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Police search for suspects in pharmacy theft
(Local News ~ 04/09/07)
Police are searching for two men who stole thousands of dollars of narcotics and controlled substances early Saturday from the Medicine Shoppe, 864 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. Officers responded to an alarm at the store at 12:47 a.m., Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Barry Hovis said Monday. Officers arrived minutes later to find the store's front door smashed in and no one inside...
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Committee to review school boundaries
(Local News ~ 04/09/07)
A school district committee will review Cape Girardeau's current neighborhood elementary school system and consider if the district should switch to grade-level centers. School officials say the committee will look at how elementary grades are organized as part of a broader mission to study whether elementary school boundaries need to be redrawn...
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Opposition forms to Scott County plant
(Local News ~ 04/09/07)
A rural Scott City man is organizing resistance against Scott County's third proposed ethanol plant. Monty Keesee, who lives on County Road 307 near the Southeast Missouri Port Authority, has written to county officials and U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson to oppose plans for a plant that may be built a quarter-mile from his home near the port. Keesee says he's worried about the environmental impact from the plant being so close to his and other homes...
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Seeking consistency
(Local News ~ 04/09/07)
Jackson planners developing zoning rules for the East Main Street commercial district want a subdued, landscaped area with well-regulated traffic. If approved as written, the regulations would ban tattoo parlors, pawn shops and itinerant retailers. Buildings would be made of stone, brick or stucco -- no wood or vinyl siding -- and no neon or banner signs would be allowed. ...
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Cold pushes sunrise services indoors
(Local News ~ 04/09/07)
Frigid temperatures interfered with several area outdoor Easter church services Sunday morning. For the second year in a row, the Downtown Council of Churches moved its annual sunrise service indoors to First Presbyterian Church. Last year, a short line of thunderstorms washed out the Easter service at riverfront park in downtown Cape Girardeau...
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Family helps with remodeling
(Column ~ 04/09/07)
The building at 225 E. Main St. in Jackson has been through many changes in 70 years, but none quite this drastic. It was home to a liquor store, a grocery store, a bar, two dog-grooming shops and a gun shop before Ria Friedrich turned it into a hair salon...
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Out of the past 4/9/07
(Out of the Past ~ 04/09/07)
A Missouri House and Senate conference committee yesterday approved a $17.3 million appropriations recommendation for Southeast Missouri State University's 1982 to 1983 operating budget, a recommendation that has university officials beaming. The Delta Board of Education has decided to take legal action in circuit court, contesting Tuesday's school board election results because of a duplicate-voting problem in the Delta-Randles precinct...
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Tanker fire
(Editorial ~ 04/09/07)
The scene at the northbound I-55 exit at Route K at midday last week resembled Baghdad. A tanker truck carrying diesel fuel overturned, and the fuel caught fire, sending a towering plume of black smoke into the sky. Workers at the nearby Red Lobster restaurant and the Victorian Inn rushed to help the truck driver, who got out of the truck by himself but was burned and bloody...
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Speak Out 4/9/07
(Speak Out ~ 04/09/07)
Mediocre people; Safety first; Comparing presidents; Illegal activities; University facilities; Presidential actions; Explaining the facts; No vote, no complaint; Speeding up; Sounds like a tax; Hospital visit; Do the right thing; For the people; Caught in the act; Missing prisoners; The Meaningful Life; Litter and prisoners; Wrong name; Water-rate increase; Soaring gas prices; Worrisome statistic; Show some respect; Dealing with slimeballs; Ethanol financing; Substantial movie; Earthquake authority
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Chicago Olympics would follow in footsteps of two World's Fairs
(State News ~ 04/09/07)
CHICAGO -- If Chicago hosts the 2016 Summer Olympics, it won't be the city's first coming out party. In 1893 and 1933, Chicago hosted World's Fairs that drew tens of millions of spectators and thrust the city into the international spotlight with grandiose displays of architecture, culture and technology...
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Recent cold snap hurts Missouri's fruit crop
(State News ~ 04/09/07)
NEW MELLE, Mo. -- Barry Shortt's peach orchard saw a 50 percent crop loss after a cold spell in 1995, but he predicts he will lose all eight acres of his peaches because of the recent cold snap. "We have never had this much cold this far into the season," said Shortt, who owns Wind Ridge Farm in New Melle in eastern Missouri. "We've had cold snaps, but not like this."...
