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Sherrell Foshee
(Obituary ~ 11/15/08)
Sherrell Foshee ANNA, Ill. -- Sherrell Edward Foshee, 78, of Anna died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Ill. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Choate Center Cemetery, with the Rev. Randy Wheaton officiating...
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Police report 11/15/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/15/08)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Dejuan I. McClung, 21, 508 Cape Meadows Circle, Apt. 27, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for passing bad checks...
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Missouri deer hunting season opens today
(Local News ~ 11/15/08)
Today marks the start of Missouri's deer season, which runs until Dec. 21, and as thousands of Missourians gear up in hunter orange to hit the woods, they might want to choose their strategy carefully. A plentiful crop of white oak acorns, a favored snack of deer, could mean deer have a bounty of food in their immediate vicinity...
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Winter's worth of work: Cape Girardeau hopes to expand river walk by late March
(Local News ~ 11/15/08)
By April, if the weather is good over the winter, people who enjoy a stroll along the Cape Girardeau riverfront will have a longer path to tread. The Cape Girardeau City Council last week chose Lappe Cement Finishing Inc. of Perryville, Mo., for a $435,000 contract to extend the river walk by almost a half-mile from its current terminus northward to Sloan Creek. ...
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'Twilight' time: Vampire tale seeks blockbuster bite
(Entertainment ~ 11/15/08)
LOS ANGELES -- Girl-meets-boy stories are not the usual stuff of Hollywood blockbusters, even when it's girl-meets-vampire. Neither are stories created by women, with a predominantly female audience, shot on a bargain budget with a cast of relative unknowns and released by an independent distributor trying to establish a niche among Hollywood's half-dozen studio behemoths...
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Repower plan would solve problems
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/15/08)
To the editor: America faces unprecedented economic, environmental and national-security challenges. We urgently need new jobs, stable energy prices and freedom from dirty fossil fuels and global-warming pollution. These challenges call for a big solution. I want our leaders to know that here in Cape Girardeau we support repowering America with 100 percent clean electricity within 10 years to get our country and our environment back on track quickly...
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Glance at Jackson vs. Eureka Class 5 quarterfinal
(High School Sports ~ 11/15/08)
Eureka (10-1) at Jackson (7-5) When: Today, 1:30 p.m. Last Monday: Jackson 30, Parkway North 0; Eureka 45, Vianney 7 District contest: Eureka 17, Jackson 10 on Oct. 17 Outlook: Jackson lost to Eureka by a touchdown Oct. 17 to fall two games under .500. ...
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Kevin Costner indulges passion for music with debut CD
(Entertainment ~ 11/15/08)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- He's played Wyatt Earp, Robin Hood and Eliot Ness in the movies, but Kevin Costner says his most natural gig is playing music with his band. "This is as close to my personality as I ever get, playing live," Costner said. "When I'm making a movie I'm playing whoever I'm playing. But my personality comes out on stage when I play live. That's when you see me the clearest."...
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Firefighters overwhelmed by raging Calif. wildfire
(National News ~ 11/15/08)
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Firefighters struggled Friday against an out-of-control wildfire that destroyed at least 100 homes in a wealthy, celebrity-studded enclave, flaring up so fast that it caught some terrified residents behind the automatic gates of their mansions...
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First female promoted to four-star general Friday
(National News ~ 11/15/08)
WASHINGTON -- Call it breaking the brass ceiling. Ann E. Dunwoody, after 33 years in the Army, ascended Friday to a peak never before reached by a woman in the U.S. military: four-star general. At an emotional promotion ceremony, Dunwoody looked back on her years in uniform and said it was a credit to the Army -- and a great surprise to her -- that she would make history in a male-dominated military...
