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Las Vegas shooting casts pall over gun-safety group's anniversary event
(Local News ~ 10/05/17)
Lynda Stewart said this week has proved the necessity for groups such as the Southeast Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America during the group's meeting Wednesday night at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. "This was supposed to be a big party, rah-rah," Stewart said, who is the chapter's founder...
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President Trump visits Las Vegas after massacre
(National News ~ 10/05/17)
LAS VEGAS -- Solemn in the face of tragedy, President Donald Trump visited hospital bedsides and a vital police base in stricken Las Vegas on Wednesday, offering prayers and condolences to the victims of Sunday night's shooting massacre, along with the nation's thanks to first responders and doctors who rushed to save lives...
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Clay Waller set to change plea in murder case
(Local News ~ 10/05/17)
Convicted murderer James Clay Waller II is expected to plead guilty today in federal court in St. Louis to a charge of committing interstate domestic violence in the death of his estranged wife, court records suggest. On Sept. 28, six days after the case was set for trial, U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig issued an order setting a change-of-plea hearing. It will be at 12:30 p.m...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/05/17)
Today in History Today is Thursday, Oct. 5, the 278th day of 2017. There are 87 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 5, 1947, President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised White House address as he spoke on the world food crisis...
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What followed the Vegas massacre
(Column ~ 10/05/17)
I am writing this on Oct. 2, and my television has shown constant broadcasts about the shooting and mass murder during a concert in Las Vegas. The shooter, Stephen Paddock, committed suicide as police attempted to stop the shooting that left 59 people dead and more than 527 injured at the concert venue. Officials say it will take days to identify all the bodies and notify next of kin...
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Public displays its support for Notre Dame
(Editorial ~ 10/05/17)
School spirit past and present was on display last week at Notre Dame Regional High School, and it was an impressive show. During the school's annual Activity Week, fun and sometimes comical competitions were waged, including one assembly where freshmen dressed up like babies, pajamas, rattles and all; sophomores played the role of moms; juniors the dads; and seniors as senior citizens. It was one big, happy family, so to speak...
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Feds revamp student-aid application
(Community ~ 10/05/17)
WASHINGTON -- "Spoiler alert: college is really expensive," the Education Department warns in a blog post as it invites students to apply for federal student aid. Most students need some form of financial aid to pay for college, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars a year, but the process of applying for aid became more difficult earlier this year when an online tool for retrieving tax data was taken down because of security concerns...
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Sweden grants temporary asylum to 106-year-old Afghan woman
(International News ~ 10/05/17)
STOCKHOLM -- A 106-year-old Afghan woman who made a perilous journey to Europe in 2015 that involved her son and grandson carrying her through mountains, deserts and forests has been granted temporary shelter in the Scandinavian country. The Migration Court of Appeal on Wednesday said it has reversed a decision by the Swedish Migration Agency to deport Bibihal Uzbeki, who is severely disabled and can barely speak...
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Out of the past: Oct. 5
(Out of the Past ~ 10/05/17)
About 21 high-school marching bands and nearly 1,500 band performers are expected to participate in the 48th annual Southeast Missouri Marching Band Festival tomorrow in Jackson. The event, which dates back to World War II, is sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Band Association and hosted each October by Jackson High School...
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Mary Webb
(Obituary ~ 10/05/17)
BENTON, Mo. -- Mary Virginia Webb, 81 of Benton died Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Unity Baptist Church in Benton.
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Bonita Lang
(Obituary ~ 10/05/17)
AVISTON, Ill. -- Bonita L. Bollinger Lang, 78, of Aviston died Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, at her home. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Trenton, Illinois. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with Pastor Mark Smith officiating. Interment will be in Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery in Old Appleton...
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Bill Dockins
(Obituary ~ 10/05/17)
William "Bill" Dockins, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, at Chateau Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Sue Clippard
(Obituary ~ 10/05/17)
Sue Clippard, 71, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. She was born May 18, 1946, in Daisy to Ova and Nellie Hobeck Stearns. She and John Clippard II were married Nov. 30, 1962, in Millersville. Sue attended Jackson High School. She later earned a cosmetology license and owned and operated Sue's Family Hair Care for 37 years...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/5/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/05/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Azizi U. Ray, 36, 109 S. Park Ave., was arrested at 1525 Rand St. on Cape Girardeau warrants for suspended license and no insurance and on a Cape Girardeau County warrant...
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Inmate convicted in deadly 2006 Missouri prison stabbing
(State News ~ 10/05/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- An inmate was convicted Wednesday of using a makeshift knife to fatally stab a fellow prisoner and injure another more than a decade ago at a federal prison hospital in Missouri. The same jurors who found Ulysses Jones Jr. guilty of first-degree murder and two other counts will hear more evidence before deciding whether to recommend the death penalty. ...
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Judge orders former St. Louis liquor commissioner reinstated
(State News ~ 10/05/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A judge has ruled a former St. Louis liquor commissioner who alleged he was fired for political reasons should get his job back. Robert Kraiberg sued the city when he was fired in March 2016 after working for more than 30 years at the city's excise office, which handles liquor ordinances and licenses in St. Louis...
