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Slaughterhouse to sue New Mexico AG for slander
(State News ~ 01/07/14)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The owners of a Roswell company mired in legal disputes over its attempts to resume domestic horse slaughter have notified New Mexico Attorney General Gary King they intend to sue his office for slander, harassment, conspiracy and abuse of process...
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Shelter in Springfield allows addicted homeless
(State News ~ 01/07/14)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A new shelter in Springfield is providing a place to stay for homeless people who use drugs or alcohol, unlike other shelters that require people to be sober and drug-free. The program, called Housing First, is run by a not-for-profit called The Kitchen, which has put eight people in apartments, with hopes to house at least 30 more. Providing rooms for homeless addicts is called "wet housing," The Springfield News-Leader reported...
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Man charged in death of tortured Missouri man
(State News ~ 01/07/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man accused of beating and torturing a Liberty, Mo., man who was giving him a ride home was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge Monday, a day after the victim's body was found in a restroom at a northwest Missouri lake...
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Missouri uses new high school equivalency exam
(State News ~ 01/07/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri this month ditched GED tests for another high school equivalency exam, joining several other states that have made the switch. Missouri is now using HiSet, an exam developed by Educational Testing Service, the Columbia Missourian reported. Missouri decided to make the change last year because of concerns that a new version of the GED is more costly and is no longer offered in a pencil and paper format...
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Missouri residents told to stay indoors to avoid freeze
(State News ~ 01/07/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The snow has moved on but dangerous cold settled across Missouri on Monday amid warnings that even a few minutes of exposure for people and pets could be deadly. Wind gusts of 20 mph and stronger only made matters worse. By 9 a.m. the temperature in St. ...
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Cold causes havoc for crews fighting blaze in Scott County
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
BLODGETT, Mo. -- The Scott County Rural Fire Department battled a house fire two miles south of Blodgett on Sunday night during brutal temperatures that caused mechanical difficulties. Crews received the call at 7:45 p.m. and arrived to the two-story wooden structure 25 percent involved...
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Ice Monday in the park
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
ADAM VOGLER ~ avogler@semissourian.com ABOVE: Icicles hang from the roof of a shelter at Jackson City Park on Monday. ...
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Use tax will be on April ballot
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
A use tax equal in amount to the city of Cape Girardeau's general sales tax will be placed on the April 8 municipal ballot, the city council decided Monday. Voters will have to approve the 2.75 percent tax before it can be levied by the city on out-of-state purchases of titled vehicles, including automobiles, boats and other recreational vehicles, along with purchases of other "tangible personal property" as defined by state statutes...
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Florida State wins BCS Championship game
(Professional Sports ~ 01/07/14)
PASADENA, Calif. -- Jameis Winston and Florida State faced down adversity for the first time this season, and showed they could take a punch if that's what it took to win a national championship. The Heisman Trophy winner threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left and No. 1 Florida State beat No. 2 Auburn 34-31 to win the BCS championship game on Monday night...
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Truman sites stay closed because of 2013 budget cuts
(State News ~ 01/07/14)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Sites related to former president Harry Truman apparently will remain closed for the foreseeable future because federal budget cuts enacted last year remain in place, the sites' director said. The Truman Home in Independence, where Harry and Bess Truman lived for most of their married lives, is open Tuesday through Saturday, but not seven days a week like it used to be. ...
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New record low set in Cape; snow in the forecast for Wednesday
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
Schools closed, businesses opened later and the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau doubled as a warming center as frigid temperatures kept roads ice-covered and people inside Monday morning. Cape Girardeau's low temperature record of 4 degrees that was set Jan. ...
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Cape students to receive laptops Wednesday
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
The much-anticipated rollout of convertible laptop devices for 1,200 Central High School students in Cape Girardeau is scheduled to start at 7:40 a.m. Wednesday. The ASUS Transformer Book computers, which can be used a laptop and a tablet, were delivered to the high school Monday. The distribution was planned for today, but school was canceled due to the frigid temperatures...
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Cardinal redbird Sunday 01-05-2014
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/07/14)
A blizzardy day in Benton MO 01-05-2014, coldest in 20 years!
