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Cape sheds slump with 10-0 rout of Sikeston
(Community Sports ~ 07/09/05)
Ford & Sons posted its second straight victory. SIKESTON -- The Sikeston American Legion team was the elixir Cape Girardeau needed to break out of a prolonged slump. Cape Girardeau (13-20), winner of only one of its last 11 outings coming in, picked up its second and third straight wins by posting 10-0 and 11-7 decisions against Post 114 (11-19) at VFW Stadium on Friday...
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Capahas rout Toros; 'Dogs lose big
(Community Sports ~ 07/09/05)
Both games ended early due to the 10-run rule. The Plaza Tire Capahas have not captured the title in their own National Baseball Congress Mid-South Regional since 2001. If Friday night's first-round game is any indication, they might be well on their way to finally getting back in the winner's circle after three straight second-place finishes...
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Armstrong welcomes an uphill challenge
(Professional Sports ~ 07/09/05)
After one week, the six-time champion is wearing yellow and looking forward to the grueling mountain stages. KARLSRUHE, Germany -- They tire the legs and burn the lungs, but the Tour de France's punishing climbs can't come soon enough for Lance Armstrong...
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Trio takes morning swim across the river
(Local News ~ 07/09/05)
The Mississippi River can be a daunting sight with its huge volume of water rushing south to the Gulf of Mexico. Daunting to most, but not to Aki Busch, Onni Johnson and John Wyman. The three decided Friday midmorning would be a great time for a leisurely swim across the Mississippi in Cape Girardeau...
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Emerson talks to seniors about drug benefit
(Local News ~ 07/09/05)
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson met with area senior citizens Friday at the Cape Girardeau Senior Center to discuss a new federal prescription drug program that will take effect at the beginning of next year. Under the MedicareRx Prescription Drug Coverage program, the federal government will pay 75 percent of annual prescription drug costs for all Medicare recipients up to $2,250 and 95 percent after costs reach $5,100. ...
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Cardinals' Mulder notches 10th win against Giants
(Professional Sports ~ 07/09/05)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Mark Mulder pitched seven shutout innings in a triumphant return to the Bay area, and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Friday night for their fifth victory in six games. Mulder (10-5), pitching back in the area for the first time since Oakland traded him in December, won his second straight decision. He allowed four hits, struck out one and walked one in an impressive 73-pitch performance...
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Fire report 07/09/05
(Local News ~ 07/09/05)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday: * At 5:52 p.m., emergency medical service at 612 S. Sprigg St. * At 5:56 p.m., emergency medical service at 753 Perry Ave. * At 6:52 p.m., emergency medical service in the 3000 block of Aspen Drive...
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Senate likely to restore cuts in transit security funds
(National News ~ 07/09/05)
WASHINGTON -- Three weeks before London's bus and subway bombings, a Senate committee voted to slash spending on mass transit security in the United States, a decision sure to be reversed when Congress returns next week. At a minimum, the Senate will restore the $50 million cut, G. William Hoagland, top budget aide to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said Friday...
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Government puts new restrictions on AIDS funding
(National News ~ 07/09/05)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. groups fighting AIDS overseas are being given an ultimatum by the government: Pledge your opposition to sex trafficking and prostitution or do without federal funds. The new rule has created confusion among health groups that wonder how it will affect them, and has drawn criticism from others who say it infringes on free speech rights and could do more harm than good...
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London Muslims fear backlash for bombings
(International News ~ 07/09/05)
LONDON -- Thousands of Muslims crowded London mosques for Friday prayers, condemning the bombings, but also wary they could be made scapegoats and fearful of reprisals against their growing and vibrant community. At the East London Mosque, near the site of one of Thursday's attacks, an imam told the 8,000 worshippers to be "confident in our identity" as part of London's multicultural fabric...
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U.S. appears to win on global warming at G-8 summit
(International News ~ 07/09/05)
GLENEAGLES, Scotland -- Leaders of the world's wealthy nations appeared to bow to U.S. pressure on climate change, issuing a watered-down declaration Friday that avoids setting targets or timetables for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But in his final speech at the G-8 summit, Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that the G-8 countries and five of the world's largest emerging economies -- China, Brazil, India, Mexico and South Africa -- had agreed to work together to counter global warming...
