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An eye for dye
(Community ~ 04/09/06)
About the product: Q-tip like swabs that contain non-toxic dye in five colors: blue, red, purple, yellow and green. At 78 cents, this kit was the least expensive of those tested. How it works: To activate the dye, snap one end of the swab. The dye runs down into the opposite end of the swab, and can then be applied to the egg...
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Zalma man crowned for most weight loss at TOPS meeting
(Local News ~ 04/09/06)
John Rhodes is two-thirds the man he used to be, and that earned him a crown on Saturday. About 900 statewide Take Off Pounds Sensibly members converged on Cape Girardeau for Missouri State Recognition Days, a two-day convention centered on support to lose weight and keep it off. Members who lost the most weight to reach their goals in 2005 were coronated at the Arena Building...
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New program aims to draw interest to nature through art
(Local News ~ 04/09/06)
This week the Missouri Department of Conservation in Cape Girardeau County will inaugurate a new program it hopes will spur greater interest in nature through art. On Thursday the Conservation Campus will hold its first Conservation Cafe, in which local artists who use nature as a subject will talk with the public about their art and the importance of nature...
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Never count out life
(Column ~ 04/09/06)
By Kathryn Jean Lopez Christopher Reeve, Terri Schiavo and Haleigh Poutre are all very different -- different circumstances, different ages, different classes. But they should all make us think about the same question: Shouldn't we always err on the side of life?...
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Jill Carroll, American hero
(Local News ~ 04/09/06)
Few events have been more revelatory of the nation's poisonous political climate than the ordeal of Christian Science Monitor's Jill Carroll. Kidnapped off a Baghdad street last January during an effort to interview a Sunni politician, the winsome 28-year-old reporter saw her Iraqi translator murdered before her eyes. ...
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Israel's 'kosher' cell phone testing appetite for growth
(International News ~ 04/09/06)
JERUSALEM -- It sounds like the setup for a punch line: What do you get when you cross an ultra-Orthodox rabbi with a mobile phone? But the "kosher phone" is real and its developers are serious about looking beyond the religious enclaves of Israel. Some Arab companies even have inquired about the phone's main feature: keeping out sex lines and other worldly temptations...
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Survivors pick up the pieces after Tennessee storms kill 12
(National News ~ 04/09/06)
GALLATIN, Tenn. -- Emergency teams spray-painted damaged houses with "X" signs Saturday after checking them for bodies or survivors and crews moved in dump trucks to haul away the wreckage piled up by tornadoes blamed for 12 deaths. Bystanders were warned not to smoke because of leaking gas while police patrolled to ensure there was no looting...
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Bad snacks- Collecting food anomalies
(National News ~ 04/09/06)
A few years ago, Michael Hanttula was pouring a bowl of Honey Combs when he noticed something staring up at him. "It was a bit disturbing, especially for the morning." he said. "This little face looked like Edvard Munch's 'The Scream."' So he took a picture of it, and the Museum of Food Anomalies was born. For a while, Hanttula, a graphic designerin Los Angeles, posted photos of his own weird food shots on his site www.hanttula.com...
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Making architecture in miniature
(State News ~ 04/09/06)
WICHITA, Kan. -- When artist Bill Rutherford and his wife moved to Wichita in 1959 from Highland Park outside Chicago, they missed the Victorian houses. "We were used to heavyweight architecture," Rutherford said. It's a love that still feeds the artist in the miniaturized renderings he does of beautiful examples of architecture in Wichita and other parts of the country...
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Komodo dragon is centerpiece of Shedd Aquarium show
(State News ~ 04/09/06)
CHICAGO -- He's huge, he can be vicious and sometimes he stinks. His oral hygiene is so poor that if he bites you, you're pretty much guaranteed a life-threatening infection. He's going to be very popular. He's Faust, the 8-foot, 130-pound Komodo dragon who's the centerpiece of "Lizards and the Komodo King," a new special show that opened Saturday and runs through next February at the Shedd Aquarium...
