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Baseball, basketball creep up on America's most unwanted list
(Sports Column ~ 09/29/03)
Popularity polls come and go. As the baseball playoffs begin, the NFL is boasting that one poll shows it is more than twice as popular as the national pastime. For a deeper insight into the American psyche, consider the sports that are loathed the most...
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Survey says women over 40 looking for younger men to date
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
NEW YORK -- Demi Moore is not alone. Close to a third of unmarried American woman in their 40s through 60s who date are going out with younger men, according to one of the most sweeping surveys ever conducted on the dating habits and sex lives of mid-life singles...
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Police- Man drops off abducted son after hearing Amber Alert
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
DENVER -- A man who kidnapped his 14-month-old son left the child with a family member 700 miles away Sunday after hearing a nationwide alert for the boy, police said. Police say Jacub Dentler, accused of beating his former girlfriend and taking their son in the Denver suburb of Lafayette, dropped the child off several hours later at an uncle's home in Des Moines, Iowa...
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10 years later Family tries to overcome loss of Polly Klaas
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
PETALUMA, Calif. -- As October leaves turn to gold and pumpkins appear on porch steps, Eve Nichol sees shadows of her decade-old nightmare, one that began when her daughter Polly Klaas was dragged into the night. She remembers how it grew harder to hope as the days passed that fall, and how hopes died as 12-year-old Polly's killer led police to her body on a wintry December day...
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4-year-old shoots sister, boy; older sibling tries to protect
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
LANDOVER, Md. -- A 4-year-old boy found a loaded gun in his family's house and fired it through the front door, killing his 5-year-old sister and seriously wounding another boy, authorities said. An older sister had seen the child pick up the semiautomatic handgun in the house Saturday night and had rushed the other children outside to try to protect them, but the bullet went through the door, hitting them, said Prince George's County police spokeswoman Cpl. Diane Richardson...
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First major trials in white-collar scandals set to open today
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
NEW YORK -- One defendant is an ex-CEO whose alleged greed came to symbolize the scandals that have wracked Wall Street. The other is a former banking star accused of ordering key documents destroyed. Former Tyco chief Dennis Kozlowski and banker Frank Quattrone go on trial today less than a block apart in lower Manhattan in the first major trials since white-collar corruption erupted in the headlines last year...
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Doctor Roboto Robot helps physicians interact with patients the
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
BALTIMORE -- The newest staff member at The Johns Hopkins Hospital stands just over 5 feet and looks like an oversized vacuum cleaner with a video screen for a head. "Dr. Robot" is part of a study at Hopkins that asks: If a patient's own doctor isn't physically available, would that patient rather see and talk with their doctor through an interactive robot or see a substitute physician in person?...
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'On the Waterfront' director Elia Kazan, 94, dies at home
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
NEW YORK -- Director Elia Kazan, whose triumphs included the original Broadway productions of "Death of a Salesman" and "A Streetcar Named Desire," and the Academy Award-winning film "On the Waterfront," died Sunday. He was 94. Kazan was at his home in Manhattan when he died, lawyer Floria Lasky said. She did not give a cause of death...
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Homeless families must pay for nights at shelter
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Louisville, Ky., Salvation Army chapter is charging homeless families $5 a night if they stay at its downtown shelter for more than a week, an apparently unprecedented change that has angered some homeless advocates. The organization started the fee this month as an incentive to pull people out of homelessness, said Maj. John Tolan, the agency's director of social services. Some people have been staying for months at the shelter, he said...
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Confederate soldiers lying in state draws criticism from some
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A proposal to have the bodies of eight Confederate sailors lie in state in the Capitol has drawn criticism from some who contend giving them the honor would be unfair and disrespectful. The sailors' remains were recovered when the submarine H.L. Hunley was brought up in 2000 from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, where it sank shortly after downing the Union blockade ship Housatonic in 1864. The Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship during a war...
