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Millersville man sent to hospital following two-car accident
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
A Millersville man received moderate injuries following a two-vehicle accident Wednesday in Gordonville. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 2003 Dodge driven by William S. Claussen, 26, failed to yield while making a left turn and was struck by another vehicle. The accident occurred at 4:15 p.m. on Route Z in Gordonville...
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School health premiums rise 5 percent in Jackson, half that of Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
With plenty of public school systems seeing jumps in health insurance premiums, the Jackson School District may be counting its savings. The Jackson School Board recently approved a health insurance renewal contract with carrier Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield for 2011. The district's premiums will rise 5 percent, which is lower than the projected 10 percent increase for the Cape Girardeau School District and below the projected national average uptick of 8.2 percent...
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Photographers, stylists to do free portraits for those in need
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
Several local photographers will use their skills to give back to their community as part of the national Help-Portrait event this Saturday. The Help-Portrait event in Cape Girardeau will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Marshall Portrait Studio...
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Drug industry favors Missouri's pseudoephedrine database over governor's call to require prescriptions
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
Some leaders in the pharmaceutical industry expressed their disappointment Wednesday in Gov. Jay Nixon's recent announcement regarding pseudoephedrine, instead favoring a state database already in place to block sales of the drug. In a series of visits Tuesday, Nixon announced he'd like Missouri to become the third state in the country to require a doctor's prescription to purchase medications such as Sudafed, Claritin-D and Advil Cold and Sinus, which all contain pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in manufacturing methamphetamine.. ...
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Meet the National Merit Semifinalists: Noor Wadi
(Community ~ 12/02/10)
Today, the Southeast Missourian concludes its three-part series on local National Merit semifinalists, all of whom are enrolled at Cape Girardeau Central High School. Out of a competitive field of more than 1.5 million students who took the PSAT last year, these high-achieving seniors have joined this year's class of 16,191 semifinalists nationally, 341 from Missouri. They are the only representatives from an 18-school area in Southeast Missouri...
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Jackson to kick off Christmas season with several events
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
Wednesday marked the start of the Christmas season in Jackson with the arrival of Santa's house at the courthouse lawn. The house was refurbished this year to provide St. Nick with an improved place to receive visitors and their Christmas wish lists...
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Gaming panel picks Cape Girardeau for state's 13th license
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- After nearly two decades of planning, dreaming and plenty of politics, a casino in Cape Girardeau that was once considered a long shot is finally becoming a reality.
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Triple the Fun -- Parents Blessed with Triplets
(Submitted Story ~ 12/02/10)
It's not every day that a couple learn they're having triplets. When Timothy Clark first heard the news, he didn't believe it. "I had to put the doctor on the phone to convince him I was telling the truth," says Nicole Kinder. Clark, who is himself a twin, says he and Kinder had joked about having twins, but they were shocked when he found out about the triplets. "It took a while for it to sink in," he says with a smile...
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Larry's Holiday Wishes
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/02/10)
Larry, formerly a neighborhood feral cat has adopted us and the Holiday spirit.
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Branching Out
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/02/10)
Blue Heron sits high above the ground at the Robert Delaney Conversation Area in Mississippi County Missouri.
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Madrigal Feaste will be "splendiferous"
(Submitted Story ~ 12/02/10)
The annual Madrigal Feaste "will usher in the Christmas season splendiferously," according to Cape Central High School Choral Director Dina Casey on Dec 10 and 11. Celebrations will cater the event, which will be held in the Commons at the high school. ...
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Completing casino designs next step for Isle of Capri
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
Now that the Missouri Gaming Commission has approved Isle of Capri's plans for a Cape Girardeau casino, the company is finishing design work so construction bidding can begin. The realignment of Main Street will be the first step in the construction, expected to take 18 to 24 months, said Jill Haynes, Isle of Capri communications director...
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Experienced trigger man Scheible leads Redhawks' offense
(College Sports ~ 12/02/10)
The Redhawks have attempted and completed the fewest passes in the Ohio Valley Conference while ranking third nationally in rushing offense with an average of 271.1 yards per game.
