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Six Southwest Missouri officers on leave for stun gun use
(State News ~ 07/31/07)
CASSVILLE, Mo. (AP) -- Six officers are under investigation for allegedly using a stun gun to subdue a woman who was banging her head on a jail floor in Barry County in southwest Missouri, the sheriff said. Three sheriff's deputies and three Cassville police officers have been placed on administrative leave during the investigation...
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Meadow Heights school fire ruled accidental
(Local News ~ 07/31/07)
PATTON, Mo. -- An electrical problem sparked the fire that gutted a vocational education building on the Meadow Heights School District campus, superintendent Rob Huff said late Tuesday afternoon.
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School board hears alternative proposals
(Local News ~ 07/31/07)
The Cape Girardeau school board is mulling over proposals from two building design firms to remodel part of the district's administration building on Clark Avenue into a new alternative school. The board at a special meeting Monday night heard from representatives of St. Louis-based Control Technology and Solutions and from Cape Girardeau architect Phillip Smith...
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Major Case Squad's murder investigation continues in Scopus
(Local News ~ 07/31/07)
The Cape Girardeau County-Bollinger County Major Case Squad focused the third full day of their investigation on determining why someone would have wanted to murder Michael Strong. Police found the 49-year-old man shot to death in his Scopus, Mo., residence late Friday night...
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Suit ends; developer seeks lot variance
(Local News ~ 07/31/07)
A lawsuit filed by a Cape Gir-ardeau developer aimed at the city and Mayor Jay Knudtson has ended. David Damick, a St. Louis lawyer who represented Rodney Arnold's suit against the city and Knudtson said the case was dismissed July 23. "That's pretty much all I'm at liberty to tell you. ... I believe all feelings are OK on all sides," he said...
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Stabbing victim in stable condition
(Local News ~ 07/31/07)
An 18-year old man is in stable condition after being stabbed multiple times Sunday night. The Cape Girardeau Sheriff's Department responded to the attack about 9:45 p.m. at 2416 Sunny Lane in Cape Girardeau County. The victim received numerous injuries from the small knife wielded by the assailant...
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Dad finds art in compliments
(Column ~ 07/31/07)
In the nation's capital, a red and white-striped box has been complimenting passers-by on a busy street. "You have nice eyes," the colorful box tells some people. Other compliments include: "You are an excellent driver," and "you smell great."...
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MoDOT holds public meeting on bridge project
(Local News ~ 07/31/07)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- The work is still two years away, but the Missouri Department of Transportation wants to make sure it hears from people living in the New Hamburg area about a planned bridge replacement that will have a significant impact on local traffic...
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Man accused of handcuffing, raping teen in shed
(State News ~ 07/31/07)
TROY, Mo. -- A 41-year-old Lincoln County man was in custody Monday after he allegedly handcuffed a 19-year-old to the rafters in a shed, beat her and sexually assaulted her on Sunday. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department said Robert Gnade of Troy knew the teenager and offered to give her a ride so she could pick up a medication at a pharmacy...
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Former tan salon owner pleads not guilty to filming minors
(State News ~ 07/31/07)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A former tanning salon owner pleaded not guilty Monday to eight child pornography charges for allegedly videotaping underage female customers with a hidden camera. Brett Patrick Kent, 35, entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge James England during an arraignment at Springfield's federal courthouse...
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Speak Out 7/31/07
(Speak Out ~ 07/31/07)
Sikeston experts; Complete failure; Tired of criticism; Counterrevolution; Pro-business; Economic sense; Purse returned; Small business; Library access; Message movies; Soldier's back; School progress
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Wealth of autism knowledge shown
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/31/07)
To the editor:I am writing in response to the visit of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Autism in Missouri that was held July 20 in Cape Girardeau. As chairman of the panel, I was extremely impressed at the turnout of interested parties and the wealth of knowledge that has been gathered on autism in Southeast Missouri...
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Candidates are leaning to socialism
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/31/07)
To the editor:Thomas Jefferson said, "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of Civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." I'm convinced that a large majority of our electorate are guilty of ignorance of our country's history and Constitution and succeed in proving it during every election period. When we continue to vote for leaders who, by their own declaration, will turn our country into a socialist state, we have proven the wisdom in Jefferson's quote...
