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Judge OKs 9-11 aviation suits
(National News ~ 09/10/03)
NEW YORK -- Opening the door to scores of Sept. 11 lawsuits against the aviation industry, a judge concluded Tuesday that the hijacking and crashing of a jetliner was a "foreseeable risk." U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said negligent security screening might have contributed to the deaths of 3,000 people in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the crash of a hijacked plane in Pennsylvania...
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'Friends' star expecting first child with new wife
(National News ~ 09/10/03)
LOS ANGELES -- "Friends" star Matt LeBlanc is going from newlywed to new dad. LeBlanc, 36, and his wife, Melissa, are expecting a baby in mid-March, publicist Joe Libonati said Monday. The couple married in May. She has two children from a previous marriage. The baby would be LeBlanc's first...
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Boston archdiocese settles abuse suits
(National News ~ 09/10/03)
BOSTON -- The Boston Archdiocese agreed Tuesday to pay $85 million to 552 people who claim sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests devastated their lives, giving victims long-awaited recognition of their pain and the U.S. church a chance to move forward from its worst scandal ever...
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Ex-baseball commissioner drops out of recall election
(National News ~ 09/10/03)
COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Former Major League Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth dropped out of the California gubernatorial recall race on Tuesday, leaving just two prominent Republicans seeking to replace Gov. Gray Davis. The move came as the latest poll showed Ueberroth trailing badly among candidates in the Oct. 7 election...
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World Trade Center death toll has 42 still 'missing'
(National News ~ 09/10/03)
NEW YORK -- Among the 2,792 names on the official World Trade Center death toll are 42 people actually listed as missing -- not dead -- because their remains have not been identified and their whereabouts on Sept. 11, 2001, cannot be established with certainty...
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Season's best - Recipes put to use fall's fruits and vegetables
(Community ~ 09/10/03)
CONCORD, N.H. -- This time of year it should be a felony not to shop at farmers' markets and farm stands. As summer winds down, the season's best produce is beckoning, from sweet ears of corn and beefy tomatoes to tiny hot peppers with snap, and melons of every shape and color...
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Nation digest 09/10/03
(National News ~ 09/10/03)
Alabama voters say no to record tax hike MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Gov. Bob Riley's $1.2 billion tax package was rejected overwhelmingly Tuesday night as voters agreed with those who said Alabama needs spending cuts rather than the largest tax increase in state history...
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Security Council vote on Libya sanctions delayed by veto threat
(International News ~ 09/10/03)
UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council delayed a vote to lift sanctions against Libya until Friday, after France threatened a veto to gain greater compensation for the relatives of people killed in a French airline bombing. After difficult closed-door negotiations, the council on Tuesday agreed to give the French a last chance to win a settlement with Libya similar to that for families of victims of the Lockerbie air disaster...
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Six Americans wounded in car bombing in Iraq
(International News ~ 09/10/03)
IRBIL, Iraq -- A car bomb exploded outside an office used by U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq late Tuesday, killing one Iraqi and wounding six Americans, the U.S. military said. Another 41 Iraqis were injured. The wounded included children from nearby houses and Iraqi Kurdish guards. Firefighters battled to put out car fires at the scene of the blast in Irbil, the largest city in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq...
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Peacekeepers make first major push into Liberia's interior
(International News ~ 09/10/03)
CAREYSBURG, Liberia -- West African peacekeepers took a crucial step toward securing Liberia's peace Tuesday, making their first major move into the volatile countryside and brokering a cease-fire to end the latest battle between rebels and government troops...
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Montreal airport renamed for Pierre Trudeau
(International News ~ 09/10/03)
MONTREAL -- Despite opposition from hardline separatists in Quebec, the government on Tuesday renamed Montreal's Dorval Airport for former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Trudeau's legacy remains contentious in Quebec nearly three years after his death from cancer on Sept. 28, 2000. Separatists blame him for thwarting their independence aspirations, while federalists who support a unified Canada believe he helped instill a role for Quebec...
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Ministers, protesters gear up for WTO meeting
(International News ~ 09/10/03)
CANCUN, Mexico -- Trade ministers from across the globe sought last-minute alliances Tuesday ahead of a World Trade Organization meeting, while opponents mapped out plans to derail the event in this Caribbean resort. Some 4,700 delegates from the WTO's 146 member nations are holding a five-day meeting, starting Wednesday, with the aim of breaking the deadlock in the current round of trade liberalization negotiations...