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Speak Out 12/2/10
(Speak Out ~ 12/02/10)
I'M not at all disgusted by the choices in television programming. The History Channel has great shows about events that I wasn't alive to witness, such as the Battle of the Bulge. On the Discovery Channel, I "visit" countries I'll probably never get to go to in person. On several channels I can watch sitcoms from when I was a child and laugh at Lucy and Desi...
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Government salaries
(Editorial ~ 12/02/10)
While Americans are by and large generous people, they do take exception with excessive government spending and inefficiency. According to a USA Today analysis, the number of federal employees earning $150,000 or more a year has doubled in the past two years. ...
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Fanatical fans
(Column ~ 12/02/10)
Dec. 2, 2010 Dear Sally and Doug, I'm writing out of a concern that being an Ohio State fan has become your religion. It's not just Sally's Ohio State license plates and the fact that we usually buy Doug red Christmas gifts because that's the team color. It's not that your son Kyle graduated from Ohio State. With more than 55,000 students enrolled, many thousands do every year...
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Prayer 12/2/10
(Prayer ~ 12/02/10)
O God, may we walk in righteousness, along the paths of justice. Amen.
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The collapse of capitalism
(Column ~ 12/02/10)
Gary Rust included in a recent column a section titled "The collapse of socialism." An excerpt said, "The unavailability of additional sovereign credit, the persistent excessive spending and deficits, the accumulated sovereign debt and other indications of insolvency validate the conclusion that socialism has failed." This does not sound nearly as bad as our capitalist form of government with its $10 trillion national debt, $1.3 trillion budget deficit and $123.3 billion trade deficit.. ...
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neXt up 12/2/10
(Community ~ 12/02/10)
What's happening this weekend
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Official says no offshore drilling in Florida Gulf waters
(National News ~ 12/02/10)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Obama administration will maintain a long-standing oil drilling ban in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida after considering loosening it before the BP spill, a senior administration official said Wednesday. Just a month before the spill started in April, the Obama administration had announced plans to allow drilling in the eastern portion of the Gulf as part of the management plan for the Outer Continental Shelf...
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Most major automakers see strong November sales
(National News ~ 12/02/10)
DETROIT -- All major automakers but Toyota reported strong U.S. sales increases in November as the auto industry's slow-motion recovery continued to gain traction. Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Nissan, Hyundai and Honda all reported double-digit increases, and only Toyota, which has been hurt by a string of safety recalls, had a sales drop. ...
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Fed identifies companies that used crisis aid programs
(National News ~ 12/02/10)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve revealed details Wednesday of trillions of dollars in emergency aid it provided to U.S. and foreign banks during the financial crisis. New documents show that the most loan and other aid for U.S. institutions over time went to Citigroup ($2.2 trillion), followed by Merrill Lynch ($2.1 trillion), Morgan Stanley ($2 trillion), Bank of America ($1.1 trillion), Bear Stearns ($960 billion), Goldman Sachs ($620 billion), JPMorgan Chase ($260 billion) and Wells Fargo ($150 billion). ...
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Stocks rise on fresh signs of job growth
(National News ~ 12/02/10)
Stocks started December with a jump. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 249 points Wednesday, its biggest one-day gain since Sept. 1 and the sixth-largest this year. An encouraging employment report and hopes that Europe's debt crisis may ease boosted major indexes on Wednesday, erasing nearly two weeks of losses. Bond prices and the dollar fell as investors moved money into riskier assets...
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South Korean refugees struggle following shelling
(International News ~ 12/02/10)
INCHEON, South Korea -- A South Korean fisherman whose neighborhood was swallowed by flames in last week's North Korean shelling saw a TV image of the North's leader, Kim Jong Il, and cringed. "I want to kill him," said Kwak Yong-sun, who now lives on the floor of a public bath house on the mainland. "I almost died because of that man."...
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Soldiers raid militant camps in Nigerian oil delta
(International News ~ 12/02/10)
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Soldiers raided three militant camps Wednesday hidden in the winding creeks of Nigeria's oil-rich and restive southern delta, seizing heavy weaponry in an attack rebels claimed killed more than 100 people. The attack started Wednesday afternoon in Delta state, an oil-producing state in the middle of Niger Delta, military spokesman Lt. Col. Timothy Antigha said...
