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Israelies, Palestinians battle in Gaza City refugee camp
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Amid a battle with Palestinian gunmen, an Israeli army tank fired a shell into a two-story building in Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing seven people and wounding at least seven, witnesses and hospital officials said Friday...
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Gunman surrenders, releases hostages
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
LONDON -- A gunman holding four employees hostage at a bank in central London on Thursday surrendered after a two-hour standoff with police. The unidentified suspect was taken into custody by police, who had surrounded the HSBC bank on Buckingham Palace Road, just 300 yards from Scotland Yard...
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Study - AIDS runs rampant among S. African children
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa's AIDS epidemic is exacting a deadly toll on South Africa's children, with greater numbers infected with HIV than was previously thought, according to a survey released Thursday. The survey found that 5.6 percent of children ages 2 to 14 were HIV-positive and that 13 percent of children in this age bracket had lost one or both of their parents to AIDS...
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Winds push oil slicks away from Spanish coast
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
MADRID, Spain -- A change in wind direction raised hopes Thursday that slicks from a sunken oil tanker would veer away from northwestern Spain. But authorities said patches of oil hit islands that are protected nature reserves and other slicks unaffected by the wind were spotted drifting along the northern coast right up to France...
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Turkey criticizes proposed 2005 start of EU talks
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
PARIS -- Germany and France will propose a schedule under which the European Union could start membership talks with Turkey in July 2005, French President Jacques Chirac said Thursday. The proposal drew fire from Turkish leaders, who said that was too long a wait for a nation that has demonstrated a strong desire to join the EU. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the leader of Turkey's ruling party, said the schedule was unfair and "unacceptable."...
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Two Tibetans sentenced in bombings in China's west
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
SHANGHAI, China -- One Tibetan was sentenced to death and a second identified by activists as a Buddhist leader received a suspended death sentence for three bombings blamed on Tibetan independence supporters, a police official said Thursday. Two bombings last year killed one person and injured another in the Ganzi region of Sichuan province in China's west, the official said by telephone from Ganzi. ...
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New on CD 12/6/02
(Entertainment ~ 12/06/02)
'Charmbracelet'The big question surrounding Mariah Carey's newest album, "Charmbracelet," is this: Does the 32-year-old multiplatinum pop princess have what it takes to return to superstar status? The singer hasn't made any new music since her emotional breakdown and the release of "Glitter," her flop album and movie, last year...
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117 sick aboard fourth ill-fated ship
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
MIAMI -- Nearly 120 people have been sickened with symptoms consistent with a Norwalk-like virus on a fourth cruise ship to report an outbreak of a stomach ailment in recent weeks. The Oceana, operated by P&O Cruises of Great Britain, reported that 114 passengers and three crew members have been treated for some sort of virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday...
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FBI arrests teen for razor in pie
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
LAFAYETTE, La. -- The FBI arrested a teenager accused of slipping razor blades into three hot apple pies at the McDonald's where he worked. A customer who bit into the dessert suffered a minor cut on the lip. Adam Joseph Fontenot, 18, of Eunice, was arrested Tuesday and jailed...
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Sri Lanka marks breakthrough toward ending ethnic conflict
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
OSLO, Norway -- After a bitter 19-year war, Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger rebels reached a breakthrough in their quest for peace Thursday, agreeing on a way to govern their ethnically divided island as one nation. At the end of four days of peace talks in Oslo, Norway, both sides said they were leaving with a firm commitment to develop a lasting peace. They meet again in January in Thailand for more talks...
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Blasts kill three in Indonesia
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Explosions ripped through a McDonald's restaurant and a car dealership Thursday in eastern Indonesia, killing three and wounding two, police said. The explosions occurred an hour apart in the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar, 1,000 miles east of the Indonesia capital of Jakarta, said police Sgt. Hidayat, who uses only one name...
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Saudi minister blames Sept. 11 attacks on Jews
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The Saudi police minister has claimed Jews were behind the Sept. 11 attacks because they have benefited from subsequent criticism of Islam and Arabs, according to media reports. Interior Minister Prince Nayef made the remarks in the Arabic-language Kuwaiti daily Assyasah last month. The latest edition of Ain al-Yaqeen, a weekly Internet magazine devoted to Saudi issues, posted the Assyasah interview and its own English translation...
