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Memories of an NBA milestone
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/02)
HERSHEY, Pa. -- Wilt Chamberlain had some time to waste before the Philadelphia Warriors played the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, so he went to the arcade in the Hershey Sports Arena. Ken Berman, the Warriors' shot-clock operator was already there, playing one of the rifle games, when Chamberlain tapped on his shoulder...
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Restitution fund not likely to satisfy victims of diluted chemo
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Delia Chelston believes diluted chemotherapy drugs from Robert R. Courtney's pharmacy hurt her chances of recovering from ovarian cancer. Courtney has agreed that much of his wealth should compensate victims like Chelston. But she doesn't expect much, not after his more than $8 million is divided between hundreds of potential victims...
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Jasper County lead cleanup may hold insight for others
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- When it comes to struggling with lead pollution in Missouri, good news is rare. The state's ranking as the nation's top lead producer has left scars in places like Herculaneum and the "Old Lead Belt." So it was a welcome sight when state health officials smiled at a recent announcement in Southwest Missouri's Jasper County, which along with the corners of northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas once formed the lead-mining capital of the world...
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After long hiatus, artist returns to his passion, hometown
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
CARTHAGE, Mo. -- After a seven-year hiatus, artist Lowell Davis is painting once again. He's also dotting the Southwest Missouri area near Carthage with signs that carry his trademark flair. They hawk everything from restaurants to dentists' offices, but to call them signs hardly does them justice...
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Mother accused of knifing sons unfit to stand trial
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- As far as neighbors were concerned, Dr. Ellen Feinberg was an exemplary mother, the wife of a surgeon who gave up her own medical practice to spend time with her two sons. So when police invaded their upscale neighborhood and Feinberg was accused of stabbing her eldest to death and wounding her youngest, they had no explanation...
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Paper- Many exposed to toxic dust at military bases
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
CHICAGO -- U.S. military personnel have been exposed to the toxic metal beryllium at dozens of military bases and the government has failed to follow its own guidelines in testing for the substance, according to a published report. The Chicago Tribune reports in its Sunday editions that the Department of Defense has failed to follow federal health guidelines by not providing blood tests to determine if workers have been harmed...
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Branching out Yard art creator tries indoor painting, teaching
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
ENERGY, Ill. -- Denise Cripps said she knew she wanted to be an artist ever since she was a little girl. "My father, who died of cancer when I was in the second grade, was an artist," Cripps said. "I grew up having access to art supplies and believe I have kept a part of him with me every day through my work."...
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Second priest removed over abuse allegations
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
ST. LOUIS -- The Archdiocese of St. Louis has removed a second priest over an allegation of past child sexual abuse, citing a tougher local standard imposed after revelations the Boston diocese failed to remove 80 priests accused of sexually molesting children...
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Used Amish buggies for sale in small town
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
CHESTERVILLE, Ill. -- A pre-owned Amish buggy lot offers free test drives, but the only stumbling block is that interested buyers have to provide their own horsepower. Currently, six buggies are lined up near Illinois Route 133, which meanders through this quiet town of about 68 people, many of them Amish. The row of buggies resembles a car dealership where people can wander around viewing the models...
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Cypress boats mix function and art
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. -- Dale Calhoun shapes and bends the long cypress planks the same way his family has done for four generations. Sanded and planed to blueprints that exist only in his head, the planks will form the hull of a genuine "stumpjumper," a small sporting boat as unique to northwest Tennessee as a pirogue is to south Louisiana...
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Archaeologist fears time running out to find historic sites
(Community ~ 03/03/02)
THE DALLES, Ore. Much as Lewis and Clark were obsessed with reaching the Pacific two centuries ago, Ken Karsmizki has an obsession of his own: To find and preserve as many of their campsites as possible. He has identified one major campsite, the Lower Portage, near Great Falls, Mont., and is on the trail of others...
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Artistic adventure
(Community ~ 03/03/02)
Book leads man on quest to retrace route of Lewis and Clark By Melissa Merli ~ The Champaign News-Gazette HEYWORTH, Ill. Six years ago, artist Ken Holder's wife gave him a copy of Stephen Ambrose's book, "Undaunted Courage," about the historic Lewis and Clark expedition of 200 years ago. As he read it, Holder became captivated...
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U.S. troops launch large ground attack in mountains
(International News ~ 03/03/02)
GARDEZ, Afghanistan -- In the biggest U.S.-led ground operation this year, U.S. and Afghan troops backed by U.S. jets Saturday attacked Taliban and al-Qaida forces regrouping in eastern Afghanistan. One American was killed and a number were injured, the Pentagon said...
