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Car overturns, woman sustains moderate injuries
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
An early morning rollover accident near Jackson left a Scott City woman with moderate injuries. Morgan N. Campbell, 21, of Scott City was driving northbound on Route D four miles north of Jackson at around 3:04 a.m. when her 2005 Pontiac failed to negotiate a curve, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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Scott County commissioners ready to take 'preliminary' steps in consolidating 911 service
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
BENTON, Mo. -- Consolidation of 911 centers in Scott County is the key to keeping 911 viable, according to Scott County officials. Tom Beardslee, 911 director for Scott County, Commissioner Donnie Kiefer and Joel Evans, emergency management director for the county, met with officials from Scott City, Chaffee and the North Scott County Ambulance District following the regular County Commission meeting Tuesday...
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Man leads Kennett police on high-speed chase
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
KENNETT, Mo. -- An individual fled from the Kennett police exceeding speeds of 60 miles-per-hour down city streets on Thursday. According to Major Steve Williams, officer Brian Long initiated the contact with the driver while trying to pull the vehicle over for speeding in the 25 mile-per-hour speed zone on Floyd Street...
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Cape Girardeau Police investigating crash involving car, motorcycle
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
Cape Girardeau Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle that left one person injured, said Cpl. Adam Glueck, spokesman for the Cape Girardeau Police Department. The accident occurred around 3:30 p.m. at the corner of Independence and North Frederick Street, and involved a motorcycle, Glueck said...
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Farm tour focuses on new technology
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
Department of Agriculture chair Michael Aide wants to see the Southeast Missouri State University David M. Barton Agriculture Research Center using as much solar energy as possible by 2010.
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Illinois Highway 146 to be widened to junction with Highway 3
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
Within the next few weeks, work crews from the Illinois Department of Transportation will break ground on a project to widen a 2.6-mile section of Illinois Highway 146 to four lanes between East Cape Girardeau, Ill., and the Highway 3 junction. The two-phase project, with an estimated cost of $7.5 million to $7.9 million, will probably take until 2011 to complete, said Carrie Nelson, program development engineer for IDOT's District 9...
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Scott County 4-Hers Attend 4-H Citizenship Forum
(Submitted Story ~ 07/23/09)
Two Scott County 4-H members, Sarah Arnold and Angela Lix, attended the Missouri 4-H Citizenship Youth Forum in Jefferson City on June 22-24th.The annual event is an exciting experience where youth learn about their state government "from the inside." Legislators debate and pass bills, lawyers prosecute or defend the accused, judges weigh the merits of cases and make their decisions, and the media reports on it all! Choosing to be a legislator, judge, lawyer, or media reporter, participants cast themselves in exciting new roles and learn what it takes to be successful.. ...
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No rain means food, fun gets started at Jackson Homecomers
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
Wednesday night marked the effective start of the 101st annual Homecomers city reunion celebration, as Tuesday's events were mostly rained out.
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National Guard hosts blood drive
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/23/09)
Sgt. Heather Weimer of Jackson donates blood at the Cape Girardeau armory on July 17. The Missouri National Guard and the American Red Cross sponsored the second annual blood drive at the armory and will do so again next year. Many of the donors were National Guard Citizen-Soldiers, though several civilians also stopped by the armory to donate. Weimer works full time for the Missouri National Guard's 1140th Engineer Battalion Forward Support Company...
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Beautiful sunflower
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/23/09)
Beautiful sunflower lifting its face to the sun.
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Clippard School Principal earns Doctorate in Education
(Submitted Story ~ 07/23/09)
Although her wall is already crowded with diplomas for Specialist, Master and Bachelor degrees, Clippard Elementary School Principal Dr. Sydney Herbst is making room for one more--a Doctorate in Education from the University of Missouri -- Columbia. The mother of five children and the wife of Cape Girardeau city councilman Charlie Herbst, Dr. ...
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Havin' A Blast At Homecomers
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/23/09)
My daughter Amber [R] and her "Best Friend" Kaitlyn [L] hamming it up on the Ferris Wheel lastnight at Jackson's Homecomers!
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Look At That Smile!
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/23/09)
Tickets for the rides: $40.00... Corn Dogs & Sodas for 4: $25.00... Trying to win prizes: $10.00... BIG SMILE ON OUR DAUGHTERS' FACE: PRICELESS!!!!!
