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Fire destroys garage on Benton Street
(Local News ~ 04/28/07)
An electrical generator surrounded by old clothes and tires sparked a fire Saturday in a garage on South Benton Street in Cape Girardeau. The old single-car garage was a total loss, said Capt. Brian Shaffer of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department. "It was totally engulfed when we arrived," Schaffer said. Firefighters were called to the scene shortly after noon...
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Little-used law could expand Cape zoning beyond city limits
(Local News ~ 04/28/07)
A little-used Missouri statute makes it possible for a city to zone land outside of its limits, and Cape Girardeau may decide to take advantage of the law. "We're in the process of annexing more ground to the city of Cape Girardeau than we ever have before," said Mayor Jay Knudtson. "As our boundaries grow, the responsible thing to do is make sure we're taking new territory that meets certain minimum standards to sustain long-term growth and long-term maintenance."...
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5 disciplined over jail breach
(Local News ~ 04/28/07)
Five Cape Girardeau County Jail employees were disciplined -- including one termination and one demotion -- as a result of a security breach early this month, Sheriff John Jordan said Friday. A sergeant was reduced in rank to deputy and a deputy was fired, Jordan said. The other three jailers were each issued letters of reprimand that will remain in their personnel files for at least a year, he said...
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Cape Navy center closing at end of September
(Local News ~ 04/28/07)
The Navy Operational Support Center in Cape Girardeau will close Sept. 30, officials at the center said Friday. Two years ago Congress signed off on the Base Realignment and Closure Commission's plan to close or consolidate 49 major military bases and 765 smaller installations. The Defense Department has until Sept. 15, 2011, to complete the process. The commission projected the plan would save $48.8 billion over 20 years...
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State arts meeting draws at least 100
(Local News ~ 04/28/07)
A public meeting on Missouri Arts Council priorities that almost didn't happen in Cape Girardeau brought the biggest crowd council staff members saw anywhere in the state. More than 100 people signed in at the door Friday for the discussion of strategic goals of the council, which this week won a funding increase of $4.5 million from state lawmakers. ...
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At least 1,000 men to attend area Promise Keepers rally
(Local News ~ 04/28/07)
At least a thousand men have confirmed they will attend the Promise Keepers event tonight at the Show Me Center. The event is locally sponsored, so there is no admission charge; anyone who comes will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis. "We're prepared to fill it up," said Marc Harris, one of the event organizers...
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Speak Out 4/28/07
(Speak Out ~ 04/28/07)
Thanks for support; Stick to music; Paying their share; Movement problem; Follow the arrows; Accident in the making; Toward contentment; Matter of life; Domestic gunfire; Less space for deer; Gambling ideas; Now that's serious; Watch out for deer; Not on Social Security; City needs change; Universal education; County rankings; Using carbon; It won't work; No bike lanes; Departing deputies; Playing politics
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Police report 4/28/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/28/07)
DWIs
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Fire report 4/28/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/28/07)
n At 8:44 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1400 block of West End Boulevard. n At 2:53 a.m., emergency medical service at 2067 Pear Tree Court. n At 6:33 a.m., emergency medical service in the 1900 block of Dunklin Street. n At 7:04 a.m., emergency medical service at 611 S. West End Blvd...
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Journalism ethics
(Column ~ 04/28/07)
By Christine Tatum In the public's eyes, just about the only folks struggling with believability issues more than the Bush administration are journalists. And journalists largely have themselves to thank for that. This week, newsrooms nationwide are observing Ethics in Journalism Week, and they have a sorry state of affairs to consider...
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Some schools banning iPods to stop cheating
(National News ~ 04/28/07)
MERIDIAN, Idaho -- Banning baseball caps during tests was obvious: Students were writing the answers under the brim. Then, schools started banning cell phones, realizing students could text message the answers to each other. Now, schools across the country are targeting digital media players as a potential cheating device. ...
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Court clears way for Anna Nicole's ex-boyfriend to leave with daughter
(Entertainment ~ 04/28/07)
NASSAU, Bahamas -- A Bahamian court cleared the way Friday for Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend to leave with their baby daughter, rejecting an appeal by the mother of the former reality TV star. The judges ruled that a U.S. court would likely have the final say in the custody dispute between Virgie Arthur and Larry Birkhead, who was confirmed as the 7-month-old baby's father after undergoing DNA testing...
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Charles Lee
(Obituary ~ 04/28/07)
Charles M. Lee, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 26, 2007, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Dec. 11, 1920, in Charleston, Mo., oldest child of John M. and Delia Sitzes Lee. He lived there until moving to Cape Girardeau in 1962. He and Kathleen Elliott were married Sept. 20, 1939. She preceded him in death. He later married Naomi Hudson McRill Aug. 2, 1969...
