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Citizen patrol puts eyes on speeders in Missouri city
(State News ~ 05/29/13)
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. -- Robynn Saucier stood on the sidewalk near her Lee's Summit home and aimed the radar gun at the black Ford 500 motoring down the roadway toward her. Saucier is not a cop but a citizen on radar patrol. The 58-year-old retired Southwestern Bell worker is part of a growing corps of people in communities across the country who are using police department-issued radar guns to monitor how fast motorists are driving near their homes...
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Wal-Mart pleads guilty to violating federal rules
(State News ~ 05/29/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has pleaded guilty in Missouri to violating the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act by failing to properly handle pesticides that had been returned by customers at its stores across the country...
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St. Louis priest comes out as gay in book
(State News ~ 05/29/13)
ST. LOUIS -- A Roman Catholic priest in St. Louis has written a book about his life as a gay priest, a move that could risk his priesthood. The Rev. Gary Meier, 49, took a leave of absence last year as pastor at Saints Teresa and Bridget Church in north St. Louis. His book, "Hidden Voices: Reflections of a Gay, Catholic Priest," was published anonymously in 2011. Meier republished it earlier this month with his name on the cover, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Cape police officers take part in torch run for Special Olympics
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
Run Tansa? Contact note? Pertinent address: LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com From left, Adam Glueck, Cody Farrow, Joey Hann, Keith Green, Ty Metzger, Kevin Orr and Brad Smith with the Cape Girardeau Police Department run north on Kingshighway on Tuesday during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. ...
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DEA disagrees with Mo. firm's meth-resistant claim
(State News ~ 05/29/13)
ST. LOUIS -- The Drug Enforcement Administration says a suburban St. Louis pharmaceutical company is wrong for marketing its pseudoephedrine product to imply methamphetamine cannot be made with it. Westport Pharmaceuticals, however, is standing by its meth-resistant claims, insisting it would be impractical to make the dangerous drug with its Zephrex-D even if small amounts of meth can be extracted from it....
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Credit-card information stolen from day-care center
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
Cape Girardeau police are investigating a weekend burglary at a local day-care center. Sometime between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday, someone broke into Just Kids, 6 Girardeau Court, Suite 101, and stole a safe containing checks and credit-card information, said Darin Hickey, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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Man sentenced to prison for 2012 shooting death
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- A man will serve 15 years in prison in connection with the a woman's 2012 shooting death. Timothy D. Richmond was sentenced to seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on a charge of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and eight years on a charge of armed criminal action. Judge Fred Copeland ordered the sentences to run consecutively...
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Buffalo gnats rampant because of wet climate
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
The swarming gnats flitting about are buffalo gnats, also known as black flies. They're rampant this year, and Missouri Department of Conservation officials said the booming population is because of this season's wet climate. "With insects, you have populations in boom and bust cycles," natural history biologist Bob Gillespie said. "This year happens to be a wet year and a cool year, and they do well in those."...
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Some states push back against new school standards
(State News ~ 05/29/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Some states are pushing back against a set of uniform benchmarks for reading, writing and math that have been fully adopted in most states and are being widely put in place this school year. The new Common Core standards replace a hodgepodge of educational goals that had varied greatly from state to state. The federal government was not involved in the state-led effort to develop them but has encouraged the project....
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Altenburg Truck Pull Saturday
(Submitted Story ~ 05/29/13)
The East Perry Community Fair will be hosting its second annual 4X4 truck pull at the fairgrounds in Altenburg on Saturday, June 1, beginning at 3:00 pm. Last year was the first time that the fair held a stand-alone truck pull after having a pull several times during the annual fair in September. The 2012 pull drew 44 trucks for 71 hooks from throughout southeast and east central Missouri and southern and west central Illinois...
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Jackson man given 5 years for crash, but could be out in 120 days
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
A Jackson man on Tuesday was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a Dec. 8 traffic crash that injured three passengers, but he could be out of jail in far less time than that if he completes a court-mandated treatment program. Timothy Conrad, 22, pleaded guilty in April to three counts of vehicular assault in connection with the rollover crash that injured James Flesher, Lauren Timpe and Kaylie Van Troba, who were riding in the 2004 BMW he was driving on County Road 651...
