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La Russa will spend the spring searching for a leadoff hitter
(Professional Sports ~ 03/04/04)
JUPITER, Fla. -- When the St. Louis Cardinals open the Grapefruit League season today, manager Tony La Russa will begin picking his lineup's top two hitters for the regular season. La Russa said Wednesday he favors traditional line-drive hitters over power hitters who hit pop flies, but ability to get on base matters most...
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Planned Parenthood furor disrupts Girl Scout troops
(National News ~ 03/04/04)
CRAWFORD, Texas -- Some families are boycotting Thin Mints and Do-Si-Dos and other Girl Scout cookies. Troop 7527 is down to just two members after the other girls were withdrawn by their parents. And Brownie Troop 7087 is no more. Why are folks in this conservative Texas town where President Bush has his ranch so mad at the Girl Scout organization?...
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Autopsies released on slain Mississippi family
(National News ~ 03/04/04)
JACKSON, Miss. -- The father of a family found slain in the Mississippi woods was shot to death, and his wife and their 4-year-old son were strangled, according to autopsy results released Wednesday. The findings were made public only hours after relatives of the Hargon family arranged Friday funerals for the three who disappeared from their rural home on Valentine's Day. ...
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Federal court jury deliberates testimony from Stewart case
(National News ~ 03/04/04)
NEW YORK -- Jurors in the Martha Stewart case ended their first day of deliberations Wednesday without reaching a verdict on whether the founder of a gracious-living empire lied about a well-timed stock sale. Deliberations were to resume today. The jury received the case after 90 minutes of complex instructions from U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum...
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New Fox comedy is 'Cracking Up' Tuesday
(Entertainment ~ 03/04/04)
"Cracking Up," a new Fox comedy about psychiatric care, is worth your scheduling at least a session or two. The action revolves around Ben, a soft-spoken, idealistic psychology grad student handed a plum assignment from his professor: move in with the Shackletons, a wealthy Beverly Hills family, to provide home counseling for the troubled son, Tanner...
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Comic duos Stiller, Wilson revive 'Starsky & Hutch'
(Entertainment ~ 03/04/04)
LOS ANGELES -- Ben's Starsky and Owen's Hutch. This is the story of how the bumbling comic duo of Stiller and Wilson came to stand in for the hip and able grandpappies of buddy cops in "Starsky & Hutch," the big-screen version of the 1970s TV series...
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Indonesian leaders may have ordered ambush
(International News ~ 03/04/04)
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- U.S. officials believe local army commanders ordered an ambush that killed two American teachers near a gold mine in a case that has held up resumption of normal U.S.-Indonesia military ties, two American officials told The Associated Press. ...
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Three Hamas militants killed in Israeli air strike
(International News ~ 03/04/04)
AZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- An Israeli helicopter strike killed three Hamas militants riding in a car Wednesday, the second such targeted attack in five days and a possible sign that Israel is stepping up its campaign against militants ahead of a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. ...
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Eagles land Kearse on first day for free agents
(Professional Sports ~ 03/04/04)
The Philadelphia Eagles one-upped Daniel Snyder and the Washington Redskins, outbidding them for defensive end Jevon Kearse on the first day of the free-agency signing period. But the traditionally hyperactive Redskins also made moves Wednesday. Snyder's team agreed to terms with defensive tackle Cornelius Griffin and, according to a league source who requested anonymity, with Seattle cornerback Shawn Springs...
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Senate budget would halve deficit in three years
(National News ~ 03/04/04)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Budget Committee began debating a Republican-written 2005 budget on Wednesday that claims to halve the record deficit in three years, even if Congress provides $30 billion for Iraq. The plan proposed deeper deficit reduction and lower defense and domestic spending than President Bush sought in his budget last month. The Senate's $2.36 trillion election-year proposal parted company with him in other ways, too...
