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Court won't review law requiring minute of silence in schools
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court rejected a challenge Monday to a state law requiring schoolchildren to observe a daily minute of silence. The court did not comment in turning down an appeal from opponents who claim Virginia's minute of silence is an unconstitutional government encouragement of classroom prayer in public schools...
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Trial set to begin in woman's suit against co-workers
(State News ~ 10/29/01)
BRANSON, Mo. -- When registered nurse Phyllis DeForrest knew it was time to have a colonoscopy, she went to those she could trust -- her co-workers at Skaggs Community Hospital in Branson. Now, those co-workers are defendants in a lawsuit after DeForrest says they humiliated her during the procedure...
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St. Louis-area police suspect two or more serial killers
(State News ~ 10/29/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Police in jurisdictions across the St. Louis metro area suspect that the deaths of at least 10 women are the work of two or more serial killers, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The bodies of 13 women have been found in the St. Louis area under similar circumstances during the past two years. Many were dumped along highways or left in vacant lots. Most of the women were drug addicts and prostitutes, some leaving children behind...
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How his garden grows - Eclectic farmer needs little space
(State News ~ 10/29/01)
LAMAR, Mo. -- Ernest Winslow contends he can grow all the string beans a family cares to eat. No great shakes, you might say. But can you grow them in a 14-inch-by-12-inch plastic foam container? Winslow says he can, and has. At age 67, Winslow loves to play with raising different flowers, fruits and vegetables in unique ways in addition to "normal" gardens...
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KC cop shoots man during call
(State News ~ 10/29/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City police officer fatally shot a man who pointed a gun at him during a foot chase Saturday, police said. The officer, whom police would not identify, was responding to a report of a man in dark clothes holding his ear to an apartment door in the city's Hospital Hill neighborhood, said police spokesman Steve Young...
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Artist fails in bid to hit moon with laser pointers
(State News ~ 10/29/01)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The goal Saturday night was to put a temporary red mark on the dark side of the first-quarter moon -- an artistic vision of Columbia resident James Downey. While participants, to no surprise, failed to paint the moon red with their hand-held laser pointers, the madcap venture did bring people together, which Downey said was one of his goals...
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State workers see rates soar for insurance
(State News ~ 10/29/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Since Jeanne Henry went to work for the state nearly 10 years ago, her nurse's salary has risen about 25 percent. Her health insurance has gone up 300 percent. But that seemingly large gap understates the actual difference. When Henry went to work at the Fulton State Hospital in 1992, she was paying health insurance premiums for herself, spouse and four children. The total: $89 a month...
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Bears stage major rally to knock off 49ers in OT
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/01)
CHICAGO -- Mike Brown picked off a pass intended for Terrell Owens in overtime and returned it 33 yards for the winning score Sunday as the Chicago Bears rallied from a 19-point deficit to upend the San Francisco 49ers 37-31. Rookie David Terrell caught two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, and fellow rookie Anthony Thomas rushed for another score and a key 2-point conversion as the Bears (5-1) won their fifth straight...
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Navy fires its football coach
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/01)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Charlie Weatherbie was fired as coach of Navy on Sunday after leading the Midshipmen to a bowl victory five years ago but winning just once in the last 18 games. Defensive coordinator Rick Lantz was appointed interim coach of the winless Midshipmen...
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DiMarco downs Duval in playoff
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/01)
PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. -- Chris DiMarco made a 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to tie David Duval, then won the Buick Challenge on the first playoff hole when Duval missed an 8-footer for par. Duval, the defending tournament champion, closed with a brilliant 9-under-par 63 on the Mountain View course at Callaway Gardens, walking off with a one-stroke lead...
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Burton finds sweet spot, prevails
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/01)
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Jeff Burton found the elusive sweet spot Sunday. The Roush Racing driver passed gambling Mike Wallace for the lead with 33 laps to go and went on to win the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway for the second consecutive year...
