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Lawyer: Michael Jackson may be too sick to travel to London
(Entertainment ~ 11/19/08)
LONDON -- Michael Jackson might be too sick to travel to London to testify in a suit claiming he owes an Arab sheik $7 million, the pop star's attorney said Tuesday. Jackson is seeking to give his testimony by video link from the United States. "It would be unwise for him to travel, given what's he's got now," lawyer Robert Englehart said, declining to elaborate "for the obvious reasons."...
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Steve & Barry's to close Thursday
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
Discount clothing store Steve & Barry's is scheduled to close its Cape Girardeau location Thursday, a store employee confirmed Tuesday morning. The news comes nearly three months after company officials announced the Cape Girardeau store in West Park Mall would be one of about 100 locations to soon close its doors. Store management declined to comment on the situation...
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Entries needed for cookie recipe contest
(Community ~ 11/19/08)
Think your cookies take the cake? The Southeast Missourian and its special publications are teaming up for a holiday baking blowout that you only have two more days to join. Enter your favorite cookie recipe in our Holiday Best contest by e-mailing the recipe to she@semissourian.com. ...
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Residents to inspect California homes charred by wildfires
(National News ~ 11/19/08)
LOS ANGELES -- Smoky skies cleared and once-whipping winds slowed to a standstill Tuesday, as another wave of those who fled Southern California's ferocious weekend wildfires prepared to sort through the remains of their homes. Three fires have destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and apartments and burned 42,000 acres, or 65 square miles, forcing thousands to flee. The causes of all three were under investigation, although a human cause was suspected in a Santa Barbara County blaze...
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Back to basics: Employ nature in holiday decor
(Community ~ 11/19/08)
Two hundred years ago, America's winter holidays were a celebration of nature. There were no imported trinkets, plastic decorations or carol-playing figurines. Our traditions are rooted in the bounty of farm, garden and countryside, where the original symbols of harvest and solstice were first gleaned...
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Critics: Indecision on bailout rattling financial markets
(Business ~ 11/19/08)
WASHINGTON -- Financial markets hate uncertainty, but that's what they're getting from Washington. The Treasury Department's frequent, scattershot revisions to the $700 billion financial bailout have badly shaken investor confidence, and experts say the confusion could delay the lending revival necessary for an economic recovery...
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Arlene Garrott
(Obituary ~ 11/19/08)
Arlene Hartline Garrott, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, at the Lutheran Home. She was born March 8, 1922, in Tamms, Ill., daughter of Eugene and Reba Smith Hartline. She married Wayne Wallace Garrott. He died in 1992. Garrott was a member of East Cape Baptist Church. She had been a cook at Denny's IGA...
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Nebraska lawmakers advance 30-day safe haven age limit
(National News ~ 11/19/08)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska lawmakers gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a new 30-day age limit for children who can be legally abandoned under the state's safe-haven law. The restriction is designed to stop parents and guardians from using the law to drop off older children at Nebraska hospitals...
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Births 11/19/2008
(Births ~ 11/19/08)
Essner Son to Matthew Eugene and Jody Christine Essner of Columbia, Mo., Boone Hospital in Columbia, 8:32 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Name, Brock James. Weight, 8 pounds, 9 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Essner is the former Jody Jordan, daughter of Jim and Jane Jordan of Jefferson City, Mo. ...
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Speak Out 11/19/08
(Speak Out ~ 11/19/08)
Cross-burning story YOU SHOULD be ashamed of printing a story on burning crosses. As if that weren't bad enough, you had a picture of a burning cross in your hometown newspaper. So you can be responsible for bringing all the hate that comes with it to Southeast Missouri. ...
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Nonpartisan judges: Greene County voters backed switch to judicial retention
(Column ~ 11/19/08)
Voters in Greene County, Mo., made history recently. In a vote that was little noted outside southwest Missouri, that county became the first in 35 years to opt into Missouri's Nonpartisan Court Plan. This is no small matter. Voters in Greene County confirmed that the 70-year-old Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan is the best way to choose judges for their growing community. In an overwhelming vote they eliminated partisan elections of trial-level judges...