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Thousands mourn key Afghan leader
(International News ~ 09/10/03)
PANJSHIR VALLEY, Afghani-stan -- Thousands gathered Tuesday at a hilltop mausoleum to mark the anniversary of the assassination of Ahmed Shah Massood, the Northern Alliance leader whose death was seen as the first al-Qaida salvo in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States...
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Iraqi minister takes seat at Arab League meeting
(International News ~ 09/10/03)
CAIRO, Egypt -- Iraq's foreign minister took his country's Arab League seat Tuesday, a first step toward gaining broad acceptance for the interim government set up by the United States. By simply sitting down at a circular table, Hoshyar Zebari settled a two-month dispute among Arab leaders over whether to recognize the Iraqi Governing Council...
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Suicide bombers strike twice in Israel, killing at least 14
(International News ~ 09/10/03)
and Matthew Rosenberg ~ The Associated Press RISHON LETZION, Israel -- Twin Palestinian suicide bombings -- one at a bus stop crowded with soldiers near Tel Aviv, the second five hours later at a popular Jerusalem nightspot -- killed at least 14 Israelis and wounded and maimed dozens as the region grappled with a new wave of savage bloodletting...
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EKU finds hope in tough stretch
(College Sports ~ 09/10/03)
With Division I-AA powerhouse Appalachian State sandwiched between two Division I-A opponents to begin the season, Eastern Kentucky faced the very real possibility of starting the Danny Hope era with an 0-3 record. But the Colonels alleviated those fears in a big way Saturday, piling up a 35-0 halftime lead and posting a lopsided 35-7 victory over visiting Appalachian State...
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Backups make the most of rare chance for MU
(College Sports ~ 09/10/03)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Sure, Brad Smith played well. But it was the performance of his backup, Santino Riccio, and other second-stringers that turned heads in Missouri's 35-7 win against Ball State. Many of the big plays in the win Saturday in Muncie, Ind., came from players whose names are not at the top of the Tigers' depth chart. Coach Gary Pinkel hopes that experience pays off over the course of the season...
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Blunt - Forced payment of union fee illegal
(State News ~ 09/10/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Taking aim at new union powers backed by Democratic Gov. Bob Holden, Republican Secretary of State Matt Blunt is questioning the legality of a proposed rule that could force some new state workers to accept union fees as a condition of their employment...
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Jackson 11-year-old continues recovery after nearly drowning
(Local News ~ 09/10/03)
While a Jackson youth still lies in a St. Louis children's hospital bed three months after nearly drowning in the city pool, some friends of the Andrew Tyler family are organizing fund-raisers back home. Andrew, 11, is still not able to talk or express himself and is staying in the Transitional Care Unit at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital...
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Raising blue-chip stock
(Local News ~ 09/10/03)
There's more at stake inside the bowels of the fairground barnyard shelters than a pretty blue ribbon. Scores of children and youths from all over Southeast Missouri didn't feed, train, bathe and trim their animals for nothing. They didn't scoop droppings for just a pat on the back...
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Economist offers tax overhaul for state
(State News ~ 09/10/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A retired University of Missouri economist pitched a proposal to radically overhaul the state's tax structure and system of distributing education funding before a special legislative committee on Tuesday. However, some panel members said the plan would increase the overall tax burden while establishing an unconstitutional funding mechanism for education...
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France's heat wave death toll jumps to 15,000
(International News ~ 09/10/03)
PARIS -- France's leading undertaker estimated the country's death toll from the summer heat wave at 15,000 on Tuesday, far exceeding the official tally and putting further pressure on the government to improve its health care system. The estimate by the General Funeral Services included deaths from the second half of August, after the record-breaking temperatures of the first half of the month had abated, said company spokeswoman Isabelle Dubois-Costes...
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Economists worry that Iraq, deficit will be drag on growth
(National News ~ 09/10/03)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush's request for $87 billion in new spending for Iraq and Afghanistan will worsen already gloomy forecasts for the budget deficit -- sending it above the half-trillion-dollar mark next year -- and could ultimately translate into weaker economic growth in the United States...
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Charges dropped in alleged burglary, assault
(Local News ~ 09/10/03)
A Cape Girardeau man previously charged with burglary and assault and who was severely beaten by his accusers no longer faces criminal charges. Kristoffer E. Ponzar, 29, recently passed a polygraph test conducted by law enforcement and all charges against him were dismissed, said Cape Girardeau Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle...
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People's Choice Award announced
(Local News ~ 09/10/03)
A patriotic pooch took the title as the favorite photo in the voting for the People's Choice Award in Foto Fest 2003. Linda Kremer's photograph of the family pet, Radar, shows the golden retriever puppy curled in a basket lined with Americana material...