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Justice Department approves purchase of Anheuser-Busch
(Business ~ 11/15/08)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department approved InBev SA's $52 billion buyout of Anheuser-Busch on Friday, a deal that will create the world's largest brewer. However, InBev must sell subsidiary Labatt USA to win regulatory approval. Labatt Blue and Labatt Blue Light have less than 1 percent share of the U.S. market, but in upstate New York they go head-to-head with Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.'s Budweiser and Bud Light, and MillerCoors LLC brands like Coors Light and Miller Lite...
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Santa visit kicks off West Park Mall's Christmas schedule
(Local News ~ 11/15/08)
Santa Claus will make his first appearance of the year today at West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau. Scheduled for a 10 a.m. arrival, Santa will greet youngsters in his newly designed home, Santa's Candy Court. Among the activities scheduled for Santa's first day at the mall is a Salvation Army Tree of Lights ceremony at 10 a.m. and carols sung by the Alma Schrader Elementary School choir at 10:45 a.m...
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Space shuttle blasts into night sky
(National News ~ 11/15/08)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven are blasting into the night sky, bound for the international space station. The shuttle rose off its launch pad Friday a little before 7 p.m. The brilliant flash of light was visible for miles around...
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Redhawks drop match to Govs
(College Sports ~ 11/15/08)
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team was swept at Austin Peay on Friday night. Game scores were 25-17, 25-22, 25-21 as the Redhawks fell to 12-13 overall and 10-7 in Ohio Valley Conference play. Austin Peay is 20-10 and 12-5...
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Mary Clingingsmith
(Obituary ~ 11/15/08)
Mary Clingingsmith Mary Dell Clingingsmith, 90, of Oak Ridge died Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, at Independence Care Center in Perryville, Mo. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The funeral will be Tuesday at the funeral home...
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Virgil Robinson
(Obituary ~ 11/15/08)
Virgil Robinson Virgil "Bo" Robinson, 76, of Jackson passed away Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 27, 1932, in Scott City, Kan., son of the late Claude and Eva Wickland Robinson. Virgil married Evelina Gross on Oct. 9, 1955, in Yankton, S.D...
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Central's Sam Gramling reaches state final in two freestyle events
(High School Sports ~ 11/15/08)
Central's Sam Gramling earned the right to swim today for two state championships. The junior finished eighth in both the 200-yard freestyle and 500 freestyle Friday to qualify for the finals at the state swimming meet in St. Peters. Gramling finished in 1 minute, 46.60 seconds in the 200, while swimming a 4:45.00 in the 500...
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Speak Out 11/15/08
(Speak Out ~ 11/15/08)
Volunteer checkers WHY DON'T the police organize a group of responsible citizens who would volunteer to drive by the additional 72 residences of convicted sex offenders on Halloween night to see if they are in compliance with the new law? Time to help...
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Correction 11/15/08
(Correction ~ 11/15/08)
n In Friday's article about Mending Hearts, a drug abuse recovery program in Cape Girardeau, the $75 rent is paid weekly. Co-founders Karen Daugherty and her daughter, Stacy Sullivant, are Drug Enforcement Administration certified as addiction experts, not counselors. Six women have had relapses while living at Mending Hearts. The Southeast Missourian regrets the errors...
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Births 11/15/08
(Births ~ 11/15/08)
Turley Son to Nathan Montgomery and Alisha Anne Turley of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:14 a.m. Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. Name, Evan Joseph. Weight, 7 pounds, 6 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Turley is the former Alisha Liley, daughter of Mike and Carol Keen of Jackson and Mike and Laura Liley of Grassy, Mo. She is a teacher at Jackson Middle School. Turley is the son of Wayne and Karen Turley of Jackson. He is employed at Courtesy Cleaners...
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Cape police arrest three teenagers on graffiti charges
(Local News ~ 11/15/08)
Three teens were arrested this week in connection with 14 incidents of property damage in Cape Girardeau, according to police. Austin A. Abernathy, 17, Derek W. Menz, 19, and a 16-year-old boy, all of Cape Girardeau, were charged with using spray paint to deface walls at various locations in the city...
