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Area students stick to basics when shopping for supplies
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
Photo courtesy of The Mirror Danny Robert, left and Valerie LeGrand, right, held candles and looked over a prayer book during a vigil at World Youth Day in Canada. The Cape Girardeau teenagers were among a group of 48 from Southeast Missouri who attended the events in Ontario...
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Doctors hear alternatives to drug-firm sales pitches
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- Marcia Drummond sees doctors for a living. On a typical workday, she may drive to points in the entire Washington region to visit pediatricians, internists, cardiologists and family practitioners. A pharmacist by training, she's now a foot soldier in a mounting clash between the pharmaceutical industry and the benefit plans that pay for their products...
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Turret of Civil War ironclad raised after 140 years in ocean
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
HATTERAS, N.C. -- The coral-encrusted gun turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor was raised Monday from the floor of the Atlantic, nearly 140 years after the warship sank during a storm. As salvage crews cheered, the 120-ton turret was pulled out of the depths by a huge crane on a 300-foot barge. A Civil War-era American flag fluttered from the salvage apparatus and silt-colored water poured out of the turret into the whitecapped sea before the wreckage was swung aboard the barge...
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Ex-Rep. Traficant moved to prison in Pennsylvania
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
CLEVELAND -- U.S. marshals transferred former Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. on Monday from an Ohio jail to a federal prison in Pennsylvania where he will serve eight years for bribery and racketeering. Traficant had asked to be placed in an Ohio prison so he can run for re-election Nov. 5 from his Youngstown district. But the sentencing judge made no recommendation either way...
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Three killed in wall collapse in North Carolina
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- An 80,000-pound section of a concrete wall fell on a group of construction workers as they ate lunch Monday, killing three of them. Officials said the wall toppled when another crew had removed temporary braces from the 35-by-20-foot section, unaware the wall had not been permanently secured to the roof...
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People talk 8/6/02
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
Volunteer firefighters receive Tritt donation ATLANTA -- Country singer Travis Tritt is donating $25,000 to a group of volunteer firefighters who helped rescue trapped coal miners in Pennsylvania last month. Tritt, who performed at the Ohio State Fair this weekend in Columbus, is donating the money to the Sipesville (Pa.) Volunteer Fire Company, according to his official Web site...
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Bear, cub killed in fire they started
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
FOREST FALLS, Calif. -- A mother bear and cub died in a fire they started after breaking into a home in a San Bernardino National Forest mountain community to look for food. A 300-pound black bear and her cub entered the house through an open front window Sunday afternoon , fire spokeswoman Tracey Martinez said...
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Prosecutors will seek death penalty in Samantha Runnion killing
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Prosecutors said Monday that they will seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing 5-year-old Samantha Runnion, who was dragged away from a playmate by a man who asked for help in finding his puppy. Alejandro Avila, 27, is charged with murder, kidnapping and two counts of forcible lewd acts on a child. ...
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Private detective videotaped orthodontist who was run over
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
HOUSTON -- Suspecting her husband of having an affair, Clara Harris did what wealthy wives can afford to do: She hired an investigator. But what the private eye saw could become Exhibit A against Harris herself. As the investigator's video camera rolled, an enraged Harris allegedly killed her husband in a parking lot by running him over three times with her silver Mercedes-Benz. The victim's 16-year-old daughter was in the passenger seat...
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Doctors operate to separate twin sisters
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Doctors began operating on 1-year-old twin sisters joined at the head Monday in a long, risky procedure to separate the blood vessels and bone they share. "We are cautiously optimistic in the early going," said Dr. Michael Karpf, director of the UCLA Medical Center...
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Victim dies following crash that sparked fatal beatings
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
CHICAGO -- A woman struck by a van last week in an incident that ended with the beating deaths of two men inside the vehicle died Monday, hospital officials said. Shauna Lawrence, 26, was sitting on a porch when the van hurtled the curb and struck her and two others last week, authorities said. The other women survived...
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Florida judge cancels school voucher program
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Just weeks before the start of the school year, a judge struck down Florida's voucher law Monday, saying the state constitution forbids the use of tax money to send youngsters to religious schools. The decision could mean turmoil for the 46 students who are attending private school under the only statewide voucher program in the nation and might have to go back to public school. In addition, more than 650 other youngsters had hoped to use vouchers this school year...