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North Korea marks 55th anniversary with parade
(International News ~ 09/10/03)
SEOUL, South Korea -- Communist North Korea marked the 55th anniversary of its founding Tuesday with leader Kim Jong Il viewing a parade of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians, but the celebration did not include a feared nuclear test. The 61-year-old Kim raised his hand as column after column of goose-stepping soldiers paraded past the viewing stand...
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Friday is final day to order 'Faces & Places' book
(Local News ~ 09/10/03)
Flipping through the pages of the upcoming "Cape Girardeau Faces & Places" book, you can see how farmers gathered wheat, children played and stores operated in the late 1800s and early 1900s. You'll also get a chance to see pictures that show how the city has changed in the last century, but Friday is the final day to order the photography book at its reduced price, $29.95 plus tax. Deposits of $10 will hold the orders until the books are published and arrive in November...
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Dinner will recreate meal that Lewis and Clark might have eaten
(Column ~ 09/10/03)
They ate nine pounds of meat per person per day. Though they took seven tons of foodstuffs with them, they supplemented their larder along the way by hunting and fishing. Thus, over the course of their journey they killed and consumed more than 1,000 deer, 375 elk, 227 bison, 35 bighorned sheep, 62 antelopes, 43 grizzly bears, 113 beavers, 104 geese and brant, 46 grouse, nine turkeys, 48 plovers, and nearly 200 dogs (a "favorite food" with most of the party and judged far superior to horse), not to mention a large assortment of exotic animals such as hawk, coyote, fox, crow, eagle, gopher, muskrat, seal, whale, turtle, mussels, crab, salmon, and trout -- plus all kinds of fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts.. ...
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Church's new cookbook full of good recipes
(Column ~ 09/10/03)
smcclanahan With the expansion of Highway 72 in Jackson, members of the Jackson First Assembly of God Church are making plans for a new church building. Many fund-raising projects are being planned to help with the expenses, including printing a new cookbook...
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Sideline chatter 9/10/03
(Sports Column ~ 09/10/03)
Foudy's flush with good ideas Midfielder Julie Foudy, just as relentless in the political arena as she is on a soccer field, finally met her match during a meeting of the Secretary of Education's Commission on Opportunity in Athletics in Washington, D.C., in January...
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Solheim Cup faces international dilemma
(Professional Sports ~ 09/10/03)
They should call themselves the Dream Team. Seven of them are among the top 11 on the money list. They have combined to win half of the 24 tournaments this year on the LPGA Tour, the latest coming when Karrie Webb of Australia, the youngest woman to complete the career Grand Slam, won for the 29th time...
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Iran in violation of nuke treaty, U.S. official says
(International News ~ 09/10/03)
VIENNA, Austria -- The United States accused Iran on Tuesday of violating the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty but said Tehran had "a last chance" to prove it wasn't running a covert weapons program. Backed by key allies, chief U.S. delegate Kenneth Brill took Iran to task on the basis of a report outlining discrepancies between its past statements on its nuclear program and findings by the International Atomic Energy Agency. ...
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Sedalia artist creates niche in sculptures of children
(State News ~ 09/10/03)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- Since she was a child in Jefferson City, Rita Paul has always made art out of anything within reach -- mud, wood, cloth. "Anything you can cut, sew or manipulate, I've done," Paul said. Today, Paul, 42, of Sedalia, creates life-size realistic bronze sculptures of children, animals and women. She began making bronze sculptures last August, and has sold five...
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UM system may cut programs that cost oo much
(State News ~ 09/10/03)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Each of the four campuses in the University of Missouri system is evaluating its programs to determine if any should be merged or closed because they cost too much or attract too few students, said Elson Floyd, president of the university system...
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Schools' efforts aren't reflected in MAP scores
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/10/03)
To the editor: As an educator for 10 years and an employee of the Jackson School District, I take offense to the constant barrage of negative publicity concerning public schools. The recent article on that test results declared local schools "Off the MAP." While I recognize the worthy goal of the MAP tests and the publishing of results, it is a poor reflection of our students, teachers and administrators. ...
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Cape needs affordable transportation
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/10/03)
To the editor: It's about time a true study of the transportation needs of Cape Girardeau were made. I applaud the mayor, city council and other esteemed leaders on their decision to study the issue. I have had many people for whom I have great respect say a bus system didn't work 30 years ago and won't work now. Thirty years ago there weren't cell phones or personal computers. If we want to be looked at as a progressive city, we must act like a progressive city...
