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Southeast Missouri man killed in weekend accident
(Local News ~ 05/26/09)
DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A Doniphan man was killed in a single-vehicle car accident over the weekend, the only fatal traffic crash reported in the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Troop E region over the holiday weekend. Billy R. Windberry, 44, died after he was ejected from his vehicle when it ran off the road on Route HH near County Road 342 in Butler County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol website...
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Cape Girardeau man seriously injured in morning crash
(Local News ~ 05/26/09)
A Cape Girardeau man was seriously injured in an early morning crash Tuesday when his car ran off the road and struck a tree, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Caleb McClellan, 21, of Cape Girardeau, was driving his 2005 Jaguar southbound on County Road 205 one mile south of Cape Girardeau when he ran off the road. McClellan was taken by ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center. He was wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash, according to Patrol reports...
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Pedestrian hurt in Monday accident in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 05/26/09)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A pedestrian was injured as a result of a Monday vehicle accident in Sikeston. According to the Sikeston Department of Public Safety's incident report, a vehicle hit a pedestrian just after 2 p.m. at 1701 E. Malone. The report indicated the pedestrian was injured and transported to Saint Francis Medical Center. No further information was available as of press time...
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Central Middle School tutoring affected by Cape Sylvan closure
(Local News ~ 05/26/09)
The May 7 closure of the Sylvan Learning Center in Cape Girardeau will force a change in tutoring plans next year at Central Middle School. Six percent of students enrolled at the school became eligible for tutoring services in 2008 after the school missed targets on communication arts exams required by the No Child Left Behind Act. Nineteen of 300 eligible families completed paperwork by Dec. 1 for their children to attend the sessions at Sylvan Learning Center...
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Three men in custody for alleged robbery attempt
(Local News ~ 05/26/09)
BENTON, Mo. -- Three Sikeston, Mo., men are in the Scott County Jail for allegedly attempting to rob a Sikeston bank. Scott County Prosecuting Attorney Paul R. Boyd filed charges Friday afternoon against Don Duran Fletcher Jr., 20, Jonnathan Gray, 19, and Dameon Winston, 17, for allegedly attempting to rob US Bank, 625 N. ...
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Prayer 5/26/09
(Prayer ~ 05/26/09)
Defend and protect us from unknown dangers and fears, O God. Amen.
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5-year-old dead in ATV accident
(Local News ~ 05/26/09)
CENTERVILLE, Mo. (AP) -- A 5-year-old has died in an all-terrain vehicle accident in southeast Missouri's Reynolds County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as Christopher Gillyon of Bismarck. The ATV overturned Sunday night as Christopher was driving it through a field about 10 miles north of Centerville...
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albino catfish
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/26/09)
Katie OGuin caught this albino catfish at the conservation center.
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Awakening Benefit Concert for Nothing But Nets
(Submitted Story ~ 05/26/09)
On May 31st at 6:30 PM, New McKendree United Methodist Church in Jackson will be hosting a free concert for the community to raise money for the very worthy cause Nothing But Nets. The concert will feature local Christian band Awakening and will be taking donations to save lives against malaria. This will be a very fun evening and all are welcome! The concert will take place at New McKendree's South Campus on Highway 25. We hope to see you there for this great evening of music and worship!...
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Jackson School District Retirement Reception
(Submitted Story ~ 05/26/09)
Twenty-one Retiring Jackson R2 staff members were honored for their years of service to the school district at a reception in the Jackson Middle School cafeteria on Tuesday, May 12 from 4:00-6:00 pm. Friends, relatives and other district employees spoke on behalf of each retiree. Jackson CTA (Community Teachers Association), administrative assistants and district administrators organized this event. Cards were collected and each retiree received a gift...
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Oak Ridge reaches it first state quarterfinal
(High School Sports ~ 05/26/09)
OAK RIDGE -- The Oak Ridge baseball team made school history Monday. The Blue Jays hope they're not done in that area. "We aren't going to stop," senior shortstop Ethan Sachs said. Oak Ridge defeated visiting Winona 3-1 in a Class 1 state sectional game, advancing the Blue Jays to Wednesday's quarterfinal round and within one more win of the final four...
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Colombia, South America
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/26/09)
This was taken at a school during my recent trip to Bucaramanga, South America.
