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Local tax exemption removed from economic development bill
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
An economic development bill pending in the Missouri legislature won't exempt manufacturers from paying local sales tax on utilities and equipment, Sen. Jason Crowell announced Wednesday. The measure had generated strong opposition from local governments in the area, especially Cape Girardeau County, because of the size of the potential revenue loss. The county stood to lose about $365,000 from utility sales taxes paid by Procter & Gamble's manufacturing plant on Highway 177...
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Cape teachers win nation's top math and science teaching awards
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Cape Girardeau elementary school teachers Becky Hicks and Barb Egbert will receive the 2006 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation's top award for science and math teachers. Hicks is a second-grade teacher at Blanchard Elementary School. Egbert is a kindergarten teacher at Franklin Elementary School...
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Mo. Supreme Court rejects appeal citing judge's comments in book
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by convicted killer Michael A. Taylor, who tried to get his death sentence vacated after his case was referenced in a judge's book. The court on Tuesday denied Taylor's motion, which also asked for his guilty plea to be dropped. He and another man, Roderick Nunley, were convicted in the 1989 rape and killing of a 15-year-old Kansas City girl...
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Suspect used dead woman's home while her body was on the floor
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- David W. Logsdon used the home of his next-door neighbor for days while her dead body lay on the floor before he drove her car to a shopping mall and opened fire, killing two people. "It might be a stretch to say that he was living there," said Detective Alane Booth of the Kansas City Police Department. ...
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Ameren: Tired of 'political football' over Taum Sauk
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- An Ameren Corp. vice president on Wednesday accused the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the state Attorney General's office of playing "political football" while cleanup from the Taum Sauk reservoir breach languishes nearly 17 months after the accident...
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Blunt taps Platte City woman to lead agriculture department
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A couple months after the state agriculture director left amid accusations of sexual harassment, Gov. Matt Blunt chose a 29-year-old woman Tuesday to lead the agency. Blunt named Katie Smith of Platte City as the new director. Former director Fred Ferrell, then a 66-year-old Charleston farmer, was forced to resign in February after an employee accused him of sexual harassment and refusing to promote her because she's a woman...
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Cape student disciplined for bomb threat
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
A 13-year-old student at Cape Girardeau Junior High School told his teacher he had a bomb in his backpack during a dispute Tuesday. The threat was quickly determined to be unfounded but the boy was taken in handcuffs to the Cape Girardeau Juvenile Detention Center after continuing to use abusive language toward teachers and administrators...
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SEMO Milling/Ethanex Energy ethanol plant off the table
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Southeast Missourian A proposed ethanol plant that was to be a joint venture between local company SEMO Milling LLC and Kansas-based Ethanex Energy is no longer on the table, SEMO Milling President and CEO Bob Smallwood said Wednesday afternoon, the same day the milling facility excepted its first shipments of corn...
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Newspaper launches new e-Edition
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
The Southeast Missourian on Tuesday launched a new online service for subscribers that will provide facsimile copies of the print version of the newspaper. The new digital e-Edition gives a complete view of every page of the newspaper, and allows readers to search for specific stories, reprint advertisements and coupons, view photos and more, publisher Jon Rust said...
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6 bus drivers win safety awards
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Six Jackson school bus drivers won awards at a bus safety competition in St. Louis last weekend. Bus drivers Zelda Parker, Tracy Welker and Rick Smith captured first place as a team, the first such finish in the seven years the district's transportation department has participated in the competition, school officials said...
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Eating China's dust in the trade wars
(Column ~ 05/02/07)
A lot of us remember the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle in 1999. Often violent demonstrators numbering 40,000 or more shutdown streets and caused overwhelmed police to resort to tear gas in retaliation. Hundreds were arrested in a scene that was not very mellow at all...
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Cape nominates new downtown historic district
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Cape Girardeau has proposed creating a new historic district along Broadway and Middle Street to be added to the National Registry of Historic Places. Preservationists also propose adding a building to an already existing historic district on Main Street...
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Speak Out 5/2/07
(Speak Out ~ 05/02/07)
Consider neighbors; Beautiful city; Gun control works; Plenty of weeds; Doing a good job; Location, location; Tobacco-chewing ump; Oil supplies; Repair the potholes; Living legally; Who's the bad guy?; Stop-sign responsibility; Bring back the map; No sympathy; God at work; Paving not always safer; Ethanol concerns
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Cape is hopping full of things to do
(Column ~ 05/02/07)
We went by Old Lorimier Cemetery during last weekend's "Rediscover Your Cape" tour. Wendy and I joined a tour conducted by Dr. Frank Nickell of Southeast Missouri State University. It was fascinating to learn about the historic family ties to Cape Girardeau and elsewhere (including the Scripps family, whose heirs became founders of the E.W. Scripps Co. media empire)...
