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Police seek man accused of keeping girlfriend hostage
(Local News ~ 09/03/15)
The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department is seeking information leading to the arrest of a man wanted on several charges. Daren Collier, 45, of Jackson faces charges of first-degree domestic assault, felonious restraint and armed criminal action in connection with a May incident...
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Miles of deals: Highway 61 Yard Sale begins today
(Local News ~ 09/03/15)
The Highway 61 Yard Sale has quickly become part of the Labor Day weekend tradition for many people. The yard sale begins today and runs through Saturday. Organizers of the Highway 61 Yard Sale were inspired by the 100-Mile Yard Sale, which runs in May along Highway 25 from Kennett, Missouri, to Jackson. Much like the 100-Mile Yard Sale, the Highway 61 Yard Sale continues to grow...
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Judge rules Missouri right-to-farm doesn't cover marijuana
(State News ~ 09/03/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A new constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to farm doesn't protect a woman who reportedly grew marijuana in her home, a Missouri judge ruled this week. Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green ruled against a woman Tuesday whose public defender tried to argue cultivating marijuana falls under the farming-rights amendment, the Jefferson City News Tribune reported...
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Man arrested in connection with bank robbery
(Local News ~ 09/03/15)
One suspect was in custody Wednesday afternoon after a robbery at a Cape Girardeau bank. Officer Rich McCall of the Cape Girardeau Police Department said police responded at 1 p.m. to a call about a robbery at The Bank of Missouri, 3427 William St. No one was injured during the heist. Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Adam Glueck said the suspect entered the bank and threatened one of the employees, demanding money...
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SEMO football preview: Staff analyzed plethora of injuries to devise plan to strengthen, protect players this season
(College Sports ~ 09/03/15)
"We made an emphasis starting this past January of staying healthy, and it's showed off," coach Tom Matukewicz said.
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Jackson softball team cruises past Cape Central
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/15)
Led by a 4-for-4 outing from Taylor Kirn, the Indians once again put their offense on display in defeating Cape Central 8-3 and picking up their third consecutive win Wednesday at Cape Central High School.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/03/15)
Today is Thursday, September 3, the 246th day of 2015. There are 119 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On September 3, 1783, representatives of the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War...
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Military recruiting problems
(Column ~ 09/03/15)
In an Aug. 27, 2015, article on military.com, Tom Philpott wrote about issues being confronted by military recruiters. Philpott blames persistent news articles about problems in the military or those faced by veterans for discouraging men and women from enlisting...
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Southeast speakers announced for 2014-2015 school year
(Editorial ~ 09/03/15)
Southeast Missouri State University has announced its lineup for the 2015-2016 Speaker Series. The theme around each of the appearances is being a survivor, which covers many areas of life. The speakers include: n Jeff Bauman, who was injured during the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. His talk will be at 2 p.m. Sept. 13 at Academic Hall Auditorium...
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Hooked on Science: Fireproof balloon
(Community ~ 09/03/15)
Materials n Two balloons n Water n Grill lighter Instructions n STEP 1: Inflate one of the balloons and tie the end so the air stays inside. n STEP 2: Have an adult ignite the grill lighter, place the flame under the balloon, and observe. What happens?...
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ACLU sues to block sweeping Nevada education-funding program
(Community ~ 09/03/15)
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A Nevada education funding program considered the nation's broadest school-choice initiative attracted its first legal challenge last week, with three civil-liberties groups saying it violates the state constitution by releasing public funds to religious schools...
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Nell Holcomb student Mara Murphy places third at National Junior Beta Convention
(Community ~ 09/03/15)
Mara Murphy didn't expect to place at this year's state Junior Beta Club competition, let alone be named one of the top five finalists in her division at the national level. But Murphy, a seventh-grader at Nell Holcomb School, did just that by placing third in the Language Arts Division II at the national convention in June at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville...