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Annan to ask Iraq if it agrees to U.N. weapons inspection plan
(International News ~ 08/06/02)
The Associated PressUNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday he will write to Iraq seeking clarification on whether it agrees to the U.N. plan for the return of weapons inspectors, a move supported by the Security Council. Annan said he would look "in a different light" at Iraq's invitation to the chief U.N. ...
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Military revolt spreads to Niger capital
(International News ~ 08/06/02)
NIAMEY, Niger -- Mutinous soldiers tried to take over three garrisons in the capital of Niger on Monday, but were repelled by loyalist troops in a gun battle that lasted more than two hours, government officials said. Hama Amadou, prime minister of the West African nation, said the city of Niamney remained under government control...
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Legionnaires' disease infects dozens in England
(International News ~ 08/06/02)
LONDON -- Ninety-four people were hospitalized Monday after the worst Legionnaires' disease outbreak in nearly a decade -- an outbreak that already has killed one elderly man in northwest Britain. Sixty-four of those patients were confirmed to have the illness, while the remaining 30 were suspected of having it, health officials said. Eighteen people were in intensive-care units at five hospitals...
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Israel strikes at Palestinians using missiles, travel bans
(International News ~ 08/06/02)
JERUSALEM -- Israel struck back at the Palestinians on Monday following a day of deadly attacks, firing missiles at a suspected weapons factory in the Gaza Strip and announcing a ban on Palestinian travel in the northern West Bank. At the same time, however, Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer met with the Palestinian interior minister, Abdel Razak Yehiyeh, to discuss plans for a cease-fire to allow Israeli troops to leave Palestinian areas, Palestinian officials and Israel Army Radio said.. ...
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World briefs 8/6/02
(International News ~ 08/06/02)
German authorities shut down Arab charity BERLIN -- German authorities shut down an Arab charity accused of collecting money for the militant Palestinian organization Hamas, the interior ministry said. Investigators seized the equivalent of $296,000 from accounts of the Al-Aqsa organization in the cities of Aachen and Cologne, Interior Minister Otto Schily told reporters Monday...
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Gunmen storm Christian school in Pakistan, kill six
(International News ~ 08/06/02)
MURREE, Pakistan -- Masked gunmen firing Kalashnikov rifles burst through the front gates of a Christian school Monday, killing six people and wounding three in the latest attack against Western interests since Pakistan joined the war against terrorism...
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Bush meets rescued miners, signs bill for fetus rights
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
PITTSBURGH -- President Bush on Monday rejoiced in the against-all-hope rescue of nine miners, telling the men and their saviors their tenacity "really represents the best of our country." "Today we're here to celebrate life, the value of life and most importantly the spirit of America," the president said from the Green Tree firehouse, emergency gear arrayed behind him, after a 20-minute private huddle with the miners and their families...
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Hundreds investigated for taking $15 million from ATM
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
NEW YORK -- Prosecutors said Monday that as many as 4,000 people used ATMs to steal $15 million from a municipal employees' credit union whose computer security system was damaged in the Sept. 11 attack. Police said they had arrested 66 people and were seeking 35 others. But thousands more are under investigation in what already is one of the largest fraud cases to come out of the terrorist attack...
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Pennsylvania woman can have abortion, judge rules
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
PHILADELPHIA -- A judge gave a woman the go-ahead Monday to get an abortion after her ex-boyfriend won an extraordinary order that temporarily prevented her from terminating her pregnancy. Common Pleas Judge Michael Conahan dissolved the temporary injunction issued against 23-year-old Tanya Meyers by another judge a week ago. Conahan also dismissed a lawsuit filed by the ex-boyfriend, John Stachokus, to force her to carry her fetus to term...
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Computer simulations help plan for bioterrorist attack
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
NEW YORK -- Imaginative minds can conjure horribly apocalyptic consequences from a smallpox attack. Here is a disease that kills 30 percent of those it infects and leaves survivors permanently scarred. After plaguing humanity for centuries, it was finally eradicated three decades ago so that no one today has any built-up immunity to it. ...
