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Resurgent Blues finish strong
(Professional Sports ~ 04/15/02)
DETROIT -- The St. Louis Blues had one of the strongest finishes in the NHL, while the Detroit Red Wings had one of the worst. Both teams, however, know that none of that matters once the playoffs start this week. Pavol Demitra was one of five St. Louis players to score as the Blues beat Detroit 5-3 Sunday...
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Last-minute tax tips for last-minute tax filers
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
We're all friends here, so I'm going to help you out. The big day is here -- Tax Day -- but that doesn't mean you have to panic. You're taxes aren't filed, but that's OK. You're in good company. Millions of Americans wait until the last minute. I know stomachs are churning out there, but you have until midnight tonight to get them in...
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Executive pay drops after rising for years
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Last year wasn't just bad for big business. It was bad for big businessmen: Many chief executives at large publicly traded companies saw their annual pay shrink for the first time in more than a decade. Top company officers of major corporations still raked in millions. But the salaries that spiraled ever higher from the early 1990s through 2000 edged up only slightly in 2001 as recession took hold, compensation experts say...
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On the job - Mead Talley, maintenance worker
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Mead Talley is a man of letters. Not that he has a ton of degrees. But Talley deals with letters of the alphabet a couple times a week when he changes them on the sign at the entrance of Arena Park. "I do that sometimes as often as two or three times a week," said Talley, who has been a maintenance worker for the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department for five years...
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Spam attack - Dealing with information overload
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
ou've got mail. Tons of it, in fact. Maybe more than you can handle. But you're not alone with your e-mail information overload. Industry analysts estimate that the average U.S. worker gets about 30 e-mails a day, which is 50 percent more than they got a year ago...
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People on the move 4/15
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Shelton named Rookie of the Year for State Farm Cape Girardeau native Brian Shelton has been named Missouri's Rookie of the Year for State Farm Insurance Cos. State Farm presents the award each year to its overall top producing new agent. The award is based on production in all lines of insurance and financial services, including auto, life, fire and health insurance...
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People you should know/Karen Green
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Age: 47. Key responsibilities: Offer solutions to consumers/businesses by providing competitive financial products and services. Also, manage products and services targeting the 50-and-over customer base. How long have you lived in Cape Girardeau: Since 1987...
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Business memo 4/15/02
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Local Miracle Ear centers get top honor Miracle-Ear Centers in Cape Girardeau, Perryville and Farmington, were honored as the No. 1 small franchise in the Miracle-Ear franchise system, the company announced recently. The designation of membership in the Miracle-Ear Platinum Club is recognition of a local franchise as the best of the best in market penetration, customer satisfaction and franchise administration, the company said...
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Limits needed on credit scores, premiums
(Editorial ~ 04/15/02)
In a nation that so heavily relies on credit -- mortgages, car loans, students loans, home-improvement loans, payday loans and credit cards, to name a few examples -- it is surprising that so many Americans do not understand their credit ratings. So it comes as something of a shock to them to learn that their credit ratings are reduced to a three-digit number. And it's even more of a shock to find out that a low number can mean higher insurance rates...
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Cape police report 4/15/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/15/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, April 15 ArrestsWilliam Porter, 39, of 2920 Perryville Road was arrested Saturday on a Cape Girardeau County warrant on a complaint of tampering with a witness. Kinsey Johnson, 27, of 322 S. Ellis St. was arrested Sunday on a warrant complaint...
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Cape fire report 4/15/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/15/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, April 15 Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:At 9:16 p.m., emergency medical service at North Mount Auburn Road and Kingshighway. At 9:27 p.m., alarm sounding at 500 William St. Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:At 1 a.m., emergency medical service at 611 S. West End Blvd...
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Powell tries to stop Hezbollah guerrilla attacks on Israel
(National News ~ 04/15/02)
AP Diplomatic WriterDAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Secretary of State Colin Powell took soundings in Syria and Lebanon Monday on a proposed Mideast peace conference and warned leaders of the two nations that guerrilla attacks on Israel could spill over into a wider conflict...
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Adopt-a-Highway volunteers help keep roads free of litter
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
On almost any weekend and on almost any of the nation's highways you'll see them -- dedicated volunteers who wage a battle against cans, bottles and other trash tossed out of vehicles by careless travelers. Spring is here -- and so is the official start of "litter" season, the call to action for thousands of Adopt-a-Highway volunteers...
