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Passengers: Airlines' customer service 'dismal'
(Business ~ 05/20/08)
CHICAGO -- Passengers are more dissatisfied with airlines' customer service than they have been in years at a time when carriers are charging more for tickets and services. An annual survey being released today by the University of Michigan found customers giving airlines the worst grades since 2001, with the industry's overall scores dropping for the third straight year...
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Pump prices rise to new high
(Business ~ 05/20/08)
NEW YORK -- Retail gas and diesel prices reached new records Monday, adding to the pressure on drivers planning road trips for the coming holiday weekend, while oil prices stalled following last week's record highs. Americans are now paying an average of $3.79 for a gallon of regular gas, according to a survey by AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. Diesel, used to transport a wide range of goods, now costs $4.52 a gallon...
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Federal regulators reportedly probing milk price scheme
(Business ~ 05/20/08)
WASHINGTON -- Federal commodity regulators are investigating a price-manipulation scheme by the farmer-owned dairy cooperative that controls about a third of the nation's milk supply, according to a published report. Separately, the Justice Department is preparing to investigate a recently disclosed $1 million transfer to a former director of the Dairy Farmers of America, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing people close to the matter...
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Welty case moved to St. Louis County
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
Fourteen-year-old Owen Welty of Bloomfield, Mo., has once again been granted a change of venue. In a decision Monday afternoon, Cape Girardeau County Judge William Syler agreed to move the 19-month-long case to St. Louis County for trial. This will make the third venue for the case and another trial date canceled. ...
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13 arrested in Stoddard Co. drug sweep
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A countywide drug sweep late Thursday and early Friday brought in 13 people accused of distribution and possession of illegal drugs. Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner reported several arrests following a lengthy investigation by the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department and the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force into drug activity in the county...
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Neighbors organize effort to oppose possible quarry
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
The preparations for a fight that may never take place are continuing. Rural residents near the land being considered by J.W. Strack as the location for a new limestone quarry now have a name for their opposition group, the backing of at least one state lawmaker and help from other people who blame area quarries for degrading their living standards...
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Scott Co. group gathers history of one-room schoolhouses
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
BENTON, Mo. -- For the past 10 months, Deborah Gunter has devoted three days a week to sifting through boxes of records, doing research and talking to former teachers and students of one room schoolhouses in Scott County to be able to document a slice of that piece of history...
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Rams win sectional on eighth-inning grand slam
(High School Sports ~ 05/20/08)
SCOTT CITY -- Senior Cody Carlyle admitted he was thinking about the possibility of smashing the first grand slam of his high school career when he walked to the plate with the score knotted 6-6 and one out in the eighth inning of Monday's Class 2 sectional game against Portageville...
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Dooley extinguishes Cooter's bats
(High School Sports ~ 05/20/08)
ORAN -- Steven Dooley walked into a jam Monday afternoon in the Class 1 state sectional game against Cooter. Bases loaded with Wildcats in the fourth inning. Two outs. Oran clinging to a one-run load. "I don't get nervous," Dooley said. "I just pitch. That's all I do."...
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Oran tracks down spot in Class 1 quarterfinals
(High School Sports ~ 05/20/08)
ORAN — Tyler Beardslee spent the wee hours of Monday morning thinking about his team's Class 1 sectional baseball playoff game. The Oran senior admitted he didn't sleep well as he counted down the time until he could take the field. He laughed when asked if his performance in Monday's game matched the way he pictured it playing out...
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Nelda Propst
(Obituary ~ 05/20/08)
Nelda Jean Propst, 80, of Millersville passed away Sunday, May 18, 2008, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home, where she had resided since 2005. She was born Aug. 17, 1927, in Millersville to Chester and Maude Nienstedt Hopkins. Sadly, when Nelda Jean was only 10 months old, her mother died. She was adopted by her paternal aunt, Dora Hopkins-Runnels, and her husband Early. She and Ray Propst were married May 12, 1945, at Flat River, Mo. He passed away Feb. 23, 1998...
