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Road report - Call me Mr. Nice
(Column ~ 04/18/03)
Over the years, I've had my fair share of road rage. That doesn't make me proud, but it helps me understand the motorists who, I'll swear, wait to go anywhere until they see me coming. I don't know who these people are. I've never met them. I can't think of a thing I've done to make them unhappy -- unless they don't care for golf, especially golf played on a nonexistent downtown golf course. Maybe you've heard about my Amazing Downtown Golf Course ... ...
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New tests will discern SARS from colds and flu
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
Tests for the SARS virus will soon help doctors sort out whether people with worrisome coughs and fevers actually have the new respiratory illness, relieving anxiety for many and helping judge who should be isolated to prevent more spread. Government agencies, university labs and private companies are all rushing to develop highly sensitive tests that will seek out the newly discovered virus and confidently allow a diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome, once their accuracy has been proven.. ...
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Elizabeth Smart slowly reclaiming her life
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Elizabeth Smart is spending a lot of time with her family and friends these days. She's going to church and making trips to the mall, though she's not back at school. Not yet. While the 15-year-old slowly reclaims her life, her family has hired a lawyer to handle book and movie offers that have poured in ever since Elizabeth was found with a self-proclaimed prophet nine months after she vanished from her bedroom...
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Clergy upset by billboard of vegetarian Jesus
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Christian and Jewish clergy say a billboard that promotes vegetarianism by claiming "Jesus was the prince of peas" is historically inaccurate and sacrilegious. The billboard includes a picture of Jesus with an orange slice in place of a halo and was erected by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, to coincide with Passover and Easter...
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Commuter bus crash hurts nine
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
NEW YORK -- Nine people were injured Thursday when a private commuter bus barreled down a city street, colliding with more than a dozen cars and downing electrical wires. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, authorities said. Police said the bus driver has a medical condition that may have caused him to lose control of the vehicle...
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Governor signs bill to eliminate sterilization law
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov. Mike Easley signed legislation Thursday to formally strike a law from North Carolina's books that had been used to involuntarily sterilize thousands of people over five decades. The law, which hasn't been used since 1974, allowed the Eugenics Board of North Carolina to sterilize 7,600 people. While the law was used, only California and Virginia performed more sterilizations...
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Reprieve frees Iowa prison inmate after nearly 26 years
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
CLARINDA, Iowa -- A man who spent nearly 26 years in prison on a recently overturned murder conviction walked out of state prison Thursday after Gov. Tom Vilsack signed a reprieve. Terry Harrington's relatives met him at the Clarinda Correctional Facility and had a Humvee stretch limousine waiting to take him to the family's home in Omaha, Neb...
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Rocker Lee cleared in child drowning trial
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- A jury Thursday rejected a wrongful-death claim against rock drummer Tommy Lee for the drowning of a little boy during a children's birthday party at his home. The Superior Court jury took less than three hours before returning the unanimous verdict in the lawsuit over the 2001 death of 4-year-old Daniel Karven-Veres at Lee's Malibu home...
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CNN blames human error for Web mock-ups of obits
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
NEW YORK -- CNN blamed human error Thursday for exposing obituary mock-ups that its Web site's designers had prepared for Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope and other prominent figures. The templates, which were to be used when the person died, had been on a development site meant for internal review...
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Singer Luther Vandross recovering from stroke
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
NEW YORK -- Grammy-winning singer Luther Vandross was recovering in a hospital Thursday after suffering a stroke, his spokeswoman said. The veteran R&B performer, who turns 52 on Sunday, suffered the stroke Wednesday, according to a statement from his business manager, Carmen Romano...
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Airline has trust to protect execs in case of bankruptcy
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Even as it was piling up losses and pleading with unions to cut labor costs, American Airlines created a pension fund that protected the benefits of dozens of top executives in case of bankruptcy. Union leaders at American Airlines, whose employees had just agreed to $1.8 billion in wage concessions, expressed outrage Thursday over the management perquisites...