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Cardinal says gays unsuitable for priesthood, ordination risky
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
VATICAN CITY -- A top Vatican official has advised against bringing gays into the priesthood, saying their ordination would be imprudent and "risky." Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez's letter, reproduced in a church publication, comes as the Vatican is drafting new guidelines for accepting candidates for the priesthood. The guidelines are expected to address whether gays should be barred...
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Refugees pouring out of western Ivory Coast
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
BOGOUINE, Ivory Coast -- Thousands of fearful civilians fled Ivory Coast's hilly west Thursday, some crammed into rickety minibuses, others singing songs, as the army waged an all-out attack on the latest group of rebels to emerge in the fractured West African nation...
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Fires ring Australia's largest city, forcing evacuations
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
SYDNEY, Australia -- The worst bush fires in a generation raged out of control around Sydney on Friday, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes as firefighters struggled to contain the towering flames. Overnight, strong, hot winds fanned more than 60 fires around Australia's largest city, including one in a park just six miles from downtown. Overnight rain in some areas and a change in wind direction failed to extinguish the flames...
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Marine accused of rape won't be handed over without indictment
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
TOKYO -- Until Japanese authorities issue an indictment, the United States said Thursday it would not surrender a U.S. Marine major accused of trying to rape a woman on the southern island of Okinawa. An Okinawa court issued an arrest warrant for Maj. ...
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Anti-U.S. protests spread in South Korea
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
SEOUL, South Korea -- A female sorcerer, Buddhists and motorists joined in anti-U.S. protests Thursday calling for revision of the rules governing the 37,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea. Anti-American sentiment is growing in South Korea, a close U.S. ally, after a U.S. military court acquittal two U.S. soldiers charged with negligent homicide in the road deaths of two Korean teenage girls...
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Operations chief of regional terror group confesses to bombing
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The alleged operations chief of Jemaah Islamiyah confessed to helping plan the Bali bombings, Indonesian police said Thursday -- the strongest evidence yet the al-Qaida-linked group was behind the blasts that killed nearly 200...
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Police recover three bodies
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
KARACHI, Pakistan -- Three bodies, their feet and hands bound and their throats cut, were recovered Thursday from the rubble of the Karachi offices of the honorary consul of Macedonia, which was destroyed in an overnight explosion. Slogans on the walls indicated al-Qaida might have been involved...
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United's stock plunges as airline prepares for bankrupty
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
CHICAGO -- United Airlines stock went into a free-fall Thursday on expectations of a bankruptcy filing, an action its CEO insisted was not a foregone conclusion. But sources familiar with the process, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said United was preparing to file for bankruptcy Sunday. The carrier was finalizing the terms of a $1.5 billion debtor-in-possession loan, the sources said. The loan would enable the airline to keep flying in bankruptcy...
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Snow, ice leave 22 dead from Plains to East Coast
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
Millions of people shivered without electricity Thursday in the Carolinas as one of the worst ice- and snowstorms in years snapped tree limbs, snarled air travel around the country and kept children home from school in a large part of the East. At least 22 deaths had been blamed on the storm since it blew across the southern Plains earlier in the week, including a Virginia woman who police said froze to death after her car slid off the road and got stuck in a driveway. ...
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Convictions in Central Park jogger case should be reversed
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
NEW YORK -- Citing DNA on a sock, prosecutors asked a judge Thursday to throw out the convictions of five young men found guilty of beating and gang-raping a jogger during a 1989 "wilding" spree in Central Park that exposed the city's deep racial divide to the rest of the nation...
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Hossa scores late to seal Senators' tie
(Professional Sports ~ 12/06/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Marian Hossa scored on his own rebound with 1:06 left in regulation as the Ottawa Senators, capitalizing on a late power play, tied the St. Louis Blues 2-2 Thursday night. Hossa scored his 16th of the season after Fred Brathwaite stopped his shot from the point. The left side of the net was wide open for Hossa's backhand rebound...
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Steady play gives Furyk lead in Target Challenge
(Professional Sports ~ 12/06/02)
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Jim Furyk had a boring round compared to Tiger Woods and Davis Love III, which was fine by him Thursday in the Target World Challenge. While both Woods and Love went eight consecutive holes without a par, Furyk picked his spots at Sherwood Country Club and avoided costly mistakes on his way to an 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead...
