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Alex Rodriguez, others suspended by MLB for drugs
(National News ~ 08/05/13)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece Monday when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case -- the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago...
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Missing hiker found dead in national park in Utah
(State News ~ 08/05/13)
CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, Utah -- A 73-year-old missing hiker from Missouri was found dead in Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Wayne County sheriff's deputies say the man had been hiking alone and his body was found in Horseshoe Canyon on Saturday...
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Springfield man wins $1 million Powerball prize
(State News ~ 08/05/13)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A 45-year-old Springfield man is $1 million richer after hitting five numbers in a Powerball drawing early last month. The Missouri Lottery announced last week that Christopher Scott bought the winning Quick Pick ticket for the July 6 drawing at a Springfield convenience store...
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Road rage incident ends in man's suicide
(State News ~ 08/05/13)
UNION, Mo. -- A 23-year-old Southeast Missouri man suspected in a road rage incident killed himself after being stopped by a Franklin County deputy. The Washington Missourian reported deputies were called about 9:20 p.m. Friday by a man who said he was being followed by someone who had previously assaulted him. The unidentified caller said the man was trying to force him off the road...
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St. Louis police urged to take care of selves, too
(State News ~ 08/05/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Police are trained to deal with the emotional trauma suffered by crime victims. St. Louis officers are being reminded to take care of themselves, too. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that since January, Jessica Meyers of the Crime Victim Advocacy Center of St. Louis has trained about 1,000 city officers. Last week, top commanders heard her presentation...
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Twins work together to raise, show hogs
(State News ~ 08/05/13)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A.J. Hombs leads Pipsqueak into an open-top cage at the Swine Barn using his green pig whip while his twin sister, Olivia, douses handfuls of purple soap onto the hog. Pipsqueak squeals, attempting to escape, but 11-year-old A.J. stops the hog using his left hand and pulls out his hog hairbrush with the other hand, beginning to scrub its back. Soon after, Olivia turns on the water and rinses the back of the swine with a hose...
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Merchants may 'adopt' security cameras in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 08/05/13)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Some see a need and decide they want to adopt. Sikeston City Councilman Steven Burch abstained from a vote to establish an "adopt-a-camera" program in the city because of a conflict of interest: His business is the first to offer a camera to the Sikeston Department of Public Safety...
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Garden beauty up for bid at iris auction
(Local News ~ 08/05/13)
Norma Desmond didn't look ready for her close-up Sunday. In fact, she looked more like something out of an H.P. Lovecraft novel -- a misshapen brown lump with tentaclelike roots protruding from the bottom, indistinguishable from the pile of other misshapen brown lumps scattered across a table at the University of Missouri Extension Center...
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Cards splurge again with season-high 15 runs
(Professional Sports ~ 08/05/13)
CINCINNATI -- Even when things go horribly wrong on the road, the St. Louis Cardinals can always count on one soothing stop. No matter how deep their slump, it'll end in Cincinnati. Matt Carpenter broke his 0-for-23 slump with a bases-loaded double during the decisive rally, and the Cardinals ended a tough trip on the upswing by beating the Reds 15-2 on Sunday...
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Cellphone tower to be considered at Monday council meeting
(Local News ~ 08/05/13)
Cape Girardeau's city council today will consider first-round approval for a proposed downtown cellphone tower that has drawn some opposition. AT&T wants to build the 140-foot tower at 418 William St. In July, a local historian representing downtown residents said the project would "compromise the city's most historic districts," and could draw other companies toward building towers downtown...
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Taum Sauk Mountain
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/05/13)
took this photo on a hike at taum sauk mountain
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Electric car convention makes return visit to Cape
(Local News ~ 08/05/13)
About 150 people will be in Cape Girardeau this week to learn more about converting cars to run on electricity at the third annual Electric Vehicle Conversion Convention. The convention, scheduled for Tuesday through Sunday, will take place at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport and the Arena Building. Attendees will be in for educational sessions and shopwork, but there also will be some time devoted to showing off nearly 45 electric vehicles to the public...