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Former St. Louis paramedic ordered imprisoned on fondling charg
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis Fire Department paramedic convicted of fondling two women, including an ambulance patient, has been sentenced to six years behind bars. In sentencing Joseph Greco, 29, on Friday, St. Louis Circuit Judge Robert H. Dierker Jr. said he would review the case after 90 days to see whether Greco could be eligible for parole...
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State refigures AmerenUE's earnings
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Staff for state utility regulators said calculations show that AmerenUE earned up to $285 million more than it should have, tens of millions of dollars more than first suggested. Using a base year ending last June 30 at the St. Louis-based utility's request, the Missouri Public Service Commission staff said Friday the company serving much of eastern Missouri had earned between $246 million and $285 million more than it should have...
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Three dead in head-on collision
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
CASSVILLE, Mo. -- Three Missourians died in a traffic accident in Barry County when one vehicle hit another head-on, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The accident happened about 1 p.m. Friday on Missouri 37 about four miles north of Cassville, the patrol said. The vehicle driven by 16-year-old Erik Boman of Pierce City crossed the center line and struck the car driven by Edith Pollick of Cassville, the patrol said...
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Gift to Robinson- A second win
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/02)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Howard Battle hit a two-run double in the eighth inning Saturday to give Frank Robinson his second win as the Montreal Expos' manager, a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. With the bases loaded and one out in the eighth, Battle's drive off Les Walrond bounced over the center-field fence to make it 4-2...
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Murray St. takes ticket to dance
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/02)
From staff, wire reports It's beginning to look like March Madness. Murray State, Florida Atlantic and Winthrop were among the men's basketball teams that secured bids to the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, eight days before the tournament's selection committee announces first-round pairings...
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Carr ready to be No. 1 draft pick
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/02)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Unlike some high-profile players in recent years, former Fresno State quarterback David Carr -- expected to be the Houston Texans' first pick in the NFL draft -- plans to participate in drills during the NFL scouting combine. "I've had some people tell me that maybe it wouldn't be a good idea to go through all the workouts here. But I can't do that. I can't be around a football field without wanting to get out there and play," Carr said Saturday...
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Looking for civility in the world of sports
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/02)
Five years ago, the major professional, amateur and scholastic sports organizations in America formed the Citizenship Through Sports Alliance, a concentrated effort to promote civility and sportsmanship. Ray Warren, CEO and president of Raycom Sports and newly elected chairman of the Alliance's corporate advisory board, would like to report progress. Unfortunately, he can't...
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Stewart hopes bad luck is behind him
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/02)
P After his first two races, Stewart is losing ground to the Winston Cup points leaders. LAS VEGAS -- As unlikely as it is to consider the third race of a very long season as crucial, the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 might be just that for Tony Stewart if he hopes to be a title contender...
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That's the(wrist) breaks-Garciaparra back, Kent out
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/02)
Nomar Garciaparra made an emphatic return from his injured wrist. Jeff Kent broke a bone in his. Kent injured himself while washing his truck and will miss 4-6 weeks. Kent, the 2000 NL MVP, revealed the injury to Giants trainer Stan Conte on Saturday after swelling and soreness set in overnight...
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Healthy Beltre says he's happy, grateful
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/02)
VERO BEACH, Fla. -- Adrian Beltre is a happy man these days, as evidenced by his ever-present smile. Considering the condition the Los Angeles Dodgers' third baseman found himself in at this time a year ago, it's understandable. "I wake up every day happy," said Beltre, who missed the first 36 games last season because of complications following an emergency appendectomy. "It was a nightmare, all I went through last year...
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Bryant may face brief suspension after bout
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/02)
LOS ANGELES -- There's rarely a dull moment with Shaq, Kobe & Crew, who have a knack for creating excitement when the regular season grind grows tedious. Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, now best buddies, feuded last season. Then there was Shaq miffed at coach Phil Jackson for a time, Jackson taking some subtle potshots at O'Neal, then O'Neal taking a roundhouse shot at then-Chicago Bulls center Brad Miller about 1 1/2 months ago...
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Carnahan tells party it must 'reconnect' with working people
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
HANNIBAL, Mo. -- Sen. Jean Carnahan revisited an old theme for the Democratic Party on Saturday night, telling a gathering of party faithful that they must be the friend of the common man. "Our challenge as public servants and as a party is to reconnect with those working Americans, those middle Americans who feel like no one is standing up for them," Carnahan said at the annual Democrat Days gathering for the state party in Hannibal...
