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Interest rate cut expected while firms face closures
(Column ~ 11/05/01)
The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates for a tenth time this year when policymakers meet Tuesday. The expected rate cuts comes as the United States and the world economy continues to deteriorate, especially after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
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Study shows botulism toxin can help treat cerebral palsy
(State News ~ 11/05/01)
CHICAGO -- A botulism toxin treatment sometimes used to smooth wrinkles in aging can also help improve toe-walking common in children with cerebral palsy, new research shows. Injections of the food-poisoning toxin cause muscle weakness and are becoming an increasingly popular but little publicized treatment for stiff muscles in cerebral palsy...
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Counterfeiters tried to steal Lincoln's body in 1876
(State News ~ 11/05/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Crowds clogged the muddy streets around the state Capitol as the dreary day receded into night. Liquor flowed freely, gamblers took bets and fights broke out at polling places. A black voter had even been knifed and killed amid the chaos of Nov. 7, 1876, the day of the tightest presidential election the country had ever seen. And Springfield was paying little attention to the spot two miles north where the nation's savior was buried...
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Man arrested at O'Hare with knives and stun gun
(State News ~ 11/05/01)
CHICAGO -- A 27-year-old Chicago man was questioned by authorities and released from custody early Sunday after he was allegedly found to be carrying seven knives and a stun gun as he was about to board a flight at O'Hare International Airport. Subash Gurung was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and attempting to board an aircraft with weapons after he was arrested just prior to boarding a United Airlines flight to Omaha, Neb., on Saturday night, said police spokesman Thomas Donegan. ...
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Group sues to bar team nickname
(State News ~ 11/05/01)
CHICAGO -- An American Indian group is suing to make one northern Illinois school district stop using "Redskins" as a team mascot. The Illinois Native American Bar Association filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the Huntley school system to remove the nickname in use since 1928. The Huntley School Board voted last April to retain the mascot for both its high school and middle school...
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Man charged after Lambert standoff
(State News ~ 11/05/01)
ST. LOUIS -- A gunman who held off police for eight hours at Lambert Airport was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and assaulting an officer. Eddie Booker, 50, never breached any of Lambert's security checkpoints, Lambert Airport spokesman Mike Donatt said. Police said they noticed him acting strangely near the baggage-claim area Friday afternoon...
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Worry about disease casts shadow over deer season
(State News ~ 11/05/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- With the fall firearms about to begin, state officials are assuring hunters that the deer herd -- and humans and cattle -- are safe from a disease that has been killing elk in Colorado this year. That doesn't mean the Missouri departments of agriculture and conservation aren't worried about the potential for an outbreak of chronic wasting disease, which was brought to the state by elk imported from Colorado...
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Livestock auction institutes DNA testing
(State News ~ 11/05/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Amid the usual rodeo competitions and horse shows at the American Royal, this year there's a new element: DNA testing. This year, the American Royal required the tests for all market animals. That means all 4-H and FFA hogs, lambs and steers were required to have their identity verified through DNA testing to be eligible for Saturday's youth livestock auction...
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Bees bed down for the winter
(State News ~ 11/05/01)
AURORA, Ill. -- "To tell you the truth," Scott Robillard says, "we could come out here stark naked right now and we'd probably be fine." Robillard doesn't bother with the jumpsuit over his work clothes, but he does don a hat and mesh veil to protect his face. Bees are attracted to dark places and he chooses not to tempt them with his ears...
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Flight crews take lessons in self-defense
(State News ~ 11/05/01)
NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Some airline workers are heading to a karate studio to get what they can't find in any flight crew handbook: instructions in taking down a knife-wielding terrorist. Seventeen flight attendants and pilots accepted a free offer from Sharkey's Karate Studio in Naperville this weekend to learn self-defense...
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Man charged with staging his wife's truck accident
(State News ~ 11/05/01)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- A man who said he bailed out of his pickup truck before a crash took his wife's life was charged with killing her and staging the accident, authorities said. Jeffry Kimmel, 43, was charged Friday, nearly three months after the Aug. 7 accident that was thought to have killed Mary Kimmel, 31. He told police his wife fell asleep at the wheel, lost control of the pickup and crashed into the guard rail as he bailed out...
