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Age, politics could make this last year on Supreme Court for ch
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
WASHINGTON -- He's 77, has been on the job for more than three decades and has a bad back, so retiring to read, write and work on his tennis swing would seem reasonable. But for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, the prospect of retirement is fraught with political consequences...
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Yemeni al-Qaida suspects questioned
(International News ~ 09/22/02)
SAN'A, Yemen -- Yemen questioned three al-Qaida suspects who were detained after a fire fight that killed two alleged members of the terror network, an official said Saturday. Two Yemeni soldiers and a woman in a nearby house were wounded in the gunfire late Friday, which erupted when security forces stormed a one-story house in the suburb of Rawdah. Their condition wasn't known...
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Maggie Gyllenhaal proves romance takes all kinds
(Entertainment ~ 09/22/02)
TORONTO -- It takes all kinds to make a go at romance, and Maggie Gyllenhaal is out to prove it. For her first lead role, Gyllenhaal takes on the provocative black comedy "Secretary," playing a self-mutilating woman who finds the perfect match in her sadomasochistic new boss (James Spader)...
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Berenstains celebrate anniversary of first book
(Entertainment ~ 09/22/02)
SOLEBURY, Pa. -- Since moving into their treehouse deep in Bear Country 40 years ago, the Berenstain Bears have helped children cope with first trips to the dentist, new siblings, summer camp and messy rooms. Now, with the release of their autobiography, authors Stan and Jan Berenstain want to share a few firsts of their own -- from their first college art class together to the early meetings with Dr. Seuss that grew into more than 200 books featuring the Berenstain Bears...
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'Hillside Strangler' Angelo Buono Jr. dies in prison
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Angelo Buono Jr., whose gruesome killing of young Los Angeles women in the 1970s earned him the nickname "Hillside Strangler," died Saturday in prison, corrections officials said. Buono, 67, was found dead at Calipatria State Prison, said Bob Martinez, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections...
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Another exhibit on WTC with jumpers draws ire
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
NEW YORK -- A second artistic rendering of people falling from the World Trade Center towers after the terrorist attacks last year has outraged residents who called the works insensitive. "This is a time for healing, not opening wounds," said Helen Marshall, the Queens borough president, about an art center that decorated its windows with white cutout images of people plunging from the twin towers...
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Thousands gather in Colorado to honor firefighters
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- In the shadow of Pikes Peak, the names of 343 firefighters who died at the World Trade Center have been added to the International Association of Fire Fighters Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial. On Saturday, families, friends and colleagues gathered to remember those victims and other firefighters who have died in the line of duty...
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People talk 10B
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
Robert Redford backs candidate's campaign DETROIT -- Macomb County Prosecutor Carl Marlinga's run for Congress is getting Hollywood support: an endorsement from Robert Redford. Marlinga's first paid advertisement is a testimonial from Redford, who is deeply involved in environmental issues. It began airing on radio this week, the Detroit Free Press reported Saturday...
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Police snapping photos brings up questions of rights
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
WILMINGTON, Del. -- The city police department's Corner Deployment Unit is known as the "jump-out squad" for bursting out of vehicles to question and search suspects. Its officers also are known for something else: snapping photos of suspects they stop, even those they don't arrest...
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Woman seen on videotape hitting daughter arrested
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- A mother turned herself in to police Saturday to face a child battery charge, eight days after a nationally televised videotape depicted her shaking, slapping and punching her 4-year-old daughter in a store parking lot. Madelyne Gorman Toogood, 26, and her lawyer met police at an undisclosed location and arrived at the police station late Saturday afternoon, Lt. Jeff Giannuzzi said...
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Centenarian cowgirl
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
HUNT, Texas -- In 1901, while the Wright brothers were trying to fly and Guglielmo Marconi was trying to get his radio to work, Constance Douglas was born in a tiny Texas border town, the only child of a district judge and his genteel wife. It would never occur to Connie, as she swam in the Rio Grande and rode horses with cowboys, that other little girls in other places lived vastly different lives. ...
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Leading U.S. bishop becomes part of abuse crisis
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane was among a group of Roman Catholic leaders who traveled to Rome in April to brief the pope on the child sex abuse scandal rocking the U.S. church. Five months later, Skylstad's leadership is in question after revelations that a ex-priest in the Spokane Diocese with ties to Skylstad had a history of abusing boys...
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Ultimatum- IRA stops violence or government shuts down
(International News ~ 09/22/02)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Northern Ireland's major Protestant party announced Saturday it will shut down the joint Catholic-Protestant government -- the central achievement of the 1998 peace agreement here -- if the Irish Republican Army doesn't demonstrate it has renounced violence within four months...
