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Tigers' soccer season ends in 4 OT
(High School Sports ~ 11/07/01)
ST. LOUIS -- The string of playoff frustrations for Cape Girardeau Central High School's boys soccer team continued Tuesday -- but only by the slimmest of margins. DeSmet's Mark Taylor blasted a rocket of a shot from about 30 yards past Central goalkeeper Trevor Blattner with just 12 seconds left in the fourth overtime as the Spartans prevailed 1-0 in a Class 4A Sectional game at the Anheuser-Busch Conference & Sports Centre...
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FBI - Threat to West Coast bridges wasn't credible
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- The FBI concluded Tuesday that the raw intelligence behind last week's warning that terrorists might attack West Coast bridges was not credible. Nonetheless, the FBI wants law enforcement to remain on high alert and guard against possible terrorist activities in the United States and abroad, officials said...
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Worst of anthrax episode may be over, official says
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- Eight days after the last anthrax diagnosis, a top federal health official said Tuesday the worst may be over. "For this episode, we're out of the woods," said Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health. But another attack, perhaps by some means other than the mail, can't be ruled out. And it's possible, although unlikely, that next month when thousands of people end their preventive antibiotics, a case or two might still pop up...
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Key interest rate at lowest level in 40 years
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve dropped a key interest rate to its lowest level in 40 years as it battled to prevent the "heightened uncertainty" following the terrorist attacks from sending the country into a deep recession. The Fed on Tuesday slashed its federal funds rate, the key benchmark for overnight loans, by a half-point to 2 percent and signaled that it was prepared to continue cutting if conditions deteriorate further...
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Court urged to give police more power to search
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- Police should be given wider authority to search convicts' homes, the Bush administration argued Tuesday in a case that presented the Supreme Court with its first broad civil liberties question since Sept. 11. At issue is Americans' right to privacy in their homes -- without unreasonable searches -- even if they are on parole or probation...
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Bush warns bin Laden seeking 'evil weapons'
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush warned that Osama bin Laden is seeking chemical, biological and nuclear weapons to pursue "mad global ambitions." To stop him, America needs "more than sympathy or words" from its allies, the president said Tuesday. "This is an evil man that we're dealing with, and I wouldn't put it past him to develop evil weapons to try to harm civilization as we know it," Bush said after an Oval Office meeting with French President Jacques Chirac...
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Wartime propaganda ranges from bald lies to only bits of truth
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- The Taliban say 95 American soldiers have been killed since the United States started military action inside Afghanistan. The U.S. says three soldiers have died, none in combat. The Taliban say they have shot down at least two U.S. helicopters. The Pentagon says there have been three helicopter accidents, two caused by bad weather...
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Half of states agree to Microsoft deal
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- Half the 18 states that sued Microsoft have agreed with the Justice Department to settle the landmark monopoly case, leaving a judge to decide how to resolve the antitrust suit against the American software giant. The agreement places the nine states and the federal government in a position to end their historic litigation against Microsoft, and the rest of the parties to argue what sanctions the court should impose on the company...
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Ashcroft reverses Reno order on assisted-suicide doctors
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General John Ashcroft directed federal drug agents to take action against doctors who help terminally ill patients die, a move aimed at undercutting Oregon's assisted-suicide law. The decision, outlined in a letter sent Tuesday to Drug Enforcement Administration chief Asa Hutchinson, allows the revocation of drug prescription licenses of doctors who participate in an assisted suicide using a federally controlled substance. ...
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MLB pulls plug on two teams
(Professional Sports ~ 11/07/01)
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Without pinpointing which ones, baseball owners voted Tuesday to eliminate two teams before the start of next season. They also said they wouldn't lock out players when the labor contract expires this week. The Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins and Florida Marlins recently have been mentioned as the likeliest candidates, while Oakland and Tampa Bay were discussed earlier this year...
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Senate kills collective bargaining bill
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate killed a Democratic-led effort Tuesday to let tens of thousands of firefighters, police and emergency workers across the country bargain collectively. By a mostly party-line 56-44 vote, supporters fell just short of the 60 votes they needed to halt GOP delaying tactics aimed at killing the collective bargaining proposal...