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The Secret to Kurt Johnson's Success
(Submitted Story ~ 05/26/09)
An old and accepted adage in NHRA championship drag racing says that to win a national event you must first qualify. But before Kurt Johnson can make even one qualifying attempt down the track, the transporter hauling his ACDelco Chevrolet must arrive there, safe, secure, and ready to operate as a rolling race shop as soon as it enters the gates. That's where Bobby Wunderlich, a crew member on Johnson's ACDelco team comes into play...
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Motorcycle stunt group dazzles crowd in salute to Armed Forces Day
(Submitted Story ~ 05/26/09)
JACKSON, Mo -- More than 120 area residents were wowed while watching a St. Louis-based motorcycle stunt group celebrate Armed Forces Day on May 16, during an event sponsored by Sappington Pro Outdoor at the Missouri Army National Guard. Riders for the St. Louis Shockers performed dazzling stunts before a large crowd -- popping wheelies, doing doughnuts, Standing on the seats of their fast-moving motorcycles, and garnering applause, "oohs" and "aahs" from an appreciative crowd...
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Museum Features The Salvation Army
(Submitted Story ~ 05/26/09)
The Cape River Heritage Museum will showcase The Salvation Army Tree of Lights Campaign Saturday morning at 10:30 am as part of the Jerry Ford's 50 Years of Music Exhibit. May is Salvation Army month. The Annual Tree of Lights Campaign helps provide funds for shelter, lodging, meals and medicine for people in need...
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Global milk glut squeezes Mo. dairy farmers, consumers
(State News ~ 05/26/09)
BARNHART, Mo. -- A collapse in milk prices has wiped away the profits of dairy farmers, driving many out of business while forcing others to slaughter their herds or dump milk on the ground in protest. But nine months after prices began tumbling on the farm, consumers aren't seeing the full benefits of the crash at the checkout counter...
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She-na Whitaker - Graduation
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/26/09)
She-na Whitaker - Egyptian High School Graduation 5-22-2009.
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Shady Grove project works to restore neglected cemetery
(Local News ~ 05/26/09)
An all-but-forgotten part of the area's black history lies beyond a stand of maple trees and beneath the knee-high weeds and periwinkle vines that carpet Shady Grove Cemetery. Toppled headstones and simple makeshift markers are the silent reminders of members of rural black community who lived, worshipped and died near Dutchtown, Mo...
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We Love You & We're So Proud Of You, Jo!!!
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/26/09)
Our son Jo, with his favorite teacher from Jackson High School, Mr. Bob Clubbs... Mr. Clubbs was Jo's "Speech/Drama Teacher" and Jo thought the world of him!!! (Thank you so much Mr. Clubbs for making such an impact in our son's life)! And, "Congrats" to ALL the 2009 graduates from Jackson High School!!!!!...
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Canada: Deficit larger than expected
(National News ~ 05/26/09)
TORONTO -- Canada's finance minister said Monday the country's federal deficit will be substantially more than projected because the economic slowdown has been worse than expected. Finance Minster Jim Flaherty predicted in January a deficit in Canada for the first time in more than a decade, and said Monday that the financial shortfall for 2009-2010 will be higher that the orginal forecast of 34 billion Canadian dollars, about $30 billion...
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Air-powered cars being developed
(National News ~ 05/26/09)
NEW YORK -- Most car companies are racing to bring electric vehicles to the market. But one startup is making cars whose energy source is pulled literally out of thin air. Zero Pollution Motors is trying to bring a car to U.S. roads by early 2011 that's powered by a combination of compressed air and a small conventional engine...
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Chicago resident dies of swine flu
(State News ~ 05/26/09)
CHICAGO -- A Chicago-area resident is the first person in Illinois to die of swine flu. Illinois Department of Public Health director, Dr. Damon Arnold, said Monday that the victim had underlying medical conditions. Arnold said the victim's family has requested privacy and no more information about the death would be released...
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Village in France honors southwest Missouri veteran
(State News ~ 05/26/09)
SARCOXIE, Mo. -- A French village has inducted a man from this southwest Missouri town into its local museum as a hero for his service in helping liberate the area during World War II. Lloyd David Lewis died in May 2008 at age 86. But as a 23-year-old Army private, he was wounded during a raid near a mill complex between the northeastern French towns of Lixing and Grosbliederstroff...
