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Emerson blasts GOP over scandal
(Local News ~ 10/12/06)
Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives failed to take quick action to address a sex scandal involving a Florida representative, U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson said Wednesday. "Sadly, they handled it so poorly," she told a crowd of about 40 people at a noon luncheon of the Cape Girardeau Lions Club...
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Cape panel votes against Victorian Estates
(Local News ~ 10/12/06)
For almost a year opposition has been strong to a proposed low-income senior housing project on Clark Avenue called Victorian Estates. Wednesday night, the Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission denied the developer's request for rezoning and a special-use permit...
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Meth use steady despite new law
(Local News ~ 10/12/06)
The war against methamphetamine needs major improvements before the sale and use of the highly addictive drug will significantly decrease, local and state officials said Wednesday. Even with the recent state and federal Combat Meth Acts, which limit access to cold medication containing ingredients to make meth, the use of the drug has not decreased, according to Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force officer Mike Alford...
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Fall's rising industry
(Local News ~ 10/12/06)
The Beggs family loves fall. Not because of relief from summer heat, not because of colorful leaves, but because of the money. Members of the Beggs family own two local agritourism operations: Pioneer Orchard in Jackson and Beggs Family Farm in Blodgett, Mo. Like the many agritourism operations in the area, fall is the season that brings in the visitors for both sections of the Beggs family...
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Troubles for Ford Motor Company extend to race track
(Professional Sports ~ 10/12/06)
Amid distressing news of layoffs, buyouts and factory closings, the Ford brand also is taking hits at the race track these days. Even longtime Ford driver Mark Martin is ditching the Dearborn, Mich., company to drive a Chevrolet in 2007. That leaves the Ford teams in NASCAR -- already smaller in number than the dominating Chevrolet teams -- with precious few big names and lots of question marks just as yet another manufacturer, Toyota, is adding to the competition for wins, championships -- and drivers.. ...
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Rams sign Tinoisamoa to five-year extension
(Professional Sports ~ 10/12/06)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Rams have signed linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa to a five-year contract extension, the team announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 6-foot-1, 235-pound linebacker in his fourth-year out of Hawaii has led the team in tackles for three consecutive years...
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Hawks rout Royals 11-0 to reach quarterfinal
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/06)
BENTON, Mo. -- The Kelly softball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Class 2 state tournament with a 11-0 five inning shutout over the visiting Twin Rivers on Wednesday afternoon. Kalie Hughes was dominant both on the mound and at the plate for the Hawks...
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Notre Dame volleyball sweeps Sikeston
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/06)
The Notre Dame volleyball team swept host Sikeston 25-17, 25-15 on Wednesday night. Ashley Nenninger led the Bulldogs with nine kills and four blocks. Meridith Medlin had five kills and 10 assists, and Claire Goodsen added eight service points for the Bulldogs (13-9)...
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Dragons strike early to beat Notre Dame
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/06)
Notre Dame's aspirations of a third straight trip to the state final four in softball came to a crashing halt Wednesday in a Class 3 sectional at home. The Bulldogs spotted De Soto seven unearned runs and could not bridge the gap in a 7-6 loss. The Bulldogs, Class 3 runner-up last year and a third-place finisher in 2004, finished their season 26-3...
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Justice Department approves AT&T-BellSouth merger plan
(National News ~ 10/12/06)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department gave its unconditional approval to AT&T Inc.'s buyout of BellSouth Corp. on Wednesday, a coast-to-coast behemoth that would be the largest U.S. provider of telephone, wireless and broadband Internet services. The decision cheered company executives but outraged consumer advocates and two members of the Federal Communications Commission. ...
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Life with Ella
(Community ~ 10/12/06)
It's hard to get past Ella Kinder's smile. It extends past her lips ... to her blue eyes; they light up when she laughs. To her hands, clapping in excitement.To her voice, giggling softly into her plush yellow duck. This is Ella. She has Down syndrome...