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House Speaker Pro Tem comes to Southeast
(Local News ~ 11/07/01)
Mark Abel, speaker pro tem of the Missouri House of Representatives, will speak to the College Democrats of Southeast Missouri State University at 7 p.m. Thursday in the University Center ballroom. The Democrat of Festus, Mo., will speak about the last legislative session, the special session, and about the prescription drug bill he sponsored. He will also take questions from the audience...
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Jackson puts 10-0 mark on the line
(High School Sports ~ 11/07/01)
Rockwood Summit has been in this underdog situation before. Last time the Falcons won a district championship. This time, the task will be more challenging as the Falcons (5-5) travel to Jackson Stadium tonight for a 7 p.m. Class 5A sectional game against the Indians (10-0)...
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Charleston, Portageville to meet in 2A Sectional
(High School Sports ~ 11/07/01)
Charleston High School football coach Brent Anderson likes the way his team is performing entering the playoffs but he knows they're in for a rugged challenge tonight. The Blue Jays (8-2) visit Portageville (7-2) for a 7 p.m. Class 2A sectional contest. The winner advances to Monday's quarterfinal round...
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Sunset area seeks historical protection
(Editorial ~ 11/07/01)
The residents of the Sunset area of Cape Girardeau -- bounded by Caruthers Avenue, Broadway, West End Boulevard and Independence Street -- are examples of what makes this city such a wonderful place to live. Curtis Prichard and some of his neighbors don't like what they see happening to their neighborhood and its homes, ranging from Victorian houses to pre-World War II bungalows. Some of the larger houses have been divided into apartments, and some aren't being maintained...
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Major case squad has enviable record
(Editorial ~ 11/07/01)
The titles read like cheap paperback mysteries: "The Case of the Spent Shell Casings" and "The Case of the Final Deep Sleep." But the stories aren't fiction, and the author knows his subjects well. It's the "History of the Major Case Squad," written by Morley Swingle, Cape Girardeau County's prosecuting attorney...
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Neglecting gutters, downspouts can damage building foundation
(Community ~ 11/07/01)
It will never cease to amaze us how difficult it has been to get the word out about how important it is to keep water away from a home's foundation. Take gutters and downspouts for example. There's no better way than using these to collect roof water and prevent it from dropping onto the ground next to the foundation. Believe it or not, in some places local codes don't require gutters or downspouts. Fortunately, for some, surface-water management is taken very seriously...
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Flea market finds
(Community ~ 11/07/01)
A change of seasons can't stop collectors who frequent flea markets. The hunt for treasures might move inside to warehouses, thrift shops, malls or auction houses, but the search goes on. Shoppers never know what they'll find at tag sales or shows,...
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Perry schools tax-levy hike receives 61.6 percent of vote
(Local News ~ 11/07/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Perryville Elementary School students jumped up and down, waved their arms and shouted for joy when they learned a 50-cent tax-levy increase passed Tuesday, allowing them to preserve extracurricular activities in the school district from financial elimination...
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Cape police report 11/07/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/07/01)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Nov. 7 ArrestsSam Isaac Booker, 27, of 1135 South Pacific was arrested Monday for assault. Adolphus William Ridell, 27, of 203 Franks Lane was arrested Monday for assault. Evan Devonne Johnson, 18, of 908 South Sprigg was arrested Tuesday for failure to appear...
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Cape fire report 11/7/01
(Local News ~ 11/07/01)
Fire Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Nov. 7 On Monday, firefighters responded to the following calls: At 4 p.m., emergency medical service at 555 N. Sprigg. At 4:59 p.m., alarm sounding at 1620 N. Kingshighway. At 10:09 p.m., emergency medical service at 510 Vincent Park...
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Sharks prey on Blues 4-1
(Professional Sports ~ 11/07/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Evgeni Nabokov made 31 saves as the San Jose Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 for their fifth straight victory Tuesday night. Mike Ricci, Mark Smith, Vincent Damphousse and Scott Thornton got a goal apiece for the Sharks, who have outscored opponents 20-7 during the streak. The first four games were against lower-rung competition, but the Blues made it to the Western Conference finals last spring, knocking off the Sharks in the first round of the playoffs...
