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Isle of Capri seeks to buy Caruthersville casino
(State News ~ 03/19/07)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. said Monday it has agreed to buy Casino Aztar in southeast Missouri for about $45 million from an affiliate of Kentucky-based Columbia Sussex Corp. The deal still needs to be approved, but the development could be welcome news for the Missouri Bootheel town of Caruthersville, which was hard hit by a tornado last spring and where the casino employs about 300...
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Southwest Missouri boy accidentally killed with rifle
(State News ~ 03/19/07)
HOUSTON, Mo. (AP) -- A 9-year-old Roby boy was accidentally shot and killed by his brother Saturday with a rifle their grandfather had left out as protection during a search for a murder suspect. The victim's 13-year-old brother accidentally shot him Saturday, Texas County Coroner Tom Whittaker said...
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Gov. Blunt yanks health screening money from Planned Parenthood
(State News ~ 03/19/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Matt Blunt said Monday he has yanked funding for two Planned Parenthood clinics that were providing free health screenings for poor women through a state program. The governor made the announcement at a Springfield visit to a health center. ...
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Neosho man named to highways commission
(State News ~ 03/19/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A bank executive could become the first person from Newton County on the State Highways and Transportation Commission. Gov. Matt Blunt announced Monday he has named Rudolph Farber, a Republican from Neosho, to the six-member board responsible for road planning and maintenance...
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Jackson Manor receives award
(Local News ~ 03/19/07)
The Jackson Manor staff followed a medical model for 26 years, where the lives of the residents revolved around routine. When the building at 710 Broadridge was up for a remodel in 2005, the staff decided to use the opportunity to change their overall philosophy as well...
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Missouri's biggest highway project ever begins
(State News ~ 03/19/07)
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) -- The largest highway project in Missouri history began with a groundbreaking ceremony Monday, where even supporters of the Interstate 64 project said it will be rough on St. Louis-area commuters. The $535 million project will rebuild 10 miles of the busy interstate and 12 interchanges in the St. ...
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MSHSAA receives complaint on Leopold
(Local News ~ 03/19/07)
The director of the Missouri State High School Activities Association has asked his brother, Leopold school superintendent Derek Urhahn, to investigate an allegation that a female student athlete at the school lives outside the district and is ineligible to play sports...
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William Street properties can be hard sells
(Local News ~ 03/19/07)
Liz Lockhart knows location can make or break a sale. The broker for Century 21 Key Realty recently had a home listed on William Street for five months, which isn't too unusual considering residential homes are on the market for an average of three months, Lockhart said. But it was difficult to find a buyer for the William Street home...
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Group looks to pool resources
(Local News ~ 03/19/07)
The leaders of the River Corridor Task Force want to make it clear they are not just another organization aimed at helping Cape Girardeau's southside. This, they say, is an organization to marshal already existing resources to help children and families on both the southside and the Red Star area further north...
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Newlyweds beat the weather odds
(Column ~ 03/19/07)
Koren and Ryan Hunt of Perryville, Mo., were delighted when it rained on their wedding day. "We had half the town watching the weather," Koren said. Her friends and colleagues hoped it would rain at least an inch, and on that particular day last month, it poured...
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Pet food recall hits home for Cape Girardeau cat owner
(Local News ~ 03/19/07)
Cape La Croix Pet Hospital is treating the area's first cat affected by a nationwide pet food recall announced Saturday. Ontario, Canada-based Menu Foods is recalling dog food sold in North America under 48 brand names and cat food sold under 40 brand names, including Iams, Nutro and Eukanuba. The food was distributed by major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Kroger and Safeway...
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Officials campaign to extend sales tax
(Local News ~ 03/19/07)
As the April election approaches, Scott County commissioners are engaging in a public-relations campaign, talking to county residents and municipal officials about their proposal to indefinitely extend the half-cent sales tax for law enforcement. Over the past few weeks the county's three commissioners -- Presiding Commissioner Jamie Burger, First District Commissioner Dennis Ziegenhorn and Second District Commissioner Ron McCormick -- have made their case for the tax to municipal boards throughout the county, and at other public opportunities.. ...
