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Enrollment session set
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
The Cape Girardeau School District will have a pre-enrollment workshop Jan. 29 in the multipurpose room at the Career and Technology Center. Parents of eighth- and ninth-graders are invited to attend the meeting, which will begin at 6 p.m.
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Lewis, Tyson fight in pre-fight conference
(Professional Sports ~ 01/23/02)
NEW YORK -- Mike Tyson couldn't wait. Tyson and Lennox Lewis threw punches in a melee that abruptly halted a news conference Tuesday to announce their heavyweight title fight in April. Tyson threw a left hook and a Lewis bodyguard went down, although it wasn't clear if Tyson connected. Lewis' overhand right apparently glanced off the top of Tyson's head, and Tyson had a cut at his hairline...
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Contraction plan dealt another blow from courts
(Professional Sports ~ 01/23/02)
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- In a decision that could block baseball's plan to eliminate teams this season, the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld an injunction Tuesday that requires the Twins to play in the Metrodome in 2002. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel will be appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court, according to lawyers for major league baseball and the Twins. ...
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Eagles have come a long way since opener
(Professional Sports ~ 01/23/02)
PHIILADELPHIA -- The score was tied late in the game, the ball was loose inside the 10-yard line and victory could've been a fumble recovery away. The Philadelphia Eagles came that close to beating the St. Louis Rams in Week 1, before losing 20-17 in overtime at Veterans Stadium. But these aren't the same Eagles that play St. Louis in the NFC championship game Sunday. They're better, especially on offense...
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Panels hear rape bill testimony
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- House and Senate committees heard testimony Tuesday in favor of removing the statute of limitations on rape prosecutions. Last year, the Missouri Court of Appeals' Western District interpreted existing state law to impose a three-year deadline on charging someone with rape. In response, legislators filed several bills to make clear that a person can be charged with rape or sodomy at any time after the alleged offense occurs...
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Senate committee hears abandoned baby legislation
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
THIRD ATTEMPT By Paul Sloca ~ The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- For the third year in a row, state lawmakers are trying to pass legislation letting parents leave their newborn babies at hospitals without fear of child abandonment charges...
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Law proposed on cremated remains
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Jackson County lawmaker wants to legalize the act of scattering a person's cremated remains in a church garden. State law is silent on the practice, and Rep. Carson Ross wants to make sure the act is never banned. Ross, R-Blue Springs, has filed legislation to protect churches that build meditation gardens where ashes can be scattered...
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I-70 closed as man threatens to jump
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A stretch of Interstate 70 was closed for about 30 minutes during rush hour Tuesday when a man threatened to leap from an overpass, authorities said. The man was taken into custody shortly after 5 p.m., and Independence police reopened the approximately five-mile stretch of highway that had been shut down in both directions, said dispatcher Eileen Swatzell...
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Nixon ends defense against funding family planning
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Attorney General Jay Nixon said Tuesday he would stop defending state restrictions on the use of family planning funds in response to a state Supreme Court decision. Judges ruled Tuesday that Nixon's office had a conflict of interest by representing both the Legislature's position, restricting the money, and that of the state health director, who had allowed money to go to abortion provider Planned Parenthood...
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An unwelcome underdog label
(Professional Sports ~ 01/23/02)
FOXBORO, Mass. The New England Patriots are underdogs everywhere but in their own locker room. They surprised doubters all season to reach Sunday's AFC championship game in Pittsburgh and they're ignoring the oddsmakers who say the Steelers should beat them...
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Dungy is near deal with Colts
(Professional Sports ~ 01/23/02)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Tony Dungy didn't need much time to get a new job. Eight days after being fired in Tampa Bay, Dungy reached an agreement in principle to coach the Indianapolis Colts and a formal introduction is expected today. Colts owner Jim Irsay said the deal is for five years and will pay Dungy about $13 million...
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Shawnee honors area students
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
Shawnee Community College has released its fall 2001 president's and vice president's lists. President's list: Anna: Lindsey Birdsong, Natalie Bohnert, Connie Boyd, Michelle Butler, Jenifer Eddleman, Elysia Estes, Tabith little, Cynthia Pfau, Tamra Samuels, Sally St. Charles, Maeve Wright and Jeremiah Young...
