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Volunteers display old-time skills at Frohna festival
(Local News ~ 03/02/08)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Visitors to Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna took a break from technology Saturday with demonstrations of how to make maple syrup, rope, kettle corn, bread and apple butter. Outdoor activities were handled by about 30 volunteers, most in period costume. Guided tours through the old structures were scheduled at two-hour intervals...
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Fatal drug overdoses increase in county
(Local News ~ 03/02/08)
In 2007, the number of people in Cape Girardeau County who died due to drug overdoses doubled from the previous year. Since 1999, 43 people have died in the county as a result of an overdose. Thirteen of those fatalities occurred in 2007, according to Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton...
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Patton woman injured in accident
(Local News ~ 03/02/08)
Southeast Missourian PATTON, Mo. -- A 71-year-old Patton woman was seriously injured Saturday when her vehicle backed across a highway and struck a tree. Lilian E. Martin was taken to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after the 2:30 p.m. accident. It occurred on Route A, one-tenth of a mile west of state Highway 51 near Patton in Bollinger County...
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Ice storm ruined champion tree
(Local News ~ 03/02/08)
Vandals have hurt Old Lorimier Cemetery the most during the 200 years of its existence. In 1992 a fence was erected to try to prevent almost weekly attacks on gravestones. Last year a motion-activated security system was installed to provide more protection to the cemetery's historical artifacts, which include the graves of Cape Girardeau founding father Louis Lorimier, railroad entrepreneur Louis Houck and George Washington's cousin George Lewis...
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Holyfield - Groeteke
(Engagement ~ 03/02/08)
David and Vickie Howard and Butch and Sally Holyfield, all of Cape Girardeau, announce the engagement of their daughter, Alyssa Lee Holyfield, to Matthew John Groeteke, both of St. Peters, Mo. He is the son of John and Star Groeteke of St. Charles, Mo...
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Enforce immigration laws
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/02/08)
To the editor:Would Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton take a job for $8 an hour and give up Section 8 housing, food stamps, unemployment benefits, Medicaid, WIC and other welfare incentives, all of which $8 an hour would even begin to replace? What has Jetton offered his constituents in Wayne County since 2004?...
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Roslen - Vetter
(Wedding ~ 03/02/08)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Kristina Elaine Roslen and Justin Wade Vetter were married Sept. 8, 2007, at Chaumette Vineyards and Winery near Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Judge David Dolan of Sikeston, Mo., performed the ceremony. Reader was Lauren Heuring, Organist was Barbara Jones...
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Thanks to emergency crews
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/02/08)
To the editor:I want to take this opportunity to thank the Cape County Private Ambulance Service and the Gordonville Fire Department for coming to my home and helping me. I fell down a flight of stairs. I was injured quite badly. I was taken to Saint Francis Medical Center. ...
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Out of the past 3/2/08
(Out of the Past ~ 03/02/08)
Speaking at the annual Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce dinner last night, Gov. Christopher S. Bond announced Tri-Con Corp., will hire about 120 workers here to produce automobile seat covers for the Chrysler Corporation; the company has leased space from the Ralph Edwards Sportswear Co...
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Broshuis - Kesterson
(Engagement ~ 03/02/08)
Ronald Broshuis of Marble Hill, Mo., and Debbie Allen of Clubb, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Misty Dawn Broshuis, to Alan Lynn Kesterson, both of Jackson. He is the son of Larry and Linda Kesterson of Oak Ridge. Broshuis attended Woodland High School...
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Scherer - Statler
(Engagement ~ 03/02/08)
BENTON, Mo. -- Vince and Carol Hulshof of Benton announce the engagement of their daughter, Natalie Carole Scherer, to Joshua Paul Statler, both of Chesterfield, Mo. He is the son of Ivan and Susan Statler of Jackson. Scherer is a 2003 graduate of Kelly High School, and received a degree in hotel and restaurant management from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is meeting and event coordinator with Experint Inc...
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Duvall - Wachter
(Engagement ~ 03/02/08)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Terry Duvall and Robyn Roy of Perryville announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Duvall, to Adam Wachter, both of Northglenn, Colo. He is the son of Rodney and Barb Wachter of Altenburg, Mo. Duvall is a 2003 graduate of Perryville High School, and a 2007 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. She is a business teacher at Brighton Collegiate High School in Brighton, Colo...
