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Show Me Center revs up for Hot Wheels Monster Trucks in February
(Local News ~ 11/14/18)
Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live is set to bring jumps, stunts, crashing and smashing Feb. 1 through 3 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. According to a news release, the new 20-plus-city tour will feature specialty acts including icons of freestyle motocross, world record attempts, and Megasaurus — the “massive, car-eating, fire-breathing prehistoric robot who loves chomping on anything with four wheels.”...
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First Native American to space walk shares experiences
(Local News ~ 11/14/18)
When astronaut John Herrington became the 143rd person in the history of the human race to complete a spacewalk, he also became the first person of Native American descent to do so. A traditional feather he took to the International Space Station representing "Mother Earth, Father Sky and all the people in the world" is now displayed in the Smithsonian...
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Area braces for first significant snow fall
(Local News ~ 11/14/18)
The first significant snowfall of the season is forecast to hit this area tonight into Thursday morning. About 3 inches of snow is expected, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Area residents woke up to a dusting of snow Tuesday morning...
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Cape school officials: Locate aquatic center on school district property
(Local News ~ 11/14/18)
A proposed, indoor aquatic center needs to be built on Cape Girardeau School District property, school board members told a consultant Tuesday. Cape Girardeau city and school officials are looking to build a facility to replace the aging Central Municipal Pool, which is operated jointly by the two entities...
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Third phase of renovation to begin on Ivers Square in spring 2019
(Local News ~ 11/14/18)
The second phase of the Ivers Square three-phase renovation is nearly complete, with the third and final phase expected to begin in March 2019, according to Old Town Cape special projects coordinator Sarah LaVenture. Gazebo and site renovations are moving forward as anticipated and there have not been any complications, LaVenture confirmed by email Tuesday...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/14/18)
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 14, the 318th day of 2018. There are 47 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 14, 1970, a chartered Southern Airways DC-9 crashed while trying to land in West Virginia, killing all 75 people on board, including the Marshall University football team and its coaching staff...
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Southeast Missourian joins Google in test to elevate civility
(Column ~ 11/14/18)
The Southeast Missourian will be participating in a pilot program with Jigsaw, a division of Google's parent corporation, to test whether technology can help elevate online community discussion. Your participation and perspective will be vital. Together, we have an opportunity to shape future online commentary not only locally but across the country (and world)...
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Counting votes is not rocket science
(Column ~ 11/14/18)
Something is terribly wrong when the fate of our national political direction boils down to recounts. Ballot recounts underway in Florida clearly don't pass the smell test. The American public is tiring of "mystery" ballots surfacing long after the polls have closed...
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Out of the past: Nov. 14
(Out of the Past ~ 11/14/18)
With as many as 14 nominating petitions circulating through Cape Girardeau, there apparently is enough interest in the spring municipal election to warrant a primary runoff in February; Melvin Gateley has already filed for the mayor's race, and he is likely to be joined by Michael Sterling and Councilman Melvin Kasten; James "J.J." Williamson filed for the Ward 1 council seat on Wednesday...
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Larry Windeknecht
(Obituary ~ 11/14/18)
Larry Calvin Windeknecht, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will follow at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will be at McLain Chapel Cemetery in Oriole...
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Kay Williams
(Obituary ~ 11/14/18)
NEWTON, Kan. -- Anita Kay Williams, 71, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, at her home. Anita was known as "Kay" to her family and friends. She was born Nov. 15, 1946, in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of James G. and Reba Doris Wrather LaFont. Kay had two daughters, Renee and Michelle, with her first husband, B.J. Rooker Jr...
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James Parker
(Obituary ~ 11/14/18)
James Varner "Jim" Parker, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. Graveside funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Dr. Barry Winders officiating. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Ted Lanpher
(Obituary ~ 11/14/18)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Ted J. Lanpher, 82, of Advance passed away Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. He was born Aug. 24, 1936, in Painton, Missouri, to Sam and Maude Fenimore Lanpher. Ted grew up in Delta and was a 1954 graduate of Delta High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1959 to 1961 in El Paso, Texas. He worked as a heavy equipment operator and was a member of the Operating Engineers Union Local 513 for 50 years, while also working the family farm...
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James Hornbeek
(Obituary ~ 11/14/18)
James Albert Hornbeek, 86, of Jackson died Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be held from 1:30 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral will follow at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Bruce Baxter officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Wanda Green
(Obituary ~ 11/14/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Wanda R. Green, 86, of Perryville, formerly of Oak Ridge, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, at Estates of Perryville. She was born March 8, 1932, in Livingston County, Illinois, daughter of William Bryan and Ida Rose Kemper Green. Wanda was a homemaker. She was a former member of the Southeast Missouri Iris Society, Mineral Area Iris Society and Mineral Area Day Lily Society. She loved quilting, sewing, playing bingo and puzzles...
