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Justices seem divided over birth control rule
(Local News ~ 03/26/14)
WASHINGTON -- Seemingly divided, the Supreme Court struggled Tuesday with the question of whether companies have religious rights, a case challenging President Barack Obama's health overhaul and its guarantee of birth control in employees' preventive care plans...
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Six seek top office in Bollinger County
(Local News ~ 03/26/14)
Interest in the office of Bollinger County presiding commissioner has turned into a five-way Republican race and a Democrat who will face the Republican winner in November. According to the county clerk's office, Larry Fadler, a Republican, has filed for the office. On Monday afternoon, Kenneth Trentham also filed as a Republican. Trentham serves as an alderman in Marble Hill and once held the office of presiding commissioner. Chris Lape filed Tuesday afternoon...
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Matukewicz conducts his first football practice at Southeast Missouri State
(College Sports ~ 03/26/14)
Following the Southeast Missouri State football team's first spring practice on Tuesday, first-year coach Tom Matukewicz asked his players, who were huddled around him on the field at the Rosengarten Athletic Complex, "Was that a little fun?" The overwhelming consensus from the players was that it was. But by no means was it an easy first day for the Redhawks under the new regime...
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Auditor: Historic building tax credit costly
(State News ~ 03/26/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's tax incentive for the renovation of historic buildings is the largest such program in the nation but is inefficient and not adequately overseen, the state auditor said Tuesday. A report from Auditor Tom Schweich said Missouri has paid out $1.1 billion of historic preservation tax credits during the past decade, resulting in average annual rehabilitation expenses that are significantly higher than any of 29 other states with similar programs...
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Scientist warned of mudslide danger 15 years ago
(National News ~ 03/26/14)
ARLINGTON, Wash. -- A scientist working for the government had warned 15 years ago about the potential for a catastrophic landslide in the village where the collapse of a rain-soaked hillside over the weekend killed at least 16 people and left scores missing...
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After 10 pounds of sugar a day, couple gives up hummingbird hobby
(Local News ~ 03/26/14)
For 18 years, Jim and Judy Ainsworth devoted themselves to feeding the hundreds of hummingbirds that flocked to their Cape Girardeau yard every year. But this year, they've decided to stop. The wear and tear on the couple -- and the hundreds of pounds of sugar they went through -- are the reasons why the Ainsworths are looking for others to take on the joy of feeding the birds...
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The Humane Society's Featured Pet
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/26/14)
Lizzie is a 9 week old hound mix. She is adorable! Lizzie is available for adoption at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri 573-334-5837. See more pets available at semopets.org.
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Sunset
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/26/14)
A nice sunset
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Free Polo Clinic
(Submitted Story ~ 03/26/14)
Little Egypt Hosts Free Polo Clinic Little Egypt Polo Club of Cape Girardeau will host a free polo clinic 9am Saturday Morning at Fox Run Stables on CR618. Wilbur O'Ferrall from the Polo Training Foundation is coming in from California to run the Clinic. ...
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State 4-H Conference Develops Local Young Leaders
(Submitted Story ~ 03/26/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Caleb Aufdenberg, Zach Aufdenberg, Faith Boettcher, Charlie Carlton, Morgan Crutsinger, Amelia George, Katelyn George, Maggie Howe, Rachel Howey, Adam Koenig, Samuel Koenig, Michaela Lee, Dylan Muench, Steven Peters, Brent Seyer, Taylor Seyer, Andrea Slinkard, and Hailey Yates of Cape Girardeau County 4-H, were among the 350 people attending the 2014 State 4-H Teen Conference, March 22-23, at the Holiday Inn Executive Center and the University of Missouri campus. ...
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New Salem United Methodist Women
(Submitted Story ~ 03/26/14)
New Salem United Methodist Women, Daisy MO met March 12, 2014 at the home of Betty Hahs. President, Shirley Grebe called the meeting to order by all repeating the unit collect. There were 9 members present and roll cal was answered by telling of the first sign of spring...
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Importance of Seal Coating Asphalt Parking Lots
(Submitted Story ~ 03/26/14)
Parking lot pavements are amongst the most abused pathways in a property given its use. Weather conditions make it worse for it to sustain its durability. Asphalt parking lots however are considered the best for paving purposes. Why so? Because it needs minimum maintenance and a seal coat layer on the pavement can increase its life by manifold...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/26/14)
Today is Wednesday, March 26, the 85th day of 2014. There are 280 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 26, 1964, the musical play "Funny Girl," starring Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice, opened on Broadway. On this date:...
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Stealing American votes
(Column ~ 03/26/14)
Melowese Richardson illegally voted for the re-election of President Obama six times in 2012 and stated so proudly during a national television interview. She was sentenced to five years in prison for voter fraud. She served eight months. And now, the illegal voter is being hailed as a hero in the "voters rights" community. ...
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Iranian women bring inspiring testimony to Cape church
(Editorial ~ 03/26/14)
The genius of the U.S. Constitution starts with the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..." A driving reason for America's early settlers was that they wished to worship God freely. It's clear the Founders of this country were men of faith...