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Braves appear headed toward another division title
(Professional Sports ~ 08/06/02)
ATLANTA -- Just a few days into August, the Atlanta Braves have already turned their attention to October. Barring a monumental collapse, the Braves are assured of another division title. For those who've lost count, this will be No. 11 in a streak that began when a different Bush was in the White House...
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Rams safety shows mature side in second NFL season
(Professional Sports ~ 08/06/02)
MACOMB, Ill. Unlike many of his teammates, St. Louis Rams safety Adam Archuleta didn't fortify himself with diversionary toys like video games or remote control cars before heading to the team's remote training camp site. Archuleta, entering his second season in the NFL, likes it dull when he's not thinking football. So forget the PlayStation2...
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Stewart may have been provoked, NASCAR says
(Professional Sports ~ 08/06/02)
INDIANAPOLIS -- NASCAR chairman Bill France wonders whether Tony Stewart might have been provoked into hitting a photographer after a 12th-place finish in the Brickyard 400. While NASCAR continued its investigation Monday, France said he would be interested in seeing pictures or footage of the confrontation, if any exist...
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Bonds comes home in bid to join 600 home-run list
(Professional Sports ~ 08/06/02)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds has raced past so many baseball milestones in the past two seasons that it's difficult for anyone -- even Bonds himself -- to step back and truly appreciate his achievements. There are certain numbers that everyone can understand, however. The first was 500. The second was 73...
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Longtime Lakers announcer dead at age 85
(Professional Sports ~ 08/06/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Chick Hearn, who made "slam dunk" and "air ball" common basketball expressions during his 42-year broadcasting career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died Monday night. He was 85. Hearn, the only play-by-play announcer the Los Angeles Lakers ever had, died at 6:30 p.m. at Northridge Medical Center Hospital, team spokesman Bob Steiner said...
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Vocal professors to perform with band
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
The Cape Girardeau Municipal band will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Capaha Park Band Shell. Guest vocalists will be husband and wife Christopher Goeke and Lori Schaffer, who teach vocal music at Southeast. The celebrity guest conductors will be the Central High School drum majors...
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Police officer to chair statewide advisory board
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
Southeast Missourian Lt. John R. Davis, auxiliary services division commander with the Cape Girardeau Police Department, was elected Chairman of the Missouri Law Enforcement Traffic Safety Advisory Council by law enforcement delegates from across the state during their annual traffic safety conference held at Lake Ozark, Mo., in July...
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Capahas aim for elusive third tournament win
(Community Sports ~ 08/06/02)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Just two weeks ago the Craftsman Union Capahas' 17th consecutive trip to the National Baseball Congress World Series hung precariously in the balance. As far as the tournament was concerned, the Capahas looked to be stranded in the on-deck circle when they were dethroned by Springfield, Mo., as the Mid-South Regional champion, missing out on the automatic berth. ...
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Mount Auburn Road reduced to one lane
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
Southeast Missourian Construction for a water main project will reduce part of Mount Auburn Road to one lane of traffic beginning today. The westernmost southbound lane will be closed for 600 to 700 feet beginning at Gordonville Road. The work will continue to move north along Mount Auburn Road for several weeks while work is completed...
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Cape Girardeau man hurt in struggle with gunman
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
An early morning home invasion in downtown Cape Girardeau has police on the lookout for two gunmen. Officers responded at 2:17 a.m. Monday to a report of a shooting at 143 S. Spanish, where a 40-year-old man was found shot through his arm. The man told police he was entertaining three guests at his home when two armed men entered through a back door...
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Jackson board looking to ban dogs from certain events
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
Council looking to ban dogs from certain events By Sam Blackwell ~ Southeast Missourian JACKSON, Mo. -- If planning to come to the Jackson Homecomers celebration Aug. 20-24, leave your dog home. On Aug. 19, it will become illegal to have a dog at Homecomers or at the Jaycee Fourth of July celebration...
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Arraignment held for suspects in slaying of rural Jackson man
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
Southeast Missourian JACKSON, Mo. - Two suspects in the shooting death of a rural Jackson man were arraigned Monday afternoon in Cape Girardeau County Associate Circuit Court on charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping...