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Sorenstam sets LPGA money record
(Professional Sports ~ 11/05/01)
HANNO, Japan -- Annika Sorenstam set an LPGA Tour money-winning record Sunday, making birdies on the final two holes to wrap up her eighth victory of the year at the Mizuno Classic. The first-prize money also clinched Sorenstam's fourth money title and virtually assured that she will end the season as the first player to win more than $2 million on the LPGA Tour...
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Sports digest 11/5/01
(Professional Sports ~ 11/05/01)
Allen fired as Kansas coach LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Terry Allen, the only coach in Kansas history to keep his job after four straight losing seasons, could not make it through a fifth. Vowing to raise the lowly Jayhawks to the top of the Big 12, athletic director Al Bohl announced Sunday that Allen had been dismissed, effective immediately. Defensive coordinator and secondary coach Tom Hayes will be in charge the final three games but has no guarantee beyond that...
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Lame-duck Nemecheck rolls
(Professional Sports ~ 11/05/01)
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. -- Lame-duck status may be the best motivation a driver can have. Joe Nemechek, leaving Andy Petree Racing at the end of the season because his car is losing its sponsor, won for the second time in his career Sunday with a dominating performance in the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 at North Carolina Speedway...
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Razorbacks, Rebels play marathon
(Professional Sports ~ 11/05/01)
OXFORD, Miss. -- For six overtimes, Arkansas and Mississippi matched plays and scores. Finally, in the seventh overtime -- the most ever in a Division I game -- the Razorbacks were 2 points better and the Rebels 2 yards short. Jermain Petty stopped Mississippi tight end Doug Zeigler 2 yards from the end zone on a 2-point conversion try Saturday night to give the Razorbacks a 58-56 victory...
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Records set in NYC Marathon
(Professional Sports ~ 11/05/01)
NEW YORK -- Tesfaye Jifar won the New York City Marathon in record time Sunday, pulling away from his lone challenger with three miles left. Jifar ran the 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 43 seconds to become the first Ethiopian to win the race. He broke the 12-year-old mark of 2:08:01 set by Tanzania's Juma Ikangaa...
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Afghan alliance's attack falters
(International News ~ 11/05/01)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- After four weeks of U.S. attacks, Afghanistan's ruling Taliban are no longer "functioning as a government," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday. But an opposition attack on a key northern city was reported faltering only hours after it was launched...
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Anniversary of U.S. Embassy siege shows shift in Iran
(International News ~ 11/05/01)
TEHRAN, Iran -- The script was the same as past years: Protesters chanting "Death to America" and burning flags outside the former U.S. Embassy to mark the anniversary of the day the compound was overrun in 1979. But amid this year's commemoration -- attended by about 5,000 people Sunday -- were hints the old formulas are no longer enough...
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Armed Pakistanis join Taliban fight
(International News ~ 11/05/01)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- At least 1,500 armed Pakistani tribesmen crossed into neighboring Afghanistan on Sunday to join the Taliban in what they called a holy war against the United States. Shouting "Death to America," bearded Pashtun tribesmen crowded into vans and the backs of pickup trucks, brandishing Kalashnikov rifles, rocket launchers and other weapons...
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Astronauts learn togetherness skills by roughing it
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
LANDER, Wyo. -- NASA astronauts are trained to cope with the isolation of a cramped space shuttle, the anxiety of takeoff and the stress of tinkering with equipment while hurtling through space. But the National Aeronautics and Space Administration also is looking at problems that can grow out of personality quirks, such as the way a colleague organizes personal gear in space...
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Cancer drug holds promise for heart disease
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
DALLAS -- A cancer drug has been shown to stimulate the growth of new blood vessels in oxygen-starved areas of the heart, offering a potential new treatment for people with clogged heart arteries. The new vessels redirect blood flow around the clogged arteries in an approach that is considered safer than bypass surgery or balloon angioplasty...
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Study suggests hormone leptin may have larger role in obesity
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
Treatment with leptin, a natural hormone that helps control body weight, could help many fat people slim down, even if they already have some in their bodies, a new study suggests. Leptin treatment has already helped people who completely lack the hormone because of a genetic mutation. But only a handful of people don't have any leptin at all naturally...
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Nation digest 11/5/
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
Disease unit vaccinates workers for smallpox ATLANTA -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has vaccinated some of its health workers against smallpox as a precaution in case they need to investigate a terrorist attack involving the deadly virus, a spokesman said Sunday...