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Edward Grebing
(Obituary ~ 03/19/07)
Edward M. Grebing, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 18, 2007, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home, and from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Some say small-town culture explains allegations against Ferrell
(State News ~ 03/19/07)
ST. LOUIS -- Last month, Fred Ferrell's way of greeting and treating women cost him his job as Missouri's agriculture director. But for many in Charleston, Mo., where Ferrell and his wife have lived since 1964, what some see as sexual harassment is nothing more than the culture of the Bootheel, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Sunday...
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St. Louis County hopes to put dent in Bosnian residents' smoking
(State News ~ 03/19/07)
ST. LOUIS -- On a recent Saturday night, a St. Louis bar popular with Bosnians was heavy with cigarette smoke. The ashtrays on the tables were filled with cigarette butts. Patrons sang, danced and clapped with cigarettes dangling from their mouths. Bar patron Elvir Sarajlic says he has smoked up to two packs a day for 13 years and has no plans to quit...
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Out of the past 3/19/07
(Out of the Past ~ 03/19/07)
CAIRO, Ill. -- A group of Cairo police officers begin informational picketing in the morning to press their demands for talks with the city council on improvements in benefits and working conditions. The vice president of Atlas Plastics Corp. at Cape Girardeau is in critical but stable condition at a Richmond, Ind., hospital, following a plane crash yesterday that killed another man and seriously injured the pilot; Homer W. ...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 3/19/07
(Local News ~ 03/19/07)
401 Independence Street Today at 7 p.m., Study session at 5 p.m. Invocation by Pastor Sam Ramdial, First General Baptist Church. Presentations n Presentation to Marcia Stone, Missouri Parks and Recreation Association Outstanding Support Staff of the Year award...
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Civil liberties union accuses NYPD public school patrols of bullying students
(National News ~ 03/19/07)
NEW YORK -- The uniformed police department employees who patrol New York City's public schools are too quick to bully students over minor infractions, a civil rights group charged in a paper issued Sunday. The New York Civil Liberties Union said that in recent years it has received hundreds of complaints from both students and teachers about foul language, rough treatment and unwarranted arrests by the NYPD's 4,827 school safety agents...
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Actor wants bipartisan ticket elected in 2008
(National News ~ 03/19/07)
WASHINGTON -- Sam Waterston, the star of "Law & Order," is speaking out in favor of a movement aimed at promoting the political center rather than the left or right. Waterston told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week" he has joined Unity '08, a group that would like to elect a bipartisan ticket to the White House...
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Man wrongly imprisoned for rape is convicted of murdering photographer
(National News ~ 03/19/07)
CHILTON, Wis. -- A man who spent 18 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit was convicted Sunday of murdering a photographer, whose charred bones were found in a burn pit outside his home. Steven Avery, 44, faces a mandatory life prison term for killing Teresa Halbach, 25, on Halloween 2005 near his family's salvage yard...
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Staff shortages, repairs worsened as Walter Reed waited for privatization
(National News ~ 03/19/07)
WASHINGTON -- An Army contract to privatize maintenance at Walter Reed Medical Center was delayed more than three years amid bureaucratic bickering and legal squabbles that led to staff shortages and a hospital in disarray just as the number of severely wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan was rising rapidly...
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US Airways says it's trying to find seats for 100,000 travelers stuck after ice storm
(National News ~ 03/19/07)
PHILADELPHIA -- Thousands of weary travelers faced a third day waiting to reach their destinations Sunday as US Airways struggled to recover from the ice and snow storm that paralyzed airports in the Northeast. The airline was still trying to find seats for 100,000 passengers systemwide whose flights were grounded by Friday's storm, spokesman Andrew Christie said...