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Government taking our liberties
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/31/07)
To the editor:I see the hypocrites (legislators) of Illinois have passed into law a smoking ban with the chief hypocrite (governor) signing on. I remembered a column by Walter Williams (one of the more intelligent people of our planet) some time ago warning that our government, encouraged and prodded by special-interest groups, would be coming after the populists in other areas that should be off limits to their meddling...
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Out of the past 7/31/07
(Out of the Past ~ 07/31/07)
All three Democratic candidates for the 8th District congressional seat -- State Rep. Jerry Ford, Frank X. Hastings and John L. Woodward -- are predicting victories in Tuesday's primary. The state appropriation for Southeast Missouri State University in the current fiscal year will be lower than first thought; according to sources in his office, Gov. ...
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Student parking
(Editorial ~ 07/31/07)
Southeast Missouri State University has gone to great lengths to accommodate commuting students. Parking lots have been expanded. Parking garages have been built. A shuttle system takes students between parking facilities and classroom buildings. Despite what the university calls ample parking options, many students apparently find them less convenient or less expensive than parking illegally on nearby residential streets...
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Giving children a lift
(Local News ~ 07/31/07)
Various groups in Cape Girardeau have organized programs to help disadvantaged youth. But what good are those programs if the children can't get there? Now that Cape Girardeau has an established bus route system, the Family Resource Center at 1202 S. Sprigg St. is teaching children how to use it...
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Congress seems ready to pass river locks bill
(State News ~ 07/31/07)
WASHINGTON -- A long-delayed measure to build new locks on the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers is expected to pass Congress this week after Senate and House negotiators agreed on a compromise bill. The $20 billion Water Resources Development Act includes $1.95 billion for seven new locks to replace aging structures that are half the size of a typical 1,200-foot barge tow. An additional $1.7 billion would target ecosystem restoration along the rivers...
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Man charged with killing 9-year-old son
(State News ~ 07/31/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Cole County man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of his 9-year-old son. Donald D. Lueckenotte, 39, also is accused of assaulting his teenage son, who told authorities he confronted his father after waking to his brother's screams early Saturday morning at the family's home near St. Martins...
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Former CEO pleads not guilty to fraud
(State News ~ 07/31/07)
ST. LOUIS -- The former chief executive officer of defense contractor Engineered Support Systems and his son pleaded not guilty Monday to charges they illegally backdated stock options. Michael Shanahan Sr. and Michael Shanahan Jr. entered their pleas in a federal court in St. Louis...
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Bloomberg: Ground zero construction means Sept. 11 ceremony must be held off site
(National News ~ 07/31/07)
NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday that the Sept. 11, 2001, anniversary ceremony will not be held in its original ground zero location, despite threats by family members to boycott and hold their own shadow remembrance. Construction, including work on the memorial to the victims, has made the site unsafe for a large public gathering like the one that has taken place there each year, he said...
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Wisconsin man's mangled prose takes bad writing prize
(Entertainment ~ 07/31/07)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A Wisconsin man whose blend of awkward syntax, imminent disaster and bathroom humor offends both good taste and the English language won an annual contest Monday that salutes bad writing. Jim Gleeson, 47, of Madison, Wis., beat out thousands of other prose manglers in San Jose State University's 2007 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest with this convoluted opening sentence to a nonexistent novel:...
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Family illness gives aide personal stake in debate
(State News ~ 07/31/07)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As a press aide to the governor, Annie Thompson helped promote a plan to improve health-care access, but didn't think much about the realities of facing serious illness without insurance. Now she can think of little else. In early May, Thompson's uninsured mother finally agreed to see a doctor for her abdominal pain. The doctors found a softball-sized mass...
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Brown, Bush discuss Iraq, war on terror
(National News ~ 07/31/07)
CAMP DAVID, Md. -- President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown forged a unified stand on Iraq Monday, aiming to head off talk of a splintering partnership in the face of an unpopular war. "There's no doubt in my mind he understands the stakes of the struggle," Bush said of Brown after two days of talks at the tranquil presidential retreat in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains...
