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Cape native hopes to win over 'Bachelor'
(Local News ~ 03/17/08)
Amanda Peterman was a cheerleader at Central High School in Cape Girardeau and graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 2005 with a 4.0 GPA and a double major in journalism and fashion design. Last August she began studying law at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas...
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Businessman James Drury, 78, dies
(Local News ~ 03/17/08)
Outspoken businessman James L. Drury, founder with his brothers from Kelso, Mo., of the businesses that grew into the Drury hotel and development empire, died Monday morning at the age of 78. In the 1970s, James Drury took over as president of MidAmerica Hotels Corporation, which operates hotels in Cape Girardeau, St. Louis and Paducah, Ky., as well as Burger King restaurants in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas and Kentucky...
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Steven Felty
(Obituary ~ 03/17/08)
Steven Felty Steven Wade Felty, 57, of Chaffee, Mo., died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born June 15, 1950, in Cape Girardeau to the late Wade Odell and Mary Alice Glency Felty. He and Martha McBride were married Jan. 26, 1973, in Chaffee...
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Scot LeGrand
(Obituary ~ 03/17/08)
Scot LeGrand Scot Wayne LeGrand, 51, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at his home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 2, 1956, in Cape Girardeau, son of Art J. and Vivian Gardiner LeGrand. He married Sylvia Rebert. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Church in Cape Girardeau. He had worked at Aerovent Inc. in Lansing, Mich., and had been in management at Thorngate Ltd. for 20 years. He had been a member of Kimbeland Country Club...
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Roy Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 03/17/08)
Roy Bollinger Roy L. Bollinger, 82, of Blodgett, Mo., died Friday, March 14, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Bollinger was born March 21, 1925, in Scopus, Mo., son of Bernie and Elsie Crader Bollinger. He married Christine Stowers Jan. 13, 1948, in Blytheville, Ark...
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Betty Kirkpatrick
(Obituary ~ 03/17/08)
Betty Kirkpatrick POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Betty Jean Cobb Kirkpatrick, 70, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Glenallen, Mo., died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born Aug. 24, 1937, at Lutesville, Mo., daughter of Everett M. "Jack" and Opal Mae Underwood Cobb...
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Crews search rubble of construction crane collapse
(National News ~ 03/17/08)
NEW YORK -- Three people were still listed as missing Sunday as rescue teams picked through the rubble of a town house crushed by a toppling construction crane in an accident that killed four construction workers. Crews removed one section of the 19-story-tall crane that crashed onto the four-story brownstone and seriously damaged five other buildings in an affluent East Side neighborhood. ...
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Sunshine Week
(Editorial ~ 03/17/08)
In an recent informal, off-the-record conversation with a Southeast Missourian reporter, a low-profile government official was talking about how no one from the public attended board meetings. He said that's how the government body liked it. Local government can be odd that way. ...
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Redhawks drop series finale to Memphis
(College Sports ~ 03/17/08)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Pitching and Memphis University finally ruled in the finale of a three-game baseball series Sunday with Southeast Missouri State. Memphis pitchers Ryan Holland and Garrett Hachtel combined for a six-hitter and nine strikeouts as the Tigers salvaged a victory in the series with a 2-0 win...
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Online video ads expected to grow
(Business ~ 03/17/08)
NEW YORK -- Frank Harper is well aware that all those free video clips on the Internet come at a price: advertising. But that doesn't mean he sits idly as short video ads precede many of the dozen or so clips he watches each day at sites like Microsoft Corp.'s MSN...
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Tibet protests spread to other Chinese provinces
(International News ~ 03/17/08)
BEIJING -- Violence in Tibet spilled over into neighboring provinces Sunday where Tibetan protesters defied a Chinese government crackdown. The Dalai Lama warned Tibet faced "cultural genocide" and appealed to the world for help. Protests against Chinese rule of Tibet were reported in neighboring Sichuan and Qinghai provinces and also in western Gansu province. All are home to sizable Tibetan populations...
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Ducks net three third-period goals in 5-2 win
(Professional Sports ~ 03/17/08)
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Rob Niedermayer broke open a tie game with a pair of third-period goals, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Saturday night to extend their club-record home winning streak to nine games. The victory came without suspended defenseman Chris Pronger, who began serving an eight-game ban he received earlier in the day from the NHL for stomping on the leg of Vancouver's Ryan Kesler during Wednesday's 4-1 victory...