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huge catfish caught in Mississippi river.
(Submitted Story ~ 08/05/13)
I caught this blue catfish in the Mississippi River near Dorena, Mo. ferry landing.It weighed 85lbs and measured 53 inches long. Caught on rod and reel.
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U.S. posts in Muslim world to remain closed
(National News ~ 08/05/13)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week, the State Department said Sunday, citing "an abundance of caution." State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the decision to keep the embassies and consulates closed is "not an indication of a new threat."...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/05/13)
Today is Monday, Aug. 5, the 217th day of 2013. There are 148 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 5, 1953, Operation Big Switch began as remaining prisoners taken during the Korean War were exchanged at Panmunjom...
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Old Town Cape
(Editorial ~ 08/05/13)
Old Town Cape took home three state-level awards from the Missouri Main Street Conference in Kansas City, Mo., last week. The Cape Riverfront Market was named the 2013 Top Special Event by the Missouri Main Street Organization, and the Broadway Corridor Project won the Missouri Main Street's Streetscape and Public Improvements award...
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Speak Out 8/5/13
(Speak Out ~ 08/05/13)
Answer to beach closings: Have you ever thought about your Congress members you voted in who are now taking five weeks' vacation? Figure out how much that is costing with the entire membership they have. This is beside all the time they have taken off before for all the holidays, let alone their campaigning. What have they got to show for it? Not one good thing...
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Clifford Wiseman
(Obituary ~ 08/05/13)
Clifford Wiseman, 83, of Scott City died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Clarence Mayfield
(Obituary ~ 08/05/13)
Clarence Allen "Willie" Mayfield, 79, of Jackson, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
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Raymond Hecht
(Obituary ~ 08/05/13)
Raymond "Lefty" Hecht, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Shawneetown...
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Betty Jean Boyd
(Obituary ~ 08/05/13)
Betty Jean Boyd, 91, of Perryville, Mo., died Aug. 3, 2013, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Young & Sons Funeral Home, with an American Legion Auxiliary wake Tuesday evening...
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Kent Bohnert
(Obituary ~ 08/05/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Kent J. Bohnert, 81, of Perryville died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville. He was born Jan. 30, 1932, in Longtown, Mo., son of Herman and Frieda Kiefer Bohnert. He and Jeannette Evans were married Oct. 24, 1953. She survives in Perryville...
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Out of the past 8/5/13
(Out of the Past ~ 08/05/13)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- More than 8,000 marijuana plants with a street value estimated at $8 million were seized yesterday in the Mark Twain National Forest north of Poplar Bluff; the seizure didn't result in any arrests, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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Jackson police report, 8/5/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/05/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 8/5/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/05/13)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Friday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/5/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/05/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Meet the new business reporter: Making, serving, hopping and reporting
(Business ~ 08/05/13)
About two months before my 16th birthday, I found a job making sandwiches. There was nothing school could have taught me that I learned from a handful of teenage boys, adults who had lived a rough life and being one of the few who had an idea of what I wanted to do with my life. Not a specific idea -- I just knew I was going to college...
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Zimbabwe churches urge peace after disputed poll
(International News ~ 08/05/13)
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwean church leaders urged Sunday worshippers to pray for peace after disputed elections gave longtime President Robert Mugabe a landslide victory in the presidential and parliamentary vote. The Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe asked its followers Sunday to wait for "dialogue to resolve outstanding issues with self-control and tolerance."...
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New Iranian president to support Assad
(International News ~ 08/05/13)
BEIRUT -- Iran's new president expressed his country's support of Syria's embattled leader Bashar Assad's regime Sunday, saying no force in the world will be able to shake their decades-old alliance. Hasan Rouhani's comments came as Syrian troops and rebels fought some of the fiercest battles in the mountains of the coastal province of Latakia, an Assad stronghold...
