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'Tis the season -- to be jolly?
(Column ~ 12/23/02)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Yes, dear reader, 'tis the season to be jolly, and since we have already given mention to the Yuletide's of years past, let us pursue for a moment the holiday season of A.D. 2002. The realists among us will say that December has become a singular one in which Americans and their affluent friends and allies appreciate and give allegiance to the kindnesses and prosperity visited upon them by a rewarding Savior...
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Travis stands for nice side of 'Becker'
(Entertainment ~ 12/23/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Nice is not a word people usually apply to Dr. John Becker. But nice is completely applicable to Chris Conner, Becker's attractive neighbor played by Nancy Travis, whom the acerbic physician would love to date. "We needed the antithesis, the polar opposite of Becker," said Dave Hackel, the creator and executive producer of the CBS sitcom "Becker" (7:30 p.m. ...
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Accountant accused of defrauding Mo. companies pleads guilty
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- An accountant from Tennessee accused of helping defraud insurance companies in Missouri and four other states of more than $200 million has pleaded guilty to federal money laundering and conspiracy charges. Gary Atnip, 51, was chief financial officer of various insurance companies acquired by former financier Martin Frankel from 1991 to 1999...
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Coca-Cola leads the way
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
NEW YORK -- Nothing good can come from the pressure that Wall Street puts on companies to meet their earnings estimates. Need proof? Just look at all the accounting scandals over the last year. That's why Coca-Cola's decision to stop giving any profit forecasts is such a big deal. Here's one of the nation's largest companies saying that it won't play the earnings game anymore...
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Chavez vows to regain control of oil monopoly
(International News ~ 12/23/02)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Striking managers at the state oil monopoly will be fired and prosecuted, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday as he vowed to break the work stoppage aimed at forcing him from office. Chavez also said his oil-rich country may import gasoline from neighboring countries to ease shortages...
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French reporter dies after being struck by U.S. tank in Kuwait
(International News ~ 12/23/02)
KUWAIT CITY -- A French television reporter who was hit by a tank during U.S. military exercises in the Kuwaiti desert died Sunday, the French Embassy said. Patrick Bourrat, who was in his 40s, was hospitalized Saturday after being hit by a U.S. tank at the Udairi training area. He worked for France's TF1 television station...
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Iraq skeptical U.S. has intelligence about weapons
(International News ~ 12/23/02)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- American and British officials are rushing to judgment about Iraq's weapons report and should wait for U.N. arms inspectors to do their jobs, Saddam Hussein's chief scientific adviser said Sunday. Amir al-Saadi complained that Secretary of State Colin Powell and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw based their criticisms on "old, rehashed reports" from the previous "discredited" arms inspection program in the 1990s...
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Conservative Islamic leaders in Pakistan call for strike
(International News ~ 12/23/02)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Conservative Islamic leaders in Pakistan's northwest called for a nationwide strike to protest a possible U.S. war on Iraq, a newspaper reported Sunday, a sign of deepening anti-American sentiment in a region crucial to fighting terrorism...
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Spain holds $1.7 billion Christmas lottery
(International News ~ 12/23/02)
MADRID, Spain -- Spain came to a standstill Sunday waiting for "The Fat One" -- a $1.7 billion Christmas lottery billed as the world's richest. The three-hour ceremony that makes for one of the merriest days of Spain's holiday season also marked the end of a 200-year tradition: The children singing the winning numbers and corresponding prizes in a time-honored cadence belted them out in euros for the first time...
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Baseball suspended amid Venezuela's political crisis
(International News ~ 12/23/02)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- No jam-packed stadiums. No hot dogs. No seventh-inning stretch or shouts of "Play bol!" The three-week-old general strike against President Hugo Chavez has thrown a curve to Venezuelans' cherished winter baseball season. With games suspended because of the turmoil, the crack of the bat and roar of the crowd have been replaced by the din of people banging pots and pans to support or protest Chavez's rule...
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Top general says Pentagon is seeking to raise anti-Saddam force
(International News ~ 12/23/02)
ABOARD THE USS CONSTELLATION -- The Pentagon wants to recruit Iraqi exiles and train them to be part of a future Iraqi national army, the U.S. military's top general said Sunday. Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed that planning is under way for training Iraqi volunteer soldiers in Europe...
