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Keyes to speak at Southeast on April 12
(Local News ~ 04/08/06)
Former U.S. ambassador and two-time Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes will speak at Southeast Missouri State University on Wednesday. The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Academic Auditorium. The event is open to the public. Admission is free. ...
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Dump truck backs over, kills MoDOT inspector
(Local News ~ 04/08/06)
A veteran Missouri Department of Transportation employee was killed on the job Friday when a dump truck backed over him near Old Appleton. Robert Eftink, 62, of Marble Hill, Mo., had been working at a construction site on Interstate 55 south of Route KK at mile marker 116 when the accident occurred around 2:30 p.m., the Missouri State Highway Patrol stated...
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Transit authority planning to profit from taxi services
(Local News ~ 04/08/06)
The Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority's decision to acquire a local taxi company doesn't involve the taxicabs themselves. The authority doesn't want the aging vehicles, authority board chairman Doug Richards said Friday. The authority plans to buy new vehicles...
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Luncheon honors La. newspapers for resourcefulness
(Local News ~ 04/08/06)
Louisiana newspapers responded to the crisis caused by Hurricane Katrina last year in ways that should make journalists proud, says Pam Mitchell-Wagner, executive director of the Louisiana Press Association. Mitchell-Wagner was the keynote speaker Friday at the SEMO Press Association Conference at the University Center on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau...
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Search effort for missing teen widens
(Local News ~ 04/08/06)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- A search for a missing Ste. Genevieve teen spread to the Mississippi River Friday. Wade Lurk, 17, was last seen sleeping in his car early April 1 at Goose Creek, a campsite near the border of Ste. Genevieve and St. Francois counties...
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Jackson police arrest man in marijuana bust
(Local News ~ 04/08/06)
A Jackson man was charged with marijuana possession Friday after officers found the drugs in his home. Kenneth D. Tilley, 35, of 1589 Bel Air Drive, was arrested and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, a Jackson Police Department news release stated. ...
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Baseball fever
(Column ~ 04/08/06)
Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram Spring has started. Yes, there is much to groan about. The league is investigating Barry Bonds and others accused of using performance-enhancing drugs. Baseball is now testing for amphetamines. The United States did poorly in the World Baseball Classic...
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Cable status quo is too costly for Missouri
(Column ~ 04/08/06)
By Daniel P. Mehan Missouri families, schools and businesses strive to be their best. We want our state's accomplishments to attract others to live, work and do business here. One important way to achieve that is by implementing good state policy. The Missouri General Assembly has had a golden opportunity to implement good state policy by embracing video franchise reform known as Senate Bill 816, or the Fair Competition in Video Act. ...
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Bigger problems
(Column ~ 04/08/06)
The Indianapolis Star Tom DeLay is going, but the problems plaguing Congress remain. The Texas Republican has been the most visible symbol of an arrogant, out-of-touch and occasionally corrupt Congress. Yet, DeLay is only a small part of the problem on Capitol Hill...
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NASA perplexed by accidents at Kennedy Space Center
(National News ~ 04/08/06)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Over the past three months, workers at the Kennedy Space Center have tripped, dropped things, banged into sensitive equipment and started fires in a deadly string of accidents that has NASA perplexed. The space agency has launched investigations into three accidents -- the death of a worker who fell off a roof, the bumping of space shuttle Discovery's robotic arm by a platform, and damage last week to an instrument that supplies power to the orbiters...
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Suicide bombers hit Shiite mosque
(International News ~ 04/08/06)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Suicide bombers, one dressed as a woman, blasted worshippers as they left a Shiite mosque after Friday prayers, killing at least 79 people and wounding more than 160 in the deadliest attack in Iraq this year. The horrific explosions at the Buratha mosque are likely to stoke the already raw tensions between Shiite and Sunni Muslims. The U.S. ambassador warned in an interview published Friday that sectarian civil war in Iraq could enflame the entire Middle East...