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Cape children's museum needs $70,000 to finish renovation of new home
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
The Southeast Missouri Children's Museum board of directors is close to realizing its dream for a museum in downtown Cape Girardeau, but just how close depends on money. Board president Martha Brown said the organization has raised about $220,000 in donations for the Discovery Playhouse. Another $70,000, she said, is needed to finish renovating the first floor of the old Walther's building at 502 Broadway...
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2009 Jackson Homecoming
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/23/09)
2009 Jackson Homecoming Midway @ Cape County Courthouse
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2009 Jackson Homecoming
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/23/09)
2009 Jackson Homecoming Midway @ Cape County Courthouse
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Our wedding day.
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/23/09)
My fiance and I had the opportunity to go to Orange Beach, Alabama and get married on the beach(both of our dreams). And they say dreams don't come true.
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Jackson Homecomers 09 with the Grands
(Submitted Story ~ 07/23/09)
YEAH! Jackson Homecomers! What a wonderful, mid-west celebration! The rides were great, [my grandchildren say the swings were the best!] the food was just as it should be and the music was beautiful. What a big night for all the kids, my grands for sure. ...
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Three bands set to rock Scott City's Schock's Pub
(Entertainment ~ 07/23/09)
It may be cooler than the typical sweltering July weather in Southeast Missouri, but this weekend rock 'n' roll group The Backsliders, with some help from local acts Moodminder and Rockface Barband, will bring the heat.
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Advance man sentenced to prison on drug charges
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
A Stoddard County man was sentenced to five years in prison on federal drug charges late last week.
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State agency to host earthquake workshop Friday in Dexter
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
Officials want to make sure those in the New Madrid Seismic Zone are fully prepared for an earthquake. A workshop is planned for 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Dexter Church of Christ Fellowship building.
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Jackson pitchers benefit from hot bats
(Community Sports ~ 07/23/09)
Third baseman Ryan Bass laughs at the comparison in the level of pressure involved in playing at the Babe Ruth baseball state tournament and his experience at the Class 2 boys soccer final four in November. "Compared to the shootout, this is zero," Bass said...
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Cape Girardeau School District alumni brochure deadline extended
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
The Cape Girardeau School District has extended the deadline for nominations for its Faces of Success publication.
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Southeast introducing master's program in teaching leadership
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
Starting in the fall, educators pursuing graduate training at Southeast Missouri State University will have another option now that the institution is adding a master's degree in teacher leadership to its range of graduate options.
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Southeast Missouri man ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial for shooting death of father
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A judge found a man accused in the shooting death of his father is mentally incompetent to stand trial. Bryan Portwood Jr. is not currently capable of assisting in his own defense, according to a ruling from Judge Thomas Swindle, made Tuesday morning in Ripley County's temporary courtroom at Doniphan City Hall...
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County decision
(Editorial ~ 07/23/09)
Facing a July 31 deadline, the Cape Girardeau County Commission is near a decision on purchasing the old federal building on Broadway in Cape Girardeau for satellite operations currently housed a block away in the historic Common Pleas Courthouse and Courthouse Annex...
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Need immigration moratorium
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/23/09)
I have been interviewed by the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and many other news networks on issues concerning Americans. I am an immigrant who used to prepare immigration applications. Detaining illegals is good but is costly to taxpayers. ...
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Let law-abiding immigrants stay
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/23/09)
Local police need to use discretion when sending illegal immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. If they have lived here working to take care of their families and aren't doing anything wrong, they should be left alone. Unless they have a criminal record, I strongly agree they should be allowed to remain here in this country. Immigrants are human beings no different from Americans. It's wrong locking them up when a majority of them haven't committed any crimes...
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Lower wage is better than none
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/23/09)
Federal and state politicians' feel-good rhetoric merely reinforces policies that result in unemployment for entry-level workers, especially in a weak economy ("Employers face rise in minimum wage," July 18). Decades of economic research predicted that there would be an increase in job losses following minimum-wage increases, particularly among vulnerable groups like minority teens and adults without a high school diploma...
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Speak Out 7/23/09
(Speak Out ~ 07/23/09)
Using blinkers; Crowded street; Cold shoulder; 10 of nine; No-call numbers
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Prayer 7/23/09
(Prayer ~ 07/23/09)
For fresh garden produce and newly cut flowers, we give thanks, O God. Amen.
