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Ammonia leak rousts hundreds of tourists from hotels
(National News ~ 02/24/03)
GULFPORT, Miss. -- A cloud of ammonia leaked from a chemical plant early Sunday, forcing tourists to evacuate eight hotels along the Gulf Coast. Authorities said it appeared someone had tried to steal the chemical, possibly to make illegal drugs. Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport was also shut down for seven hours, and several churches canceled or postponed Sunday services after police advised residents to stay indoors...
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Eight Palestinians, Israeli soldier killed in Gaza fighting
(International News ~ 02/24/03)
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip -- Israel's week-old military offensive against Islamic militants in the Gaza Strip intensified Sunday, and six Palestinians were killed and 28 wounded in a raid on a Palestinian town from which homemade rockets have been fired at Israeli communities...
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World briefs 02/24/03
(International News ~ 02/24/03)
Judge orders house arrest for strike leader CARACAS, Venezuela -- A leading opponent of President Hugo Chavez who helped lead a two-month national strike was put under house arrest Sunday after a judge struck down a treason charge but left standing two other serious counts...
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Springfield college against joining state system
(State News ~ 02/24/03)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A bill that would include Southwest Missouri State University as a fifth institution in the University of Missouri system has the state's universities squabbling over a shrinking higher education budget. Southwest Missouri State has strongly opposed joining the university system as proposed by Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia...
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Bavarian-born flutist connects with animals by music
(State News ~ 02/24/03)
SEYMOUR, Mo. -- Camel kisses, penguin parties and an audience of elephants are nothing out of the ordinary for Bettine Clemen, a musical Dr. Doolittle who plays her flutes around the world for creatures great and small. Clemen feels everything in nature is connected, she says, and playing her music for animals promotes spirituality and peace...
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Group hopes to get ferry on Missouri River going
(State News ~ 02/24/03)
Bettine Clemen played one of her more than 75 types of flutes in her home near Seymour, Mo. The internationally known flutist makes her home with her husband in the Ozarks hills.The Associated Press MOKANE, Mo. -- Supporters of what would be the only ferry along the Missouri River in the state say it would shorten commute times between Osage and Callaway counties and increase tourism...
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Western State College student assaulted in parking lot
(State News ~ 02/24/03)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- Missouri Western State College is on the alert for a mostly bald, middle-aged man who drove up to a student in broad daylight, grabbed her arm and licked the back of her hand. The assault happened late last week in a parking lot across from the campus library. College officials responded by posting fliers on the doors of all college buildings, sending e-mails to students, faculty and staff, and proving a link to the suspect's description on the Internet...
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NASA - E-mail warning given about Columbia was typical
(National News ~ 02/24/03)
WASHINGTON -- NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe said Sunday an independent panel will decide the significance of e-mails by a NASA research engineer warning two days before Columbia broke apart that damage to the shuttle's insulating tiles might have left it in "marginal" condition...
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State governors seek solutions for Medicaid
(National News ~ 02/24/03)
WASHINGTON -- Governors say the national program that guarantees health care for the poor bears much of the blame for their states' financial woes. State leaders, however, disagreed Sunday on whether President Bush's proposed changes for Medicaid will help the situation or make it worse...
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Sikeston man trying to farm crawfish
(Local News ~ 02/24/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Some wetland once thought of as useless could prove to be of value for Sikeston farmer Ben Hunter. Last month, Hunter was awarded a grant by the Missouri Department of Agriculture's Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Award Program to raise crawfish in re-established wetlands...
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Community briefs 02/24/03
(Local News ~ 02/24/03)
Jackson Health Careers Club holding fund raiser The Jackson High School Health Careers Club will hold a movie night at 11 p.m. March 7 at Cape West 14 Ciné in Cape Girardeau. The movie showing will be "Big Daddy," starring Adam Sandler. Tickets are $5 each. The high school club is involved in promoting the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life fund raiser. Movie night is being held as an event to help toward that goal...
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Community cuisine 02/24/03
(Local News ~ 02/24/03)
Church soup and chili dinner scheduled The annual soup and chili dinner will be held at Emanuel United Church of Christ, 304 E. Adams, Jackson, following the morning service Sunday. An auction will follow. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Jamaican Christian Medical Mission...
