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Mo. water patrol cracking down on lewd partying, drug use
(State News ~ 07/03/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri State Water Patrol warns that it's cracking down on sexual misconduct and illegal drug use at Lake of the Ozarks. The patrol says it's using undercover officers and surveillance at areas where boaters gather, such as the infamous Party Cove...
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Flooding closes U.S. 71 in Bates County south of Kansas City
(State News ~ 07/03/07)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- U.S. 71 is closed because of flood waters in Bates County about 75 miles south of Kansas City. The Missouri Department of Transportation said Tuesday the flooding shut down a stretch of the four-lane highway from just north of Rich Hill to the Vernon County line...
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Gov. Blunt signing deadly force bill
(State News ~ 07/03/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Governor Matt Blunt is signing legislation allowing Missourians to fatally shoot intruders without fear of prosecution or lawsuits. The measure spells out that people are not required to retreat from an intruder and can use deadly force once the person illegally enters their home, car or other dwelling...
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Residents asked to leave two small Mo. towns
(State News ~ 07/03/07)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Officials have asked residents of two small western Missouri farm communities to evacuate because flood waters from neighboring Kansas cut off access to roads. Authorities in Bates County started a voluntary evacuation late Monday of Rockville and Papinville in the southeast corner of the county...
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Judge temporarily bars Mo. midwifes law
(State News ~ 07/03/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A judge temporarily bars a law that would let lay midwives deliver babies in Missouri. Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce has issued a temporary restraining order against the midwives law. She scheduled an Aug. 2 hearing to consider a preliminary injunction...
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Mo. death row inmate with cancer seeks medical parole
(State News ~ 07/03/07)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A Missouri death row inmate is seeking medical parole so he can be treated for late-stage throat cancer. Brian Kinder has appealed to the Missouri Parole Board for early release to a medical facility, claiming he is not receiving adequate care in prison...
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Kansas City man killed by hit-run vehicle along I-435
(State News ~ 07/03/07)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Police say a 37-year-old man is dead after being struck by a hit-run vehicle along a Kansas City interstate highway early Wednesday. Capt. Rich Lockhart identifies the man as Donald Bell of Kansas City. Bell was walking along I-435 shortly after midnight when he was struck by a southbound vehicle...
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Mo. logged 2 conduct complaints over shuttered Guaranty Title
(State News ~ 07/03/07)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- State regulators say two complaints were filed last year about the conduct of a southwest Missouri title company that closed abruptly last month and whose underwriter says is missing about $4.5 million. The Missouri Department of Insurance said Tuesday it has two complaints on file from last August and December "regarding the activity" of Nixa-based Guaranty Title Co...
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Scott City's leaders vote to buy building on Chester Street to house city offices
(Local News ~ 07/03/07)
The Scott City government's administrative offices may have a new home by the end of the summer. At Monday night's regular city council meeting the council voted 8 to 0 to authorize city administrator Ron Eskew to enter into a contract for the purchase of an unoccupied Jehovah's Witnesses hall at 215 Chester St., a block off of Main Street...
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Blunt signs bill overhauling Medicaid
(State News ~ 07/03/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Matt Blunt signed legislation Monday reshaping Missouri's Medicaid program to emphasize healthy living and restoring coverage to some of the many thousands who lost it because of budget cuts two years ago. The Republican governor was promoting different aspects of the bill at each of his five scheduled signing ceremonies around the state, highlighting health-care technology improvements, expanded coverage for children and women, and greater coordination of care...
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Board picks real estate agent to fill vacancy
(Local News ~ 07/03/07)
The Cape Girardeau school board appointed longtime real estate agent Martha Hamilton to fill a vacancy on the board Monday night. The board voted unanimously for Hamilton, selecting her from among four finalists. The decision followed a preliminary secret ballot in which five board members listed Hamilton as their top choice. The sixth board member listed Saint Francis Medical Center clinical pharmacist Carrie Beth Smith as the top choice...
