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Flags flying again at Missouri Capitol
(State News ~ 10/23/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The flags are flying again at the Missouri Capitol. After winds blew down that Capitol's lone remaining flag pole last week, the state facilities director said it could take six weeks to eight weeks before two new flag poles could be installed...
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Bolivar teen dies after fight over $250 debt
(State News ~ 10/23/07)
BOLIVAR, Mo. (AP) -- A man has been charged with killing a southwest Missouri man who apparently was trying to collect a $250 debt. John Michael Loomis, who moved to Boliver from Carmichael, Calif., a month ago, was arrested Saturday and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Christopher Cornell, 19, of Bolivar. Loomis' girlfriend, Josiellena Donna Schaefer, 22, is charged with abandonment of a corpse for allegedly helping hide Cornell's body...
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Man sentenced to 35 years in Boone County beating death
(State News ~ 10/23/07)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- A 31-year-old man convicted in the beating death of a Holts Summit man after a night of drinking has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. Donald Nickens was sentenced Monday afternoon in the death of 37-year-old Chris Byers. Nickens had been convicted in September of second-degree murder and armed criminal action...
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"Big River" not quite sold out
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
Rumors of a sold-out performance of "Big River" have made their way to the River Campus, but Southeast Missouri State University personnel say those rumors aren't true. One show, Friday night, is close to sold out, with 12 tickets left at about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, said River Campus Box Office Manager Ellen Farrow. Actually, tickets are available for every performance...
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Marquette on the market
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
The Marquette Tower and Marquette Centre in downtown Cape Girardeau, the focus of a much-heralded restoration and preservation job supported by tax credits, is on the market. Prost Builders of Jefferson City purchased the Marquette Tower, a former hotel originally opened in 1928, for a reported $350,000 in 2002. At the time, the building was in such bad shape that city leaders had at one point ordered it to be sold or torn down...
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Cost of public colleges in Mo. higher than national average
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
Missourians attending public two-year and four-year colleges pay more than the rest of the nation on average. A report released Monday by the College Board says Missourians are paying an average of $6,845 a year to attend public four-year colleges and $2,520 a year to attend two-year colleges. The national averages are $6,185 and $2,361, respectively. The report is titled "Trends in College Pricing 2007." The figures are for the 2007-2008 school year...
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Addition to highway department splits commission
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
On Oct. 15, the Cape Girardeau County Commission had a split vote on hiring additional help for the County Highway Department. Associate Commissioner Jay Purcell, who voted against the measure, is still upset over what he said was a move that potentially violated the Missouri Open Meetings Law and which took place without advertising the position or doing a formal evaluation of the need...
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Rocky year
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
As the first construction season for the accelerated Cape Girardeau County road paving program draws to a close, a look back reveals a year of big promises, some successes and some false starts. Overall, the grade could probably be best described as incomplete...
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Name-calling is out of line
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/23/07)
To the editor:Referring to Gary Rust's comments on Sen. Harry Reid taking on Rush Limbaugh, I say, "Poor Rush." If it is true Rush refers to Hillary Clinton as "Hitlery" and Barack Obama as "Osama," he deserves everything he gets. Cape Girardeau's greatest accomplishment would be to replace Rush Limbaugh with Lou Hobbs -- something positive instead of negative, so to speak -- on the Wall of Fame...
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Relocalizing food system is the topic of Thursday event
(Column ~ 10/23/07)
By Shelly Wood One good way to help Southeast Missouri's economy and fight global warming is to support a local food system. In such a system, we grow, process and trade our own food right here in the area. As many of our seniors know, a lot of changes in agriculture occurred in the past century...
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Playing taps is important
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/23/07)
To the editor:I think we should always have taps at a military funeral. Narvol Randol Jr. played taps at my husband's funeral. He stood in the rain and got quite wet. He has been a friend since childhood, and we admire him so much. Randy is a very giving person...
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Speak Out 10/23/07
(Speak Out ~ 10/23/07)
Not a ministry; Taking my money; Explain the shrapnel; Teachers' stress; Substituting issues
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Skeptics should look at evidence
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/23/07)
To the editor:It is a measure of desperation that climate-change skeptics are becoming ever shriller as they promote ever more absurd falsehoods. They seem -- at last -- to acknowledge that the planet is warming, but now they are resorting to simple lies about consequences. One of the more popular concerns the status of polar bears...
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Emerson endorses Giuliani, will serve as Missouri chairwoman of campaign
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
Rudy Giuliani's staff may have jumped the gun "a bit" in announcing that Rep. Jo Ann Emerson has endorsed the Republican candidate for president. It's true, said Jeffrey Connor, Emerson's spokesman. He said her office will formally confirm the announcement Tuesday...
