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Man gets 20 years for crash that killed pastor's wife
(Local News ~ 06/01/05)
A 26-year-old Sedgewickville, Mo., man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday stemming from an auto accident last year in which a Chaffee, Mo., pastor's wife was killed and two others were injured. Michael Wayne Berry pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and second-degree assault. He admitted that he had been driving under the influence of methamphetamine at the time of the accident...
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Storm-season refresher for Florida
(Column ~ 06/01/05)
Today is the start of hurricane season in Florida. People around Tampa Bay didn't take it too seriously last year. It was statistically unlikely we'd get hit. I allowed myself to get complacent, even though I spent Hurricane Georges in Pensacola with no power for two days...
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Index covers 200 years of county probate cases
(Local News ~ 06/01/05)
Genealogy researchers, abstractors and lawyers have a new tool to peek into Cape Girardeau County's past. The Cape Girardeau County Archive Center in Jackson recently released a new book that indexes every individual who passed through probate court systems from 1797 to 2002...
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Court reinstates Baptist lawsuit
(State News ~ 06/01/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A state appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a lawsuit brought by the Missouri Baptist Convention that seeks to force five breakaway church institutions back into the fold. The convention and six affiliated churches sued the institutions in 2001 after they individually amended their corporate charters to declare their independence from convention governance. ...
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Legislators to speak at Friday coffee
(Local News ~ 06/01/05)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly First Friday Coffee at the Show Me Center this week. This month's featured speakers will be state Sen. Jason Crowell and Rep. Nathan Cooper, who will be giving a legislative wrap-up. The program will begin at 7:40 a.m. Friday, after a continental breakfast at 7 a.m...
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Southeast readies for River Campus construction
(Local News ~ 06/01/05)
Southeast Missouri State University plans to award 23 different construction contracts to build its River Campus arts school starting this summer. Fourteen of the contracts, with a total cost between $20 million and $21 million, will be awarded within the next few weeks and new construction could begin later this month, project officials said Tuesday...
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Region/state digest 06/01/05
(Local News ~ 06/01/05)
First test of Cape siren to be at noon today; Judge considers Rush Limbaugh records; Bush to headline Talent fund-raiser in St. Louis; Panel admits tough odds in saving Missouri bases
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Fire reports 6/1/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/01/05)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following on Sunday: * At 7:23 p.m., emergency medical service in the 200 block of South Middle Street. * At 8:17 p.m., box alarm at 2932 LaMesa St. * At 9:04 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1200 block of Linden Street...
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Tree causes short power outage
(Local News ~ 06/01/05)
About 500 people lost electricity Tuesday in Cape Girardeau after a tree landed on a power line in the woods near Dennis Scivally Park. The power went off a little before 10 a.m. Tuesday and it was fixed by about 11:10 a.m. Jean Mason, manager of the Southeast Missouri division of AmerenUE, said the outage mostly affected people living in the area around Cape Rock Drive and Holloway Street...
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Longtime BART owner selling shuttle company to Jackson couple
(Local News ~ 06/01/05)
For 18 years, Ray Duffey has been a mover, of sorts -- in charge of an operation that shuttled tens of thousands of passengers each year across countless miles. After today, the longtime Bootheel Area Rapid Transportation owner will still be moving...
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Supreme Court overturns Arthur Andersen conviction
(National News ~ 06/01/05)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court threw out the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron Corp.-related documents, ruling unanimously Tuesday that the jury instructions were too broad. The decision was a defeat for the Bush administration, which had declared prosecution of white-collar criminals a high priority following accounting scandals at major corporations. ...
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Federer, Nadal will clash in semifinal
(Professional Sports ~ 06/01/05)
PARIS -- Imperious and nearly impervious, Roger Federer plays the beautiful game. Muscular and macho, Rafael Nadal is, like the uncle who inspired him, "The Beast." Federer is the top player, Nadal the hottest, and their straight-sets victories on a cool, overcast afternoon at the French Open on Tuesday set up a semifinal collision that they, and virtually everyone else, knew was coming...