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IMF, World Bank facing critics from inside and outside
(National News ~ 04/15/02)
WASHINGTON -- If a worldwide economic slowdown and Argentina's default were not enough to worry about, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are enduring name-calling and fingerpointing -- even from the finance ministers who set the institutions' policy...
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Illinois' top environmental educator has ties to Cape area
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
Sarah Livesay, environmental education coordinator for the Champaign County Forest Preserve District in Illinois, has been named Environmental Educator of the Year. She received the award from the Environmental Education Association of Illinois "for innovative and exemplary efforts in providing environment education opportunities for youth and educators."...
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Military digest 4/15/02
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
Marine Corps League to meet, elect officers Election of officers for the 2002-2003 year will be held when the local detachment of the Marine Corps League meets at 7 p.m. Thursday. The group will meet at the VFW Hall, 1049 N. Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau. Members and former Marines are encouraged to attend...
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Community Briefs 4/15
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
Sons of Union Veterans of Civil War to meet The Bootheel-area chapter of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Richard J. Oglesby Camp 61, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Cape Girardeau County Archive Center, 112 E. Washington, Jackson, Mo...
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One killed, two hurt in accidents
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
One man was fatally injured and two others hurt in separate accidents over the weekend on Southeast Missouri roads. John Richie, 19, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., was killed late Friday when his vehicle slid out of control and hit a tree broadside. A passenger, Brandon L. Johnson, 17, also of Poplar Bluff received serious injuries from the accident. He was taken by ambulance to Three Rivers North Campus...
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Humane Society volunteer loves all kinds of animals
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
Jennifer Kiefer loves animals -- all kinds. She remembers working with giant cockroaches at the St. Louis Science Center and snakes at Trail of Tears State Park near Cape Girardeau. "We had a couple of large bull snakes and a smaller snake at Trail of Tears," said Kiefer, a Southeast Missouri State University graduate in anthropology and archaeology. "My job there was to talk about the snakes with visitors at the interpretive center."...
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Greek Week produces volunteers, leadership
(Editorial ~ 04/15/02)
Greek Week at Southeast Missouri State University is a time for members of fraternities and sororities to work together and have lots of fun. Along the way, they provide thousands of hours of volunteer service. Volunteers are special people. They take time from busy schedules and other pressing demands to do something for someone else...
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Despite TV image, patients want docs to be well-dressed
(Community ~ 04/15/02)
CHICAGO -- Despite the casual appearance of their TV counterparts, doctors who want to be hip to patients should dress formally and shun blue jeans, sandals and clogs, a study suggests. Name badges, white coats and dress shoes are preferable for both male and female doctors, patients said in the study...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
Monday, April 15 City Hall, 401 Independence Study session at 5 p.m. Public Hearings A public hearing regarding the city's submission of an application to the state for the 2002 Community Development Block Grant Program for funding for the Good Hope-Bloomfield Neighborhood Restoration Project. ...
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James Johnson
(Obituary ~ 04/15/02)
TAMMS, Ill. -- James Pleasant "Pete" Johnson, 70, of Elco, Ill., died Sunday, April 14, 2002, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. He was born Nov. 11, 1931, at Sandusky, Ill., son of Augustus Evert and Edna Mae Harper Johnson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in the Korean War...
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Virginia Leible
(Obituary ~ 04/15/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Virginia L. Leible, 78, died Saturday, April 13, 2002, at Delmar Gardens-South in St. Louis. She was born Sept. 23, 1923, at Irvington, Ill., daughter of Steven and Lena Boyer Jackson. She and Chalmer Leible were married Sept. 6, 1947, at St. Louis...
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Rudolph Buchheit
(Obituary ~ 04/15/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Rudolph M. Buchheit, 85, of St. Louis died Saturday, April 13, 2002, at Sherbrooke Village Nursing Center. He was born Nov. 11, 1916, at Old Appleton, Mo., son of Joseph and Ida W. Buchheit. He and Matilda B. Rellergert were married. She survives...
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Chloe Miller
(Obituary ~ 04/15/02)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Chloe Miller, 83, of Jonesboro died Saturday, April 13, 2002, at her home. She was born May 25, 1918, at Mill Creek, daughter of Ivan Ford and Clara Belle Dillon Miller. She and Owen Miller were married June 5, 1939. She was a member of Ebenezer Methodist Church...
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Gladys Jones
(Obituary ~ 04/15/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Gladys Hileman Jones, 96, of Vienna, Ill., formerly of Anna, died Saturday, April 13, 2002, in Vienna. She was born Aug. 12, 1905, in Union County, daughter of Gordon and Emma Granay Hileman. She was married to Earl C. Jones. He died Aug. 25, 1964...