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Rangers' Rodriguez catches his 10th straight Gold Glove
(Professional Sports ~ 11/07/01)
Texas Rangers catcher Ivan Rodriguez won his 10th straight Gold Glove award Tuesday, tying his idol Johnny Bench for the most by a catcher. "I can see him winning 12, 13, maybe as many as 14," said Bench, the former Cincinnati star and Hall of Famer. "I don't see why he would stop. He wants to be behind the plate. He thrives on it."...
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Rush among AP preseason All-Americans
(Professional Sports ~ 11/07/01)
Jason Williams, who led Duke to the national championship last season, was a unanimous selection Tuesday to The Associated Press preseason All-America team, the first player on every ballot since 1996. The junior guard was joined on the team by Stanford's Casey Jacobsen, like Williams a returning first-team All-American; Missouri's Kareem Rush; Frank Williams of Illinois; and Kentucky's Tayshaun Prince, the lone senior selected...
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Despite displays, strength of opposition army in doubt
(International News ~ 11/07/01)
DAHAN-I-MAIDAN, Afghanistan -- Sitting behind sandbags on a rooftop just yards from the Taliban, a front-line opposition commander complains that his men haven't received their salaries in six months. A young fighter says he can see the Taliban bring in reinforcements to the front "but our guns can't reach them."...
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Car bomb hurts 95 during rush hour
(International News ~ 11/07/01)
MADRID, Spain -- A car bomb rocked a busy Madrid area during morning rush hour Tuesday, injuring 95 people, authorities said. Within an hour, police arrested a man and a woman suspected of setting off the explosion for the Basque separatist group ETA...
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Israeli troops begin to pull out of West Bank town
(International News ~ 11/07/01)
JERUSALEM -- Israeli tanks and troops began pulling back from the West Bank town of Ramallah early today, the Israeli military and Palestinians said, continuing a staged withdrawal from six towns Israel took over after militants assassinated an Israeli Cabinet minister...
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Serve beef stew in winter squash
(Community ~ 11/07/01)
Beef stew served in baked winter squash is a cook's dream, simple and savory and adaptable for a variety of occasions. For diners, it's a colorful visual treat, too, before the first mouthful is even tasted. Acorn squash, shaped like an acorn with a dark green ribbed skin and orange flesh, works well for this recipe. In general, smaller squash make great individual soup bowls, while larger squash make perfect tureens...
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Dems win two races for governor
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
Democrat Mark Green battled Republican Michael Bloomberg in a cliffhanger race Tuesday for mayor of New York City, still reeling from the Sept. 11 terror attack. Democrats captured governorships in Virginia and New Jersey, breaking eight years of GOP control in each state...
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Nation digest 11/07/01
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
Ex-LA mayor enters race for California governor LOS ANGELES -- Former Mayor Richard Riordan entered the governor's race Tuesday, joining the field of Republicans seeking the nomination to unseat Democrat Gray Davis. "I'm running for governor for a very simple reason -- I love California," Riordan, 71, said at rally after being introduced by Arnold Schwarz-enegger...
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Philly patient fifth to get artificial heart
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
PHILADELPHIA -- A patient in Philadelphia has become the world's fifth recipient of a self-contained artificial heart. Dr. Louis E. Samuels performed the operation Monday at MCP Hahnemann Hospital and said the plastic-and-titanium AbioCor heart was performing flawlessly, though the patient was having lung problems...
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Indians' valuable seniors to play farewell game
(Sports Column ~ 11/07/01)
Saturday night's season-ending game with Quincy at Houck Stadium will be the final game for nine Southeast seniors who have all made contributions to our football program. For the seniors who were already in the program when our new coaching staff arrived, they have all worked hard to learn a new system and to get to know the new coaches. ...