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Charles RedCloud
(Obituary ~ 05/20/08)
ELCO, Ill. — Retired Staff Sgt. Charles Roy RedCloud, 64, of Elco died Monday, May 19, 2008, at his home. He was born April 6, 1944, in Ullin, Ill., to Everett and Alice Jenkins RedCloud. He and Patricia Robinson were married Aug. 13, 1963. She preceded him in death Jan. 3, 2002. He married Venita Rose Mayberry May 31, 2002...
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Rosalie Moeller
(Obituary ~ 05/20/08)
Rosalie Moeller, 83, of Jackson passed away Friday, May 16, 2008, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 19, 1924, in Jackson to Henry G. and Malinda E. Birk Allen. Moeller graduated from Jackson High School and then worked at the former International Shoe Co. in Jackson...
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Alma Smith
(Obituary ~ 05/20/08)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Alma Lee Smith, 82, of Sikeston died Saturday, May 17, 2008, at her home. She was born Jan. 8, 1926, in Savannah, Tenn., daughter of Jim and Carrie Carlisle Western. She and James W. Smith Sr. were married Jan. 24, 1950, in Piggott, Ark. He died March 27, 1991...
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Ruby Doughty
(Obituary ~ 05/20/08)
Ruby Anita Doughty, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 18, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Oct. 30, 1919, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Louis E.T. and Ella Haertling Graden. She and Thomas O. Doughty were married Jan. 1, 1942, in Cape Girardeau. He died June 9, 1993...
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Mark Clampitt
(Obituary ~ 05/20/08)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Mark E. Clampitt, 38, of Perryville died Sunday, May 18, 2008, at St. Mary, Mo. He was born Nov. 26, 1969, at Perryville, son of Charles E. and Carol Sue Schneier Clampitt. Clampitt was a landscaper. Survivors include his mother of Perryville; two brothers, Jefferey Clampitt of Cape Girardeau and Mike Schneier of Ste. Genevieve, Mo.; and a sister, Carolyn Clampitt of St. Mary, Mo...
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Ruby Sams
(Obituary ~ 05/20/08)
CAIRO, Ill. — Ruby Sams, 91, of Cairo died Saturday, May 17, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 30, 1916, in Greenville, Miss., daughter of Walter and Birdie Davison Sams. Sams was a member of Mighty Rivers Region Worship Center. She worked at McKesson-Robins Drug Co. in Cairo...
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Jury finds Sikeston man guilty of statutory rape, sodomy
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
BENTON, Mo. -- It took a jury about 20 minutes Friday to find a Sikeston, Mo., man guilty on sexual assault charges following a two-day trial conducted before Associate Circuit Court Judge Scott Horman at the Scott County Courthouse in Benton. Jimmy Decker of Sikeston was found guilty of one count of statutory rape in the first degree and three counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree...
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Defending champion Spurs eliminate Hornets in Game 7
(Professional Sports ~ 05/20/08)
NEW ORLEANS — A title defense endures for the playoff-savvy San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginobili scored 26 points, hitting four free throws in the final minute, sending the Spurs to the Western Conference finals with a 91-82 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night in Game 7 of their second-round series...
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Defense seeks delay in Guantanamo hearing for suspects in Sept. 11 attacks
(International News ~ 05/20/08)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Military defense lawyers are seeking to delay the upcoming arraignment of five Guantanamo detainees suspected in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The attorneys say the government has made it impossible to prepare for the June 5 hearing at the naval base in Cuba...
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Televised forecast of big aftershock prompts panic in Chinese province
(International News ~ 05/20/08)
CHENGDU, China -- A government warning of a major aftershock sent thousands of panicked survivors running into the streets Monday night following a display of mourning for more than 34,000 people killed in a powerful earthquake one week ago. In Sichuan province, residents carried pillows, blankets and chairs from homes into the open or slept in cars after a statement from the National Seismology Bureau was read on television warning that there was a "rather great" chance of an aftershock measuring magnitude 6 to 7. ...
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Red Sox's Lester throws no-hitter against Royals
(High School Sports ~ 05/20/08)
BOSTON -- Jon Lester can now add pitching a no-hitter to his already amazing list of accomplishments. The 24-year-old lefty, who survived cancer to pitch the clincher of Boston's 2007 World Series victory, shut down Kansas City 7-0 on Monday night for the first no-hitter in the majors this season...
