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Markets hold steady, but still need leadership
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
NEW YORK -- Wall Street still can't find the one key element needed for a solid recovery: a leader. Investors are doing what they did before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -- waiting for a market sector to emerge and guide stocks out of their malaise. Even as third-quarter earnings reports began in earnest this past week, no one group of stocks has shown the kind of strength, or forecast the type of stability, that can inspire a market turnaround...
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Yanks take control with dramatic win
(Professional Sports ~ 10/22/01)
NEW YORK -- In one of the grittiest, yet wildest, postseason games ever, Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New York Yankees a 3-1 victory over Seattle on Sunday night and move them a win from their fourth straight trip to the World Series...
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Cleveland finally notches a victory over Baltimore
(Professional Sports ~ 10/22/01)
CLEVELAND -- Tim Couch threw two quick touchdown passes in the third quarter as Cleveland beat Baltimore 24-14 Sunday. It was the Browns' first win over the Ravens since returning to the league. Cleveland's defense forced three turnovers, had seven sacks and dominated the Super Bowl champion Ravens (3-3), who are a shell of the team whose defense dominated the NFL last season...
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Few issues besides attacks will see action from Congress
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
WASHINGTON -- Unemployment benefits. Immigration restrictions. Diverting money from missile defense. These are among the Missouri delegation's priorities as Congress wraps up work for the year. While the issues vary widely, they share one unifying purpose: Responding to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
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Third case of inhaled anthrax found
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
WASHINGTON -- A District of Columbia postal worker is "gravely ill" from inhalation anthrax, a rare and lethal form of the disease, prompting the Postal Service to close two facilities and begin testing more than 2,200 workers for exposure. The man, who was not identified, is the third person in the nation to come down with the most serious form of the disease, where anthrax spores enter the respiratory system and lodge deep in the lungs. ...
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Quincy Jones' new book moves from jazz to pop
(Local News ~ 10/22/01)
LOS ANGELES -- Quincy Jones bristles at accusations he sold out when he moved from jazz to pop music. "People young and old try to minimize you by saying, 'Well, Quincy's strongest suit is that he's got a strong telephone book,'" said Jones, who in a half-century career has played, arranged and produced music with some of pop's biggest names...
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Grenades, new violence mark riots in Belfast
(Local News ~ 10/22/01)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Rival groups of Catholics and Protestants pelted each other with homemade grenades Sunday in Belfast, and one man was hospitalized with a gunshot wound, police and residents said. More than 100 Catholics and 50 Protestants had to be driven apart by police in full riot gear during the confrontation in the Limestone Road area of north Belfast -- a sectarian front line plagued by rioting in recent months...
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Bush, Putin progress on arms talks
(International News ~ 10/22/01)
SHANGHAI, China -- President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that terrorist attacks on America unified their nations like never before, raising hope for long-sought agreements on a U.S. missile defense system and cutting nuclear stockpiles...
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Central honor roll
(Local News ~ 10/22/01)
First-quarter honor roll A Honor Roll 12th grade -- Urme Nazneen Ali, Kerri Jo Bard, Trevor Charles Blattner, Lainie Jean Bohnsack, Amy Elizabeth Brookover, Caleb Jered Buis, Eric Anthony Busby, Kristina Amber Cagle, Ilene Elizabeth Davis, Nathan Barrett Foley, Ashley Nicole Foutch, Cassie Lynna Frazier, Jamie Yvette Gabriel, Twyla Joy Gautheir, Matthew Morgan Gile, Medina Khadija Glenn, Lila Varela Gois, Tammy Dawn Henson, Terra Lynn Herzberger, Cody Mark Hill, Sarah Beth Hyslop, Amber Dawn Jaco, Tasha Hande' Kelley, Sean Michael Kinney, Brain Klonoski, Rebecca Marie Komorech, Anja Genie Lechtenegger, Dane Courtney Lincoln, Eric William Lynch, Elizabeth Anna Martin, Michael Wade Mercer, Ashley Greer Michael, Lauren Michelle Naeger, Krista Kathleen Olson, Jocelyn Marie Omalley, Magen Lea Patrick, Christy Ann Phelps, Neil Allen Randol, Amy Janise Rauls, Sean Geoffrey Riches, Elizabeth Ann Robertson, Mesha Grace Russell, Lauren Marie Schaefer, Christine Lynn Schlosser, Holly Renee Schnurbusch, Amber Elaine Smith, Tara Dawn Smith, Jessica Ann Summary, Jon Mark Thompson, Jonathan Luke Vancleve, Anne Marie Voepel, Samantha Lynn Welker, Tyler David Wibbenmeyer, Mark Robert Wittenborn, Doris Marie Wolford.. ...
