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FBI to release Hoffa findings to prosecutor in Michigan
(National News ~ 03/30/02)
DETROIT -- The FBI said Friday it will refer its findings in the nearly 27-year-old disappearance of former Teamsters President James R. Hoffa to local prosecutors for possible state charges. No federal charges will be filed for now, though they may if more information is uncovered, said Special Agent Dawn Clenney of the FBI's Detroit office...
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Israelis overrun Arafat's base
(International News ~ 03/30/02)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli troops backed by tanks swarmed into Yasser Arafat's headquarters Friday, punching holes in walls and fighting room to room as the Palestinian leader huddled in a windowless office and made frantic appeals to world leaders by cell phone...
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Southern Illinois power plant gets $6.8 million
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
MARION, Ill. -- The state is giving a nonprofit power plant here $6.8 million to help build a special boiler, which officials say will create hundreds of new construction and mining jobs in an area that needs them badly. The Southern Illinois Power Cooperative will use the money to build a circulating fluidized bed boiler, which will increase the energy the plant generates and add to its life span, Michael Murphy, head of coal development for the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, said Friday.. ...
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Legislator urges sub attack on casino riverboats
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Rep. Tom Burch has a solution to the danger posed to Kentucky's horse industry from Illinois and Indiana casino riverboats: Sink 'em. Burch, a Louisville Democrat and self-described "Old Navy man," said he came up with the idea of a state submarine force to attack the riverboats so he could poke fun at opponents of slot machine casinos at Kentucky race tracks...
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Pains in the neck Chiropractors relieving spinal problems in an
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
FARMER CITY, Ill. -- When the owners of Kachina, a hackney pony, tried to harness him to the cart he pulls, the pony would buck and kick from pain when they touched his back or tail. The treatment for the pony wasn't pain medication or an adjustment of his harness. It was a chiropractic adjustment...
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Police wonder if body in creek is that of missing girl
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
COLUMBIA, Ill. -- Police were trying to identify the skeletal remains of a female discovered in a suburban St. Louis creek. An autopsy was scheduled for Friday, a day after the remains were found in a creek bed in Columbia. Investigators will try to identify the remains through dental records...
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No stone unturned Surface hunter finds artifacts of Indian cult
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
DUDLEY, Mo. -- When Leslie "Allen" Boyer looks for stone Indian artifacts, the stones usually don't look back. But there are always exceptions. "I was out surface hunting, walking around and looking down, and it was looking back at me," said Boyer. "It was a real exciting feeling."...
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School retrenches after counselor accused of sexual misconduct
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Assessing blame over how a defrocked priest was allowed to work as a grade-school counselor should be directed at church leaders who secretly settled sex-abuse lawsuits against him, and not at the St. Louis school system, the district's chief said Friday...
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State tells insurers to cover terrorism damage
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
The Missouri Department of Insurance has told insurers that with few exceptions, they cannot exclude terrorism-related damage from homeowner, automobile and other personal property policies they sell in the state. Such an exclusion is allowed only if an insurer can show that providing the coverage would cause it to fail, the department said in a recent bulletin...
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A bounty of young pitchers
(Professional Sports ~ 03/30/02)
Take a look around baseball and you can't help but notice them: young, hard-throwers who are proving that there can be just as much power in pitchers' arms as in sluggers' bats. Even with homers flying out of ballparks at record rates, this era might eventually be known as much for its hard throwers as its long hitters...
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Soccer's troubles are under scrutiny as World Cup nears
(Professional Sports ~ 03/30/02)
LONDON A buyer pays a record $220,850 at auction for a jersey worn by Pele, soccer's greatest player. TV contracts are enriching teams. Players and fans can't wait for the World Cup to start. Two months before its biggest tournament kicks off in South Korea and Japan, soccer appears buoyant...
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Gordon goes for two again on Memorial Day Weekend
(Professional Sports ~ 03/30/02)
Robby Gordon can't get the Indianapolis 500 out of his system. The former open-wheel star, with the blessing of his NASCAR Winston Cup team, announced Friday he will try the Memorial Day Weekend double -- Indy and the Coca-Cola 600 in Concord, N.C. -- for the third time on May 26...