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Survey - CEOs hopeful about economic recovery
(National News ~ 03/04/04)
WASHINGTON -- America's business executives are hopeful about the economic recovery's staying power, with many expecting sales to increase in the next six months, according to a survey released Wednesday. The Business Roundtable's quarterly survey found that 88 percent of the chief executive officers polled were predicting an increase in sales in the next six months. Eleven percent said they expected no change in sales and 1 percent thought sales would go down...
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Legal, civil rights arguments fuel gay marriage debate
(National News ~ 03/04/04)
WASHINGTON -- Saying same-sex marriages are likely to spread across America like a "wildfire," Republican senators, including Majority Leader Bill Frist, exhorted Congress Wednesday to embrace a constitutional amendment banning them. "We simply will not let activist judges redefine that definition of marriage," the Tennessee Republican said at a gathering of anti-gay marriage activists. ...
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Haitian rebel says his forces will disarm
(International News ~ 03/04/04)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haiti's key rebel leader promised Wednesday his forces would lay down their arms after 1,000 U.S. Marines began patrolling the impoverished capital to restore order and prepare for the arrival of international peacekeepers...
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Who's that knocking on our door?
(Column ~ 03/04/04)
March 4, 2004 Dear Pat, A story in today's newspaper about a gated mobile home park made me wonder what a life of exclusivity would be like. Down on South Lorimier Street, we are the hoi polloi. We like everyone to come and go as they please...
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Jackson's tourist railway selling its land
(Local News ~ 03/04/04)
The group in charge of Jackson's St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railway is trying to sell 5.7 acres of land around the tracks to make sure the tourism destination remains in business. Harriet Drusch, a volunteer for the nonprofit organization that runs the railroad, said the tracks and the right of way are not for sale...
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Disney board splits positions after shareholders rebuke Eisner
(National News ~ 03/04/04)
PHILADELPHIA -- The Walt Disney Co.'s board voted late Wednesday to split the roles of chairman and chief executive, hours after shareholders delivered a stinging rebuke by withholding 43 percent of their votes for CEO Michael Eisner's re-election to the board...
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Mississippi hammers Southeast once again
(College Sports ~ 03/04/04)
OXFORD, Miss. -- Southeast Missouri State concluded a tough road trip with a 15-6 loss to No. 12 University of Mississippi at Swayze Field. The Rebels (8-0) had 16 hits and took advantage of 15 walks issued by Indian pitchers. Ole Miss, which won 8-1 in Tuesday's meeting between the two teams, jumped out to an 11-0 lead after four innings...
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Bulldogs too much for Raiders
(High School Sports ~ 03/04/04)
Notre Dame 65, North County 38 North County 6 13 3 16 -- 38 Notre Dame 22 6 12 25 -- 65 NORTH COUNTY (38) -- Brittany Hedgecorth 18, Jenny Boyer 17, Ashley Aubuchon 1, Jennelle Eddings 2. FG 8, FT 17-31, F 11 (3-pointers: Boyer 5. Fouled out: none) NOTRE DAME (65) -- Sommer McCauley 23, Katie Palmer 13, Kristain Burger 6, Sierra Ellis 6, Laura Weissmueller 6, Amdand Dirnberger 2, Allison Toole 2, Alana Weissmueller 2, Amber Karnes 5. ...
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Otahkians, Richmond tired of losing seasons
(College Sports ~ 03/04/04)
Southeast Missouri State University softball coach Lana Richmond hopes this is the year the Otahkians again approach the kind of success they had for so long. She'd feel a lot better about the situation if several key injuries hadn't hit her squad during preseason workouts. The Otahkians begin the 2004 campaign Friday at the Western Kentucky Tournament. The home opener is next Friday, when Southeast holds its annual tournament...
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Tigers' streak stopped
(College Sports ~ 03/04/04)
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Andre Emmett scored 28 points to lead Texas Tech to an 87-76 win over Missouri on Wednesday night. The win gave Tech its 20th victory of the season. It is the third straight 20-win season for Tech, all under coach Bob Knight. For Knight, it was his eighth straight season of 20 or more wins, dating to the 1995-96 season when his Indiana team finished second in the Big 10...
