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Northbound I-55 in Scott County reduced for pavement repairs
(Local News ~ 10/17/11)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Northbound Interstate 55 in Scott County will be reduced to one lane with a 16-foot width restriction today through Wednesday, while Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs. Traffic will be reduced to one lane from Route HH to one half mile north of Route HH...
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Cardinals' wild ride leads to World Series
(Professional Sports ~ 10/17/11)
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- An afterthought in early September, the St. Louis Cardinals are taking their wild ride all the way to the World Series. David Freese hit a three-run homer in the first and manager Tony La Russa turned again to his brilliant bullpen for seven sturdy innings as St. Louis captured its 18th pennant with a 12-6 victory over the bumbling Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday night...
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Employers, employees split over push to raise minimum wage in Missouri
(Local News ~ 10/17/11)
Although Lance Hovis earns close to minimum wage delivering pizzas, he thinks raising Missouri's minimum wage is a bad idea. "We have so many people out of work already," he said. "Businesses would have less money to pay workers if minimum wage went up, and then even more people would be out of work."...
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Fort Massac Re-enactment
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/17/11)
Re-enactors engage in a mock battle at the Fort Massac Encampment on Sunday in Metropolis, Ill. The annual encampment featured re-enactors representing 18th century British, American and French troops, settlers and Native Americans.
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Scott County sheriff may get new investigator to help in Lawless murder case
(Local News ~ 10/17/11)
Angela Mischelle Lawless has been dead for almost 20 years, but authorities say they are still receiving and researching leads in Lawless' death and may be getting a new investigator to lend the case a fresh perspective. People with information about Lawless' murder continue to call the Scott County Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Rick Walter said. Lawless was murdered in 1992, and Josh Kezer was found guilty of murdering her the same year but was exonerated in 2009...
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Cape Girardeau City Council to take up request for Sunday liquor sales
(Local News ~ 10/17/11)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will consider today the request of Shah Faisal for a special-use permit to sell liquor on Sundays at his Cape Mart convenience store. The store at 238 N. Fountain St. is in a zoning district that allows all residential uses and limited commercial use with a special-use permit...
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Thank you during Hunger Action Month
(Submitted Story ~ 10/17/11)
September was Hunger Action Month, when the staff of Southeast Missouri Food Bank challenged everyone in Southeast Missouri to take action to fight hunger in their community, all month long. Hunger Action Month was an opportunity to join a movement that has a real and lasting impact on our effort to feed more people in the region in need than ever before. ...
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Chaffee Nursing Center Receives National Honors
(Submitted Story ~ 10/17/11)
Chaffee Nursing Center receives national honors for outstanding workforce satisfaction Excellence in Action award recognizes nursing homes' commitment to quality. Chaffee, MO. -- September 12, 2011 -- Chaffee Nursing Center received a My InnerView Excellence in Action award, a national honor recognizing the facility's commitment to superior workforce satisfaction. ...
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Mo. National Guard joins search for missing baby
(State News ~ 10/17/11)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Military police from the Missouri National Guard joined the search Sunday for a Kansas City baby, crawling through a wooded area to make sure no evidence was overlooked in the search for the girl reported missing from her home nearly two weeks ago...
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Bomb squad disposes of homemade device in Malden
(Local News ~ 10/17/11)
MALDEN, Mo. -- Authorities disposed of a homemade bomb last week after receiving a tip from a parent. According to Dunklin County Sheriff Bob Holder, the Malden Police Department received a call Thursday from a resident on West Dorothy Drive East who said his son had made an explosive device...
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Commerce, Mo., man cited in Discovery Playhouse accident
(Local News ~ 10/17/11)
The man believed to have crashed a car into a Cape Girardeau children's museum received a summons for driving while intoxicated, according to police. Trever L. Johnson of Commerce, Mo., was cited for striking a legally stopped or parked motor vehicle, failure to drive in a single lane, driving while intoxicated and possession of a controlled substance in connection with a Saturday night incident at Discovery Playhouse...