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Cape police report 01/23/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/23/02)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Jan. 23 ArrestsLedonn Adonnis Smith, 22, of 607 N. Sprigg was arrested Monday for burglary, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Toya Lynn Gresham, 35, of 1021 S. Ellis was arrested Monday for assault...
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Jackson fire report 1/23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/23/02)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Jan. 23 Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday:At 7:34 p.m., a motor vehicle accident on Interstate 55. At 10:29 p.m., a natural gas leak at 3120 Themis. At 11:43 p.m., an emergency medical service at 1418 Bertling...
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Cape delays plans to 'mothball' hotel
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
A Realtor representing the owners of the deteriorating Marquette Hotel on Broadway Street in Cape Girardeau asked the city council to postpone "mothballing" the building because a purchase price, which remains undisclosed, has been reached to sell it to Prost Builders Inc...
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Supreme Court sets limits for confining sex offenders
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court made it harder Tuesday for states to keep sexual offenders locked up after their prison terms -- requiring proof that an offender has a mental illness that causes serious difficulty with self control. Rapists, child molesters and other sex criminals must be treated the same as other people singled out for involuntary commitment under the court's 7-2 decision...
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Researchers may have way to track source of anthrax
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
WASHINGTON -- Scientists analyzing anthrax have found tiny differences that might help identify the source of the bacteria used in the fall attacks. Three months after anthrax hit Capitol Hill, senators and staff returned Tuesday to the nine-story Senate Hart Office Building, home to half of the 100 senators and closed since an anthrax-laden letter was opened there Oct. 17...
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AOL Time Warner files antitrust suit against Microsoft
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
WASHINGTON -- AOL Time Warner sued Microsoft in federal court Tuesday seeking damages for harm done to AOL's Netscape Internet browser, which had ruled computer desktops until Microsoft began giving its competing browser away. Many of Microsoft's business practices were found to be anticompetitive by a federal appeals court last year. AOL, which bought Netscape in 1999, wants Microsoft to cease its contested business practices and pay damages...
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Cardinals, La Russa sign three-year deal
(Professional Sports ~ 01/23/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals manager Tony La Russa agreed Tuesday to a three-year deal to stay in St. Louis. Although La Russa's previous deal expired after last season, he said in October he would be back. "I really don't look at three years," La Russa said Tuesday at a banquet to honor the Cardinals' World Series chamions. "I look at doing a good enough job to where at the end of the year everyone's happy."...
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House leaders offer tax hike
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Democratic House leaders outlined a legislative package Tuesday that could ask voters to raise nearly $1 billion in new taxes for transportation and public schools. The proposals by House Speaker Jim Kreider and Transportation Committee Chairman Don Koller would link two of the hottest topics at the Capitol in hopes that each would give the other a boost...
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Magistrate - Pharmacist's confession is admissible
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A federal magistrate recommended Tuesday that the confession of a pharmacist accused of diluting chemotherapy drugs for profit should be allowed at his trial. The ruling is a recommendation which now goes to a federal judge for a final decision...
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Senate panel urges freeing farmers from regulations
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri should do more to free farmers from state and federal regulations that restrict their activity, according to a Senate panel that studied agriculture issues. In a report released Tuesday, the Senate Interim Committee on Agriculture and Rural Economy recommended that the state Department of Natural Resources weigh new regulations based on thorough study...
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China welcomes multimillion-dollar fine
(International News ~ 01/23/02)
BEIJING -- China on Tuesday welcomed a $20 million fine imposed on the U.S. branch of one of its biggest state banks, saying the action would encourage reform in its banking industry. U.S. officials announced Friday that the Bank of China would pay the fine to settle charges of fraud and improper loans by its New York branch. The money is to be split equally between the U.S. and Chinese governments...
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Militant convicted in N. Ireland's deadliest bombing
(International News ~ 01/23/02)
DUBLIN, Ireland -- A veteran anti-British militant was convicted Tuesday of aiding the dissident Irish Republican Army car-bombers who killed 29 people in the single deadliest attack in Northern Ireland's three decades of bloodshed. Colm Murphy, 50, did not speak as the three judges of Ireland's Special Criminal Court found him guilty of conspiring to cause the Omagh explosion, a charge that carries a possible life sentence. His sentencing was scheduled for Friday...
