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Mayor resigns, and no one wants the job
(State News ~ 08/27/02)
LA BELLE, Mo. -- This small northeast Missouri town is looking for a new mayor, but so far, no one wants the job. Bruce Hoffman, La Belle's mayor for the past seven years, resigned Aug. 8, and the Board of Aldermen has been seeking a replacement ever since. La Belle, a town of 650 residents, is about 50 miles northwest of Hannibal...
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Couple sentenced for tiger trafficking
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
Calling their crimes "a cowardly thing," U.S. District Court Judge E. Richard Webber sentenced a Cape Girardeau animal park owner and his wife Monday for illegally trafficking four endangered tigers in 1998. Todd H. Lantz, own-er of Lazy L Exotics, was sentenced to five months in prison, three years of probation upon release, and ordered to pay $5,000 to the Fish and Wild-life Foundation's Save the Tiger Fund. ...
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Sports fanfare 8/27
(Other Sports ~ 08/27/02)
Baseball n There is no joy in Huntsville. The Item has struck back. The newspaper in the Texas town of 35,000, located 70 miles north of Houston, announced it will cease devoting any of its space to coverage of major-league baseball -- including the in-state Astros and Rangers -- as a pre-emptive move until Friday's strike deadline...
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Customers pay double for leftover lettuce in a bag
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
SOLEDAD, Calif. -- In a field near Salinas, two teams of workers move through the muddy rows behind harvesters on a recent morning, scooping up heads of lettuce, peeling off the bushy outer leaves and chopping off their stumpy bottoms. Both are picking iceberg lettuce for their employer, Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. ...
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Beer and liquor lobbies press for cut in taxes
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- The alcoholic beverage industry is pressing Congress to lower the federal excise tax on beer, wine and liquor -- just as several states are considering raising their "sin" taxes to help close budget deficits. Already, more than 200 lawmakers seeking re-election -- many beneficiaries of the industry's political largesse -- have signed on to tax-cut proposals...
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Growing meth problem puts strain on crime labs
(State News ~ 08/27/02)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- Missouri's network of crime laboratories is strained from testing evidence from growing numbers of methamphetamine cases and other crimes. Compounding the problem, authorities say, is turnover among lab employees. Capt. Stephen Hinesly, commander of the state patrol's lab, said low salaries make it difficult to retain qualified employees...
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Cape school board passes on tax increase
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
Public outcry over a proposed 6-cent increase in the Cape Girardeau School District tax levy persuaded school board members Monday to leave it at $3.99 per $100 assessed valuation. "People contacted board members and expressed themselves," superintendent Mark Bowles said at the board meeting. "Most of the feedback was nobody wants to see increased taxes."...
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Area sports digest 8/27/02
(Other Sports ~ 08/27/02)
Kern, LeGrand among horseshoe association winners Rose Kern and Ron LeGrand won in Sunday's 16-team event for the SEMO Horseshoe Association at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Leopold. Cori Stoverink and Jerry Yamnitz were second. Third were Boxi Schrum and Terri Rose...
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Oklahoma victims feel neglected
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The day the planes tore through the towers, Oklahoma City bombing victims relived some of the pain they've harbored for seven years. Within weeks, many empathetic souls traveled to New York to cry with those who lost loved ones in the terrorist attacks. They escorted families to ground zero, holding hands as they stood before the smoking heap of metal and concrete...
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Collector wants to take land auction indoors
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Debt-ridden land doesn't have to be sold in the heat on the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse steps. It could be sold in the air-conditioned comfort of the courthouse and will be in the future if Collector Diane Diebold has her way. "Hopefully, next year we can be inside. ...
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Manual recount ordered in state rep race
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Missouri's top election official on Monday ordered a manual recount of over 6,000 Republican ballots in the 157th District state representative race in Cape Girardeau and Perry counties that could involve election judges scrutinizing hanging chads...
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World briefs 8/27/02
(International News ~ 08/27/02)
Iran's parliament gives women divorce rights TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's parliament approved a bill giving women the right to sue for divorce, a similar right already guaranteed for men. The bill, approved by the 290-seat parliament Sunday, amends Iran's Civil Code and lets women seek a divorce in court, said lawmaker Elaheh Koolaee...