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Truman's cook served many roles over 36 years
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- At the Independence home of Harry and Bess Truman, Vietta Garr prepared dinner and served it. Over decades of such service at the Truman home and the White House, however, she would do much more. She would help raise Margaret, the Trumans' daughter. She also would be a companion to Madge Gates Wallace, the president's mother-in-law. That was important because Wallace in the 1940s agreed to move to the White House if Garr went, too...
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Ex-officer may lose license over hot-tub parties
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. -- A state administrative panel has found that a former police officer from this St. Louis suburb committed gross misconduct for participating in nude hot-tub parties involving three fellow officers and two teen-age girls. The Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission in Jefferson City ruled Friday against Paul Ponder. Ponder, 43, now faces a hearing meant to determine whether he permanently surrenders his police officer's certification, KSDK-TV of St. Louis has reported...
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New book chronicles 'bloodiest gang' in U.S.
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Parkway Tavern on Farmington Road is not a point of interest for most out-of-town visitors, but it is for author Taylor Pensoneau of New Berlin. "Right there is where an assassin hiding in the underbrush shot Bernie Shelton as he was about to get into his car in July of 1948," said Pensoneau, standing in the bar's parking lot and pointing to a spot on the asphalt...
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Spanish priest discovers South American love online
(International News ~ 03/03/02)
MADRID, Spain -- The priest in a tiny farming village near the Portuguese border surfed the Web and found love in South America. Now his flock is passing around the collection plate so he can bring the woman to Spain. Revelations of the Rev. Alfonso Vegas Ramajo's yearlong Internet love affair come during a troubling time for the Roman Catholic church in deeply religious Spain...
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Guantanamo prisoners continue hunger strike
(International News ~ 03/03/02)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- About 75 captives of the war on terrorism held to a hunger strike for a fourth day Saturday in a protest rooted in uncertainty over their indefinite detention and their fate, a U.S. military commander said. Six detainees have been given liquids with an intravenous drip, one against his wishes, officials said...
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A mixed marriage
(International News ~ 03/03/02)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- When Starbucks opened coffee shops in this conservative, Muslim kingdom where women go out covered from head to toe, it removed the trademark siren from its logo, keeping only her crown. The customization of the logo -- which in the original depicts a crowned, stylized woman with long hair covering her breasts -- could stand as a symbol for the complex relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States...
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Shuttle goes on with plumbing woes
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA gave the shuttle Columbia astronauts permission Saturday to proceed with their full mission to renovate the Hubble Space Telescope despite clogged plumbing in their ship. Optimism had been growing throughout the day, aboard Columbia and inside Mission Control, that the 11-day Hubble servicing mission would remain on track despite a problem with a radiator line used to shed heat from shuttle electronics. The trouble had threatened to cut short the flight...
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Big storm spreads snow, ice
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
A huge storm spread snow and ice across the middle of the nation on Saturday, canceling or delaying some flights at Dallas and Chicago and sending cars sliding into ditches and each other. Up to 2 feet of snow was possible by this morning on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the National Weather Service said. Amounts by midday Saturday ranged from 1 to 2 inches in Texas to 4 to 8 inches in Oklahoma and 8 1/2 at Grand Rapids, Mich...
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NAACP protests at Carolina border over Confederate flag
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
FORT MILL, S.C. -- Travelers driving into South Carolina Saturday were met by protesters waving bright yellow signs telling them to take their money elsewhere as the battle over the Confederate battle flag hit the state's borders. The NAACP launched a boycott of South Carolina two years ago over a Confederate flag that had flown atop the Statehouse for 38 years...
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Drying out
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
Drought has engulfed nearly a third of the United States, threatening to confront some places this summer with what experts say could be their worst water shortages in years. "This is a sleeping giant," says climatologist Mark Svoboda, at the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Neb. "The impact is still to come."...
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Man convicted in pipeline shooting
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
The Associated Press FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- An Alaska man accused of blasting a gunshot hole in the trans-Alaska pipeline, causing a leak that gushed 285,000 gallons of crude oil, was convicted of a federal weapons charge. Daniel Carson Lewis, 37, faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the conviction Friday of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Sentencing was set for May 6...
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'Partridge Family' mom divorces from comedian
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Shirley Jones, the Oscar-winning actress and former matriarch of "The Partridge Family" television show, has filed for divorce from her husband of 25 years, comedian Marty Ingels. Jones cited irreconcilable differences in her petition, according to court papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court...
