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Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team snaps three-game skid against SIUE
(College Sports ~ 02/08/13)
Marland Smith got his record and Nino Johnson got back on track. More importantly for the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team, the Redhawks got back in the win column. "That was the main thing, getting that win," Smith said. Southeast snapped a three-game losing streak and won for just the second time in its last nine games, beating SIU Edwardsville 76-67 to avenge a recent road defeat...
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Cape man arrested on several charges after police chase
(Local News ~ 02/08/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- According to police, Douglas Mitchell sped away from the traffic stop because he thought they had a warrant for his arrest. They didn't. But they obtained one Thursday after they say the Cape Girardeau man's decision resulted in a high-speed chase in two counties, made more worrisome by the 3-year-old girl riding in his back seat....
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Bankruptcy proceedings hinder effort to market hangar
(Local News ~ 02/08/13)
Sixteen months after its eviction from Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, Commander Premier Aircraft Corp. is still on the premises while tied up in bankruptcy court, blocking efforts to market the property to new tenants. John Mehner, president of the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce, which began providing regional economic development services though a contract with Magnet in December, said the organization has not been able to directly market the 52,000-square-foot hangar because it is not yet available. ...
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Former SEMO student pleads guilty in phony NYC bomb plot
(Local News ~ 02/08/13)
NEW YORK -- A Bangladesh native accused of trying to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York with what he thought was a 1,000-pound car bomb pleaded guilty Thursday to terrorism charges stemming from an FBI sting."I had intentions to commit a violent jihadist act," Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, a former student at Southeast Missouri State University, said in a soft voice while entering the plea in federal court in Brooklyn...
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Guardsman is returning state combativies champion
(Submitted Story ~ 02/08/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Spc. Dalton Toombs, of Marble Hill, took first place for the third time in the Welterweight Class of the recent 2013 Missouri National Guard Combatives Tournament at Lincoln University. "It felt really good to win again," said Toombs, who enjoyed the chance to fight in front of many Missouri Guard leaders in attendance. "Everyone is expecting you to win, and it feels good to know I didn't let them or myself down."...
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Tractor-trailer wreck backs up I-55 traffic; highway closed while truck removed
(Local News ~ 02/08/13)
A tractor-trailer that turned over on its side hindered traffic on northbound Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau. The wreck was near the South Kingshighway exit from I-55. One northbound lane was blocked, and traffic was moving slowly, with cars backed up in a long line...
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Cape Girardeau woman arrested in connection with Thursday stabbing
(Local News ~ 02/08/13)
Police have arrested a suspect in an early Thursday morning stabbing on Lorimier Street. Cape Girardeau Police Department spokesman Darin Hickey said police received the call at about 1:40 a.m. They arrived at 324 S. Lorimier St. to discover a woman had been stabbed in the shoulder and the back of the neck. Hickey said the injuries were not life-threatening...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/08/13)
Today is Friday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2013. There are 326 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 8, 1973, Senate leaders named seven members of a select committee to investigate the Watergate scandal, including its chairman, Sen. Sam J. Ervin, D-N.C...
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Elmer Stroud
(Obituary ~ 02/08/13)
Elmer Ralph Stroud, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until time of service Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 6 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at a later date in Sullivan, Mo...
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Lydia Schubert
(Obituary ~ 02/08/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lydia C. Schubert, 94, of Perryville died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at her home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until time of service Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the church, with the Rev. Thomas Handrick officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Charles Jordan
(Obituary ~ 02/08/13)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Charles Henry Jordan, 76, passed away Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at his homein Tamms. He was born June 23, 1936, in Elco, Ill., son of Omer and Avis Watkins Jordan. Charles was a retired truck driver and taught at Tamms Vocational School. He was a member of Goodwill Gospel Quartet. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...
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Lee Hogendobler
(Obituary ~ 02/08/13)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Lee Michael Hogendobler, 27, of Waterloo, Ill., succumbed to the effects of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), passing away peacefully Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at Red Bud Regional Care in Red Bud, Ill. He was born June 6, 1985, in Sikeston, son of Charlotte Ivie and David Hogendobler...