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Florida Keys ordered evacuated
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
KEY WEST, Fla. -- The Florida Keys were ordered evacuated Sunday as meteorologists warned the chain of islands likely would be brushed by Hurricane Michelle. Rain spread into the state as the eye of the hurricane blasted down on the south coast of Cuba...
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Mayor hopefuls target blacks, undecided to win over voters
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
NEW YORK -- With two days to go before the election, Republican Michael Bloomberg tried Sunday to sway undecided voters while Democrat Mark Green worked to maintain his African-American base. Undecided voters constitute a remarkably high percentage with recent polls suggesting one in five voters were still making up their minds...
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Bus rolls over after scuffle between passenger, driver
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
PHOENIX -- A Greyhound passenger angry that he wasn't allowed to smoke scuffled with the driver while the bus was traveling 70 mph, causing it to crash. The wreck injured 33 people, one critically. No other vehicles were involved. Charles George of Phoenix, was taken into custody and charged with 37 counts of aggravated assault, said Steve Volden, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety. George, about 40, was unarmed, Volden said...
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'Ab Fab' returns to Comedy Central
(Entertainment ~ 11/05/01)
LONDON -- In the interim, Patsy has been promoted and Edina has gone even more bonkers. And as was true five years ago, Edina's daughter, Saffy, remains the sanest one of all. You guessed it, sweetie: "Absolutely Fabulous," one of the defining British comedy shows of the last decade, is back...
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After Sept. 11, TV faces dilemma over real life
(Entertainment ~ 11/05/01)
NEW YORK -- If fact is stranger than fiction (and considering what's happened since Sept. 11, just try to argue otherwise), then where does that leave television drama? What happens when real life is more shocking than anything TV would dare to dramatize or, if it did, than we would choose to watch?...
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'West Wing' and 'Sopranos' lead at delayed Emmys
(Entertainment ~ 11/05/01)
LOS ANGELES -- "The West Wing," which celebrates the inner workings of a fictional White House, dominated Sunday in an Emmy Awards ceremony twice postponed by the real-world terrorism drama. The telecast tried to walk a line between celebrating television and respecting the difficulties facing the nation. It opened with an image of the American flag, a rendition of "America the Beautiful" and a soothing address from Walter Cronkite...
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'West Wing' wins best drama award at delayed Emmys
(Entertainment ~ 11/05/01)
LOS ANGELES -- "The West Wing," which celebrates the inner workings of a fictional White House, dominated Sunday in an Emmy Awards ceremony twice postponed by the real-world terrorism drama. The NBC series captured best drama series and seven other awards...
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Egyptian offical- Bin Laden wages war against world
(International News ~ 11/05/01)
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Osama bin Laden is waging a war against the world and does not represent Arabs and Muslims, senior Arab officials said Sunday during a gathering of foreign ministers in the Syrian capital. "I think there is a war between him and the world," Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher told reporters before the meeting of Arab League foreign ministers...
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Aid worker turns 30 in Kabul
(International News ~ 11/05/01)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Dayna Curry celebrated her 30th birthday Sunday -- and marked her 93rd day in a jail in Afghanistan along with seven other foreigners accused of preaching Christianity in this devoutly Muslim country. Her mother, Nancy Cassell of Thompson's Station, Tenn. -- waiting in neighboring Pakistan -- said she had sent a package with a cake and candles for Curry that should arrive soon at the two-story prison where her daughter is held in the Afghan capital, Kabul...
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Car bomb linked to Irish dissidents
(International News ~ 11/05/01)
BIRMINGHAM, England -- A car bomb explosion in the central English city of Birmingham was probably the work of the outlawed anti-British group the Real IRA, police said Sunday. The device partially exploded in a busy area late Saturday but caused no serious injuries...
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Israelis pull out of Qalqilya
(International News ~ 11/05/01)
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israel began pulling out of a West Bank town early Monday, the military said, more than two weeks after invading six towns following the assassination of an Israeli Cabinet minister. The Israeli forces were withdrawing a few hundred yards to the edge of Palestinian-controlled territory in the town of Qalqilya and into Israel, the military said...
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Packers rally past Bucs
(Professional Sports ~ 11/05/01)
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre now has a 10-0 home record against the Tampa Bay after the Packers rallied for a 21-20 victory Sunday. Allen Rossum returned a punt 55 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with three minutes left. Ahman Green had a career-high 169 yards on 24 carries...
