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Authorities find bank robbery money hidden in tree
(State News ~ 03/27/14)
MARYVILLE, Mo. -- A tree in the "middle of nowhere" turned out to be the wrong hiding place for loot from a bank robbery in northwest Missouri. Nodaway County authorities say about $12,000 stolen last week from the Citizens Bank & Trust in Burlington Junction, Mo., was recovered Tuesday after tipsters led them to a tree just across the border in rural southern Iowa, The St. Joseph News-Press reported...
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Bill requires free deletion of booking photos
(State News ~ 03/27/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers are trying to crack down on commercial websites that post police mug shots of people who have been arrested, then demand money to have the photos removed. A House bill given first-round approval Wednesday would require the operators of such websites to delete the photos for free within 30 days of a request. Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor...
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Mo. Senate endorses tax exemption for older cars
(State News ~ 03/27/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri senators have endorsed legislation that could make it cheaper to buy older cars. The bill given first-round approval Tuesday would exempt decade-old cars with a price under $15,000 from sales taxes on the titling of the motor vehicle. Under the measure, a 2004 model bought in 2014 would be exempt from state and local sales taxes...
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Court asked to halt joint taxes from gay couples
(State News ~ 03/27/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A state judge has been asked to put an immediate halt to Missouri's acceptance of joint tax returns from gay couples who got married legally in other states. The request for a temporary restraining order was filed Wednesday in Cole County Circuit Court...
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Program to quickly find lost dementia patients
(State News ~ 03/27/14)
PLATTE CITY, Mo. -- Platte County is preparing to launch a program that authorities hope will help them more quickly locate mentally impaired people who go missing. Project Lifesaver will provide monitoring devices similar to a hospital bracelet to people with Alzheimer's, dementia, autism and Down syndrome. The sheriff's department will then use specific radio frequencies to find people who walk away from their homes or caregivers, The Kansas City Star reported...
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Winning $96.5 million ticket sold in Bridgeton
(State News ~ 03/27/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lottery officials say a winning $96.5 million Powerball ticket was sold at a gas station in eastern Missouri but the winner has not come forward. The ticket for the March 22 Powerball drawing was sold at a Bridgeton Mobil gas station at 12239 Natural Bridge Road. The station will receive $50,000 for selling the ticket...
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Mo. man executed for raping, killing teen
(State News ~ 03/27/14)
BONNE TERRE, Mo. -- A man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 17-year-old girl in suburban St. Louis more than two decades ago was executed Wednesday in Missouri, marking the state's fifth execution in as many months. Jeffrey Ferguson abducted Kelli Hall as she finished her shift at a gas station in St. Charles on Feb. 9, 1989. Her naked, frozen body was found 13 days later on a St. Louis County farm, and investigators determined she had been raped and strangled...
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Mo. Senate endorses new tax cut plan
(State News ~ 03/27/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri senators have endorsed an income-tax cut that could eventually waive an estimated $464 million annually in state revenue. The legislation given initial approval Wednesday would cut taxes by half of the amount originally proposed by a Republican-led committee...
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Missouri House opposes wood stove regulations
(State News ~ 03/27/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri House members have endorsed a bill that attempts to resist proposed federal regulations of wood-burning stoves. The legislation received initial approval Wednesday. It would prohibit the state Department of Natural Resources from implementing regulations on wood-burning heaters without specific approval from the Legislature...
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Mo. unions rally at Capitol against right-to-work bill
(State News ~ 03/27/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's condemnation of so-called right-to-work legislation as unnecessary and misguided drew applause from about a thousand Missouri union members who gathered Wednesday at the state Capitol. The measure to prohibit labor contracts from requiring that all employees pay union fees, regardless of whether workers are union members, is a top priority of House Republican leaders this year...
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Missouri Senate endorses change in unemployment benefits
(State News ~ 03/27/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The amount of time Missourians can receive unemployment benefits would be tied to the state's jobless rate under legislation endorsed by the state Senate on Wednesday. Under current law, Missouri workers can receive state unemployment checks for 20 weeks after losing their jobs. ...
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Charleston begins work for annual azalea festival
(Local News ~ 03/27/14)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- With a long winter nearly over, Charleston residents are beginning their work to ensure dogwoods and azaleas will be in bloom during next month's Dogwood-Azalea Festival. "We're trying to get the yards cleaned up, and hopefully we'll have some green yards and flowers to come up in time. ..." Charleston resident Betty Hearnes said...
