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Trump weighs plan to oust Tillerson, put CIA's boss at State
(National News ~ 12/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- After months of clashes on policy and personality, President Donald Trump is considering ousting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replacing him with hard-nosed CIA director Mike Pompeo after less than a year on the job, senior U.S. officials said Thursday as turmoil within Trump's national-security team burst into the open...
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Big Church Night Out: Christian music package tour comes to Show Me Center
(Entertainment ~ 12/01/17)
Churchgoers and Christian music lovers have a chance to feed their spirit and soul during an evening of worship, fun and entertainment with the tour of Big Church Night Out featuring the legendary Newsboys and a diverse array of Christian artists at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau...
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Southeast Missourian's first 'Weekend Edition' is printing Saturday
(Local News ~ 12/01/17)
The Southeast Missourian will begin delivering a new "Weekend Edition" on Saturdays, instead of having an edition printed and delivered Sundays, this weekend, according to newspaper management. "Shopping habits and weekend schedules have changed over time so that many newspapers are now delivering their big packages of advertising earlier to customers during the weekend," said Jon K. ...
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Local theater accepting cans of food as tickets for classic Christmas movies Saturday
(Local News ~ 12/01/17)
Canned goods equal free holiday film viewing at the annual "Cans" Holiday Film Festival in Cape Girardeau. Free holiday films for donors at Saturday's festival will be screened at Cape Girardeau's Marcus Wehrenberg Cape West 14 Cine movie theater all day and into the evening, according to a company news release...
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Cape Fire Department opens roomier fire station that also can be used for training
(Local News ~ 12/01/17)
Cape Girardeau firefighters have moved into the city's newest fire station, closing the door on the community's last antiquated fire station. The new Station 4 at 3011 Lexington Ave. opened Tuesday as the finishing touches were being put on the building...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/01/17)
Today is Friday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2017. There are 30 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 1, 1942, during World War II, nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States; the goal was not so much to save on gas, but to conserve rubber (as in tires) that was desperately needed for the war effort...
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Another cat column, with a lesson for us humans
(Column ~ 12/01/17)
Reader alert: The following column is about cats. So there. Some of you don't like cats in the first place, which means you don't like columns about cats either. At least that's what you tell me to my face. No telling what you say behind my back. In any event, if you have some crazy aversion to cats, don't waste your time. ...
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Hawaii revives Cold War relic: test system for nuke attack
(National News ~ 12/01/17)
HONOLULU -- Just days after North Korea tested its most powerful missile yet, Hawaii is dusting off a relic not heard on the islands since the end of the Cold War. The monthly test of Hawaii's siren warning system for tsunamis and other natural disasters will have a new tone when it sounds today -- one designed to alert residents of an impending nuclear attack...
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Possible deal for Flynn? Washington reading tea leaves
(National News ~ 12/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- The few public signs emanating from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation increasingly raise the prospect former national security adviser Michael Flynn is looking to cut a deal. But many questions remain about what charges, if any, Flynn would face and whether Mueller's prosecutors are focused on his private business dealings and truthfulness with federal agents, or whether they're looking for a bigger fish like the president himself or those who remain in his inner circle.. ...
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Senate weighs scaling back tax package to win deficit hawks
(National News ~ 12/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans weighed scaling back the tax cuts in their massive package to secure crucial support as congressional analysts said Thursday the legislation would add $1 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. Republicans were making major changes to the bill -- a top political priority of President Donald Trump -- up to the last minute, including one that would roll back some of the tax cuts after six years to appease deficit hawks...
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Allegations of sexual misconduct roiling Congress
(National News ~ 12/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- As allegations of sexual misconduct against powerful lawmakers roil Congress, House Democrats on Thursday delivered their strongest rebuke yet with calls for Michigan Rep. John Conyers' resignation, while those in the Senate reserved judgment for their embattled colleague, Minnesota Sen. Al Franken...
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Friend of Florida man accused in killings shocked by charges
(National News ~ 12/01/17)
TAMPA, Fla. -- The last time Michael Estevez saw Trai Donaldson was sometime in October, and the two lifelong friends sat watching ESPN in Estevez's Tampa home, discussing the best basketball player of all time. Estevez said LeBron. Donaldson said Jordan...
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Jury: Mexican man not guilty in San Francisco pier killing
(National News ~ 12/01/17)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A jury on Thursday found a Mexican man not guilty of murder in the killing of a woman on a San Francisco pier that touched off a national immigration debate two years ago. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate had been deported five times and was wanted for a sixth deportation when Kate Steinle was fatally shot in the back while walking with her father on the pier...
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Trump tweets strain US-Britain 'special relationship'
(International News ~ 12/01/17)
LONDON -- A few days after his inauguration, U.S. President Donald Trump stood beside British Prime Minister Theresa May in the White House and proclaimed the strength of the "most special relationship" between their two countries. Ten months later, that relationship looks strained. ...
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What North Korean photos say about new ballistic missile
(International News ~ 12/01/17)
TOKYO -- North Korea released dozens of photos Thursday of the Hwasong-15, a new intercontinental ballistic missile it claims can reach any target in the continental United States. The photo dump, published in the paper and online editions of the ruling party's official daily, is a gold mine for rocket experts trying to parse reality from bluster...
