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Three arrested on drug charges in Jackson
(Local News ~ 02/17/06)
Three Jackson residents were arrested on drug charges in two separate investigations, one in which more than 100 grams of marijuana were found. Thomas A. Koehler II, 32, of 723 August St., and Donnie Sanford, 29, of 712 August St., were arrested Wednesday by Jackson police...
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Hundreds lose power during thunderstorm
(Local News ~ 02/17/06)
About 900 AmerenUE electric customers lost power during Thursday night's thunderstorm. High winds were suspected of downing power lines, which knocked out eletricity for Cape Girardeau-area customers, AmerenUE spokeswoman Erica Abbett said. Power for the majority of residents was returned around 9 p.m., she said...
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Thou shalt lie, if necessary
(Column ~ 02/17/06)
John Smith is so right. The Jackson man and his bride, Mary, have been married 70 years, longer than any of the other couples -- all married 50 years or more -- at this year's Schnucks party on Valentine's Day. Those words of John's ought to etched in the shaving mirror of every man alive:...
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Missouri House votes to restrict funeral protests
(State News ~ 02/17/06)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The House passed a bill Thursday making it a crime for protesters at funerals to get any closer than a football field's length away. Two St. Joseph lawmakers, Rep. Martin Rucker and Sen. Charlie Shields, have sponsored bills that would limit funeral protests after members of the Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church protested last August outside the St. Joseph funeral of a soldier killed in Iraq...
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Plushenko skates to gold; Weir falters
(Professional Sports ~ 02/17/06)
TURIN, Italy -- Almost all Evgeni Plushenko had to do was stay on his feet. That's more than his rivals could manage. The three-time world champion took few chances, yet still earned another personal best Thursday night to grab the fifth straight Olympic title for a Russian/Soviet man...
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No-burn order in effect due to wind
(Local News ~ 02/17/06)
Due to wind gusts in the area expected to be between 30 and 40 mph, the Cape Girardeau Fire Department issued a no-burn order Thursday night until further notice. This order includes limited burning permitted in city limits of limbs, leaves and other yard waste in a pile less than five feet in depth and height, according to a release from the fire department...
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State exports top $10 billion
(State News ~ 02/17/06)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri shipped more goods overseas in 2005 than in any other year. The state exported $10.5 billion worth of goods, up 16 percent from 2004, the Department of Economic Development said Thursday. Nine of the top 10 export products increased from 2004 to 2005 -- the sales of computers and electronics dropped 4.4 percent. The leading gainers were agricultural products with a 48.8 percent increase, food products at 37.2 percent and fabricated metal products at 28.8 percent...
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Russian silver medalist fails drug test
(Professional Sports ~ 02/17/06)
CESANA, Italy -- Russian biathlon star Olga Pyleva was thrown out of the Turin Games and stripped of her silver medal Thursday for doping, the first athlete caught in the tightest drug net in Winter Olympics history. Pyleva was favored heading into Thursday's 7.5km sprint to win her second medal of the games. As athletes were walking up to the starting line, an announcer told the crowd that Pyleva was scratched because she had fallen ill...
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Indiana's Davis to step aside after season
(Professional Sports ~ 02/17/06)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Mike Davis' departure from Indiana was as sudden as his ascent to the top of Hoosiers basketball. Just a couple dozen yards from where he became Bob Knight's successor in 2000, Davis walked into a crowded room and announced he would resign at the end of the season. He was still wearing a crimson Hoosiers' sweater as he urged fans to unite behind the program...
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U.S. men's hockey shoots down Kazakhstan 4-1
(Professional Sports ~ 02/17/06)
TURIN, Italy -- Rick DiPietro reached for the water bottle after one save and less than 30 seconds of action. It didn't take long for the pressure to ease on the U.S. goalie and his teammates in a 4-1 victory Thursday night over Kazakhstan. DiPietro, dressed in stars-and-stripes pads and a mask that bears the image of the helicopter his father piloted in the Vietnam War, needed to make only 11 saves in his successful Olympic debut...
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All-American effort
(Editorial ~ 02/17/06)
Forty years ago, Cape Girardeau mounted a presentation to convince the National Civic League that it was one of the best cities in the nation. Although it was a finalist that year, Cape Girardeau failed to make the cut as one 10 cities to receive the coveted recognition as an All-America City. ...
