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Scott City police purchase Tasers
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
The Scott City Police Department recently purchased two Taser guns with money received from private funds, police chief Don Cobb announced at Monday's Scott City Council meeting. This is the first time the department has had Tasers, which are able to send an electrical charge from 21 feet. ...
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Council may try to save part of bridge
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
Cape Girardeau city officials may try to preserve the concrete entrance to the old Mississippi River bridge as an overlook where visitors could get a good look at the landscape. The concrete section that stands at the end of Morgan Oak Street is scheduled to be demolished as work continues on toppling the rest of the bridge...
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Cape council OKs task force, temporary pet permit
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
A new task force will look at possible revisions to a new animal-control law, the Cape Girardeau city council decided Monday night while approving a temporary permit for one couple who have five dogs and want to provide foster care for strays. "We are in large part to blame for not having the proper language in there," Mayor Jay Knudtson...
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Runner uses freedom of speech
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/05/04)
To the editor: I write to publicly thank Southeast Missouri State University's Dr. Glenn Williams for organizing the second annual Freedom of Speech Run. The race is a proud event that celebrates our First Amendment rights, which I exercised on the course at about mile two and a half. There, a volunteer and a police officer were standing on a corner. I raised my arm to high-five them as I ran by, but only the volunteer, who was doing an outstanding job, high-fived me...
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Harold Nothdurft
(Obituary ~ 10/05/04)
Harold L. Nothdurft, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born April 27, 1919, in Cape Girardeau, son of Otto H. and Ida Ulrich Nothdurft. He and Jewell P. Nelson were married Aug. 13, 1939, in Cape Girardeau. She died Jan. 18, 1981...
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Lucille Cook
(Obituary ~ 10/05/04)
Lucille Cook, 82, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 28, 1921, at Whitewater, daughter of Lee and Ida Barks Huffman. She and Ruthford Cook were married Dec. 24, 1938. He died Dec. 30, 1980...
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Jack Fisher
(Obituary ~ 10/05/04)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Jack M. Fisher, 53, of Glenallen died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 25, 1951, at Gideon, Mo., son of Ruben and Nellie Crutchfield Fisher. He and Susan Robbins were married April 2, 1976, at Clubb, Mo...
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William Moll
(Obituary ~ 10/05/04)
ST. MARY, Mo. -- William Vincent Moll, 91, of St. Mary died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004, at Jackie Lowes. He was born April 28, 1913, at Silver Lake, Mo., son of Henry and Elizabeth McLain Moll. He and Viola M. Weinrich were married July 17, 1948. She died July 6, 1998...
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Donald Smith
(Obituary ~ 10/05/04)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Donald Joe Smith, 69, of Cobden died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, at his home. He was born Oct. 20, 1934, at Cobden, son of Herbert L. and Edith Smith. He and Pat Whitney were married March 12, 1966, in Cobden. Smith was retired from Choate Mental Health and Development Center and Heartland Harvest...
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Preston McKinley
(Obituary ~ 10/05/04)
Preston Lee McKinley, 48, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Oct. 4, 2004, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Dec. 13, 1955, in Sikeston, son of Horace Lee and Joyce Ezzell McKinley. He and Becky Perry Way were married Feb. 13, 2001. Formerly of Bertrand, Mo., he moved to Cape Girardeau in 2001. He was employed in construction...
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Richard Bennett
(Obituary ~ 10/05/04)
THEBES, Ill. -- Richard Dwain Bennett, 67, of Wheatfield, Ind., died suddenly Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, at Porter Memorial Hospital. He was born July 8, 1937, at Thebes, son of Richard Hugh and Zelva Dunning Bennett. He and Shirley Simpkins were married Aug. 24, 1957...
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Russell Gardiner
(Obituary ~ 10/05/04)
Russell M. Gardiner, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004, at the home of a son. He was born Feb. 19, 1926, in Sparta, Ill., son of Melvin and Elsie Hopke Gardiner. Gardiner was a regional sales representative more than 26 years with Lewis Brothers Bakery. He was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral and VFW Post 3838...
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Out of the past 10/5/04
(Out of the Past ~ 10/05/04)
25 years ago: Oct. 5, 1979 A proposal from the state Coordinating Board for Higher Education that could result in asking that budgets for laboratory schools at four state universities be cut in half for the 1980-1981 school year is a "hard pill for us to swallow," says Southeast Missouri State University interim president Bill Stacy; proposed budget would cut funding for Southeast's University School by almost half to $280,640...