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Joseph Sanders
(Obituary ~ 11/19/08)
Joseph C. "J.C." Sanders, 82, of Scott City died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Holyfield plans comeback at age 46
(Professional Sports ~ 11/19/08)
ZURICH, Switzerland — Evander Holyfield is returning to the ring at age 46, setting his sights on becoming undisputed heavyweight champion again. Holyfield will fight 7-foot WBA champion Nikolai Valuev next month. A victory will make him the oldest man to claim a world heavyweight title and the first to win it five times...
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Washington speechwriter gives Weiss Lecture at Southeast
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
Washington, D.C., speechwriter Michael Long, of the White House Writers Group and Georgetown University, delivered the 13th annual Emil C. Weiss Lecture on Tuesday at Southeast Missouri State University. Long, a Southeast Missouri native, imparted wisdom garnered by writing speeches for the likes of George W. Bush and Jerry Seinfeld to a crowded Rose Theatre...
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Cape man arrested in Nov. 2 Hanover Street shooting
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
Cape Girardeau police made an arrest Tuesday in one of the shootings on South Hanover Street that occurred the first week of November. Terrvell K. Williams, 23, of Cape Girardeau faces charges of first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon...
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Cow causes accident on I-55
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
A Tennessee man was injured early Tuesday morning after he attempted to avoid a cow on Interstate 55 near Oak Ridge. Shelby G. Gatewood, 48, of Dyersburg, Tenn., was traveling southbound near mile marker 113 on I-55 when a cow ran onto the median at around 3 a.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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Scott County man pleads guilty to felony dealing counterfeit money
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
Lazingo D. Washington, 20, of Scott County pleaded guilty to two felony counts of dealing in counterfeit money in federal court in Cape Girardeau on Monday, according to a news release from federal prosecutor Catherine Hanaway's office. With his plea, Washington admitted he met an informant in a parking lot July 3 in Sikeston, Mo., where Washington sold the informant two counterfeit $100 bills, both with the same serial number, according to court records...
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Southeast hires Barke as compliance director
(College Sports ~ 11/19/08)
Brady Barke is the new assistant director of athletics for compliance at Southeast Missouri State. Barke, who began his duties Monday, has a law degree from Southern Illinois-Carbondale, where he worked in the compliance department during the 2007-2008 academic year...
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Eldon Moore
(Obituary ~ 11/19/08)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Eldon Moore, 80, of Perryville died Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, in Perryville. He was born Sept. 22, 1928, in Perryville, son of Leonard and Edith Nehouse Moore. He and Theresa Unterreiner were married Feb. 2, 1952, at Apple Creek, Mo...
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Franklin Neihart
(Obituary ~ 11/19/08)
Franklin Charles Neihart, 58, of Fenton, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur, Mo. He was born Dec. 8, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, son of Franklin Charles and Ruby Lemonds Neihart. He and Cheryl Reinhardt were married Oct. 19, 1985, in St. Louis...
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Seniors try to guide Notre Dame to a third straight state title
(High School Sports ~ 11/19/08)
The Notre Dame boys soccer team sits two wins away from joining an elusive group. If the Bulldogs can win their next two games, they would join Whitfield, St. Mary's, Vianney and Aquinas-Mercy, now part of Trinity, as the only programs to win three straight state soccer titles...
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McCain sets up PAC to seek fifth term in Senate
(National News ~ 11/19/08)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain, whose presidential bid was snuffed out two weeks ago by President-elect Barack Obama, is setting up a political action committee as a first step in running for a fifth term in the Senate. A McCain spokesperson says the 72-year-old senator decided with his senior advisers Tuesday night to set up the fundraising PAC. The spokesperson spoke anonymously because the decision had not yet been made public...
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I-55 ramp reduced today at Fruitland
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
SIKESTON, Mo. — The Interstate 55 on ramp at U.S. 61 in Fruitland will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction today. MoDOT crews will be making concrete repairs through 4 p.m. The work zone will be marked with signs. Call MoDOT's customer service center toll-free at 888-275-6636 for details...