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odds & ends.6c
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
PITTSBURGH -- Call it the "Little Bo Peep" ploy. A dairy farmer has admitted he tried to hide his assets, including 200 head of cattle, from creditors and federal agents by claiming he couldn't find them. Vern E. Over has pleaded guilty to concealment of assets and bankruptcy fraud for selling livestock and equipment from his Clarion County dairy farm and then telling a bankruptcy trustee and FBI agents he didn't know where they went, according to court documents...
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Kinder seeks oversight of lawyer contracts
(State News ~ 03/03/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- After losing a lawsuit challenging the attorney general's hiring of outside counsel to represent the state in suing tobacco companies, Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder is pushing legislation to put controls on the retention of private lawyers by state agencies...
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Broadband makes digital difference for local market
(Business ~ 03/03/02)
It's been little more than a week since the firm where Larry Young works switched from its dial-up Internet service to a broadband provider, but the Cape Girardeau certified public accountant is already a convert. "It's a phenomenal difference," said Young, whose office recently got broadband Internet access known as DSL, or digital subscriber line...
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Driving downhill
(Local News ~ 03/03/02)
Motorists in a four-state area doubled their displeasure when it comes to their opinions of highway conditions, according to a poll conducted by the American Automobile Association. AAA members from Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and Indiana responded to the poll, which showed that 24 percent of motorists rated highway conditions in the region as poor. That's up 13 percent from an identical poll that was conducted two years ago, said Mike Wright, vice president of public affairs for AAA...
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Cub Scouts blow boats to finish at gutter regatta
(Local News ~ 03/03/02)
"On your mark. Set. Blow!" Each heat of Saturday morning's Rain Gutter Regatta began with those words from starter Donnie Phillips of Scott City, Mo., as 28 Cub Scouts from around the region competed to see who could blow homemade sailboats down the length of a 25-foot trough fastest...
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Spokesman says officer who fired was protecting family
(Local News ~ 03/03/02)
Southeast Missourian A spokesman for the Cape Girardeau Police Department refuses to second-guess an officer who fired a shot when responding to a domestic disturbance Wednesday. The family in question said police intervention only made things worse...
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Execution of mentally retarded divides states
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
At least 82 death row inmates are seeking reprieves in states that recently banned executing the mentally retarded, an inkling of the hundreds that would likely challenge their sentences if the U.S. Supreme Court finds such executions are unconstitutional...
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Children's theater
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
ARLINGTON, Va. -- "ZIP!" The Bulgarian actress, her manicured nails painted a deep red, points to the fourth-grader with the long pony tail. "Woodrow Wilson," the girl responds, looking at a picture held by her neighbor. "ZAP!" The actress moves to the next student. "William Henry Harrison."...
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Mother admits to falsifying high IQ claims
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
DENVER -- A mother whose son scored 298 on an IQ test at age 6 now admits she rigged the results and falsified other records that helped him gain renown as a boy genius. Elizabeth Chapman, 29, hospitalized her son Justin in November after what she feared was a suicide attempt. She said she decided to tell the truth because her lies were hurting the boy, who is now 8, and that she wants to be reunited with him...
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Macedonians kill seven terrorist suspects
(International News ~ 03/03/02)
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Police said they killed seven men who opened fire at a patrol near the capital Saturday and described them as foreigners -- probably Pakistanis -- suspected of planning terrorist attacks on Western embassies and Macedonian officials...
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Georgia wallows in security crisis
(International News ~ 03/03/02)
TBILISI, Georgia -- A vacation paradise in communist times, Georgia has spent much of its post-Soviet life in hell. Separatists in two regions defeated the army, leaving the areas essentially independent. A coup laid waste to the capital. And police failure to stem banditry in the Pankisi Gorge has purportedly made that area a terrorist haven, raising alarm from Washington to Moscow...
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Prince quits businesses for queen
(International News ~ 03/03/02)
LONDON -- Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, who both were criticized for their behavior as private sector executives, announced Saturday they will quit their jobs to spend more time fulfilling their royal responsibilities, including Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee celebrations...
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Palestinian suicide bomber kills nine
(International News ~ 03/03/02)
JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a powerful explosive Saturday in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 30. The attack targeted worshippers pouring into streets following sundown prayers at the end of the Jewish Sabbath...
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Marchers decry Italian leadership
(International News ~ 03/03/02)
ROME -- Tens of thousands of opposition supporters -- some sporting Pinocchio noses to mock conservative Premier Silvio Berlusconi -- marched through central Rome on Saturday to denounce the government and assert the unity of the center-left. More than 100,000 demonstrators came from around the nation...