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Bell takes managerial reins of worst team in baseball
(Professional Sports ~ 06/01/05)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Buddy Bell, hired as manager of the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday, promised no quick turnaround for the team with the worst record in the majors. "It's going to take some time to figure this out," Bell said in a news conference at Kauffman Stadium. "Right now we are looking for small victories."...
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Fan makes pitch to save Busch Stadium arches
(Professional Sports ~ 06/01/05)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis Cardinals fan has written a 17-page proposal to save the concrete-and-metal arches atop Busch Stadium when the existing stadium is torn down. The 96 arches ring the top of the stadium, bringing a reminder of the city's famed Gateway Arch into the ballpark...
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Pistons shake off rumors, even series
(Professional Sports ~ 06/01/05)
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Larry Brown will return to Detroit to coach at least one more game. His defending champion Pistons made sure of it. Detroit ensured that the Eastern Conference finals will last at least six games, getting a big performance from Richard Hamilton on both ends of the court to defeat the Miami Heat 106-96 Tuesday night in Game 4 of their best-of-seven series...
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Power surge shorts Cards
(Professional Sports ~ 06/01/05)
DENVER -- He shut down one of the best lineups in baseball. He outclassed one of the top pitchers in the game. He did it at the toughest pitcher's park around. There was no denying Jason Jennings earned his milestone the hard way Tuesday night, when he became the winningest pitcher in Coors Field history by throwing seven innings in a 2-1 victory over Mark Mulder and the St. Louis Cardinals...
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Youth league honors McDonald for service
(Community Sports ~ 06/01/05)
Commissioners of youth sports leagues are generally anonymous folks who do a lot of work without much recognition. Rick McDonald received a few thank-yous Tuesday night for his 10 years of service as commissioner of the Cape Girardeau Girls Softball League...
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Doctor says 'mermaid' baby ready for risky surgery
(International News ~ 06/01/05)
LIMA, Peru -- Peru's bright-eyed "little mermaid" -- a baby born with legs fused from her thighs to her ankles -- giggled and played on her hospital bed Tuesday, ahead of a delicate operation to begin repairing her rare birth defect. Thirteen-month-old Milagros Cerron was in prime condition for the surgery, which was to last four to six hours, said Dr. Luis Rubio, leader of the team of 11 surgeons who were to perform the operation...
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Business digest 06/01/05
(National News ~ 06/01/05)
Consumer confidence rebounds in May; Europe plans counter case at WTO over Boeing
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Senior al-Qaida suspect faces deportation to United States
(International News ~ 06/01/05)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's president said Tuesday he will hand over senior al-Qaida terrorist suspect Abu Farraj al-Libbi to the United States for prosecution, even though the man is believed behind two assassination attempts against him and could have received the death penalty here...
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Report shows minority drivers more likely to be stopped in '04
(State News ~ 06/01/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Although the disparity narrowed slightly from previous years, black motorists were 38 percent more likely than white drivers to be stopped by Missouri law enforcement officers last year. The annual racial profiling report released Tuesday by Attorney General Jay Nixon also showed that black drivers who got stopped were 71 percent more likely to be searched than white drivers who were stopped by police...
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Smokers stock up to beat tax increase
(State News ~ 06/01/05)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A sign taped to the door of a cigarette shop urged smokers to "Beat the Tax." Customers took the advice Tuesday, loading up on their favorite smokes just hours before tobacco-rich Kentucky's first cigarette tax increase in a generation...
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Practical design
(Editorial ~ 06/01/05)
Anyone who has driven very far on Missouri's highways this year is already familiar with the color orange, fewer lanes and detours. The Missouri Department of Transportation "literally will have a thousand work zones" this summer, said Pete Rahn, who has been MoDOT's director since September...