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Central Junior High to enforce new dress code for girls starting today
(Local News ~ 10/17/11)
Distraction to classroom learning can come in many forms, but for Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School, it is too-short skirts and shorts, administrators say. A new dress code policy will be enforced beginning today for seventh- and eighth-grade girls, requiring that the skirts or shorts they wear fall no higher than two inches above the knee. Shorts worn for physical education classes will be an exception...
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Smartphone apps offer tool for businesses, organizations to reach customers
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
With about 82 million smartphone users in the U.S., more and more companies are using mobile phone apps to increase awareness of their products and services. Earlier this year, electronics companies' shipments for smartphones surpassed personal computers for the first time...
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WavBall dials in on integrating cellphones with tourism, more
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
A 2009 trip to Alcatraz inspired a Cape Girardeau father and son, but not in the way one might expect. Steven and Jonathan Fritzler had been trying to figure out a way to tell the history of Cape Girardeau and Southeast Missouri, and the audio tour at the famous San Francisco prison gave them an idea...
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Shannon Davis discusses his foray into technology and his new company headquarters
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
@briefs_body copy:Shannon Davis grew up and attended school in Cape Girardeau, and he has deep roots in the local fast food industry. "My dad was a McDonald's operator, and I have been working in McDonald's since I was a kid," says Davis. His Arch Nemesis franchise now operates 11 McDonald's restaurants in Southeast Missouri and has more than 600 employees -- and will soon have a high-tech, newly renovated corporate office in the former Teamsters building on Broadview Street in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Ask the experts: Local marketing gurus offer their best advice for common marketing questions
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
What are QR codes and why are they important? Dana Hukel, president and CEO of BOLD Marketing QR codes, or quick response codes, are a type of bar code designed to have its contents decoded very quickly, hence the quick response. They offer a specific set of information almost instantly to consumers who choose to scan the code. In most cases you need a smartphone to be able to scan and read the code. Usually the code will link you to a website for more detailed information...
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Names in the news
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
NORDENIA HONORS EMPLOYEES Thomas VanderFeen, plate finish operator II, was employee of the month for September at Nordenia USA Inc. VanderFeen, of Cape Girardeau, has been with the company since June 2000. Nordenia also recognizes the following employment anniversaries: David Stoll, 20 years of service; and Randy Lichtenegger, five years...
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Business Briefs
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
STEAKHOUSE HOLDS RIBBON CUTTING The Grecian Steakhouse held a ribbon cutting Sept. 21 to celebrate its reopening at 2013 Independence St. in Cape Girardeau. SALON HOLDS RIBBON CUTTING DEXTER, Mo. -- The Dexter Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting recently for Halo Hair Studio, 13147 State Highway AD. Ashley Mosier owns the business...
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Tax liens
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
Tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Scott R. Clark, recorder of deeds, during September are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue, except as indicated by IRS designation. For more information, contact the recorder's office at (573) 243-8123...
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Health briefs
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
CEO SEARCH ON HOLD SoutheastHEALTH still hasn't started its search for a new chief executive, more than three months after CEO Debbie Linnes resigned. A search timetable has not been set and no search planning is in progress, said spokeswoman Sally Owen in an emailed statement to the Southeast Missourian. ...
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Writing a check may soon be a thing of the past when it comes to how we pay for our purchases
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
When Cape Girardeau photographer Chris Mackler is ready to make a sale, he no longer has to accept a written check, drive to the bank and wait for the funds to be available in his account. With his new Square device, he simply plugs a small, square credit card reader into his iPhone and swipes his customer's card, just like in a store. Transactions are deposited to Mackler's account within one business day, and his customers get their receipt via email or text message...
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Business Licenses
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
Business licenses issued in Cape Girardeau during September include the following: C&C Detailing, 1809 N. Main St. Chick-fil-A, 3333 Gordonville Road Coastal International Security Inc., out of town Crazy Dave's (mobile vendor), 5682 County Road 472...