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Summit reaches compromises on Africa, Palestinian aid
(International News ~ 07/09/05)
GLENEAGLES, Scotland -- World leaders on Friday concluded an economic summit shaken by terrorism, offering an "alternative to the hatred" -- a $50 billion aid package for Africa and up to $9 billion in additional support for the Palestinians over the next three years...
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Thousands flee as Dennis heads toward Keys
(National News ~ 07/09/05)
KEY WEST, Fla. -- The first rain from Hurricane Dennis started falling Friday on the Florida Keys as the storm barreled toward the Gulf of Mexico, and forecasters warned that it might score a direct hit on the island chain. The wind weakened steadily from 150 mph to about 110 mph Friday night, but was expected to gain strength as it emerged over the Florida Straits and into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico later today. ...
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Johnson wins Sheetrock pole
(Professional Sports ~ 07/09/05)
JOLIET, Ill. -- Nextel Cup points leader Jimmie Johnson won his first pole in more than a year, taking the top spot Friday at Chicagoland Speedway. His speed of 188.147 mph knocked NASCAR's top qualifier, Ryan Newman, off the pole for Sunday's USG Sheetrock 400. Johnson, who drove a Chevrolet, and Newman led six drivers who surpassed Jeff Gordon's year-old track qualifying record of 186.942...
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Rouse's 52-0 year put indelible marks in the books
(High School Sports ~ 07/09/05)
The Jackson wrestler set or matched three state records. Jackson's Cody Rouse was one of many high school seniors to complete their athletic careers on high notes. But Rouse's high note will linger longer than most, due to its place the state record book...
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Police reports 7/9/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/09/05)
Cape Girardeau...
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Helping Habitat
(Editorial ~ 07/09/05)
In the past 20 years, Cape Area Habitat for Humanity has helped turn substandard housing into 19 homes that house some 70 people. The organization's volunteers oversee the work, but the essence of the organization's mission is helping people help themselves. ...
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Downtown churches join forces for VBS
(Community News ~ 07/09/05)
Differences in denominational dogma, culture and language aren't keeping three downtown churches from a partnership. For the third consecutive year, Christ Episcopal Church and First Presbyterian Church are joining together for a vacation Bible school program called "Jesus in the Neighborhood."...
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Religion briefs 7/9/05
(Community News ~ 07/09/05)
Today; Sunday; Monday; Friday; Gideons program at Hobbs Chapel July 17; Vincentian Marian Youth to meet at grotto; Praise concert planned at Anna Heights church
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Sports briefs 7/9/05
(Other Sports ~ 07/09/05)
Basketball...
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All sides need to come together
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/09/05)
To the editor; Many people have heard or witnessed the near-tragic events that occurred in the Hanover Street area on the Fourth of July. This is not shocking or appalling to me. This event and more of them will occur more often as long as the mayor, council and police chief continue to ignore the residents in that area...
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County road crew deserves thanks
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/09/05)
To the editor: I have been critical of the county highway department in the past, but this time I will have to commend the road crew for doing all it can with a grader the last two times fixing the mess made of my corner boundary at the intersection of County Road 465 and County Road 450. It was all smoothed out and had material there to stop erosion...
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Gracious assistance is appreciated
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/09/05)
To the editor: In this crazy world we live in today we tend to think no one cares about his fellow man. On July 2 I found this statement to be wrong. My friend and I were driving on Highway 25 when I ran over an object in the road that punched a hole in my front tire...
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Speak Out 7/9/05
(Speak Out ~ 07/09/05)
Reasonable cost; The SEMO boost; Moral stain; Unruly behavior; Loving experience; Police issues; Backing the officer
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Raymond Hutson
(Obituary ~ 07/09/05)
Raymond Dale Hutson, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, July 8, 2005, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Dec. 5, 1916, at Millersville, son of Willie and Maggie Welker Hutson. He and Alpha "Pete" Surlet Plumb were married July 14, 1951, in Piggott, Ark...
