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Public can expect to receive more terror warnings
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- An FBI tip about a possible terrorist threat to the Orlando, Fla., water supply was so vague that officials did not know what contaminants to check for. They publicized the threat anyway. "We didn't want to be caught with our pants down," said Lisa Akhavan, speaking for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement...
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Cape police report 5/21/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/21/02)
Cape Tuesday, May 21 ArrestFrederick Lee Langevin, 34, of 414 N. West End Blvd, was arrested Monday on a probation warrant for probation absconder. TheftsA dog was reported stolen Sunday at 1444 Independence. A stereo, speakers, compact discs and a CD case were reported stolen Sunday from a damaged vehicle...
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Cape fire report 5/21/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/21/02)
Cape Tuesday, May 21 Firefighters responded to the following calls SundayAt 8:09 p.m., a motor vehicle accident at North Mount Auburn and Hopper. At 9:29 p.m., a medical assist at 1008 Good Hope At 11:16 p.m., a medical assist at 722 Giboney. Firefighters responded to the following calls MondayAt 3:24 a.m., a medical assist at 2825 Bloomfield Saxony Village...
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Made of memories - Students recall last year at Schultz School
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
As students across the region mark the end of the school year with play days, parties and performances, the Cape Girardeau School District is making plans for its building transition. Under a plan to reconfigure where students in grades 5 to 12 gather, the district is moving some students to new schools and opening a new high school. As part of that plan, the district will close Schultz School, which now houses only seventh graders...
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Dana out of danger, plans to add 50 jobs
(Business ~ 05/21/02)
Six months ago, the Dana plant in Cape Girardeau was facing the very real possibility of being shut down as the Toledo-based parent company looked to slash 11,250 jobs across the country. But today, while other Midwestern Dana plants are either being closed or seeing massive layoffs, the local manufacturer of automobile axle components is alive and well...
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Learning relies on teachers, innovation
(Editorial ~ 05/21/02)
There were two reports recently in the Southeast Missourian. Both were related to education in America. One was a tale of poor test scores among history students. The other was a tribute to one university professor's ability to make physics fun. Both stories are instructive...
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When going gets tough, there's the railroad
(Editorial ~ 05/21/02)
Misfortune has a way of bringing out the best in those who are affected the most. This certainly has been the case during this month's heavy rains, windstorms and flooding. One example is the new rail service to Allenville, Mo. Out of necessity, the Allenville residents stranded by floodwaters quickly turned an abandoned rail line into commuter service to higher ground where automobiles could be safely parked. Fortunately, the track bed and a key trestle are above flood levels...
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OVC champions hope starters can shake off injuries
(College Sports ~ 05/21/02)
Getting healthy is one of the primary concerns for Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team as it prepares for this week's Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. At the top of the Indians' injury list is junior shortstop Zach Borowiak, who was hit by a pitch on the left hand during the first game of Saturday's doubleheader at Morehead State...
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Otahkian makeover continues with loss of players
(College Sports ~ 05/21/02)
A tip for Southeast Missouri State University women's basketball fans:Keep a program handy next season. You may not see many familiar faces. First-year coach B.J. Smith announced Monday that three players have left the squad, meaning the Otahkians will feature 10 newcomers among their 15 scholarship players...
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Sports digest 5/21/02
(Other Sports ~ 05/21/02)
Area Jackson soccer to play Parkway Central today Jackson (15-1-1) will make its first 4A sectional soccer appearance today when it faces Parkway Central (15-4-3) at the Anheuser-Busch Conference and Sports Centre in Fenton, Mo. Jackson recently broke Cape Girardeau Central's four-year hold on the Class 4A, District 1 title with a 4-0 victory. Parkway Central advanced with a 2-1 victory over Francis Howell North...
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Receding waters bring relief to residents
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Floodwaters receded Monday along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, causing flood-weary residents and emergency management officials to breathe sighs of relief. The river at Cape Girardeau stood at 44.5 feet at mid-morning Monday, down more than a foot from Sunday's crest of 45.7 feet on Sunday. The river is expected to drop to 35.5 feet by Saturday, according to the National Weather Service...
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Waiting on the water
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
The flooded Mississippi River has idled about 100 construction workers, leaving them waiting for the water level to drop enough for construction to resume on the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge at Cape Girardeau. The bridge project has been shut down for 10 days and won't start back up until next week at the earliest, said Larry Owens, project manager for Traylor Brothers Inc., the construction contractor...