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Glavine, Mets reach a 3-year deal, agent says
(Professional Sports ~ 12/06/02)
NEW YORK -- For more than a decade, Tom Glavine helped put the Atlanta Braves on top. Now, he'll try to topple them. Glavine, the most sought-after pitcher on the free-agent market, reached agreement with the New York Mets on a three-year contract, his agent said Thursday night...
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Saddam welcomes inspections as chance to disprove U.S claims
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- President Saddam Hussein urged the Iraqi people on Thursday to support the new U.N. arms inspections as a welcome opportunity to disprove American allegations that his government still harbors weapons of mass destruction. The White House quickly rejected those claims, insisting they lack credibility. President Bush, asked on Thursday if the United States was headed toward war, replied: "That's a question you should ask to Saddam Hussein."...
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Unemployment benefits for alleged drug users raises question
(State News ~ 12/06/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- While a worker can be fired for allegedly violating a company policy on drug use, that wouldn't necessarily make him ineligible for state unemployment benefits. However, the number of instances in which an employer challenged benefits for a worker discharged on such grounds and the benefits were granted represented a minuscule 0.19 percent of the 292,554 disputed cases the Missouri Division of Employment Security handled in fiscal year 2001. ...
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Early snowflakes turn into icy reality
(Local News ~ 12/06/02)
Life will get back to normal today for many after the sun assisted road crews Thursday by melting snow that has slowed traffic since early Wednesday, though many schools will be closed again. Though most of the thick snow blanket -- some places in Southeast Missouri received as much as 12 inches -- was removed from the streets and highways, meteorologists predicted overnight temperatures to dip near 10 degrees, which could make for slick patches on roads this morning...
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Mental patient loses bid for freedom
(Local News ~ 12/06/02)
CHESTER, Ill. -- Rodney Yoder and Millie Strom were planning their life together. An unsigned marriage certificate on the table and Yoder's arm around a beaming Strom, they talked about moving to Vermont, buying a house and growing old together. At that moment late Thursday afternoon, the future was full of possibilities...
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Pharmacist who diluted medication sentenced to 30 years
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A pharmacist who diluted chemotherapy drugs given to thousands of cancer patients was sentenced to the maximum of 30 years in prison Thursday after the victims' families tearfully told how the scheme had cost them precious days with their loved ones...
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Georgia has home edge in SEC championship
(Professional Sports ~ 12/06/02)
ATLANTA -- There's nothing neutral about the site of the Southeastern Conference championship game. They might as well put some hedges around the field at the Georgia Dome. Or maybe they could rename the place Sanford Stadium West. Georgia is playing for its first SEC title in 20 years -- and bringing a lot of its closest friends along for Saturday's game against Arkansas...
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Tide's Franchione takes Texas A&M job
(Professional Sports ~ 12/06/02)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Dennis Franchione left Alabama after only two seasons to take over as the new coach at Texas A&M on Thursday. Erle Nye, chairman of the Texas A&M board of regents, confirmed Franchione had agreed to a deal with the Aggies. Franchione leaves Alabama less than a year after the school was hit this year with harsh NCAA sanctions. He replaces R.C. Slocum, who was fired Monday after the Aggies' 50-20 loss to Texas closed out a 6-6 season...
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GOP looks to Louisiana to widen lead in Senate
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Boosted by the wild popularity of President Bush, Republican Suzanne Haik Terrell has climbed into a dead heat in her bid to oust Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and give the GOP a final triumph in the midterm elections. A Terrell victory Saturday would give Republicans a 52-48 edge in the Senate and make her the first GOP senator from the state since Reconstruction...
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McDonald's to replace chairman
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
CHICAGO -- McDonald's Corp. is replacing its chairman and chief executive, Jack Greenberg, as it struggles to emerge from a deep, two-year slump. The fast food chain said Thursday that Greenberg, 60, decided to retire at the end of the month after 21 years at the company. McDonald's board elected the company's president and vice chairman, Jim Cantalupo, 59, to take over the top two spots...
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On the other hand, I could be ...
(Column ~ 12/06/02)
There are a lot of things I'd hate to be. I'd hate to be the guy in charge of snowplows on those frigid nights when we get freezing rain, sleet and snow. (And why is it these nasty storms come at night?) If you're the guy in charge of snowplows, you know you're going to hear a lot of griping about this street not being cleared or that street not being cleared first...
