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New town, new tongue
(Column ~ 03/08/06)
We St. Louisans are famous for one phrase that out-of-towners claim speaks volumes about our city and its culture. That phrase, of course, "where did you go to high school?" It's a polite way of asking about somone's neighborhood, class and often religion without coming right out and putting those indelicate questions on the table...
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U.S. lets Neosho family bring Vietnamese orphan for treatment
(State News ~ 03/08/06)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- After media and political scrutiny, United States immigration officials have reversed themselves and will allow a Neosho family to bring a sick Vietnamese orphan to the United States for treatment. Physician Melvin Karges and his wife, Cheryl, were given permission to bring over 6-year-old Tuan Van Cao by the same government office that last month denied their request for a humanitarian waiver of visa rules. As an orphan, Tuan did not qualify for a regular visa...
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Scott City's chamber reorganizes without board of directors
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
The Scott City Chamber of Commerce has new leadership and a new organizational plan as it enters 2006 -- changes the chamber hopes will help guarantee the long-term viability of the organization. Last October, the leadership of the chamber expressed doubts whether the business association would exist in 2006. Then-president Paul Schock said membership had dwindled...
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Missouri House gives initial approval to limits on development tax breaks
(State News ~ 03/08/06)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Lawmakers in the House gave initial approval Tuesday to a bill that would make it harder for developers to get tax breaks for their projects but rejected an attempt to limit the use of eminent domain. The tax breaks, called tax increment financing or TIF, allow a portion of the future taxes generated by a development to pay for the project's costs, instead of going to schools, cities and other government entities...
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Prestwick development delayed by easement feud
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
A nearly $20 million development of high-dollar homes in western Cape Girardeau has been delayed nearly a year while developers, city officials and a prominent Cape Girardeau landowner and businessman remain mired in disagreements over 1,500 feet of sewer-line right of way...
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Lawmakers will discuss loan sale at Southeast on Friday
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
Local state lawmakers and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder will discuss the planned sale of Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority student loans on Friday at Southeast Missouri State University. The panel discussion is scheduled for noon in Dempster Hall's Glenn Auditorium...
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Delta girls reach quarterfinals for second straight year
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/06)
Delta junior Shea Smith hit 13 of 14 free throws in the fourth quarter and had 17 points in all during the final period to lead the Bobcats to a 53-41 win over Scott County Central on Tuesday in a Class 1 girls sectional at Central Junior High. Smith finished with a game-high 26 points for Delta, which improved to 26-1. Delta will play Chadwick on Saturday in West Plains in the quarterfinal round...
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Advance boys face sectional challenge
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/06)
Three years of coming up just short finally came to an end for Advance's boys basketball team in the form of Thursday's district championship win over South Iron. The Hornets claimed their first district title since 2000 and only their second since 1978...
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Bell City takes its toll
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/06)
For all of the hype and hullabaloo surrounding Tuesday's boys Class 1 sectional between Bell City and Scott County Central, the fact remained Bell City simply had more tools on the floor. Will Bogan, Bell City's 6-foot-10 junior, and 5-11 sophomore guard Nick Niemczyk combined for 58 points as the Cubs asserted themselves as the area's top Class 1 team with a 82-51 rout at Central Junior High...
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Author suing 'Da Vinci Code' publisher admits exaggeration
(National News ~ 03/08/06)
LONDON -- An author suing the publishers of "The Da Vinci Code" for alleged infringement of copyright told a British court Tuesday that he exaggerated his case in a witness statement before the trial, relying on book reviews to back up his claim in the statement, given to the court before the trial started...
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Fuel tanker explodes in massive Florida pileup blamed on fog
(National News ~ 03/08/06)
BELLE GLADE, Fla. -- A fuel truck exploded as 13 tractor-trailers and several cars slammed into each other on a fog-bound highway early Tuesday, injuring at least six people, two of them critically, authorities said. Rescuers pulled one truck driver from the wreckage of his crumpled cab, said Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Tim Frith...