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Altoms to plead guilty to child endangerment charges Friday
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
The mother and stepfather of a boy who died in 2005 from a severe infection will be in court Friday to plead guilty to three felonies. Emily Altom and Michael Altom are scheduled to go before Circuit Judge Ronald D. White in Rolla, Mo., where they will enter pleas on child endangerment charges. Voluntary manslaughter charges alleging that the couple was medically negligent in the death of Ethan Patrick Williams are being dropped as part of a plea bargain...
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GOP's Stevens loses close Alaska senate race
(National News ~ 11/19/08)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a pillar of the U.S. Senate and Alaska icon who apparently couldn't survive his conviction on federal corruption charges. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission to decide on food safety ordinance
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
After more than a year of negotiating and some debate, the fate of a proposed food safety ordinance will be decided by Cape Girardeau County commissioners Thursday. Amy Morris, environmental public health specialist for the county health department, will be among the county health workers appearing at the meeting...
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U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson to lead NATO committee
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will use a new job as the leader of a NATO Parliamentary Assembly committee to bring hunger and education issues to the forefront, the six-term lawmaker said Tuesday. Emerson returned Monday from the Parliamentary Assembly's annual meeting in Valencia, Spain, where she was elected chairwoman of the Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security. ...
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More Christmas cheer, fewer dollars to spend
(Column ~ 11/19/08)
With the frazzled American economy still dominating the headlines, it's no wonder there is much attention being focused on the Christmas selling season currently underway. The truth is, if you pay attention to retailers, the Christmas selling season has been underway since before Halloween, as has been the trend in recent years...
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Southeast to require auditions from would-be theater, dance majors
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
Getting into Southeast Missouri State University's theater and dance department just got a little harder. Starting next fall, students will face tougher admissions standards, including having to audition for the program. The change is a sign of how much of an effect the River Campus has had on programs...
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Some rational conservatives see Obama's real potential
(Column ~ 11/19/08)
I think I finally get it -- why columnist David Limbaugh and radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh have engaged so long and vehemently against Barack Obama with such off-the-wall comments (calling Obama's supporters "Stalinesque") that resemble the old spaghetti-against-the-wall method...
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Obama's top choice for attorney general would be first black man in post
(National News ~ 11/19/08)
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for attorney general is Eric Holder, a former No. 2 Justice Department official in the Clinton administration and Obama campaign aide who would become the first black man to serve as the nation's chief lawyer...
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Redhawks dispose of Sugar Bears
(College Sports ~ 11/19/08)
Crysta Glenn had her moments on offense last year, but she was not a consistent scoring threat. It looks like that could change this season. Glenn, a senior forward, scored 17 points Tuesday night as Southeast Missouri State improved to 2-0 with a 60-41 home win over Central Arkansas...
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Police report 11/19/2008
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/19/08)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n A subject is in custody pending formal charges of driving while intoxicated and child endangerment. Arrests n Terry A. Mead Jr., 22, 1437 Kingsway, was arrested on three Cape Girardeau warrants for failure to appear for hand signal, driving while intoxicated and false declaration...
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InBev announces Anheuser-Busch takeover finalized
(Business ~ 11/19/08)
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- InBev SA formed the world's largest brewer Tuesday when it finalized its $52 billion takeover of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. The new company, named Anheuser-Busch InBev, will be headed by InBev chief executive officer Carlos Brito and will be headquartered in Leuven, Belgium...
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Jackson's Marcus Harris quarterback first, safety second
(High School Sports ~ 11/19/08)
Jackson's struggles on special teams during the middle of the season helped the Indians find a new defensive standout -- and it happened to be quarterback Marcus Harris. After Farmington's Bryan Krause ripped through the Indians for two 80-yard-plus kick returns in the first half of a Jackson loss, Indians coach Van Hitt decided to begin from square one...
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McCain maintains slim lead over Obama in Missouri
(State News ~ 11/19/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- His slim lead has shrunk further, but Republican John McCain remains ahead of Democratic president-elect Barack Obama as Missouri's local election jurisdictions turn in their official results. Tuesday was the deadline for local election officials to mail their official results to the Missouri secretary of state...
