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10 killed in group home fire in Southwest Missouri
(State News ~ 11/27/06)
ANDERSON, Mo. (AP) -- At least 10 people have been confirmed killed in a fire at a group home in southwest Missouri, State Fire Marshal Randy Cole said Monday. The fire was reported early Monday at the Anderson Guest House, a state-run home for the elderly and mentally disabled south of Joplin. Cole said he believed about 35 people were in the home at the time of the fire, 10 of them were killed and at least 12 more were taken to hospitals...
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Agricultural disaster delared in Southeast Missouri because of storms
(State News ~ 11/27/06)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Several southeast Missouri counties have been declared agricultural disasters by the federal government because of September storms that swamped farm fields. More than a foot of rain fell in some counties, destroying between 25 percent and 50 percent of the cotton crop and affecting corn and soybean crops...
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Supreme Court lets new trial ruling stand
(State News ~ 11/27/06)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling from Missouri's highest court ordering a new trial for a man who had been sentenced to death for a street killing. Missouri's court said prosecutors wrongly excluded potential jurors because of their race...
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Applications now in for Oran police vacancies
(Local News ~ 11/27/06)
ORAN, Mo. -- No time frame has been set for when Oran will hire a police chief and another full-time officer to staff its currently nonexistent police force. Oran's entire police force, chief Marc Tragesser and two other full-time officers, submitted their resignations Nov. 7. Within a week of the resignations, the city began advertising for a new chief and another full-time officer...
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No snow, no problem
(Local News ~ 11/27/06)
It was beginning to look but certainly not feel like Christmas at the annual "Parade of Lights" parade Sunday night as temperatures remained above 60 degrees. Thousands of people gathered along Broadway and Main streets to watch as floats decked out in colorful lights and decorations kicked off the start of the Christmas holiday in Cape Girardeau...
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Room for improvement
(Local News ~ 11/27/06)
BENTON, Mo. -- Veterans Day this year marked more than just the dedication of a revamped war memorial in Scott County. The dedication also stood as the crowning event of a three-year process to renovate the county's historic courthouse and its grounds -- and it was the courthouse's circuit courtroom that provided the setting to showcase the building to the public...
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Trail of Tears commemoration to highlight crossing of the river
(Local News ~ 11/27/06)
This weekend, area residents are invited to remember one of the shameful moments of American history with a commemorative walk at Trail of Tears State Park in Cape Girardeau County. The event, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. ...
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Out of the past 11/27/06
(Out of the Past ~ 11/27/06)
Jackson city police and fire department personnel are preparing to move into the new Jackson Public Safety building; the present police station is a four-room brick building with less than 700 square feet of space; the fire department shares space with the street department in a brick building it has occupied since 1954...
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Doris Pflughaupt
(Obituary ~ 11/27/06)
Doris Emile Meyr Pflughaupt, 64, formerly of Chaffee, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 24, 2006, at the Northeast Medical Center in Concord, N.C. She was born March 3, 1942, in New Wells, Mo., daughter of Ruben and Gertrude Schlimpert Meyr. Pflughaupt was a graduate of Chaffee High School. She was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church and a kindergarten teacher for 38 years at Emmanuel-St. Michael Lutheran School...
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JoAnn Haymaker
(Obituary ~ 11/27/06)
JoAnn Haymaker, 67, of Anna, Ill., died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, at the Carbondale Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill. She was born June 7, 1939, in New Lexington, Ohio, daughter of William Earl and Mertie Adelle Oliver Moore. Haymaker was a member of Anna First Baptist Church...
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Beulah Crowell
(Obituary ~ 11/27/06)
Beulah Doughty Crowell, 96, of St. Charles, Mo., formerly of Anna, Ill., died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, at the St. Joseph's Health Center in St. Charles. She was born Nov. 10, 1910, in Union County, Ill., daughter of Alfred and Mary Anna Stone Doughty. She and Lloyd J. Crowell were married July 4, 1926, in Murphysboro, Ill. He died on Nov. 11, 1984...
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Community digest 11/27/06
(Community News ~ 11/27/06)
Community walk set for AIDS awareness The Southeast Missouri State University Peer Education Association will hold an AIDS walk beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The walk commemorates World AIDS Day Friday. The walk will proceed down Broadway to Main Street. For more information, call William Washington at 339-3280...