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Local historical groups create master calendar of events
(Local News ~ 02/24/03)
With the cooperation of several historical organizations, a master calendar of upcoming events and activities has been developed to coordinate their efforts and support one other. An ad hoc committee will work to establish a mission statement and goals for the alliance before the next meeting in April. About 40 organizations were invited to join the alliance...
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Iraq studying U.N. order to destroy banned missiles
(International News ~ 02/24/03)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq has withheld a decision on a U.N. order to start destroying its Al Samoud 2 missile program by the end of the week, but said Sunday it is "serious about solving this." Iraq's chief liaison to U.N. weapons inspectors insisted Baghdad is "clean" of weapons of mass destruction and that there should be no new U.N. resolution on disarming Saddam Hussein, as the United States is demanding...
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Powell seeks more Chinese intervention with N. Korea
(International News ~ 02/24/03)
BEIJING -- In what could be a test for U.S.-Chinese relations, Secretary of State Colin Powell is urging a stronger effort from Beijing to persuade North Korea to curb its nuclear weapons programs, a U.S. official said Sunday. Powell, on the second stop of an Asian trip, also was making the case that China should not veto a new U.S. resolution to the U.N. Security Council that would authorize the use of force to disarm Iraq and remove its president, Saddam Hussein...
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Microsoft seeks fiscal fountain of youth
(National News ~ 02/24/03)
SEATTLE -- They're stats to die for: Market share of 90-plus percent. Profit margins of 80 percent. Stocks that have created thousands of millionaires in the Seattle area alone. But behind those figures is Microsoft Corp.'s biggest challenge for the future: What next?...
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Taxes for multiple firms more complex
(Business ~ 02/24/03)
NEW YORK -- Taxes are complicated enough for one business, but for people who own more than one business, the problems can multiply quickly. It's not just the extra paperwork. There are deductions that can cross company lines, and deciding how to handle them can be difficult...
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FCC vote spells uncertainty for phone competition
(Business ~ 02/24/03)
ast week's Federal Communications Commission vote on phone and Internet competition was supposed to herald a new era of clarity in the turbulent telecom industry. Instead, the decision revealed an amazing amount of discord within the FCC and spells even more uncertainty for consumers and investors...
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Marketers are increasing use of sound in online ads
(Business ~ 02/24/03)
NEW YORK -- Sometimes when Dirk Botterbusch is checking the weather online or listening to music on his computer, an ad starts talking or singing to him, pitching a new car or something else he doesn't need. "It will scare me almost," he said. "I'd be on a site, just mousing over something and say, 'Where did that sound come from?'"...
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Families of those who died in nightclub fire visit memorial
(National News ~ 02/24/03)
WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- For days, they've lived with the video images of their relatives jammed in the doorway of a burning nightclub, many screaming in terror as they struggled in vain to break free. On Sunday, for the first time, families of the dozens of victims who couldn't escape were allowed to walk up to the charred rubble of The Station nightclub to pray and say goodbye...
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Jones, Springsteen win at Grammy Awards
(Entertainment ~ 02/24/03)
NEW YORK -- The music of pop-jazz chanteuse Norah Jones garnered eight Grammy awards Sunday night, catapulting her past crowd favorite Bruce Springsteen and his three awards for the Sept. 11-inspired "The Rising." As unknown as Springsteen was acclaimed before the last year, Jones won five individual Grammys while her producer, engineers and the writer of her hit "Don't Know Why" were honored as well...
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U.S. starts diplomatic drive for Iraq support
(International News ~ 02/24/03)
UNITED NATIONS -- Senior U.S. officials have been quietly dispatched in recent days to the capitals of key Security Council countries where they are warning leaders to vote with the United States on Iraq or risk "paying a heavy price." For some of the countries, such as Angola, Guinea and Cameroon -- poor African nations whose concerns drew little attention before they landed seats on the council -- there is the possibility that supporting Washington's drive for a new U.N. ...