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'Da Vinci Code' did not breach copyright laws, says judge
(International News ~ 04/08/06)
LONDON -- "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown and his publishing house were cleared of copyright infringement in a British court Friday, with the judge finding the lawsuit based on a contrived and "selective number of facts and ideas." Authors Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh had sued Random House, claiming Brown's best-selling novel "appropriated the architecture" of their 1982 nonfiction book, "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail."...
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Business digest 04/08/06
(National News ~ 04/08/06)
Judge: Delphi can buy out 13,000 workers NEW YORK -- Auto parts maker Delphi Corp. can offer as many as 13,000 hourly employees lump sum payments of $35,000 to retire, a bankruptcy judge ruled Friday, marking a key milestone in its effort to scale back staff amid falling production. ...
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Jagger unfazed by Chinese censorship of songs
(Entertainment ~ 04/08/06)
SHANGHAI, China -- The Rolling Stones have been told not to perform five of their songs at their debut concert in China, but Mick Jagger said Friday he wasn't surprised by the censorship. "We kind of expected that. We didn't expect to come to China and not be censored," Jagger said at a news conference on the eve of the band's first performance on the mainland...
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Cubs trip Cardinals in opener at Wrigley
(Professional Sports ~ 04/08/06)
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs want to rack up the wins at Wrigley Field. Well, this was a good start. Greg Maddux pitched neatly into the seventh inning, Derrek Lee hit his second home run of the season, and the Chicago Cubs won their home opener 5-1 over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday...
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A wide-Open affair
(Professional Sports ~ 04/08/06)
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- There's no mistaking this place for Augusta National. Azaleas are bursting with pink, white and purple blooms. The wind swirls down at Amen Corner, turning good shots into bogeys or worse, and Rae's Creek is as scary as ever. Everything else about this Masters, however, is starting to resemble the U.S. Open...
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Joblessness at 4.7 percent thanks to upbeat employers
(National News ~ 04/08/06)
WASHINGTON -- Employers feeling upbeat about the economy boosted hiring by 211,000 in a springtime burst that pushed the unemployment rate down to 4.7 percent, matching its lowest point in 4 1/2 years. The employment picture for March, released by the Labor Department on Friday, suggested that a strengthening economic expansion is putting companies in the hiring mood and brightening prospects for job seekers...
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Immigration overhaul hits roadblock
(National News ~ 04/08/06)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate came up empty on immigration. Now come more public demonstrations. Landmark legislation offering eventual citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants suffered a potentially fatal blow Friday in the Senate, the latest in a series of election-year setbacks for President Bush and the Republicans who control Congress...
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Police reports 4/8/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/08/06)
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Fire reports 4/8/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/08/06)
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Please help with our trip to Mexico
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/08/06)
To the editor: Dear President Bush: I'm about to plan a trip with my family and extended family. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrangements. I know you can help. Would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox, that I'm on my way? Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:...
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Spoonhour says his youth balanced by knowledge
(College Sports ~ 04/08/06)
Jay Spoonhour is the most inexperienced of the three finalists for Southeast Missouri State's head men's basketball coaching position. Yet he firmly believes he is ready for the job. "I think youth is a great benefit, especially if you've got knowledge," said the 35-year-old Spoonhour. "I feel like I've got knowledge."...
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Southeast will get challenge from JSU
(College Sports ~ 04/08/06)
Southeast Missouri State will try to continue climbing up the Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings this weekend by facing the league's defending regular-season champions. The Redhawks (11-15, 3-3) and Jacksonville State (12-16, 3-3) will square off in a three-game series in Jacksonville, Ala. There will be a 1 p.m. doubleheader today and a 1 p.m. contest Sunday...
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Taking cover
(Editorial ~ 04/08/06)
The devastation caused by the F3 tornado that blew through Pemiscot County Sunday could have been much worse. Sixty percent of the houses in Caruthersville were damaged, but no one in the town of 6,500 was killed. One death occurred in nearby Braggadocio and another in Circle City in Scott County...
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Blues to honor MacInnis on Sunday
(Professional Sports ~ 04/08/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Al MacInnis' reputation was built on a slap shot that exceeded 100 mph and yet seemingly always was right on net. The St. Louis Blues, who'll retire his No. 2 jersey on Sunday night, have missed him just as much for the rest of his impeccable game. For those who saw him on a nightly basis, his precision passing, positional defense and unflappable demeanor were all highly prized...
