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More departures announced from Southeast Missouri State men's basketball roster in turmoil
(College Sports ~ 04/11/16)
The attrition in Rick Ray's first year at the helm continues, as the list of freshmen departing the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball program has reached four.
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Business notebook: Mexican food veteran strikes out on his own
(Business ~ 04/11/16)
Southeast Missouri has a variety of Mexican restaurants, and Jon Seyer has worked at several of them. Eventually, he decided it was time to strike out on his own and bring his own interpretation of Mexican dining to Southeast Missouri. Inspired by his mother, who always wanted to own a taqueria, Seyer opened Monte Blanco...
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State wants to tackle feral-hog problem without hunting
(Local News ~ 04/11/16)
They are more than a nuisance. The Missouri Department of Conservation refers to them as "highly destructive and prolific pests." They are feral hogs, and their numbers are increasing dramatically in Southeast Missouri. A group of feral hogs -- referred to as a sounder -- regularly leaves a path of destruction in its wake. ...
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Southeast autism center launches intervention program
(Local News ~ 04/11/16)
The University Autism Center at Southeast Missouri State University recently launched a new program to provide a center-based early intensive behavior intervention for preschool-aged children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD. Autism is a brain-based disorder that affects a person's behavior, as well as social and communication skills. It begins in children before the age of 3 and lasts throughout a person's life...
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Repairs on troublesome Jackson intersection finished by Sunday afternoon
(Local News ~ 04/11/16)
The St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway crossing at Highways 25, 34 and 72 and U.S. 61 in Jackson is back open after contractors finished repairs Sunday afternoon after beginning the project Saturday night.
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Family sifts through remains of exploded house; propane leak suspected
(Local News ~ 04/11/16)
The blasted-out husk that had been Isaac Wittenborn's basement just a day before still was smoldering. Near it, from a splintered pile of timber and bricks, his sister-in-law plucked a still-sealed tub of Crisco and held it aloft. "Stuff like that survives?" Wittenborn muttered, stuffing his hands in his pockets. "Stuff we could just go and replace at the store?"...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/11/16)
Today in History Today is Monday, April 11, the 102nd day of 2016. There are 264 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 11, 1966, Frank Sinatra recorded the song "Strangers in the Night" for his label, Reprise Records. On this date:...
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Speak Out 4/11/16
(Speak Out ~ 04/11/16)
It's simple. The use tax went down in large part because the organized opposition to it was made up of key elements of the base that elected the city officials who did not push hard enough for it or educate the public enough about the need for it for fear of alienating further the aforementioned mentioned base. ...
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Preservation of historic buildings shows pride
(Editorial ~ 04/11/16)
It's inspiring when people take pride in the history of their community and do their part to preserve or restore it. Friends since childhood, Jason Coalter and Dustin Richardson of Centurion Development LLC have partnered to return the Lorimier Apartments building to its original design. ...
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Prayer 4-11-16
(Prayer ~ 04/11/16)
O Heavenly Father, gracious Lord, thank you for choosing to love us. Amen.
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Shareholders approve sale of Starwood Hotels to Marriott
(Business ~ 04/11/16)
NEW YORK -- Marriott International cleared one of its major hurdles on its journey to acquire rival Starwood and become the world's largest hotel chain. Shareholders in both Marriott and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. approved the $14.41 billion sale Friday morning...
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Trade group egged on FDA to act against vegan mayo
(Business ~ 04/11/16)
NEW YORK -- Mayonnaise impostors, beware! An industry group is patrolling the grocery aisles. The Association for Dressings and Sauces, founded in 1926, repeatedly urged federal regulators last year to take action against an upstart vegan spread it said was masquerading as mayonnaise, despite its lack of eggs, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press...
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Experts tell NHTSA to slow down on self-driving cars
(Business ~ 04/11/16)
WASHINGTON -- Engineers, safety advocates and even automakers have a safety message for federal regulators eager to get self-driving cars on the road: Slow down. Fully self-driving cars may be the future of the automotive industry, but they aren't up to the demands of real-world driving yet, several people told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration during a public meeting Friday...
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Reed's Metals facility opening in Scott City
(Business ~ 04/11/16)
A new metal manufacturing and sales facility is opening in Scott City. Reed's Metals, headquartered in Brookhaven, Mississippi, produces metal roofing and pre-engineered steel buildings. The company has eight locations across the southern U.S. The forthcoming Scott City facility, which will be its ninth, is scheduled to open June 1...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/10/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/11/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Thursday. n Medical assists were made at 12:18 a.m. on South Ellis Street; 7:43 a.m. on Broadway; 1:36 p.m. on Good Hope Street; 2:13 p.m. on Ridge Drive; 6:45 p.m. on Stoddard Street; 6:47 p.m. on North Ellis Street; 8:01 p.m. on Perry Avenue; and 8:21 p.m. on North Main Street...