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New Google phone is customizable
(National News ~ 08/05/13)
NEW YORK -- With its first smartphone designed completely in-house, Google is demonstrating one of the benefits of moving production from Asia to the U.S.: It's letting buyers customize phones to give them their own style. Workers at the factory in Fort Worth, Texas, assemble the custom phone and Google will ship it to the buyer's door within four days...
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Man set for execution found hanged in cell
(National News ~ 08/05/13)
CLEVELAND -- A man condemned to death for fatally stabbing a neighbor during a Cleveland burglary was found hanged in his cell Sunday, just days before his Wednesday execution. Billy Slagle, 44, was found at about 5 a.m. at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution south of Columbus and was declared dead within the hour, prison spokeswoman JoEllen Smith said...
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Tea party to drop some GOP stars
(National News ~ 08/05/13)
MIAMI -- This wasn't the revolution the tea party had in mind. Four years ago, the movement and its potent mix of anger and populism persuaded thousands of costumed and sign-waving conservatives to protest the ballooning deficit and President Obama's health-care law. It swept a crop of no-compromise lawmakers into Congress and governor's offices and transformed political up-and-comers, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, into household names...
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Sikh temple attack united victim's son, ex-racist
(National News ~ 08/05/13)
OAK CREEK, Wis. -- Six weeks after a white supremacist gunned down Pardeep Kaleka's father and five others at a Sikh temple last year, Kaleka was skeptical when a former skinhead reached out and invited him to dinner. But Kaleka accepted, and he's grateful he did. ...
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Hit-and-run driver accelerated onto Venice Beach boardwalk
(National News ~ 08/05/13)
LOS ANGELES -- The driver parked outside a hotel and surveyed the leisurely summer scene at the Venice Beach boardwalk: Hundreds of people were sitting at cafes, walking along the seashore or shopping at vendors selling jewelry or art. Then, according to surveillance video, the man entered a large black car, steered around a vehicle barrier and accelerated mercilessly through the crowd, hitting one person after another as bystanders tried desperately to get out of the way...
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Capahas' successful season ends after making noise in Wichita
(Sports Column ~ 08/05/13)
Hall-of-fame manager Jess Bolen didn't consider this year's Plaza Tire Capahas team to be one of his more talented squads. You sure couldn't tell it by the Capahas' performance on the field. The Capahas put together one of the better regular seasons during Bolen's fantastic 47-year run leading one of the nation's oldest amateur baseball teams...
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Sources say MLB will suspend A-Rod
(Professional Sports ~ 08/05/13)
A second source said an announcement concerning the three-time AL MVP willl be made this morning
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Woods tunes for season's final major with seven-shot victory at Bridgestone
(Professional Sports ~ 08/05/13)
AKRON, Ohio -- They say par is a good score in a major. If that's true this week at the PGA Championship, then Tiger Woods already has done his share of preparation. Woods played safe and smart with a big lead, parring 16 holes in an even-par 70 on Sunday to coast to a seven-shot victory at the Bridgestone Invitational for his eighth win at the event -- matching the PGA Tour record he already shared for victories in a single tournament...
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NBC news correspondent John Palmer dies at 77
(Entertainment ~ 08/05/13)
WASHINGTON -- John Palmer, a veteran reporter for NBC News who covered wars and Washington during a career that spanned 40 years, died Saturday after a brief illness at a Washington hospital. Palmer's wife Nancy confirmed he died at George Washington University Hospital of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 77...
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People on the move 8/5/13
(Business ~ 08/05/13)
Watkins named education director at Metro Business College Metro Business College is pleased to announce the promotion of Leslie Watkins as the new education director. Watkins will be responsible for regulatory compliance and regulations, class scheduling for all students, curriculum development and faculty supervision. ...