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Diamondbacks champions
(Professional Sports ~ 11/05/01)
PHOENIX -- The final World Series comeback belonged to the Arizona Diamondbacks, and it was the greatest of all. Luis Gonzalez hit an RBI single to cap a two-run rally off Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth inning, and Arizona stunned the New York Yankees 3-2 in Game 7 on Sunday night...
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Weir comes through in four-man playoff
(Professional Sports ~ 11/05/01)
HOUSTON -- Mike Weir is the PGA Tour's version of Mr. November. In a thrilling conclusion to the season, Weir won the Tour Championship on Sunday by making a 5-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole of a four-man playoff, giving him his first victory of the year...
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Robert Abernathy
(Obituary ~ 11/05/01)
CANALOU, Mo. -- Robert Lavern Abernathy, 77, of Canalou died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001, at Sikeston, Mo. He was born Oct. 4, 1924, at Searles, Tenn., son of Oscar Laverlie and Georgia Caroline Baker Abernathy. He and Frances Elizabeth Bishop were married Dec. 11, 1945, at New Madrid, Mo...
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Elsie Westbrook
(Obituary ~ 11/05/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Elsie Westbrook, 86, of St. Louis died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2001, at Delmar Gardens in Fenton, Mo. She was born June 28, 1915, at Advance, Mo., daughter of the late David and Bell Ward Green. She and the late Everet Plumb were married in 1929 at Allenville, Mo. She later married the late Elmer Westbrook in 1956 in Illinois...
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Alma Schrader honor rolls
(Honor Roll ~ 11/05/01)
Alma Schrader FIRST QUARTER A Honor Roll Fourth grade -- Rebecca Bliss, Anna Bowles, Alex Crawford, Michael Denmark, Chinazo Ehie, Corey Fowler, Amy Gann, Sam Gramling, Kollin Groves, Annette Hammond, Bobby Henson, Alexander Kantchev, Patrik Kozlovsky, Diane Langenfeld, Julie Langenfeld, Evan Lurker, Cory Mangels, Danielle Markhart, Curtis Mathson, Kaitlin McGrath, James Pickel, Miranda Rich, Jade Sanders, Susan Scott, Shawna Shockley, Ryasuke Takeshita, Ikuma Ueda, Glenn Volkerding, Eric Walter, Audrey Westrich, Jordan Whitener, Paige Yount.. ...
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Out of the past 11/5/01
(Out of the Past ~ 11/05/01)
10 years ago: Nov. 5, 1991 Larry H. Ferrell and Michael A. Price were sworn in as assistant U.S. attorneys during ceremony yesterday; presiding at hour-long ceremony and administering oats was U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh; Ferrell and Price will work out of U.S. attorney's office at 325 Broadway...
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Cape Place earning noisy reputation
(Local News ~ 11/05/01)
Some of the neighbors who live near the Cape Place Apartments at the corner of Sprigg and Bertling have taken to calling the complex by a different name -- Party Place. That's because they say that the noise that comes from the year-old apartments that cater to college students has become nearly intolerable...
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Laid-off workers find help, advice at WIB workshop
(Business ~ 11/05/01)
Sandra Estes wants to become a chef. Her daughter, Kristal Ward, is not sure what she faces. Michelle Lincoln wants to become a medical administrator. Everett and Norma James are still looking at their options. They are like thousands of Americans these days -- they have been laid off. Over the past six months, total employment has fallen by 1.2 million, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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Fall total, economy could be a boost
(Local News ~ 11/05/01)
A record enrollment this fall and a slumping economy could boost spring enrollment, Southeast Missouri State University officials say. Last spring, Southeast had 8,713 students enrolled, up 2 percent from the spring 1999 semester. Enrollment could be higher in spring 2002 than it was the previous year, officials said. Typically, spring enrollment lags behind fall enrollment because some students graduate in December and still others don't return to school...
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U.S. jets target Afghan cities, helicopters attack near Kabul
(International News ~ 11/05/01)
Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- B-52s hammered away at Taliban positions outside a town near the northern border with Tajikistan and along the Kabul front Monday in hopes of helping the opposition gain ground before the advent of winter...