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Seuss classic now translated into Latin verse
(Entertainment ~ 09/29/03)
NEW YORK -- "Green Eggs and Ham" is an easy read. The late Theodore Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss, wrote it after his editor challenged him to do a book in just 50 words. But have you tried to read it in Latin? Retitled "Virent Ova! Viret Perna!!" the Seuss classic has been rendered into Latin by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers of Wauconda, Ill. ...
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Grammer tries for revival during last season of 'Frasier'
(Entertainment ~ 09/29/03)
NEW YORK -- There's a lightness to Frasier's step these days. Following a difficult year, the NBC sitcom "Frasier" has engineered an off-camera reunion in an attempt to recreate its glory years, and wring a few more laughs out of the final season...
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Eleven dead, 48 hurt after blast in Colombia
(International News ~ 09/29/03)
BOGOTA, Colombia -- A bomb blew up outside an upscale nightclub in southwestern Colombia on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 48. The attack cast new doubt on President Alvaro Uribe's promises to crush a 39-year rebel insurgency. The bombing was blamed on leftist rebels and appeared to be part of a nationwide campaign of violence aimed at thwarting regional elections scheduled for Oct. ...
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Possible al-Qaida tape says America targeting Islam
(International News ~ 09/29/03)
CAIRO, Egypt -- An audiotape attributed to al-Qaida deputy Ayman al-Zawahri and broadcast on Al-Jazeera satellite television Sunday accused the United States of trying to abolish Islam. The tape appeared to be recent, as the speaker referred to a visit by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to India earlier this month and the Sept. 6 resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas...
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Congress members visit Iraq; weapons caches seized in Tikrit
(International News ~ 09/29/03)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Members of Congress took a tour of Iraq's dilapidated infrastructure Sunday, getting a firsthand look at the daunting task of rebuilding the nation before they vote on President Bush's $87 billion funding request. Meanwhile, Iraqi police and U.S. forces seized weapons in Baghdad and the north of the country after a small but symbolic rocket attack on a U.S. compound in the Iraqi capital...
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Liberia's president invites rebels to capital
(International News ~ 09/29/03)
MONROVIA, Liberia -- Liberia's president Sunday invited rebel leaders to move to the capital ahead of the inauguration of a transitional government intended to end nearly 14 years of bloody strife in this war-battered West African country. The invitation came the day after the first meeting between President Moses Blah's government and the leader of the main rebel group, Sekou Conneh. A government envoy traveled Saturday to the northwestern rebel stronghold of Tubmanburg for the encounter...
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Italian adulterers being revealed by their cell phones
(International News ~ 09/29/03)
ROME -- Italy's love affair with text messaging is having an unexpected consequence: Cell phones have become a leading giveaway of secret affairs. Snooping spouses are finding amorous messages, as well as inexplicable phone numbers, stored in the memory of mobile phones...
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Proposed Afghan constitution to be made public this week
(International News ~ 09/29/03)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A new constitution that will be put forward soon for ratification declares Afghanistan a Muslim state but stops short of imposing Islamic Shariah law, a contentious issue in this conservative nation, an Afghan official said on Sunday...
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The Rock runs down box-office lead with $18.5 million debut
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
LOS ANGELES -- The Rock smacked down the competition with his action comedy "The Rundown," which debuted as the weekend's top movie by earning $18.5 million. Diane Lane's romance "Under the Tuscan Sun" opened in second place with $9.41 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. It edged last weekend's No. 1 movie, "Underworld," which slipped to third with $9.4 million...
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People talk 092903
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
Rapper buys Tyson home for more than 50 cents FARMINGTON, Conn. -- Rapper 50 Cent has purchased a mansion that once belonged to former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. The rapper, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, bought the 48,000-square-foot mansion for $4.1 million, according to records on file with the town clerk...
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Poll- Recall, Schwarzenegger widely favored by California
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- With the campaign to recall Gov. Gray Davis entering its final full week, a poll released Sunday showed the Democrat could lose office by a wide margin and put Arnold Schwarzenegger way ahead of everyone else trying to become governor of California...
