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Three detainees ruled no longer a threat
(International News ~ 10/30/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Recounting an odyssey that took them from Afghanistan to America's island prison in Cuba, three Afghan men just released from Guantanamo Bay said Tuesday they were confined and interrogated for long periods and denied contact with their families for the better part of a year...
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Leopold cruises into sectional round
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/02)
Top-seeded Leopold (30-2-1) showed its dominance by easily defeating second-seeded Meadow Heights 15-4, 15-2 Tuesday night in the championship match of the Class 1, District 3 volleyball tournament at Zalma. Leopold, No. 2 in the most recent SEMO Top 10 poll last week, was led by Holly Jansen, who had 18 kills and 11 blocks in the tournament. Courtney Wesbecher had 10 kills and seven blocks, and Wendy Vandeven had 38 assists in the two matches. Tasha Thele added 12 kills in the tournament...
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No surprise at the top - MSU picked to win OVC
(College Sports ~ 10/30/02)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Every major national publication has picked Murray State and Tennessee Tech -- in no particular order -- to be the Ohio Valley Conference's top two men's basketball teams this year. Tuesday's OVC's media day at the Gaylord Entertainment Center went right along with that theme as those squads were neck-and-neck in the conference's official preseason poll based on voting by the league's coaches and sports information directors...
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Tech gives way to AP at top of women's poll
(College Sports ~ 10/30/02)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- There's been a major upset in Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball before a game has even been played. For the first time in as long as OVC officials can remember, perennial power Tennessee Tech was not picked at or near the top of the conference's preseason poll...
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Return home helps get Tennessee St. back on track
(College Sports ~ 10/30/02)
After seeing his team play at home just once in its first seven games this year, Tennessee State coach James Reese was relieved to have the Tigers back at the Nashville Coliseum Saturday night. And even though it wasn't pretty at times, the Tigers finally picked up their first victory since Sept. 7 -- which was the date of their last home game -- by nudging Tennessee-Martin 26-8...
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Military compiling terror suspects' prints, faces, voices
(National News ~ 10/30/02)
The United States is compiling digital dossiers of the irises, fingerprints, faces and voices of terrorism suspects and using the information to track their movements and screen foreigners trying to enter the country. Since January, military and intelligence operatives have collected the identifying data on prisoners in Afghanistan and at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There are also plans to extend the collection process to Iraq in the event of a U.S. invasion...
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New Orleans cracks down on, cleans up French Quarter
(National News ~ 10/30/02)
NEW ORLEANS -- Child tap dancers, street mimes, panhandlers and con men -- they have become fixtures in New Orleans' rollicking French Quarter. But now they are getting the bum's rush. New Orleans is cracking down on street performers and minor crime in its most famous neighborhood, pleasing many of the roughly 4,000 people who live there...
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Nursing school classmates say shooting suspect was disliked
(National News ~ 10/30/02)
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Robert Stewart Flores Jr. struggled as a nursing student at the University of Arizona. Classmates said he tangled with instructors and annoyed fellow students. "He came across as very aggressive and mean and seemed to have a lot of issues with being angry," said Lori Schenkel, a fellow nursing student...
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Court rules doctors can recommend marijuana
(National News ~ 10/30/02)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Tuesday that the government cannot revoke doctors' prescription licenses for recommending marijuana to sick patients. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously found that the Justice Department's policy interferes with the free-speech rights of doctors and patients...
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Wellstone colleagues join crowd for memorial
(National News ~ 10/30/02)
MINNEAPOLIS -- With poignant eulogies and furious rallying cries -- and nearly as much laughter as tears -- some 20,000 friends of Paul Wellstone bade the late senator a boisterous farewell on Tuesday. The first eulogies were tender remembrances. But when it was time to recall Wellstone, who was locked in a tough re-election fight when he died, his friend and former student Rick Kahn adopted the late senator's fiery speaking style...
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Federal charges filed against sniper suspect Muhammad
(National News ~ 10/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department filed federal charges Tuesday against sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad, accusing the 41-year-old former Army soldier of committing murder as part of an extortion scheme. Six of the 20 charges could carry the death penalty...
