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Decades after MLK death, Memphis jobs in spotlight
(National News ~ 04/04/13)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Decades after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death here, some of the striking sanitation workers who marched with him are again fighting for their jobs. In 1968, wages were so low that some workers had to stand in welfare lines to feed their families. ...
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Mo. Senate passes gun rights amendment
(State News ~ 04/04/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Senate has passed a proposed change to the state's Constitution designed to strengthen gun rights. The amendment would declare gun rights "unalienable" and compel elected officials in Missouri to defend against any infringement on the right to bear arms. It would also allow people to use firearms in defense of their families...
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Saturday event encourages kids to get 'Messy'
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
Getting messy not only will be allowed, it will be encouraged Saturday at the Show Me Center. Thousands of children and adults are expected to attend Messy Morning, an event designed to strengthen families by helping parents see the importance of allowing their children to learn while having fun, according to event committee chairwoman Resa Armstrong. ...
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Voters in numerous Mo. counties pass 'use tax'
(State News ~ 04/04/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Lawmakers signed off Wednesday on their most recent effort to reinstate local taxes for certain vehicle purchases, a day after proposals to resume such taxes were passed by voters in several cities and counties. State and local officials have been focused on the tax issue for about the last year, citing fears of lost jobs, business hardships for Missouri vehicle dealers and declining revenue for cities and counties...
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Scott City scores late to edge Oran 2-1
(High School Sports ~ 04/04/13)
The Scott City and Oran baseball teams both had trouble coming up with the big hit. Host Scott City finally did and, coupled with Ryan Brock's stellar pitching, it paved the way for an exciting 2-1 win on a cold Wednesday afternoon. "That was a tough team," Brock said. "It's a good win."...
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Five from area named first-team all-state
(High School Sports ~ 04/04/13)
Awards and accolades continue rolling in for several area high school basketball standouts. Three boys and two girls from the Southeast Missourian coverage area were named first team All-State by a statewide panel of Missouri sportswriters and broadcasters...
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Tonight's the test for Blues netminder
(Professional Sports ~ 04/04/13)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues upgraded their defense for the playoff push, adding Jay Bouwmeester and Jordan Leopold. "It's two guys that any team around the league would be looking for," defenseman Barret Jackman said Wednesday. "You look around our dressing room and we have every piece we need."...
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Nixon denies ill intent with driver's licenses
(State News ~ 04/04/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon denied on Wednesday that his administration is implementing a federal proof-of-identity law through a controversial new driver's license process, declaring with exasperation that the state wasn't trying "to mess with people" by building "a magical database" of personal information. ...
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Chaffee hands Bluff first loss
(High School Sports ~ 04/04/13)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Chaffee's bunts and a swirling wind bedeviled Poplar Bluff's defense Wednesday. The Red Devils broke a tie in the sixth on a dropped fly ball and added an insurance run in the seventh without a hit to beat the host Mules 7-5. "We figured we were going to have to come in here do some bunting, play some small ball," Chaffee coach Brian Horrell said. "Especially with the wind blowing in."
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Cape police Direct Results Team will focus on solving crimes
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
On any given day, a police officer with the Cape Girardeau Police Department responds to numerous calls. Oftentimes they will receive a new call from dispatch that requires them to leave the scene of an incident, even when they are in the middle of an investigation. A newly formed unit, called the Direct Results Team, was designed within the police department so crime reports can receive more focus and be resolved more quickly...
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New Theatre Company Holds Auditions
(Submitted Story ~ 04/04/13)
Acting Out! will hold auditions on April 20th at 3 PM for its first production, Romeo and Juliet. Auditions will consist of a cold reading from the script and will be held at Fruitland Community Church. Please bring a calendar with conflicts from April 20-June 22...
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Aftermath of Perryville chief's resignation distresses police department
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- No moves were made Wednesday night in Perryville to place a new leader in the city's police department, but several options were brought up during the board of aldermen meeting, and officers themselves got a chance to weigh in on the circumstances surrounding the resignation of the former chief through the city's attorney, Thomas Ludwig...