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Gen. Franks- U.S. forces training in Persian Gulf ready for Ira
(International News ~ 09/22/02)
KUWAIT -- U.S. troops are increasing their training with friendly forces in the Persian Gulf and are ready to act against Iraq if called upon, Gen. Tommy Franks, the head of U.S. Central Command, said Saturday. Franks, who oversaw U.S. military action in Afghanistan, acknowledged increased military exercises in the Gulf region...
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House members competing to move to Missouri Senate
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- If it wasn't for this year's elections, Democrat Bill Gratz and Republican Carl Vogel would gladly be enjoying a Coke and a smile together. Gratz served as Vogel's real estate agent a few years back in a deal that helped him expand his Coke distributorship in Jefferson City. And Vogel has attended several auctions run by Gratz' auctioneering company...
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Sheen for saint Central Illinois diocese takes on bishop's caus
(State News ~ 09/22/02)
EL PASO, Ill. -- Karen Fulte sits amid a room full of photos, books and other items promoting the teachings of a native son who made the nation his pulpit, a man she never met but feels she knows well. But collecting memorabilia about Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is not her goal. What she seeks are the experiences of others influenced by the late Catholic teacher, provable testimonials tinged with enough divine influence to persuade the church to name Sheen a saint...
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Former Illinois governor's home may become U.S. landmark
(State News ~ 09/22/02)
METTAWA, Ill. -- The Lake County home of former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II may become a national landmark. Lake County Forest Preserve officials have agreed to ask that the 64-year-old Mettawa home be recognized on the National Register of Historic Places. If that happens, they hope the home eventually becomes a National Historic Landmark...
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Miss Illinois wins Miss America title
(State News ~ 09/22/02)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Miss Illinois Erika Harold, who put Harvard University law school on hold so she could compete in the Miss America Pageant, won it all Saturday. Harold, 22, an opera singer from Urbana, Ill., wowed judges with "Habanera," an aria from the opera "Carmen," and performed ably on a newly added contemporary culture pop quiz given to the five finalists...
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Search for Amelia Earhart to start again
(State News ~ 09/22/02)
ATCHISON, Kan. -- The head of a Maryland company says he plans to resume the search for missing pilot Amelia Earhart early next year. Earhart's disappearance in 1937 at age 39 remains one of America's great mysteries and the subject of continuing searches of the Pacific...
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Pharmacist's wife to give money to victim fund
(State News ~ 09/22/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The wife of Kansas City pharmacist Robert R. Courtney has agreed to turn over more than $2 million to a fund set up for his victims and other fines. Courtney, 49, pleaded guilty in February to 20 felony counts of tampering with, adulterating and misbranding the cancer drugs Taxol and Gemzar...
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Southwest Missouri students prepare for solar competition
(State News ~ 09/22/02)
NEOSHO, Mo. -- When every kilowatt counts, why generate heat for the dryer when the attic is already bursting with air warm enough to dry clothes, asks Monty Pugh-Towe, a blacksmith and Crowder College student. He and others at Crowder will use a fan to pump attic air into their dryer. That way, the only electricity required will be for the fan and the tumbler in the dryer, said Pugh-Towe, who is working on the school's latest solar project, a fully operational solar house...
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Criminal charge dismissed in cat-burning case near KC
(State News ~ 09/22/02)
LIBERTY, Mo. -- Clay County authorities have dismissed a criminal charge against a Kansas City-area man accused of burning a kitten in a barbecue grill. Charles C. Benoit, 24, of Liberty had been charged with animal abuse for allegedly placing the 7-week-old kitten in burning coals of a grill at his apartment complex...
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Springfield company wants more soy on your table
(State News ~ 09/22/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Spectrum Foods is making it easy to get more soy in your diet. Add water and an ingredient or two to the Springfield company's boxed mixes and you have soy-enriched brownies, pancake batter or meatless chili. There are 14 soy-enriched products in the Premier Harvest line, and Spectrum is working toward getting them into supermarkets nationwide...
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Austria's parliament dissolves
(International News ~ 09/22/02)
VIENNA, Austria -- Austria's parliament has dissolved itself as planned following a political crisis unleashed by a conflict between far-rightist Joerg Haider and colleagues in his Freedom Party. Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel of the centrist People's Party, which ruled in coalition with the Freedom Party, last week called for early elections after key Freedom Party leaders had resigned from the government and party leadership. The legislature dissolved on Friday...
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Avalanche in Russia leaves many missing
(International News ~ 09/22/02)
GIZEL, Russia -- A 500-foot-high chunk of glacier crashed down a Caucasus mountainside, burying a village in ice, rocks and mud and leaving as many as 100 people missing and feared dead Saturday -- among them, a popular Russian action star who was filming a movie...