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Exchange students integrate with local host families
(Local News ~ 03/27/14)
Hosting two students from Germany and Brazil was so rewarding for Liz Burns and her family, she plans to do it again next year. Meanwhile, she's looking for families that want to have a similar experience. Burns is local coordinator for Council for International Educational Exchange, a Portland, Maine-based not-for-profit agency that places exchange students -- ranging in age from 15 to 18 -- with American host families. The agency placed students from 55 countries, Burns said...
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St. Vincent de Paul grade school holds blood drive
(Local News ~ 03/27/14)
Linda Watson, a collection specialist with the American Red Cross, uses a marker to mark the vein in Mark Harold's arm, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, during a blood drive at St. Vincent de Paul Grade School in Cape Girardeau. To check for upcoming blood drives, or to make an appointment to donate blood, please visit redcrossblood.org, or call 1-800-RED-CROSS. (Laura Simon)...
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About 50 gather for marijuana legalization town hall meeting
(Local News ~ 03/27/14)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- About 50 people attended the Show-Me Cannabis town hall meeting Tuesday at the Clinton Building in Sikeston to discuss the possibility of legalizing marijuana. John Payne, executive director of Show-Me Cannabis, said his efforts are not motivated by a desire to legally get high -- he doesn't use cannabis. His motivations include freedom, human-rights issues, meeting medical needs and economic development...
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Notre Dame students volunteer to help area needy
(Community ~ 03/27/14)
Notre Dame Regional High School students didn't let a little nasty weather deter them from giving back to the area during Franciscan Service Week. Sarah Strohmeyer, campus minister and theology teacher, said the week, which ran Feb. 16 to 21, is a collaboration of various schools staffed by the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, which principal Brother David Migliorino is a member of...
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Extradition process continues for murder suspect
(Local News ~ 03/27/14)
A Cape Girardeau man won't be in Illinois to answer murder charges for at least another month. Brandon Banks, 28, is suspected of killing Marsha Ann Brown, 40, also of Cape Girardeau, and dumping her body near U.S. 51 in rural Makanda, Ill. A motorist found Brown's body the morning of Jan. 14 in a ditch on the south side of Potters Road, the Jackson County, Ill., Sheriff's Department reported...
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Five clerks cited for selling alcohol to minors
(Local News ~ 03/27/14)
Five store clerks received citations last week for selling alcohol to minors during an undercover operation by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. The operation was part of a grant-funded, quarterly compliance check during which police send "controlled minors" into businesses to attempt to buy alcohol, said Darin Hickey, public information officer for the department...
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Mo. hospitals cut positions, construction, group says
(State News ~ 03/27/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri hospitals have eliminated about 1,000 positions and put a hiring freeze on more than 2,100 vacant positions in the past six months, the state hospital association said Wednesday while pushing for an expansion of the state's Medicaid program...
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Same Payne for Central: Chaffee senior beats Tigers for third consecutive year
(High School Sports ~ 03/27/14)
The Red Devils defeated Central 1-0 behind a three-hit shutout performance by Cody Payne.
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People face Monday deadline to pick health policy
(Local News ~ 03/27/14)
The Affordable Care Act's online health-insurance marketplace opened to the public half a year ago, and individuals now have less than a week to enroll in an insurance plan using the exchange. More than 4.2 million Americans have signed up for health-insurance plans through the marketplace, and more are expected to enroll as the nation closes in on the Monday deadline, according to a recent news release from the U.S. ...
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Parker accepted at Indiana University
(Submitted Story ~ 03/27/14)
Derek Parker has been accepted for graduate study in Human Computer Interaction Design at Indiana University's School of Informatics and Computing for Fall 2014. Derek is a senior at Missouri State University in Springfield MO majoring in Electronic Arts. Derek is the son of Michael and Tiffany Parker of Cape Girardeau and is a 2010 graduate of CHS...
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University Athletes Donate $3,000 to Dig for Life
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/27/14)
Southeast Missouri State University presented a $3,000 check to Saint Francis Medical Center at the Pink Up Night women's basketball game on February 22. The donation goes to Dig for Life to fund free mammograms for local women who otherwise could not afford them. The donation will provide 30 mammograms...
