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Police arrest suspect in Cape robbery
(Local News ~ 09/01/07)
By Bridget DiCosmo Southeast Missourian Cape Girardeau police arrested a suspect in connection with a robbery that occurred behind the floodwall in downtown Cape Girardeau. Mikeem R. Daniel, 17, of Haywood City, Mo., was arrested around 7:15 p.m. Friday...
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86-year-old man charged with crack pipe possession
(Local News ~ 09/01/07)
An 86-year-old man known to local law enforcement as "Pops" was arrested Thursday on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia. Cape Girardeau police and members of the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force apprehended Hubert Seals, 86, of 818 S. Sprigg St., following a search of his residence, which was a known "crack house," according to a probable-cause statement by Detective William Bonhert of the Cape Girardeau police...
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Despite drought, Mississippi 4 feet below flood stage
(Local News ~ 09/01/07)
There's plenty of water available in Southeast Missouri, just not where farmers need it most. The Mississippi River rose to almost 28 feet, four feet below flood stage, Friday at Cape Girardeau. That's a rise of 16 feet in nine days. A flow gauge at Thebes, Ill., late Friday recorded three times the average volume of water in the river than is normally seen this time of year...
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Record-setting August
(Local News ~ 09/01/07)
Cape Girardeau experienced the driest August on record this year since 1961, according to National Weather Service observations. Only 0.01 inches of rain was recorded in August at the National Weather Service's observation station at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, the driest since the agency began to take records there in 1961...
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Idaho Sen. Craig to resign today in storm over sex sting at an airport men's room
(National News ~ 09/01/07)
BOISE, Idaho -- Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig will resign from the Senate amid a furor over his arrest and guilty plea in a police sex sting in an airport men's room, Republican officials said Friday. Craig will announce at a news conference in Boise today morning that he will resign effective Sept. 30, four state GOP officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity...
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Police report 9/1/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/01/07)
Arrests
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Speak Out 9/1/07
(Speak Out ~ 09/01/07)
Fighting crime; Wasting tax dollars; Spewing venom; Rough street; Jogging safety; Time to leave; Teaching children; Dear Abby
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Gladys Edwards
(Obituary ~ 09/01/07)
Gladys E. Edwards went home to her heavenly Father Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born March 25, 1920, to David Benton and Ona Caroline Yount Bollinger on the Bollinger family farm. She attended Southeast Missouri State University. She was united in marriage to Ralph W. Edwards of Marquand, Mo., May 15, 1940...
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TNT says it will air Fred Thompson's 'Law & Order' scenes
(Entertainment ~ 09/01/07)
NEW YORK -- While Fred Thompson's "Law & Order" character disappears from NBC starting Saturday because of concerns over federal equal time provisions, cable viewers will still have plenty of opportunities to see his district attorney Arthur Branch...
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Ohio bomb threats latest attempts at extortion; FBI looks overseas
(National News ~ 09/01/07)
CLEVELAND -- The FBI is looking overseas for suspects who have phoned bomb threats to more than 24 grocery stores, banks and discount stores in 15 states, including at least six new cases Friday in Ohio. The callers have threatened to set off a bomb unless store employees wire money to an account abroad. At a Dillons grocery store in Hutchinson, Kan., the caller ordered customers and workers to take off their clothes and threatened to force them to cut off a manager's fingers...
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Bernanke vows to protect nation's economy from a global credit crunch
(National News ~ 09/01/07)
JACKSON, Wyo. -- Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke vowed Friday to do all that is necessary to protect the national economy from the ill effects of a global credit crunch -- but not to bail out investors and lenders "from the consequences of their financial decisions."...
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Computer viruses started in 1982 as teen's practical joke
(National News ~ 09/01/07)
NEW YORK -- What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus. Although over the next 25 years, Skrenta started the online news business Topix, helped launch a collaborative Web directory now owned by Time Warner Inc.'s Netscape and wrote countless other computer programs, he is still remembered most for unleashing the "Elk Cloner" virus on the world.. ...
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NBC Universal, Apple battle over iTunes content
(Entertainment ~ 09/01/07)
NEW YORK -- Apple Inc. escalated a dispute with NBC Universal over the pricing of television shows by announcing Friday it would not sell any NBC programs for this fall season on iTunes. Earlier, NBC had told Apple it would no longer allow its programs to be sold via iTunes at the end of the year. NBC Universal-controlled television programming accounts for an estimated 40 percent of the video downloads on iTunes...
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U.S. says 'mass disturbances' up sharply among Guantanamo detainees
(International News ~ 09/01/07)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- "Mass disturbances" are up sharply at the Guantanamo Bay prison this year despite a security overhaul and the release of dozens of prisoners, according to a new U.S. military report. A one-page report titled "Danger Inside the Wire" said there were 385 mass disturbances in the first six months of 2007 compared to 201 for all of 2006, an increase of more than 90 percent with half the year still to go...