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Pujols powers Cards with three-run blast
(Professional Sports ~ 06/01/05)
DENVER -- Needing to retire the best hitter in St. Louis' lineup with the game on the line, the Colorado Rockies turned to the best pitcher they could find in their bullpen. It doesn't take a genius to figure out who won that matchup. Albert Pujols turned what looked like a perfectly placed slider from Jay Witasick into a three-run homer in the seventh inning Monday night to add to the Colorado bullpen's misery and lift the Cardinals to a 5-4 victory...
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Clara Dirnberger
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
Clara Ida Dirnberger, 96, of Olathe, Kan., died Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at Villa St. Francis. She is formerly of Scott City. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Coleen Cain
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Coleen Mae Cain, 76, of Tamms died Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 25, 1929, in Elco, Ill., daughter of Gilbert and Annie Bass Durham. She married Orville Cain, who died May 19, 1989. Cain was a member of Sandy Creek Baptist Church...
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Norbert Wibbenmeyer
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Norbert L. Wibbenmeyer, 66, of Bridgeton, Mo., died Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at his home. He was born June 28, 1938, in Perryville, son of Leo and Julitta Wibbenmeyer, and was raised in Old Appleton, Mo. He married the former Norma J. Berkbigler...
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Jerry Smith
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Jerry R. Smith, 66, of Sikeston died Thursday, May 26, 2005, at his home. He was born April 21, 1939, in Oran, Mo., son of McGoy and Louise Abernathy Smith. Smith was founder of Century 21 Real Estate Co. in Sikeston. He was a member of Elks Lodge 2319, past officer and member of Eagles Aerie 3319 and Henry Meldrum American Legion Post 114...
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Geneva Tripp
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Geneva Tripp, 90, of Albuquerque, N.M., died Friday, May 27, 2005, in Albuquerque. She was born April 22, 1915, daughter of Albert and Margaret Campbell Evans. She and John H. Tripp were married in September 1945. He died April 12, 1991...
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John Jamison Jr.
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- John Henry Jamison Jr., 77, of Charleston died Saturday, May 28, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born June 16, 1927, in Ripley, Tenn., son of John and Bertha Jamison. He and Delree Brown were married in 1952...
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Ena Vogel
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ena Vogel, 81, of Aurora, Colo., died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at Hospice of Metro Denver, Colo. She was born May 16, 1924, in Roma, Queensland, Australia, daughter of Thomas Edgar and Williamena Thompson Kemp. She and Albert W. "Pete" Vogel were married July 14, 1945. He died March 8, 1999...
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Thomas Ritchie
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
Thomas Edward Ritchie, 49, of Fort Smith, Ark., died Saturday, May 21, 2005, in Fort Smith. He was born in 1956 in St. Louis, son of William and Helen Ritchie. Ritchie was a graduate of Kennedy High School, and attended Southwest Missouri State University. He was assistant manager of technical support at LOIS Law...
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Betty Leist
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
Betty Jean Leist, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 28, 2005, at Heartland Care and Rehab. She was born March 1, 1928, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Jessie and Deale McClard Wills. She married Benny Leist, who died in 1992. She had been a nurse aide at Green Meadows Nursing Home in Dexter, Mo., and at Wilson's Nursing Home in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ in Jackson...
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Club news 6/1/05
(Community News ~ 06/01/05)
Zonta Club Foundation; Arnsberg 4-H Club; Alpha Mu Master; Capaha Scottish Rite Women; St. Mary CCW; American Legion Post 158
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Out of the past 6/1/05
(Out of the Past ~ 06/01/05)
25 years ago: June 1, 1980 A rededication service is held in the morning at Trinity Lutheran Church in Egypt Mills; the church was originally dedicated May 30, 1880, according to the Rev. H. Sylvester, pastor. Southeast Missouri State University president Bill W. ...