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Claire Quinn
(Obituary ~ 07/09/05)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Claire H. Quinn, 81, of Perryville died Thursday, July 7, 2005, at Green Park Nursing Home in St. Louis. She was born Nov. 7, 1923, in Minnesota. She and Raymond Joseph Quinn were married March 11, 1975. He died April 13, 2005. Quinn was retired from the Missouri Employment Division. She was a member of River Hills Eagles Auxiliary 4034...
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Births 7/9/05
(Births ~ 07/09/05)
Lawrence-Collier; Torbet; Denson; Crowden; Nunley; Moore; Johnson; Smith; Anderson; Flye
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Out of the past 7/9/05
(Out of the Past ~ 07/09/05)
25 years ago: July 9, 1980 The oppressive heat that has clung to most of Missouri and the Midwest shows no sign of abating and, according to the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City, it's anyone's guess when a stalled high pressure system bringing the heat will move; the official high at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport yesterday was 101 degrees; in the city, readings topped out at 103 degrees...
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Eddie Brown
(Obituary ~ 07/09/05)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Eddie Brown, 75, of Cairo died Friday, July 8, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Heavenly Gates Funeral Home in Cairo is in charge of arrangements.
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Robert Skaggs
(Obituary ~ 07/09/05)
WICKLIFFE, Ky. -- Robert "Bob" Skaggs, 73, of Wickliffe died Thursday, July 7, 2005, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky. He was born in Cairo, Ill., son of Ray and Robbie E. Skaggs. Skaggs worked in the marine industry more than 55 years. He was a deckhand on a towboat and then became vice president of Cairo Marine Service. He established his own company in 1981, and was active with Skaggs Marine Service until his death...
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Norma Plemons
(Obituary ~ 07/09/05)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Norma J. Plemons, 75, of Tamms died Thursday, July 7, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 26, 1930, in Miller City, Ill., daughter of Herman and Sylvia Greenley Tucker. She and Chester Plemons were married Dec. 23, 1976. He died Jan. 18, 1994...
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Gladys Stewart
(Obituary ~ 07/09/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Gladys Beatrice Stewart, 94, of Sikeston died Thursday, July 7, 2005, at Heartland Care Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 4, 1911, in Sikeston, daughter of William "Bill" and Edith Mae Cora Swinney. She and Hugh David Stewart were married Sept. 4, 1932. He died in July 1969...
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Willa Haman
(Obituary ~ 07/09/05)
Willa L. "Toots" Haman, 80, of Lake Hamilton, Fla., died Thursday, July 7, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 29, 1924, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of R.W. and Ersa Irene Nichols. She was a graduate of Central High School in Cape Girardeau and operated a cleaning business in the area for more than 25 years. She moved to Florida six years ago...
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Larry Reeves
(Obituary ~ 07/09/05)
PULASKI, Ill. -- Larry Leon Reeves, 64, of Pulaski died Thursday, July 7, 2005, at John Cochran Veterans Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born Feb. 25, 1941, at Mounds, Ill., son of Carl Franklin and Muriel Janet "Mermie" Palmer Reeves. Mr. Reeves was a PBX truck driver 25 years. He was a member of Pulaski Christian Church...
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Highway commission awards area road contracts, OKs five-year plan
(Local News ~ 07/09/05)
The Missouri State Highways and Transportation Commission awarded contracts Friday to add turn lanes and widen Highway 51 in Perryville and stripe 176 miles of roadways in Southeast Missouri. Commissioners awarded a $202,648 contract to Fronabarger Concreters Inc. of Oak Ridge. The project involves the addition of turn lanes 1,000 feet east of the U.S. 61/Highway 51 intersection in Perryville, Missouri Department of Transportation officials said...
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Idaho kidnapping suspect wrote entry in Weblog
(National News ~ 07/09/05)
MINNEAPOLIS -- The convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping two children in Idaho wrote about a missing Minnesota girl on his Weblog, and investigators are now looking into whether he might have had anything to do with her disappearance. On his Internet diary, Joseph Edward Duncan III wrote in early 2004 that he was afraid he'd be blamed for the disappearance of 5-year-old Leanna "Beaner" Warner...