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Maple UMC men's club sponsors breakfast
(Community News ~ 11/27/06)
The Men's Club of Maple United Methodist Church, Jean Ann and Cape Rock drives, will sponsor an all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Dec. 9. -- From staff reports
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Chambers gets kick out punting, passing her way to team championship in dome
(High School Sports ~ 11/27/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Nikki Chambers wasn't too confident about her kicking. That could have presented a problem if the St. Louis Rams Team Championship in Sunday's Punt, Pass and Kick competition went down to the wire. But Chambers, a 15-year-old Notre Dame sophomore from Chaffee, took care of business in the punting and passing on her way to winning the 14- and 15-year-old girls division championship at the Edward Jones Dome in downtown St. Louis...
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Veteran Aces await youthful Redhawks
(College Sports ~ 11/27/06)
It is a fact of life that virtually every team Southeast Missouri State plays this year will be more experienced than the Redhawks. That's what happens when only two players saw any significant game action last season, which is the case with the Redhawks...
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School transfers
(Editorial ~ 11/27/06)
On the last day of August the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced that students at Jefferson and Blanchard elementary schools would be eligible to transfer to other schools in the Cape Girardeau School District because the two schools did not make adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act...
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Students defend their heritage
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/27/06)
To the editor: I commend freshman Bryce Archambo for deciding to file suit against Farmington High School. According to the Nov. 23 Southeast Missourian: "An assistant superintendent told Archambo's father his son was prohibited from wearing anything with a Confederate flag 'due to the alleged inherent racism that such insignia sends.'"...
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City should ban leaf burning
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/27/06)
To the editor: A reader commented that burning leaves "smells like home." It's obvious leaf burners haven't stopped to consider all the people who have asthma and other lung ailments who can hardly breathe and are kept prisoners in their homes because of the smoke stench...
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Speak Out 11/27/06
(Speak Out ~ 11/27/06)
Speeding in park; Unsafe walking; Basic economics; An old issue; Eat what you hunt; Don't jump the gun; Planning time
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Toymakers pulling out the stops this year
(Business ~ 11/27/06)
WASHINGTON -- You better watch out: This holiday shopping season could be one of the priciest ever as the most tech-laden and expensive gifts for children of all ages, from the $299 animatronic pony Butterscotch to a $300 pinball machine, show up at your neighborhood Wal-Mart or Target...
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People on the move
(Business ~ 11/27/06)
Cairo native honored for interior, floral design Cairo, Ill., native Kris Bagbey has been named the Second most popular interior/floral designer by the Greater Nashville House and Home Magazine for 2006. The award is chosen through an extensive yearly poll of readers of the Greater Nashville House and Home magazine in search of professional skill and acuity, creativity and customer savvy. ...
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Mixed predictions
(Business ~ 11/27/06)
Michael Beno isn't sure how much he's going to spend on Christmas, but it looks to be a lot. The 28-year-old Cape Girardeau resident, recently out of the U.S. Navy, has a pretty lengthy list -- goodies for his in-laws, his mother and his children. He's buying, not to give away too many of Santa's secrets, a computer, toys for the children and something special for the wife...
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'Happy Feet,' 'Casino Royale' pace solid holiday weekend
(Entertainment ~ 11/27/06)
LOS ANGELES -- A dancing penguin was king of the Thanksgiving birds among movie-goers. The animated penguin romp "Happy Feet" remained the No. 1 movie with $37.9 million in ticket sales from Friday to Sunday, while the James Bond adventure "Casino Royale" stayed in second place with $31 million, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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Schools try to retain Hispanic students
(State News ~ 11/27/06)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jafet Carrasco doesn't know anyone who has been to college besides his teachers. He hears people talk about credit hours, but he's not sure what they are. And he knows college costs money, but not how much. But the 15-year-old knows he's going to college, and he's being encouraged by staff at the Alta Vista Charter School in Kansas City, part of a network of schools forming partnerships with colleges to ensure their Hispanic students obtain not just diplomas, but degrees...