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Bush administration suffers setback on eavesdropping secrecy
(National News ~ 02/17/06)
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge ordered the Bush administration on Thursday to release documents about its warrantless surveillance program or spell out what it is withholding, a setback to efforts to keep the program under wraps. At the same time, the Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said he had worked out an agreement with the White House to consider legislation and provide more information to Congress on the eavesdropping program. ...
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Student groups to participate in 'homeless' project Saturday
(Local News ~ 02/17/06)
Two Southeast Missouri State University student groups will spend Saturday "homeless" at Capaha Park to raise money for the Salvation Army. Members of Alpha Delta Pi sorority and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will spend the day without food and with little shelter as part of a charity event. Members will collect donations by park shelter No. 1, near the intersection of Broadway and West End Boulevard...
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Mo. man killed while lying under RV
(State News ~ 02/17/06)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A man who crawled under his recreational vehicle while it was stopped on a busy Springfield road was killed Thursday when the vehicle started moving, police said. Police said Richard Ray Garrison Jr., 50, of the Springfield area, was struck by the undercarriage and died at the scene...
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9 central states launch EPA emissions-cutting program
(State News ~ 02/17/06)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Environmental Protection Agency launched an effort Thursday to reduce emissions in a string of central states, in part through voluntary corporate changes. The Blue Skyways Collaborative focuses on the heavily trafficked Interstate 35, running through the nation's midsection to two international borders. ...
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Protest planned at Christian homosexuality conference
(State News ~ 02/17/06)
ST. LOUIS -- A conference aimed at helping Christians address homosexuality or change their sexual orientation will be met with protests from the gay rights community when it meets Feb. 25 in St. Louis. Billboards along St. Louis highways have advertised the "Love Won Out" conference sponsored by Focus on the Family and Exodus International, two Christian organizations...
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Geneva Wilkinson
(Obituary ~ 02/17/06)
Geneva Wilkinson, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born on Nov. 8, 1921, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of the late Charley and Elizabeth (Schuette) Davie. She and Woodrow Wilkinson were married April 9, 1938, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death on April 3, 1990...
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Out of the past 2/17/06
(Out of the Past ~ 02/17/06)
25 years ago: Feb. 17, 1981 A petition seeking a countywide vote on a proposal to move the county seat from Jackson to Cape Girardeau is to be circulated this week, says Ray Shock, a Cape Girardeau man who is heading the drive. CAIRO, Ill. -- Cairo received some good economic news for a change Monday; the Ohio River Co., a division of Midland Affiliated Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, announced plans to construct a major coal-loading terminal on the Mississippi River here...
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John Cook
(Obituary ~ 02/17/06)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- John Dave Cook, 78, of Marble Hill, died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 21,1927, at Hurricane, Mo., son of Adam Lee and Kizzie Caroline Langston Cook. He and Melba "Peg" D. Garland were married Dec. 13, 1947, at Marble Hill...
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Love story brings back memories
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/17/06)
To the editor: Reading the Feb. 14 front-page article ("A 60-year love story") brought back memories. I was born in 1936 and raised in the Kelso community. I have known Leroy and Bernice Reinagel for many years but haven't seen or talked to them in more than 25 years. Leroy was at least 10 years older, but I remember when he was a carpenter and contractor before opening Kelso Supply...
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Patricia Dirden
(Obituary ~ 02/17/06)
ANNA, Ill. -- Patricia Ann Dirden, 62, of Anna, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006, at Jonesboro Rehab and Health Care Center. She was born May 29, 1943, in Dennison, Texas, daughter of Patrick Emerson and Bessie Tropp O'Cordan. She and Billy Wayne Tyson were married in 1961. He died April 29, 1999. She later married Elvis I. Dirden on July 11, 1987, in Odessa, Texas. He died June 27, 1995...
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Insurers should be held accountable
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/17/06)
To the editor: Thirty-seven-year-old Tracy Pierce was diagnosed with liver cancer two years ago. Last May he told a reporter that although he was fully insured, every treatment his doctors prescribed was denied over a 15-month period. He was told the treatments were either not a medical necessity or experimental. As he was dying his insurance company denied him oral morphine prescribed for his pain. After he died, Mrs. Pierce said, "They just wrote him a prescription to die."...
