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Women urged to follow 'good work' of King, Parks
(Local News ~ 02/27/06)
They will forever be remembered as the first lady and the mother of the civil rights movement. Their sole purpose in life was to serve others and perform God's work in their daily lives. They both fought the good fight for freedom, equality and justice for all people...
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Opening day planned at the Red House
(Community News ~ 02/27/06)
Three new exhibits at the Red House Interpretive Center provided by local supporters are ready for visitors to view on opening day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and continuing every Saturday through Dec. 2. The Cape Girardeau center, dedicated to the history and impact that followed Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery expedition, focuses on providing historical information for all family members to enjoy...
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House budget writers heavy on responsibility, light on experience
(State News ~ 02/27/06)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The reins of the legislature's most powerful committee have changed hands since term limits began altering the face of state government -- shifting budgetary control from grizzled veterans to relative newbies, some of whom say just understanding the budget is a big enough challenge...
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Business memo 02/27/06
(Business ~ 02/27/06)
Farmers market workshop to be held Tuesday A farmers market workshop will be held from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Perryville Area Higher Education Center at 108 S. Progress Drive. Topics include taxing issues, health, weights and measurements, selling eggs and growing in high tunnels. ...
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People on the move 02/27/06
(Business ~ 02/27/06)
Insurance rep receives agent of the year award Local American Family Insurance agent Kelly Waller has received the 2005 Agent of the Year award for the Midland East Region, District 160. The award is voted on among fellow agents and is based on overall performance. ...
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Community cuisine 2/27/06
(Community News ~ 02/27/06)
Scott City Knights of Columbus hold fish fries; Jackson Knights hold fried chicken dinner; New Salem UMC to hold sausage supper; Cape Noon Optimists plan annual chili day ; Homestyle dinner will benefit charities; St. Joseph Parish to hold buffet in Apple Creek
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Happiness may buy money, professor says
(State News ~ 02/27/06)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- If you think getting that promotion at work, an "A" on your algebra test or a 290 game at the bowling alley will make you happy, you may be looking at it from the wrong perspective. Personal and professional success may affect happiness, but the effect appears to work the other way as well, with happy people more likely to achieve favorable life circumstances, say a University of Illinois psychology professor and his colleagues...
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Think-tank VP's talk to focus on the future and global trends
(Business ~ 02/27/06)
Erik Peterson doesn't know exactly what the year 2025 will look like, but it's his job to get a pretty good idea. Peterson is senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., and director of the Seven Revolutions Initiative, a broad-based effort to forecast key trends out to the year 2025...
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German family traces lineage to Missouri, where trail ends
(State News ~ 02/27/06)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- If you have German ancestors and you've wondered about your family homeland, you might be lucky enough to be related to Heinz Tonjes. Tonjes, 65, is the sole owner of his ancestral farm in Kolkebeck, Germany, and he desperately wants to invite any American relatives to visit. The problem is, he doesn't know who those Americans might be. He knows two brothers left the farm in the 1850s and eventually spent some time in St. Charles, and he is looking for any descendants...
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Alabama newspaper finds cache of civil rights photos
(State News ~ 02/27/06)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Previously unpublished photographs from the civil rights era were discovered in an equipment closet at The Birmingham News and appeared for the first time Sunday in a special section of the newspaper. The cardboard box with thousands of negatives, marked "Keep. Do Not Sell," was discovered in November 2004 by a photo intern, Alexander Cohn, who went through the files and interviewed people in the pictures to help produce the eight-page section, "Unseen. Unforgotten."...
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St. Louis tries its own Mardi Gras in Soulard on Saturday
(State News ~ 02/27/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Hundreds of thousands of revelers endured high winds and long lines for food and booze and even longer lines for portable potties at Soulard's Mardi Gras celebration on Saturday. At one portable restroom, 54 people waited about 45 minutes to use two small and, by all accounts, stinky portable toilets...