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40 acres of Wisconsin killer's land for sale for $250,000
(National News ~ 04/09/06)
WAUSAU, Wis. -- Mike Fisher has had the unique distinction of owning the land where Ed Gein -- the grave robber and murderer whose story inspired the movie "Psycho" -- was arrested. But now he wants to sell it. Asking price? $250,000 -- probably double what it's worth without its ghoulish past. The 40 acres west of Plainfield in central Wisconsin once contained Gein's ramshackle home and part of his farm...
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Nepali forces fire on protesters, killing 1
(International News ~ 04/09/06)
KATMANDU, Nepal -- Nepali security forces fired on stone-throwing protesters Saturday, killing one person and wounding at least five as increasingly violent demonstrations against King Gyanendra spread across the Himalayan nation. Protesters ransacked government buildings and attacked security forces in provincial cities, but a curfew and a threat by authorities to shoot anyone violating it spared the capital, Katmandu, further violence after two days of protests...
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College Board, test company sued over SAT error
(National News ~ 04/09/06)
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A high school senior whose SAT was incorrectly scored low is suing the board that oversees the exam and the testing company that was hired. The lawsuit, filed late Friday in Minnesota, is the first since last month's announcement that 4,411 students got incorrectly low scores and that more than 600 had better results than they deserved on the October test...
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'Playboy' creator Hefner turns 80
(National News ~ 04/09/06)
LOS ANGELES -- Playboy creator Hugh M. Hefner is in the middle of an interview about his 80th birthday when a TV cameraman asks him to move a statue of former playmate Barbie Benton from the shelf behind him. The statue's nude breasts were in the shot and that might not pass muster with TV decency standards...
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How the story was reported
(Local News ~ 04/09/06)
Southeast Missourian reporter Scott Moyers and photographer Diane L. Wilson spent the better part of two days last week with Lisa Bentley and her adopted son, Levi. Moyers conducted extensive interviews with Lisa Bentley on Thursday and Friday. The information from the day Levi was found was told to Lisa Bentley by a villager who was there...
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Illinois tavern once sold 'joke insurance'
(State News ~ 04/09/06)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Two Brothers Vaudeville Lounge had been up and running for less than a year in December 1946 when the employees chipped in and bought co-founder Wally Hirstein an oversized champagne glass for his birthday. Naturally, the World War II veteran had a few drinks from the big glass that night -- starting a Springfield tradition. When you show up at Two Brothers on your birthday, you get to drink from the "fishbowl" for free...
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Pilot dies in plane crash
(State News ~ 04/09/06)
BLACKBURN, Mo. -- A pilot checking natural gas pipelines in Saline County died when his single-engine plane crashed in a cornfield east of Blackburn, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. William Hewitt, 46, whose hometown was not immediately available, died in the crash Friday afternoon in Saline County...
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Beavers made big comeback in Ill.
(State News ~ 04/09/06)
The Southern Illinoisan CARBONDALE, Ill. -- In the 1700s, the teeming beaver population in the Illinois territory drew trappers and explorers to the region. Business boomed to the point that beavers were essentially extirpated from the state in the late 1800s. But now, beaver numbers are at a historic high...
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Redhawks finish sixth in NCAA regional meet
(College Sports ~ 04/09/06)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Southeast Missouri State women's gymnastics coach Tom Farden knew it would be difficult for his young team to challenge for a high finish in Saturday night's NCAA South Central Regional. That proved to be an accurate assessment, as the Redhawks finished last among six teams with a score of 189.05 during their first regional appearance as a squad since 1997...
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Jackson tops Vianney, falls to FZS
(High School Sports ~ 04/09/06)
The Jackson baseball team notched a 3-2 win Saturday over St. Louis power Vianney, ranked No. 4 in the Post Dispatch large school rankings, but the Indians could not carry the momentum over against Fort Zumwalt South, which hosted the two games. The Indians climbed to .500 with a 3-2 win over Vianney in eight innings. Bret Groening pitched four innings of one-hit scoreless relief to get the win. Groening struck out three and walked one...