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Eagle Ridge boys basketball beats Trinity Christian
(High School Sports ~ 11/19/08)
The Eagle Ridge boys basketball team rebounded from a loss in its opener to knock off Trinity Christian on Tuesday. Jonathan Rockhill recorded a double-double, tossing in 22 points to go with 10 rebounds in the 43-41 road win. Stephen Cohen grabbed four rebounds in the win...
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Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study
(National News ~ 11/19/08)
CHICAGO -- The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the longest and largest test of the extract in older Americans. "We don't think it has a future as a powerful anti-dementia drug," said Dr. Steven DeKosky of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, who led the federally funded study...
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Mayor: 3 million or more possible for inauguration
(National News ~ 11/19/08)
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration has officials in the nation's capital bracing for an unprecedented turnout of possibly 3 million people or more, District of Columbia Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said Tuesday. Such a turnout would easily eclipse the current record set in 1965, when 1.2 million people attended Lyndon B. Johnson's inauguration...
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Tycoon's wife proposes way to save horses
(National News ~ 11/19/08)
DALLAS -- The wife of Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday she'll create a refuge for wild horses, after the federal agency that manages the animals said it may have to kill some to control the herds and protect the Western range. About 33,000 wild horses and burros roam the open range in 10 Western states. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management wants that population to be about 27,000, in order to protect the herd, the range and other foraging animals...
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Mary Yount
(Obituary ~ 11/19/08)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Mary "Juanita" Yount, 76, of Marble Hill died Monday, Nov. 18, 2008, at Elder Care of Marble Hill. She was born June 10, 1932, at Charleston, Mo., daughter of John London and Jenette Elizabeth Stockman Cannon. She and George Yount were married March 22, 1952...
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Out of the past 11/19/2008
(Out of the Past ~ 11/19/08)
25 years ago: Nov. 19, 1983 Cape Girardeau banker Paul L. Ebaugh has been appointed by Gov. Kit Bond to serve on the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission. Cape Girardeau city manager Gary A. Eide and chamber of commerce Executive Director Robert B. Hendrix last night returned from a two-week trip to Japan; the two traveled there in hopes of encouraging Japanese businesses and factories to locate in Cape Girardeau if offices were moved to the United States...
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Column echoes Notre Dame drama
(Column ~ 11/19/08)
As I sat in the library Friday, doing my duty as fifth-hour librarian, I rapidly scanned the Southeast Missourian in between student requests for copies from the copier, checking or rechecking books and signing Accelerated Reader book test results. One word stopped my heart: Kristallnacht...
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Cape Girardeau County's health department issues alert about recall of Lean Cuisine dinners
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
Small pieces of hard plastic are being blamed for the recall of some frozen chicken dinners sold under the Lean Cuisine label. About 879,000 pounds of frozen chicken meals fell under the national recall order, issued this week by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service...
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Filling the recipe files with random treats
(Column ~ 11/19/08)
It seems like I just start the week when it is over and time to do this recipe column again. The days and weeks seem to fly by, and now Thanksgiving is upon us and Christmas is right around the corner. I would like to do a column or two of Christmas finger foods, snacks, party foods, appetizers; you know, Christmas party food. ...
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Supertanker capture increases concern about Somali piracy
(International News ~ 11/19/08)
CAIRO, Egypt -- It seems inconceivable: Somali pirates in speedboats foil warships from the world's most powerful navies to prey on shipping lanes crucial to the oil supply. How do they do it? Basically, it's a big ocean and no one wants to be top cop...
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Congolese girls in photo reunited with family
(International News ~ 11/19/08)
KIWANJA, Congo -- Eleven-year-old Protegee carried her sobbing niece on her back as they searched for relatives in a sea of people in eastern Congo. An Associated Press photograph of the girl -- using her T-shirt to wipe the tears from her face as 3-year-old Reponse clung to her neck and wailed -- prompted hundreds of e-mails from people around the world hoping to help them...
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Chinese president works to build economic ties with Cuba
(International News ~ 11/19/08)
HAVANA -- China's president signed trade and investment deals with communist ally Cuba on Tuesday, part of a Latin America trip on which Chinese businessmen have been snapping up all manner of raw materials. Taking the long view at a time of financial crisis, China is investing heavily in commodity-producing countries, and Cuba is no exception. ...