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Another CART title goes to de Ferran
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/01)
SURFERS PARADISE, Australia -- Gil de Ferran thought his career would take an upward turn when he signed on before last season to drive for Roger Penske. But the 33-year-old Brazilian never figured his fortunes would improve so dramatically after five years as just another contender on the CART circuit. Two seasons with the greatest open-wheel team in American history have resulted in two championships...
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Rams stumble to first defeat
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/01)
ST. LOUIS -- When the St. Louis Rams scored on a pair of trick plays early in the game, the New Orleans Saints seemed to be in trouble. Apparently, they were merely pacing themselves. New Orleans came back from an 18-point deficit with the help of four interceptions by Kurt Warner and beat the Rams 34-31 on John Carney's 27-yard field goal with 1 second left Sunday...
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Perfect squads take big tumble
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/01)
Time for a bonus round of "Who Plays for the National Title?" We all know only two teams can play in the Bowl Championship Series title game at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 3. And if more than two teams finish unbeaten, those left out will be quite perturbed...
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Big Unit puts Yanks in a big hole
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/01)
PHOENIX -- Randy Johnson shut down the New York Yankees with pitching that was close to perfect, and moved his Arizona Diamondbacks a game closer to their first World Series championship. Johnson picked up where Curt Schilling left off, overpowering the Yankees with a three-hitter for a 4-0 win Sunday night that gave Arizona a two games-to-none lead...
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One-stop centers offer workforce services
(Business ~ 10/29/01)
Larry Hightower is familiar with the former Division of Employment Security system in Missouri, which concentrated on a number of unemployment offices across the state. He's also familiar with the new workforce development program, restructured in 1998, coordinating several state programs within Missouri Career Centers across the state...
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Missouri city shares lowest homicide rate in nation last year
(State News ~ 10/29/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- St. Joseph shared the nation's lowest homicide rate last year while Columbia experienced an unusual spike in killings, newly released FBI statistics show. Crime fell for most of Missouri compared to five years ago. Only the Springfield metropolitan area's total crime rate exceeded figures from 1995, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Report issued last week said...
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Saudi charities deny money for terrorists
(International News ~ 10/29/01)
The Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt -- An organization of Islamic charities denied Sunday its members funnel money to terrorists, and urged the United States to give evidence to back up its suggestions they are doing so. "We dare anyone to prove that any Islamic charity organization is involved or has supported any (terrorist) body," said Hamid bin Ahmed al-Rifaei, head of the Saudi-based International Islamic Forum for Dialogue, an umbrella group of about 100 non-governmental Islamic and other charities from around the world.. ...
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Scientists find role of gene linked to rare hair-loss diseases
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
NEW YORK -- In a finding that may someday help scientists understand and treat ordinary baldness, researchers say they've identified a normal role for a gene that causes two rare hair-loss disorders when it's disabled. So far, even with the new work, there's no evidence of a direct link between the "hairless" gene and typical baldness. In fact, the new work doesn't even explain why the gene causes the rare hair-loss disorders when it malfunctions...
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Meteorite hunters scour Southwest for space rocks
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
PHOENIX -- The sunshine sparkling on his meteorite-encrusted wedding ring and Van Halen blaring from his car stereo, Bob Haag rolled into Portales, N.M., looking for space rocks. He had heard the news less than 24 hours earlier: Rare iron-rich stone meteorites had landed near the eastern New Mexico town. Armed with a pocket full of $100 bills and banking on another big score, the self-styled "long-haired hippy kid from Tucson" hit the road...
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Southern cities puzzle over top spot on crime list
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
Southern cities dominated the FBI's latest per capita crime rankings, with Tuscaloosa, Ala., tops in overall crime, and Pine Bluff, Ark., Greenville, N.C., and Jackson, Tenn., among the leaders in violent and property offenses. But does this mean Southerners should pack up and move to safer cities, or is it more of an image problem for Dixie chambers of commerce?...
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Miami mayoral race attracts diverse crowd
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
MIAMI -- Without a major crisis like the Elian Gonzalez custody dispute or a corruption scandal, this year's mayoral campaign has been a low-key affair. But it's not lacking in colorful characters. Voters on Nov. 6 will pick from an incumbent accused of throwing a tea canister at his wife and nine other challengers, including a former mayor unseated after a voter fraud scandal, two lawyers who represented Elian's Miami relatives and a member of the Florida Socialist Workers Party...