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Scott City teenager now faces first-degree murder
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
Southeast Missourian BENTON, Mo. -- Prosecutors revised a charge against a Scott City, Mo., teen accused in the stabbing death of his stepfather from second-degree to first-degree murder on Monday. John Mayabb was stabbed numerous times at his home in Scott City. Police arrested his stepson, Christopher Jones, 18, not long afterward about five blocks from the house...
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Chamber gets control of visitors bureau
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
The city of Cape Girardeau officially handed over control of the Convention and Visitors Bureau to the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce at its meeting Monday night. But, with a few amendments to the original contract, the council took steps to make sure the city will still have an active voice in the direction of the CVB...
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Area farmers say lack of rainfall 'burning up' crops
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
Area farmers say lack of rainfall 'burning up' crops By Scott Moyers ~ Southeast Missourian Southeast Missouri farmers have had a tumultuous relationship with the rain this year. They collectively cursed it as it fell this spring, when it rained so much that it flooded in places and pushed back the start of planting season by weeks...
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Tight budgets for states improve gambling's odds
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
Trey Parker, 9, got his kicks Monday outside R.O. Hawkins Junior High School, where was helping his mother, Leanne Parker, get her ninth-grade classroom ready for the new school year.By Matthew Mosk ~ The Washington Post...
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FBI team will investigate Hebrew University bombing
(International News ~ 08/06/02)
JERUSALEM -- An FBI team arrived Monday to work with Israeli police investigating the bombing by the militant group Hamas that killed seven people at Hebrew University, including five Americans. The four-person team will visit the site of Wednesday's bombing, and will pool their information with Israeli security forces, who will lead the search for the bombers, Israeli police spokesman Ofer Sivan said...
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U.S. suspends operations at Karachi consulate
(International News ~ 08/06/02)
KARACHI, Pakistan -- The United States closed its consulate in the city of Karachi after local authorities reopened a street in front that Americans deemed a security risk, a U.S. official said Monday. The consulate was closed Monday after Pakistani authorities removed large concrete blocks and reopened the road in front of the heavily guarded building to traffic...
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Simple plan is model for preventing floods
(Editorial ~ 08/06/02)
Lester Goodin is a good citizen. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has recognized that citizenship, as characterized by his good stewardship of our natural resources. During the mid-1980s, Goodin saw severe erosion threatening his land at Thompson Bend next to the southernmost tip of Illinois along the banks of the Mississippi River...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen actions 08/06/02
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN ACTIONS Monday City Hall Public hearing Held hearing to consider the rezoning of 3.8 acres of property located at 2370 N. High St. from R-1 (single family residential) District to C-2 (general commercial) District as submitted by Oak Enterprises, L.L.C...
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Sports FanFare 8/6/02
(Other Sports ~ 08/06/02)
Briefly Baseball Ted Williams' oldest daughter, Bobby-Jo Williams Farrell, on Monday asked for the public to donate to a new "Ted Williams' Last Wish Fund" to help cover her legal expenses, which her attorney said could eclipse $100,000, as she fights her siblings in a Florida court. ...
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Speak Out
(Speak Out ~ 08/06/02)
Mowing priorities COULD SOMEONE please tell me why the highway department in Bollinger County mows along the secondary roads before mowing a much more traveled road like Highway 34, which is dangerous to travel anyway? Taxpayers foot the bill I WOULD like to reply to the resident of Chaffee who thinks the former chief of police should pay back some of the salary he received while serving in Kosovo. ...
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Better publicity would increase public interest
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/06/02)
To the editor: Regarding the editorial, "Few take interest in city's financial plight": You hit the nail on the head. People believe the city council will do as it wants. People are not informed of the meetings by the city. I have asked for all public meetings be shown on Channel 5 the public-access channel...
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Beulah Camden
(Obituary ~ 08/06/02)
Beulah M. Camden, 85, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, July 25, 2002, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 26, 1916, in West Fork, Mo., daughter of Harry and Asiadell Estep. Beulah is survived by two daughters, Kathy Green and husband Jim of Sedgewickville, Mo., Nellie Shell and husband Jerry of Bentonville, Ark.; three sons, Harold Camden and wife Sharon of Bushnell, Ill., Bob Camden of Sedgewickville, David Camden of Fenton, Mo.; a sister, Irene Fickley of Cape Girardeau; 14 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.. ...
