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United Way program back on the airways
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
The public will once again get a chance to see firsthand some of what the United Way of Southeast Missouri does in the community when "Get On the Bus" airs Friday through Sunday and Oct. 8 on UPN The Beat. This 30-minute United Way public service announcement put together by KFVS12 aired last year and is being shown again as part of the United Way campaign on the UPN channel. ...
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Bond visits Cape Girardeau veterans home
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
The Bush administration did the right thing in taking the battle to the terrorists and toppling a ruthless dictator in Iraq, U.S. Sen. Kit Bond told veterans Monday in Cape Girardeau. "There is no way you can reason with these despicable terrorists," Bond told about 30 area veterans as well as staff and volunteers at the Missouri Veterans Home...
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Firefighters and farmers worrying about lack of rain
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
While the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne continue drenching parts of the Eastern Seaboard, Southeast Missouri remains dry. No rain is predicted until Friday, when only a 20 percent chance of showers is possible. The odds for rain increase this coming weekend, but it's still only a 30 percent chance...
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Perryville teenager hurt in single-vehicle accident
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/28/04)
A Perryville, Mo., motorist was injured at 10:45 p.m. Sunday when he swerved to avoid hitting a deer. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Brett Wiessing, 17, of Perryville was southbound on U.S. 61 just north of Old School Road when the accident occurred. Wiessing's 1997 Chevrolet missed the deer, veered off the road and hit a utility pole. He was taken to Perry County Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries...
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Wilbur Becker
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
Wilbur R. Becker, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, at The Lutheran Home. He was born Feb. 27, 1919. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Laurine Dost
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
Laurine A. Dost, age 84, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She had been residing in the assisted living area of the Lutheran Home since April of 2002. She was born July 23, 1920, in the Tilsit community, daughter of Martin L. and Alma M. Siebert Best. She and Erwin E. Dost were married Sept. 2, 1944, in Cape Girardeau. He passed away Oct. 17, 2002...
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Dorothy Glover
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
Dorothy T. Glover, 77, of Cape Girardeau, died Sept. 24, 2004, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 13, 1927 at Peapack, N.J., daughter of Benjamin and Frieda Dufford Trebilcock. She married Edwin J. Glover on Feb. 23, 1949...
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James Milam
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- James Arland "Kojak" Milam, 71, of Morley, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 7, 1933, in Benton, Mo., son of U.R. and Anna B. Mainard Milam. He married Sarah O'Neal on May 22, 1965, in Morley...
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Brenda Schniedermeyer
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
Brenda K. Schniedermeyer, 50, of Jackson died Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, due to complications from a brain aneurysm. She was born April 11, 1954, in Jerseyville, Ark., daughter of John and Edna Pence Mooneyhan. She and Paul Schniedermeyer were married Nov. 15, 1986...
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Ruby Kitrel
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Ruby Kitrel, 92, died Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, at Beverly Health and Rehab Center in Dexter. She was born in Malden, Mo., April 9, 1912, daughter of John E. and Minnie Ola Roots Shelton. She was married to Ruben R. Kitrel on Oct. 13, 1929, in Malden. He died on Oct. 28, 1991...
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Eula Jo Mason
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Eula Jo Mason, 89, died Sept. 25, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born June 13, 1915, in Vanduser, Mo., daughter of Henry Belle Leigh Cline. She had worked at International Shoe Factory for many years. Survivors include two sons, John Mason of Jacksonville, Fla., and Ben Mason of Houston, Texas; a daughter, Jean Corbin of Burns, Tenn.; a twin sister, Lula Crotts of Highpoint N.C.; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren...
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Clarence Watkins
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Funeral for Clarence M. "Bill" Watkins of St. Louis was held Friday, Sept. 24, 2004, at Concord Trinity Methodist Church in St. Louis. Burial was in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Watkins died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004...
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Kathleen Burns
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral for Kathleen M. Burns, of Anna, was held Monday at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna, with Monsignor Dennis Schaefer officiating. Burial will be in Everett, Wash. Burns, 57, died Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004, at Union County Hospital in Anna...