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Fourth has special meaning for vets
(Local News ~ 07/03/07)
For many Americans, Independence Day is about picnics and fireworks displays. For veterans at VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau, the holiday has a deeper significance. "I'm proud to be an American, and Independence Day means a lot to me," said John Dragoni Sr., 82, of Cape Girardeau, a retired U.S. Army Air Corps staff sergeant. "But I hope it awakens other people to what America is all about, especially with the bombings going on around the world. It's just American pride I guess."...
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Suspended sentence requested for driver
(Local News ~ 07/03/07)
Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle recommended that Juan Vargas receive a suspended imposition of sentence and probation for his guilty plea to a manslaughter charge Monday. He also recommended the dismissal of Vargas' remaining two assault charges, citing the victim impact statements submitted by Atalo Garcia-Lopez, brother of Roberto Garcia-Lopez, 30, and the other occupants of the car...
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Winner a 'true patriot'
(Local News ~ 07/03/07)
The fifth annual Spirit of America Award, honoring those who have shown patriotism through service to their country, will be given Wednesday to an 88-year-old man who wants to accept the award on behalf of his community. James Harnes Sr., a lifelong resident and seven-term mayor of Advance, Mo., will receive the award after being nominated for the fourth time. ...
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Blunt signs "Castle Doctrine" bill in Cape
(Local News ~ 07/03/07)
Gov. Matt Blunt signed legislation Tuesday at Arena Park strengthening the right to bear arms for Missourians and making it easier for them to legally guard their home from intruders. The legislation, commonly referred to as the "Castle Doctrine," removes the requirement of someone to retreat, or step back when defending their "castle," or residence, against an attack, burglary, or arson, before using their deadly force...
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Cairo school board hires interim supt.
(Local News ~ 07/03/07)
CAIRO, Ill. -- The Cairo School District has a new superintendent, but only on an interim basis. The school board hired Bill Rogers as interim superintendent at a special board meeting on Saturday, school officials said Tuesday. Rogers began his new job on Monday, having just retired last week as superintendent of the Giant City, Ill., School District...
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Police seek suspect in afternoon shooting
(Local News ~ 07/03/07)
A 26-year-old man was shot in the left arm Tuesday after an altercation in the 2800 block of Themis Street. The shooter, who remains at-large, fled the scene on foot, Cape Girardeau police spokesman Cpl. Jason Selzer said. He was picked up by a brown Mazda Protege a short time later, which officers tracked to the 2800 block of Independence Street, Selzer said...
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Report signs of dogfighting rings
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/03/07)
To the editor:Recently we've heard of the illegal dogfighting ring allegedly run by Atlanta Falcons' quarterback Michael Vick. Some people excuse it and see it as insignificant. Some know better. That's because dogfighting is a felony in 48 states, a misdemeanor in two. The reasons why are countless...
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'America the Beautiful'
(Editorial ~ 07/03/07)
Katharine Lee Bates wrote many volumes of poetry and books but only one song. That song, "America the Beautiful," earned her a place in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She wrote the poem that became the song while teaching English at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 1893. ...
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Out of the past 7/3/07
(Out of the Past ~ 07/03/07)
Cape Girardeau architect Thomas C. Holshouser has instructed by the County Court to negotiate with the low bidder, Drury Construction Co., in an attempt to lower the cost of a planned war memorial at the County Farm Park; Drury's bid was $29,351, while the estimate for the memorial was $18,000...
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Speak Out 7/3/07
(Speak Out ~ 07/03/07)
Defining clutter; Deadbeat dads; Paving roads; Coulter embarrasses; Phone over e-mail; Learning to love; Showing dissatisfaction; Baptists are Baptists; What girls know; MoDOT doing well; Pathetic preaching; Hollow victory; Getting a permit; Jesus died for all; Making breakfast; Worth pursuing; The way we were; Mopping up; Hairline break; If we build it; Taking on arthritis; Techno slaves
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Outer space lacks tourist attractions
(Column ~ 07/03/07)
Some investors are betting that space tourism will pay off. A recent news story said the industry got a boost last month when a Boston investment group backed a private rocket company developing a spaceship that will take off and land like an airplane...
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Fourth of July events
(Local News ~ 07/03/07)
Libertyfest (downtown Cape Girardeau) 5 to 7 p.m.: Glenn House tours at 325 S. Spanish St. 6 to 8 p.m.: Red House Interpretive Center tours at 128 S. Main St. 6:30 to 7 p.m.: Dan Weithop at Spanish and Themis streets 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Strolling Dixieland Band on the riverfront...