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Ernest Stork
(Obituary ~ 08/06/02)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Ernest Lee Stork, 86, of Paducah, Ky., formerly of Pulaski County, Ill., died Monday, Aug. 5, 2002, at Medco Center Nursing Home in Paducah. He was born Jan. 22, 1916, in Conkling, Ky., son of John Calvin and Anna Hardin Stork. He first married Kathryn Stork, who died in 1992. He later married Louise Cox...
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Robert Cheek
(Obituary ~ 08/06/02)
ULLIN, Ill. -- The funeral for Robert M. Cheek of Ullin was held Saturday at Crain Funeral Home. Ronnie Gulley officiated. Burial was in Christian Chapel Cemetery. Cheek, 82, died Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at Herrin Hospital. He was born May 23, 1920, in Coatesville, Ind., son of George and Opal Storm Cheek. He and Ruth Swadener were married Feb. 19, 1942...
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Sybil Bonds
(Obituary ~ 08/06/02)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Sybil Bonds, 65, of Bourbonnais, Ill., died Monday, Aug. 5, 2002, at her home. She was born June 24, 1937, in New Madrid County, Mo., daughter of Louis P. and Exia Taylor Dolan. She and Jimmie Bonds were married in 1959. He died in February 1981...
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Alfred White
(Obituary ~ 08/06/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Alfred L. White, 42, of Lansing, Mich., died Monday, July 29, 2002, at Bixby Hospital in Adrian, Mich. He was born Dec. 2, 1959, in Sikeston, son of Johnny and Pearlie Mae White. White was a 1978 graduate of Sikeston High School. He was a former member of Smith Chapel United Methodist Church...
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Mary Childress
(Obituary ~ 08/06/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Graveside service for Mary Jane Childress of Cincinnati, Ohio, will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Garden of Memories Cemetery. The Rev. Fred Leist will officiate. Nunnelee Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Childress, 84, died Friday, Aug. 2, 2002, at Manor Care Nursing and Rehab Center in Milford, Ohio...
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Lucille Miller
(Obituary ~ 08/06/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Anita Lucille Miller, 93, of Sikeston died Monday, Aug. 5, 2002, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born March 2, 1909, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Walter and Minnie Sides Noland. She married Charles E. Miller, who died in 1983...
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Alonzo Rumfelt
(Obituary ~ 08/06/02)
Alonzo W. Rumfelt Sr., 82, of Middletown, Calif., died Friday, Aug. 2, 2002, at his home. He was born Sept. 7, 1919, in Cape Girardeau, son of Robert and Mary McCain Rumfelt. Rumfelt worked at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., retiring in 1963. He then worked for Harold Smith Construction in Middletown, retiring in the mid-1980s...
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Births 8/6/02
(Births ~ 08/06/02)
Clippard Son to John Paul and Kari Nicole Clippard of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:54 p.m. Monday, July 8, 2002. Name, John David. Weight, 9 pounds 4 ounces. Third child, first son. Mrs. Clippard is the former Kari Aslinger, daughter of Howard Aslinger and Jean Aslinger of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Out of the past 8/6/02
(Out of the Past ~ 08/06/02)
10 years ago: Aug. 6, 1992 Thad Bullock is winner; early Wednesday morning, final returns from 8th District pushed Bullock to top of six-candidate field for Democratic nomination, making him winner over James L. Thompson of Bourbon by 111-vote margin; for Bullock, who had never come close to capturing his party's nomination during races in 1968, 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1990, Wednesday was day of jubilation...
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Organizers closer to park's ground-breaking
(Community Sports ~ 08/06/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Organizers with the Jackson Area Optimist Soccer Association (JAOSA) hope to have a land-disturbance permit in hand within three weeks and begin construction of a 27-acre soccer complex. Former JAOSA president Jack Litzelfelner, head of the project committee, said he expects ground movement on the development to begin Aug. 23. The complex, which will feature 19 fields, will be in a flood plain off Highway PP in the southwest part of Jackson...
