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Byrd House, Farrar store closer to historic status
(Local News ~ 02/19/07)
When built in 1827, the two-story Abraham Byrd house was a symbol of success in rural Cape Girardeau County. Byrd was an early pioneer and a prominent farmer. He served as a state representative and a presidential elector in the mid-1800s. The Byrd house, which still stands on County Road 442, is well on the way to a spot on the National Register of Historic Places...
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Farm bill worries counties
(Local News ~ 02/19/07)
A bill that would eliminate the ability of Missouri counties and municipalities to regulate large livestock feeding operations has drawn fire from critics statewide before even leaving committee. The bill, known as the Missouri Farm and Food Preservation Act (SB 364), garnered the attention of environmentalists and other special interests last month after Gov. ...
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Tipped workers lagging behind
(Local News ~ 02/19/07)
Proposition B, November's initiative to raise the minimum wage for Missouri workers, has provoked its share of confusion in the past months. The first question was whether cities were exempt from increasing the pay of their minimum-wage workforce to the $6.50 an hour the amendment required. ...
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Out of the past 2/19/07
(Out of the Past ~ 02/19/07)
For the third time in less than a year, gasoline prices at several Cape Girardeau service stations have fallen victim to a price war, dropping the cost at the pumps to under $1.06 a gallon. A complaint signed by 15 parents of youngsters attending Washington School charges that improper methods of punishment were used on some pupils; school officials are investigating the complaint...
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Learning black history
(Local News ~ 02/19/07)
Decades ago, black history was little more than a footnote in school lessons on the Civil War. But today's students increasingly learn about the contributions of black Americans, local educators say. That is evident in Tracy Haggerty's fifth-grade class at Central Middle School...
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Missouri law schools lag in effort to diversify
(State News ~ 02/19/07)
ST. LOUIS -- In spite of efforts to increase diversity, the percentage of black students enrolled at Missouri law schools has remained stagnant and in some cases declined. Washington University has the state's highest percentage of black law students -- but even that St. Louis school falls below the national average...
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Undying love: Couple plans cemetery wedding in St. Louis suburb
(State News ~ 02/19/07)
PACIFIC, Mo. -- It's not the traditional "till death do us part," but Scott Amsler and Miranda Patterson believe getting hitched in a graveyard is just thinking outside the box. Come September, the Illinois couple expects to pledge their undying love among the dearly departed in this St. Louis suburb's city cemetery, even though those who approved the request are dead set against seeing it become a trend...
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Top Republicans frustrated with Mo. court system
(State News ~ 02/19/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri is not often known as a national trendsetter. In most things, the Show-Me-State ranks near the middle of the pack. But in 1940, Missourians adopted a first-of-its kind judicial system. For appellate and urban trial courts, a special selection panel submits three nominees to the governor, who appoints one to the bench. The judges then stand for retention elections...
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After years of cleanup, lead pollution still troubles town
(State News ~ 02/19/07)
HERCULANEUM, Mo. -- Linda Dunn's neighborhood is now on the edge of a ghost town. Located in the shadow of the Doe Run Co.'s lead smelter, this tiny town 30 miles south of St. Louis is characterized by empty homes and vacated neighborhoods. The company bought more than 130 houses after the city was contaminated by lead particles from the smelter. It tore some down and left others vacant...
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Correction 2/19/07
(Correction ~ 02/19/07)
n A recent editorial regarding efforts to raise funds to commemorate the Lincoln-Douglas debates in Southern Illinois incorrectly identified the location of one of the debates, which was held in Jonesboro, Ill. A fund-raising dinner was held in neighboring Anna, Ill. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error...
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Car bombings in Baghdad kill 63
(International News ~ 02/19/07)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Militants struck back Sunday in their first major blow against a U.S.-led security clampdown in Baghdad with car bombings that killed at least 63 people, left scores injured and sent a grim message to officials boasting that extremist factions were on the run...
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Egg donations rising, and many are in it for the money
(National News ~ 02/19/07)
CHICAGO -- Human egg donation was a rarity not so long ago. But heightened demand for eggs -- and rising compensation for donors -- are prompting more young women to consider it. Jennifer Dziura, a 28-year-old New Yorker, is one of them. She received $8,000 to donate her eggs in the fall of 2005 and hopes she'll be chosen again before the private egg broker she's registered with considers her too old. ...
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Democratic senators consider limiting war authorization in Iraq
(National News ~ 02/19/07)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats pledged renewed efforts Sunday to curtail the Iraq war, suggesting they will seek to limit a 2002 measure authorizing President Bush's use of force against Saddam Hussein. The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the proposal had little chance of succeeding. "I think the president would veto it and the veto would be upheld," said Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana...