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Rain hampers Cards a second straight day
(Professional Sports ~ 02/27/06)
JUPITER, Fla. -- For the second day in a row, the St. Louis Cardinals had to abbreviate their practice Sunday due to rainy weather, but hurlers Mark Mulder and Jason Isringhausen were able to throw early batting practice to Albert Pujols, Juan Encarnacion, John Rodriguez and Scott Spiezio...
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Second probe in port deal accepted
(National News ~ 02/27/06)
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration said Sunday it will accept an extraordinary offer by a United Arab Emirates-based company to submit to a second -- and broader -- U.S. review of potential security risks in its deal to take over significant operations at six leading American ports. The plan averts an impending political showdown...
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Out of the past 2/27/06
(Out of the Past ~ 02/27/06)
25 years ago: Feb. 27, 1981 Cape Girardeau will become the national headquarters for an industrial firm; National Transformer Corp., has leased the 32,000-square-foot building at 100 Minnesota, occupied until recently by Griffaw Furniture Manufacturing Co., which has moved back to a former smaller location on South Middle Street...
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Internet operators seeking toll lane for information traffic
(Business ~ 02/27/06)
NEW YORK -- On the Internet, the traffic cops are blind -- they don't look at the data they're directing, and they don't give preferential treatment. That's something operators of the Internet highway, the major U.S. phone companies, want to change by effectively adding a toll lane: They want to be able to give priority treatment to those who pay to get through faster...
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Donald Keller
(Obituary ~ 02/27/06)
ANNA, Ill. -- Donald Keller, 87, of Anna died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006. at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 16, 1918, son of Joe and Lona Carter Keller. He and Helen Pickles were married on July 4, 1941, in Cape Girardeau. Keller was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cobden, Ill. He was employed at Slingblade and had previously worked at International Shoe, Bunny Bread, Keller Farm Supply and the Anna-Jonesboro Bin Co...
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Patricia Dixon
(Obituary ~ 02/27/06)
Tamms, Ill. -- Patricia Ann Dixon, 50, of Tamms, formerly of Murphysboro, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006, at the Jonesboro Rehab and Care Center. She was born Feb. 6, 1956, in Carbondale, daughter of Earl and Jean Clutts Etherton. She and Steven W. Dixon were married on Oct. 19, 1986...
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E. Louise Graves
(Obituary ~ 02/27/06)
MARION, Ill. -- E. Louise Graves, 75, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, at her residence. She was born July 1, 1930, in Williamson County to Walter and Elsie Peterson Robertson. She and Kenneth A. Graves were married on Dec. 28, 1957, in Marion. He preceded her in death on Feb. 18, 2005...
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Arnold Rector
(Obituary ~ 02/27/06)
Anna , Ill. -- Arnold M. Rector, 79, of Anna died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born June 14, 1926, in Neely's Landing, Mo., son of Albert and Florence Dennison Rector. He and Mary Delores Linton were married on July 16, 1949, in Jonesboro...
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Opal Howell
(Obituary ~ 02/27/06)
Dongola, Ill. -- Opal A. Howell , 83, of Dongola died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006, at Union County Hospital. She was born July 1, 1922, in Dongola, daughter of Charlie Willis and Allie May Owens. She and Marvin Howell were married on June 28, 1943, in Charleston, Mo...
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Clareen Macklin
(Obituary ~ 02/27/06)
Ste. Genevieve, Mo. -- Clareen Wallace Macklin, 74, of Ste. Genevieve was born Jan. 9, 1932, at Lowndes, Mo., the daughter of Harry and Ermine Davis Wallace and passed away Feb. 25, 2006, at the Advance Nursing Center. Clareen was a homemaker and a Jehovah Witness...
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Agatha Largent
(Obituary ~ 02/27/06)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Margaret Agatha Largent, 95, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006, at Clearview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sikeston. Born Oct. 21, 1910, in Gideon, Mo., to the late Martin VanBuren and Elizabeth A. Atteberry Mumma. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Sikeston for over 50 years where she was active in the United Methodist Women's Circle II, women's civic club, volunteered at Scott County blood drives and enjoyed her bridge clubs...
