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Bark the Blue
(Submitted Story ~ 03/13/17)
To show appreciation for the Cape Girardeau Police Department Rob Rueseler & Associates, a local insurance and financial planning firm is sponsoring Bark the Blue. On March 20, 2017 the office will be offering Bark the Blue t-shirts for a $10 donation to the Cape Girardeau Police Department's K-9 fund...
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Business notebook: Wine-shop owner readies opening of coffee shop
(Business ~ 03/13/17)
As managing partner of Primo Brands, Keller Ford has dealt in high-end wines and spirits for years now. So his new venture -- a coffee shop on the ground level of the Marquette Tower -- is a sort of natural progression, he said. "I've been surprised at how similar coffee is to wine as far as flavor profiles," he said. "I think a lot of my experience in wines over the years translates to coffee."...
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Brochure led to author's book about Elmwood Manor, family's history
(Local News ~ 03/13/17)
Author Carl Armstrong didn't set out to write a book on local history and family legacies in Cape Girardeau. But as pieces fell into place, he kept putting them together. Armstrong's book, "Elmwood's 1,000 Year Dalhousie Castle Legacy," started as a brochure on Elmwood Manor in Cape Girardeau, but Armstrong said he found so much information on the family who built the house and the connections to other structures and history, the project grew...
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Problem-solving for businesses leads Southeast team to victory in competition
(Local News ~ 03/13/17)
It's a more nerve-wracking type of public speaking when students have to get up in front of business executives and try to tell them the best ways to improve their company -- even if it's a hypothetical exercise. "You have to be careful," Southeast Missouri State University MBA Case team member Bobbie Dampier said. ...
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State budget leader questions wisdom of tax breaks
(State News ~ 03/13/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's House budget leader says lawmakers might not have passed changes to corporate tax law if they had known corporate tax revenue would drop about 35 percent the first year those changes were implemented. At issue is a 2015 bill by Republican Sen. Will Kraus to extend an option for calculating corporate income tax to technology and service-based businesses...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/13/17)
Today in History Today is Monday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2017. There are 293 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On March 13, 1947, the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical "Brigadoon," about a Scottish village which magically reappears once every hundred years, opened on Broadway. ...
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Prayer 3/13/17
(Prayer ~ 03/13/17)
Thank you, Lord Jesus, that through you we are a new creation. Amen.
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Friends of Saint Francis gala exceeds goal
(Editorial ~ 03/13/17)
The Friends of Saint Francis are committed to caring for cancer and cardiac patients and have found a way to make it fun, thanks to the help of people like you. March 4 was the second consecutive Friends of Saint Francis Gala, and, again, it was a success...
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John Rogers Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/13/17)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- John Albert Rogers Jr., 75, of Scott City died Saturday, March 11, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 14, 1941, in Fornfelt, Missouri, to John Albert and Ruby Smith Rogers Sr. He married JoAnn Gearing on Oct. 16, 1965...
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Elmer Wubker
(Obituary ~ 03/13/17)
LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Elmer Leo Wubker, 88, of Leopold departed this life Saturday, March 11, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 18, 1928, in Leopold, son of Henry John and Frances H. Seiler Wubker. Elmer was a lifelong farmer who served in the United States Army from 1952 to 1954 and was a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold, Missouri...
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Michael Brucker
(Obituary ~ 03/13/17)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Michael Arthur Brucker, 68, of Tampa, Florida, formerly of New Hamburg, died March 11, 2017, at the home of his daughter. He was born June 15, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to Otto and Zita Heuring Brucker. He married Darice Miller Weisenauer on May 3, 2003...
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Births 3/13/17
(Births ~ 03/13/17)
Daughter to Daniel Ray-William Hardin and Tiffany Elizabeth Smith of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 2:10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Name, Arbor Kennedy. Weight, 4 pounds, 15 ounces. First child. Smith is the daughter of Robert Smith of Springfield, Illinois. She is employed by Hardee's in Cape Girardeau. Hardin is the son of Crystal Banks of Cape Girardeau. He is employed by Ole' Time Masonry...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/12/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/13/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Wednesday n Medical assists were made at 12:25 a.m. on South Frederick Street; 12:32 a.m. on Big Bend Road; 2:57 a.m. on North Frederick Street; 9:57 a.m. on Gordonville Road; 12:52 p.m. on North Sprigg Street; 1:37 p.m. on Melrose Avenue; 2:32 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; and 9:56 p.m. on South Park Avenue...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/12/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/13/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Angela B. Cox, 50, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for driving while intoxicated at 1861 S. Pacific St. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of stealing copper wire at EVTV Moter Werks, 601 Morgan Oak St...