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Liberal Russia lawmaker killed near apartment
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
MOSCOW -- Liberal Russian lawmaker Sergei Yushenkov, a critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot to death Thursday near his Moscow apartment building, police said. The speaker of Russia's lower parliament immediately branded his death a political killing...
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Venezuelan leader keeps lid on Caracas police
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- They used to be keepers of the peace. Now the 500 police officers under Miguel Pinto's command are mostly just killing time. Ever since President Hugo Chavez clamped down on the Caracas police, charging them with instigating a coup, Pinto's 500 motorcycle police officers spend most of their days playing chess or exercising at their hilltop precinct...
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U.S. troops step up search for al-Qaida, Taliban weapons
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
KHAR BOLAH, Afghanistan -- The chatter of the metal detector turned to a solid hum when it reached the center of the house's mud-baked floor. Sgt. Derrick Edwards dug his fingers into the earth, prying apart the flat stones. He shined his flashlight at the dark hollow below...
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Pope reminds divorced Catholics not to take communion
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II, cracking down on what he considers serious abuses in his flock, issued a stern reminder Thursday that divorced Roman Catholics who remarry cannot receive communion. The pontiff also warned Roman Catholics against taking communion in non-Roman Catholic churches -- drawing immediate criticism from some Protestant leaders for what they call a step backward in efforts to achieve Christian unity...
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Weapons inspectors from U.N. prepared for return
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
UNITED NATIONS -- U.N. arms inspectors are ready to get back into Iraq to finish the job of looking for any chemical, biological or nuclear weapons but don't want to work under a new U.S.-led disarmament effort. "We're not dogs on a leash," said chief U.N. ...
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In the dark, Iraq's capital fumbles for the switch
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- With the system lights around him glowing a sickly green, the chief engineer of Baghdad's key power plant stood Thursday before a control panel of bad news: Inverter failure. Cooling system failure. Circuit breaker failure. "Red. They should be red," Janan Behnam said of the lights, beacons in the battle to restore Iraq's capital to normalcy and power up the city of 5 million...
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Construction work picks up on outlying subdivision in Jackson
(Local News ~ 04/18/03)
Construction and progress has picked up again at a subdivision just outside of Jackson, a subdivision that had become stagnant over the last few years. Kevin Mayfield purchased the land at Indian Springs Estates about two months ago from Roy Meier. The property is located on the north side of Highway 34, just east of the intersection of 34 and Highway 72. It is 1.3 miles west of Jackson...
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People talk 04/18/03
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
Run-DMC at top of VH1's hip-hop list NEW YORK -- The pioneering rap group Run-DMC tops VH1's list of the 50 greatest hip-hop acts, which includes Tupac Shakur, Nelly, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and MC Hammer. Run-DMC's Darryl McDaniels told The Associated Press he's humbled by the music channel's choice. The complete list will be revealed today during a "50 Greatest Hip-Hop Artists" special...
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Pessimistic liberalism
(Column ~ 04/18/03)
With the Pentagon declaring the end of "major combat" in Iraq, most Americans are responding with relief and pride. Our troops have performed with skill, courage and even honorable restraint in deposing a dictator half a world away in less than a month. The puzzle is why some Americans, especially media and liberal elites, continue to wallow in pessimism about this liberation...
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FanFare 4/18/03
(Other Sports ~ 04/18/03)
Briefly Baseball The Cardinals said Thursday they have fired the Washington-based group hired to corral $275 million in private financing for a new Cardinals' downtown stadium, citing unspecified "concerns about some of the investors." The Cardinals now have tapped Bank of America Securities to take the lead among financial advisers and consultants in the private-financing initiative. ...
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Atkins, proponent of high-protein diet, dies at age of 72
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
NEW YORK -- Dr. Robert C. Atkins, the weight-loss guru whose low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet was adopted by millions of people despite concern over its potential dangers, died Thursday. He was 72. Atkins died at the New York Weill-Cornell Medical Center after suffering a severe head injury April 8 when he fell on an icy sidewalk, said his spokesman, Richard Rothstein. He underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain...