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FBI chief says suicide bomb attacks in America inevitable
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- It is inevitable that suicide bombers like those who have attacked Israeli restaurants and buses will strike the United States, FBI Director Robert Mueller said Monday as the White House answered criticism with fresh terrorism warnings...
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Bush refuses to lift U.S. embargo until Castro complies
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Monday he won't heed calls to lift the Cuban trade embargo unless Fidel Castro releases political prisoners, conducts independently monitored elections and accepts a list of tough U.S. conditions for a "new government that is fully democratic."...
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Russia called 'nice ally' but no NATO recruit
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- First lady Laura Bush met Monday with Czech President Vaclav Havel at Prague Castle and agreed that Russia can be a "nice ally" to NATO but shouldn't be a member. Mrs. Bush and Havel, in 30 minutes of talks at a candlelit table in his presidential office, discussed the November NATO summit here in Prague. The alliance is to decide then which countries, if any, to invite in as members...
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Cape weather to stay cooler than normal
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Unseasonably cool weather has settled over Cape Girardeau, with a record low set on Saturday of 40 degrees and another matched on Sunday of 41 degrees. Cape Girardeau once again failed to reach its average high on Monday, topping out at 66 degrees, 14 degrees below the average high. The overnight low approached the record low of 45 degrees set in 1968...
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Polar walker rescued by cell phone
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
LONDON -- A man who became stranded during a solo trek to the North Pole was brought to safety Monday, after sending an electronic photo proving an air rescue in the treacherous Arctic was possible. David Mill, a 34-year-old Scot, dug a 1,000-foot runway in the snow for an emergency plane and then sent a picture of the runway via his hand-held computer...
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Cape City Council delays tax issue
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
The Cape Girardeau City Council agreed Monday night that three months is not enough time to persuade voters to approve a 3/4-cent sales tax increase. Instead, it removed the issue from the agenda and will likely put the hike before voters in November...
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School plans to move offices Thursday, Friday
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Cape Girardeau School District superintendent Dan Steska told the school board Monday the new high school and the new central board offices are on schedule and everything is in place for the "Big move" Thursday and Friday. Steska said students and teachers will finish loading the storage trailers behind each of the schools by the end of the day Thursday...
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Sikeston man pleads guilty to drug charges
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
A Sikeston, Mo., man pleaded guilty to drug charges in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau on Monday. Tommy K. Turner, 31, pleaded guilty to one felony count of distribution of cocaine base and one felony count of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base...
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Top DEA official in Cape County to discuss meth
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
It's a dubious distinction, but one brought to the forefront by a visit from the top official in the Drug Enforcement Administration: Missouri is now the methamphetamine capital of the United States. "The numbers reflect that there is a problem in Missouri," DEA administrator Asa Hutchinson told a room full of law enforcement officials Monday at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. "But they also show you're working hard and making a dent in the problem."...
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Women must act to carve out time for vacations
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/21/02)
To the editor: Golf: It's that sport that brings guys together -- and keeps them there. It's the sport where guys in plaid shorts and white shirts chase a little white ball over acres and acres of land, only to end up back where they started. Amazingly, men find this to be the sport of choice. They claim to be getting their exercise when in reality you know they are going golfing just to drive the little golf carts and to participate in a little male bonding...
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Tennessee taxes are warning to Cape residents
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/21/02)
To the editor: This is in response to the article about Cape Girardeau wanting to ask voters for an increase in the city sales tax. I have lived in this area since moving from Fruitland in 1982. We have an 8.75 percent sales tax here, which is the highest that the state currently will let any city or county have in Tennessee...
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Frances Poppen
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Funeral for Frances Charlene Poppen of Dongola will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Robert Kirby will officiate. Burial will be in Murdale Garden of Memories in Murphysboro, Ill...
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James Hooppaw
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Memorial graveside service for James H. Hooppaw of Evart, Mich., will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday at Liberty Cemetery near Pulaski, Ill. Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Ill., is in charge of arrangements. Funeral was held Dec. 15, 2001, in Evart. Full military rites were conducted by VFW Post 7979...
