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Teen invasion - Record 16 teenagers dot U.S. Open field
(Professional Sports ~ 06/30/04)
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. -- Michelle Wie is the most famous teenager in golf. That doesn't mean she's the best. Not yet, anyway. The 14-year-old Hawaiian showed up at the U.S. Women's Open with plenty of company -- a record 16 teenagers in the 156-player field at Orchards Golf Club...
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Bananas rank among best of fruits
(Column ~ 06/30/04)
"So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate." Thus begins the biblical account of the fall from grace of Adam and Eve...
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Banker tapped, retail magnet, plight of films
(Column ~ 06/30/04)
Troy L. Wilson, president and CEO of the Montgomery Bank in Sikeston, was elected chairman of the Missouri Bankers Association at the bankers' 114th annual convention earlier this month in Branson. The Montgomery banks are located in numerous Southeast Missouri sites including Cape Girardeau and St. Louis...
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In case of hurricane, go to Waffle House
(Column ~ 06/30/04)
We are ready for a hurricane here at the Hall household. But nothing higher than a Category 2, where we lose a couple of shingles, the electricity is out for no more than two days and most roads are passable. Anything worse than that, and we'll be like the Donner Party up in here...
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Three killed by fumes from train wreck
(National News ~ 06/30/04)
SAN ANTONIO -- The collision of two freight trains released a plume of toxic fumes that killed a conductor and two people who lived nearby, investigators said Tuesday. Two others were left critically ill. A team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived to determine the cause of the crash of the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains in a rural area southwest of San Antonio...
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Al Sharpton is reality television's latest host
(Entertainment ~ 06/30/04)
NEW YORK -- Al Sharpton, who failed in his last bid for a new job -- president of the United States -- now has a job on a reality TV show that guides people on career makeovers. Spike TV, the Viacom cable channel that targets a young male audience, said Sharpton will be host for "I Hate My Job," premiering in the fall...
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Show will go on for Broadway while union negotiates contracts
(Entertainment ~ 06/30/04)
NEW YORK -- Leaders of the stage actors union, meeting in a marathon session, struggled Tuesday to reach a consensus on what to do next in their stalled negotiations with Broadway producers. The meeting began in early afternoon and continued into the evening with no announcement by the union except that the shows would go on...
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Turkish hostages reported freed by Iraqi militants
(International News ~ 06/30/04)
ANKARA, Turkey -- Insurgents in Iraq freed three Turkish hostages Tuesday, Turkey's foreign minister said, and two other Turkish captives reportedly told their families they would soon be released. The Turks were among dozens of people kidnapped in Iraq in recent months. Most have been freed, but several were slain -- two by being beheaded...
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Iraq's first full day after restoration of sovereignty
(International News ~ 06/30/04)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- It was a pretty standard Baghdad day -- strong explosions in the wee hours, a fatal roadside bombing and a fresh episode in the grim drama of hostage-taking. Iraq's first full day of sovereignty since last year's U.S.-led invasion brought more of the same to the people of its capital, struggling with dangers and deprivations...
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Tribunal appointed to try Guantanamo detainees
(International News ~ 06/30/04)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- The U.S. military has formed a five-member military tribunal to preside over the first trials of terror suspects held at its naval base in Guantanamo Bay, officials said Tuesday. An Australian and two alleged bodyguards of Osama bin Laden will be the first defendants...
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Palestinians launch rockets at town during Sharon visit
(International News ~ 06/30/04)
SDEROT, Israel -- Palestinian militants rocketed this Israeli border town Tuesday during a visit by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, underscoring Israel's helplessness in stopping the crude projectiles launched from the Gaza Strip. Five rockets hit Sderot, even though Israeli soldiers reoccupied parts of the northern Gaza Strip earlier in the day to prevent such barrages. One Sderot resident was hurt. Sharon, who was more than a mile from where the rockets struck, was unharmed...
