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CDC says ticks carry new virus
(State News ~ 07/23/13)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Federal health investigators have confirmed that ticks carry the new virus that sickened two Missouri men. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suspected ticks were a likely source of the Heartland virus, which was named for the St. Joseph hospital where the men were treated in 2009...
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Weather service: High heat likely, strong storms possible
(Local News ~ 07/23/13)
The National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., is warning of high heat this afternoon and a slight risk of severe storms. In a hazardous weather outlook issued Tuesday, the weather service put Southeast Missouri in a slight risk of severe storms Tuesday afternoon and evening, with damaging winds, hail and flooding possible...
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UK's Kate gives birth to royal heir
(International News ~ 07/23/13)
LONDON -- It's a boy! Prince William's wife, Kate, has given birth to a prince who is now third in line to the British throne. The child was born Monday afternoon, after many Britons woke up to the news that Kate, also known as the Duchess of Cambridge, had gone into labor with the couple's first child...
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Former MVP Ryan Braun suspended for rest of season
(National News ~ 07/23/13)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former National League MVP Ryan Braun was suspended without pay for the rest of the season and the postseason Monday in the first penalty following Major League Baseball's investigation of the Florida clinic accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs...
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Caboose finds new downtown Dexter home
(Local News ~ 07/23/13)
Noreen Hyslop ~ Daily Statesman Workers from Brown Construction Co. work Friday to maneuver the old red caboose from its longtime home on South Main Street in Dexter, Mo., to its new home a block away. The caboose will now sit at the city's welcome center at the site of the renovated railroad depot....
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Fraudulent text messages sent to Montgomery Bank customers
(Local News ~ 07/23/13)
Customers of Montgomery Bank may receive a fraudulent text message asking for their attention regarding their debit card, according to a news release sent Monday from David Jones of Montgomery Bank in Sikeston, Mo. When called, the number will ask customers to enter their debit card number, the release said. The text message is not legitimate, and customers should not enter any information, according to the news release...
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Legislators set to tour river ports in Southeast Missouri
(Local News ~ 07/23/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some members of the Missouri House of Representatives will get a closer look at the roles of river ports. Members of the House Issue Development Committee on Missouri Ports next week will visit seven ports in Southeast Missouri and the St. Louis region...
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CVS walls under construction
(Local News ~ 07/23/13)
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Walls are going up Monday, July 22, 2013 for the new CVS Pharmacy at William Street and South Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Southeast Missouri State football team is ranked eighth in OVC preseason poll
(College Sports ~ 07/23/13)
Southeast Missouri State football coach Tony Samuel never has put much stock in preseason polls, making him similar to most others in the profession. So Samuel hardly batted an eye Monday when the Redhawks were tabbed to finish toward the bottom of the Ohio Valley Conference and had no preseason all-conference selections during the league's annual media day in Nashville, Tenn...
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Corps of Engineers releases St. Johns Bayou impact statement
(Local News ~ 07/23/13)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has posted its long-anticipated latest draft environmental impact statement on the St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway project. The project would close a 1,500-foot gap in the Mississippi River levee system in Southeast Missouri along Scott, New Madrid and Mississippi counties and construct a 1,500-cubic-foot-per-second pumping station in the floodway and a 1,000-cubic-foot-per-second pumping station in the St. ...
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Power outage affects hundreds in Cape
(Local News ~ 07/23/13)
More than 800 Ameren Missouri customers in southwest Cape Girardeau were without power Monday afternoon after a line burned on Interstate 55 near U.S. 61, a company spokesman confirmed. Kent Martin of Ameren Missouri said the outage, which started between 2:30 and 3 p.m. Monday, affected 833 customers...
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Driver arraigned on manslaughter charges
(Local News ~ 07/23/13)
A Cape Girardeau woman was arraigned Monday on a charge of first-degree involuntary manslaughter in connection with a fatal car accident last week. Angelia J. Hanson, 29, is accused of backing a 2001 Dodge Durango over Jody L. Lane, 43, and killing her Friday morning outside their home at 612 N. Fountain St...
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Pipe bomb suspect pleads not guilty
(Local News ~ 07/23/13)
A Jackson man accused of detonating a pipe bomb last month outside a Cape Girardeau residence pleaded not guilty to three charges Monday in connection with the explosion. David Salzmann, 44, was charged with two felonies -- assault of a law enforcement officer and unlawful possession of a weapon -- and misdemeanor violation of an order of protection after a June 9 explosion outside a Spanish Street residence...
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Guthrie still waiting for psychiatric evaluation
(Local News ~ 07/23/13)
Lawrence Guthrie was granted another continuance Monday in a case in which he is accused of physically assaulting his estranged wife and exchanging gunfire with police before shooting himself in the head. Last month, the case was continued to Monday to give Guthrie time to obtain a private psychiatric evaluation...
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Salesman loses more than 100 pounds after health scare
(Community ~ 07/23/13)
Bill Moore is on a "relentless pursuit of good health," and wants to encourage others to follow the same path. The former Jackson native led a healthy lifestyle in his past, but said he began to develop a more "sedentary lifestyle" in 2004 when he started a career as a medical equipment salesman...