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Honoring WWII vets
(Editorial ~ 05/02/07)
When a memorial honoring World War II veterans finally was erected on the mall in Washington, D.C., in 2004, many of those veterans were reaching an age when travel was more and more problematic. Some 1,200 World War II vets are dying every day. The Honor Tour, an all-expenses-paid trip to the National World War II Memorial, will provide an opportunity to see the memorial to veterans from this area who need assistance. ...
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Out of the past 5/2/07
(Out of the Past ~ 05/02/07)
An overflow crowd attended the dedication of the new $2 million Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau in the afternoon; speaker for the dedication was the Rev. Paul H. Jilg, former pastor; liturgist was the pastor, the Rev. David V. Dissen; and lectors were the Revs. Oscar A. Gerken and Oscar A. Bohnert...
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Corrections 5/2/07
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
n The subhead on Page 4A of Tuesday's Southeast Missourian for the story about the Soap Box Derby should have read that the event was sponsored by the Rotary Club. n An article in Monday's edition of the Southeast Missourian should have identified the pastor of the Fruitland Community Church as Mike Parry...
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Supporters of Frank Ellis to hold rally Sunday
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Supporters of Cape Girardeau Central Middle School principal Frank Ellis and assistant superintendent Debbie Followell will hold a rally Sunday at Capaha Park to demand that the school board reverse its decision to replace the two administrators. The rally is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at shelter No. 1...
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History conference will focus on JFK
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
A conference celebrating what would have been former president John F. Kennedy's 90th birthday will be held Thursday at Southeast Missouri State University. The free event will be at 7 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom. Three Kennedy experts will discuss the life, presidency and assassination of the former president...
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Churches unite for National Day of Prayer on Thursday
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Cape Girardeau, Scott City and Jackson area churches expect hundreds of people of all faiths to unite Thursday for the National Day of Prayer. The Day of Prayer begins at 6 a.m. with breakfast at Cape First and prayer, followed by noon prayer at Jackson First Baptist and an evening prayer service at 7 p.m. at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau...
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AT&T to spend $335 million on TV, Internet service in Mo.
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- AT&T Inc. pledged Tuesday to spend $335 million over the next three years to bring television and high-speed Internet service to more Missouri customers in response to a new law making it easier for the telecommunications giant to get into the TV business...
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Bill helps faith-based groups get state aid
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The House gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a bill that requires state employees to coordinate with faith-based organizations. The measure, which cleared the House on a 122-27 vote, orders the Department of Social Services to designate liaisons to work with the faith-based groups to help people in need of state assistance...
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The truth about the pay gap
(Column ~ 05/02/07)
By Steve Chapman New Year's Day is called that because it begins a new year, and Thanksgiving has that name because it's an occasion for expressing gratitude. But Equal Pay Day, observed April 24 this year, is named for something that, we are told, doesn't exist: equal pay for men and women...
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Naomia Smith
(Obituary ~ 05/02/07)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Naomia L. Smith, 100, of Portland, Texas, formerly of Chaffee, died Monday, April 30, 2007, at Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.
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Alma Wichern
(Obituary ~ 05/02/07)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Alma Esther Wichern, 86, of Perryville died Monday, April 30, 2007, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born April 1, 1921, at Point Rest, Mo., daughter of Henry and Martha Cornehisen Wichern. Wichern had worked at a shoe factory and was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville...
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Cape fire report 5/2/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/02/07)
n At 4:31 p.m., illegal burn at the corner of Themis Street and East Rodney Drive. n At 6:36 p.m., motor vehicle accident at 2400 Masters Drive. n At 7:48 p.m., emergency medical service at 2000 N. Kingshighway. n At 7:58 p.m., emergency medical service at 600 Albert St...
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Cape/Jackskon police report 5/2/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/02/07)
Arrests; Miscellaneous; Property damage
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Births 5/2/07
(Births ~ 05/02/07)
Stevens; Kluesner; Madison-Harris; Lincoln; Sonsoucie; Hinkle; Welker; Brown; Balsman
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Survivor of 1970 Kent State shooting releases tape he says contains order to fire
(National News ~ 05/02/07)
KENT, Ohio -- A static-filled recording of war protesters yelling, followed by a voice and gunfire, was released Tuesday by a survivor of the Kent State University shooting who claims the tape proves a military order was given to fire on demonstrators...
