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Power of the pickup truck
(Column ~ 01/09/04)
Ford F-150 ups the ante for auto industry America's "gone country," and for the past 21 years Ford has had the enviable "problem" of having to produce country's most popular vehicle, the F-150 pickup. The typical American closet holds a least one pair of cowboy boots, and it seems the typical driveway hosts at least one pickup truck. ...
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Florine Halterman
(Obituary ~ 01/09/04)
ANNA, Ill. -- Florine Palmer Halterman, 82, of Anna died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at Carbondale Nursing and Rehab in Carbondale, Ill. She was born Nov. 25, 1921, in Marion, Ill., daughter of Leo and Beulah Ralls Warren. She and Charles Olen Palmer were married March 24, 1938, in Anna. He died Jan. 2, 1983. She later married Paul Halterman, who also preceded her in death...
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James Kennedy
(Obituary ~ 01/09/04)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- James Ernest Kennedy, 76, of Bonne Terre, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, at Parkland Hospital in Farmington, Mo. He was born July 25, 1927, in Perry, Miss., son of Dayton and Alice Kennedy. He and Barbara Alice "Betty" McDowell Comstock were married July 27, 1979. She died Dec. 19, 1999...
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Dora Hudson
(Obituary ~ 01/09/04)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dora E. Hudson, 91, of Perryville died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Dec. 2, 1912, in Perry County, daughter of Theodore and Alice French Geile. She and J. Chalmer Hudson were married April 12, 1936. He died Nov. 25, 1986...
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Norman Slinkard
(Obituary ~ 01/09/04)
Norman D. Slinkard, 82, of Delta died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at Heartland Care Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 13, 1921, in Cape Girardeau County, son of David Guy and Ollie Lillian McClain Slinkard. Slinkard was a retired self-employed farmer, and a retired construction worker. He was a member of Allenville Baptist Church in Allenville...
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June Graham
(Obituary ~ 01/09/04)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- June Graham, 66, of Bloomfield died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at Arkansas University Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born Aug. 9, 1937, at Bloomfield, daughter of Wayne and Edith Young Hester. She and Billy Graham were married April 20, 2003...
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Hazel West
(Obituary ~ 01/09/04)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Hazel Marie Douglas West, 84, of Schertz, Texas, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, at Northeast Methodist Hospital in Live Oak, Texas. She was born Jan. 19, 1919, at Matthews, Mo., daughter of Charles and LeLia Marie Detye Hardin. She first married Franklin Willard Douglas Nov. 2, 1935. He died Jan. 24, 1987. She and Elmer West were married June 3, 1989. He died in December 1994...
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H.F. Clare
(Obituary ~ 01/09/04)
ORAN, Mo. -- H.F. "Jim" Clare, 90, of Oran died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at his home. He was born Sept. 16, 1913, in Montgomery City, Mo., son of John Sallee and Julia Augusta See Clare. He and Hazel Phillips were married March 23, 1935. She died Sept. 11, 1975. He later married Mary Elizabeth McElyea Sept. 15, 1980...
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Out of the past 1/9/04
(Out of the Past ~ 01/09/04)
10 years ago: Jan. 9, 1994 Southeast Missouri State University English professor -- Theodore Hirschfield -- accused of sexual harassment has filed lawsuit against school, alleging that his civil rights of free speech and due process have been violated...
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Births 1/9/04
(Births ~ 01/09/04)
Strop Daughter to Bob Lee and Kristy Jo Strop of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:26 a.m. Monday, Dec. 22, 2003. Name, Grace Virginia. Weight, 8 pounds 11 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Strop is the former Kristy Ford, daughter of Mike and Beckie Ford of Cape Girardeau. She is employed at Ford Entertainment and Productions. Strop is the son of Mary and Bill Barnett of Cape Girardeau and Bill Strop of Astor, Fla. He is owner of Pro Detailing and Xtreme Motors...
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Alfred Haney
(Obituary ~ 01/09/04)
Alfred Haney, a native of Commerce, Mo., and former resident of the Bloomfield area, died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at Beverly Healthcare in Cape Girardeau. He was 75. He was born Nov. 18, 1928, the son of Smith James and Made Phipps Haney. He was a retired farmer and rancher and veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Korean Conflict...
