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Rams still alive in struggling NFC
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/02)
ST. LOUIS -- The situation could be a lot worse for the St. Louis Rams, 2-5 coming out of their bye week. Only six teams in the NFC have winning records and they can knock one of them, the Arizona Cardinals, back to .500 this week. Still, players know the margin for error remains slim because they made so many early in the season during their 0-5 start...
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Ryder goes on trial on charges of shoplifting
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Winona Ryder went on trial Monday on charges of shoplifting more than $5,500 in designer hats and other merchandise, with her lawyer depicting the actress as a victim of overzealous security guards. The prosecution called it a simple case of theft...
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Four dead after student opens fire at University of Arizona
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
TUCSON, Ariz. -- A student flunking out of the University of Arizona nursing school shot three of his professors to death Monday, then killed himself as dozens of terrified students rushed to get away. Police said Robert Flores Jr., 41, specifically targeted the instructors, killing one in her office on the second floor and shooting the others in a fourth-floor classroom as students dove for cover...
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Bishop says he knew of priest's support of child sexual abuse
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
BOSTON -- The man who is now the bishop of New York's Brooklyn Diocese knew the Rev. Paul Shanley endorsed sex between men and boys when he promoted Shanley two decades ago to head a Boston-area parish, according to a sworn statement made public Monday...
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Agency finds West Nile can be transmitted through transfusions
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
The Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, Fla. -- Federal officials confirmed Monday for the first time that West Nile can be transmitted through blood transfusions, underscoring the need for a test to screen donated blood for the potentially deadly virus. Experimental tests may be ready as early as next summer, but in the meantime, the Food and Drug Administration is urging blood banks to question donors more thoroughly and quickly remove suspected blood from their shelves...
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Nation briefs 10/29/02
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
'Rudy!' movie to be made in Canada -- not N.Y. NEW YORK -- Filmmakers are going to Canada to make a movie about former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, angering industry officials who say the film belongs in Giuliani's hometown. "Rudy!" -- based on an unauthorized biography of the man known as America's mayor -- is set to begin filming Nov. ...
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Snipers linked to Tacoma killing, synagogue shooting
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
TACOMA, Wash. -- Two men were charged Monday in the rash of recent Beltway snipers shootings as authorities on the West Coast said they were also suspects in killing of a Tacoma woman last winter, and a shooting at a synagogue. Tacoma Police Chief David Brame said John Allen Muhammad, 41, and John Lee Malvo, 17, are suspects in the killing of 21-year-old Keenya Cook, She was shot in the face Feb. 16 when she opened the door where she lived...
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Education activists trying to cap class sizes in Florida
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
MIAMI -- When Lawton Chiles High School opened three years ago, Joshua Hicks and his classmates had plenty of elbow room. By his senior year, it was a different story: 38 students in American history, 35 in marine biology, more than 30 in English. Hicks, now a 19-year-old college freshman, says his old Tallahassee high school -- like dozens statewide -- is bursting at the seams and he wants state leaders to take action...
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World digest 10/29/02
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
Cuban dissident groups form opposition assembly HAVANA -- More than 300 Cuban dissident groups have formed a kind of opposition parliament, forming a huge coalition of opponents of Fidel Castro's government, leaders of the umbrella organization said Monday...
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Israel claims 175 would-be bombers are in its custody
(International News ~ 10/29/02)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israel has captured 175 Palestinians suspected of plotting suicide bomb attacks, officials confirmed Monday, saying the figure shows that Palestinian militants are relentless in trying to attack Israelis. Since Sept. 2000, 83 Palestinians have blown themselves up, killing 296 Israelis on buses, in malls, at gas stations and in cafes...
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Weapons inspectors lend support to Iraq resolution
(International News ~ 10/29/02)
UNITED NATIONS -- The United States won key support Monday from chief weapons inspectors who told the Security Council they would be better off with a new resolution that warns Iraq of consequences if it fails to cooperate. "I think it is desirable that Iraq understands that any lack of cooperation or violation ... will call for reactions on the part of the council," said Hans Blix, the top U.N. inspector...
