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Doctors hope new law starts trend for better care
(Business ~ 10/20/03)
DALLAS -- Now that Texas voters have approved limits on malpractice lawsuit awards, Dr. Carlos De Juana looks forward to greeting his patients without simultaneously worrying that they might become courtroom enemies. The McAllen, Texas, urologist also hopes there will be no more need for "overkill" in diagnosis -- when every headache demands a CAT scan and common colds prompt an X-ray...
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Zanardi returns to racing two years after losing legs
(Professional Sports ~ 10/20/03)
MONZA, Italy - Alex Zanardi still knows how to drive fast. In his first competitive race since losing both legs in a crash in a CART race in Germany two years ago, Zanardi was involved in a six-car pileup Sunday in the first race of the closing event of the FIA European Touring Car Championship...
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CHS students want part of street renamed
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
Cape Girardeau Central High School students want a section of Silver Springs Road near their school renamed Tiger Pride Drive, Tiger Trail or even Jungle Trail in honor of the school mascot. Student Senate members are expected to personally make the request at tonight's city council meeting. City officials said about 70 students may crowd the council chambers...
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Two injured when vehicle leaves road, flips
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
Two Perryville residents were injured in a one-car accident early Sunday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Heather Hager, 19, was driving eastbound on Perry County Road 402 around 2 a.m. when she lost control of her Ford Explorer, going off the left side of the road and striking a fence and embankment before overturning. Hager received moderate injuries. Her passenger, Hunter Kaempfer, received minor injuries. Both were taken by ambulance to Perry County Hospital...
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People on the move 10/20/03
(Business ~ 10/20/03)
Planters names new VP, new mortgage personnel Union Planters Bank announced that Felicia J. Morgan has been named vice president of mortgage for the bank's 16 offices in Southeast Missouri. Her office is at 407 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau...
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Fountain Street makes bright, new entrance
(Editorial ~ 10/20/03)
The newest entrance into Cape Girardeau is hands down the most beautiful. The Fountain Street extension -- the new downtown route from the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge -- already is a sight to behold, and it isn't even finished. Drivers will turn from Highway 74 onto interlocking red bricks. And where normally there would be ordinary street lights, Fountain Street will have old-fashioned decorative lampposts...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
7 p.m. today City Hall, 401 Independence Appearances Appearance by representatives of the Cape Girardeau Central High School Student Senate regarding request to rename a section of Silver Springs Road in honor of the high school. Consent ordinances (Second and third readings) An ordinance approving the record plat of Randol Farms Ninth Subdivision...
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Monday FanFare 10/20/03
(Other Sports ~ 10/20/03)
Briefly Basketball Kobe Bryant may find out this week whether he will stand trial for rape, a case that could send the NBA superstar to prison for life if he is convicted. Judge Frederick Gannett was expected to release his ruling as early as today, and many legal experts believed he would order a trial...
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Shannon Kelley
(Obituary ~ 10/20/03)
Shannon Wallace Kelley, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Sunday, Jan. 28, 1923, at West Eminence, Mo., son of Claude A. and Anna Griffith Kelley. He and Eva Ikerman were married Aug. 3, 1946, at Cape Girar-deau...
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Earl Bisher
(Obituary ~ 10/20/03)
Earl A. Bisher, 69, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, at his residence. He was born July 31, 1934, at Oran, Mo., son of Joseph and Annie Baudendistal Bisher. He and Shirley Blechle were married July 8, 1961, at Cape Girar-deau. Bisher attended St. ...
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Jack Rushin
(Obituary ~ 10/20/03)
Jack D. Rushin, 68, of Jackson, passed away peacefully Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 25, 1935, in Harvell, Mo., son of Robert and Millie Rice Rushin. He married Marjorie West in 1956. He and Pat Auer Maloney were married April 21, 1979...