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Missed signals said to suggest policing flaws
(National News ~ 10/30/02)
With the immediate elation evaporating, some investigative experts are looking harder at how long it took to capture two men accused in the Washington, D.C.-area sniper shootings. And they are concluding that maybe it took too long. They say that missed chances to catch the pair reflect underlying weaknesses in policing big crimes...
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Top U.S. military officer warns Iraq to destroy weapons
(International News ~ 10/30/02)
MANAMA, Bahrain -- The only way for Iraq to avoid a military strike is to rid itself of weapons of mass destruction, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff warned Tuesday. Speaking after talks with the king of Bahrain, the last stop on his Gulf tour, Gen. Richard Myers said the United States is deploying forces in the region "to do whatever it is they are called upon to do."...
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Nation digest 10/30/02
(National News ~ 10/30/02)
Consumer confidence at lowest since 1993 NEW YORK -- Consumer confidence in the economy plunged in October to the lowest level since 1993, buffeted by a weak job market and the threat of war with Iraq, a research group said Tuesday. The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index dropped to 79.4, down from 93.7 in September. The fall was much sharper than predicted on Wall Street, where economists had been looking for a reading of 90.0...
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Iraq labels new draft resolution as 'insult' to U.N.
(International News ~ 10/30/02)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq sharply denounced a new U.S. draft Security Council resolution that warns of "serious consequences" if Iraq fails to cooperate with weapons inspectors, saying Tuesday the draft is tantamount to a declaration of war. Iraqi state television said in a commentary that "each point of that draft resolution can be used to announce war in a way that threatens the security and safety of the world."...
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Sectional-bound Jackson avenges loss to Farmington
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/02)
There may not be a better authority on the improved state of Jackson volleyball than the Farmington Knightettes. Just a month ago, the Knightettes handled the Indians relatively easily, winning in two games. Tuesday night in the championship match of the Class 4, District 1 tournament, host Jackson, the second seed that has been picking up a head of steam, returned the favor...
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Can aging Jordan control himself and limit minutes?
(Professional Sports ~ 10/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- At least Michael Jordan was being honest. Asked if he can really control his competitive urge and keep his playing minutes down this season, the Wizards guard replied: "Probably not." Jordan isn't sure how he'll feel as he begins a season as a nonstarter for the first time in his career. He'll find out today when the Wizards open on the road against the Raptors...
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Crimson Tide back with familiar swagger
(Professional Sports ~ 10/30/02)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama has used a stifling defense and punishing offense to regain national prominence and a No. 12 ranking. Even with all that, the Crimson Tide can make only one claim this season: Best Team on Probation. So far, that seems motivation enough...
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Fire rages through building, killing more than 50
(International News ~ 10/30/02)
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam -- A massive blaze tore through a large building in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday, killing at least 54 people. State-controlled newspapers said the toll could rise to more than 100. A wedding reception with some 500 guests was being held in the six-story building when the fire broke out, Ho Chi Minh City Television said, and an American insurance company with offices there was conducting a training seminar for about 100 employees...
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Theory involving missing boy has meth connection
(State News ~ 10/30/02)
Investigators of the disappearance of 11-year-old Shawn Hornbeck won't overlook a theory -- one of many in the case -- that the fifth-grader may have happened upon criminals running a remote methamphetamine lab, a prosecutor said Tuesday. But Washington County prosecutor John Rupp dismissed as hearsay some broadcast reports that volunteer searchers for Shawn, missing for more than three weeks, had been threatened by meth dealers twitchy that search efforts might uncover their labs...
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New bar across from church stirs debate in public hearing
(Local News ~ 10/30/02)
About 150 people packed the Osage Community Centre for a public hearing on a Baptist church's opposition to a bar's plan to locate across the road, but only three of them addressed the Cape Girardeau City Council. Two spoke against the liquor license request and one in favor. Lynwood Baptist Church pastor Dr. Derek Staples said denying the license would protect drivers on North Kingshighway, while a St. Louis attorney defended the character of Tony Scruggs, who is applying for the license...