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Three Afghans and one Pakistani held at base return home
(International News ~ 10/29/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The United States has released four al-Qaida and Taliban suspects from Guantanamo Bay, the first detainees to leave the island prison because they no longer pose a threat, officials said Monday. Three Afghan detainees were handed over Sunday to Afghan officials at Bagram Air Base, Red Cross and U.S. officials said. The fourth detainee, a Pakistani, was flown on to Pakistan...
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Brazil's first elected leftist leader to first focus on hunger
(International News ~ 10/29/02)
SAO PAULO, Brazil-- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addressed the nation as president-elect for the first time Monday and said his main focus would be reducing hunger among millions of destitute Brazilians. Silva, Brazil's first elected leftist leader, also said he would create a Cabinet-level Social Emergency Secretariat to deal with hunger, housing, health and other critical issues facing more than 50 million of his countrymen who live in poverty...
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U.S. diplomat shot and killed outside house in Jordan
(International News ~ 10/29/02)
AMMAN, Jordan -- An American diplomat was assassinated Monday in front of his house, gunned down by eight pistol shots in the first such targeted attack on a U.S. diplomat in decades. The killing appeared aimed at undermining a key ally increasingly under pressure as Washington prepares for a showdown with Iraq...
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Putin to give military more power to go after terrorists
(International News ~ 10/29/02)
MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin said Monday he will give the military broader power to strike against suspected terrorists "wherever they may be" after a hostage siege at a Moscow theater ended with 118 captives dead, most from a knockout gas used by Russian authorities...
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Details emerging about hostages' 58 hours of fear and hunger
(International News ~ 10/29/02)
MOSCOW -- Just after the tap dance that kicks off the second act of Russia's hit musical "Nord-Ost," the savage Chechen war swept in from 900 miles away and seized the spotlight. Masked gunmen burst on stage and into the audience, firing automatic rifles into the air and taking about 800 people hostage last Wednesday. ...
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Marketers cash in on image value of dead celebrities
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
THOMASVILLE, N.C. -- The Ernest Hemingway furniture collection was a best seller, and the new Elvis line went toward the top of the charts. Now, Humphrey Bogart is the latest pop culture icon hawking leather chairs, chaise lounges and liquor cabinets from beyond the grave...
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Ventura says Nov. 5 results will probably be challenged
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
Knight Ridder Newspapers ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura said he fears the results of the Nov. 5 general election for his state's U.S. Senate seat will be challenged in court and questioned the fairness of how absentee ballots already cast for the late U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone will be treated...
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Howe joins Mets; A's prepare to hire Macha
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/02)
NEW YORK -- The New York Mets officially introduced Art Howe as their new manager Monday, confirming the worst-kept secret in baseball. Howe agreed to a four-year contract worth $9.4 million after being released from the last year of his deal with the Oakland Athletics...
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Angels' heavenly victory leads to Giant 'What ifs'
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/02)
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Barry Bonds probably wanted to cry, too. Instead, while little Darren Baker wailed, Bonds stared blankly from the dugout as the Anaheim Angels celebrated their first World Series championship. "It's disappointing," Bonds said after Game 7 Sunday night, "but somebody has to lose."...
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McNabb, Staley lead Eagles past Giants
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/02)
PHILADELPHIA -- Donovan McNabb didn't need to use his arm. His legs were enough to beat the New York Giants. McNabb ran for 111 yards and one touchdown, and Philadelphia had a remarkable 299 yards rushing as the Eagles beat the New York Giants 17-3 in the final Monday night game at Veterans Stadium...
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Remodeled Otahkians look to thrill
(College Sports ~ 10/29/02)
He's in his first year as coach and has virtually a brand-new roster, but B.J. Smith doesn't plan on taking his time building a winner. Smith expects his inaugural Southeast Missouri State University women's basketball team to make plenty of noise right away, which was his theme during the Otahkians' media day Monday at the Show Me Center...
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SE switches quest to 1st year in black since 1994
(College Sports ~ 10/29/02)
Even though Southeast Missouri State University's football team has to readjust its goals now, coach Tim Billings knows there is still plenty left for the Indians to play for. Speaking at his weekly media conference Monday, Billings said a winning record would be quite an accomplishment for his building program...