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Litter consequences
(Editorial ~ 04/09/06)
Dealing with the problem of litter requires many approaches. One is prevention. One is cleanup. Another is creating and maintaining beautification projects. Each approach has a variety of facets, and the prevention approach may be the most multifaceted...
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Mountain lion taken off Mo.'s endangered species list
(State News ~ 04/09/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Even as debate still swirls over whether it exists in large numbers in Missouri, the mountain lion was removed from state's endangered species list Friday. Missouri conservation commissioners voted to take the mountain lion off the list because they said the cat should not be allowed to repopulate one if its native states...
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Kansas court determines a dog is worth $1,309
(State News ~ 04/09/06)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- How much could a pet dog be worth? According to a Kansas appeals court, one Yorkshire terrier, at least, is worth about $1,300. The case began two years ago when Sarah Burgess took her tiny terrier Murphy for a shampoo and a cut with a Kansas City, Kan. groomer. When Murphy came out limping, Burgess, an athletics director at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, got concerned...
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Chicago rallies past Cardinals with late homers vs. bullpen
(Professional Sports ~ 04/09/06)
CHICAGO -- Derrek Lee gave the Chicago Cubs another reason why they should speed up negotiations on a contract extension. Lee hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning to lead the Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday...
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Police reports 4/9/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/09/06)
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Players brace for marathon finish today
(Professional Sports ~ 04/09/06)
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Rain returned to Augusta National, and so did the thrills. On an abbreviated but action-packed Saturday at the Masters, Chad Campbell played four holes without making a par -- two birdies to expand his lead, two bogeys to nearly lose it -- and remained atop the leaderboard with a growing list of major champions right behind him...
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Fire reports 4/9/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/09/06)
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World briefs 4/9/06
(Local News ~ 04/09/06)
Taylor's war crimes trial to move to Netherlands; Bodies found in cars on Canadian farmland; Berlusconi may face defeat in Italian elections
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Blues' latest losing streak reaches 13
(Professional Sports ~ 04/09/06)
DENVER -- Joe Sakic had a historic goal, a flukey assist and a spectacular save in Colorado's 4-2 victory over St. Louis on Saturday that extended the Blues' winless streak to 13 games. Sakic moved into a 17th-place tie on the career goals list and got the assist on Milan Hedjuk's empty-netter off a clearing pass in the closing seconds, two plays that helped the Avs avoid a third loss in four games, which would have jeopardized their playoff aspirations...
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Welcome Wagon is gone, but greeters carry on
(State News ~ 04/09/06)
YORKVILLE, Ill. -- Some people here seem resigned to the idea that growing Yorkville will lose its small-town intimacy. Mary Unterbrunner is not one of them. Unterbrunner runs "Hometown Hello," a seven-woman Yorkville business that pays personal visits to hundreds of new Yorkville residents every year. ...
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Excavation could reveal more on slave trade in Virginia
(State News ~ 04/09/06)
RICHMOND, Va. -- Archaeologists are digging up a parking lot believed to be the former site of a slave holding pen whose artifacts could expose new facets of Richmond's slave past. Researchers with the James River Institute for Archaeology have been digging into a 90-by-90-foot patch of land behind the restored Main Street train station in Shockoe Bottom, one of the oldest sections of this former capital of the Confederacy...
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Antique 'museum' drawing shoppers to Kirwin
(State News ~ 04/09/06)
KIRWIN, Kan. -- Antique shopping at the Ole Lumber Yard in Hays is like visiting a museum. Randy Vaughn credits his wife, Cheryl Rader, for the atmosphere. "It's entirely Cheryl's vision. She's brilliant when it comes to this stuff. I'm just the back," Vaughn said of the shop...