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2 teens dead, 17-year-old arrested in southwest Mo. stabbings
(State News ~ 05/26/09)
NEVADA, Mo. -- A 17-year-old boy was being held on $2 million bond Monday night in the stabbing deaths of two other teens in southwest Missouri. Nevada police chief Gary Herstein said 14-year-old Kylie M. Leyva and 18-year-old Anne E. Reed were found stabbed Sunday evening in a home where Reed lived. Both were pronounced dead at hospitals in Joplin...
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Illinois town posts names of deployed soldiers along streets
(State News ~ 05/26/09)
SULLIVAN, Ill. -- Residents of this small central Illinois town don't have to wonder which community members are serving Iraq and Afghanistan. All they have to do is drive around town. Lampposts and telephone poles along two streets are adorned with white signs, each bearing the name of a resident who is serving his or her country. More than 100 residents of the town of 4,400 have served in the current wars and dozens are still deployed...
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Group claims success in KC mayoral recall effort
(State News ~ 05/26/09)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A group seeking to force embattled Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser out of office says it has collected enough signatures to force a recall vote. The city clerk's office opened on Memorial Day for the recall group to submit a second batch of petitions, which its organizers estimated contained about 13,000 signatures...
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Police report 5/26/09
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/26/09)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Theft Burglaries Property damages Miscellaneous Jackson The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt....
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Fire report 5/26/09
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/26/09)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday: Jackson Firefighters responded to the following call Saturday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Sarah Welker
(Obituary ~ 05/26/09)
Sarah Welker MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Sarah Francis Welker, 81, of Marble Hill died Saturday, May 23, 2009, at Elder Care of Marble Hill. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home chapel, with the Revs. Jimmie Fulbright and Jeff Garland officiating. Burial will be in the Hurricane Fork Cemetery near Marble Hill...
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Nadal breaks French Open record with win
(Professional Sports ~ 05/26/09)
PARIS -- The King of Clay eclipsed another mark Monday, this time breaking the French Open men's record for consecutive wins. Top-seeded Rafael Nadal looked his usual dominant self in the first round, beating Marcos Daniel of Brazil 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 for his 29th straight win on the red clay at Roland Garros...
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Redhawks fanned on a great opportunity
(Sports Column ~ 05/26/09)
It isn't fair to say this was a bad season for the Southeast Missouri State baseball team. The Redhawks finished with a winning record overall and in the Ohio Valley Conference, although just barely on both counts. But it is fair to say this was a disappointing season for the Redhawks, who fell well short of the expectations that those within the program harbored...
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Rain helps Reutimann to first win
(Professional Sports ~ 05/26/09)
CONCORD, N.C. -- David Reutimann stared at the gray sky and silently prayed for one more heavy rain. A gamble had put the journeyman driver in position for his first Sprint Cup Series victory, and so long as the clouds lingered over Lowe's Motor Speedway, it would come in the crown jewel Coca-Cola 600...
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Castroneves turns corner on troubles, enters Victory Lane
(Professional Sports ~ 05/26/09)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Success can soothe the pain. Helio Castroneves also knows that his anguish from the last six months will never completely disappear. "The scar is going to be there," he said. Castroneves spoke Monday after posing for dozens of photos with his Penske Racing team, family members, sponsors and just about anybody else who wanted a picture with latest three-time Indianapolis 500 winner...
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Nuggets even Western finals with 120-101 win
(Professional Sports ~ 05/26/09)
DENVER -- The Denver Nuggets evened the Western Conference finals Monday night, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 120-101 in Game 4 despite a hobbled Carmelo Anthony. Chauncey Billups and J.R. Smith scored 24 points and Kenyon Martin had a double-double as the Nuggets posted their eighth blowout of the postseason, but first against Los Angeles following three games that came down to the final seconds...
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Cards drop pitchers duel in 10
(Professional Sports ~ 05/26/09)
MILWAUKEE -- Bill Hall sprinted off the field after his two-out, game-winning hit in the 10th inning, barely pausing to slap Brewers manager Ken Macha's hand. Hall wanted to savor the Milwaukee Brewers' 1-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday privately...