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Virginia Parris
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Virginia Parris, 80, of Dexter died Sunday, May 19, 2002, at Three Rivers Health Care North Campus in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She was born June 24, 1921, at Cooter, Mo., daughter of John and Jenny Frazier Nimmo. She and Walter Ted Parris were married July 17, 1937, at New Madrid, Mo. He died Sept. 20, 1975...
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Paul Rains
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
Paul David Rains, 50, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 20, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Nov. 7, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, son of Milo S. and Florence A. Blackwell Rains. He and Eddy R. Henderson were married Nov. 8, 1982, in Jackson, Mo...
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Keith Lee
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
BENTON, Mo. -- Keith Henry Lee, 53, of Benton died Monday, May 20, 2002, at his home. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.
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Michelle Plummer
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
Michelle L. "Shelley" Plummer, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 19, 2002, at her home. McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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Out of the past 5/21/02
(Out of the Past ~ 05/21/02)
10 years ago: May 21, 1992 Jackson - There's a lot of activity at Lee-Rowan manufacturing facility at Jackson these days; warehouse space is being shifted to make room for new equipment and employees; Wednesday, new 93,000-square-foot addition to firm's facility was dedicated; it is ninth expansion since plant opened 28 years ago...
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Lake Wappapello receding
(State News ~ 05/21/02)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Water is still everywhere, and although it appears to be receding it will take at least two weeks before lake and river levels get back to what can be considered normal. Lake Wappapello crested Sunday and since then has dropped from 395.13 feet to 394.89 feet Monday morning, "which is a good sign," said Cindy Jackson, assistant operations manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the lake...
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Experience eases GOP's role in Senate
(State News ~ 05/21/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Shortly after Peter Kinder became president pro tem of the Missouri Senate last year, he asked U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond if trying to run a chamber populated with 34 fiercely independent people would be like herding cats...
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Sophia Martinez
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. - Sophia Martinez, 73, of Sikeston died Sunday, May 19, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 10, 1929, in Converse, Texas, daughter of Cercenio and Yisdar Garcia Guzman. She was married to Jessie Joseph Sauceda. He preceded her in death April 3, 2002...
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Elmer Lappe
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Elmer W. Lappe, 88, of Perryville died Monday, May 20, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 26, 1913, at Friedheim, Mo., son of Ben and Josephine Blechle Lappe. He and Regina Kirn were married Jan. 3, 1939. She died June 14, 1993. He and Margaret Kohlfeld were married Aug. 26, 1995, at Apple Creek, Mo...
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Democrats foil appointments to judicial posts
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/21/02)
To the editor: President Bush nominated Miguel Estrada in May 2001 along with another 11 qualified candidates. The president has moved quickly to nominate well-qualified judges in an effort to address the current crisis at the circuit court level. Recently, Senate Democrats dismissed a nominee in committee who was well-qualified, according to the American Bar Association, and had the support of a majority of Senators. Estrada may be next...
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Speak Out A 05/21/02
(Speak Out ~ 05/21/02)
Big guys pay the most NOBODY WANTS to pay taxes, but everyone wants the benefits. Well over half the people in the United States pay no income taxes. Property taxes are being paid by fewer and fewer people. If the big guys aren't allowed to make the big bucks, who is going to pick up the declining per-capita revenue sources? In the business community, more and more goods and services are being provided by non-taxpaying entities such as municipalities, co-ops, rural electric associations, charitable marketers and income-producing church property other than offerings. ...
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Bettye Kester
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
FRIEDHEIM, Mo. -- Bettye Louise Kester, 74, died Sunday, May 19, 2002, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, Mo., from 4 to 8 p.m. today, and Wednesday after 10 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim...
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Howard Oehl
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
Howard N. Oehl, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 20, 2002, at his home. He was born Feb. 15, 1924, at Friedheim, Mo., son of Henry and Docilla Sauer Oehl. He and Dorothy Simpher were married Feb. 26, 1949, at Friedheim. Oehl worked at Southwestern Bell Telephone 37 years, retiring as an estimate assigner. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and its Men's Club, and Southwestern Bell Telephone Pioneers...
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Pauline McCullough
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
Pauline McCullough, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 20, 2002, at the Lutheran Home. She was born June 8, 1923, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Linder Ray and Lettie Mae Poinsett McCullough. Ms. McCullough was a graduate of Central High School. She worked at Southwestern Bell Telephone 15 years, and also worked at Ralph Edwards Sportswear...