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Jensen confirmed as U.S. attorney for eastern Missouri
(State News ~ 10/05/17)
ST. LOUIS — The new U.S. attorney for eastern Missouri has been confirmed by the Senate. Jeffrey B. Jensen received Senate approval Tuesday. He was nominated by President Donald Trump in July. New presidential administrations typically pick their own U.S. attorneys. ...
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Man charged with stabbing grandson after doughnut argument
(State News ~ 10/05/17)
RAYTOWN, Mo. -- A Missouri man has been charged with stabbing his 12-year-old grandson in the arm after an argument over a doughnut. Sixty-seven-year-old Jose Ortega was charged Tuesday with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. Bond is set at $50,000. No attorney is listed for him in online court records...
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Missouri man ticketed for collecting wild ginseng root
(State News ~ 10/05/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A man has been ticketed for allegedly harvesting ginseng roots from land owned by the Missouri Department of Conservation. The Springfield News-Leader reported a conservation agent in Shannon County received a tip about the person digging up the plant. ...
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Top Greitens' staffer leaves for Missouri electric co-op job
(State News ~ 10/05/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ deputy chief of staff is leaving to become vice president of an influential electric cooperatives’ organization. On Wednesday, the Association of Electric Cooperatives announced Caleb Jones’ departure from the Republican governor’s office for a top spot at the organization, which represents 47 electric cooperatives. ...
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$65 million Loews hotel planned for Ballpark Village
(State News ~ 10/05/17)
ST. LOUIS — Loews Hotels & Co. plans to build a $65 million hotel as part of the second phase of the Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis. The Live! By Loews-St. Louis hotel will be across the street from Busch Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals said construction on the $260 million second phase is scheduled to begin by the end of this year. ...
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143 arrested after protest blocks St. Louis highway traffic
(State News ~ 10/05/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Police arrested 143 people after protesters blocked traffic on a busy highway near downtown St. Louis as part of the ongoing demonstrations against the acquittal of a white former police officer in the 2011 killing of a black man. Protesters gathered Tuesday evening and marched to Interstate 64, where some walked onto the roadway and blocked traffic for several minutes. Police began arresting people after protesters left the highway...
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Missouri group considers Hyperloop transportation route along I-70
(State News ~ 10/05/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri has re-emerged as a potential location for a Hyperloop track despite not earning a spot last month in a top-10 list of possible future routes for the mode of transportation. Hyperloop technology comprises a tubular track through which a train-like pod carrying passengers or cargo travels at high speeds. Tech mogul Elon Musk of SpaceX initially proposed the Hyperloop, but several companies since have sprung up to further the technology...
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Missouri court rules in favor of lesbian seeking custody
(State News ~ 10/05/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A lesbian who helped raise a child with her former partner after artificial insemination can seek custody or visitation with the child even though the couple never were married and she was not the one who gave birth, Missouri appellate judges ruled...
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Cape County Commission agenda 10/5/17
(Local News ~ 10/05/17)
Approval of minutes n None at this time Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business n Purchase orders...
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Narco fugitives caught trying to co-opt Colombia peace deal
(International News ~ 10/05/17)
BOGOTA, Colombia -- For years, Edison Prado was one of the top U.S. drug targets in South America, allegedly having risen from beginnings as a boatman running drugs in the treacherous coastal waters of his native Ecuador to the bloodthirsty head of a small army of smugglers spread across five countries...
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'NCIS' star Pauley Perrette leaving drama after this season
(Entertainment ~ 10/05/17)
LOS ANGELES -- Longtime "NCIS" star Pauley Perrette said she's leaving the CBS crime drama after this season, following 15 years on the show. This is Perrette's 15th season playing the pigtailed forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on the show. Perrette confirmed reports of her departure Wednesday on Twitter, writing, "There have been all kinds of false rumors as to why" she's leaving...
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White House seeks $29B for disaster aid, flood insurance
(National News ~ 10/05/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress for $29 billion in disaster aid to cover ongoing hurricane relief and recovery efforts and to pay federal flood-insurance claims. The request comes as the government is spending almost $200 million a day for emergency hurricane response and faces a surge in flood claims for federally insured homes and businesses slammed by hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria...
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Some in GOP open to banning 'bump stocks' used in Vegas
(National News ~ 10/05/17)
WASHINGTON -- Senior congressional Republicans said Wednesday they are open to considering legislation banning "bump stocks" like the shooter in Las Vegas apparently used to effectively convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automated weapons. The comments from lawmakers including the No. 2 Senate Republican, John Cornyn of Texas, marked a departure from GOP lawmakers' general antipathy to gun regulations of any kind...
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Tillerson denies he weighed resigning or called boss 'moron'
(National News ~ 10/05/17)
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Wednesday he never considered resigning as President Donald Trump's top diplomat, disputing what he called "erroneous" reports he wanted to step down earlier this year. After refusing to answer whether he called the president a "moron," Tillerson had a spokeswoman deny he used such language...
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Are white shooters called 'lone wolves' by default?
