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The truth about payments to farmers
(Column ~ 10/17/01)
$$$Start By Peter C. Myers Sr. SIKESTON, Mo. -- The terrorist attack against our country on Sept. 11 has rightly caused folks in our nation to rethink our personal and national priorities. Federal farm policy seems almost insignificant in times like these. Yet we must think about the farmers and ranchers who produce our food and fiber...
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Anthrax fears keep mail sorters on edge
(State News ~ 10/17/01)
ST. LOUIS -- In mailrooms around the St. Louis area, anthrax anxiety is prompting extra precautions as another round of reports about toxin-laced letters surfaced around the nation. Though state health officials are looking into about a dozen cases of suspicious substances, there have been no known reports of anthrax in Missouri in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Still, people are on edge...
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Mariners vs. Yankees Record setters vs. three-time World Series
(Professional Sports ~ 10/17/01)
SEATTLE -- With dazzling plays by Derek Jeter, bat wizardry by Ichiro Suzuki, late-inning drama and determined comebacks, the AL championship series emerged as a baseball fan's delight. The New York Yankees vs. the Seattle Mariners. "I think a lot of people wanted to see this going into the postseason," Jeter said Tuesday...
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Sports digest 10/17/01
(Professional Sports ~ 10/17/01)
Bears re-sign QB Matthews CHICAGO -- Quarterback Shane Matthews is a Chicago Bear again after a week in voluntary exile. Matthews re-signed on Tuesday with the Bears who waived long snapper Ryan Benjamin. Matthews was released last week so the team could sign Benjamin as an emergency replacement for the injured Patrick Mannelly in Sunday's game against Arizona. Matthews agreed to the switch to help the team since he was going to be the third quarterback anyway Sunday...
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CART settles lawsuit
(Professional Sports ~ 10/17/01)
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Texas Motor Speedway's lawsuit against CART over a canceled race last spring was settled Tuesday for an undisclosed amount. The inaugural Firestone Firehawk 600 was canceled two hours before it was to start April 29 because drivers complained of dizziness after practices earlier in the weekend. There were fears the drivers could lose consciousness while going more than 230 mph during the race...
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D-Backs lay claim to Game 1; Johnson removes 'King Kong'
(Professional Sports ~ 10/17/01)
PHOENIX -- Move over Curt Schilling. There's another big-game pitcher in town after all. With icy calm and magnificent heat, Randy Johnson buried his reputation as a postseason flop Tuesday. In a matchup of pitchers who together have seven Cy Young Awards and 457 victories, Johnson threw a three-hit masterpiece as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Greg Maddux and the Atlanta Braves 2-0 in Game 1 of the National League championship series...
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Officials seek links to anthrax cases
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
WASHINGTON -- Security officials sealed off one wing of an eight-story Senate building and dispensed precautionary antibiotics by the hundreds on Tuesday as the FBI probed similarities between an anthrax case in New York and a spore-spiked letter mailed to Majority Leader Tom Daschle...
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Anthrax hoaxes bring charges
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
WASHINGTON -- Assailing recent anthrax hoaxes as "no joking matter," Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday those who perpetrate anthrax or other terrorist scares will be prosecuted. With the FBI chasing down thousands of reports of possible anthrax exposures -- most turn out to be false alarms or practical jokes -- Ashcroft said such scares are unlawful and "gross transgressions of the public trust."...
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Cape police report 10/17/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/17/01)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Oct. 17 ArrestsTynell Jarod Shaw, 26, of 319 N. Fountain was arrested Tuesday on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for failure to appear. A 13-year-old boy was cited into juvenile court on an assault complaint. Anthony Alan Howard, 21, of 228 S. Ellis was arrested Tuesday on a Cape Girardeau warrant complaint for failure to appear...
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Cape fire report 10/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/17/01)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Oct. 17 Firefighters responded to these calls Monday:At 9:34 p.m., a still alarm at County Park South. At 9:38 p.m., a power line down at 487 Green Acres. At 10 p.m., a still alarm at 1068 Linden. Firefighters responded to these calls Tuesday:At 12:52 a.m., a medical assist at 2443 Janet Drive...