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U.N. summit sets goals for global commitment
(International News ~ 08/27/02)
Los Angeles Times JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The World Summit on Sustainable Development opened here Monday with the lofty aspiration that representatives of more than 190 nations will agree on a plan to develop the poorest countries without further fouling air, polluting water or degrading land...
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Muslim group in China added to U.S. list of foreign terrorists
(International News ~ 08/27/02)
BEIJING -- The Bush administration has added a violent Muslim group seeking independence for China's Xinjiang province to its official list of foreign terrorist organizations, a senior U.S. diplomat said Monday. The decision, announced by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage after a day of meetings with Chinese leaders, is the strongest U.S. ...
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Special forces suspect security leaks
(International News ~ 08/27/02)
NARIZAH, Afghanistan -- Flying American flags atop Humvees, U.S. Army Special Forces swept through villages in southeastern Afghanistan last week in search of al-Qaida and Taliban. In most cases, however, the people and weapons the troops expected to find were gone, leading them to suspect that Operation Mountain Sweep, which ended Sunday, was compromised by security leaks...
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Group plans inspection of Chinese mental hospitals
(International News ~ 08/27/02)
YOKOHAMA, Japan -- The world's leading psychiatric association decided Monday to look into reports that China is silencing political dissidents by confining them to mental wards, where some -- including members of the Falun Gong sect -- are drugged or undergo electric shocks...
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Spanish parliament takes step to outlaw party accused of links
(International News ~ 08/27/02)
MADRID, Spain -- Police stormed the offices of a Basque political party aligned with the outlawed ETA separatists Monday, hours after Spain's parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor of banning the party. The fast-moving steps against the Batasuna party began earlier Monday when a judge suspended its activities for three years, accusing it of complicity in terrorist acts carried out by the Basque ETA group...
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McAfrika burger riles those trying to stop African famine
(International News ~ 08/27/02)
OSLO, Norway -- Humanitarian groups criticized McDonald's for a new sandwich called the McAfrika, saying the offering is poorly timed because millions of Africans are facing starvation. But aid officials on Monday welcomed an agreement by the fast-food restaurant chain to inform customers about the potential famine in southern Africa and tell them how they can help, Tarje Wanvik of the group Norwegian Church Aid said Monday...
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Researching China's future at the library
(International News ~ 08/27/02)
BEIJING -- Every morning, long before the glass doors swing open at 9 a.m., a crowd of young men and women gather outside this mammoth, colonnaded building in hope of getting a seat inside. At 9 a.m., everyone dashes in with an intensity akin to the frenzy of determined shoppers at a red tag sale -- a quiet mob rushing to find a place to read in the nearly silent vastness of the National Library of China...
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Body in barrel identified as second missing girl
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
OREGON CITY, Ore. -- A body found in a barrel buried under a concrete slab has been identifed as one of two girls who vanished last winter. Oregon City Police Chief Gordon Huiras said Monday night that the 12-year-old girl, Ashley Pond, had been identified through dental records. Her remains were found Sunday, one day after authorities found the body of 13-year-old Miranda Gaddis in a shed...
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Study - Merit scholarships go to those who need them least
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
BOSTON -- Merit-based state scholarships tend to benefit college students who are least likely to need them, and in some cases are widening enrollment gaps between white and minority students, according to a study of programs in four states. The analysis of programs in Georgia, Florida, New Mexico and Michigan suggests states should weigh whether such programs meet their intended goals, said Gary Orfield, co-director of Harvard University's Civil Rights Project, which published the study...
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Insurance policies offered to cover expense of ID theft
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The thieves who stole Amy Jo Sutterluety's identity spent $70,000 in her name. They also took her time: a month to close 15 fraudulent accounts. Insurance policies to cover her out-of-pocket expenses for phone calls and legal battles didn't exist back in 1998 -- when she was victimized -- though she wish they had...
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Traffic stop leads to drug conviction
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
A Cape Girardeau man was sentenced Monday on charges of possessing cocaine base, according to U.S. Attorney Raymond Gruender. Neglasper McClinton, 20, was sentenced to 60 months on one felony count of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base. He appeared U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber...
