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Notre Dame wins SEMO Conference tournament
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/10)
Notre Dame decided to wait out the Kennett pitchers with the bases loaded Monday. The strategy resulted in three free passes to plate runs. Notre Dame padded its lead with three bases-loaded walks in the fourth inning then held on for a 7-4 victory in the SEMO Conference baseball tournament title game at Capaha Field...
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Marble Hill woman in serious condition after Monday crash near Burfordville
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
A single-vehicle accident on Highway 34 east of Burfordville sent a Marble Hill, Mo., woman to the hospital with serious injuries Monday night. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said that around 4:50 p.m. a 2008 Dodge driven by Brittany D. Henson, 20, was traveling westbound on the highway when the vehicle crossed the center line and ran off the roadway...
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Boater crashes into duck blind on Wappapello Lake
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
WAPPAPELLO LAKE, Mo. -- As a Poplar Bluff, Mo., man recovers from serious facial injuries at an area hospital, Missouri State Water Patrol officers were back on Wappapello Lake this morning to investigate the crash that put him there. At about 7:20 p.m. Sunday, Jimmy Rayburn, 58, suffered severe facial lacerations when his 17-foot 1988 Cajun bassboat impaled the side of a duck blind in Duck Blind Cove near Rockwood Point, explained Water Patrolman David Nelson...
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Trial of former lawyer accused of stealing pushed back to September
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
Former Cape Girardeau and Jackson lawyer Joe T. Buerkle, charged with felony theft in December 2009, will wait another four months before his case will proceed in court. Associate Circuit Court Judge Stephen R. Mitchell, assigned to preside over the case Jan. 29, ordered Buerkle's jury trial be reset and begin Sept. 1 at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse. It was originally scheduled for May 25 at the Common Pleas Courthouse...
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Missouri lawmaker seeks legal action over Gov. Nixon's order
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Republican state senator wants Missouri's attorney general to take legal action against Gov. Jay Nixon over the governor's actions in a school funding matter. Sen. Jason Crowell of Cape Girardeau said Nixon violated the constitutional separation of powers last month when he ordered education officials to ignore part of a bill making midyear budget cuts to school districts...
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Friction between grant writer, commissioner on display at meeting
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
A disagreement between Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones and a grant writer turned emotional before the start of Monday's Cape Girardeau County Commission meeting. However, the situation was resolved shortly after the meeting concluded, when Jones apologized to Regina Tucker, who is helping write the grant for $75,000 funding for Melaina's Magical Playland, a proposed all-accessible playground...
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Cape City Council says no to putting casino issue on ballot, says petitions required
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
The Cape Girardeau City Council politely but forcefully said Monday evening that any new vote on whether to bring gambling to town would have to be put on the ballot with petitions. In rejecting the call for the council to put the measure on the ballot, members sought to find out what a casino deal would have to include for a group seeking a vote to back down. ...
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National Day of Prayer Gathering
(Submitted Story ~ 05/04/10)
On Thursday, May 6 at Noon, the community is invited to a noon-time gathering at Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel, 1904 West Cape Rock Drive for a time of prayer for our country on this 59th Annual National Day of Prayer.
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Cape public works pleased with first day of new trash pickup operation
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
The first day of automated trash pickup for Cape Girardeau wasn't exactly automatic. City solid waste supervisor Mike Tripp knew what problems he could expect. People using the wrong color bins, putting both bins out or just not using the new bins at all. But overall, Tripp said, the system seems like it will work well and ironing out the bugs will be fairly easy...
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735th presented with meritorious unit commendation
(Submitted Story ~ 05/04/10)
DE SOTO, Mo. -- Military officers, elected officials and members of the public turned out to participate in a ceremony officially presenting the Missouri National Guard's 735th Quartermaster Force Provider Company with the prestigious Meritorious Unit Commendation for its support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...
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Sen. Crowell Announces Confirmation of Joel Rhodes
(Submitted Story ~ 05/04/10)
Senator Crowell Announces Confirmation of Joel Rhodes to the State Historical Records Advisory Board JEFFERSON CITY -- Senator Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, recently sponsored the nomination of Joel Rhodes to the State Historical Records Advisory Board. The board is the central advisory board for historical records planning and for projects relating to historic records that are developed and carried out within the state of Missouri...