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Stan Lee was ahead of his time
(Entertainment ~ 11/14/18)
It became easy, in recent years, to dismiss him as the wisecracking grandpa of the American comic book, a past-his-prime gimmick who cameoed alongside Earth's angstiest superheroes in the high-grossing Marvel blockbusters of the past decade. But Stan Lee, who died Monday, was far more than that. It's no stretch to say he helped redraw the world of American fiction. And he certainly made sure everyone knew it...
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After 17 years, many Afghans blame U.S. for unending war
(International News ~ 11/14/18)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- When U.S. forces and their Afghan allies rode into Kabul in November 2001 they were greeted as liberators. But after 17 years of war, the Taliban have retaken half the country, security is worse than it's been in that time, and many Afghans place the blame squarely on the Americans...
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Cease-fire takes fragile hold between Israel, Hamas
(International News ~ 11/14/18)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Hamas and other militant groups said Tuesday they had accepted an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire to end two days of intense fighting with Israel, pushing the sworn enemies to the brink of a new war. The sudden announcement brought relief to a region paralyzed by hundreds of Palestinian rocket attacks in southern Israel and scores of Israeli airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip. ...
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UK Cabinet to meet after Britain, EU reach Brexit deal
(International News ~ 11/14/18)
LONDON -- After months of stalled talks, false starts and setbacks, negotiators from Britain and the European Union struck a proposed divorce deal Tuesday to provide for the U.K.'s smooth exit from the bloc. But the agreement faces major political hurdles starting today, when British Prime Minister Theresa May will try to win the approval of her divided Cabinet for a deal many ministers view with skepticism...
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Artificial flavors a mystery
(Community ~ 11/14/18)
NEW YORK -- Six artificial flavors are being ordered out of the food supply in a dispute over their safety, but good luck to anyone who wants to know which cookies, candies or drinks they're in. The dispute highlights the complex rules governing what goes in our food, how much the public knows about it, and a mysterious class of ingredients, evolved over decades and largely outside of public view...
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U.S. trial to tell epic tale of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo'
(National News ~ 11/14/18)
NEW YORK -- During the height of Mexican drug wars in 1993, an attempted hit on Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman went wrong. A team of gunmen sent to rub out the notorious drug lord instead killed a Roman Catholic cardinal at an airport in Guadalajara, outraging the Mexican public enough to touch off a massive manhunt for Guzman. He was captured, but prosecutors say he was undeterred from a brutal pursuit of power that lasted decades, featured jail breakouts and left a trail of bodies...
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Families mourn as first victims of California fire named
(National News ~ 11/14/18)
PARADISE, Calif. -- Ernest Foss was a musician who gave lessons out of his home when he lived in San Francisco, where an amplifier running the length of a wall served as the family's living room couch. Carl Wiley refurbished tires for Michelin. Jesus Fernandez was known as "Zeus."...
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Trump calls on Democrat to concede, implies fraud
(National News ~ 11/14/18)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- President Donald Trump sought to intervene in Florida's legally mandated vote recount Tuesday, calling on the state's Democratic senator to admit defeat and again implying without evidence officials in two pivotal counties are trying to steal the election...
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U.S. colleges attracting fewer global students
(National News ~ 11/14/18)
The number of foreign students heading to U.S. colleges and universities fell again last year, the second straight decline after more than a decade of growth, a new report finds. Enrollment of new international students dropped by about 7 percent in fall 2017, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the State Department and the Institute of International Education, a nonprofit research group based in New York...
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Report: CIA considered potential truth serum for terror suspects
(National News ~ 11/14/18)
WASHINGTON -- Shortly after 9/11, the CIA considered using a drug it thought might work like a truth serum and force terror suspects to give up information about potential attacks. After months of research, the agency decided a drug called Versed, a sedative often prescribed to reduce anxiety, was "possibly worth a try." But in the end, the CIA decided not to ask government lawyers to approve its use...
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Stung by election losses, House GOP weighs leadership choices
(National News ~ 11/14/18)
WASHINGTON -- Frustration, finger-pointing and questions spilled over a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday night as lawmakers sorted through an election defeat costing them the majority and began considering new leadership for their shrunken minority...