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Spider-Man wraps up costume contest
(Local News ~ 10/30/02)
Area residents won't need any acute Spidey senses to see all the wall-to-wall web slingers this Halloween. Spider-Man is the most sought-after costume of the season in Cape Girardeau, several stores say. "I had a Halloween party this past Saturday, and I had six Spider-Men walking around in my house," said Marsha Medlin, customer service leader at Target. "We're selling beaucoup Spider-Man this year."...
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Kinder Morgan kills power plant project
(Local News ~ 10/30/02)
Kinder Morgan Power Co. has terminated its plan to build a $300 million power plant between Crump and Whitewater in rural Cape Girardeau County. The company cited "repeated, unexplained delays" by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources as the reason it is ending the project...
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Heart health overlooked by women, study says
(Local News ~ 10/30/02)
St. Francis Medical Center administrators and doctors say that many women in Southeast Missouri don't take heart disease seriously, and they want to change that. At its annual meeting Tuesday night, the hospital announced the launch of its Women's Heart Advantage program, an educational outreach intended to show women that heart disease -- not cancer -- is the No. 1 killer of women...
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Suspects held pending investigation of robberies
(Local News ~ 10/30/02)
Daily American Republic SIKESTON, Mo. -- Authorities are investigating whether robberies and attempted robberies in the Miner, Mo., area early Tuesday morning are connected to a high-speed pursuit that ended near Dudley, Mo. Three black males from Arkansas remain in custody following the pursuit, said Sgt. Larry Plunkett Jr. of the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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Teenager's sentences in killing sustained
(State News ~ 10/30/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A state appeals court on Tuesday upheld the convictions of a teenager who murdered his grandmother and later attempted to burn down their Jackson home in order to cover up the crime. Joshua Allen Wolf, 18, is serving two concurrent life sentences plus seven years for the May 6, 2000, shooting death of Carol Jean Lindley and related crimes. He will never be eligible for parole...
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Tickets for Cheney visit going fast
(Local News ~ 10/30/02)
Vice President Dick Cheney will make his remarks in Cape Girardeau at about 2:15 p.m. Thursday, and will likely touch on President Bush's priorities, including homeland security, strengthening the economy and the need to shift the U.S. Senate back to Republican control...
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Mercury dangers rare, but remain
(Column ~ 10/30/02)
By Dr. John Koch Question: A few weeks ago, the Southeast Missourian newspaper ran an article on people who might be getting mercury poisoning by eating too much fish. The gist of the article was: "How much mercury in fish is too much?" The article pointed out that: "Mercury warnings for U.S. ...
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Casserole is place for the last of green tomatoes
(Column ~ 10/30/02)
smcclanahan We have this cute little neighbor, Robert, who spends quite a bit of time with our Ross. Last weekend he popped into the house and said, "Mrs. McClanahan, I have a recipe for you." He told me he thought it would be a good recipe for Halloween. ...
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Fall Classic dealt a slow, painful death
(Sports Column ~ 10/30/02)
Who shot the World Series? When did baseball's grand event become irrelevant to 80 percent of the viewing public? Ordinary citizens used to stop working to watch the World Series. Now the players have the work stoppages, and the rest of us work right through the Series...
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Creative parenting needs award
(Column ~ 10/30/02)
Failure to bear children by a certain age pretty much revokes your privilege to criticize how other people are raising theirs. But I will simply relay an experience at a St. Louis salad buffet last week. There was a married couple with two daughters, one about 3 and the other probably 8. The 3-year-old stood shrieking in the middle of the buffet while Mom tried to speak to her slowly and rationally...
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Mickelson's attack worked at East Lake
(Professional Sports ~ 10/30/02)
ATLANTA-- Jack Nicklaus won most of his 18 major championships by waiting for others to make mistakes. Phil Mickelson doesn't buy that strategy. Not with Tiger Woods around. The world's second-best player doesn't have any majors to prove that his aggressive style is the only way to conquer Woods, but it certainly worked the last time the Tour Championship was held at East Lake Golf Club...
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Jordan detains Islamic militants after killing of diplomat
(International News ~ 10/30/02)
AMMAN, Jordan -- Jordanian officials rounded up dozens of known Islamic extremists for questioning Tuesday in the assassination of American diplomat Laurence Foley as suspicion for the attack fell on al-Qaida or the terrorist movement's sympathizers...