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Cruising around Cape on two wheels
(Community Sports ~ 03/04/04)
Larry Cleair can't get enough of his bicycle. The 50-year-old Gordonville resident acquired his first bike during college, but never used it regularly until he reached the age of 30. Sixteen years later, in 2000, he became president of the Velo Girardeau Bicycle Club, a position he still holds...
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Lawyers prepared to take 'em to court
(Community Sports ~ 03/04/04)
The Doctors vs. Lawyers Basketball Showdown does not elicit many happy memories for local attorneys. In fact, it brings up some bad ones. Like 2002. The attorneys still haven't recovered from that one. "We lost on a horrendous call with no time left that was a gift," said Daniel Rau, a member of the lawyers team. "It put Todd Lumsden on the line shooting free throws to win. Todd's a good player. We knew he'd make them."...
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California ballot wins help Schwarzenegger
(National News ~ 03/04/04)
LOS ANGELES -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took one big crushing weight off California by winning voter approval to borrow $15 billion, but he still has some heavy lifting to do. To solve the state's financial crisis, Schwarzenegger has to bring down spending, sell the Democratic-controlled legislature on budget cuts and improve California's standing on Wall Street...
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Bush, Kerry battle set in select states
(National News ~ 03/04/04)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush versus John Kerry. What promises to be a contentious eight-month battle for the White House opened Wednesday with the incumbent buffeted by dangers in postwar Iraq and the loss of jobs at home, yet holding the upper hand on money and Electoral College math...
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First-graders make change to dye for
(Local News ~ 03/04/04)
Nine days into a two-week fund raiser, Mary Ann Lewis realized her school wasn't going to meet the goal set for donating to the American Heart Association this year. So Lewis, a first-grade teacher at Blanchard Elementary, took a drastic step. She penned a letter to parents promising that if the students brought in $2,500 in change, she and principal Dr. Barbara Kohlfeld would dye their hair red...
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Upwardly mobile homes
(Local News ~ 03/04/04)
BENTON, Mo. -- The manager's office of Ferrell Mobile Homes could be a travel agency. The pulse of the building is paced by the ever-trickling water from the stone fountain beneath the orange and black mural of a tropical beach sunset in the adjoining lobby. Sedate, calm...
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Region briefs 3/4/04
(Local News ~ 03/04/04)
Perry County man missing since Friday morning Vernon J. Joggerst, 50, left his residence on Perry County Road 614 Friday morning and has not been seen or heard from since, according to the Perry County Sheriff's Department. Joggerst was last seen driving a red 1985 GMC pickup, bearing Missouri license number 242-KH1. ...
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High court hears appeal in Cape triple slaying case
(Local News ~ 03/04/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Death row inmate Andrew Lyons is mentally incompetent and never should have stood trial for killing three people, his attorney told the Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday. Lyons fatally shot former girlfriend Bridgette Harris, her mother Evelyn Sparks and his son with Harris, 11-month-old Dontay, in their Cape Girardeau home on Sept. 20, 1992...
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Sports briefs 3/4/04
(Other Sports ~ 03/04/04)
Baseball Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig sent a directive to all 30 teams, telling them to decline comment on the BALCO case "specifically" and performance enhancing drugs "generally." While the memo was not sent to players, some of them liked the move. ...
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Allow backup copies of DVDs
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/04/04)
To the editor: In response to the article "St. Louis-area firm retools DVD-copying software": I am happy to hear that your newspaper published the article about 321 Studios Inc. My fiance has worked as a Web developer for the company since July 2002. He was employee No. 50. Now the company has 300 -plus employees. Obviously, the company has grown tremendously in the past year...
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Base decision on medical need
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/04/04)
To the editor: I had to respond regarding Medicare not approving electric wheelchairs unless the individual is permanently confined to a wheelchair. Although unscrupulous medical equipment suppliers may defraud the government by submitting unnecessary applications for electric wheelchairs, a reputable medical equipment provider will ask the person with a disability to secure a prescription from a doctor confirming the necessity of an electric wheelchair. ...
