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Commission awards Silver Springs Road contract
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
The state highway commission awarded a $1 million contract Wednesday to Lappe Cement Finishing Inc. of Perryville, Mo., to construct a new Silver Springs Road intersection at South Kingshighway and add traffic signals. But it's the city of Cape Girardeau that will pay the bulk of the cost...
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Distrusted by state troopers
(Column ~ 02/03/05)
Feb. 3, 2005 Dear Pat, It was a Sunday afternoon. "How are you, sir?" the phone caller asked. "That depends," I said. Only two kinds of callers begin phone conversations with that question, and neither is interested in your well-being. He laughed as if anticipating my response...
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Regional crime lab's newest director is longtime fixture
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
In 1973 a freshman at Southeast Missouri State University was contemplating her future. She liked science but didn't think she wanted to be a teacher. In 1986, after working for a crime lab in Gary, Ind., she began working for the Southeast Missouri Regional Crime Lab...
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SEMO students help raise funds for tsunami relief
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
The American Red Cross will seek donations from Southeast Missouri State University students next week to assist relief efforts for victims of the tsunami that devastated the Indian Ocean region in late December. American Red Cross collection cans will be set up in the University Center, Dempster Hall and the Towers complex Monday through Friday. ...
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'Warm Line' helps those going through tough times
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
Nancy Johnson and Marilyn Rastl aren't perfect. They both have had difficult pasts, hard enough to need professional counseling. But they do have what many people need: a sympathetic ear. Johnson and Rastl are two telephone operators for the Warm Line program, a telephone service available to people who are going through difficult times and need someone to talk to...
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Blanchard Elementary readies for schoolwide read
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
Who is Donald Zinkoff? Posters featuring the strange query are peppered throughout Blanchard Elementary. Walking along the halls, Dr. Barb Kohlfeld, Blanchard's principal, will occasionally stop students and ask the same question. "I don't know," they reply...
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Lone Star land deal adds to limestone quarry
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
Lone Star Industries, which produced almost 1.5 million tons of cement last year, has purchased 27 acres of property near its Cape Girardeau plant, a move that will increase the company's rock quarry by nearly a fourth and provide enough limestone for another 15 years of operation...
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Flag measure toned down in parks board legislation
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The sponsor of legislation prompted by the removal of Confederate flags from two state-run Civil War historic sites has dropped a provision requiring the restoration of those banners -- a move intended to mollify opponents who have successfully blocked the measure in the past...
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Ex-Black Panther talks politics, civil rights
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
As he spoke to an overflow crowd more than 500 strong at Southeast Missouri State University Wednesday night, Black Panther Party co-founder and chairman Bobby Seale seemed like a piece of living history combined with a stand-up comedian -- delivering an entertaining talk that still retained its political edge...
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Lackluster Sunni turnout leads to questions of vote legitimacy
(International News ~ 02/03/05)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's leading Sunni Muslim clerics said Wednesday the country's landmark elections lacked legitimacy because large numbers of Sunnis did not participate in the balloting, which the religious leaders had asked them to boycott. Emboldened by the elections, which U.S. and Iraqi authorities cited as a victory for democracy, the police chief in Mosul demanded the insurgents hand over weapons within two weeks or he would "wipe out" anyone giving them shelter...
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Missouri's transportation chief promises better roads
(State News ~ 02/03/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's new transportation director pledged Wednesday to fix a statewide system of roads and bridges that ranks among the nation's worst. Pete Rahn, addressing the full legislature for the first time since taking over the Department of Transportation last September, pledged noticeable improvement in the quality of Missouri's roads and the employees who design and maintain them...
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House budget chair vows to save First Steps
(State News ~ 02/03/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The House budget chairman says he will try to save a program, targeted for elimination by Gov. Matt Blunt, that helps thousands of Missouri infants and preschoolers with disabilities. Rep. Brad Lager, R-Maryville, said Wednesday that he is confident his House Budget Committee will include funding for the First Steps program, despite Blunt's recommendation...