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Births 10/5/04
(Births ~ 10/05/04)
Frazer Son to Deanna Lynne Frazer of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 8:38 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004. Name, Ayden James Gross. Weight, 7 pounds 2 ounces. Second child, first son. Ms. Frazer is the former Deanna Gross, daughter of Bonnie Gross of Evansville, Ill., and Joyce Gross of Red Bud, Ill. She is a waitress...
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Volcano blows off more steam
(National News ~ 10/05/04)
MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash. -- Mount St. Helens blew off more steam Monday, shooting a billowing white plume several hundred feet above the volcano and thrilling hundreds of visitors who had gathered below the rumbling mountain. "Wow. ...
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Kerry stakes out strong Iraq plan
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/05/04)
To the editor: In the first presidential debate, I was hoping to hear two things. First, I wanted to hear John Kerry lay out his plans for the future of Iraq and for winning the war on terror. I wasn't disappointed. Kerry staked out a strong plan for peace in Iraq as well as the rest of the world...
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Nation digest 10/05/04
(National News ~ 10/05/04)
Four soldiers charged in Iraqi general's death FORT CARSON, Colo. -- The Army charged four soldiers with murder Monday, accusing them of suffocating an Iraqi general during an interrogation last fall. Chief Warrant Officers Jefferson L. Williams and Lewis E. ...
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'Psycho' victim Janet Leigh dead at 77
(Entertainment ~ 10/05/04)
LOS ANGELES -- Janet Leigh's most famous scene was so terrifying it put her off showers for the rest of her life. Leigh, who died Sunday, insisted she always took baths after seeing the finished cut of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," in which her character was slashed to death in a motel shower in what may be the silver screen's most memorable murder...
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Americans win Nobel for studies on sense of smell
(International News ~ 10/05/04)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- American researchers Dr. Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday for their work on the sense of smell -- showing how, for example, a person can smell a lilac in the spring and recall it in the winter...
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Crops outpace last year's development
(State News ~ 10/05/04)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Most major state crops are developing faster than usual, the Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday. Maturation of corn, soybean and rice crops is ahead of both last year and the average, according to the state. Ninety-nine percent of corn has reached maturity, ahead of the five-year average of 97 percent and a few days faster than last year...
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Business digest 10/05/04
(National News ~ 10/05/04)
Factory orders down for first time in four months WASHINGTON -- Orders placed with U.S. factories fell for the first time in four months, the Commerce Department said Monday, with demand dropping sharply for commercial airplanes and parts. Factory orders declined by 0.1 percent in August, following an increase of 1.7 percent in July. ...
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Posters spread info on partner abuse
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
What the hell's wrong with you? Don't you ever shut up? The hateful sentences are written in the shape of a knife and a fist upon posters around the Southeast Missouri State University campus. The message: Abuse isn't always physical. Southeast Missouri State, along with the state attorney general's office and Verizon Wireless, has started an on-campus campaign on partner abuse awareness...
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A proper funeral
(Editorial ~ 10/05/04)
The loss of any loved one can be a trying time for a family. But the loss of a family member serving in the military can be especially difficult. And to know that a son or daughter has been killed in a war when no body is recovered is the worst scenario of all...
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Central tennis ends with 14-0 dual mark
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/04)
The Central girls tennis team completed its regular season with a 14-0 record in dual matches after beating visiting Sikeston 8-1 on Monday afternoon. The Tigers won five of the six singles and swept the three doubles matches. Central will compete in the nine-team Class 2 District 1 tournament Thursday at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center in Forest Park in St. Louis...
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Debate sent a strong message
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/05/04)
To the editor: Perhaps the president's poor performance in the first debate was really a ruse to lower the expectations for the remaining debates. Deviousness and deceit are not desirable substitutes for calm, intelligent reasoning in our president. The message is: Anybody but Bush...
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Purple Heart facts sound dubious
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/05/04)
To the editor: If, as W.K. Zellmer suggested in his recent letter to the editor, John Kerry "put himself in for a Purple Heart" for "inadvertently and rather ignominiously" shooting "himself in the butt" in an effort to evade further combat duty because "three Purple Hearts got you reassigned," then I'm confused as to why I should support John Kerry, our troops or our political process. ...
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Voters simply don't care that much
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/05/04)
To the editor: Regarding James Nall's Sept. 25 letter: Of course America is treated like a 10-year-old child by politicians, but not because people are dumb. People simply do not care. The average American has no interest in what is happening in the world or even within the United States. The average person wants to come home and sit in front of the TV and pass the evening away watching sitcoms and munching on potato chips. And they are quite happy to leave the details to their politicians...
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Speak out 9/30/04
(Speak Out ~ 10/05/04)
Smokers have rights IN RESPONSE to the recent comment about smoking at the SEMO District Fair: I don't like the smoking. I am a nonsmoker, but my husband is a smoker. But the fair covers a great big area. That's like going into the park and not being able to smoke in the park. You can't regulate smoking everywhere. If you don't like breathing second-hand smoke when you're in a public area, you should move somewhere else. Smokers do have rights...