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Speak Out 03/04/04
(Speak Out ~ 03/04/04)
Diverting attention IN RANTING and raving against gay marriage, David Limbaugh is in lockstep with the Bush administration's efforts to divert attention away from exporting American jobs overseas while likely failing to export a lasting constitution and fully representative democracy for Iraq...
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Martha Purdy
(Obituary ~ 03/04/04)
Martha Sonntag Purdy, a resident of Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, in Chateau Health Center. She was 95. She was born July 3, 1908, in Independence, Mo., daughter of Carl and Elsa Zistel Sonntag. At the age of two she moved to Cape Girardeau...
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The Hargon family
(Obituary ~ 03/04/04)
Michael Ray Hargon, 27, Rebecca Dawn Hirtz Hargon, 29, and James Patrick Hargon, 4, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2004, in Vaughan, Miss. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. today at Canton Funeral Home in Canton, Miss. A prayer vigil will be held at 7. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Canton. Burial will be in Ellison United Methodist Church Cemetery in Vaughan...
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Susan Lowes
(Obituary ~ 03/04/04)
TUPELO, Miss. -- Susan Browning Lowes, 33, died Monday, March 1, 2004, at North Mississippi Medical Center, after a sudden illness. She was a native of Starkville, Miss., and a resident of Tupelo 3 1/2 years. She was a homemaker and a former employee of Peoples Bank & Trust Co...
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Lyman Evans
(Obituary ~ 03/04/04)
Lyman F. Evans, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Dec. 12, 1910, in Cape Girardeau, son of Walter and Marie Hawthorne Evans. He and Agnes Littell were married Sept. 10, 1932. She died July 27, 1992...
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Fay Baker
(Obituary ~ 03/04/04)
Fay Carol Burris Baker, beloved wife of Emmett Baker Jr. and loving mother of a daughter, LaTanya F. Rainey, departed her earthly home at 4 a.m. Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital, after an extended illness. Fay was born Nov. 13, 1951, in Cairo, Ill., to the union of Thomas and Ida Ray Burris Sr. She was united in holy matrimony to Emmett Baker Jr. Sept. 5, 1981, and made their home in Cape Girardeau...
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Howard Garner
(Obituary ~ 03/04/04)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Howard Duane Garner, 76, was born June 13, 1927, in Calico Rock, Ark., to Howard T. and Gladys Burns Garner. He died of cancer Monday, March 1, 2004, in Little Rock, Ark. He was married to Emma Jean Gibbons of Bernie, Mo., 47 years. He resided in Dexter more than 40 years...
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Ernest Ivy
(Obituary ~ 03/04/04)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Ernest Ivy, 72, of Charleston died Friday, Feb. 27, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born July 20, 1931, at Charleston, son of Berry and Lula Scaife Ivy. He and Vernice Treadwell were married Nov. 29, 1975...
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Area sports digest 3/4/04
(Other Sports ~ 03/04/04)
Kohlfield Scorpions rout SIU Barbarians The Kohlfeld Scorpions handed a 58-0 loss to the Southern Illinois University Barbarians last weekend at Arena Park. It marked the third straight victory posted by Kohlfeld. Scoring for the Scorpions were T.J. Ebner, Alan Kloss, Eric Hinson, Ben Schwab, Kevin Tucker, Carlos Velanzo, Scott Johnston, Ian Barnhouse and Matt Hill...
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Southeast golfers tie for second place
(College Sports ~ 03/04/04)
Southeast Missouri State's golf team turned in an impressive performance Tuesday, tying or second among 15 squads at the Tri-State Classic hosted by Tennessee-Martin. The Indians finished with a score of 292 to tie with Murray State, one shot behind Lipscomb's 291...
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Health calendar 3/4/04
(Community ~ 03/04/04)
Today Blood pressure screening at 10 a.m. at Cape Senior Center, sponsored by the Generations Resource Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Blood drive from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Red Cross donation center, 20 S. Mount Auburn Road...
