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Keeping track of foreigners is essential
(Editorial ~ 07/30/02)
A long-neglected, 50-year-old law is being revived by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service -- and, we would say, none too soon. The INS recently announced a policy that will require all non-citizens to report changes of address within 10 days of moving or risk financial penalties, jail or even deportation. The plan will apply to 10 million people older than 14 who are living in the United States legally but not as American citizens...
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Site of future federal courthouse cleared off
(Local News ~ 07/30/02)
When it comes to talking about courthouses, U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr. uses the most reverent of language. In his words, a courthouse is more than a building. It's an "imposing monument," one that "represents justice." A "hallowed place on hallowed ground" where people for ages have gone seeking fairness and impartiality...
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Some rescued miners say they will seek other work
(National News ~ 07/30/02)
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- At least some of the miners who spent 77 hours in a mine pit 240 feet underground won't be going back to their old line of work. "You don't think about the hazards of the job as much when you're doing it ... now I think we've all thought about it, what everybody went through," miner Randy Fogle said at a news conference Monday...
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Nine beached pilot whales die at Cape Cod
(National News ~ 07/30/02)
DENNIS, Mass. -- More than 50 pilot whales beached themselves on a stretch of Cape Cod sand Monday and nine of them died before vacationers and other volunteers could push the animals back out to deeper water in a feverish rescue effort. Hundreds of vacationers lined a quarter-mile of Chapin Beach and watched as rescuers tended to the small, glistening black whales, first discovered stranded about 6 a.m...
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Amtrak train derails outside of Washington; 97 injured
(National News ~ 07/30/02)
The old came tumbling down as one of the last remaining structures occupying the site of the new federal courthouse on Independence was razed during ceremonies held Monday.By Stephen Manning ~ The Associated Press KENSINGTON, Md. -- A double-decker Amtrak train derailed in the summer heat outside Washington on Monday, injuring more than 90 people, about 30 of them seriously, authorities said...
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Bridge hit by towboat reopens
(National News ~ 07/30/02)
WEBBERS FALLS, Okla. -- A river bridge that was hit by a towboat and collapsed, plunging 14 people to their deaths, reopened Monday ahead of schedule as the victims were remembered with a moment of silence. A color guard lowered the U.S. and Oklahoma flags to half-staff during the moment of silence, then raised them to full-staff as state officials and others looked on during a ceremony...
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Computer upgrade tops FBI wish list
(National News ~ 07/30/02)
Since Sept. 11, the FBI has budgeted tens of millions of dollars to turn its massive collection of computerized case files, memos, tips and phone intercepts from an investigative black hole into a mother lode of predictive intelligence. If the effort succeeds, by Sept. ...
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Dow climbs more than 440 points
(National News ~ 07/30/02)
From wire reports NEW YORK -- Galvanized by hopes that the market's worst days are over, investors bought stocks enthusiastically Monday, sending the Dow Jones industrials surging more than 400 points for the second time in four sessions. The Dow also had its third-largest one-day point gain...
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Nation digest 7/30/02
(National News ~ 07/30/02)
Court: State can bar Boy Scouts from charity list HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut did not violate the rights of the Boy Scouts when it dropped the group from a list of charities that state employees contribute to through a payroll deduction plan, a federal judge has ruled...
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In a corner of Kabul, a long-running tragedy quietly plays on
(International News ~ 07/30/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Legs line the shelves and arms hang from hooks, each one a portrait, in molded propylene, of the human tragedy of Afghanistan. Take the shepherd girl Tawsana, whose sheep led her onto a land mine that exploded and blew her leg away, leaving her dragging herself across her nomad family's floor...
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Would-be assassin intercepted in car loaded with explosives
(International News ~ 07/30/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A would-be assassin who aimed to crash an explosives-packed car into members of Afghanistan's national leadership was foiled when officials arrested him after a traffic accident in Kabul on Monday, national television reported...
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Palestinians break Israeli curfew in Nablus
(International News ~ 07/30/02)
NABLUS, West Bank -- Thousands of Palestinians poured onto the streets of Nablus on Monday in defiance of a 40-day-old Israeli army curfew, the strongest challenge yet to the Israeli army restrictions. If Nablus residents effectively lift the around-the-clock curfew on their own, such actions could spread to other West Bank cities. Nablus Gov. Mahmoud Aloul, who had urged his people to defy the curfew, said Palestinians should follow the Nablus model...
