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Sikeston threw quite a party Neal E. Boyd, Kenny Rogers
The following entry was written between midnight and 1 a.m. Thursday morning after returning home from the Neal E. Boyd/Kenny Rogers concert in Sikeston (and talking to my wife for a bit). Feel free to discuss. I'll be adding pictures/updating later...
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Sikeston threw quite a party for Neal E. Boyd, Kenny Rogers

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The History of RCP....

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Heat, Humidity and car riding dogs

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'Annie' on the South Lawn?
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Iran and the Application of Mansfield and Snyder

DAD

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ATTENTION PARENTS!!!

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Tournament help
The volunteers who pitch in every year to make the Louis J. Lorimier Memorial World-Famous Downtown Golf Tournament and All-You-Can-Eat Catfish Buffet a success can always be counted on to make everything go just the way it should. This year, who knew the Great Weathermaker himself would join the team?...
An American question on the Fourth of July
One of the most famous and compelling Fourth of July speeches in American history was no flag-waving paean to the glories of Old Glory -- it was instead a searing judgment on the nation's failure to fulfill the promise of liberty and equality proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence...
Here's an update on work accomplished for autism services
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Death of an icon
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The new normal does not include whining
Welcome to the new normal. Your 401(k) has tanked. Your job is hanging by a thread. And purchases you once considered routine are now major life decisions. Many have suggested the current economic challenges are causing us to rethink our values. That may be true, but I'm also still hearing people talk about when we get over "this" and things get back to "normal."...
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Pachyderms outdo people in cross-species chow bout
NEW YORK (AP) -- In the fight of pachyderms vs. people - the pachyderms now have the upper trunk....
New Zealand airline issues nude safety video
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand's national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint....
Oregon woman obsessed with rabbits back in jail
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits....
Illinois cabbie uses deodorant to disarm attacker
ELGIN, Ill. (AP) -- Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant....
Calif. students get X-rated version of class DVD
ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP) -- A Northern California elementary school teacher sent her students home for the summer with a video of class memories, only the DVD included six seconds of her having sex on a couch....
NYPD rookie makes arrest moments after graduation
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started....
Man says bear mugged him for his Italian sandwich
VERNON, N.J. (AP) -- A northwestern New Jersey man said he was mugged in his driveway by a sandwich-craving bear. Henry Rouwendal said he was packing his car last Friday when he was hit from behind and knocked to the ground. He said the culprit was a black bear who took his Italian sandwich....
New Swiss firefighting tool: TV remote control
ZURICH (AP) -- It must rank among the easiest fires ever to put out. Zurich authorities say police and firefighters were called to the house of an elderly woman early Thursday after she reported her television set was burning. When they arrived, they discovered no signs of fire or smoke....
Police: Conn. teens mishear sex screams, beat man
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A 16-year-old girl thought she heard her mother being assaulted by her boyfriend and rounded up some friends who beat him up, only to learn later that the couple actually were having sex, the woman and police said. The girl misinterpreted the woman's amorous screams, and she and four other teens went to the woman's bedroom in the Torrington home on June 6, police Lt. Bruce Whiteley said Thursday....
Va. woman rides to landfill in trash bin
WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) -- Workers at the Frederick County Landfill were surprised by what they found in a large trash bin trucked in from a Goodwill Industries store: a woman who had apparently gotten trapped. "They opened the door and she got out," said landfill manager Ron Kimble....