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Region briefs 7-3-07
(Local News ~ 07/03/07)
Fireworks laws in effect in Cape, Jackson In the past two days, area police departments have responded to multiple reports of fireworks violations and issued a handful of citations. In one such incident, a juvenile was cited by Cape Girardeau police for shooting fireworks from a vehicle. ...
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Girls embrace science at UMR camp
(State News ~ 07/03/07)
ROLLA, Mo. -- Stern and unsmiling, the professorial portraits lining the hallways of the University of Missouri-Rolla's chemical engineering department project a singular message: Science is serious stuff. The graybeards in those photos would likely be aghast at the scene unfolding inside a nearby Schenk Hall classroom. Amid a chorus of preteen giggles and squeals of excitement, a gaggle of seventh- and eighth-graders learn about chemical reactions by creating do-it-yourself ice cream...
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Full appeals court asked to consider lethal injection case
(State News ~ 07/03/07)
ST. LOUIS -- The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was asked Monday to consider whether Missouri's lethal injection method is constitutional. The request by attorneys for condemned prisoner Michael Taylor comes four weeks after a three-judge panel of the appeals court ruled the execution procedure is not cruel and unusual punishment...
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Missouri governor signs bill concealing executioners' identities
(State News ~ 07/03/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Matt Blunt has signed a bill making secret the identities of people who carry out executions in Missouri. The measure allows workers involved in executions to sue the media or others who disclose their information. Supporters say the bill is an important protection against threats to workers just doing their jobs. The Department of Corrections said offering confidentiality would help in recruiting medical professionals to assist with executions...
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Continuity: Spending the Fourth of July in the front yard
(Column ~ 07/03/07)
Some time near the end of June, Grandma would take a satisfied look on her first-of-the season rows of jams and jellies, close the pantry door softly, take a seat in her old rocker and, when enough of us were around, ask, "Now, what will we do for the Fourth?" It would be the official signal that we could begin talking and planning for it...
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George Dunn
(Obituary ~ 07/03/07)
George Wesley Dunn, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 1, 2007, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Jan. 10, 1922, at Delta, son of George Washington and Eva Totten Dunn. He and Edna P. Vavak were married Feb. 7, 1941, in Jackson. Dunn served in the Army Air Corps from Nov. 10, 1942, to Nov. 6, 1948, with the Flying Tigers. He served in the Indochina Theater...
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Helen Morris
(Obituary ~ 07/03/07)
Helen Dale Morris, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 1, 2007, at Missouri Veterans Home. She was born Nov. 30, 1916, in Water Valley, Ky., daughter of Floyd Washington and Eugenia Elizabeth Scherffius Morris. Morris served in the Army from Sept. 1, 1943, to March 28, 1945...
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Walter Vinyard
(Obituary ~ 07/03/07)
Walter Earl Vinyard, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 30, 2007, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Oct. 30, 1922, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., son of Walter L. and Beulah Holloway Vinyard. He and Ellen Dean Hartsell Vinyard were married Oct. 13, 1943, in Poplar Bluff. She died Sept. 3, 2002...
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Larry Howell
(Obituary ~ 07/03/07)
Larry D. Howell, 75, of Carmel, Ind., died Sunday, July 1, 2007, at St. Vincent Hospice in Indianapolis. He was born Sept. 17, 1931, son of Orville A. and Helen Stewart Howell. He and Sylvin Howard were married Nov. 7, 1950. She died Feb. 22, 2004. Howell was a systems analyst for Eli Lilly 33 years, retiring in 1990. He was a member of College Park Baptist Church in Indianapolis, and sang in the choir...