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Donnie Chapman
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
VANDUSER, Mo. - Donnie Chapman, 56, of Vanduser died Monday, May 20, 2002, at his home. He was born April 26, 1946 in Vanduser, son of Clarence William and Laudie Garner Chapman. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a self-employed carpenter. Survivors include two sons, Michael Chapman and Jeffrey Chapman of Sikeston; a brother, Harold Chapman of Essex, Mo.; two sisters, Connie Reece, his twin, and Mary Stalcup, both of Sikeston, Mo.; and a grandchild...
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Dennis Byrne
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
Dennis M. Byrne, 55, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 18, 2002, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Dec. 1, 1946, in St. Louis, son of John William and Doris Laskwitz Byrne. Byrne was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and VFW Post 3838...
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Millie Fama
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Funeral Mass for Mildred Louise "Millie" Fama of Sikeston will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. The Rev. Stephen A. Schneider will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn. Nunnelee Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements...
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James Ottinger
(Obituary ~ 05/21/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- James D. Ottinger, 72, of Sikeston died Sunday, May 19, 2002, at John J. Pershing VA Hospital in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born Jan. 14, 1930, in Friendship, Tenn., son of Ivan A. and Bessie M. Higer Ottinger. He and Betty Flanagan were married March 5, 1954, in Mississippi...
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Cardinals close gap on Reds 7-3
(Professional Sports ~ 05/21/02)
Williams continues to shine for St. Louis since coming off disabled list. By R.B. Fallstrom The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- The second start to Woody Williams' season has been almost perfect. Williams pitched six scoreless innings and Jim Edmonds and Albert Pujols homered as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-3 Monday night, taking three of four from the NL Central leaders...
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Veterans take part in diploma program
(State News ~ 05/21/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri veterans who left high school early to serve in World War I, World War II or the Korean War are taking advantage of a law allowing them to receive honorary diplomas. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said Monday that more than 800 Missouri veterans have received diplomas since the program began last year...
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Mayor says emergency responders need better training for future
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
NEW YORK -- Emergency responders need better training and improved communication in order to prepare for more terrorist attacks, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday. Bloomberg spoke to a group of emergency management leaders from around the country at the "Looking Back, Moving Forward" conference on lessons learned after Sept. 11...
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Fugitive Tennessee murderer caught 32 years after her escape
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A convicted murderer has been captured nearly 32 years after she escaped from a Tennessee prison and assumed a new identity and life in her hometown of Columbus, Ohio, authorities said Monday. Margo Freshwater, 53, was arrested Sunday by state and local authorities. Using the name Tonya McCartor, she and her husband worked there as truck drivers, said Brooks Wilkins, a special agent in charge with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation...
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Space station back to normal after shutdown
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
SPACE CENTER, Houston -- Operations aboard the international space station were back to normal Monday following a three-hour shutdown of life-support and scientific equipment, NASA said. Engineers believed bad computer data led to Sunday's automatic and orderly shutdown...
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Defense rests without Cherry taking stand in church-bombing
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Defense lawyers for a former Klansman accused in a 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls rested their case Monday without calling him to testify. Final statements are set for today in the trial of Bobby Frank Cherry, 71, accused of helping a band of Ku Klux Klansman plant a powerful bomb that exploded at the church where civil rights demonstrators had been gathering for protests against segregation...
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Leading economic indicators slip in April
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
NEW YORK -- A key gauge of U.S. economic activity fell in April for the first time since September, suggesting a sluggish economic recovery, a private research firm said Monday. The New York-based Conference Board reported its Index of Leading Economic Indicators declined 0.4 percent last month to 111.7 after rising 0.1 in March. Analysts had forecast a 0.1 percent decrease...
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Soldier killed in Afghanistan had put life, honeymoon on hold
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Sgt. Gene Vance Jr. led what friends say were distinctly different lives. There was the smiling, devoted cyclist and perennial college student who lived on a quiet street with his new wife, Lisa. And there was the Special Forces soldier who spoke Farsi and disappeared frequently for military missions with few explanations...
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Penthouse settles lawsuit over topless pics
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
NEW YORK -- Penthouse magazine apologized Monday and settled a lawsuit with a woman who sued after topless pictures of her were published and promoted as photos of tennis star Anna Kournikova. The amount paid to 28-year-old Judith Soltesz-Benetton was not disclosed by Penthouse's owner, General Media Communications Inc. Her lawsuit had sought $10 million in damages...
