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State representatives honor SEMO professor
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The House of Representatives on Wednesday issued a resolution declaring Dr. Frank Nickell of Cape Girardeau an "outstanding Missourian." Nickell, a history professor at Southeast Missouri State University and director of the Center for Regional History, accepted the resolution from House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, and state Rep. Nathan Cooper, R-Cape Girardeau...
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Area communities stand to benefit from scenic drive
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
The rural towns of Southeast Missouri are preparing for thousands of visitors during the 15th annual Mississippi River Valley Scenic Drive, which takes place Saturday and Sunday. The route stretches from Commerce in the south to Brazeau in the north and Marble Hill in the west with historic sites, parks, wineries, antique shops and restaurants dotted throughout -- along with plenty of scenery...
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P&Z committee reviews plan to make Main two-way street
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
Cape Girardeau's Main Street should be changed to allow two-way traffic, a city planning committee urged Wednesday night. The group, headed by planning and zoning commission chairman Skip Smallwood, includes three members of the commission and three downtown business owners...
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Four arrested for meth in Jackson
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
A traffic stop by a Jackson police officer Wednesday led to the discovery of a mobile methamphetamine lab and the arrest of four people, the police chief said. Charges had not been filed late Wednesday, but chief James Humphreys said he anticipated that all four would be charged with attempted manufacture of meth...
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Pyramids and walking like an Egyptian
(Column ~ 04/21/05)
April 21, 2005 Dear Pat, Every time the government comes up with a new plan for eating better, it makes the mistake of calling the plan a food pyramid. That's why no one pays any attention to the information. Pyramids are for Egyptians and a little on the mystical side. ...
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Insurance reform bill draws mixed reactions
(State News ~ 04/21/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Doctors' groups on Wednesday endorsed legislation aimed at controlling medical malpractice rates, while insurance industry representatives expressed reservations about certain aspects. The bill is intended to supplement another measure recently signed into law that puts restrictions on civil lawsuits in general and includes special protections for doctors, who claim litigation has helped drive up insurance costs...
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June deadline for Bootheel school dispute
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education will tackle a bitter dispute between Southeast Missouri State University and Three Rivers Community College in June if the two schools haven't resolved the issue by then, the state commissioner of higher education said Wednesday...
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Child care grows up
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
There are hundreds of photographs decorating the walls of Christian School for the Young Years in Cape Girardeau. Photographs of smiling children playing with blocks, reading, celebrating Valentine's Day, watching chicks hatch. In the school's 10 classrooms, around 120 children ages 1 to 5 read, paint, play computer games and examine bugs under a magnifying glass...
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New York opera coach comes home to Cape to teach
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
After assisting the faculty and students at Southeast Missouri State University in pulling off a production of "Guys and Dolls" that many said was the university's best production ever, Judith Farris was given an offer she couldn't refuse. The offer was a contract to teach for one year starting in August at her alma mater, Southeast. After watching the last night of rehearsal, Farris' mind was set...
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Saint Francis inherits $1 million gift
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
James I. Bowman, the man who managed the start-up of the Procter & Gamble plant in Cape Girardeau 30 years ago, has left $1 million to Saint Francis Medical Center, the largest estate gift in the hospital's 130-year history. On Wednesday, Bowman's attorney and bank officials presented the check to the Cape Girardeau Catholic hospital, which has established an endowment in Bowman's name that will be used to pay for equipment in the neonatal intensive care unit...
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Trooper dies after car hits semitrailer
(State News ~ 04/21/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper Ralph Tatoian, 32, was killed Wednesday when his patrol car slammed into the back of a semitrailer on Interstate 44 while he was responding to a search for a robbery suspect said to have shot a sheriff's deputy...
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IOC wants cities to avoid bidding war
(Professional Sports ~ 04/21/05)
BERLIN -- Determined to avoid a return to the abuses and corruption of the past, IOC president Jacques Rogge warned the five cities vying for the 2012 Olympics to obey ethics rules and stay out of a "bidding war." Rogge chided New York and London on Wednesday for unveiling incentives in a late push for votes without clearing them first with the International Olympic Committee. ...
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House passes changes to phone taxes
(State News ~ 04/21/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Cell phone users could face new taxes while people with traditional land-line phones could see their tax rates fall under legislation passed Wednesday by the House. The bill would set caps on the tax rates cities could impose on phone companies and would invalidate lawsuits by numerous cities seeking to collect what they contend are back taxes owed by the cell phone industry...
