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GDP shows strongest growth rate since 1999
(National News ~ 04/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- Breaking out of the doldrums, the economy grew in the first quarter at a 5.8 percent annual rate, its strongest performance in more than two years and proof positive that last year's recession is history. The recovery comes after the gross domestic product -- the broadest measure of the economy's health -- turned in six below-par quarters as companies throttled back production, let go of workers and saw profits plunge...
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Historians missed century's biggest trend
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
Did journalists, pundits and historians miss one of the 20th century's biggest social trends in writing all those backward looks at New Year's 2000? Philip Jenkins, professor of history and religious studies at Penn State University, thinks so. While Fascism and Nazism have vanished and Communism is dying, he observes, "perhaps the most successful social movement of the past century" is Pentecostalism, which started with a handful of believers and now encompasses hundreds of millions. ...
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cross garden
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
PRATTVILLE, Ala. American flags, cozy homes and freshly blooming flowers dot the rural landscape along County Road 86. But it's the crosses -- hundreds of them -- that draw a steady stream of the curious and Christians to this otherwise tranquil neighborhood...
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people in pews/trula ladreiter
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Trula Ladreiter can't read a musical note, but she's been singing solos since she was 5 years old. Ladreiter, 87, has the longest tenure of anyone in the choir at New McKendree United Methodist Church. She's been in the choir for 67 years...
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religion briefs 4/27
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
Gospel singing slated at church Shiloh Baptist Church in Villa Ridge, Ill., will host a gospel singing at 7 p.m. May 4. Featured guests will be the Gloryroad Travelers and others. Jackson church to hold songfest on May 5 Immaculate Conception Church of Jackson, Mo., will hold the first of several scheduled Songfests May 5 at the church...
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Farm-to-market agreements a part of coming revolution
(Local News ~ 04/27/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- In addition to the economic impact of plantings so-called "farmaceutical" crops, the approaching agriculture revolution predicted for Missouri will enhance the ability of farmers to diversify their activities, thereby increasing income under less stressful conditions...
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Central stumbles in 6th straight setback
(High School Sports ~ 04/27/02)
The tough times continued for Central's baseball team Friday as visiting Hillsboro handed the Tigers their sixth consecutive loss, 4-2 in the completion of a game that was interrupted by rain Wednesday after one inning. All the scoring came in the first inning Wednesday. The Hawks improved to 12-11 while the Tigers fell to 4-12...
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Central junior new passion, records
(High School Sports ~ 04/27/02)
Apparently the hurdles were just too low for Central senior Becky Komorech. After running hurdles in junior high and her freshman year, she took the year off from track as a sophomore. Her junior year she returned to Central's track team, but decided to go in a new direction...
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Pitching pushes Notre Dame into second-round game
(High School Sports ~ 04/27/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Notre Dame rode solid pitching from sophomore Blake Urhahn to a 9-2 win over Scott City in the first round of the Red Devils Classic on Friday. The Bulldogs, 10-2 and ranked No. 3 in Class 2A, were a late entry into the rain-delayed tournament originally scheduled for last weekend. They replaced New Madrid County Central, which was forced to drop out because of scheduling conflicts...
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Otahkians look for strong finish; OVC tournament up next
(College Sports ~ 04/27/02)
Southeast Missouri State University's softball season has fallen far short of expectations. But Otahkians coach Lana Richmond said it's not through a lack of effort by her seven seniors, who will close out their home careers today at 1 p.m. against Ohio Valley Conference rival Tennessee-Martin (23-28, 11-7 OVC)...
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sacred selections 4/27
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
These are submissions from Barbara Clements, secretary of the Bahai Group of Cape Girardeau: O son of man! I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore, do thou love me, that I may name thy name and fill they soul with the spirit of life...