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Another half brother of Saddam captured
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
American forces seized a half brother of Saddam Hussein in a commando raid Thursday, eager to interrogate him about secrets of the old Iraqi regime. With the fighting all but over, Americans struggled through another day of trying to restore security and vital services for civilians. Soldiers thwarted a Baghdad bank robbery over the protests of Iraqis eager to share in the loot, and Marines sought to calm tensions in Mosul after shooting 17 Iraqis to death in clashes over the past two days...
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Improved defense adds spark on offense
(Professional Sports ~ 04/18/03)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Although Doug Weight has turned his attention to defense in the playoffs, his reward is the offensive lead in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Weight has a playoff-best seven points -- three goals and four assists -- through five games of St. Louis' first-round series against Vancouver. But his biggest contribution to the Blues' 3-1 lead is shutting down the Canucks' top line...
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Kenseth uses quiet control to lead Winston Cup chase
(Professional Sports ~ 04/18/03)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The five Winston Cup drivers at Roush Racing couldn't be more different. There's a veteran, a politician, a brash youngster and a rookie. In the middle of them all is Matt Kenseth, the vanilla flavor of the group. He's also the Winston Cup points leader...
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Scott City centennial is almost forgotten
(Local News ~ 04/18/03)
When Norman Brant came before the city council in Scott City recently to discuss his proposal to establish a city flag, he mentioned that the flag would commemorate the city's founding 100 years ago. "This is the first we've heard about that," Mayor Tim Porch said...
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Prestwick developers asking for more action on TIF plan
(Local News ~ 04/18/03)
Developers of a proposed 900-acre residential subdivision near a golf course won't take no for an answer, at least not from the Cape Girardeau Board of Education. "Just because the school board doesn't think it was a good deal for them does not mean it is dead," said Cord Dombrowski, a partner in the Prestwick Plantation development...
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Central evens record with a road shutout
(High School Sports ~ 04/18/03)
Central's girls soccer team used a big second half to win a road game Thursday and even its record. The Tigers broke away from a scoreless halftime tie to roll past Marion (Ill.) 3-0. Central (7-7) went ahead for good 15 minutes into the second half when Megan McDonald scored on a penalty kick. McDonald and Stephanie White added goals with White and Kate Miller earning assists. Megan Kistner had the shutout...
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Jackson pot bust nets big cache by schools
(Local News ~ 04/18/03)
Jackson police seized more than a quarter pound of marijuana and several smoking devices early Thursday morning from a home located just a few hundred feet from two schools. Inside the home at 214 S. Missouri St., police found the marijuana and several smoking pipes and water bongs, said Lt. James Humphreys. The house sits a block north of Jackson High School on South Missouri and near St. Paul Lutheran School on South Russell...
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Central athletic director prepares to relocate his stripes
(High School Sports ~ 04/18/03)
A change of job position will do nothing to the color of Terry Kitchen's blood. Orange has pumped through Kitchen's veins since his playing days at Central, and his recent announcement that he will step down as the athletic director at his alma mater after 12 years only served to reinforce his pulmonary makeup...
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Otahkians tennis team shut out in home finale
(College Sports ~ 04/18/03)
Southeast Missouri State University's tennis team won just 13 games in nine matches and lost to visiting Murray State 7-0 Thursday in its final match of the regular season. The Otahkians (3-9, 2-5 Ohio Valley Conference) and Racers (9-9, 6-1) both will compete in the OVC Tournament April 25-27 in Nashville, Tenn...
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Indians look for a break in home series
(College Sports ~ 04/18/03)
Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team will try to use its decided home-field advantage -- the Indians are 11-1 at Capaha Park this season -- to get back on a winning track in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Indians are 18-11 overall and 3-2 in the OVC, but they are saddled with a two-game conference losing streak after dropping the final two contests of last weekend's series at Eastern Kentucky. Southeast has lost three of its last four games overall...