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Bankruptcies
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
Bankruptcies filed through September for the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri's U.S. Bankruptcy Court are listed below with their corresponding case number. The Southeast Division includes the counties of Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard and Wayne. Court is held in Cape Girardeau...
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Speak Out 10/17/11
(Speak Out ~ 10/17/11)
I would like to make a comment about the protesters up in New York protecting against Wall Street. Why aren't they protesting the banks? It was Barack Obama that gave the money to the banks, not Wall Street. FOR the senior citizen who hasn't had a raise in his or her Social Security benefits in three years, all I can say is that at least you're getting benefits. ...
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Prayer 10/17/11
(Prayer ~ 10/17/11)
O Lord, may we live wisely and be a good witness of your grace to unbelievers. Amen.
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Fields of Faith
(Editorial ~ 10/17/11)
Today's youths face a tremendous amount of pressure. From bullying to peer pressure to drugs and alcohol, the teen years can be challenging. But thanks to some local ministries, a message of hope is being spread to the next generation of leaders. Last week, Fellowship of Christian Athletes held an event at Central High School called Fields of Faith. ...
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U.K. judge nixes 'Lady Goo Goo' after Gaga lawsuit
(Entertainment ~ 10/17/11)
LONDON -- Pop star Lady Gaga has won an injunction stopping the makers of an online children's game from promoting an animated character called Lady Goo Goo, the company involved said Friday. British company Mind Candy is behind the Moshi Monsters site, which allows children to adopt a virtual pet monster...
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Flooded Vt. town struggles to ID cemetery remains
(National News ~ 10/17/11)
ROCHESTER, Vt. -- The remnants of Hurricane Irene killed four people in Vermont, but the storm scattered dozens of sets of human remains -- bodies pried from eternal rest in a mountain cemetery and swept down a raging river, where some may never be identified or even found...
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Births 10/17/11
(Births ~ 10/17/11)
Son to Mike David and Lindsey Michelle Gross of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 4:01 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. Name, Tatum Augustus. Weight, 9 pounds. Third child, second son. Mrs. Gross is the former Lindsey Meyer, daughter of Mike and Betty Meyer of Scott City. Mr. and Mrs. Gross are teachers at Jackson Middle School. He is the son of Carl and Christine Gross of Jackson...
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Challenges loom as world population hits 7 billion
(National News ~ 10/17/11)
She's a 40-year-old mother of eight, with a ninth child due soon. The family homestead in a Burundi village is too small to provide enough food, and three of the children have quit school for lack of money to pay required fees. "I regret to have made all those children," Godelive Ndageramiwe said. "If I were to start over, I would only make two or three."...
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Ties to billionaire brothers key to Cain's campaign
(National News ~ 10/17/11)
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has cast himself as the outsider, the pizza magnate with real-world experience who will bring fresh ideas to the nation's capital. But Cain's economic ideas, support and organization have close ties to two billionaire brothers who bankroll right-leaning causes through their group Americans for Prosperity...
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66 dead in Central America after days of downpour
(International News ~ 10/17/11)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Authorities say at least 66 people have died in flooding and landslides provoked by six days of heavy rains in Central America. Evacuations are underway amid forecasts of more rain. Salvadoran civil protection director Jorge Melendez says most of his country's 24 dead were buried in their homes by landslides...
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People on the move 10/17/11
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
Laurie Everett, owner of Annie Laurie's Antiques in downtown Cape Girardeau, was recognized for her entrepreneurial initiative at the October Cape Area Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee. Everett is a recent graduate of the Operation Main Street: Business Success Series, a training program offered by the Douglas C. ...
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Workers diverted to build a dream
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
Terry and Sheila Steele spent the past three-and-a-half years building the business of their dreams. The couple recently opened Steele Crest Winery at 2055 Route Y, near Jackson. The couple also owns Jackson Door and Window and couldn't bear to lay off their employees when the housing industry went flat, so they decided to put them to work creating a winery...