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religion calendar 4/27
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
Today Church-sponsored yard sale from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Activities Center at First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. Proceeds from the sale benefit the Baptist Children's Home in East Prairie, Mo. Becky Tirabassi speaks at the Change Your Life women's conference at 8:30 a.m. at Cape Bible Chapel. The event concludes at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $25. The event is sponsored by Cape Bible Chapel and St. Andrew Lutheran Church...
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Man gets extra month in jail for perjury charge
(Local News ~ 04/27/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A Grassy, Mo., man earned himself 30 extra days in prison and a felony conviction when he lied at his DWI sentencing hearing, prosecutors said. Kenneth Thor Anderson, 34, was convicted of perjury Wednesday and Circuit Judge John W. Grimm sentenced him to 30 days in jail, time already served...
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City parks to get spruced up today
(Local News ~ 04/27/02)
In the 17 years since the annual Friends of the Park Day was started, Jackie Todd has missed only twice. Usually he's at Capaha Park instructing Scouts on how to plant flowers in the bed south of the swimming pool. He reminds them to bring their families back later in the spring to see the results...
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billboard.1a
(Local News ~ 04/27/02)
Cape Girardeau finance director John Richbourg unveiled the proposed fiscal 2002-2003 budget to the Cape Giradeau City Council Friday morning as part of the council's annual retreat, which took place at Black Forest Village. The budget didn't include any cuts of major programs. ...
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Man indicted in bank robbery
(Local News ~ 04/27/02)
A Michigan man was indicted Friday on charges of robbing a bank in Charleston, Mo. Richard Kozlow, 58, of Saginaw, Mich., is accused of robbing the Mississippi County Savings and Loan of $4,545 on June 1, 2001. In a videotape of the incident, a man prosecutors say was Kozlow brandished a handgun and demanded money...
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Police report 04/27/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/27/02)
Cape Girardeau Saturday, April 27 DWIJennifer Joy Amann, 25, of 821 Broadway was arrested Thursday for driving while intoxicated. Jerrod Wayne Talley, 2760 Lynnwood Hills, was arrested Thursday for driving while intoxicated. ArrestsAndrew Louis Camp, 22, of Scott City, Mo., was arrested Thursday for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia...
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Fire report 04/27/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/27/02)
Cape Girardeau Saturday, April 27 Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday:At 6:23 p.m., an emergency medical service at 3034 Minuteman Way. At 6:32 p.m., a trash fire at 1 Cherokee Park. At 10:03 p.m., a false alarm at 1240 Linden. Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday:At 12:04 p.m., an alarm at 1011 Linden...
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Sheriff report 04/27/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/27/02)
Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department Saturday, April 27 DWIRickey D. Braswell, 38, of Millersville, Mo., was arrested April 19 for driving while intoxicated. ArrestsKevin S. Miller, 32, of Cape Girardeau was arrested Saturday for parole violation...
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Student participation in move a positive step
(Editorial ~ 04/27/02)
Central High School students are going to help head 'em up and move 'em out May 23 and 24, taking all the books, desks, chairs and anything else they can carry over to their new building. Relocating to a new school, plus closing another -- L.J. Schultz School -- and reconfiguring grades five through 12 is a mammoth task. On the practical side, the district needs as many warm bodies as possible to make it happen...
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School district should help pay for road
(Editorial ~ 04/27/02)
As it is now, Silver Springs Road stands in sharp contrast to the new Central High School in Cape Girardeau. Where the school, still under construction, is sleek and modern, the road in front of it is bumpy and some say dangerous. Going south, a dip prevents drivers from seeing approaching cars on the narrow road...
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Indians add more height, sign 4th recruit
(College Sports ~ 04/27/02)
A fourth player standing at least 6-feet-7 has completed Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball recruiting class for next season. On Friday, forward Reggie Golson from Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College signed a national letter of intent with the Indians...
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Indians look for wins to stay on top of OVC pack
(College Sports ~ 04/27/02)
Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team has had a few days to savor Tuesday's big win over nationally ranked Oklahoma State. Now the Indians come back to earth. Austin Peay visits Capaha Field this weekend for a three-game series that will go a long way toward determining the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season champion...