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U.N. helicopter crash kills 24
(International News ~ 06/30/04)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- A U.N. helicopter crashed in flames on a remote hillside in Sierra Leone on Tuesday, killing all 24 peacekeepers, aid workers and others on board. U.N. mission spokeswoman Sharon McPherson said victims aboard the Russian-made Mi-8 also included the Russian crew...
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Sample recipes that serve a crowd
(Column ~ 06/30/04)
The big family reunion is this weekend, and our family is the host for the festivities. That is a bag of mixed blessings in that we do not have to travel and be away from home, but we wind up doing all the work. But that is just fine with us, and when everyone arrives it makes it all worthwhile...
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Why 'Indian' is offensive
(Column ~ 06/30/04)
By Abbie Crites-Leoni The much anticipated Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents meeting in regard to the mascot/nickname issue is today. If I'd been asked whether or not there was anything wrong with an Indian mascot five years ago, I would have said no. I am a second-generation alumna of the university...
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Redhawks makes top of list for Southeast nickname
(Local News ~ 06/30/04)
Southeast Missouri State University fans would be rooting for the Redhawks if the board of regents approves the new nickname today. School president Dr. Ken Dobbins said he will recommend the school drop its Indian and Otahkian nicknames and replace them with Redhawks. The school could end up with some type of hawk costume or even a real hawk as a mascot, he said...
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Rockets boost thrust with McGrady
(Professional Sports ~ 06/30/04)
HOUSTON -- In a blockbuster deal that gives the Houston Rockets one of basketball's most intriguing tandems, Tracy McGrady was traded to Houston in a multiplayer deal that sent Steve Francis to the Orlando Magic on Tuesday. The long-anticipated deal also sent forward Juwan Howard, and guards Tyronn Lue and Reece Gaines to the Rockets. The Magic also got guard Cuttino Mobley and forward Kelvin Cato...
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Pirates' rookie hits up Cards for first victory
(Professional Sports ~ 06/30/04)
PITTSBURGH -- St. Louis scout Jim Leyland kept repeating his message to manager Tony La Russa before the Cardinals faced Pittsburgh rookie left-hander Sean Burnett: Don't be deceived by the fact he's yet to win in the majors. Burnett backed up the former Pirates manager's scouting report by pitching six shutout innings for his first major league victory, and Tike Redman drove in two runs to lead Pittsburgh past the division-leading Cardinals 3-0 on Tuesday night...
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Police seek suspects after dogs attacked with fireworks
(National News ~ 06/30/04)
TULSA, Okla. -- Six puppies were killed, apparently by fireworks placed in their mouths, shortly after teenage boys were seen carrying Roman candles in a north Tulsa neighborhood. Animal control officers said they were following leads Tuesday but had no suspects in Sunday night's attacks...
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Williams advances with big serves
(Professional Sports ~ 06/30/04)
WIMBLEDON, England -- Pow! A 104 mph ace. Crack! A 113 mph ace. Wham! A 126 mph ace, the fastest serve ever hit by a woman at Wimbledon. When Serena Williams ends games that way, as she did during a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Tatiana Golovin on Tuesday, it's easy to understand why she's closing in on becoming just the third woman in 35 years to win three straight titles at the All England Club...
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World sports court rules against Young
(Professional Sports ~ 06/30/04)
U.S. sprinter Jerome Young should be stripped of his Sydney Olympics relay gold for flunking a steroid test in 1999, the world's top sports court ruled Tuesday in a case that pitted U.S. track officials against their international counterparts. Now, world sports officials must decide whether Young's relay teammates -- including Michael Johnson -- also should forfeit their medals...
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Saddam set for first appearance before judge
(International News ~ 06/30/04)
From wire reports Iraqis and the world will get their first glimpse of Saddam Hussein since his capture in December when he and 11 of his top lieutenants are brought to court Thursday to face war crimes charges. Already there are pretrial negotiations over permitting Saddam's foreign legal team to work in Iraq, whether to televise the proceedings and whether to reinstate the harshest penalty in Iraq's legal code: hanging by the neck until dead...