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Police wound 13-year-old boy who had toy gun
(State News ~ 11/27/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Police shot and wounded a 13-year-old boy who officers said pointed a toy revolver at them after he and other youths were caught in a stolen truck following a flea market burglary. Six other youths, age 13 to 16, were arrested following the chase early Saturday...
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Emergency responders plan for biggest highway project in state history
(State News ~ 11/27/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Hospitals, fire departments and ambulance agencies are working to prevent transportation delays when stretches of Interstate 64 close for the biggest highway project in state history. The Missouri Department of Transportation's $535 million plan calls for rebuilding more than 10 miles of highway, several bridges and 12 interchanges from St. Louis to suburban Frontenac...
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Blunt administration turnover among Medicaid worries
(State News ~ 11/27/06)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- It's somewhat like heading out to play the biggest game of the season with a radically different lineup. Fans and critics don't know what to expect, and teammates could take some time to get comfortable with one another -- not the situation you'd want with the season on the line...
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Family of missing college student calls off Iowa search, hopes he still lives
(State News ~ 11/27/06)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The parents of a missing Grinnell College student have called off their search in Iowa but say they're clinging to hope their son is safe somewhere else. Paul Shuman-Moore, 19, of Chicago was last seen early Sept. 25 heading toward his dormitory at Grinnell. His roommate said he later found a suicide note...
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Delivery drivers picket Domino's prior to planned vote on union
(National News ~ 11/27/06)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- More than a dozen pizza delivery drivers who want their own union picketed a Domino's store Saturday. Union organizers say a store employee was fired earlier this year because he complained about a 10-cent wage cut for drivers. A Domino's spokesman said Jim Sullivan was fired for being late to work...
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Teddy bears, prayer to commemorate deadly Huntsville school bus wreck
(State News ~ 11/27/06)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- When the clock strikes 10: 10 a.m. today, Willie Hinton Sr., like so many others in this community, will say a prayer to mark the moment when a school bus filled with Lee High School students plunged from an Interstate 565 overpass one week earlier...
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Nation briefs 11/27/06
(National News ~ 11/27/06)
Six families return home after explosion in Mass. DANVERS, Mass. -- Six families moved back into their houses Sunday after a pre-dawn chemical plant explosion four days earlier drove them and hundreds of other residents from their homes. The families were allowed to return after inspectors checked their homes to make sure utility connections and chimneys were still intact and safe. ...
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Bush plans week of high-stakes diplomacy seeking calm in Afghanistan, Iraq
(National News ~ 11/27/06)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush reaches out to allies this week for help in quelling violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, in a burst of diplomacy from a Baltic summit of NATO partners to Mideast talks with Iraq's prime minister. Just back from an eight-day trip to Asia, Bush was leaving today on another overseas trip as pressure builds at home for a change in his administration's Iraq strategy amid deepening tensions and violence in that country...
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In the language of Washington, things are not as they seem
(National News ~ 11/27/06)
WASHINGTON -- The government's annual accounting of hunger in America reported no hunger in its last outing. Instead, it found "food insecurity." Likewise, no one is even considering retreating from Iraq. "Redeploying" the heck out of there is, however, an option...
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Democrats say they will take on investigations that could provoke GOP
(National News ~ 11/27/06)
WASHINGTON -- The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is promising an array of oversight investigations that could provoke sharp disagreement with Republicans and the White House. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., pledged that Democrats, swept to power in the Nov. 7 elections, would govern "in the middle" next year. But the veteran lawmaker has a reputation as one who has never avoided a fight and he did not back away from that reputation Sunday...
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Friends, family demand answers in NYPD gunfire that killed groom
(National News ~ 11/27/06)
NEW YORK -- An angry crowd demanded Sunday to know why police officers killed an unarmed man on the day of his wedding, firing dozens of shots that also wounded two of the man's friends. Some called for the ouster of the city's police commissioner...
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Pivotal case on global warming issue confronts high court
(National News ~ 11/27/06)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court hears arguments this week in a case that could determine whether the Bush administration must change course in how it deals with the threat of global warming. A dozen states as well as environmental groups and large cities are trying to convince the court that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate, as a matter of public health, the amount of carbon dioxide that comes from vehicles...