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Four years later, man charged in brother's murder
(State News ~ 07/30/02)
GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Four years ago, authorities ruled the death of David Wilfong a suicide. Now, they believe Wilfong's brother killed him. Last week, Wayne County prosecutor Jon Kiser charged Henry James Wilfong, 41, of Marble Hill, with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Authorities say Henry Wilfong has confessed...
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Exhausted pope calls for peace, justice in Guatemala
(International News ~ 07/30/02)
GUATEMALA CITY -- A visibly exhausted Pope John Paul II called for peace and justice Monday on his third trip to Guatemala, where thousands of Roman Catholic faithful carpeted Guatemala City's streets with an ornate path of pine needles, sand and flowers...
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Central High School project winding down
(Local News ~ 07/30/02)
Construction on the new Central High School wrapped up sooner than anticipated. The building was due to be complete by Aug. 15, but if all goes well with final inspections, the school plans to take possession Thursday, Cape Girardeau school board members were told at their meeting Monday...
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Hundreds attend service for doctor killed in airplane crash
(Local News ~ 07/30/02)
Jackson Countian NEWPORT, Ark. -- Hundreds of friends, colleagues, and patients joined the Junkin family Monday at a memorial service for Dr. Anthony Bruce Junkin, who died Thursday when his 1967 Piper Twin Comanche airplane plowed into an empty field near Scopus, Mo., in Bollinger County...
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Missouri's tax cap no simple calculation
(Editorial ~ 07/30/02)
During the mid-1990s, Missouri voters overwhelmingly gave approval to an amendment to the states' constitution limiting the amount of tax and fee increases that lawmakers can impose annually. This amendment is part of the reason that a $483 million increase in the state sales and fuel taxes -- Proposition B -- is on the ballot for voter approval at the August primary next week...
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Young people full of qualities we all can use
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/30/02)
To the editor: Quite timely now, with the Roman Catholic Church's World Youth Day and school right around the corner, is the topic of youths. Having taught in the Nell Holcomb, Cape Girardeau and Jackson school districts, I can truly say the young people I've shared the past 10 years with are some of the brightest and most loving people alive. ...
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Baseball's history is in the cards
(Local News ~ 07/30/02)
Baseball cards weren't always glossy, full-color photos of favorite players, with statistics and holograms on the back. When cards were first introduced about 115 years ago, they were tiny cardboard tags showing a professional player posing in front of a painting of a baseball field, with a ball hanging from a string to make it look like an action shot. It sounds cheesy, but a rare card like that would be worth $1 million or more today...
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Cardinals gain Rolen, send three to Phils
(Professional Sports ~ 07/30/02)
PHILADELPHIA -- Scott Rolen should be much happier in his new red uniform. The slugging third baseman was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in a five-player deal on Monday, ending a seven-year tenure with the Philadelphia Phillies that ended miserably...
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Armstrong wonders if there's more fuel in Tour-winning tank
(Sports Column ~ 07/30/02)
This was more about mastery than breathtaking speed. It was a title Lance Armstrong had to have, but one he knew the rest of us would take for granted. So he coasted. Not coasted, really, since no one covers 2,032 miles in three weeks just standing on his pedals. Yet unlike the first three of his four consecutive wins, Armstrong hit the finish line Sunday at the Tour de France looking very much like a man with something in reserve...
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Area sports digest
(Other Sports ~ 07/30/02)
Central grad McDonald signs with SE softball Former Cape Girardeau Central High School star Erica McDonald is one of four players to recently sign letters of intent with Southeast Missouri State University's softball program. McDonald, who will be a junior at Southeast, played the past two years at Shawnee (Ill.) Community College. The first baseman led the Saints with a .410 batting average in earning all-regional honors last season...
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FanFare 7/30/02
(Other Sports ~ 07/30/02)
Briefly Baseball The Rockies acquired Sandy Alomar Jr. from the White Sox for minor league pitcher Enemencio Pachero on Monday. The former Gold Glove winner is hitting .287 with seven homers in 51 games...
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Pilot suspected of alcohol use before flight
(National News ~ 07/30/02)
ATLANTA -- A pilot has been grounded after he was stopped from boarding an Atlanta-bound flight by a security screener who smelled alcohol on his breath, officials said Monday. Investigators for ASA, a regional carrier, and the Federal Aviation Administration were awaiting results of blood and urine tests to determine whether the unidentified pilot was drunk...
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Ethics panel declines complaint on ad
(State News ~ 07/30/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Ethics Commission will not pursue a complaint that accuses a statewide television advertisement in support of Proposition B of being deceptive. The complaint filed by No on B, a group opposed to measure, requested the Time for Missouri Committee, which paid for the ad, place a disclaimer on the commercial...