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Curators OK student housing project at Columbia campus
(State News ~ 04/09/07)
ROLLA, Mo. -- University of Missouri system curators have approved a $58 million student housing project for the Columbia campus. The 526-bed "Mid-Campus Residence Hall" will replace the Baker-Park and Gardner-Hyde dormitories south of the Student Recreation Center. It's the last major new building project in the university's plan to update student living space...
- Results from last week's online poll 4-9-07 (Local News ~ 04/09/07)
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Police and family turn to Internet in search of missing De Soto woman
(State News ~ 04/09/07)
DE SOTO, Mo. -- Life hasn't been the same for Hubert and Bertha Propst since their daughter, Amanda Jones, vanished nearly two years ago. "It's kind of like a plague has come over us," Hubert Propst, 60, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It has affected their health and faith in others, and eroded family relationships...
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Ranney Street house fire causes moderate damage
(Local News ~ 04/09/07)
No on was injured in a Sunday blaze on Ranney Avenue in Cape Girardeau that caused moderate smoke and fire damage throughout the home. Cape Girardeau firefighters responded to a call at 3:28 p.m. about smoke coming from the house at 809 S. Ranney Avenue...
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Effort to catalog all living species tops 1 million
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
WASHINGTON -- A worldwide scientific effort to catalog every living species has topped the 1 million milestone. Six years into the program the total has reached 1,009,000, researchers report. They hope to complete the listing by 2011, reaching an expected total of about 1.75 million species...
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At conservative black colleges, gays struggle to find their voice
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
HAMPTON, Va. -- So lured was April Maxwell by the promise of the black college experience, with its distinct traditions and tight-knit campus life, that she enrolled at Hampton University in 2001 without even visiting the waterfront campus. A lesbian who is open about her sexual orientation, she arrived eager to join the extended Hampton family...
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Senate Armed Services chairman says Senate will not stop paying for the war
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate will not stop paying for the Iraq war or relent from insisting that President Bush keep pressing the Baghdad government for a negotiated end to the violence, a top Democrat said Sunday. Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, the Senate Armed Service Committee chairman, took issue with an effort by Majority Leader Harry Reid to limit war spending after March 2008 as a way to end U.S. involvement...
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David Nance
(Obituary ~ 04/09/07)
CAIRO, Ill. --David M. Nance, 59, of Cairo died Sunday, April 8, 2007, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo.
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Cape/Jackson police report 4/9/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/09/07)
Cape Girardeau: Arrests; Summons; Assault; Burglary; Property damage; Miscellaneous; Jackson: Assault; Miscellaneous
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Cape fire report 4/9/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/09/07)
n At 9:35 p.m., still alarm at 1209 Sprigg St. n At 9:40 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1900 block of North Kingshighway. n At 1:33 a.m., emergency medical service in the 100 block of Vantage Drive. n At 3:28 p.m., house fire in the 800 block of Ranney Avenue...
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Cartoonist Johnny Hart, creator of 'B.C.' and 'Wizard of Id,' dies at 76
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Cartoonist Johnny Hart, whose award-winning "B.C." comic strip appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers worldwide, has died. He was 76. Hart died Saturday while working at his home in Endicott. "He had a stroke," his wife, Bobby, said Sunday. "He died at his storyboard."...
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Fire destroys four antique planes in hangar in central Illinois town
(State News ~ 04/09/07)
CHENOA, Ill. -- A fire caused as much as $500,000 in damage to four antique planes and a hangar near the McLean County town of Chenoa. Two Cessna planes, a Pacer and an Ercoupe were lost in the fire, said Bill Thacker, who owned the hangar. Two of the single-engine prop planes were built in 1946, one was built in 1947 and the other in 1958...
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Gingrich: Gonzales should consider resigning
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
WASHINGTON -- Joining a growing list of Republicans, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sunday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should consider resigning. The possible presidential candidate said the botched firing of U.S. attorneys has destroyed Gonzales' credibility as the nation's top law enforcer...
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From Brazil to the boardwalk: Wood splinters community
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
OCEAN CITY, N.J. -- It looks good, lasts for decades and can support the weight of a police car or fire engine, not to mention thousands of people. With those qualities, wood from tropical rain forests has become a favorite for building and repairing boardwalks...