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Go, Cards
(Editorial ~ 10/12/06)
This year the St. Louis Cardinals didn't win the National League Central Division championship the way they're used to -- going away. This year they barely won the championship, surviving a tremendous surge by the Houston Astros in the last week of the regular season...
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State Democrats irate over Jetton comments
(Local News ~ 10/12/06)
House Speaker Rod Jetton, not known for hiding his political views, went too far during a campaign stop Friday in Platte County, Democrats said this week. Jetton, a Marble Hill Republican, was on a statewide tour with Gov. Matt Blunt and Senate President Pro Tem Michael Gibbons promoting GOP legislative measures and candidates...
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Community cuisine 10/12/06
(Community News ~ 10/12/06)
Eagle Ridge Christian School dinner auction...
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Rain trumps Cardinals, Mets in opener
(Professional Sports ~ 10/12/06)
NEW YORK -- The New York Mets might have to face Chris Carpenter sooner than expected. Game 1 of the National League Championship Series between New York and St. Louis was postponed Wednesday night because of a steady rain, giving the Cardinals a chance to pitch their ace on full rest in Game 2...
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Iraq bombing kills Missouri, Kansas guardsmen
(State News ~ 10/12/06)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An improvised explosive device that detonated near a military convoy in Iraq last weekend killed National Guardsmen from Kansas and Missouri, military officials announced Wednesday. Spc. John Edward Wood, a member of the 891st Engineer Battalion of the Kansas National Guard, was killed Oct. ...
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Indian court banishes 300 monkeys from New Delhi
(International News ~ 10/12/06)
NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court ordered wildlife authorities to catch hundreds of monkeys that roam the Indian capital, often terrorizing residents, and relocate them thousands of miles away, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The roughly 300 Rhesus macaques will be shifted from New Delhi to the dense jungles of Madhya Pradesh state, whose government will receive $54,000 from the federal government to cover the cost of reintroducing the monkeys to the wild, the Hindu reported...
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Trains collide in France
(International News ~ 10/12/06)
ZOUFFTGEN, France -- A passenger train collided Wednesday with an oncoming freight train in northeastern France, killing at least five people and injuring 16, two seriously, officials said. The impact of the crash lifted one of the passenger train's cars on top of another, compressing it. Several cars of the freight train were either crumpled, bent skyward or tipped over on their sides. More than 300 police and rescue workers from both France and Luxembourg were at the scene...
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Bush dismisses results of study on Iraq death toll
(National News ~ 10/12/06)
NEW YORK -- President Bush says he doesn't believe it. Some experts have a problem with it. But others say it seems sound. Such was the varied reception for a controversial new study that estimated the Iraq war has led to the deaths of nearly 655,000 Iraqis as of July...
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Speak Out 10/12/06
(Speak Out ~ 10/12/06)
Refresh the agenda; Payroll message; Real problems; Teaching modesty; Smear attack; Teachers with guns; The old-fashioned way
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Births 10/12/06
(Births ~ 10/12/06)
Matysik; Richey; Trankle
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James Cooper Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/12/06)
James Arthur Cooper Jr., 50, of Scott City died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006, at his home. He was born July 10, 1956, in St. Louis, son of James Arthur and Doris Virginia Thorn Cooper Sr. He and Peggy Sue Arbogast were married Dec. 9, 1994, at Benton, Mo...
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Christine Stephens
(Obituary ~ 10/12/06)
A graveside service for Christine E. Stephens of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Cemetery. The Rev. Tom Kiefer will officiate. Stephens, 63, died Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Barbara Beckham
(Obituary ~ 10/12/06)
G. Barbara Beckham, 66, of DeSoto, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City, Mo. She was born Jan. 30, 1940, at Valles Mines, Mo., daughter of David T. and Gladys Robinson Haverstick. She married Donald R. Beckham, who preceded her in death...