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Small electronic device reads prescription labels for patients
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Not all customers at Kohll's Pharmacy read their prescription bottles to learn about their medication. Some listen to them. Pill bottles that can communicate have hit the shelves at the family-owned pharmacy as a way to serve visually impaired customers, including the elderly...
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Implants offer hope for acid reflux disease
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
LEXINGTON, Ky. --Thirty-two-year-old Frank Cienniwa went to the emergency room thinking he was having a heart attack. He left with a different diagnosis -- acid reflux. "It's like a constant severe heartburn to the degree that even bland foods like toast and oatmeal cause discomfort," Cienniwa said as he recalled the incident that gave him quite a scare five years ago...
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Biotech firms race to develop way to replace needles
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Everybody hates needles. Millions of diabetics aggravate their disease by skipping insulin injections. Countless Americans would rather risk the flu than get inoculated against the virus each year. Seeing financial promise in this fear of the needle, several biotechnology companies are scrambling to develop alternative delivery systems, including inhaled versions of injectable drugs...
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The world we call home
(Column ~ 09/22/02)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Given the rapid -- one could also say dazzling -- times in which we live these days, it might be wise to pause and give thought to all that's happening around us -- just for the record, you know, because you and I are constantly finding ourselves busying about, tending to tasks that might seem mundane when considered from the purview of history books, but which, nevertheless, seem important at the moment, even to the point of crowding out occurrences that otherwise would be remarkable.. ...
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Daughter shows up dad in shopping for groceries
(Column ~ 09/22/02)
Some people are born athletes. Others are born shoppers. Our oldest daughter, Becca, falls into the latter. She could shop until she drops, and that would take awhile. She has that shopping gene just like her mom. Becca likes to shop for just about anything -- clothes, shoes, even groceries...
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Maybe it was a little too early to tell fate of Rams, MU
(Sports Column ~ 09/22/02)
Last weekend was definitely not a good one for the Rams and University of Missouri football teams. And their performances also didn't make some of my recent comments look too smart. I wrote a couple of weeks ago that, while not exactly saying the Rams will reach the Super Bowl, their 0-4 exhibition record won't mean a thing once the regular season begins...
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Letters to the editor 9/22/02
(Other Sports ~ 09/22/02)
Count me out if Cardinals move To the editor: If the Cardinals move to East St. Louis I would not be a fan anymore, period. If Missouri is not good enough for them, then goodbye.CHUCK BRUENDERMAN Sikeston, Mo. Illinois will get team and the revenue...
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FanSpeak 9/22/02
(Other Sports ~ 09/22/02)
Iwouldn't go back FROM SOMEONE who has gone to Cardinals games with my dad since I was 3 years old at Sportsman's Park, I am saddened by the prospect of the Cardinals moving across the river. Where is any loyalty? Will I ever go to a game again with it being in Illinois? Very unlikely. Busch Stadium is not that old. Why do we need a new one anyway?...
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FanFare 9/22/02
(Other Sports ~ 09/22/02)
Baseball Cardinals pitcher Woody Williams won't pitch again this season, but could play in the postseason. An examination on Saturday, a day after he left a start, showed no serious damage to Williams' side. The right-hander had said he'd leave Friday night's game if he felt any pain...
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Otahks lose momentum early in OVC loss
(College Sports ~ 09/22/02)
After giving up a late lead in the first game, Southeast (6-8, 1-1) never regained momentum and lost Saturday in straight sets to Morehead State at Houck Field House. Southeast came out strong in the first game after sweeping Eastern Kentucky in their Ohio Valley Conference opener Friday night, but after Morehead came back to tie it at 25, Southeast was unable to put up a stable offensive attack...
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Indians handed second loss at SMS
(College Sports ~ 09/22/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Maybe Southeast Missouri State University wished Southwest Missouri State's top two tailbacks had played Saturday night. The Indians could certainly do little to slow the Bears' third-stringer. Zach Dechant, a little-used senior making his first career start only because the SMS backfield is decimated by injuries, rushed for 158 yards and four touchdowns as the Bears (3-1) held off the Indians (2-2) 28-21...
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Europe takes narrow lead over U.S. in Solheim Cup
(Professional Sports ~ 09/22/02)
EDINA, Minn. -- By pairing the world's best player with the unbeatable Carin Koch, Europe found its Solheim Cup dream team Saturday. Make that, one of its dream teams. Koch and Annika Sorenstam led a European sweep of the afternoon best-ball matches to give Europe a 9-7 lead over the Americans after Day 2 at Interlachen Country Club...
