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Crowell bill takes aim at red-light cameras
(Local News ~ 01/08/07)
State Sen. Jason Crowell is making another attempt to restrict the use of cameras to record traffic violations at red lights. In this year's version of the bill, Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, would impose strict controls to prevent vendors pushing cities to use the cameras from earning their fees based on the number of tickets issued. At the beginning of last year's session, Crowell introduced a bill to ban the cameras, but said at the time that he really wanted to curb perceived abuses...
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New state law doubles driving requirement
(Local News ~ 01/08/07)
Missouri teenagers will need twice as many hours of behind-the-wheel instruction, including at least 10 hours of nighttime driving, under provisions of a new state law that took effect on Jan. 1. The latest requirements are part of legislation enacted by the legislature last year...
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Feeling the heat
(Local News ~ 01/08/07)
If warming trends across the country continue, trees like the sugar maple and American beech might not survive in Southeast Missouri. A new hardiness zone map, released by the National Arbor Day Foundation, is "consistent with the consensus of climate scientists that global warming is underway," the foundation says, and it is affecting the country's trees and shrubs...
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Out of the past 1/8/07
(Out of the Past ~ 01/08/07)
The Cape Girardeau Women's Center, Inc., a controversial gynecological office which will offer contraceptive and abortion services, is tentatively scheduled to open here within a month; Dr. Bolivar Escobedo says the clinic will be located at 891 N. Kingshighway...
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Speak Out 1/8/07
(Speak Out ~ 01/08/07)
City's arrogance; We are Americans; Parking ticket; Paying for raises; Wage discrimination; Recorded annoyance; Safe runner; Taking advantage; Representing children
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Spreading sunshine on the MOHELA deal
(Column ~ 01/08/07)
By Sara Lampe It is a shame that Attorney General Jay Nixon had to sue the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority in order to force compliance with the state Open Meetings Law. But Nixon's actions were appropriate and appear to have taught the MOHELA board an important lesson about governing: We do it in the open in Missouri...
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Virtual schooling
(Editorial ~ 01/08/07)
Beginning in August, Missouri students will have the opportunity to begin taking online classes through the Missouri Virtual Instructional Program. MoVIP will offer classes to public, private and homeschooled students alike. Certified teachers will guide students through the courses, which will be taught with the use of streaming audio and video, e-mail, chat rooms, digital portfolios and computer bulletin boards...
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Protesters acted despicably
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/08/07)
To the editor:The recent letter from John Clippard was intriguing and, in my view, a feeble attempt to rewrite history. The Vietnam War is a legitimate subject for debate, but not the actions and behavior of the Clintons and Fonda. What they did was caused thousands of U.S. military personnel to be tortured and killed. Their attitude then and now is despicable, and their acts were treason...
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Why print name-calling letters?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/08/07)
To the editor:I have had it with the editors of the Southeast Missourian. Every few weeks, they allow Joe Martin to pollute our local paper with nonsense. His published comments invariably consist of allegations regarding some lurking Leftist evil in our midst. Never does he explain why any of these Leftists are so bad. He just calls them names -- Nazis or commies usually -- and somehow sees that as a rational argument on which to base his allegations...
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Library funding promise not kept
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/08/07)
To the editor:In 2003, when he was secretary of state, now-governor Matt Blunt wrote a widely published article entitled "Promises made should be promises kept." In part, the article said: "When the legislature created the Out of State Athletes and Entertainers Income Tax in 1998, the law said the proceeds would be divided among five programs, including public libraries. ...
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Weather report
(Local News ~ 01/08/07)
Only a few days last December made it feel as if winter weather reached the area. No measurable snowfall occurred and the low temperatures dropped to below 20 degrees only four times last month. There were several days in December when the temperatures reach the mid-60s...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 1/8/07
(Local News ~ 01/08/07)
401 Independence St. 7 p.m. Monday Study session at 5 p.m. Invocation by the Rev. Wes Wright of Mount Auburn Christian Church. Public hearings n A public hearing to consider the request of the Rhema Word Breakthrough International Ministries for a special-use permit to operate a day care and preschool at an existing church at 750 N. Mount Auburn Road, located in an R-1, single family residential district...
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Samuel Johnson
(Obituary ~ 01/08/07)
Samuel Brooks Johnson, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 15, 1922, in Cape Girardeau, son of James Y. and Ella Burns Johnson. He and Bessie Hopper were married July 25, 1946, in Cape Girardeau...