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Texas landowners, judge slow border fence's progress
(National News ~ 03/17/08)
McALLEN, Texas -- Some resistant South Texas landowners and a deliberate federal judge have come between the government and its goal of nearly 700 miles of Mexican-border fencing by the end of the year. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen has ordered the government to negotiate with owners over the price of access to the land, an extra step that has slowed the project...
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Conservative party lags in French elections
(International News ~ 03/17/08)
PARIS -- Partial results in France's municipal elections Sunday showed President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party headed toward defeat and losing control of key cities, a new setback for a leader beset by sinking support. Sarkozy's prime minister insisted, however, that the government would forge ahead with a sweeping reform program despite demands for a change from opposition Socialists...
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Laos, 'Land of a Million Elephants,' fears it will lose its last pachyderms
(International News ~ 03/17/08)
VIENTIANE, Laos -- Connie Speight has swayed on elephant-back through unforgiving jungle and has adopted nine of the high-maintenance beasts. At 83, the retired American teacher is back in this Southeast Asian country to help save what remains of the once mighty herds...
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NCAA basketball tournament is ready to take the stage
(High School Sports ~ 03/17/08)
Well, the field for the NCAA men's basketball tournament is now set. I only wish I didn't have to work this week. My most enjoyable time of the "Big Dance" is always the opening round, when all the small-school underdogs try and slay the big-school favorites...
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Treasury secretary: Markets will be stabilized
(Business ~ 03/17/08)
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will "do what its takes" to stabilize chaotic markets and minimize the economic damage, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Sunday after a tumultuous week capped by the government rescue of a teetering investment bank...
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JPMorgan to buy Bear Stearns for $2 a share, or $236.2 million
(Business ~ 03/17/08)
NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase said Sunday it will acquire rival Bear Stearns for a bargain-basement $236.2 million -- or $2 a share -- a stunning collapse for one of the world's largest and most storied investment banks. The last-minute buyout was aimed at averting a Bear Stearns bankruptcy and a spreading crisis of confidence in the global financial system...
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Out of the past 3/17/08
(Out of the Past ~ 03/17/08)
25 years ago: March 17, 1983 St. Patrick's Day brings some "green" to Cape Girardeau Public Schools — a check for $66,081.75, the district's first payment under the newly enacted Proposition C. Cape Girardeau County Court has approved a project to eliminate overhead electric lines at Common Pleas Courthouse Park by installing the lines underground; the project will be handled by Missouri Utilities Co. at a cost of $8,172...
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Community digest 3/17/08
(Local News ~ 03/17/08)
Pond management workshop to be Tuesday A free pond management workshop that was canceled due to winter weather has been rescheduled. It will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Campus Nature Center. Fisheries Management biologist Chris Kennedy will answer common pond questions. ...
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It ain't open till it's open
(Column ~ 03/17/08)
While trying to track down which government officials have had Sunshine Law training and which have not, one fact became quickly apparent. There's no excuse for not knowing the basics. The Sunshine Law exists to make sure our government officials are accountable for what they do. Open government gives you (and yes, nosy reporters) access to documents and meetings...
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Organized Madness: Roads set for No. 1 seeds N. Carolina, Kansas, Memphis, UCLA
(High School Sports ~ 03/17/08)
The inexact science of putting together the NCAA tournament bracket turned out to be pretty exact this time around. No big beefs with the top seeds — North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA. No snubbed bubble teams with shout-it-to-the-mountaintop complaints — even if Arizona State and Virginia Tech do have somewhat compelling arguments...
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People on the move 3/17/08
(Business ~ 03/17/08)
Area student selected as intern for association University of Missouri senior Christine Tew, daughter of Cindy Tew of Scott City and Dennis Tew of Benton, Mo., will be the spring intern for the Missouri Pork Association. Tew is studying agricultural journalism and natural resources management and has had previous internships with University of Missouri Extension and the Missouri Department of Conservation. Tew is a graduate of Kelly High School...
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Pope makes call for peace in Iraq during Palm Sunday Mass
(International News ~ 03/17/08)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI issued one of his strongest appeals for peace in Iraq on Sunday, days after the body of the kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop was found near the northern city of Mosul. The pope also denounced the 5-year-long Iraq war, saying it had provoked the complete breakup of Iraqi civilian life...
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Police 3/17/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/17/08)
Cape Girardeau Police Department reported the following incidents. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Meghann M. Czik, 22, no address given, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for contempt of court. Cari Watkins, 165 Forest Parkway, Valley Park, Mo., was arrested on a warrant for probation violation...