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2 charged in death of 10-year-old disabled girl in Pa.
(National News ~ 05/02/07)
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A 10-year-old disabled girl severely burned by scalding bath water died after going more than a week without medical treatment, authorities said Tuesday. Her father and a female relative were charged in her death. "If you'd see the photos and the condition that she was left in -- just to lay in that bed with all those burns," said Police Chief Charles Kellar. "I mean, it was horrible."...
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Enduring the cold snap
(Column ~ 05/02/07)
In March the discussion between gardeners was about global warming. In April the discussion was about global freezing. Now the discussion is about global plant confusion. So what do we make of all of the recent weather anomalies and their effects on plants?...
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Re-inventing the pizza wheel
(Column ~ 05/02/07)
This weekend our daughter discovered the fruit pizza recipe that has been around for years. We had to rush home and make sugar cookie dough and got to making fruit pizza as soon as she read the recipe. My daughter asked me to write about pizza this week so everyone could make a fruit pizza. ...
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Around your house
(Community ~ 05/02/07)
Gardening Things to do this week Thin plantings of carrots and beets to avoid overcrowding. Keep asparagus harvested for continued spear production. Control asparagus beetles as needed. Isolate sweet, super sweet and popcorn varieties of corn to prevent crossing. ...
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Rachael Ray teams with Bill Clinton to get children eating healthier
(Community ~ 05/02/07)
Having mastered the 30-minute meal and daytime television, Rachael Ray is on to her next challenge -- childhood obesity. With help from former President Bill Clinton, the celebrity chef known for cutesy phrases and a fast, freewheeling cooking style now is launching a charitable group that aims to help children eat healthier at home and in school...
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Club news
(Community News ~ 05/02/07)
St. Mary CCW St. Mary Cathedral Council of Catholic Women met April 19 in the Monsignor Huels room. Attorney Diana Howard spoke about wills and estate planning. She stressed the importance of naming a durable power of attorney and one for health care. Pat Eftink, treasurer, distributed copies of the treasurer's report...
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Bush vetoes bill that would set timeline for troop withdrawal
(National News ~ 05/02/07)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush vetoed legislation to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq on Tuesday night in a historic showdown with Congress over whether the unpopular and costly war should end or escalate. It was a day of high political drama, falling on the fourth anniversary of Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech declaring that major combat operations had ended in Iraq...
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Nation briefs 5/2/07
(National News ~ 05/02/07)
FDA: Tainted animal feed not threat to humans WASHINGTON -- Federal health investigators suspect that they will find more farms that received tainted animal feed but stressed Tuesday that the threat to people is minimal. The investigators are trying to get a handle on just how much pet food tainted with an industrial chemical called melamine made its way into products consumed by pets as well as by hogs and chickens. ...
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Immigrants hope to spur Congress into offering citizenship path
(National News ~ 05/02/07)
LOS ANGELES -- Angry over recent raids and frustrated with Congress, thousands of people protested across the country Tuesday to demand a path to citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants. From Phoenix to Detroit to Miami, thousands of people carried American flags in the streets...
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Afghan villagers return after 75 suspected insurgents killed
(International News ~ 05/02/07)
SANGIN VALLEY, Afghanistan -- Villagers trickled back to their damaged farms, descending from the hills with their belongings in bundles or on donkeys Tuesday after a NATO operation in their valley killed some 75 suspected Taliban fighters. The latest salvo in the alliance's campaign to win control of southern Afghanistan chalked up a clear military victory. But the outcome of the tougher battle for the hearts and minds of ordinary Afghans remained unclear...
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Iran stands firm on language in nuclear meeting's agenda
(International News ~ 05/02/07)
VIENNA, Austria -- Iran accused the United States and other world powers of being the true nuclear threats Tuesday at a meeting hamstrung by Tehran's opposition to language calling for full compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Amid closed-door talks aimed at ending the impasse, France criticized Iran for defying a U.N. Security Council demand to freeze uranium enrichment, a potential pathway to nuclear arms, and urged Iran to "comply with its international obligations."...