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Wallace optimistic he can end Winston Cup drought
(Professional Sports ~ 09/22/02)
DOVER, Del. -- On his kind of track with his kind of tire, Rusty Wallace is in great position to end a 53-race losing streak. Will it happen today at Dover International Speedway, or will Wallace's frustration continue? "There's been a lot of second-place finishes this year, and a lot of close-but-no-cigars," Wallace said on the eve of the All-American Heroes 400. "So, it bothers me a little bit."...
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Cards show soft spot in loss to Astros
(Professional Sports ~ 09/22/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Now that the Cardinals have clinched the NL Central, they've got to figure out how to get Matt Morris ready for the playoffs. Morris, struggling since he came off the disabled list, allowed all six runs and nine hits Saturday in a 6-3 loss to the Houston Astros...
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Seminar focuses on discipline as learning
(Local News ~ 09/22/02)
Mabel Swink of Farmington, Mo., believes discipline is important early in life because disciplining is teaching. "Discipline is always an issue for families, and the more information I can take home to share with families, the better," said Swink, a Parents As Teachers educator...
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odds for renda 9/22
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho -- Community colleges had it their way. Burger King has decided to pull a television commercial that poked fun at students in two-year schools. In the ad, two students are shown chatting with a talking menu, which decides they probably don't have a lot of money and likely never will because they attend a junior college...
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Transportation department to treat highway signs equally
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Department of Transportation will comply with a judge's order to stop tearing down certain highway banners after being sued because anti-war signs were removed while U.S. flags remained. Caltrans said Wednesday it would leave up all banners that do not pose a safety hazard...
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Study- Pill doesn't make young women gain weight
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Teenagers and young women who use birth control pills can't blame their tight jeans on the contraceptive, say researchers who have done a long-term study. The study of 66 women who were followed through their teen years to age 21 showed that the pill-users and nonusers were not significantly different from each other in body weight or percentage of body fat...
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Elderly receive help to live on their own
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
DENVER -- Ken Nixon sees his 84-year-old mom, Louise, every day. They chat in the morning and sometimes have dinner together, and he watches as she takes her Alzheimer's medication, even though they live about 250 miles apart. The two communicate through computer screens, a system that Nixon and his brothers created using a DSL telephone line that allows them to dial straight into their mother's computer...
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Urban outfitters
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
Classic clothing labels like Tommy Hilfiger and Nautica are getting some edgy urban competition in department stores -- from names like Sean John, Phat Pharm, Ecko and Enyce that were once seen as too gritty for the place where your family shops Urban clothing brands, which in the past were showcased only in small clothing stores and inner-city chains, are gaining more space and attention at department store companies such as Saks Inc. ...
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Boomers CEOs will buck retire-at-age-65 trend
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
Dick Cook is an archetypal baby boomer: energetic, ambitious and bent on defying the aging process as long as possible. He's also a CEO, now less than a decade away from the day he's supposed to turn in his keys and retire, according to time-honored business tradition...
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Giving affected by stock market decline
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
In Little Rock, Ark., a 75,000-square-foot warehouse that distributes food to 450 food banks is nearly half empty. Corporate food gift cutbacks are to blame, and the donations that do come in are mostly junk food rather than eggs, cheese, canned vegetables and produce...
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Fuel cells to replace rechargeables
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Cell phones free from nightly recharges. Laptop computers that run and run without needing an outlet. Pocket TVs with enough power to show a Ken Burns documentary. Portable gadgets are demanding more and more juice, yet a viable alternative to rechargeable batteries could be years away. But when it comes, it might work like the device about the size and weight of a deck of cards in William Acker's hand...
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Disney board bracing for major changes
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
LOS ANGELES -- While pressure mounts for Walt Disney Co. to improve its profits, the entertainment company's board will meet to address some of the other issues raised by unhappy investors: the makeup of the board itself and the accountability of chief executive Michael Eisner...
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Memorial sees spike in number of names added this year
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A memorial to fallen firefighters was inscribed Saturday with 425 new names -- most of them men who died in the World Trade Center attacks. During last year's ceremony honoring firefighters who died in the line of duty in the United States and Canada, 74 names were carved into the granite of the Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial...
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Software exec says industry 'at cusp' of advancements
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
WASHINGTON -- In Microsoft's vision of the future, broader acceptance of powerful handheld devices will lead to a steady flow of useful information to consumers no matter where they are. Microsoft Corp.'s chief technology officer, Craig Mundie, predicts a period of dramatic innovation for the computer industry after more than a year of relatively staid performance...
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Oracle chairman Larry Ellison resigns from Apple Computer board
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Larry Ellison, chairman and chief executive officer of Oracle Corp., is resigning from Apple Computer Inc.'s board of directors. "Larry has served Apple shareholders well as a director during the past five years," Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, said in a statement early Friday. "We're looking forward to benefiting from his counsel on an informal basis going forward."...