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Kate Brown
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
ANNA, Ill. -- Kate Smith Brown, 70, of Anna, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill. She was born July 4, 1934, at West Frankfort, Ill., daughter of Walter and Gemima Melton Beltz. She was married to Bobby Smith. He preceded her in death in 1997...
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Vivian Brown
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Vivian Brown, 82, of Jonesboro died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 11, 1921, in Makanda, Ill., daughter of Herman and Daisy Keith Baysinger. She married Jim Norton in March 1939. He died on Oct. 30, 1967. She then married Winford Brown on Aug. 13, 1979...
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Hilda Vandeven
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
Hilda Magalena Holzum Vandeven, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, at the Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 26, 1909, in Leopold, Mo., daughter of Robert George and Hannah Marie Lenderink Holzum. She married Henry Charles Vandeven June 1, 1932 at Leopold. He died May 29, 1981...
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Ida Uthoff
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Ida M. Daniels Uthoff, 89, of Charleston, died Sept. 25, 2004, at the home of a daughter in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She was born Feb. 16, 1915, in Advance, Mo., daughter of William and Flora Smith Daniels. She married Edward Homer Uthoff on June 2, 1951. He died on Feb. 25, 1990...
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George Parker
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Funeral for George L. "Nig" Parker, 88, of East Prairie will be held at 10 a.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie with George White officiating. Burial will be in Dogwood Cemetery. Parker died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston,Mo...
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Troop support causes problems
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/28/04)
To the editor: In response to "Violence dots map of Iraq despite political optimism": The following was a statement made in article: "On Friday, the day of rest across the Muslim world, clashes broke out in Ramadi and parts of the capital. A rocket slammed into a Baghdad boulevard, mortars rounds were fired at British forces in Basra and U.S. ...
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Letters read like fill-in-the-blanks
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/28/04)
To the editor: I was astonished that the Missourian ran three obviously plagiarized form letters in the Wednesday edition. I wonder where Alan Journet, Emma Franklin and Paul Botch all found the same radical-environmentalist talking points? Maybe on an action network mass e-mailing that Journet sends out from his Sierra Club Web site?...
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William Allison
(Obituary ~ 09/28/04)
HAZEL GREEN, Ala. -- William "Bill" Lawson Allison, 84, of Hazel Green, Ala., died Friday, Sept. 24, 2004. He was born Aug. 30, 1920. He was a Navy submariner and veteran of World War II. He graduated from Lambuth College in Jackson, Tenn. He also received degrees from Peabody College in Nashville, Tenn., and the University of Missouri-Columbia. ...
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Florida needs America's help
(Column ~ 09/28/04)
and Steve Uhlfelder Florida has been devastated by four major hurricanes, with immediate damage estimated in the billions. Millions of your fellow citizens have been severely affected with homes and communities devastated. Relief organizations' resources are stretched, and resilience is frayed...
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Daughter finds room for stuffed animals
(Column ~ 09/28/04)
No endangered species inhabit Bailey's bedroom. All of her stuffed animals are doing just fine. It's the bed that I worry about. It's hard to find her bed beneath a mountain of stuffed animals. It's her own cuddly animal preserve. As a child, my wife, Joni, practiced the same turn-the-bed-into-a-zoo approach...
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Conan O'Brien will take 'Tonight' spot in 2009
(Entertainment ~ 09/28/04)
NEW YORK -- NBC announced Monday that Conan O'Brien will take over from Jay Leno as host of the "Tonight" show. But he'll have time to write his jokes -- the planned succession won't happen until 2009. The announcement solves a delicate problem for NBC, which realized O'Brien was getting antsy in his "Late Night" time slot (11:35 p.m.) and wanted to keep him from jumping to another network...
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Soldiers charged in civilian's death
(International News ~ 09/28/04)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two U.S. soldiers have been charged with murder in the death of an Iraqi civilian, the 1st Cavalry Division announced Monday. A military statement identified the soldiers as Staff Sgt. Johnny Horne Jr. and Staff Sgt. Cardenas Alban, both from Company C, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment from Fort Riley, Kan...
