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Fire destroys home in northern Cape County
(Local News ~ 12/22/05)
A rural Altenburg family is safe after a fire destroyed their two-story home early Wednesday. The North Cape County Fire Protection District arrived at the home of Larry and LaDonna Petzoldt, 3529 County Road 512 in Cape Girardeau County, at approximately 1:30 a.m...
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Southeast will have musical theater major starting in 2006
(Local News ~ 12/22/05)
The Department of Theatre and Dance at Southeast Missouri State University now officially has the ammunition it needs to create the coveted "triple threat." Earlier this month the university's board of regents gave the department the go-ahead to implement the musical theater option in the bachelor of fine arts in performing arts. Students pursuing the degree program, which becomes available in fall 2006, with be schooled in dance, acting and music...
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Cape library board raises out-of-district fee
(Local News ~ 12/22/05)
Cape Girardeau residents who live outside the public library's taxing boundaries face a 50 percent fee increase to use the public library. That upsets city residents who question why they should have to pay a fee to use the public library and why the library board can implement such an increase without voter approval...
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Starting pitcher Ponson agrees to one-year deal
(Professional Sports ~ 12/22/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Pitcher Sidney Ponson agreed Wednesday to a one-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, three months after the Baltimore Orioles voided the pitcher's contract and released him. Ponson's agreement with the Cardinals calls for a $1 million base salary and allows him to earn an additional $1.5 million in performance bonuses...
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Samuel will stay busy during holiday season
(College Sports ~ 12/22/05)
Tony Samuel received an early Christmas present on Wednesday when he officially was named the head football coach at Southeast Missouri State in a news conference held at the Show Me Center. Now the task for Samuel -- who served as defensive ends coach at Purdue this past season after eight years as head coach at Division I New Mexico State -- will be to fill out his staff and get to the business of turning around the struggling Redhawks football program...
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Fighting Illini demolish Tigers in 'Braggin' Rights'
(Professional Sports ~ 12/22/05)
ST. LOUIS -- In its first trip to town since last year's Final Four, Illinois got big games from its tournament holdovers. Dee Brown had 17 points, seven assists and two steals and James Augustine added 12 points, eight rebounds and three steals in the sixth-ranked Illini's 82-50 rout of Missouri on Wednesday night...
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Erring on side of safety
(Column ~ 12/22/05)
New Hampshire Union Leader The dangerous slowness of the federal bureaucracy, including that of the courts that approve spying under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), is documented by the 9-11 Commission. It is the reason President Bush authorized warrantless wiretaps of the international phone calls of terrorist suspects and their contacts...
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Pirro abandons her bid to unseat Hillary Clinton
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
ALBANY, N.Y. -- After weeks of pressure from her own party to drop out, Republican Jeanine Pirro abandoned her struggling campaign to unseat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and announced Wednesday that she will run for New York attorney general instead...
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Bertuzzi makes Canada's Olympic team
(Professional Sports ~ 12/22/05)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi was selected to the Canadian men's Olympic team on Wednesday, but Pittsburgh Penguins rookie Sidney Crosby was left off the team for the Turin Games. The 23-member team for the defending Olympic champions, primarily made up of veterans and former Olympians, was announced at the GM Place in Vancouver. All 23 play in the NHL...
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Boeing says a bigger 787 'highly likely'
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
SEATTLE -- Boeing Co. is talking with airlines about a stretch version of its new, fuel-efficient 787 jetliner. Yvonne Leach, Boeing's spokeswoman for the 787 program, said Tuesday the company is talking with Emirates Airlines, Qantas Airways Ltd. and other airlines about the larger jet. She would not identify any of the other airlines or say how many had expressed interest...
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World digest 12/22/05
(International News ~ 12/22/05)
Negotiators agree to revive Iran nuke dialogue VIENNA, Austria -- Iranian and European negotiators tentatively agreed Wednesday to meet next month, signaling a possible new start to negotiations to restrain the Tehran regime's nuclear program and reduce fears it is trying to make atomic bombs. ...
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Witness describes torture; Saddam alleges beatings
(International News ~ 12/22/05)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein launched into an extended outburst at his trial Wednesday, alleging he had been beaten and tortured by his American captors while in detention after a witness testified that his agents had tortured people by ripping off their skin...