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Sports briefs 1/9/04
(Other Sports ~ 01/09/04)
Baseball Right-hander Julian Tavarez has agreed to a two-year contract with the Cardinals. Tavarez must pass a physical exam before the deal is complete. Tavarez, a 30-year-old right-hander, gets $4.2 million: $1.6 million this season and $2.6 million in 2005. He was 3-3 with 11 saves and a 3.66 ERA in 64 relief appearances for Pittsburgh last season. Tavarez is 63-48 in a major league career that started with Cleveland in 1993...
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Cape police report 1/9/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/09/04)
Cape Girardeau Friday, Jan. 9 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Derell T. Davis, 33, of 411 Harris, Sikeston, Mo., was arrested Thursday on a Boone County warrant for failure to return leased property...
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Region briefs 01/09/04
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
Cape shooting now considered accidental Cape Girardeau police said a shooting reported Saturday was a false report. The victim told police someone shot him while he was in a vehicle. The shooting was reclassified as accidental when the 18-year-old's claims were found to be false...
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Lorene Mabrey
(Obituary ~ 01/09/04)
Lorene Evelyn Mabrey, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Aug. 28, 1918, at Dutchtown, daughter of Louis H. and Emily Emma Geiser Schulenberg. She and William Mabrey were married Aug. 28, 1936, in Cape Girardeau. He died Sept. 11, 1966...
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Leave reloading to those aware of proper safety
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/09/04)
To the editor: Modern black powder rifles are, for the most part, pretty accurate due to new barrel technology. However, ball-and-cap pistols have a common failure. If the operator does not have a library of knowledge the first time he pulls the trigger, he will be easy to find. He will be at the emergency room with only a thumb and pinkie finger remaining on one hand...
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A brief history of fish
(Column ~ 01/09/04)
I approach eating fish the way I imagine Luciano Pavarotti tackles hard-core rap. But I'm just guessing. It's not that I don't like fish. It's just that I worry about animals that breathe water and don't have legs. Most of my fish phobia is the result of growing up on a landlocked farm in the Ozark hills over yonder. ...
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Bush plans for missions to moon, Mars
(National News ~ 01/09/04)
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- President Bush will announce plans next week to send Americans to Mars and back to the moon and to establish a long-term human presence on the moon, senior administration officials said Thursday night. Bush doesn't plan to send Americans to Mars anytime soon; rather, he envisions preparing for the mission more than a decade from now, one official said...
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Kraft plans overhaul as job cuts may loom
(National News ~ 01/09/04)
CHICAGO -- Kraft Foods Inc. outlined a corporate overhaul Thursday to try to snap out of a protracted slump in sales and new products, reorganizing its business units and going to a more global focus in a strategy aimed at making it more nimble and better positioned for worldwide growth...
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Two Afghanistan soldiers wounded in latest explosion
(International News ~ 01/09/04)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Two Afghan soldiers were wounded by a bomb Thursday just yards from the spot where a double blast killed 15 children earlier this week, officials said. The bomb exploded on the roof of a building at the edge of a sprawling military compound in eastern Kandahar where the men were on guard duty...
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Helicopter crashes near Fallujah; nine killed
(International News ~ 01/09/04)
FALLUJAH, Iraq -- A U.S. Black Hawk medivac helicopter crashed Thursday near this stronghold of the anti-American insurgency, killing all nine soldiers aboard, the U.S. military said. A witness said the helicopter, which bore red crosses, was hit in the tail by a rocket...
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Appleby leads Mercedes Championships with 66
(Professional Sports ~ 01/09/04)
KAPALUA, Hawaii -- Stuart Appleby went four years before returning to the winners-only Mercedes Championships. The way he played Thursday, he might not have to wait that long. As the Kona winds fooled Tiger Woods and made it difficult on the elite field, Appleby recovered from a tough start to the new season with six birdies on the back nine for a 7-under 66 and a one-stroke lead over Darren Clarke...
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Cape students escape injury in school bus accident
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
Eight Cape Girardeau students escaped injury Thursday when their school bus careened off the road and into a field. Shortly after departing from Clippard Elementary School at 3:20 p.m., the driver of bus No. 10 lost control of the vehicle when a tire slipped off the road onto a soft shoulder along Harper Road near Twin Lakes...