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Speak Out 2/27/06
(Speak Out ~ 02/27/06)
Not baby sitters; Work creates pride; Stop sign means stop; Don't forget the staff; Release the money; Come to Cape; Hard promise to keep; Responsible spending; Not so popular; Marijuana bust; If it happens to you ...; Let students pay; Cute versus distinctive; Problem dogs; Better drivers needed; Blame the lawsuits; Embarrassing antics
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Sports briefs 2/27/06
(Other Sports ~ 02/27/06)
Colleges...
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Standing up to bullies
(Editorial ~ 02/27/06)
An estimated 30 percent of children in grades six through 10 are bullying or being bullied themselves. Some children grow up and overcome being bullied. Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford and Mel Gibson were bullied when they were children. They dealt with it. Donald Trump and Bobby Knight didn't...
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Alene Schneier
(Obituary ~ 02/27/06)
Alene M. Schneier, age 91, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006, at the Monticello House in Jackson, where she had been a resident for one day. She was born Aug. 24, 1914, in Cedar Fork, in Perry County, Mo., daughter of Joseph and Martha Bendel Henderson. She and William "Bill" Schneier were married June 2, 1936, in Jackson. He passed away on Nov. 19, 1978...
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Barbershops considered the 'cornerstone of the black community'
(Local News ~ 02/27/06)
There's music on the radio, jokes are flying fast and furious, and if you're not ready to give as good as you get, you better stay outside. It's hard to ignore the cultural phenomenon of the black-owned barbershop. In recent years two major motion pictures, an HBO documentary, and now a reality show on MTV, have all celebrated this place of social vitality...
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Cape police put to test to fill vacant positions
(Local News ~ 02/27/06)
For the next couple of weeks, nearly 30 Cape Girardeau police department officers will be awaiting promotion testing results to see if they have been chosen to advance in rank. A lieutenant, sergeant and corporal position were open at the Cape Girardeau Police Department and all last week 27 officers underwent testing, according to assistant chief Randy Roddy...
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Sheriff cuts back paying medical bills of prisoners
(Local News ~ 02/27/06)
In a move to save county tax dollars, the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department will no longer pick up the tab for a prisoner's hospital costs. For years, the department has paid prisoner hospital bills, said Sheriff John Jordan. Between the two Cape Girardeau hospitals, last year's bills totaled more than $21,000...
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Toledo's Muslims say they don't fear backlash over arrests on terror charges
(National News ~ 02/27/06)
TOLEDO, Ohio -- The business owners, doctors, lawyers and others who make up this industrial city's thriving Muslim community say they're not worried about any backlash against them following the terror charges leveled against three residents who share their religion...
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For police, Mardi Gras requires quick reactions, patience and good shoes
(National News ~ 02/27/06)
NEW ORLEANS -- Four hours into his second 12-hour shift of the weekend in the French Quarter, Officer Jonathan Carroll Jr. has been busy answering questions, giving directions, listening to drunken declarations of love and drunken jokes amid the endless roar of the crowd...
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Actor Darren McGavin, played father in 'A Christmas Story,' dies at 83
(National News ~ 02/27/06)
LOS ANGELES -- Darren McGavin was painting a movie set in 1945 when he learned of an opening for a small role in the show, climbed off his ladder, and returned through Columbia's front gates to land the part. The husky, tough-talking performer went on to become one of the busiest actors in television and film, starring in five TV series, including "Mike Hammer," and endearing holiday audiences with his role as the grouchy dad in the 1983 comedy classic "A Christmas Story."...