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Ex-St. Louis archbishop among pope's new cardinals
(International News ~ 09/29/03)
VATICAN CITY -- Amid concerns about his frail health, Pope John Paul II appointed 31 cardinals Sunday, acting months earlier than expected and strengthening his influence on the group that will chose his successor. The new "princes" of the church include senior Vatican officials and diocesan leaders from 20 countries. ...
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Sweeping blackout hits Italy
(International News ~ 09/29/03)
ROME -- A storm-tossed tree branch that hit Swiss power lines helped trigger a massive blackout in almost all of Italy, trapping thousands on trains and forcing the pope to use a backup generator to proclaim his new cardinals. The outage underlined the fragility of Italy's reliance on imported power...
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Scott City's new fire truck ready to roll
(Local News ~ 09/29/03)
The 18 volunteers who make up Scott City's firefighting force have been putting in extra hours at the fire station this past week. The city's new $293,000 fire engine was delivered Tuesday. Since then, the firefighters have been receiving training on the truck and have been testing hoses and the $50,000 in new equipment the truck is outfitted with...
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Hoping for holiday cheer
(Local News ~ 09/29/03)
This Christmas, those who sell the presents might be getting the best gift of the year. A national retail trade group is calling for the biggest holiday sales increase in four years and some area retailers say they've already seen signs of life from customers who last year were holding tight to their pursestrings...
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Cape to gauge public demand for restricting fireworks
(Local News ~ 09/29/03)
The cities of Cape Girardeau and Jackson may lower the boom on some fireworks to improve public safety. City officials have suggested limiting the sale and discharge of fireworks to one week rather than the current two, banning projectile or rocket fireworks, and requiring people to be at least 16 years of age to purchase fireworks...
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Cape and Jackson have top police dogs in state
(Local News ~ 09/29/03)
He's only been on the job for about a year, but a rookie Cape Girardeau police officer has already claimed the state's title for best narcotics detective -- in the canine division. Bolo, a 3-year-old German shepherd imported from the Czech Republic, took first place in a drug search competition at the Missouri Police Canine Association's Fall Workshop held in Moberly...
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Telemarketing companies brace for layoffs
(Business ~ 09/29/03)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Losing millions of potential customers to a "do-not-call" list will almost certainly mean big layoffs at telemarketing companies, where employees already hang from one of the working world's lower rungs. Some 2 million of the 6.5 million people who work in the industry will lose their jobs, according to the American Teleservices Association. ...
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Minorities wrestle with economic side effects of names
(Business ~ 09/29/03)
BOSTON -- When Vonnessa Goode gives birth in a few weeks, one of her first decisions could be among the toughest: whether to give her daughter a distinctively black name. On the one hand, Goode and the child's father don't want their daughter "robbed of her ethnicity," she said. On the other, she believes a distinctively black name could end up being an economic impediment...
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Baby boomers driving demand for pet health care
(Business ~ 09/29/03)
NEW YORK Diane Benson, 53, had always adored the family dog, Pepper, a black Labrador who would excitedly greet her on the driveway when she came home. But their bond grew particularly strong after her kids grew up and moved away. "Some people say they can't wait to be an empty nester, but this dog filled a void for me," said Benson, a high school Spanish teacher in Potomac, Md...
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United States keeps stars on bench in 3-0 pool win over North K
(Professional Sports ~ 09/29/03)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The fans chanted "Mia! Mia! Mia!" as the game wound down and the United States' best player sat on the cold, metal bench in a blue warmup outfit. For the first time in her World Cup career, Mia Hamm never got in. She wasn't needed...
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Ballhog Rams win big
(Professional Sports ~ 09/29/03)
ST. LOUIS -- The Rams found the solution to becoming a dominant team again: playing the Arizona Cardinals. The Rams held the ball for more than two-thirds of the game, getting good work from Lamar Gordon, and limited the Cardinals to 161 yards total offense in a 37-13 victory Sunday. That came a week after a one-point loss in Seattle in which they lost a 13-point fourth-quarter lead...