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Southeast's nursing program back to full accreditation status
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
Due to low test scores, the baccalaureate nursing degree program at Southeast Missouri State University lost its full accreditation by the Missouri Board of Nursing in 2005. Last month, the program regained full accreditation status. The state requires an 80 percent passage rate on the NCLEX, the National Council Licensure Examination. During the 2004-2005 school year, the university's passing rate was 66.7 percent, and the program became conditionally approved...
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Commissioners excited about draft comprehensive plan
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
Cape Girardeau's planning and zoning commissioners are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. For the first time since taking on the task of vetting the draft comprehensive plan, they are "getting excited about it," said Charlie Haubold, the chairman of the planning and zoning advisory board...
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Carrington draws 3,500 to Show Me Center
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
The Show Me Center is counting its first concert of its 20th anniversary season a success. Country comedian and musician Rodney Carrington performed Saturday night at the Show Me Center, drawing a crowd of 3,521 during Homecoming weekend. ...
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Jackson High School play set for this week
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
Jackson High School will present its annual fall play starting Thursday and continuing through Saturday. The play is a comedy, "Dearly Departed," by Jessie Jones and David Bottrell. Performances are at 4 p.m. Thursday and 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Jackson High School Auditorium...
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New director of county archive center named
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
Assistant county archivist Steven Pledger was named to take over as archive center director, Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark announced Monday. Pledger, who first started at the County Archive Center as a volunteer in 2001, is a native of Cape Girardeau with family roots in the county dating to 1844. ...
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Southeast gets records of Faulkner's travels
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
Records of author William Faulkner's trips to Japan, Greece, Venezuela and five other foreign countries have been obtained by Southeast Missouri State University's Center for Faulkner Studies. The 1950s trips were made on behalf of the United States Information Service, according to a press release. ...
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Route Y to be narrowed to one lane Wednesday
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
A section of Route Y in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane while crews remove a tree near the roadway Wednesday. The section of road is located five-tenths of a mile west of the Route V and Route Y intersection. Work will occur from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting. The tree removal isn't related to recent storms in the area. For more information, contact the Missouri Department of Transportation at 888-275-6636...
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Dalai Lama formally installed as professor at Emory University
(National News ~ 10/23/07)
ATLANTA -- The Dalai Lama was formally installed as a professor at Emory University on Monday as Tibetan monks wearing large moon-shaped, yellow hats chanted and played cymbals, gongs and horns. The exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, whose face is recognized around the world, now is the bearer of a faculty ID card...
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Jurors find Montgomery guilty of killing
(State News ~ 10/23/07)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A woman whose attorneys had argued that she was suffering from delusions when she killed an expectant mother and cut the baby from her womb was found guilty Monday. Jurors convicted Lisa Montgomery, 39, of kidnapping resulting in death in the Dec. 16, 2004, attack on 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett in the northwest Missouri town of Skidmore...
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Cable blamed for crash of Mo. Guard plane
(State News ~ 10/23/07)
ST. LOUIS -- A jammed cable caused the crash of a Missouri Air National Guard F-15D during drills in Indiana in May, and there was nothing the pilot could do except eject from the tumbling plane, according to an Air Force report released Monday. The report by the Air Force's Air Combat Command's Investigation Board said a jammed Aileron Rudder Interconnect crossover cable was the culprit in the May 30 crash. The cable transfers a pilot's flight control inputs to the aircraft...
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NAACP: No plans to relocate 2010 convention away from Kansas City
(State News ~ 10/23/07)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Though NAACP members were critical of Frances Semler's appointment to the city's park board, the group still plans to hold its convention in Kansas City three years from now. Mayor Mark Funkhouser's June appointment of Semler, a member of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, to the park board drew criticism from both the National Council of La Raza and the NAACP. On Saturday, La Raza announced it is pulling its 2009 convention from Kansas City...
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Out of the past 10/23/07
(Out of the Past ~ 10/23/07)
Penzel Construction Co. of Jackson has been awarded the general contract for construction of the new home office of Centerre Bank; the new building will be on the southeast corner of Mount Auburn Road and Independence Street in Cape Girardeau. What was a wide spot in the road little more than a year ago could become a center for shipping's wave of the future, as Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority yesterday unveiled its new warehouse facilities at a ceremony in Scott City; the 100,000-square-foot warehouse, on Main Street in Scott City, will serve as a base for "container" shipping.. ...