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Opening day celebrates comebacks by players, NY
(Professional Sports ~ 08/27/02)
NEW YORK -- The opening day of the U.S. Open was a celebration of comebacks: Corina Morariu's, Lindsay Davenport's, New York's. Morariu returned to Grand Slam action less than 1 1/2 years after starting treatment for leukemia and did what she could to keep top-seeded Serena Williams off-balance in their first-round match Monday before falling 6-2, 6-3...
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Minor league teams see major trend with increased attendance
(Professional Sports ~ 08/27/02)
DAYTON, Ohio -- The plate umpire wraps his arm around the Dayton Dragons' mascot and dances on the infield while the starting pitcher warms up. Families lounge on the grass terrace just beyond the outfield wall -- a great place to snag a home run. Children sing a cartoon theme between innings. Adults have karaoke and dance competitions atop the dugouts...
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Conquering the confusion of school
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
WITH MUG OF PARRY By Bethany Parry OK ... we all know it is that time of year when we have to return to school. Every year it's the same old building, same old teachers, and same old everything, but this year Cape Girardeau is doing something a little bit different...
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FBI to search again for anthrax at tabloid's building
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- FBI officials said Monday that they will go back into the anthrax-contaminated American Media Inc. headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., this week to collect evidence they hope will aid in the stalled criminal investigation into who sent the deadly bacteria...
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Russian helicopter crash claims another victim
(International News ~ 08/27/02)
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia -- A soldier injured when a Russian transport helicopter crashed in Chechnya last week died in the hospital, authorities said Monday, raising the toll in the nation's worst military air disaster to 117. A private, Roman Stepanov, died in a military hospital in Rostov-on-Don late Saturday or early Sunday, the Interfax news agency quoted the head of the group charged with taking care of the victims as saying. ...
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Nation digest 08/27/02
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
Gun may have gotten past airport screeners PHILADELPHIA -- A woman charged with carrying a loaded gun into a terminal at Philadelphia International Airport may have carried the same weapon undetected past security screeners in Atlanta, the FBI said Monday...
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Illusionist tries 24 hours in tank
(Entertainment ~ 08/27/02)
NEW YORK -- Shackled and submerged in a phone-booth-sized tank of water in Times Square, Criss Angel meditated to pass the time Monday -- and probably to calm his nerves. The illusionist was to spend the next 24 hours in the "Water Torture Cell." While training in a backyard swimming pool next to his mother's house in suburban East Meadow, N.Y., Angel had only managed 12 hours underwater. And he blacked out during one trial run last week, said his underwater coach, Ed Tiedemann...
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Owners, players meet into the night
(Professional Sports ~ 08/27/02)
NEW YORK -- Just four days before baseball players were scheduled to strike, the sides stopped their public posturing and instead devoted Monday to a series of meetings that went on into the night. Owners made small steps to the union in their latest offer Sunday, and it appeared the next move was up to the players' association, which didn't immediately respond to the new proposal...
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Child molestation charges filed
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
A 51-year-old convicted sex offender living in Cape Girardeau was arrested and charged Monday afternoon with two counts of first-degree child molestation. William H. Evans, of 25 South Sprigg is currently in police custody in lieu of $50,000 bond. According to the warrant issued for his arrest, Evans allegedly subjected a girl under the age of 12 to sexual contact on two occasions last week...
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ACT to add an optional essay to its college entrance exam
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
The maker of the nation's second-most widely used college entrance test, the ACT, said Monday it will include an optional essay on its exam which students can take depending on the admissions requirements of the colleges where they're applying. The announcement comes less than two months after owners of the ACT's rival, the SAT, said they would add a mandatory essay to that test...
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DNA test frees man convicted of rape, murder
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
DETROIT -- Eddie Joe Lloyd broke into tears as he talked about Michelle Jackson, the Detroit teenager whose brutal rape and murder sent him to prison for 17 years. A judge overturned Lloyd's conviction Monday after DNA tests showed he couldn't have killed the 16-year-old girl...
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People talk 082702
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
Hall celebrates wedding by acting with new brideNEW YORK -- "Six Feet Under" star Michael C. Hall says he thinks of it as a great wedding present to appear on Broadway with his wife in "Chicago." "We'd never worked together before, and we've been together for over five years now. It's great," he said in an interview with Newsday. "I think the most striking thing about it is that it feels perfectly natural."...