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Cape police reports 2/27/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/27/06)
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Cape/Jackson fire reports 2/27/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/27/06)
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Anna Nicole Smith's fight over husband's fortune into 11th year, bound for U.S. Supreme Court
(National News ~ 02/27/06)
HOUSTON -- It's been a long and colorful journey for a girl from a small Texas town. Anna Nicole Smith went to work in a Houston strip club and wound up as the trophy wife of an aging multimillionaire, setting up an 11-year-long legal war over his estate that now has traveled all the way to the highest court in the land...
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Dubai's fierce growth hinges on state-run companies operated like private ones
(International News ~ 02/27/06)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai Ports World's $6.8 billion purchase of Britain's P&O is drawing heightened scrutiny because it includes the takeover of significant operations at six U.S. ports. But the deal represents just a small part of this desert city-state's headlong rush into global investing -- a rush almost without precedent...
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Swamped with illegal immigrants at home, governors push for action in Washington
(National News ~ 02/27/06)
WASHINGTON -- A growing number of governors, along the border and beyond, are sharpening their complaints about the flood of immigrants pouring into their states, pushing the Bush administration and Congress for action. Republicans and Democrats alike on Sunday said they planned to bring the concerns to President Bush and his Cabinet in private meetings this week, bringing a front-line security worry of a different order than the latest Washington obsessions on ports and eavesdropping...
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Iran, Russia strike enrichment deal aimed at easing nuclear standoff
(International News ~ 02/27/06)
BUSHEHR, Iran -- Iran and Russia agreed in principle Sunday to establish a joint uranium enrichment venture, a breakthrough in talks on a U.S.-backed Kremlin proposal aimed at easing concerns that Tehran wants to build nuclear weapons. But further negotiations on the details lay ahead, and it was not known whether Iran will entirely give up enrichment at home, a top demand of the West...
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Mortars slam into crowded Baghdad neighborhoods despite security measures
(International News ~ 02/27/06)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Violence killed at least 29 people Sunday, including three American soldiers, and mortar fire rumbled through the heart of Baghdad after sundown despite stringent security measures imposed after an explosion of sectarian violence. Iraqi police said they had found no trace of abducted American journalist Jill Carroll as the deadline set by her kidnappers for killing her passed at midnight Sunday with no word on her fate...
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Saddam's attorneys call for delay, meet clients for first time in weeks
(International News ~ 02/27/06)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein's attorneys are asking for a delay in his trial because of the turmoil that swept Baghdad after the bombing of a Shiite shrine, one of his attorneys said Sunday. A court official said a postponement was possible for the next session on Tuesday...
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More room, more to offer: Barnes & Noble moving to bigger spot at Westfield West Park
(Business ~ 02/27/06)
Barnes & Noble's next chapter will be written at Westfield West Park, with the bookstore chain's decision to relocate to the Cape Girardeau mall and build a larger, more innovative store that will add music and movies to its shelves. And, yes, the popular Starbucks coffee will still be available for those looking for their morning caffeine fix after the new store opens in November...
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It's official: Meadow Heights has national record with 36 3-pointers
(High School Sports ~ 02/27/06)
Saturday was the ultimate good news/bad news day for the Meadow Heights boys basketball team. On the day the Panthers received word from the National Federation of State High School Associations that their 36 3-pointers was certified as a national record, their season ended with an 88-86 overtime loss to East Carter County in the first round of the Class 2 District 2 tournament in Bloomfield...
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Rogge: 'You have succeeded brilliantly'
(Professional Sports ~ 02/27/06)
TURIN, Italy -- Turin's Olympics, a topsy-turvy mix of marvels and misadventures, ended appropriately with a closing-ceremony Carnevale -- a circus-like celebration full of clowns and acrobats, vibrant and often dreamlike. Fireworks, confetti and pulsating ballads filled the air. At one point, a winged snowboarder hovered high above ground, as if by magic...
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Kenseth accepts gift when engine failures strike at Auto Club 500
(Professional Sports ~ 02/27/06)
FONTANA, Calif. -- Even when he took the lead late in the NASCAR Nextel Cup race at California Speedway, Matt Kenseth didn't expect to win. "I was sort of planning on running second," Kenseth said, grinning. But the 2003 Cup champion got a gift Sunday, winning the Auto Club 500 after the stronger cars of Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart went to the garage with late-race engine failures...
