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Police: Shots fired at Kentucky school, 1 student hurt
(National News ~ 09/30/14)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A high school student was injured and one person was being sought after a shooting at a high school in southern Louisville, police said Tuesday. The student had non-life threatening injuries and was reunited with parents at University Hospital, Officer Phil Russell said. He didn't say if the injured student and shooter knew each other or if the shooter was a student at Fern Creek Traditional High School...
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A guide to North Carthage: 18 'Gone Girl' movie filming locations in the Cape Girardeau region
(Local News ~ 09/30/14)
A list of verified "Gone Girl" movie filming locations in Cape Girardeau and Southern Illinois where actors Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Tyler Perry, Neil Patrick Harris and more were.
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Missouri turkey population rebounding
(State News ~ 09/30/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State scientists say Missouri's wild turkey population appears to be on the rebound. The Department of Conservation says it has observed a higher ratio of young turkeys to hens than compared to the average over the past five or 10 years. Some of the strongest numbers have been reported in northern Missouri, which had been most affected by a downturn in turkey production that began in the early 2000s...
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Nov. 19 execution date set for Missouri inmate
(State News ~ 09/30/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court has set an execution date for a man convicted of killing a gas station attendant in Independence, Missouri. The court Monday set 56-year-old Leon Taylor's execution for Nov. 19 at the state prison in Bonne Terre...
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Missouri Supreme Court to hear child abuse case
(State News ~ 09/30/14)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The state's highest court will hear arguments this week about whether a Springfield man accused of restricting his son's diet and locking him in a bathroom for several days as punishment is guilty of child abuse. In 2011, Peter D. Hansen, 50, was convicted of abusing one of his children. He's appealing the ruling to the Missouri Supreme Court, which will hear arguments Wednesday, the Springfield News-Leader reported...
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Case involving arrest by Ferguson officer on hold
(State News ~ 09/30/14)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- A drug case involving an arrest made by the Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who killed an unarmed 18-year-old in a separate incident is on hold while a grand jury reviews the shooting. A judge approved a request by prosecutors Monday to send the drug case involving the arrest by officer Darren Wilson to a St. Louis County grand jury. But a spokesman for Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch later said that the case is "on hold" until Wilson's status is resolved...
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Woman caught trying to sneak drugs into jail
(Local News ~ 09/30/14)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A Sikeston, Missouri, woman is facing charges after attempting to sneak illegal drugs into the Mississippi County Detention Center. Charity Sue Carey, 41, is charged with one count of delivery and possession of a controlled substance within the county jail, a felony...
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Woman arrested on drug, endangerment charges
(Local News ~ 09/30/14)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- An East Prairie woman has been arrested on drug charges and endangering the welfare of a child. Nicole L. White, 29, also is charged with resisting arrest, according to a report from the East Prairie Police Department...
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Alleged robber arrested in connection with dollar store heist
(Local News ~ 09/30/14)
A Cape Girardeau man remained in custody at the county sheriff's department Monday after being charged with first-degree robbery and felony armed criminal action in connection with an incident Sunday at Dollar General. Tyler O. Johnson, 23, is being held on a $100,000 surety bond, Cape Girardeau Police Department spokesman Darin Hickey said...
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Jackson man dies in Perry County crash
(Local News ~ 09/30/14)
A Jackson man was killed early Monday morning in a two-vehicle accident on Highway 51. The accident occurred at 3:40 a.m., half a mile north of Route C in Perry County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Barry P. Sander, 48, was traveling northbound in a 2010 Kia Soul, and a 1996 Kenworth truck, driven by Don K. Waltemate, 60, was going south on Highway 51, the report said. The Soul crossed the centerline and struck the Kenworth head on...
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Ease on down the road
(Local News ~ 09/30/14)
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A Pace Construction crew applies an asphalt overlay to a stretch of Route W north of LaSalle Avenue near Route Y on Monday in Cape Girardeau County. As slopes are graded and shoulders and rumble strips are added, motorists may experience one-lane traffic at times....
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Ferguson demands high fees for files
(State News ~ 09/30/14)
WASHINGTON -- Officials in Ferguson, Missouri, are charging nearly 10 times the cost of some of their own employees' salaries before they will agree to turn over files under public records laws about the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown...
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Provost explains how class sizes are determined
(Local News ~ 09/30/14)
Southeast Missouri State University provost Bill Eddleman talked to the Southeast Missourian about class sizes, what determines where classes are held and ease of signing up for needed classes, among other items. Q: How do you determine where classes are held?...
