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U.S. terrorist list grows by three
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration moved to block the financial assets of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a Palestinian militia linked to the Fatah faction of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The action by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control came shortly after Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday designated the brigade and two other Middle East groups as terrorist organizations...
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State board recommends no pay raises; officials get one anyway
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Many state officeholders will get a raise this summer despite a vote Wednesday by the state Compensation Review Board to recommend no raises except for associate circuit court judges. A 1990 change in state law means that hundreds of statewide officeholders, legislators and judges get a 3.8 percent cost-of-living increase July 1 even as the state is laying off workers in the midst of its worst budget crisis in years...
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Poles apart - Chicago Poles lament loss of political clout
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
CHICAGO -- For decades, Polish restaurants, bars and bakeries dominated the main corridor cutting through the heart of Chicago's northwest side, where immigrants shared a love for the old country and a loyalty to politicians with names like Rostenkowski...
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Firm settles racial harassment suit
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
CHICAGO -- Factory employees who were harassed with epithets, racist graffiti and displays of hangman's nooses will receive a $1.82 million settlement, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday. A lawsuit filed in January 2000 on behalf of 32 current and former black employees of Scientific Colors Inc. ...
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Donations help scholarship fund to grow
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Another 375 children in the city will get money to help them attend private school this fall, besides nearly 1,300 students already helped by the St. Louis School Choice Foundation. The additional scholarships come from $1.5 million in new donations to be announced Wednesday. The money is the third sizable investment in the fund, backed by supporters of alternatives to public education...
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Corrections workers fired up about Gov. Ryan's layoffs
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State prison workers are worried that Gov. George Ryan's layoffs will jeopardize prison security. Correctional officers, dietary and leisure time workers told reporters at a state Capitol news conference Wednesday that Illinois prisons are already overloaded with inmates and understaffed...
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Non-profit organization gives hope to immigrants
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
GRANITE CITY, Ill. -- Daniel Juarez is a man whose name has become synonymous with hope for many immigrants in southern Illinois. Juarez is director of the nonprofit Immigration Project in Granite City, where he and three others help thousands of immigrants each year with citizenship applications to the Immigration and Naturalization Service and to change their immigration status...
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Congresswoman wants inquiry into VA hospital
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A congresswoman Wednesday asked the Veteran's Administration for an independent inquiry into its Kansas City hospital, where maggots had infested the noses of two comatose patients. Hospital officials have said the maggots and an infestation of mice were quickly eradicated after their 1998 occurrence...
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Serbians adopt new U.N. ruling
(International News ~ 03/28/02)
The Associated Press BELGRADE, Yugoslavia -- Faced with a U.S. deadline to hand over war crimes suspects, Serbia's government on Wednesday defied a high court ruling and adopted a U.N. tribunal's rules allowing such extraditions. Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica and his nationalist followers have opposed extraditions to the tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, saying they are illegal and demanding that a special domestic law be adopted to let Serbia hand over suspects...
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House proposal reduces cutbacks to tourism division
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Under the proposed state budget pending in the House, the Missouri Division of Tourism will see its funding reduced less than industry people first feared. Gov. Bob Holden in January proposed cutting the division's appropriation for next fiscal year by 29 percent from the current year...
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Teen-ager sentenced for deadly car crash
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A teen-ager who had been drinking when he crashed his car into another one in Jasper County, killing two teen-age girls, has been sentenced to one year in jail. Jasper County Judge David Dally also fined 19-year-old Christopher Tomblin $1,000 Monday for his conviction on two counts of involuntary manslaughter, stemming from the accident on March 23 last year...
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Archdiocese puts one priest on leave as another resigns
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
ST. LOUIS -- A Roman Catholic priest from a parish in north St. Louis County has resigned following new charges of sexual abuse and church officials have placed a second on leave, the city's archdiocese said Wednesday. The Archdiocese of St. Louis released letters from the two priests written to their congregations announcing the actions along with a letter from Archbishop Justin Rigali, who said the church remains committed "to uphold strict and up-to-date standards to protect children and young people.". ...
