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Scott County cemeteries sale under negotiation
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
BENTON, Mo. -- The Missouri Attorney General's Office may be closing in on a deal that will relieve Scott County of its now 8-month obligation to maintain the Forest Hills Memorial Cemetery near Morley, Mo. A court appointed the county as caretaker of the Morley cemetery in March -- and appointed the Sikeston, Mo., city government caretaker of two cemeteries there -- following allegations of fraud against the cemeteries' current owner, Mike Graham and Associates, based in Houston, Texas...
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U.S. 61 in Jackson down to one lane
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
MoDOT has reduced a stretch of U.S. 61 to one lane from uptown Jackson to Fruitland until 4 p.m. today. U.S. 61 is reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction starting at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson, ending at the Interstate 55 interchange at Fruitland, until 4 p.m. today, while MoDOT makes pavement repairs...
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Jackson Police Dept. faces accreditation process
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
On Dec. 9, the Jackson Police Department will be examined inside and out by a team of assessors from the Commission of Accreditation for Law Enforcement agencies, according to a news release from the police department. At the end of the visit, the assessment team will help to decide whether the Jackson Police Department meets the commission's standards for using the latest, most state-of-the-art procedures and policies...
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East Main extension opens Dec. 17
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
Jackson will open the East Main Street extension to traffic from Oak Hill Road to Interstate 55 on Dec. 17, Mayor Barbara Lohr said today. The 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony will be followed by an 11 a.m. dedication of the new East Main Street/LaSalle Avenue interchange on I-55. The Missouri Department of Transportation has assured the city that the new interchange will be opened to traffic that morning, "barring some really strange weather," Lohr said...
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Fuel load from ice storm creates winter fire danger in SW Missouri
(State News ~ 12/03/07)
NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) -- An increase in trees and leaves still on the ground after an ice storm hit southwest Missouri in January may increase the danger of fires this winter, particularly in rural areas. The debris from the storms will be extra fuel for any fires, and those fires will be harder to extinguish, fire officials said...
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Blunt: Some Taum Sauk settlement will go toward new state park
(State News ~ 12/03/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Matt Blunt said Monday he has instructed the Department of Natural Resources to use some of the Taum Sauk settlement money to develop a new state park in Shannon County. "This will help compensate the citizens of Missouri for the loss of natural resources when the reservoir breach flooded Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park," he said in a statement...
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St. Charles Co. prosecutor: Law doesn't allow for charges in MySpace suicide case
(State News ~ 12/03/07)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- No criminal charges will be filed against people who sent cruel Internet messages to a 13-year-old girl before she committed suicide, the St. Charles County prosecutor said Monday. The parents of Megan Meier of Dardenne Prairie, who hanged herself last year, said her suicide came minutes after she received mean messages through the social networking site MySpace...
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Dexter man left in ICU following stabbing
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
A Dexter man is in the intensive care unit of a St. Louis hospital following a stabbing that took place in the city early Sunday morning. According to Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Briney Welborn and Dexter Police Department Detective Corey Mills, the stabbing took place in the 400 block of North Poplar Street sometime shortly before 1:35 a.m., when a 911 call was received from a witness to the stabbing...
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Restroom fight leads to injury at Southeast
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
Southeast Missouri State University issued the following news release Monday afternoon: A confrontation involving two Southeast Missouri State University students in a Magill Hall restroom just before 9 a.m. Monday resulted in injury to one of the two...
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DMH caseworks will remain on state payroll
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
Department of Mental Health caseworkers in Southeast Missouri will remain on the state payroll and will not be privatized, DMH Director Keith Schafer wrote in a letter to state legislators late last month. Plans to transition case managers to local control were met by an onslaught of concerns raised by parents, who worried they would lose services, and caseworkers, who feared they would lose their jobs...
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Sikeston police investigating shot to the head
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
Sikeston police officers are investigating reports that a man was inadvertently shot in the head Monday. At around 3:50 a.m., the Sikeston Department of Public Safety received a 911 call from a caller stating her husband was accidentally shot with a gun, according to a news release issued by the department...
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Jackson shooting among worst in decades
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
The Jackson shooting that left two dead - including a young girl and the suspected adult male shooter - and injured three others Monday night is among the worst in recent history in Southeast Missouri. In 1992, then 38-year-old Andrew Lyons of Cape Girardeau, was convicted of killing his infant son, girlfriend and the girlfriend's mother...