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Cat can get by without a tail
(Column ~ 11/07/01)
$$$Start jkochBy John Koch, DVM Question: My cat recently sustained an injury that required amputation of his tail. I understand that a cat's tail is a lot more important than most people think. Exactly what function does a cat's tail perform and how will the loss effect him?...
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Trimble musters votes for re-election in Northern Ireland
(International News ~ 11/07/01)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- David Trimble was re-elected Tuesday as leader of Northern Ireland's unity government after a bitter showdown with Protestant hard-liners who had tried to bring down the province's power-sharing government. Trimble, a Protestant moderate who leads the Ulster Unionist Party, won with the added support of three lawmakers from a neutral party, Alliance, which represents both Irish Catholics and British Protestants...
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Germany offers troops for anti-terror campaign
(International News ~ 11/07/01)
BERLIN -- The German chancellor pledged up to 3,900 German troops for the U.S. war on terrorism Tuesday, pushing the nation toward its most far-reaching participation in military action since World War II. Gerhard Schroeder's decision to seek a leading role in the anti-terror campaign is a new step in Germany's quest for greater world influence as it sheds its reluctance to join in warfare...
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Ex-Cowboy faces drug charges
(Professional Sports ~ 11/07/01)
ST. MARTINVILLE, La. -- Former Dallas Cowboys star Nate Newton was arrested when police confiscated 213 pounds of marijuana from a van on a highway. Newton and two others were charged Sunday with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, Trooper Willie Williams said Tuesday. A fourth person, arrested in a separate vehicle with $18,000, was charged with conspiracy to possess narcotics...
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Man charged for mailing anthrax hoax to landlord
(State News ~ 11/07/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City man appeared in federal court Tuesday on accusations he mailed a fake anthrax letter to his dead landlord. Robert R. Nye, 38, was charged with one felony count of sending a threatening communication through the mail. If convicted, Nye could face up to five years in prison without parole and a fine of up to $250,000. He was being held without bond pending a hearing Thursday...
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Transport boss
(State News ~ 11/07/01)
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Gen. John W. Handy has taken over as commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, which moves the nation's military worldwide. The Transportation Command, headquartered at this base amid cornfields 20 miles east of St. Louis, manages the movements of each service branch's troops and equipment to wherever they are deployed...
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Boundaries draw lawsuits
(State News ~ 11/07/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Republicans in the Illinois Legislature are using a district-by-district strategy to oppose a Democrat-drawn map of new legislative boundaries. Republican senators have filed four lawsuits challenging particular districts, and GOP representatives have filed eight. The lawsuits ask the state Supreme Court to make changes in specific districts but not to throw out the entire map...
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Truman's new look costs $22.5 million
(State News ~ 11/07/01)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Beginning Saturday, visitors to the Truman Library will experience sights, sounds and interactive activities unlike anything ever seen at the museum. The new exhibit, titled "Harry S. Truman: The Presidential Years," is designed to illuminate the pressures that Truman faced when making momentous decisions, such as dropping atomic bombs on Japan or recognizing Israel...
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Riverboat gambling gains initial approval
(State News ~ 11/07/01)
ROCKAWAY BEACH, Mo. -- A tiny town with big dreams of a rebirth with the help of gambling money took its first step Tuesday toward luring a riverboat casino to southwest Missouri. By a vote of 120-56, residents of Rockaway Beach approved a nonbinding referendum that would allow city leaders to pursue legislation to bring gambling to the town, according to the final tally by the Taney County clerk's office...
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Supreme Court rejects convict's plea agreement claim
(State News ~ 11/07/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the guilty plea of a man who insists he would have maintained his innocence had he known he would not be accepted to a drug treatment program. Michael Morrow pleaded guilty in 1999 to possessing cocaine. His attorney claims it was part of an agreement with prosecutors under a law that would allow Morrow to receive probation after completing two years in a drug treatment program...
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Small-town SWAT - 'Hobby cops' make residents nervous
(State News ~ 11/07/01)
BUTLER, Mo. -- Saying they want to be ready for anything, four gung-ho part-time police officers bought machine guns and called themselves a SWAT team. But their move is making city officials nervous. The officers include a 72-year-old doctor, a nurse and two ambulance workers, who bought the fully automatic guns with their own money...