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Obama touring N.C., Va. to campaign for jobs bill
(National News ~ 10/17/11)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is targeting vital North Carolina and Virginia this week, as he kicks off a three-day bus tour that is as much about campaigning for his jobs bill as it is shoring up support in two southern states he wrested from Republican control when he won the White House...
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Arab League stops short of suspending Syria's membership
(International News ~ 10/17/11)
CAIRO -- Gulf countries seeking to suspend Syria's membership to the Arab League over its bloody crackdown on protesters failed to gain enough support Sunday to push the measure through, reflecting deep divisions among the body's 22 nations. Arab foreign ministers met at the group's Cairo headquarters behind closed doors for an initial 3-hour session without Syria's representative, then took a break and reconvened for talks with Syrian diplomats that lasted late into the night...
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Leader's death presents new challenge for Cuba's 'Ladies'
(International News ~ 10/17/11)
HAVANA -- Cuba's Ladies in White have vowed to keep protesting against the island's communist-run government despite the death of their late founder and spiritual leader, but the loss presents new challenges for a dissident group already struggling to be visible and influential among islanders...
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Jobs remembered at iPhone 4S release
(National News ~ 10/17/11)
NEW YORK -- It wasn't just the latest iPhone that drew people to Apple stores Friday. Many consumers waited in lines for hours -- sometimes enduring chilly temperatures and overnight thunderstorms -- to remember Steve Jobs, Apple's visionary who died last week...
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Springfield group hangs by hooks for fun; neighbor objects to sight
(State News ~ 10/17/11)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Springfield group that meets monthly to hang in the air from hooks threaded under their skin is looking for an indoor venue for their pastime, after a neighbor objected because the group was hanging from a tree within sight of his house...
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Elaine Bolen
(Obituary ~ 10/17/11)
Elaine Mary Bolen, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, at her home. She was born March 25, 1930, in East Moline, Ill., to Marcellus Thomas and Regina Mary Renner Hoffman. Elaine graduated from St. Mary High School in 1948. She and James Frederick Bolen were married Nov. 5, 1955, at Cape Girardeau. He died May 8, 2010...
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Out of the past 10/17/11
(Out of the Past ~ 10/17/11)
Although orders are supposedly coming from the federal government to shut down services until Congress passes a budget or some sort of stopgap measure, spokesmen of local federal offices say they haven't received shutdown orders. The Southeast Missourian will sponsor the second in a series of three 8th District debates between Rep. Bill Emerson and his Democratic challenger, Wayne Cryts, Wednesday night; the debate will be held at Concord Theatre...
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Jerry Hailey Sr.
(Obituary ~ 10/17/11)
Jerry L. Hailey Sr., 63, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.
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Robert Decker
(Obituary ~ 10/17/11)
Robert A. Decker, 69, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 19, 1942, in Chicago to Arthur Allen Decker and Delores Catherine (Murphy/Decker) Sitzes. Parents Delores C. Sizes and stepfather Fred B. Sitzes preceded him in death on Oct. 23, 2009, and Dec. 13, 2007. He was married to Mary Alice Smolen Decker, who preceded him on Oct. 23, 1968. Children preceding him were Mary Alice Decker and stepson Rick Smolen...
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Jackson police and fire report 10/17/11
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/17/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/17/11)
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/17/11
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Listeria outbreak devastates California cantaloupe workers
(National News ~ 10/17/11)
MENDOTA, Calif. -- On an October day in the midst of harvest season, two farmworkers sat idly in their home in a Central California town that touts itself as "the cantaloupe center of the world." Instead of picking the melons and supervising a work crew, Dora and David Elias of Mendota were unemployed -- laid off along with hundreds of others as the cantaloupe listeria outbreak traced to Colorado rippled across the nation...