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Cubs' Sosa still hungry after four plentiful years
(Professional Sports ~ 03/28/02)
MESA, Ariz. -- While players milled about the batting cage, a few dozen fans lined the rows of seats behind them, asking for autographs. No one paid much attention to batting practice until Sammy Sosa stepped into the cage. But with the first THWACK! of his bat, everyone turned to watch...
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Sports digest 3/28/02
(Professional Sports ~ 03/28/02)
AREA CENTRAL GRAD BENNETT LEADS BAYLOR IN HITTING Central High School graduate Ross Bennett leads Baylor University's nationally ranked baseball team in hitting. Bennett, a junior who serves as the Bears' designated hitter, is batting .408, with two home runs and 19 runs batted in...
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Indians' Wohlers still haunted by his trip to wild side
(Professional Sports ~ 03/28/02)
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- His control returned. His life got back to normal. Still, Mark Wohlers takes nothing for granted. Even now, Wohlers looks at a baseball and wonders where it might go when he throws it. He's still haunted by the wildness that almost ended his pitching career...
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Cardinals fly past error-prone Mets
(Professional Sports ~ 03/28/02)
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Second baseman Roberto Alomar and first baseman Mo Vaughn made errors that helped give St. Louis four runs in the third inning, and the Cardinals beat the New York Mets 7-2 Wednesday. The Mets made five errors, a day after committing four in a loss to Los Angeles...
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Lingerie burglar caught by police
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- A suburban St. Louis teen-ager was charged in five burglaries in which the only thing taken was women's underwear. Inho Beack, 17, was charged in five burglaries an attempted burglary in St. Louis County, police said. Beack, of Chesterfield, had been breaking into homes to take underwear since January, police said. They said Beack knew each of the victims because they were classmates or neighbors...
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Coalition drops efforts to get transporation question on ballot
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
ST. LOUIS -- A coalition of transportation supporters has decided to drop its efforts to get a question on the November ballot asking voters to approve tax increases for transportation. Fearing that time is running out to gather the required signatures, some initiative backers said Tuesday that they would shift their focus to funding proposals pending in the Legislature...
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KC district confirms strip search
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City school district officials confirmed Wednesday that third-grade students were strip-searched, and promised "the most severe disciplinary consequences available" against the adults involved. "The District finds the conduct of the adults directly involved in this incident to be abhorrent," district officials said in a written statement. They called the searches "an egregious violation of District policy."...
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Hannibal seminary faces uncertain future amid abuse allegations
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
A Roman Catholic seminary troubled by allegations that some pastors sexually abused students there years ago could close if the revelations mean drops in enrollment and recruiting, the Jefferson City Diocese said Wednesday. "The future of the seminary is a question that's definitely on the table," diocese spokesman Mark Saucier said. The fate of Hannibal's St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary should be known within a month or so, he said...
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EU responds to U.S. with higher steel tariffs
(International News ~ 03/28/02)
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union's head office formally adopted tariffs of up to 26 percent on steel Wednesday to prevent a feared flood of cheap imports from countries hit by U.S. protective measures. Labeling the U.S. tariffs, which took effect last week, "unfounded, unnecessary and unfair," EU officials said they were forced to respond in kind to safeguard Europe's own shaky steel industry...
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Chinese give U.S. woman life in jail
(International News ~ 03/28/02)
BEIJING -- An U.S. woman has been jailed for life on charges of defrauding Chinese state banks of $24 million, a newspaper said Wednesday. Li Xiaoyuan was convicted by the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court of defrauding two banks in 1997-98 using forged letters of credit, the Beijing Times said. It said an accomplice, You Weijian, was sentenced to 12 years...