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Perry County fair keeps mules, crowds coming
(Local News ~ 09/22/02)
ALTENBERG, Mo. -- Some rode rides. Others rode horses. And nearly everyone found time to grab a jack salmon fish sandwiches, munch on a bratwurst or sip a soda. The party was so happening that even the mules were jumping. Why not? It's all part of the fun of the East Perry Community Fair...
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Bohnert-Wibbenmeyer
(Wedding ~ 09/22/02)
BIEHLE, Mo. -- Julie Bohnert and Greg Wibbenmeyer were united in marriage July 6, 2002, at St. Maurus Catholic Church. The Rev. Dennis Zachies performed the ceremony. Parents of the bride are David C. and Rosella Bohnert of Biehle. The groom is the son of Mike and Cindy Wibbenmeyer of Friedheim, Mo...
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Astronomers find new class of black holes
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
WASHINGTON -- Astronomers say they have found a new type of black hole and now believe those mysterious celestial objects exist in a variety of sizes, from small to supermassive. Two teams of astronomers, using the Hubble Space Telescope and other instruments, have found evidence for a type of medium-sized black hole, a class of the objects that has never before been seen...
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Once bitten
(Local News ~ 09/22/02)
Before he was diagnosed with the West Nile virus, Wally Gawrych was doing everything he could think of to make sure he and his family didn't contract the sickness. He'd seen the reports and the advice from health officials in the news, so the 29-year-old Cape Girardeau resident made sure there was no free-standing water in his yard that would create a breeding ground for virus-carrying mosquitos...
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Avian virus killing raptors in 'staggering' numbers
(Local News ~ 09/22/02)
AKRON, Ohio -- Owls and hawks began dying in Louisiana in late July. Then the mysterious avian epidemic jumped to Kentucky and southern Ohio. Once in Ohio, the disease established a stronghold, killing up to a thousand raptors since mid-August and spreading to other states in all directions...
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Highway funding should remain high priority
(Editorial ~ 09/22/02)
It is not surprising that the Missouri Department of Transportation has decided to cancel right-of-way purchases and design work for some 300 projects planned beyond 2007. With the failure of Proposition B in August, MoDOT is adjusting to the fact that there won't be money to build those projects, unless new revenue sources are secured...
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SEMO cutbacks should start at the very top
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/22/02)
To the editor: Southeast Missouri State University's budgeting woes have been paraded before the public for a long time. Am I the only one who has noticed that the budget was based on funds that weren't guaranteed? This sounds like poor management...
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Thorny TIF issues could be speedily resolved
(Editorial ~ 09/22/02)
Public interest in tax increment financing in Cape Girardeau appears to be high, even though TIF projects have been put together in nearby Jackson and in Cape Girardeau County and Sikeston, Mo., with little fanfare. Perhaps when the developers of Prestwick Plantation -- a 900-acre upscale subdivision envisioned around the new Dalhousie Golf Club -- first had the notion to pursue a TIF for their housing development, they presumed the process would be as easy as neighboring examples...
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German candidates play on voters' fears
(International News ~ 09/22/02)
BERLIN -- Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder holds the slenderest of leads over challenger Edmund Stoiber as Germans go to the polls Sunday to choose their leader. The election campaign, which featured a startling level of anti-American rhetoric, was one of the most fiercely contested in German history. In many ways, it revealed more about Germany than it did about either of the two candidates...
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Tuesday deadline pressures Arafat
(International News ~ 09/22/02)
From wire reports JERUSALEM -- Israel planted its flag in Yasser Arafat's compound Saturday, and shell bursts shook his offices, chipping away at the building in an ever-tightening siege designed to make the Palestinian leader surrender militants or leave into exile...
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Baby sticker shock
(Community ~ 09/22/02)
New babies can generate weeping and wailing at decibel levels you thought were only possible at airport runways and Aerosmith concerts. And your child might do some crying, too. You say this isn't what you expected when you were expecting? Welcome to the sisterhood. It seems even the stylish strumpets of HBO's "Sex and the City" aren't exempt from the sticker shock new moms often experience...
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Eifert-Kiehne
(Wedding ~ 09/22/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Amanda Ann Eifert and Michael Dean Kiehne were united in marriage June 1, 2002, in an outdoor setting at Deerfield Lodge in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Grant Gillard performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Richard and Debbie Eifert of Flippin, Ark. The groom is the son of Larry and Lois Kiehne of Jackson...
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Ramsey-Daniel
(Wedding ~ 09/22/02)
Kimberly Kay Ramsey and John Stephen Daniel were married June 8, 2002, at St. Andrew Lutheran Church. The Revs. Paul Short and Robert J. Daniel performed the ceremony. Organist was Diann Daume, trumpeter was Marc Fulgham, and vocalist was Brandon Hahs, all of Cape Girardeau. Reader was Diane Dodd of Cape Girardeau...