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New Ferguson report offers lessons on handling protests
(State News ~ 09/03/15)
WASHINGTON -- The police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer offers lessons in how not to handle mass demonstrations, according to a Justice Department report that warns such problems could happen in other places roiled by mistrust between law enforcement and the community...
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Exclusive: Records show university's response to Holmes
(National News ~ 09/03/15)
DENVER -- More than a month before James Holmes' rampage on a Colorado movie theater, the head of his neuroscience graduate program called a campus police officer with alarming information: Holmes had told his psychiatrist he wanted to kill people to make up for his failure in science...
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Lots of trees to hug: Study counts 3 trillion trees on Earth
(National News ~ 09/03/15)
WASHINGTON -- More than 3 trillion trees now grow on Earth, seven times more than scientists previously thought. But it's also trillions fewer than there used to be, a new study concludes. A United Nations-affiliated youth group had a goal of planting one billion trees and Yale forestry researcher Thomas Crowther was asked whether planting that many trees would do anything to help combat human-made climate change. Trees capture and store heat-trapping carbon dioxide...
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Out of the past: Sept. 3
(Out of the Past ~ 09/03/15)
Labor Day isn't a day of rest for members of the SEMO District Fair board, as they prepare for next week's fair; about 35 volunteers brave temperatures in the 90s to begin setting up for the event. The 25th annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon raises approximately $219,000 in the district and $44,172,186 nationwide for the Muscular Dystrophy Association; last year the telethon raised just over $42 million nationally; the local figure tops last year's total of $206,000...
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Births 9/3/15
(Births ~ 09/03/15)
Daughter to Michael Tyrone Whitney and Armetrice Felica Harris of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Name, Gabriella Hope. Weight, 6 pounds, 2 ounces. First child. Daughter to Wade Andrew Pecord and Victoria Brooke Stoffel of Jonesboro, Illinois, Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:53 p.m. ...
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Suspect in Florida doctor's death violates federal probation
(State News ~ 09/03/15)
ST. LOUIS -- One of two Missouri men charged with killing a southwest Florida doctor was sentenced Wednesday for a probation violation that investigators allege put him in the same county where the physician was killed -- more than 1,100 miles from his eastern Missouri home -- a day before her body was found...
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Sole voter on proposed sales tax hike against such increases
(State News ~ 09/03/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The only resident registered to vote in a downtown business district in central Missouri said she would have voted against a proposed sales-tax increase if officials had allowed the election to go forward. The Business Loop 70 Community Improvement District board decided Monday to delay the election planned for August 2016 because there would be a single voter on the issue. The district had sought to raise about $220,000 through the half-cent sales tax increase...
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Architects reveal plans for proposed St. Louis Rams stadium
(State News ~ 09/03/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The architects for a proposed new stadium for the St. Louis Rams said they want it to serve as a public meeting place when football isn't being played. The stadium would include plazas, gardens, bike trails, a three-story brew pub and an observation deck overlooking the Mississippi River, all designed to give St. Louis fans a new experience, Eli Hoisington, design principal with St. Louis-based HOK architects, told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
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President Obama holds up a big catch
(National News ~ 09/03/15)
President Barack Obama holds up a fish while visiting Wednesday with commercial and subsistence fishers Alannah Hurley, left, and Kim Williams on Kanakanak Beach in Dillingham, Alaska. Obama is on a three-day trip to Alaska aimed at showing solidarity with a state often overlooked by Washington...
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Obama seals Iran deal win as Senate Democrats find 34 votes
(National News ~ 09/03/15)
WASHINGTON -- Overcoming opposition, President Barack Obama secured a foreign-policy victory Wednesday as Senate Democrats clinched the necessary votes to ensure the Iran nuclear agreement survives in Congress. The decisive 34th commitment came from Maryland Democrat Barbara Mikulski, who is retiring next year after three decades in the Senate...