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Bret Groening
(Obituary ~ 11/19/08)
Bret Groening, 20, of Jackson died Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 29, 1988, in Arlington, Texas, son of Gregory and Wendy Ricketts Groening. Groening was a 2006 graduate of Jackson High School, where he was a member of the high school baseball team. He was a junior at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Leroy Strubberg Sr.
(Obituary ~ 11/19/08)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Leroy John Strubberg Sr., 63, of Chaffee died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 14, 1945, in Washington, Mo., son of Victor Henry and Ellona Wilma Kampen Strubberg. He and Pauline Margaret Gammons were married Jan. 15, 1999...
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Red Sox's Pedroia claims AL MVP
(Professional Sports ~ 11/19/08)
NEW YORK -- Boston little man Dustin Pedroia won the AL MVP award Tuesday, becoming the first second baseman to earn the honor in nearly a half-century. Pedroia easily beat out Minnesota slugger Justin Morneau and added to his ever-expanding trophy case. Generously listed at 5 foot 9, the Red Sox star was the top AL rookie last year while winning a World Series ring...
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$1.75 a gallon
(Editorial ~ 11/19/08)
When the U.S. economy began to sour last year, consumers across the nation began to cut back on one major expense they could control: gasoline. The results have been dramatic. Pump prices topped out at over $4 a gallon in July, based on nationwide averages, and then dropped like a boulder falling off a cliff. This week, the average per-gallon price of gasoline in Missouri was $1.75, a bargain economists had predicted we would never see again...
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Loleta White
(Obituary ~ 11/19/08)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Loleta Virginia White, 90, of Chaffee died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born July 5, 1918, in Randles, daughter of Floyd Dee and Beulah Spain Blue. She married Carl James White May 27, 1933. He preceded her in death May 15, 1983...
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Safety chief fears Missouri could be mistakenly targeted by terrorists
(State News ~ 11/19/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's public safety chief said Tuesday he is concerned the state could be mistakenly targeted because of confusion over where a prominent terrorism leader is being held. Omar Abdel-Rahman, also known as the Blind Sheik, spent more than five years in a federal prison in Springfield. But he was transferred in 2007 to a federal facility in North Carolina and is being held at the Butner Federal Medical Center...
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Simple ways to cut holiday cookie calories
(Community ~ 11/19/08)
The holiday season is a tempting time to give up on healthy eating. All those roasts, turkeys with gravy and countless sides, buffets and cocktails. And, of course, the cookies. But holiday cookies don't have to be the enemy. More so than most other desserts, they are the perfect portion-controlled sweets that -- when enjoyed in moderation -- can be a better option than a big slice of pie or cake...
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Minnesota set to begin recount in U.S. Senate race
(National News ~ 11/19/08)
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota's deadlocked U.S. Senate race will edge closer to resolution today as an army of election workers begin a statewide recount of more than 2.9 million ballots. The state Canvassing Board, which will eventually declare a winner in the race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken, signed off Tuesday on the manual recount...
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Missouri highway chief says tax money declining
(State News ~ 11/19/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's highway funding has hit a pothole. The director of the Missouri Department of Transportation says revenues are down almost 5 percent through the first four months of the fiscal year. That amounts to a more than $18 million decline...
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Zalma High School
(Honor Roll ~ 11/19/08)
A Honor Roll 7th grade -- Mikayla Marler, Dilan Vandeven 8th grade -- Kaitlyn Northern, Jennifer Ware 9th grade -- Tyler Blankenship 10th grade -- Paige Bailey, Angela Dickinson, Michael Holman, Stephanie Slemmer, Justin Stotts 11th grade -- Rebecca Throgmorton...
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Trial date reset in Welty murder case
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The first-degree murder trial of a 15-year-old Southeast Missouri boy is rescheduled for Feb. 9. Owen Welty of Bloomfield was set to be tried earlier this month in St. Louis County on a change of venue. But Circuit Judge John Ross' office says Wednesday that the prosecutor and defense attorney sought a new trial date...