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Thousands denounce upcoming papal visit to Turkey as tensions mount
(International News ~ 11/27/06)
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Tens of thousands of protesters denounced Pope Benedict XVI as an enemy of Islam at a rally Sunday that underlined deep divisions straining Turkey ahead of the pontiff's visit this week. Officials hoping to promote closer ties with the West urged calm, but Islamic groups wary of Western ways are united in anger over a speech Benedict gave two months ago in which he quoted a medieval text that linked Islam to violence...
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Chicago war protester's public, fiery suicide provokes questions
(National News ~ 11/27/06)
CHICAGO -- Malachi Ritscher envisioned his death as one full of purpose. He carefully planned the details, mailed a copy of his apartment key to a friend, created to-do lists for his family. On his Web site, the 52-year-old experimental musician who'd fought with depression even penned his obituary...
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Leftist protesters set buildings ablaze
(International News ~ 11/27/06)
OAXACA, Mexico -- Leftist protesters trying to force out the Oaxaca state governor set fire to another building Sunday after a night of torching government offices and vehicles in running street battles with police that injured at least 43 people. The violence broke out late Saturday after masked youths broke away from a protest march by about 4,000 people and began attacking police and buildings in picturesque Oaxaca city...
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Truce raises cautious hope for peace
(International News ~ 11/27/06)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Rocket fire from Gaza died down Sunday after a daybreak cease-fire, raising hopes for an end to five months of bloody destruction and a new opening toward peace talks. The surprise truce was supposed to take effect at 10 p.m. Saturday (Central time), but in the four hours that followed, 11 rockets were fired from Gaza at Israeli towns and villages and some Palestinian militants threatened to keep up the attacks...
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Movie about birth of Jesus premieres at the Vatican
(International News ~ 11/27/06)
VATICAN CITY -- A movie about the birth of Jesus Christ made its world premiere Sunday at the Vatican, the first time a feature film debuted here. Some 7,000 people showed up at the benefit screening of "The Nativity Story" in Paul VI Hall, the auditorium regularly used for audiences with pilgrims, although Pope Benedict XVI was not present...
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Leaders try to halt sectarian violence
(International News ~ 11/27/06)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish leaders called on Sunday for an end to Iraq's sectarian conflict and vowed to track down those responsible for the war's deadliest attack. But as they went on national television to try to keep Iraq from sliding into an all-out civil war, fighting between Iraqi security forces and Sunni Arab insurgents raged for a second day in Baqouba, the capital of Diyala province north of Baghdad...
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Chad military massing along road in anticipation of attack
(International News ~ 11/27/06)
LAMIDJA, Chad -- Chadian soldiers in heavily armed pickup trucks were massing along a strategic road Sunday as a rebel convoy was spotted heading toward the capital of this volatile central African nation. As dusk fell in the capital, N'Djamena, usually bustling streets quickly emptied as rumors flew that the rebels might arrive within hours. Government troops set up roadblocks in Lamidja, about six miles from the capital, and were searching cars and fighting-age men...
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Southern Cal leaps over Michigan to second in BCS standings
(Professional Sports ~ 11/27/06)
NEW YORK -- Southern California is a win away from returning to the national title game. The Trojans moved into second place in the Bowl Championship Series standings Sunday, passing idle Michigan on the strength of a 44-24 victory over Notre Dame and closing in on a matchup with undefeated Ohio State in the title game...
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Sunday's games: Steelers in trouble; Patriots top Bears
(Professional Sports ~ 11/27/06)
Ravens 27, Steelers 0 Any chance the Pittsburgh Steelers had of returning to the Super Bowl was seemingly laid to rest in Baltimore. The Ravens sacked Ben Roethlisberger nine times and coasted to their fifth straight victory. Baltimore (9-2) limited the defending NFL champions to 36 yards in the first half. The Steelers (4-7) had won two straight following a 2-6 start...
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Ames wins playoff hole to claim Skins honors
(Professional Sports ~ 11/27/06)
LA QUINTA, Calif. -- Stephen Ames took the big bucks in his first Skins Game. Ames rolled in a 3-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole Sunday for $270,000 that gave him the championship with a total of $590,000. "I forgot about the golf swing and just started playing golf," Ames said. "I made some nice putts and hit some good shots where I made some skins early on."...