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Biffle shows he belongs on Nextel circuit
(Professional Sports ~ 04/21/05)
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Greg Biffle never has lacked confidence. In 1997, the Vancouver, Wash., native was racing with some success in one of NASCAR's regional touring series when he got a call from a friend saying team owner Jack Roush was interested in giving him a ride. The drawback was that Biffle would have to come to Charlotte, N.C., to make the deal...
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Nets grab final spot in playoffs
(Professional Sports ~ 04/21/05)
BOSTON -- Vince Carter and the New Jersey Nets clinched the NBA's last playoff berth with a shaky start and a strong finish -- the same way the team's season went. Carter shook off an early injury and scored 24 of his 37 points in the second half to lead the Nets' comeback from a 19-point, second-quarter deficit in a 102-93 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night...
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Rangers' pitcher tests positive for drugs
(Professional Sports ~ 04/21/05)
Texas Rangers minor league pitcher Agustin Montero was suspended for 10 days Wednesday, becoming the third player to test positive under major league baseball's new policy on performance-enchancing drugs. Agustin, who has never appeared in a major league game, failed the drug test while he was on the Rangers' 40-man roster during spring training. ...
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DeLay criticized for skybox donation
(National News ~ 04/21/05)
WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay treated his political donors to a bird's-eye view of a Three Tenors concert from an arena skybox leased by a lobbyist now under criminal investigation. DeLay's political action committee did not reimburse lobbyist Jack Abramoff for the May 2000 use of the skybox, instead treating it as a type of donation that didn't have to be disclosed to election regulators at the time...
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Man spits on actress during book tour
(State News ~ 04/21/05)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man spit tobacco juice into the face of actress Jane Fonda after waiting in line to have her sign her new book, police said. The man ran off but was quickly caught by police Tuesday night and charged with disorderly conduct. Fonda has been on tour and doing interviews to promote her just-published memoir, "My Life So Far." The thrice-married, two-time Academy Award winner covers a wide array of topics, including her 1972 visit to Hanoi to protest the Vietnam War, during which she was photographed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. ...
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Troops move equipment from Gaza
(International News ~ 04/21/05)
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip -- The Israeli military began removing shipping containers from a base in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the army's first concrete step toward a planned pullout this summer. Also Wednesday, the Palestinian legislature took a key step toward calling parliamentary elections on July 17, giving preliminary approval to a new electoral law that calls for two-thirds of legislators to be chosen from districts and the other third by the whole electorate. ...
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Two oil-for-food investigators resign
(International News ~ 04/21/05)
The pair may have believed a report was too soft on Kofi Annan. By Desmond O. Butler and Nick Wadhams ~ The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS -- Two senior investigators in the probe of corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food program have resigned because they believed a report that cleared Kofi Annan of meddling in the $64 billion operation was too soft on the secretary-general, a panel member confirmed Wednesday...
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New pope pledges to rally Catholics
(International News ~ 04/21/05)
VATICAN CITY -- So far the message is the same. Pope Benedict XVI declares he will push forward his predecessor's work to strengthen Christian unity and improve ties with other faiths. But the messenger -- a quiet, scholarly and somewhat introverted German -- is altogether different...
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50 bodies recovered from Tigris, says Iraqi president
(International News ~ 04/21/05)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- For days, Iraq was shaken by claims that Sunni militants had abducted as many as 100 Shiites from an area at the tip of Iraq's "Triangle of Death." Shiite leaders and government officials warned of a major sectarian conflict, only to see the reports evaporate when Iraqi security forces swept throught the area and found no hostages...
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Plane catches fire at Tehran airport
(International News ~ 04/21/05)
TEHRAN, Iran -- A Boeing 707 carrying 157 passengers skidded off a runway at Tehran's airport and caught fire Wednesday, killing a child and injuring several other people, state-run television reported. Television reports said the landing gear of the jetliner failed to open and the plane caught fire...
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Pirates upend Notre Dame in girls soccer
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/05)
Perryville scored about seven minutes into the first half and held on for a weather-shortened 1-0 girls soccer victory at Notre Dame The game was called about midway through the second half due to lightning. Chris Schremp scored for the Pirates (4-7) with Amber Hacker assisting, and Chastity Marr had seven saves for the shutout...
