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Scott County shuts down clinic to expand other health services
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
BENTON, Mo. -- The board of directors of the Scott County Health Department has decided to close its Benton, Mo., facility and establish monthly outreach clinics in Benton, Chaffee, Oran and Scott City. The department's administrative headquarters and only non-mobile facility will be in Sikeston...
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Jackson soccer park waiting on ditch easement
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
Parents of soccer-dribbling children who have worked tirelessly to bring a soccer park to Jackson are trying to pull the project out of a ditch. Specifically, a drainage ditch off just off the soccer park property. Everything except the ditch is ready to go...
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Hurricanes make case for weather channel
(Column ~ 09/29/04)
The following column was originally published Aug. 15, 2000. Watching The Weather Channel's computer simulation put Hurricane Alberto well away from Florida was like watching a mother carry her screaming baby past your gate at the airport. You know you've narrowly avoided a long, irritating, potentially disastrous experience...
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Family recovers soldier's remains from Vietnam War
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
Diane Buescher of Jackson was only 9 years old when her brother, Morris Waller, died in Vietnam. Her big brother was 22 years old when he died on Feb. 3, 1966. Thirteen years separated the two siblings. And after his death, so did half a continent and the Pacific Ocean...
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Out of the past 9/29/04
(Out of the Past ~ 09/29/04)
10 years ago: Sept. 29, 1994 British Broadcasting Corp. television crew is in Cape Girardeau filming 30-minute documentary about flying squirrels; Southeast Missouri State University is one of five universities in nation researching flying squirrels...
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Sports briefs 9/29/04
(Other Sports ~ 09/29/04)
Baseball n A court hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in the dispute over who is the rightful owner of the ball Barry Bonds hit for his 700th home run. The hearing will be in San Francisco County Superior Court, according to Daniel Horowitz, the attorney representing Steve Williams. Williams is the Giants fan who ended up with the prized ball during a melee in the left-center field bleachers at SBC Park on Sept. 17...
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Blunt protects military votes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/29/04)
To the editor: As a member of our military recently back from overseas, I believe Secretary of State Matt Blunt has done a great thing by trying to ensure that our overseas military personnel get their votes counted. He made changes in election rules that allow them to vote by e-mail or fax. ...
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A sound school investment
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/29/04)
To the editor: Before we criticize the Cape Girardeau School Board's decision, let's look at the facts the board faced on the superintendent. A good teacher has many necessary strengths. A good principal has those strengths plus others, such as understanding the teachers' problems, knowing how to help teachers excel and having the personality to get others to work together. ...
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Births 9/29/04
(Births ~ 09/29/04)
Young Daughter to Patrick K. and Lynn M. Young of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1:10 p.m., Friday, Sept. 24, 2004. Name, Grace Elizabeth. Weight, 7 pounds 15 ounces. Sixth child, fifth daughter. Mrs. Young is the former Lynn Fallert, daughter of Richard and Marilyn Fallert of St. Louis, Mo. She is a homemaker. Young is the son of Tim and Carolyn Young of Cape Girardeau. He is in sales...
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Bush, Cheney embarrassing
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/29/04)
To the editor: Prior to the invasion of Iraq, professionals in the U.S. intelligence community tried to tell President Bush and Vice President Cheney that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction, there were no links between Hussein and al-Qaida, Iraq was not responsible for 9-11 and Iraq was not a threat to the United States. But they chose the lies of ex-patriot and documented liar Ahmed Chalabi, because his lies suited their purpose...
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Plan raises questions
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/29/04)
To the editor: The Bush-Cheney team and the Republican National Committee have a co-ordinated campaign to vilify honest Americans who question their insane policies in Iraq. At last this has become public. Their plan is to claim that anyone questioning what they do in Iraq is promoting terrorism. ...
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Club news 9/29/04
(Community News ~ 09/29/04)
St. Mary CWC The St. Mary Council of Catholic Women met in the Monsignor Huels Room for a covered-dish supper on Sept. 16. Anyone interested in attending the Missouri Catholic Conference in Jefferson City, Mo., on Saturday should contact Judy Stricker...