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QB from Texas headlines Tigers' recruits
(Professional Sports ~ 02/03/05)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- An early commitment by nationally touted quarterback Chase Daniel allowed Missouri, coming off a disappointing 5-6 season, to avoid a case of recruiting blahs. Daniel, of Southlake, Texas, heads a 23-athlete class announced Wednesday, the first day for signing national letters of intent. He was 31-1 in high school, leading his team to a Class 5A state championship his senior year, and picked the Tigers over Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Maryland and Stanford...
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Mideast summit on peace planned in Egypt next week
(International News ~ 02/03/05)
CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt on Wednesday invited the leaders of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan to a summit next week, a move indicating confidence that a much-anticipated breakthrough in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is in the offing...
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Central bank seeks to keep inflation in check
(National News ~ 02/03/05)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve pushed short-term interest rates higher Wednesday, part of a campaign begun last June and expected to continue well into this year to keep inflation and the economy on an even keel. Fed chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues raised the target for the federal funds rate by one-quarter of a percentage point, to 2.50 percent. ...
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Bush divides baby boomers in State of the Union speech
(National News ~ 02/03/05)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush is using a light touch with the third rail of politics. He wants to make big, benefit-cutting changes to Social Security for those who don't trust the program anyhow and promises a hands-off approach for older Americans who consider it a birthright...
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Martha Stewart to star in new 'Apprentice'
(Entertainment ~ 02/03/05)
NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart, you're hired. The masterminds behind "The Apprentice" -- Donald Trump and Mark Burnett -- and NBC announced Wednesday that Stewart will host "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart." "Mark and I have always admired her," Trump said. "She's a very brave woman. She's built a multimillion-dollar empire. It was an easy decision. We think this will be an absolutely tremendous success."...
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Nation briefs 2/3/05
(National News ~ 02/03/05)
Cosmic camera Hubble may be retired soon; Jackson judge closes initial juror pool; McCain gains odd ally in campaign reform fight; Plastic found in infant formula; company recalls
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Parents debate initiatives that teach gay tolerance
(National News ~ 02/03/05)
NEW YORK -- Cartoon characters adored by children seized the spotlight in the latest flare-up of America's culture wars, but the debate itself poses serious questions for adults involving the depiction of gays and lesbians in materials for teaching children about diversity and tolerance...
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Jocketty signs three-year deal to stay with Cardinals
(Professional Sports ~ 02/03/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals general manager Walt Jocketty agreed Wednesday to a three-year contract, less than a month after manager Tony La Russa also accepted a new deal that runs through 2007. Jocketty, 53, who received two awards as major league baseball's executive of the year in 2004, had been without a contract since Dec. ...
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Congratulations to Iraqis, Jim Limbaugh, SEMO
(Column ~ 02/03/05)
Here are some mini-comments on a variety of recent items, people or events: * Congratulations and well-earned respect to the Iraqi people, who ran the gauntlet to vote for a new government. And congratulations to President George Bush, the troops and others who hung in there for the election while withstanding a barrage by many doomsayers...
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Red-hot Redhawks seek win at UTM
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
Southeast Missouri State and Tennessee-Martin are certainly heading in opposite directions these days -- not that it makes Redhawks coach Gary Garner feel very comfortable entering tonight's matchup. The surging Redhawks (9-10, 4-4 Ohio Valley Conference) will put their three-game winning streak on the line when they face the reeling Skyhawks (4-15, 1-7) in a 7:30 p.m. tipoff in Martin, Tenn...
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Gannon sheds coaching post for other jobs
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
For the first time in more than 15 years, Southeast Missouri State University will have a new head volleyball coach when the season opens this fall. Southeast announced Wednesday that Cindy Gannon is stepping down as the Redhawks' coach to assume expanded duties as an administrator in the athletic department...
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Redhawks try to clear road hurdles
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
Southeast Missouri State University's women simply destroyed the opposition during their recently completed four-game homestand, winning all four contests by an average of 32 points. "It was a good homestand," Southeast coach B.J. Smith said in something of an understatement...
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Billings believes 21 will pay off
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
Southeast Missouri State University football coach Tim Billings knows that on signing day every program thinks it's a big winner -- but only time is the real test as to whether that turns out to be true. But Billings says he genuinely believes Southeast struck it rich with the 21 signings he announced Wednesday, including five mid-semester junior college transfers who are already in school and will participate in spring drills next month...