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Thousands hired, thousands turned away at job fair
(Business ~ 10/22/01)
As many as 10,000 people flocked to a New York City-sponsored job fair last week. Thousands were turned away after standing for hours in the cold at the Twin Towers Job Expo, held in Madison Square Garden. There was room for only about 2,000 people inside at a time, and Deputy Mayor Anthony Coles said the city would hold a second job fair this Thursday...
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Airbrushing brings man's art to new level
(Business ~ 10/22/01)
Lions, tigers and bears, scenic murals and people are among the subjects to A.J. Delancey's liking when he picks up his airbrushing equipment. Delancey, who honed his airbrush skills along the beaches of Florida, has brought his art talents to Cape Girardeau...
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Malls try to increase security without scaring off consumers
(Business ~ 10/22/01)
Urban Retail Properties Co. has doubled the number of security guards in some of its 63 shopping malls. Rouse Co. is adding patrols to back hallways and storage areas in its 61 shopping centers. And Simon Property Group, which operates the Mall of America, has increased its security staffing, restricted parking in certain areas and stepped up monitoring of delivery vehicles...
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Business memo 10/22/01
(Business ~ 10/22/01)
Schaefer Water Centers acquire WaterTalk Schaefer Water Centers recently purchased Roberts WaterTalk of Millstadt, Ill. Schaefer Water Centers, with headquarters in Perryville, Mo., was founded almost 50 years ago, has grown to a five-store operation in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois...
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Business personnel 10/22/01
(Business ~ 10/22/01)
IAAP presents 2001 executive award The Girardot Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP), recently announced its 2001 Executive of the Year Award. Dr. Rebecca Summary, the chairperson of the Department of Economics at Southeast Missouri State University, was the recipient of this year's honor. ...
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City could better coordinate its street work
(Editorial ~ 10/22/01)
The Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission expressed the concerns of a good many motorists when it sat down with the city council to discuss the timing and volume of city street projects that have forced temporary road closings, detours and traveling delays in recent weeks...
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Students at war deserve college tuition breaks
(Editorial ~ 10/22/01)
As they did during Desert Storm, Missouri public colleges and universities are doing their part to help students who are called to military duty in America's Enduring Freedom campaign. Every school in the state will refund tuition and suspend loan payments for students who are called to serve...
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Farm bill proposal sets off alarm bells
(Local News ~ 10/22/01)
WASHINGTON -- A Midwest senator's plan to overhaul agriculture policy by phasing out federal crop subsidies has set off alarm bells in the nation's cornbelt even as it wins praise from the Bush administration. Under the proposal by Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, the Senate Agriculture Committee's senior Republican, farmers would buy insurance to guard against drops in income, rather than rely on government handouts...
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Area teams ready for district tourneys
(High School Sports ~ 10/22/01)
Spikes, sets and serves will fill the air at local gyms as local high school volleyball teams begin the stretch run for a state title. District competition, the first hurdle, starts today and wraps up Tuesday. District champions advance to four-team sectional meets, which will be held Saturday...
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Coceres closes strong for second win of year
(Professional Sports ~ 10/22/01)
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- A downpour on the final hole only delayed the inevitable Sunday. Jose Coceres wasn't going to let Davis Love III or even some nasty weather spoil his first trip to Disney World and a special treat for his mother. The 38-year-old from Argentina pulled away from the pack with three straight birdies at the turn and never gave Love or anyone else much of a chance the rest of the way, closing with a 4-under 68 to win the National Car Rental Classic...
