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NW Missouri men charged with threatening police, judge in rap video
(State News ~ 09/19/07)
SAVANNAH, Mo. (AP) -- Two northwest Missouri men have been charged with making a rap video that threatens to kill police officers, harm a judge and rape a female police officer. Police said the profanity-laced video, which has been pulled from the social networking Internet site YouTube, also threatens the destruction of a community...
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14 Mo. counties received disaster declaration for farm damage
(State News ~ 09/19/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Farmers in 14 western Missouri counties will be eligible for low-interest federal loans as a result of heavy rains and flood damage this summer. Governor Matt Blunt's office says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a disaster designation for the counties for damage suffered in June and July...
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Man whose SUV hit Clayton diners was illegal immigrant
(State News ~ 09/19/07)
CLATYON, Mo. (AP) -- A 23-year-old man whose SUV went out of control and slammed into a restaurant's outdoor dining area, injuring three patrons, is an illegal alien from Mexico, authorities said. The accident happened Tuesday in suburban St. Louis. Driver Sergio Lopez told authorities he was blinded by the sun and lost control of his Ford Expedition, which crashed into Il Vicino restaurant...
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St. Louis woman dies of West Nile-related illness
(State News ~ 09/19/07)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A 51-year-old St. Louis woman has died from a West Nile virus-related illness, Missouri's first confirmed death tied to the virus this year, a state health official said Wednesday. Health officials did not release the woman's name, but the St. Louis Post-Dispatch identified her as Deborah Reisinger-Krebs, after her family confirmed the cause of death...
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Mo. firefighter's family awarded $12 million in suit
(State News ~ 09/19/07)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The family of a St. Louis firefighter who died battling a blaze in 2002 has been awarded $12 million in a suit against the maker of breathing equipment, and the jury on Wednesday was considering whether to award even more money. Jurors on Tuesday decided the company, California-based Survivair, was at fault in the death of Derek Martin. ...
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Former football player to speak at area church
(Local News ~ 09/19/07)
You do what you can to get what you need. Larry Huch started selling drugs to afford buying them for himself. After a downward spiral that led to a cocaine overdose in Columbia, he called out to God to save his life. Huch, a former football player at Southeast Missouri State University, now preaches in the Dallas chapter of New Beginnings, the church he founded with his wife...
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Mary Kasten to run for vacated House seat
(Local News ~ 09/19/07)
Former state representative Mary Kasten will seek the Republican nomination for the open Cape Girardeau seat in the Missouri House. In a news release issued Wednesday afternoon, Kasten announced her candidacy for the seat she held from 1983 to 2001. ...
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Career center annex allows growth, but lacks a name
(Local News ~ 09/19/07)
With the addition of an annex, three new programs offered and an increased community presence, the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center has grown to the extent it has had to turn people away. Last year, 401 students were enrolled; this year, the number is 576, an increase of nearly 44 percent...
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Candidate emerges for open city council seat
(Local News ~ 09/19/07)
Mark Lanzotti plans to run for the Cape Girardeau City Council seat being vacated by Matt Hopkins. Lanzotti has lived in the city since 1999 and said many of his relatives, including his mother, are Cape Gir-ardeau natives. He said he grew up in Springfield, Ill. Lanzotti, 37, and his wife, Amy, have three children: Victor, 8; Marisa, 5; and Anthony, 3...
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Cape officials look for way to ease traffic congestion around middle school
(Local News ~ 09/19/07)
Worried that careless students could be hit by oncoming vehicles during dismissal, the Cape Girardeau School Board is considering options to alleviate traffic congestion around the middle school. A plan presented by Patrick Morgan, director of administrative services, calls for resurfacing two unused tennis courts between the middle school and junior high to use for off-street bus loading...
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Sikeston mayor seeks new bridge
(Local News ~ 09/19/07)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The crowd of more 130 people gathered at the Clinton Community Building in Sikeston on Tuesday had a single purpose: to get a new bridge. Sikeston Mayor Mike Marshall called the meeting a bridge summit. He wants to see a new bridge between Missouri and Kentucky...