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Southeast hopes for share of life sciences bonds
(Local News ~ 03/04/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Southeast Missouri State University hopes to get a piece of the action from a proposed bond sale originally intended to promote life sciences research and education at the University of Missouri system. As originally envisioned under a bill sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, the state would sell $190.4 million in bonds with the proceeds being used for six building projects at the University of Missouri's four campuses. ...
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State encouraging locals to prepare for emergencies
(Local News ~ 03/04/04)
A state agency hopes to convince Missourians to plan for the worst so they can survive everything from tornadoes to possible terrorist attacks. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services launched its new "Ready in 3" program Wednesday to encourage people to prepare for emergencies...
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Community briefs 3/4/04
(Local News ~ 03/04/04)
Public invited to forum for school board candidates The Scott City P.T.O. has scheduled a forum at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Middle School Gym for candidates vying for the two available school board positions. The public is invited to attend. Program will highlight firefighting equipment...
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Community cuisine 3/4/04
(Local News ~ 03/04/04)
Ham and bean, veggie soup dinner offered The Whitewater Methodist men will sponsor a ham and bean and vegetable soup dinner from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Whitewater Methodist Church. For more information call 573-794-2704. Children under 6 eat free...
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Fund-raising events planned for annual telethon
(Local News ~ 03/04/04)
Scheduled for March 13 and 14, the Kenny Rogers Children's Center will hold its 24th annual telethon at the Sikeston Field House. Events leading up to the telethon include a public auction at the Sikeston ElksLodge. Doors open at 9 a.m., bidding begins at 10 a.m. March 6; doors open at 6 p.m., meal at 6:45 p.m. for the kickoff banquet March 12 at the Sikeston Elks. Tickets may be purchased by calling 472-0397...
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Cape/Jackson police reports 3/4/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/04/04)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Richard R. Robinson, 38, of 1106 Landgraf, Cape Girardeau, was arrested Tuesday on a warrant for probation violation. Charlee Rhea Byington, 24, of 1855 Calamaide Drive, Maryland Heights, Mo., was arrested Tuesday on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear...
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Homelessness
(Editorial ~ 03/04/04)
How does it feel, Bob Dylan famously asked, to be without a home? Few of us really know. Most of us grow up with the security of a stable home and as adults work hard to keep a blanket of safety around ourselves and our own children. How terrifying it must be for children when their parents to say they don't know where the family will spend the night. How terrifying for the parents to have to say it...
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Constitutional assault
(Editorial ~ 03/04/04)
San Francisco Chronicle President Bush made it official: He wants to add an element of discrimination to the U.S. Constitution. Bush announced his support for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage because "a few judges and local authorities" are undermining a "fundamental institution of civilization." Nonsense...
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New hip replacement surgery cuts pain, recovery time
(Community ~ 03/04/04)
A new surgical procedure being performed in Cape Girardeau can lessen the recovery time for patients after a hip replacement surgery. James D. Niswonger, 59, has had two hip replacement surgeries -- one using the newest method and the other using the more traditional...
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The Hostile Heart could shorten life
(Community ~ 03/04/04)
I have a friend, George, who has what looks like a hatchet mark right in the middle of his forehead. You know, that crease some folks have between their eyebrows. This signifies anger and hostility, I tell him. I worry that he is going to die of a heart attack...
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Averting arthritis
(Community ~ 03/04/04)
INDIANAPOLIS -- A study led by Indiana University scientists found that a common antibiotic appears to reduce cartilage loss and pain in women whose knees show early signs of the crippling effects of osteoarthritis. The results suggest that doxycycline, a prescription medicine used to treat infections and acne, suppresses enzymes that damage cartilage and may protect cartilage not yet affected by the degenerative disease, said the scientist who led the study...
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Out of the past 3/4/04
(Out of the Past ~ 03/04/04)
10 years ago: March 4, 1994 Since Cape Girardeau firefighters assumed added responsibility of responding to medical calls in late May, they have relied upon donations to purchase state of art medical equipment to use in field; this week, department received two combination pulse and blood oxygen monitors, purchased with funds raised by public education programming and CPR and first aid classes...
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