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Nation digest 01/23/02
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
Net retailer Amazon finally makes a profit SEATTLE -- After spending six years and billions of dollars building itself into the world's largest Web retailer, Amazon. com has finally made a profit. The company said Tuesday it earned $5 million in its fourth quarter, its first quarterly profit since it started as an online bookseller in 1995. Just a year ago, Amazon had a fourth-quarter loss of $545 million...
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Soups, stews make hearty winter meals
(Community ~ 01/23/02)
No one needs to invoke word play to link the Super Bowl, savory, steaming bowls of soup and stew, and cold weather. Any of these elements naturally go well together. Whether your winter game-watching food style is light snacks, intermittent grazing or hearty feeding, a hot meal in a bowl is a convenient item to serve...
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FBI arrives at Enron; records under guard
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
HOUSTON -- FBI agents arrived at Enron's headquarters Tuesday following allegations of document shredding, while shareholders suing the fallen energy giant asked a federal judge to bar the company and its former auditor from destroying any more records...
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Singer Peggy Lee, 81, dies after heart attack
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Peggy Lee, the sultry singer who could heat up the room with smoldering hits like "Fever" and "Is That All There Is?" has died at 81. Lee died of a heart attack Monday at her Bel Air home after a career that brought her a Grammy, an Oscar nomination and sold-out performances worldwide...
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AT&T bails out of 900 numbers
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
NEW YORK -- AT&T is bailing out of a major part of the pay-for-service telephone business, dealing a serious blow to psychics, sex lines and other companies that use 900 numbers. "This could be the final death knell for the 900 business," said Ed Lavergne, a Washington lawyer who has worked with the telecommunications industry...
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Anthrax vaccine lab on verge of winning Pentagon approval
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
LANSING, Mich. -- In 1998, the buyers of the only U.S. laboratory making the anthrax vaccine thought they had a can't-miss deal. The aging state-owned lab in Michigan needed millions in renovations on top of the $24 million purchase price. But the Pentagon already had announced it would require all 2.4 million American military personnel to take a series of six shots of the vaccine, and turning the lab into a profitable enterprise seemed childishly easy...
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China pushes ahead with controversial resettlement of farmers
(International News ~ 01/23/02)
BEIJING -- China is moving 17,000 mostly Chinese and Muslim settlers to a traditionally Tibetan region in its remote west, reviving a plan abandoned after protests by critics of China's Tibetan policies. The settlers are to occupy a former labor camp in Dulan county, an arid stretch of the Tibetan plateau in Qinghai province, some 1,000 miles west of Beijing, according to provincial officials...
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American woman appeals sentence for terrorist plot
(International News ~ 01/23/02)
LIMA, Peru -- Imprisoned American Lori Berenson asked Peru's highest appeals court on Tuesday to overturn her 20-year prison term for collaborating with leftist rebels in a plot to seize Peru's Congress. Berenson's defense attorney, Jose Luis Sandoval, made the plea before a five-judge panel of the Supreme Court that handles appeals. Berenson, 32, of New York was not present...
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FBI finds missing painting
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It may not take Mideast peace, after all, to return a stolen Marc Chagall painting to its rightful owner. The FBI on Tuesday said it had recovered a work believed to be Chagall's 8-by-10-inch oil painting, "Study for 'Over Vitebsk,"' valued at $1 million when it was stolen last June from The Jewish Museum during a Chagall exhibit...
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Court grants convict chance to give alibi in murder case
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man serving life without parole on his conviction as the getaway driver in a 1992 Kansas City murder will get another chance to argue that his rights were violated during his trial. Courts had consistently ruled against Remon Lee on procedural issues after his conviction in 1994. ...
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Gunman wounds 16; two die
(International News ~ 01/23/02)
JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian gunman fired on Israelis waiting at a Jerusalem bus stop Tuesday, fatally wounding two people and injuring 14 others. Israeli commandos hours earlier stormed an explosives lab and killed four Islamic militants in the West Bank...
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Shooting in India raises tensions with Pakistan
(International News ~ 01/23/02)
CALCUTTA, India -- Indian officials said Tuesday an Islamic militant group based in Pakistan claimed responsibility for an attack at a U.S. cultural center in Calcutta that killed four Indian policemen and wounded 20 other people. Both Pakistan and a representative of the group disputed India's claim, and American officials played down suggestions the attack was terrorism directed at the United States...