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Cape school board asked to be wary of Common Core
(Local News ~ 07/23/13)
Former state representative Mary Kasten addressed the Cape Girardeau School Board Monday asking it to keep a vigilant watch over how Common Core Standards are implemented Cape Girardeau schools. The standards are a set of expectations adopted by more than 45 states that will replace the Missouri Grade- and Course-Level expectations for English/language arts and mathematics for grades K-12 statewide by the fall of 2014...
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Former sheriff now faces additional charges
(Local News ~ 07/23/13)
VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Already serving federal and state prison sentences, former Carter County sheriff Tommy Adams will appear in a Carter County courtroom next week after he was charged Friday with multiple felonies, including burglary and arson. Adams, 33, of Ellsinore, Mo., was charged with first- and second-degree burglary and three counts of second-degree arson by assistant attorney general David Hansen...
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Gidget
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/23/13)
This is our lazy Gidget. She is 13 yrs old. We got her at the humane society when she was 9 mts old.
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Russian MIG flying under cloud cover
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/23/13)
Russian MIG flying under cloud cover during Russian Naval Exposition in St.Petersburg Russia in early July
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Posing Pretty
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/23/13)
Madison poses for a picture outside the Butterfly House in Chesterfield, MO
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Madison's New Baby
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/23/13)
Madison loves the new "baby" that her Aunt Pat got her! She named her Sophia!
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Some St. Louis officers seeking more firepower
(State News ~ 07/23/13)
ST. LOUIS -- With $1.4 million set aside to buy new handguns for the St. Louis Police Department's 1,300 officers this year, some union members are urging the department's leaders to boost firepower by switching to higher-caliber weapons. Police chief Sam Dotson isn't sold on the suggested change from the current 9 mm handguns to .40-caliber pistols for a number of reasons, including that the slightly less-powerful 9 mm guns seem to be doing just fine -- especially when officers hit their target, The St. ...
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Brewers' Braun suspended for remainder of season for PED use
(Professional Sports ~ 07/23/13)
NEW YORK -- The first star to fall in baseball's latest drug investigation is one of its biggest: Ryan Braun. The 2011 National League MVP was suspended without pay for the rest of the season and the postseason Monday, the start of sanctions involving players reportedly tied to a Florida clinic accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/23/13)
Today is Tuesday, July 23, the 204th day of 2013. There are 161 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 23, 1983, an Air Canada Boeing 767 ran out of fuel while flying from Montreal to Edmonton; the pilots were able to glide the jetliner to a safe emergency landing in Gimli, Manitoba. ...
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NSA surveillance revelations reframe digital life for some
(National News ~ 07/23/13)
In Louisiana, the wife of a former soldier is scaling back on Facebook posts and considering unfriending old acquaintances, worried an innocuous joke or long-lost associate might one day land her in a government probe. In California, a college student encrypts chats and emails, saying he's not planning anything sinister but shouldn't have to sweat snoopers. And in Canada, a lawyer is rethinking the data products he uses to ensure his clients' privacy...
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Dubai officials pardon Norwegian woman at center of rape dispute
(International News ~ 07/23/13)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- With her passport back in hand, a Norwegian woman at the center of a Dubai rape claim dispute said Monday that officials dropped her 16-month sentence for having sex outside marriage in the latest clash between the city's Islamic-based legal codes and its international branding as a Western-friendly haven...
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Earthquake in northwest China kills at least 75 people
(International News ~ 07/23/13)
BEIJING -- A strong earthquake that shook an arid, hilly farming area in northwest China sparked landslides and destroyed or damaged thousands of brick-and-mud homes Monday, killing at least 75 people and injuring more than 400, the government said...
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Births 7/23/13
(Births ~ 07/23/13)
Daughter to Samuel Dylan McDaniel and Hali Sue Strop of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:50 p.m. Monday, July 15, 2013. Name, Cali Jo. Weight, 6 pounds, 7 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Ms. Strop is the daughter of David Strop of Dickinson, N.D., and Sharon Edmonds of North Dakota. McDaniel is the son of Ken McDaniel and Lisa Douglas of Cape Girardeau...
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Out of the past 7/23/13
(Out of the Past ~ 07/23/13)
While other crops in the district are struggling to survive the recent drought, blackberries are thriving; Lucas Georger, a retired farmer, reports he has a bumper crop, with more than 1,000 blackberry bushes on his farm between Delta and Advance, Mo...
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Jackson police report 7/23/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/23/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items: Thefts...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 7/23/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/23/13)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/23/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/23/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...
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Road work 7/23/13
(Local News ~ 07/23/13)
Interstate 55 in Scott County reduced for bridge repairs Pavement work reduces Interstate 55 in Scott County All work is weather permitting. Work zones will be marked with signs. Motorists are urged to use caution while traveling near those areas. For more information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636 or visit modot.org/southeast...