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Quad rugby player talks about overcoming disability at Southeast
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
Kerri Morgan was born with impaired movement from her chest down. But when she was only 1 year old, a virus attacked her spinal cord, leaving her disabled, though not totally paralyzed, for the rest of her life. "I ... tell people that this is just kind of normal to me," Morgan said in a phone interview Friday. "I don't know any better."...
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Area lords, ladies invited to medieval dinner and revels at Central, Jackson schools
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
There will be men in tights, a boar's head, a jester performing acrobatic tricks and plenty of fanfare at Central High School's annual Madrigal Feaste Dec. 7 and 8. "We will be re-enacting what a king and his vassels and knights would have done during the 12 days of Christmas," said Dina Strickert, Central's choral director...
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City tries new ways to bring in business
(Column ~ 12/03/07)
Cape Girardeau will be moving into new territory for the city this week as it moves from promoting economic development through tax subsidies to developers to floating bonds for the purchase of industrial sites. The closing of Dana Corp.'s Cape Girardeau facility off Southern Expressway cost the city about 200 good-paying manufacturing jobs. ...
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Company seeks bond, tax break from city
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
The 150,000 square foot Dana Corp. plant on the south side of Cape Girardeau won't be vacant for long if the city council approves an economic development bond and tax abatement package to finance a move by Schaefer's Electrical Enclosures Inc. of Advance, Mo...
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Cairo works to revitalize history
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
CAIRO, Ill. -- This community once envisioned to become a great Midwestern metropolis has suffered from an economic depression for at least half a century. But flickers of life have appeared recently. Biodiesel and coal gasification are two of the industries considering locating in Cairo. There's talk of relocating the airport to make room for other industries...
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Forgiveness is what God expects
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/03/07)
To the editor:At church several cars were broken into and our purses were stolen. The reaction was disbelief, reality then anger that we had been violated in a place of trust and that the person responsible had violated me, family, friends and my church. I wanted to lash out, get even...
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Speak Out 12/3/07
(Speak Out ~ 12/03/07)
Cheney's health; Signals fixed; Doing God's work; Math problems; Doesn't make sense; Getting cooler?; Expensive visit to Santa; Funds for education
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License snafus
(Editorial ~ 12/03/07)
Becoming a legal driver in Missouri isn't as easy as it used to be. First there is the issue of obtaining a driver's license. To get one, you'll need a birth certificate or other proof of lawful presence in the U.S., a proof of identity (Social Security card) and a proof of residency (a utility bill)...
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Parading into the night
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
After a slight rain delay -- a week's time -- the 16th annual Cape Girardeau Parade of Lights finally beat the weather and rolled through town with floats all aglow. About a hundred floats, vehicles and groups of people were originally entered in the parade, but only half of them actually followed through Sunday. ...
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Ring saves man's life during robbery
(National News ~ 12/03/07)
JACKSON, Miss. -- Donnie Register has a new reason to be thankful he's married -- police say his wedding band deflected a bullet and probably saved his life. Two men walked into Register's shop at The Antique Market on Saturday and asked to see a coin collection, police Sgt. Jeffery Scott said...
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Out of the past 12/3/07
(Out of the Past ~ 12/03/07)
A freak series of heavy thunderstorms last night and this morning floods homes, closes roads, washes out bridges and forces the evacuation of several small area towns; hardest hit were Bollinger County and western Cape Girardeau County; there is an unofficial report of eight inches of rain at Lutesville, Mo...
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Families hope for children's bright Christmas
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
In its 33rd year, Toybox, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Jaycees and the Southeast Missourian, will deliver toys to children this holiday season. Tax-deductible monetary donations can be mailed to Toybox Trust, P.O. Box 4, Cape Girardeau, 63702-0004...
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Matt Blunt stands alone in ignoring environmental pact
(State News ~ 12/03/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt created a perception of indifference when the Midwestern Governors Association recently pledged to improve the environment by changing the way the region produces and uses energy. The governors signed pacts to reduce greenhouse gases, increase alternative fuels for vehicles and make greater use of renewable energy sources for electricity...