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Group claims to have killed al-Qaida in Iraq leader
(International News ~ 05/02/07)
BAGHDAD -- U.S. and Iraqi officials chased reports Tuesday that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was killed by rivals north of Baghdad. But U.S. authorities urged caution and warned that even if the claim were true, the death of the shadowy Abu Ayyub al-Masri would likely not spell the end of the terror movement in Iraq...
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Government takes over last private fields
(International News ~ 05/02/07)
BARCELONA Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez's government took over Venezuela's last privately run oil fields Tuesday, intensifying a power struggle with international companies over the world's largest known petroleum deposit. Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez declared that the fields had reverted to state control just after midnight. ...
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Nigerian militants attack oil vessel, kidnapping U.S. worker, 5 others
(International News ~ 05/02/07)
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Gunmen armed with dynamite assaulted a Chevron Corp. tanker in Nigeria's southern oil-producing region early Tuesday, killing a Nigerian sailor and kidnapping an American oil worker and five other foreigners, authorities said. The restive region's main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, claimed responsibility for the attack...
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Turkey's highest court halts parliamentary vote on president
(International News ~ 05/02/07)
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's highest court halted a parliamentary vote Tuesday that looked certain to lead to a president rooted in political Islam, a victory for secularists who fear the country is moving toward Islamic rule that would undermine their Western way of life...
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Bulldogs use chemistry to formulate 4-0 victory
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/07)
Destiny Dirnberger lofted a beautiful ball from the goalie's left side toward the middle of the 6-yard box and teammate Meridith Medlin delivered a ferocious header that found the back of the net. Notre Dame seniors Dirnberger and Medlin enjoy that kind of chemistry on the soccer field...
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Zalma will have new basketball coach for third straight year
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/07)
The annual coaching shuffle for area boys basketball teams continues this offseason, with Zalma recently hiring a new coach and Woodland currently without a coach. Zalma's boys basketball team will have its third coach in three years next season when Steve Wells takes over the program...
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Panthers release Johnson days after drafting Jarrett
(Professional Sports ~ 05/02/07)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Carolina Panthers released receiver Keyshawn Johnson on Tuesday, three days after they selected another former Southern California receiver in the second round of the draft. It was thought Johnson would help groom Dwayne Jarrett of USC, taken in the second round with the 45th pick. But apparently Johnson was deemed expendable -- he and Jarrett are both 6-foot-4 possession receivers...
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Wuellner, Boyack honored for GPAs
(College Sports ~ 05/02/07)
Jessi Wuellner enjoyed being a part of something special at Southeast Missouri State. During her four-year run as a member of the women's soccer team, Wuellner helped the program post a cumulative 44-25-10 record with four winning seasons. The senior from the Chicago suburb of Roselle, Ill., was a key player the entire time...
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First Friday Coffee to highlight 2007 Leadership Cape presentations
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
The First Friday Coffee this week will highlight the 2007 Leadership Cape Project Presentations in the Show Me Center. Each year the Leadership Cape participants form groups and create a community initiative or project for future consideration. The four Leadership Cape groups convene each month during their training program to design their idea and work as a team. This Friday, the project ideas will be presented to the Chamber membership...
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Last of the TV repairmen
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Between hundreds of old television sets, dusty computer monitors and disassembled stereos, a path leads to Joe Lorberg's work station in the back of his shop at 215 S. Sprigg St. in Cape Girardeau. He's been there repairing electronics since the early 1950s...
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Childs takes over in Cairo
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
CAIRO, Ill. -- New Cairo Mayor Judson Childs didn't waste any time Tuesday in overturning the regime of Paul Farris. Within minutes of being sworn into office, Childs returned city clerk Lorrie Hesselrode and treasurer Preston Ewing Jr. to the jobs they held when Farris took office in 2003. ...
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Tool to perform at Show Me Center in June
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Local rock radio disc jockey Kirby Qualls sees a possible entertainment revolution in Southeast Missouri coming in June, when prog-metal band Tool hits the stage at the Show Me Center. If the concert is successful, Qualls, who goes by Kirby Ray on the air, says more big-name rock 'n' roll acts will come to the Show Me Center, which has seen little but country in the past few years. If not, complaining rock fans in the area will just have to keep complaining...
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Notre Dame qualifies trio for state golf tournament
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/07)
Notre Dame golfers Brett Slaten, Brandon Pleimann and Austin Gelsheimer each qualified for the state tournament by placing in the top 10 at the Class 3, District 1 meet at the Eagle Lake Golf Course in Farmington on Tuesday. Notre Dame, which finished second as a team, missed out on qualifying as a team for state by five strokes to North County...