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'The Miss Firecracker Contest' at the River Campus
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
ABOVE: Carnelle Scott, played by Sarah Anderson, strikes a pose as seamstress "Popeye" Jackson, played by Madison Doty, takes her measurements for a costume she will wear in the talent section of "The Miss Firecracker Contest," during an opening night scene Wednesday at the Rust Flexible Theatre on the River Campus of Southeast Missouri State University. ...
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Man accused of biting police officer at counseling center
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
A 23-year-old Cape Girardeau man could face charges for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest after he allegedly bit a police officer Tuesday. A call was received from the Community Counseling Center at about 1:30 p.m., according to Cape Girardeau Police Department spokesman Sgt. Jason Selzer. ...
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Missouri man sentenced for using disabled man to buy pseudoephedrine
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- A Marble Hill, Mo., man has been sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Brian A. Taylor, 38, was sentenced to three years for one count of solicitation, a Class 3 felony, according to a news release issued by Union County state's attorney office, ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/04/13)
Today is Thursday, April 4, the 94th day of 2013. There are 271 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to death as he stood on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. (James Earl Ray later pleaded guilty to assassinating King, then spent the rest of his life claiming he'd been the victim of a setup.)...
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Hooked on Science: Special sewer lice
(Community ~ 04/04/13)
Have you ever wondered how sewage water is cleaned? Using a few ingredients from around the house, you can do an experiment that will trick those around you into believing there is a sewage cleaning creature. Materials Instructions STEP 1: Inform the children you stopped by the local sewer plant for a sample of sewer lice to observe how they clean sewage water...
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Births 4/4/13
(Births ~ 04/04/13)
Son to Steven Anthony Martinez and Tiffany Renea Hensley of Benton, Mo., Saint Francis Medical Center, 9:14 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. Name, Steven Anthony. Weight, 3 pounds, 1 ounce. Ms. Hensley is the daughter of Gloria Hensley of Sikeston, Mo., and Kevin Hensley of Benton. Martinez is the son of Gabriel Lara and Catina Lara of Matthews, Mo...
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Out of the past 4/4/13
(Out of the Past ~ 04/04/13)
Demolition of the old Florsheim Shoe factory building at 700 N. Main St., owned by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, has stopped; D. and R. Demolition Co. of Cairo, Ill., which is taking down the structure brick by brick, has discovered asbestos inside...
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Small earthquake rolls through Mo., Ky., Tenn.
(State News ~ 04/04/13)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Parts of Southeast Missouri, western Tennessee and western Kentucky got a little bit of a shake. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 2.7 earthquake rumbled through the area around 10:20 p.m. CDT Tuesday. WPSD-TV in Paducah reported (http://bit.ly/12eLFQ6 ) that the epicenter registered southeast of Portageville, Mo...
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Bonnie Wilson
(Obituary ~ 04/04/13)
Bonnie Sue Wilson of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Ratliff Care Center. Arrangements are incomplete with Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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William Voelker
(Obituary ~ 04/04/13)
William Ray Voelker, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. He was born April 11, 1927, in Cape Girardeau, son of William F. Voelker, Francis Beal Schaaf and stepfather, Anton Schaaf. William joined the Army at age 23 in 1950, weighing 90 pounds and standing only 4 feet 10 inches tall. He hurt his back in boot camp at Fort Leonard Wood and spent the next two years as head cook in the officers' mess until he received an honorable discharge in 1952...
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Kay Uhrhan
(Obituary ~ 04/04/13)
Kay Uhrhan, 66, of Scott City passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 22, 1946, in Allenville to the late William L. and Lenora C. Drennan Crader. She and Terry Uhrhan were married Nov. 20, 1965...
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Pauline Tucker
(Obituary ~ 04/04/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Pauline Ellen Paulus Tucker, 82, of Perryville died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. A memorial Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. Miller Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Carol Travis
(Obituary ~ 04/04/13)
ANNA, Ill. -- Carol F. Travis, 80, of Anna died Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Union County Nursing Home. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Anna Cemetery, with Kathy Montira officiating. Burial will be in Anna Cemetery. Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of arrangements...
