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A short-term health deal by senators; Trump a question
(National News ~ 10/18/17)
WASHINGTON -- Republican and Democratic senators joined in announcing a plan Tuesday aimed at stabilizing America's health-insurance markets in the wake of President Donald Trump's order to terminate "Obamacare" subsidies. The president, at first, spoke approvingly of the deal, but as conservatives rebelled, the White House insisted Trump opposed the plan as a bailout of insurance companies...
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A spooky playground at Capaha Park
(Local News ~ 10/18/17)
Connor McNeely, 2, lets out a scream as his mother reaches through the wall of a playground tunnel Tuesday at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau.
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Cape Girardeau experiences fewer nuisance calls
(Local News ~ 10/18/17)
The city of Cape Girardeau has seen "a dramatic decrease" in calls for nuisance abatement, police chief Wes Blair said. Through the first nine months of this year, the city's nuisance-abatement officers have handled 6,200 calls, compared to more than 6,800 calls during the same time period in 2016, according to Blair...
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U.S.-backed forces celebrate fall of IS 'capital' of Raqqa
(International News ~ 10/18/17)
BEIRUT -- U.S.-backed Syrian forces celebrated in the devastated streets of Raqqa on Tuesday after gaining control of the northern city that once was the heart of the Islamic State's self-styled caliphate, dealing a major defeat to the extremist group that has seen its territory shrink ever smaller since summer...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/18/17)
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2017. There are 74 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 18, 1767, the Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between colonial Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware, was set as astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon completed their survey...
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VintageNOW in 8th year of raising funds for Safe House
(Editorial ~ 10/18/17)
Ready to rock your '80s look? The VintageNOW fashion show is coming up Saturday, and the models will be bringing back the '80s. But more importantly, the models and volunteers who will put on the show will be bringing back money for the Safe House for Women, a local shelter for abused women...
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McCaskill off to interesting campaign kickoff with liberal Franken
(Column ~ 10/18/17)
By most political wisdom, one of the most closely watched political races next year will be right here in Missouri. Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill has announced she will seek reelection in a state where Donald Trump won handily last year...
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Reasons behind college algebra change at Southeast
(Column ~ 10/18/17)
On Oct. 9, Southeast Missouri State University hosted the Southeast Missouri Regional Math Pathways Symposium attended by area mathematics teachers, high school counselors and Southeast faculty and staff. The symposium was an opportunity for area educators to engage in dialogue to discuss the Math Pathways initiative in Missouri and was one of five offered this fall across the state...
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Trump: Drug czar nominee pulls his name from consideration
(National News ~ 10/18/17)
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Tom Marino, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the nation's drug czar, has withdrawn from consideration after reports he played a key role in weakening the federal government's authority to stop companies from distributing opioids...
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NTSB: Balloon crash pilot was as impaired as a drunk driver
(National News ~ 10/18/17)
AUSTIN, Texas -- The pilot in the deadliest hot air balloon crash in U.S. history likely was impaired by opioids and sedatives when he ignored weather warnings and flew the ride into a power line, investigators said Tuesday. Besides Valium and oxycodone, there was a high enough dosage of the over-the-counter antihistamine Benadryl in Alfred "Skip" Nichols' system to mimic "the impairing effect of a blood-alcohol level" of a drunken driver, said Dr. ...
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Judge in Hawaii blocks latest version of Trump's travel ban
(National News ~ 10/18/17)
HONOLULU -- A federal judge in Hawaii blocked most of President Donald Trump's latest travel ban Tuesday hours before it was set to take effect, saying the revised order "suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor." It was the third set of travel restrictions issued by the president to be thwarted, in whole or in part, by the courts...
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Californians head back home to altered lives, communities
(National News ~ 10/18/17)
PETALUMA, Calif. -- Some have lost loved ones. Many have survived near-death experiences. Others have lost their homes and a lifetime of possessions. A week after fleeing raging wildfires, tens of thousands of emotionally ravaged Californians have drifted back home to find their lives and their communities altered...
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Negotiators give up hope of rewriting NAFTA this year
(National News ~ 10/18/17)
WASHINGTON -- Talks to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement have stalled over tough American demands, dashing hopes a deal can be reached this year. A fourth round of negotiations among the U.S., Mexico and Canada ended in mutual exasperation Tuesday. Talks will continue next month in Mexico City and will spill over into next year...
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Book's challenge: Can you do squats like Justice Ginsburg?
(Community ~ 10/18/17)
WASHINGTON -- Personal trainer Bryant Johnson hears it all the time: Four more years. That's how long fans of his client, 84-year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, tell him he has to keep her healthy so a one-term President Donald Trump doesn't get to name the liberal justice's replacement on the Supreme Court...
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Autonomous cars head for the Big Apple
(National News ~ 10/18/17)
DETROIT -- Autonomous vehicles already are navigating the verdant hills of Pittsburgh and the pitched avenues of San Francisco. They soon may be tested by the chaos of Manhattan, where pedestrians, taxis, buses and bikes embark daily on an eternal quest to avoid impact...