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Bonds sets his sights on a whole different goal
(Professional Sports ~ 08/27/02)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Willie Mays knows Barry Bonds better than almost anyone. Mays counsels his godson on everything from the perils of fame to the difficulties of hitting in San Francisco's famously fickle weather. So when Mays says Bonds is capable of becoming a first-time batting champion at 38, it's not wise to take the Hall of Famer's opinions lightly...
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Oklahoma, Miami share AP's top spot
(College Sports ~ 08/27/02)
NORMAN, Okla. -- Miami and Oklahoma, the last two national champions, hope to wind up playing in the Fiesta Bowl in January for another title. For now, they'll share in a little history. Without playing a game, Oklahoma moved into a tie with the Hurricanes for No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll. It's just the fourth tie in the 66-year history of the poll...
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Mizzou extends Pinkel's contract
(College Sports ~ 08/27/02)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Gary Pinkel, entering just his second season as Missouri's coach, has been given a two-year contract extension that would keep him on the Tigers' sidelines through 2007, the school announced Monday. Pinkel's original contract, signed in December 2000 after Missouri lured him away from Toledo, was a five-year deal worth about $900,000 a season, including a $192,000 base salary. The extension will be of identical value, the school said...
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Missouri to start freshman at QB
(College Sports ~ 08/27/02)
Brad Smith will be the first freshman since 1977 to start at quarterback for Missouri when the Tigers open the season Saturday against Illinois at St. Louis. Coach Gary Pinkel's final preseason depth chart shows the 18-year-old Smith holding off senior Kirk Farmer for the starting quarterback job...
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A's win 13th straight
(Professional Sports ~ 08/27/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Cory Lidle's scoreless streak was snapped after 32 innings because of an unearned run but Oakland still managed to win its 13th straight game, a 6-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Ramon Hernandez had three hits and drove in three runs as the A's extended the longest streak in the majors this season. The winning streak is their longest since they set an Oakland record with a 14-game string in 1988...
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Seven Israelis arrested as accomplices in suicide bombing
(International News ~ 08/27/02)
JERUSALEM -- Seven Israeli Arabs have been arrested as suspected accomplices in a deadly suicide bombing, police said Monday, heightening concern of a growing alliance between members of their community and Palestinian militants. The announcement came as Israel's army chief of staff said Palestinian militants pose an existential, "cancer-like" threat to Israel, and must be defeated at all costs to restore the deterrence Israel lost when it withdrew from south Lebanon in 2000...
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Carjackers kill man in attempt to steal high-priced hubcaps
(State News ~ 08/27/02)
ST. LOUIS -- An sports utility vehicle filled with seven members of an extended family from Indianapolis drove through the night to visit friends in St. Louis, only to get off at the wrong exit on Interstate 70. The mistake proved tragic. When a carload of young men saw the SUV near downtown early Sunday, they decided they wanted the hubcaps, police said. ...
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Attorneys scurry to file clemency requests in Illinois
(State News ~ 08/27/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Defense lawyers and death penalty opponents scurried to file clemency requests for about 160 inmates on death row in time for Gov. George Ryan, who has imposed a moratorium on executions, to consider the cases before leaving office...
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Gerry Whitler
(Obituary ~ 08/27/02)
GORDONVILLE, Mo. -- Gerry Whitler, 74, of Gordonville died Monday, Aug. 26, 2002, at Monticello House in Jackson, Mo. She was born Nov. 10, 1927, in Cairo, Ill., daughter of James and Ina Tabor Flannary. She and Leo E. "Moose" Knutson were married May 1, 1960, in Cairo, Ill. He died Nov. 13, 1974. She later married E. Leon Whitler Oct. 8, 1976, in East Prairie, Mo...
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Ruth Shadowens
(Obituary ~ 08/27/02)
LAKE OF EGYPT, Ill. -- Ruth Evelyn Shadowens, 63, of Lake of Egypt and formerly of Cobden, Ill., died Monday, Aug. 26, 2002, at Marion Memorial Hospital in Marion, Ill. She was born Aug. 29, 1938, at Alto Pass, Ill., the daughter of Ernie and Gussie McKinney Dehart...
