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Rams' Quinn breaks team single-season sack record in win
(Professional Sports ~ 12/23/13)
ST. LOUIS -- The toughest part of Robert Quinn's day was surviving the ride to the locker room. "They hoisted me off," the Rams defensive end said. "I was hoping I didn't get dropped." Quinn got three sacks to break the franchise season record and take the NFL lead, too, as St. Louis beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-13 on Sunday...
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Saudi Arabia pays $2M bail in case
(State News ~ 12/23/13)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has posted $2 million bail for two men who were jailed in southwest Missouri in June after being charged in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman. Rayan Mohammed A Alqabbaa, 21, and Ahmed Ayed A Alanazi, 27, are charged with kidnapping and forcible sodomy stemming from an alleged attack June 1 in Springfield. ...
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Mo. lawmaker proposes September to May school year
(State News ~ 12/23/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- School in August. Sound good, kids? A proposal in Missouri would ensure schools don't start until September and end before June. The bill also seeks to require students to spend more time in the classroom and participate in summer school if they do not perform up to snuff...
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Support system lifts Missouri vet out of homelessness
(State News ~ 12/23/13)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- James Snorgrass stood at the corner of a Columbia intersection, waiting for the bus to arrive at 7:10 a.m. A knee-length parka was wrapped around his slender frame. An insulated hat covered his salt and pepper hair. "It's a cold morning to be out here," Snorgrass said, as he leaned out into the street looking for the bus...
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Chilly Sunday in Capaha Park
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
ADAM VOGLER ~ avogler@semissourian.com ABOVE: Mike and Layne Henderson, 11, examine the undercarriage of a radio-controlled car at Capaha Park on Sunday in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Pastor, teacher reflect on death of Jackson teen
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
Described by two people who knew him, 18-year-old Nolan Weber, who died in Saturday in Jackson after a nearly three-year battle with brain cancer, was a young man of amazing faith, humility and maturity. The Rev. Tommy Weems, who was pastor of First Baptist Church in Jackson and is now pastor of LaRue Baptist Church in LaRue, Texas, will be providing the sermon at Weber's funeral...
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Courthouses upgrade security
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
On any given Monday or Tuesday, hundreds of people pass through the doors of the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse. Some are answering charges. Some are protecting public safety. Some are protecting people's constitutional rights. Some are supporting friends or family members who have made mistakes or been hurt by others' mistakes...
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Mutual Musicians Foundation prepares for 2017 centennial
(State News ~ 12/23/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The centennial celebration is starting early for a foundation that continues to host late-night jam sessions, nearly 100 years after it was founded as a segregated union for black musicians. The Kansas City Star reported that the centennial isn't until 2017 for the Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and Vine Jazz District in Kansas City. ...
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16 express interest in building committee
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
A citizens advisory committee for Cape Girardeau County facilities consolidation should be complete after the start of the new year. As of Friday, 16 people had indicated an interest in serving on the committee by applying with the county commission's secretary. ...
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Some roads still closed after weekend rain
(Local News ~ 12/23/13)
Although the rain has abated, the National Weather Service said it received reports of "widespread flooding" throughout Southeast Missouri over the weekend. The Missouri Department of Transportation also said dozens of roads were closed because of the heavy rain...
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Weak U.S. card security made Target easy pickings
(National News ~ 12/23/13)
NEW YORK -- The U.S. is the juiciest target for hackers hunting credit card information. And experts say incidents like the recent data theft at Target's stores will get worse before they get better. That's in part because U.S. credit and debit cards rely on an easy-to-copy magnetic strip on the back of the card, which stores account information using the same technology as cassette tapes...
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Southeast Hospice Honors Volunteers
(Submitted Story ~ 12/23/13)
Southeast Hospice honored its dedicated volunteers at its annual appreciation banquet earlier this month. Volunteer Tina Bles of Cape Girardeau received the 2013 Cherub Award. The Guardian Angel Award went to Jean Mueller of Frohna, Mo., and Helen Hunt of Cape Girardeau received the Gabriel Award...
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Havco Wood Products Donates Toys
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/23/13)
Havco Wood Products donates over $1000 dollars worth of toys to the Marine Corps Reserve's Toys for Tots program.