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University of Missouri system adopts student lender guidelines
(State News ~ 10/23/07)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri system has joined at least 11 other public and private colleges in the state that have adopted codes of conduct designed to limit favoritism when linking banks with student borrowers. University system president Gordon Lamb announced the changes Monday, six months after Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon reached the first such agreement in the state with Washington University in St. Louis...
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Thomas Thrower
(Obituary ~ 10/23/07)
Thomas Henry Thrower, 54, of Jackson died Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, at his home. He was born June 8, 1953, in Gideon, Mo., son of Charles F. and Rose M. Spears Thrower. He and Pamela Kay Poe were married Aug. 20, 1988. Thrower was a 1971 graduate of Central High School in Cape Girardeau...
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Roy Kasten
(Obituary ~ 10/23/07)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Roy David Kasten, 53, of St. Louis died Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Aug. 4, 1954, in Perryville, son of Elmer and Nora Stueve Kasten. Roy was a 1977 graduate of Lutheran Medical School of Nursing. He was a registered nurse 27 years at St. Anthony's Hospital, and a member of Henry Shaw Cactus Society...
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Margaret Morgan
(Obituary ~ 10/23/07)
ARNOLD, Mo. -- Margaret M. Teason Morgan, 90, of Arnold died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007. She was born Jan. 3, 1917. She married Leslie Morgan, who died May 12, 1992. Survivors include two daughters, Mary Davenport of Marble Hill, Mo., Deborah Cone of Colorado; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren...
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William Spray
(Obituary ~ 10/23/07)
ARNOLD, Mo. -- William Spray, 71, of Arnold died Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis. He was born July 18, 1936. He married Margaret "Peggy" King. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Lisa Weinstein of St. Louis; a son, Jason Spray of St. Louis; his mother, Margaret Morgan of Arnold; a sister, Mary Davenport of Marble Hill, Mo.; and four grandchildren...
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Raymond Sommer
(Obituary ~ 10/23/07)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Raymond A. Sommer, 86, of Ste. Genevieve died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007, at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital. He was born Oct. 27, 1920, in Perryville, Mo., son of William Henry and Minerva Sophia Mecker Sommer. He and Dorothy M. Wichern were married Oct. 6, 1946...
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Marvin Deneke
(Obituary ~ 10/23/07)
Marvin L. Deneke, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Zion Methodist Church in Gordonville...
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Births 10/23/07
(Births ~ 10/23/07)
Williams; Howard; Patterson; Davis; Tucker-Lester; Farrow; Haynes; Reagan; Langston; Bogenpohl; Lesar; Thrower
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Scala's stability
(Editorial ~ 10/23/07)
When Dr. David Scala became superintendent of the Cape Girardeau School District in July 2005, there were major issues awaiting him. Chief among them was funding. Scala was fortunate to have arrived at a time when Missouri's economy was improving after several years of tight budgets that had squeezed dollars for public schools...
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Cape fire report 10/23/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/23/07)
n At 5:07 p.m., emergency medical service in the 400 block of Themis Street. n At 7:02, emergency medical service in the 1700 block of Broadway. n At 10:01 p.m., emergency medical service in the 200 block of Mill Street. n At 11:23 p.m., emergency medical service in the 400 block of Green Acres Drive...
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Cape/Jackson police report 10/23/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/23/07)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Darcell C. Moore, 20, 1080 S. Ellis St., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for contempt of court. n A 15-year-old girl was cited into juvenile court for being beyond parental control...
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Road paving: by the numbers
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
By the numbers @graphic_subhead:Roads paved in 2007 County Road 271 from Highway 25 to County Road 272, 1.5 miles County Road 244 and Rabbit Lane, 0.8 of a mile County Roads 361/364/365, 1.25 miles County Road 381 from Route U to County Road 383, 0.85 of a mile...
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Health calendar 10/23/07
(Community ~ 10/23/07)
Calendar Today n Free pulmonary function screenings: 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. in the Saint Francis Medical Center cafeteria. The screenings take about 10 minutes and participants may eat a light meal before (no fasting is required). Screenings will continue through Friday at 11 a.m. Appointments are limited. Call 331-5877 to schedule an appointment...
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Events for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
(Community ~ 10/23/07)
Today n Dig for Life Pink-Out Night, 7 p.m. Houck Field House. Southeast Missouri State University volleyball athletes "dig" for breast cancer prevention, detection and education. Team members secure pledges per dig, a volleyball term, which are then tallied throughout all of October's home matches. All ticket proceeds to the game will benefit Dig for Life, and breast cancer survivors will receive a free T-shirt...