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Scott Brown
(Obituary ~ 08/27/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Funeral Mass for Scott C. Brown of St. Charles, Mo., was held Monday at St. Rita Catholic Church. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis. Ortmann-Stipanovich Funeral Home in Creve Coeur, Mo., was in charge of arrangements. Brown, 44, died Friday, Aug. 23, 2002, at St. Luke's West Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo...
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Gladys Langston
(Obituary ~ 08/27/02)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Gladys Langston, 91, of Dexter, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 26, 2002, at Mulberry Manor at Dexter. She was born Sept. 17, 1910, at Bloomfield, Mo., daughter of Elisha B. and Edna Moore Lincoln. She and Loren E. Langston were married June 17, 1934, at St. Louis...
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Billy Jones
(Obituary ~ 08/27/02)
The funeral for Billy Junior Jones of Cape Girardeau was held Saturday at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in New Albany, Miss. The Rev. Raymond Shugars officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Beasley Funeral Home in New Albany was in charge of arrangements...
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Speak Out A 08/27/02
(Speak Out ~ 08/27/02)
Lovely friend TO THE family and friends of Billy Jones Jr. I send all my sincere sympathy. I knew Billy for several tears. He was a lovely friend. I hope justice is served. I would also like to say that the south part of Cape is not bad. The people are not bad. ...
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Business college has emphasized ethics for years
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/27/02)
To the editor: The Aug. 21 Southeast Missourian contained an interesting article on the challenges some business schools nationwide are facing since the recent financial scandals came to public attention and raised questions about business ethics. I'm pleased that the faculty of the Donald L. ...
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Tallahassee plan is very expensive, but it's worth it
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/27/02)
To the editor: This is regarding your recent editorial about the Front Porch Florida urban-revitalization program in the Frenchtown neighborhood of Tallahassee, Fla. Before I retired, I worked for the city of Tallahassee in the Frenchtown neighborhood. I met with those citizens over portions of two years, and I wrote the Front Porch Florida plan that was submitted to and approved by the governor...
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Isaac Sullivan
(Obituary ~ 08/27/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Isaac D. "Ike" Sullivan, 66, of Anna died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2002, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 30, 1935, in Jonesboro, Ill., son of Dan and Velma Hancock Sullivan. He and Floy Stokes were married Feb. 22, 1958, in Anna...
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Carlos Sampson
(Obituary ~ 08/27/02)
Carlos C. Sampson, 73, of St. Louis died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2002, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Festus, Mo. He was born Aug. 3, 1929, in Cincinnati, Ohio, son of Joseph and Maudie Mae Reynolds-Ingram Sampson. He married the former Virginia Vitale...
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Support for Ryan's moratorium remains high
(State News ~ 08/27/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Although Illinoisans disapprove of Gov. George Ryan overall, a poll shows that support for his halt to state-sponsored executions remains high. The poll of 814 Illinois residents showed 68.3 percent approve of Ryan's death penalty moratorium, which he declared in January 2000 after 13 people were freed from death row because of mistakes in their cases...
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Students adjust to life in new schools
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
The first day of school for any student can be stressful. Learning where lockers are, what hallways house which classrooms, and just trying to keep up with a new schedule are tough enough. But those first-day jitters are sometimes compounded when you're also a new student in the school...
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Game for college pigskin fans
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
The college football season is almost upon us, and that means the flood of college football videogames has begun. First to cross the finish line is "NCAA Football 2003," Tiburon and EA Sports' latest offering for PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox...
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Term limits group won't oppose ballot measure
(State News ~ 08/27/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The group that successfully pushed for legislative term limits 10 years ago won't oppose a measure on this November's ballot to alter the limits. The Missouri Term Limits organization said Monday that this year's proposed changes are technical and simply would align Missouri's legislative term limits with those already in place for governor and president...
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Getting to what lies behind the truth
(Sports Column ~ 08/27/02)
There's a fun book out there called Lies My Teacher Told Me, which talks all about American history, and the various lies we were all taught about Pilgrims and the Civil War and Helen Keller and so on. We don't need to go that far back in history, though. Every day, someone in baseball lies to us. Players lie. Owners lie. It's no wonder people have trouble choosing sides...