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Redhawks eager to exact revenge on Arkansas State
(College Sports ~ 05/02/07)
The last time the Southeast Missouri State baseball team saw Arkansas State, the Indians were celebrating a walk-off home run in Jonesboro, Ark. The Redhawks will get a chance at redemption today when they host the Indians at Capaha Park. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m...
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Mavs avoid elimination with win over Warriors
(Professional Sports ~ 05/02/07)
DALLAS -- Don't count out the Dallas Mavericks just yet, no matter how tempting they're making it. After letting a 21-point lead turn into a nine-point deficit in the closing minutes, Dirk Nowitzki came alive with consecutive 3-pointers to start a game-ending 15-0 run that carried the Mavericks past the Golden State Warriors 118-112 Tuesday night...
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Gov. Matt Blunt signs new tax credit for food pantries
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Donors to food pantries could save more money on their state income taxes next year under legislation signed Tuesday by Gov. Matt Blunt. Donors to not-for-profit food pantries already can claim their contributions when calculating deductions on their federal and state income taxes. But tax credits sometimes provide a larger tax break because they are a direct reduction on the taxes due...
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Study: Heart attack death rate in hospitals cut in half
(State News ~ 05/02/07)
In just six years, death rates and heart failure in hospitalized heart attack patients have fallen sharply, most likely due of better treatment, the largest international study of its kind suggests. The promising trend parallels the growing use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, powerful blood thinners and angioplasty, the procedure that opens clogged arteries, the researchers said...
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Eagles dump Hawks
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/07)
The visiting Oran Eagles dodged just enough bullets from the Kelly Hawks to pull out a 2-1 victory against the cross-county rival Tuesday. Oran took a 2-1 lead in the top of the third inning and managed to thwart four straight rallies by the Hawks over the next four innings with solid pitching and strong defense...
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Coaches have been the constant in Oran's baseball success
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/07)
The trademark of any tradition-rich program is stability. The Oran baseball program has reached more state final four appearances, six, than any team in the state over the past decade. The Eagles have built their success with a stable flow of talent, and just as importantly, with stability in the coaching boxes...
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Hancock wrecked days before fatal crash
(Professional Sports ~ 05/02/07)
SAUGET, Ill. -- Just three days before his death in a freeway wreck, the sport utility vehicle of Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was clipped by a semi rig in what police said could have been a far more serious accident. Officers who talked with Hancock moments after the predawn crash last Thursday in Sauget -- a St. Louis suburb known for factories and strip clubs -- found the 29-year-old reliever lucid and not under the influence of alcohol, Police Chief Patrick Delaney said Tuesday...
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Carpenter pitches to teammates
(Professional Sports ~ 05/02/07)
MILWAUKEE -- Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter, sidelined since opening day with an elbow injury, threw against teammates on Tuesday in another step in his rehab. Carpenter said he felt fine after the workout. He will be re-evaluated today. "We'll see what happens tomorrow," Carpenter said of his outing that lasted about 60 pitches over three simulated innings. "If everything's perfect tomorrow, we'll go from there."...
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Mets fan banned from Shea Stadium
(Professional Sports ~ 05/02/07)
NEW YORK -- A New York Mets fan has been banned from Shea Stadium for three years after pleading guilty Tuesday to shining a high-powered flashlight at a pair of Atlanta Braves players last month. Frank Martinez, 40, of the Bronx, also must spend 15 days in jail as part of his sentence for interfering with a professional sporting event...
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Major automakers report sales declines
(National News ~ 05/02/07)
DETROIT -- April was such a lousy auto sales month that every major manufacturer but Chrysler reported a decrease from the same month last year. Even Toyota. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Corp. all showed declines as automakers released their monthly U.S. sales numbers Tuesday, but the drop for Toyota Motor Corp. countered a nearly two-year trend of rising sales, sometimes in double digits...
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Brewers score a dozen
(High School Sports ~ 05/02/07)
Milwaukee scored 12 unanswered runs in a 12-2 win over the slumping Cardinals. By COLIN FLY The Associated Press MILWAUKEE -- Ben Sheets allowed two runs in six innings, showing no ill-effects from a groin injury he suffered in his last start, and Tony Graffanino hit a three-run homer to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat slumping St. Louis 12-2 on Tuesday night...
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Gordon earns a respected voice
(Professional Sports ~ 05/02/07)
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Accept it, race fans: Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon were buddies. The old man respected the kid and took time to help him adjust to NASCAR's politics. Earnhardt recognized Gordon as a huge talent and cherished their on-track battles, knowing each victory was a win over a driver destined to go down as one of the best...