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Alphia Hoeh
(Obituary ~ 02/08/13)
Alphia Hoeh, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until time of service Monday at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. Mark Malone officiating. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park...
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Buddy Dock
(Obituary ~ 02/08/13)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Buddy Hardin Dock, 73, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at his home near Sikeston. He was born May 7, 1939, at Malden, Mo., son of the late William A. and Audrey E. Hardin Dock. Buddy was a resident of the area most of his life and worked as a bricklayer; a route salesman for Swift Premium, Sealtest and Hart's Bakery; a truck driver for Reliable Freight; and most recently as a driver for Scott County Transit. ...
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Nancy Cox
(Obituary ~ 02/08/13)
Nancy K. Cox, 58, of Crawfordsville, Ind., formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at Indiana University Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, Ind. She was born Sept. 21, 1954, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Clyde and Dorothy Fuller Dunn...
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A fable: The truth about the conspiracy in the Big Easy
(Column ~ 02/08/13)
It's easy to create a conspiracy. All you need is Internet access and a fertile mind. This is why I am able to document the evolution of the conspiracy in New Orleans on Super Bowl Sunday that led to the now famous power outage -- the one officials were unable to explain days after the lights went out...
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Hall of Fame
(Editorial ~ 02/08/13)
March Madness will be here soon. As we prepare for this year's tournament, those who have followed Southeast Missouri State basketball likely will recall the university's team from the 1999-2000 season. The team finished the regular season as co-champions of the Ohio Valley Conference, won the conference tournament and participated in the NCAA's premier college basketball tournament...
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Blizzard threatens NYC, New England
(National News ~ 02/08/13)
BOSTON -- A blizzard of potentially historic proportions threatened to strike the Northeast with a vengeance today, with 1 to 2 feet of snow feared along the densely populated Interstate 95 corridor from the New York City area to Boston and beyond...
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150-foot asteroid will buzz Earth next week
(National News ~ 02/08/13)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A 150-foot-wide asteroid will come remarkably close to Earth next week, even closer than high-flying communication and weather satellites. It will be the nearest known flyby for an object of its size. But don't worry. Scientists promise the megarock will be at least 17,100 miles away when it zips past next Friday...
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Massive manhunt for ex-cop after 3 killings
(National News ~ 02/08/13)
LOS ANGELES -- An ex-Los Angeles police officer who, authorities say, went on a killing spree to punish those he blamed for his firing, killed three people, set off a manhunt that stretched across three states and into Mexico and stirred fear throughout the region...
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9 dead, villages destroyed in Solomons tsunami
(International News ~ 02/08/13)
SYDNEY -- Aid workers struggled to reach remote, tsunami-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands and the death toll rose to at least nine as more bodies were found in wrecked homes and debris in the South Pacific country. A strong aftershock rocked the islands Friday morning...
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After fatwas, security hiked for Egypt opposition
(International News ~ 02/08/13)
CAIRO -- One hardline Muslim cleric on an Egyptian TV station justified sexual assaults on women protesters. Others issued religious edicts saying opposition leaders must be killed. Television screeds by ultraconservative sheiks are raising fears of assassinations a day after a top anti-Islamist politician was gunned down in Tunisia...
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Iran: Sanctions make nuclear talks with U.S. futile
(International News ~ 02/08/13)
TEHRAN, Iran -- American proposals for direct talks with Iran are pointless while Washington is "holding a gun" to the country through sanctions, Iran's supreme leader said Thursday, quashing a possible breakthrough in contacts with the West over the nuclear standoff...
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Bipartisan Mississippi River Caucus launched in U.S. Senate
(State News ~ 02/08/13)
ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Senate is launching a bipartisan Mississippi River Caucus in an effort to encourage commerce and address issues like flood mitigation and navigation concerns, two senators said on Thursday. Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri and Democrat Tom Harkin of Iowa announced plans for the caucus that also will seek to help communities along the nation's longest waterway...
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Democrats want lesser drug sentences
(State News ~ 02/08/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Legislation outlined Thursday by Democrats would charge people with a crime for possessing marijuana, but some offenders could have their convictions removed from their record by fulfilling the terms of softened sentences...