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Crowden - Knowlan
(Wedding ~ 03/02/08)
Courtney Rae Crowden and Stuart Ellis Knowlan were married Aug. 11, 2007, at First Baptist Church in Jackson. T.J. Humphrey performed the ceremony. Pianist was Christy Shinn of Jackson, guitarists were Sam Gregg of Jackson and Eric Peterson of Wentzville, Mo. Peterson was also soloist...
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Milam - Holder
(Engagement ~ 03/02/08)
BENTON, Mo. -- Brock and Amy Milam of Benton announce the engagement of their daughter, Lexie Brooke Milam, to Mitchell Wayne Holder. He is the son of Ed and Lisa Prellwitz of Morley, Mo., and Randy Holder and Carrie Phillips of Scott City. Milam attended Kelly High School and received a certificate of diploma in 2007...
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Sunshine enforcement
(Editorial ~ 03/02/08)
Proposed legislation in the Missouri Legislature would require all public officials in the state to receive Sunshine Law training within 90 days of taking office. At least three other states have either passed a similar law or are considering one. The aim of the Sunshine Law -- the Missouri Open Meetings, Open Records Act -- is to give the public access to government deliberations and documents. ...
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Wills - Prost
(Engagement ~ 03/02/08)
Norman and Imogene VanGennip of Marble Hill, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Cathy Vangennip Wills of Cape Girardeau, to Roger Prost of Perryville, Mo. He is the son of the late Harvey and Earlene Prost of Perryville. Wills is employed at Physician Associates in Cape Girardeau...
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Spencer - Fluegge
(Engagement ~ 03/02/08)
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Barrong of Camden, Ark., announce the engagement of their daughter, Kellie Spencer of Corpus Christi, Texas, to Jeff Fluegge of Schertz, Texas. He is the son of Carolyn Myer of Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. Milford Fluegge of Millersville...
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Speak Out 3/2/08
(Speak Out ~ 03/02/08)
Laziness is a fact; Need zoning, codes; Reaping the rewards; Punish developers; Help with limbs; Thanks for help; Using statistics; Buckley's death
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Koerber - Jackson
(Engagement ~ 03/02/08)
Mark and Susan Koerber of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Krystina Renee Koerber, to Jerry Dwayne Jackson Jr. He is the son of Jerry and Debbie Jackson Sr. of Scott City. Koerber is a 2005 graduate of Jackson High School, and is majoring in pre-pharmacy at Southeast Missouri State University. She is a pharmacy technician at Plaza Pharmacy...
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Strings and things: Area music students plan to travel to Asia for the Singapore International Spring Conference
(Community ~ 03/02/08)
Thirty local residents will be celebrating Thanksgiving this year far from home. Thirteen students, three teachers and 14 of their family members will board a plane and visit Singapore and Japan for a two-week stay. The students are pupils of Hays Hendricks (no relation to the author of this article), a Suzuki violin instructor based at the Southeast Missouri Music Academy. ...
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Pakistan police formally accuse al-Qaida-linked militant leader in Bhutto killing
(International News ~ 03/02/08)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani police Saturday formally accused the top Taliban leader in the country and four others of planning the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Police filed preliminary charges in court against Baitullah Mehsud, who had been named by the Pakistani government in the Dec. ...
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Some Missouri Southern students fighting fee increase for rec center
(State News ~ 03/02/08)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- Some students at Missouri Southern State University are seeking to reverse a fee increase that will go toward a recreation center already under construction. They are circulating petitions seeking to eliminate the $150 per semester fee, which takes effect in the fall. For students taking six credit hours or less, the fee will be $75...
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Detectives: Man asked friend to shoot him so he could skip work
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
PASCO, Wash. -- Sheriff's detectives in Franklin County, Wash., say a man had his friend shoot him in the shoulder so he wouldn't have to go to work. When he first spoke with deputies, Daniel Kuch told them he'd been the victim of a drive-by shooting while he was jogging Thursday. But detectives told KONA radio that Kuch later acknowledged that he asked his friend to shoot him so he could get some time off work and avoid a drug test...