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Singh slips into Hall of Fame
(Professional Sports ~ 04/21/05)
Vijay Singh's arduous journey from Fiji reached another unimaginable destination Wednesday when he was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame with the lowest percentage of votes and help from a clause in criteria. Singh was the only player elected from the PGA Tour ballot, receiving 56 percent of the vote...
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Rev. Ethel Masterson
(Obituary ~ 04/21/05)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- The Rev. Ethel M. Masterson, 80, of St. Louis died Friday, April 15, 2005, in St. Louis. She was the daughter of James and Ida Kelley Masterson. Masterson was pastor 47 years of Victory Tabernacle Assembly of God Church in St. Louis. She was formerly of Olive Branch...
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Community cuisine 4/21/05
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
Kettle beef served at St. John's church...
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Cape Central band gets funding boost
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
Central High School's band members have some new instruments as a result of a donation by the Kiwanis Club and support from the community. Last fall, Kiwanis Club member Jim Hillin contacted band director Neil Casey expressing concern about the band's needs to replace and repair instruments for students. Hillin was aware of the needs because of his wife's position as band booster president...
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Community digest 4/21/05
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
AARP Social Security forum planned Friday; Babies and children show at Osage Center; Cape library announces events for month of May; Remembrance scrapbook recalls special qualities ; Southeast Greeks clean up litter in park
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Mary Arnold
(Obituary ~ 04/21/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Mary Lee Arnold, 64, of Sikeston died Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at her home. She was born Feb. 18, 1941, in the Mayfield community, daughter of Edward and Anna Cook Long. She and Calvin Arnold were married Nov. 24, 1961. Arnold was a member of Old Bethel Baptist Church...
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GOP makes rules like a bully
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/21/05)
To the editor: In the next 10 days the Republicans will try to use the nuclear option to seize absolute power to appoint judges who will roll back decades of progress in protecting worker rights, the environment and privacy. The nuclear option is a parliamentary trick to eliminate the filibuster, which is the right to extend debate on controversial issues such as judicial nominations...
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Omer Owens
(Obituary ~ 04/21/05)
ANNA, Ill. -- Omer Lincoln Owens, 103, of Anna died Tuesday, April 19, 2005, at Union County Hospital. He was born Feb. 6, 1902, in Dixon, Ky., son of Sylvester and Ella I. Farmer Owens. He and Sylvia Joiner were married in Saline County, Ill. She preceded him in death. He later married Ellen Mae Winters in 1945, who died in May 1962. He and Helen Wiley Griffith were married Sept. 15, 1967, and she died Jan. 17, 2002...
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William Mehrle
(Obituary ~ 04/21/05)
William Kent Mehrle, 47, of Lutz, Fla., died Tuesday, April 19, 2005, at his home. He was a member of Evangelical United Church of Christ in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include his parents, Kenneth and Bettie Fulbright Mehrle of Sun City West, Ariz.; two sisters, Jane Koch and Deborah Kitchen of Cape Girardeau...
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Mary Tallent
(Obituary ~ 04/21/05)
Mary Opal Tallent, 91, of Jackson died Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Speak Out 4/21/05
(Speak Out ~ 04/21/05)
Take responsibility; For a good cause; Inadequate staffing; Changing the rules; Cutting expenses; Community ties; Better building; Desperate times; Plain building; Educating everyone; Great show; Thanks for picking up; Trying to get ahead; Street litter; Where's the plaque?; Learning from Cape; Thanks for envelopes; Bad motivation; School salesman; Check the CEOs; Simple school
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Mary Davis
(Obituary ~ 04/21/05)
ORAN, Mo. -- Mary Emley Davis, 89, of Oran died Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at her home. She was born Jan. 12, 1916, in Hymera, Ind., daughter of LeRoy and Lettie Wilkins Buell. She and Monroe Olice "Dick" Davis were married Feb. 18, 1935. Mrs. Davis was a member of First Baptist Church in Oran...