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Palestinians postpone elections set for January
(International News ~ 12/23/02)
JERUSALEM -- Palestinians on Sunday postponed their January elections, blaming the continuing Israeli occupation of their cities. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon also called for Israeli election reforms following corruption charges in his own party...
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Kuwaiti officials scorn Baghdad's return of missing items
(International News ~ 12/23/02)
KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwait scorned Iraq's return of paintings, swords and other cultural items missing since Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion, dismissing it Sunday as a public relations ploy. "They are not handing over the things that are important to us, like the war prisoners and the historic documents," Abdul-Hamid al-Awadhi, a foreign ministry official, told The Associated Press...
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N. Korea moves to restart its nuke program
(International News ~ 12/23/02)
SEOUL, South Korea -- In a defiant declaration that triggered alarm in foreign capitals, North Korea said Sunday that it had begun removing U.N. seals and surveillance cameras from nuclear facilities that U.S. officials say could yield weapons within months...
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Branson posts its best year in 2002
(State News ~ 12/23/02)
BRANSON, Mo. -- Post-Sept. 11 travel patterns, efforts to court a younger generation and boost its reputation as a wholesome place are adding up to Branson's best year ever. An estimated record 8.2 million people visited the southwest Missouri tourism hotbed this year, and that brought in record revenue from sales and tourism taxes...
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Some teens flee foster care to fend for selves
(State News ~ 12/23/02)
ST. LOUIS -- As foster care systems in Missouri and elsewhere come under closer scrutiny following high-profile problem cases, another issue has come to light: the numbers of teenagers fleeing protective care. About 10,000 children nationally are believed to have run away from foster care, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
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Every time a bell jingles, he buys another sleigh
(State News ~ 12/23/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh. O'er the fields we go, laughing all the... Wait a second. When was the last time anyone dashed anywhere like this? "At Christmas we sing 'Over the River' and 'Jingle Bells,' but most people have never ridden in a sleigh and have no idea what the thrill of it was like," Bill Engel said...
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Morning shows in frenzy for emotional interviews
(Entertainment ~ 12/23/02)
NEW YORK -- The danger of the morning news show competition for interviews was evident last week in the tears streaming down a 9-year-old boy's face. Two days after four boys drowned in Lawrence, Mass., after plunging through thin ice on the Merrimack River, the "Today" show's Katie Couric interviewed Jaycob Morales, 10, and Francis Spraus, 9, the two boys fished out of the river alive on Dec. 14...
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Four bodies found in Oregon forest
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
TILLAMOOK, Ore. -- The bodies of a woman and three children were found in a remote area of the Tillamook State Forest and the case was being investigated as a homicide, authorities said Sunday. The bodies had not been identified and the genders of the children had not been determined, Tillamook County Sheriff Todd Anderson said. The sheriff's office said earlier the causes of death had not been determined...
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Stores court shoppers in season's final weekend
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
NEW YORK -- Despite bustling stores and malls during the last weekend before Christmas, retailers remained anxious and uncertain after a hoped-for sales bonanza failed to materialize. Many storeowners disappointed by consumers' cautious buying are now looking with some desperation to last-minute shoppers and post-Christmas bargain hunters for some relief in what has been a difficult holiday season...
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Researchers battling Web bots
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
PITTSBURGH -- They swarm the Internet harvesting e-mail addresses and free accounts to spawn hoards of junk messages. They lurk in chat rooms waiting to sting unsuspecting surfers with gambling sites, get-rich-quick schemes and pornography. But these automated computer programs -- known as Web robots or Web bots -- have what may be a fatal flaw: For all their ability to seem otherwise, they're not human...
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Lott says he fell into 'trap' set by his political enemies
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Sen. Trent Lott, in his first public remarks since resigning as Senate Republican leader, said Sunday that he had fallen into a "trap" set by his political enemies and had "only myself to blame." Lott became the focus of a raging controversy for his remarks 2 1/2 weeks ago praising Sen. Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist run for president...
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Celebration of Christmas mostly hidden in Saudi Arabia
(International News ~ 12/23/02)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Past the stuffed animals and congratulatory baby baskets, sprigs of plastic evergreens are tucked in among the silk flowers. The rows of ribbon include a few spools of reds, golds and greens, and two half-empty boxes of blown-glass Christmas tree ornaments sit partly obscured on a nearby shelf...