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U.S. admissions of Iraqi refugees on the rise for second month
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
WASHINGTON -- The number of Iraqi refugees admitted to the United States rose slightly for the second month in a row, although the Bush administration still will struggle to meet its target of 12,000 by the end of September. The State Department said Saturday that 444 Iraqi refugees entered the country in February. That puts total admissions for the current budget year, which began Oct. 1, at 1,876 and leaves the administration seven months to admit 10,124 to reach its goal...
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Edna Nagel
(Obituary ~ 03/02/08)
Edna E. "Bess" Creibaum Nagel, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, at the Lutheran Home. She was born June 1, 1914, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of William and Leona Scherf Creibaum. She married Alvin H. Nagel. He died July 30, 1990. Nagel was a cafeteria manager at Trinity Lutheran School and Campus University School. She belonged to St. Andrew Lutheran Church and Lutheran Women's Missionary League, where she was a bereavement lunch member and kitchen member...
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Police report 3/2/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/02/08)
DWI; Assault
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Alva Rodgers
(Obituary ~ 03/02/08)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Alva Richard Rodgers, 89, died Saturday, March 1, 2008, at Advance Nursing Center. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Morgan Funeral Home. Funeral is at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Bright Prospect General Baptist Church in McGee, Mo...
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Prince Harry back in U.K. after 10 weeks of Afghanistan service
(International News ~ 03/02/08)
LONDON -- Prince Harry returned home to his relieved father and older brother Saturday after a 10-week Afghan tour of duty that security officials fear could now make him a top target for extremists. His body armor hanging loose off one shoulder, Harry, 23, descended the steps of a Royal Air Force troop carrier with about 170 other soldiers. ...
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New Jersey drivers can face $100 fine for talking on cell phones, text-messaging
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
TRENTON, N.J. -- For New Jersey drivers, the message is clear: Keep your thumbs on the wheel and off the keypad. As of Saturday, police can slap drivers with a $100 fine for talking or sending a text message on hand-held devices. New Jersey joins four other states, including neighboring New York, where talking on a hand-held cell phone is reason enough to get pulled over. ...
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Russia votes for Vladimir Putin's successor
(International News ~ 03/02/08)
MOSCOW -- After eight years of rule that saw Russia's influence and wealth grow while its democratic freedoms shrank, voters in the Far East were the first in this vast nation to cast their ballots today for President Vladimir Putin's successor. When the election is over and the votes are counted, a path almost certainly will be open for Putin to take a new and powerful role in the government of the man he has endorsed to take his place...
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Authorities: Plane collision at Fla. airport kills 2, injures 2
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
TITUSVILLE, Fla. -- A small airplane that may have had trouble landing struck another aircraft that was taxiing at an airfield and both burst into flames Saturday, killing two people, authorities said. Two other people were critically injured. Both planes were single-engine craft known as "experimental" or amateur-built, officials said. The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 866 was hosting a pancake breakfast at the airport, the Arthur Dunn Airpark...
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Last major piece fitted into huge particle collider
(International News ~ 03/02/08)
GENEVA -- Engineers Friday fitted the last major piece into what they say will be the world's largest scientific instrument -- a particle accelerator in a 17-mile tunnel under the Swiss-French border. The wheel-shaped piece of equipment, with a diameter of about 30 feet, was lowered down a 330-foot shaft and fitted with other equipment known as detectors in an underground room the size of a cathedral...
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Helen Riley
(Obituary ~ 03/02/08)
MALDEN, Mo. -- Helen Erma Ramsey Riley of Malden passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, at Missouri Southern Healthcare Hospital in Dexter, Mo., at the age of 91 years, 11 months. She was born March 28, 1916, to Vern C. and Minnie Geiser Ramsey at Chaffee, Scott County, Mo. She is a descendant of some of the original settlers of Cape Girardeau County...
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Official: Water negotiations have failed to produce agreement
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
WASHINGTON -- Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne says White House-brokered negotiations involving Alabama, Florida and Georgia have failed to produce a water-sharing deal. In lieu of such an agreement, federal agencies will move forward with developing their own solution, Kempthorne wrote the three governors...
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Court hands defeat to advocates of abortion notification law in Ill.
(State News ~ 03/02/08)
CHICAGO -- A federal judge refused to allow enforcement of a state law requiring teenage girls to notify their parents before getting abortions, a legal body blow to the decades-old measure. Pro-choice groups Saturday hailed the ruling, saying it should be a last nail in the coffin for the law that was passed in 1984 and updated in 1995 but has never been enforced because of complex legal wrangling...