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Nursing teacher fired for leaving to help at WTC
(State News ~ 11/07/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A nursing teacher at a Springfield college said she was fired because she left her job without permission to go help people who lost relatives in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Deborah Adelman said she was initially suspended for two weeks after she left St. John's College without permission. Later she received a letter informing her she was dismissed for "job abandonment." The letter was signed by Jane Schachtsiek, chancellor of the nursing school...
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Cookbook makes for great read
(Column ~ 11/07/01)
$$$Start smcclanahan Each evening after the usual bedtime ritual of baths, snacks and stories, the kids are tucked in and all is quiet around the house. One of my favorite activities is curling up with a good book, a cookbook that is, and reading it from cover to cover...
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St. Augustine School honor roll
(Honor Roll ~ 11/07/01)
St. Augustine SchoolFirst Quarter A Honor Roll 8th grade -- Emily Blattel, Jacob Essner, Tyler Glaus, Natalie Leible, Adam Reinagel, Alex Ressell, Chris Wright. 7th grade -- Kyle Essner, Chad Friend, Valerie Gibbons, Lindsey LeGrand...
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Concorde passenger flights resume
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- A supersonic Concorde returned to New York on Wednesday, more than 15 months after one of the airliners crashed in a ball of flames. The first passenger flight since the crash marked a long-awaited comeback during one of the worst slumps in aviation history...
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Fraternity gets ready for 'National Service Week'
(Community News ~ 11/07/01)
Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed National Service Fraternity, has announced that Nov. 3-10 is "National Service Week." The Beta Psi chapter of the Southeast Missouri State University has planned a week's worth of campus and community service activities. These projects include Habitat for Humanity, Highway Clean-Up, office assistance around the community, Houck Stadium clean-up, Merillac's Moveables, Diggin' in the Quad, Books for the Philippines, making teddy bears for a local ambulance company and much more.. ...
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Oran woman directs fund raiser at Mizzou
(Community News ~ 11/07/01)
Students at the University of Missouri-Columbia annually hold "Rockin' Against Multiple Sclerosis," a campus-wide event to raise money for the MS Institute. Donna Nicole Senciboy of Oran, Mo., was named one of three RAMS directors for 2002. This will be her third year on the committee...
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Cape firefighter discusses safety issues
(Community News ~ 11/07/01)
Mike Morgan, fire marshal of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department, will be the next guest on "Independently Speaking," shown at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 on WDKA-TV cable channel 17 and at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 and Nov. 27 on cable access channel 5. Morgan will speak about fire safety and what steps to take in case of a fire or an emergency situation, and what a person with disabilities should do in case of an emergency...
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Christmas beauty pageant taking entries
(Community News ~ 11/07/01)
Katydid Productions will hold a Christmas pageant at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau on Dec. 1. Winners from the regional pageant will receive a crown, embroidered sash, trophy, gift and royalty money. All contestants will receive a crown and gift...
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Guilty pleas follow land seizure order
(State News ~ 11/07/01)
Southeast Missourian SIKESTON, Mo. -- The federal government could seize permanently an empty package store, a closed nightclub, a barber shop and a 10-unit apartment complex prosecutors say provided havens for drug trafficking in Sikeston...
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Former Sikeston attorney gets three years for meth
(State News ~ 11/07/01)
A Sikeston, Mo., attorney was sentenced Tuesday to three years and four months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with plans to distribute the drug. U.S. District Judge Rodney Sippel also ordered Spencer L. Edwards, 38, to pay $1,000 in fines...
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Kinder will ask governor for session on tax holiday
(Local News ~ 11/07/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder will ask the governor to call lawmakers into special session to consider legislation that would suspend sales taxes during Thanksgiving weekend, traditionally a busy time for retailers. However, a spokesman for Democratic Gov. Bob Holden said a special session would be contingent upon federal legislative action on a tax holiday...