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Kansas well more than a hole in the ground
(State News ~ 04/09/06)
GREENSBURG, Kan. -- The Big Well might not be the end point for most visitors who stop to take in the spectacle. "They're on their way to somewhere else when they stop to see us," admits Debra Wilder, who helps run the attraction. But don't think that diminishes local pride in the quirky, 69-year-old tourist stop, a 109-foot deep, hand-dug abyss -- the largest of its type in the world...
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Community to help build youth assets
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/09/06)
To the editor: The Community Caring Council would like to extend its appreciation to all who made our 17th annual conference a success. This year's conference introduced the 40 developmental assets initiative, and we will be working diligently to build on the momentum established at the conference...
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Insurer finds way to avoid paying
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/09/06)
To the editor: I would like to share something that happened to me that might be of concern to others. I was recently involved in an accident. The other vehicles was being driven by someone who didn't own the vehicle. When I tried to file a claim with the car owner's insurance company, the claims adjuster told me the person driving was an unauthorized driver and refused to take any information about damages to my car. ...
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Redhawks have three top finishers at Ole Miss
(College Sports ~ 04/09/06)
OXFORD, Miss. -- The weather wasn't conducive to impressive performances, but the Southeast Missouri State track program still had its share during Saturday's University of Mississippi Invitational. Southeast turned in three first-place finishes during the unscored meet that featured several Southeastern Conference schools...
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Reynolds-Stark
(Engagement ~ 04/09/06)
Kevin and Brenda Reynolds of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Molly Erin Reynolds, to Loren James Stark, both of Marquette, Mich. He is the son of Jeff and Cindy Stark of Hancock, Mich. Reynolds is a 2003 graduate of Central High School. She is employed at Marquette General Hospital...
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Frericks-Robbins
(Engagement ~ 04/09/06)
MARQUAND, Mo. -- Gerald and Brenda Frericks of Quincy, Ill., announce the engagement of their daughter, Pamela Frericks, to James Robbins, both of Marquand. He is the son of Harry and Daloris Robbins of Farmington, Mo. Frericks is a 1994 graduate of Quincy High School. ...
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Southerlands wed 25 years
(Anniversary ~ 04/09/06)
Mr. and Mrs. Willie James Southerland Sr. of Jackson celebrated their 25th anniversary March 30, 2006. Southerland and Clara Silman were married March 30, 1981, in Chicago. He received a degree in psychology from Southeast Missouri State University in 1995. He is a retired substance abuse counselor. She was a licensed practical nurse 12 years at Jackson Manor, and is currently pursuing a degree in social work at Southeast...
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Lichtenegger-Flanagan
(Engagement ~ 04/09/06)
John and Donna Lichtenegger of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Leigh A. Lichtenegger, to Kevin C. Flanagan. He is the son of Timothy and Nancy Flanagan of Spencerport, N.Y. Lichtenegger is a graduate of the University of Colorado and the University of Colorado School of Law. She is an attorney for the United States Department of Justice in Denver, Colo...
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Billy Crass
(Obituary ~ 04/09/06)
Billy M. Crass, 81, of Jackson died Thursday, April 6, 2006, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 18, 1924, in Senath, Mo., son of W.A. and Helen Crider Crass. He and Nancy Sue Chapman were married Oct. 13, 1946, in Sikeston, Mo...
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John Clark
(Obituary ~ 04/09/06)
LITHIUM, Mo. -- John L. Clark, 29, of Lithium died Friday, April 7, 2006, at his home. He was born Sept. 14, 1976, in Cape Girardeau, son of Roy L. and Judith A. Otte Clark. He and Sarah J. McCain were married April 19, 2005. Survivors include two sons, Christian R. ...