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India's religious violence spreads through villages
(International News ~ 03/03/02)
AHMADABAD, India -- Mob burnings, shootings and other violence between Hindus and Muslims spread through villages in India's Gujarat state Saturday even as soldiers enforced a fearful peace in larger cities. The death toll in India's worst religious strife in a decade stood at 415 after police said Hindus stormed the village of Sardarpura and set houses and shops ablaze by lighting fires near cooking gas containers. Twenty-seven Muslims died, police officials said...
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British find more mail with caustic chemicals
(International News ~ 03/03/02)
LONDON -- Two prominent Britons received packages believed similar to parcels containing dangerous chemicals disguised as aromatherapy samples that were mailed to Prime Minister Tony Blair's home and a Scottish lawmaker's assistant, police said Saturday...
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U.S. joins with Vietnam for Agent Orange talks
(International News ~ 03/03/02)
HANOI, Vietnam -- Researchers at the first U.S.-Vietnamese conference on Agent Orange, a defoliant used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, said they will report "extraordinarily" high levels of cancer-causing dioxin in people living in heavily sprayed areas...
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Castro attends annual cigar festival
(International News ~ 03/03/02)
HAVANA -- A playful Fidel Castro entertained hundreds of foreign cigar aficionados at a black-tie dinner and auction, joking with his guests and modeling a popular Cuban musician's little white sombrero before it was sold to the highest bidder. "I'm not going to give a speech -- which is lucky for you!" Castro told the 600 guests, including some 60 Americans, who traveled to Cuba for the annual Habanos Festival celebrating the communist island's tobacco. ...
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TV highlights for the week ahead
(Entertainment ~ 03/03/02)
At least since the film "Mad Max," the post-apocalyptic world has had a strange appeal. Now comes Showtime's new series "Jeremiah: The Long Road," with its version of the world after the Big Death, a mysterious pandemic that claimed the lives of everyone above the age of puberty. The show is a visual treat with an intriguing tale. Co-starring Malcolm-Jamal Warner, it premieres Sunday at 7 p.m...
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One more chance for endangered 'Once and Again'
(Entertainment ~ 03/03/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Saddle up the donkey, Sancho, and sharpen the pencils. We're going tilting at TV windmills. ABC's "Once and Again," one of television's best and most distinctive series, is in mortal danger and we are compelled to try to rescue it...
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$150 million gift goes to university
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
AUSTIN, Texas -- A retired Texas oilman has pledged his estate -- worth an estimated $150 million -- to the University of Texas, which school officials said was the largest gift ever made to a single public university. The donation by John "Jack" Jackson, who graduated from UT in 1940, is a testament to the role the school played in his life, university president Larry Faulkner said in announcing the gift on Saturday...
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Daughter's wrapped up with bedtime zoo
(Column ~ 03/03/02)
It's clearly crisis time in our house. Our 6-year-old's bed is becoming too small. It's really not the-incredible-shrinking bed, it just seems that way. That's because Bailey insists on sleeping with every conceivable stuffed animal known to man including a giant fluffy blue-and-black snake...
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Ogling wintering eagles soaring over Tennessee habitat
(Community ~ 03/03/02)
TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. -- For 10-year-old Lucas Fulbright and his pals, the trivia about making the turkey a national symbol was a real knee-slapper. Along with two busloads of other fourth graders, the boys had just taken part in the annual "eagle tours" at Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee near the Missouri and Kentucky borders...
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Malpractice 'reforms' go too far
(Column ~ 03/03/02)
If you had kept your car covered with Ajax Insurance for 10 years, had no accidents and had made no claims but the insurance company steadily raised your rates, wouldn't you be upset? If Ajax agreed that your record was spotless but it had to assess against all policyholders because some of them, a minority, had extreme losses, wouldn't you be upset? You'd expect those responsible to pay for that cost...
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Haman-Thomas
(Wedding ~ 03/03/02)
Trinity Lutheran Church was the setting Dec. 8, 2001, for the wedding of Brandy Lynn Haman and Jarrod Scott Thomas. The Rev. Douglas C. Breite performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was Madelyn Rasche, flutist was Beth Stevens, and soloist was Megan Edmonds...
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With the ugliness behind, it's time to look ahead
(Sports Column ~ 03/03/02)
The reasons have been well-documented, but any way you slice it, Southeast Missouri State University had a disastrous men's basketball season this year. Now the daunting challenge for coach Gary Garner and his staff is to climb out of the hole left by a 6-22 record. It certainly won't be easy, but it definitely can be done...