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Lumber 84 seeks to become fall classic
(Professional Sports ~ 09/28/04)
FARMINGTON, Pa. -- There were more than a few smiles two years ago when the fabulously wealthy Joe Hardy suggested that his 84 Lumber Classic would someday become golf's fifth major. That may never happen to his tournament or any other. But what started out last year as just another lower-tier event during an oft-ignored portion of the PGA Tour schedule is showing signs of becoming a first: a fall tournament with a strong field...
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Bryant's lawyers drop bid to seal evidence
(Professional Sports ~ 09/28/04)
EAGLE, Colo. -- Kobe Bryant's attorneys abruptly dropped a bid to seal evidence in the NBA star's rape case Monday, saying the details would be leaked anyway and that releasing all the documents will reveal how unprofessional the prosecution was. In a scathing court filing, defense attorney Pamela Mackey alleged "unlawful or improper conduct" by law enforcement officers and prosecutors in the case, including the leaking of information and suppression of evidence suggesting Bryant was innocent.. ...
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Injury bug bites hard in Week 3 of season
(Professional Sports ~ 09/28/04)
NEW YORK -- The NFL injury epidemic didn't pause this weekend, with Rich Gannon breaking a vertebra in his neck that will sideline him for eight weeks, and Charlie Garner and Rex Grossman out for the season. Also gone for the year are Cleveland linebacker Ben Taylor, Cincinnati linebacker Nate Webster and Philadelphia fullback Jon Ritchie...
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Cowboys slip past rival Redskins 21-18
(Professional Sports ~ 09/28/04)
LANDOVER, Md. -- Bill Parcells celebrated the touchdown with a big smile and his fist thrust high in the air. The Dallas Cowboys coach had turned the trick that put his old nemesis on the ropes. Richie Anderson's halfback option pass floated into the hands of Terry Glenn in the back of the end zone early in the fourth quarter, and the Cowboys sacked Mark Brunell five times in Monday night's 21-18 victory over Joe Gibbs and the Washington Redskins...
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Share what you know -- try a Wiki
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
NEW YORK -- Taran Rampersad didn't complain when he failed to find anything on his hometown in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Instead, he simply wrote his own entry for San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. Wikipedia is unique for an encyclopedia because anybody can add, edit and even erase. And the Wikipedia is just one -- albeit the best known -- of a growing breed of Internet knowledge-sharing communities called Wikis...
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Learning briefs 9/28
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
College senior joins research program Tamika Barkley of Cape Girardeau was recently selected to take part in the Louis Stokes-Missouri Alliance for Minority Participation summer research program at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Barkley, a senior majoring in psychology, is the daughter of Reba and Billy Barkley. She is a member of the Golden Key National Honors Society and the Psi Chi National Honors Society...
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Open government
(Editorial ~ 09/28/04)
Public officials and members of the news media from throughout Southeast Missouri have been invited by Attorney General Jay Nixon to a Sunshine Law seminar next Monday at Southeast Missouri State University. The seminar is part of the attorney general's ongoing efforts to make those who hold the public's trust -- whether elected or appointed officials or reporters and editors for various news outlets -- understand Missouri's Sunshine Law...
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Pot calls kettle black over CBS flap
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/28/04)
To the editor: I am totally amazed about the pot calling the kettle black on the Dan Rather story. What about the flawed intelligence leading to Sept. 11, 2001, the weapons of mass destruction, Osama bin Laden, ties to Saudia Arabia (where most of al-Qaida operatives originated from) and other numerous falsehoods? I have yet to hear any responsibility taken for these and more. ...
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Can't stop terrorists with kindness
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/28/04)
To the editor: This is in regard to the "Feed the children" Speak Out comment. First off, the people we are at war with are not people whose only sin is being poor. They acted in aggression against us and repeatedly lied to the United Nations. Secondly, out of those who buy a new car, how many pay cash for that car? Most finance, not spending $30,000 in a single instance but rather paying it off for around five years, strengthening our economy. ...