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Rayford Limbaugh
(Obituary ~ 04/04/13)
Rayford B. Limbaugh, 88, of Jackson died Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until time of service at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...
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Roy Knight
(Obituary ~ 04/04/13)
COMMERCE, Mo. -- Roy Lee Knight, 92, of Commerce died Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 15, 1921, in Commerce to Roy Price and Rosezenna O'Guinn Knight. He and Isabelle Edmonds were married Oct. 18, 1941, in Benton, Mo. She preceded him in death Jan. 4, 2008...
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Fred Johnson Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/04/13)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Fred Johnson Jr., 68, of Paducah, Ky., formerly of Cairo, died Friday, March 29, 2013, at Baptist Health Hospital in Paducah. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shiloh Full Gospel Church in Future City, Ill. Mahalia Johnson will officiate. Burial will be Monday in Mound City National Cemetery in Mound City, Ill...
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Charlene Griffin
(Obituary ~ 04/04/13)
Charlene Griffin, 68, of Blomeyer passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at the family home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Mo.
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Harry Dunn Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/04/13)
Harry Dunn Jr., 90, of Fredericktown, Mo., formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Stockhoff Nursing Home in Fredericktown. He was born Dec. 18, 1922, in Madison County, Mo., son of Harry and Marie Tinnin Dunn Sr. He and Meryl Dyer were married June 14, 1947, in St. Louis...
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Jackson police report 4/4/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/04/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/4/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/04/13)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Open session Public comments Routine business Appointments and possible action items...
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Obama presses case for gun measures
(National News ~ 04/04/13)
DENVER -- Ratcheting up pressure for Congress to limit access to guns, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that steps taken recently by Colorado to tighten its gun laws show "there doesn't have to be a conflict" between keeping citizens safe and protecting Second Amendment rights to gun ownership...
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Texas may offer prosecutors more security
(National News ~ 04/04/13)
HOUSTON -- After two Texas prosecutors were slain in two months, law enforcement agencies across the state are considering steps to better protect attorneys who go after violent criminals, including providing round-the-clock security details and withholding personal information from public records...
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Corruption case reverberates throughout New York
(National News ~ 04/04/13)
NEW YORK -- It's a case that smacks of small-time corruption, with allegations of cash payoffs in parked cars. But the charges a Democratic state senator schemed to bribe his way into the GOP race for New York City mayor are playing out on a big political stage...
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North Korea warns military cleared to wage nuke attack
(International News ~ 04/04/13)
SEOUL, South Korea -- Ratcheting up the rhetoric, North Korea warned early Thursday that its military has been cleared to wage an attack on the U.S. using "smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear" weapons. The Pentagon, meanwhile, said in Washington that it will deploy a missile defense system to the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam to strengthen regional protection against a possible attack from North Korea. The defense secretary said the U.S. was seeking to defuse the situation...
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Bird flu in China mutates, might be able to infect mammals
(International News ~ 04/04/13)
BEIJING -- In a worrisome sign, a bird flu in China appears to have mutated so that it can spread to other animals, raising the potential for a bigger threat to people, scientists said on Wednesday. So far, the flu has sickened nine people in China and killed three. It's not clear how they became infected, but there's no evidence the virus is spreading easily among people...
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Mo. House panel backs Medicaid legislation
(State News ~ 04/04/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Republican-led House committee on Wednesday approved a plan to expand and remake Missouri's Medicaid program, but it may never take effect because it falls short of the demands of President Barack Obama's health care law...
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McCaskill pushes for crackdown on military assault
(State News ~ 04/04/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- One month after a U.S. Senate panel lambasted Defense Department leaders about the military's erratic response to sexual assaults in its ranks, Sen. Claire McCaskill returned to Missouri to reiterate her push for tougher punishments of such crimes...
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Rare identical triplets born in St. Louis area
(State News ~ 04/04/13)
CREVE COEUR, Mo. -- Rare identical triplets born to a St. Louis-area family were expected to remain in intensive care for a few weeks after they were born healthy but weighing less than 4 pounds. Laura Partridge of Des Peres gave birth on March 19 to Sonja, Sylvia and Scarlett. The babies will remain in intensive care at Mercy Children's Hospital in Creve Coeur...