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Out of the past: March 13
(Out of the Past ~ 03/13/17)
Parents of children attending Washington School are demanding a full-time principal be hired for the coming school year. The school is one of two in the Cape Girardeau School District that may be forced to share a principal next year as part of a $1.2 million budget cut approved by the school board this week; May Greene is the other school...
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Downed bridge splits Big Sur, closes part of coast highway
(National News ~ 03/13/17)
BIG SUR, Calif. -- A downed bridge along the California coast has split the Big Sur area in two, stranding residents without access to grocery stores and public services and closing part of scenic Highway 1 for as long as a year. About 450 residents on one side of the span were cut off when the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge crumbled beyond repair...
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Missouri kayaker begins world record attempt
(National News ~ 03/13/17)
PORT HURON, Mich. -- An experienced kayaker who's trying to set the world record for the most miles paddled by a woman in one year set off from a Lake Huron beach in Michigan. Traci Lynn Martin began her first leg Thursday at Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron, Michigan. Her journey is expected to take her 8,600 miles around the Great Lakes and the Atlantic seaboard, the Times Herald in Port Huron reported...
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Jackson police report 3/12/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/13/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Burglary n Burglary was reported in the 900 block of West Independence Street. Miscellaneous n Peace disturbance was reported in the area of Parkview Street.
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Abrupt dismissals spark turmoil among federal prosecutors
(National News ~ 03/13/17)
WASHINGTON -- Two days before Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered dozens of the country's top federal prosecutors to clean out their desks, he gave those political appointees a pep talk during a conference call. The seemingly abrupt about-face Friday left the affected U.S. attorneys scrambling to brief the people left behind and say goodbye to colleagues...
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Former Obama spokesman: More about Trump's Russia ties will emerge
(National News ~ 03/13/17)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A former White House spokesman during the Obama administration said Sunday he believes more will come to light about ties between Russia and aides to President Donald Trump. Josh Earnest pointed in part to political consultant Roger Stone's communication with a person involved in hacking Democratic National Committee emails...
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McCain to Trump: Provide wiretap evidence or retract claim
(National News ~ 03/13/17)
WASHINGTON -- The House intelligence committee is asking the Trump administration for evidence the phones at Trump Tower were tapped during the campaign as its namesake has charged -- a request reinforced Sunday by an influential Republican senator who said the president must come up with the evidence or retract his claim...
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46 killed, dozens missing in Ethiopia garbage dump landslide
(International News ~ 03/13/17)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- A mountain of trash gave way in a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital, killing at least 46 people and leaving several dozen missing, residents said, as officials vowed to relocate those who called the landfill home...
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Hospitals worry about caring for newly uninsured in GOP plan
(National News ~ 03/13/17)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- When Colorado expanded Medicaid coverage under former President Barack Obama's health-care law, the largest provider in the Denver region hired more than 250 employees and built a $27 million primary-care clinic and two new school-based clinics...
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Turkish leader: Dutch will 'pay the price' for insult
(International News ~ 03/13/17)
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intensified his dispute with European nations Sunday, claiming "Nazism is alive in the West" after two of his ministers were prevented from campaigning in the Netherlands and promising the Dutch would "pay the price" for their unusual action...
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'Kong' outmuscles 'Logan' to become king of the box office
(Entertainment ~ 03/13/17)
LOS ANGELES -- It was a battle of the beasts at the box office this weekend, and King Kong emerged as the definitive victor over Wolverine. According to studio estimates Sunday, "Kong: Skull Island" amassed $61 million in its first weekend in theaters, surpassing expectations and easily beating "Logan," which is in its second weekend...
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Fearful immigrants are offered anti-deportation training
(National News ~ 03/13/17)
NEW YORK -- Don't open the front door if immigration officials knock. If you are taken into custody, tell them your name and nothing else. Definitely don't sign anything. That is some of the advice being given in New York City and around the country at training sessions, put on by advocacy organizations, aimed at helping immigrants living in the country illegally get in as little trouble as possible if they encounter U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials...
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Missouri's community colleges to share training program
(State News ~ 03/13/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri's 12 community college systems are working together to train students for jobs offered by the state's businesses. Leaders from the colleges signed an agreement Thursday to begin the Missouri Community College Workforce Development Network...