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Mary Carner
(Obituary ~ 09/29/04)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Mary Frances Carner, 78, of Olive Branch died Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004, at Red Bud Nursing Home in Red Bud, Ill. Arrangements are pending with Crain Funeral Home at Tamms, Ill.
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Amos Robinson
(Obituary ~ 09/29/04)
ORAN, Mo. -- Amos Q. Robinson, 85, of Oran died Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are pending with Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Benton, Mo.
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Bill Sparks
(Obituary ~ 09/29/04)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- William Earl "Bill" Sparks, 78, of Sikeston died Sept. 27, 2004, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born on Jan. 13, 1926, in Lutherville, Ark., son of Samuel Harrison and Mary T. Belling Sparks. He and Jacquelyn C. Cain were married July 21, 1995, in Sikeston. She died May 18, 2003...
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Angeline Zoll
(Obituary ~ 09/29/04)
DUDLEY, Mo. -- Angeline Zoll, 83, of Dudley died Sept. 28, 2004, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born June 29, 1921, in Wappapello, Mo., daughter of Charles Louis and Ada Walker Adamson. She and Arthur Lloyd Zoll were married Sept. 29, 1940, in Rombauer, Mo. He died May 24, 1997...
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Extra blast needed to bring down span
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
It took two blasts to dismantle the remaining steel wreckage of the old Mississippi River bridge Wednesday. The initial 7 a.m. blast dropped much of the last span into the water, but a small section still rested against a concrete pier. Demolition contractor Scott Gustafson said a few of the explosive charges apparently failed to detonate because of a damaged detonating wire. ...
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CBS failed to check facts
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/29/04)
To the editor: My husband and I have always watched CBS for what we thought was accurate and concise news. In the past, we thought Dan Rather was biased when it came to political issues, but recently I believe he blatantly crossed the line. I believe it is important that a newscaster report the news as an impartial party, but on several occasions it is very clear where Rather stands. The latest incident concerning President Bush's military record was clearly biased and, as it turns out, untrue...
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Tennis organization seeks indoor facility
(Community Sports ~ 09/29/04)
The group needs to raise $50,000 to get a tennis complex added to a new fitness center in Jackson. By Toby Carrig ~ Southeast Missourian One era of local tennis closes this week with Universal Health and Fitness scheduled to close its two-court indoor facility after play on Thursday...
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Some garden plants are tasty to hungry deer
(Column ~ 09/29/04)
On Sunday morning I watched five deer feeding in my front yard. They were browsing on any vegetation from ground level to about 5 feet in the air. They stayed in the yard for about three hours, alternately browsing, preening each other, resting or playing...
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Special edition marks 100 years
(Column ~ 09/29/04)
The kickoff to a year-long celebration of the Southeast Missourian's 100th anniversary is four days away and counting. In a special centennial edition on Sunday, the Southeast Missourian news staff will take you on a 40-page spin through local history...
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Crude oil price hits milestone
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
~ From staff and wire reports Crude oil topped the psychological milestone of $50 per barrel Tuesday for the first time, and a Saudi Arabian oil official said the world's largest petroleum exporter would raise its production capacity by nearly 5 percent in a bid to calm prices...
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Lindh asks Bush to commute his 20-year sentence
(National News ~ 09/29/04)
The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- John Walker Lindh asked President Bush on Tuesday to commute his 20-year prison sentence for aiding the Taliban. His attorney, James Brosnahan, said that Lindh was fighting alongside the Taliban in a civil war against the Northern Alliance, that he is not a terrorist and that he never fought against U.S. troops...
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Business digest 09/29/04
(National News ~ 09/29/04)
Consumer confidence dips in September NEW YORK -- Continued job worries resulted in an unexpected decline in consumer confidence in September, the second consecutive monthly dip, a New York-based private research group said Tuesday. The Consumer Confidence Index fell to 96.8 from a revised reading of 98.7 in August, according to The Conference Board. Analysts had expected a reading of 99.5...