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Fuel spill fouls Puerto Rico coastline
(International News ~ 09/01/07)
GUANICA, Puerto Rico -- Miles of rocky shoreline and mangrove thickets have been fouled by a fuel spill drifting along Puerto Rico's southwest coast, environmental officials said Friday. Specialists walked blackened shores as helicopters flew over the area to assess damage and track the slick, which also could threaten a pristine coral reef off the coast of La Parguera, a diving site popular with tourists...
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SIU president won't resign over alleged plagiarism
(State News ~ 09/01/07)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University's president asked Friday for an internal review to determine whether he can keep his job in the wake of claims he may have plagiarized parts of his 1984 doctoral dissertation. Glenn Poshard insisted the flap would not prompt him to resign and rejected claims that he may have plagiarized parts of the dissertation. ...
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Bush meets with military leaders worried about long Iraq deployments
(National News ~ 09/01/07)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush huddled with top military leaders about the Iraq war Friday, and Pentagon officials defended efforts to rid the Iraqi national police of sectarian bias and corruption, even as an independent review found the force too tainted to continue...
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Report: IRS needs to pursue government tax delinquents
(National News ~ 09/01/07)
WASHINGTON -- Federal offices owe some $45 million in delinquent withholding taxes and the Internal Revenue Service needs to do more to ensure that the government lives up to its taxpaying obligations, according a report issued Friday. The Treasury inspector general for tax administration, who oversees IRS operations, also found that as of January this year delinquent state and local government accounts totaled $254 million...
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More than 100 residents to be moved from Bellefontaine Habilitation Center in St. Louis
(State News ~ 09/01/07)
ST. LOUIS -- About 120 residents of the Bellefontaine Habilitation Center in St. Louis County will be moved to private, community-based programs after a federal review showed they were at risk of injury or even death, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday...
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Russian prosecutors drop smuggling charge against St. Louis student who bought medals
(State News ~ 09/01/07)
MOSCOW -- A St. Louis student is free to return to the United States, after Russian prosecutors dropped a smuggling charge against her on Friday. Roxana Contreras had been prohibited from leaving Russia for 2 1/2 months. She had faced a possible 7-year prison sentence on charges related to buying old currency and military medals as souvenirs from a street vendor. She was fined for buying Soviet-era medals...
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Daisy Thomas
(Obituary ~ 09/01/07)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Daisy Irene Thomas, 88, of East Prairie died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007, at East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 15, 1919, in Graves County, Ky., daughter of Stanley B. and Ruthie L. Cook Thomas. She and Marion Otto Thomas were married Sept. 22, 1935. He died July 8, 1977...
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Briefly
(Community ~ 09/01/07)
Vincentian Marian Youth event to be held Sept. 9 The next Vincentian Marian Youth Encounter will feature the annual outdoor Mass at the grotto and fall hayride Sept. 9. Praise and worship music will start the night off with music starting at 5:45 p.m. ...
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Geraldine Byron
(Obituary ~ 09/01/07)
Geraldine T. Byron, 87, of St. Louis, formerly of Jackson, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007, at her home. She was born Nov. 4, 1919, in Jackson, daughter of Charles and Mary Steimel Sievers. She married Arthur E. Byron, who preceded her in death. Byron had been an office worker, and a member of Concord Baptist Church...
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Births 9/1/07
(Births ~ 09/01/07)
Baker; Wybert; Woods; Wheatley; Maurer; Galati; Shock; Barnes; Stabbs; Johnson; Kinder; Hellwege
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Working for a purpose
(Community ~ 09/01/07)
God created us for work. If we truly want to cling to the biblical truth that God created us for life, purpose and Sabbath we must also submit to the proposition that work is a part of life. Adam and Eve, created in the image of their creator (an act of work itself) were completely supplied for. They were given every fruit, every tree to abundantly provide for their needs, minus one. Accompanying the overabundance of provision and the permissive command to enjoy was the instruction to work...
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Today's lessons clear in hindsight
(Column ~ 09/01/07)
I was required to write my life's story numerous times as I attended college. "Why would I want to reach into the past and dredge up memories?" I asked myself. The past was over! I saw no reason to waste energy thinking about what was done. I placed more importance on what was happening now, and, particularly, in the future. I discovered why writing one's life story is valuable...
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Despite drought, Mississippi 4 feet below flood stage
(Local News ~ 09/01/07)
There's plenty of water available in Southeast Missouri, just not where farmers need it most. The Mississippi River rose to almost 28 feet, four feet below flood stage, Friday at Cape Girardeau. That's a rise of 16 feet in nine days. A flow gauge at Thebes, Ill., late Friday recorded three times the average volume of water in the river than is normally seen this time of year...
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Rams' defense answers call in fourth quarter
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/07)
MALDEN -- Scott City, the most productive offensive team in the area last fall, showed Friday just how much its defense has improved since last season. The Scott City defense yielded no touchdowns against Malden, stopping the Green Wave on four plays inside its own 10-yard line in the final 2 minutes to preserve a 14-6 victory...
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ND boys nip St. Pius in SoccerFest semis
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/07)
The Notre Dame boys soccer team slipped past Festus St. Pius 3-2 on Friday in the semifinals of the annual Notre Dame SoccerFest. Notre Dame (3-0) received goals from Ryan Willen, Josh Robert and Ty Williams. In the other semifinal, Jackson edged Carbondale, Ill., 2-1...