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Trella Shirrell
(Obituary ~ 07/03/07)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Trella Shirrell of Advance died Monday, July 2, 2007, at her home, following an extended illness. Morgan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Doris Moore
(Obituary ~ 07/03/07)
Doris L. Moore, 68, of Jackson died Sunday, July 1, 2007, at her home. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Births 7/3/07
(Births ~ 07/03/07)
Ward; Turner; Ank; Bentley; Pipkin; Walton; Kinder; Criddle
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Cape police report 7/3/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/03/07)
Arrests; Thefts; Summonses; Property damage; Miscellaneous
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More kegs disappear as metal prices rise
(National News ~ 07/03/07)
MILWAUKEE -- With metal prices rising, beer makers say they expect to lose hundreds of thousands of kegs and millions of dollars this year as those stainless steel holders of brew are stolen and sold for scrap. The beer industry is coupling with the scrap metal recycling industry to let metal buyers know they can't accept kegs unless they're sold by the breweries that own them. ...
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Lawsuit could unmask paper's restaurant critic
(National News ~ 07/03/07)
PHILADELPHIA -- In a case that involves issues as lofty as the First Amendment and as basic as which cut of meat was served, a restaurant critic is being sued for libel for describing a $15 piece of beef as "miserably tough and fatty." The restaurant is seeking unspecified damages. But the stakes for Philadelphia Inquirer critic Craig LaBan have been raised immeasurably by a judge's ruling that forced LaBan to give a deposition on camera...
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Science experiment: Foam paint
(Community ~ 07/03/07)
This special "paint" will keep the kids busy creating masterpieces for hours. It's an experiment that might get your kid hooked on both science and art. Ingredients 1 cup of white school glue 1 cup of shaving cream Food coloring Instructions STEP 1: In a large bowl mix the shaving cream, food coloring and glue...
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Explore the wild, wild West in 'Call of Juarez'
(Entertainment ~ 07/03/07)
The lawlessness of the wild West might seem like fertile ground for video games, yet surprisingly few titles take place there. "Call of Juarez," new from Ubisoft for the Xbox 360 and Windows-based PCs, proves that an old-fashioned six-shooter can be just as fun and exciting as a laser blaster or some magical sword...
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Learning briefs 7/3/07
(Local News ~ 07/03/07)
HONORS LISTS n Jason Delgado, Amanda Dumey, Brooke Heischmidt, Abby Moore, Amy Shinn, Rachael Unterreiner and Joseph Van Nostrand, all of Cape Girardeau; Jacie Hartle, Amanda Jacobs, Katie Kassel, Sarah Luehrs, Erin Mayfield, Matthew Morris, Sarah Nenninger and Alisha Soemo, all of Jackson; Hailey Ponder of Oak Ridge; and Christina Hendricks and Amanda Noble, both of Advance, Mo., have been named to the spring semester dean's list at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo.. ...
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B.B. King's summer plans include blues festival tour, performance at homecoming
(Entertainment ~ 07/03/07)
JACKSON, Miss. -- B.B. King returned to his hometown of Indianola, Miss. for the aptly titled "B.B. King Homecoming Festival." "It is something that I have been doing for 42 years, playing free for the kids in June," the 81-year-old blues legend said. "Watching them grow."...
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U.S. alleges Iran was behind sophisticated attack in Iraq
(International News ~ 07/03/07)
BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military accused Iran on Monday of a direct role in a sophisticated militant attack that killed five American troops in Iraq, portraying Tehran as waging a proxy war through Shiite extremists. The claims over the January attack marked a sharp escalation in U.S. ...
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U.K. police arrest Jordanian, Iraqi doctors
(International News ~ 07/03/07)
GLASGOW, Scotland -- Doctors from Iraq and Jordan were among the eight suspects arrested in the failed car bombings in London and at Glasgow's airport, officials said Monday. A witness said police were closing in on the terror network minutes before attackers rammed the Scottish terminal building...
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President commutes Libby's prison term
(National News ~ 07/03/07)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush spared former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby from a 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak case Monday, stepping into a criminal case with heavy political overtones on grounds that the sentence was just too harsh...
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Winless Reyes sent to Memphis
(Professional Sports ~ 07/03/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Anthony Reyes, a World Series star last fall for the St. Louis Cardinals, is headed back to the minor leagues again. Reyes, who has lost 12 straight regular-season decisions to tie a franchise record that's more than a century old, was demoted to Class AAA Memphis for the second time in less than a month Monday to make room for Braden Looper in the rotation. Considering he's 0-10 with a 6.40 ERA in 12 starts, he arrived at Busch Stadium anticipating the move...
