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Apparently, I'm not the only one who thinks we have just endured — and maybe are still experiencing — one of the gloomiest winters and springs in recent memory.Gray. Rainy. Cold. Depressing.

Friday, May 9

"Steel Magnolias" dinner theater
doors open at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.
River City Yacht Club

Aaron Picar
8 to 10 p.m.
Grace Cafe

Almost Always
9 p.m.
Club Moxy

Bob Camp
9 p.m.
Rude Dog Pub

Dirty 30s
9PM
Broussard's Cajun Cuisine

Karaoke
9 p.m.
Muddy Waters

Karaoke
9:30 p.m.
Pockets

Karaoke with TJ Jackson
6:30 p.m.
Cape Girardeau VFW Hall

Live Entertainment
10 p.m.
Cape Club Complex

Live Piano with Harry Howard
6 to 9 p.m.
Ray's - Kelso

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Review: No luck finding surprises in 'Vegas'

The Associated Press
Come on, now. You already know "What Happens in Vegas."

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The St. Louis County Circuit Court has set a tentative trial date of Sept. 8 for the murder trial of Lisa A. Barlow but has not yet secured a courtroom where Cape Girardeau County Circuit Judge William Syler can hear the case, according to St. Louis...
The Wizard of Oz at Central Junior High
The story of Dorothy and Toto begins in Kansas and proceeds to Munchkinland. (Video by Fred Lynch)
Original Munchkin here for Wizard of Oz
Scenes from the Circus
Alpha Omega Jumpers
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Many birds are making their way north this month and people can "join" them in their journey by celebrating International Migratory Bird Day at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, Saturday, May 10.International...
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Mittens is a one-year-old spayed female cat. This beautiful girl is looking for a new home. The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri (573)334-5837.
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Featured Stories
On Monday and Thursday afternoons at Cape Bible Chapel you can find 10 children ranging in ages from 9 to 14, two women and a pile of jump ropes. They are the jumpers and two coaches of a program called "Alpha Omega Jumpers."
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — St. Joseph residents will get radar guns to nail speeders in their neighborhoods under a new program with the police department.
A week from Saturday, 453 new graduates will cross the commencement stage on the lawn of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. Among them: Nokuthula Sikhethiwe Kitikiti, Udochukwu Chinyere Obodo, and Baitnairamdal Otgonshar.Jayne Niemi will be ready.
MESOPOTAMIA, Ohio — In a quiet gas-lit farmhouse, two girls in bonnets and long blue dresses wind tape around expired bottles of Newman's Own salad dressing and wipe dust off dented cans of vegetables and crumpled boxes of Butterfinger candy bars.
Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones acknowledged in a public meeting this week that a conversation he thought was private was recorded secretly by District 2 Commissioner Jay Purcell.

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Forecast
National Weather Service forecast for Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Updated May 09 @ 9:03 PM

Tonight
Mostly Cloudy
Low: 49
Tomorrow
T-storms
High: 74
Low: 54
Sunday
Chance Rain Showers
High: 63
Low: 44
Monday
Mostly Sunny
High: 73
Low: 49
Tuesday
Chance T-storms
High: 76
Low: 56
Wednesday
Chance T-storms
High: 71
Low: 53
Thursday
Chance Rain Showers
High: 68
Low: 55

Radar
Radar from the National Weather Service at Paducah, Kentucky:

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Sat
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Warnings
No watches or warnings currently in effect for the Cape Girardeau area.

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Quakes
Most recently recorded earthquakes in the Central U.S. from the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (Times in Central):

Mag.WhenWhere
1.505/09 08:565 mi SW of New Madrid, MO
2.805/09 03:404 mi ENE of Dell, AR
1.805/08 22:452 mi W of Louisville, TN
2.005/06 12:302 mi W of Annandale, VA
2.705/05 06:254 mi SW of Sappington, MO
1.605/04 17:238 mi ESE of Tellico Plains, TN
1.605/03 09:547 mi N of Dyersburg, TN
1.605/02 23:275 mi SW of New Madrid, MO
1.405/02 19:345 mi NNE of Bellmont, IL
3.305/01 00:306 mi WSW of Allendale, IL
2.604/30 14:295 mi NNE of Bellmont, IL
2.304/29 17:5610 mi SW of Caruthersville, MO


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