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Glenn House will continue holiday tours this weekend
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
An authentic Victorian-era Christmas is brought to life this holiday season at Cape Girardeau's historical Glenn House, at 325 S. Spanish St. Christmas greenery, twinkling lights and colorful bows greet visitors as they enter the turn-of-the-century, two-story white house. ...
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New jail for Scott County nearly finished
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
BENTON, Mo. -- With a new 120-bed jail nearly completed, Scott County Sheriff Bill Ferrell is looking forward to having more room, even if it's all occupied. "I think it will be full the day we open," he said. "We had to build this. Our old facility was too small, too dangerous and too subject to a major lawsuit that would cost the county millions. So we're getting excited."...
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Life on their own terms
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
Mark Boardman became a cowboy -- in the original sense of the word -- all on his own. It certainly wasn't a family tradition -- his father was an architect and his mother was a teacher. He didn't grow up dreaming of it, and he never did it to imitate some fancy-pants actor in a 1960s spaghetti western...
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Boomer views about workplace change with age
(Business ~ 12/23/02)
NEW YORK -- The days of a six-figure income and pricey client lunches are behind her, but former marketing and branding consultant Doniece Sandoval has no regrets. Sandoval, 40, says her new job at a nonprofit group focused on family violence prevention is a much better fit...
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American and other big airlines try to recover
(Business ~ 12/23/02)
FORT WORTH, Texas Fat and happy just a few years ago, the nation's biggest airlines experienced the corporate equivalent of a heart attack in 2002. Now they are desperately trying to become lean and mean to ensure a healthier future -- or any future at all...
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College bowl season is upon us
(Sports Column ~ 12/23/02)
Capital One Bowl Week begins this week and while no teams got hurt this year by the BCS, I propose cutting it before a team gets bowl-ed over. College football is the only sport that has a vote to pick the national champion. Its also the only sport that waits three and a half weeks to play its championship game...
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Google helps Web shoppers get 'Froogle'
(Column ~ 12/23/02)
Need a new monitor for your computer? A 17-inch flat-panel monitor will cost you $649.99 from Best Buy. If you told your wife her best friend annoys you, you can make it up to her with a dozen yellow roses from Hallmark.com for $69.95. If you want to get your hands on Martina McBride's new "Greatest Hits" CD, you'll have to shell out $15.99 at Sears...
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Residents pull together holiday display
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- The residents here have had precious little to cheer about the past year, with the community budget in tatters, a scandal at the college and the water service breaking down. But at least downtown is decorated for Christmas. It may seem a small point that folks in this borough of 6,380 managed to get a handful of wreaths spread through the business district, but last Christmas they didn't even have that. ...
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Three whistleblowers named as Time magazine's Persons of Year
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
NEW YORK -- The FBI agent who wrote a scathing memo on FBI intelligence failures and women who blew the whistle on corruption at corporate giants Enron and WorldCom were named Sunday as Time magazine's Persons of the Year. The magazine's editors chose Coleen Rowley, Cynthia Cooper and Sherron Watkins "for believing -- really believing -- that the truth is one thing that must not be moved off the books, and for stepping in to make sure that it wasn't."...
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Nation briefs 12/23/02
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
Christmas Day lottery is Powerball's third-largest OMAHA, Neb. -- Somewhere in a Christmas stocking or holiday card this season could be a lottery ticket worth nearly $300 million. The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing is on Christmas, and with no winner Saturday, the prize is rising to what is expected to be its third-largest jackpot and largest Christmas jackpot since it started in 1992...
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Family mourns U.S. soldier killed in gun battle in Afghanistan
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
ELIZABETH, N.J. -- The family of a U.S. soldier killed during a firefight in Afghanistan mourned privately Sunday, with a note taped to their front door saying, "Please respect our privacy." Neighbors described Sgt. Steven Checo as a good son. The 22-year-old paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division was shot Saturday during a gun battle in the eastern Afghanistan town of Shkhin...
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Evidence shows teen was triggerman in most of sniper shootings
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
CENTREVILLE, Va. -- Evidence in the Washington-area sniper shootings case points to teenager John Lee Malvo as the triggerman in most-- if not all -- of the shootings, according to a published report Sunday. That could complicate prosecutors' efforts to get a death sentence for the older suspect, John Muhammad...
