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Maryland Heights purse snatch victims fight back
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) -- It looks like a couple of suburban St. Louis purse snatchers picked the wrong women to attack. The victims fought back -- with a snow shovel. Police in Maryland Heights are releasing details of the incident that happened Sunday outside a Schnucks grocery store. The women were unloading groceries when the thieves tried to steal two purses from their cart...
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Report: Popular St. Louis County air show comes to an end
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- It looks like the popular St. Louis County Fair and Air Show is being grounded. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch sites a source close to the nonprofit board that runs the Labor Day weekend fair as saying it will not take place this year...
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Romney drops SW Missouri campaign stop
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney no longer has plans for a southwest Missouri campaign stop Saturday. Campaign volunteers had earlier said Romney was looking at a Saturday stop in either Joplin or Springfield. But state Rep. Gary Nodler of Joplin said scheduling became difficult...
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Obama sets details for St. Louis rally
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will appear Saturday night at a rally at the Edward Jones Dome in downtown St. Louis. Obama's campaign announced a St. Louis visit earlier this week, but on Thursday offered details. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the program is expected to start at 8:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public...
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University closes for snow
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
Southeast Missouri State University issued this press release around noon Thursday: CAMPUS CLOSING DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. Due to inclement weather, Southeast Missouri State University is closing at 3:30 p.m. today, Jan. 31. Classes after 3:30 p.m. and all night classes will not be in session today...
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Woman, 80, shot to death in St. Louis
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Homicide detectives in St. Louis are investigating a drive-by shooting that killed an 80-year-old woman and left four others injured. The crime happened Wednesday. Two men in a Dodge Intrepid apparently targeted an 18-year-old man, shooting him in the leg...
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Missouri prepares for heavy snow
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
BY MARCUS KABEL Associated Press Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- The first wave of a snowstorm bearing down on Missouri dumped up to 5 inches in far southwestern areas along the Arkansas border as road crews braced for a second round that could bring as much again Thursday...
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St. Louis police release names of men who died when stolen car hit bus
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Detectives in St. Louis continue to investigate after a stolen car fleeing police struck another car and a city bus, killing the driver and two others in the stolen car. Police on Thursday identified those killed as 17-year-old Joshua Kennedy, 18-year-old Ryan Kennedy and 22-year-old Charles Pettus. The driver of the bus was treated for a minor injury. Four passengers on the bus were not hurt...
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Blunt claims Republicans would be wasting votes on Huckabee
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Matt Blunt says conservative Republicans would be throwing their votes away if they back Mike Huckabee in Missouri's presidential primary. Blunt is a supporter of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The Missouri governor told reporters Thursday that if conservatives split their votes between Huckabee and Romney, then the more moderate John McCain likely will win Tuesday's Republican primary...
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ICE holds immigration summit for Mo. police
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Federal immigration authorities are training local law enforcement officers in Missouri on how to help enforce immigration laws. More than 60 police departments nationwide have requested training through Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
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State investigating man's death in mental hospital
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The Missouri Department of Mental Health is investigating a mentally disabled man's death Sunday morning. STLtoday, the Web site for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports that 28-year-old Timothy Davis was found dead in the SSM DePaul Health Center for mentally ill patients...
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AG candidate Koster outlines meth legislation
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Democratic attorney general candidate Chris Koster is promoting a wide-ranging plan aimed at a reducing methamphetamine use. The Harrisonville senator wants to increase prison sentences for meth dealers and require mandatory substance abuse treatment for anyone convicted of possessing methamphetamine...
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Wash. U. says 'no' to students seeking Obama appearance
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Washington University in St. Louis has a history of hosting presidential debates, so students trying to attract Sen. Barack Obama for a campaign appearance Saturday were disappointed to learn the school wouldn't go for it. When word spread that Obama planned a St. ...
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MoDOT discovers overweight state bridges, needs more study
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The state transportation department needs more information to determine the safety of one-third of state bridges built similarly to one that collapsed in Minnesota. Last summer's deadly collapse of a highway bridge spanning the Mississippi River prompted the Missouri Department of Transportation to evaluate 232 bridges...
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Transit authority suspends bus service
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
The Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority has suspended bus service, but taxis are still running. If the anticipated six to eight inches is on the ground Friday, buses may not be able to run then either, said Tom Mogelnicki, interim executive director...