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Oran baseball team reaches Class 1 championship game
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/13)
Oran (21-5) will face Santa Fe (13-3) in Wednesday's 1 p.m. championship game.
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Expungement Reform
(Submitted Story ~ 05/29/13)
Michelle Alexander eloquently details in her book "The New Jim Crow, Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," that more African Americans adults are under correctional control today-in prison or jail, on probation or parole-than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began. ...
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Enjoying the walking trail
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/29/13)
Robert Fortney and his son, Tom, enjoying the walking trail on Bloomfield Road in Cape Girardeau.
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Maple UMC Fish & Chicken Dinner Friday, May 31
(Submitted Story ~ 05/29/13)
Maple United Methodist Church, corner of Cape Rock and Jean Ann Drive, will hold an all-you-can-eat Fish and Chicken Dinner, Friday, May 31 from 4 to 7 p.m. Drinks and home-made desserts are included in the $9 cost. All are invited.
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Mo. court blocks eminent domain by SEMO Port Authority
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A proposed $20 million project to ship crude oil from North Dakota down the Mississippi River is unlikely to go forward as a result of a Missouri Supreme Court ruling Tuesday blocking the use of eminent domain by a port authority...
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Hodges, Smith on offensive at candidate forum
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
Tuesday night's debate among four candidates seeking to replace a longtime Republican congresswoman in next week's special election was an opportunity for them to weigh in on a plethora of issues. But for the two major party contenders it did something more -- it gave them a chance to bring up several points of contention their campaigns have pushed for weeks...
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Panorama of train wreck at Rockview
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/29/13)
Aftermath of the train wreck at Rockview on Sat. May 25, 2013
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Amazing
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/29/13)
Front yard Missouri primrose
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/29/13)
Today is Wednesday, May 29, the 149th day of 2013. There are 216 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On May 29, 1913, the ballet "Le Sacre du printemps" (The Rite of Spring), with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky, had its chaotic world premiere in Paris. The D.H. Lawrence novel "Sons and Lovers" was first published by Duckworth & Co. of London, albeit in an expurgated version...
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Jackson teachers
(Editorial ~ 05/29/13)
This time of the year is usually one for recognizing students: graduations have commenced, students have received their report cards, and now they're looking to find ways to have fun now that school is out. In a general sense, not so much attention is given to teachers this time of year, though they're busier at year's end than any other time. ...
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Let the kids play ball
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/29/13)
The front page article in the Southeast Missourian on Friday, May 25, regarding Jackson setting goals to curb street ball prompts me to write this letter to the paper. Jackson was built on the natural terrain -- the hills and valleys that give much of the beauty that the residents enjoy. ...
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7 charged in $6B online money laundering case in Costa Rica
(National News ~ 05/29/13)
NEW YORK -- Calling it perhaps the biggest money laundering scheme in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people Tuesday with running what amounted to an online, underworld bank that handled $6 billion for drug dealers, child pornographers, identity thieves and other criminals around the globe...
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Out of the past 5/29/13
(Out of the Past ~ 05/29/13)
In celebration of the Rev. Louis Launhardt's 30 years in ministry, the board of directors of Concordia Seminary arranges for a classmate and friend of the pastor to speak at Sunday services; the Rev. Floyd Spree and Launhardt graduated from Concordia in 1958...
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Runner-up ticket worth $1M for St. Louis Co. woman
(State News ~ 05/29/13)
ST. LOUIS -- A suburban St. Louis real estate agent didn't win the record Powerball jackpot earlier this month, but the runner-up prize was pretty good, too. The Missouri Lottery on Tuesday introduced 26-year-old Jamie Bone as the winner of a $1 million Powerball prize. Bone bought a Quick Pick ticket for the drawing that eventually reached $590.5 million at Sam's Liquor & Convenience...
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Tax overhaul: Looking to IRS scandal for reform momentum
(National News ~ 05/29/13)
WASHINGTON -- The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service could provide a boost for lawmakers who want to simplify U.S. tax laws -- a code so complicated most Americans buy commercial software to help them or simply hire someone else to do it all...
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Mothers become top earners in 4 out of 10 households in the U.S.
(National News ~ 05/29/13)
WASHINGTON -- A record number of American women now are the sole or primary breadwinners in their families, a sign of the rising influence of working mothers, a new study finds. Mothers keep finances afloat in 40 percent of households with children, up from just 11 percent in 1960...