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Etta Huey
(Obituary ~ 04/28/07)
Etta Elizabeth Huey, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 26, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Sept. 7, 1917, in Oriole, daughter of Henry and Minnie Farrow Perry. She and Robert W. "Duck" Huey were married July 26, 1941, in Jackson. He died Sept. 29, 1989...
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George Craigmiles
(Obituary ~ 04/28/07)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- George Edward Craigmiles, 63, of Chaffee died Thursday, April 26, 2007, at his home. He was born Aug. 12, 1943, in St. Louis, son of George and Dorothy Arnold Craigmiles. He and Laura Lee Enderle were married Oct. 24, 1964. Craigmiles was a retired forklift operator for Ludlow Corp. He was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee and Chaffee Elks Lodge No. 1810...
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Gildard Ponder
(Obituary ~ 04/28/07)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Gildard A. Ponder, 86, of Perryville died Friday, April 27, 2007, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 9, 1920, at McBride, Mo., son of Roman W. and Clara Bohnert Ponder. He and Iva Gibbar were married April 26, 1939...
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Eunivee Lacey
(Obituary ~ 04/28/07)
WARDELL, Mo. -- Eunivee Lena Lacey, 83, of Wardell died Friday, April 27, 2007, at her home. She was born Sept. 11, 1923, in Perry County, Tenn., daughter of James Roberts and Dora Eddie Creasy McCutcheon. She first married L.D. Newcomb, and later married Johnnie Lacey. Both preceded her in death...
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Warren Frazee
(Obituary ~ 04/28/07)
Warren G. Frazee, 83, of Brook Park, Minn., died Thursday, April 26, 2007, at his home. He was born Feb. 14, 1924, in Southeast Missouri, son of Walter and Effie Frazee. He was raised by his great-aunt, Leona Willis Davidge, in Southern Illinois. He and Elaine McCoy were married in 1950...
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Coalition will use grant to reduce under-age drinking
(Local News ~ 04/28/07)
A local coalition will seek to reduce underage and binge drinking in Cape Girardeau and Perry counties and in Scott City with a three-year grant from the Missouri Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse. The federally funded grant is more than $100,000 a year, project manager Jim Maginel said Friday...
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Breeding vs. training
(Local News ~ 04/28/07)
Friday afternoon, a dog allowed to run loose on South Benton Street in Cape Girardeau was corralled and taken to the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri by police. Neighbors said it was chasing children and attacking other neighborhood dogs. The white-and-brown-patched culprit was a pit bull...
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Emerson explains vote on war spending bill
(Local News ~ 04/28/07)
The Iraq war is being poorly run, but the spending bill that set a timeline for removing U.S. troops "politicizes the men and women in uniform," U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson said Friday about why she was one of two members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted "present."...
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United States congressional vote divides Iraqis along sectarian lines
(International News ~ 04/28/07)
BAGHDAD -- Many Sunnis on Friday welcomed a U.S. congressional push to begin withdrawing U.S. troops by Oct. 1, but one store owner expressed fear the move would "leave Iraq in the hands of al-Qaida." Iraqis appeared divided along sectarian lines over Thursday's Senate approval of House-passed legislation calling for U.S. troops to begin leaving Iraq by Oct. 1. President Bush pledged to veto the measure and neither body passed the measure with enough votes to override him...
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Democrats strike up talks with GOP on a new Iraq bill
(National News ~ 04/28/07)
WASHINGTON -- Democratic leaders are turning to Republicans to help them pass a new Iraq war spending bill that President Bush won't veto -- unlike the one Congress will send him next week with a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops. Bush repeated his promise Friday to veto the war spending bill and any such measure with a pullout date, even as Democrats renewed their calls for the president to sign the $124.2 billion bill...
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Web site to post British colonial slave records
(International News ~ 04/28/07)
LONDON -- A genealogy Web site said Friday that it will post 3 million names of slaves held across the British Empire in the early 19th century, putting hundreds of thousands of pages of searchable information online to help slaves' descendants research their past...
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Saudis say terror sweep nets 172 Islamic extremists
(International News ~ 04/28/07)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia announced Friday that an anti-terrorism sweep netted 172 Islamic extremists and stopped plans to mount air attacks on the kingdom's oil refineries, break militants out of jail and send suicide attackers to kill government officials...
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Archdiocese critical of another charity group
(State News ~ 04/28/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Archbishop Raymond Burke approved a letter that criticized a charity for supporting Planned Parenthood and stem-cell research just weeks before he resigned from the board of a second charity for similar reasons, the Archdiocese of St. Louis confirmed Friday...
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TV station receives threatening letter; woman in custody
(State News ~ 04/28/07)
ST. LOUIS -- The one-page handwritten letter to a St. Louis TV newsroom, filled with spelling and grammar mistakes, got right to the point. "This is NOT A Joke," the letter said. "i want $10,000, or im going to kill my kids." The writer also threatened to kill an ex-boyfriend...