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Trojans move up in Associated Press poll, too
(Professional Sports ~ 11/27/06)
Southern California is the new No. 2. The Trojans advanced one spot to overtake Michigan in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, a day after their 44-24 victory over Notre Dame. USC, the sixth team to be ranked No. 2 this season behind No. 1 Ohio State, leads the Wolverines by 36 points in the poll...
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Parents want 'gay' penguin book blocked
(State News ~ 11/27/06)
SHILOH, Ill. -- A picture book about two male penguins raising a baby penguin is getting a chilly reception among some parents in this village who worry about the book's availability to elementary students -- and the reluctance of administrators to restrict access to it...
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Interpreter shares fond memories of Truman
(State News ~ 11/27/06)
FULTON, Mo. -- A special visitor toured the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library recently: Hugh Lunghi, who was an interpreter at the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences the Allied powers held at the end of World War II. Lunghi, now 86, was fluent in Russian, and he sometimes stood in for the senior British interpreter for Churchill at the conferences. ...
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Work on Jackson shopping area to start next summer
(Column ~ 11/27/06)
When former Cape Girardeau Mayor Gene Rhodes had the water slide built in Jackson more than a quarter-century ago, he had never seen one. But he built it anyway and for 25 years it was a success. I have more than a few memories howling in delight as I raced down the watery slide on a rubber mat, topping out at, I was sure, more than 100 mph. (I was 8, OK?)...
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Rams move closer to .500
(Professional Sports ~ 11/27/06)
ST. LOUIS -- It took a crucial stop by the Rams' beleaguered defense and Marc Bulger being nearly perfect on the winning drive to halt St. Louis' five-game losing streak. The Rams (5-6) broke another team's heart for a change on Bulger's 5-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Curtis with 27 seconds remaining for a 20-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday...
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Kansas' win against Florida may qualify as instant classic
(Professional Sports ~ 11/27/06)
LAS VEGAS -- Kansas sure grew up in a hurry. Just 10 days after losing to Oral Roberts -- and 24 hours after struggling to beat Ball State -- the youthful Jayhawks had the poise and precision to knock off the defending national champions. Darrell Arthur scored six of his 19 points in overtime, Julian Wright had a career-high 21 and the 10th-ranked Jayhawks played sterling defense when it mattered to beat No. 1 Florida 82-80 in the Las Vegas Invitational late Saturday night...
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Most of nation gets warm, dry weather for post-holiday travel
(State News ~ 11/27/06)
ATLANTA -- The journey home at the end of the long Thanksgiving weekend was smooth sailing for many travelers Sunday, although snow slowed the journey for some in the West. In Washington, 15 inches of snow fell near the Canadian border and traffic slowed to a crawl on the state's main east-west corridor. Farther south, chains were mandatory on vehicles traveling on two major highways linking Sacramento, Calif., to ski resorts in Nevada's Lake Tahoe area...
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Spartech Corp. sponsors area Bowl for Kids' Sake program
(Community News ~ 11/27/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri has lined up a major new sponsor for its Bowl for Kids' Sake program, one of the agency's largest annual fund-raisers. Spartech Corp., a Clayton, Mo.-based producer of engineered plastics with two plants in Cape Girardeau, has agreed to a $25,000 sponsorship of the event. The deal marks Spartech's first gift to Big Brothers Big Sisters...
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Cape police report 11/27/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/27/06)
DWIs; Assault; Theft; Property damage; Miscellaneous
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Cape fire report 11/27/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/27/06)
Cape Girardeau
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Basketball revs up with tournaments
(High School Sports ~ 11/27/06)
High school basketball season has begun for a few area squads, but the annual Oran, Woodland and Farmington invitationals mark the start of the year for many squads. Nearly every area boys team will be in action starting today. The Woodland Invitational truly is a local affair, with all eight teams from the Southeast Missourian coverage area...
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'Parade of Lights' winners named
(Local News ~ 11/27/06)
As part of the annual "Christmas Parade of Lights" event Sunday in Cape Girardeau, first-, second- and third-place certificates were awarded to entries in categories including theme, appearance (two classes), enthusiasm, best music and best lighting...
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