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Bipartisan analysis: Senate bill would hike taxes for 13.8M
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- Promoted as needed relief for the middle class, the Senate Republican tax overhaul actually would increase taxes for some 13.8 million moderate-income American households, a bipartisan analysis showed Monday. The assessment by Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation emerged as the Senate's tax-writing committee began wading through the measure, working toward the first major revamp of the tax system in about 30 years...
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Pupils find research can be fun
(Local News ~ 11/14/17)
From left, Joey Charlton, 9, Logan Lamont, 9, and Lillianna Dubs, 8, of Prodigy Leadership Academy play on a swing Monday at Levi's Adventure Trail at Cape Girardeau County Park South. The students at the school were testing equipment for a proposed playground at the academy...
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Aldi store reopens after renovations
(Local News ~ 11/14/17)
Cars filled the Aldi parking lot Monday morning as a line of eager customers stretched around the outside of the storefront for the 9 a.m. soft opening of its newly remodeled grocery store in Cape Girardeau. The store closed Oct. 11 for the nearly five-week renovation, reopening with a larger line of gluten-free and organic products and an expanded wine collection...
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Local lawmakers: More funding for roads, bridges may require tax increase
(Local News ~ 11/14/17)
Missouri likely needs a tax increase to repair and replacing its crumbling roads and bridges, some local lawmakers say. Cape Girardeau County state Reps. Donna Lichtenegger and Kathy Swan said Monday an increase in the state's gas tax or sales tax, or a combination, could provide more funding for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT)...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 14, the 318th day of 2017. There are 47 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 14, 1889, inspired by the Jules Verne novel "Around the World in Eighty Days," New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) set out to make the trip in less time than the fictional Phileas Fogg. (She completed the journey in 72 days.)...
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Ex-members say church uses power, lies to keep grip on kids
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
SPINDALE, North Carolina -- As a court-appointed advocate for two foster boys, it was Nancy Burnette's job to ensure they were in good hands. So as part of her casework, she visited Word of Faith Fellowship, the evangelical church they attended with the couple seeking to adopt them...
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Trump names former drug exec as new health secretary
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- Turning to an industry he's rebuked, President Donald Trump on Monday picked a former top pharmaceutical and government executive to be his health and human services secretary, overseeing a $1 trillion department responsible for major health-insurance programs, medical research, food and drug safety, and public health...
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U.S. budget deficit up sharply to $63.2 billion in October
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- The federal government began its new budget year with an October deficit of $63.2 billion, up sharply from a year ago. The Treasury Department reported Monday the October deficit was 37.9 percent higher than the $45.8 billion deficit recorded in October 2016...
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Global carbon pollution rises after 3 straight flat years
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- Global carbon pollution rose this year after three straight years when levels of the heat-trapping gas didn't go up at all, scientists reported Monday. Preliminary figures project worldwide carbon dioxide emissions are up about 2 percent this year, according to an international team of scientists...
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Rand Paul back in the Senate, walking gingerly after assault
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- Walking gingerly, Sen. Rand Paul returned to the Senate on Monday after an attack in his yard that left him with six broken ribs. The Kentucky Republican cast votes with his arms at his sides, finding it difficult to execute the customary Senate step of raising a hand and signaling yes or no...
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Colleges draw fewer foreign students but avoid crisis so far
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
BOSTON -- International enrollments at U.S. colleges have fared better than expected this year, but many schools still fear the country's political climate, according to a national survey. The Institute of International Education reported Monday the number of new students coming from abroad fell by an average of 7 percent at nearly 500 colleges and universities surveyed this fall, but the results from school to school are more mixed than many had feared...
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Trump choosing white men as judges, highest rate in decades
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is nominating white men to America's federal courts at a rate not seen in nearly 30 years, threatening to reverse a slow transformation toward a judiciary that reflects the nation's diversity. So far, 91 percent of Trump's nominees are white, and 81 percent are male, an Associated Press analysis has found. ...
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Trump Jr. messaged with WikiLeaks during, after campaign
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's oldest son on Monday released a series of direct messages he received from the Twitter account behind the WikiLeaks website, including his responses to the communications. Donald Trump Jr.'s release of the messages on Twitter cames hours after The Atlantic first reported them. ...
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New sex assault allegation hits Moore; withdrawal calls grow
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- A second woman emerged Monday to accuse Roy Moore of sexually assaulting her as a teenager in the late 1970s, this time in a locked car, further roiling the Alabama Republican's candidacy for an open Senate seat. Moore denied it, even as his own party's leaders intensified their efforts to push him out of the race...
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UK Scrabble group bans star player for breaking tile rule
(Community ~ 11/14/17)
LONDON -- The Association of British Scrabble players banned one of its star players for three years after an independent investigation concluded he had broken rules in the popular word game. Allan Simmons has written books on Scrabble and contributed game coverage to The Times newspaper, which first reported his ban from competition. The newspaper said it no longer will use him as a contributor...