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St. Louis Metro chief disappointed in light-rail ruling
(State News ~ 12/03/07)
ST. LOUIS -- The head of a public transportation agency voiced disappointment "beyond comprehension" that a jury didn't agree with the agency's argument that other businesses were responsible for cost overruns on a massive light-rail project. Metro president Larry Salci told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in Sunday's edition that he doesn't regret pursuing the expensive lawsuit that ended in a loss for the agency...
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Investigators say train's engineer exceeded speed limit before crash
(State News ~ 12/03/07)
CHICAGO -- An Amtrak train was going about 25 mph over the speed limit moments before it hit a stationary freight train on the city's South Side, injuring dozens of people, federal officials said Sunday. The Amtrak train's engineer told investigators he realized the speed limit was 15 mph in that stretch of track but accelerated to 40 mph anyway, National Transportation Safety Board vice chairman Robert Sumwalt said...
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Chase suspect identified after fatal shooting
(State News ~ 12/03/07)
HANNIBAL, Mo. -- An Illinois man was fatally shot by authorities after escaping from an Iowa hospital and striking three police cars during a chase in northeast Missouri. The man was identified Sunday as Peter Jamerson, 27, of Homewood. Police said Jamerson, who was being guarded by a sheriff's deputy at a hospital, allegedly stole a truck from the University of Iowa parking department Saturday afternoon...
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Wilbert Peetz
(Obituary ~ 12/03/07)
Wilbert R. Peetz, 83, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 23, 1924, in the Tilsit community, son of the late Edwin A. and Emelie Voges Peetz. He and Dorothy L. Winkler were married Oct. 5, 1947, at Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville. She survives...
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Patrick Ellis
(Obituary ~ 12/03/07)
Patrick Edward Ellis, 44, of Sedgewickville, Mo., died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007, at his residence. He was born July 18, 1963, in Cape Gir-ardeau, the son of Jerry Dean and Leona Ates Ellis. He and Julie Ann Owen were united in marriage on June 18, 1983, at the Sedgewickville United Methodist Church in Sedgewickville...
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Champ Preston
(Obituary ~ 12/03/07)
Champ Preston, 89, of Perryville, Mo., died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007, at the Perry County Nursing Home. He was born Feb. 5, 1918, in Lithium, Mo., son of Andrew C. and Cora V. (Ratcliff) Preston. He married Edith M. Lyle on Feb. 6, 1940. She died March 28, 2004...
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Michael Triplett
(Obituary ~ 12/03/07)
Michael G. Triplett, 48, of Park Hills, Mo., formerly of East Prairie, Mo., died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, in St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Aug. 6, 1959, in East Prairie, to William Dallas and Patsy Ruth Guinn Triplett of East Prairie. On Feb. 14, 1983, he married Gloria Vanette Bays. She survives of the home...
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Robert Hilderbrand
(Obituary ~ 12/03/07)
Robert L. Hilderbrand, 75, of Perryville, Mo., died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born April 24, 1932, in McBride, Mo., son of Oscar H. and Stella M. (Baudendistel) Hilderbrand. He married Dorothy M. Dobbelare March 17, 1962. She died Dec 6, 2003...
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Marion Petitt
(Obituary ~ 12/03/07)
Marion W. Petitt, 68, of McClure, Ill., died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007 at the Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery in Thebes, Ill...
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Cape/Jackson police report 12/3/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/03/07)
DWI; Summons
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Cape/Jackson fire report 12/3/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/03/07)
n At 5:32 p.m., a motor vehicle accident at 1918 North Kings-highway. n At 5:58 p.m., emergency medical service in the 3900 block of William Street. n At 11:55 p.m., an alarm sounding at 3265 William St. n At 12:51 a.m., assistance at 1105 Linden St...
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Mummified dinosaur treasured by scientists
(National News ~ 12/03/07)
WASHINGTON -- One of the most complete dinosaur mummies ever found is revealing secrets locked away for millions of years, bringing researchers as close as they will ever get to touching a live dino. The fossilized duckbilled hadrosaur is so well preserved that scientists have been able to calculate its muscle mass and learn that it was more muscular than thought, probably giving it the ability to outrun predators such as T. rex...
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Deadly winter storm leaves Midwest, heads to Northeast
(National News ~ 12/03/07)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Highways were still slippery in parts of the Midwest on Sunday as utility crews restored power knocked out by a snow and ice storm blamed for at least eight traffic deaths. A few light flurries lingered over Nebraska, Iowa and southeastern Minnesota as the core of the storm slid through the Northeast...