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Nadine Haley
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
ANNISTON, Mo. -- Nadine Self Haley, 80, of Anniston died Monday, May 30, 2005, at her home. She was born April 29, 1925, in Lilbourn, Mo., daughter of Willie and Leoda Bashears Armer. She and Charles Self Jr. were married Feb. 7, 1941. He died May 14, 1994. She and Fred Haley were married Oct. 24, 1997...
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Speak Out 6/1/05
(Speak Out ~ 06/01/05)
Good neighbor; Keep the money; Cell-phone biker; Need sidewalk; Safety at night; Use ACT, not MAP; Closer scrutiny; Carefully checked; You will get caught; Install cameras; Less litter?; Keeping his word; Our responsibility; Consider the message; Bleak job outlook; More trash cans; No follow-through; Waiting, and waiting; Extra caution
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You can't spend what you don't have
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/01/05)
To the editor: In response to the "Responsible for cuts'" Speak Out contributor: I am perfectly willing to take the responsibility for cuts to Medicaid. I am glad we finally have a governor who realizes that Missouri can't continue to spend money it doesn't have. ...
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Thanks for good teaching memories
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/01/05)
To the editor: This is an open letter to the Meadow Heights School District. Thank you for 28 years of warm friendships. I never had a student I did not love. I did not always like their behavior, but I always loved my students. During my 27 years as student council adviser, Meadow Heights Student Council became an active organization. ...
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Marie Hahn
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
Marie Emerson Hahn, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 23, 2005, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 3, 1916, at Cedar Hill, Mo., daughter of Frederick Wilhelm "Bill" Gottlieb and Mary Elizabeth Dieckmann Reinemer. She married John Hahn, who preceded her in death...
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Closing TeAta is loss for rural Scouts
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/01/05)
To the editor: Last week my daughter attended the Girl Scouts' Camp TeAta outside Marble Hill for the last time. The local council voted to close this camp, which has been in operation for 50 years. It was a close-to-home option for the rural Scouts of Rolling Hills with overnight camps, day camps and cookouts...
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Sports briefs 6/1/05
(Other Sports ~ 06/01/05)
Baseball; Colleges
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Zylphia Morrison
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
Zylphia Idell Morrison, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 15, 1918, at Delta, daughter of Roy F. and Rozlphia Brinner Gilder. She and Carl Edward Morrison were married Sept. 11, 1937, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He died June 17, 1993...
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Mary Chapman
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
Mary Janette Chapman, 68, died Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at the home of her daughter in Sedgewickville, Mo. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with burial in Thompson Cemetery...
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Velma Lawrence
(Obituary ~ 06/01/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Velma Louise Lawrence, 45, of Sikeston died Sunday, May 29, 2005, at her home. She was born Aug. 26, 1959, in Scott County, daughter of James and Lucy Reddix Lawrence. Lawrence lived in Sikeston most of her life. She attended Sikeston High School...
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Setting the gold standard
(Column ~ 06/01/05)
A few years ago 50 baboons somehow managed to escape at once from the wildlife preserve at the Kings Island amusement park near Cincinnati. Zookeepers, sensing that this development was not good for business at the park, scrambled to lure them back, using a variety of devices. It took four days to get the job done, and though a tranquilizer gun was instrumental in the process, a far more effective tool was the Hostess Twinkie...
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Opponents clamoring for congressional vote
(National News ~ 06/01/05)
WASHINGTON -- It took less than three months for President Bush to push through Congress separate trade deals with Australia, Chile, Morocco and Singapore, but his biggest one -- Central America -- has been lingering for a year. Despite another call Tuesday by Bush for Congress to pass it, the people clamoring most for a vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement are not its supporters but opponents confident they can kill it...
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Making the most out of strawberry season
(Column ~ 06/01/05)
We had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend of doing not much of anything. We have been so busy with baseball and softball it was so nice just to have a couple of days to do some things around the house. We did go eat at the Zion United Methodist Church Memorial Day Picnic and chicken and dumpling dinner. ...