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Writing for the Lord: Three local authors to sign books at Cape Girardeau store
(Community ~ 11/15/08)
Joshua Grimwood, Melba Elledge and Sherry Elliott all write for the same reason -- to bring Christ to children. The three authors will be available from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 22 at Gospeland Christian Outlet in Cape Girardeau to sign their recent books...
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American University takes root in Kurdistan, northern Iraq
(International News ~ 11/15/08)
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq -- Tucked away in the heart of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, a U.S. style university with bold plans to attract the country's top talent has quickly found a following among young Iraqis. The American University in Iraq, which threw open its doors to students last January, has seen its enrollment soar almost sixfold in its second academic year...
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Russian lawmakers back extension of presidential term from 4 to 6 years
(International News ~ 11/15/08)
MOSCOW -- Russian lawmakers moved to lengthen the presidential term from four to six years on Friday with a vote that opponents called a step toward Vladimir Putin's return to power. The change means that the powerful prime minister could serve a total of 20 years as president if he returns to the position as many expect...
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Class 5 quirk works to Jackson's benefit
(High School Sports ~ 11/15/08)
Eureka coach Farrell Shelton cannot quite understand the reason why his team is playing a road game today against Jackson High School. Shelton isn't against the new Missouri high school football playoff system. He likes how it gives more deserving teams that were unable to win their district, such as Jackson, the opportunity to make the playoffs...
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Redhawks face UTM in final home game
(College Sports ~ 11/15/08)
Southeast Missouri State's success against an Ohio Valley Conference leader makes Tennessee-Martin coach Jason Simpson wary entering today's game at Houck Stadium. While Southeast (3-7, 1-5) will try to send its seniors out with a win in their final home appearance, UT-Martin (7-3, 5-1) will try to keep its OVC championship hopes alive...
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Redhawks open with loss to the Lobos
(College Sports ~ 11/15/08)
Things went well for the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team during the first 10 minutes of Friday night's season opener in Albuquerque, N.M. But New Mexico had its way over the final 30 minutes as the heavily favored Lobos blasted the Redhawks 102-59...
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Our God by any other name is still God
(Column ~ 11/15/08)
"Renegade has left the Oval. Repeat -- Renegade has left the Oval." Those words will be spoken sometime after Jan. 20 by a Secret Service agent. Barack Obama, soon to be our 44th president, has been assigned the code name Renegade. The Secret Service uses such appellations (e.g., JFK was Lancer, Clinton was Eagle, George W. Bush is Tumbler) because they are readily understandable and recognizable in radio transmissions...
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Thanksgiving givees turkey industry little cause for celebration this year
(National News ~ 11/15/08)
MILWAUKEE -- Thanksgiving is bringing turkey producers little to celebrate this year, while diners anticipating the most poultry-centric of holidays may be grateful that they won't see much difference in the cost of their bird. Meat producers have been struggling this year with higher costs for key ingredients like corn, soybeans and oil, part of why the cost of beef and chicken has risen so much. ...
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The example set at AIG is not what taxpayers expect from the bailout
(Editorial ~ 11/15/08)
The nation's $700 billion-plus bailout plan is stuck in a quagmire of bureaucracy, and one of the earliest beneficiaries of the federally funded effort is not helping its public image with its extravagant spending at what many taxpayers take to be their expense...
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Dexter's recycle bins being filled with unrecyclable items
(Local News ~ 11/15/08)
DEXTER, Mo. -- The amount of unrecyclable solid waste going into the recycle bins in Dexter is causing problems for city officials. In the past week, city workers have seen an increase in solid waste that must be sorted and then loaded on trucks bound for the landfill at the city's expense...
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Southeast women debut with rare win over Bears
(College Sports ~ 11/15/08)
The Missouri State women's basketball program isn't what it once was. But that didn't make Southeast Missouri State any less pleased Friday night. The Redhawks opened their season with a hard-fought 67-64 win over the visiting Bears. "With their history and their program ... it's a great win," Southeast senior forward Rachel Blunt said...