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Mountain lion sighting confirmed in NW Missouri
(State News ~ 12/02/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State conservation officials have confirmed the sighting of a mountain lion in northwest Missouri. The Conservation Department said a photo taken last week by a Platte County landowner clearly shows a mountain in a tree on his property. The department also identified claw marks and collected hair samples from where the animal was perched...
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Perry Cook
(Obituary ~ 12/02/10)
Perry Elmer Cook, 79, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, at Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Marble Hill, Mo. He was born Aug. 20, 1931, at Mayfield, Mo., son of Elza Elmer and Maude Fulbright Cook. He and Bessie Ruth Stratton were married Dec. 5, 1951...
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Dollie Riemenschneider
(Obituary ~ 12/02/10)
ORDWAY, Colo. -- Dollie Madine Moyers Riemenschneider, 80, departed this life to meet her Savior on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born Sept. 15, 1930, in Club, Mo., daughter of Marion Harrison and Mary Florence Eads Allen. On Oct. 11, 1947, she was united in marriage to Robert Edgar Moyers, who preceded her in death March 13, 1970, in Hiram, Mo...
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Col. Ronald Fee
(Obituary ~ 12/02/10)
Col. Ronald R. Fee, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, at the Missouri Veterans Home. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Nathan Burgell officiating...
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Murla Moore
(Obituary ~ 12/02/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Murla M. Moore, 80, of Perryville died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, at her home. She was born Jan. 1, 1930, in Menfro, Mo., daughter of Edmund Martin and Hilda Emilie Tiedemann Gross. She and Gilbert P. Moore Sr. were married July 8, 1950...
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Out of the past 12/2/10
(Out of the Past ~ 12/02/10)
Two small John Deere tractors, valued at $45,000, were reported stolen yesterday from Compas and Strack Inc., an implement dealership in Jackson; the tractors were parked on display at the dealership on Birk Road. CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ignoring Mayor Robert Capshaw's concerns about insurance liability, the Chaffee City Council unanimously votes to continue housing Scott County's prisoners and then overrides Capshaw's veto of its original vote...
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Jackson police/fire report 12/2/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/02/10)
POLICE The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summonses Assault Miscellaneous FIRE Firefighters responded to the following call Monday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/2/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/02/10)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summonses Thefts Property damage Miscellaneous...
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Sikeston creates rules for motorized wheelchair use on city streets
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The Sikeston City Council passed a bill during its Monday morning meeting regulating the use of motorized wheelchairs on city streets and alleyways. "The whole purpose of this was safety for everybody's sake," said Linda Lowes, director of governmental services...
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Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence to open Scott County facility
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
BENTON, Mo. -- The Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence's is expanding with a new facility in Benton. Tammy Gwaltney, director of the SEMO-NASV, met with Scott County Commissioners during their regular meeting Tuesday to provide an "update on what's happening with our organization, particularly in this county," she said...
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Southeast Missouri man pleads guilty to cutting father with knife
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
KENNETT, Mo. -- A Campbell, Mo., man was sentenced to six years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to assaulting his father with a knife before the father shot him in self-defense. Ricky Lee McCurter Jr., 28, pleaded guilty to felony second-degree domestic assault before Presiding Circuit Judge Stephen Sharp, according to Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen Sokoloff. ...
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First water from new Scott County district flows to Kelly schools
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
BENTON, Mo. -- After months of preparations, the Scott County Public Water Supply District No. 4 now has water running to its first customer. "On Wednesday, when the kids were out of school (at Thomas W. Kelly), we started flushing out the system," said Tim McIntyre, system manager. "We added pressure to the lines to clean them out on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday."...
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Starry, starry, starry night: Star count may be triple old estimate
(National News ~ 12/02/10)
WASHINGTON -- The universe may glitter with far more stars than even Carl Sagan imagined when he rhapsodized about billions upon billions. A new study suggests there are 300 sextillion of them, or three times as many as scientists previously calculated. That is a 3 followed by 23 zeros. Or 3 trillion times 100 billion...
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Cyber Monday sales top $1 billion for the first time
(National News ~ 12/02/10)
NEW YORK -- Americans jumped on deals and promotions offered online on Cyber Monday, spending $1 billion and making it the busiest online shopping day ever, according to new data. Research firm comScore Inc. says revenue rose 16 percent from a year ago to $1.03 billion on the Monday after Thanksgiving, the first one-day spending total above $1 billion...