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Israeli strikes kill 54 in Gaza as militants send off barrage of rockets
(International News ~ 03/02/08)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli troops turned heavy firepower on rocket squads bombarding southern Israel Saturday, killing 54 Palestinians in the deadliest day in Gaza since the current round of fighting erupted in 2000. Two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven were wounded in the clashes, the military said...
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Richard Jones
(Obituary ~ 03/02/08)
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Richard D. "Dick" Jones, 81, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away March 1, 2008, at the Kansas City Hospice House. He was born March 13, 1926, in Carthage, Mo., to Norman and Reba Jones. Jones graduated from Central High School in Springfield, Mo., Drury College in Springfield, and the University of Missouri, Columbia Law School with a J.D. degree. He was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity, Seven Sages and Phi Delta Phi...
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Deaths on planes give passengers an unwanted up-close view of human frailty
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
NEW YORK -- When Rubina Husain's husband died aboard an airliner, she shielded her 10-year-old daughter's eyes so she wouldn't see her daddy's body carried through the cabin. Then, with the corpse covered up and tucked away in a rear galley, the passengers who had stood around and stared after the man collapsed returned to eating and chatting. The Athens-to-New York jetliner continued on to its destination for eight or nine more hours. And the in-flight movie was shown as planned...
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Four to be charged with murder in fire that killed 3
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
ALBA, Texas -- A mother and two children were killed in a predawn attack at their remote East Texas ranch, which burned to the ground, and four young people who knew the family will be charged with murder, authorities said. The father was in critical condition with a gunshot wound, Rains County Sheriff David Traylor said at a news conference...
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Some dissidents optimistic Raul Castro will improve Cuban human rights; others unconvinced
(International News ~ 03/02/08)
HAVANA -- Once known as the "fist" of Cuba's revolution, 76-year-old Raul Castro may be showing a brush of the velvet glove since taking power. Just a week into his job as Cuba's new president, Castro discussed the island's prisoners with a visiting Vatican official and directed his government to sign two international human rights treaties that his older brother, Fidel, opposed...
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Minn. man assaults woman on his way to anger management class
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A man on his way to anger management class became angry and struck a woman, authorities said. Justin John Boudin, 27, pleaded guilty Friday to fifth-degree assault in Ramsey County District Court and can expect to face a sentence for time served in jail, at least 120 days, and probation when he is sentenced May 5, the county attorney's office said...
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Wisconsin woman born on Leap Day welcomes grandchild with same birthday
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
LA CROSSE, Wis. -- It was the perfect gift for someone born on Feb. 29 -- a Leap Day grandchild. As Julie Austin of Galesville prepared to observe her Leap Year birthday Friday, she was hoping to share the special day with the latest addition to her family...
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Pentagon: Divorce rate remained unchanged for military couples
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
WASHINGTON -- The divorce rate in the armed forces held steady last year at 3.3 percent, a surprising finding given the stress that marriages are under during persistent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some veterans questioned whether the figure, reported by the Pentagon, presents an accurate picture. But defense officials credited efforts in recent years to support couples enduring uncommonly long separations and other hardships because of those wars...
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Ahmadinejad's trip to Iraq highlights Iran's rising influence on its neighbor
(International News ~ 03/02/08)
BAGHDAD -- President Bush's last trip to Iraq was kept secret until he arrived at a U.S. military base. Eight hours later he left, after Iraq's leaders traveled to meet him there. In sharp contrast, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit -- the first ever by an Iranian leader to Iraq -- was announced in advance. He plans to spend the night here, and Iranian TV will broadcast his departure ceremony live...
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SIU officials seek increases in tuition
(State News ~ 03/02/08)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Tuition and fees may be going up at Southern Illinois University. Officials have asked the school's trustees to vote on the increases in April. Students at the Edwardsville campus would pay $622 more per year. Students in Carbondale would pay $627 more annually...
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In twisting Democratic race, once-unstoppable Clinton struggles to overcome Obamania
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
WASHINGTON -- A year ago, Hillary Rodham Clinton was joshing about whether she could appoint her husband secretary of state when she became president, and Barack Obama was urging a throng to be realistic about his own chances. "Let's face it," he said. "The novelty's going to wear off."...