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Civil servants paid for first time in months
(International News ~ 01/23/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's civil servants were paid for the first time in six months Tuesday -- an $8 million total payout that will virtually wipe out money earmarked for a U.N. start-up fund. Pressing ahead with its anti-terror struggle, U.S military officials flew American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh out of Kandahar, escorting him home to face charges he conspired with Islamic radicals to kill fellow countrymen while in Afghanistan...
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Aid arrives; residents trudge back to city hit by volcano
(International News ~ 01/23/02)
GOMA, Congo -- Trucks loaded with blankets and plastic sheeting flowed into Goma on Tuesday, and tens of thousands of Congolese left homeless or destitute by a volcanic eruption last week lined up to register to receive food and water in their devastated city...
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Detainee treatment gets more scrutiny
(International News ~ 01/23/02)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- The treatment of detained terrorist suspects from the Afghanistan war is getting more scrutiny from the international community. A federal judge in Los Angeles, meanwhile, delayed ruling on a petition that alleges the prisoners are being held in violation of the Geneva Conventions and U.S. Constitution...
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Colombian president calls for wider U.S. military aid
(International News ~ 01/23/02)
BOGOTA, Colombia -- President Andres Pastrana called Tuesday for expanded U.S. military aid to Colombia and said he hoped a recent breakthrough in peace talks would lead to a full cease-fire by April. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Pastrana said the Colombian government wanted U.S. soldiers to train Colombian troops to protect oil pipelines, bridges and other infrastructure from rebel attacks. Currently, U.S. aid is restricted mainly to counternarcotics operations...
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Index of leading indicators gains again in December
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
NEW YORK -- The third consecutive monthly gain in a key gauge of U.S. economic activity signaled that the nation's recession may soon be over, but investors continued to fret about the timing of a recovery. The New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday that its Index of Leading Economic Indicators rose a strong 1.2 percent in December following a revised rise of 0.8 percent in November and an increase of 0.1 percent in October. It was the largest monthly gain since February 1996...
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7 veterans to receive honorary diplomas
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Seven veterans will receive their honorary high school diplomas from Jackson High School next month as part of Operation Recognition. Clarence Kieninger, Dale Wolfenkoehler, Martin Roberts and Forrest Hueter of Jackson, Mo.; Jackie Morton and Wilbert Welker of Cape Girardeau; and Ules Woods of Burfordville, Mo., will take part in a special graduation ceremony in the Jackson High School auditorium at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 26...
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Second suit on River Campus filed
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
Cape Girardeau businessman Jim Drury on Tuesday filed a second lawsuit against the proposed River Campus project even as he waits for a Missouri Supreme Court ruling in his first lawsuit. In his latest filing, Drury contends the Cape Girardeau City Council ignored a Dec. 31, 2001, self-imposed funding deadline and extended an agreement with Southeast Missouri State University on the River Campus arts school project, violating the state's Hancock Amendment...
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School lunch economics
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
Many educators and parents cheered the announcement that a new, state-of-the-art Central High School would open in 2002. But nearby businesses that count on those students for income aren't cheering. With six months until the new school opens on Silver Springs in Cape Girardeau, no business owners are wringing their hands in worry, but they are wondering if the absence of the students they relied on for so many years will drastically affect business...
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Big games still ahead
(Sports Column ~ 01/23/02)
$$$Start We have two big games at the Show Me Center this week and you can really help our basketball program by attending. Our attendance is again tops in the Ohio Valley Conference and, in what has been a rough year, our fans have continued to turn out...
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Can teeth show a dog's age?
(Column ~ 01/23/02)
$$$Start jkoch By Dr. John KochQuestion: I have this stray dog that started hanging around my house. It sort of looks like I am stuck with him. He has a good attitude, lots of energy, and a healthy appetite. Is there any way of telling how old he is? I know in horses you can tell by looking at their teeth. Does this also apply to dogs?...
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Cold frames give gardeners a jump-start on planting
(Column ~ 01/23/02)
Cold frames give gardeners a jump-start on planting As I am writing this, the ground is covered with snow. The most recent forecast I have heard indicates by the time this column is published, the temperatures will be nearing 60 degrees. This weather contrast certainly gets me into the mood for spring planting....
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Mail brings mixture of recipes
(Column ~ 01/23/02)
$$$Start smcclanahan Yes, I got my snow, and our children, as well as all the children I know, were thrilled. Even if you did not want the snow, you have to admit it was beautiful, wasn't it? We played out all day and just had so much fun. Our snowman is so well packed it will take a few of these warm days to melt it away. I know some of the old-timers say the leftover snow is just hanging around for more. I sure hope so...