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Jackson's close seniors will scatter for school
(High School Sports ~ 02/03/05)
Jackson senior Matt James said he knew Southeast Missouri State was the right choice for him all along. Classmate Brad Crader considered Southeast all the way until Saturday night, when he came to the decision to attend Division II Truman State in Kirksville, Mo...
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Bush calls on Congress to 'save' Social Security
(National News ~ 02/03/05)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush challenged a hesitant Congress on Wednesday to "strengthen and save" Social Security, saying the nation's costliest social program was headed for bankruptcy unless changed. Bush's plan would cut guaranteed retirement benefits for younger Americans but would not affect checks for people now 55 and older...
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Out of the past 2/3/05
(Out of the Past ~ 02/03/05)
25 years ago: Feb. 3, 1980 Joe R. Garman, an active member of the American Correctional Chaplains' Association, conducts a Prison Evangelism Program in the evening at New Testament Christian Church. CAIRO, Ill. -- A shooting spree at a Cairo public housing project has left three men dead and two other people wounded; one of the dead is believed to have shot the other four people in three separate apartments in the Pyramid Courts Housing Project, before turning the gun on himself...
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City cooperation
(Editorial ~ 02/03/05)
While Cape Girardeau and Jackson are friendly rivals, especially in high school sports, the two largest communities in Cape Girardeau County have found ways to work together to benefit business, development, construction and road improvements. Each year the Cape Girardeau City Council and the Jackson Board of Aldermen meet to update long-term plans and discuss mutual concerns, a practice that started in 1998. ...
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Toning your tummy
(Community ~ 02/03/05)
NEW YORK Washboards. Six-packs. No matter what they're called, muscular, lean abdominals are an obsession for some Americans. And there is no shortage of methods to get them. Some fitness programs encourage countless crunches while others back special diets. Some promoters suggest more sleep or even adding calcium to the diet...
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How film prepares us for the road ahead
(Community ~ 02/03/05)
There are many roads to an increased healthspan ... and not all of them have to do with smelly vitamins, leafy greens and sweating. Try going to a movie. That's right, engaging in a cultural pursuit can add healthy years to your life. Studies of older folks engaged in creative arts programs report boosted immunity, better overall health, fewer doctor visits and lower levels of depression than those who aren't so cultured...
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Lorene Becker
(Obituary ~ 02/03/05)
Lorene "Pete" Becker, 83, of Fruitland died Monday, Jan. 31, 2005, at her home. She was born Nov. 8, 1921, in Crystal City, Mo., daughter of John and Marie Peerman Harmon. She and Archie Edward Becker were married July 15, 1943, in Hillsboro, Mo. He died March 15, 1979...
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Dorothy Thorne
(Obituary ~ 02/03/05)
Dorothy L. Thorne, 85, of Jackson died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at Jackson Manor. She was born Dec. 21, 1919, at Lilbourn, Mo., daughter of Charles "Charlie" and Allie Evans. She and Orval C. Thorne were married Sept. 19, 1936. He died Feb. 8, 1986...
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Paralyzed man finds hope in China
(Community ~ 02/03/05)
There were days right after his accident that David Landewee didn't want want to think about physical therapy or learn how to maneuver in a wheelchair. A spinal cord injury left him without the use of his back and lower body. But a surgical procedure unavailable in the United States could help him regain some movement in his legs...
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Oran tops Sikeston in overtime
(High School Sports ~ 02/03/05)
ORAN -- Tiffany Glastetter scored six of her 13 points in overtime to lead Oran to a 44-42 home victory against Sikeston on Wednesday. Oran never trailed in overtime, taking a 44-39 lead. Sikeston's Alliison Blurton hit a long 3-pointer at the buzzer to reach the final margin...
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Bible calls for helping others
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/03/05)
To the editor: In response to the letter "The Bible is not a social gospel:" I must be reading a different Bible. My Bible is full of statements that speak of helping others. In fact, the Epistle of James, probably written by the brother of Jesus, says in chapter 2:14-26 that faith, belief and righteousness without works are dead. They go hand in hand...