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AT&T wireless customers lose data service
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
Southeast Missourian AT&T wireless customers across a wide stretch of its Southeastern and Central U.S. service areas lost the ability to send and receive digital data Thursday, Missouri spokeswoman Chelsey Ilten said. The cause of the outage was unclear late Thursday afternoon, she said. Voice and text messaging services continued in operation and some devices were unaffected by the outage, Ilten said...
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What now?
(Column ~ 01/31/08)
Jan. 31, 2008 Dear Patty, In her book "On Death and Dying," the Swiss psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross famously described the five stages of grief. In the first stage we deny the reality. In the second we become angry. In the third we bargain, hoping that things aren't as bad as we fear. The four stage is depression, hopelessness. The fifth stage is acceptance, when we can finally ask, What now?...
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Old Town Cape drops effort to fund enhanced security
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
The board of directors of Old Town Cape announced Wednesday that they have decided not to pursue fundraising from local business owners for enhanced security in the riverfront area of Cape Girardeau, according to a news release. Although certain concerns do need to be addressed, they do not appear to be pervasive, the news release said...
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Jury awards $65,000 to store owners in eminent domain case
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
A jury award of $65,000 is not what Jerel and Belen Lichtenegger expected Wednesday. It's not what they wanted. "I'm not interested in the money. I'm interested in the parking, so we can generate business," Jerel Lichtenegger said. The Lichteneggers own Global Trading, the grocery store at 1304 Broadway, which they've owned and run for 20 years. It has been closed for a year, Belen Lichtenegger said, the victim of a fight with the city of Cape Girardeau that started in 2004...
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Cape trades land for straighter Kingsway
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
The dogleg turn in Kingsway Drive just south of Lexington Avenue is going to disappear this year. The Cape Girardeau City Council, at its Jan. 22 meeting, gave initial approval to an agreement with Rhodes Development Co. The deal essentially trades more than two acres of undeveloped city land for the road improvement, which will include some landscaping work and a 20-space public parking lot near Cape LaCroix Trail. ...
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Speak Out 1/31/08
(Speak Out ~ 01/31/08)
Let's walk; Happy teacher; Cut the spending; And no tax increase; Don't say no; Subject matter; Arab reaction
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Here are the numbers
(Column ~ 01/31/08)
By Dennis Dobson Alcohol from corn in gasoline? The advocates for gasoline alcohol blends talk in generalities when they state that the blend is cleaner burning and better for the environment, but what are the actual facts about a gasoline alcohol blend?...
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Paying teachers
(Editorial ~ 01/31/08)
Rod Jetton, speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, has proposed a plan to increase the minimum salary for teachers to $31,000 a year. Most school districts already exceed the current minimum of $23,000, including all the districts in the Southeast Missourian's coverage area. One district -- Jackson -- has a minimum salary of $31,000. In all, some 400 of the state's 524 districts would have to increase salaries to meet the proposed new minimum...
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Out of the past 1/31/08
(Out of the Past ~ 01/31/08)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Perry County Sheriff Franklin "Dutch" Schmidt is spending his time these days fighting the county court; Schmidt is unhappy with the court's decision to dramatically slash his proposed $383,738 sheriff's department budget for this year; the budget included a request to purchase an $85,000 helicopter...
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Cape police now equipped with Stop Sticks, assault rifles
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
In an effort to increase public safety, Cape Girardeau police added some new weapons to their arsenal this month with the purchase of assault rifles, tire deflation devices and upgraded shotguns for use by patrol officers. In the past, the tire deflation equipment Cape Girardeau officers had at their disposal were two steel briefcaselike devices that opened to reveal rows of steel spikes, but they were problematic at best, Capt. Roger Fields said...
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Correction 1/31/08
(Correction ~ 01/31/08)
An article Wednesday about the preschool program in Cape Girardeau should have stated the district has budgeted $123,000 on salaries, $15,000 on instructional supplies, $25,000 on noninstructional supplies such as playground equipment and $5,000 on staff development for the preschool program. So far, the district has spent $80,867 on the program. Adding a preschool room at either Alma Schrader Elementary or Clippard Elementary would cost an estimated $75,000 apiece...