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John Hager Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/02/08)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- John A. Hager Sr., 66, of Perryville died Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born July 22, 1941, at Marquette, Mich. He and Ruth A. Myer were married April 11, 1965 at Perryville. Hager was the owner/operator of H&R Cab Service in Perryville and a cab driver for Cape Transfer. ...
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Senior commander of Colombia's guerrillas killed, government says
(International News ~ 03/02/08)
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Troops killed a senior commander of Colombia's largest rebel army in an air-and-ground raid Saturday, as the U.S.-backed military dealt a stunning setback to the nation's leftist insurgency. Raul Reyes was the official spokesman for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and considered a possible successor to the leftist group's No. 1 spot. The United States had offered a $5 million reward for his capture...
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Small meth busts predominate in Mo.
(State News ~ 03/02/08)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri: The meth capital of the United States. It's a label that has stuck. After all, Missouri has led the nation in meth lab seizures every year since 2001, and 2007 was no exception: 1,189 labs were seized last year, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's Web site...
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Man sickened in room where ricin was found is 'holding his own,' cousin says
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
LAS VEGAS -- A motel patron hospitalized after possible exposure to the toxin ricin is "holding his own" in intensive care, his cousin said Saturday as investigators puzzled over why the strictly controlled poison was in the man's room. Thomas Tholen told The Associated Press he didn't immediately want to say more about Roger Von Bergendorff or the discovery Thursday of several vials of ricin at his extended-stay motel room...
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Fire report 3/2/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/02/08)
n At 6:13 p.m., an electrical fire in the 2800 block of Whitener Street. n At 8:11 p.m., an illegal burn at Highway 74 and Osage Trail. n At 8:20 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1200 block of Brenda Kay Court. n At 11 p.m., emergency medical service in the 400 block of South Benton Street...
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Democrats seeking Bush's impeachment settle for contempt citations for aids
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats really didn't expect the Justice Department to present their contempt citations against two of President Bush's top aides to a federal grand jury for prosecution. But the effort and having a civil lawsuit at the ready as a backup in their fight against the White House over the 2006 firings of nine federal prosecutors has satisfied, for now, some liberals who for a year have wanted much more: Bush's impeachment...
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Thousands turn out to help christen Navy ship built with WTC steel
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
AVONDALE, La. -- The USS New York, an amphibious assault ship built with scrap steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center, was christened Saturday as a source of strength and inspiration for the nation. Thousands of people, including friends and families of those who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, gathered near the gray ship, trimmed in red, white and blue banners...
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2008 Honda Fit is thrifty with gas, big on practicality
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
Enough already. I've heard enough Fit witticisms to last a lifetime -- from "I Fit, so you will, too," and "It Fits like a glove" to "Skip the gym, get a Fit." Fit is Honda's smallest and least expensive car, with a starting manufacturer's suggested retail price, including destination charge, of $14,585 for a base model with 109-horsepower four cylinder and five-speed manual transmission and $15,385 for a base model with automatic transmission...
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An era in which Russia moved forward and stepped back
(International News ~ 03/02/08)
MOSCOW -- Russians were steeled for momentous change at the turn of the millennium. On Dec. 31, 1999, many feared the dreaded Y2K computer bug would hit especially hard at Russia's deteriorating military facilities or its Chernobyl-style nuclear power stations...
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Club news
(Community News ~ 03/02/08)
Oak Ridge FCE The Oak Ridge FCE Homemakers Club met Feb. 19 at the home of Betty Dellinger. Jean Rehak presided over the meeting. Members reported about buying clothes to be given away at Christmas at the Elks' Basket Giveaway. Members discussed those who would be getting FCE service pins for work years at All Clubs Day. Oak Ridge will have two members, and the club voted to pay for the pins as an honor to them...
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Armenia in state of emergency after violent protests
(International News ~ 03/02/08)
YEREVAN, Armenia -- Armenia's president imposed a state of emergency Saturday after police used tear gas and fired shots into the air to disperse demonstrators protesting alleged fraud in last month's presidential election. The announcement from the office of President Robert Kocharian came shortly after police broke up the rally of about 15,000 demonstrators. ...
