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Those hurt in accident out of hospital
(Local News ~ 05/25/05)
Seven people involved in the five-vehicle accident that left one dead Monday were treated and released at local hospitals, according to Cape Girardeau police. Michael Miller Roberts, 62, died in the accident at the intersection of William Street and Kingshighway. His Chrysler Sebring rear-ended a van, ricocheted into two other vehicles, and sent a wheel into a Chevrolet Blazer on Kingshighway...
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Regents to vote on higher Southeast tuition
(Local News ~ 05/25/05)
Southeast Missouri State University wants to raise tuition by $9 a credit hour for in-state students and $18 a credit hour for out-of-state students to help balance its main operating budget for the coming fiscal year. The board of regents is scheduled to vote on the tuition increase when it meets at 1:30 p.m. today at the University Center...
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MoDOT anticipates record construction
(State News ~ 05/25/05)
Missouri motorists won't have any trouble finding a highway work zone this summer. "This summer we will literally have a thousand work zones," Missouri Transportation Department director Pete Rahn said during a visit to Cape Girardeau Tuesday. "That's an unprecedented level of construction in the state."...
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The dentist's disco
(Local News ~ 05/25/05)
The sign outside an abandoned building on Second Street in the Old Illmo section of Scott City says "Viking Post 168." From the outside there's nothing special about the brick building with mirrored windows that members of a fraternal organization once called home. But like all old buildings, it has a story to tell...
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Cape group seeks to create more neighborly downtown
(Local News ~ 05/25/05)
One neighborhood in downtown Cape Girardeau is trying to bridge a socio-economic gap through the power of hot dogs and neighborly conversation. Volunteers will fire up the grills June 2 for Neighborhood Connections, a community meet-and-greet event that they hope will improve unity among neighbors in the city blocks between Spanish, Sprigg, North and Independence streets. ...
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Acting someone else's age
(Column ~ 05/25/05)
There's nothing like a weeklong visit from a 20-something to remind you you're a 30-something. Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't re-live my 20s for anything. Too much drama. Plus, I feel like I'm starting to get a few things figured out. Maybe in another 35 years I'll really know something...
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Finis- Agassi sent packing
(Professional Sports ~ 05/25/05)
PARIS -- His back rigid, his feet shuffling in stutter steps, his face contorted from a burning pain down his leg, Andre Agassi arrived at a crisis in his career. His future in tennis hinges not so much on his age, 35, as on the inflamed sciatic nerve that flared up and rendered him helpless in the middle of his first-round match at the French Open. ...
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Missouri probes cheating on tests
(State News ~ 05/25/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State education officials have looked into 19 allegations of cheating and improper procedures on standardized tests given by schools this spring. Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education spokesman Jim Morris said Tuesday that the number of incidents is typical in a given year, and that only a few amounted to cheating by school officials, with test results tossed out. ...
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Juror says ex-officer's story not believable
(State News ~ 05/25/05)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Jurors didn't believe the testimony of a former Columbia police officer convicted of killing a gay college student with whom he had an affair, a jury member says. Jared Buchan was on the jury that convicted Steven Rios, 28, Saturday of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Jesse Valencia, 23. The Clay County jurors were brought to Boone County to hear the case presented by Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle...
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Oklahoma St. drops to No. 6 seed
(Professional Sports ~ 05/25/05)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- With the losses beginning to pile up, it would be easy for Oklahoma State to head into the Big 12 baseball tournament thinking of the worst. Having been there before, the Cowboys know they're capable of resurrecting a disappointing season...
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Rams try to continue late-season surge
(High School Sports ~ 05/25/05)
The wait has been long for Scott City high school baseball fans. While the Rams have five state final four berths in their program's history, they had not been in the state tournament in more than a decade. After 13 years without a district title, the Rams took care of business in the Class 2 District 2 tournament last week and will face East Prairie today in a sectional game. Scott City (10-9) will travel to East Prairie (19-2) for a 4:30 p.m. start...