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Norman Boyd Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/27/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Norman L. Boyd Sr., 93, of Anna died Friday, April 26, 2002, at the Jonesboro Health Care Center in Jonesboro. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna.
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Doug Avery
(Obituary ~ 04/27/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Doug Avery, 54, of Scott City died Friday, April 26, 2002, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Osceola, Ark. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Betty Boswell
(Obituary ~ 04/27/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Betty Boswell, 77, of Anna died Friday, April 26, 2002, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna.
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Vivian Cundiff
(Obituary ~ 04/27/02)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Vivian D. Cundiff, 77, of McClure, died Thursday, April 25, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are pending at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel.
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Jean Jenkins
(Obituary ~ 04/27/02)
DONGOLA, Ill.-- Jean E. Jenkins, 76, of Dongola died Friday, April 26, 2002, at her home. She was born June 13, 1925 in Cobden, Ill., daughter of Britton and Anna Catherine Bigler Millspaugh. She and Conrad Jenkins were married Jan. 6, 1943. She attended Our Lady of Fatima Church in Ullin, Ill., and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cobden...
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Homer Hayes
(Obituary ~ 04/27/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Homer D. Hayes, 73, of Perryville died Friday, April 26, 2002, at his home. He was born Oct. 20, 1928, at Black, Mo., son of Arthur and Laura Moses Hayes. He and Erma Riney were married May 14, 1955, at Lithium, Mo. He served in the U.S. Air Force. He was a machinist for Pittsburgh Plate Glass...
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birthssat.sr 4/27
(Births ~ 04/27/02)
Woodall Son to David M. and Amy Lynn Woodall of Whitewater, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:01 a.m. Sunday, April 21, 2002. Name, Kolten Jay. Weight, 7 pounds. Third son. Mrs. Woodall is the former Amy Gilder, daughter of Dannie and LaDonna Gilder of Whitewater. Woodall is the son of William and Alice Woodall of Cape Girardeau. He is employed at Bootheel Excavating Inc...
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correction 4/27/02
(Correction ~ 04/27/02)
A $10,000 prize is being offered for a hole-in-one on hole No. 8 during the Cape Shrine Club golf tournament May 17 at the Bent Creek Golf Course at Jackson, Mo. The Southeast Missourian incorrectly reported Monday that the prize was a car. We regret the error...
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Out of the past 4/27/02
(Out of the Past ~ 04/27/02)
10 years ago: April 27, 1992 Full-time students will be paying more than $5,000 to live on campus and attend Southeast Missouri State University for 1992-93 academic year; that cost has climbed by more than $3,000 over past 10 years, university budget figures show; student leader K.C. Martin believes cost to students is too high...
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Richard Riddle
(Obituary ~ 04/27/02)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- Richard U. Riddle, 81, of Glen Allen died Thursday, April 25, 2002, at Elder Care in Marble Hill, Mo. He was born July 17, 1920, at Poplar Bluff, Mo., son of William Dallas and Bonnie Wright Riddle. He and Mary Emma Hawes were married Jan. 26, 1940, in Cape Girardeau. She died May 6, 1982...
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Nelda Saul
(Obituary ~ 04/27/02)
Nelda Hanna Saul, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, April 26, 2002, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Jan. 28, 1905, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of William and Magdalene Borchelt Schack. Saul was a medical secretary 32 years for Drs. Ritter and Otto. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church...
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Saturday's sports briefly 4/27
(Other Sports ~ 04/27/02)
AREA JOHNSON, SCHNEIDER LEAD KIMBELAND GROUP OUTING Barb Johnson was medalist in the Kimbeland Ladies Golf event, where the play of the day was "guess your putts." Lillian Schneider won the championship, Jackie Anderson and Sharon McCune the A-flight, Sandy Hess and Bonnie Kinder the B-flight and Connie Nesslein the C-flight...