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Boys Scouts Deliver Meals and Christmas Presents to the Elderly
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/23/13)
Boy Scouts Dylan Hackler and Garrett Auer of Troop 5 deliver a Christmas present and warm meal to Florence Calhoun of Scott City, Mo. These two scouts are spending part of their Christmas vacation volunteering at the Scott City Nutrition Center to complete a requirement for the Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge...
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Start of winter brings snow, ice and warm weather
(National News ~ 12/23/13)
CONCORD, N.H. -- The first full day of winter brought a wild mix of weather across the U.S. on Sunday: ice and high wind in the Great Lakes and New England areas, flooding in the South, snow in the Midwest and record-shattering temperatures in the 60s and 70s along the mid-Atlantic...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/23/13)
Today is Monday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2013. There are eight days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 23, 1913, the Federal Reserve System was created as President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act. On this date:...
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Christmas tourney should bring good competition
(Editorial ~ 12/23/13)
As everyone looks forward to family gatherings on Christmas Eve and Christmas, we'd like to officially invite everyone out for another holiday tradition the day after the presents are opened: The Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. The basketball tournament tradition began in 1945, and it helps fill a gap while school is out for the holidays. The four-day event begins Thursday, and games will be played Friday and Saturday with the championship games to be played Monday...
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Speak Out 12/23/13
(Speak Out ~ 12/23/13)
Many thanks to the hard work of the mail service during the big snowstorm last week! The mail was delivered every day, and even with all the snow piled up on the street, the mail carrier made it to the mailbox. Great job! So-called congressional leaders think a grand bargain includes taking the cost-of-living adjustments from military retiree pensions. ...
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Donna Smith
(Obituary ~ 12/23/13)
Donna J. Smith, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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J.R. 'Bob' Simpson
(Obituary ~ 12/23/13)
CAIRO, Ill. -- J.R. "Bob" Simpson of Cairo died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday is at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jerome Fortenberry officiating. Interment will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge, Ill...
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Margie Dye
(Obituary ~ 12/23/13)
Margie Sue Dye, 87, of Wappapello, Mo., formerly of Jackson, passed away Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, at Monticello House Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born April 22, 1926, in Kennett, Mo., to Will R. and Ella Baker Pelts. She and Arthur Raymond Dye were married July 19, 1947...
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Travis Bohnert
(Obituary ~ 12/23/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Travis C. Bohnert, 53, of Clarksville, Tenn., formerly of Perryville, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2013, at North Crest Medical Center in Springfield, Tenn. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until time of service Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Exhibit A: Reality TV footage becomes a legal instrument
(Entertainment ~ 12/23/13)
LOS ANGELES -- They invite camera crews into their homes in the hopes of high ratings, endorsement deals and a taste of fame. Yet for some reality television stars, their notoriety brings some unexpected grief from tax collectors or pricey court cases...
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Out of the past 12/23/13
(Out of the Past ~ 12/23/13)
Federal investigators are at the scene of yesterday's fatal helicopter crash, searching for any clues that may indicate what caused the craft to go down; the Air Evac helicopter crashed in a heavy fog about 4:30 a.m. in a field west of the Cape Girardeau airport; the pilot was apparently trying to land at the airport after being unable to land at Saint Francis Medical Center...
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Venezuela car owners unfazed by fuel hike
(Business ~ 12/23/13)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Owners of the 1970s-era gas-guzzling trucks and sedans that have long reigned over Caracas' smog-filled roadways will soon have to pay a bit more to keep flaunting their energy-inefficient monsters. As an economic crisis drains government coffers, President Nicolas Maduro is putting motorists on notice and taking on one of the nation's biggest sacred cows: nearly free gasoline. ...
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Stores open for 100 hours to attract shoppers
(Business ~ 12/23/13)
NEW YORK -- Some stores are ending the holiday shopping season the same way they began it -- with round-the-clock, marathon shopping hours. Kohl's for the first time is staying open for essentially five days straight, from 6 a.m. Friday through 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve...