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Williamson County enjoys growth in businesses
(State News ~ 12/23/02)
MARION, Ill. -- Violent labor disputes at local coal mines in the 1920s left the area surrounding this Southern Illinois city with the nickname Bloody Williamson County. These days, long after most of the mines shut down, multimillion-dollar industrial buildings sprout from the Williamson prairie, bringing jobs at a pace unusual for the poorest part of the state, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security...
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Clemson happy about its bowl assignment
(Professional Sports ~ 12/23/02)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Sloshing through the snow in Idaho last year wasn't much fun for Clemson center Tommy Sharpe, even though the Tigers beat Louisiana Tech in the Humanitarian Bowl. "We're Southern boys," he said. "We don't like to go up in the cold."...
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Cape fire report 12/23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Dec. 23 Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday: At 1:28 p.m., an emergency medical service at 244 Siemers Dr. At 2:26 p.m., an emergency medical service at 2801 Bloomfield, Lot 38. At 4:06 p.m., an emergency medical service at 1509 Jane...
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Whitewater man injured in wreck
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/02)
A Whitewater, Mo., man received moderate injuries in a one-vehicle accident Sunday on Cape Girardeau County Route Z. Terri Yancer, 50, was eastbound about a mile west of Gordonville, Mo., in a 1987 Dodge when he ran off the right side of the road, overcorrected, ran off the left side of the road and overturned several times...
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Investors should remain wary about fund mergers
(Business ~ 12/23/02)
NEW YORK -- As many investors fled stocks for safer havens in 2002, mutual fund firms have scrambled to liquidate poor-performing funds. While the wave of closures is touted as cost-saving, investors should be wary of what's happening to their money...
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Business memo 12/23/02
(Business ~ 12/23/02)
Transportation available to and from Nestle sites New transportation routes are now available to and from both work sites at the Golden Products Division of Nestle Purina at Bloomfield, Mo., and IXL of Bernie, Mo. The Workforce Investment Board of Southeast Missouri is now providing transportation from homes of workers to the division for the 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. shift, the board announced last week...
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People on the move 12/23/02
(Business ~ 12/23/02)
Counselors to present program at national talk Michelle Riehn and Brenda Schmidt, both licensed professional counselors at Lighthouse Counseling Services in Perryville, Mo., have accepted an invitation as presenters for the National Catholic Education Association...
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Project Charlie is looking for volunteers
(Editorial ~ 12/23/02)
Undeniably, some of kids' drug problems come from a society where an increasing number of children are growing up in single-parent households and moms and dads are working more to make ends meet. Other adult volunteers are getting involved in children's lives in a positive way...
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Illegal drug use declines among teenagers
(Editorial ~ 12/23/02)
As horrible as the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were, some trends have emerged since then that are positive. First, we noticed increased patriotism. Then it seemed people seemed to be treating strangers and people from different cultures a little better...
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Hale was a pain to SW Mo.
(College Sports ~ 12/23/02)
Maybe Brett Hale should hurt his back more often. Hale, Southeast Missouri State University's sophomore guard from Dexter High School, was not even expected to play Saturday night because of a back injury. Instead, Hale was a pain to Southwest Missouri State as he came off the bench to score 15 points and play tough defense on Bears star Terrance McGee during the Indians' 70-53 victory at the Show Me Center...
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Sports digest 12/23/02
(Other Sports ~ 12/23/02)
Central 9th splits Central's freshmen boys' basketball teams split with Notre Dame Saturday. The A team lost 50-48. Xavier Delph led Central with 14 points. The B team won 34-24 as David Zimmer scored 12 points. ND swimming John Stoverink was first in diving (175.06) as Notre Dame's boys' swimming team finished third in a four-team meet Saturday...
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Speak Out A 12/23/02
(Speak Out ~ 12/23/02)
Water park incentives HAS THE Cape Girardeau City Council considered offering a few incentives to commercial water park companies such as the one at Eddyville, Ky., to build and operate a facility here? If the water park has financial merit, the private sector should be interested...
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Speak Out A 12/23/02
(Speak Out ~ 12/23/02)
Questions about war IT SEEMS that every time you read the newspaper or listen to a news report, they mention war with Iraq. I'm a Vietnam veteran, and I don't think t people remember what a police action was back then or what war would mean now. The war in my day was over many things. Do we really need to go to war? Do we need to put our sons, daughters, brothers, fathers and mothers in harm's way? Is war the only possible way to provide safety at home.?...