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Diamondbacks close out Braves
(Professional Sports ~ 10/22/01)
ATLANTA -- Randy Johnson won this one for himself and all the other Arizona old-timers who had never made it to a World Series before. The Diamondbacks reached the Series faster than any expansion team ever, doing it in only their fourth year of existence when Johnson pitched them past the Atlanta Braves 3-2 Sunday night in Game 5 of the NL championship series...
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Chick flick and Jack the Ripper top box office
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
LOS ANGELES -- It was an odd mix of kiss kiss, slash slash at the weekend box office as movie-goers split their attention between a 1960s chick flick and a tale of Victorian-era mass murder. Johnny Depp's Jack the Ripper thriller "From Hell" debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $11.3 million. "Riding in Cars With Boys," a tale of reluctant motherhood in the mid-1960s starring Drew Barrymore, opened a close second with $10.8 million...
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Heavier birds flying south are best migrators
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
As skies fill with millions of migrating birds, European scientists say the seasonal miracle appears to hinge on a seeming contradiction: The fatter the bird, the more efficiently it flies. The results of their study -- involving four birds that were captured as adults and trained to fly in a wind tunnel -- contradict a central theory of aerodynamics, which predicts that the power needed to fly increases sharply with load...
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Banishment becomes a prison substitute
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Some on prosecutor Kelly Burke's list of 62 criminals have served jail time. Many have not. But he proudly puts them all under one heading: "BANNED." Legalized exile is largely considered an anachronism, a pseudo-solution that merely makes one jurisdiction's convict somebody else's problem. Still, banishment persists in Georgia and Kentucky and possibly other states -- legal scholars don't keep track...
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Ranger killed in Pakistan crash 'wanted to be the best soldier'
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
HELENA, Mont. -- Pfc. Kristofor Stonesifer, one of two U.S. Army Rangers killed in the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter, quit ROTC last year because it wasn't tough enough for him. "All I really knew was, he wanted to be the best soldier in the U.S. Army, and the best soldiers in the Army are in the Ranger battalion," said Lt. Col. Jim Clegg, professor of military science and head of the ROTC program at the University of Montana, where Stonesifer went to school...
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A one-man-band view of British history
(Entertainment ~ 10/22/01)
LONDON -- Simon Schama apologizes. He's running late because he's "deeply" into filming the third installment of his "A History of Britain." The first six episodes of this dramatically idiosyncratic documentary debuted last October. Seven and one-half hours covered 3100 B.C. to 1558 A.D. The second installment airs on the History Channel, Oct. 29-Nov. 1 at 8 p.m...
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Israelis tighten grip on towns in widest operation in years
(International News ~ 10/22/01)
JERUSALEM -- Israeli tanks moved deeper into West Bank on Sunday, tightening their grip on biblical Bethlehem and five other towns in the widest operation against the Palestinians in years. Three Palestinians were killed Sunday, and the Palestinian Health Ministry said a teen-age boy wounded in fighting last month died of his wounds...
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Colder winter expected
(State News ~ 10/22/01)
T.J. Languell was born June 20, 1898. Now a resident of Chateau Girardeau, Languell is among a growing centenarian population. According to 2000 census information, more than 50,000 Americans are 100 years old or older.The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Old man winter is expected to bring below-average temperatures to Missouri and Kansas again during this coming season...
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Divisions are plenty in Missouri River fight
(State News ~ 10/22/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- To see how important the Missouri River is to its namesake state, check out the itinerary of Michael Wells. The chief of water resources for Missouri's Department of Natural Resources was in Helena, Mont., on Oct. 9, testifying at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' first public hearing about proposed changes to the flow of the river...
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Inmate sentenced for choking guard
(State News ~ 10/22/01)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- A man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for choking a St. Louis County Justice Center guard last year in an attempted escape. A judge ordered Dedric Rash, 29, to serve the sentence consecutive to a 50-year term he already is serving for an attempted abduction of a college student last year...
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New law lets inmate seek DNA testing in 1987 rape case
(State News ~ 10/22/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A man serving two consecutive life terms for the 1987 rape and robbery of a 73-year-old northern Missouri woman is hoping for exoneration through DNA evidence and a new Missouri law. The law allows inmates to have evidence tested for DNA if the technology wasn't available at the time of their trial...