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County, Jackson go to court
(Local News ~ 06/30/04)
Jackson presented a "crystal clear" law. The county asked the court to be a "legal archaeologist." Associate Circuit Judge Byron Luber of Caruthersville, Mo., will now decide whether historical dates outweigh simplicity. The city and county put their cases on the road and bridge tax debate before a judge Tuesday, the first in-court step of this lengthy dispute...
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The library where books never leave
(Local News ~ 06/30/04)
It's a different kind of library. The books can be checked out, but neither the books nor the patrons are going anywhere. Last week the Cape Girardeau County Jail was given an assortment of books for the inmates to check out and read. Retired Southeast Missouri State University literature professor Dr. Jennie Cooper spearheaded a book drive when she learned no official library existed at the jail...
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New state law taps keg buyers for name, address, birthdate
(Local News ~ 06/30/04)
Just in time for Fourth of July celebrations, a new state law is on tap that requires kegs to be registered to their buyers. Authorities are hoping the law, which takes effect Thursday, will make underage drinking a bit harder. The legislation passed in May 2003 along with a range of issues, including allowing earlier alcohol sales on Sunday, and most of it took effect last year. But the provision on keg registration is taking effect at the start of the state's fiscal year...
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Growth in assessed valuation sluggish
(Local News ~ 06/30/04)
The sedative that has kept Cape Girardeau County's assessed valuations groggy for the past two years still hasn't worn off. Officials in the Cape Girardeau and Jackson school districts recently received estimates for this year's assessment growth, and the figures have again fallen from what they once were throughout the county...
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Rubbermaid laying off 99 employees
(Local News ~ 06/30/04)
The Rubbermaid plant in Jackson will lay off 99 of its 665 employees starting in mid-July. Mitch Robinson, executive director of the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association, said the plant will lay off the first half of the employees by July 23 and the remainder will be notified by the end of August. The layoffs will affect production, warehouse and distribution staff, and a few at the administrative level, Robinson said...
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Around the house 6/30/04
(Community ~ 06/30/04)
In the garden: Things to do this week Fertilize container plants every two weeks with a water soluble solution. Keep weeds from making seeds now. This will mean less weeding next year. Keep deadheading spent annual flowers for continued bloom. Plant zinnia seed by July 4th for late bloom in annual border. Don't pinch mums after mid-July or you may delay flowering.-- University of Missouri Extension...
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Holden signs bill to overhaul foster care
(State News ~ 06/30/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Nearly two years after the abusive death of a toddler in foster care, Gov. Bob Holden signed legislation Tuesday granting new safeguards to children and more rights to parents accused of abusing or neglecting them. Holden's signature came a year after he vetoed the legislature's first, more expansive attempt at revamping the state's foster-care system in reaction to the August 2002 death of 2-year-old Dominic James of Springfield...
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Chattanooga police rule arrest death 'accidental'
(State News ~ 06/30/04)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Two investigations concluded the death of a man who scuffled with four police officers after he ran naked on a downtown street was "accidental," police chief Steve Parks said Tuesday. Loretta Prater of Cape Girardeau disagreed, saying the death of her son, Leslie Vaughn Prater, was "absolutely murder." She is dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Jesse Culbertson Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/30/04)
Jesse Paul Culbertson Sr., 73, of Chandler, Ind., died Monday, June 28, 2004, at Columbia Health Care in Evansville, Ind. He was born June 18, 1931, at Commerce, Mo., son of Jesse Pillar and Bendia Melinda Graham Culbertson. He and Mary Ellen Finley were married Dec. 1, 1951, in Piggott, Ark...
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Clara Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 06/30/04)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Clara Elizabeth Rhodes, 81, of Glenallen died Monday, June 28, 2004, at Missouri Rehabilitation Center in Mount Vernon, Mo. She was born Sept. 16, 1922, at Glenallen, daughter of Charles Edgar and Catherine Baker Rhodes. She and Glen Milford Rhodes were married April 4, 1942...