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Four people killed after missile brings down Russian helicopter
(International News ~ 10/30/02)
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia -- A Russian helicopter was shot down Tuesday in Chechnya by a missile, killing all three crew and one passenger aboard, an emergency official said. The Mi-8 helicopter was 100 feet off the ground when it was hit, caught fire and fell in an explosion near Moscow's main military base in the region at Khankala, said Alexander Lemeshev, an official with Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry...
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Can't pick out furniture? The stars are ready to help
(Community ~ 10/30/02)
lenty of big names are putting their names on furniture these days. The introduction of Elvis Presley furniture made headlines last spring, and Elvis had some high-profile company at this fall's International Home Furnishings Market. Furniture lines carrying names such as Humphrey Bogart, Oscar de la Renta, Martha Stewart -- even Thomas Jefferson -- were introduced...
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Call before your start burning your leaves
(Editorial ~ 10/30/02)
With all the governmental regulations, it may come as a surprise to some area residents that outdoor burning is allowed at all. Other residents, however, take outdoor burning -- leaves in particular at this time of year -- for granted. Burning leaves is permitted, but the fire departments in Scott City, Jackson and Cape Girardeau all require residents to notify them before burning. This commonsense requirement is both for safety reasons and to minimize complaints...
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Tobacco money is being used to bail out state
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/30/02)
To the editor: Missouri is expecting at least $50 million from the tobacco companies to be issued to various agencies to help balance their budgets. In the first place, the money was to be used for medical services and prescription medicines and to assist those in need to be taken in and cared for by nursing homes...
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Firefighters' efforts deserve lots of gratitude
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/30/02)
To the editor: At 5:55 p.m. July 10, lightning struck and ignited the barn and an adjacent structure filled with round hay bales on my farm near Gordonville, Mo. I wish to extend a sincere thank you to the dozens of volunteer firefighters from the fire departments of Whitewater, Gordonville, Delta and Millersville who responded to the call for help...
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Church of Christ worships God in spirit, truth
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/30/02)
To the editor: A recent Speak Out asked, "Are there any churches in the Cape or Jackson areas which respect our traditions, churches that don't try to entertain, don't applaud and don't try to latch on to every fad that comes along?" The response is yes...
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Speak Out A 11/30/02
(Speak Out ~ 10/30/02)
Defending alcohol I'M TIRED of hearing about how people want to tax alcohol. I drink a glass of wine every couple of days and have the occasional drink at a restaurant, but I never get falling-down drunk. Drinking these moderate amounts of alcohol has lowered my cholesterol over a six-month period, and I have not changed any other habits. I must conclude, just like other research institutions, that a little alcohol is good for you. However, I fail to see how one cigarette can be good for you...
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Dickie Keene
(Obituary ~ 10/30/02)
The funeral for Dickie Joe Keene of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson. Monsignor Ed Eftink will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday. Parish prayers will be at 6 p.m., Elks service at 7, and Masonic service following...
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Audrey Kemp
(Obituary ~ 10/30/02)
Audrey H. Kemp, 94, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2002, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 24, 1908, at Zion, Mo., daughter of Lee W. and Daisy Sanders Cloninger. She and Wiley Kemp were married Aug. 13, 1927, at Fredericktown, Mo. Kemp was a member of First Baptist Church in Jackson...
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J.D. Baker
(Obituary ~ 10/30/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- James D. Baker, 74, of Sikeston died Monday, Oct. 28, 2002, at his home. He was born May 10, 1928, at Clines Island, Mo., son of George R. and Inez Hicks Baker. He and Fran E. Romine Cutrell were married March 25, 1984. Baker had been a self-employed mechanic and a teacher at Sikeston Vocational Center...
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Leroy Sandler
(Obituary ~ 10/30/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Leroy G. Sandler, 92, of Perryville died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 11, 1910, in Perry County, Mo., son of Gottlieb and Lena M. Dippold Sandler. He and Beulah Hoff were married May 24, 1941. She died Dec. 11, 1992...