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With freedom comes choices
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/03/05)
To the editor: I am awed by the courage of the Iraqi people. Until now, we have seen them primarily as victims of Hussein's tyranny, suffering from the savagery of insurgents and as collateral casualties of the war we are prosecuting in their country. But on Sunday they emerged into our view as truly valiant advocates of freedom. Their votes are a testimony to their longing for liberty and fearless dedication to self-determination...
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Congress sets Pell Grant limits
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/03/05)
To the editor: A recent letter indicated Congress ordered Secretary of Education Spellings to decrease Pell Grant allocations. This claim is false on a number of levels. First, Congress determines the maximum amount of Pell Grants but has not reduced Pell Grant amounts or changed any rules unilaterally. ...
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Speak Out 2/3/05
(Speak Out ~ 02/03/05)
Plain speaking; Making a choice; Movie tourism; Prize-winning credentials; More respect, please; Biggest enemy; Defense of farmers; Freedom's price; Legalized robbery
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Jeremy Evans
(Obituary ~ 02/03/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Jeremy Ray Evans, 23, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 1, 1981, in Sikeston. Evans was a graduate of New Dawn State School. Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Patsy Wheetley and Roger Burns of Sikeston; two brothers, Shawn Burns of Canyon, Texas, Cameron Burns of Amarillo, Texas; three sisters, Lori Warren and Sherry Slayden of Diehlstadt, Mo., and Pam White of Tulia, Texas...
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Gladys Elder
(Obituary ~ 02/03/05)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Gladys Elder, 86, of Perryville died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Dec. 24, 1918, at Perryville, daughter of Joseph and Thelma Kitchen Brewer. She and Russell A. Elder were married Jan. 29, 1938. He died Oct. 26, 1973...
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Josephine Keen
(Obituary ~ 02/03/05)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Josephine Keen, 85, of East Prairie died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at her home. She was born July 8, 1919, near Middleton, Tenn., daughter of Cullen and Rosa Fish Brown. She and Thurman Keen were married Sept. 23, 1939, in Osceola, Ark. He died Sept. 12, 1984...
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First Friday Coffee
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly First Friday Coffee at the Show Me Center this week. This month's featured presenter will be Mitch Robinson, executive director of Cape Girardeau Area MAGNET, who will be giving an economic development update. The program will begin at 7:30 a.m. Friday, after a continental breakfast at 7:15 a.m. Saint Francis Medical Center is this month's sponsor...
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World briefs 2/3/05
(International News ~ 02/03/05)
Castro: Bush 'deranged,' Europe unwelcome; Iran says nuclear program will continue; U.N. envoy: Atrocities continue in Darfur
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Births 2/3/05
(Births ~ 02/03/05)
Siebert...
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Police reports 2/3/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/03/05)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released Wednesday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs * Paul Kendall Clayton, 42, 1512 N. West End Blvd., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, expired registration and failure to signal...
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Fire reports 2/3/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/03/05)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following on Monday: * At 3:17 p.m., fire at 101 N. Ellis St. * At 3:49 p.m., fire alarm at 338 Broadway. * At 11:43 p.m., alarm sounding at 1000 Towers. Firefighters responded to the following on Tuesday:...
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Police reports 2/3/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/03/05)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released Monday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests * Dustin Keith Williams, 22, 19023 State Highway M, Bloomfield, Mo., was arrested on suspicion of telephone harassment...
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Claudette Holden
(Obituary ~ 02/03/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Pearl Claudette Holden, 67, of Springfield, Mo., died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2005, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. She was born June 24, 1937, daughter of James and Velma Mays Davenport. She and Paul Holden were married Oct. 5, 1952, in Arkansas...
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Ellen Felts
(Obituary ~ 02/03/05)
Ellen Louise Penrod Felts, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born April 7, 1915, in Dongola, Ill., daughter of Daniel and Ella Mowery Penrod. She and John Paul Felts were married in 1934 in Marion, Ill. He died in 1976...