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Milwaukee wins No. 1 pick in draft
(Professional Sports ~ 05/25/05)
SECAUCUS, N.J. -- After a season of injuries, the Milwaukee Bucks finally had something go right as they won the NBA lottery on Tuesday night and earned the right to pick first in the draft next month. The Bucks had only a 6.3 percent chance of winning the lottery, but a couple of lucky charms provided by fans and carried by general manager Larry Harris helped Milwaukee jump over five teams to win its first lottery since 1994, the year they took Glenn Robinson...
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Mandated rests cooled off the Heat's superstar
(Professional Sports ~ 05/25/05)
MIAMI -- Relief was the overwhelming sensation Ben Wallace felt when he saw Shaquille O'Neal sent to the bench for a rest just six minutes into the first quarter of Game 1. "Four dunks," Wallace said. "I don't think he looked like he was winded at all."...
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Spurs head home with 2-0 series lead
(Professional Sports ~ 05/25/05)
PHOENIX -- The only way Tim Duncan's aching ankles are going to feel better is with rest, and the only way he'll get it is if the San Antonio Spurs sweep the Western Conference finals. Thanks to Duncan, they're halfway there. And they're heading back to San Antonio, where the Phoenix Suns -- this season's best road team -- will have to deal with a 2-0 series deficit against the NBA's toughest team at home...
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Moment of silence for the 1-iron
(Professional Sports ~ 05/25/05)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The club stands out only because there is no other like it on the shelves at the David Gates Golf Superstore. Amid neatly arranged rows of drivers, fairway metals, the new craze of hybrids and an assortment of wedges, is a Top-Flite X2000 iron with a "1" printed on the sole...
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State digest 05/25/05
(State News ~ 05/25/05)
Three Rivers to open center in Sikeston; Feds urge governor to veto real estate bill; Vatican accepts Kansas City bishop's resignation; Former teacher of year sentenced in drug case
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Iran reverses itself; reformers allowed to run for president
(International News ~ 05/25/05)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Under pressure from Iran's supreme leader, the country's hard-line watchdog reversed itself Tuesday and said two reformist candidates can run in next month's presidential race -- defusing a brewing crisis that had sparked fears of a boycott...
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Cards top Pirates in 12 innings
(Professional Sports ~ 05/25/05)
ST. LOUIS -- A pair of soft, well-placed hits helped the St. Louis Cardinals keep up their domination of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Yadier Molina bounced a game-winning single off Jose Mesa in the 12th inning for a 2-1 victory Tuesday night, their 11th straight over the Pirates. Reggie Sanders, who had flared a leadoff single in front of right fielder Matt Lawton, scored the winning run...
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Jackson loses 2-0 lead, falls 3-2 to Howell
(High School Sports ~ 05/25/05)
Coming into Tuesday's girls soccer Class 2 sectional at Jackson, the Indians had allowed just 14 goals in 22 games. With that in mind, Jackson coach Zack Walton changed his formation to a more defensive set heading into the second half with a 2-0 lead over Francis Howell. ...
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Defying Bush, House passes stem-cell bill
(National News ~ 05/25/05)
WASHINGTON -- Ignoring President Bush's veto threat, the House voted Tuesday to lift limits on embryonic stem-cell research, a measure supporters said could accelerate cures for diseases but opponents viewed as akin to abortion. Bush called the bill a mistake and said he would veto it. The House approved it by a 238-194 vote, far short of the two-thirds majority that would be needed to override a veto...
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Notre Dame's upset bid of No. 1 Pius fails in 2OT
(High School Sports ~ 05/25/05)
The Bulldogs' season ended with a 3-2 loss. The Notre Dame soccer team came within perhaps an inch of an overtime victory against the state's No. 1 Class 1 soccer team. Instead, Festus St. Pius scored in the final minutes of the second overtime for a 3-2 victory Tuesday in a state sectional round game at Notre Dame Regional High School...
