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Floodwall mural artist paints Cape again
(Local News ~ 05/26/05)
The artist in charge of the Mississippi River Tales murals is back at work this week -- this time to paint a mural on the blank wall of a Broadway building housing a video store. The blank wall in the 500 block of Broadway is adjacent to the Trinity Lutheran Church parking lot. Last fall, a small number of church members decided it was a perfect site to pass a message on to the younger generation...
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Saluting 'The Breakfast Show' queens
(Column ~ 05/26/05)
May 26, 2005 Dear Julie, Next month they're putting my mom in a museum. Sort of. In the 1950s, '60s and '70s, she and two friends were known locally for singing in a trio called the Mamanettes. For years they sang regularly on the local TV station's program called "The Breakfast Show," in an annual civic club production called the Follies, before civic clubs and at an Air Force base in the Bootheel...
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Prosecutor takes to links to get judge's signature
(Local News ~ 05/26/05)
Late Tuesday, a local judge found himself sitting on the fairway at the local golf course issuing a search warrant while his golf ball lay hidden somewhere in the trees. Cape Girardeau's prosecuting attorney, Morley Swingle, needed a search warrant signed in a hurry so his evidence wouldn't walk away and when he learned one of the judges was playing golf, Swingle simply commandeered a golf cart to reach him...
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Memorial Day pulls in new veterans of war
(Local News ~ 05/26/05)
After a year in Iraq and nearly two decades in the National Guard, Maj. Ed Gargas doesn't think of himself as a veteran. "Technically, I guess we are veterans now, but when someone asks me about it I still think of my grandfather," said Gargas, a Dexter, Mo., man who recently returned from Iraq with the 1140th Engineer Battalion...
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Homemade beauty
(Local News ~ 05/26/05)
Boards conceal the windows on the corner house down the street. A white house hops to pulsating music directly across the Hanover Street blacktop. The thumping beat escapes through the wide-open front door to the two young men on the front porch...
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University's board of regents votes to increase tuition
(Local News ~ 05/26/05)
The board of regents voted Wednesday to increase tuition at Southeast Missouri State University for the coming school year to help pay added expenses. The board, in one of its shortest meetings of the year, raised tuition by $9 a credit hour for in-state students and $18 a credit hour for out-of-state students...
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Declassified FBI records cite allegations of Quran abuse
(National News ~ 05/26/05)
WASHINGTON -- Terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay prison told U.S. interrogators as early as April 2002 that military guards abused them and desecrated the Quran, declassified FBI records say. "Their behavior is bad," one detainee is quoted as saying of his guards during an interrogation by an FBI special agent on July 22, 2002. "About five months ago the guards beat the detainees. They flushed a Quran in the toilet."...
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Threat closes U.S. embassy in Indonesia
(International News ~ 05/26/05)
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The United States closed its embassy and all other diplomatic offices in Indonesia today, citing a security threat. The decision comes a week after Australia urged its citizens to avoid traveling to Indonesia because of a warning by police in Jakarta about possible suicide bombings, particularly at embassies, international schools, office buildings and shopping malls. ...
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Violence mars Egyptian vote on election reform
(International News ~ 05/26/05)
Opponents say the referendum doesn't go far enough in advancing democracy. By Sarah El Deeb ~ The AssociatedPress CAIRO, Egypt -- Plainclothes government agents beat protesters Wednesday, then watched as President Hosni Mubarak's supporters punched other demonstrators in scattered violence that marred a referendum the 24-year ruler has called a crucial step toward democracy...
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State says it paid for Viagra medication for sex offenders
(State News ~ 05/26/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The state acknowledged Wednesday that it paid for Viagra and similar prescription medications for 26 registered sex offenders in the past year, costing the state and federal governments $7,060. The Department of Social Services said the state Medicaid program no longer will cover prescriptions for erectile dysfunction drugs for sex offenders...