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Rudolph Buerck Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/09/06)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Rudolph "Rudy" O. Buerck Jr., 68, of Perryville died Friday, April 7, 2006, at his home. He was born Jan. 21, 1938, in Belgique, Mo., son of Rudolph J. and Bertha Baer Buerck. He and Catherine M. Gebhardt were married April 4, 1959. She died Dec. 31, 1980. He and Saundra Marie Brewer were married Aug. 8, 1989, in Perryville...
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Robert Eftink
(Obituary ~ 04/09/06)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Robert John Eftink, 62 of Marble Hill died Friday, April 7, 2006, as a result of an accident. He was born May 5, 1943, in Glennon, Mo., son of Joseph Bernard and Anna Marie Trankle Eftink. Eftink was a member of the St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Glennon, worked for the Missouri Department of Transportation as a road inspector and served in the U.S. Army...
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Seiler-Campbell
(Wedding ~ 04/09/06)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Emma Susanne Seiler and Travis Michael Campbell were married Oct. 29, 2005, at St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold, Mo. The Rev. Bill Huggins performed the ceremony. Organist was Mary Jansen. Parents of the couple are Glen and Jackie Seiler of Marble Hill, and Michael and Diane Campbell of Glenallen, Mo...
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Peters-Hein
(Wedding ~ 04/09/06)
Jennifer Lynne Peters and Keith Anthony Hein exchanged vows Dec. 14, 2005, in a beach ceremony at Oranjestad, Aruba. The bride is the daughter of Gene and Marilyn Peters of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of Gary and Rosemary Hein of Green Bay, Wis...
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Smith-Sandfort
(Engagement ~ 04/09/06)
Kevin and Brenda Smith of West Plains, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Rene Smith, to Jason Dietrich Sandfort. He is the son of Moe and Patti Sandfort of Cape Girardeau. Smith is a 2003 graduate of West Plains High School. She is a junior at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, majoring in dietetics...
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Gockels observe 50th event
(Anniversary ~ 04/09/06)
Gus and Gisila Gockel of Cape Girardeau recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. A family dinner was hosted by their children, Ellen, Nellie, Jimmy and Johnny. The Gockels were married March 5, 1956. Gockel is a native of Cape Girardeau, and Gisila from Durlach, Germany...
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Slinkard-Niswonger
(Engagement ~ 04/09/06)
Jim and Barbara Slinkard of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Megane Jean Slinkard, to Jason Shawn Niswonger. He is the son of Peggy McClain of Delta. Slinkard is a 1993 graduate of Jackson High School. She is lead teller at Commerce Bank in Cape Girardeau...
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Area digest April9
(Community Sports ~ 04/09/06)
Davis aces 18th at Kimbeland Dick Davis aced the 18th hole at Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson on Thursday for his sixth career hole in one. Davis, a Cape Girardeau resident, used a 6-iron from the blue tees, which measured at 156 yards. Witnesses were Ray Wilhelm, Earl Cotner and Gordon Feeney...
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Speak Out 4/9/06
(Speak Out ~ 04/09/06)
Full coverage; Political math; Scott City cleanup; Private and public; Doing nothing
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Out of the past 4/9/06
(Out of the Past ~ 04/09/06)
25 years ago: April 9, 1981 A potential confrontation between the administration and certified staff was detoured last night when the Cape Girardeau Board of Education agreed to a request by the Community Teachers Association that the Missouri State Teachers Association be allowed to determine whether there are sufficient district funds to allocate a larger teacher salary increase than currently proposed...
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Pohlmans married 60 years
(Anniversary ~ 04/09/06)
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Pohlman of Oak Ridge recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Pohlman and Lillian Aurich were married Jan. 6, 1946, at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Mo. He was a carpenter 45 years, and still farms and raises registered angus cattle. His wife also worked on the farm...
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Fan Speak April9
(Community Sports ~ 04/09/06)
Running is good for you PEOPLE OF many shapes run or walk in local running events sponsored by the Cape Road Runners. Many look like typical Americans. But if a person runs or walks 1,000 miles for several years, their bodies undergo a physiological change. ...