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Lewis, Clark map exhibit starts Sunday
(Local News ~ 02/24/03)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- To help commemorate the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition, the state of Missouri commissioned a series of 20 maps to represent how the pristine territory would have appeared to the explorers. The Stars and Stripes Museum in Bloomfield has been chosen as the first venue in southern Missouri to show "Lewis & Clark Across Missouri: Mapping the Historic Landscape." It is due to arrive at the museum today. ...
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Power-line Internet trial taking place in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 02/24/03)
There's a new outlet for the Internet on the horizon that's sure to electrify the industry -- high-speed Web access that comes into homes or businesses through power lines, making every electrical plug-in an instant connection to cyberspace. And Cape Girardeau is playing a key role, serving as Ameren Corp.'s testing ground for the technology with a 55-home trial taking place in a north Cape Girardeau neighborhood...
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Budget plan borrows to cover state shortfall
(State News ~ 02/24/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- It is often said in the state Capitol that unlike the federal government, Missouri can't deficit spend. While the Missouri Constitution requires a balanced state budget, there is no provision that prevents the state from borrowing money to keep spending from exceeding revenue in a given fiscal year...
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Snow drives buying at grocery stores
(Local News ~ 02/24/03)
The threat of more snow sent hundreds of people dashing to local grocery stores Sunday to stock up on necessities. At Food Giant in Cape Girardeau, assistant manager Charlie Adams said the rush started around 7 a.m. Sunday and continued throughout the day...
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Nation briefs 02/24/03
(National News ~ 02/24/03)
Gas prices up again; expert predicts easing CAMARILLO, Calif. -- Gas prices rose 7 cents per gallon over the past two weeks pushing pump prices to near record levels, but the upward pressure on prices may be easing, an industry analyst said Sunday. The average weighted price for gas nationwide, including all grades and taxes, was approximately $1.70 per gallon Friday, according to the Lundberg Survey of 8,000 stations nationwide. ...
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Surprise party marks 90th birthday
(Local News ~ 02/24/03)
Mealey Bazzell of Jackson was led to believe she was going out to dinner at a new restaurant on Dec. 28. Instead, a surprise party dinner was held for her 90th birthday at the American Legion Hall in Jackson. A smorgasbord buffet-style dinner was attended by her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and several out-of-town guests...
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Community Q&A 02/24/03
(Local News ~ 02/24/03)
Name: Joe Sherinski Lives in: Jackson Family: Wife, Melanie; son, Adam; daughter, Amelia. Job: Landscape design and consulting. Owner of the Invisible Fence Company of Southeast Missouri. Appears in a syndicated vignette series called "Garden Power with Joe Sherinski."...
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Cape/Jackson fire reports 2/24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/24/03)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Feb. 24 Firefighters responded Saturday to the following items: At 6:45 p.m., a still alarm sounding at 4614 Nash Rd. At 7:30 p.m., a medical assist at 639 Limbaugh At 10:51 p.m., a medical assist at 1611 IndependenceFirefighters responded Sunday to the following items:...
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Scott City begins assessing its top needs
(Editorial ~ 02/24/03)
It's a welcome opportunity for any person or agency to be asked their needs and then get a receptive ear -- particularly an ear that can translate needs into real help. That's what happened in Scott City last week. Former state senator Jerry Howard has been awarded a contract to catalog the needs of communities in the six Bootheel counties of Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, New Madrid, Pemiscot and Dunklin. He conducted his presentation as part of last week's Scott City City Council meeting...
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Merit Badge U. is education in service
(Editorial ~ 02/24/03)
The Merit Badge University event was an idea that was as uplifting as it was practical: a group of socially conscience college students helping a group of young Scouts interested in serving God and country. Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity at Southeast Missouri State University conducted the event earlier this month in Dempster Hall. It was for Boy Scouts to earn merit badges as they work their way to Eagle Scout, the highest achievement in the organization...
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Govs 'D' does it to Indians
(College Sports ~ 02/24/03)
Austin Peay again put the defensive clamps on Southeast Missouri State University. And as a result of Saturday night's 63-56 win at the Show Me Center, the Governors stayed clearly in the hunt for an Ohio Valley Conference regular-season title and made sure the Indians can finish no better than seventh in the nine-team league...
