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Police identify man suspected of robbing storePolice have identified the man they believe robbed the Bonne Terre Country Mart store Wednesday night as the same young man who reported being kidnapped last September.
Friday, November 20, 2009 10:04 AM CST
One Ambulance FliesHead Start students get a close look at two ambulances Thursday in Park Hills. The children have been studying about the community and have been learning about different emergency agencies. Ambulance staff talked with students about the difference between the traditional ambulance and the helicopter “air ambulance.” - Paula Barr / Daily Journal
Friday, November 20, 2009 10:04 AM CST
Coming to your mailbox soonYou may have thought you escaped Friday the 13th without anything at all unlucky happening to you, but perhaps not. The County Collector sent out 64,000 tax bills on that date, so your annual tax "bomb" is homing in on a postal box near you — if it hasn't already landed.
Friday, November 20, 2009 10:04 AM CST
Stoplights on Karsch Blvd. now sensor activatedFARMINGTON — Drivers accustomed to traveling up and down Karsch Boulevard might believe they know the cycles of the stoplights. But all that changed Thursday.
Friday, November 20, 2009 10:04 AM CST
It's going to be a 'Charlie Brown Christmas'The theme of this year’s Park Hills - Leadington Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade will be “A Charlie Brown’s Christmas,” the chamber has announced.
Friday, November 20, 2009 10:04 AM CST
More Local Headlines...State & Regional
Ellis tells Mo. court white police attacked her
KENNETT, Mo. (AP) -- Testimony in the trial of a black school teacher charged with assaulting police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace at a Missouri store concluded Friday with the defendant telling the jury that white police officers had attacked and abused her....
KENNETT, Mo. (AP) -- Testimony in the trial of a black school teacher charged with assaulting police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace at a Missouri store concluded Friday with the defendant telling the jury that white police officers had attacked and abused her....
Rams purchase tickets for Sunday sellout
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Louis Rams have purchased unsold tickets to sell out Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals and avoid a local television blackout....
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Louis Rams have purchased unsold tickets to sell out Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals and avoid a local television blackout....
Mo. governor: Community colleges to freeze tuition
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Community colleges have joined Missouri's four-year colleges and universities in agreeing to freeze tuition next school year if state officials promise to nick and not slash their budgets....
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Community colleges have joined Missouri's four-year colleges and universities in agreeing to freeze tuition next school year if state officials promise to nick and not slash their budgets....
Little-Warner friendship on hold Sunday
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Friendship goes out the window Sunday when the St. Louis Rams' Leonard Little tries to sack his friend, Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner....
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Friendship goes out the window Sunday when the St. Louis Rams' Leonard Little tries to sack his friend, Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner....
High-scoring Grant gets hall of fame nod
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- College basketball's greatest scorer shot his way out of poverty with a tennis ball and a 5-gallon bucket tacked to his house....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- College basketball's greatest scorer shot his way out of poverty with a tennis ball and a 5-gallon bucket tacked to his house....
Top AP News
Senate Dems moving ahead on crucial health vote
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates appeared to be falling in line on President Barack Obama's signature issue....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates appeared to be falling in line on President Barack Obama's signature issue....
Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road....
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road....
Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland
COCKERMOUTH, England (AP) -- Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes....
COCKERMOUTH, England (AP) -- Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes....
Afghan police are weak link in security force
KABUL (AP) -- Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home....
KABUL (AP) -- Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home....
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
ATLANTA (AP) -- Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S....
ATLANTA (AP) -- Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S....
U.S.
Pa. university students upset about fitness class
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts....
Planes ready to leave Brunswick, Maine Navy base
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station....
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station....
Terror plot ringleader gets 13-year prison term
MIAMI (AP) -- The ringleader of a group of men convicted of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices has been sentenced to 13 1/2 years in prison....
MIAMI (AP) -- The ringleader of a group of men convicted of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices has been sentenced to 13 1/2 years in prison....
Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road....
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road....
Pa. judges in juvenile kickbacks case win immunity
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- Two former Pennsylvania judges accused of taking kickbacks to supply private detention facilities with juveniles have been granted partial immunity from civil liability....
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- Two former Pennsylvania judges accused of taking kickbacks to supply private detention facilities with juveniles have been granted partial immunity from civil liability....
World
Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found
ROME (AP) -- Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday....
ROME (AP) -- Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday....
6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the dispute....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the dispute....