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The skinny on storage
(Community ~ 10/17/01)
Shelving storage is the one thing in most American homes that -- as the song says -- "there's just too little of." Not enough closet space, not enough shelf space. Simply nowhere to put anything. There are companies that are making millions selling storage systems in every size, shape and form that can help you make the most out of every inch of available space. ...
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Containing clutter
(Community ~ 10/17/01)
Who's in charge -- you or your stuff? If clutter is a problem in your home, it's time to get organized. It's no secret that you'll have more success in home multitasking if you take charge of the clutter, instead of letting it manage you. If you don't own something, you don't have to store it or clean it...
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Add some Halloween fun to decorating at home
(Community ~ 10/17/01)
By Carol McGavey ~ Better Homes and Gardens Books Halloween has become a magical holiday for home decorating for boys and ghouls of all ages. Sure, ghosts, bats, monsters and scarecrows add to the fun, but so do less-glaring holiday trims...
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Seeking balance between fact and hysteria
(Editorial ~ 10/17/01)
Arguably, most Americans had heard of anthrax but knew little about it before this month. There were occasional news reports of men transporting the bacteria in vials and being discovered by police. And the nation breathed a collective sigh of relief that another crazy person had been detained. We could sleep at night...
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St. Louis handles West Nile virus, research
(Editorial ~ 10/17/01)
While scientists in Florida, New York and Nevada deal with anthrax, those closer to home are studying the West Nile virus, hoping to stanch a St. Louis outbreak. Infectious disease specialists at Washington University are trying to isolate the part of the immune system that combats the virus...
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St. Francis announces $48 million building expansion at meeting
(Community ~ 10/17/01)
St. Francis Medical Center will soon begin a $48 million building expansion to accommodate "tremendous growth" the medical center has seen in the past two years, said President and CEO Steven C. Bjelich. Bjelich revealed the plan Tuesday during the medical center's annual meeting...
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Perryville falls victim to gem in 3A playoffs
(High School Sports ~ 10/17/01)
Perryville's Lady Pirates were no match for a perfect performance. Lutheran South junior Kamin Hawkins hurled a perfect game to propel the Lady Lancers to a 5-0 win over Perryville in Class 3A quarterfinal softball at Arena Park Tuesday. "When you get to this level, once in a while you'll see a pitcher like that. She's the best I've seen in the 10 years I've been coaching," said Perryville coach Lynn O'Neal, whose team finished at 16-14...
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Friends to battle in city rivalry game
(High School Sports ~ 10/17/01)
High school soccer has never been this good in Cape Girardeau. For the first time ever, both Cape Central and Notre Dame made their ways into the state's top 10 coaches' poll at the same time with Notre Dame garnering the No. 2 spot in Class 1A-3A and Central holding the ninth post in 4A...
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Kansas City locksmith caught vandalizing locks
(State News ~ 10/17/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Joe Zwillenberg was frustrated when someone squirted glue into the door locks on two of his Kansas City restaurants, costing him hundreds of dollars in repairs. His frustration turned to suspicion when he realized that a sticker advertising a locksmith's services had been placed on the restaurant doors a few weeks before the vandalism...
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Grant to boost state animal health efforts
(State News ~ 10/17/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A $50,000 federal grant should help improve Missouri's animal health emergency plans, the state Agriculture Department said. The grant announced Tuesday will go to equipment and supplies for A Livestock Emergency Response Transportable System, or ALERTS, a mobile unit that will allow the department to respond immediately to disease emergencies...
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State auditor not prepared to look at cost of security
(State News ~ 10/17/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State Auditor Claire McCaskill said Tuesday it would be unpatriotic to begin examining the costs and management of new state security measures imposed after the terrorist attacks. McCaskill, in response to a reporter's question, said she has no immediate plans to audit the vast shift in resources to provide security to state office buildings, including the Capitol...