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Study indicates transportation tax positive for state economy
(State News ~ 07/30/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Weighing the pains of higher taxes against the gains of government spending, a university study concludes that a proposed transportation tax increase would benefit Missouri's economy. Proposition B on the Aug. 6 ballot asks voters to raise state fuel and sales taxes by an estimated $483 million annually...
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Suspicious packages prompt evacuation of Lee's Summit homes
(State News ~ 07/30/02)
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. -- A Lee's Summit man was charged Monday after two bombs were found in his car, authorities said. Joseph K. Johnston, 37, faces two counts of unlawful possession of an illegal weapon. Police said the devices were found in his car after he was stopped for driving on a closed street...
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Home is witness to history
(Local News ~ 07/30/02)
The echoes of cannon fire, gun shots and soldiers struggling in a bitter, bloody conflict were once heard around Four Mile in Dunklin County, Mo. It was here the Union engaged retreating Confederate troops commanded by Gen. John Sappington Marmaduke. While the majority of Marmaduke's forces were entrenched at Four Mile, others began constructing a log bridge to cross the St. Francis River to Chalk Bluff in northeastern Clay County, Ark...
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Additional sponsors sought for NIE program
(Local News ~ 07/30/02)
For the second consecutive year, Janice Friedrich is spending her summer going door-to-door for a good cause: the Newspapers in Education program. As a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau, Friedrich knows how important it is to expose students to newspapers at an early age...
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Unions want to charge fees to all state workers
(State News ~ 07/30/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- For the first time in Missouri, unions are seeking to charge fees to state employees who are not union members but would be covered by union-negotiated contracts. The push for so-called "fair share" fees -- already common in the private sector and some other states -- is a result of an executive order signed a year ago by Gov. Bob Holden that expanded union bargaining powers in state government...
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NBA approves use of instant replay for last-second shots
(Professional Sports ~ 07/30/02)
NEW YORK -- The NBA will make sure next season that last-second shots really do beat the buzzer. The league on Monday approved the use of instant replay beginning with the 2002-2003 preseason, just months after some controversial last-second calls in the playoffs...
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Cancer research needs funding more than AIDS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/30/02)
To the editor: Concerning David Limbaugh's July 27 column: I don't often agree with Limbaugh's views, but this time we are in full accord. If half of this AIDS research money were spent on cancer research, think of the lives that could be saved. Do you know of any family that hasn't been affected with cancer through no fault of their own? While most people with AIDS are infected because of their chosen lifestyles. ...
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Rev. Theodore Wittrock
(Obituary ~ 07/30/02)
The Rev. Theodore "Ted" Wittrock of Katonah, N.Y., passed away Thursday, July 4, 2002. He was born Jan. 16, 1920, near Alta Vista, Kan., son of the Rev. William and Ella Zwieg Wittrock. He was married to the former Lenore Moltzan April 15, 1950. He attended elementary school in Alta Vista, and the Christian day school in the Hanover community near Cape Girardeau. His father, the late William Wittrock, was pastor of Hanover Lutheran Church from 1928 to 1955...
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Glen Ford
(Obituary ~ 07/30/02)
POCAHONTAS, Mo. -- Glen Willis Ford, 84, of Pocahontas died Sunday, July 28, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 24, 1918, at Whitewater, Mo., son of Ernest and Mary Summers Ford. He and Rosemary Goodman were married Nov. 24, 1942, in Jackson, Mo...
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Wayne Elfrink
(Obituary ~ 07/30/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Wayne Edward Elfrink, 54, passed away Sunday, July 28, 2002, at Monticello House. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4 to 8 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7:30, followed by a Knights of Columbus service. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Msgr. Edward Eftink will officiate. Interment will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery at Leopold, Mo...
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Cletus Weisbrod
(Obituary ~ 07/30/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Funeral Mass for Cletus E. Weisbrod of Jackson will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Msgr. Edward Eftink will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery at Apple Creek, Mo., with military honors to be conducted...
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Robert Mather
(Obituary ~ 07/30/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Robert Hansberry Mather, 68, of Sikeston died Monday, July 29, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Sept. 8, 1933, in Norfolk, Va., son of Paul Lukor and Mary Hansberry Mather. He and Mary Theresa Meier were married Jan. 16, 1960, in Pomeroy, Ohio. She died Dec. 19, 1977. He and Patricia Weber Copeland were married March 2, 1980, in New Madrid, Mo...