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Loving Levi
(Local News ~ 04/09/06)
The baby was burned. Badly burned. As the rain fell on an otherwise serene Chinese cornfield, 40 or so villagers stood around the tiny newborn and listened. The baby was crying. No one dared pick him up. Touching him might make them responsible. Besides, the baby was dying...
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New Illinois museum urges visitors to understand First Amendment
(State News ~ 04/09/06)
CHICAGO -- It's the kind of museum that features a copy of the Declaration of Independence, a high school yearbook from a Japanese-American internment camp and the cover of 2 Live Crew's album "As Nasty As They Wanna Be." The McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, opening to the public Tuesday, is designed to help visitors, especially teenagers, understand freedoms. ...
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More than 300 face the music for partying too much at Mardi Gras
(State News ~ 04/09/06)
ST. LOUIS -- The year's annual Mardi Gras festival was generally considered a successful party and happy occasion for thousands of people. But the revelers who partied just a bit too much paid the piper on Friday, in what has become known as the city's "Mardi Gras Court."...
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Teen charged in shooting, robbery scheduled for hearing this week
(Local News ~ 04/09/06)
A teen accused of shooting and robbing a man at a Cape Girardeau intersection was scheduled for a preliminary hearing this week. George A. Henry, 18, of 805 Ranney Ave., was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. He is accused of shooting a 23-year-old man during a drug deal near Benton Street and Jefferson Avenue on Feb. 14...
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Jackson native presents fan film
(Local News ~ 04/09/06)
Jackson native Nick Murphy has always been into video games. He said he's been playing them since he could walk. But it's the ability to transform these games into live action movies that really gets his juices flowing. "It's been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. I grew up playing them and really wanted to -- in a way -- create my own," he said...
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Central girls sweep relays races in team victory at Jackson meet
(High School Sports ~ 04/09/06)
Wind and cool temperatures could not slow the Central girls track team down, as the Tigers swept the relay events en route to a team title Saturday at the Jackson Invitational hosted at Jackson Junior High. Central finished with 160 points, well ahead of Lafayette's 113. Jackson was fourth (63), and Notre Dame finished tied for eighth (40)...
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LA county pulls Nazi camp item from auction
(Local News ~ 04/09/06)
LOS ANGELES -- A body marker from a Nazi concentration camp was removed from a public auction here after complaints from leaders at the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The 2-inch, round limestone tag from the camp at Dachau in Germany was to have gone on the block Saturday at a monthly county auction. ...
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Forest sale kept out of budget resolution
(Local News ~ 04/09/06)
Widespread opposition to a plan to sell 300,000 acres of national forest land -- including 21,566 acres in Missouri -- stalled the proposal and kept it out of a budget resolution Congress will debate when it returns from Easter recess. Finding anyone willing to say anything good about the plan is difficult. ...
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Rolling Stones start it up on mainland China with debut concert
(International News ~ 04/09/06)
SHANGHAI, China -- Mick Jagger strutted, Keith Richards hammered out chords and thousands sang along to classics such as "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." But the song list was censored, high ticket prices kept locals away and the guest star was a rocker who was temporarily banned after one of his songs became an anthem for pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square...
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Births 4/9/06
(Local News ~ 04/09/06)
White Daughter to Shannon Michael and Katie Nicole White of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:59 a.m. Thursday, March 30, 2006. Name, Carlie Joe. Weight, 5 pounds, 15 1/2 ounces. Mrs. White is the former Katie Newell, daughter of Bill and Carlene Newell of Jackson. She is employed at Capetown Assisted Living. White is the son of Teresa Gliatti and Michael White of Springboro, Ohio. He is employed at Plaza Tire Service...