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Southeast football team hopes to right itself at home
(Sports Column ~ 10/17/11)
The Southeast Missouri State football team hopes the comforts of home will help revive its season. Southeast stumbled badly during its opening half of the campaign, going 1-5 while having four of its first six games away from Cape Girardeau. Now the Redhawks will try to get well by playing four of their final five contests at Houck Stadium, beginning with this week's homecoming matchup against Austin Peay...
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Iowa State turns back Southeast Missouri State soccer team 2-0
(College Sports ~ 10/17/11)
The Southeast Missouri State soccer team improved by three goals from the first time it played Iowa State. That didn't prevent the Redhawks from losing to the Cyclones for the second time this year, although only one counted. The visiting Cyclones of the Big 12 Conference scored early in the second half and added a late goal to post a 2-0 win Sunday afternoon at Houck Stadium...
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Shipley leads Southeast Missouri State runners at Evansville Invitational
(College Sports ~ 10/17/11)
Southeast Missouri State cross country teams brought home two top-six finishes from Saturday's Evansville Invitational. The Southeast men were fifth in the 8K race and the women placed sixth in the 5K race. Nate Shipley led the men with a seventh-place performance in a time of 25 minutes, 38.22 seconds...
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Cardinals' Freese named MVP of NLCS
(Professional Sports ~ 10/17/11)
MILWAUKEE -- In a lineup loaded with All-Stars, it was David Freese who all but iced the pennant for the St. Louis Cardinals. Freese, who grew up in a St. Louis suburb, hit a three-run homer Sunday night and was selected MVP of the NL championship series after the Cardinals finished off the Milwaukee Brewers 12-6 in Game 6...
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Ducks' scoring spree beats Blues
(Professional Sports ~ 10/17/11)
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Francois Beauchemin, Corey Perry and Bobby Ryan scored during a span of 4 minutes, 23 seconds during the third period, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Sunday night. Ryan also scored in the first period and added an assist on Beauchemin's go-ahead goal at 1:31. Ryan Getzlaf and defenseman Luca Sbisa both had two assists...
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Unbeaten Packers keep Rams winless
(Professional Sports ~ 10/17/11)
Green Bay is the NFL's only unbeaten team after a 24-3 win against 0-5 St. Louis
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Milton Hartman
(Obituary ~ 10/17/11)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Milton Miles Hartman Jr., 93, of Mounds died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna, Ill. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Ill.
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Morse code club preserves old style of talking
(State News ~ 10/17/11)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- Staccato clicks tapped from an old brass gadget. Derek Cohn, his ear fixed upon the mysterious rhythm, jotted letters onto paper. From Bloomington, Ill., came the weather report: "Light breeze and perfect." It was a speedy response to a routine question, compliments of a 167-year-old form of electronic communication. There are many easier ways to be informed but none as satisfying to the small band who gather to practice the dots and dashes of Samuel B. Morse's code...
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Illinois sheriff launches new effort to ID victims of John Wayne Gacy
(National News ~ 10/17/11)
CHICAGO -- More than 30 years after a collection of skeletal remains was found beneath John Wayne Gacy's house, detectives have secretly exhumed bones of eight young men who were never identified in hopes of answering a final question: Who were they?...
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Talking Shop with Elizabeth Knote, inventor of Bedbug Baker
(Business ~ 10/17/11)
Bedbugs don't stand a chance against Elizabeth Knote. She's invented the Bedbug Baker, which heats luggage or furniture to a fatal temperature of 122 degrees. The owner of Cape-Kil Pest Control in Cape Girardeau will be showing off her creation at the National Pest Management Association's annual conference in New Orleans being held Wednesday through Saturday...
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Illinois owes billions of dollars in unpaid bills
(State News ~ 10/17/11)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Drowning in deficits, Illinois has turned to a deliberate policy of not paying billions of dollars in bills for months at a time, creating a cycle of hardship and sacrifice for residents and businesses helping the state carry out some of the most important government tasks...
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