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Suicide bomber blows himself up at Passover meal
(International News ~ 03/28/02)
NETANYA, Israel -- A suicide bomber burst into a hotel dining room and blew himself up Wednesday just as Israelis dressed in their holiday best were sitting down to a Seder meal celebrating the Jewish Passover. At least 19 Israelis were killed and more than 120 wounded...
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'Uncle Milton' dead at age 93
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Milton Berle, the acerbic, cigar-smoking vaudevillian who eagerly embraced a new medium and became "Mr. Television" when the technology was in its infancy, died Wednesday. He was 93. Berle was diagnosed with colon cancer last year and had been under hospice care for the past few weeks. Berle's wife, Lorna, and several family members were at his side when he died at home after a lengthy illness, publicist Warren Cowan said...
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Andersen considers new leader, deals
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
CHICAGO -- Top partners for Arthur Andersen LLP met behind closed doors Wednesday to discuss strategy in the wake of their leader's resignation. A day after Joseph Berardino quit as chief executive of Andersen Worldwide -- the legal entity that includes U.S. operation Arthur Andersen -- the troubled firm remained wracked by uncertainty and facing huge liability from Enron lawsuits...
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Dudley Moore, star of '10' and 'Arthur,' dies
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
TRENTON, N.J. -- Dudley Moore, the cuddly little Englishman who pined for Bo Derek in "10" and portrayed a lovably forlorn drunk in "Arthur," died Wednesday of complications from a rare and incurable brain disorder. He was 66. The comic actor died at a friend's home in Plainfield of pneumonia stemming from progressive supranuclear palsy, which is similar to Parkinson's disease and affects one of every 100,000 people. He was diagnosed with the disease in 1999...
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Slavery reparations suit targets three firms
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
NEW YORK -- A woman whose ancestors were slaves sued three companies for allegedly profiting from slavery for nearly two centuries -- a long-simmering concept that could pick up steam if more blacks are allowed to join the lawsuits. Plaintiffs' lawyers said the lawsuits were the first to seek slavery reparations from private companies. ...
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People talk 3/28/02
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
Activist earns praise fromformer president NEW YORK -- Former President Clinton praised the efforts of gun control activist Sarah Brady at a party in Manhattan to celebrate publication of her new book, "A Good Fight." Clinton said Tuesday that Brady's 20-year campaign to keep guns out of the hands of criminals has "given the gift of life to countless thousands and thousands of Americans."...
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USS Theodore Roosevelt returns from war to tears of joy
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
SAILORS' HOMECOMING From staff and wire reports The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, one of the first ships sent abroad in the U.S. war on terror, docked Wednesday after a six-month mission, sending crew members streaming ashore into the tearful embraces of family members...
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Firefighters - Bond bill needs fix to help locally
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
TRAINING BOOST By Mark Bliss ~ Southeast Missourian GORDONVILLE, Mo. -- The region's rural fire departments would welcome more federal funding, but they aren't counting on it just yet...
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Trading places - State reps could play role in Senate control
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- While term limits will ensure scores of new faces in the General Assembly next year, the Senate freshman class of 2003 could be dominated by veteran lawmakers. By the time candidate filing for the Aug. 6 party primaries ended Tuesday, 25 sitting state representatives, most term limited in the House, finalized plans to run for the upper chamber...
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Stay-at-home families
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- The TV was off-limits for the night, and the phone was only for emergencies. Dinner was take-home pizza so no one would waste time cooking. And the highlight of the evening at the Winkler home was board games with the grandparents...
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Anything to make a putt
(Column ~ 03/28/02)
Nora Naranjo-Morse, A Tewa Pueblo Indian, will teach a ceramics workshop April 8-13 at Southeast. March 28, 2002 Dear Pat, March in Southeast Missouri has tried golfers' souls. Lightning, thunder, rain and cold have dogged the days. Like farmers, golfers are Mother Nature's playthings. We hope, we pray and watch her movements in the weather reports...