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Parents need time to raise, mentor children
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/27/02)
To the editor: I am a concerned parent with two boys in the Oak Ridge school system. Last week the district announced it was going to extend the school day an extra 30 minutes so that students who are not doing well can catch up. I am opposed to this for several reasons...
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Speak Out A 04/27/02
(Speak Out ~ 04/27/02)
Liberal drivel I WAS appalled by the column about cloaking jurors in secrecy in the Saturday Missourian. If anyone has ever been associated with a criminal trial, you will know that a defense attorney is not interested in obtaining justice. A defense attorney is interested in manipulating the system to the best benefit for him and his client. ...
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Speak Out A 04/29/02
(Speak Out ~ 04/27/02)
Accepting globalization THE FACT that the Southeast Missourian is running an article on globalization in 2002 shows how unwilling and unreceptive some people in Southeast Missouri can be to new cultures and ideas. The idea of globalization has been around for decades. Maybe Southeast Missouri is starting to accept this...
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Mamie Crandall
(Obituary ~ 04/27/02)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Mamie Eleanor Crandall passed away Thursday, April 25, 2002, at Parkland Health Center at the age of 79 years. She was born Feb. 3, 1923, in St. Francois County, Mo., daughter of the late Charles and Pearl Tripp Elders. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, John Ellis Asher; her second husband, Alfred Leroy Crandall Sr.; an infant daughter; two brothers, Fred and Paul Elders; and a sister, Linda Elders...
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Amanda Robinson
(Obituary ~ 04/27/02)
Funeral for Amanda Robinson of Cape Girardeau will be at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston. The Rev. Dale Huff will officiate. Burial will be in Sikeston Memorial Park Cemetery. Robinson, 17, died Thursday, April 25, 2002, in a fire at her home...
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Raymond Meier
(Obituary ~ 04/27/02)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Raymond E. Meier, 85, formerly of Frohna, died Friday, April 26, 2002, at Perry County Nursing Home in Perryville, Mo. He was born March 28, 1917, in Perry County, son of Joseph and Katherine Mahnken Meier. He and Edna Biester were married Dec. 12, 1965...
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Gertrude Meyer
(Obituary ~ 04/27/02)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Gertrude M. Meyer, 86, of Ste. Genevieve died Thursday, April 25, 2002, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City, Mo. She was born Dec. 15, 1915, at River Aux Vases, Mo., daughter of Charles and Justine Fisher Naeger. She and Oswin Meyer were married May 11, 1938...
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Oler Woods
(Obituary ~ 04/27/02)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Funeral for Oler Lee Woods of Charleston Manor in Charleston, Mo., will be held at noon today at Mt. Tabor Missionary Baptist Church in Sandusky, Ill. The Rev. Robert L. James will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Garden in Villa Ridge, Ill...
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Tornado victims eligible for tax relief
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
Daily American Republic POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Owners of homes destroyed by Wednesday's tornado will have a little more paperwork to fill out, but the result will be some financial help. Butler County Assessor Marion Tibbs said he will be mailing forms to the people involved so they can fill out and apply for property tax relief...
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Utah-based church melds wine-making, sexuality and meditation
(National News ~ 04/27/02)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Claude Nowell was a 30-year-old graphics salesman and practicing Mormon who says he was just trying to relax after work when the hairless, blue, otherworldly beings first came to him. The 1975 visitation lasted about 10 minutes -- enough time to transport Nowell to a quiet place where an enormous pyramid stood on a green lawn under a blue sky filled with stars...
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Russian TV shows body as proof of warlord's death
(International News ~ 04/27/02)
MOSCOW -- State television showed footage of a dead body resembling one of Chechnya's two top rebel leaders Friday, in an effort to prove the Russian security agency's claim that it killed the elusive warlord last month. The Federal Security Service said Thursday that Omar Ibn al Khattab, a Jordanian-born Islamic militant with reputed ties to al-Qaida, was killed in a special operation in mountainous southern Chechnya in late March and that television networks would be given video footage to prove it.. ...
