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Hearts and flowers and hammering in the night
(Column ~ 02/09/06)
Feb. 9, 2006 Dear Julie, Many people will be getting flowers and candy Tuesday. Some will be getting engaged. A few will be getting married. That gauzy feeling is nice, but after a while the person you're living with becomes a lot more real. Real can be even better than smitten though very different from your fantasies about love. Those fantasies are the ego running wild, finding in the other person an idealized version of perfection that makes you feel good about yourself...
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Police: Prisoner walks away from Cape hospital
(Local News ~ 02/09/06)
A Cape Girardeau County Jail inmate on medical furlough late Wednesday afternoon walked away from Saint Francis Medical Center. Tommie K. Keely, 44, of St. Louis, was at the hospital on a medical furlough granted Tuesday by Associate Circuit Judge Gary Kamp. He had previously been in jail with a $3,500 cash-only bond following his arrest Feb. 2 for failure to appear in court on a charge of driving while revoked and speeding...
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Scott Co. gives $2,000 to fund man's autopsy
(Local News ~ 02/09/06)
Standard Democrat BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County contributed money for the autopsy of man who died Feb. 1, and commissioners said the money was well spent. "We felt like this was a public health issue," Presiding Commissioner Martin Priggel said Tuesday...
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Aircraft manufacturer celebrates opening
(Local News ~ 02/09/06)
The Commander Premier Aircraft production and repair facility is officially open for business at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. CPAC president and CEO Joel Hartstone and CFO and managing director Claudia Horn were on hand with city officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening...
- Eminent Domain (Editorial Cartoon ~ 02/09/06)
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Winter's snowfall total more than doubles
(Local News ~ 02/09/06)
After a mild January, it finally felt -- and looked -- like winter in the area as heavy snowflakes fell from the sky on Wednesday morning. The snow created slick roads for motorists, and one Cape Girardeau police officer went to the hospital after a vehicle struck his patrol car...
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Afghanistan welcomes debt cancellation
(International News ~ 02/09/06)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan on Wednesday hailed decisions to cancel the country's debts to the United States, Russia and Germany, but will remain dependent on foreign aid as it recovers from decades of war. Afghanistan owed $108 million to the United States and $44 million to Germany from loans before the 1979 Soviet invasion. Russia claimed it was owed about $10 billion from loans to a puppet communist government in the early 1990s...
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Tocchet will take leave from duties
(Professional Sports ~ 02/09/06)
NEW YORK -- Rick Tocchet was granted an indefinite leave of absence Wednesday night by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman after the Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach was accused of financing a nationwide gambling ring that took bets from about a half-dozen current players...
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Nation digest 02/09/06
(National News ~ 02/09/06)
Senate alarm signals nerve agent; test negative WASHINGTON -- Eight senators were among 200 people who were held in a Capitol parking garage Wednesday night after a security sensor indicated the presence of a nerve agent in their office building. Later tests proved negative. ...
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Scientists find early ancestor of T. rex
(National News ~ 02/09/06)
NEW YORK -- Digging near Chinese badlands that appeared in the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," scientists have found their own hidden dragon: the oldest known tyrannosaur, a primitive ancestor of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex. The two skeletons they unearthed shed light on the lineage that produced T. rex, revealing a creature that lived some 160 million years ago. That's more than 90 million years before T. rex came along...
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Holt accepts USC post instead of joining Rams
(Professional Sports ~ 02/09/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Nick Holt took the defensive coordinator's job at Southern California, one day after accepting an offer to become the Rams' defensive line coach under new coach Scott Linehan. Rams spokesman Duane Lewis said Tuesday that Holt had not signed a contract...
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Soldier forced to pay for missing body armor will get refund
(National News ~ 02/09/06)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A former soldier injured in Iraq is getting a refund after being forced to pay for his missing body armor vest, which medics destroyed because it was soaked with his blood, officials said Wednesday. First Lt. William "Eddie" Rebrook IV, 25, had to leave the Army with a shrapnel injury to his arm. But before he could be discharged last week, he says he had to scrounge up cash from his buddies to pay $632 for the body armor and other gear he had lost...