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Stitch stars in solid platformer
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
There's something to be said for a game where your finger is almost constantly on the trigger. Unfortunately, when you can't see what you're shooting at, some of the air comes hissing out of the balloon. That's the problem with "Stitch Experiment 626," from High Voltage Software and Sony Interactive for the PlayStation 2...
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Missouri banks on amnesty to collect taxes
(Editorial ~ 08/06/02)
If you owe state taxes -- and maybe a penalty too -- in Missouri, now's the time to settle up. During the legislative session that concluded in May, the General Assembly took a step that many other states have taken. Lawmakers enacted, and Gov. Bob Holden signed into law, a 90-day tax-amnesty program...
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Schools begin replacing chalkboards with marker boards
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- When architects turned a former Safeway grocery into a public charter school in 1999, they ditched the dusty chalkboards. Instead, each of the 17 classrooms at the SouthEast Academy of Scholastic Excellence got a glossy whiteboard and set of colored markers -- to the delight of special education teacher JoAnne Anthony...
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Cape police report 08/06/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/06/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Aug. 5 Arrests Ian N. Saputo, 21, of Leopold, Mo., was arrested Monday on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear. Danny A. Rodgers, 39, of Sulligent, Ala., was arrested Monday on a Jackson County warrant for larceny. Michael L. Cease, 32, of 1119 Walnut was arrested Monday on a Brevard County, Fla., warrant for probation violation...
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Rockets fired at U.S. special ops base in Afghanistan
(International News ~ 08/06/02)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- Two rockets were fired at a U.S. special forces base in Afghanistan Saturday night, but there were no casualties, a military spokeswoman said Monday. The rockets landed 400 yards from the U.S. camp near Lwara in Paktika province, about 90 miles south of Kabul, said Lt. Col. Carla Sylvester at the U.S. military headquarters in Bagram...
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Foreigners flock to South Africa for bargain plastic surgery
(International News ~ 08/06/02)
KRUGERSDORP, South Africa -- The new Vanessa Skipp stared in awe at a giraffe loping through the African bush -- her recently creased face smooth, her tummy tucked, her excess fat sucked away. Skipp, a 53-year-old from Houston, looked a new woman by the end of her holiday -- a blend of luxury safari and bargain-rate plastic surgery...
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Washington rejects Iraqi weapons inspection invitation
(International News ~ 08/06/02)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq made its second offer to open its weapons systems to the world, overtures guardedly welcomed by the United Nations but rejected by Washington as a ploy to avoid U.S. military strikes. Iraqi parliamentary speaker Sadoun Hammadi on Monday invited U.S. lawmakers and experts of their choice to visit Iraq for three weeks to search sites or facilities where they suspect weapons of mass destruction are hidden...
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McDonald's slashes burger prices to lure back Japanese
(International News ~ 08/06/02)
TOKYO -- In a nation famous for steep prices, one bargain stands out -- the 59-yen hamburger. The special offer, launched Monday by McDonald's Co. Japan, is part of the company's campaign to win back sales devastated by a mad cow scare and other fears about food safety in Japan...
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Some fear for fate of animals promised to Afghanistan zoo
(International News ~ 08/06/02)
Los Angeles Times BEIJING -- Two lions, two bears, a wolf and about a dozen other wild animals are preparing to journey to Afghanistan as a Chinese safari park plays Noah to the war-ravaged country's ark. The well-intended gesture, however, has provoked an outcry from international animal rights advocates, who argue that the Kabul Zoo in the Afghan capital is in no condition to accommodate these furry peace ambassadors...
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Hunting is in, paintball is out for Missouri Conservation Dept.
(State News ~ 08/06/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Hunting? Sure. Paintball? Take a hike -- that's the answer from the Missouri Department of Conservation for permissible uses of its land. The Missouri Conservation Commission decided on a list of permissible and impermissible uses of its land at its July meeting, after being told area supervisors are getting more requests for uses of department land that don't reflect the mission of promoting hunting, fishing, nature appreciation and nature education...
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Ballot features primaries plus taxes
(State News ~ 08/06/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's weather has been hotter than the primary campaigns for its statewide offices this summer. The political heat has come mainly from a proposed tax increase for transportation. As voters head to the polls today, they will be deciding on the state's largest ever tax increase -- around $500 million annually for transportation through higher sales and fuel taxes...