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James Brown
(Obituary ~ 07/30/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- James Lee "Bo" Brown, 45, of Sikeston died Saturday, July 27, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Sept. 5, 1956, in Wyatt, Mo., son of Riley and Ruth Ketchum Brown. He and Phyllis West were married in 1981. Brown had lived in Charleston, Mo., and Sikeston most of his life. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...
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Births 7/30/02
(Births ~ 07/30/02)
Frey Son to Joseph O'Neill Frey and Nichole Lynn Cunningham of Scott City, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:48 p.m. Saturday, July 20, 2002. Name, Joshua Kenneth Owen. Weight, 6 pounds 13 ounces. First child. Ms. Cunningham is the daughter of Barbara Cunningham of Scott City and Jerry Cunningham of St. Charles, Mo. She is a horse trainer. Frey is the son of Rosemary Whittard and Tom Whittard of Cape Girardeau. He is a carpenter...
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Out of the past 7/30/02
(Out of the Past ~ 07/30/02)
10 years ago: July 30, 1992 Ross Perot's presidential quest may be over, but area supporters plan to have visible presence at SEMO District Fair; Gil Degenhardt, 8th Congressional District coordinator for Perot, says Perot supporters will have booth at fair in Cape Girardeau, Sept. 13-19...
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Capahas crank up offense in opening-round triumph
(Community Sports ~ 07/30/02)
WICHITA, Kan. -- What slump? That's what the Austin (Texas) Gold Sox must have been thinking Monday after they were pounded 10-2 by the Cape Girardeau Craftsman Union Capahas in the opening round of the National Baseball Congress World Series. The Capahas entered the tournament mired in a serious batting funk. But they broke out with 17 hits Monday in advancing to a second-round game Saturday against an opponent to be determined later this week...
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A sixth sense- Southeast takes usual poll spot
(College Sports ~ 07/30/02)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University is in a familiar place in the Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll. The Indians are picked to finish next-to-last, the same spot they have occupied in the OVC preseason poll for the past six years. Voting, done by the conference's head coaches and sports information directors, was announced Monday at the league's football media day...
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Six picked for OVC all-conference team despite poll spot
(College Sports ~ 07/30/02)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The preseason all-Ohio Valley Conference football team released Monday contains something of an oddity where Southeast Missouri State University is concerned. Voting by the league's head coaches and sports information directors has the Indians predicted to finish sixth in the seven-team league...
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Completion of Silver Springs project unlikely by school start
(Local News ~ 07/30/02)
The project manager of the Silver Springs Road project isn't too optimistic the work will be done by the time the first bell rings Sept. 3. "I won't commit on that, but it doesn't look like it," said Rusty Lappe, project manager of Lappe Cement Finishing. "But we should be doing pretty good by the time school starts."...
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More older couples together without wedding
(National News ~ 07/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- Vic Pelton, 73 and in love, says there are no wedding bells in his future. He's content to share house keys and closet space -- but not "I do's" -- with his girlfriend of nearly two decades. Census Bureau data shows Pelton and his 64-year-old lady love, Jean Lovetang, are among a growing number of older Americans living together. There are at least 112,000 such couples, a survey found...
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Speak Out
(Speak Out ~ 07/30/02)
Right on the mark I JUST want to say how proud I am to be a Southeast Missourian subscriber after reading your editorial on the Jeanna Martin fiasco. You are right on the mark. She should have to pay back all the taxpayers' money spent in searching for her. Her family should have told her to get back home the same way she got to South Carolina. How could she do that to her family? Thank you for speaking out on this...
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New Austin Powers flick disappointing
(Local News ~ 07/30/02)
Disappointed is a very good way to describe how I felt about "Austin Powers 3: Goldmember." From the very start, it seemed like the movie was too much of the same old thing, overused jokes and situations that were from the two past films. As I sat in the movie theater for the "much anticipated" sneak preview, much of what I heard from the people around me was forced laughter. ...
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Judge clears all but one Iverson charge
(Professional Sports ~ 07/30/02)
PHILADELPHIA -- NBA All-Star Allen Iverson was cleared of all but a misdemeanor Monday at a hearing into charges he stormed into his cousin's apartment with a gun and threatened two men while looking for his wife. Two counts of making terroristic threats were left standing after the six-hour preliminary hearing to determine whether prosecutors had enough evidence to try Iverson...