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4 in custody after burglary
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Four Poplar Bluff teen-agers were in custody after they were arrested Monday night for allegedly burglarizing a local residence. Their arrests were the result of a report to police from a resident. A woman told police three men knocked at her house, and when she opened the door they forced their way in and demanded money...
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Meetings on I-55 repairs scheduled
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
Daily Dunklin Democrat KENNETT, Mo. -- Two public meetings on improvements to Interstate 55 in southern Pemiscot County will be held next month by the Missouri Department of Transportation. Meetings will be from 4-7 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Braggadocio Baptist Church and Feb. 7 in the school cafeteria in Cooter...
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Bootheel man's conviction upheld
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A unanimous Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a Malden, Mo., man's conviction for forcible sodomy of a 16-year-old girl. James R. Niederstadt was convicted in early 2000 of the felony count following a bench trial before Scott County Circuit Court Judge David A. Dolan, who sentenced Niederstadt to 25 years in prison. The case was moved from Dunklin County on a change of venue...
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Kmart is largest retailer to become insolvent
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
Kmart Corp., the discount chain that gave America the BlueLight Special and introduced Martha Stewart home fashions at cut-rate prices, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday. Kmart becomes the biggest retailer in history to seek court protection from creditors...
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Herculaneum residents waiting for Superfund status
(State News ~ 01/23/02)
HERCULANEUM, Mo. -- Even as worried families in this 2,800-resident community learn how to get a temporary move, many wonder what it will take for the federal government to go a step further and buy their property tainted by the nation's largest lead smelter...
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Woman dies from smoke in house fire
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
Southeast Missourian A 75-year-old woman died and two firefighters were injured Monday night in a fire in Cape Rock Village. Clyda Faye Cooper, pulled from the burning home by firefighters, later died at Southeast Missouri Hospital due to smoke inhalation, said Cape Girardeau County Coroner Mike Hurst...
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Reward in anthrax investigation increased to $2.5 million
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
Associated Press WriterEWING, N.J. (AP) -- Federal authorities have doubled the reward to $2.5 million for information leading to the arrest of the sender of four anthrax-tainted letters, state and federal officials announced Wednesday. Officials also are mailing fliers to more than 500,000 people in New Jersey and Pennsylvania asking for their help...
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Fired Enron auditor refuses to testify on document shredding
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Arthur Andersen auditor fired for his role in the destruction of Enron-related documents is refusing to testify to Congress about the shredding, his attorney said Wednesday. He still must show up at the hearing, however...
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Bush, Hastert defend treatment of suspects at Guantanamo
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush told lawmakers Wednesday they "should be proud" of the U.S. treatment of terrorism suspects held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Turning aside international outcry over the U.S. operation, the White House also cast the detainees as suicidal fanatics who would "engage in murder once again" if set free...
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Bush calls for $50 billion for war on terrorism
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush called Wednesday for nearly $50 billion in additional military spending for the war on terrorism, the largest increase for the Pentagon in two decades. Privately, he assured Republican and Democratic leaders that he has "no ambition whatsoever" to exploit the war on terrorism for political gain in this election year...
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Tech buying gives market small gains
(National News ~ 01/23/02)
y LISA SINGHANIA AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Technology buyers set off a modest rally on Wall Street Wednesday, encouraged by lower stock prices from the market's recent selloff and some mildly positive outlooks in the beleaguered sector. The gains were tentative and selective, however, coming late in a session mostly characterized by fluctuations. ...
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Mother watches son go to combat weekly on TV
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
Juanita Joyce Kain hadn't seen her son, Bob, in three years until she turned on the television last week for the first episode of the USA cable network's "Combat Missions." The Cape Girardeau woman said she cried when she saw her firstborn's face and bald pate on the screen...
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Correction 1/23/02
(Correction ~ 01/23/02)
The Jan. 15 mayoral candidates forum will air on cable access channel 5 today and again Jan. 29 at 6 p.m. One of the dates was incorrect in Tuesday's edition. Incorrect information about the broadcast was provided to the Southeast Missourian.