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Out of the past 9/28/04
(Out of the Past ~ 09/28/04)
10 years ago: Sept. 28, 1994 Dry spell followed by damp, cloudy weather may have set stage for less-than-impressive fall foliage this year; but Carl H. Korns, horticulturist at Southeast Missouri State University, says this year's fall colors won't be a complete wash, with trees like maples, hickories and hackberries beginning to show color in mid-October...
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TV writer slated to speak at Southeast on Thursday
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
Linda Bloodworth Thomason, celebrated writer for various television series including "M*A*S*H," "Designing Women" and "Evening Shade," will speak at Southeast Missouri State University on Thursday. A native of Poplar Bluff, Mo., she will discuss growing up in the Bootheel and her career in Hollywood. She is scheduled to speak at 1:30 p.m. at Rose Theatre. The event is free and open to the public. She was nominated for Emmy awards for two of the scripts she wrote for M*A*S*H."...
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Births 9/28/04
(Births ~ 09/28/04)
Kiehne Daughter to Chad Thomas and Amy Sue Kiehne of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:08 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004. Name, Madeline Pearl. Weight, 7 pounds 13 ounces First child. Mrs. Kiehne is the former Amy Linderer, daughter of Henry "Bud" and Janet Linderer of Ste. Genevieve, Mo. She is employed at the Community Counseling Center in Cape Girardeau. Kiehne is the son of Tom and Mary Kiehne of Jackson and is employed at Artisan Contracting Inc...
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Feds speed up map changes
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will seek quicker revisions to Cape Girardeau flood-plain maps, a move city officials say could eliminate the requirement of costly flood insurance for businesses and residents in the area along Cape LaCroix Creek and Walker Branch by mid-April...
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Jackson's late-inning rally beats Perryville
(High School Sports ~ 09/28/04)
Jackson's softball team rallied past visiting Perryville on Monday by scoring two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning for a 4-3 win. Leslie McNeely's triple tied the contest, and McNeely later scored the winning run when Hana Bolen walked with the bases loaded...
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Speak Out 9/28/04
(Speak Out ~ 09/28/04)
Maintain the trails WHY ARE the trails at Trail of Tears State Park not being maintained? Weeds, vines and fallen trees are on every trail at the park making it dangerous for horses and people alike. Can't the state afford to have someone maintain the trails?...
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Astros hammer Cardinals
(Professional Sports ~ 09/28/04)
HOUSTON -- Roy Oswalt became the NL's first 19-game winner, and the Houston Astros stayed close in the wild-card race with a 10-3 victory over the Cardinals on Monday night. The Astros began the day 1 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs, who lead the wild-card standings. San Francisco is a half-game ahead of Houston...
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Martz gets defensive about calls on offense
(Professional Sports ~ 09/28/04)
The St. Louis coach took on his critics at Monday's news conference. By R.B. Fallstrom ~ The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Win or lose, Mike Martz is doing it his way. The St. Louis Rams' coach was defiant Monday, in the face of persistent questions about his heavy reliance on the pass, that his air-first philosophy will work. He defended his 54-15 pass-run ratio in a 28-25 overtime loss to the New Orleans Saints, like it or lump it...
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Indians' Connolly chosen for all-star game
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
The Southeast offensive lineman was selected to participate in the Las Vegas All-American Classic in January. By Marty Mishow ~ Southeast Missourian Southeast Missouri State University senior offensive tackle Dan Connolly has been invited to display his talents against some of the nation's premier college football players...
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Schools can see data on whether they've met education goals
(State News ~ 09/28/04)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Hoping to avoid a repeat of last year's problems, the Illinois State Board of Education is giving schools a new opportunity to double-check information that helps determine whether schools are meeting federal education requirements...
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Wanted - Name for Redhawks mascot
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
Southeast Missouri State University wants the public to suggest names for its new Redhawks mascot. A university mascot committee will narrow the choices and ask Southeast students, boosters, alumni and the public to vote during Homecoming week Oct. 25 to 31...
