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Scott Co. Central school board member faces residency issue
(Local News ~ 06/19/06)
A member of the Scott County Central school board may live outside the school district in violation of state law. But neither school district officials nor county election officials have any responsibility or authority to determine a school board candidate or board member's eligibility, the Missouri School Boards' Association says...
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Mercury in fish remains concern for pregnant women
(Local News ~ 06/19/06)
Jennifer Hendrickson hasn't been able to stomach the smell of fish, tuna or otherwise, for the 36 weeks she's been pregnant. So the Cape Girardeau resident and Capaha Bank executive has avoided fish altogether. "Honestly, the smell of fish makes me really ill right now," she said last week. "Even if it was good for me, I wouldn't be eating it right now. The smell's a little too potent."...
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IDOT: Cape T safety changes years away
(Local News ~ 06/19/06)
The Illinois intersection of highways 146 and 3 is considered by some state officials to be dangerous, even deadly, but changes to make it safer could be years away. "Funding has been an issue," said Kevin Grammer, operation engineer for the Illinois Department of Transportation District 9, which covers the state's 13 southernmost counties...
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Charges filed in Sikeston slaying
(Local News ~ 06/19/06)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A 21-year-old man was charged today with the slaying of a woman whose body was found in a drain culvert in Sikeston, Mo. The woman, whose identity was being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was found Sunday by two people fishing, according to Sikeston Department of Public Safety news release...
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Campaign finance reform is a step forward
(Column ~ 06/19/06)
By Charlie Shields and Tom Dempsey The current Missouri Legislature inherited ethics laws and a system for reporting contributions that need to be updated. Today's contribution caps have failed to control the cost of elections at all levels. In spite of a $1,275 limit on donations to candiates for statewide office, a governor's race can typically cost millions of dollars. ...
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Strip club opens in East Cape
(Column ~ 06/19/06)
These poles aren't for firefighters. The Big Blue Martini opened last week in East Cape Girardeau, Ill., as more than 200 bleary-eyed patrons shelled out five bucks a pop to get an eyeful of our area's newest strip club. Plus tips. "It was awesome," said manager Carol Kellison...
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Farmer claims insurgents took soldiers
(International News ~ 06/19/06)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An Iraqi farmer said Sunday that he saw seven heavily armed gunmen capture two American soldiers during an attack on a road checkpoint south of Baghdad, while U.S. troops searched for their comrades for a second day. Another Iraqi said the Americans were offering $100,000 for information leading to the abductors, but the U.S. command denied that...
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2 small planes collide in Illinois, killing 1
(National News ~ 06/19/06)
PERU, Ill. -- Two small planes collided in mid-air Sunday morning before the start of the Illinois Valley Air Show, killing one of the pilots, authorities said. While police and the Federal Aviation Administration said they believed the planes were practicing for the air show, an official with the event's organizer said the pilots were not part of the scheduled entertainment...
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Episcopalians elect first female leader in Anglican history
(National News ~ 06/19/06)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Nevada Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori became the first woman picked to lead an Anglican province Sunday when she was elected presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, a groundbreaking and potentially divisive step that comes three years after the denomination ordained an openly gay bishop...
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Insanity remains focus in Yates' second trial
(National News ~ 06/19/06)
HOUSTON -- Andrea Yates often struggles with deep depression or hallucinations in the weeks around June 20, the date when she drowned her five children in their bathtub in 2001. During that period this year, Yates will be in court for her second murder trial...
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U.S. troops focus on cutting off Taliban's transport routes
(International News ~ 06/19/06)
BAGHRAN VALLEY, Afghanistan -- U.S. soldiers descended on a mountain ridge Sunday, quickly setting up fortified posts and mortar positions overlooking a key Taliban transport route as the coalition pressed a major offensive that has killed dozens of suspected militants...
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Intern allegedly steals paintings featured in movie
(State News ~ 06/19/06)
CHICAGO -- A 23-year-old graphic arts student at Columbia College has been charged with felony burglary for allegedly stealing about $35,000 worth of art featured in the movie "The Break Up." A Cook County judge set bail at $50,000 during a Saturday hearing for Michael Gutweiler, who allegedly stole the paintings from Chicago's Francine Turk Gallerie while he was working there as an intern...
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Green groceries
(Business ~ 06/19/06)
Before she came to appreciate the benefits of organic foods, Barb Smith's sister used to tease her for making meals that included free-range chicken, organic corn and grass-fed pasture beef. "She gave me a lot of trouble," Smith said, laughing. "But then she came around."...