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Husband, wife plead guilty to amended alcohol charges
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
The case of a Sikeston, Mo., couple charged with supplying alcohol to minors will not go to trial. Mark Cheatham, 49, and Terry Brewer Cheatham, 47, pleaded guilty Wednesday to amended charges, said their attorney, Stephen Wilson. They pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts each of allowing minors to drink on their property but denied that they supplied liquor, Wilson said...
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The wait for disability
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
Tarring a roof or putting up walls never made Jeff Niccum bat an eye. Manual labor is all the work he has known. But his life of construction, roofing and landscaping has resulted in degenerative joints and painful arthritis in his early 40s. Giving his son J.T., who turned 5 Wednesday, a bath hurts him. J.T. got a train for his birthday, but Niccum could only put the toy together from a recliner. Getting on the floor with the boy was out of the question...
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Michael Devlin moved to prison in northwest Missouri
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
ST. LOUIS -- Michael Devlin was moved Wednesday to a prison in the northwest Missouri town of Cameron, where he is expected to serve his 74 life sentences for kidnapping and molesting two boys whose rescue was dubbed the "Missouri Miracle." Devlin, 42, had been under evaluation at a prison intake center in St. ...
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Authorities nab 'crutch bandit' in Kansas City
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man suspected of using a crutch in a New Mexico bank robbery has been nabbed in Kansas City after surveillance video was posted on YouTube and other Internet sites. The YouTube video, which is listed under the heading "Ninja Crutch Bandit," shows a man clad in black walk into an Albuquerque, N.M., bank with a crutch under one arm and a gun in his other hand...
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Energy Department scraps futuristic coal plant in Illinois
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Officials promised Wednesday to fight the Department of Energy's decision to scrap a futuristic, low-pollution power plant planned for central Illinois, but the leader of the state's congressional delegation seemed resigned to its end...
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Obama: Clinton presidency would be a step back
(National News ~ 01/31/08)
DENVER -- Democratic Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidency would be a step back to the past, turning her husband's image of a bridge to the future against her. The former first lady decried the tenor of his comments in an interview with The Associated Press...
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Democrat John Edwards ends campaign for presidential nomination
(National News ~ 01/31/08)
NEW ORLEANS -- John Edwards bowed out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday, saying it was time to step aside "so that history can blaze its path" in a campaign now left to Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. "With our convictions and a little backbone, we will take back the White House in November," said Edwards, ending his second campaign in the same hurricane-ravaged city where he began it more than a year ago...
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Giuliani quits Republican presidential race, endorses John McCain
(National News ~ 01/31/08)
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- Rudy Giuliani, who sought to make the leap from New York mayor to the White House, bowed out of the Republican presidential contest Wednesday and endorsed front-runner and longtime friend John McCain. "John McCain is the most qualified candidate to be the next commander in chief of the United States," Giuliani said. "He's an American hero."...
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Chinese fight for seats as blizzards cripple transport system
(International News ~ 01/31/08)
GUANGZHOU, China -- Crowds of frantic Chinese fought for seats Wednesday on the few trains leaving southern China, where the worst winter storms in half a century have crippled the nation's transport system during its busiest travel season. One desperate mob stormed a city bus in the main southern city of Guangzhou, mistakenly thinking it was taking passengers to the day's last departing trains. ...
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Anniversary of Gandhi's death passes quietly in India
(International News ~ 01/31/08)
NEW DELHI -- Across the street from the house where Mohandas K. Gandhi was shot and killed 60 years ago Wednesday stands India's National Defense College, an institution that certainly would have troubled the icon of nonviolence. Wednesday's commemorations of his death were modest. In Mumbai, the country's financial and entertainment center, his great-granddaughter scattered some of his ashes in the Arabian Sea after a procession through city streets that attracted about 300 people...
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Cape/Jackson fire report 1/31/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/31/08)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday: n At 5:18 p.m., emergency medical service in the 2100 block of William Street. n At 5:36 p.m., an investigation in the 300 block of North West End Boulevard. n At 6:28 p.m., emergency medical service in the 500 block of Optimist Drive...
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Cape police report 1/31/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/31/08)
The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Thomas P. Kockenkemper, 41, 105 N. Clark Ave., was arrested on two Cape Girardeau warrants for contempt of court for failure to pay fines for speeding and violating steady signal and noise disturbance...