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Elmer Blattel
(Obituary ~ 04/15/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Elmer P. Blattel, 87, of Scott City died Sunday, April 14, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel.
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Correction 4/15/02
(Correction ~ 04/15/02)
David Bragg is affiliated with the Church of Christ in Cape Girardeau. A Web version of the story posted Saturday incorrectly listed the church's name. Bragg does take medication to handle the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Also, elders, not deacons, and other area ministers preach on Sunday evenings when he is not able...
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Out of the past 4/15/02
(Out of the Past ~ 04/15/02)
10 years ago: April 15, 1992 Cost of meeting city's budget is leading to elimination of about 12 city positions, including three held by long-time police officers; positions will be eliminated July 1, start of city's fiscal year; three officers were notified Monday about elimination of their jobs; employees holding rest of city positions will be told in next day or so; decision will end positions of Don Roberts, captain of police department's auxiliary services; Bob Ross, lieutenant who serves as station commander, and Carl E. ...
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Speak Out A 04/15/02
(Speak Out ~ 04/15/02)
Child fighters IT APPEARS that Yasser Arafat is not sending millions of martyrs to die for his cause. He's sending a bunch of kids to do his fighting for him. Brainwashing is what you call it. It makes me ill. Don't cut education VOTERS, REMEMBER these politicians at the ballot box who want to slash educational funds causing students to pay higher tuition to get an education while these politicians want to fund multimillion-dollar sports arenas for millionaire owners and million-dollar players. ...
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Musical treat will have choral, orchestral works
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/15/02)
To the editor: On April 10, many of us were privileged to attend an outstanding performance of the Miami City Ballet at Southeast Missouri State University. On April 11, the University Choir, directed by Dr. John B. Egbert, performed its annual spring concert at Old St. Vincent's Church. Both performances received standing ovations and were packed to the walls...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
7:30 p.m. Monday, April 15 City Hall Action Items Power and Light Committee Consider motion to cancel the regular council meeting of Monday, May 20, and schedule a regular meeting for Thursday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. Consider a motion to reschedule a special meeting for Thursday, April 25, at noon to consider a bill proposing an ordinance authorizing the issuance of Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System Revenue Bonds (State Revolving Fund Program) Series 2002, of the city of Jackson...
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Disease threatens Southern Illinois horseradish crop
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
ROXANA, Ill. -- Regulars at Rusty's restaurant near this town outside St. Louis have a saying: Take a helping of horseradish sauce "even if you don't eat it." "We have so many growers around here," owner Dale Werner says. The pungent root that adds a kick to roast beef and is a staple at Passover Seders grows in bigger quantities in the shadow of the St. Louis Arch than anywhere else in North America...
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Cows pampered with water beds
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
Associated Press/Don Ryan Dairy farmer Arie Jongeneel stood behind one of his milking cows resting on a cow waterbed at his dairy farm near Mount Angel, Ore. Jongeneel began experimenting with 15 of the specially made waterbeds in January and says he is ordering 80 more for his 1,600 cows.By Joseph B. Frazier ~ The Associated Press...
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Satellites used to detail crop damage
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
DEKALB, Ill. -- Satellite photography, best known for monitoring the weather or reconnaissance by the military, is finding a niche in the agricultural sector. Researchers at Northern Illinois University have used data from a National Aeronautics and Space Administration satellite orbiting more than 400 miles above the earth to estimate the cost of crop damage from two hail and wind storms that hit west-central Illinois in the summer of 1999...
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Indians finish off sweep
(College Sports ~ 04/15/02)
Tim Alvarez came to Southeast Missouri State University expecting to be a key player. He has turned out to be, but certainly not in the way he originally anticipated. Alvarez, a converted first baseman, recorded his third straight strong pitching performance Sunday to help the Indians rout Tennessee-Martin 12-2...
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Land was taken from Indians by greedy whites
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/15/02)
To the editor: This is a comment for the person who thinks we should help destroy the Palestinians the way we did the Indians. It is time we recognize that the early period of American history is nothing to be proud of. Europeans came with the idea of getting free land. It belonged to the Indians until it was taken from them by force. Greedy people came from Europe with the idea of stealing the assets of the people already in America. This is hardly something to brag about...