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Wrongly convicted brothers each get $750,000 in compensation
(National News ~ 09/03/15)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- When two brothers were released after three decades of wrongful imprisonment, they struggled to adapt to an outside world neither had experienced since they were teenagers. The older one has managed to adjust and keep his "head up high," but the younger one, according to his family, is a broken man...
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Sheriff: Man killed by deputies appeared to hold knife
(National News ~ 09/03/15)
DALLAS -- A second video that captured Texas deputies fatally shooting a man whose hands were raised appears to show he was holding a knife, a sheriff said Wednesday, declining to release the video because the investigation is ongoing. Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau said at a news conference the video has been forwarded to the Texas Department of Public Safety's crime lab to see whether the footage can be blown up and slowed to establish the sequence of Friday's events...
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Lesbian couple, like Kentucky clerk, standing up for beliefs
(National News ~ 09/03/15)
MOREHEAD, Ky. -- As April Miller drove to work, too stunned to grasp the magnitude of the fight erupting around her, an old song crackled over the car radio. "Will you still love me for the rest of my life?" the band Chicago sang. "I can't go on if I'm on my own."...
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Biden testing political waters in Florida
(National News ~ 09/03/15)
MIAMI -- Vice President Joe Biden came to Florida to lend a hand to Senate Democrats and the administration's education agenda Wednesday on a trip watched for any hint he'll seek the presidency. He may have dropped a hint at Miami Dade College, telling a crowd, "People who aren't willing to risk failing never succeed."...
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Pakistan corruption lets militants get national ID cards
(International News ~ 09/03/15)
ISLAMABAD -- Foreign Islamic militants have secured Pakistani national identity cards for years in exchange for bribes as low as $100, giving them greater freedom to operate, according to a report by Pakistan's top intelligence agency. The issue of foreign jihadis operating so easily in Pakistan has regional and even global implications. The country long has been a destination for aspiring global jihadis to receive training, some of whom are sent back abroad to conduct attacks...
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Police: Suspect's prints match those on bomb
(International News ~ 09/03/15)
BANGKOK -- Police investigating last month's Bangkok bombing said Wednesday the fingerprints of a foreign man arrested at the Thai-Cambodia border match those found on a bottle of bomb-making material, and they were seeking to arrest a Turkish man linked to the blast...
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Fox News anchor sues Hasbro over toy hamster with her name
(Entertainment ~ 09/03/15)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An anchor for Fox News is suing Hasbro for more than $5 million over a toy hamster that shares her name -- and possibly her resemblance. Harris Faulkner sued Hasbro this week over its plastic Harris Faulkner hamster, sold as part of the Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based company's popular "Littlest Pet Shop" line. She said the toy wrongfully appropriates her name and persona, harms her professional credibility as a journalist and is an insult...
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Food bank collecting items at three sites today
(Local News ~ 09/03/15)
For the first time, Southeast Missouri Food Bank is sponsoring a Splash Out Hunger event today at three drop-off locations around Cape Girardeau. Food will be collected from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Wal-Mart Supercenter, Schnucks and the Osage Centre...
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City to host meeting today on downtown sidewalk improvements
(Local News ~ 09/03/15)
The city of Cape Girardeau will host the first of two public meetings today, presenting information and asking for input on the Downtown Sidewalk Replacement Project. A 30-minute presentation by city staff and project consultants will be given, followed by an open house, where attendees can view displays of possible improvement projects and speak with the project team...
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Acclaimed fairy-tale writer will speak at Southeast on Sept. 15
(Local News ~ 09/03/15)
Kate Bernheimer, called "one of the living masters of the fairy tale," will present a lecture and reading Sept. 15 as the fall 2015 Nilsen Endowment Visiting Writer at Southeast Missouri State University. Bernheimer's presentation is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Glenn Auditorium of Robert A. Dempster Hall, Southeast announced this week. The event is free to the public...