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Cape Central's Pittman signs basketball contract
(Submitted Story ~ 05/04/10)
Sadie Pittman, center, a point-guard on the Cape Central High School (CHS) Women's Basketball Team, will be shooting hoops for North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC), in Mason City, Iowa this fall. Observing a recent contract signing are, left to right, NIACC Women's Basketball Coach John Oestel, CHS Athletic Director Lance Tollison, Pittman, CHS Women's Basketball Coach Sherri Shirrell, and Pittman's mother, Linda Alford-Taylor. ...
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Garrison Keillor bringing one-man act to River Campus on Wednesday
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
A personality familiar to millions will take to the stage Wednesday night at the Bedell Performance Hall at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. Garrison Keillor, known for his stories from Lake Wobegon and other tales of Americana told on his radio program "A Prairie Home Companion," will perform his one-man act for a sold-out house...
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Cape Girardeau Girl Scouts Recognized
(Submitted Story ~ 05/04/10)
Area Girl Scouts from the Cape Girardeau Service Unit were recognized for numerous awards at the monthly Service Unit Leader meeting on May 3rd. The Top 3 Sellers for the 2009-10 Fall Product Sales were Samantha McLemore Top Seller for Cape Girardeau with $511 in sales. Second place was achieved by Claudia Price with $402 of sales and third place went to Kiara Parka with $350 in sales...
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Little Traveler Rides...er... Flys Again !
(Submitted Story ~ 05/04/10)
This coming Saturday, May 8th, another tiny model airplane named "Little Traveler" will take to the skys on a perilous journey to raise funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee! Last October, "Little Traveler I" flew 15.2 miles non-stop from Olmsted, Illinois to Boaz, Illinois, guided by it's pilot from the back of a pursuing pickup truck. That flight raised more than $1600 for the hospital...
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Girl Scouts Receive Religious Awards
(Submitted Story ~ 05/04/10)
On April 30, a special Awards Ceremony was held at Old St. Vincent's Church in Cape Girardeau. Bishop James Vann Johnston, Jr. Sixth Bishop of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese officiated the ceremony. He presented Religious Award Medals to a number of Girl Scouts who completed their official religious recognition program of the Roman Catholic Church...
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Two Cape Central FBLA students place in top ten
(Submitted Story ~ 05/04/10)
At the 51st Annual Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference in Columbia, Trenton Sanders of Cape Central High School took 7th place in the Cyber security competition, while Courtney Marquis earned 9th place in the Business Communication category. Over 2,700 Missouri high school students and teachers attended the Conference, including fourteen students from Cape Central and their three advisors, Pam Pensel, Veronica Hull and Theresa Taylor...
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One thing you can do with 300+ students and staff.
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/04/10)
Inspired by a recent Time Magazine cover story using people to spell out "JOBS," the entire staff and student population of Nell Holcomb School celebrated the end of MAP testing and a beautiful spring day with a little school spirit of their own! Photo was taken by the brave yearbook sponsor from the roof of the new gym...
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Actress Lynn Redgrave dies at age 67
(Entertainment ~ 05/04/10)
NEW YORK -- Lynn Redgrave, an introspective and independent player in her family's acting dynasty who became a 1960s sensation as the unconventional title character of "Georgy Girl" and later dramatized her troubled past in such one-woman stage performances as "Shakespeare for My Father" and "Nightingale," has died. She was 67...
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Make case for education merger
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/04/10)
The Missouri Senate has passed a resolution that, if approved by voters, would merge Missouri's Coordinating Board of Higher Education and the state's Board of Education into one six-member board. Senators were told such a merger will save Missouri between $1 million and $3 million, a minuscule amount compared to a state budget in the billions...
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SALT monument
(Editorial ~ 05/04/10)
When Seniors and Lawmen Together, an organization that promotes interaction between senior citizens and law enforcement officer, holds its annual memorial service at 10 a.m. May 14 at Cape County Park North, several hundred individuals are expected to be on hand as SALT unveils its new black granite memorial to 48 officers with ties to Southeast Missouri who have died in the line of duty...