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Backsliders: A family band
(Entertainment ~ 07/23/09)
For rock 'n' roll group The Backsliders, music is a family affair. Chris Bonner plays guitar, his wife, Kim Pendleton, is the group's vocalist and his brother Jason Bonner plays bass.
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good bets 7/23/09
(Entertainment ~ 07/23/09)
The week's entertainment options.
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Biden pledges support for Georgia, Ukraine
(International News ~ 07/23/09)
TBILISI, Georgia -- Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged support for efforts by Ukraine and Georgia to break free of Russia's orbit, saying Washington would not recognize Kremlin claims to an exclusive sphere of influence over former Soviet states...
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New Zealand quake moves country
(International News ~ 07/23/09)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Southern New Zealand has moved slightly closer to the east coast of neighboring Australia as a result of an earthquake last week, a scientist said Wednesday. The magnitude 7.8 quake, centered in the ocean near Resolution Island, twisted South Island into a different shape and moved its southern tip 12 inches closer to Australia, seismologist Ken Gledhill said...
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Concealed guns law rejected in Senate vote
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday rejected letting people carry hidden guns in 48 states if they have a concealed weapon permit in any one of them, a rare victory for gun control advocates in a Democratic-controlled Congress that has been friendly to the gun lobby...
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Review: Scares, dark laughs in 'Orphan'
(Entertainment ~ 07/23/09)
LOS ANGELES -- Esther is unfailingly polite, a sensitive painter and pianist, a vision of traditional feminine charm in her prim dresses and bows. But this 9-year-old also has a way with a hammer and a handgun and knows a thing or two about arson and destruction of evidence...
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Obama says health-care overhaul vital to rebuilding economy
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- Six months in office, President Barack Obama sought Wednesday night to rally support for health-care legislation he's trying to push through Congress, expressing support for a surtax on families making more than $1 million a year to help pay for it...
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Fire report 7/23/09
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/23/09)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday: Jackson Firefighters responded to the following call Wednesday:...
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Correction 7/23/09
(Correction ~ 07/23/09)
An editing error in state Sen. Jason Crowell's letter to the editor, published in Wednesday's Southeast Missourian, inadvertently changed the meaning of the letter.
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Out of the past 7/23/09
(Out of the Past ~ 07/23/09)
25 years ago: July 23, 1984 Salvage operations are scheduled to begin today on the towboat Helen Tully, which sank Thursday after a collision with another towboat on the Mississippi River south of Cape Girardeau. A U.S. District Court jury deliberates only 50 minutes before finding that Sikeston, Mo., police didn't violate the rights of a man who was arrested after he held a husband and wife hostage in a Western Union office at Sikeston for 20 hours in 1982; the man had sought $20 million in damages from the city and six of its police officers.. ...
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Births 7/23/09
(Births ~ 07/23/09)
Chanley; Bomar; Streiler; Metcalf; Medlin; Bundy; French; Miesner; Coffee; Wormington; Streeter; Engram
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Police report 7/23/09
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/23/09)
Cape Girardeau: Arrests; Summonses; Thefts; Burglaries; Miscellaneous; Jackson
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Zone berth caps Post 63's resurgence
(Community Sports ~ 07/23/09)
What a difference a year has made for the Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons Post 63 American Legion baseball team. The tradition-rich program that has won five state championships and numerous district titles suffered through one of its worst seasons in 2008, posting a 9-22 record...
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Bernanke resists plan for agency to monitor risky financial products
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
WASHINGTON Ben Bernanke put himself at odds with the Obama administration Wednesday by resisting its plan to create a consumer protection agency for risky financial products. The Federal Reserve chief said those responsibilities should stay with the central bank...
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Missouri home-care workers vote for union bargaining
(State News ~ 07/23/09)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- In-home care providers for the elderly and disabled in Missouri have voted overwhelmingly for union representation, forming what they say is the state's largest health-care union. The unionization vote passed 2,729 to 499, according to results of a mail-in ballot released Wednesday by the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations...
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Cape golfer near top at Dalhousie
(Community Sports ~ 07/23/09)
Cape Girardeaus Blake Driskell jumped into a tie for fourth place after Wednesdays second round of the Missouri Stroke Play Championship at Dalhousie Golf Club. Driskell shot a 2-under-par 70 for a two-day total of 145, four strokes behind leader Matt Miller of Eldon, Mo...