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Speak out 5/20/08
(Speak Out ~ 05/20/08)
Homes near quarry IF ROCK quarries are so bad for people living around them, why are there expensive homes right next to the current location of Strack Stone Co.? It must not be that bad after all. Year-around school AS SCHOOL comes to an end, I would like to remind readers that there are 2,764 public schools across the country whose entire student body stays in school year-around...
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Sect parents complain of custody plans
(National News ~ 05/20/08)
SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Children from a polygamist sect were the only subjects on the docket Monday at a west Texas courthouse where five judges began handling hundreds of hearings that attorneys for the children's parents decried for their cookie-cutter approach...
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Out of the past 5/20/08
(Out of the Past ~ 05/20/08)
25 years ago: May 20, 1983 The Southeast Missouri State University board of regents had approved the bylaws of a new fundraising arm of the school, the Southeast Missouri State University Foundation; the foundation solicits private donations to the school...
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Assault charges against former Jackson police officer dropped
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
Cape Girardeau County prosecutors have dropped assault charges against a former Jackson police officer. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Julia Meiners dismissed all three misdemeanor charges Monday after the witnesses changed their stories, according to a news release...
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Panel identifies 45 suspicious matches
(Professional Sports ~ 05/20/08)
LONDON -- Saying tennis is "potentially at a crossroads," an independent review panel found 45 matches that merit further investigation because of irregular betting patterns and offered a host of recommendations to the sport's leaders for combatting corruption...
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Ill. traffic snarled by 14 tons of Oreos
(National News ~ 05/20/08)
MORRIS, Ill. -- Police said a trailer loaded with 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos overturned, spilling the cookies still in their plastic sleeves into the median and roadway. Illinois State Police Sgt. Brian Mahoney said the truck's driver was traveling from Chicago to Morris on Interstate 80 around 4 a.m. Monday when he fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into the median...
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Open review
(Editorial ~ 05/20/08)
With all of the attention Cape Girardeau County government has received recently, it has been all too easy to choose sides. In the process, angers have flared and emotions have been put on public display. Now the prosecuting attorney, Morley Swingle, has asked the attorney general's office to look into the secret recording of a closed county commission meeting. ...
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Passenger air service returns to Cape
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
Passenger air service has returned to Cape Girardeau Regional Airport on Monday. Great Lakes Airlines has posted four flight times on its Web site, at departing for St. Louis at 8:30 a.m. and 6:15 p.m., with return flight times of 7:30 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. The flights last less than an hour, are offered daily. a round-trip ticket costs between $69 and $209 depending on booking times...
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Myanmar open to help from neighbors
(International News ~ 05/20/08)
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's junta, facing global outrage for spurning international assistance, appeared to relent Monday, saying it would allow its Asian neighbors to oversee the distribution of foreign relief to cyclone survivors. It also approved a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and prepared to host a meeting of aid donors, while claiming that losses from the May 2 to 3 disaster exceeded $10 billion...
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Review: Good to see Indy, but 'Skull' is a mess
(Entertainment ~ 05/20/08)
You see the hat before the hero -- that famous fedora, the one that stays put through every tricky situation, or at least at arm's length for a hasty getaway. And of course he still has the whip, the paralyzing fear of snakes and the catchy John Williams theme song that will surely gnaw at your brain for hours afterward...
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Red Wings return to Stanley Cup final
(Professional Sports ~ 05/20/08)
DALLAS — Dominant in the regular season, superb again in the postseason, the Detroit Red Wings are headed back to the Stanley Cup finals. With gusto, too. Just when the Red Wings lost consecutive games and were starting to look vulnerable, they bounced back strong in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals, getting first-period goals from Kris Draper, Pavel Datsyuk and Dallas Drake on their way to knocking out the Dallas Stars 4-1 on Monday night...
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Officials consider using court to oust Ludwig
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission failed in forcing Auditor David Ludwig to resign. Now officials are seeking another option. A little-used Missouri law allows the state attorney general or a county's prosecuting attorney the option of filing a quo warranto action. Quo warranto is a Latin phrase meaning "by what warrant" and is used in the court system to make an official prove he or she has a valid right to stay in office...