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Boeing head shows how to build a better paper airplane
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
CHICAGO -- Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit on Thursday took time out from developing the Sonic Cruiser to concentrate on a more elementary conundrum of aviation: how to build a better paper airplane. Condit unveiled his version of a paper airplane before 29 students in Michelle Schneider's 7th grade science class at George Armstrong School for International Studies, a Chicago public school where Condit was principal for a day...
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Study - Prop A would curb teen smoking; critics dismiss results
(State News ~ 10/29/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Advocates for a ballot measure that would more than quadruple Missouri's cigarette tax said Monday that a professor's study shows that children's lives would be saved if Proposition A passes next Tuesday. The proposal -- known as Proposition A -- would increase the tax on a pack of cigarettes to 72 cents from the current 17 cents and add 20 percent to the tax on other tobacco products...
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Austrian school offers curriculum in witchcraft
(International News ~ 10/29/02)
KLAGENFURT, Austria -- There's no abracadabra or broom-flying at Andreas Starchel's School of Witchcraft. Instead, there's astronomy, botany, anatomy and other scientific studies, along with classes in oracles, tarot cards, horoscopes, dowsing and magic. Today's witchcraft, the teachers say, is just mainstream science applied in a different way...
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School breathes new life into aging sousaphones
(State News ~ 10/29/02)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- If the sousaphones in the Champaign Central High School marching band are looking brighter and sounding sharper it's because a custom car shop, instrument repairman, tent and awning company, saddle maker and a Boy Scout are to thank...
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FBI says crime rises for first time in decade
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
WASHINGTON -- The number of U.S. crimes rose last year for the first time in a decade, an increase that coincided with an economic downturn that many experts say played a key role. Murder, armed robbery, rape and burglary all were higher in 2001, the FBI reported Monday...
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The house that Sears built (*some assembly required)
(Local News ~ 10/29/02)
There's no place like home, particularly when it comes in 30,000 pieces from a Sears mail-order catalog. Gary and Pat Robert have such a house. Built in 1911, the Dutch colonial, two-story frame house at 24 N. Middle St. in Cape Girardeau was assembled from a Sears kit costing about $1,000. The house, which the Roberts bought in 1989 and restored, has been designated by the city as a local landmark...
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Council holds off on River Campus decision
(Local News ~ 10/29/02)
The River Campus Board of Managers asked the Cape Girardeau City Council Monday night to consider taking the next step toward making the proposed $35.6 million visual and performing arts facility and museum a reality. That step would be for the council to make a finding that the state and the university have committed enough funds to see the project through to its completion...
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Vice President Dick Cheney to visit Cape airport
(Local News ~ 10/29/02)
Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to make a Victory 2002 stop in Cape Girardeau Thursday afternoon to campaign for Jim Talent, the Republican from St. Louis who is seeking the U.S. Senate seat held by Jean Carnahan. An aide for Cheney confirmed Monday that the vice president will be participating in the rally at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Thursday. ...
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Some area voters are in new House districts
(Local News ~ 10/29/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- In the past, determining what state representative race they would be casting their ballots in was easy for Cape Girardeau County voters. Those residing within the Cape Girardeau city limits were probably in the 158th District. Voters living anywhere else in the county were in the 157th District...
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Liberals, conservatives revisited
(Column ~ 10/29/02)
By Russ Kullberg Occasionally a writer on the Opinion page will make disparaging remarks about liberals without any apparent knowledge of the dictionary's definitions of both liberals and conservatives. A liberal is broad-minded and unbiased (in politics) and is open to new ideas...
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Governor announces creation of new abduction alert system
(State News ~ 10/29/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Bob Holden signed an executive order Monday creating a statewide system to alert the public when a child is abducted or during other statewide emergencies. The Alert Missouri system consists of five state agencies, private groups, media organizations and local law enforcement...