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Dalton Kissiar
(Obituary ~ 10/20/03)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Dalton Wade Kissiar, 2-months-old, of Tamms, Ill., died Sunday, Oct. 19, 2003, at his home. Kissiar was born Aug. 5, 2003, at Carbondale, Ill., son of Anthony Kissiar and Kandi Ramage. He is survived by his parents; one brother, Marshall Clayton Ramage; one sister, Victoria Michelle Ramage; maternal grandmother, Julie Butler of Anna, Ill.; maternal grandfather, Ronnie Pind of Anna; paternal grandparents, Larry and Carolyn Kissiar of Tamms; and maternal great-grandparents Jim and Monica Pind of Jonesboro, Ill.. ...
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Ticket amnesty program falls short
(State News ~ 10/20/03)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City's first amnesty program for people who have violated municipal ordinances didn't bring in as much money as officials had hoped. In the three-day effort that ended Saturday, only a few hundred people took advantage of the opportunity to pay tickets for parking offenses, minor traffic offenses and other minor offenses without late fees...
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Blair treated at hospital for rapid heartbeat
(International News ~ 10/20/03)
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has been under increasing political pressure because of the war in Iraq, was admitted to a hospital Sunday after suffering an irregular heartbeat, but was released after several hours of treatment, his office said...
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Three soldiers killed in Palestinian ambush in West Bank
(International News ~ 10/20/03)
EIN YABRUD, West Bank -- Palestinian gunmen ambushed an Israeli army patrol in a West Bank town after sundown Sunday, killing three soldiers, Israeli security sources and rescue services said, the most serious attack in the area in months. The deadly attack came a few hours after Palestinians in Gaza fired rockets at Israeli towns, and Israeli forces wound up a phase of a wide-ranging operation in a Palestinian refugee camp on the Egyptian border...
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No-spam list sounds good but unlikely to work well
(Business ~ 10/20/03)
NEW YORK -- The premise sounds simple: To cut down on junk e-mail, simply submit your addresses to a "do-not-spam" list that marketers would have to check to avoid fines. With more than 50 million phone numbers already on a federal do-not-call list, many e-mail users are eager for a no-spam counterpart...
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Gordon refuses to tire in face of hard-charging Subway field
(Professional Sports ~ 10/20/03)
MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Jeff Gordon made a winning decision at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday. The four-time Winston Cup champion was leading the Subway 500 with the laps winding down and Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s car looming in his rearview mirror. The key moment came under caution on the 405th of 500 laps on the half-mile oval when Earnhardt chose to dive onto pit road for fresh tires...
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Mourning Thrashers yet to lose
(Professional Sports ~ 10/20/03)
ATLANTA -- Pasi Nurminen sat at his locker in the corner of the Atlanta Thrashers' locker room, a pinch of smokeless tobacco under his lip, a reflective look in his eyes. "Sure, it's in my head," Nurminen said. "I'm playing for both those guys. I don't think it's ever going away."...
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Pettitte draws Yankees even with Marlins
(Professional Sports ~ 10/20/03)
NEW YORK -- The Face of October showed up and shut down the Florida Marlins, silencing all their talk about wreaking havoc in this World Series. With his cap pulled down low and shadowing his dark eyes, Andy Pettitte pitched neatly into the ninth inning and drew the New York Yankees even with a 6-1 win in Game 2 Sunday night...
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Indians' passing game continues to improve
(College Sports ~ 10/20/03)
Partly by necessity -- Eastern Kentucky was determined to stop the run -- Southeast Missouri State University threw a season-high 44 passes Saturday. The result was a 41-38 victory over Eastern Kentucky that featured receivers being spread out all over the field and the Indians' offense -- for one of the few times this year -- resembling the high-powered, wide-open unit that terrorized opposing defenses last season...