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Missouri has funds for essentials
(Column ~ 03/03/02)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Some elected officials believe the way to conduct official state business is through enhancement of their own careers, and too often Missourians are treated to nothing more than a replay of the theater of professional wrestling. Others who have sought office believe the best method of advancing citizens' concerns over mind-numbing governmental mediocrity is to become as separated from it as possible, showing up only to collect their salaries and expense-voucher requests...
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Equinoxes good for finding due east, west, little else
(Column ~ 03/03/02)
The Big Dipper is climbing higher in the northeast sky while the mighty winter constellation Orion and his familiar cohorts begin their western plunge. Once again we enter a phase where we are looking out of the plane of our galaxy and so have lesser stars and constellations to look at for a while. But since sunset occurs later and later, it seems the next cycle of stars spring up from the eastern horizon faster and faster. Leo the lion, in particular, appears to lunge westward...
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Online cheating growing, but not at Southeast
(Local News ~ 03/03/02)
The temptation for cyber cheating is just a click away at college campuses nationwide for students with Internet access who would rather download term papers and essays for a fee than write their own. But Southeast Missouri State University educators and students say it isn't a big problem at the Cape Girardeau school. Few students cheat online, they say...
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Out of the past 3/3/02
(Out of the Past ~ 03/03/02)
10 years ago: March 3, 1992 Storey's Food Giant began task of moving out of its facility at 201 S. Broadview Monday; Joel Kaye, Storey's district manager at Sikeston, says store closed permanently because of "a breach of contract" by owners of Cape Centre, shopping development in which store is located...
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birthssun.sr 3/3
(Births ~ 03/03/02)
Ashworth Daughter to the Rev. Tony and Marla Ashworth of St. Robert, Mo., Phelps County Medical Center at Rolla, Mo., 8:11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002. Name, Gabrielle Elizabeth. Weight, 8 pounds 14 1/2 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Ashworth is the daughter of Charles and Loretta Ditto of Chaffee, Mo. Ashworth is the son of Ann Willis of Miller City, Ill. He is pastor of First Assembly of God Church in St. Robert...
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Carl Westbrook
(Obituary ~ 03/03/02)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Carl F. "Jim" Westbrook, 87, of Jonesboro died Friday, March 1, 2002, at the Jonesboro Health Care Center. He was born April 7, 1914, in Union County, son of Francis and Cora Ann Lowery Westbrook. He and Ruby Mae Benson were married Jan. 18, 1935. She died April 2, 1999...
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Fred Fritzinger
(Obituary ~ 03/03/02)
Fred Fritzinger, 74, of Kirksville, Mo., and formerly of Anna, Ill., died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2002, at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. He was born Oct. 6, 1927, at Anna, son of Fred and Vernetta Medlin Fritzinger. He was a member of the First Methodist Church in Anna and the Methodist Men's Club. ...
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Dorothy Scott
(Obituary ~ 03/03/02)
FORISTELL, Mo. -- Dorothy C. Scott, 90, of Foristell, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, March 1, 2002, at Cross Roads Regional Hospital in Wentzville, Mo. She was born April 26, 1911, in Springfield, Mo., daughter of William Edward and Grace Williams Crone...
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Andrew Enderle
(Obituary ~ 03/03/02)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Andrew John Enderle, 88, of Chaffee died Friday, March 1, 2002, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 9, 1913, in Chaffee, son of Peter and Katie Gosche Enderle. He and Christine Backfisch were married Aug. 13, 1938. She died Aug. 21, 1999...
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Walter Gibbs
(Obituary ~ 03/03/02)
ALTO PASS, Ill. -- Walter I. Gibbs, 74, of Alto Pass, missing since Dec. 11, 2001, was pronounced dead Friday, March 1, 2002, in Mississippi County near Charleston, Mo. He was born Jan. 31, 1928, in Jonesboro, son of Arthur E. and Fannie Day Gibbs. He and Linda Bradley were married Nov. 29, 1968, in Granite City, Ill. She survives...
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Craig-Hornback
(Wedding ~ 03/03/02)
Andrea Lorraine Craig and Mark Josef Hornback were married Oct. 13, 2001, at First General Baptist Church in Jackson, Mo. Mike Huffman performed the double ring ceremony. Pianist was Betty Fadler of Patton, Mo., and soloist was Lori Siebert of Cape Girardeau...
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Canoy-Page
(Wedding ~ 03/03/02)
Robin Canoy and Jack Page were married Feb. 14, 2002. The Rev. Ray Greenlee of Advance, Mo., brother of the groom, performed the ceremony. Musician and soloist was Elizabeth Greenley. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Canoy of Sturdivant, Mo. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Coy Vickery of Pensacola, Fla...