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Man accused of kidnapping teenager booted from courtroom
(National News ~ 05/25/05)
SALT LAKE CITY -- A street preacher charged with kidnapping teenager Elizabeth Smart was removed from court Tuesday after shouting Biblical admonitions, the fifth time he has been removed from hearings. Brian David Mitchell was in his defense chair only seconds before the outburst: "Awaken, arise Israel. Come forth, Babylon. Repent, repent for the kingdom."...
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New infection holds computer files hostage
(National News ~ 05/25/05)
WASHINGTON -- The latest threat to computer users doesn't destroy data or steal passwords -- it locks up a person's electronic documents, effectively holding them hostage, and demands $200 over the Internet to get them back. Security researchers at San Diego-based Websense Inc. uncovered the unusual extortion plot when a corporate customer they would not identify fell victim to the infection, which encrypted files that included documents, photographs and spreadsheets...
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Business digest 05/25/05
(National News ~ 05/25/05)
Jury for HealthSouth CEO stumped by key count; Sales of existing homes in April hit all-time high; Air France orders five Boeing cargo planes; Federated, May stores schedule votes on merger; 'Blink' credit cards being tested in Georgia
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Japanese number puzzle Sudoku conquers Britain
(International News ~ 05/25/05)
LONDON -- Britain has a new addiction. Hunched over newspapers on crowded subway trains, sneaking secret peeks in the office, a puzzle-crazy nation is trying to slot numbers into small checkerboard grids. It's Sudoku -- a sort of crossword without words that has consumed the country...
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Compromise clears way for vote on nominee Owen
(National News ~ 05/25/05)
WASHINGTON -- Breaking years of gridlock, the Senate on Tuesday cleared the way for confirmation of Priscilla Owen to the U.S. appeals court amid fresh debate over an ambiguous compromise on President Bush's current and future judicial nominees. "I appreciate the fact I'm finally going to get a vote," said Owen, swiftly invited to the White House for a presidential show of support. "She is my friend and more importantly she is a great judge," said Bush, a fellow Texan...
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Out of the past 5/25/05
(Out of the Past ~ 05/25/05)
25 years ago: May 25, 1980 The Rev. Russell A. Anderson is guest speaker at services at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Jackson Route 2, and Christ Lutheran Church at Gordonville. Joe Bowers and Ed Britt of Nashville, Tenn., a singing team, is featured at the New McKendree United Methodist Church leading the congregation in both contemporary and traditional music...
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Sports briefs 5/25/05
(Other Sports ~ 05/25/05)
Baseball...
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Iraq War comes at a huge price
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/25/05)
To the editor: According to some members of the current administration, America invaded Iraq with questionable intelligence and without adequate research of Islamic frame of reference or attention to creditable military advice. The future now portends a possible civil war, creating a continuing need for American expenditures of money (borrowed from international creditors and the Social Security trust fund) along with the blood of America's finest...
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Asbestos bill has dire consequences
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/25/05)
To the editor: The U.S. Senate is set to debate a far-reaching piece of legislation that will have a dampening effect on hundred of businesses across our state. I refer to the pending Specter-Leahy bill (Senate Bill 852) that would force businesses to pay into an asbestos trust fund. Unfortunately, this business penalty is not tied to its percentage of liability...
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Hard work, personal service pay off
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/25/05)
To the editor: Our staff at the Do It Best Retail Service Center here on Nash Road greatly appreciates your article on Donnie Roth and the future of the Scott City hardware store. In addition to being an integral member of the Scott City community, Roth Hardware has been a loyal and important member of our hardware distribution family. Many of our employees are regular customers at the store as well as personal friends and great admirers of Donnie and his family...
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Big success for preservationists
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/25/05)
To the editor: I would like to give my sincerest thanks to everyone involved in making the Missouri State Advisory Council on Historical Preservation and the State Historic Preservation Office feel so welcome to the Cape Girardeau community. Their two-day stay in Cape Girardeau was a monumental success...