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Over 400 dead from Iran-Iraq border quake
(International News ~ 11/14/17)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Rescuers dug with their bare hands Monday through the debris of buildings brought down by a powerful earthquake that killed more than 400 people in the once-contested mountainous border region between Iraq and Iran, with nearly all of the victims in an area rebuilt since the end of the ruinous 1980s war...
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Rohingya desperate to flee Myanmar are turning to swimming
(International News ~ 11/14/17)
SHAH PORIR DWIP, Bangladesh -- Nabi Hussain owes his life to a yellow plastic oil container. The 13-year-old Rohingya boy couldn't swim, and never had seen the sea before fleeing his village in Myanmar. But he clung to the empty container and struggled across the water with it for about 2 1/2 miles, all the way to Bangladesh...
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North Koreans fire at soldier trying to defect to South
(International News ~ 11/14/17)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean soldiers shot at and wounded a fellow soldier who was crossing a jointly controlled area Monday at the heavily guarded border to defect to South Korea, the South's military said. North Korean soldiers occasionally have defected to South Korea across the border. ...
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She recognized her own photo but can't account for 42 years
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
MONTICELLO, N.Y. -- The 78-year-old woman's mind was clouded by dementia. But she recognized the brunette with a slight smile in the faded picture from the 1970s detectives showed her. "Me," the woman uttered in a voice barely above a whisper. The picture helped investigators visiting an assisted-living facility near Boston last month verify they finally had found Flora Stevens. ...
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Business chiefs from EU, UK ask May to speed up Brexit talks
(International News ~ 11/14/17)
LONDON -- Business leaders from both sides of the English Channel urged Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday to accelerate talks on Britain's exit from the European Union as uncertainty about future trade relations threatens jobs and investment. European business leaders are urging Britain to make concrete proposals on the so-called divorce issues so the negotiations can move forward. ...
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Liz Smith, syndicated gossip columnist, dies at 94
(Entertainment ~ 11/14/17)
Liz Smith, the syndicated gossip columnist whose mixture of banter, barbs and bon mots about the glitterati helped her climb the A-list as high as many of the celebrities she covered, died Sunday at the age of 94. Joni Evans, Smith's literary agent, told The Associated Press she died of natural causes...
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'Hannity' fans smash Keurig brewers over pulled ads
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
NEW YORK -- Supporters of conservative host Sean Hannity's Fox News Channel show are responding to a decision by Keurig to stop advertising on the show by smashing Keurig coffee makers. The company announced Saturday it had pulled advertising from "Hannity" after several Twitter users questioned the company's support for the host, citing Hannity's coverage of sexual-misconduct allegations against Republican U.S. ...
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Stalled in Congress, LGBT rights advance at the local level
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
At the U.S. Capitol and in most statehouses nationwide, supporters of LGBT rights are unable to make major gains these days. Instead, they're notching victories in seemingly unlikely venues, such as Morgantown, West Virginia, and Birmingham, Alabama...
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Out of the past: Nov. 14
(Out of the Past ~ 11/14/17)
Six "pride teams," made up of nearly 40 people, collect trash in the morning in an area bordered by Sprigg, Olive and Roberts streets and the Mississippi River; the event is the second city clean-up project sponsored by the Cape Girardeau City Council...
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Joseph Sebek
(Obituary ~ 11/14/17)
Joseph Sebek, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday at Chateau Girardeau. He was born in Cape Girardeau, the son of Albert and Dorothy Brooks Sebek. He is survived by numerous cousins, and was preceded in death by his parents. Private graveside services will be held at a later date at Cape County Memorial Park...
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Vanita Jones
(Obituary ~ 11/14/17)
Vanita Jones, 75, of Jackson passed away Friday, Nov. 10, 2017, at her home near Pocahontas. She was born Aug. 17, 1942, in Cape Girardeau to William R. and Edna Bohnsack Mavers. She and Tom Jones were married Sept. 13, 1964, at Grace United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Gerald Coleman
(Obituary ~ 11/14/17)
Gerald M. "Preacher Man" Coleman, 89 of Jackson, formerly of Scott City, passed on to his heavenly home Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 1, 1928, the son of William and Cora Sanders Coleman. He and Betty L. Ritchie were married Nov. 3, 1950...
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Russell Brinker
(Obituary ~ 11/14/17)
MAKANDA, Ill. -- Russell S. Brinker, 85, of Makanda died Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, at his home. A graveside service will be at 12:30 p.m. today at Mound City National Cemetery in Mound City, Illinois. Crain Funeral Home in Anna, Illinois, is in charge of arrangements...