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Two police officers shot in Kansas City
(State News ~ 10/22/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two Kansas City men were charged Sunday with shooting two off-duty police officers who were providing security near Halloween haunted houses, authorities said. One of the suspects, Joachim B. Jagetz, 22, was shot in the ankle in an exchange of gunfire Saturday night in the city's West Bottoms warehouse district, said Kansas City police Det. Jarrett Lanpher. The area was crowded with patrons who had lined up to enter the Halloween attractions...
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State police send help to Venice
(State News ~ 10/22/01)
VENICE, Ill. -- Illinois State Police have agreed to send a team of five officers to Venice to help fight crime on its streets. Last month, Venice Mayor Tyrone Echols asked state police to help the community after there were two fatal shootings earlier this year and an increased presence of prostitution and drug dealing...
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Student's Confederate flag will stay, MU officals say
(State News ~ 10/22/01)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Confederate flag in the window of a dorm room at the University of Missouri has drawn complaints from students, but school officials say there's not much they can do about it. "It's like somebody burning a cross in your yard. You don't take it too easily," said dorm resident Delea Durdin. "Nobody wants to come home and find something uncomfortable. I plan to live here all my years. ... I want to protect my home."...
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Torture trial continues without defendant
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
ATLANTA -- The defendant's chair will be empty at the Monday opening of a civil rights trial here accusing a former Bosnian-Serb soldier of torture and other atrocities in the former Yugoslavia. The defendant, Serbian-born Nikola Vuckovic, is accused of detaining and torturing Bosnian Muslims and Croats after the Bosnian-Serb takeover in 1992...
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Canidate powers Rams' romp
(Professional Sports ~ 10/22/01)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Trung Canidate quadrupled his rushing yardage for the season Sunday. The St. Louis Rams' confidence in him increased immeasurably. Canidate scored twice and accounted for 232 yards in his first start replacing the injured Marshall Faulk, helping the Rams remain the NFL's only unbeaten team with a 34-14 victory over the New York Jets...
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Computer takes center stage today
(Professional Sports ~ 10/22/01)
Let the computer chips fall where they may. The Bowl Championship Series standings officially start today to figure who's in and who's out of a national title game at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 3. But there were too many magic moments over the weekend...
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Earnhardt Jr. speeds to victory at Talladega
(Professional Sports ~ 10/22/01)
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. charged by Bobby Labonte on the last lap, leaving him and a 16-car wreck behind while racing to victory Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. The win in the EA Sports 500 was sweet validation for Earnhardt, whose July victory at Daytona was questioned because it came in the first race there since his father's fatal crash in the Daytona 500...
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Sports digest 10/22/01
(High School Sports ~ 10/22/01)
Whitney nominated for All-American Bowl Jackson High School running back Mario Whitney is one of 400 athletes to be nominated to play in the second annual U.S. Army All-American Bowl, a national high school football all-star game which will be played at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio, Texas...
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Learning process for Tribe
(College Sports ~ 10/22/01)
After one week of practice, Southeast Missouri State University men's basketball coach Gary Garner is pleased with the way his team is performing. "I really like this group of kids I have," he said. "They're practicing hard and they're practicing with a lot of enthusiasm."...
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Pep rally should never feature a human effigy
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/22/01)
To the editor: In response to Terry Canupp's letter, please don't apologize for this adult as I don't need to apologize to the Central High School cheerleaders. The cheerleaders and administration of Central High School brought this furor on themselves. ...
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Yemen port shut to stop extremists
(International News ~ 10/22/01)
SAN'A, Yemen -- Yemeni authorities partially shut down the busy port of Aden on Sunday to prevent Islamic extremists from heading for Afghanistan to fight against U.S.-led attacks, a security official said. He said the measure was meant to prevent ships from sailing to Saudi Arabia, Djibouti and Eritrea, where extremists could find means of reaching Afghanistan or neighboring Pakistan...
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Germ banks sell, trade or give away anthrax
(International News ~ 10/22/01)
MEXICO CITY -- Two germ banks tucked away in the smog and sprawl of the hemisphere's largest city stock dozens of petri dishes filled with anthrax, the bacteria that have sparked a worldwide panic. But there are no armed guards, no security cameras and no health officials tottering about in germ-proof space suits. In fact, these labs sell, swap or even give away the potentially deadly microbe to those with scientific credentials...