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U. of Missouri notifies parents of drug, alcohol violations
(State News ~ 08/06/02)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Columbia campus was the only one in the University of Missouri system to send letters this year telling parents that their underage children got in trouble with alcohol or drugs. The University of Missouri Board of Curators voted in March 2001 to allow schools to notify parents of students younger than 21 if their child violates alcohol or drug rules more than once, or is ever caught driving drunk on campus...
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Johnson keeps Mets' bats quiet to puts wraps on four-game sweep
(Professional Sports ~ 08/06/02)
NEW YORK -- Randy Johnson pitched a two-hitter and struck out 11 Monday as the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a four-game sweep with a 2-0 victory over the New York Mets. Coming off a 149-pitch start last week -- the longest outing in the majors this year -- and pitching in 89-degree heat didn't slow Johnson (16-4), who struck out the first six batters -- two shy of Jim Deshaies' record to start a game...
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Justice Department missing 775 weapons, 400 laptops
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department has lost track of 775 weapons and 400 laptop computers, more than half of which may have contained national security or sensitive law enforcement information, an internal probe found. Some of the weapons were used to commit crimes and the classification level of 218 of the missing laptops is unknown, said the audit report by the department's Office of Inspector General...
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Jets' Abraham will miss 4-6 weeks because of sprained knee
(Professional Sports ~ 08/06/02)
All-Pro defensive end John Abraham of the New York Jets sprained his left knee in practice Saturday, but plans to be in the lineup when the team opens its season in less than five weeks. An MRI examination Monday revealed a second-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament, and the team estimated he will be out four to six weeks...
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Microsoft makes more changes to comply with settlement
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- Microsoft Corp. is disclosing more technical information about its Windows operating system products in order to comply with a federal antitrust settlement that has yet to be approved by a judge, the company announced Monday. "Microsoft is obligated as a company to continue to move forward to meet our obligations under the agreement, even as we are waiting for a final decision," Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said...
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Lawmakers press for newer planes to fight forest fires
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- After two fatal crashes and with still-raging summer fires, lawmakers are criticizing the Defense Department over its delays in turning over some excess planes to battle wildfires. Six years after Congress directed the Pentagon to cull its fleet for aircraft that could be converted to firefighting tankers, the first replacement has yet to arrive...
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Billions in spending shifted after 1994
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- The 1994 revolution that gave Republicans control of the House of Representatives produced a seismic shift in federal spending, moving tens of billions of dollars from Democratic to GOP districts, an Associated Press analysis shows. Rather than pork barrel projects for new GOP districts, the change was driven mostly by Republican policies that moved spending from poor rural and urban areas to the more affluent suburbs and GOP-leaning farm country, the computer analysis showed...
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Doctors shake patients' complacency for better diabetes care
(National News ~ 08/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- "What's the hardest thing about living with your diabetes?" Richard R. Rubin asks each of his patients. Seldom do they say cite fear of the amputations, kidney failure, blindness and heart attacks that years of uncontrolled diabetes will cause. But often they cite sleepiness from middle-of-the-night bathroom runs...
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Body found in Black River identified as area woman
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- The body found in Black River Friday evening is that of a Wappapello woman who hasn't been seen in more than six months. The victim is Porisha K. Davis, 39, of Wappapello, said Butler County Coroner Larry Cotrell. "X-rays and dental records have allowed us to identify her. Because of the length of time between the death and the recovery, we do not have a cause of death yet," Cotrell said...
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Cape fire report 08/06/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/06/02)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, Aug. 6 Firefighters responded to the following calls on Sunday: At 7:41 p.m., a medical assist at Pemiscot Street and North West End Boulevard. Firefighters responded to the following calls on Monday: At 2:22 a.m., a medical assist at 151 S. Spanish...
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Addition, renovations 85 percent complete at R.O. Hawkins
(Local News ~ 08/06/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- When ninth-grader Stacy Goodwin thinks back to her first day of school at R.O. Hawkins Junior High in Jackson, she can't help but cringe. "I got pushed into a locker, and my feet got stepped on constantly," she said. Goodwin's experience is similar to that of the other 800 students who spent last year crammed into a building intended to hold only 600 eighth- and ninth-grade students...
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