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Sunset clause is crucial
(Editorial ~ 01/09/04)
The Cape Girardeau City Council is set to take a final vote Tuesday on placing a quarter-cent sales tax on the April ballot to raise $2 million a year for equipment, facilities and personnel at the police and fire departments. It should also include a sunset provision that would end the tax in 10 years unless voters approve an extension...
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Anna-Jonesboro hands home loss to ND girls
(High School Sports ~ 01/09/04)
Notre Dame's girls basketball team fell behind by 12 points at halftime and could not close the gap in a 57-52 loss against state-ranked Anna-Jonesboro (Ill.) at home on Thursday night. The Bulldogs (6-4) trailed 36-24 at halftime before rallying in the second half. Anna-Jonesboro scored only 21 points in the second half...
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Taste is hazard to community and should close
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/09/04)
To the editor: What kind of a business is the Taste? It doesn't sell food or alcoholic beverages. How does it make a profit? I don't think it is a business. It is a hazard to our community. SHARON SMITH Cape Girardeau
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Rush Limbaugh deserves credit for helping others
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/09/04)
To the editor: I am very proud of Rush Limbaugh for seeking treatment for his addiction so he will be able to continue to help others like the Leukemia Foundation and many, others as he has been doing for years. Bill Foster needs to follow Limbaugh's example...
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Things that seem foolish to the wise doing good job
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/09/04)
To the editor: I certainly do believe in the Big Bang theory of the creation of the universe. It happened just after "And God said, 'Let there be ... .'" After reading the Associated Press article, "Study: Universe lifeless after Big Bang," on your Web site, I find it much more logical -- and believable too, for that matter -- to understand what the Bible says about creation as being true. The Bible says that the things that seem foolish to the wise were meant to confound them...
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Guard member doesn't deserve nasty remarks
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/09/04)
To the editor: This letter is a response to Tom Zieske's letter about the business owner who is being called to active duty after 31 years in the National Guard. I don't know the businessman, but I don't think he deserved the nasty remarks. When you have your own business and have to be away from it for 18 months, anyone knows you will be worried about losing customers...
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What is Montessori
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
Maria Montessori, an Italian doctor born in 1870, founded the first school designed around her educational philosophy in 1906. Montessori's ideas came from studying the impact positive individualized learning had on orphans and poor children. Between 1912 and 1917, she wrote five books based on her ideas about early childhood education, including The Montessori Method and Pedagogy and Anthropology...
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Jackson man accused of statutory rape, sodomy
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
Cline E. Uelsmann, 32, of Jackson was arrested Wednesday by Cape Girardeau County deputies and charged with five counts of second degree statutory rape and second degree statutory sodomy. He is currently held in the Cape Girardeau County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail...
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Coming to theaters 1/9/04
(Entertainment ~ 01/09/04)
'Big Fish' Starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Buscemi, and Danny DeVito. This is the story of Edward Bloom, a braggart who has always exaggerated his exploits and experiences as a young man, when he left his small town in Alabama for adventures near and far. ...
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Speak Out 01/09/04
(Speak Out ~ 01/09/04)
Control the crowd THE TASTE makes money off the cover charge to get in the club. And I am sure that it has soda and juice inside to purchase as well. Give it a chance and let it be. The owner is trying to clean it up. All he needs to do is control the crowd outside. He may need to hire a uniformed security officer to do this effectively...
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Judge strikes down Missouri's suspected child abuser list
(State News ~ 01/09/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri's list of suspected child abusers has been declared unconstitutional by a judge who ruled it does not adequately protect the rights of people placed on the list. Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan struck down the law Thursday in a case involving employees of Heartland Christian Academy, a nondenominational Christian school near Newark in northeast Missouri...
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Holden says he supports school funding suit
(State News ~ 01/09/04)
Associated Press WriterJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Bob Holden told the state Board of Education on Friday that he supports the more than 240 school districts that filed a lawsuit this week challenging the state's school funding formula...
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Defending champs hand loss to Otahks
(College Sports ~ 01/09/04)
Austin Peay's women gave an early indication Thursday that they are not about to relinquish their Ohio Valley Conference championship without a fight. The Govs, who went undefeated in OVC play last season, were picked second behind Southeast Missouri State University in this year's coaches' poll...