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Unseasonable chill: Two weeks into spring, it's feeling a lot like Christmas
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
ATLANTA -- An unseasonable cold snap put a chill on Easter Sunday services across the Southeast and much of the rest of the country, moving some events indoors and adding layers over spring frocks. Even baseball had to take a time out -- because of snow...
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New database shows Pa. has 1.4 million warrants outstanding
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania's new statewide computer system makes it possible for the first time to put a number on how many warrants remain unserved across the state -- 1.4 million, including more than 100 for homicide, The Associated Press has found...
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Supporters rally around teen as he awaits appeal
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Every week, Janet Sisk rises as early as 5 a.m. and drives nearly 100 miles to spend her Sundays with a teenager who was just 12 when he murdered his grandparents in their sleep. She planned to spend part of Easter weekend sitting across a table from Christopher Pittman at his maximum security prison in Columbia. She also made the trek from her home in Charlotte, N.C., to spend Christmas Eve with him...
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U.S. announces 10 soldier deaths in Iraq; cleric urges unity against Americans
(International News ~ 04/09/07)
BAGHDAD -- The powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his militiamen on Sunday to redouble their battle to oust American forces and argued that Iraq's army and police should join him in defeating "your archenemy." The U.S. military announced the weekend deaths of 10 American soldiers, including six killed on Sunday...
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Greek captain blames sea currents for sinking cruise ship in Aegean Sea
(International News ~ 04/09/07)
ATHENS, Greece -- A cruise ship captain indicted on negligence charges after his vessel foundered on a volcanic reef and sank in the Aegean Sea blamed strong currents for the accident, state-run television reported Sunday. Two French tourists have been missing since Thursday when the ship struck rocks and eventually sank off the island of Santorini. All the other people on board -- 1,154 passengers and 391 crew, according to operator Louis Cruise Lines -- were rescued...
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Captors of Israeli soldier hand their demands to Israel
(International News ~ 04/09/07)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israel is reviewing a list of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners that Gaza militants want released in exchange for a captured Israeli soldier, an official and media reports said Sunday, in a sign of potential progress in the 10-month standoff over a deal...
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N.M. governor seeks remains of servicemen
(International News ~ 04/09/07)
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- Bill Richardson, the New Mexico governor who has undertaken diplomatic missions to countries at odds with the United States, began a rare visit to isolated North Korea Sunday to recover remains of American servicemen killed in the Korean War...
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Official: Law prevents Gitmo prisoner from selling his story
(International News ~ 04/09/07)
CANBERRA, Australia -- Al-Qaida supporter David Hicks will be barred from selling his story when he returns to Australia from Guantanamo Bay prison camp, despite having broken no Australian law, the attorney general said Sunday. Hicks will soon be sent to a prison in his hometown of Adelaide to serve a nine-month sentence after pleading guilty two weeks ago to aiding al-Qaida in a plea deal agreed on at the U.S. naval base at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay...
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Billionaire Kerkorian taking one more shot at Chrysler buy
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
NEW YORK -- More than a decade later, Kirk Kerkorian can't seem to get Chrysler out of his mind. The billionaire tycoon unsuccessfully tried to buy the automaker in 1995 for $22.8 billion and then lost a bitter court fight over Chrysler's so-called "merger of equals" with Daimler-Benz in 1998...
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Cape still a market for CDs despite national sales slide
(Business ~ 04/09/07)
Nationally the sale of music compact discs has taken a plunge, but there is still a market in Cape Girardeau. Industry tracker Neilson SoundScan reported last month CD sales have dropped 20 percent from last year. Eighty-nine million CDs were sold from the beginning of the year through the middle of March, compared to 119 million during the same period in 2006, according to SoundScan...
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People on the move 4-9-06
(Business ~ 04/09/07)
Doctor attends meeting on diabetic foot care Dr. Zenon Duda recently attended a conference on diabetic foot care in Los Angeles. The meeting was attended by international experts on diabetic foot care and emphasized preventing lower extremity amputations worldwide. ...
