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Perry County gears up for regular audit
(Local News ~ 05/03/05)
State Auditor Claire McCaskill is requesting information regarding Perry County government. Every four years, the state auditor's office is required to audit all third- and fourth-class counties. McCaskill said the audit will include all elected offices and will cover policies, procedures, finances, contracts and fulfillment of open meetings requirements...
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Cape man shows continued recovery from surgery
(Local News ~ 05/03/05)
It's the little things that are making the biggest difference as Jim Trickey continues to show improvement following an experimental surgery to treat his Lou Gehrig's disease. Trickey, of Cape Girardeau, had surgery last week in Beijing, China, to implant cells into his brain in hopes of regenerating cells damaged by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS...
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Stadium bill facing stiff House resistance
(Local News ~ 05/03/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- With a majority of state representatives opposing a bill that would set aside state tax revenue for professional sports stadiums, House Speaker Rod Jetton said there probably isn't much point in scheduling the measure for chamber debate...
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Salvation Army opens Jackson thrift store
(Local News ~ 05/03/05)
The city of Jackson got a bit more thrifty over the weekend. On Friday, a new Salvation Army thrift store opened on East Jackson Boulevard. Business over the weekend was good, according to Sandra Trapp, a longtime Salvation Army veteran who is helping with the store's operations...
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Lighting the way
(Local News ~ 05/03/05)
Motorists may see red over a national study that gives low marks to the nation's traffic signals, but officials with the city of Cape Girardeau and the Missouri Department of Transportation say their lights aren't the problem. Outdated and inefficient traffic signals force commuters to sit in traffic congestion, waste gasoline and pollute the air, according to the Institute of Transportation Engineers in Washington, D.C...
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Cape to appoint residents to review charter
(Local News ~ 05/03/05)
The Cape Girardeau City Council wants to appoint a committee to review the city charter, but isn't sure yet who should serve on it or what provisions in the municipal government's rules should be reviewed. For the second meeting in two weeks, council members discussed ways to initiate a charter review...
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Anti-litter effort getting slogan, logo, mascot ideas
(Local News ~ 05/03/05)
From a cute drawing of a litter-conscious squirrel to an oil painting depicting a trashy intrusion on a scenic countryside, the community has offered its artistic talents to put some zing in a local campaign to wipe out litter. The Southeast Missourian has received several suggestions from across the region in its effort to come up with a logo, slogan and mascot for the anti-litter effort...
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Annan urges nuclear concessions
(International News ~ 05/03/05)
UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan challenged the United States and Russia on Monday to slash their nuclear arsenals irreversibly to just hundreds of warheads, and urged nonweapons states like Iran to give up potential bomb technology in return for international guarantees of nuclear fuel...
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World digest 05/03/05
(International News ~ 05/03/05)
Taiwan chief asks China to talk to him, not rival; Palestinians raze illegal homes of officials; Italy offers own view on killing of agent in Iraq
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Bunker nurse describes weak, shaking Hitler in final days
(International News ~ 05/03/05)
LONDON -- Adolf Hitler was a shaking, graying, weakened man who "sank into himself" in the final days before his suicide on April 30, 1945, according to the first published account of his nurse, who worked in his bunker as Allied forces closed in on Berlin...
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Blunt appoints former mayor to higher ed board
(State News ~ 05/03/05)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Gov. Matt Blunt has appointed former Jefferson City mayor Duane Schreimann to the Coordinating Board for Higher Education. Blunt's office announced the appointment Monday; it is subject to Senate confirmation. Schreimann practices law at the same firm as Andrew Blunt, the governor's brother. ...
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Afghan stockpile blows up, kills at least 26
(International News ~ 05/03/05)
BASHGAH, Afghanistan -- A warlord's stockpile of explosives detonated in a remote Afghan village Monday, flattening half a dozen houses and a mosque and killing at least 26 people in what appeared to be the deadliest accident of its kind since the ouster of the Taliban regime...
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Damp weather and muddy fields delay crop progress
(State News ~ 05/03/05)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Planting in Missouri fields was delayed over the past week because of damp weather and continued muddy fields, the Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday. Farmers had an average of three days suitable for field work last week, the service said. ...