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Nell Holcomb area voters approve water district
(Local News ~ 11/07/01)
Tired of coping with iron-laden well water and the expense of maintaining private wells, voters in the Nell Holcomb area voted Tuesday to establish a water district. The measure passed 129-96, clearing the way for the rural community north of Cape Girardeau to have a water system in place within two years, supporters say...
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Productivity rises 2.7 percent in third quarter
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Worker productivity rose in the third quarter by the largest amount in more than a year as businesses, coping with the sour economy, slashed workers' hours at the fastest pace in a decade. Productivity -- the amount of output per hour of work -- increased at an annual rate of 2.7 percent in the July-September quarter, up from a 2.2 percent growth rate in the second quarter, the Labor Department reported Wednesday...
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Area students attend choral clinic in St. Louis
(Local News ~ 11/07/01)
Ashley Allmon of Marble Hill, Mo., and Edna Johnson of Fredericktown, Mo., were among nine Mineral Area College students who attended a choral clinic and sang during the Missouri Community College Association convention held in St. Louis Oct. 24-26...
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U.S. moves against Islamic money exchanges
(National News ~ 11/07/01)
AP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) -- In a global crackdown, the Bush administration on Wednesday froze assets of Osama bin Laden's financial networks in at least nine countries including the United States, where ties to the terrorist mastermind were found in four states...
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Opposition troops say they're closing in on key Afghan city
(International News ~ 11/07/01)
Associated Press WriterJABAL SARAJ, Afghanistan (AP) -- Aided by heavy U.S. bombing, opposition forces said they seized a district near Mazar-e-Sharif from Taliban forces Wednesday and were closing in on the key northern city. Opposition troops took control of Shol Ghar district, about 30 miles from Mazar-e-Sharif, and some units were just eight miles south of the city, said northern alliance spokesman Ashraf Nadeem. ...
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Feds search backgrounds of checkpoint workers for convictions
(State News ~ 11/07/01)
CHICAGO (AP) -- Federal authorities said they will make criminal background checks of eight O'Hare International Airport security workers a priority after a man carrying knives and a stun gun was allowed through a checkpoint. "We want to know if they have any criminal convictions and if they are who they say they are," Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said Tuesday, as the agency launched the checks...
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Italy to send 2,700 troops to support terror campaign
(International News ~ 11/07/01)
Associated Press WriterROME (AP) -- The lower house of the Italian parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved the deployment of 2,700 troops to the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism. Italy joins four other European countries -- Britain, France, Germany, and Spain -- that have committed military forces to the coalition. So far, Britain is the only one to join the United States in airstrikes...
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Qatari gunman killed in armed attack on air base used by U.S.
(International News ~ 11/07/01)
Associated Press WriterDOHA, Qatar (AP) -- A Qatari opened fire Wednesday on U.S. and Qatari troops guarding a Qatari air base. The troops were not injured and shot and killed the gunman, both countries said. No other casualties were reported in the late morning shooting. The attacker's motive was unknown...
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Jackson students earn Schell scholarships
(Local News ~ 11/07/01)
Zachary Friedrich and Chad Schuessler, both of Jackson, Mo., have been awarded the Elyzabeth Schell Scholarship at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. The award is for the 2001-02 academic year...
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Scholarships to be awarded for students
(Local News ~ 11/07/01)
Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL) is offering four scholarship programs for AAL members seeking post-high school education. For more information about AAL's scholarship programs, or to request an application, contact a local AAL district representative or call (800) 236-3736, extension 4909. Applications must be postmarked on or before Jan. 31...
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Educator of Year nominations accepted
(Local News ~ 11/07/01)
Parents, students, teachers and Cape Girardeau residents are invited to submit teacher nominations for the Ninth Annual Educator of the Year Award. Any full-time educator in a public, private, parochial or business school in Cape Girardeau may be nominated...
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Students collect for American Red Cross
(Local News ~ 11/07/01)
Students at Franklin Elementary School collected $312.86 for the American Red Cross. For each donation the students or staff members made their name was printed on a star and added to a banner. A total of 120 stars filled the banner.