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Some abortion foes question tactics after S.D. opts for ban
(National News ~ 03/08/06)
South Dakota has opted for a sweeping abortion ban and Mississippi may soon follow, but for now, few other states seem eager to join in an all-out challenge of Roe v. Wade. Instead, many legislatures continue to chip away at abortion access while awaiting the outcome of legal and electoral showdowns...
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Hornets make debut in New Orleans
(Professional Sports ~ 03/08/06)
NEW ORLEANS -- Tom Warren knows that compared to the lives and property Hurricane Katrina destroyed, a professional sports team is a small loss. Still, having the first big league game back in town tonight seems like a big deal. "It's one more thing that's ours that we're getting back," said Warren, a 56-year-old construction worker. "We need all that stuff back, because that's normal."...
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Search for perfect tomato points to heirloom varieties
(Community ~ 03/08/06)
NEW MARKET, Va. -- Many of the gardeners among us are looking for the perfect tomato, which in the end may be worth more than a precious metal. "Taste is subjective," said Gary Ibsen, who grows 520 varieties of heirloom tomatoes on three organic certified farms in Central California. ...
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AP makes Texas duo unanimous All-Big 12
(Professional Sports ~ 03/08/06)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- P.J. Tucker and LaMarcus Aldridge, who anchored the conference's highest-ranked team while leading Texas to a share of the regular-season title, are both unanimous selections to The Associated Press All-Big 12 basketball team for 2005-06...
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Ex-Poplar Bluff star Hansbrough collects another ACC honor
(Professional Sports ~ 03/08/06)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- As expected, Tyler Hansbrough turned the competition for the Atlantic Coast Conference's Rookie of the Year into a one-man race. The North Carolina center received all 108 votes for the award announced Tuesday, a day after he became the first freshman in ACC history to earn unanimous first-team all-conference honors...
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Cards muster just four hits in loss to Dodgers
(Professional Sports ~ 03/08/06)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Five Dodgers pitchers combined on a four-hitter Tuesday as Los Angeles beat St. Louis 3-1 at Roger Dean Stadium. Brett Tomko (1-0) allowed one run on three hits over three innings for the win. Four Dodgers relievers pitched six scoreless innings, including a stretch of 15 consecutive outs that ended after two outs in the ninth...
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MVC bans some cheerleader stunts at women's tournament
(Professional Sports ~ 03/08/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Citing a Southern Illinois University cheerleader's 15-foot fall onto her head, the Missouri Valley Conference has barred its cheerleaders from certain airborne stunts during its women's basketball tournament this week, the league's chief said Tuesday...
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Quenneville victorious in return to St. Louis
(Professional Sports ~ 03/08/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Milan Hejduk gave Colorado coach Joel Quenneville his first victory in St. Louis since he was fired by the Blues in February 2004. Milan Hejduk scored the only goal in a shootout to lead the Avalanche to a 2-1 victory over the Blues on Tuesday night...
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U.S. draws line on Iran's nuclear program, vows consequences
(National News ~ 03/08/06)
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration drew a hard line on Iran Tuesday, warning of "meaningful consequences" if the Islamic government does not back away from an international confrontation over its disputed nuclear program. Edging toward the U.N. Security Council review it has long sought, Washington rejected any potential 11th hour compromise that would allow Iran to process nuclear fuel that could be used for weapons...
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House bill would block ports deal
(National News ~ 03/08/06)
WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders on Tuesday embraced legislation that would block a Dubai-owned company from taking over operations at several U.S. ports, brushing aside a veto threat from President Bush. The House Appropriations Committee planned to approve the measure Wednesday...
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James Varnon
(Obituary ~ 03/08/06)
James Stanley Varnon, 66, of St. Louis passed away Monday, March 6, 2006, at his home. He was born Dec. 12, 1939, in Harviell, Mo., to John Sam and Pauline Varnon, who preceded him in death. Mr. Varnon attended school in Morley, Mo., where he spent most of his early life. He retired from his St. Louis nursery business, Varnon Tree Service...