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Family, friends won't give up search for missing 11-year-old
(State News ~ 10/29/02)
RICHWOODS, Mo. -- The dense woods of rural Richwoods have taken on the red-orange and yellow hues of autumn. And with it has come a tinge of despair for Shawn Hornbeck's parents, Pam and Craig Akers. Since Shawn's disappearance more than three weeks ago, the wooded hills, abandoned strip mines, farm ponds and open fields of this area have failed to yield any trace of Shawn or his bicycle. ...
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Former Illinois prison warden asks for clemency
(State News ~ 10/29/02)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- A former prison warden serving a four-year sentence for reckless homicide and aggravated drunken driving has asked Gov. George Ryan for clemency, his lawyer said Monday. Former Shawnee Correctional Center warden William Barham filed a clemency request with the Illinois Prisoner Review Board on Friday, said his attorney, Edward Kionka...
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River Campus issue should be put to a vote
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/29/02)
To the editor: It looks like we are going to get the River Campus rammed down our throats whether we like it or not. Shouldn't something as big as this be voted on by the townspeople? Or could it be the supporters are afraid of how the vote would turn out? Why couldn't they just restore that beautiful old seminary and use it for their arts? But would that be too simple for their minds to grasp? Once upon a time this was a town with a university in it. ...
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Activist bicyclists are misinforming us about ANWR
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/29/02)
To the editor: In "Taking it to the streets," two idealistic environmentalists on a bicycle trip to Washington, D.C., portray the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a place where oil and wildlife don't mix. The Inupiat Eskimo people who live there disagree with them. ...
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Speak Out A 10/29/02
(Speak Out ~ 10/29/02)
Against cigarette tax I DON'T smoke, never have and never will. I am very much opposed to the totally outrageous Proposition A, otherwise known as the cigarette tax increase. Supporters of this proposal are once again trying to swindle Missourians into a $343 million increase in Missouri's budget, the revenue for which will soon evaporate because smokers will begin purchasing their cigarettes outside the state or through the Internet. ...
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Mary Buerkle
(Obituary ~ 10/29/02)
Mary Elizabeth Buerkle, 87, formerly of Kirkwood, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002, at Friendship Village South in St. Louis. She was born Dec. 4, 1914, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of John C. and Margaret E. McEndree Buerkle. Miss Buerkle received a bachelor's degree from Southeast Missouri State University. She taught in the Missouri Bootheel until moving to St. Louis, where she taught in the Ferguson School District...
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Doris Slattery
(Obituary ~ 10/29/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Doris Ann Slattery, 67, of Perryville died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002, at her home. She was born Dec. 13, 1934, at Longtown, Mo., daughter of John Milton and Violet Mae Graves Abernathy. Slattery retired as a technician from TG Missouri. She was a 1952 graduate of Perryville High School...
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Dennis Martin
(Obituary ~ 10/29/02)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Dennis A. Martin, 37, of Advance died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born April 1, 1965, at Bloomfield, Mo., son of William and Betty Dalton Martin. He and Cheryl Barks were married Dec. 31, 1988, at Puxico, Mo...
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Robert Smith
(Obituary ~ 10/29/02)
Graveside service for Robert Teddy "R.T." Smith of Scott City will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lightner Memorial Cemetery. Brian McCallister will officiate. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel from 4 to 8 p.m. today. Smith, 71, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002, at his home...
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Steve Speakman
(Obituary ~ 10/29/02)
The funeral for Steve Wayne Speakman of Scott City will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. Rennie Phillips will officiate. Burial will be in Lightner Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 5 to 8 p.m. today...
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Barbara Baker
(Obituary ~ 10/29/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Barbara Jane Baker, 64, of Marble Hill died Monday, Oct. 28, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 7, 1938, in Grubbs, Ark., daughter of Huddie D. and Nellie Mildred Murphy Doneson. She and Darrel M. Baker were married Aug. 4, 1967, at Marble Hill...
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Berdie Gilliland
(Obituary ~ 10/29/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Berdie Esther Gilliland, 92, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002, at Truman Restorative Center in St. Louis. She was born May 21, 1910, in Millersville, daughter of David and Jessie Fulbright Statler. She married Charley A. Gilliland. He preceded her in death...