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Speak Out 5/25/05
(Speak Out ~ 05/25/05)
Need new lines; Obstructed view; Street safety; Wonderful article; Not so simple; Great show coming; Great graduation; Helping the Iraqis; Basis for opinion; Time to vote; Serious about laws; Great follow-up; Out of control; A Briefs Poem; Bending the facts
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Frank Hollis Jr.
(Obituary ~ 05/25/05)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Frank Hollis Jr., 63, of Cairo died Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Heavenly Gate Funeral Home in Cairo.
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Herbert Washam
(Obituary ~ 05/25/05)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Herbert Eugene "Duke" Washam, 59, of Cairo died Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Marion, Ill. He was born Sept. 24, 1945, in Cairo, son of C.W. "Slick" and Mary M. Stevens. He and Yukie "Hiromi" Tamaki were married Sept. 6, 1967, in Naha, Okinawa...
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Patsy Kennedy
(Obituary ~ 05/25/05)
Patsy Lou Kennedy, 71, of Whitewater died Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 5, 1934, at Delta, daughter of William Roy and Tessie Beatrice McClain Taylor. She and John Lee Kennedy were married March 4, 1951...
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Della Jones
(Obituary ~ 05/25/05)
Della Jones, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 20, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Sept. 5, 1919, in Sardis, Miss., daughter of Ben and Elgenie Brooks Walton. She and Curtis Jones were married in 1938. He preceded her in death...
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Births 5/25/05
(Births ~ 05/25/05)
Heuring; Beard; Slinkard
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Club news 5/25/05
(Community News ~ 05/25/05)
Kage FCE Club; Good Shepherd Ladies Guild; Wonderworkers FCE; Oak Ridge FCE; Sedgewickville UMW; Zonta Club
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Marcus Seyer
(Obituary ~ 05/25/05)
Marcus J. "Mark" Seyer, 89, of East Cape Girardeau, Ill., died Sunday, May 22, 2005, at Jonesboro Health Center. He was born April 20, 1916, at Kelso, Mo., son of Joseph J. and Pauline Dohogne Seyer. He and Marcella Goetz Ponder were married June 8, 1952, in Cape Girardeau...
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Cloudy skies hinder laser warning system
(National News ~ 05/25/05)
WASHINGTON -- A new system of lasers designed to warn pilots they have entered restricted airspace over Washington can't be used on planes flying in or above the clouds. Trouble is, clouds cover most of the sky almost half the time in the nation's capital...
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Independence to be closed
(Local News ~ 05/25/05)
Independence Street will be closed from Frederick Street to Middle Street from 6:30 a.m. to noon today. The street will be closed for construction work on the new federal building. Detour signs will be posted.
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Vivian Guthrie
(Local News ~ 05/25/05)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Vivian E. Guthrie, 60, of Jonesboro died Monday, May 23, 2005, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill. She was born on Feb. 14, 1945, at Anna, Ill., daughter of Vero Roy and Elva Hale Guthrie. Survivors include four sisters, Yvonne Wagner of Cape Girardeau, June Guthrie of Grand Chain, Ill., Ellen Dickerson of Harrisburg, Ill., Angela Thorne of Anna, Ill.; three brothers, Len Guthrie of Omaha, Neb., Ken Guthrie of New Orleans, La., Charles Guthrie of Rockford, N.D...
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Police reports 5/25/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/25/05)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items Tuesday. Arrests do not imly guilt. DWIs * J.C. Lamar Brown, 24, 326 Morgan Oak St., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, failure to dim lights and no insurance or license...
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Fire reports 5/25/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/25/05)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday: * At 3: 23 p.m., emergency medical service in the 600 block of South Spring St. * At 5:42 p.m., emergency medical service at Lorimier and Independence streets. * At 6:33 p.m., emergency medical service in the 600 block of South West End Boulevard...