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Trump mulls calling Jerusalem Israel's capital
(National News ~ 12/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is considering recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a highly charged declaration that risks inflaming tensions across the Middle East, officials said Thursday. The announcement would be a way to offset a likely decision delaying his campaign promise to move the U.S. Embassy to the holy city from Tel Aviv...
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No lawyer for detained American accused of fighting with IS
(National News ~ 12/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government acknowledging Thursday it has detained an American citizen accused of fighting with the Islamic State for more than two months without fulfilling his request to see a lawyer. Responding to a court order, the government said the man picked up on the Syrian battlefield indicated he was willing to talk to FBI agents but "felt he should have an attorney present."...
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Out of the past: Dec. 1
(Out of the Past ~ 12/01/17)
Veteran state Rep. Joe Driskill of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and former longtime representative Marvin E. Proffer of Oakville, Missouri, are among those being mentioned for high-level positions in the administration of governor-elect Mel Carnahan. Cape Girardeau Central High School senior Tarina Kang, 18, will be spending Christmas in New York City, playing the violin at Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center; she will be playing in the New York String Orchestra Seminar, sponsored by the New School Concert.. ...
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Norma Wulff
(Obituary ~ 12/01/17)
Norma Elvalee "Lee" Wulff, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 28, 1924, in Mount Vernon, Missouri, to John Paul and Frances Breeden King. She and Robert D. Wulff were married Nov. 2, 1967. He died February 18, 2015...
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Top-selling CDs at PMac Music, Nov. 20 to Nov. 25
(Entertainment ~ 12/01/17)
NO. 1 Kid Rock: "Sweet Southern Sugar" NO. 2 Bob Seger: "I Knew You When" NO. 3 Nickelback: "Feed the Machine" NO. 4 Walter Trout: "We're All In This Together" NO. 5 Noel Gallagher: "High Flying Birds"
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Lauer says repairing damage is full-time job
(Entertainment ~ 12/01/17)
NEW YORK -- Former "Today" show host Matt Lauer, fired for sexual misconduct, said Thursday repairing the damage he has caused now is his full-time job. Lauer's first public response to his firing was read by his former co-host, Savannah Guthrie, on the show where he had worked since 1994 before being fired Tuesday night. His downfall was the broadcast's lead story...
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That's cheating! Video-game companies suing crooked players
(Entertainment ~ 12/01/17)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Rogue online gamers have designed, sold or used computer code to crush competitors playing the popular "Fortnite" survival video game, spoiling the experience and the creator's profit potential, the game's maker charges in a series of lawsuits...
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Trump expected to shrink 2 Utah monuments by two-thirds
(National News ~ 12/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump will announce plans next week to shrink two sprawling Utah national monuments by nearly two-thirds, an action environmentalists and tribal leaders called illegal and another affront to Native Americans. Trump already has offended Native Americans by overriding tribal objections to approve the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines and using a White House event honoring Navajo Code Talkers to take a political jab at a Democratic senator he has nicknamed "Pocahontas.". ...
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Appointee resigns embattled Missouri education board
(State News ~ 12/01/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- One of Gov. Eric Greitens' appointees to Missouri's embattled State Board of Education resigned Thursday, opening the door for the governor to pick a replacement who could revive his efforts to oust the state's top education official...
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Shopping for a Christmas tree
(Local News ~ 12/01/17)
Syvilla Swan, left, and her husband Sherman Swan, right, shop for a Christmas tree with Belinda Sasser, center, of Pollock Landscaping on Thursday in Cape Girardeau.
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Prayer 12/1/17
(Prayer ~ 12/01/17)
Lord God, today we celebrate with expectation and hope and know Jesus will return one day. Amen.
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Newsboys to headline contemporary Christian concert Saturday
(Editorial ~ 12/01/17)
Contemporary Christian Music fans will flock to the Show Me Center Saturday night for the Big Church Night Out tour that features some of today's biggest names in Christian music. Headlining the event will be the Newsboys, but the concert will feature the Sidewalk Prophets, 7eventh Time Down, Blanca, Derek Minor, Adam Agee and Jamison Strain...
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Speak Out 12/1/17
(Speak Out ~ 12/01/17)
It's a tribute to Petula Clark, complaining Speak Out caller. Remember her? "They say the neon lights aren't bright, on Broadway." If the U.S. becomes involved in an all out war, I wonder which side CNN will be on as far as their editorial policy is concerned?...
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Delma Stroder
(Obituary ~ 12/01/17)
Delma Lousie Stroder of Jackson died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau on her 90th birthday. The visitation will be from 4 p.m. until service time on Sunday in Chapel A at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
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Jim Nabors, star of '60s comedy 'Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C,' dies at 87
(Entertainment ~ 12/01/17)
HONOLULU -- Jim Nabors, the shy Alabaman whose down-home comedy made him a TV star as Gomer Pyle and whose surprisingly operatic voice kept him a favorite in Las Vegas and other showplaces, died Thursday. He was 87. Nabors, who underwent a liver transplant in 1994 after contracting hepatitis B, died peacefully at his home in Hawaii after his health had declined for the past year, said his husband, Stan Cadwallader, who was by his side...