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Sheryl Crow undergoes a country conversion
(Entertainment ~ 05/29/13)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- For a couple of months now, Sheryl Crow has been loading her two young boys aboard a bus and taking off on a tour of country music radio stations around the country. She's visiting with DJs and programming directors, playing a few songs live, then hopping back on the bus to do it again a few hours down the road. It reminds her, fittingly, of a scene from "Coal Miner's Daughter," the life story of Loretta Lynn...
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Pentagon programs target of China cyber threat
(National News ~ 05/29/13)
WASHINGTON -- New revelations that China used cyberattacks to access data from nearly 40 Pentagon weapons programs and almost 30 other defense technologies have increased pressure on U.S. leaders to take more strident action against Beijing to stem the persistent breaches...
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Speak Out 5/29/13
(Speak Out ~ 05/29/13)
Mike Jensen's assertion that the ever-growing gap between rich and poor is of no consequence and that money in the hands of the poor wouldn't help them escape poverty is Mike Jensen at his best or, depending on your point of view, absolute worst. I don't understand the negativity concerning the new roundabout. ...
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Oran baseball team uses lethal combo of luck, skill to advance
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/13)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- The Oran baseball team's Class 1 semifinal didn't start until 25 hours after it was originally scheduled thanks to rain, which left the players with quite a bit of time to fill. The Eagles played video games, spent Monday evening playing arcade games at Dave & Buster's restaurant and had pillow fights, according to senior Kody Moore...
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Southeast Missouri State sports program places third in OVC Commissioner's Cup
(College Sports ~ 05/29/13)
Southeast Missouri State, bolstered by its usual strong showing in track & field, had its best-ever finish in the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Cup. The league office announced Tuesday that Southeast placed third for the 2012-13 school year. Southeast's previous highest OVC Commissioner's Cup finish was fifth...
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Cards prospect Wacha to make MLB debut Thursday
(Professional Sports ~ 05/29/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The St. Louis Cardinals ran out of reasons not to promote their top pitching prospect. Michael Wacha, the Cardinals' first-round pick last season, will start in his major league debut Thursday against the Kansas City Royals after a slew of injuries to their starting rotation left general manager John Mozeliak virtually out of options...
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Southeast Missourian player of the week: Jackson's Paden Wachter
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
Wachter closed out her Jackson High School athletic career in style last weekend by winning the discus and placing second in the shot put at the Missouri Class 4 Track and Field Championships in Jefferson City, Mo.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/29/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/29/13)
The Cape Girardeau Fire department responded to the following calls on Monday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/29/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/29/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Thefts Miscellaneous...
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Maxine Woods
(Obituary ~ 05/29/13)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Maxine Woods, 87, died Sunday, May 26, 2013, at her home in Sikeston. She was born April 12, 1926, in Chaffee, Mo., to Clyde and Ruth Shields Jenkins. She and James Stanley Woods were married April 5, 1943. He preceded her in death Feb. 11, 2011...
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Southeast Missourian player of the week: Jackson's Paden Wachter
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/13)
Wachter closed out her Jackson High School athletic career in style last weekend by winning the discus and placing second in the shot put at the Missouri Class 4 Track and Field Championships in Jefferson City, Mo.
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Irmgard Siemer
(Obituary ~ 05/29/13)
Irmgard Maria Siemer, 73, of Jackson died Friday, May 24, 2013, at her home. She was born Aug. 22, 1939, in Ruthen, Germany, to Vincenz and Maria Kirsh Schonlau. She immigrated to America on July 2, 1958, at the age of 18 and settled in St. Louis. There she met John Henry Siemer and they were married Nov. 11, 1961. They later moved to Fort Bragg, N.C., while John served in the U.S. Army...
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Benjamin Rouse
(Obituary ~ 05/29/13)
TUNNEL HILL, Ill. -- Benjamin James "Ben" Rouse, 20, of Tunnel Hill departed this life Sunday, May 26, 2013, at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville, Ind. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, Chelsey of Jackson. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday at Bailey Funeral Home in Vienna, Ill., and will continue from 10 a.m. until time of service Friday at Community of Christ Church in Tunnel Hill...