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Accountants prepare for taxing effort
(Local News ~ 11/07/01)
Although the holiday season is fast approaching, area accountants are already preparing for another emotional time of year -- tax season. Nearly 135 tax preparers attended the two-day Fall Tax Institute, held Monday and Tuesday at the Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau...
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Out of the past 11/7/01
(Out of the Past ~ 11/07/01)
10 years ago: Nov. 7, 1991 City Councilman Al Spradling II yesterday announced his bid for re-election to another four-year term; Spradling and Lawrence Godfrey of 1732 Rampart were only candidates to file election petitions Wednesday, first day of filings...
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Shawnee High School honor rolls
(Honor Roll ~ 11/07/01)
Shawnee Junior and Senior High SchoolFirst Quarter A Honor Roll 12th grade -- Ashley Brown, Terry Smith, Jessica Stone. 11th grade -- Colin Campbell, Sean Copeland, Joshua Franklin, Gwen Hall, Christina McLane, Vanna Mouser, Cecilia Rhymer, Douglass Taylor, Jennifer Wilkerson, Ashley Williams...
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Shirley Trainum
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
Funeral for Shirley Jo Trainum of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home. The Rev. Paul Kabo Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from noon until service time...
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Henry Reiner
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
Henry Earl Reiner, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. He was born Dec. 8, 1936, in St. Louis, son of Earl Frank and Ruby Askrabich Reiner. He and Joyce Ann Montgomery were married Sept. 20, 1958, in St. Louis...
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Billy Tallent
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
PATTON, Mo. -- Billy C. "Bill" Tallent, 76, of Patton died Monday, Nov. 5, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 12, 1925, at Tallent, Mo., son of William and Lillian Zimmerman Tallent. Tallent was a farmer. He served with the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II in the Pacific Campaign...
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Catherine Stinson
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Catherine Helen Hall Stinson, 81, of Carbondale, Ill., died Monday, Nov. 5, 2001, at Carbondale Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born Feb. 22, 1920, in Amorel, Ark., daughter of Samuel Bruner and Sarah Hattie Scifres Adkisson. She first married John Henry Hall. She and George LeRoy Stinson were married March 15, 1977. He died March 28, 1998...
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Dixie Dade
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Dixie Dade, 78, of Sikeston died Monday, Nov. 5, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Aug. 12, 1923, in Kewanee, Mo., daughter of Charles G. and Mary B. Woods Schuerenberg. She first married Ralph Helms Aug. 12, 1943, in St. Louis. He died June 7, 1945. She and Cidney Dade were married Nov. 6, 1953, in St. Louis. He died Nov. 15, 1993...
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Quinten Cavaness
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Quinten J. Cavaness, 77, of rural Cobden died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2001, at his home. He was born June 24, 1924, in Cobden, son of Robert R. and Augusta Stegle Cavaness. Cavaness had worked at the former Anna State Hospital and at Norge Appliance Plant in Herrin, Ill...
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Anita Sievers
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Anita E. Sievers, 85, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call Thursday, Nov. 8, from 4-8 p.m. at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral service will be Friday, Nov. 9, at 10 a.m. at the funeral home. The Rev. David Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery...
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Mary Bock
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
Memorial service for Mary E. Bock of St. Mary's, Mo., was held Nov. 2 at St. Vincent's Church in Houston, Texas. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements. Bock, 96, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center...
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Speak Out A 11/07/01
(Speak Out ~ 11/07/01)
Location humor HURRAH! SOMEBODY else noticed, too! Yes, it was Jim Drury who fought to have the Show Me Center built out along I-55 near his property. I about choked on my coffee when I read the part in his recent column where he stated, "I believe an expansion should take place on the existing campus for economic and student convenience." Then I just busted up laughing...
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Karen Kennedy
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Karen J. Kennedy, 61, of Olive Branch, Ill., died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001, at her home. Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.
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Mamie Rexer
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Mamie Rexer, 94, of Anna died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Crain Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of arrangements.