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Seven teachers resign after colleague fired for helping girl
(State News ~ 05/26/05)
EAST LYNNE, Mo. -- Seven of the 10 classroom teachers in a tiny school district just south of Kansas City have decided that if Christa Price isn't good enough to teach there, neither are they. However, the East Lynne School District in Cass County has already filled most of the jobs left vacant because of the teachers' resignations, superintendent Dan Doerhoff said Wednesday...
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Restored town house gives look at high life
(State News ~ 05/26/05)
ST. LOUIS -- The Robert and Virginia Campbell family lived in a three-story Greek Revival town house here from the mid-1800s to 1938, entertaining high society and filling it with 19th-century innovations. After the Campbells' schizophrenic son Hazlett died in 1938, St. Louis residents saved the downtown home as a museum. It had undergone restorations, but the most recent is the most faithful to the home's original glory, costing $3 million and taking five years to complete...
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Exhibit chronicles everyday aspects of America's presidency
(State News ~ 05/26/05)
ST. LOUIS -- From the inkwell Abraham Lincoln used for a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to Warren Harding's silk pajamas, a traveling exhibit chronicling the presidency opens at the Missouri History Museum next month. Visitors who haven't been to the Smithsonian in Washington will have a chance for some of the National Museum of American History's famed artifacts to come to them. ...
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Lloyd Voerg
(Obituary ~ 05/26/05)
Lloyd William Voerg, 24, of Republic, Mo., died Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at Cox North Hospital in Springfield, Mo. He was born Jan. 11, 1981, in Cape Girardeau. Lloyd was a 1999 graduate of Republic High School, and a member of Republic First Christian Church...
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Rice signs one-year deal with Broncos
(Professional Sports ~ 05/26/05)
Jerry Rice agreed to a one-year deal with Denver on Wednesday and will attempt to finish his career as a backup for the Broncos. The NFL's all-time leader in catches, yards and touchdowns will be reunited with coach Mike Shanahan, who was his offensive coordinator in San Francisco from 1992 to 1994...
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Pipeline may offer new options for oil
(International News ~ 05/26/05)
SANGACHAL, Azerbaijan -- With speeches and a letter from President Bush, officials Wednesday opened the first section of a 1,100-mile pipeline that will carry Caspian Sea oil to Western markets, a project seen as an economic and political boon for the troubled Caucasus region...
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Fund-raiser for Clinton in court
(National News ~ 05/26/05)
LOS ANGELES -- The former national finance director for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton testified Wednesday that he may have used bad judgment when he failed to report that a campaign donor paid his $10,000 Beverly Hills hotel bill and let him use a Porsche...
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U.S. attack targets Syrian border
(International News ~ 05/26/05)
HADITHA, Iraq -- The Iraqi woman drew her finger across her throat, begging through a military interpreter that her name not be used. She said she could be killed for talking to U.S. forces. Insurgents had already killed her husband. But, speaking from the safety of her home in this lawless city on the road to Syria, she wanted Marines to know what had happened. Later, she made a breakfast of eggs and bread for the handful of Iraqi soldiers helping guard the street...
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Cell phone restriction may limit teens' calls
(State News ~ 05/26/05)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- For teenagers like 17-year-old Adam Bonefeste, part of driving is talking on his cell phone with friends. "It's the only time I talk on the phone," the Springfield High School senior said. "I talk so much on the phone while I'm in the car, it's just like second nature."...
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Mulder, Molina lift Cardinals past Bucs
(Professional Sports ~ 05/26/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Mark Mulder won his seventh straight decision and Yadier Molina had career bests by going 4-for-4 with four RBIs to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-5 on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep. David Eckstein had a two-run home run and a sacrifice fly for the Cardinals, who have beaten the Pirates 12 straight times dating to last August. ...
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Advance comes up short vs. Holcomb
(High School Sports ~ 05/26/05)
WARDELL, Mo. -- The Advance Hornets received plenty of power from Jeremy Limbaugh, but they could not overcome an eight-run deficit in a Class 1 sectional baseball game Wednesday against Holcomb. Limbaugh hit two home runs and drove in three runs, but Advance suffered a 9-6 loss...