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Donald Scott
(Obituary ~ 10/12/06)
Donald Scott, 75, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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James Tate
(Obituary ~ 10/12/06)
ORAN, Mo. -- James Joseph Tate, 89, of Oran died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 3, 1917, at the home on Bement Hill, Bement, Mo., son of Joseph and Lydia Ward Tate. He and Josephine Harmon, daughter of Fred and Albertia Harmon, were married July 30, 1938, in Sikeston, Mo...
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GOP failures point to needed change
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/12/06)
To the editor: The current problems in our federal government go well beyond partisan politics and undue corporate influence. We now have a dangerous breakdown in the constitutional checks and balances intended to limit the power of the executive branch. ...
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People want to see real change
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/12/06)
To the editor: Once again I cannot help but notice how the political opinions expressed by this right-wing newspaper seem to move on to other issues when there is a problem in the Republican Party. For years all you ever heard from these people was how terrible it was that Bill Clinton disgraced the office of the presidency. ...
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Not proud of our gun-based history
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/12/06)
To the editor: Alma Nenninger is somewhat right in saying in her letter to the editor that America was built with guns. With guns, we took most of this country from its owners, including Indians and Mexicans. I am not against gun ownership, but neither am I very proud of the way we acquired the lands that form America, nor the various ways we justified doing it back then...
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Defending the man's room
(Column ~ 10/12/06)
Oct. 9, 2006 Dear Julie, When the man's room was established more than six months ago, the idea was to give myself a tiny sanctuary, a home within our home. Our house is filled with things DC likes: knickknacks, Mission furniture, more knickknacks, laundry baskets filled with everything but clothes. ...
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Former ATF chief told staff to help nephew with homework
(National News ~ 10/12/06)
WASHINGTON -- The man who recently departed as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ordered his staff to help with his nephew's high school homework, wasting the agency's time and violating ethics rules, an inquiry found Wednesday...
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Out of the past 10/12/06
(Out of the Past ~ 10/12/06)
25 years ago: Oct. 12, 1981 A Southeast Missouri State University freshman, Ellen Jean Benton of St. Louis, is killed in a fall from a bluff at Trail of Tears State Park; it is the first death at the park from an accidental fall, although several people have been seriously injured in falls from the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 10/12/06
(Local News ~ 10/12/06)
9 a.m. today County Administration Building, 1 Barton Square in Jackson Routine business Action items Discussion items and appointments...
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Shades of Blue Jazz Ensemble to give free concert
(Local News ~ 10/12/06)
Free tickets still remain for the Shades of Blue Jazz Ensemble's upcoming Saturday performance in Cape Girardeau. The Shades of Blue Jazz Ensemble, part of the U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America, will play at 7 p.m. at the Central Junior High auditorium in a free concert sponsored by the Southeast Missourian...
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Cape fire reports 10/12/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/12/06)
Cape Girardeau...
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Cape police reports 10/12/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/12/06)
Cape Girardeau...
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2006 River Heritage Quilt Show
(Community News ~ 10/12/06)
Sponsored by the River Heritage Quilters' Guild, winners at the 2006 Quilt Show held Saturday and Sunday at the Arena Building were: Ribbons were also given to eight entrants in the Youth Quilt category. They are Mackinsey Arnett of Nortonville, Ky., Sydney Deneke of Cape Girardeau, Delenn Olsen of Carterville, Ill., Madison Anne Phillips of Salem, Va., Caitlin Pautler of Makanda,Ill., Kaitlyn Weber of Cape Girardeau and Ava Urhahn of Cape Girardeau. Plans are underway for the 2008 Quilt Show...
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Federal court 10/12/06
(Local News ~ 10/12/06)
The following information was released by the office of federal prosecutor Catherine Hanaway for defendants who appeared in federal court Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey: Name: Richard Rowe Age: 34 Residence: Portageville, Mo. Charge: Felon in possession of a firearm...