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Resource officer bill passes House
(State News ~ 04/04/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri House passed a bill Wednesday that would allow school districts to hire police resource officers and would strengthen the state's mandatory child abuse reporting law. Under current guidelines, resource officers are considered county or municipal employees...
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Mo. House endorses anti-drone measure
(State News ~ 04/04/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The use of manned or unmanned aircraft for criminal investigations or surveillance of farms would be barred in Missouri under a bill advanced by the House. The legislation given first-round approval Wednesday would still allow law enforcement agencies to conduct aerial surveillance if they have a warrant or there's immediate danger...
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University offers breakfast reward
(State News ~ 04/04/13)
WARRENGSBURG, Mo. -- Students got a special treat for showing up for an 8 a.m. macroeconomics class at the University of Central Missouri. President Charles Ambrose and the Warrensburg school's provost served a pancake breakfast Wednesday to about 50 students in the class. Ambrose and the provost also left students with small bags of university memorabilia with the inscription, "Class at 8 a.m. Challenge Accepted!"...
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Leno to leave NBC's ‘Tonight Show' next spring
(Entertainment ~ 04/04/13)
NEW YORK -- NBC on Wednesday announced its long-rumored switch in late night, replacing Jay Leno on the "Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon and moving the iconic franchise back to New York. Fallon will take over in about a year, the switch coinciding with NBC's Winter Olympics coverage next year. Veteran "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels also will take over as executive producer of "Tonight."...
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Suspect ID'd in W.Va. sheriff's fatal shooting
(National News ~ 04/04/13)
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. -- A sheriff known for cracking down on the drug trade in southern West Virginia's coal region was fatally shot Wednesday in the spot where he usually parked his car for lunch, a state official said, and a suspect was in custody...
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Poplar Bluff woman facing 6 years for pair who died in her SUV
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff, Mo., woman pleaded guilty and was sentenced Monday to six years in prison for causing the deaths of her passengers who drowned after the SUV she was driving ran off the road into the Black River. Christine L. Aldridge, 25, was handed concurrent six-year terms in the Missouri Department of Corrections by Presiding Circuit Judge Michael Pritchett...
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Marston flap results in removal of election judge
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
MARSTON, Mo. -- While the low election turnout in New Madrid County was expected, a controversy involving an election judge and a ballot was not. New Madrid County Clerk Clement Cravens said he received a complaint early Tuesday involving the Marston North Ward race for alderman that had three candidates seeking election...
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Conn. likely to approve broad gun-control law
(National News ~ 04/04/13)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut lawmakers were expected to approve sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large-capacity magazines Wednesday, a response to the Newtown school shooting that will give the state some of the country's tightest gun-control laws...
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Crews corral cruise ship that tore loose
(National News ~ 04/04/13)
MOBILE, Ala. -- The crippled cruise ship whose sewage-filled breakdown in the Gulf of Mexico subjected thousands to horrendous conditions tore loose Wednesday from the dock where it's being repaired, lumbered downriver and crunched into a cargo ship...
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Unbeaten Notre Dame tops Dexter
(High School Sports ~ 04/04/13)
Stephen Brennan belted a triple and went 2 for 2 at the plate Wednesday as the Notre Dame baseball team defeated visiting Dexter 4-2 to remain unbeaten on the season. Pitcher Justin Landewee picked up his third win of the season. He threw a complete-game three-hitter with 11 strikeouts and two walks...
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The Corner: Notre Dame drunken-driving docudrama
(Community ~ 04/04/13)
ADAM VOGLER ~ avogler@semissourian.com Students watch a docudrama portraying a drunk-driving fatality at Notre Dame Regional High School. ...
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Electrical flash harms workers at Mo. nuclear plant
(State News ~ 04/04/13)
FULTON, Mo. -- Officials at Ameren Missouri were trying to figure out Wednesday what caused an electrical flash that injured three workers near a central Missouri nuclear plant. The electrical flash produced an intense burst of heat that harmed employees working in the switch yard that distributes power from the Callaway Energy Center, said Rita Holmes-Bobo, communications director for the St. Louis-based utility. The accident happened at 5:06 p.m. Tuesday...