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Khodorkovsky will work to free other political inmates in Russia
(International News ~ 12/23/13)
BERLIN -- At an emotional news conference barely two days after he was freed from a Russian jail, Mikhail Khodorkovsky vowed Sunday to do all he can to ensure the release of other political prisoners in Russia. The former oil tycoon spent 10 years in jail on what the West considers trumped-up political charges by President Vladimir Putin's government. He was pardoned Friday by Putin and immediately flew to Berlin, where he held a tumultuous news conference Sunday...
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Activists of Egypt's protest movement imprisoned
(International News ~ 12/23/13)
CAIRO -- An Egyptian court handed down prison sentences to three of the country's most prominent youth activists Sunday in the first use of a controversial new protest law, a harsh warning to the secular groups that supported the military's ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi but have since grown critical of the army-backed government that replaced him...
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Al-Qaida in Yemen regrets hospital attack
(International News ~ 12/23/13)
CAIRO -- In a rare public apology, the militant leader of al-Qaida's branch in Yemen has said that one of his fighters disobeyed orders and attacked a hospital attached to the Defense Ministry during a December assault that killed 52 people. Qassim al-Rimi, commander of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, said in a video posted on militant websites that the attackers were warned in advance not to enter the hospital within the complex, nor a place for prayer there. ...
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To clean up coal, more oil production pushed
(National News ~ 12/23/13)
DE KALB, Miss. -- America's newest, most expensive coal-fired power plant is hailed as one of the cleanest on the planet, thanks to government-backed technology that removes carbon dioxide and keeps it out of the atmosphere. But once the carbon is stripped away, it will be used to do something that is not so green at all...
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Health plan sticker shock ahead for some buyers
(National News ~ 12/23/13)
CHICAGO -- As a key enrollment deadline hits today, many people without health insurance have been sizing up policies on the new government health-care marketplace and making what seems like a logical choice: They're picking the cheapest one. Increasingly, experts in health insurance are becoming concerned that many of these first-time buyers will be in for a shock when they get medical care next year and discover they're on the hook for most of the initial cost...
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Japan robot chats with astronaut on International Space Station
(National News ~ 12/23/13)
TOKYO -- The first humanoid robot in space with speech capability made small talk with a Japanese astronaut and said it had no problem with zero gravity on the International Space Station. Footage released Friday by the robot's developers showed Kirobo performing its first mission on the station, talking in Japanese with astronaut Koichi Wakata to test its autonomous conversation functions...
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Jackson fire report 12/23/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/13)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday:...
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Jackson police report 12/23/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/23/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/13)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Friday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/23/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest...
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Business Notebook: Post office looking for volunteers
(Business ~ 12/23/13)
The Cape Girardeau post office is looking for volunteers to establish a local Consumer Advisory Council, according to a news release from the United States Postal Service. The Consumer Advisory Council will provide a forum for USPS customers to express concerns, ideas and suggestions to postal officials, the release said. ...
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People on the move 12/23/13
(Business ~ 12/23/13)
Hinckley joins board of directors The Community Counseling Center has announced that Bill Hinckley has been selected to serve on the center's foundation board of directors effective Jan. 1. Hinckley is a retired chemical engineer with 44 years of experience in supervision and management of chemical plant operations, and was plant manager of the BioKyowa facility in Cape Girardeau 11 years before retiring in 2008. ...
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Toybox, Christmas for the Elderly support appreciated
(Column ~ 12/23/13)
By Tracy Haggerty, Amy Lord and Alicia Schumer classic tale "A Christmas Carol" with her class. She reflected on the message that this story sends to its reader: a story of generosity and kindness. In discussion, she realized how blessed she is to be a part of and witness to these gifts year after year through the Jaycees Toybox and Christmas for the Elderly. ...
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Prayer 12/23/13
(Prayer ~ 12/23/13)
O Father God, may all experience your love and peace this Christmas and always. Amen.
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Blues, Stewart blister Oilers 6-0
(Professional Sports ~ 12/23/13)
The forward scored three goals in St. Louis’ 6-0 victory late Saturday night
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KC falls flat in possible postseason matchup
(Professional Sports ~ 12/23/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- After a haphazard performance filled with penalties and turnovers, the Kansas City Chiefs had every reason to feel glum about a potential playoff rematch with the Indianapolis Colts...
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