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Out of the past 8/27/02
(Out of the Past ~ 08/27/02)
10 years ago: Aug. 27, 1992 Farrar - Minor earthquake rattled windows and houses and awoke some people in parts of Southeast Missouri yesterday morning; no damage or injuries were reported; quake registered 3.5 on Richter scale at St. Louis University's seismograph...
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Roma Johnson
(Obituary ~ 08/27/02)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Roma Jane Johnson, 59, of Cobden died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2002, at her home. She was born April 19, 1943, in Eldorado, Ill., daughter of Ray and Romayne Rhine Barker. She and John S. Johnson were married Oct. 12, 1963, in Norris City, Ill...
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Births 8/27/02
(Births ~ 08/27/02)
Pearson Son to Adrena Dionna Pearson of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:35 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2002. Name, Landon Floyd. Weight, 6 pounds 7 ounces. First child. Ms. Pearson is the daughter of Pauline Pearson of Cape Girardeau, and the late Floyd Pearson. She is a service and sales representative with Southwestern Bell...
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Missouri should get quarter design it wants
(Editorial ~ 08/27/02)
The design of Missouri's version of the commemorative quarter, scheduled to debut in August 2003, is in doubt again. The designer, Columbia artist Paul Jackson, won an Internet contest among Missourians with a design featuring the Gateway Arch and Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The bicentennial of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery exploration of the Missouri River and the Pacific Coast begins next year...
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Biologists have known of the white bear's existence for years
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- When hunting season opens Sept. 1, one special bear will be off limits: a rare white-colored black bear that a photographer spotted near Juneau and turned into a local celebrity. The Alaska Board of Game ordered an emergency closure on hunting of all "white phase" black bears in the Juneau area. Effectively, that covers only one known white bear, the one photographed earlier this month by Pat Costello...
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Tornado touches down in Pemiscot County
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Utility workers are working today to restore power to southern Pemiscot County homes and businesses hit by a tornado Saturday afternoon. About 6:40 p.m. Saturday, the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department received several 911 calls reporting debris, power and utility lines downed and damage to Car-Mac's Stateline Station and the Raceway station. ...
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New anti-depressant awaited; little proof it's much better
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- Starting next week, psychiatrists will be able to prescribe an eagerly awaited new anti-depressant called Lexapro. It's being promoted as more potent and possibly safer than older competitors -- but there's little evidence that it's much better...
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Bush aims to strengthen U.S.-Saudi relationship
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush is trying to shore up U.S.-Saudi relations, shaken by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and questions about the kingdom's reliability in the war against terrorism. In a conciliatory gesture, Bush will play host at his Texas ranch Tuesday to Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan...
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14,000 reservists may be needed for second year
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- For some troops in Maj. Ron Turk's Air National Guard security unit, the war on terrorism has meant a year away from the local police beat, or college, or the family business. It has also meant a year away from husbands, wives and children...
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Putting caffeine on skin lowers risk of cancer in lab mice
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- Caffeine, the chemical stimulant in coffee and tea, has been found to lower the risk of skin cancer in laboratory mice. A study suggests that a skin lotion spiked with caffeine or with another compound found in green tea can reduce by more than half the number of cancer tumors on the skin of hairless mice exposed to brutal levels of ultraviolet radiation, said Dr. Allan Conney, a professor of cancer and leukemia research at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J...
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Another generic drug company joins state senior drug program
(State News ~ 08/27/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A second large generic drug company has agreed to join Missouri's prescription drug plan for low-income seniors on the condition that lawmakers change the program next year. Geneva Pharmaceuticals of New Jersey joined the SenioRx Program on Monday but will be allowed to withdraw by May if the Legislature does not reduce the rebate that drug companies are required to pay under the program...
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Judge Kinder dismisses case; another takes its place
(State News ~ 08/27/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A judge dismissed a long-running lawsuit Monday over state funding for family planning programs, but a separate lawsuit on the issue is just beginning. During a brief hearing, Cole County Circuit Court Judge Byron Kinder granted Attorney General Jay Nixon's request to dismiss the case on behalf of the state...
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Authorities investigate death of Missouri woman
(State News ~ 08/27/02)
BUFFALO, Mo. -- Authorities are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in a roadside ditch two days after her husband said she jumped from a moving car. The husband of Sheila Ann Heath, 38, of rural Dallas County, told authorities his wife climbed through the car window Thursday during an argument, said Dallas County Sheriff Billie Blair...