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Sports digest 4/15/02
(Other Sports ~ 04/15/02)
AREA SOUTHEAST SOFTBALL TEAM LOSES 7-0 TO TENN. TECH Southeast Missouri State University's softball team was shut out 7-0 by visiting Tennessee Tech Sunday. The Otahkians fell to 8-21 overall and 5-9 in Ohio Valley Conference play. Tech is 25-19 and 8-3...
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No one could sleep through that big fire
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/15/02)
To the editor: For so much of my life I have lived with pleasant memories of the beautiful, historic Normal School where my brother chose to enroll. Often were the stories he had to tell, at times remarking that everywhere one looked there were women. The boys liked that, and there were so few of them...
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Balancing budgets, citizens' needs
(Column ~ 04/15/02)
KENNETT, Mo. -- When Gov. Bob Holden submitted his proposed state budget for fiscal year 2003 just three months ago, he estimated his spending plan of $19.1 billion could be balanced with an infusion of $6.7 billion in general-revenue tax collections...
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SEMO ready to move on parking garages
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
Southeast Missouri State University is moving ahead with plans to build two parking garages after clearing up concerns about deed restrictions on one of the sites. But during construction, campus parking will be even worse than it is now, students say...
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Tax resisters object to paying in 'public act of conscience'
(National News ~ 04/15/02)
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Tax day is here, and Susan Quinlan hasn't filed her form 1040 yet. She doesn't plan to. As an anti-war activist, she objects to paying taxes that fund the nation's defense budget. Most of the 10,000 or so conscientious tax resisters nationwide send letters to the Internal Revenue Service each year explaining that they are withholding their cash and putting the money into an interest-earning fund. ...
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Slain sheriff 'lived and breathed' law enforcement
(National News ~ 04/15/02)
SOMERSET, Ky. -- A rural sheriff who had just given a campaign speech at a political rally and fish fry was killed by a sniper, and a suspect then fled on a motorcycle belonging to one of the victim's election opponents. The motorcyclist was charged in the slaying Sunday. Authorities said they were investigating whether he knew the owner of the vehicle, although they said the latter was not a suspect...
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Gov. Ryan's panel says abolishing death penalty not the answer
(National News ~ 04/15/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Two years after Illinois Gov. George Ryan halted executions, saying he couldn't trust the state's criminal justice system, a panel he named to examine the process is ready to recommend changes aimed at keeping innocent people off death row...
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Journalist receives probation for impersonating officials
(National News ~ 04/15/02)
CLEVELAND -- A journalist was sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to impersonating federal officials to obtain documents in an economic espionage case. Avi Lidgi, 27, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court on charges that he falsely identified himself to get documents in a case against two Japanese scientists accused of stealing research material on Alzheimer's disease from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. ...
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Lawyers say 450 new clients have come forward in abuse case
(National News ~ 04/15/02)
BOSTON -- Attorneys for people who allege they were sexually abused by Boston-area priests said more than 450 more alleged victims have come forward since the scandal broke in January. "Some of them realize for the first time that they're not an isolated incident," said Mitchell Garabedian, who settled with the Boston Archdiocese last month on behalf of 86 people who accused former priest John Geoghan of abusing them...
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Teasing moviegoers - Sometimes the trailer says too much
(Entertainment ~ 04/15/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Should moviegoers be teased or spoiled? That's the question facing studio marketers who decide how much to reveal in trailers. Some fans complain that commercials, like one for the new thriller "Changing Lanes," give away too many plot twists and amount to condensed versions of the films they promote...
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Trailer cop decides just how racy movie marketers can be
(Entertainment ~ 04/15/02)
LOS ANGELES -- If you want to get a racy movie trailer into theaters, first you have to talk to the Hand -- Bethlyn Hand. While most people know that the Motion Picture Association of America rates movies for violent or sexual content, few know about Hand, who with her small staff reviews every piece of marketing material, including trailers and newspaper ads, for suitability...
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Chavez back in power after overthrow by Venezuelan military
(International News ~ 04/15/02)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Triumphant yet chastened, President Hugo Chavez returned to office on the wings of a popular uprising two days after he was ousted and arrested by Venezuela's military, saying he has reflected on his mistakes and was prepared to "make corrections."...
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Group raising money to repair historic Cape Girardeau home
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
Completed in 1883, eventually restored to the way it was in 1900, and now a museum, the Glenn House's architecture and furnishings tell a story of how life was lived at the turn of the century. There's an ice box, a party-line telephone and turn-of-the-century toys...
