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Contractor Appreciation Day at Reed's Metals
(Submitted Story ~ 10/20/16)
Press Release For Immediate Release Contact: Jessica Breazeale 601-757-7811 Reed’s Metals Hosts Contractor Appreciation Day Local Metal Manufacturer Holds Event for Contractors Scott City, MO--Reed’s Metals of Scott City plans to host a “Contractor Appreciation Day on Nov. ...
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Senate candidate Kander calls for VA changes during Cape campaign stop
(Local News ~ 10/20/16)
The federal government needs to improve the flow of health records from the military to the Veterans Affairs department so veterans no longer would be treated as "strangers," Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jason Kander said Wednesday. Kander, who is seeking to unseat U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., talked about the need for reform of veterans' services during a visit with supporters and local veterans at Cup 'n' Cork restaurant in downtown Cape Girardeau...
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Final debate: Trump refuses to say he will accept election results
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
LAS VEGAS -- Threatening a fundamental pillar of American democracy, Donald Trump refused to say Wednesday night he will accept the results of next month's election if he loses to Hillary Clinton. The Democratic nominee declared Trump's resistance "horrifying."...
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Bloomfield Road widening to begin Oct. 31, take nearly a year
(Local News ~ 10/20/16)
Widening of a section of Bloomfield Road is set to begin Oct. 31 and last nearly a year, Cape Girardeau city officials said Wednesday. The project also includes installation of storm sewers and two small prefabricated bridges and construction of an 8-foot-wide walking trail...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
Today in History Today is Thursday, Oct. 20, the 294th day of 2016. There are 72 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 20, 1976, 78 people were killed when the Norwegian tanker Frosta rammed the commuter ferry George Prince on the Mississippi River near New Orleans...
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VintageNOW raises funds for Safe House
(Editorial ~ 10/20/16)
We might not always see or hear it, but domestic violence occurs around us. And according to a recent Southeast Missourian report, the numbers of supplemental domestic-violence incident reports filed by Cape Girardeau County law-enforcement agencies has increased over the last few years: 482 in 2013, 501 in 2014, 512 in 2015 and 362 so far this year...
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U.S. experience in Somalia
(Column ~ 10/20/16)
Except for the movie "Black Hawk Down" most voters know or remember little about the U.S. experience in Somalia in 1983. According to the CIA World Factbook, after the British withdrew from Somalia the new nation was ruled by "authoritarian socialist rule characterized by the persecution, jailing, and torture of political opponents and dissidents. ...
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Finish high school with bachelor's degree? At one school, yes
(Community ~ 10/20/16)
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Aya Tal-mason's excitement as she describes her research on cancer-fighting drugs rivals her schoolmate Paige Fries' audible enthusiasm about her recently published science-fiction novel. Fellow student Hannah Herbst recently visited President Barack Obama to explain the inexpensive generator she designed that uses plastic spoons and the hydropower of streams to charge cellphones, giving remote villagers a link to the outside world...
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'I feel for them'
(Community ~ 10/20/16)
Like most girls her age, 16-year-old Grace Lysell of Jackson loves clothes and getting all dressed up for formal occasions. But before a member of her church approached her about a national charity called Becca's Closet, Lysell admitted she never gave much thought to what it must be like having nothing to wear to the big dance -- and no way to buy anything, either...
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13.8M goal set for Obama's final health-care sign-up season
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
WASHINGTON -- Facing new challenges to a legacy law, the Obama administration on Wednesday set its goals for the president's final health care sign-up season. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said she expects 13.8 million people to sign up...
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Prosecutors launch second bid for conviction in Etan Patz death
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
NEW YORK -- Revisiting a crime that shattered a bygone era's sense of safety, prosecutors Wednesday launched their second bid for a conviction in one of the nation's most influential missing-child cases, the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz. After a jury deadlock last year, suspect Pedro Hernandez is back on trial in a case that eluded investigators for decades, ratcheted up Americans' consciousness of missing children and centers on whether a chilling confession was true...
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Gallup: Record high 60 percent of Americans back legal pot
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
NEW YORK -- A record-high 60 percent of American adults support legalization of marijuana, according to a new Gallup poll released three weeks before voters in nine states decide whether to expand legal access to pot. When Gallup first asked about this issue in 1969, 12 percent of Americans supported legalization. By 2000, support had increased to 31 percent and has continued climbing since then, reaching 58 percent last year...
