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1st Ebola patient diagnosed in the US has died
(National News ~ 10/08/14)
DALLAS (AP) -- The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital Wednesday, a hospital spokesman said. Thomas Eric Duncan was pronounced dead at 7:51 a.m. at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where he was admitted Sept. 28 and has been kept in isolation, according to spokesman Wendell Watson...
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Wednesday is voter registration deadline
(Local News ~ 10/08/14)
The voter registration deadline for the Nov. 4 election is Wednesday. Registration forms and change of address forms may be filled out online at the Secreatary of State's website at sos.mo.gov/votemissouri. Registration forms also are available at the office of the county clerk, the local election authority. Mailed forms must be postmarked by Oct. 8 and online submissions must be received by 5 p.m. on Oct. 8...
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Southeast Missouri State University to hold career fair
(Local News ~ 10/08/14)
Nearly 90 area employers are registered to meet Southeast Missouri State University students of all majors at the first-ever fall 2014 Career and Internship Fair on Thursday in the Student Recreation Center-North. The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m...
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Tech center works to continue offering accelerated degrees
(Local News ~ 10/08/14)
Cape Girardeau's Career and Technology Center is seeking funding to continue its degree acceleration programs. Statewide grant applications are being accepted through Nov. 15, and awards will be announced by Dec. 1. Up to three grants will be awarded from two funders to schools that qualify...
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"Gone Girl" hits No. 1 in worldwide box office
(Local News ~ 10/08/14)
Mystery-thriller "Gone Girl" sits at the top of the worldwide box office with a $62.6 million weekend estimate. Nationally, "Gone Girl" brought in slightly more than $37.5 million over its first three days, the 10th biggest October debut in history, according to media tracking firm Rentrak. It also busted director David Fincher's personal best for an opening...
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St. Louis uses Adams HR to oust Dodgers, reach NLCS
(Professional Sports ~ 10/08/14)
Cardinals move on to NLCS with another dramatic home run
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Drug agency sued over setting up a fake Facebook account
(National News ~ 10/08/14)
WASHINGTON -- The Drug Enforcement Administration set up a fake Facebook account using photographs and other personal information it took from the cellphone of a New York woman arrested in a cocaine case in hopes of tricking her friends and associates into revealing incriminating drug secrets...
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Southeast flagged in state Sunshine Law audit
(Local News ~ 10/08/14)
State Auditor Tom Schweich on Tuesday released a report that shows state and local governing bodies routinely violate Missouri's Sunshine Law. Southeast Missouri State University was cited for not documenting its reasons for closing meetings and not demonstrating how some topics discussed in closed meetings complied with state law, according to a report summary...
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First helicopter ride .. View over Emerson Bridge
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/08/14)
View over Emerson Bridge
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Sunrise on the Morning of the Red Moon
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/08/14)
Sunrise on October 8, 2014, did not want to take a back seat to the lunar eclipse. She showed off!
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Bill Eddleman reappointed to River Campus board
(Local News ~ 10/08/14)
The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents recently reappointed Dr. Bill Eddleman as a university representative on the River Campus Board of Managers. Eddleman's new term will expire Dec. 1, 2017. His current term ends Dec. 1 of this year. ...
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Central softball team shuts out Jackson in district opener
(High School Sports ~ 10/08/14)
The run the Central softball team scored in the top of the first inning with the help of a Jackson error was all senior pitcher Maggie Groshong needed Wednesday night.
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Cape County Courthouse "All pinked up"
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/08/14)
Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson lit up in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness.
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The sun coming up after the blood moon
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/08/14)
Looked outside this morning & this is what I seen. The electric pole almost looks like a cross. How great is our God.
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Morning on the Mississippi River
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/08/14)
A Mussissippi River morning after the red moon
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"SOCKTOBER" Helping the Local Homeless Keep Warm
(Submitted Story ~ 10/08/14)
SOCKTOBER begins at Vintage Marketplace with helping our local community keep the homeless warm, with donations of socks!(Hats,Mittens,Hoodies and Scarves are needed too). Socktober is a great way for individuals to make a difference in someone else's life. ...
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Lower heating bills predicted for this winter
(National News ~ 10/08/14)
NEW YORK -- Heating bills should be lower this winter because the deep freeze that chilled much of the nation last year is unlikely to return. Last year, persistently low temperatures across the Midwest, South and East forced people to crank up the heat. The high demand jacked up the price of some fuels, especially propane. Heating bills soared...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/08/14)
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2014. There are 84 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 8, 1914, the World War I song "Keep the Home Fires Burning," by Ivor Novello and Lena Guilbert Ford, was first published in London under the title "Till the Boys Come Home."...