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Muriel Oakes
(Obituary ~ 10/30/02)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Muriel Oakes, 82, of Arizona City, Ariz., died Friday, Oct. 25, 2002, in Casa Grande, Ariz. She was born Jan. 25, 1920, at Ullin, daughter of Earl and Ella File Sichling. She married Robert Oakes. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Cheryl Davis of Montgomery, Ill.; two sons, Robert Oakes of Arizona City, Ronald Oakes of Aurora, Colo.; two brothers, Loren Sichling of Granite City, Ill., Phil Sichling of Pulaski, Ill.; a sister, Donna West of Dongola, Ill.; six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.. ...
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Births 10/30/02
(Births ~ 10/30/02)
Ressel Daughter to Craig Anthony Ressel and Alison Renee Laxton of Chaffee, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:34 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, 2002. Name, Harley Renee. Weight, 6 pounds 14 ounces. Ms. Laxton is the former Alison Doneghue, daughter of Larry and Kathy Kirn of Chaffee. She is employed at Do It Best Corp. Ressel is the son of Luke and Alice Ressel of Kelso, Mo. He is employed at Do It Best Corp...
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Club news 10/30
(Community News ~ 10/30/02)
Editor's note: Please submit your club news information either typed or printed. It is sometimes very difficult to make out people's names. Please use members' first and last names instead of formal titles. For instance, Jane Smith, not Mrs. John Smith. Thank you....
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Out of the past 10/30/02
(Out of the Past ~ 10/30/02)
10 years ago: Oct. 30, 1992 Republican candidates in races for president, governor, U.S. Senate and state Senate should carry Cape Girardeau, according to Southeast Missourian survey of county voters; in addition to these races, voters indicated overwhelming preference to reject county zoning and approve term limits; statewide riverboat gambling issue appears to be toss-up in county...
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Southeast, SIU still offer great values
(Editorial ~ 10/30/02)
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale has announced what looks like a bold step in the face of tough economic times and budget cutting throughout state government. SIU plans to hire 28 new full-time faculty members by the time school starts next fall...
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Cape fire report10/30/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/30/02)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Oct. 30 Firefighters responded Monday to the following items: At 11 a.m., emergency medical service at 3439 William. At 1:22 p.m., emergency medical service at 1072 Linden. At 7:11 p.m., emergency medical service at 3003 Themis...
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Cape police report 10/30/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/30/02)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Oct. 30 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Thomas J. Mayberry of 1321 N. Main received a summons Tuesday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident and careless and imprudent driving...
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Nigeria vows to block Islamic executions
(International News ~ 10/30/02)
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Nigeria vowed Tuesday to block Islamic courts from carrying out any executions by stoning, promising to hold the line against sentences in northern states that have provoked international protests and boycott threats. The assurance by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dubem Onyia represents the government's sharpest statement yet on Islamic court, or Shariah, rulings condemning at least four people to stoning for adultery or rape...
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Funerals held for victims of Moscow theater crisis
(International News ~ 10/30/02)
MOSCOW -- Weeping relatives bent over the uniformed body of Col. Konstantin Litvinov and threw handfuls of dirt onto his coffin Tuesday as Russians began to bury the hostages killed during a 58-hour standoff with Chechen rebels. A senior Russian official, meanwhile, issued the Kremlin's strongest defense yet of the decision to fill the Moscow theater with a secret gas before special forces raided it early Saturday, rescuing hundreds and killing 50 of their captors...
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Arafat survives political crisis
(International News ~ 10/30/02)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinian parliament approved Yasser Arafat's new Cabinet on Tuesday, effectively ending a challenge to the Palestinian leader that began last month with demands he share power. The 56-18 vote came as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced the most serious political crisis of his 20 months in power, with the moderate Labor party poised to quit his coalition. A senior legislator allied with Sharon said Tuesday he believed snap elections were inevitable...
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N. Korea balks at demands it give up nuclear program
(International News ~ 10/30/02)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Blaming the United States for pushing it into a corner, North Korea rejected demands it give up its nuclear weapons program during an acrimonious opening round of talks Tuesday with Japan on establishing diplomatic ties, Japanese officials said...
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UM must pay newspaper's attorney fees
(State News ~ 10/30/02)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A judge who already found that the University of Missouri violated the state open records law by withholding information sought by The Kansas City Star has now ordered it to pay the newspaper's attorney fees. Boone County Circuit Judge Frank Conley ruled Friday that the university violated the Sunshine Law on purpose and thus said it must pay The Star $75,000 for attorney's fees, plus $2,806 in expenses...