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Eula Hill
(Obituary ~ 06/30/04)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Eula Mae Hill, 95, of Sikeston died Thursday, June 24, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born July 12, 1908, in Guntown, Miss., daughter of Will and Roxie Clark Hardges. She and Otis Hill were married Dec. 22, 1932. He preceded her in death...
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Erma Lance
(Obituary ~ 06/30/04)
KARNAK, Ill. -- Erma Lee Lance, 76, of Karnak died Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky. Lance was born in Mounds, Ill., daughter of Lee and Edna Haven English. She married William Alfred Lance, who died Jan. 29, 1987. She was formerly of Olmsted, Ill...
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Vernon Kasten
(Obituary ~ 06/30/04)
Vernon Louis Kasten, 81, of Jackson died Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Carolyn Johnson
(Obituary ~ 06/30/04)
Carolyn Johnson, 46, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at her home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Ernest Mayberry
(Obituary ~ 06/30/04)
Ernest Mayberry, 80, of Jackson died Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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Births 6/30/04
(Births ~ 06/30/04)
Williams Daughter to Tonia Lashay Williams of Cape Girardeau, St. Francis Medical Center, 9:04 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, 2004. Name, LaKenzie Rosemond. Weight, 4 pounds 4 ounces. Fifth daughter. Ms. Williams is the daughter of Valerie Williams and Ronald Artis of Sikeston, Mo...
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Club news 6/30/04
(Community News ~ 06/30/04)
American Legion Post 158 The Altenthal-Joerns American Legion Post 158 met June 8. Jack Latimer made a motion that the following officers be elected by acclamation: Gary Kamp, commander; P.M. Kurre, first vice commander; Larry Koehler, second vice commander; Richard Decker, adjutant; Richard Aguilar, finance officer; James Nelson, historian; John W. ...
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Out of the past 6/30/04
(Out of the Past ~ 06/30/04)
10 years ago: June 30, 1994 Plans for new medical office building have just gotten bigger; group of doctors plans to construct five-story, 110,000-square-foot building on St. Francis Medical Center campus; last week, plan was for four-story, 80,000-square-foot structure...
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Heaps of berries brighten old-fashioned, all-American dessert
(Community ~ 06/30/04)
The Associated Press Take a good measure of ripe juicy berries, cook until soft and bubbly, top with a rolled crust and bake. That's a traditional cobbler. Or is it? Your aunt may have put a thin batter all over the cooked fruit, maybe peaches, and baked it until it puffed up to a sweet golden brown. That's a cobbler, too...
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Iva Jaco
(Obituary ~ 06/30/04)
Iva Ann Jaco, 79, of Millersville died Monday, June 28, 2004, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born Aug. 2, 1924, at Scopus, Mo., daughter of Roy and Bernice Jenkins Hahn. She and Clyde P. Jaco were married May 23, 1944. He died June 27, 2002...
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Speak Out 06/30/04
(Speak Out ~ 06/30/04)
Future of aviation CAPE GIRARDEAU'S Renaissance Aircraft can grow with general aviation industry. There's literally more buzzing going on in the general aviation industry. Single-engine piston aircraft sales were up 11 percent in 2003, and shipments remain strong in 2004. ...
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Area sports digest 6/30/04
(Other Sports ~ 06/30/04)
Urhahn, McCauley earn Notre Dame awards Notre Dame Regional High School honored Blake Urhahn and Sommer McCauley with the school's Bulldog and Lady Bulldog awards, given annually to senior athletes who are considered the best in their class in athletics...
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De La Hoya will be underdog next bout
(Professional Sports ~ 06/30/04)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Underdog usually describes Oscar De La Hoya's opponents. This time, the WBO middleweight champion knows the label fits him. De La Hoya narrowly won his middleweight debut over Felix Sturm of Germany on June 5. He struggled against his chosen patsy and looked bloated at 160 pounds...