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Capahas' offense dormant in 5-2 road loss
(Community Sports ~ 07/23/09)
The Plaza Tire Capahas managed just two hits Wednesday night during a 5-2 road loss to the St. Louis Golden Spikes. Plaza Tire batters struck out 15 times against five hurlers as the Capahas fell to 16-10. The Capahas' only hits were consecutive singles by Kendal Deason and Denver Stuckey in the third inning. Plaza Tire's two runs came in the seventh, thanks to a pair of errors...
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Cardinals send Duncan to Boston
(Professional Sports ~ 07/23/09)
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Boston Red Sox added some depth a day after they dropped out of first in the AL East, and got rid of shortstop Julio Lugo in one of Wednesday's deals. Boston traded Lugo and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for outfielder Chris Duncan, announcing the swap hours after they acquired first baseman Adam LaRoche from Pittsburgh for two minor leaguers...
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Contador closer to Tour win; Armstrong now 4th
(Professional Sports ~ 07/23/09)
LE-GRAND-BORNAND, France -- Alberto Contador closed in on victory at the Tour de France on Wednesday after finishing second behind Frank Schleck in the 17th stage as the race left the Alps. Lance Armstrong trailed by more than 2 minutes and fell from second to fourth place overall in the 105-mile ride from Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Le Grand-Bornand, seen by many as the toughest stage this year...
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Nature spirits
(Column ~ 07/23/09)
July 23, 2009 Dear Leslie, Forty or so years ago, some residents of a seaside trailer park in Scotland began attracting attention for growing 40-pound cabbages. The founders of this place they called Findhorn said this kind of bounty was possible by tuning into nature spirits. "They will be overjoyed to find some members of the human race eager for their help," a wee voice in one founder's head told her...
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Police seek Michael Jackson manslaughter link
(Entertainment ~ 07/23/09)
HOUSTON -- Authorities searched the Houston clinic of Michael Jackson's doctor Wednesday, and his attorney said they were seeking evidence of manslaughter. Dr. Conrad Murray had been interviewed by police as a witness to the pop star's death but has not been considered a suspect. Police have said little about the probe, neither confirming or denying the possibility of criminal charges...
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Live on location
(Column ~ 07/23/09)
Back by popular demand, with more windows, more bar space and easy-to-locate bathrooms, everybody put your hands together for ... Breakaways! The bar/pool hall/concert spot has reopened with a new face and a few new innards. To celebrate, the bar brought back the Tone Def All-Stars for a Saturday night of pool, music and fun...
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Student confronts Calif. lawmaker over school cuts
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Even children are fed up with California's budget problems. On Wednesday, a 12-year-old Sacramento girl confronted state Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee, one of the Republican budget negotiators, as he was leaving a news conference in the Capitol...
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Marvin Ludwig
(Obituary ~ 07/23/09)
Marvin K. Ludwig, 81, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 15, 1928, in Oak Ridge, son of Ernest and Amanda Hecht Ludwig. He and Dorothy Zwosta were married Nov. 11, 1951, at New Wells...
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Dera Walker
(Obituary ~ 07/23/09)
ANNA, Ill. -- Dera Kay Walker, 48, of Anna died Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Mark Roath officiating. Burial will be in Cobden Cemetery...
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Ex-Virginia Tech official had gunman's mental records
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The Virginia Tech gunman's missing mental-health records have been found at the home of a former university counseling official more than two years after the bloodbath, a discovery that angered victims' families trying to understand how the killer fell through the cracks...
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New jobless claims rise to 554,000, total rolls fall
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- The government says the number of newly laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits rose last week, though the report was distorted by the timing of auto plant shutdowns. The Labor Department says its tally of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose by 30,000 to a seasonally adjusted 554,000. That's above analysts' estimates of 550,000...
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Obama turns health care focus to families, voters
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- After weeks of urging lawmakers to embrace his health care agenda, President Barack Obama is taking his case back to the road Thursday as the public's qualms about the plan seem to be growing. In his comments Wednesday and at scheduled events Thursday in Cleveland, the president is speaking directly to families about their pocketbook and medical concerns, urging them to ignore political opportunists and naysayers in order to achieve sweeping changes, which previous administrations could not attain.. ...