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Notre Dame second to SLUH at Clayton
(High School Sports ~ 12/06/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Notre Dame led Saint Louis University High before two late relay events turned the tables in Notre Dame's first meet of the season Thursday. The Bulldogs finished second to SLUH, 135-123. Host Clayton was third with 68. Notre Dame won six individual races and the diving event. Jameson Kuper won in the 200-meter freestyle and 500 freestyle; John Fisher won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly; Jordan Kuper won the 100 freestyle; and John Stoverink won the 100 breaststroke and diving...
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Benes gets his wish with a 'low-key' retirement
(Professional Sports ~ 12/06/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Andy Benes, whose 1.86 ERA during last season's second half for the Cardinals led National League starters, made his retirement official Thursday. Benes, who's long hinted he would like to leave the game on his own terms, notified general manager Walt Jocketty during a roughly hour-long meeting, Cardinals spokesman Brian Bartow said...
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Gordon will start despite fumbles
(Professional Sports ~ 12/06/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Repeated fumbles haven't landed Lamar Gordon in the Rams' doghouse yet, at least not permanently. The rookie likely will get his fourth straight start Sunday at Kansas City, with Marshall Faulk still hampered by a sprained ankle and expected to see spot duty. But after Gordon lost his third fumble of the season in last week's loss to Philadelphia, it's safe to say the team is concerned...
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Otahkians heat up late in win
(College Sports ~ 12/06/02)
Southeast Missouri State University's offense was as cold as the weather the first 10 minutes of the opening half, but thanks to pressure defense and a strong second half, the Otahkians cruised to a 71-50 victory at the Show Me Center Thursday night...
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100 years of Strom
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- Strom Thurmond, the oldest and longest-serving senator in history, reached his 100th birthday Thursday surrounded by family, friends, Supreme Court justices and leaders of the Senate he helped to reshape. The Senate is a family, said former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., at a Capitol Hill birthday celebration, "and today the family assembles to honor its patriarch."...
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People talk 12/06/02
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
De Niro and pals cause frenzy at military base TAMPA, Fla. -- The usual military order that pervades U.S. Central Command was immediately suspended when Robert De Niro and friends showed up. De Niro, who came to visit troops Wednesday at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa and screen his new movie, "Analyze That," brought along co-star Billy Crystal and pal Kevin Spacey...
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O lucky man - Neal McCoy performs Sunday at Show Me Center
(Entertainment ~ 12/06/02)
Though he has had five No. 1 hits, including "No Doubt About It," "They're Playing Our Song" and "Wink," country singer Neal McCoy is better known for his personality and stage act than for his recordings. Joyce Hays of Jackson was so taken with him when they talked at a Fan Fair in Nashville in the early 1990s that she joined his fan club. "He was human," she says. "I don't know how else to say it. And that part of him has not changed."...
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Mable Butler
(Obituary ~ 12/06/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Mable Butler, 84, of Anna died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, at the home of a grandson in Anna. She was born Feb. 1, 1918, in Union County, Ill., daughter of James and Iva Griffith Sims. She married Willie D. Butler, who preceded her in death...
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Edith Couch
(Obituary ~ 12/06/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Edith Lorene Couch, 80, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, at Hunter Acres Caring Center. She was born Dec. 29, 1921, in Sikeston, daughter of Ross and Mary Walker Milburn. She and Paul Couch were married Oct. 31, 1937. He died Nov. 9, 1996...
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Billy Carver
(Obituary ~ 12/06/02)
ZALMA, Mo. -- Billy Jean Carver, 42, of Zalma died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002, in an automobile accident on Highway 51 near Zalma. She was born April 28, 1960, in Los Angeles, Calif., daughter of Frankie and Elra Rauls Carver. Carver was attending Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She attended Friendship Missionary Baptist Church at Dongola, Mo...
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Ossie Snider
(Obituary ~ 12/06/02)
Ossie Marie Snider, 84, of Scott City died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at Parkland Hospital in Farmington, Mo. She was born April 23, 1918, in Stuttgart, Ark., daughter of James Henry and Minnie Lee Norman Montgomery. She and Clarence Earl Snider were married June 11, 1944, in Cape Girardeau. He died June 19, 1997...