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Out of the past 1/23/02
(Out of the Past ~ 01/23/02)
10 years ago: Jan. 23, 1992 Perryville - Voters in Perry County School District will decide in April if they will pay more in school taxes to fund additional school buildings; Perry County Board of Education last night unanimously decided to ask voters for 19-cent increase in current school operating levy and also to approve $4.9 million bond issue...
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Births 1/23/02
(Births ~ 01/23/02)
Ezzell Daughter to David Brian and Lori Ann Ezzell of Whitewater, Mo., St. Francis Medical Center, 2:30 a.m., Monday, Jan. 14, 2002. Name, Libby Jo. Weight, 8 pounds 1 ounce. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Ezzell is the former Lori Gardner, daughter of Howard and Barbara Gardner of Caneyville, Ky. She is employed by St. Francis Medical Center. Ezzell is the son of Charles and Jean Ezzell of Whitewater. He is self-employed...
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Theodore Agin
(Obituary ~ 01/23/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Theodore V. Agin, 77, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born March 29, 1924, son of Edgar H. and Alma Sweem Agin. He married Faye L. Johnson April 7, 1944, at Independence, Mo. He worked many years as a steel salesman, retiring in 1980, from Richards and Conover Steel Supply Co., in Kansas City, Mo. He and his wife moved to Jackson from Blue Springs, Mo., in 1999...
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Cardinals' annual stop lures local fans
(Other Sports ~ 01/23/02)
With about 500 fans cheering them on at the Osage Community Centre, former and current players Ken Reitz, Jose Oquendo, Kerry Robinson, Luther Hackman and Kevin Joseph answered questions and signed autographs as the Cardinals Caravan made its annual stop...
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With AP looming, Otahks look for a boost
(College Sports ~ 01/23/02)
For the Southeast Missouri State University women's basketball team, coach Ed Arnzen said tonight's mission is obvious. The Otahkians must avoid a letdown. Southeast is in the middle of its Ohio Valley Conference season and, having posted three straight OVC victories, is gearing up for a big league matchup at home Saturday against Austin Peay...
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Park Hills overpowers Notre Dame; Jackson wins
(High School Sports ~ 01/23/02)
PARK HILLS, Mo. -- The Park Hills boys' basketball team handed Notre Dame a loss for the second time this season, 70-53 Tuesday. The Rebels (16-2) got a game-high 27 points from Brad Gross. The Bulldogs (12-6) were led by Doug Schaefer with 14 points and Travis Siebert with 10...
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Doniphan shooting scorches Central
(High School Sports ~ 01/23/02)
How tough is the SEMO Conference? It's difficult enough that a sharp-shooting Doniphan squad and a young, athletic Cape Central team found themselves in a battle for the basement. Doniphan shot a scorching 66 percent from the floor through the first three quarters and won 84-67 Tuesday at Central High, preventing the Tigers from picking up their first conference victory...
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Easements added for water project
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A process that began 14 months ago ended Monday night when the city of Jackson accepted the final easements for a water line project aimed at increasing flows and pressure in the southern part of the city. Along the way, the acquisition of easements for the project was opposed by some farmers and others whose land the water line will cross. The 10-inch water line will run outside the city limits from the intersection of Highway PP and County Road 330 east to Highway 25...
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Drug-sniffing dog comes up empty - Good!
(Editorial ~ 01/23/02)
Cape Girardeau police officers walked their dog down the halls of Central High School earlier this month. But the visit wasn't for pleasure. The German shepherd, Jupp, was there to sniff out illegal drugs. Many high schools would have something to worry about from such a surprise inspection. Instead, Jupp came up with nothing at all. And that included checking students' cars...
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District gets good news on sale of Schultz
(Editorial ~ 01/23/02)
It must have seemed like Christmas in January for Cape Girardeau School District officials interested in selling the soon-to-be-vacated Louis J. Schultz School building on Pacific Street. A developer came along late in the sale process and offered $2 million for the property...
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Jackson OKs towers to link district schools
(Local News ~ 01/23/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The Jackson school board Tuesday approved a contract with JCS Tel-link for five microwave radio towers to connect the district's Internet between its 10 buildings. The towers that cost $52,073, come with a three-year warranty covering everything but lightning, vandalism and neglect...
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Kinder's call for civility sounds hollow
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/23/02)
To the editor: I read recently that state Sen. Peter Kinder has called for greater civility within the Missouri Legislature. Kinder has been the nastiest player in our state game of politics since he was first elected. It seems to me this is like the Taliban calling for world peace...