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Local Business Raises Money for United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/07/14)
Employees of BOLD Marketing donated $4,060.00 to United Way of Southeast Missouri.
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Local Business Raises Money for United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/07/14)
Employees of Banterra Bank donated $3,070.00 to United Way of Southeast Missouri.
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Local Business Raises Money for United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/07/14)
Employees of Southeast Missourian donate $25,001.00 to United Way of Southeast Missouri.
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Local Business Raises Money for United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/07/14)
Employees of the City of Cape Girardeau donated $18,831.42 to United Way of Southeast Missouri.
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Local Business Raises Money for United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/07/14)
Employees of Alliance Bank donated $5,045.00 to United Way of Southeast Missouri.
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Local Business Raises Money for United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/07/14)
Employees of First Midwest Bank donated $3,341.87 to United Way of Southeast Missouri.
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Local Business Raises Money for United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/07/14)
Employees of Montgomery Bank donated $13,015.72 to United Way of Southeast Missouri.
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Christmas with Toby.
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/07/14)
Toby enjoying 1 of his Christmas presents.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/07/14)
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2014. There are 358 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 7, 1789, America held its first presidential election as voters chose electors who, a month later, selected George Washington to be the nation's first chief executive...
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Plenty of college, high school basketball to watch
(Editorial ~ 01/07/14)
After a good start to the season, the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team lost its second conference game Saturday night 80-74 to Austin Peay. Despite the slow start in the conference schedule, the Redhawks have shown promise this season. There was the dramatic win in an overtime game against IUPUI. When facing nationally ranked Memphis, the Redhawks hung tough in a 77-65 loss...
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Speak Out 1/7/14
(Speak Out ~ 01/07/14)
David Limbaugh, what a wonderful article on relating to Christ through His humanity. You are not only right on when it comes to politics, but also theology. Thank you. Yes, I saw an article today in a newspaper where it said 2.1 million people signed up for Obamacare. How's that possible when there's 315 million people living here in the United States? What about the others?...
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Weak start to 2014 continues for stock market
(National News ~ 01/07/14)
NEW YORK -- The Standard & Poor's 500 index notched its worst start to a year in almost a decade Monday, closing lower for the third straight trading day. Although the declines for stocks in the New Year have been modest, the direction has been consistently down. The Standard & Poor's 500 index has fallen 1.2 percent from its most recent record close on Dec. 31...
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Phyllis Jackson
(Obituary ~ 01/07/14)
Phyllis C. Jackson, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 30, 1935, in Chaffee, Mo., to George Franklin and Grace B. Pryor Griffin. She and Charles E. Jackson were married April 28, 1956, at Chaffee. He died June 7, 2000...
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Kelly Short Sr.
(Obituary ~ 01/07/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Kelly P. Short Sr., 68, of Perryville died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at his home. He was born Dec. 19, 1945, in Perry County, son of Robert Short and Marion L. Zahner Short Porter. He and Jane Ellen Koenig were married Oct. 2, 1965...
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Donald Wheeler
(Obituary ~ 01/07/14)
Donald Presnell Wheeler, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Sept. 21, 1928, in Miner, Mo., to Jesse Monroe and Bertha Mildred Hutson Wheeler. He and Jeane Lou Manning were married in 1952. She preceded him in death in 1987...
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Wayne Perkins
(Obituary ~ 01/07/14)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Wayne Perkins, 66, of Morley passed away Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, surrounded by his children and a brother, John. He was born July 17, 1947, in Blytheville, Ark., to the late John William and Sada Marie Booth Perkins...
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Bob Burchett
(Obituary ~ 01/07/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Robert "Bob" Burchett, 78, of Chaffee died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
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Jerry Mahnken
(Obituary ~ 01/07/14)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Jerry K. Mahnken, 54, of Altenburg died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. at Young and Sons East Perry Chapel in Altenburg, and from 9 a.m. until service time Friday at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Mo...