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Early detection, self-exams important
(Community ~ 10/23/07)
One in eight women in the United States will get breast cancer in her lifetime. It is the second most common cancer in women, next only to skin cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. It is the second leading cause of cancer deaths, but death rates are declining, which the ACS attributes to early detection and improved treatment...
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French tradition in a lasting friendship
(Column ~ 10/23/07)
In 1974 two wide-eyed and bushy-tailed Missouri guys, then in their mid-20s, took off from Paris on shiny new Motebecane bicycles with the only goal of ending up in Munich, Germany. It was a time before life would demand their serious attention, before Richard would be raising a family in the Bay area and I would be sitting here looking at a column deadline. It was a time after the breezy college fratboy days we had shared. We were looking for an adventure, one that would change our lives...
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Health briefs 10/23/07
(Community ~ 10/23/07)
Local hospital gets gold seal Southeast Missouri Hospital earned the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers. The Joint Commission conducted an unannounced, on-site review in August and gave the hospital the award. ...
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More women getting both breasts removed when cancer strikes one
(National News ~ 10/23/07)
WASHINGTON -- More women who have cancer in only one breast are getting both breasts removed, according research that found the trend more than doubled in just six years. It's still a rare option: Most breast cancer in this country is treated by lumpectomy, removing just the tumor while saving the breast...
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Southern California wildfires displace more than 250,000
(National News ~ 10/23/07)
SAN DIEGO -- Wildfires blown by fierce desert winds Monday reduced scores of Southern California homes to ashes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and laid a hellish, spidery pattern of luminous orange over the drought-stricken region. At least one person was killed in the fires, and dozens were injured. Nearly 130 homes had burned in one mountain town alone, and thousands of other buildings were threatened by more than a dozen blazes covering at least 310 square miles...
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NASA refuses to disclose pilot survey on air safety
(National News ~ 10/23/07)
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- An unprecedented national survey of pilots by the U.S. government has found that safety problems like near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than previously recognized. But the government is withholding the information, fearful it would upset air travelers and hurt airline profits...
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F-16 crashes are up; Air Force is focusing on pilot error as a major factor
(National News ~ 10/23/07)
The dreaded BANG! came from deep within the F-16's lone engine, shaking the warplane as it made passes over an Arizona bombing range last December. Then came the alarming loss of thrust. Two attempts to restart the engine failed. Having exhausted their options, the pilot and his student bailed out, parachuting to safety before the plane slammed into the Sonoran Desert, a $21 million loss for taxpayers...
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2 U.S. Navy sailors fatally shot at Bahrain base
(International News ~ 10/23/07)
CAIRO, Egypt -- A U.S. Navy sailor shot and killed two female sailors early Monday in the barracks an American military base in Bahrain, officials said. The alleged shooter, a man, was critically wounded in the shooting at the U.S. Naval Support Activity Bahrain base, said a Navy official who was not authorized to release the information to the media and spoke on condition of anonymity...
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Turkey sends more troops, heavy artillery to Iraq border
(International News ~ 10/23/07)
SIRNAK, Turkey -- Dozens of Turkish military vehicles streamed toward the Iraqi border with heavy artillery and ammunition Monday after Kurdish guerrillas killed a dozen soldiers and claimed to have captured eight in an intensifying crisis threatening to spill into Iraq...
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Sudan to announce Darfur cease-fire at start of talks with rebels this week
(International News ~ 10/23/07)
UNITED NATIONS -- Sudan will announce a cease-fire at the start of talks with rebel groups Saturday aimed at ending the conflict in Darfur, the country's U.N. ambassador said Monday. Ambassador Abdelmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamed said the government decided to declare a cease-fire at the opening session to help promote the success of the talks in the Libyan city of Sirte...
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New tape from bin Laden urges Iraqi insurgents to unite
(International News ~ 10/23/07)
BAGHDAD -- Osama bin Laden scolded his al-Qaida followers in Iraq and other insurgents Monday, saying they have "been lax" for failing to overcome fanatical tribal loyalties and unite in the fight against U.S. troops. The message of his new audiotape reflected the growing disarray among Iraq's Sunni Arab insurgents and bin Laden's client group in the country, both of which are facing heavy U.S. military pressure and an uprising among Sunni tribesmen...
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Blood drives 10/23/07
(Community ~ 10/23/07)
Today Drury Southwest, 101 S Farrar Dr, Cape Girardeau, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday Southeast Missouri Hospital, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday Osage Community Centre, from noon to 6 p.m.