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Club news 2/3/05
(Community News ~ 02/03/05)
St. Mary CWC; Oak Ridge FCE; Laureate Alpha Rho; Zonta Club; Nancy Hunter NSDAR
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Community digest 2/3/05
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
Scott County GOP planning for Lincoln Day; Veterans home helping tsunami victims ; Pampered Chef party will benefit Relay for Life; Cancer society holding relay captain meeting; MS Walk breakfast event to recruit teams; Murder mystery proceeds go to Humane Society; Fiddle tunes, dance on tap at Episcopal church; KC concert will honor military service
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Community Q&A 2/3/05
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
* Name: Sara Scheper...
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Community cuisine 2/3/05
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
Sedgewickville church serves sweetheart meal...
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Rotary Club helps mark Cape history with new signs
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
Cape Girardeau's Downtown Rotary Club has implemented the first of several projects in observation of Rotary International's 100-year anniversary in 2005 by enhancing 15 historical markers throughout the community. The club's 50-year tradition of providing historical markers for the community continued with the presentation of a new historical marker for the River Campus. ...
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Planning couch time: A look ahead at what's 'Sucker Free' and on TV
(Entertainment ~ 02/03/05)
The place: Two problem-beset sections of San Francisco -- Chinatown and Hunter's Point, identified as the city's last slum. The saga: An interlocking set of stories lived within the city's gang culture. Spike Lee directs "Sucker Free City," a film that takes a riveting look at young people seduced and victimized by crime on a variety of mean streets...
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Nixon's papers transferred to library
(National News ~ 02/03/05)
YORBA LINDA, Calif. -- On Saturday afternoons, brides and grooms exchange vows on the lawn just yards from the graves of former President Nixon and his wife, Pat. It is the kind of commercialism that has helped pay the bills at the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace, the only presidential library without federal funding. But such small-time fund-raising may no longer be needed...
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States lose revenue to tax shelters, investment incentives
(National News ~ 02/03/05)
WASHINGTON -- Some of the country's biggest corporations used shelters and investment incentives to pay little or no state income taxes from 2001 through 2003, private groups reported Wednesday. Citizens for Tax Justice and its Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy looked at 252 companies that reported profits during those three years and found that 71 paid no state income taxes in at least one year, and 25 paid no tax in multiple years...
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County commission minutes
(Local News ~ 02/03/05)
Cape Girardeau County Commission minutes of Jan. 27 (all motions were passed unanimously unless otherwise noted). * Statement of monthly collections received from county collector for December 2004. * Erroneous assessments received from assessor...
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Witness says Scrushy, fearing lawsuit, ordered fraud to continue
(National News ~ 02/03/05)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- With earnings sagging at HealthSouth Corp., then-chief executive Richard Scrushy ordered aides to continue a huge fraud because he planned to sell $100 million in stock and "didn't want to get sued," a former finance chief testified Wednesday...
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Spokesman: 'No cause for alarm,' but pontiff will spend time i
(International News ~ 02/03/05)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II had a restful night and his condition stabilized after he was rushed to a hospital with breathing trouble, but he will spend several more days at the clinic to recover from the flu, the Vatican said Wednesday. Around the world, Roman Catholics paused to pray for the health of the 84-year-old pontiff...
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Researchers find blacks in South are more likely to die from stroke
(National News ~ 02/03/05)
NEW ORLEANS -- Blacks in the South apparently get a double whammy of stroke risk: They die at much higher rates than either Southern whites or blacks who live elsewhere. Researchers have long known that stroke deaths are greater among blacks and people in the "Stroke Belt" across the eastern part of the nation's midsection. But they thought the combined risk posed by race and geography was small...
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'Give us our baby'
(International News ~ 02/03/05)
KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka -- "Give us our baby!" a distraught Sri Lankan mother cried Wednesday after a judge kept her from the 4-month-old boy she says was torn from her arms in Asia's tsunami. In the disaster zone's most heart-wrenching custody case, a court ordered Jenita Jeyarajah and her husband to undergo a DNA test to prove they are the parents of the child known as "Baby 81," triggering a melee at a hospital that led to the would-be parents' arrests...
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