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Jackson firm gets bridge contract
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
Penzel Construction Co. Inc. of Jackson was awarded a $248,727 contract Wednesday for improvements to Highway 51 in Bollinger County by the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission. The project includes replacing the bridge over East Fork Longs Creek near Patton, Mo. ...
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Hooked on science: Burning money
(Community ~ 12/02/10)
It's that time of the year when money may be burning a hole in your pocket. Did you know you can actually burn money without damaging it? A few materials from around the house that will protect your money from fire. Adult supervision is recommended for this experiment...
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Sedgewickville man injured in accident
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
A Sedgewickville, Mo., man is in serious condition following a Tuesday accident. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 2008 Nissan driven by David C. Hyche, 39, traveled off the road and struck two trees at 4:20 p.m. on Highway 72, three miles west of Millersville. Hyche was taken by ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was not wearing a seat belt...
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Woman injured in Tuesday accident
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Benton woman is in moderate condition following a Tuesday accident. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 1999 Chevrolet 1500 driven by Jodie L. McCoy, 44, ran off the road and struck a tree on County Road 247, two miles north of Benton at 6:20 p.m. She was ejected from the vehicle. McCoy was taken by ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was not wearing a seat belt...
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Route M reduced for drainage repairs
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
Route M in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane from Route BB to County Road 223, while Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform routine drainage maintenance. Weather permitting, work will be done from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Friday. ...
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Cape Girardeau firm awarded Scott City paving project
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded a $103,625 contract to Apex Paving Co. of Cape Girardeau on Wednesday for improvements to the U.S. 61/Route K/Route M interchange at Scott City. The project includes coldmilling and resurfacing in the interchange area. ...
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Deficit panel split; package in doubt
(National News ~ 12/02/10)
WASHINGTON -- A package of spending cuts and tax increases drew challenges from both the left and right on President Barack Obama's deficit commission Wednesday, putting approval in doubt. However, both parties' Senate budget point men embraced the plan, and even opponents called it a starting point for efforts next year to control the nation's ballooning debt...
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Morley man accused of sexual assault
(Local News ~ 12/02/10)
BENTON, Mo. -- A 37-year-old Morley, Mo., man was arrested this week after a girl reported the man sexually assaulted her during a sleepover. Terrial Tyler is charged with forcible rape, forcible sodomy and felony restraint. Sheriff Rick Walter said in a news release Wednesday that Tyler is accused of luring the girl, whose age wasn't given, to a bathroom where he allegedly raped and sodomized the victim...
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Response to 'Waiting for Superman'
(Column ~ 12/02/10)
I recently went to see the movie "Waiting for Superman." I am very disappointed with the way the movie portrays public education. The movie does not provide a balanced or fair perspective. It promotes charter schools, when in reality, public schools outperform charter schools 83 percent of the time. It uses an emotional story to condemn public education, when in reality, public schools provide excellent learning opportunities...
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High school roundup: Bohnert leads ND girls to first win
(High School Sports ~ 12/02/10)
All the scores from Wednesday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian.
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Varlamov cools Blues
(Professional Sports ~ 12/02/10)
ST. LOUIS -- The Washington Capitals discovered Jaroslav Halak is not perfect after all. Semyon Varlamov made 37 saves for his fourth straight win since recovering from a groin injury, and the Capitals got back at the goalie who knocked them out of the playoffs last spring with a 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday...
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Defending champs up next for Southeast women
(College Sports ~ 12/02/10)
The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team begins Ohio Valley Conference play today against the two-time defending OVC tournament champion. Austin Peay (1-6), which has represented the OVC in the past two NCAA tournaments, visits the Show Me Center for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff. Southeast has another 5:30 p.m. OVC home game Saturday, against Tennessee State (3-3)...
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Improving Southeast men's hoops team set to open OVC play
(College Sports ~ 12/02/10)
The first six games of the season failed to go the way Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach Dickey Nutt envisioned. Southeast is off to the program's worst start since moving up to Division I in 1991-92, surpassing the 2001-02 squad that lost its first five games...
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