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UK intelligence chief says terror threat is worst of career
(International News ~ 10/18/17)
LONDON -- Britain's domestic intelligence chief warned during a rare public speech Tuesday the terrorist threat the country faces has accelerated at an alarming pace and is worse than at any time in his 34-year career. MI5 director general Andrew Parker said his agency, also known as the Security Service, is expanding and upgrading its capability but cannot realistically prevent all attacks targeting civilians...
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Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghanistan, kill 74
(International News ~ 10/18/17)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks Tuesday across Afghanistan, targeting police compounds and government facilities with suicide bombers in the country's south, east and west, and killing at least 74 people, officials said...
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Politics and the fallen: Trump hasn't called all families
(National News ~ 10/18/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has pulled bereaved military families into a political fight of his own making, going so far Tuesday as to cite the death of his chief of staff's son in Afghanistan to question whether Barack Obama and other presidents did enough to honor the military dead...
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Showrunner alleges sexual harassment by Bob Weinstein
(Entertainment ~ 10/18/17)
NEW YORK -- Spike network is investigating reports of sexual harassment by the brother of disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein against the female showrunner of a series produced by The Weinstein Co. and aired on Spike. Amanda Segel, a former executive producer of the sci-fi series "The Mist," claims Bob Weinstein made repeated overtures to her that included invitations to dinner, to his home and to a hotel room, according to a story published Tuesday by Variety...
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Ophelia batters U.K. after pummeling Ireland, leaves 3 dead
(International News ~ 10/18/17)
LONDON -- Storm Ophelia is battering Scotland and northern England after leaving three people dead and hundreds of thousands without power in Ireland. The former Atlantic hurricane downed trees and power lines, sent waves surging over coastal defenses and disrupted transport again Tuesday, a day after making landfall on Ireland's south coast with gusts of almost 100 miles an hour...
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Former hostage says his American wife was rushed to hospital
(International News ~ 10/18/17)
SMITHS FALLS, Ontario -- Joshua Boyle, a Canadian who was rescued with his family last week by Pakistani troops, said Tuesday his wife had to be rushed to the hospital and remains there. Boyle said in an email his wife, Caitlan Boyle, was admitted Monday. His email did not specify why she was taken to the hospital...
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After Kirkuk, Kurdish forces pull out of more areas in Iraq
(International News ~ 10/18/17)
KIRKUK, Iraq -- Kurdish forces pulled out of disputed areas across northern and eastern Iraq on Tuesday, a day after handing the northern city of Kirkuk over to federal forces amid a tense standoff following last month's vote for independence. The Kurdish forces, known as peshmerga, withdrew from Sinjar as well as three towns on the border with Iran, allowing Iraqi government forces and state-sanctioned militias to assume control...
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Out of the past: Oct. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 10/18/17)
About 1,000 square dancers from across the state are promenading through the Show Me Center this weekend; the 33rd annual Missouri State Federation of Square 'n Round Dancers is meeting here, the first time the state meeting has ever been held in Cape Girardeau...
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Linda Wilcox
(Obituary ~ 10/18/17)
Linda K. Wilcox, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, at her home. Linda's family will host a private memorial service at a later date. Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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Lenita Renner
(Obituary ~ 10/18/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lenita T. Renner, 86, of Perryville died Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville, with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer, C.M., officiating. Burial will be in St. Maurus Catholic Cemetery in Biehle, Missouri...
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Laura Macke
(Obituary ~ 10/18/17)
OKAWVILLE, Ill. -- Laura Macke of Okawville departed this life at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, at the Friendship Manor Health Care Center in Nashville, Illinois. She had attained the age of 103 years, 1 month and 6 days. Laura was born Sept. 9, 1914, in Okawville, the daughter of William and Carolina Schilling Obermeier. ...
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Gloria Loughary
(Obituary ~ 10/18/17)
Gloria Loughary, 59, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 9, 1957, to Leona and Jewel "JT" Goodon, who are deceased. Originally from Gideon, Missouri, she moved to Cape Girardeau in the 1980s to attend Southeast Missouri State University, and remained in the area to raise her daughter...
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Sam Kranawetter
(Obituary ~ 10/18/17)
Samuel Richard Kranawetter, 23, of Jackson passed away Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, in a vehicle accident in Fredericktown, Missouri. He was born Nov. 10, 1993, in Cape Girardeau to Richard "Red" and Robin Hoffmeister Kranawetter. Sam was a 2012 graduate of Jackson High School. He worked one year at ARI in Jackson. The past four years, he worked with his family at Kranawetter Transport in Patton, Missouri...
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Conrad Klusmeier Sr.
(Obituary ~ 10/18/17)
Conrad Paul Klusmeier Sr., 82, of Scott City died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Xandra Gibson
(Obituary ~ 10/18/17)
Xandra L. Gibson, 86, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Cairo, Illinois, died at 3:05 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, at her home. She was born Jan. 27, 1931, in Cairo to Robert and Audrey Edwards Lentz. She married Robert H. Gibson on Jan. 2, 1950. He preceded her in death Jan. 27, 1993...