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Area sports digest 7/3/07
(Community Sports ~ 07/03/07)
Simmons fires 75at Gateway junior event Tim Simmons shot a tournament-low 3-over-par 75 to win the boys 16 to 19 18-hole tour division Monday a the Gateway PGA Junior Series event at Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson. Jack Connell Jr. (76) finished a stroke behind and Alex Reid (78) took third...
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The call heard 'round the booth
(Professional Sports ~ 07/03/07)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Dave Flemming is best known for the call heard nowhere in the world. On the air in the San Francisco Giants' radio booth when Barry Bonds hit his 715th career home run to pass Babe Ruth for second place all-time last year, Flemming's microphone went dead just before Bonds' drive sailed over the fence...
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Kerr, Pressel help U.S. combat foreign invasion
(Professional Sports ~ 07/03/07)
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- They are such good friends that Cristie Kerr picked Morgan Pressel to be one of her bridesmaids when she married in December, and they have much in common. Both groomed their golf games in southern Florida, heading straight from high school to the LPGA Tour. Kerr did so 10 years ago, when there were few teens on the tour. Both bare their emotions inside the ropes, shouting instructions at their golf balls in a tone better suited for Fort Bragg...
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EPA criminal unit looking into reservoir collapse
(State News ~ 07/03/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Criminal investigators at the Environmental Protection Agency are looking into a 2005 reservoir collapse that caused more than 1 billion gallons of water to roar down a mountain into a popular recreational stream. The collapse of Ameren Corp.'s Taum Sauk reservoir in Southeast Missouri washed large amounts of mud, rocks and debris into the Black River and significantly damaged Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, which reopened Monday for a limited two-month period while the cleanup continues.. ...
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Cardinals score eight runs late, defeat Diamondbacks 11-3
(Professional Sports ~ 07/03/07)
By R.B. FALLSTROM The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- As the All-Star break approaches, the St. Louis Cardinals' offense showed some signs of life. Albert Pujols hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh inning and Scott Rolen had four RBIs in an 11-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks Monday night...
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Wall of fame mural's reader boards are finished
(Local News ~ 07/03/07)
The reader boards describing the images on the "Missouri Wall of Fame" have been completed in time for Libertyfest. An hour after they were put in place Monday, people already were browsing the biographies of the 45 characters painted on the downtown flood wall...
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Poor sense of smell may signal Alzheimer's, study suggests
(National News ~ 07/03/07)
CHICAGO -- Difficulty identifying common smells such as lemon, banana and cinnamon may be the first sign of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study that could lead to scratch-and-sniff tests to determine a person's risk for the progressive brain disorder...
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Cape/Jackson fire report 7/3/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/03/07)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday:n At 6:18 p.m., a motor vehicle accident in the 100 block of East Cape Rock Road. n At 7:32 p.m., emergency medical service in the 200 block of Francis Lane. n At 8:48 p.m., emergency medical service in the 400 block of Bristle Ridge...
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Defense propels Capahas to victory
(Community Sports ~ 07/03/07)
The Chicago Wildcats, a late addition to the Plaza Tire Capahas' schedule, proved to be a formidable opponent. In the end it was defense -- strong on the part of the Capahas and shaky on the part of the Wildcats -- that allowed Plaza Tire to escape with a 6-3 victory Monday night at Capaha Field...
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Williams catches a break
(Professional Sports ~ 07/03/07)
WIMBLEDON, England -- Serena Williams collapsed with a strained calf, screamed in pain and buried her face in the grass behind the baseline, her bid for a third Wimbledon title in jeopardy. Nearly three hours later, following a timely rain delay, she hobbled gallantly into the quarterfinals by beating Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-2...
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Local girl is crowned Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen
(Community ~ 07/03/07)
June 9 was a big day for 16-year-old Mary Bauer of Cape Girardeau. After competing against 28 teens in front of a panel of six judges, Mary was crowned Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen. "I was inspired to do pageants because they are a great way to set a good example for teens and to promote my platform," Mary said...
- Delta Queen visits Cape Girardeau (Local News ~ 07/03/07)
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