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Christine Nelson
(Obituary ~ 12/06/02)
Christine "Susie" Nelson, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Feb. 4, 1918, at Bertrand, Mo., daughter of Orville and Gladys M. Fields Bridges Garner. She and Amos S. Nelson were married Sept. 4, 1946, in Bemidji, Minn...
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Theresa Schabbing
(Obituary ~ 12/06/02)
Theresa V. Schabbing, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 16, 1916, at Fruitland, Mo., daughter of Charles H. and Annie Maude Kuehn Schrock. She and Clem Herman Schabbing were married May 4, 1937, in Cape Girardeau. He died April 14, 1996...
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Walter Dillon
(Obituary ~ 12/06/02)
Walter Kinnard "Kin" Dillon, 82, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Mo. He was born Aug. 17, 1920, at Morehouse, Mo., son of William H. and Melissa B. Kinnard Dillon. He and Dorothy Faust Jones were married July 5, 1952...
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Speak Out 12/06/02
(Speak Out ~ 12/06/02)
We need immigrants AMERICA'S economy needs foreign immigration. With the baby boomers getting older, we don't have enough young workers, so we have to import them. A recent study published in the Guardian Unlimited concluded that the economic boom of the 1990s was fueled by the immigration of 9 million illegal aliens and 4.5 million legally documented workers. ...
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Births 12/6/02
(Births ~ 12/06/02)
Brugger Son to Tyson James and Christina Marie Brugger of Jackson, St. Francis Medical Center, 4:13 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002. Name, Dalton Damieon James. Weight, 5 pounds 15 ounces. First child. Mrs. Brugger is the former Christina Herbert, daughter of Leanna Herbert and Michael Herbert of Cape Girardeau. She is employed at Ryan's Family Steak House. Brugger is the son of Carol and Richard Reddick of Cape Girardeau, and Jerry and Wendy Brugger of state of California. He is self-employed...
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Rock band Boston takes on 'Corporate America'
(Entertainment ~ 12/06/02)
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Longtime fans of the rock band Boston will find some of what they are looking for on "Corporate America," the band's fifth studio album. They'll also find a few departures. "Before, I was constrained by what a Boston listener wanted to hear on a Boston CD," said Tom Scholz, songwriter, musician and driving force behind the band that first rose to prominence in the 1970s. ...
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Children's Arts Festival to culminate with concert, exhibition
(Entertainment ~ 12/06/02)
Four-hundred-nineteen Cape Girardeau school children in grades three through six have created art inspired by music during the past two months. Sunday, Dec. 8, the Cape Girardeau Children's Arts Festival will culminate with a concert and exhibition of some of the artwork...
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Artifacts 12/6/02
(Entertainment ~ 12/06/02)
Cantrells, Don Haupt at Grace Cafe Nashville performers Al and Emily Cantrell will perform at 8 tonight at Grace Cafe at the corner of Themis and Spanish streets. The Cantrells have been featured on the radio shows "Mountain Stage," "Riders Theatre" and "River City Folk." They were a main stage act at the most recent City of Roses Festival...
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Analyzing the humor of Harold Ramis
(Entertainment ~ 12/06/02)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Harold Ramis is like the kid in school who provokes antics out of the class clown while slyly avoiding the teacher's attention. Known for playing egghead scientist Egon Spengler in "Ghostbusters," Ramis has worked behind the camera as a writer or director while John Belushi, Chevy Chase and Bill Murray did the joking in "Animal House," "Vacation" and "Groundhog Day."...
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Broadway's 'La Boheme' has six different casts
(Entertainment ~ 12/06/02)
NEW YORK -- There are at least six different versions of "La Boheme" on Broadway. Baz Luhrmann's new production of Puccini's opera features three different sets of lead actors and two sets of actors in supporting roles who perform on a rotating basis...
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Colin Quinn back on TV in 'Tough Crowd'
(Entertainment ~ 12/06/02)
Fasten that seat belt in your recliner: Colin Quinn aims to rock your viewing experience. The gravelly voiced comic and manic social critic is previewing a new talk show on Comedy Central. For it, he will gather with a few of his comedian cronies to discuss the news of the day -- and he promises no one is going to mince words...
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Top 20 concert tours
(Entertainment ~ 12/06/02)
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers...