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U.S. opponents attack Coca-Cola plant in India
(International News ~ 10/22/01)
HYDERABAD, India -- Maoist guerillas protesting the U.S. strikes against Afghanistan attacked a Coca-Cola plant in southern India on Sunday, blasting dynamite and causing significant damage to the facility. Elsewhere around the world, protests against the American military campaign were more peaceful, with demonstrators filling streets and crowding mosques. Thousands turned out in Spain, Thailand, Indonesia and other countries...
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U.S. jets hit Taliban front line, supporting Afghan opposition
(International News ~ 10/22/01)
QALAI DASHT, Afghanistan -- U.S. warplanes bombarded Taliban positions Sunday near a front line north of the capital, Kabul, marking what could be the start of a more aggressive campaign on behalf of opposition forces fighting the Islamic regime. In Kabul, meanwhile, grieving neighbors pulled dust-covered bodies of seven civilians -- three women and four children -- from the ruins of two homes destroyed Sunday by a U.S. bomb. "This pilot was like he was blind!" sobbed one neighbor...
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Cape police report 10/22/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/22/01)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Oct. 22 ArrestsRussell P. Moyers, 40, of 1013 Elm was arrested Sunday on a warrant of commitment. TheftEarrings were reported stolen Saturday from Fred's at 121 S. Sprigg. Beer was reported stolen Sunday from Schnucks at 19 S. Kingshighway...
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Fire report 10/22/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/22/01)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Oct. 22 On Saturday, firefighters responded to the following calls:At 3:54 p.m., a fire alarm at 121 S. Main. At 8:25 p.m., a fire alarm at Greek Housing. At 8:26 p.m., an emergency medical service/motor vehicle accident at 820 William...
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BA Concorde takes off on first full trans-Atlantic test flight
(International News ~ 10/22/01)
LONDON (AP) -- A British Airways Concorde took off Monday morning for New York on the supersonic jet's first trans-Atlantic flight since service was suspended last year after a crash killed 113 people near Paris. The flight left Heathrow Airport Monday morning after a short delay caused by fog. One hundred passengers were aboard, all of them BA employees, for a flight expected to take three hours and 20 minutes...
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Trade panel rules steel imports harming U.S. industry
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON -- Much of the beleaguered American steel industry has been significantly harmed by cheap foreign imports, a U.S. trade panel ruled Monday, taking a first step toward protective barriers that would make most steel costlier for American consumers...
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Federal Government funding cleanup of tabloid office
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
Associated Press WriterBOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) -- The federal government will pay to clean up a tabloid publisher's headquarters as the Environmental Protection Agency began testing the extent of anthrax contamination in the building, EPA officials said Monday...
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Second D.C. postal worker has inhalation anthrax
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Two Washington-area postal workers have been diagnosed with inhalation anthrax and two more employees at the same facility have died of symptoms consistent with the disease, officials said Monday as the nation grappled with an unprecedented bioterrorism threat...
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U.S. jets press attacks on Taliban positions near front lines
(International News ~ 10/22/01)
Associated Press WriterBAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. jets pounded Taliban positions Monday near front lines outside the Afghan capital and a key northern city, the Taliban said. The attacks appeared aimed at helping Afghan opposition forces advance on major cities...
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Emerson Electric announces 4,000 layoffs, 20 plant closings
(State News ~ 10/22/01)
Associated Press WriterST. LOUIS (AP) -- Emerson Electric Co. will cut 4,000 jobs and close about 20 of its 350 plants worldwide because of a decrease in customer demand and a downturn in the economy partly due to last month's terrorist attacks, the St. Louis-based company announced Monday...
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Sinn Fein leaders urge IRA to disarm
(International News ~ 10/22/01)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- Leaders of the Sinn Fein party urged their allies in the Irish Republican Army on Monday to begin disarming to save the peace process in Northern Ireland. Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams said he and his deputy, Martin McGuinness, had both urged the step...