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Roberta Rendleman
(Obituary ~ 05/20/08)
WOLF LAKE, Ill. — Roberta June "Bertie" Rendleman, 79, of Wolf Lake died Saturday, May 17, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 27, 1928, at Reynoldsville, Ill., daughter of William Curtis and Dorothy May Randall Forrest...
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Vernon Smith
(Obituary ~ 05/20/08)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Vernon Roy Smith, 87, of Marble Hill died Sunday, May 18, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 22, 1921, in West Frankfort, Ill., son of Roy D. and Reba Dickerson Smith. He and Mae Jewell Williams were married Aug. 22, 1951. She died March 21, 2004. He and Veda M. Mouser were married Dec. 12, 2006, at Benton, Mo...
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Soap Box blessing is double winner
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/20/08)
To the editor: On Saturday morning John Grimm, president-elect of the Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau, began the annual Soap Box Derby by telling the young drivers, their pit crews and families that everyone who participates is a winner. How true that is...
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Lorene Williams
(Obituary ~ 05/20/08)
ADVANCE, Mo. — Lorene Williams, 78, of Advance died Sunday, May 18, 2008, at Advance Nursing Center. She was born Oct. 21, 1929, at McGee, Mo., daughter of Clarence and Lillie VanMatre Wills. She and John Williams were married May 29, 1954. He died Sept. 17, 1987...
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Bob Hope's belongings to be auctioned in October
(Entertainment ~ 05/20/08)
LOS ANGELES -- A foot-high cowboy hat from the movie "Paleface." An autographed photo of Lucille Ball with some teeth blackened out. A money clip from Jack Benny. These were a few of Bob Hope's favorite things. Nearly 800 items of Hope history, from foolishness to fine art, will be sold to fans and dealers alike at a mid-October charity auction in Los Angeles commissioned by the family of the famed comedian, who died in 2003 at age 100. ...
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Iraqi officials report arrest of al-Qaida figure in Mosul
(International News ~ 05/20/08)
BAGHDAD -- A man suspected of being al-Qaida in Iraq's chief leader in Mosul, the terror network's most prominent urban stronghold, was arrested Monday, more than a week after he fled a security crackdown in the northern city, Iraqi officials said...
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Clinton to Obama: There's no nominee right now
(National News ~ 05/20/08)
MAYSVILLE, Ky. -- Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that rival Barack Obama may be getting ahead of himself in acting like the party's nominee before the final primary contests are over. Clinton and Obama are still set to face off in several more primaries, including Kentucky and Oregon today, but Obama has been increasingly portraying himself as the nominee already facing Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain. ...
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Robot digger set to land Sunday at Martian pole
(National News ~ 05/20/08)
LOS ANGELES -- Like a miner prospecting for gold, NASA hopes its latest robot to Mars hits pay dirt when it lands Sunday near the red planet's north pole to conduct a 90-day digging mission. The three-legged Phoenix Mars lander fitted with a backhoe arm is zeroing in on the unexplored arctic region where a reservoir of ice is believed to lie beneath the Martian surface...
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Big Brown is in town for Belmont
(Professional Sports ~ 05/20/08)
NEW YORK — The street sweepers rolled past the stables at Belmont Park more than an hour before Big Brown arrived, as workers hurried to finish painting his new home at Barn 2. About two dozen photographers and TV cameramen lined up to wait for the horse that could become the first in three decades to win the Triple Crown...
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Habitat for Humanity finds bright side to slump in real estate
(National News ~ 05/20/08)
MINNEAPOLIS -- The foreclosure crisis that has forced thousands of families from their homes has given something good to the nation's best-known housing charity: Cheap properties for sale in communities around the country. Some Habitat for Humanity chapters have seized buying opportunities in neighborhoods affected by the mortgage meltdown, snapping up scores of empty lots and unoccupied homes -- some for as little as half price...