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Everybody's a critic - 'Treasure Planet'
(Entertainment ~ 12/06/02)
Three stars I haven't been a big fan of Disney for some time, but every once in awhile they make a film I consider pretty good. This is one of those times. Here they take a classic story that has been remade too many times to count and give it a pulse. By setting it in the future and throwing in some rather interesting characters, they're able to grab you from the start and not let go...
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Out of the past 12/6/02
(Out of the Past ~ 12/06/02)
10 years ago: Dec. 6, 1992 World Crafts Fair is held in afternoon at Wesley Foundation, 415 N. Pacific; fair transforms Wesley Foundation into international marketplace of distinctive and reasonably priced handicrafts for holiday gift-giving. New officers have been named for Southeast Missouri District Fair's 1993 season; president will be Bob Nitsch; Sam Below was elected vice president; Marily Schott will serve as secretary, Jim Sander as treasurer, and Ed Kaiser as custodian; 1993 fair will open its 138th season Sept. ...
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Oran, Woodland tournament games postponed to tonight
(High School Sports ~ 12/06/02)
Games in the Oran and Woodland basketball tournaments were among those called off Thursday night due to bad weather. Games at both events were rescheduled for tonight and Saturday. Both tournaments have semifinal games scheduled tonight and pushed championship games to Saturday...
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Jesus holds key, but it isn't for an automobile
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/06/02)
To the editor: Anyone who professes faith in Christ should be outraged by those who would misuse the teachings of Christianity in an attempt to validate a personal agenda or to increase their financial and political fortunes. A recent guest on a TV talk show asked, "What would Jesus drive?" It was an effort to tie his environmental and political ideas to Christianity. ...
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Downtown merchants' open house tonight
(Editorial ~ 12/06/02)
A special event involving two dozen merchants is expected to bring holiday shoppers to Cape Girardeau's downtown tonight. It is the Downtown Christmas Open House from 6 to 9 p.m. Participating merchants will not only stay open late, but they will create a holiday atmosphere for everyone...
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FTC sues weight-loss formula maker
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- A company that says its weight-loss product burns away fat while you sleep was sued Thursday by the federal government and two states, claiming deceptive advertising. Mark Nutritionals Inc., based in San Antonio, used radio disc jockeys on more than 650 stations in 110 cities to sell its Body Solutions Evening Weight Loss Formula, the Federal Trade Commission said...
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Court weighs campaign finance challenge
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- A federal court Thursday heard challenges to the new campaign finance law's limits on the ads that political parties and interest groups run on behalf of candidates, even as the Federal Election Commission said how it will enforce the limits...
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Flight delays down 21 percent this year
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- Flight delays are down 21 percent this year and, notwithstanding this week's early winter storm, good weather is the main reason. The Federal Aviation Administration considers a flight delayed if it takes off or lands at least 15 minutes later than scheduled because of problems in the air traffic system -- mostly weather and congestion. Through the first 11 months of the year, delays fell to 263,197 from 332,562 in 2001...
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Mayweather skips gathering to reveal card's new top bout
(Professional Sports ~ 12/06/02)
LAS VEGAS -- Much to the irritation of his promoter, Floyd Mayweather Jr. didn't show up at a press conference to promote his lightweight title fight Saturday night with Jose Luis Castillo. If he had, the petulant Mayweather would have found out something that might have disturbed him even more -- he was no longer the main event of the night...
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NASCAR ratings exceed network expectations
(Professional Sports ~ 12/06/02)
NEW YORK -- The ratings for NASCAR's race broadcasts have exceeded the high expectations of the TV networks after the first two years of a six-year $2.8 billion deal. "The ratings were up 13 percent this year and 59 percent over two years," said Ken Schanzer, president of NBC Sports, which shares the big contract with Fox Sports, Turner Sports, TNT and FX...
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Lawmakers seek to expand DNA testing
(State News ~ 12/06/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- All felons in Missouri would have to provide genetic samples for a law enforcement database under legislation proposed Thursday. The proposal would expand Missouri's DNA profiling system, which currently requires genetic samples from people convicted in felony murder cases, assaults and sex offenses...