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State appears primed for another big turkey harvest
(Outdoors ~ 04/18/03)
The warm days of spring appear to be gaining a foothold in Southeast Missouri. They're just in time for turkey hunting season. The three-week season opens Monday with shooting times lasting from a half-hour before sunrise to 1 p.m. The season ends May 11...
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Mild winters could lead to lots of ticks
(Outdoors ~ 04/18/03)
St. Joseph News Press After the overall mild winters of the past few years, ticks will again be heavy in the woods and fields of Missouri. It takes at least a solid week of below freezing temperatures to kill off ticks. Many myths and home remedies are out there to remove ticks and keep you from getting sick from the bite...
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Reel in fishing information before you head to the water
(Outdoors ~ 04/18/03)
This time of year can lead to a lot of questions for those ready to pit up their rod and reel and head for the water. Where can I go fishing? When is the best time to go? What kinds of fish are stocked in that lake? How can I catch them? What are the fishing regulations? Is there a place to launch my boat?...
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Area utility set to receive long-awaited rate savings
(State News ~ 04/18/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Legislation sent to the governor's desk Thursday aims to fix a legal quirk that currently makes a Southeast Missouri electric cooperative the only not-for-profit power utility in the state subject to rate regulation. Citizens Electric Corp. ...
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Red Cross - Baghdad psychiatric patients missing from hospital
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
GENEVA -- Some patients in a Baghdad psychiatric hospital were raped as looters ransacked the building over a three-day spree, the Red Cross said Thursday, quoting the hospital's director. The director of Al-Rashad Hospital in eastern Baghdad told representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross the rapes took place as looters made off with nearly everything in the hospital -- burning what they could not take -- between April 9 and 11...
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British army, police aided Protestant killers in Belfast
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Intelligence agents of the British army and police helped Protestant extremists kill Catholics in the late 1980s, including a lawyer well-known for defending IRA suspects, a four-year official investigation concluded Thursday...
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Congressmen meet with Arafat amid West Bank, Gaza clashes
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
JERUSALEM -- A U.S. congressional delegation met with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the newly appointed Palestinian prime minister on Thursday, smoothing the way for a U.S.-backed peace plan that envisions a Palestinian state. It was the first high-level meeting between U.S. officials and the embattled Arafat since President Bush effectively boycotted him in June, conditioning Palestinian statehood on Arafat's departure. The talks, however, were not sanctioned by the State Department...
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Only the U.S. should decide on U.N.'s role
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/18/03)
To the editor: Alan Journet and people of like mind have absolutely no credibility on the issue of Iraq or what is best for a post-Saddam Iraq. They were completely wrong about every aspect of the conflict, and I suspect Journet is completely wrong about the role of the United Nations in rebuilding Iraq...
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To secure safety, turn Iraq control over to the U.N.
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/18/03)
To the editor: The Iraq invasion has supposedly made us safer. Increasing numbers in the larger Arab world now view us as colonizers, and many Iraqis are hostile. They feel angry and threatened as never before. Their animosity has been stoked by our illegal, unprovoked attack, our flimsy justifications of self-defense, our leader's feigned concern for the Iraqis, our ignoring the Palestinian issue, and now by our insistence on controlling the rebuilding of Iraq. ...
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Speak Out B 04/16/03
(Speak Out ~ 04/18/03)
Other motivation I HAVE to disagree with the person who said socio-economic status determines success. My mother does not have a high school diploma and brings home under $30,000 a year. Imagine dividing that among nine household members. We weren't exactly rich. ...
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Gladys Moore
(Obituary ~ 04/18/03)
Gladys Bollinger Moore, 79, of Fruitland died Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at her home. She was born July 26, 1923, at Bell City, Mo., daughter of Lon and Grace Loftin Bollinger. She and Clifford Ray Moore were married June 4, 1955, in Hernando, Miss. He preceded her in death May 14, 1977...