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Missouri using GPS to track offenders
(State News ~ 04/08/06)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some Missouri criminals have begun wearing Global Positioning System tracking devices as part of a state pilot project testing out the technology mandated for certain sex offenders under a law passed last year. The Department of Corrections has placed the GPS devices on 13 offenders on parole or probation and intends to eventually put the high-tech tracking equipment on about 60 offenders, spokesman Brian Hauswirth said Friday...
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Bush to visit Jefferson City Tuesday
(State News ~ 04/08/06)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush will travel to Jefferson City, Mo., on Tuesday for a brief visit to discuss the Medicare prescription drug benefit, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Friday. The president will speak at the Heisinger Bluffs senior living center in Jefferson City...
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Rick Robinson
(Obituary ~ 04/08/06)
Rick Robinson, 40, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 6, 2006, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 18, 1966, in Cape Girardeau, son of John and Judy Heaton Robinson. He was a member of First Christian Church. Survivors include his parents of Cape Girardeau; a son, John R. Robinson of Cape Girardeau; and a sister, Laura McKean of Springfield, Mo...
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Out of the past 4/8/06
(Out of the Past ~ 04/08/06)
25 years ago: April 8, 1981 Mayor Carlton G. Meyer won re-election to a fifth term yesterday as all the incumbents in both Jackson city and school board elections were returned to office; Meyer, who two years ago narrowly defeated Jackson Alderman Thomas W. Schulte, did so again this time, but by a larger margin...
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If protesters don't like it here, go home
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/08/06)
To the editor: I am outraged at all the uproar the immigrants are causing. They are threatening to hurt our economy. This is called biting the hand that feeds you. How dare they take to the streets in protest when a good bit of them are here illegally, breaking our laws? I don't believe the politicians'' propaganda that they do jobs Americans won't do. ...
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Speak Out 4/8/06
(Speak Out ~ 04/08/06)
Corn into ethanol; Hospital smoking; Dangerous job; No proof; On thin ice; If at first ...; Stop the illegals; Holding down wages; Can't be changed
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Mary Johnson
(Obituary ~ 04/08/06)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Mary Lou Johnson, 72, died Friday, April 7, 2006, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 29, 1933, in Portageville, Mo., daughter of the late Louie Rice and Margaret Agatha Mumma Largent. She and Jimmy W. "Chunk" Johnson were married Dec. 20, 1953...
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Beverly Rauh
(Obituary ~ 04/08/06)
Beverly Jo Rauh, 51, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 16, 1954, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Walter Lee "Ott" and Beulah Marie Haupt Crites. She and Robert Wiley Rauh were married April 1, 1977, in Kansas City, Mo. He died Sept. 15, 1997. She was also preceded in death by her father July 4, 1995...
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Lillian Detherage
(Obituary ~ 04/08/06)
Lillian May "Gold" Wilhite Abington Detherage, 81, died Thursday, April 6, 2006, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 12, 1924, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Lillian May Abington Wilhite and Dr. John Richard Wilhite Sr., and Arthur Leven and Lilian Copeland Abington through adoption. She and Kenneth C. Detherage were married in Reno, Nev., May 31, 1951...
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Davey Newcomer
(Obituary ~ 04/08/06)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Davey Lee Newcomer, 71, of Bloomfield died Thursday, April 6, 2006, at Beverly Healthcare. He was born Feb. 25, 1935, in East Prairie, Mo., son of James Louis and Carrie Bond Newcomer. He and Wanda Mae White were married in 1952. She died in 1991. He and Novella Linville were married Oct. 2, 1999, at Dexter, Mo...
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Lorene Lucky
(Obituary ~ 04/08/06)
Lorene Lucky, 65, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, April 7, 2006, at her home. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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Jackie Atwood
(Obituary ~ 04/08/06)
ANNA, Ill. -- Jackie Dean Atwood, 69, of Anna died Thursday, April 6, 2006, at his home. He was born Jan. 1, 1937, in Marion, Ill., son of Roger Lee and Margaret Marie Simmons Atwood. He and Emilie M. Ulrich were married May 14, 1957, in Elgin, Ill...