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Jefferson Elementary honor rolls
(Honor Roll ~ 11/07/01)
Jefferson ElementaryFirst Quarter A Honor Roll 4th grade -- Amanda Burnett, Ashley Headrick, Liem Ho, Elisha Holman, Emily Irvine, Aubrey Neal, Jazmine Roberts, Victoria Schabbing, Janna Trautwein. 5th grade -- Alexus Gammon, Tyler Payne, Jared Siemers, Jonathan Siemers, Alexis Williams...
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Oran high school honor roll
(Honor Roll ~ 11/07/01)
Oran High SchoolFirst Quarter 12th grade -- Joey Brindley, Matt Bucher, Lyndsey Cook, Ashley Dirnberger, Holly Dirnberger, Maria Eftink, Nathan Glastetter, Amanda Graviett, Ashley Irwin, Kassi Knight, Tim Landewee, Todd Landewee, Anilise Lange, Ryan Moyers, Scott Myracle, Max Pind, Lindsey St. Cin...
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Clippard Elementary honor roll
(Honor Roll ~ 11/07/01)
Clippard ElementaryFirst Quarter A Honor Roll 6th grade -- Cole Bradley, Kacie Broemmelsick, Beth Davey, Heather Deisher, Patrick Duffy, Erica Hendrix, Jenny Huo, Cody Jones, Laura Lusk, Tyler McNabb, Austin Mehner, Jennifer Nunnally, Katie Peel, Ashlee Sitze, Joe Uhls, Chrissy Ulrich, Ryan Willen, Ty Williams...
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Jackson Middle School honor roll
(Honor Roll ~ 11/07/01)
Jackson Middle School First Quarter Scholastic Honor Roll 7th grade - Taylor Busch, Joshua Conklin, Amanda Craven, Shannon Felker, Sarah Gilliland, Rachel Kahle, Kelley Kasten, Cheryl Lichtenegger, Darla Mangels, Rex Meyr, Adam Morton, Grant Ressel, Ryan Roth, Amelia Sherinski, James Starke, Ashley Taylor, Natalie Wolfenkoehler...
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Births 11/7/01
(Births ~ 11/07/01)
Daughter to Andy and Tina Piepenbrok of Sikeston, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:43 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2001. Name, Lilly Grace. Weight, 7 pounds 10 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Piepenbrok is the former Tina Hack, daughter of Wayne Hack of Paducah, Ky., and Larry and Celest Saheim of Smithland, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Piepenbrok are sales representatives with Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc. He is the son of Jack and Beverly Piepenbrok of Jackson, Mo...
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Alice McQueen
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Alice McQueen, 70, of Bloomfield died Monday, Nov. 5, 2001, at her home. She was born Feb. 20, 1931, in Walnut Ridge, Ark., daughter of Marion and Gladys Birmingham Brady. She and Ray McQueen were married June 7, 1961, in Blytheville, Ark. He died April 14, 1983...
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Icess Milligan
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Icess Lorraine Milligan, 70, of Chaffee died Monday, Nov. 5, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 29, 1931, in Dexter, Mo., daughter of James Marion and Ella Loveda Lane Markland. She and Everett "Bud" Milligan were married Aug. 1, 1960...
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Curt Evans Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Curt Evans Jr., 57, of Sikeston died Monday, Nov. 5, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 1, 1944, in Delmar, Ala., son of Alfred Curtis Sr. and Ina Mae Byrd Evans. He and Grace Elaine Cole were married July 8, 1967, in Sikeston...
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Marie Johnson
(Obituary ~ 11/07/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Marie F. Glass Johnson, 93, of Scott City died Monday, Nov. 5, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 30, 1907, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Charles D. and Bertha Dunnigan Frazier. She first married Martin Glass July 8, 1925, who preceded her in death. She later married Harry "Jack" Johnson, who also preceded her in death...
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Crunch time? Cape Central looks to impart a licking in Class 4
(High School Sports ~ 11/07/01)
How many licks does it take to get into the mind of a 2,000-yard quarterback? The Cape Central Tigers hope to find out. Central (6-4) aims to apply heavy pressure on North County quarterback Reggie AuBuchon tonight when the Tigers take on the pass-happy Raiders (8-2) in a Class 4A sectional game at Houck Stadium. The game will start at 7...
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