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Easy pie crust and more meals with chicken
(Column ~ 10/17/01)
$$$Start smcclanahan Looking through the eyes of my children it is so wonderful that they think I am just perfect. It seems that mom can answer any question, solve all problems and find anything in a house. I love it when Ross says "Mom, I know you know what I did" because he really thinks I know everything...
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Don't bet dog's mouth is cleaner
(Column ~ 10/17/01)
$$$Start jkoch By Dr. John Koch Question: My husband and I have this little dog named Queenie. When you sit down, she likes to jump up on your lap and lick you in the face. For sanitary reasons, I have never felt comfortable with her doing this. However, my husband says a dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's mouth...
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Indians focus on strong finish
(Sports Column ~ 10/17/01)
It is Homecoming Week on the Southeast campus and that is always an exciting time. Our crowds have been great this year and with good weather in the forecast for Saturday's 1 p.m. game against Murray St., I hope we have another big turnout. Good weather will be a welcome change. Last Saturday's game at Eastern Illinois was played in the worst conditions I've ever experienced during my coaching career. The torrential rain, high wind and muddy field made for a long afternoon...
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Nation digest 10/17/01
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
Industrial production plunges in September WASHINGTON -- Disruptions and lost business from the terror attacks helped to depress manufacturing activity in September for the 12th month in a row, the longest string of declines in industrial production since the country was reverting back to a peacetime economy at the end of World War II...
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Tobacco firms must disclose additives
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
BOSTON -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a state law that requires tobacco companies to disclose the ingredients in their products. The ruling by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a decision by a federal judge who had said the law was unconstitutional because it would force companies to give away their trade secrets...
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American soldiers say they are still needed in Kosovo
(International News ~ 10/17/01)
VITINA, Yugoslavia -- Keeping their minds focused on peacekeeping in the Balkans while their own country is at war, U.S. troops in Kosovo say they need to stay to bring lasting stability to the Yugoslav province. NATO allies have said they are ready to boost their contingents in the Balkans if the United States withdraws troops to reassign them in the war against terrorism...
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Troops close in on extremists holding American couple
(International News ~ 10/17/01)
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines -- Government troops said Tuesday they trapped a unit of Muslim extremist rebels holding two American missionaries in dense jungle and appealed to them to surrender. Col. Francisco Gudani said his men while fighting could see the Abu Sayyaf rebels holding Wichita, Kan., missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham on the southern island of Basilan...
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Report - Millions will die of AIDS in South Africa
(International News ~ 10/17/01)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Researchers unveiled a report Tuesday estimating AIDS could kill as many as 7 million South Africans by 2010, and said government officials disputing the findings simply did not understand them. The report, commissioned by the Medical Research Council, said AIDS would account for one-third of all deaths in South Africa this year -- and nearly two-thirds by 2010 without radical changes in personal behavior and more government action to fight the disease...
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Kashmir braces for more violence
(International News ~ 10/17/01)
SRINAGAR, India -- As summer wanes in the Kashmir Valley, colorful tents dot the parks and gardens of Srinagar -- a signal that the traditional wedding season is under way. But this year, over the aroma of spices and meats of the "wazwan" festive meal simmering in a hundred outdoor kitchens, hangs a new cloud of fear...
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India promises punitive action
(International News ~ 10/17/01)
NEW DELHI, India -- India warned it will be ruthless in dealing with Islamic militant infiltrators entering from Pakistan, as the nations' forces exchanged fire Tuesday across the volatile border dividing Kashmir. Tuesday's gunfire came after the nuclear rivals exchanged the heaviest mortar and rocket fire of the year Monday night. It accompanied a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to the region to calm tensions and shore up support for the U.S.-led war on terrorism...
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Saddam criticizes Arabs for stand on Afghanistan
(International News ~ 10/17/01)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- President Saddam Hussein criticized Arab nations on Tuesday for doing little to oppose the U.S. air campaign against Afghanistan. "I am sorry for the stand governments of Arab countries have adopted toward Afghanistan because it does not please Muslims," the official Iraqi News Agency quoted Saddam as saying...