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Parents struggle to regain daughter's trust after rape
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
She's almost 6 now. She panics around strange men, is wary of strangers in general and has started calling her father by his first name, rather than "Daddy." Kevin and Hope Evans sat through the trial last week for Samuel Farrow Jr., the man who kidnapped and sexually molested their daughter in November 2000. For the first time, they heard a tape of their daughter talking to a nurse and a female deputy describing a rape with the limited vocabulary of a 4-year-old...
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Jackson drivers protesting road plan
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The Jackson Board of Aldermen expected to pack its chambers Monday night with residents objecting to a plan for Highway 34/72. Business owners and residents along the stretch say the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department's plan will cause lost commerce and a lot of hassle. Sam Blackwell will have the whole story in Tuesday's Southeast Missourian and on semissourian.com...
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Opponents of Highway 34/72 plan collecting signatures
(State News ~ 04/15/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- At tonight's Board of Aldermen meeting, opponents of the Missouri Department of Transportation plan to widen Highway 34/72 hope to make a statement that is heard in Jefferson City. Jackson Alderman Joe Bob Baker and 30 property owners have been collecting signatures on a petition opposing the four-lane limited access highway. Copies of the petition also were placed at some businesses that will be affected by the project...
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Kenya's Rodgers Rop wins 106th Boston Marathon
(Professional Sports ~ 04/15/02)
AP Sports WriterBOSTON (AP) -- Rodgers Rop led a Kenyan sweep of the first four spots in the Boston Marathon on Monday, winning in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 2 seconds. Christopher Cheboiboch, who kept pace with Rop until turning at Cleveland Circle for the long straightaway leading into Boston, finished about 20 yards behind him...
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Troops will leave West Bank cities except Ramallah, Bethlehem
(National News ~ 04/15/02)
Associated Press WriterJERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday that troops will be out of all West Bank cities except Ramallah and Bethlehem within a week. "Altogether, we are on our way out," Sharon said in an interview with CNN. Israel, he said, has no intention to stay in "cities of terror."...
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Pope summons American cardinals to talk about sex scandal
(National News ~ 04/15/02)
Associated Press WriterROME (AP) -- Pope John Paul II has summoned American cardinals to the Vatican for an extraordinary meeting to talk about sex scandals in the U.S. church. The meeting will probably take place next week, the Vatican said Monday, without providing any additional details...
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Retired Supreme Court Justice Byron White dies of pneumonia
(National News ~ 04/15/02)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Retired Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White, a football hero whose reputation for clear-headed legal thinking and a hardheaded personality was honed through three decades on the nation's highest court, died Monday. He was 84...
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Southeast mulls fee hikes
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
Students at Southeast Missouri State University could see higher tuition and higher parking fines next year. Staff writer Mark Bliss explains how high and whether students are willing to pay in Tuesday's Southeast Missourian and on semissourian.com
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Late tax filers pack Cape post office
(Local News ~ 04/15/02)
Local postal officials expected 20,000 to 30,000 tax returns to be mailed today, along with millions nationwide. As a result, the post office in downtown Cape Girardeau was filled with procrastinators and those who wanted to hang on to their money as long as possible. Business writer Scott Moyers answers why people wait and what price they pay in Tuesday's Southeast Missourians and on semissourian.com...
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Colombian presidential candidate survives bomb blast
(International News ~ 04/15/02)
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's leading presidential candidate was unharmed Sunday after a bomb exploded near his motorcade in an apparent assassination attempt, killing three bystanders and injuring 15 others. Alvaro Uribe, a hard-liner running on pledges to crack down on leftist guerrillas, was traveling through the Caribbean coastal city of Barranquilla when a bomb placed under a bridge exploded just after his caravan and a passenger bus crossed over...
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Russian defense worker charges CIA drugged, recruited him
(International News ~ 04/15/02)
MOSCOW -- A Russian government defense employee at the center of the latest spy scandal with the United States was drugged and recruited by the CIA while seeking information about long-lost relatives, he said on state-run television Sunday. The employee, identified only as Viktor, told RTR television he was trying to fulfill his dying father's wish to contact relatives who fled to the United States decades earlier and wrote a letter back. ...
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American-led troops attacked while on patrol
(International News ~ 04/15/02)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- After weeks of no reported combat with al-Qaida or Taliban fighters, American-led forces clashed with "terrorists" and several of them were believed killed, the U.S. command said Sunday. Rockets were also fired at a U.S.-controlled airstrip in southeastern Afghanistan, stark reminders that this country's struggle to overcome 23 years of war is far from over...