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Julia Clement
(Obituary ~ 01/31/08)
Julia Vandivort Stein Clement, 98, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, in Kirkwood, Mo. She was born Aug. 4, 1909, in Jackson, daughter of Clyde A. and Julie Adele Sanford Vandivort. Julia Sanford Vandivort Stein Clement grew up in Cape Girardeau before automobiles, household appliances, penicillin, women priests in the Episcopal Church, a woman's right to vote and the civil rights movement...
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Bernard Daniel
(Obituary ~ 01/31/08)
Huey Bernard Daniel, 76, of Scott City died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, at his home. He was born Aug. 27, 1931, in Summerdale, Ala., son of William Abel and Zuma Mae Burns Daniel. He and Barbara Nell Traylor were married June 1, 1953, in Winter Haven, Fla...
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Brandy Hobeck-Noah
(Obituary ~ 01/31/08)
Brandy Hobeck-Noah, 27, of Millersville, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Nov. 2, 1980, in Cape Girardeau, to Scott and Gina Whitener Hobeck. Brandy graduated from Jackson High School in 1999. She worked for Noffel Feuerhahn Center for Orthodontics in Cape Girardeau, and was currently a project manager at General Sign Co. in Cape Girardeau...
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Frances Reed
(Obituary ~ 01/31/08)
Frances Helena Coble Reed, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born June 16, 1914, in Graysville, Ky., daughter of John Thomas and Louisa Bom Coble. She and Clyde E. Reed were married Dec. 23, 1963, in Benton, Mo. He died Jan. 5, 2007...
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Cornelius Seyer
(Obituary ~ 01/31/08)
Cornelius J. "Cornel" Seyer, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Ethel Cannon
(Obituary ~ 01/31/08)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ethel Louise Cannon, 91, of Chaffee died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 25, 1917, at Poplar Bluff, Mo, daughter of Willie Edward and Cynthia Margarite Crittenden Jeffries. She and Elmer Andrew Cannon were married May 4, 1935. He died May 9, 2001...
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Community digest 1/31/08
(Community News ~ 01/31/08)
Valentines, thank-yous for soldiers due Tuesday; Landowner workshop to be held at Nature Center; Meeting on upcoming Italy trip set for Feb. 7; Child ID program to be held at Coad Chevrolet; Telethon Idol auditions to be held at mall; St. Ambrose to hold euchre tournament; League of Women Voters to hear speech on climate
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Community cuisine 1/31/08
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
Fish and chicken to be served Friday at Leopold A fish and chicken dinner will be at 5 p.m. Friday at the Knights of Columbus hall in Leopold, Mo. Also on the menu are macaroni and cheese, french fries, coleslaw and baked beans. A shooting match and bingo will follow...
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Violin player makes his instrument, then his music
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Jerry Field had repaired the seam of his own $40 pawnshop violin so he could finally learn how to play the fiddle, a childhood aspiration. But it was the "gift" from his private instructor of a late 1800s German-made violin, fractured in pieces and tossed in the garbage, that sparked a lifelong pursuit...
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Jimmy Carter hopes moderate Baptist meeting will serve as model of unity
(National News ~ 01/31/08)
ATLANTA -- Led by former president Jimmy Carter, thousands of moderate and liberal Baptists prayed and held hands across a massive exhibit hall Wednesday, trying to overcome racial and theological divisions and challenge conservative Southern Baptist dominance of their tradition...
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Judge dismisses Katrina flooding suit against Corps of Engineers
(National News ~ 01/31/08)
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal judge threw out a key class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina, saying that the agency failed to protect the city but that his hands were tied by the law...
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Fierce storm with frigid winds whips east, pushing Lake Erie over banks
(National News ~ 01/31/08)
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Lake Erie surged over its eastern shore Wednesday, adding flooding to the headaches delivered by a windy storm that tipped tractor-trailers, disrupted flights, and toppled trees and power lines across a wide swath of the nation. Arctic air roared into New York before dawn, sending Tuesday's springlike temperatures plummeting. Buffalo went from 53 degrees at 3 a.m. Wednesday to 15 degrees by noon. Classes were canceled at most area schools...