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Bulger, Claiborne done for season
(Professional Sports ~ 12/22/05)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger was placed on injured reserve Wednesday and will miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury. The Rams also placed middle linebacker Chris Claiborne on injured reserve, raising the number of St. Louis players on IR to nine...
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Nixon sues four drug companies for overstating prices
(State News ~ 12/22/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon sued four drug companies Wednesday for allegedly bilking the state out of $19 million over the past decade by inflating Medicaid prescription drug prices. Nixon's lawsuit claims the companies sold drugs at one price to Medicaid providers such as pharmacies, then reported a much higher price to the state, which reimbursed the providers...
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State agrees to settle Heartland Academy lawsuits
(State News ~ 12/22/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Four years after a juvenile officer ordered the removal of 115 students from Heartland Christian Academy over child abuse concerns, the state has agreed to pay $775,000 to settle lawsuits filed by the northeast Missouri school for troubled youths...
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Lawmakers fear lobbyist's testimony in corruption probe
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
WASHINGTON -- Not since the 1992 House banking scandal that led to the retirement or ouster of 77 lawmakers has a corruption probe like the one involving lobbyist Jack Abramoff struck fear in so many hearts on Capitol Hill. Some lawmakers -- Republican Sen. Sam Brownback became the latest -- are scrambling to return or give away campaign donations, while others are the target of ethics complaints back in their home states by their political foes...
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Toledo rips UTEP in GMAC Bowl
(Professional Sports ~ 12/22/05)
MOBILE, Ala. -- Bruce Gradkowski and the Toledo Rockets came up with one big play after another. UTEP came up short in the postseason again. Gradkowski threw five touchdown passes and Trinity Dawson rushed for 132 yards, leading the Rockets to a 45-13 victory over the Miners on Wednesday night in the GMAC Bowl...
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Broadcasters given a firm deadline to move to digital TV
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
WASHINGTON -- It's still three years away, but there now is a firm date for the transition to all-digital television -- the biggest change in the industry since color TV. Legislation passed by the Senate on Wednesday would require broadcasters to end their traditional analog transmissions by Feb. 17, 2009, and send their signals digitally. Such technology promises super-sharp pictures and better sound...
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French Open finalist banned 8 years
(Professional Sports ~ 12/22/05)
LONDON -- Mariano Puerta was a long shot when he reached the French Open final in June. Now, the 27-year-old Argentine is facing the longest doping ban in tennis history. Puerta was banned for eight years Wednesday for his second doping offense. He is the first tennis player to receive a ban of more than two years...
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Bryant sends message with 62 points Tuesday
(Professional Sports ~ 12/22/05)
LOS ANGELES -- Two nights after a most annoying loss, Kobe Bryant took out his anger and frustration on the poor Dallas Mavericks. Bryant was at his best Tuesday night, scoring a career-high 62 points in just three quarters to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 112-90 victory over the Mavericks...
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Specter poised to resuscitate Patriot Act
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
WASHINGTON -- A deal preserving the expiring portions of the terror-fighting USA Patriot Act may be in the works, Senate Judiciary chairman Arlen Specter said Wednesday. Specter said he held secret talks and chances of a deal "are brighter in the last half hour than they've been for six days."...
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Sprint Nextel to buy affiliate in deal valued at $6.5 billion
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sprint Nextel Corp. said Tuesday that it would buy outstanding shares of Nextel Partners Inc. in a deal valued at $6.5 billion, or $28.50 per share, settling a battle with its largest affiliate. Nextel Partners shareholders had approved a provision in October that required Sprint Nextel to buy two-thirds of the company it doesn't already own. ...
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Blue Devils overwhelm Red Storm
(Professional Sports ~ 12/22/05)
J.J. Redick scored 18 points to lead No. 1 Duke to a 70-57 victory over St. John's on Wednesday night. Freshman Josh McRoberts tied a season high with 12 points, Sean Dockery also had 12 and Shelden Williams added 11 points and 10 rebounds for Duke (11-0)...