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Data shows state tax burdens jump across the country
(National News ~ 02/09/06)
WASHINGTON -- Every state but one collected more taxes per person in 2004 than it did a decade earlier, according to newly released data from the Census Bureau. State taxpayer burdens increased by an average of 41 percent from 1994 to 2004. Only Alaska saw the amount it collects per person decline...
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Feds, SIU reach fellowship deal
(State News ~ 02/09/06)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University agreed Wednesday to open all of its graduate fellowship programs to students of all demographics, staving off a lawsuit the Justice Department had threatened over three of the programs it considered discriminatory. SIU's trustees signed off on the two-year consent decree between the school and the U.S. government. The Justice Department had said the fellowships were illegally open only to specific minority and women groups...
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Helping food pantries
(Editorial ~ 02/09/06)
Most organizations that run food pantries say the need for donations is constant. At times, shelves get bare and some requests for assistance are reduced or unfilled. Currently, those making donations to food pantries run by not-for-profit agencies can claim a tax deduction -- if they itemize deductions on their tax returns...
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Cape bank president to speak on 'Hannity & Colmes'
(Local News ~ 02/09/06)
An area banker will be spotlighted on a national news talk show this evening for taking a stand against the use of eminent domain powers for redevelopment. Troy Wilson, president of Montgomery Bank, said he's been invited to be a guest on "Hannity & Colmes," a Fox News evening talk show. Wilson will speak on the show, hosted by Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes, because of a new bank policy on lending for redevelopment...
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Region/state digest 02/09/06
(Local News ~ 02/09/06)
MoDOT to inspect child safety seats next week The Missouri Department of Transportation will inspect child safety seats and offer installation tips at the agency's district office at 2675 N. Main St. in Sikeston next Wednesday. The free safety check will be offered to parents from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., officials said. For more information, call (573) 472-5310...
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Urge vote against Illinois gun ban
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/09/06)
To the editor: There are feelings by some gun owners that the passage of House Bill 2414 in the Illinois Legislature, the so-called semi-automatic assault/.50-caliber weapon ban, will have no effect on them because "I don't own any of the guns that are on the ban lists."...
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Movie goes against local values
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/09/06)
To the editor; I must admit I was shocked when I went to the movies Saturday and saw the new gay movie "Brokeback Mountain" was showing here in Cape Girardeau. Why did Wehrenberg decide to show this awful movie in this market? Cape Girardeau is a Christian town, and we don't appreciate liberal, homosexual values shoved down our throats. Homosexuality is wrong, and to think a local business here is promoting it disturbs me...
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Josephine Sims
(Obituary ~ 02/09/06)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Josephine Sims, 81, of Tamms died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. She was born Aug. 2, 1924, in Linden, Tenn., daughter of Augustus Evert and Edna Mae Harper Johnson. She married John "Bud" Sims, who died in 1981...
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Stoddard County association's top teams kick it into high gear
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/06)
The Advance boys basketball team heads toward Saturday night's showdown with South Iron riding high. The Hornets defeated Woodland 74-41 on Tuesday for their 10th win in the last 11 games. They moved into a second-place tie in the Stoddard County Athletic Association...
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Dogs need love and the best of care
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/09/06)
To the editor: Last year we adopted a boxer. He has been the best dog. He had a birth defect, but it was no one's fault, and the owners have been wonderful. They are working with us to give us a second puppy because of the original dog's birth defect. Two weeks ago we visited the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri and saw a German shepherd pup. We waited until she was available and adopted her. We loved her from the moment we saw her. However yesterday she died of a contagious disease...
