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Some reasons for time off push credibility limits
(National News ~ 02/02/04)
We have long cherished these times as American workers -- personal days, mental health days, sick-child time, etc. Yet many seem to stretch the bounds of credulity when explaining to the boss why they need time off, according to a query of 150 human resource, finance and marketing executives from the 1,000 largest U.S. companies...
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Nation/world briefs 2/2/04
(International News ~ 02/02/04)
Ariz. hostage crisis ends with safe release of guard BUCKEYE, Ariz. -- A corrections officer was released Sunday from the prison guard tower where she had been held hostage by a pair of inmates for two weeks, a Corrections Department spokeswoman said. ...
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Saudi Hajj pilgrimage marred by stampede
(International News ~ 02/02/04)
MINA, Saudi Arabia -- At least 244 people were trampled to death and hundreds more hurt Sunday under the crush of worshippers in one of the deadliest disasters during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. The stampede occurred during the stoning of the devil, an emotional and notoriously perilous hajj ritual. Pilgrims frantically throw rocks, shout insults or hurl their shoes at three stone pillars -- acts that are supposed to demonstrate their deep disdain for Satan...
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Colombian village formerly controlled by rebels now empty
(International News ~ 02/02/04)
UNION PENEYA, Colombia -- Christmas trees still adorn living rooms, clothes spill out of flung-open drawers, testifying to the haste in which nearly 1,500 villagers fled this southern Colombian town in early January as the army closed in. Rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, ordered everyone to leave the town on Jan. 4, said Antonio Burgos, 83, the only remaining resident in Union Peneya...
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Islamic militant leaderfs are targets for assassination
(International News ~ 02/02/04)
JERUSALEM -- The leaders of violent Islamic groups are targets for assassination, Israel's defense minister said Sunday, raising the possibility of a further escalation in the three years of Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed. Shaul Mofaz issued the threat in response to a declaration by the spiritual leader of Hamas, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, that the group plans an all-out effort to kidnap Israeli soldiers...
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Mass parliamentary resignation in Iran deepens election crisis
(International News ~ 02/02/04)
TEHRAN, Iran -- More than one-third of Iran's lawmakers resigned in protest Sunday over disputed elections and the parliamentary speaker charged ruling clerics with trampling on the rights of his countrymen. Speaker Mahdi Karroubi appealed to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to help resolve the crisis caused by disqualification of thousands of liberal candidates from the Feb. 20 vote...
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Suicide blasts kill 56 people in north Iraq
(International News ~ 02/02/04)
IRBIL, Iraq -- Two suicide bombers with explosives wired to their bodies struck the offices of the country's two main Kurdish parties in nearly simultaneous attacks Sunday, killing at least 56 people and wounding more than 235 in the deadliest assault in Iraq in six months...
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Poll - Majority of Missouri voters thinking domestic issues
(State News ~ 02/02/04)
ST. LOUIS -- The economy outpaces the war on terrorism and debate about health care and education as the top issue on the minds of Missourians heading into the state's presidential primary Tuesday, a new poll shows. A majority of the 804 likely voters surveyed Wednesday through Friday for the St. ...
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Three die in St. Louis house fire
(State News ~ 02/02/04)
ST. LOUIS -- Three people, including a 9-year-old boy, were killed early Sunday when flames swept through much of their two-story home as they slept, fire officials said. A 73-year-old occupant of the house was helped to safety by a neighbor before the fire quickly spread, killing the surviving woman's 74-year-old husband, a 90-year-old woman and the boy, St. Louis Fire Department spokeswoman Kim Bacon said...
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Centenarian ailing, grieving after losing husband of 82 years
(State News ~ 02/02/04)
ST. LOUIS -- Over an astounding 82 years of marriage, George and Amelia Limpert seldom were apart. Even when he first cast eyes on her the year after World War I ended, he drilled a hole in the factory wall between them so he could watch her work. As centenarians with grandchildren who themselves are grandparents, they held hands. ...
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Presidential rivals work to sway large pool of undecided voters
(National News ~ 02/02/04)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Democratic presidential rivals worked across several time zones Sunday to sway undecided voters in states with contests early this week. Howard Dean conceded making an "enormous gamble" by spending so much in Iowa and New Hampshire only to lose both states. "It didn't work," he said...