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Peru to choose between left and right in presidential election
(International News ~ 04/09/06)
LIMA, Peru -- Voters in Peru's presidential elections will choose today between pro-business promises of stability and populist pledges to redistribute wealth and bring justice to the underdog. Ollanta Humala, a former army officer who has pledged to divert money from foreign companies to the poor, faces tough competition in his bid to join the growing ranks of left-wing Latin American leaders critical of U.S. policies...
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Moussaoui displays kaleidoscope of emotions during trial
(National News ~ 04/09/06)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- For a man who almost never speaks in court, al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui has managed to convey many emotions -- particularly the day testimony and photos about 9/11 terror victims overcame many in the room. Moussaoui smiled at descriptions of his lack of remorse, sang and taunted Americans as he left court, and affected a lack of interest in video of bodies falling from the World Trade Center towers. ...
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Time running short, money running out on U.S. rebuilding effort
(International News ~ 04/09/06)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In their makeshift offices in a former Baghdad palace, a small army of American builders and engineers, oilmen and budgeteers is working overtime on last-minute projects to help reconstruct Iraq. Their time is running short, their money running out...
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Lawmakers question fairness in sick nuclear workers' compensation
(National News ~ 04/09/06)
WASHINGTON -- For years, radiation experts at the nation's nuclear weapons sites failed to adequately protect workers from on-the-job hazards. Now, some of those experts are helping run a compensation program for the workers. The situation has attracted the attention of Congress, with one lawmaker pressing for an investigation into whether the workers are being treated fairly...
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Thank you, readers; hello second grade girls
(Column ~ 04/09/06)
SHE SAID: After last week's column, we knew this one would be tough. Parleying about our usual day-to-day quirks doesn't seem appropriate after writing about the loss of a life we loved and after an outpouring of support from strangers through e-mails and cards...
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Southeast closes in on a basketball coach -- finally
(Sports Column ~ 04/09/06)
To diehard fans of the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball program, it probably seems like they've had to wait forever to learn the identity of their new coach. It has been more than a month since Gary Garner's contract was not renewed -- Southeast announced that decision on March 1 -- which, by most standards when it comes to hiring a coach, is a fairly long time...
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Redhawks rally to earn split with Jacksonville State
(College Sports ~ 04/09/06)
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- Southeast Missouri State, on the verge of dropping both ends of Saturday's doubleheader, rallied late in the nightcap to salvage a split. The Redhawks exploded for six runs in the top of the sixth inning to wipe out a four-run deficit and capture the seven-inning contest 8-6...
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Redhawks struggle but win two vs. TSU
(College Sports ~ 04/09/06)
Tennessee State did not perform like one of the Ohio Valley Conference's worst softball teams Saturday. Fortunately for Southeast Missouri State's Redhawks, they were able to hold off the visiting Tigers and sweep a doubleheader. The Redhawks rallied from a late 4-1 deficit to take the opener 6-4, then scored the nightcap's lone run in the bottom of the sixth inning to win 1-0...
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MSHSAA suspends Scott County Central's Heeb
(High School Sports ~ 04/09/06)
Scott County Central boys basketball coach David Heeb has been handed a suspension that will keep him from coaching the Braves for much of next season, including district and state tournament games in 2007. The Missouri High School Activities Association Board of Directors on Saturday handed out a suspension for the second semester of the 2006-07 season for violations of association by-laws pertaining to undue influence...
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Cape workers aid in clearing tornado debris
(Local News ~ 04/09/06)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- The Cape Girardeau public works department sent a 17-person crew to Caruthersville on Saturday to help with the cleanup effort. Saturday was the first day in what will be at least a weeklong effort. Local crews will take turns doing 10-hour shifts cleaning debris from the devastated region...
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Samuel's team gets defensive
(College Sports ~ 04/09/06)
Southeast Missouri State football coach Tony Samuel maintained all spring that the Redhawks' defense has been ahead of their offense. So it was probably no surprise when the defense posted a decisive victory over the offense in Saturday's Southeast spring game...
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