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Debt reduction pushes Ford to $2.3 billion second quarter profit
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Helped by a lightened debt load, Ford Motor Co. posted a surprise second-quarter profit of $2.8 billion today, following the worst loss in company history a year earlier. Shares rose 8 percent. The net profit ends a string of four straight quarterly losses for the nation's second-largest automaker, which has gained U.S. ...
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Microsoft says Windows 7 is ready for PC companies
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. says Windows 7 is complete. The software maker sent the final code for its next computer operating system to manufacturers Wednesday, and said it's still on track for an Oct. 22 launch. Mike Angiulo, a general manager in the Windows group, said in an interview that getting up and running on a Windows computer will be "a lot smoother" than it was when Windows Vista launched in 2007...
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Taco Bell ad star Gidget the Chihuahua dies at 15
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
LOS ANGELES -- Gidget the Chihuahua, the bug-eyed, big-eared star of 1990s Taco Bell commercials who was a diva on and off the screen, has died. She was 15. Gidget suffered a massive stroke late Tuesday night at her trainer's home in Santa Clarita and had to be euthanized, said Karin McElhatton, owner of Studio Animal Services in Castaic, which owned the dog...
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Testing swine flue vaccine amid supply questions
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- Attention is shifting to the world's five leading flu vaccine makers: How fast are they really producing swine flu vaccine, and just how do they plan to test that it works? A meeting Thursday of the Food and Drug Administration's scientific advisers offers the first in-depth public progress report since U.S. scientists delivered the novel virus to manufacturers and asked them to turn it into usable vaccine...
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New York Times Co reports surprising second quarter profit
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
NEW YORK -- The New York Times Co. said Thursday its second-quarter profit climbed nearly 85 percent, as it cut costs aggressively to deal with a worsening decline in advertising. Its stock jumped in premarket trading. The company said it cut its operating costs by 20 percent to manage the revenue falloff, following a pattern that also emerged in recent earnings reports from fellow newspaper publishers Gannett Co. and McClatchy Co...
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US Airways, JetBlue report profits
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
DALLAS -- US Airways and discount airliner JetBlue say they made money in the second quarter.
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Procter & Gamble's drug-business sale talks advance, reports say
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
CINCINNATI -- Talks on a potential sale of Procter & Gamble Co.'s pharmaceutical business are reportedly advancing. The Wall Street Journal in Wednesday's editions cited unidentified people familiar with the matter who say several potential buyers include specialty drug maker Warner Chilcott Ltd., and private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, and that a possible sale price is some $3 billion...
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McDonald's second quarter profit falls 8 percent on strong dollar
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
NEW YORK -- McDonald's Corp. said today the stronger dollar and a gain that boosted results a year ago led its second-quarter profit to dip 8 percent. The dip was expected since the company had predicted a hit to profit from exchange rates earlier this year. Excluding that and the gain a year ago, operating income rose and sales at established locations continued to grow despite as consumers continued to turn to fast food to save cash...
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June existing home sales rise by 3.8 percent
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. housing market has started to recover from the most far-reaching crisis since the Great Depression, data released Thursday shows. Sales of previously occupied homes rose for the third month in a row in June, the National Association of Realtors reported. That hasn't happened since early 2004, during the boom...
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Reid: No health care vote in Senate until fall
(National News ~ 07/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democratic leaders on Thursday abandoned plans for a vote on health care before Congress' August recess, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama's ambitious timetable to revamp the nation's $2.4 trillion system of medical care...
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Missouri judge blocks certification of union election
(State News ~ 07/23/09)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri judge has temporarily blocked the certification of a union election for in-home care providers to the elderly and disabled. The order by Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem comes in response to a lawsuit alleging election irregularities and violations of Missouri's open-government laws...
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Perry County subdivision under boil water order
(Local News ~ 07/23/09)
A Perry County subdivision near Perryville is under a boil water order through Friday morning after a water line broke Thursday morning. The order affects the Tanglewood subdivision, with about 30 customers, said Ken Taylor with the SK&M Water Department. The line break occurred when electrical crews accidentally busted a water line...
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Country duo Brothers Finch kicks cancer at 2 North Bistro
(Entertainment ~ 07/23/09)
Dustin Finch, lead vocalist and guitarist of the country duo Brothers Finch, is full of hope. When he was diagnosed with cancer last year, Finch said he "never gave up on it." Now a cancer survivor, Finch uses the duo's musical opportunities to share his optimistic outlook on life...
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