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Community briefs 2/27/06
(Community News ~ 02/27/06)
Retired teachers group meets Wednesday The Cape Girardeau Retired Teachers Association will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Chateau Girardeau. KFVS12 meteorologist Bob Reeves will give a program. The Scott County Women in Agriculture will meet at 7 p.m. ...
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri receives national recognition for efficiency
(Community News ~ 02/27/06)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri was recently awarded the highest four-star rating for sound fiscal management by Charity Navigator. Charity Navigator, an evaluator of charities, aims to give donors confidence in their charitable endeavors by recognizing efficient charities. Not-for-profits are rated on organizational efficiency and organizational capacity. Program, administrative and fund-raising expenses as well as fund-raising efficiency are taken into account...
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White Sox GM fires back at Thomas, calls him 'an idiot'
(Professional Sports ~ 02/27/06)
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Angry and disgusted with the latest comments from former slugger Frank Thomas, Chicago White Sox general manager Kenny Williams fired back Sunday, calling the two-time MVP "an idiot." "He's an idiot. He's selfish. That's why we don't miss him," Williams said, responding to a Thomas interview that appeared in the Daily Southtown, a newspaper in the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, Ill...
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Curator supplements Alden's salary
(Professional Sports ~ 02/27/06)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A member of the University of Missouri Board of Curators has financed a $50,000 annual supplement for athletic director Mike Alden's $225,000 annual base salary, according to a newspaper report. Don Walsworth, president and chief executive officer of Walsworth Publishing Co. of Marceline, has made the contribution each year since 2003, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported in its Sunday editions...
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Ogilvy caps unlikely match-play victory
(Professional Sports ~ 02/27/06)
Geoff Ogilvy never imagined himself winning the Match Play Championship. He was too busy looking for the exit. Ogilvy had already removed his cap when Nick O'Hern stood over a 5-foot putt to win on the 20th hole. That was on Thursday, a lifetime ago. Then came Mike Weir, 4-up with four holes to play in the third round but unable to put away the ultimate survivor of a tournament that requires nothing less...
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'Hawks wield bats, brooms
(College Sports ~ 02/27/06)
After two narrow wins over Jackson State on Saturday, Southeast Missouri State had a little more breathing room in completing a home-opening series sweep. The Redhawks banged out 11 hits and took advantage of more JSU wildness to post a 9-5 victory at Capaha Field Sunday afternoon...
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Redhawks finish second in Mississippi tourney
(College Sports ~ 02/27/06)
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- The Southeast Missouri State softball team split two more games Sunday in the Mississippi State Invitational as the Redhawks finished second. Southeast (2-2) also split a pair of games in the four-team, round-robin event Friday, when the Redhawks opened their season. Saturday's two scheduled contests were rained out...
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Sweden strikes hockey gold with 3-2 win over Finland
(Professional Sports ~ 02/27/06)
TURIN, Italy -- The three crowns on Sweden's hockey sweaters are said to represent three great kings. Try convincing any fan they don't stand for hockey royalty: Forsberg, Sundin and Lidstrom. Sweden's three biggest stars came through in its biggest game ever, with Nicklas Lidstrom scoring the game-winning goal 10 seconds into the third period on assists by Mats Sundin and Peter Forsberg as the Swedes beat rival Finland 3-2 Sunday for the Olympic men's hockey gold medal...
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Lewis & Clark cafe opening downtown
(Column ~ 02/27/06)
Sandwiches, soups, hand-dipped ice cream and ... hookahs? A new restaurant coming to downtown Cape Girardeau promises to bring the Eastern and Western worlds together. The Lewis & Clark Cafe, set to open March 4, will offer traditional American fare like soups, sandwiches and hand-dipped ice cream...
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