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Speak Out 12/22/05
(Speak Out ~ 12/22/05)
Post office on farm; Teaching at home; Inspecting dams; Making sacrifices; Learn to co-exist; Airline concerns; Do some good; Thanks for the help; Getting the money; Old deceptions; Window memories; Angel buys lunch; Careful vigilance; No secrets
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Out of the past 12/22/05
(Out of the Past ~ 12/22/05)
25 years ago: Dec. 22, 1980 Newly elected Cape Girardeau County officials are sworn in at the Jackson courthouse by County Clerk Rodney Miller; they include First District County Court Judge Leonard F. Sander, Assessor Jerry L. Reynolds, Second District Judge J. Ronald Fischer, Treasurer Bill Reynolds, Administrator Dorris Young, Coroner Harold G. Cobb and Sheriff Herman "Bob" Gribler...
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Births 12/22/05
(Births ~ 12/22/05)
Hornback-Branion...
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Velma Huey
(Obituary ~ 12/22/05)
Velma Huey, 83, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, at the Baptist Home in Ozark, Mo. She was born July 1, 1922, at Chaffee, Mo., daughter of Alfred Poe and Fannie Bell Jones Varble. She and Emerson Huey were married Nov. 27, 1940, at Chaffee. He died July 6, 1999...
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Faye Meyer
(Obituary ~ 12/22/05)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Faye L. Meyer, 56, of Frohna died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, at Barnes/Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was born July 31, 1949, in Perry County, Mo., daughter of Melvin "Hap" and Linda Boxdorfer Bohnert. She and Clarence N. Meyer were married April 29, 1969...
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Sarah Adams
(Obituary ~ 12/22/05)
Sarah Jean Adams, 91, formerly of Portageville, Mo., died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, at the Lutheran Home. She was born July 2, 1914, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Leo R. and Lottie Ates Howard. She and Julius Jefferson "Doodle" Adams were married July 7, 1937, in Sikeston, Mo...
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Kenneth Holshouser
(Obituary ~ 12/22/05)
ANNA, Ill. -- Kenneth W. Holshouser, 63, of Anna died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, on arrival at Union County Hospital. He was born March 20, 1942, in McClure, Ill., son of William Albert and Alberta Kaufman Holshouser. He and Joyce Ann Turner were married Feb. 4, 1962, in Johnson County, Ill...
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Foster caring
(Editorial ~ 12/22/05)
When children who wind up in situations where living at home with parents -- or even one parent -- is out of the question, they often find themselves in foster homes. While most foster-care situations begin with adults and children who are complete strangers, strong bonds often are formed, and when temporary custody comes to an end, the result can be an aching heart. Experienced foster parents say the fulfillment of proving a good home to children in need helps salve the hurt...
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Emma Pickett
(Obituary ~ 12/22/05)
Emma Mae Pickett, 85, of Scott City died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, at Jefferson City Manor Care Center in Jefferson City, Mo. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Vera Grantham
(Obituary ~ 12/22/05)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Vera A. Grantham, 95, formerly of Sedgewickville, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 8, 1910, near Sedgewickville, daughter of Robert N. and Elizabeth Thiele Sebaugh. She and Ray N. Grantham were married June 9, 1945. He died Nov. 21, 2003...
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Martha Hanning
(Obituary ~ 12/22/05)
Martha Elizabeth Hanning, 89, of Burfordville died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 5, 1916, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Emory and Ida Wendel Hitt. She and Ruel Hanning were married Nov. 11, 1938, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Oct. 20, 1988...
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Paul Jansen
(Obituary ~ 12/22/05)
Paul Henry Jansen, 77, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, at his home near Rogersville, Mo. He was born Nov. 14, 1928, in Cape Girardeau, son of Bernard William and Christine Brockmeyer Jansen of that city. At a young age he and his family moved to rural Oran, Mo., and later to a farm west of Kelso, Mo. He was educated in the Oran school system...
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James Bone
(Obituary ~ 12/22/05)
James S. Bone, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 29, 1919, in Clinton, Ky., son of William Virgil and Jo Anna Stone Bone. He and Winifred Axelson were married March 1, 1946, in Cairo, Ill. She died Feb. 8, 2001...