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Your voice here
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Last month we featured what may, or may not, be Cape's best guitarists. I wonder if anybody cared (other than the lovely people on CapeScene, that is). When we set out to write this article, we thought, "Hey, everybody has an opinion on this subject."...
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Tunes at Twilight returns this month
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Tunes at Twilight started a few years ago with meager beginnings -- a free show in the middle of Cape, sometimes attended by as few as 10 people. How things have changed. In the past two years Tunes has established itself as a major destination in Cape on Friday evenings during the summer, drawing hundreds each week to hear mostly acoustic, independent touring acts play on the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn for free...
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Country, rock acts booked at Show Me Center in June
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
The Show Me Center is starting the summer off in big fashion this June, with concerts scheduled by established country singer Martina McBride and prog-metal outfit Tool. McBride will take the stage June 7, while Tool hits the venue on June 16. Show Me Center Marketing Director Shannon Buford said the Tool concert is a big chance for local rock fans to turn out and show promoters that concerts by non-country acts can sell well in Southeast Missouri, too...
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Miss Daisy drives into Port Cape
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Remember that movie that came out, probably when you were a kid, "Driving Miss Daisy"? That movie was actually a stage play first, and this month the River City Players community theater group is bringing the stage version to life at the River City Yacht Club...
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Party crashers on the river
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Depending on what type of partying you engage in on your summer float trips, floating on the Current River this year (and in the future) may not be quite as fun as it once was. The National Park Service announced in March that it will ban kegs, beer bongs and "dry ice bombs" on the Current and Jacks Fork rivers starting this year in an effort to stop drunken, rowdy behavior. The rules took effect May 1. Jell-o shots are also banned...
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Mexican pride at Muy Bueno
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
A few months ago, while researching for an article, I stumbled upon a tiny Mexican restaurant run by two sisters in the Town Plaza off Independence called Muy Bueno. Upon entering, my stomach immediately started to growl. The aromas coming from the kitchen were spicy and fresh. At the time, I couldn't sit down for a bite to eat. Recently, I took a break from my busy schedule to sit down with some friends and enjoy the spicy smells that I had experienced just weeks before...
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Meet Your Mojo
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
In Cape Girardeau, the name Mojo Filter is synonymous with blues rock. For years the band (Josh Boyd on drums, Scott Ryan on bass, Jason Blanchard on guitar, Jennifer Henderson on vocals) has been a fixture of the local music scene, shaking up local bars (especially Broussard's) with its heavy blend of blues, rock and soulful vocals care of lead singer Jennifer Henderson, one of the local scene's few female members...
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Proven practice: the Marathon Kids
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
The three-year-old Marathon Kids Club program at Clippard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau has been singled out as a 2007 "proven practice" by Successlink, a not-for-profit group that highlights successful educational projects and programs in Missouri's schools...
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And the beat goes on...
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
If I were to add up the amount of money I have spent on music, I'd probably realize why I struggle to pay rent each month. I've never mastered the whole download thing. Why would I want to join the 21st Century? Technology is so hard. Anyway, my music:...
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Are We Ready?
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
33 dead. 29 injured. By now these numbers are burned into the American public's thoughts. Truly, the Virginia Tech massacre has changed many lives, and caused everyone from students to administrators on high school and college campuses to re-assess emergency procedures...
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Events
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
COMMUNITY MAY 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Cape Girardeau Farmers Market: The Cape Girardeau Farmers Market will be open every Thursday starting at 2:30 p.m. in the parking lot at 2001 Independence St. Seasonal produce and fruits, arts and crafts, baked goods, eggs, honey, cut flowers and plants available...
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Death of DeWolf
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
The news has reverberated through the local music community: Tommy DeWolf, beloved guitarist of the local hard rock band Drivin' Rain, has died. At only 40 years old DeWolf (whose real name was Thomas Faron Johnson) was too young to die by anyone's standards, and when news of his death spread, shock was the result...
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Underground no more
(Local News ~ 05/02/07)
Cape Girardeau's skaters, led by the Skate Park Association, seek respect, and a better place to skate. --- "It's an identity," says skateboarder Josh Dannenmueller. In the past three years, Dannenmueller and his friends in the Cape Girardeau Skate Park Association have tried to bring a real, legitimate skateboard community to Cape Girardeau. It hasn't been easy...
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