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Illegal immigration and health care law collide
(Column ~ 10/08/14)
Somewhere between ISIS and Ebola or perhaps between the Secret Service fiasco and the continued flood of illegals crossing our southern border, stands the ongoing discussion on Obamacare. Problems continue to plague the massive federal health-care system overhaul despite repeated assurances from the administration that all is going smoothly...
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Weber family shows compassion and inspires others
(Editorial ~ 10/08/14)
Nolan Weber inspired many people in his short life. The 16-year-old Jackson high school student was an athlete and a person of faith in God and had a positive attitude. Even during his battle with brain cancer, Weber lived his life. The Jackson community and others rallied around him. The affliction eventually took him from this world, but his memory, through a new foundation created by his family, lives on...
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Business startup training to resume this month
(Local News ~ 10/08/14)
Knowing the ins and outs of starting or expanding a new business is integral to long-term success. Making sure entrepreneurial hopefuls are educated in those areas is the goal of a popular local training program that churned out hundreds of startups in Southeast Missouri last year...
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Caruthersville police seek help finding suspect in hit-and-run
(Local News ~ 10/08/14)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Police are seeking the public's help in finding a hit-and-run driver. About 10:30 p.m. Thursday on Marlar Road near the Taven Apartments, a vehicle crossed the lane and struck a pedestrian, according to Caruthersville police chief Tony Jones. The vehicle then fled the scene...
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Three busted in Poplar Bluff drug sting
(Local News ~ 10/08/14)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- An intensive investigation by the Poplar Bluff Police Department has resulted in the arrests of two men and a woman suspected of being involved in selling heroin, deputy police chief Jeff Rolland said...
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Struggling senator needs rural friends more than ever
(National News ~ 10/08/14)
DODGE CITY, Kan. -- The scrubby rangeland and tabletop fields of western Kansas have been a fertile source of wheat, soybeans and sorghum and home to one of the nation's largest cattle herds. The region has also been a steady provider of votes for conservative Midwestern Republicans such as Pat Roberts...
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Blunders renew questions about Biden's discipline
(National News ~ 10/08/14)
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden's supporters often brush off his slips of the tongue as byproducts of the speak-your-mind politics many Americans crave. But this time, Biden's verbal blunders are causing more than a few rough headlines and a momentary nuisance for the White House...
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Conservative states balk at gay-marriage action
(National News ~ 10/08/14)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Conservative officials in some of the six states where Supreme Court action this week likely cleared the way for same-sex weddings say they won't issue marriage licenses to gay couples until their hands are forced. Now, gay-rights advocates are preparing to do just that...
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Air tanker crashes while fighting California fire
(National News ~ 10/08/14)
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- An air tanker fighting a wildfire near Yosemite National Park in Northern California crashed Tuesday, but there was no immediate word on the state of the plane or the pilot, who was the only person aboard, officials said...
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Justices signal support for Muslim inmate's beard
(National News ~ 10/08/14)
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices appeared united Tuesday as they picked apart prison rules in Arkansas that allow full Afros and mustaches, but no beards, in a case about a Muslim inmate's claim his religious beliefs require he be allowed to keep a half-inch beard...
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Complications of health-law waivers may discourage use
(National News ~ 10/08/14)
WASHINGTON -- Millions of Americans may qualify for waivers from the most unpopular part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. But getting that exemption could be an ordeal. Community groups are concerned about a convoluted process for applying for waivers from the law's tax penalty on people who remain uninsured. Not everyone is complaining: Tax preparation companies are flagging it as a business opportunity...
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Talking to cars can be dangerous
(National News ~ 10/08/14)
WASHINGTON -- Just because people can talk to their cars doesn't mean they should. Two new studies have found that voice-activated smartphones and dashboard infotainment systems may be making the distracted-driving problem worse instead of better...
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Showtime is bringing back 'Twin Peaks' as new series
(Entertainment ~ 10/08/14)
NEW YORK -- Showtime is returning to the weird world of "Twin Peaks" in a new series a quarter-century after the original version rocked viewers with its strangeness. Series creators and executive producers David Lynch and Mark Frost will be back to write and produce the limited series...
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U.S.-led airstrikes produce few gains
(International News ~ 10/08/14)
BAGHDAD -- After two months, the U.S.-led aerial campaign in Iraq has hardly dented the core of the Islamic State group's territory. The extremist fighters have melted into urban areas when needed to elude the threat, and they have succeeded in taking new territory from an Iraqi army that buckles in the face of militants...
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First womb-transplant baby won't be alone for long
(International News ~ 10/08/14)
GOTHENBURG, Sweden -- The world's first baby born from a transplanted womb is soon to have company. Two more women who became pregnant after having womb transplants are due to deliver in the next few weeks -- and that could be the start of a new wave of babies born this way, say Swedish doctors who pioneered the technique...
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Soggy weather slows Illinois harvests
(State News ~ 10/08/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Like many Illinois growers beset by recent harvest-halting rains that have turned their fields into expanses of mud, Mark Reichert spent yet another day Tuesday relegated to odd jobs, sanding away on a propane tank he planned to paint...