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Blasts rock Indian holy city, killing at least 20 people
(International News ~ 03/08/06)
VARANASI, India -- A series of coordinated bombings rocked a packed railway station and crowded Hindu temple Tuesday in the holy city of Varanasi, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens in an attack that raised fears of communal violence. Cities across India were put on high alert as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appealed for calm, said his spokesman, Sanjaya Baru...
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Fire reports 3/8/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/08/06)
Cape Girardeau...
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Go, Redhawks!
(Editorial ~ 03/08/06)
The women's basketball team at Southeast Missouri State University has had a spectacular season -- and there's more to come. For the first time since the university began competing in the NCAA's Division I, the women are headed to the NCAA tournament after winning the Ohio Valley Conference tournament last Saturday...
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Inmate health care
(Editorial ~ 03/08/06)
Inmates at the Cape Girardeau County Jail now have to pay their own way if they go to a hospital. The county previously provided hospital services, viewing inmates as county wards. Sheriff John Jordan made the policy change after making sure state statutes allows counties to require prisoners to pay for their own medical care...
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Speak Out 3/8/06
(Speak Out ~ 03/08/06)
It's all about money; Not time to wait; More work to do; Extreme views; Take some action; Legislative lunacy; School behavior; We get it, Senator; Fishing wins; Quick solution; Stop blaming parents; Customers come first
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Iraq factions wrangle over government
(International News ~ 03/08/06)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The U.S. ambassador held talks with a top Shiite leader Tuesday as Iraqi factions wrangled over a new government. The prime minister declared he would not be "blackmailed" into stepping aside, and the Shiite majority balked at convening the parliament...
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Gordon Parks, director of 'Shaft,' dies
(Entertainment ~ 03/08/06)
NEW YORK -- Gordon Parks, who captured the struggles and triumphs of black America as a photographer for Life magazine and then became Hollywood's first major black director with "The Learning Tree" and the hit "Shaft," died Tuesday, a family member said. He was 93...
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Al-Jazeera airs tape of three Iraq hostages
(International News ~ 03/08/06)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An American was the only member missing from a group of hostages who appeared on a video begging their governments to work for their release. Four activists from the Christian Peacemaker Teams vanished Nov. 26 in Baghdad. They were last seen together on a video that aired on al-Jazeera Jan. 28. A statement apparently accompanied that tape claiming the four would be killed unless all Iraqi prisoners were released from Iraqi and U.S. prisons. No deadline was set...
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Thousands in Kenya protest police raids
(International News ~ 03/08/06)
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Thousands of opposition supporters and human rights activists demonstrated in Nairobi on Tuesday to protest against last week's raids on Kenya's oldest newspaper and its sister television station. It was the first time since Kenya's 1963 independence that the government shut down major media operations. The country's media have been reporting on corruption scandals swirling around President Mwai Kibaki, who has been seen as increasingly politically isolated...
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Business digest 03/08/06
(National News ~ 03/08/06)
Productivity drops for first time in four years WASHINGTON -- The efficiency of American workers declined in the final three months of 2005, the first time that has happened in more than four years, while wage pressures accelerated. Americans' productivity, a key determinant of rising living standards, dipped at an annual rate of 0.5 percent in the October-December quarter, while wages rose at a 3.3 percent pace, the fastest gain in a year, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. ...
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Widow of 'Superman' actor dies at age 44
(Entertainment ~ 03/08/06)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Dana Reeve, the singer-actress who married the strapping star of the "Superman" movies and then devoted herself to his care and his cause after he was paralyzed, has died of lung cancer, a year-and-a-half after her husband. She was 44...
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Banana corn fritters make healthy, vegetarian meal
(Community ~ 03/08/06)
The banana is an obliging do-it-all fruit, capable of playing many more roles than peel-and-eat snacking. Bananas can go far beyond typecasting as cereal toppings and lunchbox staples. That's the message in a feature in the February-March 2006 issue of EatingWell magazine. It suggests roasting bananas and serving them with yogurt cream, slicing them into a tropical salad, or, among other savory options, mashing them with cornmeal in fritters...