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Eugene Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 02/17/06)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Eugene Rhodes, 82, of Perryville died Wednesday, Feb. 15. 2006, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Aug. 10, 1923, at Claryville, Mo., the son of Edward and Philomene Schulte Rhodes. He was retired from the Perryville city water department...
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Soldiers are trained, equipped, effective
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/17/06)
To the editor: A recent letter to the editor titled "Soldiers left unprotected in Iraq" contained several half-truths that I'd like to clarify. The letter referred to 1st Lt. William Rebrook, a U.S. Army soldier from Fort Hood, Texas, who was wounded in combat. ...
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Charles R. Peterson
(Obituary ~ 02/17/06)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Charles R. Peterson, 52, of Monclova, Ohio, formerly of Dongola, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Crain Funeral Home in Dongola.
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Speak Out 2/17/06
(Speak Out ~ 02/17/06)
Picking up trash; Project's timeline; Don't turn on the lights; Benefits of ethanol; Not to worry; Where's the concern?; Trains leave cracks; Time for wedge issues; Look in the mirror; Alaskan example; Travel expenses; Disagreeable lot
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Elisa Johnson Ransom
(Obituary ~ 02/17/06)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Elisa Johnson Ransom, 34, of Carbondale, Ill., formerly of Cairo, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006, at the Hazel Meadows Nursing Home in St. Louis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Heavenly Gates Funeral Home in Cairo.
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Vyron Harmon
(Obituary ~ 02/17/06)
Vyron Harmon of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Scott City, died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Lillian Irene Boehme of Jackson. Other survivors include daughters Martha Joiner of Cape Girardeau and LaDonna Suttle of Albuquerque, N.M., three grandchildren, six great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews...
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Carl Pickett
(Obituary ~ 02/17/06)
ANNA, Ill. -- Carl Pickett, 81, of Anna died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006, at his home. He was born Oct. 23, 1924, in Jonesboro, Ill., son of Carl T. and Hazel E. Pickett. He married Elizabeth I. Abernathy on Sept. 10, 1950 in Piggott Ark. She died Jan. 23, 2000...
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Cotton Holyfield
(Obituary ~ 02/17/06)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Henry J. "Cotton" Holyfield, 72, died at 12:55 p.m. Feb. 15, 2006, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 29, 1933, in Sikeston, to the late Carl P. and Votra Baker Holyfield Sr., he was owner and operator of Holyfield Flying Service for 27 years and from 1968 to 1978, he was manager of Sikeston Municipal Airport. ...
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At the theaters 2/17/06
(Entertainment ~ 02/17/06)
'Date Movie'; 'Eight Below'; 'Freedomland'; 'Matador'; Still in theaters; 'Annapolis'; 'Big Momma's House 2'; 'Brokeback Mountain'; 'The Chronicles of Narnia'; 'Curious George'; 'Final Destination 3'; 'Firewall'; 'Fun with Dick and Jane'; 'Glory Road'; 'Hoodwinked'; 'Nanny McPhee'; 'The New World'; 'Pink Panther'; 'Underworld: Evolution'; 'Walk the Line'; 'When a Stranger Calls'
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Cartoon sets off global censorship
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/17/06)
To the editor: Why are Muslims rioting? Is it because it is the only emotional release they are allowed to express? Muslims have censored the world. The rioting has brought about a reluctance to criticize Muslims. This has emboldened Muslims to find fault with anything and everything...
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Delsey Wood
(Obituary ~ 02/17/06)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Delsey Annetoinette Wood, 41, of Tamms died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Ill. Friends may call Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Massie Funeral Home in Mounds, Ill. Funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the funeral home, with burial in West Side Cemetery at Ullin, Ill...
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Developing art: Exhibit is first major collection of European pictorialist works
(State News ~ 02/17/06)
ST. LOUIS -- A rare exhibit of European works that elevated pictorial photography to a fine art is having its only U.S. showing at the Saint Louis Art Museum, a fitting homecoming for some pictures last seen here during the 1904 World's Fair. "Impressionist Camera: Pictorial Photography in Europe, 1888-1918," which opens Sunday, features more than 140 exquisite photographs that look like paintings, watercolors and drawings, an effect achieved through blurry soft-focus lenses, unconventional developing and printing techniques, vivid pigments and rough-textured paper or super-thin tissue that gave them a rich, handcrafted quality.. ...