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Twelve resign from Millersville Rural Fire District
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
Twelve members of the Millersville Rural Fire District, including the chief, resigned at a board meeting Monday, throwing down their gear bags and walking out after a series of conflicts over spending, said former chief Jerry Aufdenburg...
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Zalma Elementary
(Honor Roll ~ 11/19/08)
A honor roll 1st grade -- Eythan Burkman, Zack Findley, Haley Gunn, Megan Harvell, Lisa McIntyre, Mikayla Sargent, Hunter Stotts, Eli Ware, Olivia Whitehead, Ricky Throgmorton 2nd grade -- Ethan Douglas, Emily Pickett, Abigail Whitehead, Madison Younger...
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Advance Jr. & Sr. High
(Honor Roll ~ 11/19/08)
12th grade -- Aaron Arnold, Jacob Bond, Kadra Hindman, Michael Jones, Blake Lingle, Garret Mayo, Garrett Robison, Kristin Simmers, Cindy Simmers, Tyler Slinkard, Cody VanGennip. 11th grade -- Hannah Barr, Aftan Cato, Jesse Holder, Sara Mace, Torri McGee, Taylor Roper, Michael Storie...
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Southeast Missouri nurse visits China as part of mental health delegation
(Community ~ 11/19/08)
Nurse practitioner Helen Waters of Matthews, Mo., set out to gain a better understanding of the health field in China when she traveled to the country earlier this month. But the 49-year-old, who is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, also learned a personal lesson along her journey. ...
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I-55 in Perry County reduced to one lane northbound
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
SIKESTON — Northbound Interstate 55, from Route B to Highway 51 at Perryville, will be reduced to one lane with a while a contractor stripes the roadway. Weather permitting, the work begins at 9 a.m. Thursday and is scheduled to be done by 4 p.m...
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McCain wins Missouri in close race against Obama
(State News ~ 11/19/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Republican John McCain has defeated Democratic President-elect Barack Obama in Missouri -- the last state to be decided in the 2008 presidential election. McCain's narrow victory over Obama breaks a bellwether streak in which Missourians had picked the winning presidential candidate in every election since 1956...
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Economic hardship strikes no-kill shelter near Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — It is perhaps a sign of the current difficult economic times. In a rural Bloomfield animal sanctuary that was designed for a capacity of about 80 cats, nearly 120 currently dwell. "It's not unusual to arrive in the morning and find one or two cats that have been left overnight for us to take in," says Debbie Johnson, the proprietor at Sundog, Southeast Missouri's first "no-kill," non-profit organization, located just northeast of Bloomfield. ...
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Judge upholds assault charge against Cape Girardeau County man accused of shooting wife with arrow
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
At a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, Merriel E. Housman Jr. was granted a bond reduction and Cape Girardeau County Associate Circuit Judge Michael Bullerdieck upheld assault charges against the Jackson man. Housman Jr. is accused of shooting his ex-wife, Betty Housman, in the back with a bow and arrow and choking her...
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Racers on the Rocks
(Submitted Story ~ 11/19/08)
The Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center teen club, the Racers, hiked to the shut-ins at Amidon Conservation Area. For information about nature center programs like this one, call (573)290-5218.
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A Woman's Place Is In The Woods
(Submitted Story ~ 11/19/08)
Bobbie Jo harvested this eight point buck on her family farm October 26, 2008.This is her first deer with a bow. Her husband Eric was the camera man.
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Three from Perryville arrested after allegedly firing shot from car
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
Three Perryville residents were arrested near Patton, after one of them allegedly fired a shot from the window of the vehicle they were in Nov 7. Cody A Young, 21, of Perryville, Mo., was arrested on suspicion of unlawful use of a weapon. According to the sheriff’s department, Deputy Carrie Statler saw the vehicle and observed one of its occupants fire off some type of firearm after approaching a stop sign at the end of County Road 200 near Patton around 10:30 p.m. ...
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Cape Youth Tackle Football Crowns 2008 Fall Champions!