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Hits, runs, win elude Saxony in Class 2 sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/26/09)
With Valle Catholic hurler Mike Greminger throwing a no-hitter in the fifth inning, Saxony Lutheran batter Seth Stevens stroked a pitch out to the Warriors' right fielder, who was playing shallow enough that he was able to field the ball and fire to first base to record the out...
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Blake receives gymnastics academic all-district honor
(College Sports ~ 05/26/09)
Southeast Missouri State senior gymnast Sandra Blake has received ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team honors for the third straight year. Blake's name now will be placed on the ballot for Academic All-American consideration. She was a third-team Academic All-American last year...
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Talking Shop with Tom Strickland of Strickland Engineering
(Business ~ 05/26/09)
Strickland Engineering in Jackson celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The firm, at 113 W. Main St., offers a variety of services to businesses, churches, municipalities, schools and more. Business reporter Brian Blackwell recently visited with owner and founder Tom Strickland to learn more about his life and tales of Strickland Engineering. ...
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VA clinic to occupy former Pier One Import building
(Business ~ 05/26/09)
Come September, a local building that has remained unoccupied for a while will have a new tenant. An official at the City of Cape Girardeau inspection office said a Veterans Affairs clinic will move into the building that once housed Pier 1 Imports at 3051 William Street...
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Medical providers told to find savings
(National News ~ 05/26/09)
WASHINGTON -- A homework assignment from President Obama is turning into a credibility test for medical providers. Obama, once a law professor, has instructed the health-care industry to come back with specifics on its pledge to slow rising costs, helping to save the nation $2 trillion over 10 years...
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Blast shatters windows at New York City Starbucks
(National News ~ 05/26/09)
NEW YORK -- An early morning explosion, caused by a small bomb and reminiscent of other mysterious blasts around the city in the last few years, destroyed a sidewalk bench and shattered windows in a Starbucks coffee shop. No one was injured in the blast, which happened around 3:30 a.m. Monday on Manhattan's Upper East Side near the Guggenheim Museum...
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Boy with cancer, mother return voluntarily
(National News ~ 05/26/09)
NEW ULM, Minn. -- A 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother, who fled Minnesota last week to avoid court-ordered chemotherapy for him, returned voluntarily Monday, and the boy was examined by a doctor. Daniel Hauser was "immediately checked over medically" when he and his mother arrived on a charter flight at 3 a.m., Brown County Sheriff Rich Hoffmann said...
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Obama observes Memorial Day at Arlington cemetery
(National News ~ 05/26/09)
WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama marked his first Memorial Day as president on Monday, saluting the men and women of America's fighting forces, both living and dead, as "the best of America." The president spoke after participating in a holiday tradition, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, the burial ground for American veterans dating to the Revolutionary War...
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Spike in 'suburban survivalists' caused by economic crisis
(National News ~ 05/26/09)
SAN DIEGO -- Six months ago, Jim Wiseman didn't even have a spare nutrition bar in his kitchen cabinet. Now, the 54-year-old businessman and father of five has a backup generator, a water filter, a grain mill and a 4-foot-tall pile of emergency food tucked in his home in the expensive San Diego suburb of La Jolla...
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Brazilian prisoners turn to toy helicopter to get phones
(International News ~ 05/26/09)
SAO PAULO -- A plot to smuggle cell phones into a prison yard using a remote-control model helicopter has been foiled after Brazilian police discovered the toy in the trunk of a car outside a maximum-security lockup. Police announced Monday they had confiscated the 3-foot-long chopper near the Presidente Venceslau penitentiary in Sao Paulo state and arrested four people riding in the car...
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Troops in Iraq, Afghanistan hold observances for Memorial Day
(International News ~ 05/26/09)
BAGHDAD -- American troops on Memorial Day honored their fallen on two battlefields. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military remembered the toll so far on the troops -- more than 4,900 dead -- with the outcome still unclear. In Iraq, soldiers and Marines stood solemnly during a playing of Taps at Baghdad's Camp Victory. They saluted a memorial of a single helmet propped on a rifle beside a pair of boots...
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Democracy activist to testify on own behalf in Myanmar
(International News ~ 05/26/09)
YANGON, Myanmar -- Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will testify today at her trial for allegedly violating terms of her house arrest as the prosecution's withdrawal of its nine remaining witnesses suggested the military government wanted to quickly wrap up the proceedings...