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Speak Out 2/9/06
(Speak Out ~ 02/09/06)
Small-town ugly; Show me the money; Show some respect; Things to come; Movie themes; Poor parenting; Another T-shirt ban; Strictly prohibited; Bad street planning
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Karen Haacke
(Obituary ~ 02/09/06)
Karen Sue Haacke, 50, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center. She was born April 26, 1955, in Morris, Ill., daughter of Leslie Herman and Edith Lorraine Christensen Haacke. Karen graduated in 1973 from Coal City, Ill., High School. While attending Illinois State University at Normal, she lived in International House and traveled to Japan and Australia with friends...
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Fern Lewis
(Obituary ~ 02/09/06)
Fern E. Lewis, 70, of Jackson died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 15, 1935, at Friedheim, Mo., daughter of Walter H. and Norma Sewing Kaiser. She and Gary Ed Lewis were married Nov. 25, 1953, at St. Paul Lutheran Church...
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Marie Chronister
(Obituary ~ 02/09/06)
FRIEDHEIM, Mo. -- Marie Chronister, 66, of Friedheim died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, at her home. She was born Aug. 24, 1939, in St. Louis, daughter of Elmer L. and Anna Harvery Marmon. She and Robert A. Chronister were married July 1, 1961, in St. Louis...
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James Campbell
(Obituary ~ 02/09/06)
CAIRO, Ill. -- James R. Campbell, 68, of Cairo died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, at his home. Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo is in charge of arrangements.
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Theodore Brands
(Obituary ~ 02/09/06)
MINER, Mo. -- Theodore John "Ted" Brands, 90, of Miner died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, at Miner Nursing Home. He was born April 30, 1915, in Bollinger County, son of John and Bernadine Brauer Brands. Survivors include a sister, Louise Hulshof of Gordonville...
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Area digest Feb9
(Community Sports ~ 02/09/06)
Gibson leads SEALs in Memphis meet Matt Gibson's second-place finish in the 100 butterfly for ages 10 and under paced the Southeast Aquatic League team in the Gabrielle Rose Classic recently at the University of Memphis. The event drew 466 swimmers on 20 teams from six states...
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Out of the past 2/9/06
(Out of the Past ~ 02/09/06)
25 years ago: Feb. 9, 1981 Cape Girardeau County Court has agreed to refund $50,000 to school districts and other local taxing entities which was held in an escrow account last year to help pay for reassessment; the money is being refunded because no local money was spent on reassessment last year...
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James Hutchinson
(Obituary ~ 02/09/06)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- James Hutchinson, 72, of Perryville died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born April 9, 1933, in Tennessee, son of Tom and Luler Ray Hutchinson. He and Gracie Perigo were married in Tennessee. She died Nov. 14, 2005...
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Green Day, Mariah, U2 pick up Grammys
(Entertainment ~ 02/09/06)
LOS ANGELES -- Mariah Carey ended her 16-year Grammy drought by winning three trophies Wednesday, but her hopes of making Grammy history were smashed as rock gods U2 won four awards, including song of the year for "Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own."...
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Researchers gain new insight into memory
(Community ~ 02/09/06)
The brain's memory-processing center may guide both specific recollection and more general familiarity, a new study shows. Memory specialists say that recollection is defined by the ability to call up specific details about a past event, while familiarity is simply knowing that someone or something has been encountered before, but with no particulars...
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Health briefs/calendar 2/9/06
(Community ~ 02/09/06)
Briefly A workshop to provide the tools needed to build a falls management program or remodel an existing program, will be offered Feb. 23 at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo. The workshop is sponsored by the Missouri League for Nursing and will be presented by registered nurse Marilyn Wright, who has more than 20 year's experience in long-term care at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mount Vernon. ...
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New research says it's best to start AIDS therapy early
(Community ~ 02/09/06)
From staff and wire reports ATLANTA -- Patients with the AIDS virus are better off if they start taking powerful medicines early, rather than waiting for symptoms of their disease to appear, new research suggests. A new study calls into question guidelines that say patients should delay taking the toxic drugs to stave off treatment-related complications...
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New planning program targets college-bound Cape minorities
(Local News ~ 02/09/06)
College-bound minorities in the Cape Girardeau School District are receiving new support in an attempt to close the achievement gap that separates them from white students. Using a grant from the Cape Girardeau Schools Foundation, Central High School librarian Julia Jorgensen organized a series of college-planning meetings for minorities and their parents...