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World briefs 2/19/07
(International News ~ 02/19/07)
8 U.S. troops killed in helicopter crash SHAHJOI, Afghanistan -- After radioing in an unexplained loss of power and engine failure, a military helicopter crashed early Sunday in southeastern Afghanistan, killing eight U.S. service members. Fourteen survived with injuries. ...
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Robert Lubker
(Obituary ~ 02/19/07)
Robert L. Lubker, 58, of DeSoto, Mo., formerly of Perryville, Mo., died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. He was born May 12, 1948, in Perryville, son of Robert C. and L. Lucille "Tootie" Milner Lubker. He and Jane A. Griffard were married March 18, 1967...
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Lucille Gibson
(Obituary ~ 02/19/07)
Lucille Gibson, 88, of Alto Pass, Ill., died Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007, at the Jonesboro Rehab and Healthcare Center in Jonesboro, Ill. She was born Aug. 6, 1918, in Alto Pass, daughter of George Washington and Grace Nora Willison Sides. She and the Rev. Johnnie Beauford Gibson were married May 5, 1937, in Alto Pass. He died May 6, 2004...
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Florence Howard
(Obituary ~ 02/19/07)
Florence Howard, 104, of Woodbury, Minn., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Feb. 16, 2007, at the Woodbury Health Care Center in Woodbury. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Eugene Woodson
(Obituary ~ 02/19/07)
Eugene F. Woodson, 72, of Metropolis, Ill., died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Massie Funeral Home in Mounds.
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Charlotte Barnett
(Obituary ~ 02/19/07)
Charlotte Barnett, 81, of Chicago, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Shawn Parrish
(Obituary ~ 02/19/07)
Shawn Eugene Parrish, 30, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at Henry County Memorial Hospital in Paris, Tenn., from an automobile accident. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.
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Joan Grant
(Obituary ~ 02/19/07)
Joan Glenetta Mackins Grant, 64, of Pulaski, Ill., died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born Jan. 8, 1943, in Ullin, Ill., daughter of Clyde and Arleta Meals Mackins. She and Samuel Grant were married, and he preceded her in death...
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Orville Rodgers
(Obituary ~ 02/19/07)
Orville J. Rodgers, 78, of Jackson died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at Jackson Manor. He was born May 13, 1928, in Bernie, Mo., son of Sam and Irene Stevens Rodgers. He and Letis M. Morlan were married in August 1947. She died Sept. 1, 1993. Rodgers attended the former Good Life Church of Gordonville. ...
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Hadley James
(Obituary ~ 02/19/07)
Hadley Hank James, 46, of Aroma Park, Ill., went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home on West Court Street in Kankakee, Ill., where services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday. His good friend and pastor, Randy Caswell, will officiate...
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Alfreda Bohnert
(Obituary ~ 02/19/07)
Alfreda C Bohnert, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 9, 1921, in Charleston, Mo., daughter of William Alexander and Mary Beatrice Reed Miller. She and Clyde August Bohnert were married Oct. 15, 1938, in Perryville, Mo. He died Dec. 7, 1994...
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Cape/Jackson police report 2/19/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/19/07)
DWI; Arrest; Assault; Theft; Property damage; Miscellaneous; Jackson: Summons; Theft; Property damage; Miscellaneous
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Cape fire report 2/19/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/19/07)
n At 6 p.m., emergency medical service on Edgewood Drive. n At 6:49 p.m., emergency medical service in the 3100 block of Lexington Avenue. n At 11:28 p.m., box alarm in the 2600 block of Hopper Drive. n At 11:32 p.m., emergency medical service in the 500 block of North Kingshighway...
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5 dead after avalanches in Mont., Utah and Idaho
(National News ~ 02/19/07)
HELENA, Mont. -- Weekend avalanches killed five people in Montana, Utah and Idaho, with one bruised survivor traveling miles by snowmobile and on foot to reach help, authorities said. In Montana's Big Belt Mountains, the bodies of two snowmobilers caught in an avalanche were found by searchers early Sunday and removed by helicopter later in the day...
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Israel, U.S.: Palestinian leaders must moderate to be recognized
(International News ~ 02/19/07)
JERUSALEM -- The United States and Israel agreed ahead of a three-way meeting with the Palestinians not to work with any new Palestinian government that does not renounce violence, recognize Israel and accept existing peace agreements, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday...
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Impasse over Palestinian militants overshadows Rice peace summit
(International News ~ 02/19/07)
JERUSALEM -- Hoping to turn the page on six years of stalled Mideast negotiations, the United States instead found itself boxed in Sunday by a characteristically complex political impasse involving ally Israel and the Palestinians. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice came to the region intending to lead a symbolic peace summit. ...