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Reports: Panama firm usurped name of Red Cross to hide money
(International News ~ 04/11/16)
PARIS -- The law firm at the center of the Panama offshore accounts scandal routinely usurped the name of the Red Cross and other charities to help obscure the origin of millions of dollars in questionable funds, two newspapers involved in the investigation reported Sunday...
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Dubai skyscraper builder plans an even taller viewing tower
(International News ~ 04/11/16)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai is reaching for the sky once again, with the developer of the world's tallest building vowing Sunday to build an even taller tower bedecked with rotating balconies and elevated landscaping inspired by the mythical hanging gardens of Babylon...
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Melissa McCarthy's 'The Boss' debuts to $23.5M at box office
(Entertainment ~ 04/11/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Step aside, Batman and Superman. Melissa McCarthy is "The Boss" at the box office now. The actress' latest comedy narrowly topped "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" at the weekend box office with a $23.5 million debut, according to comScore estimates Sunday...
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Out of the past: April 11
(Out of the Past ~ 04/11/16)
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The space shuttle Atlantis lands safely in the morning after an extended mission that featured the first U.S. spacewalk in five years and the deployment of an observatory to study violent mysteries of the universe; Oak Ridge native Linda Godwin is a member of the crew...
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Transit systems eye Uber, Lyft for savings on the disabled
(National News ~ 04/11/16)
BOSTON -- Several U.S. transit systems looking to defray costs of providing services for the disabled are weighing partnerships with Uber and Lyft, unsettling some advocates who note ride-hailing services themselves have faced criticism over accessibility...
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SpaceX delivers world's 1st inflatable room for astronauts
(National News ~ 04/11/16)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX has made good on a high-priority delivery: the world's first inflatable room for astronauts. A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, two days after launching from Cape Canaveral. Station astronauts used a robot arm to capture the Dragon, orbiting 250 miles above Earth...
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Nonprofit focuses on keeping Alzheimer's sufferers home
(State News ~ 04/11/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis not-for-profit is helping people with Alzheimer's disease stay in their homes longer, which its founder says benefits patients while saving taxpayers money that otherwise would go toward paying for nursing-home care. Lisa Baron, who founded Memory Care Home Solutions, testified Wednesday before the U.S. ...
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Supreme Court gives juvenile killers chance for parole
(State News ~ 04/11/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri Supreme Court ruling last month has given new hope to more than 80 inmates who were convicted as juveniles of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. In response to two U.S. Supreme Court rulings -- one in 2012 that required two sentencing options for juveniles convicted of first-degree murder and another in January that said the earlier ruling was retroactive -- the Missouri high court March 15 ordered that all juvenile offenders sentenced to life without parole in the prison system be granted a parole hearing after serving 25 years.. ...
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Fireworks accident at temple in India kills more than 100
(International News ~ 04/11/16)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India -- The Hindu temple in southern India was packed with thousands of people for a religious festival early Sunday when the fireworks began -- an unauthorized pyrotechnic display that went horribly wrong. Explosions and a massive fire swept rapidly through the Puttingal temple complex about 3 a.m. in the village of Paravoor, killing 102 people and injuring 380 others, officials said...
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Voters stand by Trump as champion of political incorrectness
(National News ~ 04/11/16)
Donald Trump's inflammatory statements about Mexican immigrants, Muslim refugees and women who get abortions eventually may be his campaign's undoing, some analysts say. But don't tell that to the many supporters such as Titus Kottke, attracted to the Republican front-runner specifically because he shoots from the lip...
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Officials: Group that hit Brussels planned second France attack
(International News ~ 04/11/16)
PARIS -- The attackers who struck Brussels on March 22 initially planned to launch a second assault on France, Belgium's Federal Prosecution Office said Sunday. But the perpetrators were "surprised by the speed of the progress in the ongoing investigation" and decided to rush an attack on Brussels instead, the office said in a statement...
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Chamber music at Southeast
(Local News ~ 04/11/16)
Brandon Christensen, violin and viola professor at Southeast Missouri State University, performs Heinrich Ignaz Biber's Mystery Sonata 10 "The Crucifixion" with harpsichordist Maryse Carlin of the Kingsbury Ensemble on Sunday at Shuck Recital Hall on the River Campus. Part of the Chamber Music Sundays at Three, the next concert in the series will be May 8...
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Family files lawsuit over inmate's suicide
(Local News ~ 04/11/16)
Family members of a De Soto, Missouri, man who committed suicide in 2013 while being held in the Butler County Justice Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, have filed a federal lawsuit against Butler and Stoddard counties, as well as officers in each county and a local bail bondsman...
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Man accused of beating pregnant woman, her daughters
(Local News ~ 04/11/16)
A Sikeston, Missouri, man is in custody after being accused of beating his pregnant stepdaughter and her two young daughters. Lonnie W. Ward, 45, faces felony charges of first-degree burglary, two counts of first-degree domestic assault and endangering the welfare of a child...