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Head injury was cause of death for drag racer
(Professional Sports ~ 06/30/04)
ST. LOUIS -- Drag racer Darrell Russell died of a head injury in a weekend raceway crash, St. Louis medical examiner Dr. Michael Graham said. "How he got the injury, we're working on that," Graham told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Monday. "We have to look at all the debris to see what caused the injury. Either something struck him or he struck something. It's not just from jostling his head around."...
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Army will recall thousands of ex-soldiers to active duty
(National News ~ 06/30/04)
WASHINGTON -- Digging deeper for help in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army is recalling to active duty about 5,600 people who recently left the service and still have a reserve obligation. In a new sign of the strain the insurgency in Iraq has put on the U.S. ...
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Supreme Court blocks law shielding children from Internet porn
(National News ~ 06/30/04)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court blocked a law meant to shield Web-surfing children from dirty pictures and online come-ons, ruling Tuesday that the law also would cramp the free speech rights of adults to see and buy what they want on the Internet. Technology such as filtering software may better protect children from unsavory material than such laws, the court said in a 5-4 ruling...
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Business digest 06/30/04
(Local News ~ 06/30/04)
Founder of Jackson's Ceramo Co. dies Longtime Jackson businessman Vernon Louis Kasten died Tuesday at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was 81. Kasten was president of Kasten Masonry and Ceramo Co. Inc. He attended Southeast Missouri State University from 1941 to 1943, and earned undergraduate and master's degrees in ceramic engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla. ...
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Army to foot bill of stateside leave travel last fall
(National News ~ 06/30/04)
WASHINGTON -- The Army will pay for the domestic flights of up to 32,000 soldiers who came home on leave from Iraq and Afghanistan late last year, the service announced Tuesday. Military-financed charter flights have been bringing the soldiers back to a few airports in the United States, but until Dec. 18, 2003, the troops had to pay their way home from there. At that point, Congress enacted a law saying the military should pay for their domestic travel, too...
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Region/state digest 06/30/04
(Local News ~ 06/30/04)
Cape band has patriotic theme at concert today The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will perform at 8 p.m. today at the Capaha Park Band Shell. The theme is a patriotic one, and special entertainment will be provided by the Shade Tree Folk Company, which includes Barney Hartline, David Giles, Stephanie Fridley and Terry Wright. Admission is free. Guests should bring lawn chairs...
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Cape police report 06/30/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/30/04)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Bobby Eugene Staten, 23, 175 Choctaw, Apt. 17, Fruitland, was arrested Monday on suspicion of driving under revocation, possession of a controlled substance and no headlights...
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Cape fire report 06/30/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/30/04)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following item on Monday: At 5:42 p.m., a brush fire at Good Hope and Hanover streets.
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Changes in voting
(Editorial ~ 06/30/04)
Elections using punch-card ballots have been conducted successfully in Cape Girardeau County for many decades. But the contested presidential election of 2000 led to passage of the Help America Vote Act, which requires states using punch-card or lever voting machines to replace them by 2006...
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Sports briefs 6/30/04
(Other Sports ~ 06/30/04)
Baseball The Indians purchased the contract of reliever Bob Howry on Tuesday from Triple-A Buffalo and optioned left-hander Cliff Bartosh back to the minor leagues. Cleveland also brought up outfielder Mark Little from the Bisons and designated reliever Jack Cressend for assignment...
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A taste of America
(Community ~ 06/30/04)
Garden wonders never cease. Consider this: Potatoes, America's favorite vegetable, come in red, white and blue -- call it serendipity or, perhaps, patriotic planters. The "blue" may come from a variety called Purple Peruvian, but no matter. Put these tubers together into a vibrantly colored potato salad and you're guaranteed to add festivity to this summer of political and other flag-waving gatherings...
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