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Challenge to gay-marriage ban in circuit court in St. Louis
(State News ~ 09/30/14)
ST. LOUIS -- An assistant Missouri attorney general argued Monday in a St. Louis courtroom that state law, backed by a vote of the people, makes it clear that marriage is defined as between a man and a woman. But St. Louis city counselor Winston Calvert countered that the state has no business treating same-sex couples as "second-class citizens."...
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SEMO accommodates growing enrollment
(Local News ~ 09/30/14)
Having topped 12,000 students this fall, Southeast Missouri State University has enough classroom space to accommodate its growth, but might need renovations in the future. Angela Meyer, director of facilities management, said the university's Space Utilization Committee has discussed classroom space, but isn't ready to recommend any changes to the board of regents -- yet. Provost Bill Eddleman added the university doesn't "have any absolute shortage problems in terms of space."...
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Bravest Wear Pink!
(Submitted Story ~ 09/30/14)
SoutheastHEALTH has teamed up with the Cape Girardeau Police and Fire departments to promote breast cancer awareness throughout the month of October. As part of the month-long, "Bravest Wear Pink" campaign, Cape police and firefighters will wear special, pink T-shirts and participate in a number of community events, including the Southeast Missouri State University Homecoming parade...
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My 4 best friends
(Submitted Photo ~ 09/30/14)
3 out of the 4 dogs are rescue dogs that we adopted. Teva, Lilly, Cody and Cesar.
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Goodbye Summer, Hello Falll
(Submitted Photo ~ 09/30/14)
On the beach at Destin,Florida, September 2014
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Local extras prominent in 'Gone Girl,' professor says
(Local News ~ 09/30/14)
Those planning to watch "Gone Girl" to scope for familiar faces may want to watch the film twice. Local extras who stood in line among thousands of people for casting calls last summer will be pleased to see they play a prominent role in the 20th Century Fox film, local professor and media expert Jim Dufek said. The city of Cape Girardeau, portrayed as North Carthage, Missouri, in the film, makes plenty of noticeable appearances as well, he said...
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Watermelon propane tank
(Submitted Photo ~ 09/30/14)
Gerrie McCoy was tired of looking at the plain, gray propane tank at her house in Olive Branch, Illinois. She pondered what she could do with the tank, paint it like a Pepsi can as her mother-in-law, Willa Fern McCoy, is a Pepsi-holic. Or maybe a caterpillar with a backpack. But she decided to go with a watermelon with a piece poking out of the top...
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In Loving Memory
(Submitted Story ~ 09/30/14)
A loving soul has answered God's call to come.We miss you Mom your life was fill with sunshine beams of love touched all our heart's And made it hard for us to part.We miss your voice your sweet embrace, your precious smile your angel face. Are hearts are sad, but this we know. ...
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Southeast Missouri State football team looks for better defensive start against Tennessee State
(College Sports ~ 09/30/14)
Southeast held the lead late vs. UTM after a slow start By Erin Unerstall Southeast Missourian Southeast Missouri State defensive coordinator Bryce Saia was thrilled that a week after the offense had marched down the field against then-No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana and won the game for the Redhawks in the final seconds, the defense got the chance to do the same...
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18th Annual Wiffleball World Series Champions
(Submitted Photo ~ 09/30/14)
The 18th Annual Wiffleball World Series took place at the Historic Sherwood Yards in Cape Girardeau on Sept. 27th and 28th 2014. The Diablos have won their 5th championship crown. Pictured from left: front row, Jeff Augustine, Billy Roll Huston, Keith Heuring; second row, Shawn Roll Huston, Ross Bennett, Mike Renick, Trent Wills, Steven Porzelt...
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Death toll from GM ignition switches now at 23
(National News ~ 09/30/14)
DETROIT -- At least 23 people have died and 16 people have been seriously injured in crashes involving General Motors cars with defective ignition switches. Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM to compensate victims, updated the totals in an Internet posting Monday...
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Marijuana industry entrepreneurs are making political donations
(National News ~ 09/30/14)
DENVER -- The entrepreneurs of the young U.S. marijuana industry are taking another step into the mainstream, becoming political donors who use some of their profits to support cannabis-friendly candidates and ballot questions that could bring legal pot to more states...