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Conventional foods can pose health threats
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/23/02)
To the editor: In Sam Blackwell's article on the increasing demand for organic foods, he mentions the high cost of organics. He failed to mention the hidden long-term costs of conventionally grown food. While conventional produce may have a smaller price tag at the grocery store, there are many health and environmental hazards due to the current agricultural practices in this country. ...
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Bush, pundits join bandwagon of the liberals
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/23/02)
To the editor: As President Bush and his pundits, the neo-cons, join the liberal point of view on everything from the economy to education, those of us who remain loyal to a more paleo-conservative view need to openly express our opinions more often. Where is the religious right on the new politics, to name one group? Have they succumbed to the evangelism of the liberals as have Bush and the neo-cons?...
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Hazel Foster
(Obituary ~ 01/23/02)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Hazel Foster, 92, of Olive Branch, Ill., died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and until 1 p.m. Friday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Assembly of God Church in Olive Branch, with the Revs. Carl Hester and Billy Don Heady officiating...
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Clyda Cooper
(Obituary ~ 01/23/02)
Clyda Faye Cooper, 75, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday Jan. 21, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Born Jan. 22, 1926, in Diehlstadt, Mo., she was the daughter of Clyde and Dessa E. Washburn Welch. Cooper had worked for more than 20 years at Associated Building Center as a purchasing agent and later worked at Wal-Mart as a demonstration person...
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Ora Hardamon
(Obituary ~ 01/23/02)
HODGES PARK, Ill. -- Ora Hardamon, 96, of Hodges Park, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 13, 1905, in Holly Grove, Ark., daughter of David and Delia Bryant Banks. She was married to Jessie Hardamon. He preceded her in death...
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Ray Lipe
(Obituary ~ 01/23/02)
Ray F. Lipe, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 3, 1921, in Dexter, Mo., son of Harrison Benjamin and Callie Prudence Crawford Lipe. He married Helen Louise Snider Nov. 1, 1941, in Cape Girardeau...
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Ronald Sitzes
(Obituary ~ 01/23/02)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- Ronald Kinneth Sitzes, 63, of Glen Allen, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at his home. He was born Feb. 28, 1938, at Glen Allen, son of Fred Edward and Ora Marie Frymire Sitzes. He married Virginia Sue Sterling March 2, 1962, in East Alton, Ill...
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Vena Tackett
(Obituary ~ 01/23/02)
Vena A. Tackett, 85, of Jackson, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002 at Jackson Manor. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford & Sons Funeral Home.
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Velda Harriel
(Obituary ~ 01/23/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Velda Louise Harriel, 46, of Grayridge, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at her home. She was born Dec. 25, 1955, daughter of Roy B. and Louise Davidson English in Catron, Mo. She married Leonard "Lenny" Harriel Aug. 11, 1976, in Rome, Ga...
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Speak Out A 01/23/02
(Speak Out ~ 01/23/02)
Naive Republicans HOW NAIVE can you Bush Republicans be? Do you think Bush's plan is really going to give a big tax break and jobs? You thought the tax refund last year was going to help, and you were wrong. You are so gullible concerning what these people tell you...
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Vacuous - The Women's Magazine for Women Who Strive to Be Less
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
Submitted by Tom Edwards As President and Head Editor of the new fashion magazine Vacuous, I'd like to extend a clammy, dead fish handshake to all those females who strive to be less-and are intimately aware of what it means to be able to use a balance beam as a fainting couch. ...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
Reviewed by Justin Colburn & Keayn Dunya It has been noted that the caliber of good movies has declined in recent years. During the 80's Hollywood produced a number of quality movies that the entire family could enjoy. Movies in which a certain feeling or excitement lingers long after you leave the theater. ...
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An enthralling movie that strays from the book
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
Movie Review - 'Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' By Jim Obert First, let me establish my credentials: I read the trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" at least seven times while in college at SIU during the early 1970s. I also read "The Hobbit" a half-dozen times. I have what's called "The Tolkien Reader" and the "Silmarillion." I also have a little green lapel button from 30 years ago that says: "Frodo Lives!" So there...
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Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
Reviewed by Justin Colburn & Keayn Dunya If you look at the history of fantasy films in American cinematography you'll think of such classics as Clash of the Titans, Legend, Willow and countless others. This movie blows all of them away. The Fellowship of the Ring will set the standard by which all fantasy films will be compared. ...