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USDA says it will investigate mistreatment of cows at Calif. slaughterhouse
(National News ~ 01/31/08)
WASHINGTON -- The Agriculture Department said Wednesday it would investigate whether sick dairy cows were mistreated at a California slaughterhouse in violation of state and federal laws designed to ensure food safety and prevent animal cruelty. Newly installed Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said the department was taking the allegations seriously after video footage showed workers at the Hallmark Meat Packing Co. ...
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Officials concerned rule changes at U.S. border could cause confusion
(National News ~ 01/31/08)
DETROIT -- Some businesses and lawmakers are worried that new identification requirements going into effect Thursday at the borders with Canada and Mexico could create widespread confusion and delays and discourage some people from making the trip. Americans and Canadians will be required to show some document, such as a passport or a birth certificate, beyond a driver's license to prove citizenship. ...
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Fed cuts interest rates by bold half-point to boost ailing economy
(National News ~ 01/31/08)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve delivered powerful new relief to people and businesses squeezed by the ailing economy Wednesday, cutting interest rates ever deeper in an effort to avert or at least soften the blow of a recession. The bold, half-point reduction approved by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and all but one of his colleagues came as President Bush and Congress raced to enact a separate rescue package -- including tax rebates for individuals and tax breaks for companies -- to help energize an economy in danger of stalling.. ...
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Australia to apologize to 'stolen generations' of Aborigines
(International News ~ 01/31/08)
MOUNT DRUITT, Australia -- As a girl, Mari Melito Russell felt out of place. She was darker than the other children at school, she felt more comfortable in the forest than her suburban home and she had vivid dreams of an Aboriginal woman beckoning her...
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Japan's dolphin hunt sags under protests, concerns over mercury
(International News ~ 01/31/08)
TAIJI, Japan -- Every autumn and winter, hunters from this craggy Japanese fishing village corral thousands of dolphins into a tiny, isolated cove and kill them for meat and fertilizer, turning the water red with their blood. And every year, foreign animal rights protesters converge on the town, interfering with the slaughter, clashing with fishermen and broadcasting grisly photographs of the slayings around the world -- all without stopping the hunt...
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Internet outages from damaged cables disrupt usage in Middle East
(International News ~ 01/31/08)
CAIRO, Egypt -- Internet outages disrupted business and personal usage across a wide swath of the Middle East on Wednesday after two undersea cables in the Mediterranean were damaged, government officials and Internet service providers said. In Cairo, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said the cut of the international communications cables Flag and Seamewe 4 had led to a partial disruption of Internet services and other telecommunications across much of Egypt...
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Many Gazans trying to evade Egyptian security to get to Cairo
(International News ~ 01/31/08)
El-ARISH, Egypt -- Eissa Sweillem entered Egypt through the breached Gaza border -- but not just to shop at stores. The 27-year-old unemployed Gaza man hopes to buy a fake Egyptian identification card so he can get through security checkpoints and across the desert to Cairo...
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Bill would put an end to MSHSAA
(High School Sports ~ 01/31/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A House panel considered legislation Wednesday that would clear the way to abolish the private Missouri State High School Activities Association. Supporters of the bill say the group's procedures and decisions have been unfair, and have limited appeals. They cited a list of examples of students who weren't able to compete in sports or activities...
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Alternative school team bumps up girls' confidence
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
Taisha Roberts, 17, chucks the volleyball into the air and eyes it as it barrels over the net and pounds the wall. "That was in. It hit the line," she says with a laugh. Tazzie, as her friends call her, is more of a basketball player. She played on Central's team as a freshman and sophomore, before her grades began to slip. She now attends the Alternative Education Center...
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Two Academy Awards shows in the works in case writers' strike remains unresolved
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
LOS ANGELES -- An Oscars contingency plan that would include history, film clips and out-of-the-ordinary concepts for the awards show is in the works, academy president Sid Ganis said Wednesday. With the writers strike dragging dangerously close to the Feb. 24 telecast, the film academy is planning two Oscar shows: "The show we would love to do and ... a show that we would prefer not to do," Ganis said...
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Southeast grad hopes to win Super Bowl ring
(College Sports ~ 01/31/08)
You won't see Dan Connolly on the field during Sunday's Super Bowl. But the Southeast Missouri State product will have a vested interest in the outcome as he watches from the New England sideline in street clothes. A victory over the New York Giants in Phoenix would complete a record-setting 19-0 season for the Patriots...
