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Mystery photos solved 5/16/2012

Wille's Bakery

Cape seeks volunteers for new beautification committee

Garland D. Fronabarger, cub reporter

Moms do it 366 days a year

Perryville unveils new logo

Mother's Day roses

South Highway 61 accident scene

Mama's happy and that's all that matters

Mudlick Hollow much more interesting than Mudlick Mountain

Mystery mules: auction day?

House move not smoothe

Fun is a battlefield

St. Mary's High School

Common sense needed in river management situation

Broadway corner site of numerous businesses

One Horse Gap is more than the name suggests

Broadway trolley gone, remnants remain

Chamber gunning for members

The Normal before the fire

Community bloggers
Commentaries From The Trail

Commentaries From the Trail

REMINDER......

A Short Reply to Anyone But Obama 2012!

Fish cleaning, cooking demos at Cape Riverfront Market

Happy Mother's Day Momma

Thanks Mom

Lightening Crashes

Happy Mother's Day: I Love You Mom -- Son #1

OPENING OF "A NIGHT IN THE THEATRE"

Southeast Missouri State U Should Get Its Fair Share in Funding

IT'S ABOUT TIME........

Identity Theft

Bouting, comic book-style

Consider Seller Financing

More House Bills Reported to the Senate

TWO LOVELY LADIES.......

It's Who I Am

IRS CP2000 Notice

AN ACQUAINTANCESHIP RENEWED ON STAGE....

OLE TIMER AND NEW TIMER TAKE THE STAGE......

Making Mistakes Part 2

A commencement address for Fresh Meat

Legislative update for April 23 - 27

Donate Life - Giving the Gift of Life Through Organ Donation

I-55 in Ste. Genevieve, Perry and Cape Counties Reduced to Single Lane

State Event - Kid's Fishing Night

IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR............

Making Mistakes Part I

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...In Memphis, TN

2012 All-Black River League baseball

2012 All-Ozark Foothills Conference softball

2012 Dunklin County Post 303 American Legion baseball schedule released,tryouts slated for May

2012 All-Ozark Foothills Conference baseball

District baseball seedings released

Schedule set for Bootheel Conference baseball tournament

66th Ozark Invitational final

66th Ozark Invitational - Day 1

66th Ozark Invitational golf tournament

Schedule set for SEMO Conference baseball tournament

2012 Black River League Baseball Tournament *SCHEDULE CHANGE*

New AD looks like a good fit

Live Wednesday: Tri-County Conference baseball tournament championship updates

Defense Leads the Way in 50-14 Victory Over Titans

Games for 4/16 cancelled

Live Saturday: Malden baseball tournament updates

Girl's Softball League Deadline is April 11th

Copperheads Suffer First Loss of the Season, 62-12

Media all-state basketball teams, coaches of the year and final rankings

Snyder leads battle to replace Scheible

A distraction from the major issues at stake
Presidential campaigns are a contact sport. There may be a phony facade of friendly rivalry, but beneath that veneer is deep disdain and distrust. And I'm not talking about the candidates. I'm talking about the American public. Every four years, it seems, we divide ourselves along purely political lines to choose the most powerful leader in the free world...

Ben Rushin, teenager with autism, shattered expectations and will graduate Thursday
I hadn't talked to Ben Rushin for more than a passing hello since 2004, when he was just a 10-year-old boy. He was the protagonist in one of the best stories I'd ever written; more specifically, I co-wrote the four-part series with Callie Clark before she became Callie Clark-Miller, years before we had two sons, both of whom have had speech delays like Ben...
Celebrating Mother's Day with mom's recipes
Today is a special day; it is not only Mother's Day, it is also graduation day for the Centennial graduating class at Cape Girardeau Central High School. Our son Ross is among the students in the class of 2012. Ross has had an amazing high school experience. ...
Mother sauce a source of variety
This is a day when we should all ask ourselves, "Where would I be without my mother?" For many the answer is "Probably in the middle of traffic, without my jacket, and talking to some stranger." For professional chefs, however, the situation would be even more dire without their mothers -- their mother sauces, that is...
Gnatcatcher among smallest birds
The blue-gray gnatcatcher is one of North America's smallest birds. An adult will weigh less than one-third of an ounce and is about 4 1/2 inches from tip of beak to tip of tail. The ruby-throated hummingbird is not much smaller. The signature song of the blue-gray gnatcatcher is a soft squeaky whistle easily missed among the myriad of other sounds of the forest. ...
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Weird news
NJ gov., mayor channel Seinfeld in video parody
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the mayor of New Jersey's largest city are channeling the Seinfeld-Newman rivalry in a video parody that spoofs the mayor's heroics and Christie's vice presidential potential....
Workers go trash-picking for Mass. woman's rings
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) -- An Attleboro, Mass., woman is praising the city's trash collection company after its workers helped her dig through mountains of stinking garbage to find five valuable rings she inadvertently threw away, including her engagement and wedding bands....
Dozens of flyswatters wash up on Alaska beaches
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) -- Dozens of fly swatters bearing logos of collegiate and professional sports teams have been washing up on the beaches of an Alaska island....
Man freed on bond but must write book reports
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) -- A man charged in an undercover sting operation in Northern California that ended in gunfire has been ordered released on bond on the condition that he read and write book reports....
Cops: NY man shoots friend in leg at his request
STOCKHOLM, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities say a northern New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot....
Ex-teacher charged with stealing Ohio prom money
HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) -- A former high school teacher in southwest Ohio has been charged with stealing money meant for a school prom in a cash-strapped district....
Truck crashes on NY highway, spills tons of yogurt
CHENANGO, N.Y. (AP) -- A tractor-trailer crash in upstate New York has sent 18 tons of Greek yogurt spilling alongside a highway....
French mystery: Hair dryers mailed to New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A mysterious benefactor in Paris is spreading love, cash and hair appliances along a rugged stretch of New Zealand....
Cocaine in wheelchair's seat cushion at AZ border
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) -- Federal authorities say a Mexican man tried to smuggle more than 7 pounds of cocaine into Arizona by hiding it in his wheelchair's seat cushion....
Calif. family wakes to find Lexus in their pool
LA PUENTE, Calif. (AP) -- The Diaz family awoke to find a Lexus at the bottom of their swimming pool....