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Four killed in weather-related accidents
(State News ~ 12/06/02)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Charles County teenager was killed Thursday in a two-car accident authorities called weather-related, bringing to at least four the number of Missouri traffic deaths linked to the season's first snowstorm. An 18-year-old woman from O'Fallon, Mo., was a rider in a car that slid off Route N, swerved back onto the road and was hit broadside about 8 a.m. ...
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UMSL considers student fee for campus performing arts center
(State News ~ 12/06/02)
ST. LOUIS - University of Missouri-St. Louis students could be asked to help pay for operations at a new performing arts center nearing completion on the campus. Pending approval by the university system's Board of Curators, the proposal would charge students $10 a semester and $5 during the summer session for the center...
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Mattel agrees to pay FEC fines from campaign contribution case
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- Mattel Inc., maker of Barbie dolls and other famous toys, agreed along with two of its former employees to pay $477,000 in fines for making political donations in the names of other people, the third-largest fine ever imposed by the Federal Election Commission...
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Carnahan's failed election bid broke fund-raising records
(National News ~ 12/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- Former Democratic Sen. Jean Carnahan smashed records by raising nearly $12.3 million for her unsuccessful 2002 Senate campaign -- $3.64 million more than the challenger who defeated her, Republican Jim Talent. Talent raised $8.65 million overall. The totals were included in reports due Thursday to the Federal Election Commission spanning activity 20 days before and 20 days after the general election, which Talent won with 50 percent of the vote to Carnahan's 49 percent...
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TSA finds thousands of banned items
(Editorial ~ 12/06/02)
When the Bush administration decided federal agents would take over airport security screening in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the big question was whether a bureaucratic system could hire, train and deploy more than 47,000 Transportation Security Administration agents by last month's deadline...
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Cape fire report 12/6/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/06/02)
Cape Girardeau Friday, Dec. 6 Firefighters responded Wednesday to the following items: At 5:02 p.m., alarm sounding at 4614 Nash Road. At 5:03 p.m., alarm sounding at 1701 Lacey. At 7:33 p.m., gas smell investigation at Perryville and Cape Rock Road...
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Cape police report 12/6/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/06/02)
Cape Girardeau Friday, Dec. 6 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Patricia F. Huffman of 101 S. Farrar was arrested Wednesday on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear...
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Siblings hope for Pokemon, action figures, dolls
(Local News ~ 12/06/02)
Three children whose parents are separated left home without any toys, and now they won't have anything to play with unless they receive gifts this Christmas from Toybox. Toybox is a joint program of the Southeast Missourian and Cape Girardeau Jaycees that relies on donations to provide gifts to needy children up to age 12...
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Region briefs 12/06/02
(Local News ~ 12/06/02)
Lambert Airport changes security procedures ST. LOUIS -- Starting today, passengers flying out of the main terminal at St. Louis' Lambert Airport must present a boarding pass before entering the concourses through security checkpoints, Lambert and the federal government said Thursday...
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Elderly woman raising teens needs assistance
(Local News ~ 12/06/02)
Mrs. M. is an 85-year-old woman raising her two teenage great-granddaughters by herself. The girls are 12 and 15. The family gets by on Medicaid, food stamps and some Social Security benefits for the girls, but that isn't enough. Programs like Christmas for the Elderly, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Jaycees and the Southeast Missourian, can help provide holiday gifts for this family and other needy senior citizens in the community...
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Downtown merchants - Come one, come all
(Local News ~ 12/06/02)
The Downtown Christmas Open House is from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight in Cape Girardeau. The event is historic because many participating retail businesses haven't been open at night for years. There will be refreshments, carolers, buggy rides, door-prize drawings and photos with Santa. Each shopper will have a chance to collect stamps from participating businesses and win a $2,000 shopping spree at a future drawing...
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Public hearing on area after-school programs to be held today
(Local News ~ 12/06/02)
Missouri legislators will hold a public hearing at 3 p.m. today at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau to discuss after-school programs. The Joint Interim Committee on After-school Programs is charged with assessing the quantity and quality of those programs available in Missouri. Committee members are seeking input from various agencies and local school representatives...
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White House accuses Palestinians of violating commitment
(International News ~ 12/06/02)
JERUSALEM -- The Palestinian Authority has violated its commitment to work against violence and has thrown into question its acceptance of Israel, but President Bush will not impose sanctions as a result, according to a White House document obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday...
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