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Lillie Shelby
(Obituary ~ 04/18/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Lillie Bell Shelby, 88, of Sikeston died Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews, Mo. She was born April 10, 1915, near Matthews, daughter of Spurlin and Birdie Duke Beck Sr. She and Harley Shelby were married July 11, 1936, at New Madrid, Mo. He died July 1, 1984...
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Shayden McClanahan
(Obituary ~ 04/18/03)
Shayden O'Brian McClanahan, 8 months, died Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis. He was hospitalized March 31 with pulmonary hypertension. He was born Aug. 8, 2002, in Cape Girardeau, son of Shanna Dickerson and Chris McClanahan...
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Betty Cato
(Obituary ~ 04/18/03)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Betty J. Cato, 76, of Altenburg died Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 12, 1926, in Paragould, Ark., daughter of Arthur and Jessie Mae Underwood Simpson. She and Orville Cato were married Dec. 27, 1941, at Bloomfield, Mo...
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Lola Bennett
(Obituary ~ 04/18/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Lola Mae Bennett, 86, of Sikeston died Thursday, April 17, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Nov. 22, 1916, at Blodgett, Mo., daughter of Cleve and Clara Mae Kernell McCann. She and William "Reese" Bennett were married Sept. 9, 1935. He died Nov. 3, 1987...
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Juanita Sarff
(Obituary ~ 04/18/03)
Juanita E. Sarff, 91, of Farmington, Mo., died Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center. She was born June 10, 1911, at Doe Run, Mo., daughter of Henry and Annie Jinkerson Waltman. She married William Jefferson Sarff, who preceded her in death...
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Out of the past 4/18/03
(Out of the Past ~ 04/18/03)
10 years ago: April 18, 1993 The Rev. Richard Tragasz is installed as pastor of Scriptural Lutheran Church in afternoon service; installation sermon is delivered by the Rev. Klebe Brumble of Richardson, Texas, circuit visitor for church of Evangelical Lutheran Synod in this area...
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Vertis Mouser
(Obituary ~ 04/18/03)
Vertis V. Mouser, 94, of Jackson died Thursday, April 17, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Lisa Marie hopes songs convince suspicious minds
(Entertainment ~ 04/18/03)
NEW YORK -- In a small studio space filled with music industry executives, critics and a smattering of celebrities, Lisa Marie Presley steps onto the stage, and before she sings a note, gives the audience a nervous glance, as if she can sense the doubters in the crowd...
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The looting of civilization
(Entertainment ~ 04/18/03)
When looters stripped the Iraq National Museum of everything moveable last week and left behind mostly broken pottery and statues, the world may have lost irreplaceable Akkadian and Assyrian antiquities that tell the story of the cradle of civilization. Among the possible losses are the tablets bearing the Code of Hammurabi, one of the first known system of laws, and artifacts from Ur, the birthplace of Abraham, a seminal figure in Judaism, Islam and Christianity...
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Everybody's a critic - 'What a Girl Wants'
(Entertainment ~ 04/18/03)
Three and a half stars (out of four) "What a Girl Wants" is a delightful comedy. The story is predictable, but for the age group the movie is trying to target it does a good job of making you care for the characters. The story of a young American girl setting out to meet her father from another country and culture creates some very funny situations. The music is young and hip, just the type my niece who is soon to be 12 loves...
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El Acapulco serves good food fast
(Entertainment ~ 04/18/03)
OK, I'm ready for a vacation. I want warm beaches, tropical breezes. The toughest thing I want to deal with is that I need more salt on the rim of my glass. I want to listen to my skin sizzle as I bake myself to a nice shade of pink/red. Lightly pink on the outside, red in the center...