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Some lessons from history
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/04/10)
A few lessons from history would be in order for today. Nearly 134 years ago, on the battlefield of Little Big Horn, Sioux women went about stripping the bodies of dead troopers, and when they came to the body of Gen. George Custer, they poked wooden skewers through his ears. Since he had not heard their cries on earth, perhaps he could hear them in the afterlife...
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Speak Out 5/4/10
(Speak Out ~ 05/04/10)
WHILE e-mail may compete, there is a need for the postal service. I mail letters almost daily. The problem with the postal service is how to get labor costs under control. I don't know if postal employees realize the value of having jobs and how lucky they are...
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Prayer 5/4/10
(Prayer ~ 05/04/10)
Bless all students and teachers who are nearing the end of another year. Amen.
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A grateful veteran
(Column ~ 05/04/10)
A couple of months ago I received a phone call. The lady's voice stated, "Honey, this is your lucky day. You're going on the World War II veterans Honor Tour." I had waited for that call for almost two years, but the wait was well worth it...
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Gladys Dalton
(Obituary ~ 05/04/10)
Gladys O. Dalton, 73, of Jackson passed away Saturday, May 1, 2010, at her home. One of eight children, Gladys was born May 6, 1936, in Harrisburg, Ark., to Bruce Thomas "B.T." and Lollie R. Kyle Davis. She and James "Jim" Dalton were married March 16, 1968...
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Mary Davis
(Obituary ~ 05/04/10)
BROWNWOOD, Mo. -- Mary A. Davis, 91, of Brownwood passed away Sunday, May 2, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 28, 1919, at Senath, Mo., daughter of Bailey Simpson and Lena Katy Parker Edwards. Mary and Arthur Zeno Green were married Sept. 14, 1935, at Kennett, Mo. He preceded her in death March 9, 1968. She later married Roy Woodrow Davis March 27, 1970, at Zalma, Mo. He preceded her in death Feb. 9, 1982...
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Edward Smith
(Obituary ~ 05/04/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Edward Smith, 82, of Marble Hill died Sunday, May 2, 2010, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to service time Thursday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the chapel. Burial will be in Baker Cemetery...
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Rita Blanton
(Obituary ~ 05/04/10)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Rita M. Blanton, 83, of Advance died Sunday, May 2, 2010, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel, with the Rev. Eric Shrum officiating. Burial will be in Morgan Memorial Park...
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Births 5/4/10
(Births ~ 05/04/10)
Daughter to Marc Anthony Smolak and Crystal Gail Bartusch of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1:41 p.m. Thursday, April 22, 2010. Name, Avery Elizabeth. Weight, 8 pounds, 10 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Ms. Bartusch is the former Crystal Helm, daughter of Barbara Osborne of Cape Girardeau and Robert and Katheryn Helm of Salem, Ill. ...
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Kenneth Pieper
(Obituary ~ 05/04/10)
Kenneth James Pieper, 45, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 3, 2010, at his home. There will be no service. Crain Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Out of the past 5/4/10
(Out of the Past ~ 05/04/10)
The $13.2 million Cape Girardeau multipurpose building project, faced with the loss of local funding because of a recent court ruling, could be financed entirely with state money, said Sen. Edwin L. Dirck, chairman of the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee; Dirck notes he favors such a move...
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Car shoppers ease off buying in April
(National News ~ 05/04/10)
DETROIT -- Car shoppers took a wait-and-see approach in April, easing up on purchases as the lure of big incentives faded and hoping summer brings a new flurry of deals. Automakers will have to match incentives from Toyota Motor Corp. at least through Memorial Day. Toyota said Monday it will continue to offer zero percent financing and two years of free maintenance on certain vehicles through June 1. It is also offering unprecedented deals on its Lexus brand...
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Stronger economic reports pull stocks higher
(National News ~ 05/04/10)
NEW YORK -- Investors sent stocks soaring Monday after getting a boost of confidence from the latest economic reports and Warren Buffett's defense of Goldman Sachs. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 143 points to extend a series of sharp swings over the past week. The Dow and broader indexes all climbed more than 1 percent...
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Judge delays trial of U.S. terror suspects indefinitely
(National News ~ 05/04/10)
PHILADELPHIA -- A federal judge on Monday delayed the trial of two American women charged in a global terror plot, and a defense lawyer held out the possibility of a plea deal. The judge declared the case complex and indefinitely postponed the trial of to give lawyers time to prepare...