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Births 1/7/14
(Births ~ 01/07/14)
Daughter to Adam Lynn and Sara Marie Baker of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 8:20 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013. Name, Samantha Paige. Weight, 8 pounds, 9 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Baker is the former Sara Buchheit, daughter of Jerry and Sandy Buchheit of Jackson. She is a teacher with the Cape Girardeau School District. Baker is the son of Junior and Sherry Baker of Marble Hill, Mo. He is a bank examiner with the Missouri Division of Finance...
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Several accomplishments during 2013 in Jackson
(Column ~ 01/07/14)
After celebrating a wonderful Christmas with my family and friends, this is a good time for reflection. When our family gets together, we always revisit many tales of Christmases past. While the meals we share are fantastic, the family visiting is my favorite part of Christmas...
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Hotline marks return of Egypt's security agency
(International News ~ 01/07/14)
CAIRO -- After a bombing hit a security headquarters in Egypt's Nile Delta, calls flooded into a hotline run by security agencies as people reported suspected members of the Muslim Brotherhood in their neighborhoods. In the weeks that followed, hot-line numbers have run in a scroll on the bottom of many TV news broadcasts...
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Iraq gov't calls on Fallujah residents to expel al-Qaida
(International News ~ 01/07/14)
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prime minister urged Fallujah residents Monday to expel al-Qaida militants to avoid an all-out battle in the besieged city, a sign that the government could be paving the way for an imminent military push in an attempt to rout hard-line Sunni insurgents challenging its territorial control over the western approaches to Baghdad...
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Iran tries to reverse low birthrate
(International News ~ 01/07/14)
TEHRAN, Iran -- In Iran, free condoms and government-backed vasectomies are out, replaced by sermons praising larger families and discussions of even offering gold coins to the families of newborns. Having curbed birthrates for two decades, Iran now is promoting a baby boom to help make up for its graying population. But experts say it is difficult to encourage Iranians to have more children in a mismanaged economy hit by Western sanctions and 36 percent inflation...
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U.S. services index growth slips on slower pace of orders
(National News ~ 01/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. service companies expanded at a steady but slightly slower pace in December as sales dipped and new orders plunged to a four-year low. The report suggests economic growth may remain modest in the coming months. The Institute for Supply Management said Monday that its service-sector index fell to 53 last month, down from 53.9 in November. Any reading above 50 indicates expansion...
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Ohio high school rape convict released
(National News ~ 01/07/14)
CINCINNATI -- A former eastern Ohio high school football player has been released from a juvenile detention center less than a year after his conviction for raping a 16-year-old girl following an alcohol-fueled party. WTOV-TV in Steubenville reported Sunday evening that Ma'Lik Richmond had been released. His attorney, Walter Madison, issued a statement saying the youth is "braced for the balance of his life" and that he and his family are requesting privacy...
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Girl declared brain dead moved to unnamed facility
(National News ~ 01/07/14)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The 13-year-old California girl who was declared brain dead after suffering complications from sleep apnea surgery is being cared for at a facility that shares her family's belief she still is alive, her uncle said Monday. Jahi McMath's family and their lawyer would not disclose where the eighth-grader was taken Sunday night after a weekslong battle to prevent Children's Hospital Oakland from removing her from the breathing machine that has kept her heart beating for 28 days.. ...
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Janet Yellen new Fed chair
(National News ~ 01/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate confirmed Janet Yellen on Monday as the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, elevating an advocate of fighting unemployment and a backer of the central bank's efforts to spur the economy with low interest rates and massive bond purchases...
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Unemployment bill first up in Senate for 2014
(National News ~ 01/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate plunged into an election-year session Monday that promises to be long on political maneuvering and less so on accomplishment, beginning with a slow-motion struggle over legislation to renew lapsed jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed...
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New Jersey works to curb sex trafficking before Super Bowl
(National News ~ 01/07/14)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Law enforcement agents in New Jersey have redoubled efforts to fight what they worry could be one of the biggest menaces to come with next month's Super Bowl: sex trafficking. Hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected to descend on New Jersey for the Feb. 2 football game. Many believe the state's sprawling highway system, proximity to New York City and diverse population make it an attractive base of operations for traffickers...