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More downtown projects
(Editorial ~ 05/25/05)
Planning for Cape Girardeau's downtown area continues to focus on making the city's oldest area an attraction that capitalizes on history. The latest proposals include extending the old-fashioned street lighting that already brightens the downtown area all the way to Morgan Oak Street along Spanish Street...
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Dean- Democrats' outreach history annoys black voters
(National News ~ 05/25/05)
WASHINGTON -- Black voters are upset with the Democratic Party for coming around just weeks before elections seeking their votes, party chairman Howard Dean said Tuesday said. Taking black voters for granted is a long-standing problem for the party that dates to the 1960s, said Dean, who promised changes in strategy even as he cited diversity at the top of the Democratic National Committee...
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Senate joins House in proposing bill for tougher steroid legislation
(Professional Sports ~ 05/25/05)
WASHINGTON -- Athletes in the four major U.S. professional leagues would be subject to two-year bans for a first positive drug test under legislation proposed Tuesday. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., joined House Government Reform Committee chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., and ranking Democrat Henry Waxman of California, in introducing the Clean Sports Act of 2005...
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Black and white issue
(State News ~ 05/25/05)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The gift shop at the Kansas City Zoo already is flush with white tiger toys as park officials anticipate the popularity of their special summer exhibit. A 325-pound tiger with cream-colored fur and somewhat blue-hued eyes will be both the star attraction of a new Asian-themed exhibit and the centerpiece of the zoo's summer marketing campaign...
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Strike targeting beer distributor disrupts St. Louis deliveries
(National News ~ 05/25/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Union-backed workers for a St. Louis-based beer wholesaler have gone on strike as the Memorial Day weekend approaches, disrupting deliveries of Anheuser-Busch Cos. beers to retailers, taverns and Busch Stadium in the brewer's hometown...
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Implanted defibrillator maker stands by device despite electrical problem
(National News ~ 05/25/05)
INDIANAPOLIS -- The maker of an internal heart defibrillator is acknowledging it waited three years before telling some 24,000 patients and their doctors about an electrical problem that caused a small fraction of the implanted devices to short-circuit...
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States warned to stop giving Medicaid-paid Viagra to sex offenders
(National News ~ 05/25/05)
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers moved Tuesday to eliminate federal payments for Viagra and other drugs that treat impotence, as a federal agency warned states that they could face sanctions if they don't end Medicaid coverage for such drugs for convicted sex offenders...
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Official- Saddam kept world guessing about WMDs
(International News ~ 05/25/05)
UNITED NATIONS -- Saddam Hussein may have "created a certain ambiguity" about his weapons capabilities before the second Gulf War for two reasons: pride and the threat of Iran, the former top U.S. arms hunter said Tuesday. Charles Duelfer told the Council on Foreign Relations that it was easy for the U.S. government to misinterpret Saddam's actions, but the former dictator didn't necessarily have only Washington in mind when he shut U.N. inspectors out of weapons sites after 1998...
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North Korea continues tough talk, doesn't rule out pre-emptive attack
(International News ~ 05/25/05)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Tuesday refused to rule out a pre-emptive attack, even amid signs it may be willing to return to the nuclear bargaining table. The North poured out anti-American rhetoric -- a tactic it has used in the past before entering negotiations -- by claiming that Washington's "hostile policies" led it to develop nuclear weapons as a deterrent and warning against any attack to dislodge its leadership...
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Service provides information about sex offenders via e-mail
(National News ~ 05/25/05)
SAN FRANCISCO -- People can now get "sex offender movement alerts" sent to their e-mail, cell phones and other Internet-enabled devices when sex offenders update their addresses with authorities in three states. Houston-based SCAN USA, which already provides information about weather, natural disasters and Amber Alerts, began the sex offender alerts Tuesday in California, Texas and Florida, with plans to expand it nationwide...
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U.S. military deaths in Iraq edge higher with 14 killed in three days
(International News ~ 05/25/05)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A car bomb exploded next to a U.S. Army convoy in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing three soldiers, while another American died in a drive-by shooting a half-hour later. Their deaths pushed the number of U.S. troops killed in three days to 14, part of a surge in attacks that have also killed about 60 Iraqis...