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Cape police report 5/4/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/04/10)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs...
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Cape fire report 5/4/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/04/10)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Judge rules Michigan militia members can leave jail until trial
(National News ~ 05/04/10)
DETROIT -- Nine members of a Michigan militia will be released from jail pending trial after a federal judge Monday criticized the government's claim they had conspired to overthrow the U.S. government. The decision is a defeat for federal authorities who arrested members of a southern Michigan group called the Hutaree in March and charged them with conspiracy to commit sedition and attempted use of weapons of mass destruction...
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Correction 5/4/10
(Correction ~ 05/04/10)
A headline about the Jackson Community Outreach Board in Monday's edition should have said it plans to welcome new Jackson residents. Also, the article should have stated that 31 new residents have signed up for electrical services this year. The Southeast Missouri regrets the error...
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Vitamin E shows promise for treating liver disease
(Community ~ 05/04/10)
LOS ANGELES -- People with a common, obesity-related liver disease that has no known treatment got a surprising benefit from vitamin E pills, researchers reported last week. It appears to be the first time that a vitamin supplement has been shown to help treat a major ailment not caused by a nutrient deficiency. However, doctors warned that this does not mean people should automatically take vitamin E since some research suggests it might raise the risk of other problems...
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Cape Girardeau City Council action 5/3/10
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
Action items Public hearing Consent ordinances Liquor licenses Original package liquor: Pajco Inc., d/b/a Rhodes 101 Stop, 1620 N. Kingshighway Original package liquor and Sunday sales: Pajco Inc., d/b/a Rhodes 101 Stop, 449 S. Kingshighway...
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Route U narrowed to one lane for bridge work
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
Route U in Cape County will be reduced to one lane while MoDOT crews perform routine bridge repairs between Copperhead Lane and County Road 371. Weather permitting, the work, which began on Monday, should conclude at 3 p.m. today.
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I-55 in Ste. Genevieve County narrowed to one lane until Friday
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
North and southbound Interstate 55 in Ste. Genevieve County remains one lane with a 12-foot width restriction while Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs. This section of road is between Highway 32 and the Jefferson County line. Weather permitting, the work, which began Monday, will continue until 5 p.m. Friday. Also, the southbound I-55 Bloomsdale rest area will be closed for repairs until further notice...
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Planning ahead, taking precautions can keep sickness from marring vacation
(Community ~ 05/04/10)
The last thing you need when you're traveling is to get sick. Fortunately, there are some simple things you can do to reduce your risk of picking up a bug along with your souvenirs. Frequent hand washing can significantly reduce your risk of getting ill. ...
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Route T in Bollinger County closed today
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
Route T in Bollinger County will be closed today while MoDOT crews replace pipes between Route F and County Road 435. Weather permitting, the work will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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New Okla. abortion law blocked temporarily
(National News ~ 05/04/10)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma's attorney general agreed Monday to temporarily block enforcement of a controversial new state law that requires pregnant women to get an ultrasound and hear a detailed description of the fetus before they get an abortion...
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Attention, shoppers: Gulf spill could raise prices of coffee, tires
(National News ~ 05/04/10)
NEW ORLEANS -- The calamitous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico isn't just a mess for the people who live or work on the coast. If you drink coffee, eat shrimp, like bananas or plan to buy a new set of tires, you could end up paying more because of the disaster...
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Ireland shuts airports today as ash risk returns
(International News ~ 05/04/10)
DUBLIN -- All flights in and out of Ireland have been canceled this morning because of the renewed risk of volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland, the Irish Aviation Authority announced Monday. But experts said they couldn't tell whether the shifting winds would lead to wider European airspace shutdowns, mirroring last month's crisis, when more than 100,000 flights were canceled and airlines estimated they lost more than $2 billion in business...
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Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger ends support for offshore oil drilling
(National News ~ 05/04/10)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday withdrew his support of a plan to expand oil drilling off the California coast, citing the massive oil spill that resulted from a drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. The announcement assures that no new drilling will take place off the state's coastline in the foreseeable future because Schwarzenegger would have to include the drilling proposal in his May revision of the state budget...