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Monsanto pledges $1M for north St. Louis County
(State News ~ 10/08/14)
ST. LOUIS -- One of St. Louis' largest corporations has pledged a total of $1 million to several not-for-profit groups that work in Ferguson and other north St. Louis County communities. The global seed company announced its contributions to four community development efforts Tuesday...
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McCaskill continues campus tour at Mizzou
(State News ~ 10/08/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill told student advocates, victims of sexual assault and University of Missouri administrators at her alma mater Tuesday that she hopes to use their advice in a revised draft of national legislation aimed at curbing sexual assaults on college campuses...
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Mo. seeks extradition of spree killer
(State News ~ 10/08/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri prosecutor enlisted the state's procedural help Tuesday in bringing back to his turf a man accused of killing an Arkansas couple during a deadly 2008 spree for which he is serving life sentences for six slayings in Illinois...
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Teachers seeking flu shots given insulin
(State News ~ 10/08/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis County school district is investigating how five elementary school teachers were mistakenly dosed with insulin instead of the flu vaccine, an error that led to the hospitalization of two women. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday that two teachers in the Parkway School District were rushed by ambulance to the hospital in late September. Three more teachers at Shenandoah Valley Elementary School in Chesterfield received the wrong shots and also got sick...
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Wal-Mart cuts health benefits for some of its part-timers
(National News ~ 10/08/14)
NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to eliminate health insurance coverage for some of its part-time U.S. employees in a move aimed at controlling rising health-care costs of the nation's largest private employer. Wal-Mart said that starting Jan. ...
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Births 10/8/14
(Births ~ 10/08/14)
Daughter to David Allen and Bobbie Lykins of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 8:19 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. Name, Cheyanne Nicole. Weight, 7 pounds, 11 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Lykins is the former Bobbie Walters, daughter of William and Carol Walters of Dutchtown. Lykins is the son of Roy Lykins and Helen Lykins of Marked Tree, Arkansas. He is employed by Superior Janitorial Service...
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Out of the past 10/8/14
(Out of the Past ~ 10/08/14)
Mission Sunday is celebrated at Immanuel Lutheran Church near Jackson; the guest pastor is the Rev. Roger W. Leenerts, director of North American Missions with the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod, headquartered at the International Center in St. Louis...
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Olive Wright
(Obituary ~ 10/08/14)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Olive Wright, 82, of Daystar Care Center in Cairo died Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until service time Saturday at First Missionary Baptist Church. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the church, with the Revs. Donald Topp and Antonio Oliver officiating. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Memorial Park in Mounds, Illinois...
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Cornelious Sides
(Obituary ~ 10/08/14)
Cornelious Sides, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, at his home. Friends may call from noon until time of service at 1 p.m. Friday at Greater Dimension Ministries in Cape Girardeau. The pastor, William Bird, will officiate. Burial will be in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield with full military honors...
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Freddie Patton
(Obituary ~ 10/08/14)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Freddie Patton, 93, of Daystar Care Center in Cairo died Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until service time Friday at Massie Funeral Home in Mounds, Illinois. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Joseph Brown officiating. Burial will be in Mound City National Cemetery, with military honors provided by the Illinois National Guard and area veterans...
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Helen Musgraves
(Obituary ~ 10/08/14)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Helen Musgraves, 97, of Van Buren, Arkansas, formerly of Advance, passed away Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born Dec. 31, 1916, in Advance, daughter of Jacob David and Loar Elizabeth Jenkins Tropf. She and Amos Musgraves were married Nov. 3, 1933, at Bloomfield, Missouri. He preceded her in death May 16, 1996...
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Eleanor Mayberry
(Obituary ~ 10/08/14)
THEBES, Ill. -- Eleanor Louise Jaco Mayberry, 84, of Pensacola, Florida, formerly of Thebes and Pulaski, Illinois, died Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, at the Health Center Pensacola. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Moran and Goebel Funeral Home in Decatur, Illinois, with a time of sharing immediately following visitation...
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Gabbie Mason
(Obituary ~ 10/08/14)
THEBES, Ill. -- Gabriele "Gabbie" Mason, 57, of Thebes passed away Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, at her home. She was born Nov. 25, 1956, in Bad Kissingen, Germany, to the late Frederick and Rita Boettcher. She and Joe Mason were married May 18, 1987, in Cape Girardeau...
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Gerry Guenther
(Obituary ~ 10/08/14)
Geraldine "Gerry" Guenther, 83, of Jackson died Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time Friday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church, with the Rev. Jason Shaw officiating. A committal service will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Mueller Hill Cemetery on Highway 13 near Pinckneyville, Illinois. The Rev. David Kollmeyer will officiate. ...