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More than 350 drown when ship sinks off Indonesia
(International News ~ 10/22/01)
GENEVA (AP) -- More than 350 people -- most of them Iraqis -- drowned when their boat sank off the coast of Indonesia, the International Organization for Migration said Monday. The organization said it was looking after 44 survivors who were rescued from the sea on Saturday, a day after the boat went down of the island of Java...
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Index of leading indicators drops 0.5 percent
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- A key gauge of future U.S. economic activity declined 0.5 percent last month, as the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks weakened an already troubled economy. The New York-based Conference Board said Monday its Index of Leading Economic Indicators fell to 109.2 in September, following a revised 0.1 drop in August...
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Taliban claim U.S., British planes hit hospital in Herat
(International News ~ 10/22/01)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The Taliban claimed Monday that U.S. and British planes struck a hospital in the western Afghan city of Herat, killing more than 100 people. Britain denied its planes took part in any raid against Herat. The claim was made by the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef, who said the dead included patients and hospital staff. He gave no further details...
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Pakistan police arrest scores of activists in anti-U.S. rally
(International News ~ 10/22/01)
Associated Press WriterISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Police moved Monday to block a major anti-U.S. protest, barring travel by the head of Pakistan's largest Islamic party and arresting scores of militants, police and activists said. Angry after police stopped him at the Lahore airport from boarding a flight to the site of the protest, Qazi Hussain Ahmed of the Jamaat-e-Islam party told reporters that "the days of this government are numbered."...
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Three strangers feed masses at WTC ruins
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
NEW YORK -- They made their way to Manhattan to volunteer -- the chef from Key West, Fla., the trucker from Los Angeles, the charity director from Providence, R.I. Strangers until they met near the rubble, the three now make up a tight-knit team in several green and blue tents dubbed Ground Zero Food Services...
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U.S. planes drop 68,000 rations over Afghanistan
(Local News ~ 10/22/01)
BERLIN -- Four American cargo jets dropped more than 68,000 packets of food over northern Afghanistan overnight in the ongoing U.S. effort to help civilians while attacking military targets, an Air Force spokesman said Sunday. The latest mission by the C-17 planes brought the total of rations dropped to some 643,000 since the start of the operation, which coincided with the start of U.S. airstrikes, said Maj. Scott Vadnais, a spokesman for U.S. Air Force Europe at Ramstein Air Base in Germany...
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Speak Out A 10/22/01
(Speak Out ~ 10/22/01)
Immature adults IN REGARD to "Brains and brawn": I have to say my piece. I am a former area student. Adults who argue over whether Jackson or Cape Girardeau is stronger or smarter just add fuel to the fire between the students. Most of the students are more mature to one another. ...
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June Narrow
(Obituary ~ 10/22/01)
June C. Moser Narrow fell asleep in Jesus Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001. Narrow was the beloved wife of the late Robert C. Narrow. She was the dear mother of Steven and Jeffrey; mother-in-law of Jane and Betty; grandmother of Megan, Timothy, Robert, Courtney and Arthur; sister of Lois Moser, Betty Grieshaber and Art Moser; sister-in-law, aunt, cousin and friend...
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Samantha Gadberry
(Obituary ~ 10/22/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Samantha (Sammie) Faye Gadberry, 15, of Chaffee died Sunday morning, Oct. 21, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Gir-ardeau. Sammie was born on Dec. 22, 1985, in Cape Gir-ardeau, the cherished daughter of Rick and Cindy (Sheeley) Gadberry...
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Alpha Hedge
(Obituary ~ 10/22/01)
CRUMP, Mo. -- Alpha I. Hedge, age 101, passed away Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call today between 4-8 p.m. at the McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral service will be Tuesday at 1 p.m., at the funeral home, followed by interment in Russell Heights Cemetery. Rev. Joe Allen will officiate...
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Beatrice Langdon
(Obituary ~ 10/22/01)
Beatrice Langdon, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 5, 1909, at St. Joseph, Mo., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Calvert. She and Vernon Langdon were married Nov. 1, 1937, at Amity, Mo...