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Biri provides spark for Jackson
(High School Sports ~ 05/26/05)
Fifty-two stolen bases in 53 attempts. That is what Jackson senior Derrick Biri has accomplished over the past two seasons. With Biri setting the table at the top of the lineup for the Indians, Jackson (19-3) is on a roll heading into today's Class 4 sectional game against Eureka (18-6). The Indians -- making their first sectional appearance since 2002 -- will host Eureka in a 5 p.m. start...
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Water patrol regulations
(Column ~ 05/26/05)
St. Joseph News-Press The boats are bigger and faster on recreational lakes and waterways across Missouri. The crowds are getting larger, too, every year. And, finally, the Missouri Water Patrol will be able to do more than watch while out-of-control boaters put others in danger. .....
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Defense rests in Jackson trial
(National News ~ 05/26/05)
SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- The defense rested Wednesday in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial without putting the pop star on the stand, wrapping up after a three-week effort to portray the accuser and his mother as shakedown artists. Prosecutors immediately began their rebuttal. The jury could get the case as early as the middle of next week and begin deciding whether Jackson molested a 13-year-old cancer patient at his Neverland ranch in 2003...
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Fla. abortion disclosure law widens
(National News ~ 05/26/05)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Jeb Bush signed a bill Wednesday that requires physicians to tell Florida parents when a minor daughter seeks an abortion. Bush signed a similar bill into law in 1999 but the courts blocked it, finding it violated the privacy provision in the Florida Constitution...
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Teens Nadal, Gasquet set up third-round battle
(Professional Sports ~ 05/26/05)
PARIS -- One charismatic teen bludgeoned the ball, the other stroked it elegantly. The first showed off sculpted biceps with a sleeveless neon green shirt, the other motored around court on muscle-bulging legs. Spain's Rafael Nadal and France's Richard Gasquet, 18-year-olds born 15 days and a couple hundred miles apart, proved there wasn't a shred of hype about their talents as one followed the other with masterful center court victories at the French Open on Wednesday to set up a third-round showdown.. ...
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Wade leads Heat to victory
(Professional Sports ~ 05/26/05)
MIAMI -- They call him "Flash," and Dwyane Wade certainly performed like a superhero in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. Miami's up-and-coming superstar had another impressive postseason performance Wednesday night, rediscovering his aggressiveness and taking over in the fourth quarter by scoring 20 of his 40 points to lead the Heat past the Detroit Pistons 92-86...
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Safer school buses
(Editorial ~ 05/26/05)
Gov. Matt Blunt formed a task force to study the safety of school buses after three accidents involving the buses occurred this month in Missouri. The worst accident involving a school bus killed two motorists and injured 23 children, some of them seriously. One of the issues to be studied is whether seat belts would reduce the number of injuries sustained in school bus accidents...
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Out of the past 5/26/05
(Out of the Past ~ 05/26/05)
25 years ago: May 26, 1980 Memorial Day is observed at services throughout Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois; area residents gather at Memorial Park, where state VFW commander Charles R. Roberts of Cape Girardeau is on hand for the ceremony...
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Tips for commencement speakers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/26/05)
To the editor: Recently I have attended several graduation ceremonies and left with a feeling of increasing dismay at the lack of respect and dignity. My pessimistic nature is to assume that in today's society most people are generally rude. It has occurred to me that perhaps maybe they are not rude but ignorant of proper decorum. I have taken it upon myself to offer a few suggestions...
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Cape's effort waits for 30 years
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/26/05)
To the editor: My family roots are in Cape Girardeau County, and I am very happy to know that historical preservation of Cape Girardeau is gaining momentum. However, I am more that a little ticked off that no one seemed to notice that the town has so many historical structures until now. ...
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Speak Out 5/26/05
(Speak Out ~ 05/26/05)
Good police work; Junk science; Other people's money; Remove the signal; Global economy; Grave disservice; Curb those cats; Background check; Inspired to join; Move to the country; After the fact; Vinegar and salt; Respect for funeral; Congestion on Siemers; Something for youths; Job well done; Time for paving; Spending the money; McClure due for cleanup
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Harold Hemmann
(Obituary ~ 05/26/05)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Harold E. Hemmann, 88, of Frohna died Wednesday, May 25, 2005, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Mo. He was born Aug. 28, 1916, in Uniontown, Mo., son of Benjamin and Hulda Frede Hemmann. He and Rosa W. Kahnert were married April 29, 1944...