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Probe to explore arctic, examine soil on Mars
(National News ~ 07/31/07)
LOS ANGELES -- A three-legged NASA spacecraft with a long arm for digging trenches is going to the Martian north pole to study if the environment is favorable for primitive life. But before it can start its work, the Phoenix Mars Lander must survive landing on the surface of the rocky, dusty Red Planet, which has a reputation of swallowing manmade probes. Of the 15 global attempts to land spacecraft on Mars, only five have made it...
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Legia Eakins
(Obituary ~ 07/31/07)
Legia Eakins Legia I. Eakins, 83 of Jackson (Tilsit) went to be with the Lord Sunday, July 29, 2007, having been a patient at Saint Francis Medical Center the past two weeks. She was born Feb. 11, 1924, in Burfordville, daughter of the late Julius Alva and Minnie Irene Nance Crader. She and Hobert L. Eakins were married July 8, 1942, in Chaffee, Mo. He died May 27, 1985...
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Ronald Matthew
(Obituary ~ 07/31/07)
Ronald W. Matthew, 61, of Cape Girardeau and Hayti, Mo., died Sunday, July 29, 2007, at his home in Hayti. He was born Feb. 20, 1946, in Pawnee, Ill., son of Howard C. and Imogene Tindle Matthew. He and Cynthia Needham were married Nov. 16, 1995, in Caruthersville, Mo. He was of the Presbyterian belief...
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Gary Dover
(Obituary ~ 07/31/07)
Gary L. Dover, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, July 27, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born July 15, 1940, in Jonesboro, Ill., son of Raymond and Verda Meisenheimer Dover. He and Bonnie Michelson were married Dec. 27, 1974, in Cape Girardeau...
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John Matthews Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/31/07)
John C. Matthews Sr., 83, died Saturday, July 28, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girar-deau. He was born Jan. 10, 1924, in Sikeston, Mo., son of Jack and Elsie Sullivan Matthews. He and Lois Hammonds were married Oct. 9, 1943. Matthews was an agent with Standard Oil Co. 32 years before retiring. He was a member of First United Methodist Church...
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Michael Mallard
(Obituary ~ 07/31/07)
Michael Lee Mallard, 50, of Sikeston died Monday, July 30, 2007, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 10, 1956, in Sikeston, Mo., son of Rolland L. and Bernice Traw Mallard. He and Angie Morse were married Nov. 10, 2004...
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Martha Smith
(Obituary ~ 07/31/07)
Martha L. Smith, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 29, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Births 7/31/07
(Births ~ 07/31/07)
Ruesler; Brotherton; Howell; Garrett; Metz; Chenoweth; Wormington
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Cape/Jackson police report 7/31/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/31/07)
Arrests; Thefts
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Cape fire report 7/31/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/31/07)
n At 4:45 a.m., emergency medical service in the 1800 block of Marietta Street. n At 11:51 a.m., illegal burning in the 400 block of South Pacific Street. n At 1:48 p.m., emergency medical service at the 1900 block of North Kingshighway. n At 2:04 p.m., emergency medical service in the 900 block of Linden Street...
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Tom Snyder dies at 71 from leukemia complications
(National News ~ 07/31/07)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Tom Snyder, who pioneered the late-late network TV talk show with a personal yet abrasive style, robust laugh and trademark cloud of cigarette smoke billowing around his head, has died from complications associated with leukemia. He was 71...
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Filmmaker Ingmar Bergman dies at home in Sweden at 89
(National News ~ 07/31/07)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, one of the greatest artists in cinema history, died Monday at his home on an island off the coast of Sweden. He was 89. Bergman's dozens of works combined deep seriousness, indelible imagery and unexpected flashes of humor in finely written, inventively shot explorations of difficult subjects such as plague and madness...
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U.N. nuclear watchdog team says N. Korea cooperated on inspections
(International News ~ 07/31/07)
BEIJING -- North Korea has cooperated fully with a team of U.N. nuclear experts who were monitoring the shutdown and sealing of the country's sole plutonium-producing reactor, the leader of the team said late Monday. The 10-member International Atomic Energy Agency team went to North Korea on July 12 to supervise the closing of the Yongbyon reactor, the key component of the North's nuclear program...