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Argentina makes trade specialist sixth economy minister in a ye
(International News ~ 04/27/02)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentina's president enlisted a trade specialist and former diplomat to be his economy minister on Friday, the sixth person recruited over the last year for the job of rescuing a ravaged economy and a financial system bordering on collapse...
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No increase for Nobel Prizes; still worth $970,000
(International News ~ 04/27/02)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- This year's Nobel Prizes will be worth $970,000, the same amount as last year, the foundation that administers them said on Friday. The Nobel Foundation said it had increased the prize money by such a large amount last year -- about $100,000 -- it decided to keep the sum level for the 2002 awards...
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Irish police intercept bomb planted in van
(International News ~ 04/27/02)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Police intercepted a bomb planted in a van on Friday and Protestant politicians warned that Northern Ireland's coalition government could collapse from wider allegations of Irish Republican Army violence. Police said IRA dissidents were trying to drive a large gasoline bomb out of Catholic west Belfast, an IRA power base. ...
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Prime minister defends first year in office
(International News ~ 04/27/02)
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi marked one full year in office Friday with a spirited defense of his record, telling a skeptical nation that his policies are fixing the economy after more than a decade of stagnation. Koizumi became prime minister after winning widespread public support by vowing to do away with politics as usual and revive the world's second-largest economy. ...
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Bomb in mosque kills 12 women
(International News ~ 04/27/02)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Hundreds of Shiite Muslims protested in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province Friday after a bomb ripped through one of their mosques, killing 12 worshippers, all of them women, and wounding at least 13 other people. There was no claim of responsibility for blast, which occurred around midnight Thursday in Bukker, 300 miles southwest of the capital of Islamabad...
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German teen kills 17, himself at school
(International News ~ 04/27/02)
ERFURT, Germany -- An expelled student dressed in black went on a shooting rampage at a school in eastern Germany on Friday, roaming the hallways with a pistol and a shotgun. Eighteen people died in the terrifying assault, including the attacker -- a 19-year-old who killed himself as commandos closed in...
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Research links some headaches to common germ
(International News ~ 04/27/02)
MILAN, Italy -- Some headaches may be linked to infection with a common bug and daily doses of friendly bacteria could ward them off, preliminary research suggests. A study presented Friday at an infectious diseases conference found that about 18 percent of chronic migraine sufferers were infected with the stomach bug helicobacter pylori and antibiotics appeared to clear the headaches...
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Chernobyl residents remember disaster, worry about jobs
(International News ~ 04/27/02)
SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine -- Hundreds of people, many of them still working at the Chernobyl power plant, braved the biting cold on Friday to lay flowers and light candles at a memorial service to loved ones who died in the world's worst nuclear accident 16 years ago...
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Youths tell of waiting, sleeping in Jesus' grotto
(International News ~ 04/27/02)
BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- During the first chilly nights Abed Abu Surour spent inside the Church of the Nativity, he huddled with 30 young men in the tiny stone grotto revered as the spot where Jesus was born. And on his final full day at the church, the hungry 16-year-old Muslim slipped into a church garden to pick green beans, only to be chased off by Israeli army fire...
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U.N. delays arrival at Jenin until Israeli Cabinet decision
(International News ~ 04/27/02)
UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday agreed to a one-day delay in the arrival of a U.N. team to probe Israel's military assault on the Jenin refugee camp. Israel's Foreign Minister Shimon Peres asked Annan for a Sunday night arrival so the Israeli Cabinet can formally debate the mission Sunday morning, Undersecretary-General Kieran Prendergast said. The U.N. team had been scheduled to arrive today...