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Tour will find Tiger was just catnapping
(Professional Sports ~ 01/09/04)
He hasn't looked so beatable to so many in a long time. Tiger Woods didn't win a major last year for the first time since 1998. He didn't top the money list after doing so the last four seasons, slid from first place to 26th in the often-telling greens-hit-in-regulation department, and all the way down to 167th in finding the fairway off the tee, auditioning more drivers along the way than Roger Penske...
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Former Rams receiver Proehl helps Panthers prepare
(Professional Sports ~ 01/09/04)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- No one is better positioned than receiver Ricky Proehl to give the Carolina Panthers a crash course on the St. Louis Rams before their Saturday playoff meeting. Proehl played in two Super Bowls in his five seasons with the Rams, accumulating a volume of inside information on many of their schemes and strategies. Now that Proehl is a Panther, coach John Fox is asking him to unlock the secrets in time for the teams' divisional playoff showdown...
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Govs jump on Indians, hold on 52-48
(College Sports ~ 01/09/04)
The way Southeast Missouri State University's Indians started out Thursday night, it's remarkable they even had a chance to win their Ohio Valley Conference opener. But the Indians could never quite make up for a nightmarish beginning as Austin Peay held on for a 52-48 victory in front of 3,961 fans at the Show Me Center...
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Governor, state legislature agree to budget number
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Democratic Gov. Bob Holden and Republican legislative leaders agreed Thursday to a uniform estimate of state revenue collections upon which they will base the next state budget. The consensus estimate of more than $6.39 billion in net general revenue collections for the fiscal year beginning July 1 is more than $160 million higher than expected for the current fiscal year...
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FDA rejects breast implant return to market
(National News ~ 01/09/04)
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration rejected Inamed Corp.'s bid to bring silicone gel breast implants back to the market, more than a decade after they were first banned amid fears the devices harmed women. The FDA apparently heeded criticism that Inamed hadn't studied the controversial implants thoroughly enough to settle questions about just how often they break apart in women's bodies and the resulting health effects from leaking silicone...
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School board solicits, gets more public input at meeting
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
A group of 30 community members spent two hours Thursday night voicing their opinions on everything from staff training to state assessments in the Cape Girardeau School District. During the district's first stakeholders' meeting, school officials heard ideas and criticisms from parents, students and educators about local communication and curriculum...
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Cape council changes view on tax
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
A majority of Cape Girardeau City Council members say they would consider adding an automatic termination date to part of a proposed fire sales tax expected to be on the April 6 election ballot. Councilman Matt Hopkins predicted the council next week will pass a sunset provision that would automatically terminate half of the quarter-cent tax after 10 years...
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Artifacts 1/9/04
(Entertainment ~ 01/09/04)
Kennett cowboy band to perform The Sons of the Western Bootheels will perform Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Kennett High School Auditorium. Admission to the concert is free. The Friends of Music is sponsoring the performance. The band members are Kennett natives Scott Andrews, Ron Roberts, Dr. Everett Mobley and Matt Mobley and draw on traditional cowboy songs for their performances...
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Views of the Midwest
(Entertainment ~ 01/09/04)
The beauty, atmosphere and allure of the Midwest are depicted in paintings included in a new Cape Girardeau exhibition. "Five Views of the Midwest" opens with a reception tonight at Gallery 100 at the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri. The Visual Arts Cooperative also opens a new exhibit at the Lorimier Gallery...
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Minds by Montessori
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
Pablo Picasso prints hang on the wall. Tchaikovsky plays in the background during nap time. Spread out on colorful floor mats, a small group of 4- and 5-year-olds practice sponging water from one bowl to another, clipping clothes pins to sequined material and using tongs to pick up rubber balls...
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World briefs 1/9/04
(International News ~ 01/09/04)
Palestinians may push for Arab-Jewish state JERUSALEM -- Palestinians will give up their goal of independence and push instead for a single Arab-Jewish state if Israel carries out its threat to unilaterally impose a new boundary with Palestinian areas, the Palestinian premier said Thursday. ...
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Business briefs 1/9/04
(National News ~ 01/09/04)
Judge accepts Enron wife's plea agreement HOUSTON -- A federal judge tentatively accepted a plea agreement Thursday for the wife of former Enron Corp. finance chief Andrew S. Fastow, a move that could lead to a plea from Fastow and possibly his cooperation in the investigation of other top executives in the energy giant's collapse. ...