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Japan's opposition party demands prime minister's resignation after election loss
(International News ~ 07/31/07)
TOKYO -- Fresh off a spectacular election win, Japan's opposition on Monday demanded that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resign, opposed his support of U.S. foreign policy and promised to gain leadership of the world's second-largest economy. A defiant Abe clung to his job despite Sunday's humiliating loss in parliamentary elections, warning of a political vacuum if he were to quit and instead announcing he would make changes soon in his scandal-riddled Cabinet...
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Iraqi parliament adjourns for August, benchmark legislation languishes
(International News ~ 07/31/07)
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's parliament on Monday shrugged off U.S. criticism and adjourned for a month, as key lawmakers declared there was no point waiting any longer for the prime minister to deliver Washington-demanded benchmark legislation for their vote...
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Faces of 2morrow 7/31/07
(Community ~ 07/31/07)
graduations, honors n Cody Bell of Cape Girardeau has graduated magna cum laude from Southeast Missouri State University and will begin studies this fall at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry. n Emily Younghouse of Cape Girardeau, a student at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., received the following honors during the 2006-2007 academic year: induction into the Alpha Lambda Delta national honorary society for first-year students of high academic achievement and the Fashion Award for Academic Excellence.. ...
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Science experiment: Squeaky clean science
(Community ~ 07/31/07)
Some of you might use it in the shower, but have you ever considered putting it in the microwave? We're talking about Ivory Soap and science reporter Jason Lindsey has a squeaky clean experiment that might get you and your family hooked on science...
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Some colleges require PowerPoint presentations to apply
(Community ~ 07/31/07)
At business meetings the world over, PowerPoint-style presentations are often met with yawns and glazed eyes. But at one of the world's top business schools, such slide shows are now an entrance requirement. In a first, the University of Chicago will begin requiring prospective students to submit four pages of PowerPoint-like slides with their applications this fall...
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Ball State naming new communication building for alumnus David Letterman
(Entertainment ~ 07/31/07)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Ball State University will name its new communication building after David Letterman, a 1970 graduate. Letterman's mother, Dorothy Mengering, was at Monday's announcement by the board of trustees in the talk-show host's hometown of Indianapolis...
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Area sports digest 7/31/07
(Community Sports ~ 07/31/07)
Capahas have a foefor Thursday's game The Plaza Tire Capahas now have an opponent for their first game in the National Baseball Congress World Series. The 42-team double-elimination tournament began Sunday and is scheduled to conclude Aug. 12 in Wichita, Kan...
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Hall expected to spark Rams' return teams
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/07)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Rams are looking for a good return on their investment in Dante Hall. The Rams acquired Hall from the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2007 draft. Hall knows why the Rams wanted him. "My thing is, I'm always looking for the home-run ball," Hall said Sunday, between workouts at Rams Park...
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Big day for milestones Bonds, A-Rod, Glavine could reach prized numbers today
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/07)
Barry Bonds tries again to tie Hank Aaron's 755. A-Rod chases his 500th home run. Tom Glavine goes for career victory No. 300. Today could be one of baseball's biggest milestone nights -- and there's the craziness of the trading deadline, too. It would be quite a memorable night if Bonds, Alex Rodriguez and Glavine all make history within a matter of hours. From Chavez Ravine to the Bronx and Brew City, it's going to be a fun night...
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Former 49ers coach Walsh loses battle with leukemia
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/07)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Bill Walsh, the groundbreaking football coach who won three Super Bowls and perfected the ingenious schemes that became known as the West Coast offense during a Hall of Fame career with the San Francisco 49ers, has died. He was 75. Walsh died at his Bay Area home early Monday following a long battle with leukemia, according to Stanford University, where he served as coach and athletic director...
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Bullpen boosts Redbirds' hopes
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Players whose names don't exactly roll off the tongue are largely responsible for the St. Louis Cardinals' somewhat improbable presence in the NL Central picture. The rotation has been horrible and the offense has been spotty. But the bullpen -- featuring the likes of Ryan Franklin, Russ Springer and assorted other under-the-radar types -- has been consistently reliable with a 3.70 ERA that contrasts with the rotation's ugly 5.50 ERA...