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Kerri Bard
(Obituary ~ 11/14/17)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Kerri Jo Bard, 33, of Charleston, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Nov. 10, 2017, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Bobby Manso officiating. Burial will be at Fairmount Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Jackson police report 11/14/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/14/17)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Michael Bell, 18, of Jackson was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear. Citation n Joarong Tang, 22, of Jackson was issued a citation for allowing a dog to run at large...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 11/14/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/14/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Friday n Medical assists were made at 8:28 a.m. on South Kingshighway; 10:18 a.m. on William Street; 11:04 a.m. on North Silver Springs Road; 2:44 p.m. on North Main Street; 3:25 p.m. on North Silver Springs Road; 5:03 p.m. on Themis Street; 7:48 p.m. on Walnut Street; and 10:49 p.m. on Montgomery Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 11/14/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/14/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Trevon D. Allen, 19, 350 N. Henderson Ave., was arrested at North Sprigg Street and Lafayette Place on a Cape Girardeau County warrant...
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Hawley: Moore should step aside if claims are true
(State News ~ 11/14/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley says fellow Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama should step aside if allegations he had sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl decades ago are true. Hawley on Monday said he also agrees with sentiments from the White House, saying Moore has a right to defend himself against the claims reported by the Washington Post. White House legislative aide Marc Short has said Moore deserves the chance to defend himself...
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Missouri attorney general investigating Google
(State News ~ 11/14/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's attorney general announced Monday his office is investigating Google for potential violations of the state's consumer-protection and antitrust laws. Republican Attorney General Josh Hawley, who also is running for the U.S. ...
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Lawsuit cites 'inhumane' conditions in St. Louis jail
(State News ~ 11/14/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A lawsuit filed Monday alleges inmates at a medium-security jail in St. Louis live in "inhumane conditions" that include rodent feces in food, infestations of bugs and snakes, and unbearable overcrowding. The not-for-profit ArchCity Defenders filed the federal lawsuit on behalf of seven former inmates seeking monetary damages and closure of the St. Louis Medium Security Institution, known as the Workhouse...
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Efforts to oust Missouri education official draw scrutiny
(State News ~ 11/14/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri state school board member is among a growing list of people raising concerns with efforts by Republican Gov. Eric Greitens to oust the state's top education official. Board member John "Tim" Sumners, who was appointed by Greitens, is asking to delay a special meeting requested by his colleagues during which some members are expected to call for Education commissioner Margie Vandeven's ouster, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Monday...
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Students, adults set the tone for 'kindness boxes'
(Editorial ~ 11/14/17)
Kids these days. They always have their noses pointed into their gadgets. They're narcissistic little hooligans, right? Well, maybe not. Several students who are part of the school's "Kindness Task Force" at Orchard Drive Elementary are always looking for ways to give back and help others...
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Missouri Supreme Court to hear arguments in Cape attorney discipline case
(Local News ~ 11/14/17)
The Missouri Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a discipline case involving Cape Girardeau attorney Dale Edward Gerecke and misappropriation of law-firm funds. Gerecke acknowledged taking law-firm funds, which he later repaid, according to court documents...
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Progress update on Purpose Built Community
(Column ~ 11/14/17)
It has been a full year since our city of Cape Girardeau embraced the successful Purpose Built Community model that began in Atlanta, Georgia. This model is a proven successful project that revitalizes neighborhoods such as our own city's southern neighborhoods...
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Prayer 11/14/17
(Prayer ~ 11/14/17)
O Almighty God, may we tell others about your magnificent love and kindness. Amen.
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Guns in the house of God
(Column ~ 11/14/17)
My heart breaks for what happened in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Nov. 5. The senseless slaughter of people engaged in worship is just pure evil. I once again shake my head at the idea of a multitude of people being terrorized by one person because that one has a gun and the multitude does not...
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Talk about vintage: Pottery shards show 8,000-year-old wine
(National News ~ 11/14/17)
NEW YORK -- Talk about vintage wine: Pieces of broken pottery found in the nation of Georgia provide the earliest known evidence for the origins of the winemaking industry. The eight shards, recovered from two sites about 30 miles south of Tbilisi, are about 8,000 years old. That's 600 to 1,000 years older than the previous record, revealed by a wine jar found in nearby Iran...
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Road work 11/14/17
(Local News ~ 11/14/17)
Southbound Interstate 55 in Scott County will be reduced to one lane with a 14-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance and paving. These bridges are between mile markers 65 and 49. The work will be performed from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily Nov. 27 through Dec. 30, according to a MoDOT news release...
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ARTHUR ELECTED PRESIDENT OF STATE SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (MOSEIA)
(Submitted Story ~ 11/14/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— The Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association (MOSEIA) is pleased to announce that Caleb Arthur was elected president during its annual meeting held in Springfield, MO last Thursday and Friday. MOSEIA is the statewide trade association that represents the interests of Missouri’s solar industry and provides its members with training and resources to develop their business...
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