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Davis leads Drake to No. 5 seed in NCAA tournament
(College Sports ~ 03/17/08)
Keno Davis got his first taste of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament as a Southeast Missouri State assistant nearly a decade ago. Davis is headed back to the Big Dance -- this time as a rookie head coach in charge of the nation's biggest surprise team...
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Poll: More people seeing government as secretive
(National News ~ 03/17/08)
Nearly nine in 10 Americans say it's important to know presidential and congressional candidates' positions on open government, but three out of four view the federal government as secretive, according to a survey released Sunday. Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University conducted the survey in conjunction with Sunshine Week, a nationwide effort by media organizations to draw attention to the public's right to know...
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Shirley Huffman
(Obituary ~ 03/17/08)
Shirley Huffman Shirley Mae Huffman, 70, of Marquand, Mo., died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at the Presbyterian Manor in Farmington, Mo. Huffman was born Aug. 17, 1937, in Perryville, Mo., daughter of Davey and Helen Barks. She and Warren Huffman were married March 3, 1956, in Hernando, Miss...
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Redbirds drop exhibition game to Braves
(Professional Sports ~ 03/17/08)
JUPITER, Fla. — Yunel Escobar and Chipper Jones hit home runs Sunday as the Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 in exhibition play at Roger Dean Stadium. Escobar blasted a two-run homer in the third inning off Cardinals starter Todd Wellemeyer, who worked five innings and gave up all three runs...
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Halle Berry gives birth to a baby girl
(Entertainment ~ 03/17/08)
The 41-year-old actress had a baby girl Sunday, and "is doing great," her publicist Meredith O'Sullivan told People.com, the Web site of People magazine. It is her first child. The father is 32-year-old model Gabriel Aubry. The two met while shooting a Versace ad in Los Angeles two years ago...
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Burundian names tell a history of bad times and good
(International News ~ 03/17/08)
BUJUMBURA, Burundi -- Her first son was born 10 years ago on a Bujumbura street while fighting raged. She named him Nzikobanyanka, or "I know they hate us." Two successive sons were also christened with names reflecting weariness with Burundi's long war: Tugiramahoro ("Let's have peace") and Nduwimana ("I'm in God's hands"). ...
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Mary Evitts
(Obituary ~ 03/17/08)
Mary Evitts Mary Sue Evitts, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 16, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Oct. 2, 1925, in Bonne Terre, Mo., daughter of James and Dorothea (Appel) Evitts. Mary was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church, the PEO and the Humane Society...
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Some of Krajcir's victims survived
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
ST. LOUIS -- An accused serial killer who confessed to killing nine women in four states and about a dozen rapes, murdered some of his victims, but did not try to kill others. Timothy Krajcir, 63, was brought to Cape Girardeau, last week to face 13 charges, including the murders of five women between 1977 and 1982. He has been in prison since 1983, but recently told authorities about more of his attacks...
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Tiger keeps streak alive at Bay Hill
(High School Sports ~ 03/17/08)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tiger Woods made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational by one shot, extending his PGA Tour winning streak to five and keeping intact a perfect season in golf. In his biggest challenge since this streak began seven months ago, Woods outlasted 45-year-old Bart Bryant and won with a birdie putt on the final hole for the first time in seven years. ...
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Burton leads team sweep at Food City 500
(Professional Sports ~ 03/17/08)
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Jeff Burton raced past Denny Hamlin on a two-lap sprint to the finish Sunday to give Richard Childress Racing a 1-2-3 sweep at Bristol Motor Speedway, and deny Joe Gibbs Racing a victory after its three drivers dominated the race. Burton scored his first win at Bristol, the first win of the season for Chevrolet and led teammates Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer across the finish line in the first podium sweep in RCR history...
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Missiles strike Pakistani tribal area along Afghan border, 20 reported dead
(International News ~ 03/17/08)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan -- Missiles that witnesses say came from an unmanned drone flattened a suspected militant safe house Sunday in Pakistan's tribal area along the Afghan border. State television said the strike killed about 20 people. Witnesses said a drone dropped seven missiles on the sprawling, mud-brick compound about three miles outside Wana, the main town in South Waziristan. ...
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Va. sisters sell corn flake shaped like Illinois on eBay
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
CHICAGO -- Two sisters from Virginia are selling a single corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois on the online auction site eBay, drawing bids of nearly $23 Sunday. "At the moment it's residing in a fine jewelry box with a lot of cotton wrapped around it to keep it safe," said Melissa McIntire, 23, of Chesapeake, Va., who along with her sister Emily McIntire, 15, is selling the flake pulled from a box of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes...