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Boy freed after being trapped beneath boulder
(National News ~ 07/09/05)
EAGLE, Colo. -- A 16-year-old boy whose foot was trapped under a huge boulder for more than 12 hours suffered swelling but no broken bones. William McCann, of Leander, Texas, was climbing Wednesday afternoon in the Holy Cross Wilderness area southwest of Vail when he was trapped by a rock about 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide, Eagle County sheriff's officials said. ...
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A Christian Science practitioner will talk about faith
(Community News ~ 07/09/05)
Nearly everywhere you turn, there's talk about how Americans need to live healthier lives, reduce stress and simplify their daily routines. Maryl Walters will explain more about prayer-based solutions to today's problems during a radio interview at 7:30 a.m. Sunday on KAPE-AM 1550...
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Hall of Famer Daniel takes stroll down memory lane
(Professional Sports ~ 07/09/05)
For at least one afternoon, Beth Daniel turned the clock back 25 years. Conjuring up memories of her vintage years on the LPGA Tour, the Hall of Famer shot a 6-under 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic in Sylvania, Ohio...
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Roadside religious messages could proliferate
(Local News ~ 07/09/05)
WHITLEY CITY, Ky. -- It's one of the more conspicuous road signs on U.S. 27, a scenic route that meanders through the Daniel Boone National Forest en route to a popular recreational area on Lake Cumberland. "WARNING!!! Jesus is coming! RU Ready" -- such proclamations, already common throughout the Bible Belt, could become more commonplace along roadsides nationwide following recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that amounted to a split verdict on displays of the Ten Commandments on government property...
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Oh Deere- Wie is history
(Professional Sports ~ 07/09/05)
The sensational 15-year-old stumbled down the stretch and missed the cut at the PGA Tour's John Deere Classic. SILVIS, Ill. -- One ill-timed three-putt. A stray tee shot. Just like that, Michelle Wie went from historic to just plain history. On the brink of becoming the first woman in 60 years to make a cut on the PGA Tour, the 15-year-old was out after finding big trouble on two of her last four holes in the John Deere Classic. ...
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A writer's wild ride
(Local News ~ 07/09/05)
You'd be surprised at how quickly looking up at the ground becomes normal when you're soaring hundreds of feet above the earth, even when all that separates you from the dirt is a thin pane of glass and the thin air...
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Officials pitch sales tax at chamber gathering
(Local News ~ 07/09/05)
It may not be an issue that captures the imagination of most Cape Girardeau voters, by Mayor Jay Knudtson says meeting transportation needs is critical for future development. "Kohl's, Sears -- they won't come to you if you don't give them the growth they require," Knudtson said Friday morning, referring to new retail stores that are coming to the area. "It may not be as sexy, but transportation is very important to the growth of our city."...
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New Illinois village struggling to get census data, funds
(Local News ~ 07/09/05)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Legally, it's only been a village for three months. But already its founding mayor and board of trustees have been swamped with governmental paperwork as they struggle to obtain census data essential to efforts to secure state and federal grants...
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Cape air festival opens with bomber run, A-10 show
(Local News ~ 07/09/05)
Regarding what vintage of aircraft best epitomizes cool, Trever Glaus and Trenton Foeste, both age 9, had an old-school-versus-new-school difference of opinion while attending the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival Friday night. Trever, of Whitewater, said sleek modern jets impress him the most. His buddy Trenton, of Chaffee, Mo., said the old World War II era planes are more to his liking...
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Officials pitch sales tax at chamber gathering
(Local News ~ 07/09/05)
Voters will be asked to extend the tax to pay for street improvements across Cape Girardeau. It may not be an issue that captures the imagination of most Cape Girardeau voters, by Mayor Jay Knudtson says meeting transportation needs is critical for future development...
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New Illinois village struggling to get census data, funds
(Local News ~ 07/09/05)
McClure officials need the demographic data before they can apply for various grants. McCLURE, Ill. -- Legally, it's only been a village for three months. But already its founding mayor and board of trustees have been swamped with governmental paperwork as they struggle to obtain census data essential to efforts to secure state and federal grants...
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