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Nation pauses to remember anniversary of Columbia fall
(National News ~ 02/02/04)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- One year after Columbia broke apart and fell in flaming streaks from the Texas sky, NASA workers who launched the shuttle and its seven astronauts and then gathered up the remains stood united in sorrow Sunday at the precise moment of destruction...
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NASA engineers delete files from Spirit
(National News ~ 02/02/04)
LOS ANGELES -- NASA said Sunday its Spirit rover was a week away from rolling on Mars again and that the software problem vexing the spacecraft may trouble both it and its twin, Opportunity, for the duration of their double-barreled mission. Engineers deleted more files from Spirit's flash memory but held off from reformatting it completely until today -- giving them more time to diagnose ongoing problems, mission manager Mark Adler said. NASA originally planned to perform the task Saturday...
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Vietnamese sisters may have caught bird flu from brother
(International News ~ 02/02/04)
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Two Vietnamese sisters who died from bird flu may have caught the disease from their brother, which would be the first known case involving human-to-human transmission in the outbreak now sweeping Asia, the World Health Organization said Sunday...
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Area panel weighs in on Super Bowl ads
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
Remember the Budweiser frogs? Or maybe you recall the Visa check card commercial with Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets and baseball great Yogi Berra. Both commercials aired during past Super Bowl games before an audience of millions. As much as the Super Bowl is about football, it's also about selling products. With an estimated 100 million viewers, it's the commercials that everyone will be talking about for weeks to come...
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Part of the package
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
Over the next month, local students will answer trivia questions about Frederick Douglass and learn the meaning of the song "Follow the Drinking Gourd." They'll write essays about what being black meant in America before desegregation and will watch "The Rosa Parks Story" on television...
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Advocacy group using art sales to close funding gap
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
A child advocacy group in Cape Girardeau plans to auction framed artwork Feb. 13 in an effort to raise thousands of dollars to fill the budget gap created by the loss of most of its state funding. The artwork will include everything from lithographs and etchings to watercolors and original oils -- most priced between $50 and $300, said organizers of the "Home Is Where the Art Is" auction...
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Prisoners paying off in tight budget times
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
The revenue produced by Cape Girardeau County's prisoner housing agreement with the U.S. Marshals Service increased by $139,308 in 2003, an encouraging sign for a county that is seeing its bottom line go in the other direction. In total, the prisoner housing agreement brought $810,426 to the county in 2003. The money is deposited into the general revenue fund and dispersed to all county departments, but county officials say the revenue offsets the expensive sheriff's department...
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Designer trying to give robots the human touch
(Business ~ 02/02/04)
DALLAS -- With her sparkling blue eyes, wispy eyelashes and demure smile, Hertz is the center of attention wherever she goes. If you're lucky enough to meet her, try to ignore the tangle of wires slinking from behind her face. If you speak with her, talk slowly and loudly. And no matter what you say, don't be offended if she looks at you blankly and repeatedly asks, "What did you say?"...
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401(k) providers offering individual attention
(Business ~ 02/02/04)
NEW YORK -- Help is on the way for workers who find it difficult to manage their 401(k) retirement accounts. Many employees already have free access to Internet-based calculators, which allow them to set savings goals, evaluate their risk tolerance and choose investments. But some are befuddled when it comes to selecting specific funds or rebalancing their accounts...
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A legacy of healing
(Business ~ 02/02/04)
A lighter moment was a 3 a.m. call with a worried pet owner asking why her canary had stopped singing. A scarier one was the realization he was looking into the mouth of a rabid dog. These are the moments -- good and bad -- that Jackson veterinarian Dr. Charles Cox will cherish as he soon settles into retirement after a long and memorable career that has spanned three decades...
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Drugs for bird flu pandemic limited
(National News ~ 02/02/04)
Prescription flu drugs could provide lifesaving early protection against bird flu if the virus disastrously mutates into a worldwide pandemic, but experts warn that supplies will quickly run out unless governments stockpile the medicines. Early talks are going on between the U.S. government and one maker about providing a large quantity for use in a pandemic, but at best the medicine is still months away...