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Sales tax receipts not keeping pace with trends
(Column ~ 03/17/08)
Cape Girardeau's status as the retail hub of the region isn't in danger, but recent sales tax reports from the city and county governments show that the area isn't immune to the doldrums effecting the national economy. For the first three months of 2008, receipts from the city's 1 percent general revenue sales tax fell 1.3 percent to $2.40 million, from $2.44 million in the same period of 2007. ...
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Budget used by Mo. lawmakers as means to make political points
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican House members have made a political point by cutting the budget of Democratic Attorney General Jay Nixon. But it may be a dull point when it comes to state law. Republicans on the House Budget Committee voted late at night last week to cut $3.3 million and more than 50 employees from the attorney general's office and instead give the money and people to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations...
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More testing needed on drugs in drinking water, many say
(National News ~ 03/17/08)
Test it, study it, figure out how to clean it -- but still drink it. That's the range of reactions raining down from community leaders, utilities, environmental groups and policy-makers in reaction to an Associated Press investigation that documented the presence of pharmaceuticals in major portions of the nation's drinking water supplies...
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Sedalia seniors learn how to surf the Internet through class
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- You're never too old to learn. Right? Internet. Router. E-mail. Google. MySpace. These concepts are foreign to many senior citizens who grew up when computers were absent from kindergarten class. Cecil Lujin, 76, of Sedalia, doesn't have a computer. He said he gets his news from television...
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Sharon Hanks
(Obituary ~ 03/17/08)
Sharon Hanks Sharon Hanks, 60, of Oran, Mo., died Sunday, March 16, 2008, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran.
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Few in Perry Co. to vote on $8 million bond issue April 8
(Local News ~ 03/17/08)
Mineral Area College wants to build a vocational school on its main campus and will ask voters to approve $8 million in bonds April 8. The money would be used to relocate a vocational school from North County High School in Bonne Terre, Mo., to the community college's campus in Park Hills, Mo...
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Fire report 3/17/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/17/08)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday: At 3:40 a.m., emergency medical service in the 100 block of Clark Avenue. At 6:02 a.m., citizen assist in the 600 block of South West End Boulevard. At 9:30 a.m., emergency medical service at 341 S. Sprigg St...
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National Parks assess damage, seek volunteers for storm repairs
(National News ~ 03/17/08)
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Hundreds of trees blown down by wind exceeding 100 mph. Roads and campgrounds washed away by swollen rivers. Damages still unknown to be repaired on backcountry trails. Winter storms have devastated the Pacific Northwest's popular national parks each of the past two years, causing damage that has run into the millions of dollars...
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Woman, 83, foils purse snatcher
(National News ~ 03/17/08)
SANTA FE, N.M. -- An 83-year-old great-grandmother thwarted a would-be purse snatcher with a gas nozzle and an iron grip. Bernie Garcia said a young man approached her at a gas station as she was buying fuel for her van and asked for money. When she told him she had spent all her spare change on gas, he tried to grab her purse...
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'Horton' hears cha-ching at weekend box office
(Entertainment ~ 03/17/08)
LOS ANGELES -- Horton hears a hit. Family audiences boosted 20th Century Fox's animated tale "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!" to a $45.1 million debut, the best opening so far this year, according to studio estimates Sunday. Featuring the voices of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell in an adaptation of the beloved storybook about an elephant defending a microscopic community from destruction, "Horton Hears a Who" is the latest computer-animated film from Blue Sky Studios, the outfit behind the "Ice Age" flicks.. ...
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Identifying precious metals
(Business ~ 03/17/08)
The price of gold is at a record high just below $1,000 an ounce and silver is at a 28-year high of more than $20 an ounce. But before rushing to the jeweler with that gold chain or ring or that tarnished silverware inherited from an aged aunt, look for identifying marks that will reveal whether it is treasure or trash...
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EKU sweeps Redhawks in OVC-opening softball series
(College Sports ~ 03/17/08)
Eastern Kentucky completed a three-game sweep of the Southeast Missouri State softball team with a pair of 10-2 victories at home Sunday. Southeast fell to 10-14 overall and 0-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference. EKU (13-7, 3-0) outhit Southeast 26 to 11 on the day...
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Rescuers dig for three still missing in rubble of crane collapse
(National News ~ 03/17/08)
NEW YORK -- Rescuers dug through debris Sunday for three people still missing in the rubble and wreckage left when a construction crane toppled like a tree across a city block and killed at least four construction workers. Among the missing were two workers and a woman who was staying in an apartment at a townhouse flattened by the crane...