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Area sports digest 10/5/04
(Other Sports ~ 10/05/04)
Scramble concludes ladies day schedule Betty Price, Priscilla Kirby and Kathy Morris formed the first-place team in the Cape Girardeau Country Club Ladies Day three-person scramble Thursday. The event concluded the ladies day events for the year. Two teams tied for second: Marlena Jones, Keiko Fujiwara and Phyllis Seabaugh formed one of those teams; Beth Mapes, Jean Mabrey and Sarah Cochrane formed the other...
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Sports briefs 10/5/04
(Other Sports ~ 10/05/04)
Baseball n Bob Melvin was fired as manager of the Seattle Mariners on Monday, a day after the team ended the season with its 99th loss. Melvin, who lasted two seasons, was told of the decision during a morning meeting at Safeco Field, and general manager Bill Bavasi called a news conference for later in the day...
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Supreme Court wades into dispute over unsettled prison sentence
(National News ~ 10/05/04)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court appeared poised Monday to alter the system used for sentencing 64,000 federal criminal defendants a year, but justices clashed over whether changes would create greater inequity. Judges, not juries, consider factors that can add years to defendants' prison sentences, under the government's 17-year-old system which has been challenged as unconstitutional...
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Woody leads Cards' playoff charge
(Professional Sports ~ 10/05/04)
ST. LOUIS -- Almost two months into the season, Woody Williams was so disgusted with his performance that retirement seemed to make sense. Flash forward, and find him as the deserving starter for the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1 of the NL playoffs Tuesday against Odalis Perez and the Los Angeles Dodgers...
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Rocket plane again reaches space
(National News ~ 10/05/04)
MOJAVE, Calif. -- A stout, star-spangled rocket plane broke through the Earth's atmosphere to the edge of space Monday for the second time in five days, capturing a $10 million prize aimed at opening the final frontier to tourists. The privately built SpaceShipOne took off underneath the belly of a mother plane that carried it about nine miles over the Mojave Desert. ...
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Seniors take rightful place at end of Activity Week
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
Sell. Sell. Sell. Everyone sell. Sell everything from candy bars to mums. The students at Notre Dame Regional High School began the gigantic fund-raising effort known as "Activity Week" on Sept. 17. Each class competes to see who can raise the most money. The week started when everyone in the school came together to find out what the theme would be...
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Home never seemed so far away
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
One of the strangest aspects about being abroad for an extended period of time is the disconnect that has developed between me and events back in the states. Like a fading pulse, it has become increasingly difficult to get a feel for what's going on back home. The reasons, of which there are many (geographical, cultural, emotional, etc.), have all conspired to make me feel even farther away from home than I actually am. This distance is especially pronounced in regards to current events...
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Learning to cope... en Francais
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
Psychologists define learning as "a more or less permanent change in behavior, or a behavioral tendency, as a result of experience." I have been taking advantage of this opportunity to learn the French language and experience the French culture, as well as better understand myself...
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Candidates differ on tort reform details
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
Editor's note: This is the third in a six-part weekly series examining key issues in the Missouri governor's race. By Marc Powers ~ Southeast Missourian JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Overhauling Missouri's civil litigation system has been the legislative Holy Grail for Republicans since they took control of the legislature in 2003. Thus far, the quest has twice been thwarted by gubernatorial veto...
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Senate hopefuls set broadcast debate
(National News ~ 10/05/04)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The only scheduled broadcast debate of Missouri's U.S. Senate campaign is set for Oct. 12 at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Republican incumbent Kit Bond and Democratic challenger Nancy Farmer will be joined at the university's Jesse Hall by Libertarian nominee Kevin Tull and Constitution Party nominee Don Griffin, organizers said Monday...
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Lifeless defense - Indians rank last among Div. I-AA schools
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
Southeast Missouri State University football coach Tim Billings entered the season thinking this would be the Indians' best defense since he took over the program in 2000. But right now, Billings would give anything for his defense to simply not rank as the worst he's had in Cape Girardeau -- and perhaps the worst in school history...
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Veep debate takes on increased importance
(National News ~ 10/05/04)
WASHINGTON -- Usually just a campaign sideshow, this year's vice presidential debate has taken on new life as a high-stakes showdown in a tightening presidential race. Dick Cheney's mission is to slow John Kerry's sudden momentum, while John Edwards' assignment is to feed doubts about President Bush's handling of Iraq and the economy...