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Utility lines along Jackson street moving due to mistake
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
A Missouri Department of Transportation official told the Jackson Board of Aldermen Monday night that MoDOT would shoulder the costs of moving the city's water and electric lines on Colorado Street again for the Highway 34/72 project. While the overall project will go on, the mistake will take months to fix, Jackson officials said...
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Life in France - What a dream
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night from a bizarre dream and looked around to make sure you were in your own bed, because you dreamed that you woke up one morning in a bed not your own, walked down the unfamiliar steps to the kitchen, and sat down to breakfast with a family that you have never even seen before?...
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Recovery begins again after Florida's fourth hurricane
(National News ~ 09/28/04)
VERO BEACH, Fla. -- People lined up more than a half-mile for food and water, while others searched in vain for generators in the sweltering heat Monday as Florida residents began cleaning up all over again, demoralized by the fourth hurricane in six weeks to batter the state...
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Haitians, foreign rescue workers overwhelmed by storm's effects
(International News ~ 09/28/04)
The Associated Press GONAIVES, Haiti -- Doctors are performing amputations without electricity or running water while waste from this city's shattered sewage system contaminates mud and floodwaters, infecting wounds that threaten to turn gangrenous...
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McCaskill, Blunt call for MoDOT reforms
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
Editor's note: This is the second in a six-part weekly series examining key issues in the Missouri governor's race. By Marc Powers ~ Southeast Missourian JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Reform of the leadership structure of the Missouri Department of Transportation and improved accountability over the use of existing road revenue will be needed before voters can be asked to consider higher taxes for transportation, the two major party candidates for governor say...
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Days to deadline
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
The lights are back on in the Renaissance Aircraft hangar. Two of the aluminum, propeller-driven planes are parked side by side on the concrete floor. Both are only partially finished. The struggling airplane manufacturer -- which only recently had electricity and phone service restored to the building -- faces a Friday financial deadline to stay in business at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport...
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Hamm hopes to pass final bar exam
(Sports Column ~ 09/28/04)
The American gold medalist went before the Court of Arbitration on Monday. The disputed Olympic gold medal is wrapped in a pair of white socks in Paul Hamm's parents' house in Waukesha, Wis. Whether that medal stays there is up to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, which spent nearly 12 hours Monday at a hearing for a gymnastics event that took place more than a month ago in Athens...
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Appeals court reinstates suit over voting by touchscreen
(National News ~ 09/28/04)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Just five weeks before Election Day, a federal appeals court Monday revived a lawsuit demanding that all Florida voters who use touchscreen machines receive a paper receipt, in case a recount becomes necessary. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals told a federal judge in Fort Lauderdale to reopen the case, which could affect 15 Florida counties whose electronic voting terminals do not issue paper records...
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Sports briefs 9/28/04
(Other Sports ~ 09/28/04)
Baseball n The players' association filed a grievance Monday seeking to overturn the Anaheim Angels' suspension of left fielder Jose Guillen. Guillen was suspended without pay for the rest of the season on Sunday because of his outburst after being lifted for a pinch runner a day earlier in Anaheim. The suspension would continue into the postseason if the Angels advance that far...
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Area sports digest 9/28/04
(Other Sports ~ 09/28/04)
Southeast tennis fares well in Aces' Fall Classic Southeast Missouri State University's women's tennis team had a third-place finisher and a consolation champion during the Aces' Fall Classic in Evansville, Ind., over the weekend. Ashley Hooper placed third at No. 3 singles, and Drew Kristal won the consolation title at No. 2 singles...
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Cape fire report 9/28/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/28/04)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls on Sunday: At 7:37 p.m., an emergency medical service in the 3000 block of Aspen Drive. At 9:14 p.m., a still alarm at 2134 Independence St. Firefighters responded to the following calls on Monday:...
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Cape/Jackson police reports 9/28/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/28/04)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released Monday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Melissa Nickole Robinson, 20, 554 Woodbine St., was arrested on city warrants for contempt of court for various traffic offenses...