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Game show gives contestant injury
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
LOS ANGELES -- A contestant on a new NBC game show was hospitalized Wednesday after a stunt in which he held his breath under water for two minutes. The 26-year-old man was alert and conscious when paramedics arrived at a downtown studio but was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital as a precaution, Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said...
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U.S. citizens warned of Italian threats
(International News ~ 03/28/02)
ROME -- American citizens could be targeted by extremist groups in four Italian cities on Easter Sunday, the U.S. government warned Wednesday. The State Department said a "possible threat exists to U.S. citizens in the cities of Venice, Florence, Milan and Verona on Easter Sunday from extremist groups."...
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Powerful aftershock to Afghan earthquake blocks relief efforts
(International News ~ 03/28/02)
NAHRIN, Afghanistan -- A strong aftershock sent boulders tumbling across mountain roads on Wednesday, blocking efforts to rush relief supplies to tens of thousands of homeless Afghans after a devastating earthquake. Officials said the death toll was in the hundreds, not the thousands originally feared...
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McDonald's gets ruling on drinks
(International News ~ 03/28/02)
LONDON -- McDonald's customers should know that coffee and tea are served hot and can burn them if spilled, a British judge said Wednesday in a ruling against 36 people who claimed they were scalded by drinks bought at the fast food chain. High Court Justice Richard Field said McDonald's has no obligation to warn customers about the risk of scalding...
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Peace proposal presented as Arab summit in disarray
(International News ~ 03/28/02)
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah presented his proposal for a comprehensive land-for-peace pact with Israel, aiming to unite Arabs behind it Wednesday despite disarray that plagued the tumultuous opening day of an Arab summit. Key players didn't show up for the gathering of Arab leaders in the Lebanese capital; the Palestinians walked out when Yasser Arafat was not allowed to speak; and the No. ...
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Ex-premier wins Russian broadcasting license
(International News ~ 03/28/02)
MOSCOW -- A Russian commission awarded a TV license on Wednesday to an unusual alliance of political heavyweights and journalists seeking to preserve an independent voice on the country's increasingly state-dominated airwaves. The license became available after Russia's only major nongovernment broadcaster, TV6, was forced off the air in a complicated legal battle with a minority shareholder that had ties to the government...
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French man kills eight, wounds 19 in city hall shooting spree
(International News ~ 03/28/02)
NANTERRE, France -- Armed with two Glock semiautomatics, a .357 Magnum and an apparent death wish, a 33-year-old unemployed Frenchman shot and killed eight city officials Wednesday and wounded 19 others. Nanterre Mayor Jacqueline Fraysse said the attacker yelled out, "Kill me, kill me" as he was subdued in the council chamber in this Paris suburb...
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Retirement home trip ends tragically
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
IXONIA, Wis. -- A senior citizens' trip to the Milwaukee botanical gardens turned into a fiery tragedy when their chartered bus slammed headfirst into a delivery van, killing five people and injuring 19. The impact of Tuesday's crash shattered the bus windows and its bucket seats were tossed around. Two of the 15 elderly passengers were thrown from the bus and landed on the roadway...
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Four accused in elaborate scheme offering citizenship
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Immigrants who took part in an elaborate fake naturalization ceremony complete with a person in a black robe posing as a judge were victims of a scam that cost them as much as $25,000 each, federal agents said Wednesday. Four people were arrested in the scheme, which included immigrants reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, taking a citizenship oath and answering questions about American history...
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Schnucks has best area pay for grocers
(Column ~ 03/28/02)
By Dennis Marchi I read with interest reporter Scott Moyer's article, "St. Francis nurses to decide on union." The piece reported organizational attempts made recently by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 655 and included comments made by a Schnucks associate. As manager of the Cape Girardeau Schnucks, I would like to share more factual information with your readers...
