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Lester Burchyett
(Obituary ~ 03/28/08)
Lester Burchyett MCCLURE, Ill. -- Lester R. Burchyett, 88, of McClure died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 19, 1919, in Elco, Ill., son of Bill and Flora (Verble) Burchyett. He and Mary Darnell Taylor were married Oct. 1, 1970. She survives...
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Donald Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 03/28/08)
Donald Bollinger MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Donald Wayne Bollinger, 66, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at his home. He was born Dec. 10, 1941, in Marble Hill, son of Otis and Nellie Sadler Bollinger. He and Cathy Patton were married Nov. 26, 1966...
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R.C. Garner
(Obituary ~ 03/28/08)
R.C. Garner Robert Charles "R. C." Garner passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2008, from complications of congestive heart failure. He was born in Bertrand, Mo., July 20, 1916, to Gladys Fields and Orville Garner. He moved to Cape Girardeau at the age of 5 and resided there until he moved to Lehigh Acres, Fla., in November 1976...
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Police seize $4,000 worth of drugs; Krajcir waives right to preliminary hearing; Debris collection begins again in Cape; Jackson man charged with statutory rape
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
Cape police seize $4,000 worth of drugs Cape Girardeau police seized about $4,000 worth of drugs Wednesday after responding to house where the music blared too loudly, said Sgt. Barry Hovis, spokesman for the police department. Nicholas J. Young, 27, of Jackson and Jonathan L. ...
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Floodgate opens at Broadway; rain forecast
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
The Broadway gate in the Cape Girardeau floodwall opened early Thursday, evidence of the continuing fall of the Mississippi River since its crest at 41.04 feet early Monday morning. The floodgate on North Main Street near the Red Star neighborhood opened Wednesday, and crews working for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad opened the gate across the railroad tracks north of downtown Cape Girardeau...
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Trial will decide status of student
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
The mother of a suspended Cape Girardeau Central High School senior is suing the district to get her son back in school. Eighteen-year-old Ryan Driskell received a 10-day suspension after a canine-unit officer said he found marijuana seeds and stems in Driskell's car Jan. 11. No criminal charges were filed. Interim superintendent Pat Fanger later extended the suspension for the remainder of the year...
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Home-garden show
(Editorial ~ 03/28/08)
OK. So we've just endured a miserable winter. The past several weeks have tested us thoroughly with ice storms and torrential rains. Yes, we're ready for spring. A quick way to get a dose of spring tonic is to head for the Show Me Center today, Saturday and Sunday for the 28th annual Southeast Missouri Home Builders Association Home and Garden Show. It's time to put winter behind us...
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Redbirds record 2-0 exhibition victory
(Professional Sports ~ 03/28/08)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Rick VandenHurk's first outing after Florida made him its No. 2 starter was a rough one. VandenHurk walked five and needed 100 pitches to get through 4 2/3 innings in the Marlins' 2-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday. The right-hander allowed two runs and five hits, but hurt himself with his command, walking Troy Glaus with the bases loaded in the fifth inning...
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Port Authority tracks damaged
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
Repairs are needed for Southeast Missouri Port Authority's railroad track. The damage occurred a half-mile south of the Diversion Channel, according to Dan Overbey, the authority's director. He said nearly 300 feet of the embankment washed away, just south of a timber trestle...
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Investment firms tap Fed for emergency loans
(National News ~ 03/28/08)
WASHINGTON -- Big Wall Street investment companies have jumped all over the Federal Reserve's unprecedented offer to obtain emergency loans, borrowing more than doubled than in the program's debut week. Those firms averaged $32.9 billion in daily borrowing over the past week from the new lending program, compared with $13.4 billion the previous week, the central bank reported Thursday. The program, which began last Monday, is part of the Fed's effort to aid the financial system...
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Tar Heels, Hansbrough on brink of Final Four
(College Sports ~ 03/28/08)
North Carolina went from running it up to locking it down. Now the Tar Heels are a step away from the Final Four again, hoping they can avoid another collapse like last year. Tyler Hansbrough scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half Thursday night and the top-seeded Tar Heels, not known for their defense, held Washington State to 32-percent shooting in a 68-47 win in the East Regional semifinals...