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Canines keeping workers company
(Business ~ 06/19/06)
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Digging holes is all in a day's work for Chigger, a rat terrier. But while many dogs are busy burying bones in the backyard, Chigger gets to sit in the front seat of a bulldozer carving through three layers of asphalt and brick on Massachusetts Street...
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Med school criticized for use of pigs
(State News ~ 06/19/06)
ST. LOUIS -- A national physicians group has challenged Saint Louis University's use of pigs in a medical school course, saying when alternatives are available, schools are bound by federal law to stop using animals. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a not-for-profit group founded in 1985, has asked the U.S. ...
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NTSB agrees to review 1967 midair collision
(State News ~ 06/19/06)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The National Transportation Safety Board has agreed to review a 1967 deadly midair collision in North Carolina that had long been blamed on Missourians. The NTSB has agreed to look at evidence from amateur historian Paul Houle, who lives a few miles from the rural North Carolina crash site...
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Blacks disappearing from sport's landscape
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Nearly 60 years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, U.S.-born blacks are disappearing from the game -- and the stands. The St. Louis Cardinals reflect the national trend, with no blacks on their major league roster and almost none in their farm system...
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Military news 6/19/06
(Community News ~ 06/19/06)
Fornkohl graduates from Air Force training; Guardsmen promoted to private first class; Area man finishes Army combat training
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Man dies in Lafayette County boating accident
(State News ~ 06/19/06)
LEXINGTON, Mo. -- A Lexington man was killed in a weekend boating accident on the Missouri River, authorities say. The accident happened after three men went out in a boat on the river near Lexington on Saturday night to run fishing lines, according to a Missouri State Water Patrol report...
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Oklahoma claims first Powerball winner
(State News ~ 06/19/06)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma has its first Powerball jackpot winner. For the first time since the state started offering Powerball earlier this year, a ticket bought in Oklahoma has matched all six numbers drawn in the multistate lottery game. The winner of Saturday night's $101.8 million jackpot can take either take 30 installments over a 29-year period or a lump sum payment of more than $46.2 million. The winning numbers were 10, 20, 22, 39, 48 and the Powerball was 25...
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St. Louis completes sweep of Colorado
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Scott Rolen is swinging the bat so well right now that all he needs is one mistake to put the St. Louis Cardinals in front. Just ask Josh Fogg. Rolen hit a two-run homer off Fogg, Chris Carpenter allowed one run in seven innings, and the Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 4-1 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep...
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Business memo 06/19/06
(Business ~ 06/19/06)
Plaza Tire Service opens location in Manchester Plaza Tire Service, based in Cape Girardeau, has opened a new store in Manchester, the retailer's 43rd location and the seventh in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The new store occupies 6,200 square feet, consists of nine service bays and employs about 10 people. Vernon "Pee Wee" Rhodes opened Plaza Tire Service as a hand-operated car wash in 1963 in Cape Girardeau. It was later expanded into tire sales and service...
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Kazakhstan's KazSat 1 satellite enters orbit
(International News ~ 06/19/06)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan launched its first satellite into orbit Sunday, the first step in the ex-Soviet republic's plan to join the exclusive club of spacefaring nations. The oil-rich Central Asian nation of 15 million people is home to the world's largest space center, the Baikonur cosmodrome. It has been leasing the Soviet-built facility to Russia, but President Nursultan Nazarbayev wants his nation to build its own space industry...
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People on the move 06/19/06
(Business ~ 06/19/06)
Engineer hired by Lockheed Martin Corp. Kevin Lankheit has been hired to work for Lockheed Martin Corp. as a systems engineer for field tech support at the company's Fort Campbell, Ky., facility. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control produces the TopScene mission rehearsal system for the U.S. ...
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Researchers seek genetic answers to old wine problems
(Business ~ 06/19/06)
MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. -- Every growing season, wine makers fight the same battles to protect their grapevines that they have faced for thousands of years. From ancient Mesopotamia to today's vineyards, the eternal enemies include fungus and bugs, extreme heat and unseasonable cold...
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Joshua Oehl
(Obituary ~ 06/19/06)
FRIEDHEIM -- Joshua W. Oehl, 12, of Friedheim died Sunday, June 18, 2006, at his residence after a four-year battle with cancer. He was born Dec. 12, 1993, in Cape Girardeau, son of Ronald L. and Candi C. (Henderson) Oehl. Oehl was a seventh-grade student at Oak Ridge Middle School. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim and the Arnsberg 4-H. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and drawing...
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William Warner
(Obituary ~ 06/19/06)
FLORIDA CITY, Fla. -- William Paul Warner, 42, of Florida City, Fla., formerly of Cobden, Ill., died Friday, June 16, 2006, in Miami, Fla., from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born Oct. 27, 1963, in Richmond Heights, Ohio, son of Andrew Paul and Sandra Lee Bremser Warner...
