
(Column ~ 11/14/03)
Dear Tom and Ray: As a biologist, I drive off-road throughout the United States and Mexico. My 2000 four-wheel-drive Toyota Tacoma gets terrible mileage, but I have a motorcycle for my everyday (non-work) vehicle, so the mileage isn't a daily concern. ...
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