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Conference on human resources scheduled
(Business ~ 04/09/07)
The Cape Area Personnel Association will hold its annual spring conference April 11 at the Cape Career and Technology Center. CAPA is an association of people with work-related interests in human resources and management. ...
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Pope celebrates Easter Mass on steps of St. Peter's Basilica
(International News ~ 04/09/07)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Easter Sunday Mass on the flower-adorned steps of St. Peter's Basilica as thousands of pilgrims and tourists jammed St. Peter's Square to join in the service and later receive his blessing. "Peace be with you," the pope said, using the Latin "Pax vobis" at the start of the celebration...
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Easter alignment: Holiday celebrated in Western, Eastern churches
(International News ~ 04/09/07)
ROME -- From Moscow to Washington, Rome to Jerusalem, Christians of the Orthodox and Western faiths celebrated Easter on Sunday, prayed for a better future and relished ancient rituals on the same day this year as their religious calendars coincided...
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7 NATO soldiers killed in roadside bombings in southern Afghanistan
(International News ~ 04/09/07)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan on Sunday left seven NATO soldiers dead, the alliance said, as its forces continued an anti-Taliban offensive in the world's most fertile opium-producing region. It appeared to be the biggest combat loss for foreign troops in Afghanistan since 2005...
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Trump to market Las Vegas condo project on reality show 'The Apprentice'
(Entertainment ~ 04/09/07)
LAS VEGAS -- Donald Trump is using his assistant-grooming reality show to sell units in his second Las Vegas condominium tower. For a one-hour episode of "The Apprentice" scheduled to air Sunday, contestants were tasked with devising a marketing plan for Trump Tower II, which like its predecessor will be 64 stories of gold glass just off the Las Vegas Strip, developers said...
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Multiple sclerosis walk to be held at Capaha Park
(Local News ~ 04/09/07)
Multiple sclerosis stops people from moving. But those who can walk or volunteer for Sunday's MS Walk at Capaha Park can help nearly 5,300 people affected with multiple sclerosis in eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois. The goal for the Gateway Area Chapter is $850,000 for use in local and national research programs and services through chapter MS walks in 2007. The chapter hopes to reach 5,000 walkers at 12 MS Walk locations this year...
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Community briefs 4-9-07
(Local News ~ 04/09/07)
Mo. health department to present HIV program The Cape Girardeau community is invited to a presentation by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services concerning HIV/AIDS from 10 a.m. to noon April 21 at Grace's Cafe, 818 Broadway, Cape Girardeau. For more information, contact the Cape Girardeau Alumnae Chapter at CapeGAlum@aol.com, or call Cherise Shepherd at (314) 953-9657...
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Business fraternity honors local students at conference
(Local News ~ 04/09/07)
Local students from Metro Business College were honored at the annual Missouri Phi Beta Lambda state leadership conference recently. Phi Beta Lambda, a national business fraternity, recognized Jennifer Cabaniss of Scott City as the first place recipient of the Phi Beta Lambda "Who's Who in Phi Beta Lambda" for 2007 at the annual conference. More than 250 were in attendance...
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NYC couple hails cab for 2,400-mile ride to retirement home
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
NEW YORK -- Betty and Bob Matas have retired and are moving to Arizona, but like many New Yorkers they don't drive, and they don't want their cats to travel all that way in an airliner cargo hold. Their solution: "Hey, cabbie." They met taxi driver Douglas Guldeniz when they hailed his cab after a shopping trip several weeks ago...
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Five arrested at East Peoria nursing home; police looking into death of 81-year-old
(State News ~ 04/09/07)
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Authorities on Sunday were investigating the death of an 81-year-old woman who lived at an East Peoria nursing home that had just been raided by police. An autopsy showed East Peoria Gardens Healthcare Center resident Betty Saal died from brain trauma, "possibly due to a fall late last month," Tazewell County Coroner Dennis Conover said in a statement...
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Ishee goes solo in search of players
(College Sports ~ 04/09/07)
A glance at the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball roster on the university's Web site shows a lot of returning players but currently just one coach. John Ishee -- head coach. That has made the recruiting process interesting. "I'm kind of like one man fighting the crowd," Ishee said Sunday night, three days before the start of the spring signing period...