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Army Secretary White offers resignation
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
WASHINGTON -- Army Secretary Thomas White said Wednesday he would resign if the investigation into the bankruptcy of his former employer, Enron Corp., distracts him too much from his military duties. "I thought I could do something good for soldiers and their families," White said in an interview with reporters. "That is my focus. If I ever get to a point where that's no longer possible, it doesn't make any sense to stay when somebody else could do a better job."...
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Judge chosen for appeal of Kinder Morgan permit appeal
(Local News ~ 03/28/02)
An administrative law judge is scheduled to hear an appeal in May from developers seeking a state permit to build a power plant in Cape Girardeau County. At issue is a five-month-old appeal by Kinder Morgan Power Co. which wants the Missouri Air Conservation Commission to allow it to build a $300 million electric-generating plant near Crump, Mo...
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Shirley Wheatley
(Obituary ~ 03/28/02)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Shirley Wheatley, 66, of East Prairie died Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill. He was born April 27, 1935, in Anniston, Mo., son of Clyde and Fannie Mae Griffith Wheatley. He and Marjorie Mae Dodge were married Oct. 6, 1956, in Corinth, Miss...
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George Lackey
(Obituary ~ 03/28/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- George Wiley Lackey, 74, of Sikeston died Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at his home. He was born July 28, 1927, in Little Rock, Ark., son of Charles A. and Lela Johnson Lackey Sr. He first married Rachel Millner, who died June 17, 1995. He and Juanita Maness were married Feb. 14, 1998, at Fisk, Mo...
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Minnie Sides
(Obituary ~ 03/28/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Funeral for Minnie E. Sides of Jackson will be held at 2 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The Revs. Barry Winders and Luther Rhodes will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Fruitland, Mo. Friends may call at the funeral home from 8:30 a.m. until time of service...
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Juanita Knight
(Obituary ~ 03/28/02)
GIPSY, Mo. -- Juanita E. Knight, 77, of Gipsy died Wednesday, March 27, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 11, 1925, at Risco, Mo., daughter of Herman and Lula Crafton Jones. She and Ralph Knight were married April 11, 1942, at Portageville, Mo...
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Rosemary Murphy
(Obituary ~ 03/28/02)
Rosemary Murphy, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, March 25, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born June 5, 1924, at Lutesville, Mo., daughter of Delmar D. and Ora Choate Abernathy. She and Walter Murphy were married Feb. 13, 1943. Mrs. Murphy was a graduate of Lutesville High School. She was a waitress in St. Louis a number of years, moving to Cape Girardeau in July 2001...
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Speak Out A 03/28/02
(Speak Out ~ 03/28/02)
Too much traffic THIS IS in regard to the editorial, "Cape's good problem, growing churches." The residents on New Hopper Road and old Hopper Road don't want a church and recreation center in our residential neighborhood. We bought in this area because of the location. ...
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Priests deserve our appreciation for their work
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/28/02)
To the editor: I want to say thank you to the wonderful, holy priests of the Springfield-Cape Girar-deau Diocese. They have dedicated their lives to the work of Jesus, and I appreciate all of their sacrifices and hard work. The church is a family. We would like for our family members to be perfect, but we all know that each of us has weaknesses. During these difficult times, we lend our prayers and support to each other and are made stronger by our struggles...
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Final Four coaches, teams try to track down a little respect
(College Sports ~ 03/28/02)
ATLANTA -- When Dean Smith finally won his first national championship in 1982, no one was happier for him than Roy Williams. The North Carolina assistant told his boss, "I'm so glad you won. Maybe this will shut people up." Williams is now the head coach at Kansas -- and he certainly can relate to the anguish that Smith endured through all those years when the Tar Heels kept coming up short in the Final Four...
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Donald Barker
(Obituary ~ 03/28/02)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- Donald E. Barker, 64, of Glen Allen died Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 10, 1938, at Hornersville, Mo., son of James Elbert and Bertha Gertrude Goad Barker. Barker owned a real estate business a number of years in Aurora, Ill...