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Virginia Henson
(Obituary ~ 04/21/05)
Virginia R. "Jennie" Henson of Jackson died Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Lyman Whitten
(Obituary ~ 04/21/05)
MATTHEWS, Mo. -- Lyman Whitten, 88, of Matthews died Tuesday, April 19, 2005, at his home. He was born July 31, 1916, in Sikeston, Mo., son of John Lawrence and Francis Gardner Whitten. He and Jewel Latham were married Nov. 22, 1942, in Charleston, Mo...
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Central's Pancoast signs with Nebraska
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/05)
Nebraska fans will have another Pancoast to cheer for next fall. Central senior Jennifer Pancoast recently signed a letter of intent with the University of Nebraska, where she will compete in cross country and track. Pancoast will join older sister Kim Pancoast in Lincoln, Neb...
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George Bloodworth
(Obituary ~ 04/21/05)
ANNA, Ill. -- George Bloodworth, 91, of Anna died Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at City Care Center in Cobden, Ill. He was born Dec. 27, 1913, in West Frankfort, Ill., son of Alfred and Myrtle Bloodworth. He and Lenore Thomas were married Feb. 15, 1938, in Anna...
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Nation briefs 4/21/05
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
NYSE to merge with Archipelago; Conn. approves civil unions for gay couples; Sept. 11 suspect plans to plead guilty to charges
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Out of the past 4/21/05
(Out of the Past ~ 04/21/05)
25 years ago: April 21, 1980 Ousted circuit Judge Lloyd G. "Jerry" Briggs is abandoning his attempt to remain in the August primary election as a judge candidate and instead plans to file against state Sen. John C. Dennis. A fifth candidate has entered the race for Jackson city marshal, and a contest has developed for two Ward 4 aldermanic seats as a result of a third candidate entering that race; Fred Wallington became the fifth man to file for marshal, and Edward Baker became the third candidate to file for Ward 4 alderman.. ...
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Home construction suffers steep drop across the nation
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
Construction of new homes and apartments plunged by 17.6 percent in March, the biggest decline in 14 years and another possible indication that rising interest rates are beginning to take a toll on the economy. Meanwhile, the cities of Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City seemed to be bucking the national trend, with all three cities reporting an increase in construction of new single-family homes...
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World briefs 4/21/05
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
All samples of killer flu virus outside U.S. found; Ecuador's president removed by Congress; Cannabis-based painkiller for MS approved in Canada; Italy's premier resigns, plans Cabinet reshuffle
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Fire reports 4/21/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/21/05)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday: * At 6:10 p.m., emergency medical service in the 600 block of North Street. * At 6:53 p.m., emergency medical service in the 300 block of Albert Street. * At 7:36 p.m., emergency medical service in the 200 block of South Kingshighway...
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Gloria Williams
(Obituary ~ 04/21/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Gloria J. Williams, 46, of Sikeston died Friday, April 15, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Aug. 18, 1958, in Saginaw, Mich., daughter of George and Geneva Baker Williams. She was a member of Salcedo Baptist Church in Salcedo, Mo...
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Police reports 4/21/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/21/05)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items on Wednesday. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests * Randall A. Arbuckle, 40, 244 Capaha Hill, was arrested for sale of liquor to a minor. * Miguel D. Phillips, 37, 906 S. Pacific St., was arrested on a municipal warrant for contempt of court for suspended operator's license, failing to appear and stealing...
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A determined man
(Editorial ~ 04/21/05)
In his compelling and determined letters from China, David Landewee told Southeast Missourian readers about the surgery he hopes will help him regain movement in his legs, paralyzed in an accident. The surgery performed in Beijing implanted 4,000 olfactory ensheathing glial cells collected from fetuses aborted during the second trimester of pregnancy. The OEG cell implant surgery is unavailable in the U.S...
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Luvine Haynes
(Obituary ~ 04/21/05)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Luvine "Tiny" Haynes, 70, of Charleston died Saturday, April 16, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. She was born March 11, 1935, at Henson, Mo., daughter of Johnny and Drewcella Smith Clark. Survivors include her husband, Joe Willie Haynes; six sons, Jeffery Haynes of Kansas City, Mo., Ronnie, Joel and Tyrone Haynes, all of Bloomington, Ill., Otis Haynes of Sikeston, Darnell Haynes of Charleston; six daughters, Rothine Clark, Regina Haynes and Beverly Haynes, all of Charleston, Lanell Turner of Sikeston, Charlotte Johnson and Lisa Haynes of Cape Girardeau; 62 grandchildren; 64 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.. ...