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Mother allegedly gave help to teen-age pair in assisted suicide
(National News ~ 04/27/02)
LANSING, Mich. -- If prosecutors are right, Kathleen Holey did everything she could to help her son and daughter-in-law commit suicide: She drove them to an abandoned farmhouse, arranged pillows and blankets for their comfort and handed over a powerful narcotic...
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Three teens questioned in wildfire
(National News ~ 04/27/02)
BAILEY, Colo. -- Authorities have questioned three teen-age boys as they investigate the cause of a 2,500-acre wildfire that has threatened homes in the foothill town. The blaze was 35 percent contained Friday as light rain sprinkled the area and crews worked to build fire lines, but officials feared more wind could slow the fight. About 150 homes remained evacuated...
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carnival.fri 04/27/02
(Local News ~ 04/27/02)
WANT TO GO? What: Cape Girardeau Spring Carnival Where: West Park Mall parking lot When: April 26 to May 5 Hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturdays, 1-10 p.m. Sundays and 5-10 p.m. weekdays. By Andrea L. Buchanan ~ Southeast Missourian...
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Nuclear workers exposed to gas
(National News ~ 04/27/02)
ATHENS, Ala. -- Fifty-four workers were exposed to gas with low levels of radioactive contamination during an incident this week at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, officials said. The gas escaped late Wednesday as workers were taking apart the Unit 2 reactor, plant spokesman Craig Beasley said. They returned to work the next day...
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Chaffee firm under scrutiny for diet pills
(Local News ~ 04/27/02)
Gabe: this needs copyright FDA ISSUES WARNINGS By Scott Moyers ~ Southeast Missourian CHAFFEE, Mo. -- For the past two years, a nutritional supplement company based in Chaffee has been wrestling with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over two types of weight loss pills that the government says may cause heart attacks, strokes or liver failure...
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Nearly 3,000 Hershey workers go on strike
(National News ~ 04/27/02)
HERSHEY, Pa. -- Nearly 3,000 Hershey Foods Corp. chocolate workers went on strike Friday at the nation's largest candy maker, disrupting production of chocolate bars, Kisses and other treats. The strike affects one-fifth of the work force at Hershey Foods, but the company said it would not interrupt service to its customers. Hershey has been building inventory and cash reserves in case of a walkout...
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Israeli military moves bother Bush, who still vows support
(National News ~ 04/27/02)
CRAWFORD, Texas -- Pressured by Arab critics and defied by Israel, President Bush voiced exasperation Friday with fresh Israeli offensives but said U.S. support for the Jewish state is unequivocal. "We will not allow Israel to be crushed," he said...
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Member of TLC trio dies in wreck
(National News ~ 04/27/02)
ATLANTA -- Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, the effervescent, sometimes volatile member of the top-selling, Grammy-winning trio TLC, was killed in a car crash while visiting Honduras, officials said. Lopes, who would have turned 31 next month, was traveling in the Central America nation when the accident happened Thursday night, spokesman Jay Marose said Friday. He said she had a condo there and visited frequently...
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Cardinals struggle with tolerance policy
(National News ~ 04/27/02)
PHILADELPHIA -- Under intense public pressure to act decisively against abusive priests, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua joined Roman Catholic leaders Friday who want a "one-strike-and-you're-out" policy. The U.S. cardinals returned from this week's Vatican summit on the clerical sex abuse crisis struggling to build consensus for a tough approach among the nation's bishops...
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Ex-drill team leader pleads guilty to rape
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A former drill team leader pleaded guilty Friday to having sex with two teen-age girls in the group. Brian K. Wilson, 42, pleaded guilty in Jackson County Circuit Court to two counts of second-degree statutory rape and one count of second-degree statutory sodomy...
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French candidate suggests 'transit camps' for illegals
(International News ~ 04/27/02)
PARIS -- Jean-Marie Le Pen turned up his anti-immigration rhetoric on Friday, saying France should set up "transit camps" for illegal aliens and even organize a "special train" to ship immigrants to Britain. The far-right candidate for president also said he was "no more racist" than Tony Blair, an assertion that brought an angry retort from the British prime minister...