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Commissioner speaks at park board meeting
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
In a meeting Monday, Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones tried to smooth over anger among some members of the county's park advisory board about a decision to sell a piece of County Park North. Jones appeared before the Board of Park Commissioners, the formal name of the seven-member board, for the first time in his new role as supervising commissioner for parks. ...
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Pujols leads Cards with two long home runs
(Professional Sports ~ 05/20/08)
SAN DIEGO -- Albert Pujols hit two mighty home runs, and Cesar Izturis and Ryan Ludwick also went yard in leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-2 win over the punchless San Diego Padres on Monday night. It was the third straight win for the Cardinals, who got to face Wil Ledezma instead of Padres ace Jake Peavy, who could be heading for the disabled list due to soreness in his pitching elbow. ...
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Missourian has statewide following
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/20/08)
To the editor: The Southeast Missourian continues to do a great job in its coverage, both in print and on the increasingly invaluable Web site. Keeping Sam Blackwell's excellent column was certainly a coup as he goes on to other pursuits. You were definitely the go-to site for anyone interested in Sen. ...
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Stoddard County man arrested for stealing gas from Scott County farm
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said Sunday in a news release that a 38-year-old Stoddard County man is in custody following the theft of gas from Scott County farm early Sunday morning. Shawn William Yount, 38, 25071 Plum St., Bell City, Mo., has been charged with three counts of misdemeanor stealing, with a bond set at $1,000 cash only...
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Court upholds part of child pornography law
(National News ~ 05/20/08)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court says even in the no-holds-barred world of the Internet, some limits on speech are needed in the fight against online child pornography. A federal provision upheld by the court Monday imposes a mandatory five-year prison term on people convicted of promoting child porn, and it doesn't run afoul of First Amendment free-speech rights, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the court...
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Sen. Robert Byrd endorses Obama
(National News ~ 05/20/08)
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan and a one-time opponent of civil rights legislation, endorsed Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination Monday. If elected, Obama will be the nation's first black president...
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Virgil Gipson
(Obituary ~ 05/20/08)
Virgil Gipson, 73, of Piedmont, Mo., died Friday, May 16, 2008. He was born March 1, 1935, in Sitka, Ark. He and Eula Mae Hewlett were married June 19, 1954, in St. Louis. Gipson owned and operated Gipson Electrical Contractors in Piedmont many years. He was a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church...
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Informal contact made with Hamas, France says
(International News ~ 05/20/08)
PARIS -- France acknowledged Monday that it had informal contacts with Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that the United States and the European Union consider a terrorist organization for its campaign of violence against Israel. Washington swiftly condemned the move, but French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said such contacts are needed to gauge the humanitarian and political situation in the Middle East. ...
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Police reports 5/20/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/20/08)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Bernard L. Henderson, 25, of Charleston, Mo., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest by flight, leaving the scene of an accident, driving while revoked, two stop sign violations and careless and imprudent driving...
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Fire reports 5/20/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/20/08)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday: n At 4:05 p.m., a motor vehicle accident at Interstate 55 exit 102. n At 4:56 p.m., a motor vehicle accident on Highway 25. n At 5:54 p.m., a grass fire at 3269 William St...
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Judge's reason for canceling lawsuit is a gas
(National News ~ 05/20/08)
SAN ANTONIO -- Gas prices seem to be affecting everyone's wheels -- even the wheels of justice. A hearing that had been scheduled for Monday in a lawsuit over Texas' presidential primary and caucus system was canceled by a federal judge who mentioned high gasoline prices as one reason for his order...
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Ludwick taps into potential
(Professional Sports ~ 05/20/08)
ST. LOUIS -- Ryan Ludwick's older brother, Eric, was part of the deal that brought Mark McGwire to the St. Louis Cardinals, prompting the memorable if now tainted assault on the home run record in the late 1990s. Now Ludwick is drawing attention for his Big Mac-style production. Every 11 at-bats, or 10.8 to be precise, Ludwick leaves the park...
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Alberta Maxwell
(Obituary ~ 05/20/08)
Alberta K. Maxwell, 89, died Monday, May 19, 2008, at Monticello House in Jackson. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Artie Myers
(Obituary ~ 05/20/08)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Artie O. Myers, 97, of Perryville died Friday, May 16, 2008, at Perry Oaks Manor. She was born April 24, 1911, at Gravelton, Mo., daughter of Judea and Ada Boyles Myers. Myers was retired from International Shoe Co., and was a member of American Legion Auxiliary to Post 133...