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Out of the past 6/19/06
(Out of the Past ~ 06/19/06)
25 years ago: June 19, 1981 Rain -- more than four inches of it in some areas -- deluges Cape Girardeau and parts of Cape Girardeau County, causing creeks to spill over their banks and resulting in flood damage and the closure of some roadways; Cape Girardeau city police monitor Cape LaCroix Creek in the early morning as it spreads beyond its banks, flooding several adjacent streets and highways, notably North Kingshighway near Mount Auburn Road and East Rodney Drive southwest of Arena Park, Independence Street west of Kingshighway and Bloomfield Road.. ...
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Speak Out 6/19/06
(Speak Out ~ 06/19/06)
Hold accountable; School lunches; Like it or not; Sign violation; No answer; Cleaner advice; World in a mess; Coulter critic; Almost famous; Add it up; Advice to thieves; Something snaps; Power of porn; A long way; Gambling trip
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Oran policing
(Editorial ~ 06/19/06)
First Oran police chief Mark Tragesser cracked down on speeders, an approach that brought outcries from merchants who claimed a get-tough policy would hurt their business. The Oran City Council backed Tragesser up. Now Tragesser, once again backed by the board, is taking on nuisances and unleashed dogs, a move sure to spark more outcry in the town of about 1,300. ...
- Results from last week's online poll (Local News ~ 06/19/06)
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Reported al-Qaida planned gas attack on NYC subways was real, senator says
(National News ~ 06/19/06)
NEW YORK -- A reported plot by al-Qaida terrorists to kill thousands of New Yorkers by spreading cyanide gas in the subway underscores the folly of a Homeland Security Department cutback of funds for major cities, a Democratic lawmaker said Sunday. "This is just more evidence that what Homeland Security did to us was terribly misguided and just wrong," Sen. Charles Schumer said. "It shows that New York is the prime target, and shows the importance of prior intelligence and of manpower."...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 6/19/06
(Local News ~ 06/19/06)
7 p.m. today Study session at 5 p.m. Presentation Public Hearings Consent ordinances New ordinances Resolutions Appointments Liquor license Other...
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Cape/Jackson fire reports 6/19/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/19/06)
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Cape police reports 6/19/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/19/06)
The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt....
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Nation briefs 6/19/06
(National News ~ 06/19/06)
Oil co. chiefs defend high pump prices WASHINGTON -- Americans paying $3 per gallon at the pump have it relatively cheap when compared with prices globally, say oil and gas company executives who defend their record profits as essential to maintaining supplies. ...
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Community briefs 6/19/06
(Community News ~ 06/19/06)
Jackson muny band 's weekly concert set The Jackson Municipal Band will hold its weekly concert at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Jackson City Park Bandshell. Special guests include Flood Plain, an acoustic-based vocal duo performing classic rock, pop and country. The bands portion will feature clarinet, selections from "Disney at the Movies," "The Golden Age of Rock and Roll" and marches. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Entrance on Route D...
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Volunteers help provide affordable housing with Habitat for Humanity
(Community News ~ 06/19/06)
From West End Boulevard approaching College Street, passers-by can see Habitat for Humanity homes built before 2006. Habitat for Humanity has built 22 homes in Cape Girardeau since 1986, and will complete four or five new homes this year. Thrivent, Rotary, Buchheit, United Way and Bank of America have planned builds. ...
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Infant triplets survive malnutrition at Darfur feeding center in Susan
(International News ~ 06/19/06)
EL FASHER, Sudan -- Myriam Ibrahim thought she had seen it all: three years of violence during which her Darfur town was invaded twice; days in hiding as gunmen roamed the fields, preventing her from planting crops and making her family dependent on food relief...
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Catalonia voters decide on new powers; some fear split from Spain
(International News ~ 06/19/06)
BARCELONA, Spain -- The wealthy, semiautonomous Catalonia region gained sweeping new powers Sunday to run its own affairs, according to preliminary results of a historic referendum that some fear could leave Spain's government cash-strapped and powerless...
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Presidential candidates vie to be toughest on Mexico's drug cartels
(International News ~ 06/19/06)
MEXICO CITY -- With Mexico's presidential election two weeks away, the drug wars are a central issue in the race, and the main candidates are all trying to look tough on the issue, while splitting over whether U.S.-style solutions are needed. The candidate who speaks most closely to American concerns is conservative Felipe Calderon. He advocates extraditing more drug lords to the United States and replacing Mexico's secretive court system with open, U.S.-style trials...