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College students' documentary helps lead to arrest in 1979 killing of coed
(National News ~ 02/09/06)
HOLLAND, Mich. -- Twenty-six years after the slaying of a woman working as a hotel desk clerk, an arrest has been made in the 1979 crime, thanks to a college documentary that brought out witnesses, authorities said. Robert Michael Lynch, 66, was arrested on murder charges Tuesday at his home in Three Oaks in the strangling of Hope College student Janet Chandler...
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Cape/Jackson fire reports 2/9/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/09/06)
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Web sites that hawk phone records cease sales after pressure from FTC
(National News ~ 02/09/06)
WASHINGTON -- Following a wave of negative publicity and pressure from the government, several Web sites that peddled people's private phone records are calling it quits. "We are no longer accepting new orders" was the announcement posted Wednesday on two such sites, locatecell.com and celltolls.com...
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Community briefs 2/9/06
(Community News ~ 02/09/06)
Eagle Scout Court of Honor set for Saturday The Eagle Scout Court of Honor will recognize 92 Scouts from Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri who earned the rank in 2005 at Southeast Missouri State University Academic Hall at 2 p.m. Saturday. The sponsor for this class is state Rep. Lanie G. Black III. Joseph Russell of Cape Girardeau is the chairman of the Court of Honor...
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Community cuisine 2/9/06
(Local News ~ 02/09/06)
Sweetheart breakfast scheduled at church Sedgewickville, Mo. -- An all-you-can-eat breakfast including pancakes, fresh whole-hog sausage, and eggs will be held from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Sedgewickville Lutheran Church, routes K and WW. SIKESTON, Mo. -- A kettle-cooked beef dinner with all the trimmings will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the Sikeston Eagles at 219 Trotter St. Carryouts are available...
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World briefs 2/9/06
(National News ~ 02/09/06)
Iraqi higher education minister's convoy attacked BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's higher education minister escaped unharmed from a car bomb attack on his convoy in Baghdad early Wednesday but at least three of his bodyguards were lightly wounded, a ministry spokesman said. ...
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International observers leave Hebron after protesters attack headquarters
(International News ~ 02/09/06)
HEBRON, West Bank -- In the most violent Palestinian protest yet against cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad, crowds smashed windows and threw stones Wednesday at the headquarters of international observers, prompting them to quit this volatile West Bank city...
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Mexico says it could fine or close American-owned hotel that expelled businessmen
(International News ~ 02/09/06)
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico issued a complaint Tuesday against an American-owned hotel that -- under pressure from the U.S. government -- expelled a group of Cuban businessmen meeting with U.S. energy executives, saying the company violated investment and trade protection laws...
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Bowling scores 2/9/06
(Community Sports ~ 02/09/06)
West Park Lanes Men High game: Travis Tyson 289, David James 279, David Barberis 275, Thor Welker 270, Brett Nabe 268, Trae Bertrand 268, Ron McCulley 267, Scott Grupas 265, Tom Siebert 265, Steve Lutrell 265, Chuck Bertrand 259, Terry Pearson 258, Bruce Anglin 257, Mike Edgar 257, Clarence Clemons 253, Dennis Bowers 248, Jeff Heuer 258, Jason Brothers 246, Mark Lugge 246, Sam Bell 246, Richard Collins 245, Darryl James 238, Todd Ladd 238, Duane Statler 237, Larry McCain 237...
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Number of yearly cancer deaths falls
(Local News ~ 02/09/06)
For the first time in more than 70 years, annual cancer deaths in the United States have fallen, a turning point in the war on cancer likely achieved by declines in smoking and better tumor detection and treatment. The number of cancer deaths dropped to 556,902 in 2003, down from 557,271 the year before, according to a recently completed review of U.S. death certificates by the National Center for Health Statistics...