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Former economic director sues Sikeston, BMU
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Sikeston's former director of economic development has filed lawsuits against the city and others for unlawful termination. Attorneys for William O. Green, who was terminated from his job on Feb. 5, filed suit Friday in Scott County Circuit Court and are filing litigation in the U.S. ...
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Nation briefs 9/28/04
(National News ~ 09/28/04)
Massachusetts bishop indicted for sex abuse SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Just hours after an indictment against former Springfield Bishop Thomas Dupre was unsealed Monday accusing him of raping two boys in the 1970s, the county prosecutor refused to pursue the case because the statute of limitations has expired. ...
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Audit finds FBI backlog of untranslated intercepts
(National News ~ 09/28/04)
WASHINGTON -- The FBI has a backlog of hundreds of thousands of hours of untranslated audio recordings from terror and espionage investigations, despite large increases in money and personnel for translations since the 2001 terror attacks, a Justice Department audit released Monday said...
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Officer shoots at dogs who attacked him
(State News ~ 09/28/04)
DESLOGE, Mo. -- An eastern Missouri police officer shot at two dogs after the owner of the animals commanded them to attack the officer, police said Monday. One dog was grazed by two bullets, but the wounds were not serious. The other dog was unharmed. ...
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Charges dropped against Bootheel day-care provider
(State News ~ 09/28/04)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Prosecutors have dropped charges against a day-care provider who allegedly left an infant alone for nearly two hours after the woman agreed to never again work with small children. Starlette Marshallen Clark, 32, was facing a felony charge of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. ...
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Newly discovered Hemingway story can be sold but not published
(International News ~ 09/28/04)
ROME -- A bullfight, an act of bravado, a brush with death. A newly discovered story by a young Ernest Hemingway has all the elements to delight fans and scholars -- but it can't be published. The writer's estate hasn't approved publication of the 1924 piece, a gory parody about a bullfight in Spain, the manuscript's owner, Donald Stewart, said Monday...
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Insurgents press offensive to subdue Iraqi security
(International News ~ 09/28/04)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two car bombs killed seven Iraqi national guardsmen and a rocket barrage hit a police academy Monday as insurgents kept up their offensive to subdue Iraq's beleaguered security forces. U.S. jets pounded suspected militant positions in a Baghdad slum...
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Taye Diggs tries the small screen in title role of 'Kevin Hill'
(Entertainment ~ 09/28/04)
LOS ANGELES -- Taye Diggs says he used to be an "ugly duckling." "No one believes it, but I was kind of very thin, very insecure, big glasses," says the now buff star of UPN's new drama "Kevin Hill." Diggs says his transformation into the proverbial swan was a slow process that started when he went to a performing arts high school...
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More cities finding ways to accommodate 'street skaters'
(National News ~ 09/28/04)
KETTERING, Ohio -- He's turned professional and achieved rock-star status among legions of fellow skateboarders. But even Rob Dyrdek sometimes has trouble finding legal places to do what he refers to as his "job." "I get paid a ridiculous amount of money to do what I do, and I still have to run from cops and jump fences," says Dyrdek, an Ohio native who now lives in San Diego. "I don't want to do that. I want to be able to get up every day and skate -- in legal places."...
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ND avenges Kelly's no-hitter
(High School Sports ~ 09/28/04)
The Bulldogs trimmed the Hawks 2-1 in eight innings. ~ Southeast Missourian Notre Dame's softball team went all seven innings in its last meeting against Kelly without registering a hit. Kristain Burger knocked a double to the wall in the first inning Monday at Notre Dame to end that streak against Kelly, then parked one over the right field wall with two outs and two strikes in the bottom of the eighth to secure a 2-1 win for the Bulldogs...
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Long holiday offers time to mingle
(Local News ~ 09/28/04)
Sept. 28, 2004 -- On Sept. 18, 1810, the small South American nation of Chile declared its independence from its original European colonist, Spain. Last week I did my part to help Chileans commemorate the 194th anniversary of that date. With a day-and-a-half-long declared national holiday (plus a weekend), Antofagastinos celebrated their nation's birthday with parties all over town: at the local rodeo, at a fair-like gathering called a ramada, and in private homes...
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