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Pujols edges out Rockies' Helton by .00022
(Professional Sports ~ 09/29/03)
Albert Pujols won his first NL batting title Sunday, beating out Todd Helton in the closest race in league history, and Bill Mueller edged teammate Manny Ramirez and Derek Jeter for the AL crown. In a season in which power statistics declined for the premier sluggers, Alex Rodriguez and Jim Thome finished in a tie for the major league home-run lead with 47...
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Waltrip captures EA Sports 500
(Professional Sports ~ 09/29/03)
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Sweeping around the final turn, his No. 8 car all banged up after a harrowing day, Dale Earnhardt Jr. saw clear track in front of him and a chance at his fifth straight Talladega victory. Just like that, the opening disappeared. Michael Waltrip dove off the banking to block his teammate and win the EA Sports 500 on Sunday, denying Earnhardt another trip to victory lane at the track he has dominated the past few years...
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Witz's magic is back at Marjorie's in East Cape
(Column ~ 09/29/03)
Walk into the restaurant that for years was the enormously popular Witz's and it's like a delicious trip back in time. There's Kay Creecy and Sally Lovell, topping off tea glasses and rushing out heaping plates of catfish and huge slices of apple pie, just like they did when Betty Colyer owned the place...
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Armour III shoots PGA Tour record to win Texas Open
(Professional Sports ~ 09/29/03)
SAN ANTONIO -- Tommy Armour III went from off the radar into the PGA Tour record books. Winless in his previous 366 starts, Armour ended 13 years and eight months of frustration Sunday in a huge way. Capping a dominant four days of golf, Armour won the Texas Open with a 26-under 254 to break the tour's 72-hole scoring record by two strokes...
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SEMO football among the big disappointments
(Sports Column ~ 09/29/03)
The Cardinals didn't make the playoffs for the first time in four years. Kurt Warner isn't exactly carrying out his Super Bowl plans with the Rams that he spoke of in preseason. Two sad tales for fans of Midwest sports. There is no tale more disappointing than the story of the 2003 Southeast Missouri State University football team. The disappointment surrounding this season is only equaled, perhaps, by its mystery...
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Laci Peterson's mother files suit to bar profits from daughter
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
MODESTO, Calif. -- The mother of Laci Peterson has filed a lawsuit seeking to bar Scott Peterson from making a profit in the death of his wife and unborn child. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Stanislaus County Superior Court, asks a judge to transfer any income stemming from the high-profile murder case or from the sale of publishing rights -- such as a book or movie deal -- to a trust account held for the "victims beneficiaries."...
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Chechen leader hospitalized; officals suspect poisoning
(International News ~ 09/29/03)
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia -- The prime minister in Chechnya's Moscow-backed government was hospitalized after what Chechen officials said Sunday may have been an attempt to poison him. Poison may have been slipped into something Anatoly Popov ate while visiting Gudermes, Chechnya's second-largest city, said the Emergency Situations Ministry's Chechen branch...
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Laura Bush assumes U.N. role
(International News ~ 09/29/03)
PARIS -- When first lady Laura Bush presides over America's re-entry into the United Nations' main cultural organization here, she will be playing a role that melds her personal passions with the White House's goal of fostering better global relations...
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Cuban minister makes appeal to end U.S. embargo
(International News ~ 09/29/03)
NEW YORK -- Cuba's foreign minister made an impassioned appeal for the lifting of the trade embargo against his country, saying the blockade has cost the Caribbean nation $72 billion in the last 42 years. In a 75-minute speech at a Harlem church, Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said the Cuban people do not hold any hatred against the American people...
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Community briefs 09/29/03
(Local News ~ 09/29/03)
Andrew Tyler benefit raises $1,800 for bills About 250 Jackson junior high students attended a recent benefit dance that raised $1,800 for Andrew Tyler, a Jackson boy who remains hospitalized after nearly drowning on June 5. Andrew's mother, Becky Tyler, "was overwhelmed by the amount that came in," said Colleen Mouser, a neighbor and friend of the Tyler family. The dance was held Sept. 20...
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Community cuisine 09/29/03
(Local News ~ 09/29/03)
Immaculate Conception holding chili supper A chili supper will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at Immaculate Conception School in Jackson. Pork sausage supper to be served in Uniontown A whole-hog pork sausage supper will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Grace Lutheran Fellowship Hall in Uniontown, Mo...