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Hiking adventure nearly turns tragic for Puxico couple
(Local News ~ 09/03/15)
Puxico, Missouri, retired teachers Ray and Margaret Binford are on the road to recovery after falling nearly 300 feet while hiking Aug. 22 in Washington state. After being in separate hospitals for a week, they are together in Richland, Washington. The Binfords, who have hiked trails across the United States, including the Grand Canyon, were hiking the Palouse Falls trail when the accident occurred. ...
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Startup competition winners talk shop at incubator event
(Local News ~ 09/03/15)
Engineering savvy intersected with marketing prowess Wednesday morning as the founders of a startup company presented their ideas during the monthly 1 Million Cups gathering at downtown Cape Girardeau's Codefi business incubator. Mikey Ahdoot and Amir Atighehchi, inaugural winners of the incubator's 1ST50K competition, are the founders of Nutlock, whose products prevent bicycle wheels from being stolen...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 9/3/15
(Local News ~ 09/03/15)
1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today n Minutes of the Aug. 31 meeting n None at this time n Items listed on agenda n Purchase orders n Payroll change forms n City of Jackson Ordinance 15-56 -- annexing certain adjacent territory. n Missouri Department of Conservation -- county briefing on select department services...
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Son of man convicted in Jewish site shootings testifies
(State News ~ 09/03/15)
OLATHE, Kan. -- The son of a man convicted of killing three people at Jewish sites in suburban Kansas City says no one else in their family shares his father's anti-Semitic views. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. was convicted Monday of one count of capital murder, three counts of attempted murder, and assault and weapons charges for the April 2014 shootings...
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St. Louis Zoo says it won't begin charging admission
(State News ~ 09/03/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Zoo will continue to be free to the public. The board that runs the zoo says it doesn't plan to implement an admission charge and no member of the Zoo Museum District supports the idea. Currently, St. Louis city and county property owners pay $70 million a year to support the zoo, Art Museum, the Science Center and Botanical Gardens. The Botanical Gardens is the only one that charges admission...
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Jackson police report 9/3/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/03/15)
The Jackson Police Department reported the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Lindsay E. Sebaugh, 32, 3316 E. Main St., Apt. G, was arrested on a Perry County, Missouri, warrant. n Krystal L. Koehler, 19, 119 Oak Drive, was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of failure to register a motor vehicle...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 9/3/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/03/15)
* Medical assist calls were made to Magnolia Avenue at 4:16 a.m.; South Ellis Street at 8:21 a.m.; Jefferson Avenue at 10:38 a.m.; Kingsway Drive at 10:51 a.m.; North Sprigg Street at 3:01 a.m.; and East Rodney Drive at 6:23 a.m. n At 2:16 a.m., detector activation, no fire, on South Mount Auburn Road...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/3/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/03/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department reported the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Nicole M. Greable, 39, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, was arrested on a Poplar Bluff warrant for failure to appear for driving while revoked. n A 15-year-old boy was cited into juvenile court on suspicion of assault...
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Pete Riley
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
Peter Joseph Riley, 52, of Scott City died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, at his home. He was born April 18, 1963, in Cape Girardeau to Freddie Joseph and Betty Yvonne Diamond Riley. He married Jennifer Thomas on Nov. 23, 1995. He was a deckhand for ACBL Barge lines until he became disabled in 1984...
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Christopher Schearf
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
Christopher Schearf, 43, of Delta died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete with Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri.
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Gary Miles
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Gary Joe Miles, 75, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, died Thursday, July 16, 2015, at his home. Born on May 11, 1940, in Morley, Missouri, he was the son of Harley and Virgie Houseman Miles. A graduate of Morley High School in 1958, Gary joined the Navy. He served 20 years working in radar, retiring as a chief petty officer. He received three Good Conduct Medals and a navy achievement award...
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Lucretia Luster
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
Lucretia "Lucy" Dawn Proctor Luster, 45, died of multiple complications from Type 1 diabetes Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Lucretia "Lucy" was preceded in death by her parents, Roy C. Proctor Sr. and Margaret L. Proctor. She is survived by her husband, Todd Luster, of Fort Walton Beach; brother, Roy (Elaine) Proctor of Benton, Missouri; sister, Sharon (Ron) Legrand of Kelso, Missouri; and a brother, Dwayne (Karla) Proctor of Benton. ...