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State budget director takes insurance job
(State News ~ 08/27/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State budget director Brian Long said he would resign Friday and begin work Sept. 3 overseeing the daily operations of the Transit Casualty insurance company receivership. Long's job change, which was reported as likely last week, was announced officially Monday by the state Department of Insurance. Cole County Circuit Judge Byron Kinder approved Long's appointment last Friday...
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INS - Cross-border students will require visa
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- Immigration officials on Monday reversed a post-Sept. 11 security directive that would have barred Canadian and Mexican students from enrolling part-time in U.S. colleges. Colleges just within the U.S. border can continue to accept part-time foreign students, but the students will be required to have more paperwork to make their daily commutes across the border, the Immigration and Naturalization Service said...
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Some airport screeners raised rates when feds took over
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- Some private companies that screen airline passengers are charging more for their services now that the government is footing the bill, says a federal report that found one company nearly doubled its rates. The Transportation Department's inspector general also found cases where the companies billed the government for absent employees and work that was never completed. And it found lax oversight by government officials...
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Jail in small Illinois town has influx of INS prisoners
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Corn, wheat and soybean fields blanket the landscape that holds a transient population of foreigners stranded as they await a forced exit from the United States. These are the fields of lost dreams for the nationals of more than 40 countries who, as unwanted aliens, are jailed within the whitewashed walls of Ullin's Tri-County Detention Center...
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Cape police report 8/27/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/27/02)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, Aug. 27The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Jim T. Caruth Jr., 41, of 1632 Beaver Trail Drive, Cordova, Tenn., was arrested Monday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated...
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Cape fire report 8/27/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/27/02)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, Aug. 27 Firefighters responded to the following items Sunday: At 3:01 p.m., alarm at 4614 Nash Road. At 5:53 p.m., emergency medical service at 1025 N. Sprigg. At 7 p.m., alarm at 122 S. West End Boulevard. Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday: At 9:28 a.m., emergency medical service at 1260 Linden...
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People & Things
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
Schaefer named recipient of scholarship Douglas R. Schaefer was recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the National Tractor Parts Dealer Association. He is the son of Richard and Ann Schaefer of Wolf Lake, Ill. The award was presented by Tom Winkleblack, general manager of Schaefer Enterprises. Schaefer plans to attend the University of Missouri in Columbia to pursue a business degree...
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Enticed by low mortgage rates, more people buy homes in July
(Business ~ 08/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- Motivated by low mortgage rates, house hunters turned into buyers, sending new-home sales in July to the highest monthly level on record and giving a solid boost to sales of previously owned homes. The pair of housing reports, released Monday, provided a dose of good news for the economic recovery, which has been advancing, but in fits and starts...
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Initiative process has served Missouri well
(Editorial ~ 08/27/02)
A study by a national group of state legislators claims that potential for abuse of the initiative process outweighs its benefits and that it should be reformed in the 24 states -- including Missouri -- that allow citizens to bypass the legislature and place measures on the ballot...
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Internet webcasting fees force college broadcasters off air
(Local News ~ 08/27/02)
SAN DIEGO -- The signal from San Diego State University's KCR station is so weak it can barely be heard on campus -- if at all. Yet for the past six years its eclectic programming has reached the entire world. "The Internet has been a vital part of our broadcasting," said Rachel Bradley, 23, a graduate student and the station's general manager. "It seems to be our lifeline to be an actual, viable radio station."...
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Postal inspectors, FTC launch effort to prevent senior fraud
(National News ~ 08/27/02)
WASHINGTON -- The stories are always slightly different but basically are the same: Louis Johnson Jr. had won an enticing prize, and all he had to do to collect was pay a processing fee. Susanne Conley-Higgins noticed her mother suddenly was buying and mailing a lot of money orders...
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9-year-old boy state's youngest so far to show West Nile signs
(State News ~ 08/27/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Preliminary lab tests show that a 9-year-old St. Francois County boy contracted the West Nile virus earlier this month, by far making him the state's youngest victim of the mosquito-borne illness, state health officials said Monday. The boy was hospitalized about four days in St. Louis for possible West Nile symptoms and has returned to school, said Liz Maserang, the St. Francois County Health Department's communicable disease coordinator...
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