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Cletus Hotop
(Obituary ~ 03/28/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Cletus A. Hotop, 82, of Perryville died Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at Perry Oaks Manor. He was born Feb. 13, 1920, at McBride, Mo., son of Anton "Tony" and Louise Pingel Hotop. He and Rosalee Blanc were married June 30, 1945. Hotop was superintendent at Tower Rock. ...
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Births 3/28/02
(Births ~ 03/28/02)
Wuertz Daughter to Brian and Cheri Wuertz of Columbia, Ill., St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, 11:14 a.m. Thursday, March 21, 2002. Name, Olivia Elayne. Weight, 9 pounds 3 ounces. Third child. Mrs. Wuertz is the former Cheri Kaempfer, daughter of Larry and Pat Kaempfer of Cape Girardeau. She is a CPA and finance manager at Ronald McDonald House. Wuertz is the son of Don and Judy Wuertz of Columbia, Ill. He is a CPA with Kerber, Eck and Braeckel...
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Gateley vs. Knudtson
(Local News ~ 03/28/02)
Cape Girardeau's mayoral candidates respond to Q&A By Bob Miller ~ Southeast Missourian Cape Girardeau voters will decide today if Melvin Gateley or Jay Knudtson will become the city's next mayor. The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m...
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Arafat says Palestinians ready to work for immediate cease-fire
(International News ~ 03/28/02)
Associated Press WriterJERUSALEM (AP) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said Thursday he was ready to work for an immediate, unconditional cease-fire with Israel, but he stopped short of declaring a truce in the Mideast conflict. More violence erupted Thursday night when suspected Palestinian gunmen opened fire at Eilon Moreh, a Jewish settlement near the West Bank town of Nablus, killing three people and wounding two, the Israeli military said...
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Prosecutors investigating 50 complaints of child sexual abuse
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce is investigating about 50 separate complaints of child sexual abuse received in the last week, including allegations against "multiple" Roman Catholic priests. While she declined to comment specifically on all but one of those under investigation, Joyce said she believes all of the complaints received since she made a public appeal last Tuesday are "credible."...
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Blue chips fall, tech stocks rise as first quarter ends
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street ended the first quarter on a mixed note Thursday, with tech stocks higher but blue chips faltering at the last minute as jittery investors braced themselves for earnings reports due out next week...
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Filmmaker Billy Wilder dies at 95
(Entertainment ~ 03/28/02)
AP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Oscar-winning filmmaker Billy Wilder, the Austrian-born cynic whose gifts for writing and directing led to such classics as "Sunset Boulevard," "Some Like It Hot" and "Double Indemnity," has died, a family friend said Thursday. He was 95...
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Poplar Bluff council candidate threatened with bricks
(State News ~ 03/28/02)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Poplar Bluff City Council at-large candidate Scott Faughn was awakened early Wednesday when two bricks with threatening messages were thrown through his window, police reported. The threats advised Faughn to withdraw from the council race...
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Out of the past 3/28/02
(Out of the Past ~ 03/28/02)
10 years ago: March 28, 1992 Faculty members at Southeast Missouri State University have given university President Kala Stroup a passing grade; 120 faculty members responded to recent survey, or less than one-third of Southeast's approximately 400 faculty members; Stroup received an overall approval rating of 64.4 percent...
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Correction 3/28/02
(Correction ~ 03/28/02)
Candidates are only required to list donations exceeding $100 on the campaign committee disclosure reports. Cape Girardeau City Council candidate Marcia Ritter had four contributions of exactly $100 that were not listed in Tuesday's edition. Mayoral candidate Jay Knudtson also had several people donate $100 who were not listed. The Southeast Missourian regrets the errors...
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Connecticut casts long shadow over rest of field
(College Sports ~ 03/28/02)
SAN ANTONIO -- Tennessee, Duke and Oklahoma have everything it takes to win a national championship -- talented players, smart coaches, ambition and drive. They also have a problem. The other team in this women's Final Four is Connecticut. That would be unbeaten and No. 1-ranked Connecticut, with four All-Americans in its lineup, a team so dazzling and skilled that it's being talked about as perhaps the best of all time...