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Jason Casper
(Obituary ~ 10/08/14)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Jason Shawn Casper, 37, of Villa Ridge passed away Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, at his home. He was born Dec. 11, 1976, in Cape Girardeau, son of Albert L. and Cheryl Garrett Casper Sr. Jason was a welder. Survivors include his wife, Shasta Lowe Casper of Villa Ridge; a daughter, Arynn Casper of the home; parents Albert and Cheryl Casper of Mounds, Illinois; father-in-law Jerry Lowe of Mound City, Illinois; mother-in-law Brenda Lowe of Mound City; two brothers, Albert Lynn Casper Jr. ...
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Ardella Anderson
(Obituary ~ 10/08/14)
Ardella J. Anderson, 98, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, at Fountain-bleau Lodge. She was born July 4, 1916, in Gainesville, Georgia, to Benjamin and Mary Jenkins. She and Harley S. Anderson were married Sept. 4, 1933, at Caruthersville, Missouri. He preceded her in death March 9, 1999...
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Scott City fire report 10/8/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/08/14)
The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls:...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/8/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/08/14)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday:...
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Chaffee police report 10/8/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/08/14)
The Chaffee Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Sept. 2 Sept. 11 Sept. 1...
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Scott City police report 10/8/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/08/14)
The Scott City Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Sept. 21 Sept. 21...
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Jackson police report 10/8/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/08/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/8/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/08/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Benton Board of Aldermen action
(Local News ~ 10/08/14)
6:30 p.m. Oct. 6 City hall Mayor Joe Stuckey called the meeting to order. Those in attendance were: Howard Bollinger, alderman Ward I; Geri Hennemann, alderman Ward I; David Mack, alderman Ward II; Jim Simmons, alderman Ward II; Connie Barnett, city clerk; Roy Moore, police; Mike Fodge, resident; Chris Silman, resident...
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Nationwide Series leader makes stop in Cape Girardeau
(Community Sports ~ 10/08/14)
18-year-old Chase Elliott is showing he is more than the son of a racing legend
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IHOP now accepting job applications
(Local News ~ 10/08/14)
The new IHOP expected to open next month in Cape Girardeau is seeking an assistant manager, servers, dishwashers and cooks. Applicants can pick up applications at the new store, 2406 William St., said Mina Patel, human resources generalist for Apple Investor Group. Andy and Anissa Patel, who own the new IHOP, also own Apple Investor Group. In an email to the Southeast Missourian, Mina Patel said the IHOP is a separate business from Apple Investor Group...
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Trio share Nobel for new LED
(International News ~ 10/08/14)
STOCKHOLM -- An invention that promises to revolutionize the way the world lights its homes and offices -- and already helps create the glowing screens of mobile phones, computers and TVs -- earned a Nobel Prize on Tuesday for two Japanese scientists and a Japanese-born American...
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Madrid to kill dog of nursing aide who got Ebola
(International News ~ 10/08/14)
MADRID -- Health officials scrambled Tuesday to figure out how West Africa's Ebola outbreak got past Europe's defenses, quarantining four people at a Madrid hospital where a Spanish nursing assistant became infected. Determined to contain the spread of the deadly virus, they announced plans to euthanize the woman's dog...
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Turkey says Syrian town may fall to militants
(International News ~ 10/08/14)
MURSITPINAR, Turkey -- Islamic State fighters were poised to capture a strategic Syrian town on the Turkish border, Turkey's president warned Tuesday, even as Kurdish forces battled to expel the extremists from their footholds on the outskirts...
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Prayer 10/8/14
(Prayer ~ 10/08/14)
O Father God, thank you that we have victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Southeast Missouri State finds easiest way to success is with football in its hands
(College Sports ~ 10/08/14)
Zero turnovers and ball possession were critical in Southeast's win over TSU
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High school roundup: Parsons leads Notre Dame soccer team past Central
(High School Sports ~ 10/08/14)
Benjamin Parsons scored two goals to lead the host Notre Dame Bulldogs boys soccer team to a 6-0 victory in the crosstown showdown with the Central Tigers on Tuesday afternoon. Chandler Dorris, Adam Popp, Wynn Roberds and Noah Huff each had a goal for the Bulldogs (14-3-2)...
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Walk-off HR sends Portageville over Saxony in district semifinal
(High School Sports ~ 10/08/14)
Alexis Glidwell hit a two-run shot over the right field fence to give the Bulldogs the victory.
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Nov. 2014: 8th District U.S. House of Representatives candidate Barbara Stocker
(Local News ~ 10/08/14)
Name: Barbara Stocker Age: 78 Place of birth: Honesdale, Pennsylvania Spouse's, children's names: Richard Stocker (husband deceased) David Witherspoon (son), Ann Jamboretz (daughter) and Richard Witherspoon (son) Education: masters degree biochemistry, West Virginia University (1970)...
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