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System makes it hard for men to be good fathers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/24/03)
To the editor: I want to talk about fathers' rights when it comes to their kids. Divorce-court judges listen to the mothers. When it comes to the Women, Infants and Children program, the fathers are left out. Hospital or doctor bills are left to the fathers...
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Speak Out A 02/24/03
(Speak Out ~ 02/24/03)
Not all the same AS A 17-year-old, I am outraged that anyone would generalize about teenagers. Although I don't have a job (for academic reasons), I don't drink and I get to bed at a decent time. I think a community having things for teenagers to do is a wonderful idea. Still, the kids who are out drinking and staying up past their bedtime are probably going to continue their activities. However, saying that we all "whine, cry, and complain" is absurd and very stereotypical...
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Audrey Bunn
(Obituary ~ 02/24/03)
Audrey Floris Bunn, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003, at the Lutheran Home. Arrangements are pending with Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel.
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Martha Bagby
(Obituary ~ 02/24/03)
Martha Bagby, 90, former resident of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Feb. 23, 3003, at Good Shepard Care Center in Versailles, Mo. Arrangements are pending with Ford & Sons Funeral Home.
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John Jacob
(Obituary ~ 02/24/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- John Peter Jacob, 76, of Sikeston, died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Jan. 17, 1927, in Buffalo, N.Y., son of John and Anna Zimmerman Jacob. He and Arletta Russell were married May 21, 1955, in Franklin Park, Ill...
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A moment of truth in America
(Column ~ 02/24/03)
KENNETT, Mo. -- America has arrived at a moment that many political scientists believe is one to be avoided if at all possible in a democracy, when the elected representatives of the people are no longer able to determine the true thoughts of the governed and when this group itself cannot reach a reasonable consensus. ...
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Class 5 features worthy showdown
(Sports Column ~ 02/24/03)
If you plan to attend the Class 5, District 1 basketball semifinals tonight at Central High School, please note the sign posted outside: "Welcome to the Jungle, enter at your own risk." It's been six years since the Tigers faithful could get excited about anything this late in the winter sports season, but there's plenty to make fans giddy this year. Central has its best record since 1997 (21-7), the year rookie coach Brett Reutzel led the team to its last district title...
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Jackson couple killed in morning blaze
(Local News ~ 02/24/03)
A young Jackson couple was trapped and killed in a fire in the early minutes of Tuesday morning. A blaze broke out in the basement of Kenneth Koehler's home at 516 Morgan and killed his son, Gabe Koehler, 20, and the son's 18-year-old girlfriend, who is a senior at Jackson High School...
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Blues fall to Wild for fifth loss in six games
(Professional Sports ~ 02/24/03)
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Wes Walz scored two goals, and Antii Laaksonen had two assists as the Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 Sunday night. Manny Fernandez stopped 21 shots for the Wild, who snapped their three-game losing streak and sent the Blues to their fifth loss in six games...
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Sports briefs 2/24/03
(Professional Sports ~ 02/24/03)
Golf Mike Weir made up a seven-stroke deficit against Charles Howell III Sunday and won the Nissan Open in Los Angeles with a birdie on the second playoff hole. Weir closed with a 5-under 66 on tough Riviera Country Club, then waited nearly an hour as Howell played his final seven holes in 2 over. Howell closed with a 73...
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National FCCLA Week celebrated in Jackson
(Local News ~ 02/24/03)
Jackson High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America members celebrated National FCCLA Week from Feb. 9 to 15 with the theme "Creating Connections." Jackson Mayor Paul Sander signed a proclamation at city hall on Feb. 7 to recognize the week set aside for the organization...
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People on the move 02/24/03
(Business ~ 02/24/03)
ERA Cape Realty adds new associate to team ERA Cape Realty recently announced the addition of Jeff Jernigan to its team of real estate sales professionals serving consumers in the Cape Girardeau area. Jernigan, originally from the Dallas and Wichita Falls, Texas, areas, has lived in Cape Girardeau for seven years. He is married to Nancy Jernigan and has three children, Patrick, Jeremy and Jenna...