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Bush asks Congress to end prescription drug sales on the Internet
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Saturday urged Congress to pass legislation aimed at ending illegal sales of highly addictive prescription drugs on the Internet, citing a growing number of fatal overdoses. Bush used his weekly radio address to highlight his administration's 2008 national drug control strategy, which the White House released Saturday. ...
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Metro East man reburied after mistaken-identity case
(State News ~ 03/02/08)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- Two weeks after he was killed, misidentified and buried by the wrong family, Kenny Thomas Stainback has now been officially laid to rest with the right name. The 37-year-old was buried Friday at the Sunset Garden of Memory cemetery in Belleville...
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Cash giveaway promo turns into free-for-all at Manhattan park
(National News ~ 03/02/08)
NEW YORK -- Even giving away something for free can turn into a hassle in New York. A video-sharing Web site set out to observe Leap Day by handing out prizes worth up to $29 on Feb. 29 outside Union Square Park. As the clock neared the event's scheduled time -- 2:29 p.m. -- people shouting "Make it rain!" and "Give me my money!" trampled one another and mobbed the costumed representatives of CashTomato.com....
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Investigative stops up in Cape and Chaffee, down in Cape and Bollinger counties
(Local News ~ 03/02/08)
Area police departments vary widely when it comes to the number of investigative stops they make. In Chaffee, complaints of such stops led to threats of resignations by the mayor and police chief and a failed attempt to impeach Mayor Loretta Mohorc...
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Hale lands in third final four in four years
(High School Sports ~ 03/02/08)
FARMINGTON -- When Paul Hale was hired nearly four years ago to coach the Notre Dame boys basketball team, the school's principal, Brother David Migliorino, called it a grand slam. On Saturday night, Migliorino repeated, "We couldn't ask for anything more."...
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Redhawks end season with 86-83 loss to last-place Gamecocks
(College Sports ~ 03/02/08)
With little on the line, Southeast Missouri State and Jacksonville State played an entertaining men's basketball game Saturday night. But the result was all too familiar for the Redhawks over the past two months. Another loss. JSU finished strong and beat the host Redhawks 86-83 in the final game of the season for both teams...
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Redhawks drop two to Northern Colorado
(College Sports ~ 03/02/08)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team dropped a pair of games to Northern Colorado at Capaha Field on Saturday. The Redhawks allowed three eighth-inning runs in the first game to fall 4-2, then lost the nightcap 7-3. The losses dropped the Redhawks to 2-4 this season, and they will try to avoid the sweep today in a noon contest...
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Southeast women refuse to share OVC crown
(College Sports ~ 03/02/08)
It didn't take long for the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team to bounce back. Two days after suffering a rare loss, the Redhawks ended their regular season in resounding fashion. Southeast used an early 17-0 run as the springboard to its 85-42 destruction of visiting Jacksonville State on Saturday night, punctuating its third straight Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship...
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Himmelberg provides needed boost
(High School Sports ~ 03/02/08)
FARMINGTON -- Notre Dame senior Austin Greer said when teammate Mark Himmelberg is shooting well from 3-point range, their team cannot be beat. "We will not lose," Greer said. "When he's hitting, the whole team is flowing right." Greer's theory held strong Saturday night...
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Shot in the rear knocks you on your butt
(Column ~ 03/02/08)
Husband-and-wife journalists Bob Miller and Callie Clark Miller use this space to offer their views on everyday issues. HE SAID: In this week's column, we'll start with the punchline and work backward. I woke up Saturday morning in a drug-induced haze to discover two women dressed as nurses hovering over the top of me. And my pants were unbuttoned...
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Southeast men settle for third
(College Sports ~ 03/02/08)
The Southeast Missouri State men's track and field team finished third at the Ohio Valley Conference meet Saturday. The Redhawks entered Saturday with the lead, but Eastern Kentucky and Eastern Illinois passed them. "We're struggling with some injury situations," Southeast coach Joey Haines said. "We didn't have [All-American] Miles [Smith] with us. It caused me to make some lineup changes because of that. We put some people in extra events, and we ran out of gas at the end."...
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Why has media stopped covering Iraq War?
(Column ~ 03/02/08)
I don't have any answers to the question posed by the above headline. But a story in the New York Times -- "The War Endures, but Where's the Media" -- by Richard Perez-Pena, reports some interesting data...
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