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'Normal guy' fends off Woods for first green jacket
(Professional Sports ~ 04/09/07)
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- It all seemed surreal to Zach Johnson. Three clutch birdies on the back nine at the Masters. His name atop the leaderboard. Toppling Tiger Woods. Slipping on the green jacket. "I'm from Cedar Rapids, Iowa," he said when asked to describe himself. "That's about it. I'm a normal guy."...
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Wood win puts Nobiz Like Shobiz in favorite's spot
(Professional Sports ~ 04/09/07)
NEW YORK -- From start to finish in the Wood Memorial, Nobiz Like Shobiz showed why there's a good chance he will be the favorite to win the Kentucky Derby. The colt overcame self-imposed challenges as well as those from his rivals and won his final Derby prep Saturday at Aqueduct with a professional effort that has trainer Barclay Tagg feeling pretty confident...
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Islanders shoot way into NHL playoffs on final day
(Professional Sports ~ 04/09/07)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A final shot for the final spot on the final day. The New York Islanders in, the Toronto Maple Leafs out. Let the playoffs begin. New York secured the last open postseason berth Sunday night with a thrilling 3-2 shootout victory over the New Jersey Devils...
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Police academy is informative and interesting
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/09/07)
To the editor:I recently attended the Citizens Police Academy offered by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. The classes are interesting and give you a glimpse into the many responsibilities and duties of our law enforcement officers. I would recommend the academy to anyone interested in learning how our police department is organized...
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Blues optimistic after 24-point improvement
(Professional Sports ~ 04/09/07)
ST. LOUIS -- In mid-December, the St. Louis Blues were seemingly destined for a second straight last-place overall finish in the NHL. Next season, they could be a franchise to watch. "We're building something here," defenseman Christian Backman said. "It looks very, very, very interesting."...
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Herbal supplement may help treat recurrent bladder infections
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
WASHINGTON -- An herbal extract that is sold in health food stores and promoted as an allergy and fat loss aid may improve treatment of bladder infections when it is taken with antibiotics, research suggests. Some 90 percent of bladder infections are caused by E. coli bacteria. They affect women four times more often than men, sometimes recurring over and over...
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Cardinals offense awakens to pummel Astros
(Professional Sports ~ 04/09/07)
HOUSTON -- Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen got the big hits they needed to break out of early slumps. Pujols hit a two-run homer and Rolen had four RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday. Pujols' third-inning homer off starter Jason Jennings was the slugger's first hit of the series and it shook him out of a 1-for-17 skid...
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Stores, stung as music shifts online, look to prevent a repeat with movies
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
MINNEAPOLIS -- When movies shifted from videocassettes to DVD, retailers simply cleared the tapes off the shelves to make room for discs. That's not so easy now that movies appear poised to follow music onto the Internet. The shift of music online has hurt stores such as Best Buy, Wal-Mart and Circuit City, and some retailers are looking to avoid a repeat with movies. ...
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Study suggests tai chi might help prevent shingles in older adults
(National News ~ 04/09/07)
LOS ANGELES -- Tai chi is already known as a good low-impact exercise for older people. Now a recent study suggests it offers benefits beyond improving fitness and balance: It may help prevent shingles, a painful skin condition. Researchers found older people who performed the slow, graceful movements of tai chi had a better immune response against the virus that causes shingles than those who only got health education, according to the most rigorous test to date...
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A tale of two patients: Doctor contrasts his cancer care with uninsured patient who died
(State News ~ 04/09/07)
Frustrated by the U.S. health-care system, an Oklahoma doctor being treated for colon cancer decided to write an essay for a medical journal. But it's not his own care that upset him. It's the plight of the uninsured -- specifically a patient of his who was the same age, had the same disease, yet couldn't afford the treatment he got...
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Blunt's chief embarks on letter-writing campaign
(State News ~ 04/09/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- There are various tools in the art of political persuasion -- news conferences, press releases, mailed fliers, telephone calls, advertisements and commercials. And then there is "The Letter" -- slightly more subtle, yet a sure way to drive home a political point...
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3 arrested in Scott County drug sting
(Local News ~ 04/09/07)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Three men were arrested Saturday night after a month-long narcotics investigation by Scott County Sheriff's Office and the Scott City police. Keith Estes, Claude Coward and Michael Rice, all of Scott City, were arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance. Estes was also charged with possession of adrug paraphernalia...
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