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Ultimate fighting competition expands to include children
(State News ~ 03/28/08)
CARTHAGE, Mo. -- Ultimate fighting was once the sole domain of burly men who beat each other bloody in anything-goes brawls on pay-per-view TV. But the sport often derided as "human cockfighting" is branching out. The bare-knuckle fights are now attracting competitors as young as 6 whose parents treat the sport as casually as wrestling, Little League or soccer...
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Gunfire on I-64 in Va. injures 2; has drivers, police remembering deadly 2002 sniper spree
(National News ~ 03/28/08)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Gunfire that struck several vehicles and injured two people along a stretch of mountain highway had motorists and police on edge Thursday in a region where memories of the deadly Beltway snipers still haven't faded. Authorities were seeking at least two people suspected of firing shots the night before that hit two cars, a van, a tractor-trailer, another vehicle and an unoccupied dump truck on Interstate 64 just west of Charlottesville. ...
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Clifton elected to coroners board
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
At a statewide conference held March 18 to 20 in Jefferson City, Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton was elected to serve on the Executive Board of the Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association. He will serve as treasurer on the board, he said...
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Johnson leads Woodland to victory
(High School Sports ~ 03/28/08)
Woodland freshman Neil Johnson made his first high school at-bat a memorable one. Johnson drilled a three-run home run in his first at-bat, and finished with three hits and four RBIs as the Cardinals defeated Puxico 10-8 in baseball action Thursday...
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Druetta Lance
(Obituary ~ 03/28/08)
Druetta Lance CAIRO, Ill. -- Druetta B. "Dru" Lance, 67, of Waterloo, Ill., died Thursday, March 27, 2008, at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill. She was born June 19, 1940, in Cairo, daughter of Charles and Myrtle Baker McCabe. Mrs. Lance lived in Freeburg, Ill., 30 years, moving to Waterloo in October 2007...
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Speak out 3/28/08
(Speak Out ~ 03/28/08)
Will and courage WILL AND moral courage are the best weapons there are, right? Tell that to the Tibetans. High-fructose syrup HIGH-FRUCTOSE corn syrup does not have the same amount of calories as sugar. It has substantially more. Also, because it is altered from its natural state, it is not processed by the body the same way sugar is processed. More of the calories are stored as fat...
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County paving
(Editorial ~ 03/28/08)
Today is the deadline for property owners along Cape Girardeau County roads designated for this year's paving season to commit to easements. Foot-dragging negotiations with a few owners have bogged down these efforts in the wake of the approval in 2006 by voters of a special county sales tax. The county requires all landowners along a designated paving project to donate easements...
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Shamela Williams
(Obituary ~ 03/28/08)
Shamela Williams Shamela Renee Williams, 31, of Allenville died Thursday, March 27, 2008, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 7, 1976, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Tom H. and Brenda Sue Pirtle Gross Jr. She and Donald L. Williams were married June 6, 2005...
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Governor's mansion needs repairs, and you can help
(Column ~ 03/28/08)
By Melanie Blunt For the past three years, the governor and I have had the privilege of living in the Missouri governor's mansion, a beautiful, historic home. Our family has enjoyed living here and sharing the mansion with the thousands of Missourians who have visited here. When we leave, we will take fond memories of wonderful celebrations and of the precious moments of everyday life with our young son, William Branch...
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Sam, the teacher
(Column ~ 03/28/08)
It may seem a bit unusual for one columnist to be writing about another, but I am not the least bit uncomfortable as I gather a few words about Sam Blackwell, whose column occupies this space on Thursdays. I have been a Sam Blackwell fan for exactly 14 years. ...
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4,000 lives
(Column ~ 03/28/08)
Sometime over the weekend, halfway across the world, an American soldier became the 4,000th death recorded since the war in Iraq began in March 2003. It's still uncertain how history will treat this war. Let's just pray that we'll never write a story about the 5,000th victim...
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Clarence Schade
(Obituary ~ 03/28/08)
Clarence Schade Clarence Clinton "Cutter" Schade, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Oct. 25, 1915, at Jackson, son of Conrad and Maria L. Engelhart Schade. Clarence graduated from St. Paul Lutheran School and Jackson High School and attended Cape Girardeau Business College...