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Births 3/8/06
(Births ~ 03/08/06)
Berkbigler; Yang; Ahlvin; Hopper; Garris
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Percy Parrow
(Obituary ~ 03/08/06)
Percy Parrow Sr., 80, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, March 4, 2006, at his home. He was born July 23, 1925, in Meridian, Miss., son of Robert and Hattie Clark Parrow. He and Melvonia Ruffin were married Oct. 9, 1954, in New Madrid, Mo. Parrow was a farmer...
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Mary Ziegler
(Obituary ~ 03/08/06)
Mary Ziegler, 38, of Jackson died Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at her home. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Dewey Barrett
(Obituary ~ 03/08/06)
ANNA, Ill. -- Dewey M. Barrett, 76, of Anna died Monday, March 6, 2006, at Marion Veterans Administration Medical Center in Marion, Ill. He was born Sept. 1, 1929, in Cape Girardeau, son of Linder and Effie Mae Allen Barrett. He and Myrtle B. Brown were married Nov. 17, 1956, in Corinth, Miss. She died Nov. 12, 2004...
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Out of the past 3/8/06
(Out of the Past ~ 03/08/06)
25 years ago: March 8, 1981 Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents president Kenneth Dement appears on the CBS television program "60 Minutes"; Dement, a Sikeston, Mo., native, was interviewed last fall by the program for a segment concerning the tire rim industry and the manufacturing of potentially dangerous truck rims; Dement was involved in a lawsuit several years ago, in which he won a large settlement against a tire company for manufacturing defective rims...
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The most wonderful time for wild game
(Column ~ 03/08/06)
Every family has its own excitement and things that they celebrates, and that is certainly true right now at our house. My husband and our son are both totally consumed with March Madness, basketball and tournaments. They go around the house singing "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and have their brackets all ready to fill out after the selection program Sunday evening...
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Growing up: Career learning takes root at vo-tech school
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
Farrell Wasson doesn't mind getting his hands dirty. He's right at home learning about horticulture in a greenhouse. Zach McCullough already works as a welder but wants to improve his skills. Russell Amelunke wants to be a chef on a luxury cruise ship...
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Illegal immigrants rise to 12 million, 5 percent of all workers in U.S.
(National News ~ 03/08/06)
WASHINGTON -- The number of illegal immigrants in the United States has grown to as many as 12 million, and they now account for about one in every 20 workers, a new estimate says. Efforts to curb illegal immigration have not slowed the pace, said a report Tuesday by the Pew Hispanic Center...
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Report says lack of federal oversight led to high natural gas prices in Midwest
(National News ~ 03/08/06)
WASHINGTON -- Too little oversight of financial markets -- not supply and demand problems -- are to blame for skyrocketing natural gas prices, a report from top law enforcement officials in four Midwestern states said Tuesday. Comparing natural gas trading to "the wild, wild West," the attorneys general from Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin urged Congress to increase regulation of markets they say are vulnerable to abuse and manipulation...
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The CTC: Now and the future
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
The Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center is one of 57 in the state. Opened in 2001, the $11.2 million, 120,000-square-foot center on Silver Springs Road continues to expand its course offerings. Director Rich Payne hopes to raise $1.5 million to build and equip a free-standing addition for the vocational school's growing electrical trades program. ...
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Cape/Jackson police reports 3/8/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/08/06)
Cape Girardeau...
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Colo. teacher who likened Bush, Hitler speeches says he was encouraging debate
(National News ~ 03/08/06)
DENVER -- A high school social studies teacher who was put on leave after comparing President Bush's State of the Union address to speeches made by Adolf Hitler defended his lecture on Tuesday, saying he was trying to encourage students to think. "My job as a teacher is to challenge students to think critically about issues that are affecting our world and our society," Jay Bennish said on NBC's "Today Show."...