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VA reassigns officials, will investigate maggots
(National News ~ 03/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi reassigned two administrators and launched investigations this week following a medical journal's report that maggots infested the noses of two comatose patients at a Kansas City, Mo., hospital...
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Soldier's death raises questions
(National News ~ 03/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- The first American soldier killed during the assault in Afghanistan this month may have been hit by U.S. rather than enemy fire, the Pentagon said Friday in a report on some of the war's deadliest accidents. Army Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman of Wade, N.C., was originally believed killed in an enemy mortar attack March 2 at the opening of the offensive against al-Qaida fighters regrouping in the Shah-e-Kot valley...
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Campaign finance bill puts limits on contributions from childre
(National News ~ 03/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- The new campaign finance law seeks to limit the influence of corporations, unions and rich people -- and also makes it illegal for kids to donate money. Supporters of the change say adults were abusing the system by contributing in children's names. Critics say the law will punish youngsters with a strong interest in politics...
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Enron wants to pay bonuses to top bosses
(Local News ~ 03/30/02)
NEW YORK -- Fearful of losing senior managers and having trouble recruiting new ones, Enron Corp. Friday asked a bankruptcy court to approve payment of lucrative retention bonuses, severance and the legal expenses of current executives and board members...
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Region/state digest 03/30/02
(Local News ~ 03/30/02)
Man sentenced to death again for 1996 murders WARRENTON, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff, Mo., man was once again sentenced to die for two murders he was found guilty of committing in December 1996. A sentencing hearing was conducted at 9 a.m. Friday for Cecil Barriner, who was found guilty in February for the murders of Candy Sisk and her grandmother, Irene Sisk, at their residence in Tallapoosa. ...
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Bridge project to start next week
(Local News ~ 03/30/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Work is scheduled to begin next week on setting girders for the new Diversion Channel bridge on northbound Interstate 55 at the Route AB exit. "We will have to stop traffic for 10 to 15 minutes at a time on the northbound interstate ramp while the procedure is under way," said Bob Wilson, Missouri Department of Transportation resident engineer...
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Pope's failing health evident during cross walk ceremony
(International News ~ 03/30/02)
ROME -- Pope John Paul II, not strong enough to walk with a cross in the Good Friday procession, stood as the ceremony neared its end and, for a few minutes, held the cross that had been carried by other celebrants. Recalling the suffering of Jesus as his crucifixion approached, John Paul's own suffering was evident. Stooped, trembling and often grimacing in pain, John Paul has been unable to carry on like he has for years...
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Ukraine's voters pick between risky change, scandalous status q
(International News ~ 03/30/02)
KIEV, Ukraine -- Volodymyr Simonov says Ukraine must embrace change to prosper and find its place more than 10 years after its birth as a nation. Volodymyr Khristenko, on the other hand, has witnessed too much change over the past decade, mostly for the worse...
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Convert aims to be first black woman rabbi in U.S.
(National News ~ 03/30/02)
DENVER -- Alysa Stanton's spiritual journey started in her childhood, when she and her family attended a Pentecostal church. As a young adult, she explored other religions, eventually choosing Judaism. Now, at age 38, she is poised to take her faith another step by studying to become a rabbi -- the first black woman rabbi in the United States, according to experts...
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people.10a
(National News ~ 03/30/02)
ABC finally canceling troubled 'Once & Again' ABC has given up once and for all on "Once & Again." The drama starring Sela Ward and Billy Campbell as a couple who try to blend families after their divorces drew critical acclaim but poor ratings in its three-year life...
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Hospital shifts gear for spring break
(National News ~ 03/30/02)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Dewey Aiken had stopped in a left-turn lane when his pickup truck was hit head-on. The five Alabama college students in the other pickup were fine. Aiken wound up at Bay Medical Center's emergency room. "A spring-breaker broke me," said the 57-year-old retired chemist, managing a smile before he was released after treatment for a few bruises...