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Cape's residency rule was ignored in picking judge
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/10/03)
To the editor: Missouri statute dictates that a municipal judge must be a resident of the state and municipality in which the municipal judge serves when an ordinance or charter of that municipality requires such residence. Cape Girardeau has just such a residency ordinance...
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Speak Out A 09/10/03
(Speak Out ~ 09/10/03)
No incentive MAP SCORES are never going to be indicative of what the kids can really learn until we have some ways to hold the kids accountable. Since the MAP scores don't count on their grades, there's no way to make students do their best. Don't put too much weight on the MAP scores, and don't blame the low scores on something that it can't be blamed on...
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Rosemary Ford
(Obituary ~ 09/10/03)
Rosemary Ford, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003, at Heartland Care and Rehab. She was born Jan. 19, 1927, in St. Louis, daughter of Theodore and Mattie Cook Goodman. She and Glen W. Ford were married Nov. 24, 1942, in Jackson. He died July 28, 2002...
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Jack Clay
(Obituary ~ 09/10/03)
Jack Clay, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 8, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Sept. 22, 1926, son of D.F. and Etta Lester Clay of Cape Girardeau. He attended May Greene School, Central High School, and Southeast Missouri State University...
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Ruthis Irish
(Obituary ~ 09/10/03)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Ruthis Mae Irish, 77, of Cairo died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2003, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 25, 1926, in Miller City, Ill., daughter of Thomas and Bessie Hudson Moore. She married Vernard Irish Sr., who preceded her in death...
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Fidela Aters
(Obituary ~ 09/10/03)
Fidela "Dale" Aters, 70, of Jackson, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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Margie Goodale
(Obituary ~ 09/10/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Margie Ellen Goodale, 77, of Sikeston died Monday, Sept. 8, 2003, at the home of a daughter. She was born Oct. 8, 1925, in East Prairie, Mo., daughter of Clyde William and Lillian Colleen Merrill Anderson. She and Ura Ansel Goodale were married July 22, 1943...
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Alma Koessel
(Obituary ~ 09/10/03)
Alma Koessel, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003, at her home. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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Barbara Brown
(Obituary ~ 09/10/03)
Barbara Brown, 57, of Cairo, Ill., died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo.
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Births 9/10/03
(Births ~ 09/10/03)
Brotherton Son to John Paul Brotherton and Dawn Marie Jones of Sikeston, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:17 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003. Name, Tristen Alexander. Weight, 8 pounds 15 ounces. First child. Ms. Jones is the daughter of Shelby and Fran Jones of Sikeston. Brotherton is the son of Barbara Boyer of Sikeston and Robert and Mary Brotherton of Cape Girardeau. He is employed at Sherwin-Williams Co...
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Corrections 9/10/03
(Correction ~ 09/10/03)
In Wednesday's edition, a story on wine tasting should have reported that Steven Smith of Cape Girardeau tied for first place in the white grape sweet winners and received second place in the red grape sweet category at the SEMO District Fair. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error...
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Club news 9/10/03
(Community News ~ 09/10/03)
Laureate Alpha Rho The Laureate Alpha Rho Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met Sept. 4 at the home of Erma Vaughan. The state convention to be held in Jefferson City on Oct. 24 through 26 was discussed and the chapter will be represented by Norma Schrieber, Rosanna Whitnel and Mary Ann Nenninger....
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Little concern over being sprayed with gas
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/10/03)
To the editor: Last Saturday morning I stopped at a gas station in Jackson. As I walked up to pay, I got drenched in gasoline, covering the whole left side of my face and body and even in my left eye. Dripping in gasoline, I asked the clerk for something to wipe the gas from my face and eye. She was kind enough to give me a paper towel. The only concern of the man who sprayed me was to tell the clerk that his gas pump malfunctioned...
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Let's give officials a taste of living on lowest wages
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/10/03)
To the editor: I was just reading in the newspaper about how the government wants to raise taxes more to help pay for the billions of dollars the war is costing us. Officials are also wanting to raise our taxes for anything and everything possible, yet representatives and senators have just voted themselves a $3,300-a-year pay raise to $158,000 a year. ...
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Indiana governor remains in coma
(State News ~ 09/10/03)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's lieutenant governor assumed the duties of acting governor as Gov. Frank O'Bannon lay in critical condition Tuesday after a stroke. Doctors on Tuesday said that O'Bannon, 73, had evidence of brain damage and that it was too soon to say whether he would pull through. They said he would probably remain in an induced coma for several days...