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Helen Fitzgerald
(Obituary ~ 03/19/07)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Helen Fitzgerald, 80, of Mound City died Saturday, March 17, 2007, at her home. She was born Oct. 30, 1926, in Mayfield, Ky., daughter of John and Mary Brady Hudson Davis. Fitzgerald was a member of the Ladies VFW Auxillary 2649 in Cairo, Ill., and was a cook 10 years with the Meridian Schools in Mounds, Ill...
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Kenneth Sander
(Obituary ~ 03/19/07)
Kenneth Sander, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 18, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Wanda Nance
(Obituary ~ 03/19/07)
Wanda J. Nance, 85, of Whitewater died Saturday, March 17, 2007, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Mo. She was born Dec. 1, 1921, in Allenville, Mo., daughter of John and Gertrude Slinkard Noble. She and Truman G. Nance were married June 10, 1939. He died Jan. 13, 1974...
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Cape/Jackson police report 3/19/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/19/07)
Cape Girardeau: Arrest; Assault; Theft; Property damage; Jackson: Summonses; Theft; Miscellaneous
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Attorneys to use mental illness defense in Montgomery case
(State News ~ 03/19/07)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas woman accused of killing an expectant mother and cutting a baby from her womb will use a mental illness defense in her capital murder trial, according to court documents. Lisa Montgomery, 37, of Melvern, Kan., is accused of strangling Bobbie Jo Stinnett, 23, of Skidmore, Mo., who was eight months pregnant when she was killed at her home Dec. ...
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Search continues for boy at Ill. lake
(State News ~ 03/19/07)
CLINTON, Ill. -- A third day of searching Clinton Lake ended Saturday without sign of an 8-year-old boy who disappeared when his grandfather's fishing boat went over a dam. Kalin's uncle and grandfather were both killed in the boating accident Wednesday on the central Illinois lake. The bodies of Richard L. Hunter, 59, of Normal, and Jason C. Hunter, 29, were found Thursday in the churning waters at the base of the spillway, state officials said...
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Speak Out 3/19/07
(Speak Out ~ 03/19/07)
Road safety; Simple majority; Jail supplies; Wasted space; Property affront; Not enough chairs; Not being taught; Junior high letdown; President's critics; Keep it private; School patrol; Inflationary push; Driving in left lane
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Parental involvement
(Editorial ~ 03/19/07)
Many studies have shown that the degree of parental involvement is an important determinant of students' achievement. "Studies that look at high-achieving students of all backgrounds found that their parents encourage them, talk with them about school, help them plan for higher education, and keep them focused on learning and homework," says one such report by the National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools...
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Historian: Difficulty defining happiness gives it power, allure
(State News ~ 03/19/07)
During the Enlightenment thinkers began to focus more on pleasure and the ability of people to pursue happiness. By BILL KACZOR The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Darrin McMahon still cannot define happiness after spending six years researching and writing a book about it...
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Palatine, Ill., woman to pilot cicada museum on wheels
(State News ~ 03/19/07)
PALATINE, Ill. -- Some people really seem to enjoy plump cicadas fried in butter. But not everyone is sold on the idea of snacking on the soon-to-be numerous insects. Melissa Senf, an expert on the critters, is so far noncommittal. "I'm considering it," said Senf, who has been hired by the Lake County Forest Preserve District to spread the word about the large, somewhat scary-looking bugs...
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Benefit helps fund tuberous sclerosis research
(Local News ~ 03/19/07)
The fourth annual Southeast Missouri Bridge Benefit for tuberous sclerosis, held recently at Dalhousie Downtown, increased awareness for TS and raised $7,500 to be donated to Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance for research. TS is a genetic condition characterized by lesions of the skin and central nervous system, tumor growth and seizures. ...