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Nation digest 05/03/05
(National News ~ 05/03/05)
Florida governor OKs tough child molester bill; Heart patient dies after 2,400-mile bike ride; Psychiatrist: Highway shooter heard voices
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Pfc. England pleads guilty to abuse at Abu Ghraib
(National News ~ 05/03/05)
FORT HOOD, Texas -- Pfc. Lynndie England, the young woman pictured grinning, giving a thumbs-up and holding a naked Iraqi by a leash in some of the most notorious photos to come out of the Abu Ghraib scandal, pleaded guilty Monday to mistreating prisoners...
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Jilted Ga. groom still wants to marry his runaway bride
(National News ~ 05/03/05)
DULUTH, Ga. -- The jilted groom whose bride-to-be ran away four days before their wedding still wants to marry fiancee Jennifer Wilbanks, saying, "Haven't we all made mistakes?" "Just because we haven't walked down the aisle, just because we haven't stood in front of 500 people and said our I Do's, my commitment before God to her was the day I bought that ring and put it on her finger, and I'm not backing down from that," John Mason said Monday in an interview with Fox News' Hannity & Colmes show.. ...
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Central, ND send golfers to state
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/05)
Central junior Blake Driskell won the medalist honors Monday in the Class 4 District 1 golf tournament at Quail Creek in south St. Louis. Driskell, a junior, was the only golfer to break 80, shooting a 78 on the par-72 course. "There were a lot of high scores," Central coach Dick Wadlington said. "It was 38 degrees when they started and windy, and that course is very hard. When Poplar Bluff doesn't have anyone break 80, you know it's hard."...
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Need long-term oil solution
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/03/05)
To the editor: Our Republican Congress has consistently shown it will gladly sacrifice our environment and our nation to benefit corporate donors. The recently passed energy bill promotes energy corporation interests while pretending to help the American public. Once again, legislators duck the real issues and simply pass the bill on to the American taxpayers...
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Jurors need less testimony, more caffeine
(Column ~ 05/03/05)
Trial by jury is a bedrock of America's judicial system. But now it's being eroded by sleeping jurors. A recent Associated Press story reported that a juror in Johnson County, Kan., was dismissed after falling asleep during testimony in a murder trial...
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Cards' late power surge shocks Reds
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/05)
CINCINNATI -- Jim Edmonds hit a three-run homer off closer Danny Graves, and John Mabry added a two-run shot that completed the biggest ninth-inning comeback in St. Louis Cardinals history Monday night, a 10-9 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Ken Griffey Jr.'s disputed homer -- a drive that hit the top of the wall and bounced back -- helped Cincinnati pull ahead 9-3 after eight innings. The Cardinals then sent 12 batters to the plate and scored seven runs in the ninth...
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Union tells Selig it will discuss tougher penalties
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/05)
Twins pitcher Rincon becomes fifth player to test positive for a performance-enhancing substance. The Associated Press NEW YORK -- The baseball players' union told commissioner Bud Selig on Monday that it was willing to talk to him about his call for harsher steroids penalties...
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Mavericks win third straight over Rockets
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/05)
Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 points, and Dallas withstood a late charge by the visiting Houston Rockets to win 103-100 at home and take a 3-2 lead in a series the Mavericks began with two losses. Dallas has two chances to join the 1969 Lakers and 1994 Rockets as the only teams to win a seven-game series after dropping the first two at home. Game 6 in their Western Conference matchup is Thursday night in Houston...
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Negotiators agree on Medicaid cuts
(State News ~ 05/03/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Occasional eye exams are in, but not the glasses. Motorized wheelchairs will be covered, but not the batteries to run them. That's the real-life effect for thousands of Missourians under a budget plan agreed to Monday by legislative negotiators that cuts the services available through the state's Medicaid health-care program...
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Bellefontaine center getting funds -- for now
(State News ~ 05/03/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Parents of residents at the Bellefontaine Habilitation Center have seen no indication the residential center for the disabled will remain open long-term, but they said Monday that budget funding to keep the site open another year buys time to continue the fight...
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Out of the past 5/3/05
(Out of the Past ~ 05/03/05)
25 years ago: May 3, 1980 CHAFFEE, Mo. -- An antique hearse carrying the casket of legendary Diamond Jim Razor Jr. parades through Chaffee to the accompaniment of three drummers; the hearse is just one of many entries in a parade which officially kicks off the town's summerlong 75th anniversary celebration...