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President sidesteps Congress by installing officials to posts
(National News ~ 03/30/02)
CRAWFORD, Texas -- Two days after signing a new law restricting campaign donations, President Bush bypassed Congress to install one of the law's Republican critics to enforce it. He also named a vocal critic of affirmative action as civil rights chief at the Education Department...
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Hard to swallow
(Local News ~ 03/30/02)
Eliminating state liquor control agents would overwhelm already busy local police forces and remove an important support system for business owners, say area opponents of a $3.5 million state budget cut. The House Budget Committee endorsed slashing the Liquor Control Division allocation as part of a $19 billion state budget for next fiscal year. The budget is expected to be considered by the House Tuesday when lawmakers return from their spring break...
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Three soldiers in California killed in training accident
(National News ~ 03/30/02)
LOS ANGELES -- A mortar round exploded prematurely during a training exercise at Fort Irwin on Friday, killing three soldiers and wounding a fourth in the latest live-fire accident to hit the U.S. military. The soldiers from Fort Riley, Kan., were killed by the 120 mm round shortly before 2:30 a.m., said Maj. Rob Ali, a spokesman at the base 120 miles east of Los Angeles. The wounded soldier was not seriously hurt...
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In-church walk called moving experience
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
Instead of carrying a wooden cross, people who participated in the Way of the Cross service at noon Friday had to rely on their imaginations to carry them through the service. Because of a threat of severe storms and rain, organizers decided to move the service to the sanctuary at First Presbyterian Church. About 50 people attended...
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False death claim brings charges
(National News ~ 03/30/02)
PHOENIX -- A Phoenix woman who said her foster son died in the Sept. 11 attack, only to have the man found alive in North Carolina, said Friday she will fight extradition to New York. Casey O'Shay, 45, is among 22 people accused of lying to receive relief funds totaling more than $759,000...
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Clerk, candidates predict low election-day turnout
(Local News ~ 03/30/02)
Despite a contested mayor's race in the city of Cape Girardeau, only one out of every four registered voters in the county is expected go to the polls in Tuesday's election. Rodney Miller, Cape Girardeau County clerk, estimated that 25 percent of the county's 48,918 registered voters -- or about 12,230 individuals -- may go to the polls...
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Court reinstates charges in warehouse fire
(National News ~ 03/30/02)
WORCESTER, Mass. -- An appeals court Friday reinstated involuntary manslaughter charges against a homeless couple who allegedly sparked a fire in a warehouse that killed six firefighters. The decision overturned a lower court's ruling that dismissed the charges...
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Little-known state agency bolsters Missouri's economy
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A low profile, relatively new state agency which doesn't even maintain an office in the state capital has increasingly provided an annual multibillion-dollar shot in the arm for Missouri's economy. Bearing the obscure title of Missouri Housing Development Commission, the agency's founding was approved in 1969. ...
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Environmentalist campaign takes aim at illegal turtle trade
(International News ~ 03/30/02)
ENSENADA, Mexico -- There's no sea turtle for sale in the bustling central fish market where it was once a featured delicacy. "It's impossible to buy it," said Francisco Leyva, a merchant who has sold fish in the Pacific port of Ensenada for 35 years. "No one is going to take the risk."...
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Jerusalem somber on Good Friday
(International News ~ 03/30/02)
JERUSALEM -- Hundreds of Christians followed Jesus' footsteps on Good Friday, singing hymns and stopping to pray along the winding cobblestone Via Dolorosa, where tradition says Christ hoisted a cross on his back on the way to his crucifixion. As the comparatively small number of pilgrims observed the annual ritual, Israeli police stormed into a nearby religious site, throwing stun grenades at Palestinian rock-throwers. ...