Afghan police are weak link in security force
KABUL (AP) -- Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home....
KABUL (AP) -- Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home....
Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland
COCKERMOUTH, England (AP) -- Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes....
COCKERMOUTH, England (AP) -- Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes....
Mexican reporter on organized crime goes missing
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime....
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime....
Politics
Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday....
New questions arise in Pequot trading probe
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new development related to the government's investigation of possible insider trading at a major hedge fund has raised questions in the case and caught the attention of two key senators....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new development related to the government's investigation of possible insider trading at a major hedge fund has raised questions in the case and caught the attention of two key senators....
Court filings: Accused spy couple to plead guilty
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A retired State Department worker and his wife are preparing to plead guilty to conspiring to send sensitive information to Cuba, according to a Friday court filing....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A retired State Department worker and his wife are preparing to plead guilty to conspiring to send sensitive information to Cuba, according to a Friday court filing....
Senate Dems moving ahead on crucial health vote
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates appeared to be falling in line on President Barack Obama's signature issue....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates appeared to be falling in line on President Barack Obama's signature issue....
More states add jobs, but many for temporary staff
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment....
Science
Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
ROME (AP) -- A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus....
ROME (AP) -- A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus....
Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word on the birth of one crewman's daughter Friday, as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word on the birth of one crewman's daughter Friday, as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk....
Biologists save fish after landslide
NILE, Wash. (AP) -- A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish....
NILE, Wash. (AP) -- A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish....
3 new ancient crocodile species fossils found
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A 20-foot-long crocodile with three sets of fangs - like wild boar tusks - roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers reported Thursday. While this fearsome creature hunted meat, not far away another newly found type of croc with a wide, flat snout like a pancake was fishing for food....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A 20-foot-long crocodile with three sets of fangs - like wild boar tusks - roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers reported Thursday. While this fearsome creature hunted meat, not far away another newly found type of croc with a wide, flat snout like a pancake was fishing for food....
U. of Neb. board votes down stem-cell rule changes
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government allows....
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government allows....
Health
White House at odds with bishops over abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul....
Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group
Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer....
Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer....
Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) -- Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images....
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) -- Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images....
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu....
ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu....
Correction: Plavix story
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a Nov. 17 story about drug interactions between heartburn medications and the blood thinner Plavix, The Associated Press misidentified Johnson & Johnson's Mylanta as part of the H-2 blocker drug family. Mylanta is an antacid....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a Nov. 17 story about drug interactions between heartburn medications and the blood thinner Plavix, The Associated Press misidentified Johnson & Johnson's Mylanta as part of the H-2 blocker drug family. Mylanta is an antacid....
Strange
CA man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) -- A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing....
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) -- A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing....
Mich. police nab wrong-way driver twice in 3 days
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) -- Authorities in western Michigan arrested a person twice in three days for driving the wrong way down the highway Kalamazoo County deputies said they were alerted about 1:30 a.m. Friday after several people called 911 when they passed the unidentified driver traveling south on northbound U.S. 131....
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) -- Authorities in western Michigan arrested a person twice in three days for driving the wrong way down the highway Kalamazoo County deputies said they were alerted about 1:30 a.m. Friday after several people called 911 when they passed the unidentified driver traveling south on northbound U.S. 131....
Cops: Woman smuggled drugs to Pa. inmate with kiss
MERCER, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. State police said guards at the State Correctional Institution-Mercer became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor on Oct. 19....
MERCER, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. State police said guards at the State Correctional Institution-Mercer became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor on Oct. 19....
Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show....
Eye doc may lose license after calling patient fat
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the North Carolina Medical Board will decide if Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville overstepped the bounds of professional decency....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the North Carolina Medical Board will decide if Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville overstepped the bounds of professional decency....
Tech
Flurry of IPOs signals IPO rebound to continue
NEW YORK (AP) -- The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money through IPOs in 2010. But the response to two of the newly public companies shows that investors continue to be careful about where they place their bets....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money through IPOs in 2010. But the response to two of the newly public companies shows that investors continue to be careful about where they place their bets....
GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create one of the most powerful media companies in the world is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over price....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create one of the most powerful media companies in the world is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over price....
B&N Nook sells out, too late for holiday orders
NEW YORK (AP) -- Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas....
Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's....
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's....
Microsoft offers about 24K training vouchers in NC
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their computer skills so they can improve their lot in the work force....
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their computer skills so they can improve their lot in the work force....
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