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Redhawks gymnast collects honor
(College Sports ~ 01/31/08)
Southeast Missouri State junior gymnast Sandra Blake was named the Midwest Independent Conference gymnast of the week for her performance against Illinois State. Blake won her first individual title of the season against the Redbirds. She scored a season-high on the floor exercise (9.800) and the all-around (38.950). She scored a 9.700 on the vault, a season-best 9.775 on the balance beam and a 9.675 on the uneven bars...
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Area digest 1/31/08
(Community Sports ~ 01/31/08)
Hale beats Kinnaman for men's open title Cape Girardeau's Rob Hale defeated Jerry Kinnaman of Cape Girardeau, 7-5, 6-2, to win the men's open singles division of the Snowman indoor tennis tournament recently. In the A singles, Jackson's Ish Patel defeated Cape Girardeau's Gary Corse, 6-3, 6-2...
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Area calendar 1/31/08
(Community Sports ~ 01/31/08)
Basketball n MAYB tournament: Southeast Youth Sports will host its annual MAYB basketball tournament in Cape Girardeau and Jackson on April 26 and 27. The tournament is open to boys and girls in grades 3 through 12. Cost: $150 for a minimum of three games. Info: Darrin Pruitt, 837-0111, or sesports.org...
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Rams hire Saunders as offensive coordinator
(Professional Sports ~ 01/31/08)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Rams hired Al Saunders as offensive coordinator Wednesday, another step in a coaching staff overhaul following a three-win season. Saunders was fired by the Washington Redskins on Saturday after two seasons in the same position. He'll begin his second stint with the Rams after serving as an assistant under Dick Vermeil in 1999 and 2000, helping the Rams win their first Super Bowl after the '99 season...
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State unveils host cities for 2008 Tour of Missouri
(Professional Sports ~ 01/31/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Despite an inaugural effort that exceeded its $1 million state budget by $350,000, the Tour of Missouri cycling race is returning in 2008 with an extra day of racing and four new host cities. The tour begins Sept. 8 with a 90-mile road race from St. Joseph to Kansas City. Rolla, St. James and Hermann join St. Joseph as the other new stops...
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New England's offensive linemen charged with keeping Brady safe
(Professional Sports ~ 01/31/08)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- They're big, brawny and bearded -- and they're the guys whose duty is to keep Tom Brady safe from bloodthirsty opponents looking to pound him into the turf. "Our job is to make sure he doesn't get dirty," right guard Stephen Neal said Wednesday...
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Ending Patriots' perfection rests with Giants' D-line
(Professional Sports ~ 01/31/08)
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Justin Tuck didn't need to conduct a survey to figure out who America expects to be the Super Bowl MVP. "Tom Brady," he said. If Brady plays well, the New England Patriots are going to cap an undefeated season and certify their claim to being a dynasty...
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At the theaters
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
'Meet the Spartans'; 'Over Her Dead Body'; 'The Eye'; '27 Dresses'; 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'; 'Atonement'; 'The Bucket List'; 'Cloverfield'; 'Enchanted'; 'First Sunday'; 'How She Move'; 'I Am Legend'; 'Juno'; 'Mad Money'; 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets'; 'Rambo'; 'There Will be Blood'; 'Untraceable'
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Clinton campaign reaches out to young voters
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
Chelsea Clinton's visit to Cape Girardeau on Sunday gave 20-somethings -- even the Ron Paul supporters -- a chance to be heard. At Grace Cafe, Clinton spoke to the audience of about 130 for an hour. Her appearance is part of an effort to involve young voters in the presidential elections...
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Best-sellers-Books-USAToday
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
1. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert 2. "Plum Lucky" by Janet Evanovich 3. "Atonement" by Ian McEwan 4. "Three Cups Of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin...
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Artifacts 1/31/08
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
Steve Ewing to play in area; DNR celebrates black history; Royal Scots Dragoon Guards coming to Fox; -- From staff reports
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top 5 CDs
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
The bestselling CDs at PMac Music from Jan. 21-27. 1. Drive-by Truckers -- "Brighter Than Creation's Dark" 2. Seether -- "Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces" 3. Rascal Flatts -- "Still Feels Good" 4. Moe -- "Sticks and Stones" 5. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss -- "Raising Sand"...