(Submitted Story ~ 11/19/08)
Cape Youth Tackle Football (CYTF) crowned their fall 2008 season champions at Houck Stadium on Sunday, November 2, 2008. Over 1500 fans attended the four games played that day and saw four really close games. The Sailer Roofing Saints won the league title in the "Little" League (grades 2-3) by defeating the Cape Care for Women (CCFW) Colts in the last minute of the game 22-20. The Saints ended the season 5-1...
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This afternoon on seMissourian.com
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
Things are tough all over right now, even for the Missouri Department of Transportation. The department's head said today that tax revenues are in significant decline, affecting the agency's ability to pay for road projects.Click here for more on this story...
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Franklin Elementary
(Honor Roll ~ 11/19/08)
A Honor Roll 4th grade -- Allison Vaughn, Christina McGree, McKenna McRoberts, Colletta Pair. B Honor Roll 4th grade -- Blake Harris, Corby Murphy, Grace Nall, Madison Sides, Alexis Patterson, Brett Kinder, Kway'chon Chisom, Chaliya Bell, Kaitlyn Dodd, Kimberly Jones, John Pettet...
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Whitewater family saves own home from fire
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
A Whitewater family was able to put out a house fire before it could do significant damage Tuesday night thanks to a working smoke detector, an officer with the Whitewater Fire Protection District said today.The family was upstairs in their home just off County Road 382 when a smoke alarm went off on the bottom floor around 5:30 p.m. ...
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Local fire departments see rash of brush, grass fires
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
Several grass and brush fires today have led some local fire officials to ask the public to use caution when burning materials outside, though no official burn ban is in place.John Sachen, a training specialist with the Delta Fire Protection District, said agencies in Scott County and the Delta agency have fought four brush and grass fires combined today. ...
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Cape Youth Tackle Football crowns fall champions
(Submitted Story ~ 11/19/08)
Cape Youth Tackle Football (CYTF) crowned their fall 2008 season champions at Houck Stadium on Sunday, November 2, 2008. Over 1500 fans attended the four games played that day and saw four really close games. The Sailer Roofing Saints won the league title in the "Little" League (grades 2-3) by defeating the Cape Care for Women (CCFW) Colts in the last minute of the game 22-20. ...
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Review: 'Twilight' takes bite out of book's fun
(Entertainment ~ 11/19/08)
Teenage girls will surely squeal with delight throughout "Twilight," the feverishly awaited adaptation of the hugely selling vampire novel by Stephenie Meyer. Just the very sight of the title on the screen inspired piercing screeches of glee at a recent screening. And the arrival of our tormented monster-hero Edward Cullen is certain to send another wave of shivers, and that's before he ever sinks his teeth into anything — or anyone...
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Need for assistance on increase among Poplar Bluff women, children, says rescue mission
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — High prices, job losses, and foreclosures are leading some Missouri residents into homelessness, according to a survey conducted last month by the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions (AGRM)...
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Bernie man arrested for alleged stabbing
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — A Bernie man is in Stoddard County Jail today, facing charges that include assault in the first degree, armed criminal action and endangering the welfare of a child. Aaron M. Chance, 19, was arrested by Dexter Police on Tuesday on charges stemming from a Nov. ...
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my first deer
(Submitted Story ~ 11/19/08)
hi, my name is teddy, I live in cape, I'm 10 years old and this is my first deer; an 8 point buck!
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Blue Morning
(Submitted Story ~ 11/19/08)
Early one morning under the mist of a new day on Meyer Lake in Benton Missouri
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Maple United Methodist Church to hold Fish Fry Friday
(Submitted Story ~ 11/19/08)
Maple United Methodist Church, Cape Rock and Jean Ann Drive, will hold an All You Can Eat Fish and all the Fixins' Dinner,Friday from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Chicken strips are also availavle. Serving will be in the Fellowship Hall.
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Title: Be Objective but Don't Over Analyze
(Local News ~ 11/19/08)
Content: Dear Sam: I am in a quandary and need some advice. I have more than 15 years of experience in the human resources arena, look at hundreds of résumés each week, and can't seem to create an effective résumé marketing MY skills! As evaluating the effectiveness of a résumé is part of my daily job, I find it frustrating and mildly amusing that I can't seem to write my own. ...
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