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Heat takes upper hand in overtime
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/06)
MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade didn't pause for a second when he was asked about his plans for Father's Day. "Winning the game," he said. Wade scored 43 points, the final two on a pair of free throws with 1.9 seconds left in overtime, as the Miami Heat took advantage of a mistaken timeout and won their third straight game in the series, 101-100 over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday for a 3-2 lead in the NBA finals...
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Area sports digest 6/19/06
(Community Sports ~ 06/19/06)
Jaycee course hosted 14th annual scramble The team of Jeff Connell, Jay Connell, Mitch Jackson and Dave Howard won the championship flight at the Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course's 14th annual four-person scramble Saturday with a score of 55. They finished three strokes ahead of the second-place team of Gene Golden, Joe Golden, Mark Balance and Bill Isbell...
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Brazil fails to impress but advances with win
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/06)
Brazil labored to another unconvincing victory at the World Cup on Sunday, qualifying for the second round by beating Australia 2-0. The dismal run of 1998 World Cup winner France continued with a 1-1 draw against South Korea. The specter of elimination from the tournament in the first round for the second straight time looms for France while a delighted South Korea leads Group G...
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Bad decisions on 18 costly for Mickelson and Montgomerie
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/06)
MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- Colin Montgomerie needed only to execute one easy shot to stay in the hunt for his first major. Phil Mickelson was one decent decision away from winning his fourth. Neither came through Sunday on the final hole of the U.S. Open. And once again, the golf world was reminded again why Montgomerie and Mickelson, despite all their success, could very well always be known just as well for their shortcomings...
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Mickelson's meltdown on 18 hands Aussie his first major
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/06)
MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- Phil Mickelson's bid for a third consecutive major ended with a shocking collapse Sunday when he bungled his way to a double bogey on the final hole, giving the U.S. Open to Geoff Ogilvy. The winning shot in this test of survival at Winged Foot was Ogilvy's 6-foot par putt that he figured was only good for second place...
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Scientists: Ethanol's water demands not cause for alarm
(State News ~ 06/19/06)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A red flag went up when city officials in Champaign and Urbana heard that an ethanol plant proposed nearby would use about 2 million gallons of water per day, most likely from the aquifer that also supplies both cities. "There was concern about impacting a pretty valuable resource," said Matt Wempe, a city planner for Urbana. "It should raise red flags."...
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Blunt, Nixon facing off over legal issues
(State News ~ 06/19/06)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- With a Republican governor and a Democratic attorney general planning to challenge the governor, even everyday government business can take on a political flavor. Since Matt Blunt took office, his administration has had several legal disputes in which he and Jay Nixon are at odds. ...
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Kahne gets to front before rains halt race
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/06)
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- With rain on the horizon and 37 cars between him and the lead, Kasey Kahne knew he had his work cut out Sunday at Michigan International Speedway. "We knew we had a great car and we just started battling back," said Kahne, who fell behind on the 47th lap of the Nextel Cup race when debris on his radiator caused his engine to overheat and sent the youngster to the pits under the green flag...
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Apparent N. Korean moves toward missile test prompt U.S., Japan warnings
(International News ~ 06/19/06)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea appeared close Sunday to test-firing a long-range missile capable of reaching Alaska inthe United States, prompting the White House to warn of an appropriate response and Japan to threaten a "fierce" protest to the United Nations...
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Dilemma for Fed chief: How high to raise interest rates before they slow economy
(National News ~ 06/19/06)
WASHINGTON -- Four months into the job and the honeymoon is over for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. The stock market is gyrating. Inflation is picking up. Economic growth is slowing down. It's an unsettling picture for Alan Greenspan's successor...
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Guests or pests?
(Local News ~ 06/19/06)
You may have seen them in and around doctors' offices. They're young, well-dressed, attractive and generally come bearing gifts. They are pharmaceutical representatives, and for those who are sick and waiting to be seen, their presence can be aggravating and their presumed influence suspicious...
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Newest national monument a scenic wonder, but few can visit
(National News ~ 06/19/06)
HONOLULU -- The newest national monument boasts crystalline blue water, unspoiled islands with white sand beaches and vast reefs teeming with marine life. But unlike Mount Rushmore or the Statue of Liberty, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands will never be a place visitors can see by just packing the kids into the car for a week...
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Chautauqua begins today in Cape
(Local News ~ 06/19/06)
Chautauqua performers arrived in Cape Girardeau on Sunday and made final preparations for the weeklong historical festival that begins today. The event will feature Chautauqua scholars impersonating historic figures speaking at various locations throughout Cape Girardeau. Nightly events will take place at the community tent, which will be raised at 6 p.m. today at the Osage Community Centre...
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