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Soaking In The Music - Sponge
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
A Review by Phil Denson In 1994 Detroit grunge rockers Sponge burst on to the national scene with their debut album, the platinum-selling Rotting Pi-ata. Three albums, several hits and a slowing career have followed. With the coming of rap-metal came the slow death of alternative. Fortunately for those of us that aren't ready to embrace the fusion of pissed off rappers with pissed off rockers, Sponge plays on...
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Upcoming Events
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
Pro Rodeo Show Me Center hosts the 14th Annual IPRA Rodeo Fans no doubt will recognize some of the more famous bulls from their appearance on the televised Bull Riding Tour at the Show Me Center Rodeo. The rodeo features only the top livestock in Pro-Rodeo. ...
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Concert Schedule
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
St. Louis Area BLUEBERRY HILL'S DUCK ROOM Saturday, 2/16....."Voices on the Verge", Beth Amsel, Eric McKeown, Jess Klein & Rose Polenzani THE GALAXY Friday, 1/25........Adema, Onesidezero Saturday, 2/9........Fu Manchu, Injected...
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You Are Not In College Anymore If
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
You're waking up at 6 am instead of going to bed. Beers at lunch get you reprimanded. College sweatshirts are 'casual' instead of dress up. The four food groups are no longer beer, pizza, chips and cereal. It's 'getting late' when it's 9:30 p.m...
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Hey Everyone!
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
Hey everyone! For those of you that don't me, which is probably 90% of the student population, my name is Kathryn Canupp. I am the account executive for OFF! I am from Cape Girardeau and a Central High School graduate. I was a three time All State swimmer and eventually went on to be the assistant coach for the Central High School girls' swimming and diving team. ...
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The Dharma Bum
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
by Jaysen Buterin "The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with." - Marty Feldman Greetings and salutations all you true believers out there in the OFF! Realm. Let me be the first to congratulate you on surviving another year on this gigantic rock that's hurtling elliptically thru space hoping not to hit anything - hopefully you all still have all your fingers and toes, you didn't poke anyone's eye out, and you didn't get caught running around the house with the good scissors. ...
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Mouzr's Mayhem
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
By Amanda Mouser True pleasure in life can't be bought, but merely sought. The quest for such takes some people longer than others, due to the fact that many like wallowing in self pity in hopes of gaining attention and then there are those who simply read the first line of this paragraph without actually grasping it. ...
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Kill Your TV
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
by Jason Parker, Mix 104.7's afternoon personality I would love to start off the new-year with something profound and positive to say. So here it goes. I am positively convinced that anyone in a right mind should not go out in public with a severe hangover the first day of the year. ...
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Billboard's Top Ten
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
Billboard's Top Ten Modern Rock Tracks 1. In the End, Linkin Park 2. How You Remind Me, Nickelback 3. My Sacrifice, Creed 4. Alive, P.O.D. 5. Blurry, Puddle of Mudd 6. I Wish You Were Here, Incubus 7. Chop Suey, System Of a Down 8. Fade, Staind 9. Wasting My Time, Default...
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Mystikaleidoscopes
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
Colorful Chinese Horoscopes I thought I would try a little astrology from a different viewpoint. Using the year you were born, instead of the day and month, you find out which symbol is "the animal that hides in your heart". Chinese Astrology is certainly one of the most ancient philosophies still in existence in China. ...
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The Incendiary Buffoon
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
The New and Improved Guide to Overcoming Idiocy By Tom Edwards Don't take apart a Rubik's cube and put it back together to brag about solving it. Don't break a $5 bill in the communion plate. Don't scratch records on the church record player...
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Ever Eat Here? We Did!
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
DC'Z Cafe By Misty Smith I'm not sure what is behind the name of the little restaurant right across from Towers on Sprigg, but I really liked the little "cafe". For lunch, my friend and I decided to try out their soup and sandwiches that they advertised by painting on the store windows...
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Local Events Schedule
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/02)
Downtown Cape Wednesday, 1/23 River City Karaoke, Broussard's; Mix 96.5 DJ, Jeremiah's Friday, 1/25 13th Floor, Broussard's; Mix 96.5 DJ, Jeremiah's Saturday, 1/26 13th Floor/Broussard's...
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