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Paper seeking candidate information
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
The Southeast Missourian is seeking biographical information and basic election information from candidates seeking office in contested municipal and school board elections April 8. The information will appear on a special election page on semissourian.com as well as in print the Sunday before the election as a public service...
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Earl Killion
(Obituary ~ 03/28/08)
Earl Killion MALDEN, Mo. -- Earl Killion, 93, of Malden died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Oct. 30, 1914, at Senath, Mo., son of Doc and Mertie Long Killion. He and Elva Shelton were married Sept. 30, 1939, at Kennett, Mo. She died Sept. 16, 1980. He and Earline Smith were married July 12, 1991, at Bloomfield, Mo. She died Oct. 3, 2002...
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Stanford takes lead at Safeway tourney
(Professional Sports ~ 03/28/08)
Angela Stanford shot a career-best 10-under 62 on Thursday to break the Prospector Course record and take a three-stroke lead over defending champion Lorena Ochoa in the Safeway International. Stanford, the 2003 ShopRite LPGA Tour Classic winner, had a bogey-free round at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in Superstition Mountain, Ariz. She had six birdies in a front-nine 30 and birdied the final two holes for a back-nine 32...
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Flood worries halt spring release from dams on lower Missouri River
(State News ~ 03/28/08)
ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday it heard the concerns of worried Missourians and has eliminated the spring release on the Missouri River below Kansas City. The corps announced that it began holding back releases from tributary dams in the lower Missouri midday Wednesday. That move effectively negates releases -- in the lower Missouri River only -- that already were put in motion 13 hours earlier from Gavins Point Dam in Yankton, S.D...
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Who's neXt 3/28/08
(Community ~ 03/28/08)
SCHOLARSHIPS n Lauren Schaefer of Scott City and Amer Hamilton of Jackson have been awarded a Missouri Leadership Award and a Missouri Assessment Program Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University next year...
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Violin could fetch $1.5 million at auction
(Entertainment ~ 03/28/08)
NEW YORK -- A Stradivari violin that was owned by violinist and pianist Barbara Penny is to be auctioned and could fetch up to $1.5 million. Christie's auction house said Thursday that the 1700s violin, known as The Penny, will be offered April 4 as part of its fine musical instruments sale...
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Welcome Mass held tonight for new bishop
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
A Mass will be held at 7 p.m. today at St. Mary Cathedral in Cape Girardeau to welcome the Rev. James Vann Johnston Jr. Johnston is replacing the Rev. John J. Leibrecht, who is retiring as bishop of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau. Leibrecht has served as bishop since 1984...
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Fire report 3/28/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/28/08)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday: n At 5:41 p.m., car fire at 3269 William St. n At 8:22 p.m., citizen assist in the 100 block of North Frederick Street. n At 10:46 p.m., line down in the 500 block of North Fountain Street...
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NCAA tournament | regional semifinals
(High School Sports ~ 03/28/08)
Thursday East n North Carolina 68, Washington State 47 n Louisville 79, Tennessee 60 West n Xavier 79, West Virginia 75, OT n UCLA 88, Western Kentucky 78 Today South n Texas (30-6) vs. Stanford (28-7), 6:27 p.m. n Memphis (35-1) vs. Michigan State (27-8), 30 minutes following...
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Out of the past 3/28/08
(Out of the Past ~ 03/28/08)
25 years ago: March 28, 1983 An overflow crowd attends a 2 1/2-hour public hearing the Cape Girardeau City Council called to gather public sentiment on the future of traffic on Broadway; the six blocks of Broadway between Pacific and Lorimier streets are scheduled to be changed from one-way to two-way traffic around May 1...
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Company to pay woman for prohibiting her from wearing religious scarf
(State News ~ 03/28/08)
ST. LOUIS -- A suburban St. Louis collection company agreed to pay $65,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former employee, a Muslim woman who claimed she was fired for refusing to remove a religious head scarf. The suit was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of Mariam Soultan, who formerly worked at Client Services Inc. ...