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Okla. beheading suspect's conversion surprised family
(National News ~ 09/30/14)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Alton Nolen told relatives after his release from prison on drug and assault charges last year that he wanted to focus on getting his life in order. But postings on the Facebook page of the 30-year-old Nolen, suspected of beheading a woman at an Oklahoma food distribution center, suggest that shortly after his release in March 2013, he became more interested in spreading the message of his newfound Islamic faith...
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Southeast Missouri State volleyball falls to 0-3 in OVC
(College Sports ~ 09/30/14)
The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team remain winless in Ohio Valley Conference play. The Redhawks lost to UT Martin (8-9, 1-2 OVC) in five sets Tuesday in Martin, Tennessee. Southeast (4-12, 0-3 OVC) has lost five matches in a row. The Redhawks won the first set, which was tied eight times and had four lead changes, 25-23...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/30/14)
Today is Tuesday, September 30, the 273rd day of 2014. There are 92 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On September 30, 1954, the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was commissioned by the U.S. Navy. On this date:...
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The Islamic State, terror and the Muslim world
(Column ~ 09/30/14)
The Obama administration is leading a multi-front offensive against the Islamic State (IS), a terrorist movement in the Middle East that has seized large areas of both Iraq and Syria, in the name of re-establishing a single caliphate -- a government combining religious and political authority -- over all Muslims...
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Thank you to schools that teach current events
(Editorial ~ 09/30/14)
You may have watched a cable news or late-night show where a reporter talks to men and women on the street to ask basic questions -- questions such as "Who is the vice president of the United States?" and other bits of information that should be easy questions. Our numbers show more people continue to engage with the Southeast Missourian. Sadly, there are those who don't follow the news...
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Danny Davis
(Obituary ~ 09/30/14)
Danny Davis, 47, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, at Ratliff Care Center. He was born July 6, 1967, in Cape Girardeau, to Joseph Rhodes and Clara Wulfers Davis. Danny was a graduate of Parkview State School. He loved music with a beat and St. Louis Cardinals baseball. He never met a stranger. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church...
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Lance Evans
(Obituary ~ 09/30/14)
PATTON, Mo. -- Lance Michael Evans, 37, of Patton died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 13, 1977, in Cape Girardeau, to Perry and Pamala Voelker Evans. He graduated from Jackson High School in 1995...
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Marjorie McDonald
(Obituary ~ 09/30/14)
Marjorie Pearl Ludy McDonald, 91, of Jackson died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born April 15, 1923, in Emporia, Kansas, to John Lewis and Mable Northrup Ludy. She grew up on the family farm a few miles east of Emporia...
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David Lah
(Obituary ~ 09/30/14)
David Harry Lah, 68, of O'Fallon, Missouri, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, at his home. He was born Oct. 15, 1945, in Danville, Illinois, son of Harry and Renata Meyer Lah. He and Geraldine H. Hauenschild were married in 1972 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. She passed away Aug. 22, 1978...
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Charles Diggs
(Obituary ~ 09/30/14)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Charles E. Diggs, 102, of Cairo died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, at Daystar Nursing and Rehab in Cairo. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Cairo, and from 10 a.m. until service time Wednesday at Tigert Memorial United Methodist Church in Cairo...
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Myrtle Schluter
(Obituary ~ 09/30/14)
ANNA, Ill. -- Myrtle Schluter, 79, of Anna, formerly of Dongola, Illinois, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jack Richardson officiating. Burial will be in American Legion Cemetery...
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Barry Sander
(Obituary ~ 09/30/14)
Barry P. Sander, 48, of Jackson died Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, as a result of an automobile accident near Perryville, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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LeRoy Combs
(Obituary ~ 09/30/14)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- LeRoy Combs, 81, of Sikeston, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until service time Saturday at Williams Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri...
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Anna Moll
(Obituary ~ 09/30/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Anna M. Moll, 83, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Crystal City, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 9:15 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The parish wake will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The rosary will be recited at 8:30 a.m. Friday...
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Out of the past 9/30/14
(Out of the Past ~ 09/30/14)
Residents of Mid-America Teen Challenge will complete the task of harvesting apples at financially-strapped Pioneer Orchard regardless of whether Teen Challenge is paid for all the work; the orchard is in the midst of Chapter 12 federal bankruptcy. In its first five years of operation, the Cape Girardeau Convention/Tourism Bureau has spent $696,069.05 in its efforts to boost tourism and convention business here; the bureau was officially formed in March 1984...