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Redhawks run win streak to three matches
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/07)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team won its third straight match Friday with a victory on the opening day of the North Florida Labor Day Classic. Southeast (3-1) beat host North Florida 30-21, 27-30, 30-26, 30-21. Brittany Hastings led the Redhawks in kills with 15. Aubrey Dondlinger had 13 and Brenna Schlader added 11...
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Redhawks freshman nets game's lone goal
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/07)
On a team that returned nine regulars and three additional letterwinners, Heather Nelson knew it would take special freshmen to break into the lineup. The Southeast Missouri State women's soccer coach apparently has found some. Two freshmen started Friday night's season opener and one of them scored the lone goal as the Redhawks slipped past Northwestern (La.) State 1-0...
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Chaffee explodes to 47-6 triumph
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/07)
CHAFFEE -- Chaffee ended its 34-game losing streak against Grandview last season. The Red Devils looked like a juggernaut in this year's rematch. Chaffee scored five different ways as it routed the Eagles 47-6 in the season opener for both teams Friday in Chaffee...
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Jackson 'D' notches shutout vs. Spartans
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/07)
Francis Howell Central football coach Travis Wilson knew exactly what to expect for his first ever head coaching experience Friday night as the Spartans hosted Jackson. Wilson played on the 1997 Jackson team that went 10-0 during the regular season and won a playoff game against Kirkwood before falling to Parkway Central in the Class 5A quarterfinals...
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Pirates rule Pacific
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/07)
PERRYVILLE -- It took them a little while to get going, but Perryville's Kris Cottner and Josh Perreault put on a two-man offensive show Friday night in their team's season opener. Cottner and Perreault combined to rush for 220 yards, leading the Pirates to a 41-26 home victory against Pacific...
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Central runners look to reach more peaks
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/07)
A trip to Colorado toughens Tigers for the road ahead. By CHRISTOPHER SMITH Southeast Missourian The Central girls cross country team this summer took a 1,000-mile detour west of its usual practice trails to the mountains of Colorado while training to defend its eighth-straight conference title...
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Andrews' TD lone bright spot in loss
(High School Sports ~ 09/01/07)
CREVE COEUR, Mo. -- You know you've had a bad night when the opposing team's place kicker is setting records for extra points made. Parkway North freshman place-kicker Aaron Hummert set a school record by connecting on eight extra points. To call the Cape Central football team's season opening game bad would be gentle...
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Jackson Middle School students practice team skills
(Local News ~ 09/01/07)
Jackson Middle School students took time out on Thursday and Friday to practice team-building skills in a series of activities. Partly an icebreaker to help sixth graders from North, South and various parochial elementary schools mix, Christa Millham, assistant principal, said the goal of the games were to find skills they could "relay o the classroom and life in general, to get along with others...
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Newspaper: Example of alleged plagiarism by SIU president
(State News ~ 09/01/07)
The Daily Egyptian, the student newspaper at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, has reported that SIU President Glenn Poshard's 1984 doctoral dissertation had portions either not attributed to their original sources or not put in quotation marks to show they weren't Poshard's writing. An example cited by the newspaper:--From Poshard's dissertation, page 39:...
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Out of the past 9/1/07
(Out of the Past ~ 09/01/07)
Effective today, purchases by Cape Girardeau's city government of everything "from cars to toilet paper" are being administered by the city manager's office under a program designed to realign the city's purchasing policies; before today, most departments and offices in the city government were allowed to make their own purchases...
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A little church with a big history
(Community ~ 09/01/07)
It's the season for celebrating a community rich with historical churches. St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church at 516 North St. will celebrate its 144th anniversary Sunday. According to a short history written by church member Charles A. Dunn, the church was first organized in 1863 when circuit riders established the St. ...
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'A devastating summer'
(Local News ~ 09/01/07)
During August, farmers have seen their crops bake in the field, largely unable to do anything about the situation if they're farming ground that isn't irrigated. "The last 30 days, it's been like being in a microwave oven set on high," said Matthew McCrate, a resident of the Cape Girardeau area who farms near Portageville, Mo., and is a member of the Missouri Soybean Association board of directors. "The further south you go, the worse it is."...
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'Nutcracker' ballet returning to Cape at River Campus
(Local News ~ 09/01/07)
A late addition to the River Campus events schedule will bring The Moscow Ballet's "Great Russian Nutcracker" back to Cape Girardeau on Dec. 12 and 13, after two seasons when the ballet didn't visit the city. The concert was booked in May, said Robert Cerchio, assistant director of the Holland School of Visual and Performing Arts based at the new Southeast Missouri State University River Campus. ...
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110 and counting
(Editorial ~ 09/01/07)
Before the airplane. Before the atom bomb. Before television. Before the Southeast Missourian there was Florence Poe. Cape Girardeau's eldest resident celebrated her 110th birthday at Fountainbleau Lodge last week. Her big day was indeed grand with a five-piece orchestra and a crowd of more than 200 people. ...
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