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Thousands attend WTC memorial
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
NEW YORK -- With the smoldering gray rubble of the World Trade Center a sorrowful backdrop, the families of people killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack gathered Sunday for a memorial service filled with prayer and song. Thousands of mourners, some holding photographs of their loved ones, rose from their plastic chairs as police officer Daniel Rodriguez opened the service with "The Star-Spangled Banner." Cardinal Edward Egan delivered the invocation, standing at a podium draped in black...
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Nation digest 10/29/01
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
Odyssey delays photo shoot of Red Planet PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has delayed its first photo shoot of the Red Planet until at least Tuesday after scientists decided to slow the spacecraft's entry into the atmosphere, a mission official said Sunday...
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'K-Pax,' 'Ghosts' put aliens, specters atop box office
(Entertainment ~ 10/29/01)
LOS ANGELES -- Aliens and ghosts dominated the box office this weekend as the mental-ward drama "K-Pax," starring Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey as a possible visitor from space, took in $17.5 million to debut as the No. 1 film. A close second was the Halloween horror remake "13 Ghosts," which grossed $15.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Last weekend's top film, "From Hell," slipped to third place with $6.1 million...
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Kline keeps roots in stage between films
(Entertainment ~ 10/29/01)
TORONTO -- Kevin Kline is that rarity among American actors: A classically trained artist who so loves live performance it's a wonder he comes off stage long enough to make a film. Yet for almost two decades, he's glided effortlessly between the theater and movies, way-out comedy and heavyweight drama, building a body of live and filmed work that would be the envy of peers in more theater-minded Britain...
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Philosophy society displays tools that built a nation
(Entertainment ~ 10/29/01)
PHILADELPHIA -- Early colonists needed more than just high ideals to build a government; they needed the practical instruments to create a nation. They needed the devices that could gauge the depths of ports, draw property boundaries and standardize money...
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Market offers new puzzle for investors
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
NEW YORK -- Third-quarter earnings season has created something of a paradox: an increase in profit warnings, yet decent rallies in the stock market. If you factor in the vast political and economic uncertainty following the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the spread of anthrax, it's even harder to imagine why anyone would want to buy on Wall Street...
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Israel starts pullback operation
(International News ~ 10/29/01)
BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Israeli forces began pulling out of two West Bank towns Sunday, despite an attack by Palestinian gunmen on a bus stop in the north of the country that killed four Israelis. The shooting attack in Hadera and a drive-by shooting earlier in the day that killed an Israeli soldier had thrown the pullback into question, with Israeli officials demanding a cease-fire before they would withdraw...
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Gunmen kill 16 at Christian church in Pakistan city
(International News ~ 10/29/01)
BEHAWALPUR, Pakistan -- Gunmen with "bags of guns and bullets" stormed into a Christian church in Pakistan during Sunday services and sprayed the congregation with gunfire, killing the minister and 15 others, police and survivors said. The attack -- the bloodiest in memory against the country's small Christian community -- took place during a Protestant service held at St. ...
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Ukraine pledges to compensate Israelis for crash
(International News ~ 10/29/01)
KIEV, Ukraine -- President Leonid Kuchma has promised that Ukraine will compensate the families of Israelis killed when a Ukrainian missile accidentally shot down a Russian passenger jet, officials said Sunday. The Sibir Airlines Tu-154 crashed into the Black Sea on Oct. 4 on its way from Israel to Novosibirsk, Russia, killing all 78 people aboard. Most of the passengers had recently emigrated from Russia to Israel...
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U.S. strikes kill 13 more civilians in Afghan capital
(International News ~ 10/29/01)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- American airstrikes meant to punish the Taliban spilled over Sunday into residential neighborhoods of the Afghan capital, killing 13 civilians -- the second time in as many days that missiles have accidentally hit homes and killed residents...