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5-year-old dies in ATV accident in Reynolds County
(State News ~ 05/26/09)
CENTERVILLE, Mo. -- A 5-year-old has died in an all-terrain vehicle accident in southeast Missouri's Reynolds County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as Christopher Gillyon of Bismarck. The ATV overturned Sunday night as Christopher was driving it through a field about 10 miles north of Centerville...
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3 drown in 2 separate accidents on Meramec River
(State News ~ 05/26/09)
BOURBON, Mo. -- A pair of separate accidents have claimed the lives of three people on the Meramec River. The Missouri State Water Patrol says two St. Louis men were swept into deeper water while swimming with friends Sunday near the Meramec Caverns and disappeared. Authorities recovered the body of 27-year-old Sridhar Tekula on Sunday night and the body 30-year-old Suresh Merumu late Monday afternoon...
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Dropping out
(Editorial ~ 05/26/09)
High school students in Missouri currently can drop out when they turn 16. Under a law adopted by the just-ended session of the Missouri Legislature, they will now have to wait until they are 17 or have completed 16 units of academic work toward graduation...
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Speak Out 5/26/09
(Speak Out ~ 05/26/09)
Cycling issues; Great leader; Wasted vote; Positive effect; Traveling homeless; Take a look; Homeless concerns; Local homeless; Role of women; Homeless and trash; Bidding process; Get some exercise; Shelter alternatives
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Out of the past 5/26/09
(Out of the Past ~ 05/26/09)
25 years ago: May 26, 1984 The Ad Hoc Committee of the Greater Downtown Merchants Association and interested riverfront area property owners suggest locating Cape Girardeau's multipurpose building on a 58.8-acre site that includes the old Florsheim Shoe factory property...
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Sabbatini claims Nelson tournament by two shots
(Professional Sports ~ 05/26/09)
Rory Sabbatini won the Byron Nelson Championship on Sunday for his fifth PGA Tour title, closing with a 6-under 64 to break the tournament scoring record and hold off late-charging Brian Davis by two strokes. Sabbatini finished at 19-under 261 at TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, to break the tournament mark of 18 under set by Loren Roberts and playoff loser Steve Pate in 1999 -- when the Cottonwood Valley course also was used the first two days...
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Magic make heroics impossible in Game 3
(Professional Sports ~ 05/26/09)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- LeBron James had no shot. Dwight Howard scored 24 points -- 14 on free throws -- and Rafer Alston added 18 as the Orlando Magic, sick of seeing replays of James' dramatic Game 2 buzzer-beater, downed the Cleveland Cavaliers 99-89 on Sunday night to take a 2-1 lead in an Eastern Conference finals getting nastier by the minute...
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North Korea nuclear test condemned
(International News ~ 05/26/09)
UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's nuclear test on Monday as "a clear violation" of a 2006 resolution banning them and said it will start work on a new one that could result in stronger measures against the reclusive nation...
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People on the move 5/26/09
(Business ~ 05/26/09)
Saint Francis names marketing and public relations manager Felecia Blanton has been named manager of marketing and public relations at Saint Francis Medical Center. Before joining the hospital's staff, Blanton owned a strategic marketing and communications consulting company, The Blanton Agency. ...
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Essie Whitener
(Obituary ~ 05/26/09)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. --Essie RoseLee Whitener, 83, of Marble Hill died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church in Gravelton, Mo., with the Rev. Norman Dierking officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Evelyn Ramey
(Obituary ~ 05/26/09)
Evelyn C. Ramey, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Mary Poole
(Obituary ~ 05/26/09)
JONESBORO, Ill. — Mary Poole, 83, of Jonesboro died at Sunday, May 24, 2009, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Anna-Jonesboro.
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Questions surround end of stair-climbing wheelchair
(National News ~ 05/26/09)
WASHINGTON -- The nation's first stair-climbing wheelchair hit the market with a bang but disappeared with a whimper, a casualty of price that raises a big question: How much will society agree to pay for high-tech help for the disabled? Johnson & Johnson sold the last iBOTs this spring, ending manufacturing of a wheelchair doctors had greeted five years ago as potentially revolutionary for the freedom of movement it promised -- but which failed to sell more than a few hundred a year. ...
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Betty Moyer
(Obituary ~ 05/26/09)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Betty M. Parks Moyer, 81, of Perryville died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Home. A graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Home Cemetery, with the Rev. James A. Parks officiating...