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Filipino members of cult crucify three in ceremonies
(International News ~ 03/30/02)
MOUNT PULONGBATO, Philippines -- Thousands of penitents scaled a hilltop where three members of a Christian cult were nailed to crosses in a Good Friday rite of sacrifice for peace in the Philippines' war-weary south. Crucifixions and acts of self-flagellation are regular Easter Lenten rites in the Philippines, and similar scenes played out around the country Friday...
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Fears of radioactive material rise in Kabul
(International News ~ 03/30/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Atomic experts came to Afghanistan this week after radioactive cobalt-60 was found in the abandoned wing of a hospital -- a discovery that raised fears other dangerous materials might lie forgotten in the country's rubble. Though radioactive materials can be used to make "dirty bombs," there was no evidence the cobalt-60 was intended for anything but medical treatment or that it had been tampered with by al-Qaida or the Taliban, said Capt. ...
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Refugees run from detention during riot
(International News ~ 03/30/02)
WOOMERA, Australia -- Up to 20 asylum seekers, including one child, escaped from an Australian detention center Friday by scaling fences topped with razor wire or cutting holes with bolt cutters thrown to them by protesters outside. Authorities recaptured 12 refugees after the escape, which occurred amid clashes between police and demonstrators at the Woomera Detention Center in central Australia...
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Trial date set in reporter's kidnap-slaying case
(International News ~ 03/30/02)
KARACHI, Pakistan -- A court in Pakistan on Friday set a trial date for four men accused in the kidnap-slaying of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl -- a case widely seen as a test of Pakistan's commitment to combat religious extremism. Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the alleged mastermind of the Jan. ...
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precinct list
(Local News ~ 03/30/02)
City of Cape Girardeau Brown Owl, Cape Girardeau County Park North maintenance building Campster/Pecan Grove, Cape Girardeau Fire Station 2 Precinct 1, Red Star Baptist activity building Precinct 2, Westminster Presbyterian Church fellowship hall...
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Fire report 03/30/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/30/02)
Cape Girardeau Saturday, March 30 Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday:At 6:08 p.m., a motor vehicle accident on Highway 74 and S. Kingshighway. At 6:15 p.m., an alarm sounding in the Scully Building on Southeast Missouri State University campus...
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Police report 03/30/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/30/02)
Cape Girardeau Saturday, March 30 ArrestsCrystal M. Warren, 17, of 205 S. Pacific was arrested Thursday for failure to appear. Michael Cooper, 41, of 1303 Jefferson was arrested Thursday for contempt of court. Bridget Renee Roden, 22, of Scott City, Mo., was arrested Thursday for failure to appear...
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Speak Out A 03/30/02
(Speak Out ~ 03/30/02)
Might attract patients I HOPE all the nurses who are standing firm behind the union at St. Francis Medical Center aren't getting discouraged. There are a lot of people out here who are hoping everything works out for them. There are tons of union employees out here who would go to St. Francis because of the union...
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Virginia Webb
(Obituary ~ 03/30/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Virginia Webb, 82, of El Campo, Texas, formerly of Anna, died Wednesday, March 27, 2002, at El Campo Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 23, 1919, in Ullin, Ill., daughter of Nile and Lutie Siebert Wood. Webb was a dietary worker 33 years at Choate Mental Health. She was a member of First Christian Church in Anna, Union County Home Extension, Business and Professional Women and had been a hospice volunteer...
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Edward Saffell
(Obituary ~ 03/30/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Edward "Ed" Saffell, 74, of Perryville died Friday, March 29, 2002, at his home. He was born Sept. 13, 1927, in Mississippi County, Ark., son of Floyd and Mattie Clark Saffell. He and Oleen Hemmann were married Aug. 5, 1950. Saffell retired as a lead technician at Emerson Electric in St. Louis. He was a member of American Legion Post 133...