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Business owners replace idealists in legal-pot movement
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
DENVER -- Business owners are replacing idealists in the pot-legalization movement as the nascent marijuana industry creates a broad base of new donors, many of them entrepreneurs willing to spend to change drug policy. Unlike in the past, these supporters are not limited to a few wealthy people seeking change for personal reasons...
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NYC mayor: Police shooting of 66-year-old woman 'unacceptable'
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
NEW YORK -- New York City's mayor castigated a police sergeant Wednesday for fatally shooting a mentally ill, 66-year-old woman brandishing a baseball bat, saying her "tragic" and "unacceptable" death resulted from failure to follow basic policies. "Our officers are supposed to use deadly force only when faced with a dire situation. It's very hard to see that standard was met," a somber Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "Something went horribly wrong here."...
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Rock-smashing monkeys make flakes like early stone tools
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
NEW YORK -- Call them knockoffs. Rock-smashing monkeys in Brazil make stone flakes that look a lot like tools made by our ancient ancestors. Scientists watched as Capuchin monkeys in a national park pounded stones against each other, splitting off sharp-edged flakes that resemble cutting tools used by the forerunners of humans...
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Meet Azalea the smoking chimp, new star at Pyongyang zoo
(International News ~ 10/20/16)
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- Pyongyang's newly opened zoo has a new star: Azalea, the smoking chimpanzee. According to officials at the newly renovated zoo, which has become a favorite leisure spot in the North Korean capital since it re-opened in July, the 19-year-old female chimpanzee, whose name in Korean is "Dallae," smokes about a pack a day. Dallae is short for azalea...
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Where Zika struck hardest, Brazil moms say more help needed
(International News ~ 10/20/16)
RECIFE, Brazil -- As the sun dyes the morning sky a reddish hue, Angelica Pereira carries her 1-year-old daughter out of the tiny white house sitting on a dirt road where piles of garbage float in puddles. The driver sent to fetch her and other mothers with babies disabled by the Zika virus is two hours late, which could mean less time with the therapists who help her daughter move rigid limbs and a floppy back...
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Iraqi town outside Mosul rises up against militants
(International News ~ 10/20/16)
AL-HUD, Iraq -- The mutilated bodies of Islamic State group fighters were strewn on the ground of this northern Iraqi town on Wednesday. One was burned. Another's face was flattened by abuse. Iraqi troops on the march toward Mosul moved into al-Hud a day earlier and declared it liberated...
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Fisherman reels in huge spiny lobster in Bermuda
(International News ~ 10/20/16)
HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Hurricane Nicole may have brought more than wind and rain to Bermuda. Two fishermen are crediting the storm with bringing in an enormous, 14-pound spiny lobster. Charter boat captain Matthew Jones said he and one of his workers, Tristan Loescher, were fishing off the shoreline Friday, the day after the storm blew through the island...
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Super typhoon slams into northeastern Philippines
(International News ~ 10/20/16)
BINALONAN, Philippines -- Super Typhoon Haima slammed into the northeastern Philippine coast late Wednesday with ferocious winds and rain that rekindled fears and memories from the catastrophe wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Haima, which has sustained winds of 140 miles per hour and gusts of up to 195 mph, made landfall at Penablanca town in Cagayan province shortly before midnight, weather officials said...
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Want a self-driving car? California considers public use
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California regulators asked members of the public Wednesday what they thought about proposed regulations that would -- eventually -- allow self-driving cars that lack a steering wheel or pedals on public roads. For the most part, the message was the regulations still need a lot of work...
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Crying inside? Creepy craze no joke for real clowns
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
NEW YORK -- Send in the frowns. This year's nationwide creepy clown craze has become a nightmare before Halloween for actual, working clowns, who say their bookings at parties and other events have dropped, even after many of the social media-fueled scary clown sightings have turned out to be hoaxes...
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Flesh-eating bacteria claimed vet's limbs, but not her drive
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
DACULA, Ga. -- A year ago, Cindy Martinez was struggling to walk even a few feet and lift just five pounds. A flesh-eating bacteria had ravaged the 35-year-old Marine veteran's body. She had a grim choice: Amputate both legs, an arm below the elbow and parts of the fingers on her remaining arm -- or face almost-certain death...