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Community briefs 3/19/07
(Local News ~ 03/19/07)
Broadway reopens today; ceremony Tuesday Broadway is expected to officially open to two-way traffic late this afternoon. Mayor Knudtson and other city officials will be on hand at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Southeast Missouri Hospital parking lot on the corner of Broadway and West End Boulevard to officially celebrate the re-opening of Broadway. Area business and property owners, along with officials from Southeast Missouri Hospital, have been invited to attend the opening ceremony...
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Baghdad regions slow in returning to normal
(International News ~ 03/19/07)
BAGHDAD -- Black-clad women shuffle past sidewalk clothing racks in front of shops in a commercial district of central Baghdad. Elsewhere, black flags flutter from lampposts -- marking areas of Shiite control. A two-hour drive by Western journalists through the center of Baghdad this weekend showed parts of the capital are slowly recovering from the trauma of sectarian slaughter that paralyzed this city of 6 million before the start of the security crackdown last month...
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Four years later, Iraq has changed politics
(National News ~ 03/19/07)
WASHINGTON -- Four years into the Iraq war, about the only thing that has not changed is President Bush's insistence the fight can be won. With more than 3,200 U.S. troops dead and still no clear way out, the political landscape could not be more different...
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Insurgents resilient in 5th week of crackdown
(International News ~ 03/19/07)
BAGHDAD -- Sunni insurgents, resilient despite the five-week security crackdown in the capital, killed at least six more U.S. troops over the weekend. A Sunni car bomber hit a largely Shiite district in the capital Sunday, killing at least eight people...
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Israel says peace talks impossible with new leaders
(International News ~ 03/19/07)
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday peace talks with the Palestinian coalition government would be impossible as long as it refuses to renounce violence and recognize Israel's right to exist. The Israeli Cabinet endorsed Olmert's hard line, urging the West to maintain harsh economic sanctions imposed with last year's election of the militant Islamic Hamas. ...
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In Darfur, Arab-African fight has exceptions
(International News ~ 03/19/07)
WADI ANKA, Sudan -- Ahmad Salaheddin is an Arab who has crossed the ethnic divide in Darfur's bloody war to fight alongside ethnic African rebels. His fellow rebels jokingly call him a "janjaweed" -- one of the Arab militiamen who are their fiercest enemy...
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U.S. beekeepers having to rebuild stock of hives
(Business ~ 03/19/07)
For Jackson beekeeper Grant Gillard, honeybees are ideal workers. "They come to work every day without complaining, they don't show up with a hangover and they never require any kind of coaching," he said. But lately the honeybee population is facing a problem, something scientists are calling Colony Collapse Disorder...
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Smoke and mirrors ... and faux trees
(National News ~ 03/19/07)
WASHINGTON -- Crazy-sounding ideas for saving the planet are getting a serious look from top scientists, a sign of their fears about global warming and the desire for an insurance policy in case things get worse. How crazy? There's the man-made volcano that shoots gigatons of sulfur high into the air. ...
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Photocopiers with disk drives may be a culprit in identity theft
(National News ~ 03/19/07)
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Consumers are bombarded with warnings about identity theft. Publicized threats range from mailbox thieves and lost laptops to the higher-tech methods of e-mail scams and corporate data invasions. Now, experts are warning that photocopiers could be a culprit as well...
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People on the move 3/19/07
(Business ~ 03/19/07)
Heartland agent named Realtor of the Year Denise Stover, a real estate agent with Century 21 Heartland in Jackson, received the Realtor of the Year Award for 2007 from the Cape Girardeau County Board of Realtors. The event was held at the Elks Lodge in Cage Girardeau on March 10. Winners are nominated by fellow real estate agents based on contributions to the local board and service to the community...
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Cate Blanchett in negotiations to star in 'Indiana Jones' movie
(Entertainment ~ 03/19/07)
LOS ANGELES -- Cate Blanchett is in negotiations to star opposite Harrison Ford in the long-awaited fourth installment of the "Indiana Jones" series, her publicist confirmed Saturday. "She is in negotiations, yes," publicist Lisa Kasteler said. She did not elaborate...