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'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' grabs $29.1 million in weekend debut
(National News ~ 10/20/03)
LOS ANGELES -- Bloodshed continues to rule at theaters. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," the remake of the 1974 horror tale that helped launch the modern slasher genre, debuted as the top weekend movie with $29.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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Elite force killed hundreds in Vietnam
(National News ~ 10/20/03)
TOLEDO, Ohio -- An elite unit of American soldiers mutilated and killed hundreds of unarmed villagers over seven months in 1967 during the Vietnam War, and an Army investigation was closed with no charges filed, The Blade reported Sunday. Soldiers of the Tiger Force unit of the Army's 101st Airborne Division dropped grenades into bunkers where villagers -- including women and children -- hid, and shot farmers without warning, the newspaper reported. ...
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'Nip-Tuck' stars end first season with lift
(Entertainment ~ 10/20/03)
NEW YORK -- "My cankers," answered Julian McMahon. "My eight toes," replied Dylan Walsh. The stars of the hit FX drama "Nip-Tuck" were responding to the statement they, as tag-team plastic surgeons, pose to their clients: "Tell me what you don't like about yourself."...
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Throng flocks to beatification of Mother Teresa
(International News ~ 10/20/03)
VATICAN CITY -- More than a quarter-million people -- rich and poor, royal and regular -- flooded St. Peter's Square on Sunday for the beatification of Mother Teresa, honoring the nun who built shelters, orphanages and clinics around the world to care for those forsaken by everyone else...
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Al-Qaida weak, but support for bin Laden still strong
(International News ~ 10/20/03)
CAIRO, Egypt -- Cornered in a cave somewhere in the wilderness where Pakistan and Afghanistan meet, Osama bin Laden and his top generals may be cut off from fighters and money, yet they can still strike with angry words and ideas. Their ideology -- rooted in generations of Muslim resentment of the West and aired in a series of audio- and videotapes, on Arabic television and over the Internet -- is creating an al-Qaida legacy of terror that has spread around the world, analysts say...
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Ambushes kill two Americans, touch off spectacular blasts
(International News ~ 10/20/03)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Deadly ambush teams struck U.S. Army targets from west to north in the arc of resistance around Baghdad, and the interim Iraqi leader called Sunday for an immediate mobilization of the old Iraqi army to help the harried Americans. The United States would "speed the process of relieving the burden on its troops" by recalling the disbanded Iraqi military, said Iyad Allawi, current president of the Iraqi Governing Council. ...
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Cape/Jackson fire reports 10/20/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/20/03)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Oct. 20 Firefighters responded Saturday to the following items: At 5:09 p.m., a still alarm on the 600 block of Good Hope. At 11:34 p.m., emergency medical service at 138 N. Sprigg. Firefighters responded Sunday to the following items:...
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Cape police report 10/20/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/20/03)
The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs Darin Lane Johnson, 31, 622 Bellevue, was issued a summons Sunday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Mark Allen Jones, 24, 1922 Dunklin, was issued a summons Sunday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, careless and imprudent driving and driving without a license...
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Central High School teacher to run for House seat
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
A Central High School social studies teacher has announced his intention to run for a seat in the Missouri House of Representatives. Pete Frazier, 30, will campaign for the 158th District state representative seat, currently held by House Majority Floor Leader Jason Crowell of Cape Girardeau...
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Remarks in speech leave Scalia out of high court religion case
(National News ~ 10/20/03)
WASHINGTON -- Justice Antonin Scalia has taken himself out of the Supreme Court's review of whether "under God" should be in the Pledge of Allegiance. With a Ten Commandments dispute awaiting the court, some people would like to see Scalia sidelined from that and other church-state cases, too...
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Experts - Muhammad jurors may lean toward prosecution
(National News ~ 10/20/03)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The jury of suburbanites, many with ties to the military, that will hear the case against sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad is likely to lean toward the prosecution, jury experts said. "In general, Virginia juries are going to be prosecution juries," except in more urban areas, said Donald H. Smith, an Old Dominion University sociology professor who studies jury behavior...