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Nation briefs 3/8/06
(National News ~ 03/08/06)
Pope appeals for release of kidnapped infant VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI called Tuesday for the immediate and unconditional release of a 17-month-old epileptic boy kidnapped from his parents' northern Italian home last week. Benedict expressed solidarity with the family of Tommaso Onofri and assured them he was praying for them. ...
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Counternarcotics agents ready to take on Afghan opium poppy farmers
(International News ~ 03/08/06)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Springtime is on the way and already hundreds of farmers are tending pale green shoots of Afghanistan's chief crop and economic mainstay: opium poppies. It looks to be a bumper year. Some 320,000 acres are currently blanketed in rows of dandelion-like sprouts that eventually produce almost 90 percent of the world's heroin...
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Area sports digest 3/8/06
(Community Sports ~ 03/08/06)
Sams wins Got Guts! Endurance Run Adela Sams of Cape Girardeau completed her first marathon and finished as the overall champion in the inaugural Got Guts! Endurance Run on Saturday at the Delaware Park Trail. Sams actually ran .2 miles farther than a marathon distance, covering 26.4 miles in the 4-hour run...
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OPEC, unlikely to cut production, focuses on 'fear factor' in oil markets
(International News ~ 03/08/06)
VIENNA, Austria -- OPEC oil ministers, unwilling to cut production with prices lingering above $60 a barrel, focused Tuesday on political instability, terrorist attacks and other forces giving the world's crude markets the jitters. Worries over Iran's nuclear ambitions, militant threats in Nigeria and attacks on Middle East facilities stoked concerns about supply disruptions as the 11-nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries prepared to map out its pumping and pricing strategies for spring and summer.. ...
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Research indicates autism rates falling
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
New research supports a long suspected link between the use of mercury in childhood vaccinations and autism. An article to be published in the Friday issue of the Journal of American Physicians shows a drop of 22 percent in the occurrences of autism when mercury, an ingredient in the vaccine preservative thimerosal, was removed from childhood vaccinations...
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USA tops Mexico 2-0 in its debut at WBC
(Professional Sports ~ 03/08/06)
One after another, the American pitchers were untouchable. A pair of big blows provided all the help they needed. Jake Peavy and a parade of relievers combined on a four-hitter against a lineup loaded with major leaguers Tuesday, leading the United States to a 2-0 victory over Mexico in its World Baseball Classic debut in Phoenix...
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Owners unable to reach resolution
(Professional Sports ~ 03/08/06)
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- The NFL was still without labor peace after team owners met for most of Tuesday without reaching any agreements. Yet another deadline looms today, with owners trying to decide whether to accept the union's latest proposal. A decision on whether to extend the collective bargaining agreement was unlikely to come down until close to the latest deadline of 8 p.m. ...
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Giant killer: 'Game of Shadows'
(Professional Sports ~ 03/08/06)
NEW YORK -- Barry Bonds used a vast array of performance-enhancing drugs, including steroids and human growth hormone, for at least five seasons beginning in 1998, according to a book written by two San Francisco Chronicle reporters. An excerpt from "Game of Shadows," which details the San Francisco slugger's extensive doping program, appears in the March 13 issue of Sports Illustrated...
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Coffee might mean heart trouble for slow caffeine metabolizers
(National News ~ 03/08/06)
CHICAGO -- Here's a real caffeine jolt -- heart attacks might be a risk for coffee drinkers with a common genetic trait that makes caffeine linger in their bodies, a study suggests. Research on more than 4,000 people in Costa Rica found that about half had the trait and were considered "slow caffeine metabolizers." The other half had the opposite trait, which caused their bodies to rapidly break down or metabolize caffeine, and coffee-drinking in this group appeared to reduce heart attack risks.. ...
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La. delegation studies flood control systems in the Netherlands
(National News ~ 03/08/06)
NEW ORLEANS -- The beleaguered engineers trying to shore up the city's flood protection say they learned a major lesson during a tour of Dutch levees and floodgates: It's unfair to compare projects here to those in the Netherlands, where the government has spent billions of dollars on flood control...