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Powell, Musharraf agree on Taliban moderates
(International News ~ 10/17/01)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Secretary of State Colin Powell and Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf agreed Tuesday that moderate officials from Afghanistan's radical Taliban regime should be allowed to serve in a post-Taliban government. Powell, who is on a three-nation Asia tour, said Taliban officials who signal a willingness to serve in a broad-based successor government should not be automatically excluded...
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U.S. gunships rake Taliban stronghold
(International News ~ 10/17/01)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. strikes set Red Cross warehouses afire near Afghanistan's capital Tuesday, sending workers scrambling to salvage desperately needed relief goods during a bombardment that could be heard 30 miles away. To the south, two U.S. special forces gunships entered the air war for the first time, raking the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar with cannon and heavy machine gun fire in a pre-dawn raid...
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Probation deal halted in child blinding case
(State News ~ 10/17/01)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- A prosecutor nearly handed a probation sentence to a Belleville man who blinded his 2-year-old stepdaughter. But a judge refused the deal and set the case for trial after he learned the young victim would never regain sight in her left eye...
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Prosecutor promotes anti-terrorism laws
(State News ~ 10/17/01)
CHICAGO -- Attorney General Jim Ryan proposed a new set of laws Tuesday to combat terrorism in Illinois, calling such proposals part of his job -- not an attempt to win votes. Ryan, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor, said state law enforcement officers need better tools to track potential terrorists and catch them before they strike. ...
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Former Chicago detective takes overdose prior to theft trial
(State News ~ 10/17/01)
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Police Department's former chief of detectives took an overdose of pills Tuesday, hours before the planned start of his trial on charges of masterminding a jewel-theft ring. William Hanhardt, 72, was described by attorneys as unconscious Tuesday afternoon and under guard by FBI agents at suburban Highland Park Hospital...
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Ryan's anti-terrorism legislation
(State News ~ 10/17/01)
Attorney General Jim Ryan's proposed legislation to combat terrorism in Illinois would: Create a Class X offense of terrorism with penalties of 20 years to natural life and mandatory natural life when death is caused. Give the state the ability, for the first time, to acquire intelligence via wiretaps for suspected acts of terrorism...
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Scott City volleyball squad sweeps aside Cape Central
(High School Sports ~ 10/17/01)
The Scott City High School volleyball team continued its solid season Tuesday night as the Lady Rams knocked off host Cape Girardeau Central 15-4, 15-13. Scott City improved to 14-10-1 while Central fell to 2-18-1. Sidney Baer had five kills to lead the Lady Rams. Amanda O'Brien added three kills and Megan Ressel recorded 16 service points...
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Notre Dame suffers loss in quarterfinals
(High School Sports ~ 10/17/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Too much Loni Wedemeier and not enough defense spelled the end of Notre Dame High School's best-ever softball season. Wedemeier, Clopton's star pitcher, was overpowering and the Lady Hawks took advantage of several Notre Dame miscues as they knocked off the Lady Bulldogs 2-0 in a Class 2A quarterfinal at Kirkwood High School Tuesday afternoon...
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A Rush for success - Junior star has MU anticipating big year
(College Sports ~ 10/17/01)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Quin Snyder has watched Kareem Rush improve in the two seasons that both have been at Missouri. Now comes the scary part: Snyder believes his junior forward, already considered one of the nation's best players, can get even better...
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Cape teen dies in car wreck
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/17/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- A Cape Girardeau teen-ager died in a one-vehicle accident Tuesday morning just north of Chaffee, Mo. Darlene Haley, 19, was fatally injured in the accident that happened at 3:20 a.m. on Highway 77. Her body was taken to Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee...
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Working nights linked to higher cancer risk
(Community ~ 10/17/01)
WASHINGTON -- Women who work nights may increase their breast cancer risk by up to 60 percent, according to two studies that suggest bright light in the dark hours decreases melatonin secretion and increases estrogen levels. Two independent studies, using different methods, found increased risk of breast cancer among women who worked night shifts for many years. ...