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Missouri's wines
(Editorial ~ 05/03/05)
Because of marketing, publicity and volume, France is still considered by many Americans to be the home of fine wines. As for wines produced in this country, California is more than likely the state that comes to mind when thinking of vineyards. But wine is produced in many states, including Missouri and Illinois. There are more than 40 wineries in Missouri, including three in this area: River Ridge near Commerce, Tower Rock near Altenburg and Hermann in Brazeau...
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Sports briefs 5/3/05
(Other Sports ~ 05/03/05)
Baseball...
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Landlord's boss says no to dog
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/03/05)
To the editor: I have a sister who's crippled. Her doctor wrote a statement for her to have a support dog. Her landlord's boss will not let a blind person have a seeing-eye dog, much less an aid dog for my sister. By law, no one can be deprived of having what her doctor ordered. This is making it where she is not listening to her doctor. She has a doctor's appointment this week, and her doctor will have a hissy...
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Values demand informed science
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/03/05)
To the editor: The United States has an impressive history of investing in the capabilities and respecting the independence of scientists. This legacy has brought us sustained economic progress, science-based public health policy and unequaled scientific leadership within the global community. ...
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Speak Out 5/3/05
(Speak Out ~ 05/03/05)
Awesome performance; Spending priorities; Justice for workers; Hurting his chances; Makes day brighter; Waiting for apology; Better fuel habits; Thanks for checkbook; She made amends; Spending caution; Better than the Fox; Attention to Iraq; Part-time smoke free; Stop the vandalism
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Woodroe Norman
(Obituary ~ 05/03/05)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Woodroe W. Norman, 64, of East Prairie died Sunday, May 1, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Feb. 11, 1941, near East Prairie, son of James Edward and Elsie Marie Burns Norman. He and Willie Bea Moore were married July 1, 1961, at East Prairie...
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Addison Steele
(Obituary ~ 05/03/05)
Addison Elizabeth Steele was stillborn Thursday, March 17, 2005, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Ill. Survivors include her parents, Nicholas and Laura Squires Steele of Girard, Ill.; two brothers, Ryan and Brady Steele of the home; maternal grandmother and stepgrandfather, Lori and Paul Newberry of Springfield; paternal grandparents, Ron and Kaye Steele of Girard; maternal great-grandmother, Mary Gorham of Cape Girardeau, and paternal great-grandmother, Betty Schnapp of Waterloo, Ill...
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Births 5/3/05
(Births ~ 05/03/05)
Dittmer; Grieshop; Cotner; Claywell; Schrum; Davis
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Learning briefs 5/3/05
(Local News ~ 05/03/05)
Smoking essay contest announces local winners; Saxony artists recognized at recent art shows; Miinch receives two scholarships to Ole Miss; Area student named All-American Scholar; Laxton sisters receive scholarships to Concordia; Advance student named distinguished scholar; Sophomore pilgrimage includes area students; Jackson senior gets scholarship to SEMO; Cummins qualifies for Who's Who honor society
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Fire reports 5/3/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/03/05)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday: * At 7:11 p.m., emergency medical service at 325 Merriwether. * At 11:42 p.m., emergency medical service at 400 Elm St. Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday: * At 12:20 a.m., emergency medical service at 511 Bellevue St...
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Police reports 5/3/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/03/05)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released Monday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI * Susan J. Bevington, 45, 2751 HawthorneRoad, was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Arrests * Logan D. Kirby, 24, of Festus, Mo., was arrested on a Jefferson County warrant for failing to appear for driving while suspended...
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Budget writers agree to fund biosciences building
(State News ~ 05/03/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State budget writers have approved seed money for a new building that would house a biosciences pharmaceutical firm at Northwest Missouri State University. Budget negotiators agreed Monday to appropriate $1.1 million for the project next fiscal year -- the first of what would be 15 similar annual subsidies to help pay off the construction debt...
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Police- Poplar Bluff man kills wife, then himself
(Local News ~ 05/03/05)
Daily American Republic POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- An ongoing domestic dispute between a Poplar Bluff couple ended Sunday with both dying in an apparent murder-suicide. Gary L. Jones, 37, is believed to have shot his 32-year-old wife, Yolanda Kaye Jones, before later turning the gun on himself inside their residence in the 900 block of Henderson Avenue, according to police reports...