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Cape man stabbed early Sunday on South Hanover
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
A 19-year-old Cape Girardeau man is in serious condition after being stabbed early Sunday morning, according to Cape Girardeau police. Officers were called to a residential area in the 500 block of South Hanover Street at 2:16 a.m. and found the man had been stabbed in the abdomen, Cape Girardeau Police Department spokesman Barry Hovis said. The incident remains under investigation and police have no suspects...
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New study aims to help those with Parkinson's
(Health ~ 05/20/08)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A small number of Parkinson's patients are participating in a study that injects an experimental drug into the brain with the hopes of rejuvenating damaged cells and slowing the progression of the disease. Nine medical centers from Alabama and San Francisco to Chicago and New York enrolled patients to participate in the double-blind study and scientists will check the patients at years' end to see if their symptoms have improved...
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Get moving: Research finds teen exercise protects against breast cancer later in life
(Health ~ 05/20/08)
WASHINGTON — Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years — starting as young as age 12 — can help protect girls from breast cancer when they're grown. Middle-aged women have long been advised to get active to lower their risk of breast cancer after menopause...
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Health calendar 5/20/08
(Health ~ 05/20/08)
Today Understanding Behaviors and Communication: 7 to 9 p.m. at Chaffee Nursing Center. Designed for caregivers to learn about their loved one's strengths, needs and ways to maintain their independence. Topics covered include improving communication skills and managing challenging behaviors. To register, call 800-980-9080...
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Brisk business as Cape Girardeau county commissioners regroup
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
Despite a somewhat subdued mood, Cape Girardeau County's three commissioners efficiently worked through the agenda at Monday's meeting. It was the first full board meeting since the county's prosecuting attorney called for Missouri's attorney general to send a special prosecutor to investigate 2nd District Commissioner Jay Purcell, and Purcell responded by suing the body of the county commission for violations of Missouri's open meetings and records act, also called the Sunshine Law...
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Cape city council approves LaSalle Avenue easements
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
The Cape Girardeau City Council met Monday evening to discuss items for the development of roads and businesses in the city. The acquisition of easements for the construction of LaSalle Avenue at the new interchange of Interstate 55 and East Main Street was one of the first items on the agenda...
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Jackson High School Athletes of the Year 2008
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/20/08)
Jackson High School Seniors Matt Lang and Chelsea Dale were awarded 2008 Jackson High School Outstanding Athletes on May 20, 2008.
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Cape school board amends budget, discusses intradistrict transfer
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
Responding to problems highlighted in an audit, the Cape Girardeau School Board approved amendments to the district's current budget on Monday. The amendments show an increase of $5.9 million in revenue from a bond refinancing, in addition to increases in revenue from grants. Amendments were also made to reflect current operating expenses, which have increased as utility and transportation costs rise...
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Sikeston woman arrested in Monday night domestic stabbing
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
SIKESTON, Mo. — A Sikeston woman was arrested on domestic assault charges in connection with the stabbing of her boyfriend late Monday night. According to officials from the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, a call came to the station at 10:51 p.m. from Mechell H. Demaris of 212 Goodes Drive. Her boyfriend, Robert Beck, had been stabbed in the upper left chest area...
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River cleaners find ATM in St. Francois Co.
(State News ~ 05/20/08)
DESLOGE, Mo. (AP) -- Talk about giving new meaning to the term river bank. A crew doing cleanup work at the Big River in eastern Missouri over the weekend found an ATM machine. It took a pickup truck with a tow chain to drag the ATM out of the muck. Inside the machine volunteers found a fish -- but no money...
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St. Charles son pleads not guilty in death of his father
(State News ~ 05/20/08)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- A St. Charles County teenager faces another court appearance in July after pleading not guilty in the death of his father. Casey Doss of O'Fallon entered the plea during a court appearance on Monday. The 19-year-old suspect is accused of killing 58-year-old Larry Doss during a February fight over a loud muffler on the younger man's car...