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Thelma Roth
(Obituary ~ 05/29/13)
Thelma Eloise Roth, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Universal City, Texas. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until time of service Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran, Mo.. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the chapel. Burial will be in Friend Cemetery...
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Patricia Osorio
(Obituary ~ 05/29/13)
THEBES, Ill. — Patricia Ann Hale Osorio, 41, of Willisville, Ill., formerly of Thebes, died Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill.
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Karen Montgomery
(Obituary ~ 05/29/13)
Karen Kay Montgomery, 46, of Kennett, Mo., died Sunday, May 26, 2013, at the home of her mother in Jackson. She was born Sept. 21, 1966, in Kennett, to Roger Howard and Nina Fay Woodall Montgomery. Karen graduated from Kennett High School, and received a degree in respiratory therapy from Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center. She worked at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital...
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Teresa Medley
(Obituary ~ 05/29/13)
Teresa Gail Medley, 54, of Huntsville, Mo., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died unexpectedly Thursday, May 23, 2013, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of service today at Cater Funeral Home in Moberly, Mo. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery...
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Nicholas Innis
(Obituary ~ 05/29/13)
Nicholas Paul Innis, 20, of Scott City died Monday, May 27, 2013, in Memphis, Tenn. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Hannah Farrow
(Obituary ~ 05/29/13)
Hannah Mae Farrow, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 27, 2013, at her home. The family will receive friends from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at First Church of the Nazarene. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church, with the Revs. Jason Hill and William Burke officiating...
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Kevin Collier
(Obituary ~ 05/29/13)
Kevin D. Collier, 52, of Jackson passed away Sunday, May 26, 2013, at the home of his mother in Jackson, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Jan. 30, 1961, in Chaffee, Mo., to Daniel O'Neal Collier and Ella Jane Stause Collier Elfrink. He and Rheanne M. Evans were married Dec. 14, 1999, in Fruitland...
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Yearbook prank leads to arrest
(State News ~ 05/29/13)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Columbia high school student faces a possible felony charge after her arrest for changing a classmate's name in the school yearbook to a sexually suggestive term. The 17-year-old Hickman High School junior was arrested May 14 after she allegedly changed a student's last name from Mastain to "masturbate" in the 100th edition of the Hickman Cresset yearbook. She could be charged with first-degree property damage, a felony, and harassment...
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Adoption advocates urge veto of foreign law bill
(State News ~ 05/29/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some adoption advocates are urging Gov. Jay Nixon to veto Missouri legislation focused upon international law because they fear it could complicate overseas adoptions. The legislation would make void and unenforceable any court, arbitration, tribunal or administrative agency ruling or decision based on any foreign law or system is repugnant or inconsistent with Missouri and U.S. constitutions...
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Officials hope to limit Missouri River flooding
(State News ~ 05/29/13)
OMAHA, Neb. -- After several days of heavy rain across the lower Missouri River basin, the amount of water released into the river is being reduced to help minimize flooding. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it began reducing the amount of water flowing into the river on Sunday because of concerns about flooding downstream...
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Much of Red Cross fund for Sandy aid still unspent
(National News ~ 05/29/13)
NEW YORK -- Seven months after superstorm Sandy, the Red Cross still hasn't spent more than a third of the $303 million it raised to assist victims of the storm, a strategy the organization says will help address needs that weren't immediately apparent in the disaster's wake...
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Economic gains boost U.S. confidence to 5-year high
(National News ~ 05/29/13)
WASHINGTON -- Home prices are surging, job growth is strengthening and stocks are setting record highs. All of which explains why Americans are more hopeful about the economy than at any other point in five years. Investors on Tuesday celebrated the latest buoyant reports on consumer confidence and housing prices, which together suggest growth could accelerate in the second half of 2013...
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Prayer 5/29/13
(Prayer ~ 05/29/13)
O God, may you continue to bless us and make your face shine upon us. Amen.
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Beltran, Lyons help Cardinals beat Royals
(Professional Sports ~ 05/29/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Tyler Lyons couldn't seem to find any pitch that was working in the first inning Tuesday night. The next six? Just about everything was working. The St. Louis Cardinals' rookie only allowed two hits against the Kansas City Royals' scuffling offense, and the only run in the first inning...
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A tired theme
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/29/13)
"After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp and fashioned him at will, the supreme power then extends its arm over the whole community. It covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. ...
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