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Libertarian party sells pin-up calendar
(National News ~ 09/22/02)
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- North Carolina's Libertarian Party has found a way to get a little exposure for its platform. A Libertarian candidate for the state House of Representatives has put together a pin-up calendar featuring herself and 11 other Libertarian women, including five other candidates. The candidates plan to sell the calendar to raise money for their campaigns...
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They're 0-2, but maybe the Rams are being overanalyzed
(Professional Sports ~ 09/22/02)
The 0-2 start by the Rams has been blamed on everything from Mike Martz's arrogance to Kurt Warner's thumb. But maybe after three years at the top, the Rams are sliding back because that's what good teams do in a league with no dynasties. Is it possible that even though they've managed the salary cap as well as anyone, they're feeling the effects of losing some players?...
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Voting law hurts first-time voters, mother says
(State News ~ 09/22/02)
ST. LOUIS -- A new election law designed to curtail fraudulent voting may actually prevent people wanting to cast absentee votes from voting at all. Newly registered voters who register by mail must have their signature verified in person by election officials before casting absentee ballots, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Debate void in U.S. Senate race will leave voters in dark
(Editorial ~ 09/22/02)
Debates are occurring in hotly contested races for the U.S. Senate all across America. With a one-seat division and the latest polls showing that as many as nine races are so tight as to be within the margin of error, there's plenty for Americans to consider. With President Bush's entire agenda on the line, both foreign and domestic, the stakes couldn't be higher...
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Anti-tax mood discounted by proponents of tobacco levy
(State News ~ 09/22/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Chief among the messages taken from the resounding defeat of a half-billion dollar transportation package last month was that Missourians are in no mood for a tax increase. However, supporters of a $342 million tax proposal on the Nov. 5 ballot are undaunted by the apparent anti-tax sentiment. Since only smokers would pay the tax and most Missourians don't smoke, proponents are not anticipating the same level of resistance that a general tax increase would face...
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Hurricane Isidore churns toward Yucatan Peninsula
(International News ~ 09/22/02)
CANCUN, MEXICO -- Hurricane Isidore roared closer to the tip of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula late Saturday, picking up strength as it began to batter the sparsely populated coast with high winds and heavy rains. Already a powerful category 3 hurricane with sustained winds near 125 mph, Isidore threatened to grow into a dangerous category 4 storm by Saturday night as it moved toward the warm waters of the Yucatan. A category 4 hurricane has winds of at least 131 mph...
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Census gives economic profile of average worker
(Local News ~ 09/22/02)
Darrin Scott drives a Dodge Neon. His wife, Jana, drives a minivan. He and Jana are raising their two daughters in a three-bedroom house with a basement they remodeled themselves in a middle-income subdivision in Jackson. "We don't feel like we're rich where we can buy whatever we want," Scott said. "But we have enough to have cars and a house. We have to be smart with our money, but we have enough to live the basic lifestyle."...
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Iraq's heat a formidable force
(International News ~ 09/22/02)
WASHINGTON -- Saddam Hussein's military is not the only foe Bush administration planners must reckon with in preparing for war with Iraq. A formidable force that must be taken into account in every military calculation is the hellish desert weather of the region-- mildly hot and often wet and cloudy during the Iraqi winter, but after February, a broiling inferno that even the uniquely adaptive Lawrence of Arabia decried as "oppressive, deadly." "In June, July and August, it can be more than a human being can bear, especially inside an armored vehicle," said Maj. ...
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Central puts away Fulton in second half of 7-1 road win
(High School Sports ~ 09/22/02)
ST. LOUIS, Mo.--Central scored four goals in a 10-minute span in the second half and went on to a 7-1 boys' soccer victory over Fulton on Saturday at the Anheuser-Busch Conference and Sports Centre. The Tigers got two goals apiece from Aaron Bornstein, Heath Orr and Bryan Ross. Whit Lynn scored the other goal for Central (6-4). Calen Wills, Bornstein and Jordan Duncan recorded assists...
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Out of the past 9/22/02
(Out of the Past ~ 09/22/02)
10 years ago: Sept. 22, 1992 Three wagon trains manned by troubled youths from East Coast are traveling through Southeast Missouri as part of journey through eastern united States; wagon trains are part of VisionQuest, private corporation founded in 1973 to help young people; first and smallest of trains stopped Monday at North Elementary School in Fruitland...
