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Scopus murder trial set for Sept. 8

By Bridget DiCosmo ~ Southeast Missourian

The St. Louis County Circuit Court has set a tentative trial date of Sept. 8 for the murder trial of Lisa A. Barlow but has not yet secured a courtroom where Cape Girardeau County Circuit Judge William Syler can hear the case, according to St. Louis County judicial administrator Paul Fox.

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Salary freeze likely for Cape city workers

Southeast Missourian ~ 5/9/08

A proposed salary freeze will likely be necessary for Cape Girardeau city employees, finance director John Richbourg said Thursday.

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Scopus murder trial set for Sept. 8

By Bridget DiCosmo ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/9/08

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Lindsey's Hooked on Science features recognized

5/9/08

Jason Lindsey has received accolades from the Missouri State Teachers Association for his Hooked on Science features. His Hooked on Science experiment, published weekly in the Southeast Missourian, won Best Newspaper Feature, and his Hooked on Science television segment won Best Television Feature.

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Three homes evacuated after gas line ruptures

5/9/08

Southeast MissourianThree homes in the 500 block of County Road 205 were evacuated after a construction vehicle ruptured a gas line Thursday evening.Gordonville fire chief Mark Koerber said no one was injured.

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St. Louisan faces charges in double fatal crash

5/9/08

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man accused of fleeing the scene of an accident that killed two men now faces charges of involuntary manslaughter.

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Lambert guard fired, 2 suspended after airport breaches

5/9/08

ST. LOUIS (AP) — One guard is fired and two others are suspended at Lambert Airport in St. Louis after two security breaches this week.

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Dexter works to rebuild municipal airport

5/9/08

DEXTER, Mo. (AP) — The southeast Missouri city of Dexter is rebuilding its airport after it was damaged by high winds in January.

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SEMO committee considering ideas for expanding technology

By Lindy Bavolek ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 5/9/08

Students in Dr. Karie Hollerbach's mass communication summer class will be able to log on and download a podcast of her lectures. They will be able to print out a written version of the notes.

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Donations made with love

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com ~ 5/9/08

Sara Bradshaw, a junior high science teacher at Scott City, looked toward her students Thursday as Corteny Stubenrauch from Style Studio cut off a 10-inch lock of hair at the Scott City High School gym. Bradshaw was joined by 14 students, cutting their long hair to donate to Locks of Love.

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Mo. lawmakers target meth, grant nurses new powers

By DAVID A. LIEB ~ The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — With a single bill, Missouri lawmakers have boosted the state's ability to track down illegal methamphetamine makers while expanding the power of specially trained nurses to write prescription drugs.

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Corps uncertain about condition of nation's thousands of private levees

By JIM SALTER ~ The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

ST. LOUIS — Across America, earthen flood levees protect big cities and small towns, wealthy suburbs and rich farmland.

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Officials say huge Texas sinkhole's appetite seems to be decreasing

The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

DAISETTA, Texas — Geologists said a 260-foot-deep sinkhole that grew to the length of three football fields over just two days seemed to be slowing down Thursday, but that it could take months before it's clear whether surrounding areas are stable.

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Funeral industry interested in lye technique to dissolve bodies

By NORMA LOVE ~ The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

alkaline hydrolysis was developed 16 years ago to get rid of animal carcasses

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Church records offer look inside polygamist families

By MICHELLE ROBERTS ~ The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

SAN ANTONIO — Hand-scrawled records taken from a polygamist sect are helping untangle the spider-web network of family relationships at the Yearning For Zion Ranch, where some husbands had more than a dozen wives.

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Federal judge rejects bid to delay suit to place wolf back on endangered list

By MATTHEW BROWN ~ The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge in Montana has rejected a request by the government to delay a lawsuit seeking to place the gray wolf back on the endangered species list, saying he's "unwilling to risk more deaths."

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Israeli prime minister accused of receiving illegal funds

By STEVEN GUTKIN ~ The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

JERUSALEM — Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, responding to fresh accusations that he illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen, on Thursday said he will step down if he is indicted.

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Scientists report the genetic makeup of the platypus

By ROHAN SULLIVAN ~ The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

SYDNEY, Australia — With a bill like a duck, a tail like a beaver and snakelike venom hidden in heel spurs, the platypus could be the result of some strange genetic experiment.

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Sectarian street clashes in Beirut grow into gunbattles

By ZEINA KARAM ~ The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Running gunbattles raged in parts of Beirut on Thursday after the leader of Hezbollah accused Lebanon's Western-backed government of declaring war on his Shiite militant group. At least four people were killed and eight wounded in the capital.

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First big foreign aid flights let in by Myanmar junta; U.S. offer rejected

The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

the junta continued to stall on visas for U.N. teams and other foreign aid workers

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Olympic flame reaches peak of Mount Everest

By TINI TRAN ~ The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

The Everest torch was separate from the main Olympic flame

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Storms cause damage in three states

The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A line of severe storms swept across the Southeast on Thursday, damaging homes and businesses in at least three states. No injuries were reported.

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President Bush in Texas for daughter Jenna's wedding

By DEB RIECHMANN ~ The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

CRAWFORD, Texas — President Bush stuck out his right elbow Thursday, jokingly demonstrating how he'll escort his daughter down the aisle at her wedding this weekend.

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University of Missouri professors protest spending cuts

The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A palpable sense of angst was on display at the University of Missouri's flagship campus Thursday afternoon — and the anxiety stemmed from a lecture hall full of professors, not students stressing over final exams.

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Mo. lawmakers create panel to study autism

The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The state would create a 24-member panel to study autism and recommend a state plan for how to deliver services under legislation heading to the governor.

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Graduation readers cram to prep for names

By JUSTIN POPE ~ The Associated Press ~ 5/9/08

A week from Saturday, 453 new graduates will cross the commencement stage on the lawn of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. Among them: Nokuthula Sikhethiwe Kitikiti, Udochukwu Chinyere Obodo, and Baitnairamdal Otgonshar.

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