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Experts: Plan to save home loan borrowers not a solution for all
(National News ~ 12/03/07)
WASHINGTON -- If lenders temporarily freeze low introductory interest rates on home loans made to risky borrowers before they soar, it would be a modest fix for the country's fractured housing market. The problems are so far-reaching, analysts say, that an emerging Bush administration-backed plan -- nicknamed "teaser-freezer" by one economist -- won't spare many borrowers, or bankers, from the pain of escalating foreclosures and defaults...
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Union says NASA chief criticism of agency's pilot survey was erroneous
(National News ~ 12/03/07)
A union representing NASA employees accuses the agency's administrator of unfairly tarnishing agency employees by disparaging and misrepresenting a federal air safety project. NASA weeks ago drew intense criticism for withholding results of the research, fearing it would upset travelers and hurt airline profits...
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Rare liver transplant offers toddler life without drugs
(National News ~ 12/03/07)
MIAMI -- Kimberly Lindsey marvels that her 3-year-old son Merrick doesn't need to take 10 different medicines anymore. He can safely frolic on the playground among the germs that lurk there. Two years ago, Merrick's liver suddenly shut down. Standard treatment would have meant a full liver transplant and a lifetime on drugs to keep his body from rejecting the new organ. The medication suppressing his immune system would have raised his risk for infection and possibly damaged his kidneys...
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Israeli leader rejects target date for new peace treaty
(International News ~ 12/03/07)
JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that Israel is not bound by a December 2008 target for a peace agreement set at last week's U.S.-hosted Mideast summit, telling his Cabinet that progress will depend on the Palestinians' ability to rein in militants...
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Earth's tropical belt expanding, may mean drier Southwest region
(National News ~ 12/03/07)
WASHINGTON -- Earth's tropical belt seems to have expanded a couple of hundred miles over the past quarter century, which could mean more arid weather for some already dry subtropical regions, new climate research shows. Geographically, the tropical region is a wide swath around Earth's middle stretching from the Tropic of Cancer, just south of Miami, to the Tropic of Capricorn, which cuts Australia almost in half. ...
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Top U.S. diplomat calls for political progress, reconciliation to follow lull in Iraq violence
(International News ~ 12/03/07)
BAGHDAD -- Washington's No. 2 diplomat pressed leaders of Iraq's religious and ethnic factions Sunday to take advantage of recent security gains to push through legislation aimed at cementing national reconciliation or risk a return to greater violence...
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Energy deal to push auto industry on fuel-efficiency
(National News ~ 12/03/07)
WASHINGTON -- The groundbreaking deal in Congress to raise mile-per-gallon standards will compel the auto industry to churn out more fuel-efficient vehicles on a faster timeline than the companies wanted, though with flexibility to get the job done...
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Growing pains: Advance manufacturing company seeks move to Cape
(Business ~ 12/03/07)
ADVANCE, Mo. More than 20 years ago, a shop making enclosures for electrical panels opened here with about 10 employees. The company's founder, Frank Schaefer, died at age 53 in 1999, shortly after concluding negotiations to sell his company, Schaefer's Power Panels, to a group of Cape Girardeau investors led by John Tlapek. By that time, Schaefer had grown the company to employ 38 people...
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Official: Economy shouldn't be punished to teach speculators a lesson
(National News ~ 12/03/07)
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policymakers should consider the impact of turbulent financial markets on the economy's health when weighing interest rate decisions, a Fed official said Friday. "It makes no sense to let the economy suffer from continuing declines in stock prices for the purpose of 'teaching stock market speculators a lesson,"' William Poole, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, said in a speech to the Cato Institute...
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People on the move 12/3/07
(Business ~ 12/03/07)
Commerce names new branch manager; Brown promoted at Landmark Hospital; Child-care providers finish business program; Pobst promoted to VP at 1st Community Bank
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Nominations sought for preservation awards
(Business ~ 12/03/07)
Old Town Cape is seekng nominations for its annual awards for historic preservation. The annual awards spotlight a commercial project and a residential project within the 130 square-block district from Water Street to West End Boulevard and from Highway 74 to North Street. ...
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Chavez loses balloting to change constitution
(International News ~ 12/03/07)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez suffered a stinging defeat Sunday in a vote on constitutional changes that would have let him run for re-election indefinitely and solidify his bid to transform this major U.S. oil provider into a socialist state...