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Bills' AD says Huskies have talked to Romar
(College Sports ~ 03/28/02)
By Janie McCauley ~ The Associated Press SEATTLE -- Saint Louis University confirmed Wednesday that Washington athletic director Barbara Hedges has had an initial conversation with Billikens' coach Lorenzo Romar about the Huskies' vacant men's basketball job...
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Dexter captures ND Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 03/28/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Dexter finished with four golfers in the top 10 to win the third annual Notre Dame Invitational by nine strokes Wednesday at Bent Creek Golf Course. Dexter topped the 13-team field with 316 to outdistance runner-up Jackson (325). Cape Central (332) placed fourth, host Notre Dame (347) was ninth and followed by Perryville (364) and St. Vincent (401)...
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Herbst files campaign finance report
(Local News ~ 03/28/02)
Charlie Herbst, running unopposed for city council in Cape Girardeau's Ward 2, filed his campaign finance report Wednesday. Herbst said there was some confusion as to where the report was to be filed earlier, as he missed the eight-day deadline prior to Tuesday's election...
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Local trout enthusiasts band together
(Local News ~ 03/28/02)
You won't find many trout in Southeast Missouri. That could change in the future. "We're going to look into a winter 'catch-and-keep' program," said Michael Wells, president of the area's newest fishing organization. It is SEMO Trout Unlimited, a national group whose mission is to conserve, protect and restore North America's trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds...
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Military digest 3/28/02
(Local News ~ 03/28/02)
Cape man completes Army combat training Army Pvt. Deric W. Strop has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Strop is a 1994 graduate of Central High School in Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Doyle and Brenda Strop of 3122 Dogwood St...
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Community digest 3/28/02
(Local News ~ 03/28/02)
Group to observe National Day of Silence The Rainbow Alliance, sponsored by the Southeast Missouri State University Student Government and What's on Weekends, or WOW, will participate in the National Day of Silence Project. Participants will take a vow of silence from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 10. Others may show support by wearing black ribbons, arm bands or black clothing in honor of victims who have been forever silenced by hate...
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Volunteers make Cape area better
(Local News ~ 03/28/02)
Ask people who give time to a favorite organization or cause why they volunteer, and the answer almost always comes back the same: "I get more than I give." The spirit of volunteering has blossomed in recent years, in all age groups. That's certainly good news...
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Supreme Court limits illegal workers' rights
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
WASHINGTON -- Immigrants who work illegally in American plants, restaurants and fields do not have the same rights to restitution as U.S. citizens who are mistreated on the job, a divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The court ruled that a plastics company owed nothing to a Mexican man who used a friend's identification to get a job. ...
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Post-attack charitable giving helps with taxes
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
WASHINGTON -- Tax season is getting easier for people and charities involved in the outpouring of generosity that followed the Sept. 11 attacks. The Internal Revenue Service announced Wednesday it won't require as much immediate documentation as usual for people who made donations last fall, making it simpler for taxpayers to claim deductions and lifting a paperwork burden for hundreds of nonprofit organizations...
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Unresolved tax cases discovered
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
WASHINGTON -- Taxpayers seeking compromise with the IRS on big debts are faced with a growing backlog and must wait almost a year before their cases are settled, a new audit found. The number of unresolved cases at the IRS has tripled from 32,300 in 1997 to 94,900 in 2001, the General Accounting Office reported Wednesday. The average length of time it takes the IRS to complete work on a case is now 312 days; only 32 percent are closed within six months compared with 64 percent five years ago...
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Sobriety checkpoints planned
(Local News ~ 03/28/02)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department announced Tuesday that it would be conducting sobriety checkpoints this weekend. Motorists may experience minor delays in traffic flow as a result. The intent of the checkpoints is to be a deterrent, said Lt. John Davis of the police department...