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Artifacts 2/17/06
(Entertainment ~ 02/17/06)
Local artists picked for Best of Missouri Hands; Children, teen chorus auditions at the Muny; Depot displays African art, artifacts and textiles; Casting calls for local independent film today; WSIU to broadcast meth documentary Thursday
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Cape Girardeau jazz invasion
(Entertainment ~ 02/17/06)
Southeast Missouri State University is ready for two days of jazz this weekend, kicking off today with the annual Clark Terry Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival on the Southeast campus. Sixteen area high school jazz ensembles will hit campus for a series of concerts this morning and continuing through Saturday. ...
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Opera Americana: Southeast takes on a little-known art form with 'The Tender Land'
(Entertainment ~ 02/17/06)
On Valentine's Day night Rachel Null wasn't out having a romantic dinner. Instead she was working, practicing her lead role in a love story told through operatic song. Her character, Laurie Moss, gets to pursue young love every night of rehearsal, but not Null. Like the rest of the cast she spends Sunday through Thursday night from 7 to 10 p.m. at Rose Theatre...
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Repainting the Wall of Fame
(Local News ~ 02/17/06)
Chicago-based artist Thomas Melvin isn't done with Cape Girardeau's floodwall yet. After leading a team of artists in painting the Mississippi River Tales throughout 2004 on the floodwall, Melvin is now ready to tackle the Wall of Fame. On Thursday Melvin visited the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri to unveil his plan for reworking the wall and its portraits of famous people with ties to Missouri...
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White House: Billions more needed for war, Katrina and Rita relief
(National News ~ 02/17/06)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. military spending for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will rise to $115 billion for this year -- and nearly $400 billion since the fighting started -- under an emergency request the White House submitted Thursday. A separate request for almost $20 billion in new hurricane relief funds would bring total spending in response to Katrina and Rita to more than $100 billion...
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Region briefs 2/17/06
(Local News ~ 02/17/06)
Man pleads guilty to charge of resisting arrest An 18-year-old accused of striking a police officer pleaded guilty to a lesser count and was sentenced to time served. Marcus A. Rice, of 1038 W. Mount Drive, pleaded guilty Feb. 10 to one misdemeanor count of resisting arrest. ...
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Cape/Jackson fire reports 2/17/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/17/06)
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Cape police reports 2/17/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/17/06)
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Iraqi authorities investigate claims police-run 'death squads' targeting Sunni Arabs
(International News ~ 02/17/06)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The Shiite-dominated Interior Ministry announced an investigation Thursday into claims of death squads in its ranks as police found a dozen more bodies, bringing the number of apparent victims of sectarian reprisal killings here to at least 30 this week...
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World briefs 2/17/06
(International News ~ 02/17/06)
Employers raise health insurance for smokers; Authorities: Dog trainer helped inmate escape; France gets closer to U.S. stance on Iran; Government takes action to avoid hitting debt limit; Brit accused of killing his family is back in Boston
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Cheney's PR: How not to handle damage control
(National News ~ 02/17/06)
WASHINGTON -- Damage-control experts in both political parties agree: The handling of Vice President Dick Cheney's hunting mishap has been a disaster, a case study in how not to handle bad news. At best, it has fed criticism of Cheney as aloof and isolated. At worst, critics suggest, it has shown a president unable to control his own vice president...
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Higher ed board may get more power
(Local News ~ 02/17/06)
Rebellious state colleges could lose some state funding if they fail to comply with the state's higher education board, pending a bill approved by the Missouri Senate on Thursday. The bill would give more authority for state higher education officials to resolve disputes like the lingering one between Southeast Missouri State University and Three Rivers Community College...
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How to spend $450 million: Lawmakers have different views on MOHELA funds
(Local News ~ 02/17/06)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Proposals for spending the estimated $450 million state treasury windfall from the sale of Missouri's student loan portfolio could multiply in coming weeks as the Senate and legislative Democrats weigh in on the deal. During a question-and-answer session Thursday with publishers, editors and reporters from across the state, Senate President Pro-Tem Michael Gibbons, R-Kirkwood, said how the money is used will be the subject of Senate floor debate...