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How movies help us to see ourselves
(Community ~ 02/09/06)
What I love about movies is that the best of them hold up a mirror to us. They help us see and understand ourselves, our human condition, often in penetrating ways. I comprehended this when I first saw "The Graduate." We all remember the graduate Benjamin who wasn't sure plastics was the answer to his future; and the unforgettable Mrs. Robinson, "the most attractive of all my parents' friends."...
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Two-way Main Street proposal heads to council after unanimous approval
(Local News ~ 02/09/06)
A plan that would make Cape Girardeau's downtown more accessible and easier to navigate took a step towards realization Wednesday when the Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a proposal calling for a two-way Main Street and the reconfiguration of the municipal parking lot...
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Redhawks try to avenge loss to 2-12 Eagles
(College Sports ~ 02/09/06)
It has basically been a basketball season to forget for Southeast Missouri State. But perhaps one dubious performance by the Redhawks stands out a bit more than others. That would be the Jan. 26 contest at the Show Me Center against Morehead State, as the Eagles entered play with a 15-game losing streak and had not beaten a Division I team all season...
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Martz takes Lions' offensive coordinator post after all
(Professional Sports ~ 02/09/06)
ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- The Detroit Lions hired former St. Louis Rams head coach Mike Martz as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Wednesday. The announcement came nine days after Detroit coach Rod Marinelli and team president Matt Millen interviewed Martz for the position...
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Patience pays off as Central makes play for No. 2 seed
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/06)
Central coach Derek McCord has preached all season about the importance of patience and about the enormous potential of his young squad. The Tigers have four sophomores and a junior among their main rotation. Early in the season, Central's youth was exposed, with a 20-point loss at the hands of Notre Dame's relentless press during the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament...
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Tigers will focus on team goals
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/06)
The Central boys swimming team qualified a swimmer in nearly every individual event and all three relays at the state meet. For the seven Tiger swimmers who will compete at the St. Peters Rec-Plex today and Saturday, team is all that matters. Jason Mercer and Peyton Waggener each sacrificed individual events in order to help the Tigers put their fastest lineup in each relay event in an attempt to rise in the team standings...
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Torch run diverted for second time in a week
(Professional Sports ~ 02/09/06)
TURIN, Italy -- The Olympic torch relay was diverted for the second time this week because authorities Wednesday feared planned protests along the route could turn violent. The torch was supposed to have passed through Avigliana, about 15 miles west of Turin. But TOROC said it diverted the relay to a stage between Buttigliera Alta and Rosta based on the recommendations of law enforcement agencies...
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Notre Dame tops St. Vincent
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/06)
The Notre Dame girls basketball team pounded St. Vincent 63-20 on the road Wednesday en route to its ninth win in 11 games. The Bulldogs (13-10) pounced on the Squaws (8-12) early, opening a 42-12 halftime lead before shutting out St. Vincent in the fourth quarter...
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Redhawks pursue ninth straight win
(College Sports ~ 02/09/06)
Southeast Missouri State is an extremely confident women's basketball team these days, which is understandable. After all, the Redhawks have won eight straight games -- and have rarely been seriously challenged during that streak. But the Redhawks also are respectful enough of the opposition -- and aware of how dangerous things can be on the road -- to realize they are not invincible...
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Cincinnati hires Krivsky as next GM
(Professional Sports ~ 02/09/06)
CINCINNATI -- Minnesota's Wayne Krivsky overwhelmed the Cincinnati Reds' new owner during an interview Wednesday, then got the job as their next general manager. Krivsky's hiring ended a two-week search that involved eight candidates and ultimately came down to two -- him and Reds special adviser Jim Beattie. Krivsky's second interview went so well that owner Bob Castellini didn't need any more time to think it over...
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Jetton wants 3 regents out
(Local News ~ 02/09/06)
Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton said Wednesday he won't support state funding for the River Campus arts school project unless three Southeast Missouri State University regents resign. Wednesday, House leaders also decided to cut the university out of any capital improvements funding from the proposed sale of loans made through the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, area lawmakers said. ...
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