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Herschel Hayes
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
LITHIUM, Mo. -- Herschel O. Hayes, 82, of Lithium died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, at his home. He was a United States Army veteran of the Korean conflict. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 6:30 a.m. until time of service Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri...
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Frank Harold
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
Frank J. Harold, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be at St. Mary Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Hazel Ford
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
Hazel Marie Ford, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, at Ratliff Care Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Bobby Manso officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau...
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Missouri needs production from young receiving corps
(College Sports ~ 09/03/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- No. 24 Missouri's opener against Southeast Missouri State will be a proving ground for a young receiving corps. Last season, the Tigers relied on Jimmie Hunt, Bud Sasser and Darius White, who caught all but two of Maty Mauk's 25 touchdown passes. With all three players gone, experience at the position is limited...
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Zimmerman homers twice, doubles as Nationals beat Cardinals
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Ryan Zimmerman homered twice, then doubled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning as the Washington Nationals ended their nine-game losing streak at St. Louis, beating the Cardinals 4-3 Wednesday night. Zimmerman reached 200 career home runs with his second shot. Jayson Werth also homered for the Nationals...
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Cardinals ace Wacha rests, Lyons starts instead vs. Nats
(Professional Sports ~ 09/03/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The timing was right for the St. Louis Cardinals to give both of their young star pitchers a break. Tyler Lyons was recalled from Triple-A Memphis to start in place of Michael Wacha against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, a day after Marco Gonzalez got a spot start in place of Carlos Martinez...
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High school roundup: Wingerter's RBI single gives Perryville softball team another walk-off win
(Local News ~ 09/03/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Wednesday.
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SEMO football preview: Experienced defensive line prides itself on toughness
(College Sports ~ 09/03/15)
Defensive line coach Ricky Coon's nickname has been Coon Dog for most of his life. When the defensive linemen at Southeast Missouri State found that out last year they were quick to come up with a similar moniker for themselves as a unit. "They kind of took it and ran. ...
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SEMO football preview: Redhawks secondary focused on 'vision and break'
(College Sports ~ 09/03/15)
The Southeast Missouri State secondary has a goal to "lead the country in vision and break." No, there's no statistic to measure that specifically, but for the safeties and cornerbacks, aiming to be the best at seeing the quarterback and reacting should lead to the forced turnovers, big stops and overall defensive success the Redhawks strive for...
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Oldest survivor of San Francisco earthquake of 1906 dies
(National News ~ 09/03/15)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Ruth Newman was just a child living on an outlying ranch when the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 struck, but her memory of that day never faded, her daughter said. "She would tell us she remembered my grandmother being upset because they had just milked the cow earlier and she had separated the cream and all and put it in containers that got thrown to the floor," said Newman's daughter Beverley Dodds, 85, of Fair Oaks, California...
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Man huffed spray after crash as cop watched
(National News ~ 09/03/15)
TOPSHAM, Maine -- Police said a man crashed his SUV into a guardrail, then inhaled computer keyboard cleaner in front of the officer who pulled him over. Topsham Sgt. Robert Ramsay said John Yates, 44, was arrested Monday on Interstate 295. Ramsay said Yates pulled into a breakdown lane, then pulled out, almost hitting a tractor-trailer. A slow pursuit ended when Yates hit a guardrail and crashed into a ditch. Police said he grabbed a canister of keyboard cleaner and began huffing it...
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SEMO football preview: Roper Garrett back to lead Redhawks linebackers
(College Sports ~ 09/03/15)
There were two goals that Southeast Missouri State defensive coordinator Bryce Saia had for the Redhawks' linebackers in the offseason: get the returners healthy and get more of them. Both of those tasks were accomplished, which has Saia confident about the group heading into the season...
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