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Nathan Lane picture book out next fall
(Entertainment ~ 09/30/14)
NEW YORK -- Nathan Lane's first book is no shaggy dog story. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers announced Monday that the Broadway actor known for his starring role in "The Producers" has a deal for a picture book, "Naughty Mabel." Scheduled for next fall, the book was cowritten by Lane and his partner, Devlin Elliott. It will be illustrated by Dan Krall...
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Mary Louise-Parker writing memoir
(Entertainment ~ 09/30/14)
NEW YORK -- Mary Louise Parker, the award-winning star of "Weeds," is writing a book about the "significant men in her life." The book is called "Dear Mr. You," and Scribner announced Monday that it is scheduled for next fall. The 50-year-old Parker will tell her story through a series of letters. Her boyfriends have included actors Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Billy Crudup and singer Charlie Mars...
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Jackson fire report 9/30/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/30/14)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday: The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday: The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday:...
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Jackson police report 9/30/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/30/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Arrest Property damage Miscellaneous...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/30/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/30/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt DWIs Arrests Summonses Thefts Property damage Miscellaneous SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY The Department of Public Safety released the following item...
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Public Service Commission can help save Noranda jobs
(Column ~ 09/30/14)
As superintendent for the New Madrid County R-1 School District, it is with great concern, for our community and school district, that Noranda Aluminum has been placed in the position to have a rate design case before the Public Service Commission (PSC). ...
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New mosquito-borne virus spreads in Latin America; some cases seen in U.S.
(Community ~ 09/30/14)
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- An excruciating mosquito-borne illness that arrived less than a year ago in the Americas is raging across the region, leaping from the Caribbean to the Central and South American mainland, and infecting more than 1 million people. Some cases already have emerged in the United States...
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Recovery time after surgery being studied
(Community ~ 09/30/14)
WASHINGTON -- One of the big frustrations of surgery: There's little way to know if you'll be a fast or slow healer, someone who feels back to normal in a week or is out of work for a month with lingering pain and fatigue. Now Stanford University researchers have discovered that right after surgery, patients' blood harbors clues about how fast they'll bounce back -- and it has to do with the activity of certain immune cells that play a key role in healing...
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Virus probed in paralysis cases in 9 kids
(Community ~ 09/30/14)
NEW YORK -- Health officials are investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in Colorado children and whether the culprit might be a virus causing severe respiratory illness across the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday sent doctors an alert about the polio-like cases and said the germ -- enterovirus 68 -- was detected in four out of eight of the sick children who had a certain medical test. The status of the ninth case is unclear...
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Netanyahu says Hamas, Islamic State group bent on domination
(International News ~ 09/30/14)
UNITED NATIONS -- In a speech to the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that Hamas and the Islamic State group are "branches of the same poisonous tree," both bent on world domination through terror, just as the Nazis were...
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Five more bodies found at volcano
(International News ~ 09/30/14)
KISO, Japan -- Toxic gases and ash from still-erupting Mount Ontake forced Japanese rescue workers to call off the search for more victims Monday as dozens of relatives awaited news of their family members. Rescuers found five more bodies near the summit of the volcano, bringing the death toll to 36. They have managed to airlift only 12 bodies off the mountain since the start of the eruption Saturday because of dangerous conditions...
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Police ease tactics in Hong Kong protest standoff
(International News ~ 09/30/14)
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's embattled police defended their use of tear gas but softened their tactics Monday after forceful attempts to quell pro-democracy protests drew tens of thousands more people into the streets in an unprecedented show of civil disobedience...
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Islamic State closes in on Kurdish area of Syria
(International News ~ 09/30/14)
ANTAKYA, Turkey -- Militants of the Islamic State group were closing in Monday on a Kurdish area of Syria on the border with Turkey -- an advance unhindered so far by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, including one that struck a grain silo, killing two civilians, according to activists...
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Afghan president sworn in, paving way for U.S. pact
(International News ~ 09/30/14)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan swore in Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai as its second elected President Monday, embarking on a new era with a national unity government poised to confront a resilient Taliban insurgency by signing an agreement with the United States that would guarantee a continuing American military presence...
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Molina's defense a difference-maker for Cardinals
(Professional Sports ~ 09/30/14)
The Cardinals survived more than seven weeks without their guiding hand behind the plate
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High school roundup: Leopold spikers sweep Woodland
(High School Sports ~ 09/30/14)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Prayer 9/30/14
(Prayer ~ 09/30/14)
Father God, may we be bold in proclaiming the name of Jesus to others. Amen.
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