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Billy Crass
(Obituary ~ 04/08/06)
Billy M. Crass, 81, of Jackson died Thursday, April 6, 2006, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Cape County Memorial Park...
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Births 4/8/06
(Births ~ 04/08/06)
Ordonia; Holloway; McMullen; White; Cline; Griggs; Hobeck; Warren-Hill; Vent
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Esther Grebing
(Obituary ~ 04/08/06)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Esther E. Grebing, 96, of Altenburg died Thursday, April 6, 2006, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 24, 1910, at Brazeau, Mo., daughter of Phillip and Martha Bock Weinhold. She and Paul J. Grebing were married Aug. 23, 1931. He died Nov. 3, 1985...
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Redhawks tennis team ends losing streak with 7-0 win
(College Sports ~ 04/08/06)
The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team broke a four-match losing streak Friday by beating visiting Southern Illinois 7-0. Southeast improved to 9-11, while SIU fell to 3-7. The Redhawks dropped just one doubles match in blanking the Salukis. Luz Garcia and Julia Negosek both came back after dropping the first sets to win their matches...
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U.S. ambassador's car hit by eggs in Venezuela
(National News ~ 04/08/06)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Supporters of President Hugo Chavez threw eggs, fruit and vegetables at the U.S. ambassador's car Friday, and a group of motorcyclists chased his convoy for miles, at times pounding on the vehicles, a U.S. Embassy official said. No one was hurt. Embassy spokesman Brian Penn said Venezuelan police escorts did not intervene as the car carrying Ambassador William Brownfield was pounded and pelted...
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A little support helps dieters shed the pounds
(Local News ~ 04/08/06)
Losing weight takes perseverance, it takes discipline and it takes hard work, but one national group believes that it also takes a support system. And support is what TOPS is all about. TOPS stands for Take Off the Pounds Sensibly. It is a national organization with more than 10,000 chapters worldwide and 2600 in Missouri. This weekend, 850 members of the Missouri delegation are in Cape Girardeau attending the annual state recognition event to celebrate those who met their weight loss goals...
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Caruthersville gets some services restored after Sunday's tornado
(Local News ~ 04/08/06)
Water was restored in tornado-ravaged Caruthersville, Mo., and electricity to all but nearly 700 customers was also restored Friday. A boil water order that had been instituted for the town following the Sunday storm was lifted at 9 a.m. Friday, according to Caruthersville fire chief Charlie Jones...
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Man pleads innocent due to mental disease in friend's shooting
(State News ~ 04/08/06)
PLATTE CITY, Mo. -- A man accused of shooting a friend to death and raping the victim's wife has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. Jacob E. McGinnis, 25, entered the pleas Thursday in Platte County Circuit Court to one count each of first-degree murder, forcible rape and first-degree burglary and two of armed criminal action...
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Report finds shoddy work partly to blame for reservoir collapse
(State News ~ 04/08/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Shoddy construction and instrumentation problems were partly to blame for the December collapse of Ameren Corp.'s Taum Sauk reservoir, according to a company-commissioned report released Friday. The report was written by dam safety consultant Paul C. ...
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Weather, I-55 work push back paving in Scott City
(Local News ~ 04/08/06)
Just over two weeks have passed since resurfacing was set to begin on Scott City's Main Street, but so far little work has occurred on the project and may not for months. MoDOT has no timeline for the resumption of the paving of Main Street, also known as Route K, from the Interstate 55 interchange to Route N on the city's eastern end, said MoDOT operations engineer Lynelle Luther...
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Circleslide slides into Cape
(Community ~ 04/08/06)
In March, they opened for the Newsboys at a sold-out show in Seattle and then played a charity concert the next night to raise money for a mission in Honduras. They're listed on the cover of this month's CCM magazine as up-and-comers. And this weekend, the award-winning contemporary Christian band Circleslide is in Cape Girardeau...