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Redhawks move quarterback to defense
(College Sports ~ 10/23/07)
When Houston Lillard was healthy this year, he and Victor Anderson split the quarterback duties in every Southeast Missouri State football game. But the signal caller job is now Lillard's as long as he performs well. Southeast coach Tony Samuel said during his weekly media briefing Monday that Anderson has been moved to safety in order to take advantage of his athletic ability and also help shore up a position that has been hit hard by injuries...
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Jackson football players watch double feature
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/07)
Members of the Jackson football team were going to spend Monday afternoon watching film of Friday night's thrilling 21-20 victory over second-ranked Eureka. Jackson coach Carl Gross then was going to put that film on the shelf and get his players focused on this Friday's game at Parkway West...
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Central cruises past Sikeston in Class 4 District 1 opener
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/07)
Wendi Zickfield put down 11 kills to lead Central to a two-game sweep of Sikeston in Class 4 District 1 volleyball action Monday. Taylor Kirn had eight kills and Katie Scholl added 21 assists to secure the win for the Tigers (20-9-3). Game scores were 25-11, 25-21...
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Toe injury hampers Little , will require surgery in offseason
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/07)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams defensive end Leonard Little has been hampered in recent weeks by a torn ligament in his left big toe, an injury that will require surgery eventually. Little played sparingly in a 33-6 loss at Seattle on Sunday, a setback that dropped the Rams' record to 0-7. He has one sack this season after getting 13 last year and didn't practice at all last week...
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Colts dominate Jaguars, win 29-7
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/07)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- All that talk about defending Super Bowl champion Indianapolis being better this season just might be true. The Colts dominated every aspect of Monday night's showdown against the Jacksonville Jaguars, easily winning 29-7 and once again taking charge in the AFC South. They also moved a step close to setting up an undefeated matchup with New England (7-0). The teams meet Nov. 4...
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Jackson's return is among few positives for 0-7 Rams
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Steven Jackson could return for the St. Louis Rams this week after being out a month with a torn groin. Whether he can make any difference on a beat-up, underachieving, winless team is another story. Coach Scott Linehan's second season has been a disaster, torpedoed early by missed opportunities before collapsing under the weight of injuries. The 0-7 start is the worst in franchise history, taking a 1962 team that finished 1-12-1 off the hook...
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La Russa agrees to two-year contract
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Tony La Russa agreed to a two-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, satisfied with the progress and direction of the team's general manager search. "I'm real pleased it worked out," La Russa said at a news conference Monday. "I'm thrilled to be back."...
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Red Sox unwind beforetaking on red-hot Rockies
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/07)
BOSTON -- Fenway Park was quiet, the Red Sox clubhouse was dry and Jonathan Papelbon was done with his Irish step dance. The jubilation of Boston's pennant-clinching comeback was over. There was still one more opponent to face, one that fashioned an incredible streak to reach the World Series for the first time...
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Big 12 reflects season's unpredictable nature
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/07)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Surprises have been the norm in college football this season, and it's been no different in the Big 12 Conference. Halfway through league play, the standings and the preseason poll aren't exactly carbon copies of each other -- well, unless you count the bottom -- and even now it's hard to choose who'll be playing in the conference championship game Dec. 1 in San Antonio...
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Sisters acting: Sisters of breast cancer survivors are subject of study
(Community ~ 10/23/07)
"There's a certain amount of fear for the unknown." That's how Suzanne Smith describes her cancer diagnosis. She was told she had breast cancer in December 1996, when she was 43. She had a lumpectomy and underwent chemotherapy. She celebrated the 10-year anniversary of her last chemo treatment Saturday. Smith has been cancer free since the operation and wants to make sure more women can make that claim...
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Dogs found in raid had scars, fresh wounds
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
Humane Society veterinarians found numerous fresh puncture wounds, cuts and bites on several of the dogs found when law enforcement raided an alleged dog fighting ring in Dudley, Mo., Saturday. Investigators also say they found a dog fighting ring, called a "pit" -- a converted horse stall in a barn which was lined with blood-stained carpet and covered with tarps...
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Cleanup continues with more rain to come
(Local News ~ 10/23/07)
Several days after a powerful storm system moved through the area, Cape Girardeau continued to clean up the mess left behind as more rain moved in. A series of powerful storms ripped through the Southeast Missouri region and other parts of the country's midsection last Wednesday and Thursday, uprooting trees and causing other damage and disruption of daily life. As the line moved through, nine tornado tracks were spotted in western Kentucky, according to the National Weather Service...
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President Bush to visit St. Louis
(State News ~ 10/23/07)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush will visit St. Louis on Thursday to tour a high-tech company and make a speech about the federal budget. Bush will visit the headquarters of St. Louis-based World Wide Technology Inc., one of the nation's top-grossing black-owned businesses...
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