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Redhawks win 9-1, claim first OVC series
(High School Sports ~ 03/19/07)
The Southeast Missouri State softball team is off to a solid start in Ohio Valley Conference play. Southeast routed visiting Samford 9-1 on Sunday afternoon in the rubber game of the OVC opening series. The squads split Saturday's doubleheader. The Redhawks improved to 6-8 overall and 2-1 in the OVC. Samford fell to 14-11 and 1-2...
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SIU rides sweet 'D'
(Professional Sports ~ 03/19/07)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Compared to practice, sometimes Southern Illinois' games are almost like a day off for the Salukis. Driven by the tenacious defense instilled during those workouts -- and three big 3-pointers by Jamaal Tatum -- Southern Illinois pulled away from Virginia Tech 63-48 Sunday in the second round of the West Regional...
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Johnson utilizes late pass to win Kobalt Tools 500
(Professional Sports ~ 03/19/07)
HAMPTON, Ga. -- Jimmie Johnson already has his eye on the big prize. The reigning NASCAR Nextel Cup champion passed Tony Stewart three laps from the end Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway and went on to win his second straight race. "We're thinking championship already," said Johnson, only four races into the 36-race season. "That's really the mode anymore. You have to think about points and being in the top 12 all the time."...
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The Shop captures Division I title in men's tournament
(Community Sports ~ 03/19/07)
The Shop posted a 55-53 victory over Charleston to win the Division I championship in the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department Men's Basketball League playoffs. Terrance Smith led The Shop with 20 points, while Luther Bonds added 15 points. Ricky Smith netted 15 points for Charleston and Ed Farr had 13...
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Singh ends heartache to capture Bay Hill title
(Professional Sports ~ 03/19/07)
Vijay Singh kept staring at the silver trophy from the Arnold Palmer Invitational, turning it slightly at the base to make sure his name was finally on the list of champions. Even then, it must have been hard to believe. Singh has been coming to Bay Hill in Orlando, Fla., for 15 years. ...
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Eagles ready to take flight again in 2007
(High School Sports ~ 03/19/07)
For the Oran baseball team, a district title has basically guaranteed the team a trip to the state final four in recent years. The Eagles have earned trips to the state final four in four of the past five seasons, finishing third in Class 1 last year...
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Perryville looks to build on first district crown
(High School Sports ~ 03/19/07)
The Perryville girls soccer program won its first district title last season with just one senior starter, but an early rash of injuries could cause a slow start for the defending Class 1 District 1 champions. The Pirates finished their season 15-9-1, falling 3-0 to St. Pius in the sectional round. Perryville had just two seniors on its roster...
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Redhawks batter Pine Bluff 19-0
(College Sports ~ 03/19/07)
It's likely the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff could not get out of Cape Girardeau fast enough. After the way the Southeast Missouri State baseball team treated the Golden Lions, who could blame them? The Redhawks finished off a dominating three-game sweep of UAPB on Sunday afternoon with a 19-0 rout at Capaha Field...
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Isringhausen close to ready
(Professional Sports ~ 03/19/07)
JUPITER, Fla. -- The closer the Cardinals get to opening day the more it appears pitcher Jason Isringhausen will be ready for the season. Isringhausen started and faced three batters in the Cardinals' 5-4 victory Sunday. The right-handed closer threw 15 pitches, nine for strikes, and struck out Carlos Beltran looking on a cutter...
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State senate's night sessions becoming more common
(State News ~ 03/19/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Senate Majority Leader Charlie Shields calls them magical moments -- those occasions when strong-willed senators finally buckle under exhaustion and start talking of compromise. Last week, that magical moment occurred at 11 a.m. one day, when Republican and Democrats finally agreed to negotiate after enduring a 15-hour, all-night Democratic filibuster against Gov. Matt Blunt's college construction plan that had left people a little loopy and droopy...
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