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Health benefits of omega 3s
(Community ~ 12/22/05)
If it is too good to be true, it usually is. At least that was the common sense I was taught back in America's heartland. But if I had told my heartland physician father that there was something that one could put into their body that could wrestle autism, heart disease and irritable bowel disease to the ground, he would surely assume I had moved way too far away from home, let alone any good sense...
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Health briefs/calendar 12/22/05
(Community ~ 12/22/05)
Briefly Elks Mobile Dental Unit scheduled to visit Cape For the 44th year, the Elks Mobile Dental Unit is scheduled to visit Cape Girardeau to provide free dental care to handicapped children, mentally retarded/developmentally disabled children and adults, and individuals in extreme financial distress who cannot otherwise get dental care. ...
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Autoimmune disease turns woman's antibodies against her own body
(Community ~ 12/22/05)
After Laura Clark of Poplar Bluff, Mo., gave birth to her daughter in 1980, her overall health took a downward spiral. She endured constant pain in her abdomen and legs. She suffered nonstop fatigue. No one could pinpoint the cause until she was found to have Raynaud's disease, a condition that causes fingers to turn white or blue from cold...
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Football players barred from school
(Local News ~ 12/22/05)
Southeast Missouri State University barred four football players from campus and didn't let them complete their final exams after they were charged last week with assaulting two students. Southeast president Dr. Ken Dobbins was unsure Wednesday exactly how many exams the players didn't complete. The suspension took effect when the school learned that the four were charged with misdemeanors in the ambush attack at an off-campus fraternity party, he said...
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Christmas letter 2005
(Column ~ 12/22/05)
Dec. 22, 2005 Dear family and friends, Some years are memorable for vacations. This year I dreamed of Florentine art and Venetian vistas. DC has nightmares about the terrorists just waiting for us to make the plane reservations. This was the year of going nowhere. Or maybe it was the year of digging in our heels. Sometimes heavy equipment was required...
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New pastor wants to shepherd parish at odds with St. Louis archbishop
(State News ~ 12/22/05)
ST. LOUIS -- The new pastor of a Polish parish at odds with the Archdiocese of St. Louis said Wednesday he risked excommunication to be a shepherd and spiritual leader of Catholic faithful who've been without a priest for 17 months. "It's not my intention to be a hero or to dispute canonical issues," the Rev. ...
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Man stabs friend over Monopoly, goes to jail, goes directly to jail
(State News ~ 12/22/05)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A heated game of Monopoly ended with one player suffering from minor stab wounds and another under arrest. Police said the friends had been drinking early Monday when an argument broke out. The victim, suffering from a small puncture to his right shoulder and scratches on the left side of his neck, walked to a police station to report that his friend had stabbed him with a small folding pocket knife...
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Filibuster threat stops Alaska oil measure
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate blocked opening the nation's largest untapped oil reserve in an Alaska wildlife refuge Wednesday, denying President Bush his top energy priority and delivering a victory to environmentalists who said drilling would threaten wildlife...
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Cape police reports 12/22/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/22/05)
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Cape/Jackson fire reports 12/22/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/22/05)
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Community briefs 12/22/05
(Community News ~ 12/22/05)
Family, friends urged to send holiday videos Family members and friends of those in the military are encouraged to visit across from Bath & Body Works in Westfield West Park to create personal holiday videos to send to their loved ones. The event is set for 10 a.m. ...
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Cape Girardeau Lions Club donates $2,000 to improve sight
(Community News ~ 12/22/05)
The Cape Girardeau Noon Lions Club recently presented the Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation with a $2,000 donation to fund programs dedicated to the preservation and restoration of sight. Lions Clubs of Missouri have given their volunteer and financial support to the Foundation for sight saving programs since its inception in 1960...
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Suspect charged in death of jogger found on property of Big Bird actor
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
DANIELSON, Conn. -- A property caretaker was charged with murder Wednesday in the death of a jogger whose battered and bound body was found in a shed owned by the "Sesame Street" actor who plays Big Bird. Under the capital murder count, prosecutors can seek the death penalty or life in prison without parole for Scott Deojay, 36...