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Inmate's attorneys seek clemency
(State News ~ 10/30/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Attorneys for a convicted killer scheduled to be executed Nov. 20 say jurors might have recommended life in prison if they had known about the defendant's brain injuries. William R. Jones' supporters and attorneys want the courts to grant him a new sentencing trial or Missouri Gov. Bob Holden to change the death sentence to life in prison without parole. Jones, 37, was sentenced to death for the 1986 shooting death of Stanley Albert, 49...
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Jury finds Robinson guilty in deaths of three women
(State News ~ 10/30/02)
OLATHE, Kan. -- Jurors found John E. Robinson Sr. guilty Tuesday in the deaths of three women, including two whose bodies were found stuffed in barrels on his rural Linn County property. Robinson was convicted of two counts of capital murder for the deaths of Suzette Trouten, 27, of Newport, Mich., and Izabela Lewicka, 21, a former Purdue University student and Polish immigrant from West Lafayette, Ind., both of who were found in barrels...
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Baptists meet amid conflicts
(State News ~ 10/30/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. --Delegates at the Missouri Baptist Convention's annual meeting cut off funding to five rebellious agencies on Tuesday while moving toward a tighter alignment with the Southern Baptist Convention. No churches have been ousted from the state organization at this meeting, as happened at last year's annual gathering when a 1,000-member congregation was forced out because it had withdrawn from the national Southern Baptist Convention...
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Cockpit recorder reveals last moments of Flight 587
(National News ~ 10/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- During the final moments of American Airlines Flight 587, the pilots struggled in vain to keep the plane aloft when they encountered turbulence shortly after takeoff, according to the transcript of a tape released Tuesday. The cockpit voice recorder captured the conversation between Capt. Edward States and co-pilot Sten Molin during the 103-second flight, which ended when the tailfin broke off and the plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., on Nov. 12, 2001...
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Army stuck on peanut butter in food battle
(National News ~ 10/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- It tops a U.S. Army most-wanted list, unleashes potent chemicals that suck the immediate vicinity dry and goes great with grape jelly. The struggle to make the classic peanut butter and jelly combination battle-ready for soldiers in the field highlights an effort by top Army scientists to develop pocket sandwiches that will keep without refrigeration for three years...
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New 2003 model cars show decline in fuel economy
(National News ~ 10/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- Average fuel economy for the galaxy of shiny new 2003 model cars and passenger trucks headed for showrooms is 20.8 miles per gallon, about 6 percent below the high point set 15 years ago. Among the highest achievers, the percentage of the new crop of vehicles getting more than 30 mpg drops to 4 percent from 6 percent a year ago. ...
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Lipke, Miller almost even in cash as election nears
(Local News ~ 10/30/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The major party candidates for 157th District seat in the House of Representatives had almost the same amount of campaign cash on hand for the final drive to Election Day. As of Thursday, Democrat Chuck Miller of Oriole had $8,453.63 in the bank, slightly more than Republican Scott Lipke of Jackson, who reported $8,303.47 on hand...
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Region briefs 10/30/02
(Local News ~ 10/30/02)
Southeast hires new technology officialJohn Weber, director of office and computing services at Cornell College, has been hired as assistant vice president for information technology at Southeast Missouri State University. Weber will begin his new duties on Jan. 1...
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Estate-planning seminar explains new death tax laws
(Local News ~ 10/30/02)
Death continues to be a taxing affair. Congress, however, has softened the financial blow under a new law that raises the federal estate tax exemption from $1 million to $3.5 million by 2009 and even eliminates the tax for one year in 2010, two St. Louis tax attorneys say...
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Ever-expanding Krispy Kreme heading northeast
(Community ~ 10/30/02)
Ever have an obsession, a real obsession, like collecting Pez dispensers -- Santa's the best! -- or encasing your precious videotapes of "Good Times" under glass? You might understand, then, the psychology of the Krispy Kreme addict. They are not rarities. They surround us. They are our co-workers, our neighbors, our friends, our children, our spouses...
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