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U.S. marks 4 straight years of slowing health costs
(National News ~ 01/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- Even as his health-care law divided the nation, President Barack Obama's first term produced historically low growth in health costs, government experts said in a new report Monday. While the White House sees hard-won vindication, it's too early to say if the four-year trend that continued through 2012 is a lasting turnaround that Obama can claim as part of his legacy...
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High court puts same-sex marriage on hold
(National News ~ 01/07/14)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Gay couples in Utah were thrown into legal limbo Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court put a halt to same-sex marriages in the state, turning jubilation to doubt just weeks after a judge's ruling sent more than a thousand couples rushing to get married...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 1/7/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/07/14)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 1/7/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/07/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest Assault Burglary Miscellaneous...
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Sweet dream: Eurythmics uniting at Beatles tribute
(Entertainment ~ 01/07/14)
NEW YORK -- The Eurythmics are reuniting -- to pay tribute to the Beatles. The Recording Academy announced Monday that Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart will perform as a duo for "The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles." The event will be taped at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Jan. 27, a day after the Grammy Awards...
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Health beat: Folic acid helps prevent neural tube defects
(Community ~ 01/07/14)
Jan. 5 through11 is National Folic Acid Awareness Week Folic acid is a B vitamin. If a woman consumes the recommended amount of folic acid before and during early pregnancy, it can help prevent some major birth defects of the baby's brain (known as anencephaly) and spine (known as spina bifida). ...
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Growing number of seniors caring for other seniors
(Community ~ 01/07/14)
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- Paul Gregoline lies in bed, awaiting the helper who will get him up, bathed and groomed. He is 92 years old, has Alzheimer's disease and needs a hand with nearly every task the day brings. When the aide arrives, though, he doesn't look so different from the client himself -- bald and bespectacled...
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Lung cancer scans urged for some smokers, not all
(Community ~ 01/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- Certain current or former heavy smokers should start getting yearly scans for lung cancer to cut their risk of death from the nation's top cancer killer, government advisers said Dec. 30 -- even as they stressed that the tests aren't for everyone...
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Texting, dialing while driving raises crash risk
(Community ~ 01/07/14)
A sophisticated, real-world study confirms that dialing, texting or reaching for a cellphone while driving raises the risk of a crash or near-miss, especially for younger drivers. But the research also produced a surprise: Simply talking on the phone did not prove dangerous, as it has in other studies...
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Coldest temps in decades push across the country
(National News ~ 01/07/14)
MINNEAPOLIS -- The coldest, most dangerous blast of polar air in decades gripped the Midwest and pushed toward the East and South on Monday, closing schools and day care centers, grounding flights and forcing people to pull their hoods and scarves tight to protect exposed skin from nearly instant frostbite...
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Tigers have depth to reload in '14
(Professional Sports ~ 01/07/14)
Missouri will lose several key players, but QB Maty Mauk will be among the returning talent
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Matukewicz hires offensive coordinator for Southeast Missouri State football team
(College Sports ~ 01/07/14)
New Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz laid a key brick in the rebuilding process of the Redhawks on Monday by announcing the hiring of Sherard Poteete as offensive coordinator. Poteete had been the head coach and offensive coordinator for one season at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, a school in the Southwest Junior College Football Conference. He had formerly played quarterback for the Golden Norsemen before transferring to play at SIU Carbondale...
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Cardinals claim 22-year-old outfielder Ortega from Rangers
(Professional Sports ~ 01/07/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals added an outfield prospect to the 40-man roster, claiming 22-year-old Rafael Ortega on waivers from the Texas Rangers. The left-handed hitting Ortega, of Venezuela, was designed for assignment by Texas on Dec. 30. The Rangers had claimed him from the Rockies a month earlier...
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Out of the past 1/7/14
(Out of the Past ~ 01/07/14)
Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois have the dubious honor of being included in the nation's first tornado watch of the new year; although no tornadoes occur in this area, there are numerous reports of heavy rain with pea- to marble-sized hail and local flash flooding...
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Prayer 1/7/14
(Prayer ~ 01/07/14)
Lord God, thank you for safety; please keep us in the palm of your hand. Amen.
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