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Ricky Dirickson
(Obituary ~ 03/30/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Funeral for Ricky Lee Dirickson of Sikeston will be held at 1 p.m. today at Blanchard Funeral Chapel. The Revs. Steve Vester and Dewayne Coleman will officiate. Burial will be in New Morley Cemetery at Morley, Mo. Dirickson, 42, died Thursday, March 28, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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Lonnie Long
(Obituary ~ 03/30/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Lonnie Long, 25, of Anna died Friday, March 29, 2002, in Anna. He was born Sept. 27, 1976, in Cairo, Ill., son of Leroy Ray and Donna Graves Long Jr. He married Michelle Wall. Survivors include his wife of Jonesboro, Ill.; a son, Timothy Long of Jonesboro; his mother, Donna Bishop of Anna; his father of Anna; three sisters, Shleena Brooks of Olive Branch, Ill., Tammy and Tracie Long of Breckenridge, Ky.; three brothers, David Long of Anna, Edward and Timothy Richter of Chipley, Fla.; and his paternal grandfather, Roy Long of Perks, Ill.. ...
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Gene Dirickson
(Obituary ~ 03/30/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Funeral for Wilbur Gene Dirickson of Sikeston has been changed to 1 p.m. today at Blanchard Funeral Chapel. The Revs. Steve Vester and Dewayne Coleman will officiate. Burial will be in New Morley Cemetery at Morley, Mo. Dirickson, 69, died Thursday, March 28, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...
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Marjorie Baugher
(Obituary ~ 03/30/02)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Marjorie J. Baugher, 72, of Edwardsville, Ill., formerly of Tamms, died Friday, March 29, 2002, at the home of a daughter. She was born Dec. 30, 1929, in Pontiac, Mich., daughter of John and Nora Cooley Miller. Baugher owned and operated Margie's Flower Shop in Tamms 16 years. She moved to Edwardsville in February 2000...
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John Blankenship
(Obituary ~ 03/30/02)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- John Blankenship, 80, of Advance died Friday, March 29, 2002, at his home, following an extended illness. He was born May 4, 1921, at Braggadocio, Mo., son of James L. and Mary K. Phillips Blankenship. He and Edith Nash were married Jan. 7, 1950, in Advance...
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Michael Gunning Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/30/02)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Michael W. Gunning Jr., 75, of Tamms died Friday, March 29, 2002, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 22, 1927, in Tamms, son of Michael Walter and Melba Sims Gunning Sr. He and Gladys Marie Penry were married Aug. 5, 1945. She died March 5, 2000...
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Edward Hanna
(Obituary ~ 03/30/02)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Edward W. Hanna, 83, of Cairo died Friday, March 29, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 15, 1918, in Cairo, son of Albert and Anna Coury Hanna. He was the owner of Hanna Sign Co. in Cairo before his retirement. ...
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birthssat.sr 3/30
(Births ~ 03/30/02)
Daughter to Greg Steven and Shari Sue Stroup of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:05 p.m. Saturday, March 23, 2002. Name, Anna Grace. Weight, 7 pounds 8 ounces. Fourth child, second daughter. Mrs. Stroup is the former Shari Snelling, daughter of Marilyn Johnsen of Jefferson City, Mo. Stroup is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Steven Stroup of Nashville, Tenn. He is employed at Auto Tire and Parts...
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Kelly high school honor roll
(Honor Roll ~ 03/30/02)
Kelly High SchoolA honor roll 12TH GRADE -- Alana Burford, Adam Daughhetee, Chase Deason, Shannon DeShaney, Adam Duncan, Amy Kern, Natalie Lewer, Adam Lofton, Erin Odle, Bridgett Riley, Garrett Stricker, Brian Taulbee, Joyce Wimberly...
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Leopold R-III honor roll
(Honor Roll ~ 03/30/02)
Leopold R-IIIA honor roll 12TH GRADE -- Julie Beel, Becky Beussink, Jennifer Brotherton, Deanna Engelen, Kyla Horrell, Deanna Inman, Leslee Ricketts, Melissa Thele, Amanda Trankle. 11TH GRADE -- John Broshuis, Amanda Dunn, Clayton Jansen, Barbara Macke, Melinda Trankle, Josh Van de Ven, Courtney Wesbecher...