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California doctor jailed by Israel for alleged terrorist ties
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
SANTA ANA, Calif. -- An American doctor jailed in Israel for having alleged ties to Palestinian terrorists arrived home in California on Monday. "It really has been a nightmare, folks" Dr. Riad Abdelkarim, 34, said after an airport greeting by family and friends...
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People talk 5/21
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
Heche third actress to star in 'Proof' NEWYORK -- First Mary-Louise Parker. Then Jennifer Jason Leigh. Now Anne Heche will star in "Proof," the Tony-winning drama about an enigmatic young woman and her relationship with her mathematical genius father...
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Report - NYC water system possibly vulnerable to attack
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
NEW YORK -- City water facilities are potentially vulnerable to biological or chemical attacks because security falls considerably short of meeting federal and state guidelines, according to a report that one lawmaker called "very startling." The findings released Sunday detailed several gaps in security at facilities within New York City's water system, which serves 9 million people...
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I'll have a lemon (no soda)
(Column ~ 05/21/02)
hkronmueller When life gives you lemons, put them in your water. That should be my motto. You see, last week I went to the doctor for a routine check-up and was told that I need to lose 40 pounds. "Forty pounds!" I cried in disbelief. "You have to be kidding."...
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Web-slinger makes high-flying videogame
(Community ~ 05/21/02)
He climbs walls. He squirts webs from his hands. He senses evil before it arrives. Yes, it's "Spider-Man: The Movie Game," brought to your TV by developer Treyarch and publisher Activision -- and it's as big a winner as the movie. The game is available on all three major platforms. This screed will focus on the Xbox version, but the others vary mostly in the way the PlayStation 2 and Gamecube handle the various demands of spiderdom...
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Septic systems create stink between neighbors
(Local News ~ 05/21/02)
Good fences may make good neighbors, but bad septic systems can stir them up. Neighbors along the 2300 block of Perryville Road in Cape Girardeau are in disagreement on who exactly should be responsible for the costs of a sewer line that would run through the backyards of at least four residences. For more on this story, read Wednesday's Southeast Missourian...
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Stocks drop amid profit taking, terrorism fears
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Growing fearful of terror attacks, investors opted for safety Tuesday, securing profits and sending stocks sharply lower for a second day. The market's uneasiness wiped out early gains prompted by better-than-expected retail earnings and a settlement for Merrill Lynch...
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FBI warns of possible threats to New York landmarks
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
NEW YORK (AP) -- The FBI warned officials in New York on Tuesday about uncorroborated information that landmarks, such as the Statue of Liberty, might be targeted by terrorists, a law enforcement official said. The information, passed to the FBI's joint terrorism task force in New York, was based on interviews with detainees and was not independently confirmed, the official said...
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Longtime Ryan friend, two others indicted on corruption charges
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
Associated Press WriterCHICAGO (AP) -- A longtime political adviser to Gov. George Ryan was indicted Tuesday on charges of using his influence over leases and contracts in the Illinois secretary of state's office to reap $2.8 million in profits, and sharing the proceeds with a powerful lobbyist...
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Polygraphs to be given federal workers about anthrax attacks
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Still seeking a suspect in the anthrax-by-mail attacks, the Justice Department is preparing to give lie detector tests to hundreds of federal workers at two facilities where anthrax is kept, a law enforcement official says...
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Report says Iran still most active supporter of terrorism
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
AP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Iran remains the world's most active sponsor of terrorism, while Sudan and Libya took some steps -- but not enough -- to "get out of the business," the State Department said Tuesday in an annual report to Congress...
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Rumsfeld - Terrorists inevitably will get deadly weapons
(National News ~ 05/21/02)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Terrorists are sure to eventually acquire and use nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday. Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya and North Korea are developing such weapons of mass destruction and will supply them to terrorists to which they already are linked, Rumsfeld said...
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Cape has all its education bases covered
(Column ~ 05/21/02)
By Megan Wright "The Best is Yet to Come." What does this new slogan for Cape Girardeau Public Schools really mean? Mark Bowles, assistant superintendent said, "We have a wonderful school district. We're in good condition. The salaries and our budget are doing well. The past was good, too. But we want to accomplish greater things."...