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Parents Without Partners January calendar
(Community News ~ 12/22/05)
n 6:30 p.m. Jan. 3, PWP will meet at the Show Me Center ticket office to attend the Harlem Globetrotters show. There is a cost. Free to members' children/two grandchildren. 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25, PWP will attend line dance lessons at Silver Saddle Country and Western Club, 330 S. Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau. Open to the public. There is a cost. Call 335-0797 or 243-2298 for more information...
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Clifton completes training with Marines
(Community News ~ 12/22/05)
Marine Corps Pvt. Kyle A. Clifton, son of Tina M. and David W. Clifton of Perryville, recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Calif.
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Students perform 'Charlie Brown Christmas' play
(Community News ~ 12/22/05)
Under the direction of Immaculate Conception School's music director, Jeremy Boyer, students performed "A Charlie Brown Christmas recently." According to Boyer Charles Schultz, the creator of "A Charlie Brown Christmas," was a very religious man whose message was to remind us that God wants us to be satisfied and good to each other rather than to judge or condemn one another...
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CASAs will deliver bikes to area children
(Community News ~ 12/22/05)
Thanks to the community, Court Appointed Special Advocates will deliver bikes to the children they support this Christmas. CASAs are a group of volunteers who are appointed by a judge to represent the best interests of neglected and abused children when their cases go before a court...
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Bodies of two Baltimore police officers found in a home in suburb
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
RANDALLSTOWN, Md. -- Two off-duty Baltimore police officers were shot to death at a suburban townhouse Wednesday, and another law enforcement officer turned himself in a short time later, authorities said. Police gave no motive for the slayings. The suspect and the victims knew one another, according to Baltimore County police spokesman Bill Toohey. But he said he did not know their exact relationship...
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Senate cuts government benefits, first time in more than a decade
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
WASHINGTON -- In the final clashes of a year of partisan conflict, the Senate dealt defeat Wednesday to legislation allowing oil drilling in the National Wildlife Refuge, but Republicans salvaged a $39.7 billion package of deficit cuts on Vice President Dick Cheney's tie-breaking vote...
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Business briefs 12/22/05
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
Doe Run announces management changes ST. LOUIS -- Jeffrey Zelms will retire as president of The Doe Run Co. on Jan. 1, and as its vice chairman and chief executive officer on April 1, the St. Louis-based natural resources company said Tuesday. Bruce Neil, president of Doe Run Peru, will succeed Zelms as president of The Doe Run Co. ...
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Nation briefs 12/22/05
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
Banana Boy fans find sentence unappealing HUDSON FALLS, N.Y. -- Banana Boy and the rest of his bunch have apparently found a new superpower: escaping community service.The local television character, who goes by the name Chris Phelps when he's not donning a large yellow banana crime-fighting costume, and two others pleaded guilty last week to staging a fake brawl on a busy street. ...
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Judge resigns from secret court, apparently over domestic spying
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge has resigned from a special court set up to oversee government surveillance, apparently in protest of President Bush's secret authorization of a domestic spying program on people with suspected terrorist ties. U.S. District Judge James Robertson would not comment Wednesday on his resignation, but The Washington Post reported that it stemmed from deep concern that the surveillance program Bush authorized was legally questionable and may have tainted the work of the court. ...
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Jackson tops Notre Dame to reach final in Saint Francis Holiday Classic
(High School Sports ~ 12/22/05)
The Jackson girls basketball team scored the first 15 points of the second quarter on Wednesday to blow open its semifinal game against Notre Dame in a 57-36 win in the Saint Francis Medical Center Holiday Classic at the Show Me Center. The No. 1 Indians led just 12-8 after one quarter, but after the 15-0 run to start the second, Jackson never looked back. The fourth-seeded Bulldogs managed just six points in the quarter and trailed 34-14 by the break...
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Area sports digest 12/22/05
(Community Sports ~ 12/22/05)
Former AD Sloan honored in Florida Former Southeast Missouri State athletic director Russ Sloan was honored Dec. 18 by the University of South Florida during its winter commencement services. Sloan, who was AD at Southeast from 1977 to 1979, was given the President's Distinguished Citizen Award, which is given in recognition of an individual's public service...