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SEMO commitment, SEMO Conference awards highlight big day for Noe
(High School Sports ~ 03/27/14)
Dexter senior Hannah Noe verbally committed to join the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team on the same day as the SEMO Conference award announcements.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/27/14)
Today is Thursday, March 27, the 86th day of 2014. There are 279 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 27, 1964, a Good Friday, Alaska was hit by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake (the strongest on record in North America) and tsunamis that together claimed about 130 lives...
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Congratulations to Notre Dame Hall of Fame members
(Editorial ~ 03/27/14)
Notre Dame Regional High School recognized five of the school's top former athletes last month at its Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The new inductees include Lloyd Williams (1963-1967), Mary Jane (Glueck) Schwieger (1976-1980), Steve Schott (1979-1983), Scott Wittenborn (1998-2002) and Ali (Tyson) Taufoou (1999-2003)...
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Use tax will help support local business
(Column ~ 03/27/14)
A local use tax is not charged in addition to sales tax On behalf of the board of directors of both the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce and the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce, we respectfully request your vote in support of a local use tax April 8. Both chamber boards believe it is the responsible thing to do to put our local businesses on the same competitive footing as out-of-state businesses...
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TSA wants police at checkpoints at LAX
(National News ~ 03/27/14)
LOS ANGELES -- The Transportation Security Administration recommended Wednesday that armed law enforcement officers be posted at security checkpoints and ticket counters during peak hours in the aftermath of last year's fatal shooting at Los Angeles International Airport...
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Newfound pink world lurks at solar system fringes beyond Pluto
(National News ~ 03/27/14)
LOS ANGELES -- Peering into the far reaches of the solar system, astronomers have spied a pink frozen world 7 1/2 billion miles from the sun. It's the second such object to be discovered in a region of space beyond Pluto long considered a celestial wasteland. Until now, the lone known resident in this part of the solar system was an oddball dwarf planet spotted in 2003 named Sedna after the mythological Inuit goddess who created the sea creatures of the Arctic...
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Egypt army chief says he will run for president
(International News ~ 03/27/14)
CAIRO -- Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the Egyptian military chief who last summer removed the elected Islamist president, announced Wednesday he will run for president in elections expected next month, putting him on an apparent track to lead a nation beleaguered by ongoing turmoil and violence, a dilapidated economy and concerns over the chances for building a democracy...
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Windy snowstorm whips Northeast; whiteout on roads
(National News ~ 03/27/14)
CHATHAM, Mass. -- An Atlantic storm created blizzard conditions in parts of the Northeast corridor on Wednesday while whipping Maine and Massachusetts with wind gusts that fanned a Boston brownstone fire that killed two firefighters. In West Virginia, two people were killed in a traffic pileup blamed on poor visibility caused by snow...
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Mich. won't recognize same-sex marriages
(National News ~ 03/27/14)
LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan won't recognize more than 300 same-sex marriages performed last weekend before a court halted a decision that opened the door to gay nuptials, Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday. The announcement came a day after an appeals court indefinitely stopped any additional same-sex marriages. ...
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NTSB issues safety alert on wrong airport landings
(State News ~ 03/27/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A federal agency overseeing transportation safety is warning pilots to take extra precautions after a pair of recent plane landings at the wrong Midwest airports. The National Transportation Safety Board issued the alert Wednesday, about three months after a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 jet with 124 passengers mistakenly landed at a small airport in southwest Missouri intended for light jets and private planes, rather than at the commercial airport several miles away in Branson. ...
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Births 3/27/14
(Births ~ 03/27/14)
Son to Joshua Mark and Kristina Dawn Pobst of Oran, Mo., Southeast Hospital, 6:52 a.m. Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Name, Easton Miller. Weight, 6 pounds, 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Pobst is the former Kristina Biri, daughter of Lisa Biri and James Biri of Jackson. She is a preschool teacher at the Early Learning Center. Pobst is the son of Susie Pobst and Vernon Pobst of Oran. He is employed in shipping at Orgill...