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James looks back up to speed after knee surgery
(Professional Sports ~ 07/30/02)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Edgerrin James annoyed the Indianapolis Colts' front office by working out on his own to recover from knee surgery last season. But he looked like the old James on Monday, scrimmaging with the Colts for the first time since the operation last November for a torn anterior cruciate ligament. He wore pads, ran hard, caught passes and made defenders miss...
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Rams' St. Clair says he's ready to step in as a starter
(Professional Sports ~ 07/30/02)
MACOMB, Ill. -- John St. Clair's days as a spectator are long gone. The St. Louis Rams' offensive tackle has never played a down in a regular-season game, and hasn't even dressed as a reserve. For two seasons, he's been one of those large bodies in sweat clothes standing on the sideline on game day...
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Rams sign Faulk to seven-year extension
(Professional Sports ~ 07/30/02)
MACOMB, Ill. -- Marshall Faulk signed a seven-year contract with the St. Louis Rams on Monday, a deal that will enable the running back to finish his career with the team. Coach Mike Martz announced the signing after the second of two practices. Earlier this week, he named Faulk team captain...
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The best of their time take their battle to Bighorn, TV
(Professional Sports ~ 07/30/02)
PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Jack Nicklaus knocked down a flag and Tiger Woods took care of the rest Monday night as the best players of their generations lived up to the billing in the Battle at Bighorn. On a sweltering afternoon in the desert, Woods torched Bighorn with the kind of performance he could have used in the British Open. He made nine birdies in 16 holes and carried Nicklaus to a 3 and 2 victory over Sergio Garcia and Lee Trevino...
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Union could set strike date next week
(Professional Sports ~ 07/30/02)
NEW YORK -- With little evidence of progress toward a labor contract, baseball players could set a strike date as early as next week to pressure owners into making a deal. The strike date is expected to fall between mid-August and mid-September. Before one can be set, however, the union's executive board must approve it. So far, no board meeting has been scheduled, but on Monday union head Donald Fehr said, "That decision will be made shortly."...
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Byrd's complete game boosts Royals
(Professional Sports ~ 07/30/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Paul Byrd, pitching before a bevy of scouts in perhaps his last appearance with Kansas City, threw his fourth straight complete game as the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 Monday night. Carlos Beltran homered off Chris Carpenter (4-2) and drove in three runs for the Royals, who snapped a six-game losing streak...
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Memorial held on 35th anniversary of naval disaster
(National News ~ 07/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- Tim Frudge was a 22-year-old Navy chaplain's assistant in 1967 when he was given the grim task of opening body bags containing the victims of the worst American naval disaster since World War II. Frudge carefully unzipped each bag, then the chaplain repeated the victim's name and blessed the remains...
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Osama's son rising in al-Qaida's ranks
(International News ~ 07/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- One of Osama bin Laden's eldest sons has emerged as a leader in al-Qaida, gaining enough prestige that U.S. counterterrorism officials now consider him among their top two dozen targets remaining in the terrorist network. Saad bin Laden, a Saudi who is about 22, is suspected by U.S. ...
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Installation of water lines hits snags
(Local News ~ 07/30/02)
The city is in the process of installing a water line along Gordonville Road, which is the first step in widening Mount Auburn to four or five lanes from Independence to Route K. According to assistant city engineer Melanie Gertis, the project has hit a couple of minor snags...
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Cape police report 7/30/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/30/02)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, July 30 ArrestsBradley Crowden, 22, of Chaffee, Mo., was arrested Sunday at 716 N. Sprigg for domestic assault and property damage. Aaron Stroud, 22, of St. Louis was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for failure to appear...
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Cape fire report 7/30/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/30/02)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, July 30 Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:At 5:37 p.m., a request for emergency medical service at 635 Highland Dr. At 6:07 p.m., a trash container fire at 316 S. Lorimier. At 6:47 p.m., a car fire at Lexington and Big Bend...
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Skepticism of school vouchers persists
(Local News ~ 07/30/02)
DETROIT -- The Supreme Court has deemed publicly financed school vouchers legal, and President Bush believes they're just what poor families need to escape failing school systems. But here in Detroit, which has more than its share of distressed schools, no one expects a new push for vouchers anytime soon. Since 1970, the Michigan constitution has banned spending public money in private schools, and two years ago voters rejected a referendum to institute vouchers by a convincing 69-31 percent...
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'Test Drive' short on reality
(Local News ~ 07/30/02)
It sometimes seems there are as many driving games on the market as there are drivers. Add "Test Drive" to the list. This title, designed for the PlayStation 2, is now available from Pitbull Syndicate, Infogrames and Atari for the Xbox. It's a mixed bag...
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