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Three share lead after Tradition guesswork
(Professional Sports ~ 04/27/02)
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN, Ariz. -- Bob Gilder, Bob Eastwood and Jim Thorpe shared the lead in the Countrywide Tradition as gusty wind turned what had been a been a predictable course into a guessing game Friday. Eastwood (66), Gilder (68), Thorpe (70) were at 7-under 137 through 36 holes in the first major of the year on the Senior PGA Tour. Tour rookie Fuzzy Zoeller (70) was one shot back at 138...
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McLaren's suspension deserved, Bettman says
(Professional Sports ~ 04/27/02)
NEW YORK -- Boston and Montreal have been warned by the NHL to keep their emotions under control following a vicious hit on Canadiens forward Richard Zednik by Kyle McLaren of the Bruins. "It's not left to the individual clubs to seek justice," commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday. "That's our job, and the clubs know that."...
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Youthful drivers dominate WC qualifying
(Professional Sports ~ 04/27/02)
FONTANA, Calif. -- Youth conquered all Friday in qualifying for the NAPA Auto Parts 500 at California Speedway. Twentysomethings Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch were at the top Friday as five Winston Cup drivers broke the stock-car qualifying record on the 2-mile oval built by Roger Penske, Newman's car owner...
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Rams get first look at draft picks in workouts
(Professional Sports ~ 04/27/02)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams rookies got their first taste of the NFL on Friday, and coach Mike Martz tried to be understanding. "They found the line of scrimmage out of the huddle, so there's a start," Martz joked after the first of six weekend workouts. "They're understanding a little bit about our tempo. We tried to make it more of a teaching environment."...
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Inside Heisman winner sits out first day
(Professional Sports ~ 04/27/02)
A pulled hamstring has reduced Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch to spectator status at the St. Louis Rams' minicamp this weekend, largely putting the first stage of his conversion from quarterback to wide receiver on hold. Crouch, who was drafted in the third round a week ago out of Nebraska, injured his right leg trying to execute a slant pattern about an hour into a workout Monday...
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Blues get two days off, await second-round foe
(Professional Sports ~ 04/27/02)
ST. LOUIS -- The reward for becoming the first NHL team to advance to the second round of the playoffs -- two days off for the St. Louis Blues. The Blues got the break after dispatching the Chicago Blackhawks in five games. The last one perhaps was the toughest, considering they had to rally from a two-goal second-period deficit Thursday night for a 5-3 deciding victory...
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Robinson finds redemption, caps Cards' rally past Expos
(Professional Sports ~ 04/27/02)
MONTREAL -- Kerry Robinson made the most of his second chance to put a win away for the St. Louis Cardinals. Robinson singled off Montreal second baseman Jose Vidro's glove to drive in the go-ahead run in the 11th inning as St. Louis ended the Expos' six-game winning streak with a 7-6 comeback win Friday night...
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Secret Service looking for more agents
(National News ~ 04/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- The Secret Service, faced with added demands after the terror attacks, plans to hire 476 new agents this year. The service is already almost halfway toward its goal, having hired a little more than 230 people since October, said Service Service spokesman Jim Mackin...
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Washington, rated R New security restricts tourists' access in
(National News ~ 04/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- The government is beginning to reopen its doors to tourists, but gone are the days when anyone willing to wait in line could gaze on White House china or traipse through the Pentagon. Visitors this spring are finding that openness in the name of democracy is still cramped by limits in the name of security after the Sept. 11 attacks...
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Yao Ming eager to mix it up in NBA
(Professional Sports ~ 04/27/02)
SHANGHAI, China -- He's 7-foot-5, blocks shots as agilely as he dunks and tops every talent scout's wish list. But Chinese star center Yao Ming said Friday he's faced a surprisingly difficult road to the NBA -- and new obstacles keep appearing. While he cooled his heels back home, other less sought-after Chinese players got there ahead of him...