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Safe bridges
(Editorial ~ 09/19/07)
Missouri is embarking on an ambitious program to repair or replace 802 bridges and highway overpasses in the next five years. At the customary pace of maintenance, the program might take 20 years. But Gov. Matt Blunt recently signed legislation approved in last month's special session that allows a single contract to be awarded for the entire project instead of bidding out the repairs piecemeal. State officials say this approach will be less costly as well as speeding up the improvements...
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Immigrants should learn English
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/19/07)
To the editor:I attended the joint religious forum on immigration and reform. The one thing missing from the the speakers was the immigrants' responsibility. How sad. I think the slow progress to citizenship should be shortened, first by the government demanding that immigration personnel be more efficient or be terminated -- no excuses. ...
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Accessibility not so great after all
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/19/07)
To the editor:Before I was handicapped, I thought all these places marked for handicap accessibility were great. Having been confined to a wheelchair for three months has proved my thinking wrong. Yes, you can get into restroom easily, but try getting out with no help. The doors have to be pulled toward you, and you cannot reach the handle. I have had to wait for someone to come in to help me...
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'Stuck-on-stupid' bumper stickers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/19/07)
To the editor:A recent Speak Out comment regarding that logic-impaired "Had enough? Vote Democrat." bumper sticker stuck with me, pun intended. The sticker epitomizes the phrase "stuck-on-stupid." to quote the feisty Lt. Gen. Russel Honore of Hurricane Katrina fame. This gem slogs the bog between ignorance and stupidity, because it's usually sported by alleged adults rather than children indoctrinated in government schools. Let's examine this intellectual quagmire further...
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Speak Out 9/19/07
(Speak Out ~ 09/19/07)
Great car show; Winning band; No dogs at fair; Climate change; Ban cigarettes; Simple fraud
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Judge hears arguments on ethics commission lawsuit
(State News ~ 09/19/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A judge said Tuesday it might be necessary to get sworn statements from Missouri's ethics commissioners to determine whether they violated the state Sunshine Law while deciding how to implement campaign contribution limits. Cole County Judge Richard Callahan made no decision Tuesday after hearing a Republican Party request for a temporary restraining order against the Missouri Ethics Commission. ...
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Md. man pleads insanity in Cape robbery
(Local News ~ 09/19/07)
When William M. White III, 32, of Mechanicsville, Md., robbed the US Bank in Cape Girardeau on Aug. 12, 2006, he was completely unaware of where he was and that he was committing a felony, a psychologist testified Tuesday at White's trial before Circuit Judge William L. Syler...
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Scientists name hot spots where languages threatened
(National News ~ 09/19/07)
WASHINGTON -- When every known speaker of the language Amurdag gets together, there's still no one to talk to. Native Australian Charlie Mangulda is the only person alive known to speak that language, one of thousands around the world on the brink of extinction...
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Nixon: E-mails are public records
(State News ~ 09/19/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Attorney General Jay Nixon's office says government e-mails are public records and must be preserved -- a contrast with Gov. Matt Blunt's staff members, who delete some e-mails they do not consider public records. James Klahr, the attorney general's lead Sunshine Law attorney, sent a message Monday to Missouri media saying: "There should be no debate -- e-mail communications are public records."...
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Democrats to host picnic for veterans
(Local News ~ 09/19/07)
Southeast Missourian Area Democrats will hold a "Salute to Veterans" picnic at noon Saturday at Shelter 20 in Cape County Park South. The event, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Democratic Meet-up group, will feature local and statewide candidates and entertainment from folk singer Randy Auxier...