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Lindbergh grandson to duplicate historic flight
(State News ~ 04/15/02)
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- Pushed by strong tail winds, the grandson of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh touched down Sunday in this St. Louis suburb in the first leg of a bid to duplicate his grandfather's historic 1927 solo crossing of the Atlantic. About two hours ahead of schedule, Erik Lindbergh, 36, arrived here shortly before 7 p.m. in the New Spirit of St. Louis, a state-of-the-art Lancair Columbia 300...
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Labonte wins Virginia 500
(Professional Sports ~ 04/15/02)
MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Bobby Labonte isn't one for the bumping and banging that characterize short-track racing. So when the Pontiac driver found himself in prime position Sunday, he just had to drive. On a day when Kevin Harvick wasn't allowed to race, the Virginia 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race still featured plenty of banging, and one near gift from Tony Stewart that Labonte turned into his 19th victory...
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Five people killed
(State News ~ 04/15/02)
DEERFIELD, Mo. -- Five people were killed in a traffic accident in Southwest Missouri Sunday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The patrol was still investigating Sunday evening. Radio operator Michael Markley said three adults and two children were killed in the accident at about 2:30 p.m. about a mile west of Deerfield...
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Tigers blow lead, remain winless
(Professional Sports ~ 04/15/02)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Even with a two-run lead in the eighth inning, the Detroit Tigers still couldn't win. Pinch-hitter David Ortiz broke an 0-for-16 slump with a tiebreaking bases-loaded triple in an eight-run eighth inning, and the winless Tigers lost their 11th straight game, 13-7 Sunday to the Minnesota Twins...
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Mets win; Bonds leaves game
(Professional Sports ~ 04/15/02)
NEW YORK -- Roberto Alomar, borrowing a bat from Mike Piazza, homered twice, drove in four runs and singled to set up Piazza's go-ahead single in the sixth inning as the New York Mets beat the Montreal Expos 6-4 Sunday for their fourth victory in five games...
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Tiger tames tougher Augusta
(Professional Sports ~ 04/15/02)
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Tiger Woods proved far more daunting than a toughened up, redesigned Augusta National. Woods swiftly took the lead at the Masters on Sunday and the world's best golfers swiftly turned to mush. Despite all the changes to the venerable course, the ending was all too familiar...
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Woods aces another final day
(Professional Sports ~ 04/15/02)
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Some see the red shirt and melt before the first shot is struck. Others last until an early barrage of birdies makes them start gambling like tourists waiting on a flight home from Las Vegas. One even snapped at his heels like a terrier for all 18 holes of regulation, only to find out in a playoff what all the rest of Tiger Woods' victims already knew: The longer the golf goes, the tougher he gets...
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Houston holds off St. Louis
(Professional Sports ~ 04/15/02)
ST. LOUIS -- In a game that went down to the wire, the Houston Astros avoided getting swept by their chief rival in the NL Central. Shane Reynolds allowed one earned run in 5 1-3 innings as the Houston Astros built a four-run, fifth-inning cushion and held on for a 5-4 victory Sunday...
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Six months later, no complaints on revised livestock law
(State News ~ 04/15/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some livestock farmers were in an uproar last year when a state price discrimination law took effect with an unexpected consequence. Meat packers, fearful of discrimination lawsuits, stopped paying cash based on the weight of cattle and hogs and shifted to a quality-of-meat rate that often remained constant even if market prices rose...
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Man selling object he says is piece of UFO
(State News ~ 04/15/02)
REEDS SPRING, Mo. -- Bob White's telephone hasn't stopped ringing since he placed a four-line ad in a Southwest Missouri newspaper offering to sell what he is convinced is a piece of a flying saucer for $10 million. Most of the callers are just curious or simply poking fun at the listing under "Antiques & Collectibles" in the Springfield News-Leader...
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Finding homes - Illinois woman rescues unwanted Great Danes
(State News ~ 04/15/02)
COAL CITY, Ill. -- Bobbi Gubelman-Rogers has a great love of animals, especially large ones. Gubelman-Rogers, who lives at Deevil's Brae Farm here, owns four giant Clydesdale horses, three Great Danes and an assortment of other creatures. It's the large Great Danes that are her passion. Gubelman-Rogers not only loves the breed, she operates an organization that seeks to find new homes for Great Danes who are no longer wanted. She calls it the Great Dane Rescue...