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Religious leaders calling for day of prayer Thursday
(Local News ~ 05/03/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Local religious leaders are calling Sikeston to pray on Thursday in honor of the 54th annual National Day of Prayer. The National Day of Prayer begins with the Kiwanis Club's prayer breakfast set for 6:30 a.m. at the First Christian Church. The Sikeston Ministerial Alliance is urging residents to meet at noon Thursday at the Sikeston City Hall for a time of prayer. The Tanner Street Church of God is also hosting a community prayer session from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m...
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Cape Girardeau City Council action
(Local News ~ 05/03/05)
Consent ordinances Second and third readings) * Approved the record plat of Rock Creek Meadows Townhouses Phase 3. * Approved the record plat of Orchard Park. * Set an election to extend the half-cent transportation sales tax for another five years...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen action
(Local News ~ 05/03/05)
Action items * Set a public hearing for May 16 to discuss the city's submission of an application for a Community Development Block Grant. * Authorized a contractual agreement with the Cape Girardeau Area MAGNET board. * Accepted a construction deed from David Mitchell Kinder for the Elwanda Drive sewer project...
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Near or far?
(Local News ~ 05/03/05)
Stanford is close to home in California, more laid back and seems to offer more of the programs Aman Kumar wants to pursue. But Princeton offers an idyllic campus and would show him a different part of the world. Acceptance letters in hand, thousands of high school students are wrestling this week with final college decisions, due Sunday. ...
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Notes on Britain's campaign trail
(Community ~ 05/03/05)
LONDON -- In the past four weeks Tony Blair, Michael Howard and Charles Kennedy have schlepped across the United Kingdom campaigning to be Britain's next prime minister. ...
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Columbia church calls rejection of cross display discrimination
(State News ~ 05/03/05)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- City officials here have rejected a church's proposal for a towering display of crosses, claiming it is a tall advertisement for its denomination. Community United Methodist Church had plans to erect three crosses on its property. The largest is 30 feet tall, with a 13-foot flame at the top. Columbia authorities rejected the plan, saying signs in the area can be only 12 feet high...
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Columbia man among four soldiers killed by homemade bomb in Iraq
(State News ~ 05/03/05)
FORT CARSON, Colo. -- A Columbia, Mo., soldier was among four soldiers killed when a homemade bomb exploded near their vehicle in Iraq, the Army said Monday. First Lt. William A. Edens, 29, of Columbia, died Thursday in Tal Afar, Iraq, when the bomb detonated near his Stryker military vehicle...
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Dessert shop worker injured on the job; customer finds finger
(State News ~ 05/03/05)
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- A man who ordered a pint of frozen chocolate custard in a dessert shop got a nasty surprise inside -- a piece of severed finger lost by an employee in an accident. Unlike a recent incident at a Wendy's restaurant in California, no questions of truth have been raised about the finger found in a package from Kohl's Frozen Custard...
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ND wins with 1-2 punch
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/05)
Through its first two games of the SEMO Conference baseball tournament, Notre Dame picked up two victories on only seven hits and three runs...
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Special attention: Rams took different approach in draft
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Upgrading horrid special teams has been a priority for the St. Louis Rams since the end of last season. After the team finished last or next-to-last in every category in an 8-8 season, the team's draft day strategy incorporated filling that area of need along with improving depth at various positions...
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Time and money: Experts say young adults need to save more
(National News ~ 05/03/05)
CHICAGO -- At 24, Jeffrey Berman is in better financial shape than many of his peers. He has no student loans, thanks to his parents, and about $1,200 in credit card debt, which he plans to pay off with his income tax return. He also just started contributing $85 a month to his 401(k) -- an amount he considers paltry, but better than nothing...
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Getting that summer glow
(Community ~ 05/03/05)
Springtime is somewhat upon us. I say somewhat because I'm not sure whether to go outside wearing shorts and sandals or a parka and snow boots. But hey, that's Missouri! What I am sure of, however, is that my skin has the healthy glow of Elmer's glue and that I won't fit in with the tan crowd at all when I go to Cancun in May...
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