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Ferry disaster anniversary marked
(International News ~ 09/29/04)
TALLINN, Estonia -- Estonia, Finland and Sweden paid tribute on Tuesday to the 852 people killed a decade ago when their ferry sank in a storm on the Baltic Sea, the worst peacetime maritime disaster in modern European history. The ferry, en route from the Estonian capital to Stockholm, sank in 45 minutes on Sept. 28, 1994...
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Militia group threatens show of force in oil region of Nigeria
(International News ~ 09/29/04)
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Militiamen trying to wrest control of the oil-rich Niger Delta threatened on Tuesday to launch a "full-scale armed struggle" on petroleum-pumping operations in Africa's largest crude oil producing nation, urging foreign oil workers to leave the region...
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Rend Lake water district to consider lease or cutbacks
(State News ~ 09/29/04)
BENTON, Ill. -- The Rend Lake Conservancy District will either lease its golf course, restaurant and hotel to an outside company or cut back resort operations, officials say. A decision will be made at the board's Oct. 25 meeting, board member Larry Warren said Tuesday...
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Cape fire department gets $350,000 grant from Homeland Security
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department has been awarded a grant of $349,003 from the Department of Homeland Security under a federal grant program for firefighters. The money will be used to buy firefighting and rescue equipment and to provide for extensive technical rescue training...
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Scholar athletes
(Editorial ~ 09/29/04)
A program at Southeast Missouri State University is working to bridge a gap by showing that athletics and academics are partners in the college experience. The program recognizes faculty and staff who have mentored student athletes while emphasizing that athletes are students first...
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Defending champ Jacksonville St. wins big opening test
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
Jacksonville State coach Jack Crowe knows his Gamecocks still have plenty of hurdles ahead of them as they chase their second straight Ohio Valley Conference championship. But the Gamecocks certainly took a major step toward that goal Saturday when they opened OVC play with a 30-23 victory at preseason favorite Eastern Kentucky...
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It's time for change
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/29/04)
To the editor: I have voted Republican in every election in the past 25 years. But with government spending up 27 percent in three years, exploding public debt (with the 2004 deficit expected to exceed $450 billion, twice as high as the previous record deficit), illogical tax cuts during a time of crisis that mostly benefit the very wealthy, a hemorrhage of manufacturing jobs leaving for overseas, American troops dying on a daily basis, Iraqis dying by the thousands, a trillion-dollar war in Iraq with no justification, the world value of the U.S. ...
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Cape police report 09/29/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/29/04)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released Tuesday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Andrew Marshall Yoffie, 21, 1969 David St., was arrested on suspicion of driving while revoked, driving an unlicensed vehicle, failure to have insurance and unlawful use of a license...
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Cape fire report 09/29/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/29/04)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following items on Monday: At 6:01 p.m., emergency medical service on South West End Boulevard. At 10:06 p.m., emergency medical service in the 300 block of North Lorimier Street. Firefighters responded to the following items on Tuesday:...
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Readers respond with favorite soup recipes
(Column ~ 09/29/04)
Recently I was asked to put out a plea for soup recipes for the Crock-Pot, or slow cooker, and you have responded. Following are a few recipes that area readers sent in to share as their favorite soup recipes. Judy Harris sent in her favorite soup recipe for you to enjoy as the weather cools off and we turn our menu selections to soups and stews...
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Speak Out 09/29/04
(Speak Out ~ 09/29/04)
No one is perfect IT'S TIME to quit bashing Dan Rather. Have you ever passed on a story that you found out later was false? He who is perfect should only be the true judge of another. I don't care for Rather, but he is not perfect, and neither are we...
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Astros win 14th straight at home
(Professional Sports ~ 09/29/04)
Houston moved to within a half-game of the wild-card lead with a 2-1 win over the Cardinals. By Joel Anderson ~ The Associated Press HOUSTON -- Jeff Bagwell drove in two runs and Brandon Backe pitched five solid innings to help the Houston Astros gain ground in the NL wild-card race with a 2-1 win over the Cardinals on Tuesday night...
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Luna - Exception to the Rule (5)
(Professional Sports ~ 09/29/04)
ST. LOUIS -- Every December, major league baseball has a lightly publicized redistribution of developing players designed to prevent teams from hoarding talent in their minor league system. Almost all of the names on the Rule 5 list, players not on a team's 40-man roster with three seasons in professional baseball, never make it big. ...