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New on CD 4/18/03
(Entertainment ~ 04/18/03)
'Thankful' Considering how much judge Simon Cowell harps about distinctiveness being key to becoming the "American Idol," it's interesting that the TV contest's first winner, Kelly Clarkson, has come out with such a generic debut. The producers behind "Thankful," fail miserably at allowing Clarkson to be herself. ...
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State crackdown on deadbeat dads ripe for mistakes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/18/03)
To the editor: Have we gone too far with child-support enforcement? Obviously, we have. A few days ago I had my $987 Missouri income tax refund held to go toward past-due child support. I have paid my child support regularly out of every paycheck. But on April 14 I learned that I have had my checking and savings accounts frozen. So now I have checks being returned for insufficient funds even though I have well enough in my accounts to cover my checks...
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Senate can improve jobless-pay guidelines
(Editorial ~ 04/18/03)
A bill in the Missouri Senate that promises to tighten guidelines for unemployment benefits to workers who are fired for illegal drug use is in trouble. While the bill itself, which contains many other provisions, is headed for final action, the portion on illegal drugs has been dropped. This is something that could still be changed before the measure sees final action in the Senate...
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Students tie towns together with ribbons
(Editorial ~ 04/18/03)
Yellow ribbons have become the symbol of the war in Iraq, representing both support for U.S. troops and prayers that they come home soon and safely. Two Jackson Middle School seventh graders have started a yellow-ribbon campaign that has grown beyond their ability to carry it out. They need help...
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S. Korean leader dismisses criticism over exclusion from talks
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's president said Thursday he believes negotiations between the United States, North Korea and China will help ease a nuclear standoff even though his country has been excluded from the talks. "Many people seem disappointed and feel their pride hurt because we will not participate in the talks," President Roh Moo-hyun said in a statement issued by his office. "The most important thing is the talks' outcome."...
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Hong Kong's worst SARS outbreak spread through plumbing
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
HONG KONG -- The biggest SARS outbreak in Hong Kong spread through the plumbing in an apartment complex after visits from a man sick with the disease, a health official said Thursday. Water droplets contaminated with the SARS virus may have been sucked out of bathroom drains into apartments by ventilation fans, said the Hong Kong health secretary, Dr. Yeoh Eng-kiong...
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Billionaire J. Paul Getty, 70, dies in London Clinic
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
LONDON -- Sir J. Paul Getty Jr., the reclusive third son of billionaire American oilman J. Paul Getty, died Thursday in Britain, the country he adopted as his homeland and lavished with his philanthropic gifts. He was 70. Getty, a reformed drug addict who donated more than $200 million to a variety of causes, died in London Clinic, where he was hospitalized Monday with a recurrent chest infection, Dr. John Goldstone said...
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Hundreds of unmarked graves discovered
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
KIRKUK, Iraq -- The U.S. military has found an estimated 1,500 unmarked graves in this northern Iraqi city, though it remained uncertain whose remains they contain. U.S. military officials on Thursday surveyed the site near a military base and industrial park on the southern edge of the city. Members of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan -- one of two main political groupings in the northern Kurdish autonomous region -- reportedly exhumed one body...
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Opposition head - Meet in Karbala
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
TEHRAN, Iran -- The exiled leader of the biggest Iraqi opposition group called Thursday on Iraqis to converge in the Shiite holy city of Karbala to oppose a U.S.-led interim administration and defend Iraq's independence. "I call on Iraqis to converge in Karbala to oppose any sort of foreign domination and support establishment of an Iraqi government that protects freedom, independence and justice for all Iraqis," Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq, was quoted by state-run Tehran television as saying.. ...
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Relatives of Saddam being caught, sought
(International News ~ 04/18/03)
Saddam Hussein's half brother exulted in power, wealth and violence -- all the things that came naturally to many of the Iraqi leader's relatives. Barzan Ibrahim Hasan, captured Thursday in Baghdad by U.S. special forces, "might have been more diplomatic, more financially astute," than other members of Saddam's immediate family, "but that's not saying much," said Charles Forrest of the International Campaign to Indict Iraqi War Criminals...