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Carnahan's plane crash recalled, mourned at vigil
(State News ~ 10/17/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- On the anniversary of their deaths Tuesday, former Gov. Mel Carnahan, his son Randy Carnahan and aide Chris Sifford were again mourned and remembered. "A year ago our hearts were gripped with grief like a fist squeezing out all the joy," said Roy Temple, a long-time Carnahan associate and Sifford's best friend since their boyhood days in Puxico, Mo...
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Talent predicts issues-based race
(State News ~ 10/17/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Last year's campaign for governor earned high marks from political observers and the public for being among the cleanest and issues-oriented contests for high state office in recent memory. But although he may have earned the good sportsmanship award, Republican Jim Talent still lost the Governor's Mansion to Democrat Bob Holden...
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SEMO establishing Cuba study program
(Local News ~ 10/17/01)
While most Americans legally can't set foot in Cuba, some Southeast Missouri State University students could be visiting the island nation as early as next fall with the blessing of the United States government. Peter Gordon, a marketing professor who directs international business programs at Southeast Missouri State, is setting up a study program to take students to Cuba to learn about the culture, politics and business practices of that nation...
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Taliban, foes battling over norther city
(International News ~ 10/17/01)
and AMIR SHAH Associated Press WritersKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Aided by U.S. bombing, opposition forces closed in Wednesday on a key northern city. U.S. jets struck fuel dumps in Kabul, setting off a huge fire, and the Taliban claimed U.S. planes hit two trucks, killing seven civilians trying to flee the onslaught...
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Bush seeks support from leaders at Asian economic summit
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush, embarking Wednesday for China, said he is leaving at a difficult time for the nation but that the trip is an important part of the government's effort to defeat terrorism and make the world a safer place...
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Housing construction rises 1.7 percent in September
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Housing construction rose in September despite new uncertainties about consumers' willingness to make big-ticket purchases in the wake of the terror attacks and mounting layoffs. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that builders broke ground on 1.57 million housing units at a seasonally adjusted annual rate last month, a 1.7 percent increase. That followed a sharp 6.7 percent drop in August...
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More than 20 in Daschle's office test positive for anthrax
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
AP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 20 people in Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's office have tested positive for exposure to anthrax, sources said Wednesday. The tests were conducted after a letter sent to Daschle's office was found to contain a highly refined form of anthrax, suggesting it was produced by experts...
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Greenspan says too early to assess economic effects of attacks
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Wednesday it is still too early to determine how much harm the terrorist attacks will have on the U.S. economy but declared the nation's long-run prospects remain strong...
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Congressional leaders move to close down House offices
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
AP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional leaders ordered an unprecedented shutdown of the House on Wednesday after more than two dozen people in Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's office tested positive for exposure to a highly concentrated form of anthrax...
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NASA chief to step down on Nov. 17
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Daniel S. Goldin, who is the longest-served head of the nation's space agency, is leaving NASA on Nov. 17, according to sources close to the administrator's office and in Congress. Goldin, 61, was appointed in 1992 and has supervised major changes in the space agency, including the launch and construction of the International Space Station...
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Anthrax found in office of N.Y. Gov. Pataki
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Anthrax has been discovered in Gov. George Pataki's Manhattan office, the governor said Wednesday. The anthrax was found in a room used by his State Police security detail, he said. Tests taken Monday night came back positive Wednesday morning, Pataki said...
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House passes bill to fight terrorist financing
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The House overwhelmingly passed a measure Wednesday expanding the government's power to cut money flows to terrorist networks, amid protests from key senators that the legislation should not have been stripped from President Bush's anti-terrorism package...
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U.S. strikes pound Taliban
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Stepped up U.S. bombing has crippled Taliban fighting power, and the Pentagon has positioned special operations forces for yet another kind of assault in the war on terrorism. On the third day of intense air strikes over Afghanistan by dozens of warplanes, a defense official said helicopter-borne special forces were deployed to the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean...
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Auto parts supplier Dana Corp. to close plants, cut 11,000 jobs
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
Associated Press WriterTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Auto parts supplier Dana Corp. will cut about 11,000 jobs, or about 15 percent of its work force, through plant closings and consolidations, the company announced Wednesday. The reductions come on top of about 10,000 job cuts made within the last two years because of an oversupply of vehicles and slow U.S. sales...