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Georgia Wimmer
(Obituary ~ 07/23/13)
Georgia Marie Wimmer, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, July 20, 2013, at Heartland Care and Rehab. A memorial service will be at a later date at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Nora White
(Obituary ~ 07/23/13)
Nora Agnes White, 102, of Scott City died Sunday, July 21, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 6, 1910, in Campbell, Mo., to William Henry and Mollie Jane Davenport Conran. She first married James Franklin Dunlap on Sept. 29, 1929. He preceded her in death Jan. 30, 1937. She later married Norval White on June 26, 1946. He preceded her in death April 11, 1978...
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Arville McGill Jr.
(Obituary ~ 07/23/13)
Arville Owen "JR" McGill Jr., 72, of Jackson died Saturday, July 20, 2013, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time today at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Mo. The funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. today at the funeral home, with Zackery Strong officiating. Burial will be in Portageville Cemetery...
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Jeanne DaWalt
(Obituary ~ 07/23/13)
Jeanne Marie DaWalt, 89, of Patton, Mo., passed away Sunday, July 21, 2013, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau, where she lived the last year. She was born Oct. 25, 1923, in Baker, Mont., to Byron L. and Gladys I. Rollins Hubbard. She and James L. DaWalt were married in 1939 in Wisconsin. They had been married 51 years when James passed away Feb. 18, 1990...
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Memory decline may be earliest sign of dementia
(Community ~ 07/23/13)
BOSTON -- Memory problems that are often dismissed as a normal part of aging may not be so harmless. Noticing you have had a decline beyond the occasional misplaced car keys or forgotten name could be the very earliest sign of Alzheimer's, several research teams are reporting...
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I-66 corridor
(Editorial ~ 07/23/13)
The effort to construct a new route between Cape Girardeau and Paducah, Ky., takes another step forward Wednesday. A meeting is being held from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Shawnee Community College gymnasium in Ullin, Ill., as part of a study looking at potential routes that would connect the two cities...
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Soul-searching in Cleveland after 3 slayings
(National News ~ 07/23/13)
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The soul-searching has begun in and around Cleveland -- again -- as the chilling details emerge from the latest missing-women case to send a shiver through the metropolitan area. A registered sex offender was charged Monday with murder and kidnapping in the slayings of three women whose bodies were found in plastic trash bags in a rundown East Cleveland neighborhood. ...
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Plane's front landing gear collapses at LaGuardia Airport; 10 injuries reported
(National News ~ 07/23/13)
NEW YORK -- The front landing gear of a flight arriving at New York's LaGuardia Airport collapsed Monday right after the plane touched down on the runway, officials said, sending the aircraft skidding before it came to a halt. Ten passengers were treated at the scene, with six being taken to a hospital with minor injuries, said Thomas Bosco, acting director of aviation for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees the area airports. ...
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Health beat: Home canning and botulism
(Community ~ 07/23/13)
It's summer, and home gardeners are starting to harvest the delicious produce they've been growing this year. Did you know 1 in 5 U.S. households can their own food, and 65 percent of those households can vegetables? Home canning is a great way to preserve your garden goodies...
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Homecomers
(Editorial ~ 07/23/13)
Jackson will be the scene for food, fun and fellowship this week as the city hosts its annual Homecomers event. This is the 105th Homecomers, and if past years are any indication this should be fun festival atmosphere. There will be musical entertainment, carnival rides, food and other activities for the whole family to enjoy...
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Matheny: Lynn is letting frustration show
(Professional Sports ~ 07/23/13)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals want Lance Lynn to gain better control of more than just his pitch assortment. They're trying to help him channel his emotions, too. The right-hander has been a big success, making the All-Star team his first year in the rotation and winning 11 games before the break again this year. During the drought Lynn is going through right now, the frustration shows all too well...
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Rams rookies begin refresher course
(Professional Sports ~ 07/23/13)
The newcomers got a two-day head start on the veterans
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Frenzied crowds greet Pope Francis in Brazil
(International News ~ 07/23/13)
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Frenzied crowds of Roman Catholics mobbed the car carrying Pope Francis on Monday when he returned to his home continent for the first time as pontiff, embarking on a seven-day visit meant to fan the fervor of the faithful around the globe...
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Prayer 7/23/13
(Prayer ~ 07/23/13)
Lord Jesus, give us wisdom that we may clearly see your direction for our lives. Amen.
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Other opinions on annexation
(Column ~ 07/23/13)
I would like to reply to the guest column from the Wednesday Southeast Missourian Opinion/Editorial page where you gave your weekly blogger almost three quarters of a page to quote dates and bill numbers of possible links of lobbying for a quarry that is north of Jackson...
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Strokers fall short of title contest
(Community Sports ~ 07/23/13)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The SEMO Strokers recorded two wins at the Senior Babe Ruth state tournament on Monday, but they needed three to advance to the championship game against the Charleston Fighting Squirrels...
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Dennis Farina, star of 'Law & Order,' dead at 69
(Entertainment ~ 07/23/13)
NEW YORK -- Dennis Farina, a onetime Chicago cop who as a popular character actor played a TV cop on "Law & Order" during his wide-ranging career, has died. Death came Monday morning in a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospital after Farina suffered a blood clot in his lung, according to his publicist, Lori De Waal. He was 69...
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