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Dry, cool and dark key for germination
(Community ~ 03/08/06)
On several occasions, I have been asked, "Will seed stored over a year still germinate?" I normally tell gardeners more than likely it will germinate if it has been stored in a cool, dry, dark place. But if you really want to know if your stored seed is any good, run a germination test on it. It is a lot easier to run a germination test on the seed and find out that it is no longer good, than it is to go to all the trouble to sow the seed and then find out that none of it germinates...
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Winning hearts and minds -- yours
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
You don't know me yet, but let's change that. Let's be friends. I'm the editor of OFF Magazine, a product which you'll see has gone through a lot of changes in this month's issue. We'd like to say that's just because we're super cool like that -- you know, do what we want when we please and what not...
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Miles Smith up close
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
OFF: In your free time, what kind of stuff do you do to have fun? Miles: I like to go skating. I like my movie "Roll Bounce." It's a skating movie. Let's see ... I like bowling. Me and my friends, we like skating and bowling. That's what we do. OFF: In-line?...
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Inkognito are anything but 'incognito'
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
There is a good reason why the band Inkognito spells its name differently from the regular word, incognito. "Incognito" means to have an identity that is disguised or concealed. The way 2006 is shaping up, Inkognito is doing the exact opposite. First formed in 1998 by singer Steve Schroeppel and drummer Randy Mallett, this five member "alternative metal" group has been playing around Southeast Missouri for awhile, but they are now looking to turn heads in places beyond this area's farms fields and muddy, brown banks.. ...
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Album review: She Wants Revenge
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
Interpol, Joy Division, The Cure, Bauhaus, Soulwax -- all these names seemed to be mentioned when discussing She Wants Revenge. This day and age everybody is going to sound similar to somebody from yesterday. She Wants Revenge is comprised of Justin Warfield, a failed rapper, and Adam 12. Yes, Adam 12 of Powerman 5000. Failed rapper or not SWR is not a failure by far...
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Playlist
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
1. "Novocaine for the Soul," Eels It symbolizes my teenage angst from my high school era. 2. "Crystal Ship," the Doors My favorite Doors song and the most romantic song I've ever heard. 3. "Little Earthquakes," Tori Amos It's the little earthquakes in all our lives -- our unwritten hells finally spoken...
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Where the Players at? Not the Turnpike
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
The sign hanging behind the bar at the Turnpike with "Players" written on it is a little piece of nostalgia. Players is the notorious name of the bar that used to inhabit the space the Turnpike now takes up. It was a place with a reputation for being a little rough...
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The Monocouple and St. Paddy's Day Embarrassment
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
We all know one. The monocouple. How can this contradiction exist, you ask? Because by some horrible, horrible force, two people who were otherwise normal individuals who just happened to be in a relationship melted together into one mass. Yes, the monocouple. ...
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Microsoft Giveth and Microsoft Taketh Away
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
Whenever someone says the phrase, "Xbox 360," I cringe. Conjured images appear of angry parents rallying outside of America's formally reliable retailers, demanding to know where their hallowed system is. It's hard not to think of the millions of kids not getting the holiday presents they really wanted, and even more shockingly, parents paying figures up to $2,000 dollars to provide their children with Microsoft's second gaming console...
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Games we're giddy about
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
Sometimes great games are made. I imagine that inside the development houses for these games live magical wizards and gold roads, where designers effortlessly make the right decision, every time. Unfortunately for us on the outside, those development houses didn't release anything for March, but there are some solid choices this month...
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Playing in a traveling band
(Local News ~ 03/08/06)
Memphis-based rockers Giant Bear rumble into Cape Girardeau long before the "orchestral funkabilly" six-piece is set to start its Friday night show. As soon as the van stops in front of Port Cape Girardeau, the work begins, hauling loads of amplifiers, cables, instruments and mics up to the second floor...
- Congratulations Redhawks (Editorial Cartoon ~ 03/08/06)
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