(National News ~ 10/05/17)
When Stephen Craig Paddock -- a white American -- was identified as the gunman who rained bullets on multitudes at a Las Vegas concert, he quickly was characterized as a "lone wolf." Had he been of another race or ethnicity, would he have been branded a terrorist, instead -- or would aspersions have been cast on his minority group?...
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Nobel-winning technique like 'Google Earth for molecules'
(National News ~ 10/05/17)
NEW YORK -- Three researchers won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for developing a microscope technique that lets scientists see exquisite details of the molecules that drive life -- basically providing a front-row seat to study these tiny performers in their biological dance...
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After massacre, Las Vegas gets back to beers, slots, shows
(National News ~ 10/05/17)
LAS VEGAS -- The fountains at the Bellagio casino went off like clockwork, the water swaying and pulsating in time to Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA." Two faux showgirls in pink headdresses tried to hustle a few dollars off tourists gathered to watch. A group of men drinking beers stopped briefly to ogle the action and take pictures...
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Girlfriend of Las Vegas killer says he left her in the dark
(National News ~ 10/05/17)
LAS VEGAS -- The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman said Wednesday she had no inkling of the massacre he was plotting when he sent her on a trip abroad to see her family. Marilou Danley issued the statement after returning from her native Philippines and being questioned for much of the day by FBI agents still trying to figure out what drove Stephen Paddock to open fire on 22,000 fans at a country-music festival from his 32nd-floor hotel suite...
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North Korean workers prepare seafood going to U.S. stores
(International News ~ 10/05/17)
HUNCHUN, China -- Americans buying seafood for dinner inadvertently may have subsidized the North Korean government as it builds its nuclear weapons program, an Associated Press investigation has found. Their purchases also may have supported forced labor...
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Grandmother dies, grandson survives in crash into Dexter pond
(Local News ~ 10/05/17)
DEXTER, Mo. — A Dexter grandmother died Saturday when her vehicle ran off the east end of Whitman Street and came to rest upside down in a pond. Karen Sue Hampton, 70, was going east on Whitman in her 2012 Toyota Camry about 4:45 p.m. Saturday when her vehicle left the right side of the roadway, traveled across a yard and struck some landscaping pavers, continued across the driveway at 116 Whitman St. and struck a brick retaining wall...
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Cape County Park North to close for two days for maintenance
(Local News ~ 10/05/17)
Cape County Park North will close Monday and Tuesday for road maintenance. The road surface will be sealed, and other road maintenance will be performed, pending weather conditions those days, according to an email from Cape Girardeau County park superintendent Bryan Sander...
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Old Town Cape to host open house at Ivers Square
(Local News ~ 10/05/17)
Old Town Cape will host an open house Friday at Ivers Square to promote a proposed project to renovate the site and encourage people to vote in an online contest that could fund the improvements. Music by Jerry Ford’s Dixieland Band will be featured at the open house, which begins at 6 p.m., along with refreshments and information about the proposed renovation, said Marla Mills, executive director of the Old Town Cape downtown revitalization organization...
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Breaking through: Class aims to teach hip-hop dance techniques, confidence
(Community ~ 10/05/17)
When Anthony Kobak walked into On Cue Performing Arts Studio, the 17-year-old stood out from the other students. It was his first time attending a dance class, and his classmates were all at least five years younger than he. The young dancers had gathered for their weekly Fingerprint Junior class -- a class of b-boy and b-girl dancers, also known as breakdancers...
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Prayer 10/5/17
(Prayer ~ 10/05/17)
Lord Jesus, thank you for coming to save us, giving us a hope and future. Amen.
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Hooked on Science: Leakproof bag
(Community ~ 10/05/17)
n Several round, sharp pencils n Water n Re-sealable storage bag n STEP 1: Fill the bag with water. Describe the bag by its observable properties. n STEP 2: Gently push the pencils through the bag. What happens? Describe how pushing pencils can be used as a model to describe how matter is made up of particles too small to be seen...
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Would-be robber in chased out by jiu-jitsu students
(International News ~ 10/05/17)
RIO DE JANEIRO -- A would-be robber in a Rio de Janeiro suburb apparently chose the wrong gym. Surveillance- camera footage shared widely on social media shows the man entering the gym and jumping a turnstile after arguing with the receptionist. Several seconds later, the man is seen jumping back over the turnstile and running outside, chased by several jiujitsu students dressed in uniforms. The man escaped, but police said they recovered one of his sandals that fell off during the chase...
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Boil-water advisory issued in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 10/05/17)
A precautionary boil-water advisory is in place after a water main break Wednesday in the 1400 block of North West End Boulevard in Cape Girardeau. The order will affect 70 households from 2 p.m. Wednesday through 2 p.m. today unless otherwise notified, according to a news release from the city of Cape Girardeau...
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SCOTT CITY FBLA VISITS COFFEE 'N MORE COFFEE HOUSE
(Submitted Story ~ 10/05/17)
Approximately twenty members of the Scott City High School Future Business Leaders of America visited the Coffee 'N' More Coffee House located at 1704 Main Street in Scott City. Paid members enjoyed a membership breakfast on September 26, 2017, while learning more about the local sole proprietorship...
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