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Somali leader to seek dialogue with Islamic insurgents
(International News ~ 12/03/07)
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Somalia's new prime minister will try to open a dialogue with Islamists to end an insurgency that a human rights group said has killed nearly 6,000 civilians so far this year, officials said Sunday. Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, who formed his Cabinet on Sunday, has vowed to reconcile the nation as it struggles to contain the insurgency...
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Sudan's president to meet with British delegation on pardon for jailed teacher
(International News ~ 12/03/07)
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Sudan's president will meet a British delegation to discuss a possible pardon for a teacher imprisoned in Sudan for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad, a presidential spokesman said Sunday. Two Muslim members of British Parliament, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi and Lord Nazir Ahmed, have been in Sudan for two days trying to set up a meeting with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. ...
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Ghana reflects progress inparts of Africa, led by Africans
(International News ~ 12/03/07)
ACCRA, Ghana -- Coby Asmah is a success in a part of the world that is hardly ever equated with success. The design and printing business he launched from his dining room table 14 years ago now employs 54 people. He drives a new gold sport utility vehicle, dresses as sharply as any Madison Avenue executive and vacations in the United States. And despite winning U.S. citizenship, he has chosen to stay in Ghana...
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Putin's party wins more than 60 percent of Russian vote
(International News ~ 12/03/07)
MOSCOW -- Vladimir Putin's party won a crushing victory in parliamentary elections Sunday, paving the way for the authoritarian leader to remain in control even after he steps down as president. The vote followed a tense Kremlin campaign that relied on a combination of persuasion and intimidation to ensure victory for the United Russia party and for Putin, who has used a flood of oil revenue to move his country into a more assertive position on the global stage...
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Ozzy Osbourne garage sale brings in $800,000 for charity
(Entertainment ~ 12/03/07)
LOS ANGELES -- Heavy metal fans aren't usually seen making bids at high-end auctions, but they turned out in numbers to snatch up a coat with embroidered bats, sneakers with skulls on them and other items put up for sale by Ozzy Osbourne. "We had Ozzy fans bidding against these sophisticated fine art buyers, which you don't see every day," said Darren Julien, whose company, Julien's Auctions, ran the charity sale Friday and Saturday. ...
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Kansas couple adopts eight children from around the world
(State News ~ 12/03/07)
WICHITA, Kan. -- They were born in countries that are continents apart. But Wichita is where eight adopted children have discovered the concept of family. And through their children, John and Karen Schlesinger have learned how to confront stereotypes, challenge beliefs and spread a message of universal love, the kind of love that transcends cultural boundaries and stereotypes. The kind that heals, teaches, trusts and celebrates all at once...
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Therapeutic riding group gets donation from Cape West Rotary
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
Mississippi Valley Therapeutic Horsemanship has been providing therapeutic horseback riding to children and adults living with disabilities since 2001. It is a not-for-profit organization that depends on the generosity of service clubs, private donations and others to help develop and operate the Oak Ridge facility...
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Community digest 12/3/07
(Community News ~ 12/03/07)
Thanks breakfast held by Boys and Girls Club; Benefit planned for accident victim; Landowner information at conservation center; Jackson Public Library offers holiday programs; Scott City Women's Club to hold home tour; Nature center holds 'Nature's Decor' activity; Woodmen youth club activity planned Dec. 13; Cape library to be closed for holidays
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Clinton leads contest for 'superdelegates,' but most still uncommitted
(National News ~ 12/03/07)
WASHINGTON -- New Hampshire and Iowa will have to wait. The nation's first presidential primary, for Democrats anyway, is being waged among hundreds of party insiders -- superdelegates who could play a big part in selecting the nominee at next summer's national convention...
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Redhawks falter vs. powerful Purdue
(High School Sports ~ 12/03/07)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Despite shooting under 30 percent for the game and losing one of its best players with an injury early in the second half, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team still had a shot at beating Purdue on Sunday with about three minutes to go...
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Tigers place second at FZN tournament
(High School Sports ~ 12/03/07)
Central placed second in the the Green Division of the FZN wrestling tournament with 172 points Saturday. The Tigers finished behind only Fort Zumwalt North (286 points) and wrestled their way past Webster Groves (154 points), Sumner (102 points) and Parkway Central (69 points)...