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Texas still hopeful of earning title shot
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/01)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- As Texas pulled away in the second half of its 35-16 victory over Missouri on Saturday, the Longhorns' focus was not entirely on the field. "When we got the game in hand, people starting talking on the sidelines about some of the other scores, which made us excited," said quarterback Chris Simms. "It turned out to be a big game for us to win."...
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Monster croc probably ate large dinosaurs
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
WASHINGTON -- Watchful and still, a monster crocodile waited in the waters of an African river for a large animal to lean over and drink. When the moment was right, the predator lashed out and grabbed the prey in his toothy jaws. The struggle was brief...
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Young women more likely abuse victims
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
WASHINGTON -- Women in their high-school years to their mid-20s are nearly three times as vulnerable to attack by a husband, boyfriend or former partner as those in other age groups, a Bureau of Justice Statistics study shows. But domestic violence victims between the ages of 35 and 49 are most likely to be killed, the Justice Department said Sunday, citing statistics from 1999...
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Births 10/29/01
(Births ~ 10/29/01)
Smith Son to Bradley Steven and Melissa Susan Smith of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:26 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22, 2001. Name, Dakota Steven. Weight, 6 pounds 12 ounces. First child. Mrs. Smith is the former Melissa Burlbaugh, daughter of Conrad Burlbaugh and Yvonne Burlbaugh of Scott City, Mo. Smith is the son of Steven Smith and Gaye Smith of Jackson, Mo. He is employed at Raben Tire...
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Out of the past 10/29/01
(Out of the Past ~ 10/29/01)
10 years ago: Oct. 29, 1991 City of Cape Girardeau next week will embark upon construction of $35 million flood-control project that's expected to reduce by 70 percent damages from 100-year flood; ground-breaking ceremony for Cape LaCroix Creek-Walker Branch flood-control project will be held Monday at intersection of Commercial Street and Bloomfield Road...
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Local crime stories go on Internet
(Local News ~ 10/29/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- As the result of a New Year's resolution and a love of writing, the story of Cape Girardeau County's major case squad is now available online and in the local library. Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle said at one time he imagined writing the story of the major case squad one day after he retired...
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Walkers prepare Center for Baptist convention by praying
(Local News ~ 10/29/01)
As crews tried to fasten a large, swinging projection screen to rafters 20 feet in the air, two college students sat with fingers intertwined, eyes closed and heads bowed. In the midst of noise of workers on the beams above calling to crews on the floor, Maeve Roach and Andy Callis, both juniors at Southeast Missouri State University, quietly prayed on a corner of the main stage at the Show Me Center...
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E-commerce a boost for economy in rural areas
(State News ~ 10/29/01)
KANSAS CITY -- A sagging rural Missouri economy that faces more and more hurdles in today's new business climate may find help in e-commerce. The idea caught the attention of economists at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank's Center for the Study of Rural America, which launched studies on how small outstate communities could gain greater access to the capital, infrastructure and technology needed in a global and instantaneous marketplace...
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FBI to issue new terrorism warning for this week, officials say
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI prepared a new terrorism warning Monday asking Americans and law enforcement to be on the highest alert for possible new attacks this week in the United States and abroad, government officials said...
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Stocks drop on profit-taking after market's big rally
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Investors, unsure that the market's month-long recovery will continue, cashed in their winnings Monday and sent stocks sharply lower. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 270 points. Analysts said they weren't alarmed by the decline, however, noting that stock prices have been moving higher for several weeks and were due for a sizeable pullback. ...
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Government posts $127 billion surplus for fiscal 2001
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The sour economy and tax rebates made for a smaller, $127 billion surplus for the 2001 budget year compared with the record bounty produced the year before, the Bush administration announced Monday...
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Bush announcing new terrorist-tracking rules
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush moved to tighten restrictions on foreign student visas Monday, part of an effort to bar the entry of immigrants who commit or support terrorism. Bush was directing top aides to study the foreign student visa system and develop recommendations for tighter controls, a White House official said...