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Man arrested at O'Hare with knives and stun gun
(State News ~ 11/05/01)
CHICAGO (AP) -- Seven security workers at O'Hare International Airport have been fired for letting a man who was carrying knives, a stun gun and Mace in his carry-on luggage pass through a security checkpoint. Subash Gurung, 27, of Chicago was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and attempting to board an aircraft with weapons after he was arrested just prior to boarding a United Airlines flight to Omaha, Neb., on Saturday night, said police spokesman Thomas Donegan. ...
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Anthrax found in Pentagon Post Office
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Two postal boxes at a U.S. Post Office inside the Pentagon have tested positive for anthrax, officials said Monday. One of the boxes was rented by an unidentified Navy service member and the other was unassigned...
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Community digest 11/4/01
(Community News ~ 11/05/01)
Rotary Club donates medical equipment On Oct. 22, Rotary Club 448 of Cape Girardeau joined with Rotary District 6060 and the International Rotary Foundation to purchase critically needed medical equipment for a hospital in Liberia, Africa. By committing $1,000 of its funds and securing matching grants from District 6060 and the Rotary Foundation, the Cape club was able to purchase five reconditioned surgical instrument sets. ...
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Authorities detain suspected al-Qaida operative in Middle East
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Intelligence agents in the Middle East have been questioning a suspected al-Qaida operative who was observed meeting last year in Malaysia with hijacker Khalid Almihdhar and other supporters of Osama bin Laden, officials said...
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5 dead in Cuba from Hurricane Michelle
(International News ~ 11/05/01)
Associated Press WriterHAVANA (AP) -- Hurricane Michelle whipped through Cuba overnight, killing at least five people, uprooting crops and knocking out power, authorities said Monday. The storm later weakened somewhat, brushing Florida with its outer winds and then hitting the Bahamas...
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Clinic unveils rapid test for anthrax exposure
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- One anthrax victim was released from a New Jersey hospital Monday, another mourned in the Bronx as the nation struggled to overcome an attack of bioterrorism. With 17 cases of the disease confirmed nationwide, officials at the Mayo Clinic unveiled a more rapid test for anthrax exposure and said it should help in the event of further threats...
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Bus rolls over after struggle between passenger and driver
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
Associated Press WriterCASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) -- A Greyhound bus passenger apparently frustrated that he couldn't smoke tried to wrest control of the steering wheel away from the driver, sending the bus careening out of control at 70 mph. The bus rolled over on a freeway, injuring 33 people, one critically...
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Speak Out A 11/05/01
(Speak Out ~ 11/05/01)
Time for promotion OVER TIME, "the country will find out that the strictest security is most needed at those places terrorists are most likely to hit, and that is where large numbers of people are concentrated," claimed a confident Southeast Missourian editorialist and one who must be privy to information not yet available to those at the top who are in charge of our nation's security. ...
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Otahkians finish regular season in style
(College Sports ~ 11/05/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's women's soccer team capped a perfect Ohio Valley Conference season in resounding fashion Sunday afternoon. Playing Murray State in their final regular-season game, the Otahkians rolled to a 4-0 victory in front of more than 300 fans at Houck Stadium...
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Indians' tailback reaches milestone
(College Sports ~ 11/05/01)
Curtis Cooper acknowledged that reaching the milestone in a loss made it something bittersweet. But he found it tough to hold back his smile Saturday night after becoming just the third player in Southeast Missouri State University football history to rush for 1,000 or more yards in a season...
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Scientists still disagree over why brain needs sleep
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
WASHINGTON -- When you're asleep, your mind uses dream time to process information for use when you're awake. Or not. New research papers from sleep scientists, featured in the November issue of Science magazine, reach opposite conclusions. Robert Stickgold, a professor at the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, produced research he believes provides compelling evidence that the mind works hard at night...
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Suspect detained in Mideast
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
WASHINGTON -- A suspected Al-Qaida operative observed meeting with hijacker Khalid Almihdhar in Malaysia in 2000 has been detained in the Middle East for questioning in connection with prior terrorist attacks, officials said Sunday. The man was being questioned by intelligence agents about his possible contact with the hijacker, his suspected involvement in the USS Cole bombing and a foiled plot to bomb a hotel in Jordan filled with Americans during the millennium celebrations, officials said...
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Little-known court to wield power in hunt for terrorists
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
WASHINGTON -- It meets for a few days each month in a windowless room in the Justice Department basement, a highly secretive court that can shape how the government spies on some U.S. residents. Already viewed warily by civil libertarians, the court will grow more powerful because of the tougher anti-terrorism laws President Bush signed into law last month...