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Easter is knowing where we're going
(Column ~ 04/08/06)
For 38 years he sat by the pool -- hopeful, sometimes hopeless, praying, giving up, in faith, out of faith, questioning, believing one more time, defeated again. For 38 years he'd had lots of time to worry and wonder, "Why me?" He'd had 38 years to become a cynic, an agnostic, an atheist or a man of faith. ...
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Religion briefs 4/8/06
(Community ~ 04/08/06)
Local churches offer Easter services and special events; Murray takes position at Holy Spirit Harvest Church; Local Unitarians hold special event on SEMO campus; Sunday; Monday; Wednesday; Thursday; Friday; Saturday
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Payday's price
(Local News ~ 04/08/06)
As she sits at the wheel of her idling car, Chris Hamilton is at one of her least favorite destinations. The 42-year-old single mother of four says she is about to make a "ridiculous" financial decision. But with payday still more than a week away and bill collectors giving her headaches, she says she doesn't have any other choice...
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White House faces a barrage of new questions regarding prewar intelligence
(National News ~ 04/08/06)
WASHINGTON -- The White House faced a barrage of questions Friday over the timing of President Bush's decision to declassify intelligence that was then leaked to the press by Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff. In a tense briefing, White House spokesman Scott McClellan was asked repeatedly to explain his statement from three years ago that portions of a prewar intelligence document on Iraq were declassified on July 18, 2003...
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Tornadoes kill seven people in Tennessee
(National News ~ 04/08/06)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms struck Tennessee on Friday afternoon, killing at least seven people, peeling away roofs and flipping cars over, officials said. All seven deaths were in Sumner County northeast of Nashville, said Eddie Boatwright, spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. ...
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VanGennip hurls no-hitter for Leopold
(High School Sports ~ 04/08/06)
Leopold freshman Darren VanGennip tossed a no-hitter in his first high school start Friday, and Victor Vandeven had two RBIs as the Wildcats knocked off visiting Zalma 7-0. VanGennip struck out 14 and walked four. Vandeven led Leopold (2-3) with three hits, and Eric Seiler and Eric Fluchel added two hits apiece...
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Redhawks try to rack up more wins this weekend
(College Sports ~ 04/08/06)
The resurgent Southeast Missouri State softball team hopes to build on its impressive start this weekend when it hosts Tennessee State in an Ohio Valley Conference series. There will be a 1 p.m. doubleheader today and a 1 p.m. game Sunday. Southeast is 21-10 overall and 8-1 in OVC play, which puts them second in the 10-team league. Tennessee State is 14-20 and a ninth-place 1-9 in the conference...
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McCaskill taking her RV to rural Missouri
(State News ~ 04/08/06)
WASHINGTON -- Claire McCaskill is revving up the RV and taking her U.S. Senate campaign to Missouri's countryside in search of votes that eluded her two years ago. With her 77-year-old mother, Betty Anne, along for the ride, the Democratic candidate is planning her most extensive campaign swing to date in Missouri's heartland. She'll cruise through 10 small cities next week and show off her new wheels -- a 31-foot RV that her campaign will use until November...
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Kahne wins pole in Texas
(Professional Sports ~ 04/08/06)
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Kasey Kahne hopes his second Nextel Cup pole of the season translates into another trip to Victory Lane. Kahne qualified first Friday for the Samsung/RadioShack 500 with a fast lap of 190.315 mph. The Dodge driver's other pole this year came last month at Atlanta, a similar 1 1/2-mile track where he also won the race...
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Concerted effort: Decatur family consists of musicians only
(State News ~ 04/08/06)
DECATUR, Ill. -- The music goes around and around in the Nicholson house, and it comes out, well, noisy. The best kind of noise, that is. The Decatur family is absorbed in music. Doug Nicholson, the father, has been a music teacher for 25 years and plays keyboard in the Rock of Ages band and in the West End Trio with Randy Reyman and Steve Schepper. He also plays the guitar and has played tuba with the Sidewalk Stompers, and he is the choir director for First Presbyterian Church...
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