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Births 10/29/02
(Births ~ 10/29/02)
Bell Daughter to Jason Eric and Laurie Ann Bell of Charleston, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:32 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, 2002. Name, Madison Grace. Weight, 8 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Mrs. Bell is the former Laurie Hobgood, daughter of Jeanne and Glen Marshal of Jackson. She is employed by Division of Senior Services. Bell is the son of Terry and Jimmie Lou Bell of Sikeston, Mo., and Roxanna Boley of Morley, Mo. He is employed by Dan Duenne Farms...
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Out of the past 10/29/02
(Out of the Past ~ 10/29/02)
10 years ago: Oct. 29, 1992 In February 1991, Missouri Highway and Transportation Department said it would spend more than $8 million for bridge and highway construction and traffic-safety improvement projects in Cape Girardeau area during coming two years...
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School breathes new life into aging sousaphones
(Local News ~ 10/29/02)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- If the sousaphones in the Champaign Central High School marching band are looking brighter and sounding sharper it's because a custom car shop, instrument repairman, tent and awning company, saddle maker and a Boy Scout are to thank...
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Boeing head shows students how to build a better paper airplane
(Local News ~ 10/29/02)
The Associated Press CHICAGO -- Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit on Thursday took time out from developing the Sonic Cruiser to concentrate on a more elementary conundrum of aviation: how to build a better paper airplane. Condit unveiled his version of a paper airplane before 29 students in Michelle Schneider's 7th grade science class at George Armstrong School for International Studies, a Chicago public school where Condit was principal for a day...
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People & Things
(Local News ~ 10/29/02)
University names Patton student to dean's list Brooks Whitlow of Patton, Mo., was named to the dean's list at Trevecca Nazarene University for the spring 2002 semester. He is the son of John and Regina Whitlow and a graduate of Meadow Heights High School...
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Indians oust Tigers in district opener
(High School Sports ~ 10/29/02)
Second-seeded Jackson ended seventh-seeded Central's season wih a 15-8, 15-10 victory Monday in the first round of the Class 4, District 1 tournament at Jackson High School. Jessi Koeper and Jenna Leet each led Jackson (22-9-2) with five kills. Linden Haas added two kills and seven digs while Molly Hartmann finished with two kills...
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Besides 'puppy' voice, Xbox Live gets rave reviews
(Local News ~ 10/29/02)
The Associated Press SEATTLE -- Joshua Johnson loves the action, the graphics and the excitement of playing with other gamers through Microsoft Corp.'s new Xbox Live online video-game service. "When I say 'awesome,' it's an understatement," said Johnson, an 18-year-old college student who is testing a "beta" prerelease version of Xbox Live...
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Instant grammar
(Local News ~ 10/29/02)
Knight Ridder/Tribune ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tina Deamicis is teetering on a language high wire. When she's online with friends or family, the English teacher at St. Cloud High School is an avid user of the language of instant messaging, with its clipped, slangy style of "u" for "you" and "lol" for "laughing out loud." But when she sees that kind of informality turning up in her students' assignments -- along with sentence fragments and missing punctuation -- it's no laughing matter...
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Minnesota Democrats await Mondale's decision
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Former Vice President Walter Mondale has gotten a crucial vote of confidence from the family of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone as Democrats scramble to replace the fallen senator on the Nov. 5 ballot. "Mr. Mondale is the choice of the Wellstone family," said Mike Erlandson, chairman of the state's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Erlandson said Wellstone's son personally asked Mondale on Saturday to take over the race...
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Series' TV ratings hit rock bottom
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/02)
San Francisco wasn't the only World Series loser. Television ratings for the all-California matchup against Anaheim set record lows. The Angels' seven-game victory over the Giants averaged an 11.9 rating and 20 share, Nielsen Media Research said Monday...
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Thomas, Thome among 70 to file for free agency
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/02)
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Tom Glavine, Jim Thome and Ivan Rodriguez were among 70 players who filed for free agency Monday as baseball's offseason began. Frank Thomas of the Chicago White Sox, who is under contract, also opted to explore the market, his right because the team exercised a provision in his deal that would defer most of his salary without interest...