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Holden on crusade to push tax plan
(State News ~ 09/10/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Proclaiming a crusade for more education revenue, Gov. Bob Holden urged a lobbying effort Tuesday aimed at convincing lawmakers to back his plan to eliminate certain tax breaks as a way to raise money for education. In an unscheduled address to more than 200 chanting supporters wearing shirts that read "ABCs Not CEOs" in the Capitol Rotunda, Holden said he would not back down on his proposals to provide additional funding for education...
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Ex-pharmacist's sentence at issue in drug-diluting case
(State News ~ 09/10/03)
ST. LOUIS -- An attorney for a former Kansas City pharmacist who diluted cancer drugs asked a federal appellate court Tuesday to throw out the man's 30-year prison sentence, calling the punishment unfair. Robert Courtney's attorney, J.R. Hobbs of Kansas City, told a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals his client had agreed to serve 17 1/2 years to nearly 22 years behind bars under a plea deal with the government...
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Man dies in northeast Missouri triathlon
(State News ~ 09/10/03)
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. -- A man participating in the Northeast Missouri Triathlon died after finishing the swimming portion of the event. Kevin Sean Martin, 34, of Kirksville, collapsed Sunday after he swam three-quarters of a mile. He was taken to Northeast Regional Medical Center, where he died...
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The week ahead
(Professional Sports ~ 09/10/03)
Area Golf MGA Mid-Amateur, Meadowbrook C.C. Ballwin, Mo., Friday and Saturday Fall individual, Eagle Lake Golf Club, Farmington, Mo., Friday Two-man scramble, Crowley Ridge Golf Club, Bloomfield, Mo., Saturday and Sunday Individual, Arcada Valley Country Club, Ironton, Mo., Sunday...
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Transportation security improved but gaps remain, lawmakers say
(National News ~ 09/10/03)
WASHINGTON -- Tens of thousands of federal airport screeners. Bulletproof cockpit doors. Closer scrutiny of ships and cargo. There have been many improvements to transportation security since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks but gaps remain, lawmakers said Tuesday. They cited security loopholes at the nation's ports and the threat that a shoulder-fired missile could hit an airliner...
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President's plan to streamline forest rules nears completion
(National News ~ 09/10/03)
WASHINGTON -- Managers of the nation's 155 national forests are getting more leeway to approve logging and other commercial projects with less formal environmental review under a Bush administration plan on track to be in place by the end of the year...
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Orbiting telescope detects sound waves from black hole
(National News ~ 09/10/03)
WASHINGTON -- The voice of a black hole is a deep, deep bass, 57 octaves below middle C and far beyond the hearing range of humans. The Chandra X-ray Observatory has picked up sound waves for the first time from a cluster of galaxies 250 million light years away...
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Region briefs 9/10/03
(Local News ~ 09/10/03)
Jackson fire chief obtains Chief Fire Officer status Jackson fire chief Brad Golden recently received his credentials as a Chief Fire Officer, making him one of nine fire chiefs in the state, and one of three hundred in the nation, to have such a designation...
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Cape police report 9/10/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/10/03)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Sept. 10 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrestsn Kenneth C. Martin, 21, of 523 S. Minnesota, Cape Girardeau, was arrested Monday on a Cape Girardeau warrant for contempt of court...
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Cape fire report 9/10/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/10/03)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Sept. 10 Firefighters responded Monday to the following item: At 9:13 p.m., alarm at 1000 Towers Complex. Firefighters responded Tuesday to the following items: At 1:42 a.m., medical assist at 217 N. Henderson. At 7:42 a.m., medical assist at 55 N. Pacific...
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Around the house 9/10
(Community ~ 09/10/03)
In the garden In the kitchen Tomato time issue Around the house
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In Africa - Two views of a woman's status
(Editorial ~ 09/10/03)
For the most part, the American press is interested in reporting news about what goes on in the United States. World news tends to become important when it has an impact on Americans. But occasionally news from another part of the world shows us how much of the world's existence is starkly different...
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Area digest 9/10/03
(Other Sports ~ 09/10/03)
Southeast soccer battles Memphis to 1-1 tie Southeast Missouri State University's women's soccer team played host Memphis to a 1-1 double-overtime tie Tuesday night. The Otahkians are 1-1-2 and the Tigers are 0-2-2. After a scoreless first half, Memphis grabbed a 1-0 lead midway through the second half and it looked like the game would end that way...
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Out of the past 9/10/03
(Out of the Past ~ 09/10/03)
10 years ago: Sept. 10, 1993 Nearly $500,000 in airport improvements are slated for this fall and early next year, thanks to state block grant awarded recently to city of Cape Girardeau; money will go toward completion of terminal building renovation, acquisition of aircraft rescue and fire-fighting equipment, and water line construction and ramp reconstruction...
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