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Cape Girardeau 'institution' gets a new, old look
(Business ~ 02/19/07)
Customers visiting Pagliai's Pizza & Pasta restaurant, at 1129 Broadway, will enjoy the same great pizza in a new environment. Owners Ron and Vivian Bohnert reopened the restaurant Tuesday, considered by some an institution in Cape Girardeau, after a five-week hiatus for remodeling the inside of the restaurant...
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St. Andrew to host leadership seminar
(Business ~ 02/19/07)
St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau will be the local host site for the May 11 "Maximum Impact Simulcast: The Influence Index." The live leadership seminar, broadcast from Atlanta, will include more than 80,000 business professionals participating via satellite downlink in 600 cities across North America. ...
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People on the move
(Business ~ 02/19/07)
Missouri chamber names conference director The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently hired Tracey Glenn to be the new director of conference development. Glenn will facilitate the Missouri Chamber's major conferences and numerous seminar programs in this post. ...
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The brave, the bold and the bald
(Local News ~ 02/19/07)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Twelve-year-old Chasity Meyer, a seventh-grade student at Meadow Heights, is signed up for the second go-around of fund-raising for St. Baldrick's. The St. Baldrick's name is a whimsical twist on St. Patrick's Day. At St. Baldrick's events, occurring outside of the Irish holiday, volunteers shave their heads bald, raising funds for childhood cancer research. ...
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Cape Girardeau FEMA applications due March 5
(Local News ~ 02/19/07)
Cape Girardeau County will receive $34,497 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the area for 2007. The selection was made by a national board chaired by the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from The Salvation Army, American Red Cross, United Jewish Communities, Catholic Charities USA, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA and United Way of America. ...
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Community cuisine 2/19/07
(Community News ~ 02/19/07)
Delta FFA Community Breakfast to be Saturday Delta FFA will serve whole-hog sausage, bacon, eggs, biscuits and gravy from 6 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the high school cafeteria. Beverages will be provided. Donations are appreciated. 21st annual chili dinner to be all-you-can-eat...
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Community digest 2/19/07
(Community News ~ 02/19/07)
City offices closed for Presidents Day today; Meeting held to discuss downtown Sikeston; Modern Woodmen hold monthly camp dinners; National jumping event to be held in two areas; Meetings to discuss boll weevil eradication; Zalma church seeks items for dinner auction; Diocesan CCW to hold spring assembly; SEMO fair foundation announces scholarship
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Big Brothers Big Sisters earns top rating again
(Local News ~ 02/19/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Charity Navigator, an independent group that evaluates charities to identify which ones manage donations responsibly, has rated Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri with the highest rating of four stars for the second straight year...
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Startup trying to create online market for parking
(National News ~ 02/19/07)
BOSTON -- Finding a parking spot often requires drivers to summon their inner-caveman: Scan the horizon for the target, then bag it before someone else does. A startup company is betting it can chip away at that anachronism and transform the search for parking just as eBay Inc. changed auctions...
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Changes coming to meat inspection
(National News ~ 02/19/07)
WASHINGTON -- The first major changes to food inspection in a decade will increase federal scrutiny of meat and poultry plants where the danger from E. coli and other germs is high or where past visits have found unsafe practices. The new policy will result in fewer inspections at plants with lower risks and better records for handling meat and poultry...
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Harvick nips Martin in Daytona 500
(Professional Sports ~ 02/19/07)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- So focused was Mark Martin on hard-charging Kevin Harvick, he had no inkling of the chaos unfolding behind him. With less than a mile to go in the Daytona 500, Kyle Busch's car was spinning. Clint Bowyer's was upside down and on fire. Five other cars bumped and banged, careening into one another in a smoke-filled mass of twisted metal...
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Time is ripe for JHS boys to end drought
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/07)
The Jackson boys basketball team has gone eight seasons since its last district title, suffering district-championship defeats in two of the previous three seasons. With the five-time defending district champion Poplar Bluff Mules weakened by graduation and only one other team with a winning record in the new six-team district, the time seems right for the top-seeded Indians to strike...
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ND girls look to add another district title
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/07)
The Notre Dame girls basketball team has suffered through a two-year district title drought, its longest since the program captured its first title in 1993. The Bulldogs won eight straight district titles prior to their current drought and have made the state semifinals five times in the last 14 years. If the Bulldogs are going to reclaim the district crown, they'll have to fight through a deep field as the Class 4 District 1 tournament begins today at Sikeston...