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Bush administration rules against using adjusted census data
(National News ~ 10/17/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration ruled against releasing statistically adjusted census to data to help distribute billions of dollars in federal aid across the country, government sources said. Wednesday's decision means the federal government will use the raw head count available now to divvy up over $185 billion for Medicaid, foster care and other social service programs...
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Abandoned corpse ruling appealed
(Local News ~ 10/17/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A Jackson man accused of leaving his 3-year-old daughter alone with drugs and his dead wife is at the center of a constitutional debate headed to the state Supreme Court. Associate Circuit Judge Gary A. Kamp on Friday dismissed a criminal charge against James E. Bratina, 29, the first person in Cape Girardeau County to be charged with violating a statute that makes it a crime to abandon a corpse...
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Daytime trick-or-treating planned at Sikeston center
(Local News ~ 10/17/01)
Standard Democrat SIKESTON -- To youngsters, Halloween is typically a night devoted to gathering goodies -- in excess. Yet with concerns about safety, parents are becoming increasingly cautious about participating in the holiday. Hunter Acres Caring Center is offering copious amounts of candy along with a safe location during Haunted Carnival from 10-11:30 a.m. on Oct. 31...
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At a glance
(Local News ~ 10/17/01)
Name: Jim Talent Party: Republican Age: 45 Home: Chesterfield, Mo. Family: Wife, Brenda; three children Education: Political science degree from Washington University in St. Louis; law degree from the University of Chicago...
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Otahkians sweep ASU
(College Sports ~ 10/17/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's volleyball team posted its third straight victory Tuesday night as the host Otahkians swept non-conference foe Arkansas State. The Otahkians prevailed 30-22, 30-28, 30-26 in front of 178 fans at Houck Field House as they raised their record to 10-8 and dropped the Lady Indians to 7-9...
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Re-enactor's role definitely was no Union supporter
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/17/01)
To the editor: With reference to Monday's front-page article "Off the beaten tracks" by Laura Johnston: Mary Chesnut, wife of James Chesnut -- who was an aide to Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard and President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America, was not a Union supporter...
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Cheerleaders don't owe apology for effigy incident
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/17/01)
To the editor: The recent furor over the effigy incident at Central High School has been somewhat disturbing to me. These kids were not doing anything that is not done at high schools and colleges across the country and has been done for years. While these are trying times, the chastisement of these kids is inappropriate...
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Speak Out A 10/17/01
(Speak Out ~ 10/17/01)
Not long distance MAY I be blunt about Matt Blunt? The Missouri secretary of state needs to resign his office while on active duty. This time of terror is no time for long-distance governing. Eloquent letter NOTRE DAME Regional High School student Rayme Hooten's letter to the editor was eloquent, impassioned and instructive...
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Ethel Schreiner
(Obituary ~ 10/17/01)
MILLERSVILLE, Mo. -- Funeral for Ethel M. Schreiner of Millersville will be held at 11 a.m. today at Haynes Chapel Congregational Methodist Church. The Rev. Donald Sander will officiate. Burial will be in Hahn's Chapel Cemetery near Marble Hill, Mo...
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Marshall Smith
(Obituary ~ 10/17/01)
OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- Marshall Allen Smith, 62, of Oak Ridge passed away Monday, Oct. 15, 2001, at his home. He was born April 27, 1939, son of George A. and Lillie Newell Smith. He and Barbara Hamlett were married Sept. 16, 1960. She survives. Other loving survivors include a son, Allen Smith, and grandson, TJ Smith of Oak Ridge; two brothers, Jessie Smith of Marble Hill, Mo., Wilburn Smith of Oak Ridge; three sisters, Fredia Cornell of Millersville, Mo., Betty Williams of Cape Girardeau, Edna Seabaugh of Jackson, Mo.; and a host of friends and relatives.. ...