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Troy Davenport
(Obituary ~ 10/18/17)
Troy Lee Davenport, 56, of Gordonville passed away Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born on April 24, 1961, in Cape Girardeau, he was the son of Troy and Bettie L. Ravenstein Davenport. He worked as a truck driver for Eagle Excavating...
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Births 10/18/17
(Births ~ 10/18/17)
Daughter to Joey Donald and Heather Brianne McCullough of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 5:40 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Name, Marley Jo. Weight, 7 pounds, 5 ounces. Seventh child, fourth daughter. Mrs. McCullough is the former Heather Johnston, daughter of Debbie Johnston of Burfordville and Anna Johnston of Scott City. McCullough is the son of Joe and Debbie McCullough of Cape Girardeau...
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St. Louis aldermen committee tables resolution on police
(State News ~ 10/18/17)
ST. LOUIS — A committee of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted not to send a resolution supporting the city’s police to the full board for discussion. The decision came Tuesday in a meeting in which several committee members said they were frustrated they are spending time debating resolutions since a white police officer was acquitted in the 2011 shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, a black motorist. ...
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Woman gets 20 years for string of crimes in multiple states
(State News ~ 10/18/17)
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A Missouri woman has been sentenced in Florida to 20 years in prison for part of a string of crimes in multiple states. Florida Panhandle prosecutors said in a news release 32-year-old Brittany Nicole Harper was sentenced Tuesday after pleading no contest to robbery, home invasion and other charges. ...
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Missouri unemployment drops slightly, state loses 10K jobs
(State News ~ 10/18/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's unemployment has dropped slightly. Department of Economic Development data released Tuesday show the unemployment rate dropped slightly from 3.9 percent in August to 3.8 percent in September. Unemployment has held fairly steady in recent months...
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McCaskill, Blunt pitch Missouri cities for Amazon HQ2
(State News ~ 10/18/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s U.S. senators are pitching the Kansas City and St. Louis metropolitan areas as potential sites for Amazon’s second headquarters. Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill and Republican Sen. Roy Blunt touted the state’s infrastructure, central location and hiking trails as big pluses in a copy of a letter to Amazon provided by McCaskill’s office Monday. ...
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Federal inmate spared death penalty for fourth murder
(State News ~ 10/18/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A federal inmate with end-stage renal disease has been spared the death penalty for his fourth murder conviction and the second committed while behind bars. Jurors in Missouri announced Monday they couldn't reach a unanimous decision to recommend the death penalty for Ulysses Jones Jr., as is required, The Springfield News-Leader reported. That means the 61-year-old will face another life term when he is formally sentenced, according to his attorney, Shane Cantin...
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Appeals court tosses $72 million award in talcum-powder case
(State News ~ 10/18/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday that vacated a $72 million award to an Alabama woman who claimed her use of Johnson & Johnson products that contained talcum contributed to her ovarian cancer has thrown the fate of awards in similar cases into doubt...
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Jackson fire report 10/18/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/18/17)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Saturday n Emergency medical service on Orchard Drive. n False call on East Jackson Boulevard. Sunday n Emergency medical service on Old Orchard Road. n Emergency medical service on Broadridge Drive...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/18/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/18/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Dandre L. McClellon, 39, 45 S. West End Blvd., Apt. 314, was arrested at 211 Saint Francis Drive on a Cape Girardeau County warrant...
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5 local educators recognized by Cape chamber
(Local News ~ 10/18/17)
The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce named five Educators of the Year for 2017. They were honored at a special reception Tuesday at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau
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Maddock receives Southeast's first Distinguished Young Alumni Award
(Local News ~ 10/18/17)
Nicholas Maddock received the first-ever Distinguished Young Alumni Award from the Southeast Missouri State University Alumni Association at the All-Alumni Breakfast held during Southeast’s Homecoming celebration Saturday. The award recognizes an alumna or alumnus younger than 37 for outstanding support of and service to the university...
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Cape Christian School burglarized
(Local News ~ 10/18/17)
Cape Girardeau police are investigating after Cape Christian School was burglarized Monday. “We were notified on Monday at 6:58 a.m. of a burglary at Cape Christian School at 1855 Perryville Road,” Cape Girardeau police public-information officer Sgt. Rick Schmidt said Tuesday. “School officials showed up and noticed that things were in disarray; papers in the school were not where they left them.”...
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Speak Out 10/18/17
(Speak Out ~ 10/18/17)
New parents have four short years to teach their children right from wrong, how to play and share, and to respect the rights of others. They learn how to behave in different situations (church, school, sports, restaurants, visiting relatives). When parents fail to teach good behaviors early, they may get lots of calls from the schools. ...
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Prayer 10/18/17
(Prayer ~ 10/18/17)
O Father God, may we as brothers and sisters in Christ be united. Amen.
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Cape Chamber Hosts Educator Appreciation Event & Honors the 2017 Educators of the Year
(Submitted Story ~ 10/18/17)
The Cape Chamber named the 2017 Educators of the Year. They are as follows: • Ms. Jennifer Hecht, Cape Central Middle School • Ms. Renee’ Peters, Notre Dame Regional High School • Ms. Elizabeth Sterr, Alma Schrader Elementary • Ms. Sarah Strohmeyer, Notre Dame Regional High School...
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