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Half a million illegal immigrants defying deportation in U.S.
(National News ~ 11/15/08)
BOSTON -- Zeituni Onyango came to the United States seeking asylum from her native Kenya but was turned down and ordered to leave the country in 2004. Four years later, she is still here. And her nephew is about to become president of the United States...
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As holiday season approaches, don't hold back love and support for others
(Community ~ 11/15/08)
The weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and Christmas are filled with anticipation -- of the journey through late fall and facing the horizon of winter surrounded with the nakedness of trees; of the excitement of turkey and Christmas wrappings, along with the darkness of winter nights as it creep its way onto the clock earlier each day; of the warm weather and blue skies that will return someday...
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India's first lunar probe lands, sends back images
(International News ~ 11/15/08)
NEW DELHI -- The first lunar probe from India landed successfully on the moon Friday as part of a two-year mission aimed at laying the groundwork for further Indian space expeditions, the Indian Space Research Organization said. ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair said cameras on board have been transmitting images of the moon back to Indian space control, the Press Trust of India news agency reported...
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Fire report 11/15/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/15/08)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following call Thursday: n At 9:27 p.m., citizen assist in the 700 block of North Sunset Boulevard. Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday: n At 9:28 a.m., emergency medical service in the 200 block of South Lorimier Street...
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Altoms, state reach plea deal
(Local News ~ 11/15/08)
The death in 2005 of a 4-year-old Perry County boy was not caused by medical negligence on the part of his mother and stepfather, Perry County Prosecuting Attorney Thomas Hoeh said Friday. Ethan Patrick Williams died Aug. 25, 2005, following a 25-day battle with an antibiotic-resistant staph infection. ...
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Bailout isn't constitutional
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/15/08)
To the editor: Our political wizards are telling us that the government is going to give away our money to stabilize the economy. Banks are failing. The mortgage industry is failing. Automakers are failing. The stock market is in free fall. Businesses are going bankrupt. And the government is going to give away $700 billion to stimulate the economy...
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Out of the past 11/15/08
(Out of the Past ~ 11/15/08)
25 years ago: Nov. 15, 1983 The Cape Girardeau County Neighborhood Watch program goes into full swing in the evening, when the first in a series of meetings planned across the county is held at Fruitland. Carl J. Lewis, who as Cape Girardeau fire chief in the 1940s wrote the first electrical code for the city and later fought for a city building code to put a stop to construction of fire-prone buildings, died yesterday at age 74; Lewis joined the department here 1936; he was appointed chief in 1940, a position he held until 1974.. ...
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Police expect arrest will be made soon in Hanover shootings
(Local News ~ 11/15/08)
Cape Girardeau police have advanced an investigation into an string of shootings near the 400 block of South Hanover Street to the point where they expect to make an arrest shortly in at least one of the shootings, said Sgt. Barry Hovis, spokesman for the police department...
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Norma Reese
(Obituary ~ 11/15/08)
Norma Reese Norma Bass Reese, 88, of Biloxi, Miss., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, in Biloxi. She was born Jan. 22, 1920, in Oran, Mo., daughter of August and Jannie Penatta Miller Lovellette. She and Samuel Everett Bass were married in 1935 in Cape Girardeau. He died in 1974. She married Harry A. Reese in April 1980 in Cape Girardeau. He died in 1999...
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Religion calendar 11/15/08
(Community ~ 11/15/08)
SPECIAL EVENTS Dinner, dance and auction The Jamaican Christian Medical Mission will hold a dinner, dance and auction to finance the group's mission trip to Jamaica. The group is affiliated with Evangelical United Church of Christ. When: 6 p.m. today...
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Picture Perfect Autumn
(Submitted Story ~ 11/15/08)
This photo taken in Carolewood Estates
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Maggie with a new friend
(Submitted Story ~ 11/15/08)
This is Maggie again posing. She has a new friend (the festive hedge hog) but old friends are visible too.
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