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Court says army must hand over Palestinian bodies
(International News ~ 04/15/02)
The Associated PressJENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank -- Israel's Supreme Court told the army Sunday that it must give the Palestinians the bodies of those killed in Jenin's refugee camp, a move that could help clear up the escalating dispute over how many Palestinians died in the fierce fighting...
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Israeli casualties come from most every corner of society
(International News ~ 04/15/02)
JERUSALEM -- As a teen-ager Clara Rosenberger was one of few members of her family to survive Auschwitz. Now, nearly six decades later, a Palestinian suicide bombing has left her paralyzed from the waist down. "Once was enough. I never thought it would happen again," Rosenberger, 72, said from her hospital bed. "It happened."...
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Arafat says Israel must leave West Bank before violence ends
(International News ~ 04/15/02)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat rebuffed Secretary of State Colin Powell's demand Sunday for a halt to violence, saying Israel first must withdraw its troops from the West Bank. Powell, shuttling back to Israel for a meeting in Tel Aviv, then pressed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for a complete pullback, a U.S. official said...
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Documents detail battle plans
(International News ~ 04/15/02)
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's military has declassified documents about the island's secret plans to retake the Chinese mainland in the 1950s -- including a plan to fire nuclear artillery shells at a Chinese port -- a newspaper reported Sunday. Hoping the U.S. ...
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Term-limited lawmakers plan travel at public expense
(State News ~ 04/15/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Five state lawmakers being forced out by term limits plan to travel to a summer conference designed to make them better legislators -- even though their work in the Legislature will be done. At this summer's meeting of National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver, lawmakers from across the country are to discuss issues such as budgets, technology, health care and education...
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Some oppose students' plan to help free Sudanese slaves
(State News ~ 04/15/02)
LIBERTY, Mo. -- Students at William Jewell College only wanted to help. But now they have found themselves in the middle of an international debate about atrocities in Africa. For their final class project, 12 students in the Pryor Leadership Studies program organized the Freedom 5K run-walk April 21 to raise money to fight slavery in Sudan...
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DNR studies effects of bankruptcy by Doe Run
(State News ~ 04/15/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri taxpayers could be forced to pay cleanup costs in Herculaneum if the financially troubled company that runs the nation's largest lead smelter files for bankruptcy, the state's chief environmentalist told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
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Iowa man killed in Cass County traffic accident
(State News ~ 04/15/02)
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- An Iowa man was killed Sunday in a traffic accident in Cass County in western Missouri, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The patrol identified the victim as Carl Nash, 79, of Atlantic, Iowa. The accident happened about 2 p.m. on Missouri 7 a few miles southeast of Harrisonville when Nash's car pulled into the path of another vehicle, the patrol said...
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Mississippi Lime plans new rotary kiln
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Business Today STE. GENEVIEVE -- Mississippi Lime Co. officials have announced they will soon be investing in state of the art rotary kiln technology at the company's Ste. Genevieve manufacturing site. According to press releases and a story in the online edition of the Suntimes newspaper, the rotary kiln will enable the company to have the most current production and environmental controls possible...
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Jackson creates zoning for professional offices
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Business Today JACKSON -- Jackson has joined Springfield and Columbia as one of the few cities in the state with a separate zoning designation for professional office buildings. The Jackson Board of Aldermen on April 1 unanimously approved an ordinance creating the 0-1 District for professional office districts, a zoning designation Mayor Paul Sander described as "somewhere in between commercial and residential zoning."...
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Southeast Missouri begins to improve
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
By Bruce Domazlicky Center for Economic and Business Research Southeast Missouri State University As the national economy begins to climb out of the recession, Southeast Missouri is also showing signs of a recovery. Revised employment figures form the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations indicate that employment dropped by over 10,000 workers from the second to the fourth quarter of 2001. ...
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Judge to hear appeal of Kinder Morgan permit
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Cape County Commission would ink power project Business Today An administrative law judge is scheduled to hear an appeal in May from developers seeking a state permit to build a power plant in Cape Girardeau County. At issue is a five-month-old appeal by Kinder Morgan Power Co., which wants the Missouri Air Conservation Commission to allow it to build a $300 million electric-generating plant near Crump, Mo...
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Letter - Tariffs on steel a good idea
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
To the editor: I support tariffs on imports. Five years ago, I went to work for a steel company in Arkansas. Business was good, and the company was making a good profit after placing a cold mill in the facility. All of a sudden in 1997, all we saw coming through the mill was cheap, substandard Russian steel...