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Program to provide health insurance for low-income Missourians
(State News ~ 09/19/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Gov. Matt Blunt said the number of uninsured Missourians could be reduced by nearly one-third under a plan he outlined Tuesday to provide government-subsidized health care to lower-income families. The Republican, speaking at a St. Louis health center, said the "Insure Missouri" plan could provide affordable health insurance to nearly 200,000 Missourians. Democrats immediately attacked the plan as an inadequate effort to cut the ranks of uninsured in the state...
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Judge halts construction on New Madrid Floodway Project
(State News ~ 09/19/07)
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to halt construction on the New Madrid Floodway Project, a major flood control project in Missouri's Bootheel. Leaders of small communities prone to flooding there responded with dismay Tuesday...
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Out of the past 9/19/07
(Out of the Past ~ 09/19/07)
A plaque which designates that Old St. Vincent's Church officially has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places is presented to Bishop Bernard F. Law of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese during the morning Mass at the historic structure on Main Street...
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Review of plagiarism claims against Poshard set to begin
(State News ~ 09/19/07)
A panel investigating plagiarism claims against Southern Illinois University's president will make its work transparent to reassure the public that the probe is impartial, one of its members said Tuesday. David Worrells said he and the six others on the panel -- expected to convene today to begin scrutinizing Glenn Poshard's master's thesis and doctoral dissertation -- are tenured faculty at SIU's flagship Carbondale campus with "academic freedom, and we will use that to the greatest extent possible.". ...
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Woman sues for being restrained, shocked at Missouri jail
(State News ~ 09/19/07)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A woman who says she was hog-tied and shocked multiple times with a Taser in a southwest Missouri county jail has filed a federal lawsuit alleging her civil rights were violated. Melissa A. "Missy" Norman, 41, of Butterfield, alleges in the lawsuit that she was "handcuffed, leg shackled, hog-tied, and blindfolded" when officers repeatedly used a stun gun on her in the Barry County jail...
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Cape police report 9/19/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/19/07)
Arrests
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Cape fire report 9/19/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/19/07)
n At 5:28 p.m., emergency medical service at Lexington Avenue and Old Sprigg Street Road. n At 6:39 p.m., emergency medical service at Victoria Drive and North Kingshighway. n At 7:21 p.m., an alarm at 600 block of South West End Boulevard n At 7:40 p.m., an illegal burn at North Pindwood Drive...
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Benjamin Millering
(Obituary ~ 09/19/07)
Benjamin Millering Jr., 75, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007, at his home. He was a veteran of the Korean conflict, serving in the U.S. Air Force. Millering was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral, Air Force Sergeants Association and Veterans of Foreign Wars...
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Mildred James
(Obituary ~ 09/19/07)
Mildred Jenkins James, 93, of Chesapeake, Va., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007. She was a native of DeWitt County, Ill., and a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church. She was a retired Portsmouth, Va., public school teacher. Mildred was preceded by her husband, Ray Thomas James...
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Mary Coleman
(Obituary ~ 09/19/07)
ANNA, Ill. -- Mary Eileen Coleman, 60, of Anna died Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Ill. She was born Dec. 19, 1946, in Chicago, daughter of William M. and Helen Anne Novak Coleman Sr. Coleman was a 1964 graduate of Kankakee High School, attended Kankakee Community College, and received a bachelor's degree from Illinois State University in 1970...
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Jack Daniel
(Obituary ~ 09/19/07)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Jack D. Daniel, 78, of Chaffee died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 4, 1929, at Puxico, Mo., son of Moses and Laura Davault Daniel. He and Clara Crider were married Feb. 4, 1946. Daniel had been a maintenance worker at Thorngate Ltd. in Chaffee. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church...
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Justin Fiscus
(Obituary ~ 09/19/07)
Justin Lewis Fiscus, 28, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, in Carbondale, Ill. He was born June 2, 1979, at Charleston, son of James Fiscus and Tracey Ashley. He graduated from Charleston High School in 1997 and attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He worked as an independent car salesman and a vendor at Panic shows...