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John Fleeman
(Obituary ~ 01/08/07)
John Fleeman, 59, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007, at his home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Ronald L. Obermann Sr.
(Obituary ~ 01/08/07)
Ronald L. Obermann Sr., 58, of Jackson died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson.
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Henry H. Ashworth
(Obituary ~ 01/08/07)
Henry H. Ashworth, 77, of Cordova, Tenn., formerly of Olive Branch, Ill., died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007, at his home in Cordova. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill.
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Minferd C. Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 01/08/07)
Minferd C. Rhodes, 78, of Wood River, Ill., formerly of Marble Hill, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, at the VIP Manor Nursing Home in Wood River. He was born Feb. 7, 1928, near Glen Allen, son of Van Bren and Mattie Upchurch Rhodes. Rhodes delivered mail from the depot in Glen Allen to the post office. ...
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Edgar leads Redhawks against his former team
(College Sports ~ 01/08/07)
Scott Edgar undoubtedly will experience plenty of emotions tonight when he coaches a basketball game in Murray, Ky., for the first time since 1995. But Edgar won't let that get in the way of trying to beat the school where he made his mark as a head coach...
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Redhawks seek a share of OVC lead vs. Racers
(College Sports ~ 01/08/07)
They are by far the two hottest women's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference. One squad features the top scorer in the league and the other side boasts the nation's No. 1 rebounder. It's probably only fitting, then, that Southeast Missouri State and Murray State square off today in a first-place OVC showdown, with the tipoff set for 5:15 p.m. in Murray, Ky...
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Clyde Reed
(Obituary ~ 01/08/07)
Clyde Edward Reed Sr., 94, formerly of Scott City and Commerce, died Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 20, 1912, in Lithium, Mo., the son of William Arthur and Nora Peel Reed. He and Eva Mae Bradshaw Moore were married on Nov. 9, 1936, and she preceded him in death on March 18, 1960. He then married Frances Helena Coble Norton in December 1963...
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Willoughby will miss game due to illness
(College Sports ~ 01/08/07)
Southeast Missouri State will play at Murray State tonight without its most experienced player and one of the Ohio Valley Conference's top 3-point shooters. According to Southeast coach Scott Edgar, senior guard Terrick Willoughby did not accompany the Redhawks to Murray, Ky., on Sunday after he started experiencing symptoms consistent with mononucleosis on Saturday...
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Bird's-eye view: Decatur man rigs bird feeders for video
(State News ~ 01/08/07)
DECATUR, Ill. -- How about this for a reality TV show: Violent, colorful and unpredictable characters fighting for their share of the spoils, each likely to fly off the handle at the drop of a sunflower seed. The lavish production also features some real cute chicks and is both plotless and scriptless and yet endlessly fascinating, with no reruns or commercial breaks. ...
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St. Louis group struggles to help refugees
(State News ~ 01/08/07)
ST. LOUIS -- For immigrants like Sadiyo Maalim, it's the details that matter in building a new life. A native of Somalia, Maalim struggled to find a job when she moved from her homeland to St. Louis. Even filling out basic applications was tough. Maalim said she didn't even know what a ZIP code was when she arrived...
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Kansas City Port Authority again in financial trouble
(State News ~ 01/08/07)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- After years of scrutiny and criticism -- and promises to do better -- the Kansas City Port Authority continues to have financial management problems, according to recent audits. The audits found that the Port Authority, which controls millions of city dollars as it helps oversee riverfront development, has hired firms without bids, contracts or written agreements and borrowed more than $1 million to cover a cash shortfall...
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Pig farm causes upset in tourism-dependent Arrow Rock
(State News ~ 01/08/07)
ARROW ROCK, Mo. -- Residents of Arrow Rock are concerned that a proposed hog farm will drive away the tourists the town depends on for its survival. Dennis and Chrissy Gessling want to expand a current hog operation five miles from town to include two new buildings that would each house 2,400 hogs for a wean-to-finish operation. The Gesslings already raise 3,800 young female pigs on the 110-acre farm...
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Illinois House votes to freeze electric rates
(State News ~ 01/08/07)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois House voted Sunday to block a sharp increase in electric rates, despite accusations the legislation is "a hoax" on Illinois consumers. Although the House voted 71-29 to freeze rates, the Senate is unlikely to consider the measure. It has already passed legislation to allow the higher rates but to phase them in over three years...