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Zimbabwe President Mugabe faces tough election battle to survive
(International News ~ 03/28/08)
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- The word is out: The Spar supermarket has bread at only $7 million a loaf. People rush to the shelf duly marked $7 million, but by the time they reach the till with their hyper-inflated Zimbabwean dollars, the price is up to $25 million...
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Economy faltered at end of 2007, probably more feeble now
(National News ~ 03/28/08)
WASHINGTON -- The economy nearly sputtered out at the end of the year and probably is faring even worse now amid continuing housing, credit and financial woes. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the gross domestic product, or GDP, increased at a feeble 0.6 percent annual rate from October through December...
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Bush issues disaster declaration
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
President Bush issued a disaster declaration Thursday making the residents of 19 Missouri counties eligible for aid to recover from last week's floods. Of those, only Bollinger County is from this area. Additional counties may be added. Highlights of individual assistance include:...
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Jackson School Board names new assistant principal
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
Matt Lacy will become an assistant principal at Jackson High School next year, the Jackson School Board unanimously decided in closed session Tuesday. Lacy replaces Vince Powell, who was named earlier this year as next year's replacement for Rick McClard, who is retiring...
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YouTube offers more details on viewers, giving more insight
(Entertainment ~ 03/28/08)
NEW YORK -- The popular video-sharing site YouTube is giving contributors more details about who's watching their video clips and when, offering advertisers additional insights they can use to target their pitches. The free program, known as YouTube Insight, also could help bands schedule their concerts and help anyone time the release of a new video...
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Southeast's Leigh returns to old form after shoulder surgery
(College Sports ~ 03/28/08)
James Leigh always believed he could recover from shoulder surgery that set him back for nearly two years. But to lead or be high in the Ohio Valley Conference's major statistical pitching categories more than a month into the season, while also ranking toward the top nationally?...
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Oran takes wild route past Zalma, wins 15-2
(High School Sports ~ 03/28/08)
ORAN -- Patience was Oran's deadliest weapon at the plate Thursday. The Eagles coaxed 11 walks and four Oran hitters got hit by pitches as the Eagles earned the 15-2 five-inning victory over Zalma. Oran only collected six hits, but five of them were for extra bases. Steven Dooley delivered one of the biggest hits, a bases-loaded triple with two outs to push Oran's lead to 12-0 in the third inning...
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Wis. girl, 11, dies of treatable diabetes; death probed after parents pick prayer over medicine
(National News ~ 03/28/08)
WESTON, Wis. -- Police are investigating an 11-year-old girl's death from an undiagnosed, treatable form of diabetes after her parents chose to pray for her rather than take her to a doctor. An autopsy showed Madeline Neumann died Sunday of diabetic ketoacidosis, a condition that left too little insulin in her body, Everest Metro Police chief Dan Vergin said...
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Name that tone: Ringtones make a statement
(Community ~ 03/28/08)
Whenever Logan Kirkpatrick's girlfriend calls, "What is Love" by Haddaway blares from his cell phone. "You got to get the headbob with that one," he said. He and his friends liken choosing a ringtone to making a personal statement, and they frequently update or evaluate their choices. You can tell a lot about a person by their ringtone, they say...
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Mo. House passes $22.5 billion budget for next year
(State News ~ 03/28/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A $22.5 billion budget passed the House on Thursday as Democrats complained that the spending increases proposed by majority Republicans for education and health care weren't large enough. The Medicaid health-care program, public K-12 schools and colleges and universities all would get increases that meet or exceed inflation. The overall operating budget, Missouri's largest ever, would rise by almost $1 billion over the current year...
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Correction 3/28/08
(Correction ~ 03/28/08)
The figure for Procter & Gamble's global annual sales was incorrect in Thursday's paper. The figure is $76 billion. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error.
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Hooked on science: Giant bubbles
(Community ~ 03/28/08)
Are you tired of that wimpy bubble solution you get at the store? If so, try making your own. It's easy, and the bubbles are a lot bigger. Ingredients n 1 cup of liquid dish soap n 2 gallons of water n 1/2 cup of corn syrup n Wire coat hanger n Pipe cleaners...