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Dr. William Reese
(Obituary ~ 10/17/01)
Dr. William George Reese, husband of former Cape Girardeau resident, Elizabeth Bahn Reese, died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2001. He was born April 2, 1917, in Utah, was reared on a farm in Idaho, and lived in Little Rock, Ark., since 1951. At the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), he was professor of psychiatry from 1951-87, chairman of the department from 1951-85, and retired in 1987 as Marie Wilson Howell's professor and chairman, emeritus...
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Laura Hopper
(Obituary ~ 10/17/01)
Laura Ina Hopper, 84, of Commerce, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City, Mo.
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Rosie Johnson
(Obituary ~ 10/17/01)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Rosie Lee Johnson, 71, of Mounds died Friday, Oct. 12, 2001, at Fountain Care Facility in Marion, Ill. She was born Aug. 21, 1930, in Blytheville, Ark., daughter of Orange and Luella Neal Riggen. She married Raymond "Little Son" Johnson, who died in 1983...
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Darlene Haley
(Obituary ~ 10/17/01)
Darlene Haley, 19, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, in an automobile accident near Chaffee, Mo. She was born June 30, 1982, in Sikeston, Mo., daughter of Austin Eugene and Dorothy Ann Strickland Haley. Survivors include her parents of Sikeston; a brother, Eugene Haley of Cape Girardeau; five sisters, Tonya Strickland of Vandalia, Mo., Annette Strickland of Sikeston, Diana and Beverly Haley of Cape Girardeau, and Janice Haley of Metropolis, Ill...
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Harold Gerlach
(Obituary ~ 10/17/01)
Harold Gerlach of Cape Gir-ardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in Cape Girardeau.
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Golda Fadler
(Obituary ~ 10/17/01)
Golda H. Fadler, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 4, 1913, at St. Mary, Mo., daughter of Charles M. and Missouri Etta Conrad Fadler. Fadler had been a schoolteacher and was secretary to the president of Union Electric 30 years. She was a member of Whitewater Presbyterian Church...
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Edison Donley
(Obituary ~ 10/17/01)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Edison Donley, 68, of Advance died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 21, 1932, at Sturdivant, Mo., son of Ernest and Ella Elmore Donley. Donley was retired from Wal-Mart Corp. Survivors include a son, Tommy Donley of St. Louis; three brothers, Eugene Donley of Advance, Vernon and Sam Donley of St. Louis; two sisters, Ruth Garner and Lucille Donley of Advance...
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Dorothy Reid
(Obituary ~ 10/17/01)
Dorothy Reid, 90, died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, at Fountainbleau Nursing Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Chapel.
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Births 10/17/01
(Births ~ 10/17/01)
Littleton Son to Frank and Tina Littleton of Advance, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:03 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, 2001. Name, Aaron Nathaniel. Weight, 7 pounds 2 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Littleton is the daughter of Ben and Virginia Gardner of Sturdivant, Mo...
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Israel's tourism minister killed in shooting
(International News ~ 10/17/01)
Associated Press WriterJERUSALEM (AP) -- One or more gunmen, lurking in a hotel hallway, shot and killed an Israeli Cabinet minister Wednesday with three bullets to the head and neck. A radical Palestinian faction said it carried out the assassination to avenge the killing of its leader by Israel two months ago...
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Out of the past 10/17/01
(Out of the Past ~ 10/17/01)
10 years ago: Oct. 17, 1991 Students at Jefferson Community College in Hillsboro could obtain bachelor's degrees from Southeast Missouri State University without ever stepping foot on Cape Girardeau campus, under plan announced Wednesday; officials at Southeast say plan calls for university to offer upper-division courses in four academic areas at two-year college, and allow students there opportunity to earn bachelor's degrees...
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City may limit New Madrid parking to south side only
(Local News ~ 10/17/01)
City engineer Mark Lester admits the parking situation on New Madrid Street has left some drivers scratching their heads. While the widening project was being done, no-parking signs that stood sporadically up and down the street were taken down, leaving drivers -- primarily Southeast Missouri State University students -- wondering where they could park...
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