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Payne named new director of career center
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Business Today When Harold Tilley, director of the Career and Technology Center in Cape Girardeau, retires at the end of the school year, he will be replaced by a man who has been serving as his understudy for almost a year. In late March, the Cape Girardeau School Board approved Rich Payne, current assistant director of the CTC on Silver Springs Road, as Tilley's replacement...
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Gas pumps coming to Sam's Club in Cape
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Business Today Warehouse retailer Sam's Club is adding a gas station to its Cape Girardeau location. The store's general manager, Todd Davis, said construction started several weeks ago. He said it takes six to eight weeks for completion. "We expect to be pumping by the middle of the summer," he said...
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Internet provider adds Dexter to network
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Business Today Brick Network, a St. Louis-based provider of Internet services, has begun offering high-speed Internet services to consumers and businesses in Dexter. Dan O'Sullivan, president of Brick Network, said Dexter provides a viable market for the company as Brick continues its expansion in Southeast Missouri...
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Firstar signs being replaced
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Business Today New red, white and blue U.S. Bank signs have replaced the green Firstar Bank signs at 74 Firstar branches in Southeast Missouri. The new signs at Bloomfield, Essex, Poplar Bluff, Doniphan, Sikeston, Cape Girardeau, Willow Springs, Neelyville, Marble Hill and Jackson were in place by March 20...
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MFA Inc. purchases LeGrand Fertilizer
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Business Today POPLAR BLUFF -- The board of directors of MFA Inc. has approved the purchase of LeGrand Fertilizer. LeGrand will become part of the operation of Morris Farm Center, which is headquartered in Piggott, Ark. The purchase of LeGrand includes all equipment and physical facilities that were located at its Harvell location...
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Libla adds service center for International trucks
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Business Today POPLAR BLUFF -- The L.C.I. Service Center is the latest addition to Libla Communications. It opened in March in the Libla building on Highway 67 North. "We're now authorized to do warranty work on Internationals," said Matt Winters, human resource manager. "We specialize in the semis and trailers and heavy construction equipment."...
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Arts and banquet center under construction
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Business Today FARMINGTON -- Work has begun on the city's $4.4 million performing arts and banquet center, which is being built on the south side of the Farmington Community Civic Center. Brockmiller Construction Co. of Farmington, which built the civic center, is also building the new center...
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Letter - Thanks for tax help with stadium
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
To the editor: On behalf of the people of St. Louis, may I be first to extend our heartfelt thanks to the citizens of Cape Girardeau and their elected representatives for helping build a stadium for the Cardinals. Although the legislative process will certainly spread favors and consideration to every corner of this great state, most of the cash will be spent right here, enabling St. ...
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Tax group gives Clinton an 'F'
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
WASHINGTON - New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton scored an "F" in her first year in Congress by voting for more new government spending than any of her 99 colleagues, an anti-tax group reports. Clinton set a record, getting a 3 percent rating for her 2001 voting record, the lowest score ever for a freshman and lower than any other senator, according to the National Taxpayers Union...
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Bookworms, others drawn to Book Bug & Cafe
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Coffee, quilts, poetry, pastries By Jim Obert Business Today JACKSON -- It would be a daunting task to count the number of books that line the myriad shelves at The Book Bug & Cafe. Owner Julia Grider began placing paperbacks and hardcovers on the long lines of freshly painted shelves months before the store opened last December...
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Pet supplies store coming to Cape
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Business Today A Petco Animal Supplies store is scheduled to open in Cape Girardeau this summer. Petco, the No. 2 chain in the country behind PetSMART, will fill the final vacant lot at Cape West Plaza, which includes Shoe Carnival, Fashion Bug and Staples. The address will be 266 Siemers Drive...
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Saint Francis nurses vote down union
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
Business Today After a two-year campaign, registered nurses at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau overwhelmingly voted to reject the proposal to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 655. The vote was held April 5. Of the 387 registered nurses at Saint Francis, 76 voted yes and 281 voted against joining the Saint Louis-based union. Fifteen of the votes were challenged, and 15 registered nurses didn't vote...
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Sabreliner gets $40 million Boeing military contract
(Business ~ 04/15/02)
60 jobs in new Ste. Genevieve plant By Jim Obert Business Today STE. GENEVIEVE -- Sabreliner Corp. has been awarded a $40 million contract to overhaul components for Air Force KC-135 aircraft. The aircraft are used for aerial refueling and cargo transport...
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