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County races set for Aug. 6 primary election
(Local News ~ 03/28/02)
Byline goes here BENTON - With the deadline to file for county offices past, all but a few county office holders up for re-election in Scott, Mississippi and New Madrid counties may rest easier knowing they are running unopposed on both the August and November ballots...
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Cape fire report 3/28/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/28/02)
Cape Girardeau Thursday, March 28 Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:At 7:44 p.m., an emergency medical service at 3012 William. At 9:41 p.m., an emergency medical service at 1330 Broadway. At 9:46 p.m., an emergency medical service at 2136 William...
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Hyslop, Leet receive 4A all-state honors
(High School Sports ~ 03/28/02)
Sarah Hyslop of Cape Girardeau Central and Jenna Leet of Jackson both played starring roles for their teams in the 2001-02 basketball season. Today, both players contributions have been recognized with their selection to the Class 4A second-team of the Bob Carter Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters All-State Basketball Team...
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Bulldogs blast Devils
(High School Sports ~ 03/28/02)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Notre Dame notched its second straight win of the young season Wednesday and appears to be a team to be reckoned with. Solid pitching and timely hitting pushed the Bulldogs to a convincing 12-3 win over defending SEMO Conference champion Chaffee at Harmon Field...
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Livestock auctions 3/28/02
(Local News ~ 03/28/02)
Fruitland livestock FRUITLAND, Mo. -- Tuesday's Fruitland Livestock Auction results: Cattle receipts: 757. Week ago: 884. Compared to last week steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold and bulls sold steady; demand moderate and supply light. Cows made up approximately 14 percent of the run, 86 percent feeders. Steers made up approximately 40 percent of the offering, 16 percent Holsteins and 44 percent heifers. Offerings over 600 lbs totaled around 26 percent...
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Health digest 3/28
(Community ~ 03/28/02)
Cancer update topic of seminar for nurses Diagnosis, treatment and care of cancer patients from a nursing perspective is the topic of today's annual Cancer Update to be held at Drury Lodge. The program, sponsored by the Regional Cancer Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital and the American Cancer Society, begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 3:30 p.m...
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Health calendar 3/28
(Community ~ 03/28/02)
Today Cancer update program for nurses from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Drury Lodge. The event is sponsored by Southeast Missouri Hospital's Regional Cancer Center and the American Cancer Society. Grief Support Group meets at 7 p.m. in St. Francis Education Center. For information, call Denise Essner at 651-4617...
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Career-technology center gets new director
(Editorial ~ 03/28/02)
One of the best educational resources in our area is the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center housed in its new building and campus on Silver Springs Road facing Interstate 55. Before moving to its new location, the school was known as the area vocational-technical school. The name change reflects today's emphasis on the role played by technology in the work place as well as the aim of preparing students for real-life careers...
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'Clean up your plate' sounds awfully familiar
(Editorial ~ 03/28/02)
Clean up your plate so you can have dessert. Or watch TV. Or go outside and play with your friends. Most of us heard such admonitions when we were growing up. Our parents placed a high priority on making sure we ate enough to fuel our growing bodies...
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Cape police report 3/28
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/28/02)
Cape Girardeau Thursday, March 28 ArrestsEarnest Williams Jr., 52, of 808 S. Pacific, was arrested on Cape Girardeau city warrants for contempt of court. Andrew Jackson, 19, of 615 S. Henderson was arrested Tuesday on a Sikeston city warrant for contempt of court...
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Bush grudgingly approves campaign finance reform law
(National News ~ 03/28/02)
Associated Press/Watertown Daily Times, John Hart Workers from the Jefferson County Highway Department mended the roadway behind a makeshift memorial of roses on Wednesday, following a deadly crash between a van and a tour bus carrying senior citizens Tuesday.By David Espo ~ The Associated Press...
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