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Jackson police report 12//1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/01/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n Phillip Thomas, 20, of Cape Girardeau was arrested for possession of methamphetamine. n Anthony Lucas, 30, of Cape Girardeau was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia...
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Jackson fire report 12/1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/01/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Wednesday n Company alarm on High Street. n Medical assist on Aspen Drive. n Citizen assist on Georgia Street. n Fire alarm on Jackson Boulevard. Thursday n Fire alarm on North Lacey Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report:12/1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/01/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n Joshua L. Faulkner Sr., 42, 922 Good Hope St., was arrested at 505 N. Kingshighway on a Perry County, Missouri, warrant. n Angelo D. Brown, 32, 51 Hazel Drive, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for operator's license...
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I-55 in New Madrid, Scott counties reduced for pavement, bridge work
(Local News ~ 12/01/17)
Northbound Interstate 55 in New Madrid and Scott counties, between mile markers 49 and 65, will be reduced to one lane with a 14-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform bridge maintenance and paving repairs. The work will be performed Dec. 11-30, from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release...
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Artifacts 12/1/17
(Entertainment ~ 12/01/17)
Cape Girardeau Central High School presents "No Problem" and "The Terezin Promise," Winter One Acts, at 7 p.m. today and Saturday in the Richard D. Kinder Performance Hall. Tickets are $5 for students $7 for general admission. Tickets are available online at capetigers/seatyourself.biz...
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First Friday receptions 12/1/17
(Entertainment ~ 12/01/17)
The Old Town Cape Downtown Christmas Open House will be held 5 to 9 p.m. There are 23 businesses participating, and each business will do something special in accordance with the open house. Old Town Cape will have free pictures with Santa Claus, free children's activities and free horse and wagon rides around downtown...
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Spooked deer scrambles through school
(National News ~ 12/01/17)
ENTERPRISE, Miss. -- A deer darted through two hallways of a school, startling students as they arrived for the day. People jumped out of the way Wednesday, and no people were injured. Principal Marlon Brannan said the doe bloodied its nose by jumping and hitting a window three times, then it ran through an open door. Brannan said "that deer was moving full-throttle" as it scrambled down two tile hallways, going about 200 feet before sliding out another open door...
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WWII Marine to be buried in Kansas City
(State News ~ 12/01/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The newly discovered remains of a Marine who died during World War II will be buried in Kansas City next to his mother. Donald Tolson's remains will arrive in Kansas City via plane from a South Pacific island Friday, the Kansas City Star reported...
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Best bet: Feed the Hungry benefit concert
(Entertainment ~ 12/01/17)
The second annual Feed the Hungry benefit concert will be from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at Christ Episcopal Church, 101 N. Fountain St. in Cape Girardeau. Admission is free, but donations of money and/or non-perishable food items will go to either FISH or Red Door Ministries. Performers include Joyful Strings Mountain Dulcimers, Dan Cotner, Front Porch Players, Shelly and Michael Moore, Hammered Grannies and Barefoot on Sunday...
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McDonald's RMHC Donates to Oak Ridge High School
(Submitted Story ~ 12/01/17)
The Oak Ridge High School, Family and Consumer Science Program, has been awarded a grant in the amount of $2,806.14 from The Ronald McDonald House Charities. These funds will help the schools Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) program which serves over 120 students a year to update the children's learning materials and help provide real, hands on learning experiences...
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The Golden Christmas Window “Live Mannequins”
(Submitted Story ~ 12/01/17)
Downtown Christmas Open House Friday Night featured The Live Mannequins at Pastimes Antiques. An annual crowd favorite.
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Eleven from “Stranger Things”
(Submitted Story ~ 12/01/17)
Oliva Walker aka “Eleven” as a character from The Netflix Series Stranger Things.
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Student Santas receives check from McDonalds
(Submitted Story ~ 12/01/17)
Jennifer Icaza-Gast, founder of Student Santas, is presented with a check from McDonalds. Cheryl Farrow, director of operations, and Kathy Forrest, training supervisor, are pictured here with Icaza-Gast. Student Santas is a non-profit organization that helps children and their families at Christmastime...
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Lisa Boyd's Groundbreaking Ceremony
(Submitted Story ~ 12/01/17)
December 1st of 2017, the Cape Area Habitat for Humanity was finally ready to break ground at the future house site of Lisa Boyd. The groundbreaking began at 12 p.m. at the lot located at James street in Jackson. Many people from community joined the groundbreaking...
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McDonald's RMHC Donates to Jr. Acheivement of SEMO
(Submitted Story ~ 12/01/17)
The Junior Achievement of Southeast Missouri, has received a grant in the amount of $3000.00 from Ronald McDonald House Charities to sponsor (6) classes at Orchard Elementary in Jackson. RMHC supports non-profit children's programs in the areas of education, health and social well-being, and the cultural arts...
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