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Hodgins may return Sunday
(Professional Sports ~ 10/29/02)
St. Louis Rams fullback James Hodgins practiced Monday for the first time since breaking his left foot in the preseason, and the team is hopeful he can return to the lineup on Sunday. The Rams consider the 6-1, 270-pound Hodgins, whose nickname is "The Hammer," one of the best blocking backs in the NFL...
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CIA says al-Qaida is effective fund-raiser throughout world
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
WASHINGTON -- Al-Qaida draws much of its funding from contributions by individuals and charities around the world, the CIA says. "The organization tries to raise funds from mosques, Islamic charities and individuals -- rich and poor -- throughout much of the world," a recently released CIA statement said. "This has helped corroborate our view that al-Qaida relies on a steady stream of contributions."...
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U.S. indicts Colombians accused of kidnappings
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
WASHINGTON -- A 10-count federal indictment made public Monday charges a group of Colombians with kidnapping at least eight Americans over several years and killing one of them after his company failed to pay a ransom. The partially unsealed indictment claims the eight Colombians also were responsible for numerous other kidnappings between 1997 and last year. ...
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U.S. soldiers' remains found in N. Korea will go to lab
(National News ~ 10/29/02)
WASHINGTON -- Remains believed to be those of 11 American soldiers missing in action from the Korean War will be flown to a military identification laboratory in Hawaii, U.S. officials said Monday. The remains were recovered this month by U.S. specialists searching two areas of North Korea where U.S. forces took heavy losses during in November-December 1950 after Chinese forces entered the war...
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Bluff man shot in head shile he slept; wife under arrest
(Local News ~ 10/29/02)
Daily American Republic POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- As a Poplar Bluff man recovers in a local hospital, his wife is in jail facing felony charges for allegedly shooting him in the head while he was sleeping. Kenneth Ray Dowdy, 57, of the 2200 block of Fair Street is listed in good condition at Three Rivers Healthcare-North Campus and is expected to be transferred from the hospital's intensive care unit into a regular room, according to a hospital spokesman Monday...
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Cape man sentenced to 15 years on methamphetamine charge
(Local News ~ 10/29/02)
Roger Stone, 33, of Cape Girardeau was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in prison on a federal drug charge. U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber sentenced Stone in federal court in Cape Girardeau on a felony charge of attempting to manufacture methamphetamine...
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Cape police report 10/29/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/29/02)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, Oct. 29 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Thefts A cellular phone was reported stolen Sunday at 612 N. Fountain. Rhodes reported on Sunday that gasoline was stolen from its station at 1126 N. Sprigg...
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Sikeston council OKs Sports Complex upgrade
(Local News ~ 10/29/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- It's out with the old and in with the new at the Sikeston Sports Complex. Sikeston City Council members approved bids during Monday's special briefing session which will replace the 27 year-old concession stand in the middle of the complex's north quadrant for the Babe Ruth fields...
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Cape fire report 10/29/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/29/02)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, Oct. 29 Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday: At 3:36 p.m., a medical assist at Houck Field House. At 4:03 p.m., a medical assist at 3129 Themis, Apt. D. At 4:18 p.m., a medical assist at 3011 Themis, Apt. A. At 7 p.m., a medical assist at 121 E. Rodney, Apt. 3B...
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Portageville art teacher gets national award
(Editorial ~ 10/29/02)
When DeLois Booker started teaching elementary art in Portageville, Mo., 15 years ago, she most likely never dreamed she would win a national award recognizing her exemplary leadership and her effort to promote excellence in public education. But it happened. Booker is a recipient of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award, which comes with an unrestricted cash award of $25,000...
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Air-travel safety still a major concern
(Editorial ~ 10/29/02)
In the months since last year's terrorist attacks, Americans have become used to extra precautions at the nation's airports and at airports around the world. For the most part, travelers seem to appreciate the special attention that is aimed at keeping everyone safe...
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Fanfare 10/29
(Other Sports ~ 10/29/02)
Briefs Basketball Rick Fox was suspended for six games and Doug Christie got a two-game ban for their roles in a bench-clearing fight during a Lakers-Kings exhibition game. In Monday's surprise ruling, the NBA did not suspend any members of the Kings for leaving the bench during the brawl...
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