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Neelyville school policy draws ire of parent, ACLU
(Local News ~ 04/11/16)
NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- A Neelyville school district parent said a policy that allows the school to keep confiscated cellphones for several days puts some students in danger. The ACLU of Missouri says the district's policy violates the Fourth Amendment, and the device must be returned at day's end...
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Two people die in house fire near Doniphan
(Local News ~ 04/11/16)
DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A Doniphan man suffered burns to his upper body as he tried to save his toddler son from their burning home Friday afternoon, but the child and his mother died in the fire. About 4 p.m. Friday, the Ripley County Sheriff's Department received a call about a structure fire, said Ripley County Coroner Mike Jackson, reading from a news release. A neighbor called in the fire...
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Southeast Missouri State softball team splits pair with Tennessee Tech
(College Sports ~ 04/11/16)
The Southeast Missouri State softball team broke an eight-game losing streak and avoided a doubleheader sweep with a 5-2 victory over visiting Tennessee Tech on Sunday. Southeast (12-22, 6-8 Ohio Valley Conference) scored all the runs it needed on a three-run home run by Savannah Carpenter in the bottom of the first inning...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team avoids weekend sweep by Austin Peay
(College Sports ~ 04/11/16)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team broke loose for five extra-base hits as it bounced back from its first two Ohio Valley Conference losses of the season with a 7-3 victory over Austin Peay on Sunday in Clarksville, Tennessee. Right fielder Chris Osborne and center fielder Dan Holst blasted solo home runs, and junior left-hander Robert Beltran held the Governors scoreless over the first six innings as he improved to 3-0 in OVC play...
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Cardinals even record with weekend sweep of Braves
(Professional Sports ~ 04/11/16)
ATLANTA -- Adam Wainwright was frustrated by his second straight unimpressive start. No need to worry. The Cardinals' bats picked up the ace right-hander to cap a high-scoring weekend. Brandon Moss and Matt Carpenter hit three-run homers, and St. Louis beat the Braves 12-7 on Sunday to keep Atlanta as the only NL team without a win...
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Brock will throw out first pitch in Cardinals' home opener today
(Professional Sports ~ 04/11/16)
ST. LOUIS -- If the St. Louis Cardinals need motivation beyond the pomp and circumstance of the home opener, they'll be getting it from one of their on-the-mend Hall of Famers. Speedster Lou Brock, whose left leg was amputated just below the knee in the offseason, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before today's sold-out game against the Milwaukee Brewers...
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State briefs 4/11/16
(State News ~ 04/11/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A Southeast Missouri man was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a night manager at a St. Louis hotel. Joseph Bowens, 45, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, was convicted Friday of killing Scott Knopfel, 50, of St. Louis on Jan. ...
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Goat wanders from home, goes to Starbucks
(National News ~ 04/11/16)
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. -- Police say a goat apparently needed a caffeine fix when it wandered into a Starbucks in Northern California. Rohnert Park police Sgt. Rick Bates said dispatchers received calls Sunday about a goat named Millie wandering around a strip mall. Bates said employees who were opening the Starbucks tried to give Millie a banana, but she kept walking into the coffee shop and started chewing on a box. Bates took the goat to an animal shelter. Her owner took her home...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/11/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/11/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items Sunday. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n Charges of false declaration in the 800 block of Good Hope Street are pending against a suspect. Assault n Second-degree assault was reported at 31 N. Henderson Ave...
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Jackson police report 4/11/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/11/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Thefts n Theft was reported in the 300 block of East Lane. n Theft was reported in the 300 block of East Deerwood Drive. Property damage n Property damage was reported in the 1000 block of North High Street...
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Christopher Freeland
(Obituary ~ 04/11/16)
Christopher Steven "Steve" Freeland, 64, of Scott City died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Vera Jones
(Obituary ~ 04/11/16)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Vera Jones, 100, of Olive Branch died Sunday, April 10, 2016, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois.
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People on the move 4/11/16
(Business ~ 04/11/16)
Saint Francis Healthcare System announced Tina Berry is the new manager of radiation oncology in Cape Girardeau and Sikeston, Missouri. Berry will be responsible for the planning, coordinating and supervising of all functions within the two practices. She will ensure services provided are in accordance with the policies, procedures and mission of Saint Francis Healthcare System...
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Preservation of historic buildings shows pride
(Editorial ~ 04/11/16)
It's inspiring when people take pride in the history of their community and do their part to preserve or restore it. Friends since childhood, Jason Coalter and Dustin Richardson of Centurion Development LLC have partnered to return the Lorimier Apartments building to its original design. ...
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Speak Out 4/11/16
(Speak Out ~ 04/11/16)
A setback It's simple. The use tax went down in large part because the organized opposition to it was made up of key elements of the base that elected the city officials who did not push hard enough for it or educate the public enough about the need for it for fear of alienating further the aforementioned mentioned base. ...
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Prayer 4/11/16
(Prayer ~ 04/11/16)
O Heavenly Father, gracious Lord, thank you for choosing to love us. Amen.
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