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Boys and Girls Club members take academic pledge at mall
(Local News ~ 09/29/03)
Members of the Cape Girardeau Boys and Girls Club recently pledged to talk to an adult about daily homework assignments and do their best in school every day. The "I Will Achieve" pledge rally was held at Westfield Shoppingtown West Park Mall. Students provided scholastic testimonials and music performances; the club's step team also performed. The program also included motivational speakers...
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Deadline for pageant entries this week
(Local News ~ 09/29/03)
Wednesday is the deadline for entries in the Miss Diamond Cape Pageant, one of many events planned this fall to celebrate the opening of the new Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge. The pageant is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Oct. 18 in Academic Hall Auditorium on the Southeast Missouri State University campus...
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Fire report 09/29/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/29/03)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Sept. 29 Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday: At 4:27 a.m., a request for medical assistance at 3025 Bernice. At 4:44 a.m., an alarm sounding at 1000 Towers. At 4:56 a.m., an alarm sounding at 1710 N. Sprigg. At 9:54 a.m., smoke reported at 616 S. Henderson...
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Police report 09/29/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/29/03)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Sept. 29 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Clyde Smith, 42, 109 Locust, Cobden, Ill., was arrested Sunday on a warrant and was issued a summons for driving while suspended...
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Business memo 09/29/03
(Business ~ 09/29/03)
Training program coming to Cape Girardeau The First Step FastTrac microenterprise entrepreneurial training program is coming to Southeast Missouri this fall to help people determine whether their business idea has merit. The 12-session program will be offered on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau and by interactive television courses at the Kennett Area Higher Education Center and the Telecommunications Community Resource Center at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff beginning Oct. ...
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People on the move 09/29/03
(Business ~ 09/29/03)
New general manager named at Westfield Brandon Ivey has been named to the post of general manager at Westfield Shoppingtown West Park. Ivey joins the mall in Cape Girardeau from his most recent position of assistant general manager of Westfield Shoppingtown Crestwood in the St. Louis area...
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School study shows need to be informed
(Editorial ~ 09/29/03)
An important study used hard figures to reinforce the axiom conscientious parents have been telling their teens for years: Failing to plan is planning to fail. In this case, the planning involved means comparing the requirements to get out of high school to the ones required for college. ...
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Swingle making good use of new gun law
(Editorial ~ 09/29/03)
Illustrating the point that Missouri's new concealed-weapons law is one of the most strict in the nation and actually contains some protective provisions, Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle sent out a memo with a strong endorsement of one section...
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Area digest
(Other Sports ~ 09/29/03)
Indiana racer posts All Star series win at ATPR BENTON, Mo. -- Paul May passed leader Randy Hannagan with three laps to go and held on for his first All Star Circuit of Champions win Saturday at Auto Tire and Parts Racepark...
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Speak Out 9/29/03
(Speak Out ~ 09/29/03)
Too much money I JUST read an article criticizing the amount of Weed and Seed money being spend on workshops, and I agree with Congresswoman Emerson. But she should find a way to justify her all trips to Cuba. Good calls I AM so glad to see so many people calling Speak Out to say they will not be voting for Republicans in the next election. ...
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Jean Martin
(Obituary ~ 09/29/03)
Jean Martin of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 26, 2003. Her funeral service was conducted Sept. 28, 2003, at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Mo. Memorial contributions may be sent to: The Memorial Cosmetology Fund, c/o Martha Dillon, J.C. Penney Styling Salon, 200 West Park Mall, Cape Girardeau, Mo., 63703...
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James Calvin, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/29/03)
James L. Calvin Sr., 73, of Mounds, Ill., died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds.
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William Cooper
(Obituary ~ 09/29/03)
William M. "Bill" Cooper, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003, at his residence. He was born Sept. 21, 1937, at St. Louis, son of Maurice Cooper and Ann Reed. Cooper was employed as a janitor for Southeast Missouri State University for 21 years. ...