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More children get paralyzing illness, cause still unknown
(National News ~ 11/14/18)
NEW YORK -- More children have been diagnosed with a mysterious paralyzing illness in recent weeks, and U.S. health officials said Tuesday they still aren't sure what's causing it. This year's count could surpass the numbers seen in similar outbreaks in 2014 and 2016, officials said. Fortunately, the disease remains rare: This year, there have been 90 cases spread among 27 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said...
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October budget deficit jumps to $100.5B
(National News ~ 11/14/18)
WASHINGTON -- The federal government recorded a deficit of $100.5 billion in October, a big increase from a year ago but primarily caused by quirks in the calendar. The Treasury Department said Tuesday the deficit shot up 59 percent from the same month a year ago. Last year's October deficit was smaller because the government paid $48 billion in benefits in September because Oct. 1 fell on the weekend...
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Whitaker abandoned taxpayer-funded project in Iowa in 2016, records show
(National News ~ 11/14/18)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- While in private business, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker walked away from a taxpayer-subsidized apartment-rehabilitation project in Iowa after years of cost overruns, delays and other problems, public records show. The City of Des Moines ultimately yanked an affordable housing loan Whitaker's company had been awarded, and another lender began foreclosure proceedings after Whitaker defaulted on a separate loan for nearly $700,000. ...
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Homeland Security chief expected to leave; more staff churn likely
(National News ~ 11/14/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is weighing an administration-wide shakeup as he looks to prepare his White House for divided government, with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen expected to be among the next to go, perhaps as soon as this week...
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Budweiser Clydesdales to no longer train in New Hampshire
(State News ~ 11/14/18)
MERRIMACK, N.H. -- Anheuser-Busch says the famed Budweiser Clydesdales will no longer train in New Hampshire. The brewing company said the horse training facility at the Merrimack brewery is being relocated to a state-of-the-art breeding facility near Boonville, Missouri. Anheuser-Busch corporate communications director Samantha Roth told WMUR-TV the move will allow the training team to be closer to young Clydesdales and begin training earlier...
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Poplar Bluff teacher suspended after student dresses as Klansman
(State News ~ 11/14/18)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A southern Missouri teacher who oversaw a history class presentation in which a ninth-grader dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan has apologized for a "lapse of judgment" and is suspended indefinitely, the superintendent of the predominantly white district said Tuesday...
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Treasurer Eric Schmitt will become Missouri attorney general
(State News ~ 11/14/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday named fellow Republican state Treasurer Eric Schmitt to replace U.S. Sen.-elect Josh Hawley as the state's next attorney general. Schmitt's appointment leaves another vacancy in an elected statewide office for Parson to fill, which the governor said he's in the process of doing. Nearly half of Missouri's statewide executive officeholders have been appointed and not elected to their seats...
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SNAP candlelight vigil Tuesday night
(Local News ~ 11/14/18)
Lynda Stewart, head of Southeast Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, left, speaks Tuesday during the third annual candlelight vigil hosted by Stop Needless Acts of Violence Please (SNAP) in the 500 block of South Frederick Street in Cape Girardeau.
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Prayer 11/14/18
(Prayer ~ 11/14/18)
Heavenly Father, may our words honor you and reflect your grace and mercy. Amen.
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Robert McCann
(Obituary ~ 11/14/18)
Robert Thomas McCann, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. A memorial service will be planned for a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Greeks find lost ancient city of Tenea
(International News ~ 11/14/18)
ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's culture ministry said Tuesday archaeologists have located the first tangible remains of a lost city the ancient Greeks believed was first settled by Trojan captives of war after the sack of Troy. A ministry statement said excavations from September to early October in the southern Greek region of the Peleponnese turned up "proof of the existence of the ancient city" of Tenea, until now known mostly from ancient texts...
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Births 11/14/18
(Births ~ 11/14/18)
Daughter to Corbin Grant and Shaylin Mariah Carlton of Anna, Illinois, Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:03 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. Name, Saundra June. Weight, 7 pounds, 7 ounces. First child. Mrs. Carlton is the former Shaylin Goins, daughter of Candi and Gary Goins of Cobden, Illinois. She is a teacher at Century High School. Carlton is the son of Vonda and Don Carlton of Goreville, Illinois. He is an engineer with the Missouri Department of Transportation...
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Guardian Angel Students See Trump & Attend the Republican Rally
(Submitted Story ~ 11/14/18)
November 5, 2018 was an historic day in southeast Missouri, as President Donald Trump came to the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau to do a rally, "Make America Great Again", for the Republican party, on the eve of the election day. He, Joshua Hawley, & Mrs. ...
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