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Bungled process mars health-care sign-up deadline in some states
(National News ~ 03/26/14)
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- As supporters of the federal health care reforms push for final sign-ups, a handful of states are trying to press the reset button. They have botched their handling of the process so badly that they already are looking beyond Monday's enrollment deadline to the next enrollment period starting in the fall...
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Sales of new U.S. homes fell 3.3 percent in February
(National News ~ 03/26/14)
WASHINGTON -- Fewer people bought new U.S. homes in February. Sales fell to their slowest pace in five months, a sign that the housing market has yet to recover fully from brutal winter weather. Sales of new homes declined 3.3 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 440,000, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. That was down from a revised rate of 455,000 in January...
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Wilma Bodenschatz
(Obituary ~ 03/26/14)
Wilma C. Bodenschatz, 83, of New Wells passed away Monday, March 24, 2014, at her home. She was born Sept. 5, 1930, in New Wells, to Rudolf "Rudy" and Clara Braeuner Tiedemann. She and Rudolf "Rudy" Bodenschatz were married Sept. 7, 1951. Wilma was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. She attended the church's former grade school...
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Rev. Ken Clark
(Obituary ~ 03/26/14)
EAST ALTON, Ill. -- The Rev. Ken Clark, 66, of East Alton, formerly of Mounds, Ill., went to be with the Lord Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in the emergency room at Alton Memorial Hospital. He was born Jan. 13, 1948, in Paducah, Ky., son of the late Arthur S. "Clarkie" and Florence Irma Newell Clark. He married the former Mary Sue Hardway on Aug. 30, 1969, at Eastern College in Charleston, Ill...
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Gertrude Thorn
(Obituary ~ 03/26/14)
Gertrude Thorn, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, March 24, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 7, 1921, in Kentucky, to Sam and Emma Sexton Tucker. She and Melvin Thorn were married Aug. 23, 1947, in Jackson. He passed away Oct. 23, 1996...
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Mendy Moll
(Obituary ~ 03/26/14)
ST. MARY, Mo. -- Mendy L. Moll, 35, of St. Mary died Sunday, March 23, 2014, at her home. Friends may call from 3:30 p.m. until time of service Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, Mo. A memorial service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home...
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Births 3/26/14
(Births ~ 03/26/14)
Daughter to Chad Michael and Elizabeth Nicole Holtzclaw of McClure, Ill., Southeast Hospital, 7:42 a.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. Name, Tatum Alyse. Weight, 8 pounds, 15 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Holtzclaw is the former Elizabeth Razer, daughter of Angie Dees of Scott City and John and Michelle Reeves of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Eldon Yamnitz
(Obituary ~ 03/26/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Eldon Yamnitz, 86, of Perryville died Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and 6:30 a.m. to service time Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Greg Dowler officiating. Burial will be in Yount Community cemetery...
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Betty Kinder
(Obituary ~ 03/26/14)
Betty J. Kinder, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at Southeast Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Reports detail killing of bombing suspect's friend
(National News ~ 03/26/14)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Fearing imminent arrest in a triple slaying, Ibragim Todashev started acting suspiciously. His mood, once cooperative with investigators, became agitated. His eyes darted around his small apartment in Florida, as if he were looking for a weapon or a way out...
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Emergency brake failed to stop Chicago train
(National News ~ 03/26/14)
CHICAGO -- An emergency trackside braking system activated but failed to stop a Chicago commuter train from jumping the tracks and barreling to the top of an escalator at O'Hare International Airport, a federal investigator said Tuesday. The events that led to Monday's accident, which occurred about 3 a.m. ...
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Navy: Base shooting suspect didn't use his own weapon
(National News ~ 03/26/14)
NORFOLK, Va. -- A civilian approaching a Navy destroyer at the world's largest naval base late at night took a weapon from a sailor who was standing watch and used it to shoot and kill another sailor who was trying to help his embattled colleague, Navy officials said Tuesday...
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Rare Tennessee Williams story published in magazine
(Entertainment ~ 03/26/14)
NEW YORK -- Before his mother became the model for Blanche DuBois of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and his sister the inspiration for Laura Wingfield of "The Glass Menagerie," Tennessee Williams drew upon a college girlfriend -- if only in name -- to tell a story of desire, drunkenness and regret...
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Obama concedes Russia unlikely will leave Crimea
(International News ~ 03/26/14)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- President Barack Obama acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that Russia is unlikely to surrender control of the strategically important peninsula it annexed from Ukraine, conceding Western condemnations have had little effect on Vladimir Putin...
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Missouri lawmakers hear pleas to expand Medicaid
(State News ~ 03/26/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Todd Foltz once had a job with health insurance. He lost that as his multiple sclerosis worsened. With medicine costs of about $5,000 a month, Foltz told lawmakers Tuesday he desperately needs health insurance. Yet he said he earns too much to qualify for Missouri's Medicaid program and too little to get subsidized insurance through a new federally run marketplace...
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Saint Louis U to study Missouri death penalty
(State News ~ 03/26/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A new research program at Saint Louis University's law school will analyze Missouri's administration of the death penalty during the last 25 years, pairing the school with a prominent researcher whose capital punishment reviews in other states found significant procedural flaws...