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The $1 question
(Editorial ~ 02/19/07)
After the failures of the Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea dollar coins, the government is trying again with a dollar coin honoring U.S. presidents. The Federal Reserve has ordered 300 million Washington dollars. Every three months, another design honoring the next president to serve will be rolled out...
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Speak Out 2/19/07
(Speak Out ~ 02/19/07)
Dixie Chicks tribute; Happiness recipe; Stop crying; Need health care; Romney's conversion; Upholding the law; News perspective; Free speech; Picking up trash; Favorable pay; Not a hotel; Rotating siren; Not complaining; Low prices and jobs; Respect for teachers; Media fanaticism
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F-16 pilot serving in Iraq operations
(Local News ~ 02/19/07)
Air Force Capt. Mike R. Dietrich is currently deployed overseas at a forward-operating location in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Dietrich, an F-16 aircraft pilot, is regularly assigned to the 524th Fighter Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, Clovis, N.M. The captain has served in the military for eight years. He is the son of Larry and Betty Dietrich of The Dalles, Ore., and nephew of Sandy Estes of Scott City...
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West cruises to 153-132 win over Eastin All-Star game; Bryant earns MVP
(Professional Sports ~ 02/19/07)
LAS VEGAS -- Viva Kobe Bryant and the best of the West. Bryant, Carmelo Anthony & crew lit up the Strip with their own version of Showtime, romping past LeBron James and the East 153-132 Sunday night in the NBA All-Star game. An event that some locals called the biggest thing to hit Las Vegas featured showgirls, acrobats, magicians and Elvis impersonators...
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Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Basketball 2/19/07
(Community Sports ~ 02/19/07)
DIVISION 1 Scoring leaders DIVISION 2 Scoring leaders DIVISION 3 Scoring leaders DIVISION 4 Scoring leaders DIVISION 5 Scoring leaders...
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Howell tops Mickelson in playoff
(Professional Sports ~ 02/19/07)
Charles Howell III finally ended that nasty habit of finishing second, making three clutch pars in a playoff for a dramatic victory over Phil Mickelson in the Nissan Open on Sunday. Howell closed with a 6-under 65 and got into a playoff when Mickelson bogeyed the 18th hole of Riveria Country Club in Los Angeles. Howell put away the two-time Masters champion with his third straight par save, holing a 3-foot putt on the 14th hole...
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McBride leads Illini to victory
(Professional Sports ~ 02/19/07)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Rich McBride scored 15 points Sunday to lead an Illinois team that was without guard Jamar Smith to a 48-37 victory over Northwestern. The Illini win came six days after Smith and freshman center Brian Carlwell suffered concussions in a single-car accident...
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Redhawks squander late lead in 12-10 loss to Jackson State
(College Sports ~ 02/19/07)
JACKSON, Miss. -- What looked like it would be a great season-opening weekend for Southeast Missouri State baseball ended on a sour note. The Redhawks, after sweeping Saturday's doubleheader from host Jackson State, led the Tigers 10-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning Sunday...
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New daylight-saving time may foil digital calendars
(National News ~ 02/19/07)
For three weeks this March and April, Microsoft Corp. warns that users of its calendar programs "should view any appointments ... as suspect until they communicate with all meeting invitees." Wow, that's sort of jarring -- is something treacherous afoot?...
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Researchers: Some cocoa may improve blood flow in the brain
(National News ~ 02/19/07)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A nice cup of the right kind of cocoa could hold the promise of promoting brain function as people age. In an increasingly aging world, medical researchers are seeing more cases of dementia and are looking for ways to make brains work better...
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Bench bucks
(Professional Sports ~ 02/19/07)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Winning the World Series was a bit like winning the lottery for St. Louis Cardinals utility player Aaron Miles. The backup infielder basically doubled his salary with the winner's share of $362,173, the most ever for a championship team. He had a $350,000, one-year deal in 2006...
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Rookie nets two goals in St. Louis' 5-3 victory
(Professional Sports ~ 02/19/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Rookie David Backes scored twice and Jay McClement had a goal and an assist to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 Sunday night. Manny Legace made 33 saves for the Blues, who have won three in a row. After Marian Gaborik tied the score at 2 with 1.8 seconds left in the opening period, St. Louis pulled away with three goals in the second...
- Results from last week's online poll 2/19/07 (Local News ~ 02/19/07)
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Getting down to business
(Column ~ 02/19/07)
Editor's note: Tim Krakowiak begins today as the business editor of the Southeast Missourian. From the heart of the Finger Lakes I have plowed through snowstorms to make my way to Cape Girardeau. My journey from the Empire State to the Show Me State was long and challenging. But I am here now...
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