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Elmina Beardsley
(Obituary ~ 10/22/01)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Elmina J. Beardsley, 87, of Farmington and formerly Marble Hill, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001, at the Community Manor in Farmington. She was born Jan. 1, 1914, at Matthews, Mo., daughter of John and Josephine Johnson Shell. She and Lee O. Beardsley were married Oct. 17, 1931. He died Aug. 23, 1988...
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Maurice Beardslee
(Obituary ~ 10/22/01)
BENTON, Mo. -- Maurice Beardslee, 86, of Benton died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City, Mo.
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Glenda Frissell
(Obituary ~ 10/22/01)
Glenda Paige Frissell, 53, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001, at her home. She was born Nov. 6, 1947, at Deventer, Mo., daughter of George and Flossie Smith Hutson. She and Lonnie A. Frissell were married April 2, 1967, at Cape Girardeau. He died March 23, 1998...
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Tuter Mayberry
(Obituary ~ 10/22/01)
COMMERCE, Mo. -- Riley "Tuter" Mayberry of Commerce died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City, Mo.
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Hugh Gatewood
(Obituary ~ 10/22/01)
Hugh R. Gatewood, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 2, 1909, at Sentinel, Okla., son of Charles and Roxie Reed Gatewood. He and Blanche E. Rendla were married Dec. 31, 1933, at Perry, Okla. She died May 5, 2000...
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Patricia Frick
(Obituary ~ 10/22/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Patricia Joan Frick, 70, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001, at her home in Anna. She was born Aug. 22, 1931 at Balcomb, Ill., daughter of Everett and Mamie Murphy Vaughn. She and Roy Frick were married Sept. 24, 1960, at Anna. Frick was employed by International Shoe and Florsheim Shoe for several years and by Wal-Mart 22 years. She was a member of First Christian Church in Anna...
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Lillie Webb
(Obituary ~ 10/22/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Lillie Subulla Webb, 86, of Scott City died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Aug. 6, 1915, at Butler County, Mo., daughter of James Monroe and Lillie Drucilla Saylors Barriner. She and Harry Lee Webb were married Oct. 6, 1934, at Poplar Bluff, Mo. He died Nov. 7, 1983...
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Out of the past 10/22/01
(Out of the Past ~ 10/22/01)
10 years ago: Oct. 22, 1991 Since Cape Girardeau Federal Building now has full-time U.S. magistrate, full security screening of people entering building has been implemented; screening has been used occasionally in building during some criminal trials, but now it is every-day occurrence; anyone entering building, must use front door and must pass through metal detector; also, all bags are searched...
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Turn of the century mark - More Americans are living to be 100
(Local News ~ 10/22/01)
T.J. Languell doesn't know why he's lived so long. But the 103-year-old Cape Girardeau man suspects hard work may have something to do with it. He grew up in Ripley County and spent his working life drilling oil wells and constructing pipelines. "When I was growing up, everything was done by hand and there was nothing soft about that," he said...
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Murder trial for Scott City man begins today
(State News ~ 10/22/01)
WAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- A murder trial begins today for a Scott City, Mo., man charged with killing his cousin's 57-year-old lover. The first degree murder trial of Gary Wayne Biggs, 36, was moved to Pulaski County on a change of venue request. Jury selection begins this morning, followed by opening arguments...
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Berlin vote big victory for Schroeder's party
(International News ~ 10/22/01)
BERLIN -- Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's party made strong gains Sunday in Berlin as voters confirmed their support for the capital's first openly gay mayor and lifted the former East German communists within reach of power in the reunited city for the first time...
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Study - Widespread political help goes to private prisons
(National News ~ 10/22/01)
WASHINGTON -- Politicians have invested heavily in private prisons, but their communities are not necessarily seeing an economic payoff, a new report shows. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington-based research center, is urging leaders to end subsidies for prisons...
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Trail of Tears lesson shows city kids about life in the country
(Local News ~ 10/22/01)
Children in Chicago are used to seeing the kind of Cubs that wear batting gloves and run around an infield, not the kind that have fur coats and scurry around the forest. So when a group of students from Chicago got to see the pelt of a fox cub Sunday afternoon, some of them, like 14-year-old Carolyn Quinn, didn't quite know what to think of it...
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