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Prom/graduation
(Editorial ~ 04/04/13)
This is an exciting time of year for many high school students. A photo on the Sotheast Missourian's March 28 neXt page showed students having fun at the Oran prom. Other schools will follow in the coming weeks, and we look forward to seeing photos of students decked out in their formal wear. To view photo galleries of these events, visit semissourian.com/multimedia...
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Update energy reliability
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/04/13)
I'm writing because I strongly believe we need to pass House Bill 398 immediately. Passage of this legislation will lead to thousands of new jobs and improve energy reliability for our small businesses and manufacturers, which drives Missouri's economy...
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Speak Out 4/4/13
(Speak Out ~ 04/04/13)
The Cape Girardeau public school's apparent decision to buy large numbers of laptop or tablet computers so that each student can have one is a stupendous move in a public relations sense. It matters little to parents that there is not one iota of proof that computers help make students smarter or help improve scores on all important standardized tests, including college entrance exams. ...
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Nixon open to GOP Medicaid proposals
(State News ~ 04/04/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday embraced many of the market-based Medicaid changes sought by GOP lawmakers after an unusual closed-door meeting between the Democratic governor and more than 100 House Republicans. Nixon described his more than 45-minute-long meeting with the House Republican caucus as "a solid and productive discussion" about ways to expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income adults under the provisions of President Barack Obama's health-care law.. ...
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Next calendar 4/4/13
(Community ~ 04/04/13)
TODAY NEW MOVIES EVENTS FRIDAY EVENTS Saturday Sunday Next week New Movies Games CDs DVDs...
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Who's next 4/4/13
(Community ~ 04/04/13)
Piano students earn competition awards Piano students of Keyboards & Kindermusik Conservatory of Cape Girardeau earned gold cup awards from the National Federation of Junior Music Clubs. Ashlynn Aranha, Eli Collier, Jackson Gaeta and Noah Branson earned awards at the Feb. 16 competition. The conservatory will host two free recitals, May 19 at First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. For more information, call Janet Presson at 334-8623...
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Tribe seeking return of artifacts
(National News ~ 04/04/13)
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- An Arizona tribe is asking a Paris auction house to cancel its upcoming sale of dozens of items central to the tribe's religious practices and return them to the American Southwest. Neret-Minet Tessier & Sarrou describes the collection on its website as katsina masks of the Hopi Indians of Arizona. They are scheduled to be auctioned April 12, with some expected to garner tens of thousands of dollars each...
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Route AB in Cape County closed for railroad repairs
(Local News ~ 04/04/13)
Route AB in Cape Girardeau County will be closed as contractor crews replace the railroad crossing by Rambler Drive. Weather permitting, the road will be closed April 14 and will then be reduced to one lane April 15-18, from 7 a.m. ...
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Prayer 4/4/13
(Prayer ~ 04/04/13)
O Lord Jesus, may we follow your example and show kindness to all. Amen.
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Study: Caring for dementia tops cancer, heart disease in cost
(National News ~ 04/04/13)
Cancer and heart disease are bigger killers, but Alzheimer's disease is the most expensive malady in the U.S., costing families and society $157 billion to $215 billion a year, according to a new study that looked at this in unprecedented detail. The biggest cost of Alzheimer's and other types of dementia isn't drugs or other medical treatments, but care that's needed just to get impaired people through daily life, the not-for-profit RAND Corp.'s study found...
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Central High School students to perform 'The Diary of Anne Frank'
(Community ~ 04/04/13)
It will be lights, camera, action on April 11 to 13 in the new Richard D. Kinder Performance Hall at Cape Girardeau Central High School...
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Expanding hallowed ground at West Point cemetery
(National News ~ 04/04/13)
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) -- The West Point Cemetery has taken in graduates of the Long Gray Line from the age of the cavalry charge to the dawn of drone strikes. Headstones etched with names like Custer and Westmoreland stand near plots with freshly turned earth...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/4/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/04/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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