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Out of the past 3/27/14
(Out of the Past ~ 03/27/14)
Saying they can no longer maintain the Evangelization Center, the Provincial Administration of the Vincentian Fathers announces plans to sell the former St. Vincent's College at Cape Girardeau, which in recent years housed the center. After being offered as the site for the veterans' nursing home and for a Department of Conservation nature center, Klaus Park may eventually be further developed as a park, according to Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep; the 35-acre tract is along Interstate 55, across from where the veterans' home is being built.. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 3/27/14
(Local News ~ 03/27/14)
1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Open session Communications/reports, other elected officials Public comments Routine business Action items Appointments and possible action items Discussion and possible action Discussion and possible action: County advisory boards...
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Jackson police report 3/27/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/27/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/27/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/27/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Hooked on Science: Daffodil secret
(Community ~ 03/27/14)
You may have already noticed the daffodils have emerged from the ground, but you are not going to believe what the daffodils will do when placed in a vase with other flowers. STEP 1: Place the fresh cut daffodils and other flowers in a vase with water. ...
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High school roundup: Oran baseball team earns its first win of season
(High School Sports ~ 03/27/14)
Hunter Schlosser smacked two doubles and drove in three runs as the Oran baseball team rebounded from a loss on Tuesday to clinch their first win of the season with a 9-7 victory over the Hornets. Seth Ressel picked up his first win on the mound. He pitched five innings and gave up one earned run on four hits with five strikeouts and two walks. He also doubled and batted in one run for Oran (1-1)...
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Southeast Missouri students visit Capitol
(Community ~ 03/27/14)
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder hosted a reception for Southeast Missouri student artists, their families and art teachers March 12 during the Missouri Citizens Day for the Arts at the Capitol, according to a news release from his office. Student artwork was submitted as part of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri's 14th annual Children's Arts Festival, with first-, second- and third-place winners named in each grade, third through eighth, the release said...
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Ronnie McGuire Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/27/14)
PUXICO, Mo. -- Ronnie M. McGuire Sr., 66, of Puxico passed away Saturday, March 22, 2014, at his home. He was born Aug. 24, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, to Charles and Wilma Littlepage McGuire. He and Judy Staggs were married in August 1988. Ronnie was a retired truck driver with Asa Asphalt in Advance, Mo...
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Betty Kinder
(Obituary ~ 03/27/14)
Betty Beard Kinder, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at Southeast Hospital. She was born July 28, 1934, in Cape Girardeau, to Lester Charles and Stella Mae Park Burger Sr. She and Richard Ralph Beard Sr. were married June 10, 1950, in Cape Girardeau. She later married Howard Glen Kinder on April 5, 1991, in Florida. Both husbands preceded her in death...
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Nelda Hodge
(Obituary ~ 03/27/14)
Nelda Louise Hodge, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 23, 2014, at Fountain-bleau Lodge. She was born Dec. 31, 1938, in Campbell, Mo., to Floyd L. and Elva Baker Hodge. She graduated from Malden High School in 1956. She lived in the Bootheel her entire life and worked at Southwestern Bell Telephone Co...
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Hazel Henson
(Obituary ~ 03/27/14)
Hazel Henson, 94, of Jackson died Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Chris Vaught officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery...
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Mary Brooks
(Obituary ~ 03/27/14)
Mary Helen Blattel Brooks, 83, of Dallas, Ga., formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn D. Brooks I; and a son, Joseph L. Brooks. Survivors include a daughter, Carol Ann Brooks Longfellow; a son, Glenn D. Brooks II (Brenda); two granddaughters, A. Christine and Sandra M. Longfellow; a grandson, Nathan E. Brooks; and three great-grandchildren, Marina, Garrick and Kristain...
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Who's neXt 3/27/14
(Community ~ 03/27/14)
Todd Brueckner, a sophomore from Perryville, Mo., who plays the oboe, will participate in the Concordia University Symphonic Band annual tour, which includes seven concerts at churches and schools in Missouri and Illinois. He is the son of Stan and Denise Brueckner of Perryville...
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Other area players helped draw Noe to Southeast
(High School Sports ~ 03/27/14)
When Dexter senior guard Hannah Noe went on an official visit to Southeast Missouri State and met with the Southeast women's basketball coaches on Wednesday, she already had a strong feeling about what her future would hold. "They had talked to me throughout the season and I kind of had in mind that they were pretty much No. 1 on my list for schools," Noe said. "And so when we went today for the official visit I decided at the beginning of the visit to commit."...