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Mo. state rep. withdraws candidacy for re-election
(State News ~ 05/20/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A St. Louis area House member is forgoing re-election. Republican Scott Muschany withdrew from the race Tuesday, saying he wants to spend more time with his wife and two kids. Muschany was first elected in 2004 and says he will stay active in St. Louis County politics, but that he wants to be home more often...
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KC mayoral aid who says she was called 'mammy' leaves office
(State News ~ 05/20/08)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A city employee who accused the mayor's wife of calling her a racist name has turned down reassignment to a different department and her job status is uncertain. Ruth Bates says she was asked to move from the mayor's office to the Water Services Department because Mayor Mark Funkhouser felt like she had lost faith in him...
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Route AA reduced to one lane in Cape County; shoulder repairs continue on U.S. 61
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
Route AA in Cape County will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction while MoDOT crews cut brush along the westbound lane. This four-mile section of roadway stretches from Route B to the end of Route AA.Weather permitting, the work will take place Wednesday from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m....
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Public meetings set in Ill., Mo. about new St. Louis bridge
(State News ~ 05/20/08)
EAST ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Illinoisans or Missourians curious about a planned Mississippi River bridge in St. Louis are getting their chance to ask questions and get updates. Transportation departments in both states have scheduled two open house-style meetings about the proposed four-lane, $640-million span...
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Eastwood, Jolie film "Changeling" premiering at Cannes festival
(Entertainment ~ 05/20/08)
CANNES, France -- Pregnant with twins, Angelina Jolie says the story behind her latest drama hits close to home: the loss of a child. Jolie stars in Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," the true story of a Los Angeles woman who endured horrors at the hands of corrupt police in her crusade to find out what happened to her son after he vanished in 1928...
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Police: St. Louis man kills ex-girlfriend, then shoots self
(State News ~ 05/20/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis man who allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend before turning the gun on himself has died. Police say Adam Carpenter shot Tasanna Pickens on Monday afternoon. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say Tuesday that Carpenter died late Monday night. Both were 21...
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One escaped Stoddard County inmate captured
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — One of the two Stoddard County inmates who broke out of the county jail late last night has been captured, county police said just after noon. Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner reported that John Kacey Jones was captured in Clay County, Ark. near Piggott...
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Rosenbloom: Rams aren't leaving St. Louis
(State News ~ 05/20/08)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The co-owner of the St. Louis Rams is refuting speculation the team will be sold and moved back to Southern California. Yahoo Sports cites unnamed sources in reporting Tuesday that the Rams are on the market and being shopped for up to $900 million. The Yahoo story says a sale of the team could mean a return to Los Angeles. Georgia Frontiere moved the Rams from Los Angeles to St. Louis in 1995...
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Hannibal man accused in series of threats
(State News ~ 05/20/08)
HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) -- A 30-year-old northeast Missouri man faces charges for a series of phone threats. Urbane Englin was arrested Sunday at his home in Hannibal. He remains jailed on $25,000 bond. Authorities say that over the past two weeks, 911 personnel received several threats from the same phone number. In other calls, the caller said mass violence had already occurred...
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Man charged with copper theft in Scott County
(Local News ~ 05/20/08)
BENTON, Mo. - A 21-year-old man is charged with burglary and stealing as well as property damage in connection with the theft of copper from a Sikeston resident. James D. ...
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Mo. to join group setting military kids education policies
(State News ~ 05/20/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri is set to become the seventh state to join an interstate education compact for military children. The compact oversees members' education policies for enrollment, graduation and information-sharing. Four states have joined, and three others passed legislation this year to do so. The compact takes effect when 10 states or territories join...
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Off-duty Mo. officer dies in accident
(State News ~ 05/20/08)
PARK HILLS, Mo. (AP) -- Funeral services will be Thursday for an off-duty police officer who died while participating in a cancer fundraiser he and his wife organized. St. Francois County Detective Sergeant Joe Crump died Sunday, a day after crashing his motorcycle on U.S. 67. He was with the department for nine years, and before that worked for the Missouri State Highway Patrol for 18 years...
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