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Business memo 02/24/03
(Business ~ 02/24/03)
Corporate sponsors sought for alumni group Southeast Missouri businesses will have the opportunity to promote their companies by becoming corporate sponsors of the Southeast Missouri State University Alumni Association. Corporate sponsorship is available at no cost to businesses that agree to provide discounts on their products or services to Southeast alumni presenting a valid Alumni Association membership card...
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Manpower forecasts sunny job climate for Southeast Missouri
(Business ~ 02/24/03)
A promising labor market is projected for Southeast Missouri this spring, based on the latest poll of quarterly staffing plans. After polling local employers, the employment outlook survey results found that 23 percent are intending to add personnel during the spring months, none foresees labor cutbacks and 77 percent will stay with current payrolls...
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Area Class 4, 5 squads ready for district tournaments
(High School Sports ~ 02/24/03)
Maybe the private school enrollment multiplier isn't such a bad thing after all. No, the Notre Dame girls, now residing in Class 4, will not get the opportunity to defend their Class 2 basketball state title, but there are a few silver linings in the clouds for the Bulldogs...
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Out of the past 2/24/03
(Out of the Past ~ 02/24/03)
10 years ago: Feb. 24, 1993 Rising admission standards at Southeast Missouri State University are drawing mixed reactions, with some educators saying it will benefit students and others that it will limit access; some high school guidance counselors worry that tougher requirements will close door to college education, particularly for those in Cape Girardeau region where there is no community college within easy driving distance...
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Rhodes' venture into 'coaching' a missed shot
(Column ~ 02/24/03)
The good people at Rhodes 101 Shop had big plans for their building at 1036 N. Sprigg. My longtime readers -- hello? -- will remember that last year they announced that they were closing that store after the big, fancy new Rhodes opened right next to it...
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Visiting the troops- Families of North Dakota soldiers ride bus
(National News ~ 02/24/03)
FARGO, N.D. -- When a recently activated North Dakota National Guard unit got three days off from its training in Colorado, family members back home knew what to do: About 60 of them boarded two buses for a 15-hour trip to visit the troops. "I've been double-fisting with the cell phone and my home phone trying to make arrangements," said Tammy King, who runs the volunteer family support group for the North Dakota guard's 142nd Engineer Battalion and helped organize the trip to Fort Carson, Colo.. ...
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Missing monkey in midst of debate over proposed biohazard lab
(National News ~ 02/24/03)
DAVIS, Calif. -- When a monkey slipped from its cage at a University of California medical research lab, handlers peered into sewers, poked behind cages and baited traps to try to catch it. A week and a half later, though, all they've found in their search is an angry town armed with new ammunition against a proposed biodefense research center that the university says would study the world's deadliest diseases for the effort to protect the country from bioterrorism...
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Flipping the bird
(National News ~ 02/24/03)
Even more than a decade later, Laura Kremp is still a little shocked at the gesture her mom made when a man driving a big, ol' Cadillac cut them off in a mall parking lot. "She flipped the guy the bird!" Kremp says, laughing at the childhood memory...
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NY Times, Boston Globe, AP among Polk award winners
(National News ~ 02/24/03)
NEW YORK -- The New York Times and The Boston Globe were double winners of the 2002 George Polk Journalism Awards, including one to a Globe reporter shot while reporting in the Middle East. Michael Luo, a national writer for The Associated Press, won in the criminal justice reporting category for his three-part series which questioned the confessions and manslaughter convictions of three mentally retarded defendants in Butler, Ala...
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Tyson future up in air despite early KO
(Professional Sports ~ 02/24/03)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- On Mike Tyson's list of lessons learned from his 49-second destruction of Clifford Etienne, a few stand out: First, rhinos don't dance, but they sure hit the canvas with a thud. Second, one devastating right hand doesn't mean Tyson has any chance in a rematch with Lennox Lewis...
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Alabama bounces back against Indians
(College Sports ~ 02/24/03)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- After Saturday's thrilling comeback victory over Alabama to open the baseball season, Southeast Missouri State University could not duplicate that performance Sunday as the Crimson Tide romped 16-1. Southeast (1-1) and Alabama (4-2) will conclude their three-game series today. The Indians will look to hand the Tide their first non-conference series loss under eighth-year coach Jim Wells...
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