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Rumsfeld says some al-Qaida leaders have been killed
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. military strikes in Afghanistan have killed some leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network but not the most senior ones, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday. He said three weeks of U.S. ...
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Anthrax spores found in Supreme Court, HHS buildings
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The threat of anthrax sent the Supreme Court justices packing off to an alternative courtroom on Monday and evidence of fresh contamination turned up at the State Department and at least two more government buildings...
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School shooter kills himself in his cell
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- An 18-year-old student who admitted wounding five people at his high school earlier this year committed suicide early Monday, hanging himself in his jail cell. Jason Hoffman was found dead in his cell at San Diego's Central Jail shortly before 1 a.m., Deputy District Attorney Dan Lamborn said...
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Afghan opposition talks of major offensive
(International News ~ 10/29/01)
Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Frustrated by weeks of U.S. bombing that have failed to budge Taliban front lines, Afghanistan's opposition forces plotted what they said Monday would be a major push on a vital Taliban-held northern stronghold...
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Search continues for mail, offices tainted by anthrax
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Health officials tried to reassure Americans Monday about the safety of the mail they receive at home as the anthrax threat spread to the Justice Department. A New Jersey postal worker became the latest confirmed case of inhalation anthrax...
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Buck Lineberry
(Obituary ~ 10/29/01)
C.E. "Buck" Lineberry, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2001, at his home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 22, 1917, at Dyer County, Tenn., son of Robert Odom and May Thomas Williams Lineberry. He and Frances Irene Gilliland were married Oct. 14, 1963, at Caruthersville, Mo...
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Virginia Karraker
(Obituary ~ 10/29/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Virginia V. Karraker, 82, of Cairo died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2001, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky. She was born April 26, 1919, in Dongola, Ill., daughter of Arthur Orely and Sadie Susan Sowers Karraker. Karraker was a registered nurse with the Southern Seven Health Department. She was a member of the Church of Christ, the Cairo Business and Professional Women's Club and the Illinois State Nurse's Association...
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Nicholas Schwach
(Obituary ~ 10/29/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Nicholas Henry Schwach Jr., 77, of Chaffee died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was the son of Nicholas Henry and Nellie White Schwach. He and Marlin Joyce Schoenher were married May 24, 1946, at Dutchtown, Mo...
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Veto said unlikely of federalizing bag handlers
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush's chief of staff suggested Sunday the president would sign a Senate-passed airline security bill even though he disagrees with a provision to make all airport baggage handlers federal employees. "I suspect he wouldn't want to have to sign it but he would. He wants airline security," White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card said...
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Eighth case of inhalation anthrax reported
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
WASHINGTON -- The Centers for Disease Control and prevention confirmed Sunday that a female New Jersey postal worker has inhalation anthrax, the most serious form of the disease that has claimed three lives and prompted thousands to take antibiotics...
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McCain urges more troops in Afghan war
(National News ~ 10/29/01)
WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain said Sunday that America must unleash "all the might of United States military power," including large numbers of ground troops, to prevail in Afghanistan. Bush administration officials said the Taliban is being weakened, but warned Americans must be prepared for a drawn-out conflict...
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Bioterrorism guidelines take effect on Thursday
(Local News ~ 10/29/01)
Years before anthrax in the mail became a national phobia, a man told his sister he was developing a bacteria to send in envelopes filled with razor blades. Other relatives said he had talked about killing family and friends. Police sent to the home of Thomas Leahy in Janesville, Wis., didn't find bacteria but did discover a castor-bean derivative called ricin, a white powder twice as deadly as cobra venom and with no known antidote. ...
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Cape fire report 10/29
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/29/01)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Oct. 29 Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:At 5:29 p.m., an alarm sounding at Myers Hall. At 6:11 p.m., a structural fire at Mutual Aid, 400 Crites. At 7:15 p.m., an emergency medical service at Rust and Minnesota...