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'Plutoed' chosen 2006 Word of the Year by dialect society
(National News ~ 01/08/07)
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Pluto is finally getting some respect -- not from astronomers, but from wordsmiths. "Plutoed" was chosen 2006's Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society at its annual meeting Friday. To "pluto" is "to demote or devalue someone or something," much like what happened to the former planet last year when the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union decided Pluto didn't meet its definition of a planet...
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Cape fire report 1/8/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/08/07)
n At 4:35 p.m., emergency medical service in the unit block of South Kingshighway. n At 5:17 p.m., emergency medical service in the 500 block of North Sprigg Street. n At 5:41 p.m., emergency medical service in the 3000 block of Lakewood Drive. n At 6:26 p.m., emergency medical service in the 3000 block of Patriot Drive...
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Cape police report 1/8/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/08/07)
DWI; Arrests; Summonses; Thefts; Property damage; Miscellaneous
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Archbishop quits over ties with secret police
(International News ~ 01/08/07)
WARSAW, Poland -- Warsaw's new archbishop abruptly resigned Sunday over revelations that he cooperated with Poland's communist-era secret police, stunning worshippers by sadly yielding the archbishop's throne just minutes before he was to be formally installed. ...
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Governor hopeful for breakthrough in Darfur
(International News ~ 01/08/07)
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson got a bleak assessment Sunday of the deteriorating situation in Darfur, but expressed optimism for a breakthrough with the Sudanese president he has been able to work with in the past. President Omar al-Bashir has refused to allow U.N. ...
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British official not afraid of disagreeing with Bush
(International News ~ 01/08/07)
LONDON -- Treasury chief Gordon Brown, expected to succeed Tony Blair as prime minister by September, suggested Sunday that he will pursue an Iraq policy that is more independent of Washington than the current government. Brown acknowledged that mistakes were made in the aftermath of the invasion and promised to be "very frank" with President Bush. ...
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3 scuba divers, guide missing in Red Sea
(International News ~ 01/08/07)
MARSA ALAM, Egypt -- Rescuers searched Sunday for three foreign scuba divers and their Egyptian guide who got lost while exploring a coral reef in the Red Sea, while a fifth member of the group reached a village after swimming for hours. The diver who swam to safety, a Russian, said there had been sharks in the area. ...
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Israel rejects report it may attack Iran's nuclear program
(International News ~ 01/08/07)
LONDON -- A British newspaper reported Sunday that Israeli pilots were training to strike targets in Iran with low-yield nuclear weapons, but Israel swiftly denied the report and analysts expressed doubts about its reliability. Citing unidentified Israeli military sources, The Sunday Times said the proposals drawn up in Israel involved using so-called "bunker-buster" nuclear weapons to attack nuclear facilities at three sites south of the Iranian capital...
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Pelosi: Democrats may deny funding if Bush seeks troop increase
(National News ~ 01/08/07)
WASHINGTON -- Democrats now running Congress will not give President Bush a blank check to wage war in Iraq, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday, suggesting they could deny him the money should he call for additional troops. Yet Pelosi's second-in-command and a Senate leader on foreign affairs questioned the wisdom and legality of using the power of the purse to thwart the White House as Bush prepared to announce his revised war strategy this week -- perhaps on Wednesday...
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Two of Saddam's co-defendants await their delayed executions
(International News ~ 01/08/07)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants were taken from their cells and told they were going to be hanged on the same day the former dictator was executed, their lawyer said Sunday. But the two condemned men still await death as Iraqi officials decide how to avoid the kind of outcry that followed Saddam's hanging Dec. 30...
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Officials say 'language barrier' may have led to detentions at Port of Miami
(National News ~ 01/08/07)
MIAMI -- Three legal immigrants in a cargo truck were detained at the Port of Miami on Sunday after a routine inspection raised concerns, but police say the incident may have stemmed in part from a language barrier. The port's cargo area was shut down Sunday as the Miami-Dade bomb squad X-rayed the truck and scanned it for radioactive materials. Nothing unusual was found, officials said...
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Come, stay: Pet sitters find a market niche in Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 01/08/07)
When people have to leave their pets, they have an alternative besides kennels, relatives or friends. For Cape Girardeau pet owner Jane Courter, hiring a professional pet sitter was the ideal solution to caring for her 5-year-old border collie-lab mix, Eddie, when she couldn't be with him...
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Food on the fly: Mobile food pantry rolls to the rescue in Southwest Missouri
(State News ~ 01/08/07)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Even standing still, the new Ozarks Food Harvest Mobile Food Pantry appears to be flying to its destination, filled with healthy food for hungry people. The converted beverage trailer announces its identity with lettering that practically jumps off the truck, the brown letters speeding across the side...