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Papers unsealed in Ameren rate complaint
(State News ~ 03/26/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State regulators have released a confidential report detailing how much money was earned by Ameren Missouri. The Missouri Public Service Commission on Tuesday unsealed a November report that has been at the heart of a complaint alleging the utility was earning more than allowed...
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Pharmacists urged not to help executions
(State News ~ 03/26/14)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Several human rights and anti-death penalty groups have asked the American Pharmacists Association to prohibit members from participating in executions, a request that comes as states increasingly turn to pharmacists for lethal injection drugs...
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Jackson police report 3/26/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/26/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summonses Theft Property damage Miscellaneous...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/26/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/26/14)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/26/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/26/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summonses Thefts Property damage Assault Miscellaneous...
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Perryville district likely will save money with new bus pact
(Local News ~ 03/26/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- After Meyer Bus Line rejected a one-year contract with Perry County School District No. 32 last week, the board voted Monday night to begin a lease with Midwest Bus Sales for the 2014-2015 school year that likely will save the district hundreds of thousands of dollars...
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Police find meth, guns in Scott City apartment
(Local News ~ 03/26/14)
Officers searching a Scott City apartment Sunday found firearms, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, the Scott City Police Department reported. Officers executed a search warrant at 300 E. Maple St., Apt. 5, after a joint investigation by the Scott City Police Department, SEMO Drug Task Force and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to a news release from Scott City Police...
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More file for Hodges' seat, including Neal Boyd
(Local News ~ 03/26/14)
The final day to file for county and state offices to appear on the August primary ballot was largely a quiet one. The 149th district picked up two more candidates for the House seat, which will be open after incumbent Rep. Steve Hodges reaches term limits in the fall. Diedra Ashley Freeman of New Madrid, Mo., filed Monday to appear on the Democratic ticket. Running against her in the August primary will be Morgan Copeland Nesselrodt and Bill Burlison...
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Stabbing suspect awaits hearing
(Local News ~ 03/26/14)
The suspect in a Feb. 13 stabbing is in custody, awaiting a preliminary hearing next month in Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court. Billy McGee, 42, faces one count each of first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He is accused of stabbing another man in the chest with a steak knife outside a home on North Spanish Street...
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Cards drop rain-interrupted exhibition game to Marlins
(Professional Sports ~ 03/26/14)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Jose Fernandez struggled in his last tuneup for opening day as the Miami Marlins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Tuesday. The reigning NL Rookie of the Year gave up five runs in nine hits over 4 2/3 innings, struck out three and walked two. His next outing will be in Monday's opener at home against Colorado...
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Mississippi St. tops Southeast Missouri State baseball team with run in ninth
(College Sports ~ 03/26/14)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team took No. 16 Mississippi State down to the wire in a nonconference matchup Tuesday night. The Bulldogs (18-9) ultimately won on a one-out, walk-off single by Demarcus Henderson in the bottom of the ninth to top the Redhawks 3-2 at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Miss...
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Houston Ship Channel reopened to limited traffic
(National News ~ 03/26/14)
GALVESTON, Texas -- The Coast Guard partly reopened one of the nation's busiest seaports to ship traffic Tuesday, three days after a collision between a barge and a ship spilled up to 170,000 gallons of tar-like oil into waters south of Houston...
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China demands satellite data on missing jet
(International News ~ 03/26/14)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- China demanded Tuesday that Malaysia turn over the satellite data used to conclude that a Malaysia Airlines jetliner had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, killing all 239 on board. Officials narrowed the search area as a result of that assessment, but the zone remains as large as Texas and Oklahoma combined...
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Busloads of Ukrainian soldiers leave Crimea
(International News ~ 03/26/14)
FEODOSIA, Crimea -- As former comrades saluted them from outside a base overrun by Russian forces, Ukrainian marines in Crimea piled into buses Tuesday to head back to the mainland. It was a low-key exit from this eastern Black Sea port, with fewer than a dozen friends and relatives on hand to bid the marines farewell. A troop transporter bearing black Russian military plates trailed the bus as it pulled away...
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High school roundup: Below pitches, bats Advance baseball to season-opening victory
(High School Sports ~ 03/26/14)
All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Blues defeat Leafs with three goals from Backes
(Professional Sports ~ 03/26/14)
TORONTO -- David Backes completed a hat trick with an empty-net goal to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 5-3 victory Tuesday night that sent the Toronto Maple Leafs to their sixth straight loss. T.J. Oshie and former Leafs forward Alex Steen also scored for St. Louis, which passed Boston for the most points in the NHL with 105...
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Out of the past 3/26/14
(Out of the Past ~ 03/26/14)
Easter Sunday. Centenary United Methodist Church begins the day with a sunrise service at Riverfront Park; Cape Rock Church of God behind Dairy Queen on Broadway holds its fourth annual Resurrection Balloon Launch just after noon. Members of the Southeast Missouri State University basketball team are welcomed home from Springfield, Mass., after finishing second in the NCAA Division II tournament; a celebration is held at the Show Me Center...
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Prayer 3/26/14
(Prayer ~ 03/26/14)
O Lord Jesus, thank you that we can come to you, our refuge. Amen.
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