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Documentary disputes chain of events before Michael Brown shooting
(State News ~ 03/13/17)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- A convenience store is disputing a new documentary's claim that previously unreleased surveillance video suggests Michael Brown didn't rob the store shortly before he was shot fatally by police in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. One of the filmmakers, Jason Pollock, told The New York Times he believes the footage shows Brown trading a small amount of marijuana for a bag of cigarillos about 1 a.m. ...
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Several states consider bills to address child marriages
(National News ~ 03/13/17)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Several states are considering legislation this year to end or curb child marriages. A Connecticut bill would prohibit marriage licenses for anyone under 18 and is awaiting committee action. Legislation also has been proposed in New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Texas, Missouri, Maryland and Pennsylvania...
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States scramble for funding to upgrade aging voting machines
(National News ~ 03/13/17)
AUSTIN, Texas -- At least once a year, staffers in one of Texas' largest election offices scour the web for a relic from a bygone technology era: Zip disks. The advanced version of the floppy disk that was cutting edge in the mid-1990s plays a vital role in tallying votes in Bexar County, where like other places around the U.S., money to replace antiquated voting equipment is scarce...
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Libya's deepening split finds battleground at oil terminals
(Business ~ 03/13/17)
CAIRO -- Hundreds or thousands of armed men are converging on Libya's main oil-shipping terminals, which the rival powers in the country's east and west are fighting to control in a battle being watched by global oil markets. The struggle for the Ras Lanuf refinery and nearby Sidr depot threatens to spiral into an all-out conflict between east and west...
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Driver-optional cars: Once-reluctant California opens a road
(Business ~ 03/13/17)
LOS ANGELES -- Cars with no steering wheel, no pedals and nobody at all inside could be driving themselves on California roads by the end of the year, under proposed state rules that would give a boost to the fast-developing technology. For the past several years, tech companies and automakers have been testing self-driving car prototypes in neighborhoods and on freeways...
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China tries to reassure foreign companies over industry plan
(Business ~ 03/13/17)
BEIJING -- China's industry minister on Saturday defended a manufacturing-development plan and rejected complaints foreign makers of electric cars and other goods might be pressured to hand over technology or forced out of promising markets. Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, tried to reassure foreign companies the "Made in China 2025" industry plan treats all companies equally...
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Where things stand in the Volkswagen emissions scandal
(Business ~ 03/13/17)
Volkswagen pleaded guilty Friday to three criminal counts for a scheme to get around U.S. pollution rules. If a federal judge agrees to the Justice Department's sentencing recommendation, the scandal will end up costing the company more than $20 billion in the U.S. alone, not counting lost sales and brand value...
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Google's self-driving car company escalates battle with Uber
(Business ~ 03/13/17)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A self-driving car company founded by Google is presenting new evidence to support allegations a former manager stole technology sold to Uber to help the ride-hailing service build its own robot-powered vehicles. Waymo, a project hatched by Google eight years ago, wove its tale of deceit in sworn statements filed Friday in a San Francisco federal court...
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Child gets scooter supervision
(Local News ~ 03/13/17)
Boyd Blattel jumps his scooter off the side of a ramp Sunday at the Jackson Skate Park while his father, Brandon Blattel, watches.
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People on the move 3/13/17
(Business ~ 03/13/17)
Tony Buehrle, development director at Notre Dame Regional High School, has announced his retirement. Buehrle, a 1972 Notre Dame graduate, has served there for 15 years. "Tony has made this work not a job but a ministry," said Brother David Migliorino, Notre Dame principal. "He has been most successful because he lives the mission of the Gospel each and every day, and more importantly, has brought new stakeholders to the school."...
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Galloping moose surprises snowboarder on Colorado run
(National News ~ 03/13/17)
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. -- A moose on the loose caught several skiers and snowboarders by surprise as it galloped headlong down a run at Breckenridge Ski Resort. Cheri Luther was snowboarding Friday when she saw the moose approach, and she shot video of the large animal coming within feet of her. Luther, who kept snowboarding, is heard saying, "Oh, my God, I don't know where to go" before screaming as the moose runs by her. Resort officials said no one was hurt...
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Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's report 3/13/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/13/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Derek B. Friese, 36, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on East Main Street on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Arrests...
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Jimmy Ridings
(Obituary ~ 03/13/17)
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. -- Jimmy E. Ridings, 71, of Broken Arrow, formerly of Advance, Missouri, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Donald Hunt
(Obituary ~ 03/13/17)
Dr. Donald L. Hunt, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 12, 2017, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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William Bond
(Obituary ~ 03/13/17)
William Keith "Bill" Bond, 65, of Jackson died Saturday, March 11, 2017, at his home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at noon Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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