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Mike Roberts
(Obituary ~ 05/26/05)
Mike Roberts, 62, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 23, 2005, in a traffic accident in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Quint Starkey
(Obituary ~ 05/26/05)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Quint Randall Starkey, 37, of Sedgewickville died Tuesday, May 24, 2005, from injuries received in a motorcycle accident. He was born Nov. 30, 1967, at Farmington, Mo., son of Sherman Floyd and Betty Faye Tucker Starkey. He and Laurie P. Sniadecki were married June 30, 1989, at Marquand, Mo...
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John Luchow
(Obituary ~ 05/26/05)
John Henry Luchow, 85, of Hilton Head Island, S.C., died Wednesday, May 25, 2005, at Hilton Head Regional Medical Center. He was formerly of Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Dorothy Proffer
(Obituary ~ 05/26/05)
Dorothy L. Proffer, 79, of Jackson died Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at her home. She was born Oct. 11, 1925, at Millersville, daughter of Louis H. and Ida S. Bollinger Fellows. She and Clann J. Proffer were married Oct. 20, 1948. Proffer taught school briefly at Oak Ridge, and worked at Bell Telephone offices in Perryville and Cape Girardeau. She was a lifelong member of Millersville United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women...
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Births 5/26/05
(Births ~ 05/26/05)
Burlison; Smith; Lauck; Heisserer; Hall
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Perry County jury finds Jackson man guilty of DWI
(Local News ~ 05/26/05)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- A Perry County jury found a 29-year-old Jackson man guilty of driving while intoxicated after four hours of deliberation. The trial was held in Perryville on a change of venue from Cape Girardeau County. Jonathan N. Randol, 790 County Road 319, could be sentenced to up to a year in county jail, one to four years in prison and/or a fine of up to $5,000. ...
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Community cuisine 5/26/05
(Local News ~ 05/26/05)
Annual Memorial Day supper at Zion UMC...
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Clemens sore after suffering groin injury
(Professional Sports ~ 05/26/05)
Roger Clemens was sore Wednesday, a day after a sore groin forced him out after five innings. Clemens told a team spokesman there was no update on his condition other than that he was sore. "We don't expect him to miss his next start," Astros manager Phil Garner said. ...
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Military digest 5/26/05
(Local News ~ 05/26/05)
Civil Air Patrol cadets Joshua Bohnert and Ben Wampler, members of the Trail of Tears composite squadron, recently earned their General Billy Mitchell award. The Civil Air Patrol, the official auxilliary of the U.S. Air Force, has three missions: aerospace education, emergency services and the cadet program....
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Owen confirmed to appeals court
(National News ~ 05/26/05)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate likes to call itself the world's greatest deliberative body. Anyone needing a reference on that should check with Priscilla Owen. Nominated to the federal appeals court in May 2001 -- so long ago that "The Mummy Returns" was the nation's top-grossing movie -- Owen finally got her vote Wednesday...
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Gov. Matt Blunt promotes $158 million education budget
(State News ~ 05/26/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Matt Blunt on Wednesday kicked off a two-day, cross-state tour promoting a $158 million spending increase on public school programs as a campaign promise kept. The Republican governor claimed the state spending -- which comes on top of the $3.6 billion already going to school programs -- represents the largest increase in the past four years...