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Bush optimistic on trade talks
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration thnks it can succeed where the Clinton administration failed in launching global trade talks. The administration is mindful that two years ago, the Clinton economic team also was optimistic about progress. That hope disappeared in a cloud of tear gas as thousands of anti-globalization protesters scored a huge victory when the negotiations collapsed in Seattle...
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Uncle Sam's search urgent for workers in emergencies
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
WASHINGTON -- At least one-third of the federal emergency workers mobilized on Sept. 11 reach retirement age in five years, and an anxious Uncle Sam wants you to consider a career replacing them. From college students to retirees, the government is using patriotism to appeal to Americans to fill depleting ranks of federal doctors, firefighters and structural engineers, among others...
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Prisoners turn to friends, families to get their weapons
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
WASHINGTON -- More gun-carrying criminals are turning to friends and family for their weapons rather than buying them at stores, gun shows or flea markets, the Justice Department reported Sunday. Nearly 40 percent of state prison inmates in 1997 who used or possessed a firearm during their crime got the weapon from a friend or relative, compared with 34 percent in 1991...
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U.S. special forces added to resupply opposition in winter
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military inserted more special forces into Afghanistan as top commanders said Sunday the Taliban government is weakening but still controls substantial troops that will take time to thin out and conquer. "We're setting in for the long haul," said Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
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Jackson permit status
(Local News ~ 11/05/01)
Following is the October permit status of new buildings, expansions and remodeling projects and the status of those projects in Jackson. Rodney Bollinger, Jackson Planning and Zoning superintendent, compiles this report monthly.New commercial buildings and remodeling...
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Cape fire report 11/5
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/05/01)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Nov. 5 Firefighters responded to the following calls on Saturday:At 4:43 p.m., an emergency medical service at 1105 Linden. At 4:48 p.m., an emergency medical service at 407 Morgan Oak. At 5:26 p.m., an illegal burn at 1122 N. Spanish...
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Advance man dies in traffic accident
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/05/01)
An Advance, Mo., man has become the 68th fatality reported by the Missouri State Highway Patrol at Poplar Bluff, Mo. James Green, 38, of Advance died Sunday afternoon from injuries received when his car failed to negotiate a turn and crossed the center line on Route O just east of Advance and struck another car nearly head-on...
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Wild about Harry
(Business ~ 11/05/01)
NEW YORK Harry Potter has yet to make his Hollywood debut, but the bookish boy wizard is already working a little magic for gloomy retailers across the country. Merchants including Toys R Us and Kmart say they have been pressed to keep up with demand for merchandise tied to "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," which hits theaters Nov. 16...
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More workers available for part-time holiday jobs this year
(Business ~ 11/05/01)
During the past couple of years, retailers have faced tight labor markets in efforts to lure prospective employees for the Christmas holiday period. This year, more workers are available for the many part-time positions. Retailers usually start revving up recruiting efforts in late September to obtain extra workers for November and December. ...
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State audits provide service to Missourians
(Editorial ~ 11/05/01)
Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill last month raised a couple of legitimate issues concerning spending by two state agencies. An audit of the Missouri State Water Patrol raised concerns about the agency's having too many boats and vehicles. And an audit of the Missouri Department of Transportation questioned annual "Roadeo" contests in which state road workers test their skills on big machinery...
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Tell us the basis of those terrorist alerts
(Editorial ~ 11/05/01)
An already uneasy American public was shaken even more last Monday when Attorney General John Ashcroft and the FBI announced the nation should be on alert for more terrorist attacks within the week. At a news conference, the government wouldn't say on what it based the need for the alert, only that it was issued on credible information. An alert issued on Oct. 11 was similarly vague...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda
(Local News ~ 11/05/01)
7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5 City Hall Public Hearing Hearing to consider proposed amendments to Section 65 of the City Code relating to the locations of churches and similar places of worship, including religious Sunday school buildings.Action Items Consider a motion approving the city administrator's recommendation for the appointment of Thomas Ludwig as city attorney...
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Stocks rally in anticipation of possible rate cut this week
(National News ~ 11/05/01)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Investors bet Monday that the Federal Reserve would lower interest rates again this week, and the anticipation sent stocks spurting higher. Wall Street was also focused on earnings from Cisco Systems due after the market closed. The tech bellwether's results are considered a key measure of the sector's overall health and prospects...
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