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Sports briefs 6/1/05
(Other Sports ~ 06/01/05)
Johnson earns honor at state tourney Barbara Johnson, representing Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson, won the championship flight low gross at the Missouri Women's Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship played Tuesday and Wednesday at Silo Ridge Golf and Country Club in Bolivar...
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Kidnapped Iraqi governor found dead
(International News ~ 06/01/05)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. and Iraqi troops battled foreign fighters near the Syrian border and found the body of Anbar province's missing governor, the highest-ranking Iraqi official kidnapped since the fall of Saddam Hussein, authorities said Tuesday...
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Jackson Legion debuts with 7-6 home victory
(High School Sports ~ 06/01/05)
The Jackson American Legion baseball team opened the season by holding on for a 7-6 victory against House Springs on Tuesday night at Legion Field in Jackson. Tyler Beussink was the winning pitcher for Jackson after allowing four runs over six innings. Austin Morrison pitched two innings in relief, Jason Meystedt picked up an eventful save in the ninth...
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Nelson, 1,600 relay join Smith at nationals
(College Sports ~ 06/01/05)
Southeast received two at-large bids and will be represented in three events. Southeast Missourian Southeast Missouri State University will be represented in three events at the NCAA track and field national finals after hurdler Alonzo Nelson and the 1,600 relay team earned at-large berths...
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Shadow in Victory Lane
(Professional Sports ~ 06/01/05)
NEW YORK -- Dan Wheldon stood up in his replica race car on a busy Manhattan street and lifted his index finger to photographers, almost as a reminder that he, not Danica Patrick, had won the Indianapolis 500. As Wheldon posed, a man passing by peered through the crowd to get a glimpse...
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Salads can seduce with a dash of difference
(Community ~ 06/01/05)
Spring into summer with salads, but give your salads a role with dash of difference, a character variation. Of course, salads usually seduce diners quite simply, with their irresistibly fresh vegetables and lightly tangy complementary dressings. But you can easily give salads a little extra allure by throwing in a touch of inspiration, preferably something that's already at hand, ready to use, on your pantry shelf. ...
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Deep Throat revealed
(National News ~ 06/01/05)
WASHINGTON -- Breaking a silence of 30 years, former FBI official W. Mark Felt stepped forward Tuesday as Deep Throat, the secret Washington Post source that helped bring down then-president Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. Within hours, the paper confirmed his claim...
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Stronger arms of the law
(Local News ~ 06/01/05)
The state can call them up. So can the federal government, and it has, twice to protect the president. But most of the time, they're keeping small communities in Southeast Missouri safe. The members of the Jackson-Sikeston SEMO Hazmat-Weapons of Mass Destruction Team, which was formed in 1999 and enhanced with tactical components in 2001 after the Sept. ...
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Bridal work brings dividends on 'Price is Right'
(Local News ~ 06/01/05)
When Cape Girardeau resident Stephanie Belmar went into Tuesday's taping of the game show "The Price is Right," she didn't know that she would even be a contestant. Nor did she know that the things she learned as a bridal consultant at Famous Barr would help her win the Showcase Showdown: the grand prize round at the end of the show...
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Dry May puts heat on farmers, gardeners
(Local News ~ 06/01/05)
Southeast Missouri has enjoyed a spell of sunshine, but farmers and gardeners are in need of some stormy weather. Cape Girardeau only got 3.06 inches of rain in May, down almost 2 inches from the normal 4.94 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky. More than two-thirds of this precipitation fell on May 15, and Cape Girardeau has not seen any rainfall since one-hundredth of an inch fell May 23...
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Jackson expands schedule
(High School Sports ~ 06/01/05)
Paul Sander is ready for Senior Babe Ruth baseball in Jackson to be recognized as a solid program again. The first-year coach will have his chance to get it done this summer, as he heads the Jackson team into a season in which they will play nearly 30 more games than last summer...
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