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Nation briefs 5/26/05
(Local News ~ 05/26/05)
Charges brought against runaway bride in Georgia; Pentagon suspends effort to find soldiers' remains; Proposal to limit role of women in combat dies; Convicted sniper transferred to Maryland
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Community digest 5/26/05
(Local News ~ 05/26/05)
Fund raisers new part of 100-mile yard sale; Teen Challenge holds strawberry fest, auction ; Zalma to hold mud-racing classes on Monday; June programs planned at Riverside library; Retired teachers hold summer luncheon; Jackson band begins seasonal concerts; May Greene Park holds neighborhood gathering ; Sedgewickville School picnic at city park June 4; Book sale at Jackson library June 10-11
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Treasurer seeks end to investment in companies with ties to terror
(State News ~ 05/26/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State Treasurer Sarah Steelman called on the state employee retirement system Wednesday to halt its investments in foreign companies and banks with terrorist connections. Steelman, a Republican who took office in January, is part of the board that oversees the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System, or MOSERS, but cannot single-handedly change its investment strategy...
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Eagles capitalize on Scott City's error en route to victory
(High School Sports ~ 05/26/05)
After Hunter Jones hit a high fly ball with the bases loaded in the second inning, the East Prairie fans lowered their heads as another golden opportunity appeared to go by the wayside. Before the Scott City faithful could cheer another masterful escape job by Rams starting pitcher Andy Stephens, though, right fielder Ryan Modglin dropped the ball, allowing all three runners to score...
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U.S. closes Indonesia embassy
(International News ~ 05/26/05)
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The United States closed its embassy and all other diplomatic offices in Indonesia Thursday, citing a security threat. U.S. officials said the American embassy in Jakarta and all other American government facilities would be closed. They also reaffirmed warnings that the threat of terrorism in Indonesia "remains high."...
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Sigma pi kappa names honorary member
(Local News ~ 05/26/05)
THERE IS A PHOTO IN NEWSEDIT SLUGGED "SIGMA PI KAPPA" -- DOES IT GO WITH THIS STORY? IF SO, IT NEEDS A CUTLINE. Sigma Pi Kappa names honorary member Southeast Missourian Brenda Schloss was named an honorary member of Southeast Missouri State University's chapter of Sigma Pi Kappa, the international honor society for historic preservation students, faculty and distinguished individuals at the Historic Preservation Commission meeting at City Council Chambers at City Hall recently...
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Pompeii archaeologists give visitors taste of ancient Roman cuisine
(International News ~ 05/26/05)
ROME -- Sauces made from fermented fish entrails. A quiche-like pastry shell filled with bay leaves and ricotta cheese. For dessert, peaches with aromatic cumin and honey. Those tastes may not be for everyone's palate, but the specialties of ancient Pompeii are being revived for a month at the site of the ruins by a research project intended to give new insights into how the Romans lived...
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Shape Up Cape point totals 5/26/05
(Community ~ 05/26/05)
Points are calculated by taking the total number of points for the team and dividing by the number of people on the team. Scores are based on cumulative averages, as calculated by the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce staff. Some teams had not submitted point totals by press time...
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Fire reports 5/26/05
(Local News ~ 05/26/05)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday and Wednesday * At 3:42 p.m., emergency medical service at 1707 N. Mount Auburn Road. * At 5:36 p.m., gas odor at 2544 Ranchit Drive. * At 12:27 a.m., emergency medical service at 415 N. Mount Auburn Road...
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Police report 5/26/05
(Local News ~ 05/26/05)
Cape Girardeau...
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'One of these days' may be too late
(Community ~ 05/26/05)
"One of these days, I'm gonna sit down and write a long letter to all the good friends I've known. One of these days, one of these days, one of these days, and it won't be long, it won't be long." So go the haunting, taunting lyrics of the Neil Young song. Every time I hear them, I am reminded of the regret I still have for not contacting and making amends with an estranged friend who died a young and untimely death...
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Redhawks suffer stinging loss
(College Sports ~ 05/26/05)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Southeast Missouri State has suffered more than its share of gut-wrenching losses this season -- but what took place Wednesday in the opening game of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament no doubt stung the worst. The fifth-seeded Redhawks put on a nearly flawless performance and twice were within two outs of a victory...
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Faith in waiting
(Community ~ 05/26/05)
A Southeast Missouri native who awaits a double-lung transplant and suffers from a fatal disease still finds plenty in life that's uplifting...
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