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Senate Democratic leader Reid got $1 million for land he hadn't owned for three years
(National News ~ 10/12/06)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid collected a $1.1 million windfall on a Las Vegas land sale even though he hadn't personally owned the property for three years, property deeds show. In the process, Reid did not disclose to Congress an earlier sale in which he transferred his land to a company created by a friend and took a financial stake in that company, according to records and interviews...
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Drivers prepare for lone night race of 10-race Chase for the Nextel Cup
(Professional Sports ~ 10/12/06)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- There's nothing in NASCAR quite like a Saturday night race under the lights, a throwback experience that takes drivers back to their early years of running every weekend down at the local track. So there's something special about Saturday night's event at Lowe's Motor Speedway, which track promoters are trumpeting as the only night race in the Chase...
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Cape Recreation Leagues standings 10/12/06
(Community Sports ~ 10/12/06)
SOFTBALL Standings through Oct. 5 for Cape Girardeau Parks and Recration leagues at Shawnee Park Sports Complex COED VOLLEYBALL Standings through Oct. 4 for the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation leagues:...
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Area sports digest 10/12/06
(Community Sports ~ 10/12/06)
Leonard wins first at Sikeston Drag Strip David Leonard of Scott City won the super pro class event on Saturday night at Sikeston Drag Strip. Leonard, who already has clinched the season's super pro class championship, defeated Barclay Smith of Imperial in the final for the $2,000 monthly prize...
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Court briefs 10/12/06
(Local News ~ 10/12/06)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- An accused knife-wielding thief pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbing a Cape Girardeau gas station. Henry H. Kennemore, 29, of 16 N. Ellis St., entered his plea to felony second-degree robbery. ...
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State Supreme Court rules tobacco tax increase can appear on ballot
(State News ~ 10/12/06)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri voters can consider a proposal to raise the state's tobacco tax on Nov. 7, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The court unanimously held that proponents of the increase collected enough valid signatures from voters to secure a ballot spot for proposed Amendment 3 to the Missouri Constitution...
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Yankees pitcher Lidle, 34, killed in plane crash
(Professional Sports ~ 10/12/06)
NEW YORK -- A small plane carrying New York Yankee Cory Lidle slammed into a 50-story apartment building Wednesday after issuing a distress call, killing the pitcher and a second person in a crash that rained flaming debris onto the sidewalks and briefly raised fears of another terrorist attack...
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Baylor, Florida State among this year's foes
(College Sports ~ 10/12/06)
The 2006-07 Southeast Missouri State women's basketball schedule has finally been released -- and coach B.J. Smith believes it's a dandy. As had been previously reported, a game at 2004-05 national champion Baylor and a home date with NCAA tournament participant Florida State highlight the nonconference slate...
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Fly-in planned for Saturday at Cape airport
(Local News ~ 10/12/06)
As part of their annual gathering, owners of Commander airplanes will hold a fly-in at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport this weekend. Commander Premier Aircraft Corp., which established operations at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport in October 2005, will sponsor the event. The public will be able to view about 60 Commander aircraft at the airport from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Admission is free...
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Redhawks swept by Missouri State
(College Sports ~ 10/12/06)
Missouri State put away Southeast Missouri State 30-23, 30-12, 30-15 on Tuesday night at Houck Field House. The Bears ran their record to 14-4, while Southeast fell back to .500 at 10-10. For the Redhawks, senior setter Jamie Baumstark had 21 assists and freshman middle blocker Hannah Weis had six kills. Freshman libero Taylor Harbster had 14 digs while senior Jessica Koeper added 12 and freshman Molly Davis had 10...
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Southeast hopes to be part of wide-open race
(College Sports ~ 10/12/06)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- "Wide open" were two words thrown about often during Wednesday's Ohio Valley Conference basketball media day. That's what most of the league's coaches believe the race for the men's championship will be -- and first-year Southeast Missouri State coach Scott Edgar hopes to have the Redhawks in the mix...