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'Rugrats' gang proves even cartoons can grow up
(Entertainment ~ 01/09/04)
LOS ANGELES -- The magic of being a cartoon character is that, just like Peter Pan, you never have to grow up. Take Bugs Bunny. He's in his 60s and doesn't look a day older than when he starred in 1941's "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt." Then there's Tommy Pickles of the Nickelodeon's hit cable TV show "Rugrats." He was a bald, diaper-clad toddler when the program made its debut 12 years ago...
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Urban films grow bigger on small screen
(Entertainment ~ 01/09/04)
LOS ANGELES -- Everyone in movies wants to see their work on the big screen. Yet many black independent filmmakers have found a more profitable and impactful venue that had long been considered the kiss of death: straight-to-video. Even before the surging popularity of DVDs led major Hollywood studios to focus on the home video market, black filmmakers saw the advantage there. ...
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People talk 1/9/04
(National News ~ 01/09/04)
Foxworthy posts reward for gun-toting trespasser COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Jeff Foxworthy has offered a $2,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of a person who trespassed on his rural west-central Georgia property and pointed a gun at his caretaker. ...
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Nation briefs 1/9/04
(National News ~ 01/09/04)
Woman drops claim that she had winning ticket CLEVELAND -- A woman who told police she bought and lost a lottery ticket worth $162 million all but admitted Thursday she made it up, saying tearfully: "I wanted to win so bad for my kids and my family. ...
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Microsoft gets used in e-mail test hoax
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
An e-mail hoax has invaded the in-boxes of Cape Girardeau-area Internet users this week, promising that Bill Gates himself will pay thousands of dollars to people who forward the e-mails as part of a "beta test." Most people who were asked said they just put it into their computer's trash cans...
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Health-care costs surge
(National News ~ 01/09/04)
Health care spending in the United States surged to $1.6 trillion in 2002 -- about $5,440 for every American -- and outpaced growth in the rest of the economy for a fourth straight year. Hospital spending and prescription drug costs fueled the 9.3 percent increase over 2001, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Thursday...
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Commission uninterested in trying new agenda
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
A proposal to force the Cape Girardeau County Commission to adhere to a more specific agenda went nowhere Thursday after commissioners Joe Gambill and Larry Bock said they want the commission's informal approach to meetings to continue. The proposal was introduced by Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones on Monday. It was intended to make the meetings more public-friendly and to restrict the commission from voting on items not listed on the agenda unless the issue is time-sensitive...
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Charges filed in Christmas Eve double slaying in Kansas City
(State News ~ 01/09/04)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A man has been charged with playing a role in the shooting deaths of two people during an apparent drug deal gone bad, authorities said. Rosezelle C. Williams, 32, of Kansas City, was charged Thursday with two counts of second-degree murder, one of assault and three of armed criminal action. He was being held on $500,000 bond...
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Billy Graham plans Kansas City crusade event in June
(State News ~ 01/09/04)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Evangelist Billy Graham will hold a crusade at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium June 17-20. Graham, who is at a Florida clinic recovering from partial hip replacement surgery this week, sent word of his acceptance of in invitation for the Kansas City appearance in a letter read to local pastors at a meeting Thursday...
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Circus tigers roar into Arena Park
(Local News ~ 01/09/04)
When 29-year-old Shane Johnson talks about working with six Royal Bengal tigers, it's with the scratches and scars that came with experience. The tiger trainer is a third-generation circus performer who spent his youth traveling the show circuit. On the night his trapeze artist mother delivered him, Johnson's father was wowing an audience with acrobatics. His grandfather was a clown and his grandmother was an aerialist...
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Mo. judge being considered for seat on federal appeals court
(State News ~ 01/09/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Supreme Court Judge Duane Benton, formerly of Cape Girardeau, is being considered by President Bush for a seat on a federal appeals court, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said Thursday. Benton, 53, declined comment, but court spokeswoman Beth Riggert confirmed that he is expected to be nominated for a spot on the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
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Everybody's a critic - 'Paycheck'
(Entertainment ~ 01/09/04)
One star (out of four) "Paycheck" is a cleverly conceived plot thick with suspense and action. While the futuristic, time travel storyline tends toward the formulaic, it has enough twists to keep it interesting, if you like this type of a film...
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