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Fox runners finish with a bite
(High School Sports ~ 09/22/02)
Notre Dame sophomore Austin Critchlow felt two distinct stings Saturday at the Tiger Time Invitational cross country meet at Cape Girardeau County Park North. Critchlow first felt the sting of a yellow jacket between his toes before the race. He put that crisis aside and ran remarkably well, only to encounter the sting of being overtaken just feet from the finish line in a near dead-heat in the boys' varsity race...
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Southeast gets grant to make curriculum for at-risk students
(Local News ~ 09/22/02)
Southeast Missouri State University has been awarded a three-year grant for the "Children at Risk in Education" or CARE program to develop a curriculum for student teachers to work with children at risk of failing in school. The U.S. Department of Education awarded the $204,585 grant. ...
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Sikeston looks for success in a can
(State News ~ 09/22/02)
Standard Democrat SIKESTON, Mo. --A little over 2 1/2 years ago Della Hubbard asked residents to drop off empty aluminum cans to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. To date, residents have tossed thousands of dollars' worth of cans into the trailer set up for the St. Jude project at Inside Lane, Highway 61 N...
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Libertarian candidate to be on KRCU today
(Local News ~ 09/22/02)
Eric VanOostrom, Libertarian candidate for Missouri's 8th Congressional District, will be the featured guest on KRCU's "Going Public" radio show today. He will discuss Libertarian ideology, his views and the 2002 congressional race. The show, hosted by Tom Harte and Chris Schnell, will air at 3 p.m. on 90.9 FM, the region's Public Radio affiliate station...
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Georger-Shoemaker
(Wedding ~ 09/22/02)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Katrina Marie Georger and Ryan Andrew Shoemaker were married July 6, 2002, at the Assembly of God Church. The Rev. Kenneth Shoemaker, cousin of the groom, performed the ceremony. Organist was Diann Bradshaw, aunt of the bride. Parents of the couple are Gary and Helen Georger of Advance, and Tommy and Shirley Shoemaker of Perkins, Mo...
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Ira Meridith
(Obituary ~ 09/22/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Ira Meridith, 66, of Sikeston died Friday, Sept. 20, 2002, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 4, 1936, in Kennett, Mo., son of Owen and Dorothy Menz Merideth. Merideth operated a real estate and insurance agency in Sikeston, as well as serving on many civic clubs, including the Jaycees, Lion's Club, Sikeston City Council and Sikeston Chamber of Commerce...
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Gene Cross
(Obituary ~ 09/22/02)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Gene A. Cross, 75, of Villa Ridge died Friday, Sept. 20, at the Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Ill. He was born Nov. 28, 1926, in Villa Ridge, son of George A. and Ada Mai Johns Cross. He was married to Merelyn Townes Cross. Cross was a graduate of Douglass High School in Mounds, Ill., and attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and received a degree from Wilberforce University in Xenia, Ohio. ...
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Lonnie Leigh Jr.
(Obituary ~ 09/22/02)
Lonnie W. Leigh Jr., 59, of Jackson died Monday, Sept. 16, 2002 at his home. He was born Oct. 27, 1942, in St. Louis County, son of Lonnie W. and Earlie Harrrold Leigh Sr. He was a member of St. James AME Church in Cape Girardeau and a member of the St. Andrew's Masonic Temple in St. Louis. He formerly served as a president of the NAACP in Jefferson County and was a member of the Musician's Local Union in St. Louis...
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Wilma Arnold
(Obituary ~ 09/22/02)
Wilma A. Arnold, 60, of Scott City died Friday, Sept. 20, 2002, at her home. She was born Feb. 27, 1942, at Tremble, Tenn., daughter of Seward O'Neal and Lola Ellen Dillard Wagner. She and Larry Franklin Arnold were married Jan. 9, 1960, at Charleston. He died May 3, 1992...
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Earl Lewis Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/22/02)
Earl Gardner Lewis Sr., age 88, passed away Friday, Sept. 20, 2002, at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call between 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 23, 2002, at the McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girar-deau. Funeral service will be at 11:30 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by interment in Fairmount Cemetery. Ministers David Bragg and Bryan McAlister will officiate...
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Speak Out A 09/22/02
(Speak Out ~ 09/22/02)
School needs stoplight JUST TO add to the conversation about the road going to Notre Dame Regional High School: I'm glad someone else feels the same way I do. It's just almost a death trap. The teenagers are driving crazy. There should be a light in front of both schools...
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MoDOT needs credibility, not politics
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/22/02)
To the editor: A Sept. 18 article, "Officials hope to boost seat belt usage in Missouri," incorrectly stated that Missouri has a primary seat belt law which would allow law enforcement officers to stop motorists based solely on a seat belt violation...