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Passing the torch
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
The ways teachers can inspire students will be on display beginning Friday in a show opening at the Untitled Gallery, an exhibit the organizer views as a kind of passing of the torch. "Pedagogue," opening Friday in downtown Cape Girardeau, will include work by Dr. ...
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Get a cup of coffee or uncork a bottle of wine at Cup N Cork
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
Cozy, quiet, and pleasant describe Cup 'N' Cork perfectly. It is the ideal alternative to chain coffee shops. The cafe is a family-run business owned by Kim and Barry Robinson since September 2005. Barry brings experience to the business having worked for a well-known coffee chain. Kim, who has always loved baking, makes breads, croissants and muffins daily. Their two daughters also help...
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"Killshot" fever has cooled
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
The big news has finally come. But you may not have even noticed because, by now, it's quite likely you've lost interest in the whole deal. What else could I be speaking of but the infamous "Killshot" movie? Sources with the Weinstein Co., the film's studio, confirmed last week that April 11 is indeed the release date for "Killshot," though they didn't specify what sort of release that will be: wide theatrical release, limited theatrical release or the dreaded and much speculated straight-to-DVD release.. ...
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A month of Jazz
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
February will certainly be swingin' thanks to a plethora of performances by the Southeast Jazz Ensemble and the Sultans of Swing. The ensemble, a collection of Southeast students performing contemporary and big-band pieces under the direction of Dr. ...
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Valentine's Day soul
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
ST. LOUIS -- The R in R&B stands for romance with this Fox Theatre concert. At 8 p.m. Feb. 8, one of R&B music's popular vocal grounds, The Whispers, come to the Fox Theatre for a concert with Stephanie Mills. The Whispers come from the old school of R&B, having started back in 1963 with twin brothers and their friends in the Watts section of L.A. and in San Francisco/Oakland area nightclubs...
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Petty talks Super Bowl, announces Heartbreakers summer tour
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
NEW YORK -- Tom Petty says he's not much of a football fan, but playing the Super Bowl halftime show was an offer he couldn't refuse. "The most significant thing about it is the people watching worldwide ... it's probably the biggest audience you can have I would imagine," the 57-year-old singer said...
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NBC's new `Lipstick Jungle' similar to ABC's `Cashmere Mafia,' but neither series measures up
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
NEW YORK -- "Cashmere Mafia"? "Lipstick Jungle"? As titles go, these are lively, inviting and interchangeable. From a creative standpoint, "Cashmere" (Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on ABC) comes across as strictly a synthetic blend. On the other hand, its sister serial "Lipstick" (premieres at 9 p.m. Feb. 7 on NBC) is glossy and bright...
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The date changed but the action remains the same
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
John "Body Count" Rambo is back with a vengeance. Though tucked away in a small village south of Burma, John is still into hard-core body building, communicating in simple sentences and exploding into a rage in the blink of an eye. And he's still keeping the plot simple: It's 1979 -- er, 2008, and Rambo is haunted daily by his Vietnam experience. ...
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First friday listings
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
Edward Bernard Edward Bernard Gallery will feature jazz musicians "Fill" for the First Friday reception. Open from 5 to 9 p.m. 107 West Drive, Suite D; 332-7733 Garden Gallery Handmade jewelry by Charlene Biesele of Venice, Calif., is featured. Gallery open from noon to 9 p.m...
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Worth the drive
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
Less than 2 hours Downtown and Soulard district, St. Louis St. Louis kicks into Mardi Gras gear with The Mayor's Ball -- A Mardi Gras Masquerade, where revelers overtake City Hall from 7 p.m. to midnight Friday. Masks are encouraged. The Lumiere Place Grand Parade goes through downtown from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday with a party that night, a precursor to the Fat Tuesday Parade down Market Street...
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Good bets
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
LIVE MUSIC 24th International Blues Challenge Blues acts take to Beale Street to compete. When: Today through Saturday Where: Beale Street, Memphis Ivas John Band The Southern Illinois bluesman has taken over Thursday nights at Port Cape Girardeau. When: 8 p.m. to midnight tonight...