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Business Notebook: Old Town Cape brings home three state-level awards for improvements, amenities
(Business ~ 08/05/13)
Old Town Cape announced in a news release that it brought home three state-level awards from the Missouri Main Street Conference in Kansas City, Mo. The Cape Riverfront Market was named the 2013 Top Special Event by the Missouri Main Street Organization. The category recognized successful events that attracted new visitors to downtown and involves families, with emphasis on downtown as the centerpiece of the community, according to the release...
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Birth 8/5/13
(Births ~ 08/05/13)
Daughter to Bradley James and Lena Renee Clark of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 2:15 a.m. Friday, July 26, 2013. Name, Ali Renee. Weight, 7 pounds, 7 ounces. Third daughter. Mrs. Clark is the former Lena Simminger, daughter of Doug and Tammy Simminger of Gordonville. She is a teacher at Altenburg, Mo., Public School. Clark is the son of Greg Clark of Scott City. He is employed by BMAC Construction...
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Prayer 8/5/13
(Prayer ~ 08/05/13)
O Heavenly Father, may your power be made known to all in our weakness. Amen.
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Area digest 8/5/13
(Community Sports ~ 08/05/13)
Cape Girardeau native Vince Friese finished in ninth place at the men's Moto X Racing final Saturday at the ESPN X Games in Los Angeles. Friese covered the indoor layout at the Staples Center in 8 minutes, 29.528 seconds. Justin Brayton won the event in 7:59.90...
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Dodi Conrad 'paints the town' in Bollinger County
(08/05/13)
Dodi Conrad always loved art, but it wasn't until middle age that she began taking classes. In fact, she became so accomplished as an artist that the former cosmetologist painted a whole new career for herself. She now has a gallery in her Marble Hill, Mo., home, teaches classes and completes work on commission...
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Senior Games set for Aug. 21 to 24 in Perryville
(08/05/13)
The 14th annual Southeast Missouri Senior Games in Perryville, Mo., are set for Aug. 21 to 24, and event organizers promise a good time for athletes as well as spectators. "The great thing about watching the Senior Games is seeing their motivation and watching them have that interaction," says Chad Unterreiner, league and fitness coordinator at the Perry Park Center, where most events will be held. "It's all for fun, but there's a competitive nature to it."...
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Town of Pocahontas marks 155 years
(08/05/13)
Ever tried putting 155 candles on a cake? That's what the residents of Pocahontas will be doing as 2013 marks the town's birthday. Pocahontas is surrounded by picturesque rolling hills in Northern Cape Girardeau County, approximately nine miles north of Jackson. Farms and homes dot the scenic hillsides in this unique part of the heartland less than 10 miles from the Mississippi River...
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Grandparent scam continues to trick people out of money
(08/05/13)
Imagine being woken by a phone call in the middle of the night. It's your crying grandchild, who is asking for money because of an accident. Of course you want to help your loved one, so you do whatever you can in this emergency situation. You open your wallet without hesitation...
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Quiet, please: New products keep it down a bit
(08/05/13)
Homeowner Christine Igot knows one thing for sure. "I will not have a fridge in my kitchen ever again," she says firmly. In the new house she's building, in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, the 51-year-old is putting the refrigerator in a pantry off the kitchen and will double insulate the walls. Why? All that noise, noise, noise...
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Sloan + Themis: A perfect mix of independence and collaboration
(Business ~ 08/05/13)
A door squeezed between two businesses on North Main Street in Cape Girardeau opens into a 34 foot long and 6 foot wide room filled with an array of necklaces, brooches and beads, Claire Bruce, owner and designer of Sloan + Themis, 31 C N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau, didn't begin her career working with beads or designing jewelry. Bruce started in the technical industry after graduating with a degree in engineering from Vanderbuilt University...
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Surprising ways older drivers can stay safer on the road
(08/05/13)
For baby boomers and beyond, a lot has changed since they first received their driver's license, from car technology and traffic rules, to even road conditions. Many older drivers are taking a proactive approach to staying safe on the road. ...
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