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Mildred Chandler
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Mildred L. Chandler, age 90, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 28, 1912, in Salem, Ill., daughter of Herbert and Florence Fry Huser. She and John Dale Chandler were married June 5, 1942, and he preceded her in death Aug. 13, 1962...
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Bonnie Clark
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
Bonnie Lee Clark, 77, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of West Frankfort, Ill., died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002, at her residence. She was born Oct. 10, 1925, in West Frankfort, daughter of Obadiah and Cleo Rice Rich. She married Edward Ervin Clark. He died in 1985...
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Willette Meyer
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Willette R. Ponder Meyer, 80, of Perry County died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002, at her residence. She was born Dec. 21, 1922, in Perry County, daughter of Joseph and Theresa Buchheit Ponder. She and Adolph A. Meyer were married Sept. 5, 1949. He died May 27, 1998...
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Loretta Harrell
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Loretta Harrell, 87, of Chaffee died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Oct. 16, 1915, in Painton, Mo., daughter of Joseph and Philomine Glastetter Brucker. She and Leland Harrell were married Oct. 22, 1941. He died March 31, 1994...
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Betty Jo Bowen
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
Betty Jo Bowen, 69, of Marston, Mo., died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born March 12, 1933, in Yarbough, Ark., daughter of Arnold and Opal Martin Thornton. She and Thomas L. Bowen were married Jan. 21, 1953, in Piggott, Ark...
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Cape police report 12/23/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Dec. 23 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Charles Rymer, 21, of 635 Charles was arrested Saturday at his residence on a warrant for probation violation...
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Area woman's angel goes on state tree
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
Southeast Missourian A wire mesh angel made by Dodie Eisenhauer of Daisy is flying high atop the governor's Christmas tree in Jefferson City, Mo., this holiday season. "As a member of the Best of Missouri Hands, we were invited to make ornaments for the governor's tree, and I got to thinking that I was probably the only one that made Christmas tree toppers, so I thought it was worth a shot," Eisenhauer said...
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Bulls playing like a real NBA team again
(Professional Sports ~ 12/23/02)
CHICAGO -- Don't go looking for spots to hang new banners or start clearing out room in the trophy case just yet. At 10-17, the Chicago Bulls still have a long way to go before they make a championship run like Michael Jordan and his sidekicks. But with six victories in the last eight games and their first four-game home winning streak since March 1998, the Bulls are actually playing like a real NBA team again...
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Surging Seahawks carve up Rams
(Professional Sports ~ 12/23/02)
SEATTLE -- The Seattle Seahawks are making a late-season surge behind improving quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. Hasselbeck threw for 303 yards and one touchdown, giving Seattle's porous run defense ample time to rest as they tightened against Marshall Faulk and the Seahawks beat the St. Louis Rams 30-10 on Sunday...
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Briefly 12/23/02
(Professional Sports ~ 12/23/02)
Baseball All-Star reliever Ugueth Urbina signed a one-year deal Sunday with the Texas Rangers, who need a closer. Urbina went 1-6 with 40 saves and a 3.00 ERA for Boston last season. He became a free agent when the Red Sox did not offer him arbitration...
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'Cats will tumble after upset
(Professional Sports ~ 12/23/02)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU's to-the-buzzer upset of Arizona gave the Wildcats their first loss, assured there will be a new No. 1, and left just 10 unbeaten teams in Division I. "You always think you can go undefeated," Arizona guard Jason Gardner said after Saturday's 66-65 loss, one the Wildcats almost turned into a dramatic victory with a furious final six minutes. "It would have been nice to go home on top."...
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Titans wrap up AFC South title
(Professional Sports ~ 12/23/02)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Tennessee Titans clinched the AFC South by beating Jacksonville 28-10 Sunday, becoming the first AFC team to earn a playoff berth. The Titans (10-5) were helped when the New York Giants moved ahead of New Orleans for the final NFC wild-card spot by beating Indianapolis 44-27, while the Saints lost in Cincinnati 20-13. The Colts' loss handed Tennessee the division crown...