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Margaret Dannenmueller
(Obituary ~ 09/19/07)
KELSO, Mo. -- Margaret Berniece Dannenmueller, 97, of Kelso died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Gir-ardeau. She was born Feb. 5, 1910, at Chaffee, Mo., daughter of George Albert and Emma Enderle Biernert. She and Elmer Dannenmueller were married April 20, 1938. He died April 19, 1990...
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Births 9/19/07
(Births ~ 09/19/07)
Jones; Langford; Clifton; Medley
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Federal Reserve slashes interest rate by a half-point; market soars
(National News ~ 09/19/07)
WASHINGTON -- In a bold strike, the Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by a half-point Tuesday -- the first cut in more than four years -- and left the door open to further relief to prevent a painful housing slump and jarring credit crunch from driving the country into recession...
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House OKs plan to help homeowners avoid foreclosure
(National News ~ 09/19/07)
WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday the House approved a plan to expand federal backing of mortgages in hopes of helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. Despite some White House objections, the Bush administration and House Democrats took conciliatory stances pointing toward resolving their differences...
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Experts give advice on how to handle wayward bats
(Community ~ 09/19/07)
It's the season to watch out for young bats, says the Humane Society of the United States. You can help them if they get lost in your house, where they may have been raised in an attic. At this time of year, they're trying to make their way into the outside world...
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A little autumn aid for your evergreens
(Column ~ 09/19/07)
Because of the vagaries of our weather this year, trees and shrubs have certainly been stressed. First we had the nice warm weather in March that encouraged landscape plants to start their spring growth much earlier than normal. Then the two-week freeze that chilled the area in April played havoc with trees and shrubs. They lost their leaves, flowers crumpled, and twigs were damaged. In some cases entire plants, especially many Japanese maples, were frozen and killed...
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Untested but undoubtedly delicious
(Column ~ 09/19/07)
We were at a family wedding last weekend in Dallas and had some pretty amazing food while we were there. When we checked into our hotel, we were given bags of cranberry orange pecan snack mix made by the bride's mother. The rehearsal dinner featured chicken Milano and an interesting layered lasagna. ...
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Prosecutors file charges against O.J. Simpson
(National News ~ 09/19/07)
LAS VEGAS -- Prosecutors filed formal charges Tuesday against O.J. Simpson, alleging the fallen football star committed 10 felonies, including kidnapping, in the armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in a casino-hotel room. Simpson was arrested Sunday after a collector reported a group of armed men charged into his hotel room and took several items Simpson claimed belonged to him...
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Free music downloading site reflects industry's problems
(Entertainment ~ 09/19/07)
It has finally come to this: Labels are simply giving their music away. A new Web site named SpiralFrog.com allows visitors -- with label approval -- to download music free of charge. It launched Monday in the United States and Canada after a beta-testing period...
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ND softball remains unbeaten
(High School Sports ~ 09/19/07)
The Notre Dame softball team kept its perfect season going Tuesday afternoon -- but just barely. Notre Dame slipped past host Goreville, Ill., 6-5 to run its record to 17-0. Alexis Ralls hit a two-run home run in the top of the fifth inning to wipe out a 5-4 deficit and put the Bulldogs on top for good...
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Central nets quick goal in 1-0 win over Jackson
(High School Sports ~ 09/19/07)
Central's Jesse Lawrence did not play soccer last fall because he was recovering from a fractured spine he suffered while playing in the St. Louis Youth Soccer Association. "I was also not physically fit enough to play," he said. Lawrence said even coming into this season he was not in great shape. He said one of the most difficult drills he was asked to do by Tigers coach Tom Doyle was run 4 miles in 30 minutes...
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Kahne to drive Budweiser car
(Professional Sports ~ 09/19/07)
STATESVILLE, N.C. -- Kasey Kahne is the new beer man, picking up Budweiser on Tuesday as the primary sponsor for his No. 9 Dodge. The sponsorship was announced at Gillett Evernham Motorspots, where Kahne entered the event on the famed Budweiser Clydesdales...