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Missouri Highway Department will fund tree-planting
(State News ~ 04/28/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's highway department is spreading its branches of influence from road building into tree planting. The Missouri Department of Transportation said Friday that it will pay for the Department of Conservation to distribute 2.5 million trees over five years to youth groups around the state...
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Jackson girls win Poplar Bluff meet
(High School Sports ~ 04/28/07)
Jackson senior Rachel Kahle won four events to lead the Indians' girls track team to a win at the eight-team Poplar Bluff Invitational on Friday. Kahle, all-state in the 100 and 200 last year, won the 100, 200, long jump and triple jump. Teammate Heather Hileman won both hurdle events along with the high jump...
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Hutson auction
(Editorial ~ 04/28/07)
Charles L. Hutson of Hutson Furniture, who died in 2003, started the auction now named for him 20 years ago. The goal then was to raise money to help the Downtown Merchants Association pay for new Christmas decorations. The auction now benefits Old Town Cape, the redevelopment organization the Downtown Merchants have merged with. The proceeds still do what Hutson intended: help downtown prosper...
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Out of the past 4/28/07
(Out of the Past ~ 04/28/07)
@sco:25 years ago: April 28, 1982 With the snip of a ceremonial ribbon, Dempster Hall, on the south edge of the Southeast Missouri State University campus, was officially dedicated yesterday. A Cuba, Mo., lawyer yesterday became the third candidate to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in the new Eighth District; John Woodward, 47, will face Jerry Ford of Cape Girardeau and Frank X. Hastings of Bloomsdale, Mo., in the August primary...
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Taking life as it comes
(Column ~ 04/28/07)
There is much advice on coping with what happens in life. Although we live in the present, when we look back we find that many new ideas are repetitions of past remedies considered to be outdated. These repetitions can be answers to problems, remedies for illnesses or even fashions in housing and clothing...
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The problem no one talks about: A ministry has evolved to address the issues of pornography addiction
(Community ~ 04/28/07)
America's dirty little secret is coming to church. Craig Gross, a minister ordained in 1996 through the Church of God in Grand Rapids, Mich., is also head of XXXChurch, a ministry that focuses on reaching people addicted to pornography. He will speak about the ministry next week at La Croix Methodist Church...
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Church briefs 4/28/07
(Community ~ 04/28/07)
Briefly Lynwood Baptist Church calls transitional pastor Lynwood Baptist Church of Cape Girardeau welcomes the Rev. Jim Hylton as transitional minister with Sunday's service. Hylton is a graduate of Southwest Missouri State University. He has pastored a number of churches in Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. ...
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Redhawks attempt to remain in thick of OVC race
(College Sports ~ 04/28/07)
Southeast Missouri State will try to remain in the hunt for the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season title when Eastern Illinois visits Capaha Field for a three-game weekend series. There will be a 1 p.m. doubleheader today and a 1 p.m. contest Sunday...
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Economy crawling at slowest rate in 4 years, raising fears of recession
(National News ~ 04/28/07)
WASHINGTON -- The worst economic growth in four years is raising concern that troubles in the U.S. housing market will spread and throw the country into a recession before the year is out. The economy practically crawled at a 1.3 percent pace in the opening quarter of 2007, the Commerce Department reported Friday. That was even weaker than the sluggish 2.5 percent rate in the closing quarter of last year...
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Jackson blasts Notre Dame 12-2 in five innings
(High School Sports ~ 04/28/07)
Jackson hit for the cycle in order as the Indians routed Notre Dame 12-2 in five innings in a SEMO Conference quarterfinal at Jackson on Friday. Luke Crader opened the bottom of the first with an infield single, Rex Meyr lined a double over the center fielder's head, Logan Lawson hit a triple to deep center and Andy Winkleback cracked a two-run home run to left field. Notre Dame starter Brett Heischmidt walked the next batter and was pulled two batters later after getting just one out...
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Puxico men arrested in copper wire theft ring
(Local News ~ 04/28/07)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Three Puxico residents were arrested in connection with a copper-stealing ring that spanned several counties. Brand Reynolds, Timothy Hart and Charley Reynolds were in Stoddard County Jail on Thursday on four counts of felony property damage. ...
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News briefs 4/28/07
(Local News ~ 04/28/07)
Indoor, outdoor health fair today in Jackson HealthPoint Fitness in Jackson will hold an indoor, outdoor health fair from 9 a.m. to noon today for children 2 to 12 years old. The police and fire departments will be there. Summer camp, nutritional and dental health information will be available. Children can climb a wall, make a first-aid kit or join the coloring contest for prizes. Call 243-2211 for more information...
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