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Supreme Court will determine when cities may seize private land
(National News ~ 09/29/04)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide when local governments may seize people's homes and businesses against their will to make way for projects like shopping malls and hotel complexes that produce more tax revenue. The court already has given governments broad power to take private property through eminent domain, provided the owner is given "just compensation." This often involves blighted neighborhoods residents are eager to leave. ...
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Overformatted debate might not shed much light on candidates
(Entertainment ~ 09/29/04)
NEW YORK -- Here's an idea: Turn this week's presidential debate into an edition of "Jeopardy!" With Alex Trebek moderating, let the candidates go at it fielding questions under such categories as "Homeland Security," "Creating New Jobs" and "No Kidding, What DID You Do in the War?"...
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California bans mercury in vaccines
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Tuesday that will ban mercury in vaccines for young children and pregnant women. Missouri considered a similar bill earlier this year and it passed overwhelmingly in the House. However, the bill stalled in the Senate and was never brought to a vote...
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State hires outside lawyers in school funding lawsuit
(State News ~ 09/29/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The attorney general's office has brought in outside lawyers to help it defend a lawsuit challenging the state's school funding formula. One lawyer is already working on the case and handled issues before Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan in a procedural hearing Tuesday. ...
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Storm stress mounts; experts see rising suicides, violence
(National News ~ 09/29/04)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- It's not just roofs that have come apart and walls that are falling down. After four hurricanes in six weeks, many people in Florida are suffering emotional breakdowns. Mental health centers have been flooded with calls from people distraught, depressed or anxious, and authorities say suicides and domestic violence are up in some places...
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Kelly's Beggs comes up big with perfect game
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/04)
A day after losing in eight innings to Notre Dame, Whitney Beggs threw a nine-inning perfect game and Kelly's softball team defeated host Poplar Bluff 2-0 on Tuesday. Kelly's win marked the second time in a week that the Hawks (17-6) have ousted the Mules in extra innings...
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Make your water garden double as a winter garden
(Community ~ 09/29/04)
GREENVILLE, Va. -- Keith Folsom doesn't pull the plug on his water gardens when chilly weather arrives. He simply settles into a chair to enjoy the view. "People put water fixtures where they can see them and savor them," says Folsom, president of Springdale Water Gardens near this Shenandoah Valley community...
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Peter Kinder says he will be full-time lieutenant governor
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder wants to put the issue to rest -- that he will not rest if he's elected as Missouri's next lieutenant governor, despite what he describes as a misunderstood comment he made in June that suggests he doesn't see it as a full-time job...
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On the road to fall festivals
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
As evening temperatures drop and the seasons change, orange-and-red accented country roads beckon drivers who might want to get out and go nowhere in particular. But for those who want a weekend destination and perhaps a taste of apple butter, the first two weekends in October are full of regional opportunities...
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Fall festivals
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
What: Show-Me Days Fall Festival When: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 12 to 4 p.m. Sunday Where: Downtown Charleston, Mo. Info: (573) 683-6509 What: Bollinger County Fall Harvest Festival When: 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday Where: Marble Hill town ballfield...
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Terrorist leader al-Zarqawi seeks greater impact in videos
(National News ~ 09/29/04)
The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Recent beheading videos by Iraq's most-wanted terror leader have been growing in sophistication, using animated graphics and editing techniques apparently aimed at embellishing the audio to make a victim's final moments seem more disturbing. It is a sign of the importance that terrorists in Iraq now place on such propaganda efforts...
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New $50 bill hits the street
(National News ~ 09/29/04)
WASHINGTON -- A new $50 bill with touches of red, blue and yellow will be showing up soon at banks, in cash registers and wallets. A new $10 bill also is in the works, the third greenback to get colorized to cut back on counterfeiting. Government officials used one of the new $50 bills Tuesday morning to buy a $45 U.S. flag, which came in a box, at a shop in Union Station. Old $50 bills will continue to be accepted and recirculated until they wear out...