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Military digest 1/8/07
(Local News ~ 01/08/07)
Sands graduates from basic military training Air Force Airman 1st Class Francis E. Sands graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. Sands earned distinction as an honor graduate. He is the son of Charley Sands of Unity, Ill., and brother of Randolph Sands of Tamms, Ill. The airman is a 2003 graduate of Egyptian High School, Tamms...
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Community briefs 1/8/07
(Local News ~ 01/08/07)
Planning meeting set for JHS class of 1977 Alumni interested in helping plan the 30th reunion of Jackson High School's class of 1977 are invited to a meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 15 at the high school's old "A" building. Call Denise at 243-8047 for more information...
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View from Columbia man's back yard includes unusual deer
(State News ~ 01/08/07)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- American Indians believed that catching a glimpse of a white deer was the first step toward prosperity and good luck. If that legend holds true, things could be looking up for Justin Viessman. The Columbia resident recently spotted a white deer while eating dinner with his mother at her home in the Georgetown subdivision and captured some images of the creature...
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'Museum' extends No. 1 run with $24 million
(Entertainment ~ 01/08/07)
LOS ANGELES -- Museum crowds are strong at movie theaters. Ben Stiller's "Night at the Museum" took in $24 million to stay on top at the box office for a third-straight weekend, fending off a soft crop of newcomers during the post-holiday lull. "Night at the Museum," from 20th Century Fox, raised its three-week domestic total to $164.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. ...
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Eagles kick aside Giants
(Professional Sports ~ 01/08/07)
PHILADELPHIA -- The snap was there, the hold was good and the kick was perfect. David Akers hit a 38-yard field goal with no time remaining to give the Philadelphia Eagles a 23-20 victory over the New York Giants in a wild-card playoff game Sunday. A day after Dallas lost to Seattle when quarterback Tony Romo fumbled the hold on what could have been a go-ahead field goal, the Eagles executed the seemingly routine play that has cost teams important games in recent weeks...
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Players would like bowl cash
(Professional Sports ~ 01/08/07)
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Playing in a bowl is no longer reward enough for some college football players:~ While the payout for the BCS Championship is $17 million, the players will only receive a handful of gifts. Some Buckeyes and Gators want a cut of the millions being generated by the championship game...
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So. Miss tops Ohio in GMAC bowl
(Professional Sports ~ 01/08/07)
MOBILE, Ala. -- Damion Fletcher ran for two touchdowns and Southern Miss scored 21 points in the second quarter en route to a 28-7 victory over Ohio on Sunday night in the GMAC Bowl, spoiling the Bobcats' return to the postseason. The Golden Eagles (9-5) thoroughly dominated after a scoreless first quarter for their third consecutive postseason win...
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Cape Central Marching Tigers play at Walt Disney World
(Local News ~ 01/08/07)
About 80 of the 100 Cape Central Marching Tigers and 40 parents spent three days of their winter break at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Central High School assistant band director Josh Lamar said that although the trip is difficult to raise money for, it is an incentive for band members...
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Singh opens PGA season with title at Mercedes-Benz Championship
(Professional Sports ~ 01/08/07)
KAPALUA, Hawaii -- The new era in golf brought out the old version of Vijay Singh. Coming off his least productive season in five years, the 43-year-old Singh delivered a strong statement Sunday that he's still around by closing with a 3-under 70 for a two-shot victory over Adam Scott in the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship...
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USC kicker Danelo found dead at base of rocky cliff
(Professional Sports ~ 01/08/07)
LOS ANGELES -- Foul play probably was not a factor in the death of Southern California kicker Mario Danelo, whose body was found about 120 feet down a rocky cliff, police said Sunday. "It was fairly apparent that this was either an accident or suicide," said Lt. Paul Vernon...
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Three-time champion Patriots march forward, eliminate Jets
(Professional Sports ~ 01/08/07)
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The teacher had the upper hand in this game -- and so did Tom Brady, his quarterback. Brady capped long scoring drives with short touchdown passes to Daniel Graham and Kevin Faulk, and Asante Samuel sealed it with a 36-yard interception return for a score with 4:54 left in the game as Bill Belichick's three-time Super Bowl champions beat the New York Jets 37-16 on Sunday...