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Bush defends stance on North Korea despite nuclear test
(National News ~ 10/12/06)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush unapologetically defended his approach to North Korea's nuclear weapons program Wednesday, pledging he would not change course despite contentions that Pyongyang's apparent atomic test proved the failure of his nearly six years of effort...
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Detroit heads home with 2-0 series edge
(Professional Sports ~ 10/12/06)
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Jim Leyland trusted his gut and changed designated hitters, going with little-used Alexis Gomez for Game 2 of the American League Championship Series. The result: a 2-0 advantage heading home to Motown. Gomez hit a go-ahead, two-run single and later added a two-run homer to lead the Detroit Tigers to an 8-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday, a somber night following the death of former A's pitcher Cory Lidle in a plane crash earlier in the day...
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Smith not surprised by preseason poll
(College Sports ~ 10/12/06)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It was confirmed at Wednesday's Ohio Valley Conference basketball media day exactly what Southeast Missouri State women's coach B.J. Smith had expected. The rest of the league believes Smith's Redhawks will take a significant fall this year...
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Bobcats beaten by Miller in Class 1 sectional
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/06)
The Hailee Hendrickson show was too much for Delta to overcome in Wednesday's Class 1 sectional. Hendrickson starred on the mound and at the plate as Miller rolled past the Bobcats 8-0. Delta finished its season at 12-8. Miller (19-6) advances to Saturday's state quarterfinals as it chases its third straight final four appearance...
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Election officials allege group submitted hundreds of bogus voter registration cards
(State News ~ 10/12/06)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis election officials say hundreds of potentially bogus voter registration cards were submitted by a group that's been repeatedly criticized by other election leaders for registering invalid and potentially fraudulent voters. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now -- or ACORN -- on Wednesday stood by the integrity of its not-for-profit mission, to send paid and volunteer workers around cities to sign up new voters...
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Animal sanctuary seeks community help with much-needed ventilation system
(Community News ~ 10/12/06)
Supporters of Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary, a not-for-profit, no-kill animal sanctuary in Jackson, hope to raise a big chunk of the $7,500 needed to provide a ventilation system that will supply the facility with fresher air, better heating and air conditioning...
- What cover-up? (Editorial Cartoon ~ 10/12/06)
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Oil prices fall below $58, a low for 2006
(National News ~ 10/12/06)
WASHINGTON -- Oil prices fell to their lowest level this year on Wednesday as doubts grew that there is a consensus within OPEC for an immediate output cut. Since July, the cost of crude oil has plunged by more than $20 amid rising global inventories, concerns about slowing economic growth and a milder-than-anticipated hurricane season...
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Health brief/calendar 10/12/06
(Community ~ 10/12/06)
Briefly The 2006 Dig for Life campaign recently kicked off in Cape Girardeau with Southeast Missouri State University volleyball players raising money for breast cancer prevention, detection and education. Saint Francis Medical Center partners with the volleyball team in the fund-raiser, which benefits women across Southeast Missouri...
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Study concludes anti-psychotic drugs don't help Alzheimer's cases
(National News ~ 10/12/06)
Widely prescribed anti-psychotic drugs do not help most Alzheimer's patients with delusions and aggression and are not worth the risk of sudden death and other side effects, the first major study on sufferers outside nursing homes concludes. The finding could increase the burden on families struggling to care for relatives with the mind-robbing disease at home...
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Sundays at Three to feature St. Louis Symphony Orchestra flutist
(Local News ~ 10/12/06)
The Sundays at Three chamber music series will feature its most high-profile guest performer of its fourth season this Sunday when St. Louis Symphony Orchestra principal flutist Mark Sparks takes the stage at Old St. Vincent's Church. "Mark is a very engaging performer," said Brandon Christensen, violinist and artistic director of Sundays at Three. "He's got a great manner to him, he's a fantastic player, and the music on this program is very accessible, very listenable."...
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