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Judge Joe Brown faces contempt-of-court charges
(Entertainment ~ 03/27/14)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Joe Brown gained fame by meting out justice as a TV judge. Now he's the one facing charges. Brown, star of the television show "Judge Joe Brown" and present-day political candidate, has a court hearing April 4 in Tennessee on his challenge of contempt-of-court charges handed down Monday by a Shelby County Juvenile Court magistrate...
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Space station arrival delayed for U.S.-Russian crew
(International News ~ 03/27/14)
MOSCOW -- A software glitch on a Russian spacecraft heading to the International Space Station has delayed the arrival of three astronauts, including an American. NASA said the crew was in no danger, and the U.S.-Russia space partnership was strong despite tensions over Ukraine...
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Southeast roundup: Navarro nabs OVC honor, tennis team falls
(College Sports ~ 03/27/14)
Navarro nabs OVC honor Southeast Missouri State track and field athlete Chris Navarro was named the Ohio Valley Conference Male Field Athlete of the Week for the first week of the outdoor season. Navarro, a junior, won the decathlon at the Alabama Relays last weekend after claiming first place in the 110-meter hurdles, high jump, javelin and shot put events...
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Syrian rebels battle deeper into coastal province
(International News ~ 03/27/14)
BADROUSIEH, Syria -- Syrian rebels pressed their offensive deeper into the coastal heartland of President Bashar Assad's Alawite sect Wednesday, battling government troops backed by warplanes for control of at least two villages in the heavily wooded and mountainous terrain, activists said...
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Bin Laden son-in-law convicted of conspiracy, supporting al-Qaida
(National News ~ 03/27/14)
NEW YORK -- Osama bin Laden's son-in-law was convicted Wednesday for his role as al-Qaida's fiery chief spokesman after 9/11 -- a verdict prosecutors said vindicated the Obama administration's strategy of bringing terror suspects to justice in civilian court...
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Authorities: 90 missing in mudslide
(National News ~ 03/27/14)
DARRINGTON, Wash. -- Washington authorities on Wednesday reduced to 90 the number of people missing from a community wiped out by a mudslide, as the families and friends of those still unaccounted for begin to confront the reality that some may never be found...
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U.S. to commit more forces to NATO efforts
(International News ~ 03/27/14)
BRUSSELS -- The United States plans to join with other NATO nations in increasing ground and naval forces in Eastern Europe as part of the military alliance's response to Russia's incursion in Ukraine, the White House said Wednesday. The specifics of the NATO plan were still being finalized, including the size of the force increase. ...
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Objects seen in Flight 370 search area
(International News ~ 03/27/14)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- They are the most tantalizing clues yet: 122 objects spotted by satellite, floating in the turbulent Indian Ocean where officials believe the missing Malaysian jetliner went down. But bad weather, the passage of time and the sheer remoteness of their location kept answers out of the searchers' grasp...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Chaffee's Layton Tenkhoff
(High School Sports ~ 03/27/14)
Tenkhoff started off his senior baseball season in perfect fashion with an 8-for-8 performance in a doubleheader sweep of Meadow Heights.
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Prayer 3/27/14
(Prayer ~ 03/27/14)
O Heavenly Father, thank you that we can put our faith and trust in you. Amen.
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Cardinals sign reliever Aardsma
(Professional Sports ~ 03/27/14)
JUPITER, Fla. -- David Aardsma tweeted about Jhonny Peralta, drug penalties and rich contracts during the offseason. On his first day in the St. Louis clubhouse, Aardsma made it a point to speak with the Cardinals shortstop -- who also happens to be a new teammate...
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NL champs have arms, depth for another run
(Professional Sports ~ 03/27/14)
ST. LOUIS -- In October, the St. Louis Cardinals were sufficiently flush with arms that they carried rookie Shelby Miller and deposed closer Edward Mujica in ceremonial roles and made it to Game 6 of the World Series against Boston. After leading major league rookies with 15 wins, Miller was limited to one postseason inning because of concerns about a heavy workload. Mujica was used only in mop-up duty after mid-September...
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Coaches release all-state basketball picks
(High School Sports ~ 03/27/14)
Several players from Southeast Missouri were selected to the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association all-state basketball teams, which were released Wednesday. Oak Ridge senior Ryan Below was picked as the Class 1 boys player of the year after averaging 23.5 points, 14.3 rebounds and 5.2 steals a game during his senior year for the Blue Jays...
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