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China's tightly scripted media tour of Tibet disrupted by shouting monks
(International News ~ 03/28/08)
LHASA, China -- The stage-managed tour of Tibet's holiest temple was going according to the government script. Suddenly, 30 young Buddhist monks pushed their way in, slammed the door, and began shouting and crying to the foreign reporters that there was no freedom in the riot-torn region...
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Police report 3/28/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/28/08)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n A suspect is in custody pending charges for driving while intoxicated, careless and imprudent driving, speeding and failure to yield...
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Red Devils top Bluff, remain unbeaten
(High School Sports ~ 03/28/08)
POPLAR BLUFF -- After a couple of lengthy games to open the baseball season, Chaffee first baseman Josh Steger appreciated the brisk pace of Thursday's game at Poplar Bluff. The only scenario that could push this game past the 2 1/2-hour mark was extra innings, and Steger ended that threat in the top of the seventh inning...
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Delta's White reveals his retirement plans
(High School Sports ~ 03/28/08)
After leading the Delta girls basketball team to seven district titles in his seven years as its head coach, Randy White will retire at the end of the school year. "It's not anything new, it's just new that the word got out," White said. "I told our superintendent at the first of the school year that this was going to be my last year."...
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Bollinger County to get federal aid
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
Bollinger County was the only area county named Thursday in a federal disaster declaration making individuals eligible for help recovering from last week's floods. The announcement came a day after Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster evaluation teams completed their reports on the number of people hurt by the floods and the magnitude of the damage. ...
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Postal service seeks new office sites in two towns
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
A U.S. Postal Service decision to seek a new home for its Dutchtown post office came as news to Voyann Smith, owner for 23 years of the Smith Stop, the crossroads store that housed the mail facility before last week's floods. The damage to Smith's store, closed since last Tuesday, has kept her from reopening as she waits for a flood insurance adjuster to arrive from Delaware. ...
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Sikeston rodeo entertainers announced
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- This year the entertainment lineup at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo will be a bit more diverse. "We're hoping to appeal to a group of patrons that we haven't been able to appeal to in a long time," said Cal Crader, chairman of the entertainment committee...
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Themis Street floodgate opens
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
Andy Juden Jr., president of the Main Street Levee District, said the Themis Street floodgate was opened today. The pumping station continues to operate. He said thunder storms predicted over the next several days will not likely require closing the gates again...
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Downtown crime declines in St. Louis
(State News ~ 03/28/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- New statistics released by St. Louis police indicate that downtown is getting safer. Police say crime downtown dropped 16 percent in 2007 compared to 2006. The Fourth District covers all of downtown, including the Gateway Arch and Edward Jones Dome. Officers say crime dropped across the board -- from robberies to killings. Car break-ins declined by more than 550...
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American Red Cross to close Advance, Mo., service site
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
The American Red Cross announced late Thursday that it's closing a "service delivery site" in Advance, Mo., today. But sites in Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Piedmont, Mo., will remain open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily to help victims of the recent flooding as long as they're needed...
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Some Southeast Missouri roads still closed today
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
Some state roads in Southeast Missouri are still closed today due to flooding. MoDOT reported the following roads still closed today as of 12:30 p.m.: Butler County· Route N entire length of Route· Route AA from Route B to Route 51Mississippi County· Route 80 from the levee to the Ferry landing· Route 77 from the levee to the Ferry landing· Route VV from County Road 516 south to the end of state maintenanceNew Madrid County· Route P from County Road 717 to County Road 727· Route 162 from 2.7 miles east of Route M · Route WW from Route P to County Road 740Scott County· Route W from Route CC to Route P - closed to bridge damage - DO NOT cross Stoddard County· Route O from County Road 310 to Route P· Route Y from Route AB to Route P· Route Y from County Road 593 to Route P· Route AB from County Road 589 to Route YWayne County· Route FF from Route 67 to Route 34 . ...
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One dead, one critically injured after Sedgewickville, Mo., crash
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- One person is dead and another is critically injured in Sedgewickville after a vehicle crash at Highway EE this afternoon, according to Leo McElrath, chief deputy at the Bollinger County Sheriff's Department. Marble Hill Fire and Rescue and other county emergency responders are still working the scene and police have not yet released the names of those involved...