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Tech geek names son version 2.0
(National News ~ 02/02/04)
HOLLAND, Mich. -- Tacking Jr. or II onto a boy's name is too common, a new father decided, so the self-described engineering geek took a software approach to naming his newborn son. Jon Blake Cusack talked his wife, Jamie, into naming their son Jon Blake Cusack 2.0...
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Tax cuts, terror fight top Bush spending list, campaign
(National News ~ 02/02/04)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush is sending Congress a $2.4 trillion budget that emphasizes the major themes of his re-election campaign -- bolstering the military to fight terrorism, strengthening homeland security and making his sweeping tax cuts permanent...
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Highway bill hits snag over gas tax increase
(National News ~ 02/02/04)
WASHINGTON -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee put off a vote on a six-year, $375 billion transportation bill because of disagreements with GOP leaders and the White House over raising the gasoline tax. The committee chairman, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, and the ranking Democrat, Rep. Jim Oberstar of Minnesota, want a 5-cent per gallon increase in the federal gas tax, currently 18.4 cents a gallon. The tax finances the highway trust fund...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
Today, 7 p.m. City hall, 401 Independence Study session at 5 p.m. Public Hearings A public hearing regarding the request of Southeast Missouri Hospital to rezone 413 and 415 Louisiana St. from an R-3, two family dwelling district, to an R-4, multi-family dwelling district...
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Harold Enke
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
Harold J. Enke, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Nov. 15, 1917, in St. Louis, son of Walter J. and Linda P. Wachter Enke. He and Rosa A. Perr were married Sept. 27, 1941, at New Wells. She preceded him in death March 14, 1998...
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Jo Ruth Hoover
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
Jo Ruth Brewer Hoover, 73, of Jackson died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born Feb. 29, 1930, in Mountain View, Ark., daughter of H. Clay Brewer and Rubye Evans Brewer. She and William C. Hoover were married Sept. 1, 1950, in Mountain View...
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Rose Hecht
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
Rose Marie Hecht, 68, of Jackson, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2004, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 10, 1935, at Shawneetown, daughter of Otto and Rosa Roth. She and Melvin Hecht were married May 8, 1954. He preceded her in death Sept. 13, 1994...
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Delores Toohey
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Delores M. Toohey, 77, of Perryville died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, at her home. She was born Aug. 14, 1926, at Sparta, Ill., daughter of Howard and Mary Montgomery Will-iamson. She and Frances J. Toohey Jr. were married Sept. 11, 1952...
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Michael Heaton
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
Michael Curtis Heaton, 17, of Jackson died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 8, 1986, son of Paul and Stephanie Linkenhoker Heaton. He was a sophomore at Jackson High School. He and his family moved to Jackson in 1998 from Groton, Conn...
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Ara Parmley
(Obituary ~ 02/02/04)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Ara Parmley, 89, of Dongola died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, at Tender Care Nursing Home in Midland, Mich. Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Crain Funeral Home in Dongola.
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Out of the past 2/2/04
(Out of the Past ~ 02/02/04)
10 years ago: Feb. 2, 1994 Scott City Council gathered for unannounced meeting Monday night and, without news media present, discussed its plan of action regarding riverboat gambling; result of meeting was decision to put forth city ordinance at regular council meeting that would allow voters to decide whether they want riverboat gambling in Scott City...
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Community briefs 02/02/04
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
Women in Agriculture meets on Thursday Scott County Women in Agriculture will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday at the USDA office, Highway 77, Benton, Mo. For more information, call Kay Dover at the USDA Center at (573) 545-9027. Riverside Regional Library announces story times...
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We should have today off -- to recover
(Sports Column ~ 02/02/04)
It's a shame we have to go to work today. Hopefully it snowed and I don't have to, but even if the streets are clear we shouldn't be on them. The Super Bowl should be a national holiday and all schools, banks and businesses (except Wal-Mart) should be closed today...