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Breig-Clifton
(Wedding ~ 03/03/02)
ST. MARY, Mo. -- Shannon Breig and Randy Clifton exchanged vows Oct. 20, 2001, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. The Rev. Richard Kasznel performed the double ring ceremony. Eucharistic ministers were Don and Martha Schwent. The offertory was presented by Buddy and Carol Breig and Art and Carol Miserocchi...
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Haynes honored on 50th
(Anniversary ~ 03/03/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Keith Haynes of Jackson celebrated their 50th anniversary with a dinner and reception Jan. 26, 2002, at Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Guests attended from Maryland Heights, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Troy, Perryville, Advance, Millersville, Cape Girardeau and Jackson, Mo.; Anna and Cobden, Ill.; and Morganfield, Ky...
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Clarke-Mansorian Fard
(Engagement ~ 03/03/02)
Susan Clarke and Dr. Paul Clarke of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Lesley Anne Clarke, to Porya Mansorian Fard. He is the son of Mohammad and Afsar Mansorian Fard of Hamburg, Germany. Clarke is a 1997 graduate of Central High School. She expects to receive degrees in finance and information systems from St. Louis University this spring. She is a data analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis...
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Jauch-Hollensbe
(Engagement ~ 03/03/02)
Max and Charlotte Sue Jauch of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Jayne Marie Jauch, to Richard Forrest Hollensbe. He is the son of Joseph and Margaret Hollensbe of St. Ann, Mo. Jauch is a 1992 graduate of Central High School. She received a bachelor of science degree in English education from Southeast Missouri State University in 1996. She is employed by Jackson R-2 School District...
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Ryan-Coleman
(Engagement ~ 03/03/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- John and Sarah Ryan of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Stacie Dawn Ryan, to Jason Todd Coleman. He is the son of Donnie and Linda Whitmore of Cape Girardeau. Ryan attended Jackson High School and Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She is a registered nurse at Southeast Hospital...
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Slinkard-McGee
(Engagement ~ 03/03/02)
Charlie Slinkard of St. Charles, Mo., and Karla B. Ragge of Van Buren, Ark., announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie J. Slinkard, to Edward A. McGee, both of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Daisy McGee of Cape Girardeau, and the late Claud McGee. Slinkard is also the daughter of the late E.K. "Ken" Ragge...
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Hartlieb-Sneller
(Engagement ~ 03/03/02)
Thomas and Jeanette Hartlieb of St. Louis announce the engagement of their daughter, Julie Hartlieb, to Michael Sneller, both of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Donald and Melody Sneller of Pella, Iowa. Hartlieb is a 1999 graduate of Mehlville High School, and is pursuing a degree in elementary education at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Petitt-Lowery
(Engagement ~ 03/03/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Cynthia Meadows of St. Louis and Bill Petitt of Scott City announce the engagement of their daughter, Dana Elizabeth Petitt, to Timothy Scott Lowery, both of Scott City. He is the son of Michael Lowery of Scott City. Petitt received a bachelor of science degree in elementary education from Southeast Missouri State University in 2001. She is employed by Jackson R-2 School District...
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Buchheit-Schwartz
(Engagement ~ 03/03/02)
APPLE CREEK, Mo. -- Lawrence and Shirley Buchheit of Apple Creek announce the engagement of their daughter, Tonya Lynn Buchheit of Pocahontas, Mo., to Philip Eric Schwartz of Scott City, Mo. He is the son of John and Neisha Schwartz of Thebes, Ill. Buchheit is a 1989 graduate of St. Vincent's High School in Perryville, and 1993 graduate of Maryville University in St. Louis. She is a physical therapist at St. Francis Medical Center...
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Walton-Kenedy
(Engagement ~ 03/03/02)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Mary Ferrenburg of Morley and Cloyce and Dorothy Leigh Poore of New Madrid, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Leslie Poore Walton, to David Bradley Kenedy. He is the son of Jannie and Ron Davis of Sikeston, Mo., and David and Gwen Kenedy of East Prairie, Mo...
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Krauss-Brown
(Wedding ~ 03/03/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Stephanie Beth Krauss and Craig Michael Brown were married July 7, 2001, at Immanuel Lutheran Church. The Rev. Matthew T. Marks performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was Allyn Steffens. Soloist was Spencer Prevallet, cousin of the bride...
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Whistler-Alexander
(Wedding ~ 03/03/02)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Sara Elizabeth Whistler and Corey Lee Alexander were married Sept. 1, 2001, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church. The Rev. Ralph Duffner performed the double ring ceremony. Scripture readers were Michelle Whistler and Angela Schaefer. Music was provided by Trio Girardeaux. Soloist was Neal Boyd of Sikeston, Mo...