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Out of the past 3/30/02
(Out of the Past ~ 03/30/02)
10 years ago: March 30, 1992 Jefferson City - Cape Girardeau City Councilman Hugh White files for Democratic nomination for 27th District Senate seat; Sikeston Mayor Bill Burch and former state Rep. Betty Hearnes of Charleston are other two Democrats in race to succeed Sen. John Dennis, D-Benton, who is retiring...
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Butler County man died of overdose
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
Daily American Republic POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Butler County Coroner Larry Cotrell confirmed Thursday that a local man who died in February overdosed on OxyContin, a powerful prescription pain reliever. The death of Glenn Campbell, 47, on Feb. 16 brings the number of Butler County deaths blamed on misuse of OxyContin to six since November 2000, Cotrell said...
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Deputy interrupts theft of ammonia
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- A Perry County deputy apparently interrupted three men trying to make off with stolen anhydrous ammonia Tuesday, police said. About 3:30 a.m., deputy Brandon Baker attempted to pull over a car driven by James Dean Nesler on Perry County Road 238 near Claryville, Mo., after he spotted it leaving a field without headlights...
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Couple arrested on drug charges
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
BENTON, Mo. -- A rural Sikeston, Mo., couple was arrested Thursday on drug charges as the result of an investigation by the Scott County Sheriff's department. James W. Still, 36 and Beverly A. Owen, 33, both of Highway O in Sikeston are charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute...
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Nurses complain about misleading, info from union
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/30/02)
To the editor: This letter is in response to last Sunday's news article regarding the union-organization efforts at St. Francis Medical Center. There are many nurses at St. Francis who feel we do not need a union, and we are fed up with the misleading and inaccurate information that is being put out by the union supporters...
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Concussion will keep Blues' Salvador out
(Other Sports ~ 03/30/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Defenseman Bryce Salvador will miss up to two weeks with a concussion suffered in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres, the Blues said Friday. Salvador, 26, was hurt in the third period when Buffalo's Rob Ray hit him in the face with the butt end of his stick. Salvador was taken for X-rays...
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District praises character education after its first year
(Local News ~ 03/30/02)
STRAFFORD, Mo. -- Teachers and staff in the Strafford school district are praising a program that aims to teach students positive character traits. Character education is now a part of every school day in the Southwest Missouri school district. Lesson plans for the district's 1,025 students include topics such as respect, responsibility and citizenship...
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Other options could have prevented gunplay
(Editorial ~ 03/30/02)
To some, Cleo Johns might be a hero. He single-handedly stopped Winford S. Griffith's recent shooting rampage, which nearly claimed a woman's life and could have continued indefinitely. Police have put together this series of events: The incident began when Johns apparently spilled the beans to one of Griffith's alleged girlfriends that he was cheating on her. The woman confronted Griffith, and his anger began to simmer...
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Bill would protect Ste. Genevieve history
(Editorial ~ 03/30/02)
There was exciting news for Ste. Genevieve last week. U.S. Sen. Kit Bond introduced a bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to examine whether part of the town could be designated a French Colonial Heritage Area. That would make it part of the National Park System...
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Looking for a leader
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
HADDONFIELD, N.J. Easter 2002 is a bit special for First Presbyterian Church, a granite landmark that features a Tiffany stained-glass window portraying Jesus' resurrection. It's not because of the added service to accommodate the extra turnout. That's customary...
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Religion calendar.16a
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
Saturday First General Baptist Church of Jackson, Mo., will host a 5:30 p.m. service with baptism, communion and a drama by the youth members. Gospel sing at 7 p.m. at A.C. Brase Arena with Karen Peck and New River. ...
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Area churches cope without pastors
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
Several area congregations are among the hundreds nationwide that will observe Easter services without a permanent pastor Sunday, but are well into a search process that could lead to a new minister. To get the right match, pastors and churches trade vital information about one another. The process varies by church and by denomination...
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Working on search for pastor brings joys and sorrows
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
Serving on a search committee for a new pastor can be both a rewarding and nerve-wracking experience. I know because I've done it, and survived. I served for almost nine months on a pastor selection committee at First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau...