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Soldiers scour hills for elusive al-Qaida
(International News ~ 05/21/02)
PAKTIA PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Coalition forces scoured the desolate hills near the border with Pakistan for days and found no traces of al-Qaida and Taliban forces. Nothing in the caves, nothing in the foxholes, nothing in the abandoned observation posts looking out over the valley...
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China reaches for the stars from behind veil of secrecy
(International News ~ 05/21/02)
BEIJING -- Training in secret, a dozen fighter pilots are getting ready to make history as China's first astronauts. Two attended Russia's cosmonaut school, but little else is known about them. China's communist government, pursuing a unique, costly propaganda prize and worried about embarrassing setbacks, hasn't announced their names or a launch date...
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Law to address dispute over license plates
(State News ~ 05/21/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's attorney general said Monday that a bill awaiting the governor's signature could aid the state in a 20-year legal battle over a woman's vanity license plate. Responding to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Missouri lawmakers have passed legislation rewriting a state law with the intent of prohibiting the "ARYAN-1" license plate held by Mary Lewis...
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NASCAR opens school for fast learners
(Professional Sports ~ 05/21/02)
By Jenna Fryer ~ The Associated Press MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- NASCAR continued its rapid expansion Monday at the grand opening of a school designed to specifically train mechanics and help them break into auto racing. The NASCAR Technical Institute is a sparkling 146,000-square foot training facility located on 19 acres in the heart of NASCAR country. The school is capable of training 1,900 students a day and ready them for jobs in auto racing...
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Tiger cashes in at Deutsche Bank
(Professional Sports ~ 05/21/02)
HEIDELBERG, Germany -- Colin Montgomerie proved he can stay close to Tiger Woods. Beating him is another matter. Woods won his third Deutsche Bank-SAP Open title in four years on Monday, making an 8-foot par on the 72nd hole to get into a playoff and beating Montgomerie on the third extra hole with another par...
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Red Sox's Lowe remains hot, allows just two hits to ChiSox
(Professional Sports ~ 05/21/02)
BOSTON -- Derek Lowe allowed two hits in eight innings just 23 days after pitching a no-hitter, leading the Boston Red Sox over the Chicago White Sox 9-0 Monday night. Lowe (7-1) gave up a leadoff infield single to Kenny Lofton in the first inning and a two-out single to Jeff Liefer in the eighth. He faced only two batters over the minimum and lowered his AL-leading ERA to 1.90...
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Golfball diver able to retrieve his freedom
(Professional Sports ~ 05/21/02)
LONDON -- A man who made a living by illegally retrieving balls from golf-course lakes won his fight to overturn a six-month prison sentence Monday but was told to stop clandestine diving expeditions. John Collinson was caught in August wearing a rubber diving suit at Whetstone Golf Course in the central England city of Leicester. He and colleague Terry Rostron had fished 1,158 balls from Lily Pond -- the bane of hundreds of golfers playing the difficult par-3 fifth hole...
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But please, no peanuts, cracker jacks
(Professional Sports ~ 05/21/02)
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. -- A year ago, Nicholas Jones' peanut allergy forced his family to leave a New Britain Rock Cats game minutes after arriving. Earlier this month, the 6-year-old fan returned to the stadium to throw out the first pitch. Through a special arrangement with the Eastern League team and a local support group for people with severe food allergies, a "food-free" section was established at New Britain stadium...
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Bryant plays in wake of bad meal
(Professional Sports ~ 05/21/02)
The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- All-NBA guard Kobe Bryant was in the Los Angeles Lakers' starting lineup for Game 2 of the Western Conference finals Monday night despite a bout of food poisoning that left him severely dehydrated. About two hours before tipoff, Bryant walked slowly but steadily from the Lakers' team bus to the locker room at Arco Arena, where he was given a third liter of intravenous fluids...
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Cardinals continue to follow prudent approach with Ankiel
(Professional Sports ~ 05/21/02)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Cardinals left-hander Rick Ankiel, who hasn't pitched since March 3, still has some work to do before he's ready to begin a rehab assignment. Pitching coach Dave Duncan said Monday that Ankiel, 22, would need to throw at least two more times in the bullpen before the team makes a decision on what to do next. ...