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Leopold sweeps aside Woodland
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/04)
The Wildcats rallied to victory in the first set and then rode the momentum. By Toby Carrig ~ Southeast Missourian MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- First, Leopold stole Woodland's momentum. Next, the Wildcats were able to unleash Amber Nenninger. That combination was too much for the Cardinals in Leopold's 26-24, 25-11 victory Monday night at Woodland...
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Santa has steady job at Holiday World
(Column ~ 10/05/04)
Ho. Ho. Ho. Santa's got a permanent job at Holiday World. Of course, that's not surprising since the theme park -- billed as the world's first theme park -- is in Santa Claus, Ind. The small, rural town appears to have cornered the market on Santa statues. They're everywhere. Nearby is the Santa Lodge, complete with Christmas lights year round and a giant Santa statue on the front lawn...
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Jackson accepts soccer park property
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
The City of Jackson officially owns a soccer park. The Jackson Board of Aldermen passed handful of ordinances Monday night, accepting 28 acres of property from the Jackson Industrial Development Corporation. A contractor set up equipment on Monday and will begin work today, city engineer Dan Triller said...
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Learning briefs 10/5/04
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
Marching Tigers take part in band competition The Central High School Marching Tigers recently competed in a band competition in Farmington, Mo. A total of 10 bands competed in the gold division against Central. The school's drum majors placed first in their category, and the band placed fifth...
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West Virginia school experiments with same-sex classes
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Thirteen-year-old Virginia Marker was always the kind of student who wanted to get lost in the crowd, hoping teachers wouldn't call on her. That was until this year when Stonewall Jackson Middle School decided to separate its 610 boys and girls into single-sex classes for part of the day. Only weeks into the one-year experiment, Marker has improved her D average in math to a C...
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Cape fire report 10/05/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/05/04)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following items Saturday: At 6:58 p.m., illegal burn at 628 Olive St. At 7:49 p.m., emergency medical service at Broadway and Caruthers Avenue. Firefighters responded to the following items Sunday: At 6:54 a.m., emergency medical service in the 300 block of South Kingshighway...
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Cape police report 10/05/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/05/04)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released Monday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Flora Jean Riley, 35, 105 C North St., Wilson City, Mo., was arrested on Cape Girardeau warrants for contempt of court for failure to pay fines for improper registration and no proof of insurance...
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World briefs 10/5/04
(International News ~ 10/05/04)
Bombings, shootings in northeastern India kill 63 GAUHATI, India -- Sleeping villagers heard men outside their huts, calling them to come out. They stumbled into the early morning darkness Monday and the intruders began firing automatic weapons, killing six people and wounding seven. ...
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Cape Girardeau City Council action 10/5/04
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL ACTION Proclamation Council recognized centennial of Southeast Missourian newspaper with a proclamation. Consent ordinances (Second and third readings) Approved the acquisition of property for the improvement of Vantage Drive west of Farrar Drive, and Farrar Drive north of William Street...
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Afghan women on firing line for the suffrage of their sisters
(International News ~ 10/05/04)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Thirty Afghan women leaned forward on their plastic chairs Monday as an instructor showed them how to count votes and seal them away to keep the country's first presidential election as fair as possible. "There might be journalists and foreigners watching, so be professional," Rahima Wasifi told the class during a crash course ahead of Saturday's vote...
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Car bombs kill 24 in Iraq; seat of U.S. authority targeted
(International News ~ 10/05/04)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Insurgents unleashed a pair of powerful car bombs Monday near the symbol of U.S. authority in Iraq -- the Green Zone, where the U.S. Embassy and key government offices are located -- and hotels occupied by hundreds of foreigners. Two other explosions brought the day's bombing toll to at least 24 dead and more than 100 wounded...
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Letting the sunshine in
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
Questions about how to conduct public meetings through Internet chat rooms or e-mail and whether those meetings are open to the public have long posed legal quandaries for school boards and city and county governing boards. But revisions to Missouri's Sunshine Law bring the statute into the technology age...
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Luncheon to connect employers, applicants
(Local News ~ 10/05/04)
Few things are more frustrating to someone looking for a job than dropping off a resume or application to a prospective employer and then never hearing back from them. That's the frustration that the Southeast Missouri Career Center is trying to alleviate...
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Rams give running game equal time in road win
(Professional Sports ~ 10/05/04)
ST. LOUIS -- For at least one game, the pass-happy Rams relied on the running game. But as far as coach Mike Martz was concerned, "fast and furious" still applied. A week after coming under heavy criticism for a game plan that featured 49 passes and just 15 runs in a 28-25 overtime loss at home against New Orleans, Martz used the run early and often in a 24-14 win Sunday night at San Francisco, evening the Rams' record at 2-2...
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