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Canadiens' Zednik out of ICU as teams face Game 5
(Professional Sports ~ 04/27/02)
MONTREAL -- Richard Zednik of the Montreal Canadiens, knocked unconscious by a blow to the face by Boston's Kyle McLaren, has a severe concussion, broken nose, bruised throat and a cut on the right eyelid. The Slovak winger was moved out of the Montreal General Hospital's intensive care unit Friday morning, but will remain hospitalized until today for observation, a team spokesman said...
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Memorial will honor 'Smallpox Island'
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
WEST ALTON, Mo. -- The new memorial dedicated today honors Confederate prisoners and others who died of smallpox on a Mississippi River island that washed away long ago. The stone monument was to be dedicated in a 10 a.m. ceremony at West Alton, Mo., north of St. Louis. The site is on -- or near -- what was known as Smallpox Island during and after the Civil War...
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Brother pleads guilty to conspiracy
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The brother of a former Independence police officer pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge of conspiring with his brother to rob two undercover FBI agents. The plea by Scott McGarr, 42, of Lee's Summit, came a day after his brother, Brian McGarr, 42, pleaded guilty to the same charge. No sentencing date was set...
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Face to face Service brings plastic surgeons, victims of abuse
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
ST. LOUIS -- To look at her is to know that life hasn't been all that kind. There's worry in her eyes. Weakness in her voice. Her hands are wrinkled, weathered, worn. Her skin, aged. Her voice, raspy. Debilitating injuries and years of wear and tear have left their marks, too, on her 5-foot-6-inch frame...
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Family- Child finds mouse in package of Ritz crackers
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- A St. Joseph girl found a dead mouse inside a package of crackers she brought to school on Thursday, members of her family said. Rebecca Frazer, a sixth-grader at Hall Elementary School, took the package of Ritz crackers to her teacher after pulling it from her book bag Thursday morning...
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Authorities to exhume body in nursing home case
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- Authorities plan to exhume the body of a woman they say died at a nursing home after being given two doses of a drug that an impostor had illegally ordered in her name. Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge Dennis Rolf on Thursday ordered that Nancy Dugent's body be exhumed from the Higginsville Cemetery in Lafayette County...
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Rapper starts paying bill for prison out of royalties
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some prison inmates in Missouri must use investments and insurance policies to offset the costs of their incarceration. But for a former bandmate of St. Louis rapper Nelly, hey, it must be the money. Rapper City Spud on Friday paid the first $25,000 installment of the $100,000 he owes the state for his imprisonment, Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon said...
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Bond, ag leaders tout ethanol provisions in Senate bill
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's farm economy could receive a huge boost from a provision in a Senate energy bill that would mean a tripling of ethanol production for blending with gasoline, U.S. Sen. Kit Bond said Friday. Bond, R-Mo., joined state agriculture officials to tout the legislation that cleared the Senate on Thursday. The Senate bill must be reconciled with a House version, which did not include the ethanol provision...
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State digest 04/27/02
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
Autopsy shows man died of smoke inhalation MILLER, Mo. -- An autopsy shows a Lawrence County man died of smoke inhalation after his mobile home caught fire. Eldon Roe's death initially was considered suspicious because he was found in a back bedroom, with a shotgun between his legs...
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Aiming for sympathy
(State News ~ 04/27/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Rick Braun sat alone in his barbershop penciling in appointments for the upcoming week. Just a few blocks from the state Capitol, the shop typically is filled with customers chattering about local and national issues while they get their hair cut...
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Catholic chaplains punished in sex cases
(National News ~ 04/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- The Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal has touched the military, where a handful of priests serving as chaplains have been punished after molesting children or making sexual advances toward adults. In one case, the Dallas Roman Catholic diocese ordered a priest who was accused of molesting boys to join the Army, where he later confessed to molesting a boy, according to evidence in a lawsuit...
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