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Brennan defends drone strikes
(National News ~ 02/08/13)
WASHINGTON -- Nominated to head the CIA, John Brennan told a protest-disrupted Senate confirmation hearing Thursday the United States employs drone strikes only as a deterrent against imminent terrorist threats, not as punishment for previous actions, firmly defending the controversial attacks that have killed three Americans and an unknown number of foreigners...
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Out of the past 2/8/13
(Out of the Past ~ 02/08/13)
U.S. Sen. John Danforth, speaking to a group of 150 supporters at the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau, declares he will wage an aggressive re-election campaign focusing on the federal budget deficit, international trade and foreign policy. Raymond Pensel, coordinator of federal projects for the Cape Girardeau School District, has announced plans to retire at the end of this school year, paving the way for the district to hire a new director of elementary education...
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Steele woman dies in fire
(Local News ~ 02/08/13)
STEELE, Mo. -- A 56-year-old Steele woman was killed in a mobile home fire Wednesday morning. The fire broke out just before noon, according to the Steele police chief Billy Joe Stanfield. When the firefighters and police arrived on the scene, the mobile home was engulfed in flames and thick smoke. ...
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Cape man charged with burglary after fingerprints found
(Local News ~ 02/08/13)
A 19-year-old Cape Girardeau man has been arrested on burglary charges after police say his fingerprints were lifted from a crime scene Christmas Eve. Floyd M. Young was being held Thursday in connection to one break-in on South Hanover Street in December, but police spokesman Darin Hickey said on Thursday they haven't ruled out the possibility he may have been involved in a string of burglaries that have taken place since...
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Court asked to pick new judge
(Local News ~ 02/08/13)
The Missouri Supreme Court has been asked to assign a new judge for an Arkansas man charged with stealing a car and then intentionally hitting a group of joggers in Cape Girardeau. Vincent Anderson, a 19-year-old from Little Rock, pleaded not guilty last month to felony charges of assault and vehicle tampering, which could send him to prison for up to 22 years. ...
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Officials: Fire started by child playing with matches
(Local News ~ 02/08/13)
Cape Girardeau fire officials released details about house fire on Hawthorne Road near Arena Park, including that the flames were sparked by a child playing with matches. Firefighters responded to the fire just after 6 p.m. Sunday at a duplex at 2741 Hawthorne Road and determined later it had started in a closet, chief Rick Ennis said Tuesday. ...
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Jets roar as U.S., Japan, Australia drill in Pacific
(International News ~ 02/08/13)
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Fighter jets from the U.S. and two key allies roared into western Pacific skies Thursday in the combat phase of annual exercises that have gained importance as the region responds to the rise of China and other potential threats...
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Jackson police report 2/8/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/08/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/8/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/08/13)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/8/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/08/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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11 who remain in the GOP field
(Local News ~ 02/08/13)
These are the candidates who will by vying for votes from the GOP 8th District Committee on Saturday in Van Buren, Mo. A former congressman from Willow Springs, Mo., Bailey repeatedly has said he wants the nomination only so that he may serve the remainder of Emerson's term, setting up a 2014 primary as a level playing field for all candidates...
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ARTifacts 2/8/13
(Entertainment ~ 02/08/13)
Southeast Missouri State University choral alumni are hosting the first Choral Reunion Concert and Reception on March 16 at Southeast's River Campus. The concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Bedell Performance Hall, and a reception will follow. ...
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Jazz: Southeast to salute style's history with weekend-long festival
(Entertainment ~ 02/08/13)
More than 500 area junior, middle and high school students will gather in Cape Girardeau this weekend to join Southeast Missouri State University's Department of Music in the 15th annual Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival. The festival kicked off Thursday with the music department's second concert of the 2013 Jazz Series, featuring the Jazz Sultans -- a university faculty jazz combo -- and guest performer, jazz pianist Reggie Thomas...