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Bloomfield Road closure unsafe, say residents
(Local News ~ 12/22/05)
About 20 residents met with Cape Girardeau officials Wednesday night to air concerns of safety, inconvenience and costliness concerning the Bloomfield Road reconstruction project. The project, meant to widen the existing road, will require a three-month-long shutdown of the half-mile section of Bloomfield between Siemers Drive and Stonebridge Drive...
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Food allergies: More serious than you might think
(Local News ~ 12/22/05)
The bucket of peanuts served on every table at Logan's Roadhouse prevents the Philipps family from dining at the restaurant. At every other dining establishment, Amy Philipps has to ask the server if the french fries are fried in peanut oil. Philipps' 7-year-old son, Alex, is one of 3 million Americans who suffer from a peanut allergy...
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In historic hire, only color that mattered was red
(College Sports ~ 12/22/05)
During the public portion of the news conference to introduce Tony Samuel as the new head coach of the Southeast Missouri State football team, the only color mentioned was red. Dr. Kenneth Dobbins, the university president, gave Samuel some Southeast clothing items and then said the coach would look good in a red sports coat like the one Dobbins was wearing...
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Redhawks head into break with 10-point defeat
(College Sports ~ 12/22/05)
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- All Southeast Missouri State's Redhawks really wanted for Christmas was a victory to end their current tailspin. But Jacksonville State played the perfect role of Grinch, building a big lead and holding off visiting Southeast 82-72 Wednesday night...
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Pace, Holt selected to Pro Bowl
(Professional Sports ~ 12/22/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Orlando Pace's reward for another stellar season, a seventh straight Pro Bowl berth, eased the sting Wednesday of some critical comments directed at the St. Louis Rams' entire offensive line by their interim coach. Angered by eight false start penalties in a one-point loss to the Eagles, Joe Vitt said Monday that the line was "soft" and that changes would be made this week in practice...
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Study: Bird flu victims died after becoming resistant to Tamiflu
(National News ~ 12/22/05)
In a development health experts are calling alarming, two bird flu patients in Vietnam died after developing resistance to Tamiflu, the key drug that governments are stockpiling in case of a large-scale outbreak. The experts said the deaths were disturbing because the two girls had received early and aggressive treatment with Tamiflu and had gotten the recommended doses...
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Nixon: Blunt's plan could harm defense for school suit
(State News ~ 12/22/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Attorney General Jay Nixon asserted Wednesday that it would be harder for him to defend the state's school funding method in court if a plan backed by Gov. Matt Blunt is enacted mandating an amount schools must spend on student instruction...
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Nature site blooms on radioactive waste
(State News ~ 12/22/05)
WELDON SPRING, Mo. -- Talk about making lemonade out of lemons: making a fantastic view out of a rock-covered pile of radioactive waste. That's just what the U.S. Department of Energy has done at the Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center on Highway 94, west of St. Louis...
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Officials back aid for heating bills
(State News ~ 12/22/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Matt Blunt and legislative leaders teamed up Wednesday to back a proposed increase in government aid for low-income Missourians struggling to pay high winter heating bills. The spending proposal would have to be approved as a supplement to the state's budget after legislators return to work Jan. 4...
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State orders more clean-up; injured child improving
(State News ~ 12/22/05)
ST. LOUIS -- A week after a reservoir break in Southeast Missouri, the state on Wednesday ordered additional cleanup. Meanwhile, a child injured when a wall of water struck his home improved to fair condition. Gov. Matt Blunt directed the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to issue a second order to AmerenUE, telling the utility to take additional steps to address sediment and debris removal near the Taum Sauk reservoir failure...
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Purdue assistant accepts challenge to rebuild
(College Sports ~ 12/22/05)
Tony Samuel has been an assistant at a national championship program, he's coached NFL players, and he's won at a school where few head coaches have had success. The next challenge for the 50-year-old coach will be to right a Southeast Missouri State football program which has just two winning seasons since moving to NCAA Division I-AA in 1991. Samuel was formally introduced as Redhawks head football coach at a news conference Wednesday at the Show Me Center...
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