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U.S. defeats Nigeria with first-minute goal
(Professional Sports ~ 09/19/07)
SHANGHAI, China -- Sliding feet first, Lori Chalupny scored 57 seconds into the game -- the second-fastest goal in the history of the Women's World Cup. The goal came amid heavy rain and with a typhoon on the way, sending the United States past Nigeria 1-0 Tuesday and into the quarterfinals against England...
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Mulder will have MRI exam on shoulder
(Professional Sports ~ 09/19/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals pitcher Mark Mulder underwent an MRI exam and nerve condition study Tuesday after complaining of discomfort in his surgically repaired shoulder. Mulder was awaiting an exam with Dr. George Paletta, the Cardinals' team physician. The studies were forwarded to Dr. David Altcheck, the New York Mets' team physician, who operated on Mulder's torn rotator cuff in September 2006...
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MU's 'draft dodger' enjoys fast start
(Professional Sports ~ 09/19/07)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri senior Martin Rucker is playing like a guy with something to prove. That's largely because he does. The tight end was an All-Big 12 selection in 2006 and considered entering the NFL draft. But an advisory committee, after evaluating game film, told Rucker he wouldn't be a first-round selection. Or second. In fact, the committee figured he'd go in the fifth round...
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Dallas signs suspended Tank Johnson
(Professional Sports ~ 09/19/07)
IRVING, Texas -- Suspended defensive tackle Tank Johnson signed a two-year contract Tuesday with the Dallas Cowboys. Johnson, who played the last three seasons for the Chicago Bears, can't play for the Cowboys until he completes his eight-game NFL suspension for violating probation on a gun charge. He has served the first two games of that suspension...
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KC offense sputters during winless start
(Professional Sports ~ 09/19/07)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs are hoping history repeats itself. The Chiefs are 0-2, while scoring a mere 13 points in road losses at Chicago and Houston. Kansas City began last season 0-2, while scoring 16 points, but rebounded to win nine of its final 14 games to earn a wild card playoff berth...
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Playoffs made for compelling conclusion
(Professional Sports ~ 09/19/07)
By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press ATLANTA -- The $10 million had not been deposited into Tiger Woods' retirement account when PGA Tour officials huddled at headquarters to begin a review of the inaugural FedEx Cup. Don't hold your breath waiting for changes...
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NFL Players Association asks Congress for help with disability dispute
(Professional Sports ~ 09/19/07)
WASHINGTON -- Under fire from injured retirees who say they were denied sufficient benefits, the head of the National Football League Players Association asked Congress on Tuesday for greater authority to approve disability claims. Gene Upshaw, director of the players association, said the union currently is limited in what it can do for the scores of former players who are battered and broken from years of playing the violent sport. ...
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Redhawks spikers claim second OVC victory
(College Sports ~ 09/19/07)
The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team posted its second straight five-game Ohio Valley Conference victory Tuesday night. Southeast slipped past host Eastern Illinois 30-27, 25-30, 30-14, 29-31, 15-10. The Redhawks, who won at Tennessee Tech in five games Saturday after dropping a five-game match at Tennessee State the previous night, improved to 5-7 overall and 2-1 in OVC play. EIU is 7-5 and 0-3...
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Elderly at highest risk for suicide
(National News ~ 09/19/07)
Not long after 72-year-old Anne Beale Golsan had retired on disability from her job as a librarian, she put a stack of paid bills out for the mail, hung up a freshly pressed outfit and taped a note to the front of the house. "Don't come in by yourself. Get somebody to come with you. Sorry, Love Beale."...
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Josh Perreault, Perryville High School
(High School Sports ~ 09/19/07)
First-year Perryville quarterback Josh Perreault had an impressive Week 3, running for two touchdowns and passing for another to help his team earn a 21-14 victory over Ste. Genevieve. The win marked the first time the Pirates have beaten the Dragons since 1994...
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