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Class may be an issue in UK's Thursday vote
(International News ~ 05/04/10)
LONDON -- David Cameron's uppercrust background is well-suited for traditional British politics -- he's white, Eton-educated, married to an aristocrat's daughter and speaks as if he still had the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth. But being considered posh may prove to be a significant disadvantage in Thursday's election -- Britain's closest contest in decades...
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Clinton, Ahmadinejad trade charges at U.N.
(International News ~ 05/04/10)
UNITED NATIONS -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton engaged in a verbal nuclear exchange Monday on the U.N. stage, where nations gathered for a monthlong debate over the world's ultimate weapons...
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Ameren division to cut 75 jobs
(State News ~ 05/04/10)
ST. LOUIS -- A division of the St. Louis-based utility Ameren Corp. is reducing its staff by 75 full-time positions. Ameren Energy Resources Co. LLC is the merchant generation business segment of Ameren Corp. It said Monday it will cut staff at several power plants and support service facilities in Illinois and Missouri...
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U.S. says it has 5,113 nuclear warheads
(National News ~ 05/04/10)
WASHINGTON -- The United States has 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile and "several thousand" more retired warheads awaiting the junkpile, the Pentagon said Monday in an unprecedented accounting of a secretive arsenal born in the Cold War and now shrinking rapidly...
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Cards' rookies gang up on Phils Phillies
(Professional Sports ~ 05/04/10)
Freese drove in three runs and Garcia picked up the victory
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Tigers' bats fall quiet in loss
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/10)
Central managed just three hits in a 7-1 loss to Sikeston in the third-place game
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Central grads excel at OVC meet
(College Sports ~ 05/04/10)
Terry, Egbuka win conference titles for Southeast
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ND boys win SEMO Central title in track
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/10)
The Notre Dame boys walked away conference champions at Monday's SEMO Central Conference meet at Charleston. The Bulldogs collected eight first-place finishes, led by Wynn McClellan's victories in the 1,600 and 3,200 and helping the 3,200 relay to the win...
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Owner of SUV with bomb says he sold it 3 weeks ago
(National News ~ 05/04/10)
NEW YORK -- The registered owner of a sport utility vehicle that was parked in Times Square and rigged with a crude propane-and-gasoline bomb told investigators he sold the vehicle to a stranger for cash three weeks ago, a law enforcement official said Monday...
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United Air in $3 billion-plus stock deal for Continental
(National News ~ 05/04/10)
United Airlines has agreed to buy Continental in a $3 billion-plus deal that would create the world's largest carrier with a commanding position in several top U.S. cities. The new United would surpass Delta Air Lines in size, which should help it attract more high-fare business travelers. It will fly to 370 destinations in 59 countries...
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Area digest 5/4/10
(Community Sports ~ 05/04/10)
The foursome of Dan Hotop, Gabe Hotop, Mike Flaker and Mike Zahner shot 55 to win the SEMO Network Against Sexual Violence golf scramble Monday at Dalhousie Golf Club Sam McCune, Pate Hogan, Gary Daniel and Nick Hogan carded 64 to win A flight; Roger Tolliver, Jeff Hotop, Bob Garner and Rick Kennard won B flight at 66; and Paul Boyd, Mike Blechle, Carol Blechle and Thurman Durwood finished first in C flight at 71...
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Aldermen approve subdivision's next phases without duplex zoning
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
When the next phases of Pioneer Orchard subdivision are constructed, the development likely won't include duplexes as originally planned. The subdivision, off Pioneer Orchard Road in Jackson, already includes 109 lots since it was established six years ago. The next four phases were to consist of 52 lots zoned for single-family residential district and 14 lots for duplexes...
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Death toll rises as river crests at Nashville
(National News ~ 05/04/10)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Muddy waters poured over the banks of Nashville's swollen Cumberland River on Monday, spilling into Music City's historic downtown streets while rescuers using boats and Jet Skis plucked stranded residents away from their flooded homes as the death toll from the weekend storms climbed to 28 people in three states...
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Competition will give high school students a chance to be business moguls
(Local News ~ 05/04/10)
This fall, high school students will get a chance to pitch their best business ideas and possibly win money to fund them. The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Southeast Missouri State University recently announced it will host a business plan competition to coincide with the university's Global Entrepreneurship Week in November...
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