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College signings
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/13)
n Notre Dame senior catcher Chase Simmons signed a letter of intent to play baseball at perennial junior college power Jefferson College in Hillsboro, Mo., on Wednesday. Simmons was all-conference his junior season. Jefferson College has made consecutive appearances in the Junior College World Series...
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High school roundup: Central swimmers win Show Me Conference meet
(High School Sports ~ 02/08/13)
All the local high school events reported Thursday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Southeast women's basketball team seeks OVC winning streak
(College Sports ~ 02/08/13)
The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team finally got back in the victory column during its most recent game. Saturday the Redhawks will shoot for a two-game winning streak against the Ohio Valley Conference's first-place squad that recently beat Southeast by 20 points...
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Southeast Missouri State softball team debuts with a tough loss
(College Sports ~ 02/08/13)
Jackson State defeated the Redhawks 1-0 with a walk-off double in the seventh inning
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Mizzou's road problems persist
(Professional Sports ~ 02/08/13)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Fabyon Harris had 17 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with 12 seconds left, to help Texas A&M to a 70-68 victory over No. 21 Missouri on Thursday night. The loss dropped the Tigers (16-6, 5-4 Southeastern Conference) to 0-5 in true road games. They have won three games at neutral sites this season...
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Blues lose season-high third consecutive game
(Professional Sports ~ 02/08/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Petr Mrazek made 26 saves in his NHL debut, leading the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Detroit halted a two-game skid with its second win in three tries against St. Louis this season...
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NTSB: 787 battery approval should be reconsidered
(National News ~ 02/08/13)
WASHINGTON -- The government should reassess its safety approval of the Boeing 787 lithium ion batteries, the nation's top accident investigator said Thursday, casting doubt on whether the airliner's troubles can be quickly remedied. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating last month's battery fire in a Japan Airlines 787 "Dreamliner" while it was parked in Boston. ...
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Panetta: U.S. at risk of being second-rate
(National News ~ 02/08/13)
WASHINGTON -- The United States is at risk of becoming a second-rate power if automatic budget cuts go into effect, plunging U.S. armed forces into the most significant readiness crisis they've faced in more than a decade, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday...
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Exhibitions feature artistic responses to superstorm
(Entertainment ~ 02/08/13)
NEW YORK -- A New York exhibition of art inspired by superstorm Sandy is being included in a larger look at how artists respond creatively to natural disasters. The "After Affects" exhibition features works by more than 20 artists and is opening Friday at a gallery in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood...
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Speak Out 2/8/13
(Speak Out ~ 02/08/13)
This is just a suggestion, but something really needs to been done. Sometimes I have had to wait through two or three or more light changes before I can get through. Ozark trees It was reported that the EPA finds high levels of ozone in Southeast Missouri because of winds blowing from Chicago. ...
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Best Bet: Mardi Gras Bash
(Entertainment ~ 02/08/13)
Cape Girardeau has French in its blood, from the city's name to its downtown architecture. Naturally, Mardi Gras has long been celebrated here. A new Mardi Gras tradition continues this year with the fourth annual Mardi Gras Bash at 7 p.m., today at The Venue. Shades of Soul and The Intention will perform. Call 651-6681 or visit capegirardeauvenue.com for information and tickets...
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Prayer 2/8/13
(Prayer ~ 02/08/13)
Lord God, may we always pursue righteousness and love others as you love us. Amen.
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Tragedy for dinosaurs was opportunity for mammals
(National News ~ 02/08/13)
WASHINGTON -- New research pinpoints how the torch passed from one dominant creature on Earth to another, from the brutish dinosaur to the crafty mammal. Two studies published Thursday in the journal Science better explain the Earthshaking consequences of a catastrophic cosmic collision 66 million years ago when a comet or asteroid smashed into the Gulf of Mexico...
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Vote looming for GOP in 8th
(Local News ~ 02/08/13)
More than a dozen would-be candidates for Congress have traveled many miles to ensure their messages are heard. Since early December, they've talked in living rooms, coffee shops and auditoriums. They've garnered endorsements, sent video advertisements, assembled teams of supporters and stuffed mailboxes across the 8th Congressional District...
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