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Web site says al-Zarqawi wounded
(International News ~ 05/25/05)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The tantalizing reports began at the end of April and have persisted: Iraq's most-wanted militant had been wounded. Just last week, Iraqi officials tore apart a Baghdad hospital in a frenzied, ultimately fruitless search for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...
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Area digest 5/25/05
(Other Sports ~ 05/25/05)
Southeast hires volleyball assistant...
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Slumping Grudzielanek has his health
(Professional Sports ~ 05/25/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Even with a 2-for-19 slump that earned him a day off Tuesday, Mark Grudzielanek's salary-drive season is off to a good start with the Cardinals. Grudzielanek, who signed a one-year, $1 million free agent deal as the replacement to departed second baseman Tony Womack, was just off the NL leaders with a .320 average along with three home runs and 17 RBIs. He's been a plus defensively, too...
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League expects another round of negotiations with players soon
(Professional Sports ~ 05/25/05)
SECAUCUS, N.J. -- NBA commissioner David Stern said Tuesday that negotiations between the league and the players' union will resume soon. Stern admitted before the NBA draft lottery that the league has spoken with the players association since negotiations broke off last week...
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Redhawks' streaking Horstman makes the OVC's first team
(College Sports ~ 05/25/05)
Eric Horstman, who has two impressive streaks going, is Southeast Missouri State's lone representative on the all-Ohio Valley Conference first or second teams. The OVC baseball honors, voted on by the league's coaches and sports information directors, were announced Tuesday night in Paducah, Ky., on the eve of the OVC Tournament...
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Leaving the left
(Column ~ 05/25/05)
Nightfall, Jan. 30. Eight-million Iraqi voters have finished risking their lives to endorse freedom and defy fascism. Three things happen in rapid succession. The right cheers. The left demurs. I walk away from a long-term intimate relationship. I'm separating not from a person but a cause: the political philosophy that for more than three decades has shaped my character and consciousness, my sense of self and community, even my sense of cosmos....
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Redhawks take 'mo' into tournament
(College Sports ~ 05/25/05)
Last year Southeast Missouri State won seven of its final nine Ohio Valley Conference games to qualify for the OVC Tournament, then advanced all the way to the championship game before losing to Jacksonville State. The Redhawks hope a similar late-season charge helps carry them just a bit further during this week's OVC Tournament in Paducah, Ky...
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Redhawks add Bradley transfer to recruiting class
(College Sports ~ 05/25/05)
Although he won't be eligible to play next season, the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team has added some serious size to its program. Coach Gary Garner announced Tuesday that 6-foot-9, 250-pound Michael Rembert, a transfer from Bradley, will enroll at Southeast...
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Making the best of celebrations with family
(Column ~ 05/25/05)
Every time one of our children has a birthday, it is a huge celebration. A friend of mine at the senior center told me to celebrate each and every family accomplishment as if it were the last. Taking his advice, we do that. We rejoice in their lives and the accomplishments they have achieved. As Ross turned 11 years old the other day, once again we had a grand party to celebrate with family and friends. Life is so good...
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Releasing art from a bottle
(Column ~ 05/25/05)
Recycle your bottles by turning them into beautiful -- and functional -- backyard decorations What does the Double Decker Arts and Music Festival bring to Oxford, Miss.? Tons of beautiful hand crafts, a heavy helping of independent music, and loads and loads of trash (of the human and garbage varieties)...
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Riverdogs prepare to open seventh season
(Community Sports ~ 05/25/05)
He's not about to predict it, but Robin Minner believes the Riverdogs finally have a legitimate chance to post a winning record this year. The Riverdogs, Cape Girardeau's second summer baseball team for players who have completed their American Legion eligibility, open their seventh season Thursday with a 7 p.m. game against the Indiana Outlaws at Hillhouse Park in Charleston...
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