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Avalanche pull even with OT win
(Professional Sports ~ 05/21/02)
DETROIT -- Chris Drury and Patrick Roy did it again. Drury scored his 10th career game-winning goal in the playoffs at 2:17 of overtime Monday night as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 to even the Western Conference finals. Steven Reinprecht got a rebound of Peter Forsberg's shot and set up Drury to tie the best-of-seven series 1-1...
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Club Keno to start May 28 in Missouri
(State News ~ 05/21/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Lottery plans to begin its new Club Keno game May 28 in about 470 bars, restaurants and similar locations. The start date announced Monday is a few days earlier than the initial June 1 target. The number of participating businesses is nearly double the amount the lottery had approved in March...
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Transportation Department will test state's quake response
(State News ~ 05/21/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to hold a statewide drill Thursday to gauge its preparedness for an earthquake. The department said Monday that the exercise will be used to test aspects of the agency's emergency plan and employee reaction...
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Car bomb in Lebanon kills son of Palestinian military leader
(International News ~ 05/21/02)
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A bomb placed under the driver's seat of a car exploded Monday, killing Jihad Jibril, a senior military chief of a group the United States lists as terrorist. He was the son of radical Palestinian guerrilla leader Ahmed Jibril. The Syrian-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command blamed Israel and vowed to retaliate. ...
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Down and out of tune - Israeli 'war singer' draws fire
(International News ~ 05/21/02)
TEL AVIV, Israel -- For half a century, Yaffa Yarkoni's songs glorified Israeli soldiers. So when the 76-year-old diva, a national symbol, drew parallels between the treatment of Jews by the Nazis and the army's handling of Palestinians, she stunned other Israelis...
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India, Pakistan appeal for foreign help
(International News ~ 05/21/02)
NEW DELHI, India -- Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan exchanged fire across their border in Kashmir on Monday, and the Indian military reportedly took control of the country's paramilitary forces and merchant marine in a sign of building tension over the disputed Himalayan region...
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Stone prison wall falls at Jefferson City site
(State News ~ 05/21/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Prison officials say they have no plans to rebuild a 100-foot section of limestone wall that collapsed at the Jefferson City Correctional Center. The wall fell about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, but no inmates escaped and no one was hurt, prison officials said Monday...
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State fails to change jobless law
(State News ~ 05/21/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Businesses could be penalized because Missouri legislators failed to change the state's unemployment insurance law to comply with the federal law. At issue is a federal law requiring states to offer American Indian tribes two options for paying unemployment benefits to their employees...
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Being on budget sideline irks Illinois lawmakers
(State News ~ 05/21/02)
SPRINGFIELD -- Rep. Bill Black stood at his post on the House floor, red-faced and visibly frustrated. His voice cracking as he shouted. Black protested the decision to send most lawmakers home while key officials studied the budget. "I'm willing to stay here Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, so I can be a part of the process. ...
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Fate of bills passed rests with governor
(State News ~ 05/21/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers proposed more than 2,000 pieces of legislation and passed about 10 percent of those during their recently concluded 2002 session. So now what? After lawmakers spent five months, countless hours in hearings and lengthy debate on the legislation, the fate of most those measures now rests with Gov. Bob Holden...
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Missourians hold key positions in U.S. Justice Department
(State News ~ 05/21/02)
HANNIBAL, Mo. -- It's widely known that the man running the U.S. Justice Department, Attorney General John Ashcroft, is from Missouri. What's not so well known is that the department's No. 2 official also hails from the state. Larry Thompson works closely with Ashcroft as his deputy attorney general...
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Rural county prosecutors endure part-time status, part-time pay
(State News ~ 05/21/02)
GRANT CITY, Mo. -- Some things rarely change in many of Missouri's smaller counties, such as prosecutors' part-time status and pay. But caseloads have risen dramatically, and so has the difficulty in finding lawyers willing to serve. In northwest Missouri's Worth and Caldwell counties, no one has filed to run for prosecutor in November's elections. One possible response is for the counties to contract the work...
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Lakers suffer rare road loss to Kings
(Professional Sports ~ 05/21/02)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- After their first road playoff loss in nearly two years, the Los Angeles Lakers finally might have a challenge on their hands. Chris Webber had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and Mike Bibby scored 20 points as the Sacramento Kings evened the Western Conference finals 1-1 Monday night, weathering Shaquille O'Neal's biggest game of the postseason to beat the Lakers 96-90...
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