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Stroup-Esterline
(Wedding ~ 03/03/02)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Julie Ann Stroup and Adam Ray Esterline were married Oct. 6, 2001, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church. The Rev. Ralph Duffner performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was Emily Siebert of Chaffee, cousin of the bride. Parents of the bride are Jerry and Carol Stroup of Chaffee. The groom is the son of Rhonda Lowery of Dexter, Mo., and Ray Esterline of Dixon, Mo...
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Irene Bailey
(Obituary ~ 03/03/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Irene Bailey, 87, of Anna died Friday, March 1, 2002, at the Sarah Busch Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon, Ill. She was born Dec. 14, 1914, in Pope County, Illinois, daughter of John Ross and Elizabeth King Conley. She and Harry Bailey were married Dec. 28, 1932, in Eddyville, Ill. He died April 4, 1992...
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James Black
(Obituary ~ 03/03/02)
James Randy Black, 76, of Granite City, Ill., died Friday, March 1, 2002, at a daughter's residence in Charleston, Mo. He was born Aug. 8, 1925, in Bear Springs, Tenn., son of Homer and Edna Watts Black. He and Mildred Geraldine Jones were married Oct. 29, 1949. She died March 27, 1993...
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Neat and nostalgic
(Community ~ 03/03/02)
If you long for the past, or want to build a future, the house at 1909 Marietta in Cape Girardeau could be the house for you. This house has the interesting ability to take you back to the past. It has been owned by an apparently neat and meticulous couple who carefully kept the house's 1970s roots intact...
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Shift in state's power base is focus of bills
(Editorial ~ 03/03/02)
No one knows for sure how the politics of state government will be affected when Missouri's legislative term limits take full effect this year. November's elections will see dozens of new faces vying for House and Senate seats being vacated by seasoned officeholders...
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Candidates filling up this year's ballots
(Editorial ~ 03/03/02)
While presidential election years attract a lot of attention and generally spark higher voter turnouts, this year's balloting for county, state and federal officials is just as important. In addition, this year's election will have more candidates likely to be known to voters simply because they are our friends and neighbors...
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Fire report 03/03/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/03/02)
Cape Girardeau Sunday, March 3 Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday:At 6:19 p.m., an alarm sounding at 1112 Linden. At 6:57 p.m., an emergency medical service at 1098 Linden. Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:At 4:02 a.m., a smoke detector sounding at 8 Village Drive...
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Police and sheriff report 03/03/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/03/02)
Cape Girardeau Sunday, March 3 ArrestsA 14-year-old male was cited into juvenile court Friday for assault. Jason Miller, 21, of 1 North Sunset, was arrested Friday for failure to appear. Linda Miller, 17, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., was arrested Saturday for failure to appear...
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Local businesses take advantage of broadband
(Local News ~ 03/03/02)
Doctors can send dozens of X-rays to nearby hospitals. Producers can transport videos the day they're due rather than ship them overnight. Large real estate companies can make hundreds -- or thousands -- of pictures available for would-be home buyers to peruse at their leisure...
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U.S. fighter jet crash kills one in Mediterranean
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
WASHINGTON -- A Tomcat fighter jet crashed Saturday during a training exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, killing one of the two crew members, the Navy said. The F-14 went into the water immediately after launch from the USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier, which is on its way to deployment in the war in Afghanistan, said the statement from the U.S. Sixth Fleet, based in Gaeta, Italy...
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Embassies called vulnerable despite safety precautions
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
WASHINGTON -- Despite miles of new concrete barriers, towering walls, bomb-residue tests, metal detectors, gas masks and tight restrictions on diplomats' travel, a recent tunnel found near the U.S. Embassy in Rome makes clear that America's overseas missions remain strikingly vulnerable...
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U.S. ponders DNA samples from terrorists
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. authorities have been taking samples from suspected terrorists captured in Afghanistan that could produce DNA profiles, but it remains unclear what use they will be able to make of the material. Including an analysis of the samples in a federal DNA database apparently would require congressional approval because of existing limits on what can be placed in the database...
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Black former CIA officer claims racial discrimination
(National News ~ 03/03/02)
WASHINGTON -- A former CIA case officer who is black contends in a lawsuit against the agency that his supervisors discriminated against him for much of his career. Jeffrey Sterling, the first black case officer to file such a suit, claims his managers threw up hurdles that prevented him from succeeding...
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