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Zambrano silences Cards
(Professional Sports ~ 04/21/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Carlos Zambrano came within one out of a complete game and drove in a run with his first career triple, helping the Chicago Cubs overcome an injury to Nomar Garciaparra in a 3-1 victory over St. Louis on Wednesday night. The loss ended the Cardinals' five-game winning streak...
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Redhawks' losing streak reaches three with pair of defeats
(College Sports ~ 04/21/05)
A six-game Ohio Valley Conference winning streak has now become a three-game losing streak for Southeast Missouri State's softball team after dropping a doubleheader at Eastern Illinois on Wednesday. Southeast dropped to 22-19 overall and 10-7 in the OVC. Eastern Illinois improved to 11-23 overall and 8-9 in the OVC...
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Jackson improves to 5-0 in conference play by shutting out Dexter
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/05)
The Jackson baseball team improved its SEMO Conference mark to 5-0 with a 7-0 shutout of Dexter on Wednesday at home. The Indians received seven innings of shutout pitching from senior Tyler Beussink. Beussink improved to 4-0 after allowing six hits with seven strikeouts and one walk...
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Redhawks finish ninth in final OVC tourney
(College Sports ~ 04/21/05)
DECATUR, Ala. -- Southeast Missouri State's final golf tournament of the program's final season ended with the Redhawks finishing near the bottom at the Ohio Valley Conference Championship. The three-day tournament concluded Wednesday at Burning Tree Golf Course...
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Area digest 4/21/05
(Local News ~ 04/21/05)
Scorpions' streak ends at six victories The Kohlfeld Scorpions rugby team's six-game winning streak was stopped Saturday by the St. Louis Bombers, who posted a 29-17 victory at Forest Park in St. Louis. The Scorpions led 12-10 at halftime but had to play a man short after a high tackle penalty called early in the second half. The Bombers scored three times in the second half for the win...
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Sizeable potential
(College Sports ~ 04/21/05)
Joseph Tuineau was two years out of high school in his native New Zealand, working at a recreation center and playing rugby for a club team, when it dawned on him that his life had become a bit nondescript. "I was getting stale, then this came out of nowhere," Tuineau recalled...
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League wants to open with agreement, not replacements
(Professional Sports ~ 04/21/05)
NEW YORK -- If the NHL season is to begin on time, it will have to be with a new collective bargaining agreement in place -- not with replacement players. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday that the season won't start in October if a new agreement hasn't been reached with the union, but left open the possibility that replacement players would be considered if no deal is struck...
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A chance in China
(Community ~ 04/21/05)
Sitting outside his garage in a lawn chair, watching his daughters ride bicycles in the driveway on Monday afternoon, Jim Trickey talks about his pending surgery in China without any outward signs of apprehension. His wife, Brandy, is a little more nervous. She's worried about leaving behind their three children -- they've never been away from the children for more than five days. So she typed a four-page list of instructions for their caregivers and intends to e-mail every day...
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Let your emotions make you smarter
(Community ~ 04/21/05)
As we get older, we must start seeming less intelligent to the younger generation. We don't know who "Queens of the Stone Age" are (my sources tell me they are a "hot" band), we don't really understand the concept of "hooking up." And they surely notice when we say we can't find our damn glasses even though they are perched prominently on the top of our heads...
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Cleaning up 'e-waste'
(National News ~ 04/21/05)
SAN FRANCISCO -- When Earth Day dawned in 1970, optimistic environmentalists predicted emerging technologies would help reduce the nation's reliance on coal, oil, insecticides and other pollutants. But 35 years later, a big part of the problem appears to be technology itself...
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Recent Fla. slayings difficulty of tracking sex offenders
(National News ~ 04/21/05)
TAMPA, Fla. -- A convicted rapist who had failed to register as a sex offender is accused of strangling a 13-year-old girl near Tampa. Three weeks earlier and 100 miles north, a registered sex offender who did not tell police he had moved is charged with abducting and killing a 9-year-old girl...
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Jackson focuses on cleaning up
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/21/05)
To the editor: Since Jackson, Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area have declared war on trash, I thought it would be a good time for an update on some of the efforts in Jackson. Jackson has placed 12 large decorative trash cans with the city logo in our uptown areas. They are being used, and we empty them on a regular basis...
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