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Everybody's a critic: 'The New World'
(Entertainment ~ 02/17/06)
One star (out of four) "My friend Meredith's mom said you can get head lice from movie theater seats. She always brought beach towels to cover them. Hm. Hope I'm not getting lice right now." These aren't the thoughts one should have while watching an epic film about American history. But sadly, the only thing epic about "The New World" is its length. I had time to think about what we were going to have for dinner and papers I needed to grade, too...
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Anchors aweigh: Three Cape Girardeau County students are selected for the Naval Academy
(Local News ~ 02/17/06)
John Kipper admits he's not a morning person. But the Cape Girardeau high school student figures that will change this summer when he enters the United States Naval Academy. He'll have to get up at 5:15 each morning. "That is going to be my big problem," he said...
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Scientists square off over stem-cell research
(State News ~ 02/17/06)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Two medical scientists squared off Thursday over whether embryonic stem-cell research should be protected in Missouri's constitution, highlighting how even some experts disagree on an issue that less-knowledgeable voters likely will be asked to decide...
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Three Tigers wrestlers survive first day at state
(High School Sports ~ 02/17/06)
Central senior Chris Griffith could not wrestle in Thursday's opening round and first wrestlebacks at the state high school wrestling meet in Columbia, Mo., but his three Tigers teammates that did wrestle survived the first day. "This is first time since I've been head coach we still had all our kids alive entering the second day," Central coach Josh Crowell said Thursday night. "I'm extremely proud they all came through. They all battled back or won their first-round match."...
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Delta rallies past Kelly, improves record to 22-1
(High School Sports ~ 02/17/06)
Delta used a trapping defense in the second quarter to erase an 11-point first quarter deficit and rode their defense to a 41-33 road victory at Kelly. Trailing 17-6 after one quarter, Delta slapped on a half-court trap that forced Kelly to commit eight turnovers in the second quarter. Delta went on a 10-0 run to start the second and never looked back...
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Gordon, Sadler win qualifying races for Sunday's Daytona 500
(Professional Sports ~ 02/17/06)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Jeff Gordon thinks it's far too early to label him the Daytona 500 favorite. But based on his early Speedweeks showings and an outstanding string of success in the Great American Race, he's the only one who doesn't think he's once again the driver to beat...
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Chancellor supports MU's AD
(Professional Sports ~ 02/17/06)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The chancellor of the University of Missouri-Columbia said Thursday that he has confidence in Athletic Director Mike Alden, but that the athletic department needs to improve its communications process. Chancellor Brady Deaton released his statement Thursday after a review of the events surrounding Quin Snyder's surprising resignation as basketball coach last week...
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Wilson, Rose lead at Nissan Open
(Professional Sports ~ 02/17/06)
Dean Wilson navigated his way around Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles without a bogey for a 7-under 64, putting him atop the Nissan Open leaderboard Thursday with Justin Rose on a course that requires more than sheer length. They were two shots clear of a group that included Fred Couples, who was so sick upon returning from Australia that he stayed in bed Monday and Tuesday, skipped the pro-am Wednesday and felt his hands shaking over his first putt. He wound up with a 66...
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Novel clot-busting technique improves recovery from stroke
(National News ~ 02/17/06)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Like pouring Drano directly on a clog, doctors dramatically improved stroke survival by dripping a clot-dissolving drug right onto a blockage choking off the brain's blood supply. Many patients given this experimental treatment had stunning recoveries within a day, often without the speech loss and paralysis that can follow a stroke, doctors reported Thursday...
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No heat in car makes for miniscule savings
(Column ~ 02/17/06)
Dear Tom and Ray: My neighbors have decided that they shouldn't use the heaters in their cars this winter so that they can save gas. (Really, I'm not making this up!) Since the heater is basically using waste heat that the engine is producing anyway, it doesn't seem to me that there could be any gas savings, other than the minimal amount of power needed to run the fan. ...
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A he-man of SUVs: 2007 Chevy Tahoe destined for top-category ranking
(National News ~ 02/17/06)
The redesigned and re-engineered Chevrolet Tahoe for 2007 is so much a cut above its predecessors and many competitors it's destined to top several "best full-size sport utility vehicle" lists. Already in showrooms as an early 2007 model, the Tahoe now looks trimmer than ever and has an exemplary, quiet interior that includes a more upscale appearance as well as supportive seats that are comfortable even for ample-sized people...
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