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Hubert Sebastian
(Obituary ~ 09/29/03)
Hubert T. Sebastian, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete with McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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Out of the past 9/29/03
(Out of the Past ~ 09/29/03)
10 years ago: Sept. 29, 1993 For some Girardeans whose property was damaged by this summer's floods, another rise in Mississippi this week has thwarted any attempt to return to water-logged homes; National Weather Service in St. Louis yesterday revised its river forecast upward, projecting 42-foot crest at Cape Girardeau tomorrow...
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Area volunteers take time to work for Days of Caring
(Local News ~ 09/29/03)
CHRIS PAGANO*cpagano@semissourian.com During the 2003 United Way's Days of Caring Campaign held Sept. 22 to 27, Wood and Huston Bank employees helped provide meals to senior citizens. Seen loading meals into coolers ready to take off and deliver meals are, from left, Carolyn Taylor, Tonya Huffman, Barry Randolph bank president and Jennifer Royle.Southeast Missourian...
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Military digest 09/29/03
(Local News ~ 09/29/03)
Scott City man finishes Air Force basic training Airman Brandon Lee Bridwell of Scott City recently graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He was then sent to Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi for further schooling...
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Community Q&A 09/29/03
(Local News ~ 09/29/03)
Name: Deena Allen Lives in: Jackson Family: There's my husband, John; my son, Tyler, age 7; and daughter, Taylor, age 4 1/2. Job: Assistant to the vice president at Drury Southwest Inc...
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Palestinians march through streets to mark intefadeh's third
(International News ~ 09/29/03)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Thousands of Palestinians marched through the streets of the West Bank on Sunday to support Yasser Arafat as they marked the third anniversary of the latest violent uprising, or intefadeh, which has claimed thousands of lives...
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World briefs 9/29/03
(International News ~ 09/29/03)
One dead, 29 injured in German train collision FRANKFURT, Germany -- Two commuter trains collided head on outside a train station in eastern Germany on Sunday, killing an elderly woman and injuring 29 other passengers, police and the German railway said...
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Rare organ donation brings survivors together
(State News ~ 09/29/03)
ST. LOUIS -- A little lie almost cost LuAnn Schupp a chance at a rare lifesaving liver transplant and someone to share it with. Last week, Schupp met 5-year-old cancer survivor Lucie Gleason, who received the remainder of the donated liver now inside her. The two exchanged gifts, enjoyed cake and smiled together, happy to be alive...
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May tornado puts new twist on Stockton's walnut business
(State News ~ 09/29/03)
STOCKTON, Mo. -- Brian Hammons has been eyeing black walnut trees across southwest Missouri from the cab of his pickup. Hammons, president and chief executive of the country's only commercial processor of black walnuts, likes what he sees. If his gut is right, a bumper crop of some 30 million pounds of nuts will be collected by thousands of people in Missouri and 15 east-central states from lawns, pastures and fields...
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Fewer children placed in foster care this year
(State News ~ 09/29/03)
ST. LOUIS -- About 900 fewer children were placed in Missouri foster care in the fiscal year ending June 30, according to the state's Department of Social Services. That reversed a trend of steadily increasing numbers of children entering state custody...
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Joplin college holds first training on concealed weapons
(State News ~ 09/29/03)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A full class of 40 people showed up for one of the first training sessions since Missouri approved a law allowing people to carry concealed weapons. The concealed-weapons safety class was held at Missouri Southern State University. The university's Criminal Justice Department created the eight-hour class to meet the firearms safety training requirement in the law that was passed by Missouri legislators two weeks ago...
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Hotbed of lawsuits now draws FBI agents
(State News ~ 09/29/03)
FAYETTE, Miss. -- This rural corner of southwestern Mississippi has for years attracted lawyers eager to capitalize on juries willing to return multimillion-dollar verdicts. Lately it's been drawing a different clientele: federal agents. The FBI wants to know how individuals became part of these lawsuits and, perhaps, how juries were picked from an area where many people are kin or acquaintances...