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Area grad completes Navy basic training
(Local News ~ 03/17/08)
Navy Seaman Recruit Ray E. Simmons, son of Carey L. and Jeffery W. Simmons of Thebes, Ill., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. Simmons is a 2007 graduate of Egyptian High School in Olive Branch, Ill...
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Spitzer scandal mars legacy, but investment reforms live on
(Business ~ 03/17/08)
NEW YORK -- Investors everywhere are better off today because of Eliot Spitzer. That may be hard to see now amid the news that the so-called moral crusader was caught on a wiretap after allegedly arranging a meeting with a prostitute. On Wednesday, he resigned as the governor of New York...
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Rising gold prices create new rush at pawn shops, jewelers
(Business ~ 03/17/08)
A new kind of gold rush is unfolding at jewelry store and pawnshop counters — featuring not prospectors, but consumers. White-collar workers, retirees and many others have been digging through jewelry boxes and safety deposit boxes to cash in as gold prices flirt with $1,000 an ounce. Coins, old wedding rings, necklaces given by ex-boyfriends, hand-me-down gold pieces — everything is fair game when it brings this kind of profit...
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Car crashes into two houses in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 03/17/08)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A car crashed into two houses on Murray Lane in Sikeston Sunday, but how the car ended up there is still unknown, according to a news release from the Sikeston Department of Public Safety.The car, driven by 53-year-old Barbara Shannon, of Sikeston, hit the two homes when it ran off the road traveling east in the 500 block of West Murray Lane. ...
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Jerry Ford orchestrates auditorium benefit
(Local News ~ 03/17/08)
Area music legend Jerry Ford didn't hesitate to organize Sunday's benefit for the Central Junior High School auditorium when he found out it needed help. "I've gained a lot out of music in my life, and I've raised a lot of money for a lot of groups," Ford said. ...
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Scott City students find pen pals in Iraq
(Local News ~ 03/17/08)
At Scott City Middle School, students have spent months exercising their communication skills in an uncommon way -- as pen pals to soldiers in Iraq. Scott City students in Leanne Grant's eighth- and ninth-grade communication arts class became pen pals with Missouri National Guardsmen of the 35th Engineer Brigade, stationed at Camp Liberty, Iraq, in September. The brigade oversees route clearance and construction projects around Baghdad...
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Mo. man dies in wreck involving 12-year-old ATV driver
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
DESLOGE, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities continue to investigate a fatal off-road accident involving a motorcycle and an ATV driven by a 12-year-old. The accident happened Sunday at St. Joe State Park in St. Francois County, killing 19-year-old Stephen Buckman of Desloge...
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St. Louis archbishop declares 2 at Polish heritage parish excommunicated
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke declares two new lay board members at a traditionally Polish parish excommunicated. STLtoday.com reports on Monday that Burke sent letters to 65-year-old Bernice Krauze and 59-year-old Stan Rozanski alerting them that they are excommunicated...
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Boy dies, girl injured in suburban St. Louis fire
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
BEL-RIDGE, Mo. (AP) -- A 7-year-old girl remains hospitalized a day after a fire at a suburban St. Louis home that killed her 5-year-old brother. The fire was reported about 1:30 a.m. Sunday in Bel-Ridge. The boy is identified as Rashaad Roberts. He was sleeping when the fire began, while the girl, Rashelle Thompson, was in the kitchen. She is being treated for smoke inhalation at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Her condition was not released...
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Lesbian couple married in Mass. seek annulment in Missouri
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) -- A lesbian married in Massachusetts has filed for an annulment from her partner in Missouri. Charisse Y. Sparks and Janet Y. Peters Mauceri Sparks were married in Boston three years ago and moved to Missouri shortly thereafter. Late last year Charisse Sparks went to Buchanan County court to dissolve the marriage...
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Blunt picks Democrat for state transportation commission
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Matt Blunt names a retired judge to fill a Democratic spot on the State Highways and Transportation Commission The six-member commission overseas the Missouri Department of Transportation. Seventy-year-old Grace N. Nichols has been a senior judge in St. Charles County since 1997. She was mayor of St. Charles for eight years, until 1995. She also spent six years on the St. Charles City Council...