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Kidnappers release hostages, but violence continues in Iraq
(International News ~ 09/29/04)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Kidnappers released two female Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for foreigners still in captivity. But insurgents showed no sign of easing their blood-soaked campaign against the U.S. presence in Iraq, staging a show of defiance in Samarra and striking twice with deadly force in Basra...
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Palestinians observe uprising's fourth anniversary
(International News ~ 09/29/04)
The Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians marked the fourth anniversary of their uprising Tuesday amid signs that the extremist Hamas group is preparing a political challenge to Yasser Arafat despite a series of Israeli military blows at the movement's leadership...
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Street gangs attack aid convoys
(International News ~ 09/29/04)
The Associated Press GONAIVES, Haiti -- They mob aid convoys, break into homes to steal food and shoot anyone who gets in their way. Street gangsters have put aid workers squarely in their sights and are subjecting weary storm survivors to life-threatening delays in getting food and water...
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Sudan warns of tribal war, defends Arab tribal leader
(International News ~ 09/29/04)
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- A top Sudanese official on Tuesday defended an accused ringleader of Arab militia attacks on African villagers as a legitimate tribal leader and warned any attempt to go after such men could ignite warfare that would tear the country apart. ...
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School shooting leaves four dead, five wounded
(International News ~ 09/29/04)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- A high school student opened fire in a classroom in southern Argentina, killing four classmates and wounding five Tuesday in Argentina's worst school rampage on record, police said. The 15-year-old suspect began his attack without uttering a word, letting go with intermittent bursts of gunfire from a 9-millimeter handgun as students cowered beneath their desks, authorities said...
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People talk 9/29/04
(Entertainment ~ 09/29/04)
Radio commentator hits the campaign trail NEW YORK -- Al Franken is taking his radio show on the campaign trail. "The Al Franken Show" will broadcast live across the country starting Thursday and ending Oct. 9, making stops in eight cities including swing state battlegrounds Minneapolis; Columbus, Ohio; and Miami. The tour will open in San Diego and then head to San Francisco; Denver; Minneapolis; Madison, Wis.; Columbus; Miami; and Tampa, Fla...
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Quake shakes California but no injuries reported
(National News ~ 09/29/04)
PARKFIELD, Calif. -- A strong earthquake shook the state Tuesday from Los Angeles to San Francisco, cracking pipes, breaking bottles of wine and knocking pictures from walls. There were no immediate reports of any injuries from the 6.0-magnitude quake and its more than 160 aftershocks. ...
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Two boys arrested for burglary
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
Jackson police arrested two boys, ages 13 and 14, on suspicion of burglary Monday after one of the boys was tracked to a taxicab going to Toys "R" Us in Cape Girardeau. According to Lt. Rodney Barnes of the Jackson Police Department, the two reportedly burglarized a house Sunday in the 700 block of Greensferry Road while the owner was away and made off with some money. ...
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Cape airport will close for 10 days
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
Planes won't be taking off or landing at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport for a 10-day period from Oct. 31 to Nov. 10. The airport runways will be shut down for runway construction work starting at 8 p.m. on Oct. 31. The airport will reopen to general aviation and commuter flights at 5 a.m. on Nov. 10, airport manager Bruce Loy said...
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Dunaway trades in a redshirt for a red jersey
(Local News ~ 09/29/04)
Mark Dunaway expected to spend a rather leisurely freshman football season at Southeast Missouri State University, learning all he could while practicing with the team but not playing in games as he redshirted. But a rash of injuries to Southeast's secondary foiled those plans after two games -- and now the defensive back from Central High School finds himself in the thick of the action with the Indians...
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Weekly spotlight - Matt Schaefer
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/04)
School: Scott City Class: Senior Sport: Football Accomplishment: Schaefer ran for 225 yards on 30 carries Friday night against Brentwood to help lead the Rams to a 31-7 victory. Schaefer has rushed for more than 100 yards in all four of Scott City's games this season, helping Scott City to a 4-0 start. Scott City has already surpassed its win total from last season, and its 4-0 start is the best for Scott City since starting 5-0 in 2000...
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