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Weekend calendar
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
Friday VISUAL ARTS First Friday receptions @ Various locations THEATER [StartDouble]Late Night Catechism" @ Bedell Performance Hall, River Campus LIVE MUSIC Sultans of Swing @ Buckner Brewing Co. Country Touch Band @ Jackson Elks Lodge Classic Country Band @ Jackson American Legion Hall...
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New DVD releases include `The Invasion,' `El Cid'
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/08)
"The Invasion" Even with Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig headlining, this sci-fi update was unable to replicate the commercial success of earlier incarnations of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Kidman stars as a psychiatrist who teams with colleague Craig to uncover the truth about an alien menace in which humans are taken over and turned into robot-like pod people...
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Lawmakers trying to block start of Blunt's health-care plan
(State News ~ 01/31/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A House committee is seeking to enlist the help of Democratic Secretary of State Robin Carnahan in its quest to block a government-subsidized health-care program backed by Republican Gov. Matt Blunt. The governor's Insure Missouri program is projected to expand health coverage to more than 54,500 low-income working parents after it takes effect March 14...
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Shorthanded Tigers stumble Missouri was without two starters and three key reserves Wednesday
(College Sports ~ 01/31/08)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Mike Anderson put principles ahead of victories, yet still pushed Nebraska to the limit with a skeleton roster. Missouri's second-year coach is confident the five players he suspended in the wake of a weekend nightclub altercation learned from watching the Cornhuskers escape with a 66-62 victory, their first in the Big 12, against the severely short-handed Tigers on Wednesday night. He also hinted that the suspension might be lifted after one game...
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Jetton says no to bid for Missouri governor
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton won't become the fourth candidate in the Republican primary for governor. Jetton, R-Marble Hill, who will lose his legislative seat this year to term limits, endorsed 9th District U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof of Columbia in the campaign to succeed Gov. ...
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Study: Mercury in vaccines disappears from blood quickly
(National News ~ 01/31/08)
CHICAGO -- Mercury from vaccines seems to disappear rapidly from the blood, returning to prevaccination levels in one month, according to a small study of children in Argentina. The findings bolster the argument that a mercury-based vaccine preservative doesn't cause autism in children, although it's unclear from the study whether some mercury may linger elsewhere in the body...
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Former state representative begins serving federal sentence
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
Southeast Missourian Former state representative Nathan Cooper began his 15-month federal prison sentence for immigration fraud this week at the U.S. penitentiary in Marion, Ill. The former lawmaker is confined to the minimum-security camp adjacent to the main prison in keeping with his request when sentenced in December. Under federal law, Cooper could receive up to 54 days off for good behavior for every year he is in prison, meaning he could be released in as little as 13 months...
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Schools brace for snowfall
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
A winter storm moving out of the Southern Plains could be in Southeast Missouri by midmorning today with a mix of rain, sleet and snow, with forecasters expecting up to 8 inches of snow by the end of the storm Friday. A winter storm watch was in effect for most of Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois through tonight. Officials at several area school districts were monitoring weather forecasts, anticipating the potential to close schools early today if the storm arrives as expected...
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Fannie Mae German
(Obituary ~ 01/31/08)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Fannie Mae German, 81, of Mounds died Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, at Day Star Care Center in Cairo, Ill. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time Saturday at Massie Funeral Home in Mounds. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with James W. Woodside Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Garden at Villa Ridge, Ill...
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Send us your winter weather pictures
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
If you would like to send us your winter weather pictures to be included in our photo gallery, please email them to photographers@semissourian.com with your name and a brief description.
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Snow beginning to fall
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
Weather forecasters have predicted a major snow storm today. Two Bollinger County schools have already announced plans to dismiss at noon. More school closings are expected. Keep updated on weather conditions at semissourian.com throughout the day here:...
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Ice possible, followed by more snow as another wave approaches
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
As snow continues to fall steadily, meteorologists at the National Weather say Cape Girardeau can expect four to eight inches of snowfall today, and a minor accumulation of ice, before tapering off early Friday. The heavy snow warning will remain in effect for the region until noon on Friday...
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Cape police receive calls on 20 accidents so far
(Local News ~ 01/31/08)
The wintery mix that blanketed the region today caused some problems on the roadways. Hills that have north or northeast facing hillsides, or bridge overpasses, will be especially slick and may be prone to accidents during these conditions, said Sgt. Barry Hovis of the Cape Girardeau police...
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