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Washington pays tribute to Taylor but loses heart-breaker to Bills
(Professional Sports ~ 12/03/07)
LANDOVER, Md. -- After scoring the game's only touchdown, Clinton Portis lifted his jersey to reveal a white shirt with the words "In memory of Sean Taylor." They played for Sean. They tried to win for Sean, just as Sean's father had told them to. The grief of the Washington Redskins was on full display Sunday, in front of 85,000 fans waving their No. 21 towels...
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Upgraded Tigers: LSU will face Ohio State for BCS title
(College Sports ~ 12/03/07)
LSU has a ticket to the title game. Everyone else has a pretty good gripe. The latest chapter in this crazy, unpredictable college football season was written Sunday when LSU won the sport's version of the lottery, being picked to play Ohio State for the championship and leaving about a half-dozen other candidates with plenty to complain about...
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Frerotte trades blame for credit in Rams win
(Professional Sports ~ 12/03/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Gus Frerotte carries the blame for the St. Louis Rams' last home loss. He can take credit for the team's first home win, too. Frerotte threw three touchdown passes in the first half, then sweated out two second-half interceptions in a 28-16 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, the Rams' first home win this season after five setbacks...
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Missouri's BCS dream shrinks a size - like Cotton
(College Sports ~ 12/03/07)
SAN ANTONIO -- The national title hopes are over. The lopsided loss in the Big 12 championship still stings. And Missouri's consolation prize:~ The former No. 1 Tigers fall to seventh in AP poll, settle for Cotton Bowl. a New Year's Day bowl game right back in Texas...
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Venezuelans cast ballots on constitutional changes
(International News ~ 12/03/07)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez would take on expanded powers and have a shot at being president for life under constitutional changes considered by Venezuelans Sunday in a vote that raised tensions in South America's top oil exporter. An emboldened opposition and recent violent clashes involving protesters point to a potentially volatile dispute if the vote is close, as some pollsters predict...
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Venezuelans cast ballots on constitutional changes
(International News ~ 12/03/07)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Hugo Chavez sought to cement his power Sunday in a vote on constitutional reforms that could let him remain president for life, a critical test for a leader bent on turning this major U.S. oil provider into a socialist state. Opponents fear a plunge toward dictatorship. Supporters have full faith that Chavez will use the reforms to deepen grassroots democracy and more equitably spread the wealth...
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St. Joseph mother puts war fears into a song
(State News ~ 12/03/07)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- A local mother found herself on a strange ride when her son, a U.S. Army soldier, received orders to Iraq. Now Sharon Bryant has taken the experience and woven it with her father's letters during the Korean War, turning it into a song called "A Mother's Heart."...
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Early results: Putin's party wins majority of Russian vote
(International News ~ 12/03/07)
MOSCOW -- Early results showed Vladimir Putin's party winning more than 60 percent of the vote Sunday in a parliamentary election that could pave the way for him to remain the country's leader even when he steps down as president. The vote followed a Kremlin campaign that relied on a combination of persuasion and intimidation to ensure victory for Putin's United Russia party...
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Now the real Southeast basketball seasons begin
(Sports Column ~ 12/03/07)
The preliminaries are out of the way for Southeast Missouri State's basketball teams. This week the "real" seasons begin as Southeast squads open Ohio Valley Conference play with two home games, Thursday against Tennessee State and Saturday against Tennessee Tech...
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SIU professor part of Antarctica drilling project to study climate change
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
During the past two years, scientists in Antarctica have drilled more than 4,215 feet into the Earth's core and more than 20 million years back into its sedimentary history in an effort to understand how the planet's climate has changed through geologic time. The object of their search this year,...
- Photographs from the scene: Jackson shooting (Local News ~ 12/03/07)
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Mother, children suffer multiple gunshot wounds in Jackson
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
An adult man and a child were found dead in a Jackson home Monday afternoon and an adult woman and two additional children were severely wounded in what authorities are calling an apparent murder-suicide.
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Three victims in Jackson shootings
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
Police responded to three shooting victims. transporting them to Southeast Missouri.
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Restroom fight leads to injury at Southeast
(Local News ~ 12/03/07)
Southeast Missouri State University issued the following news release Monday afternoon:A confrontation involving two Southeast Missouri State University students in a Magill Hall restroom just before 9 a.m. Monday resulted in injury to one of the two...
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