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Betty Curd
(Obituary ~ 05/26/09)
BENTON, Mo. -- Betty Joan "Joanie" Curd, 52, of Scott City died Saturday, May 23, 2009 at Benton. She was born March 22, 1957, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Bobbie G. and Betty Joan Elders Wilfawn. She and Ricky L. Curd were married July 25, 1981, in Scott City...
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Western Ill. woman irons flags at cemetery
(State News ~ 05/26/09)
QUINCY, Ill. -- A western Illinois woman has found a unique way of paying tribute to veterans each Memorial Day: ironing. For more than ten years, Chris Black has made sure that more than 7,000 freshly pressed flags are placed on graves at the Sunset Cemetery in Quincy. The cemetery is on the grounds of the Illinois Veterans Home...
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Elda Kieninger
(Obituary ~ 05/26/09)
Elda M. Kieninger, 81, of Jackson passed away Saturday, May 23, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 23, 1927, in Jackson, daughter of Joseph and Bertha Aufdenberg Loennecke. She and Nelson Kieninger were married Nov. 24, 1950. ...
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Yvonne Stevens
(Obituary ~ 05/26/09)
ORAN, Mo. -- Yvonne M. Stevens, 72, passed away at home on May 24, 2009. Stevens was born April 20, 1937, daughter of Amzie and Goldie Wampler Cook in Cornng, Ark. She and Howard L. Stevens were married March 2, 1957, and he survives...
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Mary Treece
(Obituary ~ 05/26/09)
BENTON, Mo. -- Mary Vanie Treece, 87, of Benton, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis. Born Feb. 18, 1922, in Decaturville, Tenn., to the late Isaac and Lula Boyer Treece, she had lived in Charleston most of her life. ...
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Virginia Todd
(Obituary ~ 05/26/09)
Virginia C. Todd, 53, of Jackson died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 27, 1956, in St. Louis, daughter of Donald Robert and Virginia Charlotte Mensinger Adams. She and Dennis J. Todd were married Sept. 9, 1978, in St. Louis County...
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Stephanie Smith
(Obituary ~ 05/26/09)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Stephanie Lynn Smith, 43, of Advance passed away May 24, 2009, at her home. She was born April 21, 1966, at St. Charles, Mo., the daughter of Jimmy and Karen Moore Hazel. Smith was a 1984 graduate of Advance High School. She was a Baptist...
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William Halter
(Obituary ~ 05/26/09)
ORAN, Mo. -- William "Bill" Halter, 68, of Oran died Saturday, May 23, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Halter was born July 23, 1940, in Oran, son of John Anthony Halter and Bertha Lauck Halter. He was self-employed and retired from the heating/air-conditioning industry...
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Red Wings on brinkof Stanley Cup finals
(Professional Sports ~ 05/26/09)
CHICAGO -- Marian Hossa's short-handed goal got the short-handed Detroit Red Wings started Sunday. And once they got rolling, the defending champions overpowered the frustrated Chicago Blackhawks and moved within one win of a return trip to the Stanley Cup finals...
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Poplar Bluff schools to get $2.5 million in stimulus money
(Local News ~ 05/26/09)
Poplar Bluff schools are expected to receive more than $2.5 million in federal stimulus funds over the next two years, but administrators have future budgetary concerns. "The funds have a lot of strings attached and obligations after the money runs out," superintendent Ernie Lawson told school board members Thursday night. "We are plugging holes in the programs we have."...
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Cape, Jackson bands begin seasons with Memorial Day concerts
(Local News ~ 05/26/09)
The Cape Girardeau and Jackson municipal bands began their seasons by giving tribute to veterans on Monday, with each band opening its respective city's Memorial Day ceremony. At the Jackson ceremony, Sen. Kit Bond, one of the first to speak, said honoring those who serve in battle became more personal for him when his only son, Sam, joined the U.S. Marine Corps and spent two tours of duty in Iraq...
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Consumer confidence rises in May
(National News ~ 05/26/09)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Consumer confidence extended its rebound in May, soaring to the highest level since last September as more shoppers are feeling the worst of the recession is behind them. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index, which had dramatically increased in April, zoomed past economists' expectations to 54.9 from a revised 40.8 in April. ...
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