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people in pews/tim ray
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
Whether it's finding storage for a group needing space in the church or signing people up for a church softball team, Tim Ray is willing to help when a need arises. Ray is a member at Cape Bible Chapel and serves on the deacon board, which oversees some of the daily needs in the church whether spiritual or physical...
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Central drops two games in Mississippi tournament
(High School Sports ~ 03/30/02)
OXFORD, Miss. -- Cape Girardeau Central lost its first two games of the season Friday by identical 7-6 scores in the Mississippi Challenge Tournament. The Tigers (2-2) fell to Olive Branch (Miss.) and Horn Lake (Miss.). In the first game, Olive Branch pushed across the deciding tally in the top of the seventh inning to slip past the Tigers...
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Sooners, Hoosiers an unlikely pair
(College Sports ~ 03/30/02)
ATLANTA -- Indiana wasn't supposed to be this close to a national championship. Not without Bobby Knight. Oklahoma wasn't supposed to be this close to a national championship. Not without carrying a football. Yes, there's life at Indiana after the General...
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Kansas, Maryland attempt to make a point
(College Sports ~ 03/30/02)
ATLANTA -- The folks at the Georgia Dome might want to change the bulbs in the scoreboard before Kansas and Maryland play in the Final Four. These teams can score. A lot. Kansas leads the nation at 91 points a game. Maryland is a couple of spots behind at 85.3...
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Indians make wait pay off in OVC win over Murray St.
(College Sports ~ 03/30/02)
It didn't go as planned, but the result was just fine for Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team. The Indians' scheduled doubleheader against Murray State was changed to a single game after rain pushed back the start more than two hours, from 2 p.m. to about 4:15. It was the Indians' Ohio Valley Conference opener...
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Williams, Howland win top APawards
(College Sports ~ 03/30/02)
ATLANTA -- Duke's Jason Williams and Pittsburgh's Ben Howland were honored Friday as The Associated Press college basketball player and coach of the year. Williams, the only unanimous All-America selection this season, is the second straight Duke player to be selected national player of year and the fifth Blue Devil to win the Adolph Rupp Award...
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UConn, Oklahoma roll into championship
(College Sports ~ 03/30/02)
SAN ANTONIO -- Connecticut won another Final Four showdown with its biggest rival and is now just one game from perfection. With its usual combination of masterful offense and sticky defense -- not to mention a flawless game from player of the year Sue Bird -- Connecticut rolled past Tennessee and into the national championship game with a 79-56 victory Friday night...
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Otahkians finish with OVC split against Tenn. St.
(College Sports ~ 03/30/02)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee State scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to top Southeast Missouri State University 7-6 in the first game of an Ohio Valley Conference softball doubleheader Friday. The loss for Southeast was its first ever against TSU (7-14, 1-3 OVC). The Otahkians had won all previous 24 meetings between the squads...
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saturday's digest
(Other Sports ~ 03/30/02)
AREA TEAMMATES COMPLETE SIGNINGS FOR COLLEGE TEAMS Central High seniors Andrew Eaton and Chris Jones have finalized their plans to play football in college. Both have signed with schools in Missouri, Eaton with William Jewell and Jones with Lindenwood...
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Forbes argues baseball's financial claim
(Other Sports ~ 03/30/02)
NEW YORK -- The 30 major league baseball teams had an operating profit of $75 million last season according to a study by Forbes Magazine, about $300 million more than commissioner Bud Selig testified to Congress in December. Forbes reported in its April 15 issue that 20 of the 30 teams were profitable last season - more than double what Selig said...
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SIUC chancellor wants 20 percent hike in tuition
(State News ~ 03/30/02)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University here is "running on fumes," and should raise tuition by 20 percent starting next fall, chancellor Walter Wendler said Friday. Wendler said he will ask the SIU Board of Trustees at its April meeting to raise tuition by 20 percent next year, and by 15 percent each of the following three years. If approved, it would be the largest increase by any state university this year...
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