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Out of the past: Oct. 20
(Out of the Past ~ 10/20/16)
Cornerstone Assembly of God conducts dedication-day services in the afternoon, with the guest speaker being the Rev. Mickey Davis of Evansville, Indiana; the church began holding worship services in an individual's home in January and in February purchased the old Fischer's Market building, 298 N. West End Blvd., which has been renovated for church use; the Rev. Kim L. Ferguson and family accepted the pastorate of the church in April...
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Willie Sawyer
(Obituary ~ 10/20/16)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Willie B. Sawyer, 80, of the Cairo Nursing and Rehab Center in Cairo, formerly of Mound City, Illinois, died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at First M.B. Church in Mound City. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with pastor Luther Butler officiating. Interment will be in Green Lawn Memorial Garden in Villa Ridge, Illinois...
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Cynthia Rose
(Obituary ~ 10/20/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Cynthia K. Rose, 52, of Perryville died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, at her home. Private burial will be held for the family. Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville provided the arrangements.
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Phillip Polito
(Obituary ~ 10/20/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Phillip P. Polito, 31, of Perryville died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, at Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, Tennessee. He was born Nov. 29, 1984, in Landstuhl, Germany, son of Charles P. and Stella M. Knott Polito. Phillip was a mechanical superintendent at Burns and McDonnell. He was a member of the Masons and Catholic faith. He loved to travel and ride his motorcycle and four wheelers. Also loved to target shoot and being outdoors...
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Martha Lewis
(Obituary ~ 10/20/16)
Martha Lavaun Lewis, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, at Fountainbleau Lodge Nursing Center. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral chapel. Burial will be in Marble Hill Cemetery...
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J.T. Haimes
(Obituary ~ 10/20/16)
J.T. "Bo" Haimes, 90, of Millersville died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Kenneth Gurney
(Obituary ~ 10/20/16)
Kenneth "Skillet" Gurney, 44, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, at his home. He was born Thursday, Nov. 11, 1971, in Dallas to Duane and Della Booze Gurney. He and Jennifer Hale were engaged May 9, 2016. He worked at Seyer's Garage for two years. He also was an avid hunter and fisherman...
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Jackson police report 10/20/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/20/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. DWI n Robert T.R. King, 26, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while operator's license revoked and driving while intoxicated...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/20/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/20/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Tuesday: n Medical assists were made at 10:41 a.m. on William Street; 1:30 p.m. on Linden Street; 5:56 p.m. on North West End Boulevard; 6:54 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 8:48 p.m. on Big Bend Road; 9:36 p.m. on South Spring Avenue; and 10:37 p.m. on Louis Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/20/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/20/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Noah L. Poole, 21, homeless, of Cape Girardeau was arrested at Linden and South Ellis streets on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for failure to appear for a traffic violation...
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Births 10/20/16
(Births ~ 10/20/16)
Daughter to John Tyler and Margaret Faye Broshuis of Leopold, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 3:22 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. Name, Alaura Faye. Weight, 7 pounds, 11 ounces. First child. Mrs. Broshuis is the former Margaret Seabaugh, daughter of Fran and Richard Seabaugh of Whitewater. She is employed by Bollinger County Veterinary Service and Supply. Broshuis is the son of Debby and John Broshuis of Leopold. He is employed by Unilever...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 10/20/16
(Local News ~ 10/20/16)
Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Oct. 17 meeting Communications/ reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Video shows Democrat slamming Koster for work as prosecutor
(State News ~ 10/20/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Democratic attorney general candidate Teresa Hensley criticized her party's gubernatorial candidate in a video recently touted by Chris Koster's Republican rival. The video was taken during a 2006 debate after she succeeded Koster as Cass County prosecutor, Hensley said Wednesday in a statement...
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Video: Dem activist bragged about disrupting Trump rallies
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
MIAMI -- Conservative activist James O'Keefe has released secretly recorded, selectively edited video footage that includes a Democratic activist bragging about deploying troublemakers at rallies held by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump...
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Indiana election official clarifies registration-fraud probe
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
INDIANAPOLIS -- A day after warning of potential widespread voting fraud, Indiana's secretary of state acknowledged Wednesday many of the thousands of altered registration forms she flagged might just be residents rushing to correct their names or birth dates before the election...
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Justice Department to have fewer election observers
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
WASHINGTON -- Justice Department officials are warning they will dispatch fewer trained election observers in the wake of a Supreme Court opinion that gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The reduction is likely to diminish the department's ability to detect voter intimidation and other potential problems at the polls...