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Bush - N. Korea nuke deal possible
(International News ~ 10/20/03)
BANGKOK, Thailand -- President Bush conferred with the leader of South Korea and said "we're making good progress on peacefully solving" a crisis with North Korea by offering Pyongyang written security assurances in exchange for a commitment to scrap its nuclear weapons program...
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Drawing contest involves children in Cape bridge, history
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson may have tapped into potentially hundreds of future transportation engineers across Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois with his "Draw the Bridge" contest. Several boxes of entries arrived at the Southeast Missourian Jr. office by the Thursday deadline from children ages 5 to 12...
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Missouri Democrats looking at potential divide in 2004
(State News ~ 10/20/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Wendell Bailey still recalls the breakfasts at the Missouri Governor's Mansion. Term-limited Gov. John Ashcroft was the host. And his guests -- the state treasurer, attorney general and secretary of state -- all wanted his job...
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McCaskill enters 2004 primary race for Missouri governor
(State News ~ 10/20/03)
Associated Press WriterKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Undaunted by the odds, State Auditor Claire McCaskill on Monday said she will seek next year's Democratic nomination for governor and try to deny Gov. Bob Holden a chance at a second term in office...
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Military digest 10/20/03
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
Sikeston grad serving in construction battalion Navy Seaman Derek Brown, son of G. N. Brown of Sikeston, Mo., is currently serving in the southern Iraqi city of An-Nasiriyah while assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7, based in Gulfport, Miss...
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Community briefs 10/20/03
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
Vision 2020 team holds information exchange The Vision 2020 Community Relations Council Riverfront Team will hold an information-sharing workshop from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Osage Community Center for any federal, state, county or city representative who would like to share current or future happenings in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Community Q&A 10/20/03
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
Name: Ruth Dockins Lives in: Cape Girardeau Family: Husband, two sons, two daughters-in-law, two grandsons, two granddaughters, three granddogs. Job: Public information director, SEMO Area Agency on Aging. What do you like most about the area? The friendly people...
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Rams Pack up a 'W'
(Professional Sports ~ 10/20/03)
ST. LOUIS -- From Brett Favre's perspective, facing the St. Louis Rams' defense was just like trying to beat the Buccaneers. The Rams' unheralded unit, led by former Bucs assistant Lovie Smith, was the key to a 34-24 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. They stuffed Ahman Green, slowed Favre and forced four turnovers...
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Quilter brings patient's dream to life in fabric
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
Roberta Janik of Cape Girardeau has made patient visits to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital a bit happier and warmer through the Quilt of Dreams promotion at Hancock Fabrics. In May, 20 new fabric designs were unveiled based on the artwork of St. ...
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Community cuisine 10/20/03
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
Breakfast served at Immaculate Conception A breakfast of sausage, pancakes and eggs will be served from 7 to 11 a.m. Nov. 2 at Immaculate Conception Parish Center in Jackson. The Knights of Columbus breakfast is being held in conjunction with the Craft Fair. Admission is a donation...
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First BCS poll to be released
(College Sports ~ 10/20/03)
When the first Bowl Championship Series standings are released today, it will be much more interesting to look at the bottom than the top. Oklahoma will be No. 1 and the winner of the Miami-Virginia Tech game on Nov. 1 will also have a clear shot into the Sugar Bowl for the national title...
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Growing concern fuels support for new health care approach
(National News ~ 10/20/03)
WASHINGTON -- The public's growing unease with the current health-care system has built support for a new approach that would mean care for all Americans and changes in laws governing prescription drugs, a poll suggests. A sizable majority, 70 percent, said it should be legal for Americans to buy prescription drugs outside the United States, according to the ABC News-Washington Post poll. ...
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Sunday's best NFL performers
(Professional Sports ~ 10/20/03)
Quarterbacks Aaron Brooks, Saints, was 23-for-30 for 352 yards and threw three TD passes as New Orleans beat Atlanta 45-17. Tom Brady, Patriots, threw one of his two TD passes in overtime and finished 24-for-34 for 283 yards in New England's 19-13 win at Miami...