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Researchers discover DNA from extinct species in soils
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
WASHINGTON -- Ancient plant and animal DNA found in undisturbed soil sediment can be used to unlock secrets about life hundreds of thousands of years ago, researchers say. Scientists analyzing soil from Siberian permafrost and from caves in New Zealand said they found evidence of DNA from animals that died out thousands of years ago and from plants that lived about 400,000 years ago...
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What patent office really needs - invention to cut backlog
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
WASHINGTON -- There's an awful lot pending at the patent office these days. A record backlog at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has left inventors waiting two years and more for approvals, delaying the arrival of new goods on the market. James A. ...
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Federal regulators go after deceptive spam operation
(National News ~ 04/18/03)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission is taking an Internet spam operation to court, alleging that it flooded e-mail accounts with pornographic material disguised behind bland subject lines like "new movie info" and "wanna hear a joke?" After receiving about 46,000 complaints in the past nine months, the agency asked the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to shut down the operation, FTC attorney Steven Wernikoff said Thursday...
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Kinder still contemplating 2004 run for statewide office
(State News ~ 04/18/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder had raised $20,300 through April 1 for a potential campaign for statewide office. Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, is considering running for lieutenant governor or attorney general in 2004. He said he hadn't yet decided which office to seek or whether he will run at all...
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Region briefs 04/18/03
(Local News ~ 04/18/03)
Senate committee sends budget to full chamber JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Teachers could be laid off, educational courses canceled and college tuition increased. And those were just some of the predicted consequences of a state budget endorsed Thursday by the Senate Appropriations Committee...
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Wide load halts bridge traffic over Mississippi River
(Local News ~ 04/18/03)
The driver of a semitrailer hauling a large, construction vehicle "scoop" nearly made it across the Mississippi River bridge to Illinois before becoming wedged in by approaching traffic, Cape Girardeau police said. The incident occurred at noon and traffic was stopped for about 90 minutes when the truck became stuck when it neared an oncoming semitrailer, said patrolman Jason Selzer...
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Rotary district conference to be held in Cape
(Local News ~ 04/18/03)
They've raised thousands of dollars to administer polio vaccinations to people around the world. They operate a special camp for handicapped children. They sponsor blood drives and have paid for 2,900 eye surgeries for blind people in India. On April 25 and 26, around 350 Rotarians from eastern Missouri's 65 clubs will visit Cape Girardeau for Rotary District 6060's conference, "Sow the Seeds of Love."...
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Holden lobbies Bootheel legislators on tax increases
(State News ~ 04/18/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Bob Holden met with Republican lawmakers from the Bootheel Thursday morning in an attempt to build support for new taxes that would lessen the scope of spending cuts needed to balance the state budget. While several of the eight legislators who attended the two-hour meeting said they emerged with a much better understanding of the Democratic governor's position, they still aren't ready to endorse a major tax increase...
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Cape/Jackson police reports 4/18/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/18/03)
Cape Girardeau Friday, April 18 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests James L. Phillips, 27, of 247 S. Cedar, Wapello, Iowa, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possession of ephedrine, meth and drug paraphernalia...
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Cape fire report 4/18/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/18/03)
Cape Girardeau Friday, April 18 Firefighters responded Wednesday to the following items: At 4:08 p.m., emergency medical service at 910 Rodney Vista. At 5:05 p.m., vehicle fire at 611 S. Kingshighway. At 6:25 p.m., emergency medical service at 1977 Longview...
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Artifacts 4/18/03
(Entertainment ~ 04/18/03)
Protest singer will perform in Carbondale CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Rabble-rousing folk singer David Rovics will perform at 10 tonight at the HQ Gallery, 211 W. Main St. in Carbondale. Rovics is a mainstay on the North American protest scene, having performed at anti-war demonstrations in New York City and protests against the IMF and World Bank in Quebec City and Prague...
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