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MU once again has nothing to brag about
(Professional Sports ~ 12/23/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Once again, Missouri got a wakeup call in the Braggin' Rights game. Last year the Tigers were 9-1 before getting taken apart by Illinois in the annual border battle, which combined with an earlier loss to Iowa led to a tailspin that lasted about a month. This year they were 6-0 and ranked 11th heading into their first big game of the season, then hit the floor with a thud again in an 85-70 loss Saturday night...
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Questions still remain as U.S. tries to build case against Iraq
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
WASHINGTON -- Today's claims about Iraq could become tomorrow's call to arms. But not all the statements coming from the Bush administration have been supported by evidence, and some that haven't are central to the question of whether Americans should go to war...
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GOP attempts to limit Lott damage
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
WASHINGTON -- Now that they have deposed one party leader and are to elect another today, Senate Republicans are working to limit the damage that Trent Lott's words had on GOP efforts to court minority voters. "I think this will present no handicap whatsoever in our ongoing effort to convince the nonwhite citizens of our country that the Republican Party is the place to be," said Sen. Mitch McConnell, the incoming No. 2 Republican leader...
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Low-dose sarin nerve gas may have long-term effects
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
WASHINGTON -- Low levels of sarin nerve gas affected behavior and organ functions in laboratory animals at least a month after exposure, suggests new research that may provide clues to the mysterious illnesses of Persian Gulf War veterans. In separate Army-sponsored studies, scientists observed behavioral problems, brain changes and immune system suppression in the animals many days after exposure to doses that caused no immediate effects, such as convulsions or pupil constriction...
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First lady - Don't forget relatives of Sept. 11 victims
(National News ~ 12/23/02)
WASHINGTON-- Laura Bush urged Americans on Sunday to keep the relatives of last year's Sept. 11 attack victims in their hearts this Christmas season as they reach out to the poor and lonely. "I know we saw, after September 11th, so many people try to help all the people who lost somebody on September 11th. And this'll be their second Christmas without the person they loved best, that went to work that morning," she said on NBC's "Meet the Press."...
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Military digest 12/23/02
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
Pridemore graduates from submarine course Navy Seaman Apprentice Amos D. Pridemore, son of Laura Pridemore of Cape Girardeau, recently graduated from the Basic Enlisted Submarine Course at Naval Submarine School in Groton, Conn. During his six-week course, Pridemore studied the basic theory, construction and operation of nuclear-powered submarines. He also learned about shipboard organization, damage control, submarine safety and escape procedures...
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Scott City Kiwanis hosts dance to raise money for scholarships
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
The Scott City Kiwanis will host its first New Year's Eve college scholarship fund-raiser dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dec. 31. Music will be provided by Jerry Ford's Big Band Sound. Door prizes will be given out every half-hour and a raffle drawing for a trip to Branson will be held. There will also be complimentary appetizers, breakfast foods and a cash bar...
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Holiday hours for libraries
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
The Cape Girardeau Public Library will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday for the Christmas holiday. Hours on Dec. 31 will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library will be closed on New Year's Day. The Jackson Public Library will also be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. It will close at 6 p.m. today...
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Humane Society donations are down compared to last year
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
Southeast Missourian Donations, including holiday contributions, to the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri are down 50 percent compared to last year at this time. "We are probably getting as many donations, but people are not giving as much," said Donna Ernest, executive director. "And I understand that. People are just stretched to the limit this year."...
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Thorngate holds ornament contest
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
There's more than one way to decorate a company Christmas tree. You can use store-bought balls and garlands, string lots of lights and ribbon, or handcraft each and every priceless treasure. Thorngate Ltd., a men's clothing manufacturer in Cape Girardeau, opted for the latter this year through a homemade ornament-making contest...
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World briefs 12/23/02
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
Israel closes newspaper for supporting terrorism JERUSALEM -- Israel ordered the closure of a newspaper put out by the radical branch of the Israeli Arab Islamic Movement, charging that the paper supports terrorism. The editors have 15 days to appeal...
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Out of the past 12/23/02
(Out of the Past ~ 12/23/02)
10 years ago: Dec. 23, 1992 Spirit of Christmas giving is alive and well in Cape Girardeau, says Capt. Elmer Trapp of Salvation Army; Trapp says he is optimistic that last-minute donations will allow charitable group's Tree of Lights campaign to reach its $105,000 goal; campaign right now is at $85,000...
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