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Patterson leaving SEMO for Tuskegee
(College Sports ~ 02/02/04)
Southeast Missouri State University cornerback Dimitri Patterson, who made two NCAA Division I-AA All-American teams following a standout junior season, will not finish his playing career with the Indians. Patterson said Sunday he recently informed Indians' coaches that he plans to leave Southeast following the current semester in order to transfer to Tuskegee University, an NCAA Division II school in Alabama, where he will play his final season of college football this fall...
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Speak Out 02/02/04
(Speak Out ~ 02/02/04)
Middle-class burden YES, TAXES are held out of everyone's paycheck. But at tax time lower-income people file for earned income credit and get much more money back than they paid in. Where does that money come from? The middle-class person who works hard to get ahead. It sure doesn't come from the wealthy. They get all the tax breaks. No matter what anyone says, you will never convince me that the middle-class does not support this country...
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Online voting
(Editorial ~ 02/02/04)
The Cincinnati Post Online voting via the Internet has a certain superficial appeal. It's quick, simple and the convenience of voting from home might draw more people into the democratic process. But none of those positives outweighs the potential threat to honest elections. Internet voting is vulnerable to hackers, worms and viruses, and there's no way to ensure the integrity of the ballots...
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Community cuisine 02/02/04
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
Zion United Methodist holding chili supper Zion United Methodist Church of Old Appleton will serve a chili/stew supper in its fellowship hall from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Children under 6 eat free. Goodies will be for sale at the country store. Chili supper to benefit children's center...
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Military digest 02/02/04
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
Marine finishes combat engineering course Marine Corps Pfc. Shane R. Crites, son of Donna S. Russom and Dennis K. Crites, both of Fredericktown, Mo., recently graduated from the Marine Corps Basic Combat Engineer Course at Marine Corps Engineer School, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
Today, 9 a.m. County administrative building Routine business None Action Domestic Violence Authority Board request to disburse funds Copi-Rite agreement 911 request to add software to Delta Firehouse computer system...
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Telephone call reveals Cape ties between two Treasury employees
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
Cape Girardeau native discovers Cape Girardeau A common interest with her Washington DC coworker When Teresa Rutledge phoned in an order to Knaup's Floral in Cape Girardeau she soon discovered Chris Walker, a St. Louis native, had ties to her hometown of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Blood drives set for this week
(Local News ~ 02/02/04)
The American Red Cross is again urging people to donate blood because the supply is low. Area blood drives planned this week are from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Central Middle School, from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Mount Auburn Christian Church; from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at D-Mart Homes in Jackson...
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Cape police report 2/2/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/02/04)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Kristy M. Jones of Cape Girar-deau and Brittney N. Vonnida of Thebes, Ill., were arrested Saturday on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance...
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Cape fire report 2/2/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/02/04)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday: At 4:33 p.m., alarm sounding at 429 N. Frederick St. At 7:37 p.m., fire at 1229 Sailer Circle. At 8:18 p.m., alarm sounding at 1050 Greek Drive. Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Business memo 02/02/04
(Business ~ 02/02/04)
Internships to be topic for First Friday Coffee Opportunities for intern programs offered through Southeast Missouri State University will be the featured topic for First Friday Coffee at 7 a.m. Friday at the Show Me Center. Speaker is Jerry Westbrook. The event is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce...
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People on the move 02/02/04
(Business ~ 02/02/04)
Two named directors of state chamber board Two Cape Girardeau residents were recently elected to the board of directors of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce. Kathy Swan, president of JCS/Tel-Link, and John Mehner, president and CEO of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, will serve on the board...
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Bollinger County college
(Editorial ~ 02/02/04)
Residents in Bollinger County like the area's remote appeal, but a group of the county's school superintendents don't want that to hinder their students' access to higher education. A committee of 20 people, including representatives from all four of the county's schools, have been meeting to look at the possibility of creating an education center where students could take college courses...
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New England claims second Super Bowl in three years
(Professional Sports ~ 02/02/04)
HOUSTON -- Houston, we have a champion. And once again, the New England Patriots have Adam Vinatieri's foot to thank for a Super Bowl victory. Tom Brady set up Vinatieri's 41-yard field goal with 4 seconds left to give New England its second NFL championship in three seasons with a thrilling 32-29 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday night...
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