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Stately structure House has great location complete with a larg
(Community ~ 09/22/02)
From the stately gray pillars in the front, one can tell the house at 2002 Evergreen is a home of time-tested sturdiness. For those who would like a closer look, there is an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. today. This house is located just off Perryville Road, making it just minutes from almost any location in Cape Girardeau. At the same time it is in an established, friendly neighborhood in the Alma Schrader school district...
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Police report 09/22/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/22/02)
Cape Girardeau Sunday, Sept. 22 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Stavid Stuckey, 45, of 505 N. Kingshighway was arrested Friday for driving while intoxicated at Kingshighway and William...
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Fire report 09/22/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/22/02)
Cape Girardeau Sunday, Sept. 22 Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday: At 6:45 p.m., an alarm sounding at 2101 S. Expressway. At 7:23 p.m., a medical emergency at 701 Bellevue. At 8:46 p.m., a motor vehicle accident at Fourth and Water...
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Down the road Nation's elderly drivers may face tougher licensi
(Local News ~ 09/22/02)
Allan Stubbs, 81, shuffles with stiff, small steps into the driver-licensing office in Greenwood, Wash. He has come to renew his license so he still can get out to grocery shop, see the doctor and have breakfast with his nephew. But, so far, he has failed a re-examination of his skills three times...
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Verline Besand
(Obituary ~ 09/22/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Frances Verline Besand, 82, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 20, 2002, at the Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Dec. 11, 1919, in Perry County, Mo., daughter of John and Mary Basler Miederhoff. She and J. Leo Pecaut were married in 1939. He died in August 1947. She then married Elvis Besand on Oct. 31, 1955. He died April 10, 1983...
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Sylvia Henderson
(Obituary ~ 09/22/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Sylvia S. Henderson, 90, of Perryville died Saturday, Sept. 21, 2002, at St. Anthony's Medical Center. She was born Oct. 8, 1911 in Perry County, daughter of Raymond and Sara E. McDowell Skaggs. She and James E. Henderson were married May 11, 1933. He died May 7, 1994...
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Dumeys married 70 years
(Anniversary ~ 09/22/02)
RANDLES, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Frank "Mike" Dumey of Randles celebrated their 70th anniversary with a family gathering Sept. 15, 2002. Dumey and the former Agnes Felden were married Sept. 14, 1932, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee, Mo. Their children and spouses are: Don and Barbara Dumey of Bourbonnais, Ill., Pauline Loucks of Seal Beach, Calif., and Joan Kight of Bell City, Mo...
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McCormack-Brown
(Wedding ~ 09/22/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Marcie Ann McCormack and Gregory Paul Brown exchanged vows July 13, 2002, at Emanuel United Church of Christ. The Rev. Sam Roethemeyer performed the ceremony. Organist was Christy Shinn and soloist was Melanie Lutes. Parents of the bride are Dennis and Shirley McCormack of Jackson. The groom is the son of Danny and Carolyn Brown of Scott City, Mo...
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Ryan-Coleman
(Wedding ~ 09/22/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Stacie Dawn Ryan and Jason Todd Coleman were married July 20, 2002, at Millersville Baptist Church in Millersville, Mo. The Revs. George Newell and Doyle Randol performed the ceremony. Soloists were Darrell Carlisle and Amber Ryan. Pianist was Gene Newell, uncle of the bride. Organist was Charlotte Kinkade, aunt of the groom...
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Harrington-Swader
(Wedding ~ 09/22/02)
Lyndsay Dawn Harrington and Michael Wayne Swader exchanged vows Sept. 7, 2002, at Cape County Park South. The Rev. Vester Keesee performed the ceremony. Parents of the couple are Thomas and Brenda Harrington of Metropolis, Ill., and Vernon and Nancy Swader of Cape Girardeau...
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Cook-Brown
(Engagement ~ 09/22/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Mindy Deann Cook and Nathaniel Joseph Brown of Marble Hill announce their engagement. She is the daughter of Bobby and Gladys Cook of Sedgewickville, Mo. Brown is the son of Blair and Deanna Brown of Kelso, Mo. Cook is a graduate of Woodland High School and Southeast Missouri State University. She is a special education teacher at Marquand High School in Marquand, Mo...
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Baker- Bomar
(Engagement ~ 09/22/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Mark Baker and Ed and Marilyn Bowen of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Kia Marie Baker, to Sean Christopher Bomar. He is the son of Gary and Jeanine Bomar of Jackson. Baker is a graduate of Jackson High School. She is self-employed...
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Keiko's exploits in shunning his own kind don't surprise traine
(Local News ~ 09/22/02)
NEWPORT, Ore. -- At Ocean Coast Aquarium, the 1.6 million-gallon pool that held Keiko the whale for nearly three years has been converted into a tank for sharks. But reminders of the superstar orca still are evident in the display of a quilt and clay figures made by fans...
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