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Woody Allen memoirs unlikely prospect, according to publicist
(Entertainment ~ 10/20/03)
NEW YORK -- Will Woody Allen write his memoirs? Contradicting a published report, his publicist said Friday he was not close to a deal. In fact, it wasn't even his idea to do the book. "This was completely his agents' idea," Leslee Dart said Friday...
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Oklahoma detective's 22-year hunt leads to ex-FBI agent
(National News ~ 10/20/03)
TULSA, Okla. -- The sun had yet to rise over Miami Shores, Fla., but the Oklahoma lawman at H. Paul Rico's front door wasn't waiting any longer. After 22 years, it felt good to interrupt the retired FBI agent's sleep with a knock. "I'm Sgt. Mike Huff," the detective told Rico before informing him he was under arrest for the 1981 murder of a Tulsa businessman...
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Dozens turn out for early costume contest
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
The ghosts, monsters, cartoon characters and superheroes that will rule the streets in about two weeks made their debut in Cape Girardeau Sunday at Halloween Happenings. The event, organized by the Cape Parks and Recreation Department and held at the Osage Community Centre, gave children 10 and under a chance to compete for best costume in five categories: best superhero, best movie/cartoon character, best animal, most creative idea and best original (handmade)...
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Francine's daughter continues tradition
(Column ~ 10/20/03)
Francine Seier's daughter is finally making her late mother's wish come true. Debby Erlbacher is taking over the flower shop and wedding garden her mother ran for nearly 20 years at 38 N. Pacific St. "When she died five years ago her wishes were that the flower shop and gardens would go to her children," said Erlbacher, who bought the business two weeks ago from House Doctor owner Rick Hetzel. ...
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The Curse is mightier than a replica jersey
(Sports Column ~ 10/20/03)
I wore my Red Sox shirt for two days straight last week. I wore it on Wednesday to support them in Game 6, and they won. Naturally, I had to keep it on for Game 7 so I wouldn't jinx it. So much for that. Apparently it wasn't strong enough to fend off the Babe and the rest of his Yankee Stadium ghosts...
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Longtime coin dealer still flips over rare finds
(Business ~ 10/20/03)
For some, it was Superman No. 1. For others, it was the 1952 Topps Mantle rookie card. For 12-year-old Michael Sprouse, it was an exotic coin a neighbor brought back from Iran. Unlike most boyhood hobbies, though, Sprouse's interest in rare and fascinating coins has never faded with age, and he is still collecting them as an adult 41 years later. ...
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Original art the centerpiece of Rose Theatre's new look
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
In the early 1980s, Kenn Stilson was a theater student at Southeast Missouri State University, and Craig Thomas was an art major minoring in technical theater. They worked on a number of productions together, including "A Midsummer Night's Dream."...
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Speak Out 10/20/03
(Speak Out ~ 10/20/03)
Saying no to guns I WOULD like to thank Gov. Bob Holden for the first courageous thing he has done as a governor: saying no to concealed guns. Suggested cuts I HAVE a few suggestions for the budget cuts in the Cape Girardeau School District. The new furniture the board office got last year was not necessary. ...
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Corps plan would spend $8.4 billion on river ecosystem
(State News ~ 10/20/03)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- An Army Corps of Engineers plan calls for spending $8.4 billion to help restore the ecosystem of the Upper Mississippi River. The corps also wants to spend up to $2.3 billion to expand locks and dams on the Mississippi. Details of both proposals were to be released Monday at a hearing in St. Louis...
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Officials consider deficit spending for Cape schools
(Local News ~ 10/20/03)
For the first time in six years, officials in the Cape Girardeau School District expect to receive less money from all sources of revenue than they received in the prior year. At its meeting tonight, the Cape Girardeau School Board will consider approval of a budget with $2.26 million in deficit spending for the current school year -- the result of cuts in state funding and local property valuations that fell below projections...
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