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Hancock family drops wrongful-death lawsuit
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/07)
ST. LOUIS -- The family of late Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock on Monday dropped its wrongful-death lawsuit against Mike Shannon's restaurant and others in the player's drunken-driving death in April. The family's local attorney, Mark Bronson, said he filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit before a procedural hearing got under way Monday in St. Louis Circuit Court. The lawsuit had alleged that others shared responsibility for Hancock's death...
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Source: Braves to acquire Teixeira from Rangers
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/07)
ATLANTA -- Mark Teixeira could be the Atlanta Braves' new cleanup hitter as early as tonight. The Braves reached an agreement Monday to send rookie catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and three minor leaguers to Texas for the powerful, switch-hitting Teixeira. The official announcement of the deal is expected to come today...
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T-wolves to send Garnett to Celtics
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/07)
BOSTON -- Kevin Garnett is leaving Minnesota after the Boston Celtics agreed to acquire the All-Star forward in a multiplayer trade with the Timberwolves, a Celtics official said on Monday. Among the players who could be headed to Minnesota are forward Al Jefferson, guard Sebastian Telfair, swingman Gerald Green and center Theo Ratliff, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been completed. ...
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Brown says test was missed, not failed
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/07)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams cornerback Fakhir Brown said Monday he was suspended for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy because he accidentally missed a drug test and is appealing the penalty. Brown, who started 14 games last season, was suspended earlier this month for the first four games of the season. He said a meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has not been scheduled...
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Co-defendant says Vick bankrolled dogfighting ring
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/07)
RICHMOND, Va. -- One of Michael Vick's co-defendants who pleaded guilty Monday to his role in a dogfighting conspiracy says he was financed almost entirely by the Atlanta Falcons quarterback. As part of a plea agreement, Tony Taylor pledged to fully cooperate with the government in its prosecution of Vick and two other men accused of running an interstate dogfighting enterprise known as "Bad Newz Kennels" on Vick's property in rural Surry County...
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NAACP: Don't rush to judgment on Falcons QB
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/07)
ATLANTA -- NAACP leaders urged public restraint Monday in judging Michael Vick before he has his day in court. R.L. White, president of the Atlanta chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said the Atlanta Falcons quarterback has been vilified by animal rights groups, talk radio and the news media and prematurely punished by his team and corporate sponsors...
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Season No. 13
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/07)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Jeff Fisher doesn't keep a cot in his office, even though he has slept on the leather couch a few times. "I come to work, go home," he said. "I'm going to be at a high school football game on Friday night, take my vacation time. It is a very complicated, sophisticated, complex -- and I think other people would say pressure-oriented -- business," Fisher said...
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Dorm decorating
(Community ~ 07/31/07)
College classes are a few weeks away, but it's never too early to start thinking of what to bring to make your home away from home just a bit more like home. Most dorms come equipped with the standards: bed, dresser, cinderblock walls and thin carpeting or tile floors. The challenge comes when trying to personalize your small space...
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Tour de farce
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/07)
PARIS -- Cyclists who have admitted using banned drugs say the Tour de France may need years to recover from the stigma of cheating, denial and lying that devastated the 2007 race. Last year's Tour was bad enough, with Floyd Landis' positive test coming days after the race. This time, doping rocked the 104-year-old institution to its core...
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Advisers: Diabetes drug should be available
(National News ~ 07/31/07)
WASHINGTON -- The widely used diabetes drug Avandia should remain on the market, government health advisers recommended Monday, saying evidence of an increased risk of heart attack doesn't merit removal. The nonbinding recommendation to the Food and Drug Administration came on a majority vote by the panel. The tally wasn't immediately available...
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Deadly Shooting in East Cape
(Local News ~ 07/31/07)
An armed robbery early Tuesday morning at Brown Bag Video in McClure, Ill., left one customer dead and an employee wounded. The Illinois State Police received a 911 call just before 1 a.m. stating someone was shot. Authorities have not yet released the names of the victims, but one was killed and the clerk was injured, according to Capt. Harold Masse of the Illinois State Police District 22...
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