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Bridgeton residents seek action on radioactive landfill
(State News ~ 03/28/08)
BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) -- Bridgeton residents are pushing for removal of a landfill that contains radioactive waste. The landfill has been in the north St. Louis County town for decades, and the Environmental Protection Agency wants to keep it there forever...
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Former Mo. officer pleads guilty of trying to lure girl into sex
(State News ~ 03/28/08)
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- A former Missouri police officer faces sentencing in July after admitting that he used the Internet to try and persuade an underage Illinois girl to have sex with him. Brian Michael Green of O'Fallon, Mo., pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in East St. Louis, Ill., to one felony count. Green is 34...
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Affirmative action foe Ward Connerly takes barbs at Truman State
(State News ~ 03/28/08)
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) -- Affirmative action foe Ward Connerly on Thursday brought his long-running campaign to Truman State University, where an overflow crowd alternately mocked and cheered his efforts in support of a November ballot initiative that would ban consideration of race in public hiring and college admissions...
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Survey: Most new Mo. teachers say they're well prepared in subjects
(State News ~ 03/28/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A survey of Missouri's new teachers finds that about three-fourths believe they have a thorough knowledge of the subjects they are teaching. The first survey by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education was conducted in spring 2007. But the results were just released this week...
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Missouri man gets life in prison for crashing SUV into home
(State News ~ 03/28/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The man who crashed a stolen SUV into a house, killing a woman inside the home, is sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years. A St. Louis jury convicted 35-year-old Purcell Hartson of Dellwood in September on charges of second-degree murder, robbery, domestic assault and armed criminal action. A judge sentenced him on Friday...
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Cape Storytelling Festival starts April 4
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
More than 200 passes have been presold to the first Cape Girardeau Storytelling Festival to begin April 4 and continue through next weekend. The event will be held in three tents in downtown Cape Girardeau. Four nationally known storytellers and others from the Midwest will perform over the three days...
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Authorities search for Caruthersville man believed washed away by high water
(State News ~ 03/28/08)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities in the Missouri Bootheel continue to search for a 38-year-old man believed to have been swept away by the flooding Mississippi River. Authorities in Pemiscot County have been searching since Monday for John Owens of Caruthersville. The Missouri Water Patrol is also involved in the search...
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French recording may be world's first
(International News ~ 03/28/08)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- At first listen, the grainy high-pitched warble doesn't sound like much, but scientists say the French recording from 1860 is the oldest known recorded human voice. The 10-second clip of a woman singing "Au Clair de la Lune," taken from a so-called phonautogram, was recently discovered by audio historian David Giovannoni. The recording predates Thomas Edison's "Mary had a little lamb" - previously credited as the oldest recorded voice - by 17 years...
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Search continues for missing Caruthersville man
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- The search continues for a missing Caruthersville man believed to have been swept away in floodwaters. The Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department reported Thursday the search is continuing for John Owens, 38. The search in the Mississippi River at Caruthersville began Monday, according to the Missouri Water Patrol. Officers began dragging operations and also used a side-scan sonar in an effort to locate the missing man...
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Breast cancer support program returns; training scheduled for April 26 in Cape
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A support program for those facing breast cancer is back up and running. "Reach for Recovery is a program where women who are at least one year posttreatment for their breast cancer are able to contact newly diagnosed breast cancer patients," said Marcie Lawson, community manager of health initiatives for the American Cancer Society in Sikeston. ...
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DNR looking for 'orphan containers' displaced by floods
(Local News ~ 03/28/08)
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced today it's trying to round up 'orphan containers' that were swept into waterways after last week's flooding. Below is the text of the DNR news release:JEFFERSON CITY, MO. ...
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Lawsuit: Dispute over Mo. wind farm sparks assault
(State News ~ 03/28/08)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A northwest Missouri man has filed a federal lawsuit claiming an elected official assaulted him over his opposition to a wind farm near his property. Charles Allen Porter of King City claims that Gentry County Commissioner Gary Carlson -- with the help of Porter's brother -- beat him in a dispute over the Bluegrass Ridge Wind Farm. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for medical bills...
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