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Southern states see efforts to delay vote-related deadlines
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Some North Carolina voters who want to expand early in-person voting in the presidential battleground state lost their case before a federal appeals court Wednesday. In Georgia, a federal judge refused to extend the voter- registration deadline again for counties stricken by Hurricane Matthew...
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62-year-old woman in Spain gives birth to third child
(International News ~ 10/20/16)
MADRID -- A 62-year-old Spanish woman has given birth to a healthy girl and encourages women in their later years to imitate her if they want to. Lina Alvarez left the Lucus Augusti Hospital in the northwestern city of Lugo, Spain, on Tuesday with her third child in her arms, saying she felt wonderful...
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Preteens need only 2 HPV shots - not 3, panel says
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
NEW YORK -- It soon may be easier for preteens to get the vaccine against cervical cancer. A government panel is recommending they get fewer shots spaced further apart. Since the HPV vaccine went on sale a decade ago, three doses have been needed. The panel decided Wednesday two doses are enough...
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Ivanka Trump says father will concede election if defeated
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
NEW YORK Ivanka Trump, arguably her father's most influential surrogate, suggested Wednesday the Republican nominee will honor the results of the election if he loses. Asked at Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Women Summit in California whether her father would concede to Hillary Clinton if he loses, Ivanka Trump said Donald Trump is "in it to win it."...
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Trump on Clinton: 'Such a nasty woman'
(National News ~ 10/20/16)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump asserted in the final presidential debate no one respects women more than he does. Yet in its closing moments, standing onstage with the first major-party female presidential nominee in U.S. history, he called Hillary Clinton "such a nasty woman."...
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Cape chamber honors five as Educators of the Year
(Local News ~ 10/20/16)
The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce honored five people as Educators of the Year for 2016.
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Benton man accused of statutory rape, selling pot
(Local News ~ 10/20/16)
While investigating a Benton, Missouri, man they suspected of selling marijuana, Scott County sheriff’s deputies were told he was having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Deputies arrested Coley D. Mills, 24, about 11:30 p.m. Monday. The Scott County Prosecuting Attorney’s office charged Mills with two counts of first-degree statutory rape, one count of statutory sodomy and one count of intent to distribute a controlled substance...
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Cape man accused of threatening woman with gun
(Local News ~ 10/20/16)
Cape Girardeau police arrested a 35-year-old Cape Girardeau man after he was accused of threatening a woman with a gun. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney’s office charged Deshone S. Bailey with unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm...
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Local woman gets scholarship
(Community ~ 10/20/16)
Amber Hoff of Jackson was awarded the President's Scholarship to assist in the cost of attending Southeast Missouri State University. Hoff, a 2016 graduate of Jackson High School, is the daughter of Nikki LaRose of Jackson...
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Hooked on Science: Static electricity ghost
(Community ~ 10/20/16)
n Balloon n White tissue paper n Transparent tape n STEP 1: Cut out the shape of a ghost in the tissue paper. n STEP 2: Using the tape, secure the tail of the ghost to a flat surface. n STEP 3: Inflate the balloon. Vigorously rub the balloon against your shirt. Hold the balloon close to the tissue paper ghost and observe. Describe the cause and effect relationship of the electric interactions between the balloon and the ghost, which are not in contact with each other...
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Prayer 10/20/16
(Prayer ~ 10/20/16)
O Lord God, may we be tenderhearted and seek to help those in need. Amen.
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U.S. House of Representatives 8th District candidate: Jason Smith
(Submitted Story ~ 10/20/16)
Name Jason Smith Age 36 Place of birth St. Louis, MO - 9 days later moved to Salem, MO N/A B.S., Agriculture Economics - University of Missouri - Columbia B.S., Business Administration - University of Missouri - Columbia Law Degree - Oklahoma City University...
- Perry County Coroner candidate: William Bohnert (Submitted Story ~ 10/20/16)
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Missouri Senate 27th district candidate: Wayne Wallingford
(Submitted Story ~ 10/20/16)
Name Wayne Wallingford Age 70 Place of birth Geneva, Illinois Suzy (wife), London Jolliff (daughter), Brandon Scott Wallingford (son) Master's Degree in Health Care Administration, Central Michigan University Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, University of Nebraska-Omaha...
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