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IRS to start sending out rebate checks May 2
(Local News ~ 03/17/08)
The Internal Revenue Service announced the schedule for sending out this year's economic stimulus checks today.In a news release, the IRS said it will make direct deposits or mail checks starting May 2, in a schedule based on the last two digits of each taxpayer's social security number. The schedule is as follows:Direct Deposit Payments...
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Phone lines never shut off at closed 911 call center
(Local News ~ 03/17/08)
BENTON, Mo. -- When Scott County officials shut down the E-911 substation in Miner in mid-December, they thought they would see an immediate drop in their phone bills. ...
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Memo 3/17/08
(Business ~ 03/17/08)
Initiative to hold summit on education, business Southeast Missouri WIRED will hold an education and business innovation summit from 4 to 5:30 p.m. today at the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center. The WIRED initiative is a $5 million, three-year effort to promote economic development through education and training under the supervision of the Workforce Investment Board of Southeast Missouri. ...
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Ryan Willen, Notre Dame
(High School Sports ~ 03/17/08)
Ryan Willen knows how to finish a season. After scoring two goals to lift Notre Dame to victory in the championship game of the Class 2 state soccer tournament this past fall, Willen helped the Bulldogs add the elusive Class 4 state basketball championship on Saturday...
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Wide open race for Mo.'s 9th District gives Democrats hope
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time a Democrat occupied Missouri's 9th District Congressional seat, it was an anti-abortion, pro-gun, conservative populist named Harold Volkmer. After Volkmer lost his seat in 1996 to Republican Kenny Hulshof, many of his supporters moved firmly into the Republican column...
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Speak out 3/17/08
(Speak Out ~ 03/17/08)
Locally produced A COMMENT recently blamed the rising costs of food and other necessities on the increase in minimum wage. While that may be a factor, maybe even a major factor, it's not the only one. For various reasons, most of them downright foolish, most of our food travels thousands of miles to reach us, despite the fact that many of those traveling products are grown or raised right here in our area. ...
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Poshard puts SIU-Carbondale's chancellor on leave
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) -- Southern Illinois University's president says he's placed the chancellor at SIU's flagship campus in Carbondale on administrative leave. SIU President Glenn Poshard (puh-SHARD') says his move against Fernando Trevino was made after Poshard consulted with the university's board of trustees...
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Flooding possible starting Tuesday morning
(Local News ~ 03/17/08)
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Southeast Missouri and much of the surrounding area.The watch takes effect Tuesday morning and lasts through Wednesday.Weather service forecasts say four to six inches of rain is possible Tuesday morning and into Wednesday, primarily in an area along and northwest of the Ohio River. ...
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Ambulance hits herd of deer in Boone County, paramedic hurt
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- A paramedic treating a patient in the back of an ambulance is injured after the driver could not avoid hitting several deer on U.S. 63 in Boone County. The Highway Patrol says the deer were in the middle of the highway when the northbound ambulance struck them at around 1 a.m. Monday...
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St. Louis seniors say stimulus checks will provide a boost
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- To senior citizens living on fixed incomes, economic stimulus checks from the federal government will translate into more than a little extra pocket money. Seniors in St. Louis said Monday it will mean additional funds to buy meat at the grocery store, pay for doses of bone-strengthening medicine, allow for the replacement of old appliances...
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St. Charles Co. judges question why officers should bring guns in courtroom
(State News ~ 03/17/08)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- People entering court in St. Charles County can't bring their guns -- except for police officers. Now, two of the county's judges are wondering if that's safe and fair. Police officers -- some in uniform, some in plainclothes -- routinely enter the courthouse to testify, file paperwork or participate in their own personal cases. They're allowed to be armed as long as they can show their credentials...
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Southeast women to play Evansville
(College Sports ~ 03/17/08)
The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team found out Monday who it will play in the first round of the Women's NIT. The Redhawks will take on the University of Evansville on Thursday in Evansville, Ind. The game time will be announced Tuesday...
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Sikeston woman was one of inaugural First Lady Awards nominees
(Local News ~ 03/17/08)
SIKESTON, Mo. — A Sikeston woman was honored by First Lady Melanie Blunt as a nominee for a First Lady Award. ...
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Businessman James Drury, 78, dies
(Local News ~ 03/17/08)
Outspoken businessman James L. Drury, founder with his brothers from Kelso, Mo., of the businesses that grew into the Drury hotel and development empire, died Monday morning at the age of 78. In the 1970s, James Drury took over as president of MidAmerica Hotels Corporation, which operates hotels in Cape Girardeau, St. Louis and Paducah, Ky., as well as Burger King restaurants in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas and Kentucky...
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