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Cape police report 10/29/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/29/01)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Oct. 29 DWIEdward Johnson of Sikeston, Mo., was arrested Sunday for driving while intoxicated. A suspect was taken into custody Sunday pending formal charges for driving while intoxicated. ArrestsGene Allan Perkins, 29, of 149 S. West End was arrested Saturday on a warrant for contempt of court...
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Business personnel 10/29/01
(Business ~ 10/29/01)
McWaters joins Northwestern office Gary S. McWaters of Sikeston has joined the Dwayne C. Lorenz office in Sikeston as a financial representative of Northwestern Mutual. McWaters' appointment was announced recently by T. Ronald Hahs, district Northwestern director in Cape Girardeau...
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Business memo 10/29/01
(Business ~ 10/29/01)
Emerson to speak at Bootheel meeting U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will be guest speaker at the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission's 34th Annual Meeting, to be held at Becky Sharp's Restaurant in New Madrid Nov. 8. Registration for the dinner is 6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. and a business meeting at 8 p.m...
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Farmer's market providing funds for education
(Business ~ 10/29/01)
A two-month downtown farmer's market has raised $661 for a scholarship at Southeast Missouri State University. The Downtown Merchants Association Scholarhip Garden group sold fresh vegetables each Sunday afternoon from July 15 through Sept. 15. Sponsored in part by Rhea Optical Co., Chuck Ross, Bill Dunn and Megwyn Sanders volunteered labor and time in the growing, harvesting and selling of fresh produce. ...
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Two more strip malls close to completion
(Business ~ 10/29/01)
There are more than 45,000 shopping centers in the United States. Ninety-five percent are strip malls. Two of the newest strip malls are on North Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau, and in front of the Wal-Mart Supercenter, along Highway 61 at Jackson...
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Internet shouldn't serve as family drug store
(Editorial ~ 10/29/01)
Purchases of prescription drugs over the Internet are growing with the anthrax scare, and that isn't good for the nation's health. Web sites advertise the antibiotic Cipro -- and just about any other prescription drug a person wants. All the buyer must do is answer a few questions and provide a credit-card number to pay sometimes outlandish prices. Supposedly a doctor examines the information provided by the buyer and writes a prescription...
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'Pharmers' market - Biotech taking root
(Local News ~ 10/29/01)
In a greenhouse tucked away in Indianapolis flourishes corn being engineered to provide the active ingredients in gels that fight herpes and kill sperm. On 27 acres of Kentucky farmland grows tobacco that someday may actually help fight cancer. And in the tiny northern California farming town of Live Oak, rice laced with disease-fighting antibiotics usually found in mother's milk sprouts on a 10-acre paddy...
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Sports digest 10/29/01
(Other Sports ~ 10/29/01)
Ponder nets OVC newcomer honor Southeast Missouri State University junior wide receiver Willie Ponder was named Sunday as the Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week for football. Ponder, who leads the OVC in every receiving category, caught nine passes for 78 yards during Saturday's 41-21 loss at Tennessee Tech...
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Speak out 10/29/01
(Speak Out ~ 10/29/01)
Getting understanding WAR IN the 21st century is biological warfare and terrorism. We must work toward peace. George Bush did not understand this when he attended his first summit. I hope for our sakes he understands it now. Commonsense safety I HAVE a question for all the brave heroes who are criticizing the House of Representatives for closing early. If anthrax was found in your place of business, would you stay?...
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Businessman's River Campus gift says a lot
(Editorial ~ 10/29/01)
The vaulted ceiling with windows makes for a bright family room in this house at 1659 Lyndhurst in Cape Girardeau.Sikeston businessman Donald C. Bedell's generous donation to Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus project couldn't have come at a better time considering setbacks that have prevented the university from moving ahead as quickly as it would like with the project...
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What shall we hoard?
(Column ~ 10/29/01)
Hal Borland, my favorite nature writer, author of many books and former columnist for the New York Times, describes so well the hoarding instincts that touch all life at this season. One can just mentally see his squirrels digging little pantry holes in the ground to drop in an acorn, even patting the ground around as if putting on a lid or a sealer. Perhaps his footprint is meant to be a label, "Property of Squirrel No. 6."...
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