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Mermaid park will remain open, for now
(State News ~ 09/29/03)
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. -- Weeki Wachee Springs will stay open, but its landlord will be keeping an eye on the venerable roadside attraction. The Southwest Florida Water Management District, after a marathon session last week, voted 7-2 to keep the park's lease in place. But the agency wants frequent reports on the park's efforts to make needed repairs and changes to keep it profitable...
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Former Gov. Ryan's papers offer glimpse inside office
(State News ~ 09/29/03)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Thousands of papers former Gov. George Ryan's administration handed over to the Illinois State Archives after he left office in January offer a look into his four years in office. The documents are primarily briefing papers prepared for the governor before meetings and public appearances, The State Journal-Register in Springfield reported. They show the power of the governor and how that's recognized by politicians...
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Grocery workers face union vote on contract in St. Louis
(State News ~ 09/29/03)
ST. LOUIS -- Union workers at the three largest supermarket chains in the city are voting on a new contract, and a strike is a possibility, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in Sunday's edition. The proposed four-year contract includes two additional vacation days and more full-time jobs for workers at Schnucks Markets Inc., Dierbergs Markets Inc. and Shop 'n Save Warehouse Foods Inc. It also includes concessions on pay and health benefits...
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Rigali appointment surprises some in St. Louis
(State News ~ 09/29/03)
ST. LOUIS -- News that Pope John Paul II named Archbishop Justin Rigali a cardinal on Sunday took some St. Louis Catholics by surprise. Others said it was inevitable for a man who had spent a career in Rome, and who, as a conservative, "is very much in the mentality of the current pontificate," said Kenneth Parker, associate professor of historical theology at St. Louis University...
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Williams gets his 18th win in finale
(Professional Sports ~ 09/29/03)
PHOENIX -- Woody Williams pitched six innings, plus two batters, to earn his career-best 18th victory as the Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-5 in their season finale on Sunday. He shut out Arizona for six innings, but gave up a two-run homer to Steve Finley in the seventh...
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Pioneer Gibson dies at 76
(Professional Sports ~ 09/29/03)
Althea Gibson, a sports pioneer who broke the color barrier in tennis in the 1950s as the first black woman to win Wimbledon and U.S. national titles, died Sunday. She was 76. Gibson had been seriously ill for years and died at East Orange General Hospital in New Jersey, where she had spent the last week, according to Darryl Jeffries, a spokes man for the city of East Orange...
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Energy blueprint reflects industry, White House priorities
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans are cobbling together an energy blueprint substantially more favorable to industry than a Senate-passed bill hailed by Democrats as a victory this summer. From drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge to electric utilities' use of renewable fuels, pro-industry views are winning consistent support in negotiations on a final bill...
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Gephardt, Dean fued on Sunday talk shows
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
WASHINGTON -- The Howard Dean-Dick Gephardt feud intensified after the two men appeared on the Sunday talk shows, and Gephardt repeated his claim likening Dean's views to those of Democratic nemesis Newt Gingrich. The comparison drew a sharp rebuke from Dean...
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Historic trolleys destroyed in fire
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
WASHINGTON -- Fire swept through a museum housing historic streetcars in a Washington suburb Sunday, causing $10 million in damage. The cause of the overnight fire at the National Capital Trolley Museum in Silver Spring, Md., is not known. A security alarm brought police and fire crews to the museum around 2 a.m. It took 50 firefighters nearly an hour to extinguish the fire...
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Military background led to business career for Clark
(National News ~ 09/29/03)
WASHINGTON -- When two Russian immigrants and their American financial backer needed marketing help for their innovative electric motor, they turned to a merchant banker at one of the nation's largest investment houses -- retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark...
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Songwriter Sheryl Crow to help build Kennett pool
(State News ~ 09/29/03)
Daily Dunklin Democrat KENNETT, Mo. -- Nine-time Grammy winner Sheryl Crow has announced plans to assist in building a municipal swimming pool in her Southeast Missouri hometown. Plans call for the pool to be built on the former Barton's property along the 200 block of South Main Street, just south of the city's square...
Stories from Monday, September 29, 2003
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