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Falcons find head coach in Louisville's Petrino
(Professional Sports ~ 01/08/07)
ATLANTA -- Louisville coach Bobby Petrino agreed Sunday to become the new coach of the Atlanta Falcons, moving to the NFL less than a week after Jim Mora's firing. Kenny Klein, the sports information director at Louisville, said Petrino was leaving for Atlanta after guiding the Cardinals to a 12-1 season, capped off by a 24-13 victory over Wake Forest on Tuesday night in the Orange Bowl...
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Top-ranked Ohio State plays first game in 51 days
(College Sports ~ 01/08/07)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Ohio State Buckeyes haven't been spending hours a day playing video games, watching football on TV and devouring chips and salsa. They're saving that for later next week. One would get the impression the Buckeyes have been lolling around their dorm rooms to hear all the talk about the Buckeyes' 50-day "layoff" between beating rival Michigan 42-39 on Nov. 18 and tonight's BCS national title game against Florida...
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Underdog Gators try to sink teeth into Buckeyes
(College Sports ~ 01/08/07)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A new era of college football begins tonight with No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Florida playing a game that's grown too big to be called a bowl. A week after New Year's Day, after all the bowls have been played, the Buckeyes and Gators meet in the first BCS national championship game...
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Researchers report alternative stem-cell source in amniotic fluid, avoiding embryo destruction
(National News ~ 01/08/07)
Scientists reported Sunday they had found a plentiful source of stem cells in the fluid that cushions babies in the womb and produced a variety of tissue types from these cells -- sidestepping the controversy over destroying embryos for research. Researchers at Wake Forest University and Harvard University reported the stem cells they drew from amniotic fluid donated by pregnant women hold much the same promise as embryonic stem cells. ...
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Apple expected to unveil cell phone or TV set-top box
(National News ~ 01/08/07)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Technophiles are eagerly waiting to learn whether the king of digital music can colonize an entirely new category of consumer electronics. Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple Computer Inc., is expected to launch at least one revolutionary product Tuesday at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. Speculation has focused mainly on an Apple-branded cellular phone and a set-top box that allows people to send video from their computers to their televisions...
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Boom in ethanol industry fuels divide between farmers, ranchers
(National News ~ 01/08/07)
SALT LAKE CITY -- From corn fields to Wall Street, enthusiasm for ethanol is at an all-time high. But not everyone is enthusiastic. Demand for the corn-based fuel is driving up the cost of feed corn, making it more expensive to feed cows, chickens and pigs...
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More U.S. businesses offering sanitizers
(National News ~ 01/08/07)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. -- Whenever Joan Aycock brings her children to a fast-food restaurant, she lets them spend time in the play area. And when they come out, so does the hand sanitizer. "We have skin issues, things we are sensitive to -- dirt and germs. We want to get them off as soon as possible," the Fayetteville mother said while helping her sons Wesley, 7, and Andrew, 9, with hand sanitizer packets offered at a Chick-fil-A restaurant...
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People on the move 1/8/07
(Business ~ 01/08/07)
Area man named Optometrist of the Year The Missouri Optometric Association has named Cape Girardeau optometrist Kyle Brost the 2006 Optometrist of the Year. Brost and his wife, Chris, own Brost & Associates Family Eye Care. The practice has offices in Cape Girardeau, Perryville, Fredericktown and Charleston. ...
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Memo 1/8/07
(Business ~ 01/08/07)
Rust Communications, owner of the Southeast Missourian, has acquired The Concordia, a weekly newspaper in Concordia, Mo., as of the first of the year. Shelly Arth, publisher of the Marshall (Mo.) Democrat-News, another Rust newspaper, is the new publisher of the Concordia weekly. The Concordia was purchased from Gary and Judy Beissenherz, who will continue to work there for the next few months. Rust Communications publishes more than 50 community newspapers in eight states...
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Missouri AG wants former teacher's license revoked
(State News ~ 01/08/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The attorney general's office wants the teaching license revoked for a former priest and teacher accused of sexual misconduct. James Beine has a lifetime certificate to teach English and Latin in seventh to 12th grades, and a lifetime counseling certificate...
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Shrimp harvest shows possibilities of aquaculture
(Local News ~ 01/08/07)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- It's been four years since Bill Crites, 37, of Chaffee looked at his muddy back yard and thought it would make a nice place to raise crustaceans. Four long years since his friends thought he'd gone a little crazy. But now, with an annual harvest of 2,200 pounds of Pacific white shrimp, which he sells to private customers and out of his newly opened convenience store, Crites believes he's found a good way to supplement his income...
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