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Man accused of stabbing romantic rival
(Local News ~ 02/07/14)
SCOTT CITY -- A 32-year-old man is accused of stabbing a perceived romantic rival during a fight early Saturday morning at a Scott City residence. David Ray Bergstrom II faces charges of armed criminal action, second-degree domestic assault and second-degree assault in connection with the altercation...
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Notre Dame holding 5k, trivia night Saturday
(Local News ~ 02/07/14)
Two Notre Dame Regional High School fundraisers are scheduled for Saturday -- one to raise money for the performing and visual arts at the school and the other to pay for mammograms for women who cannot afford them. The school's FCCLA chapter will sponsor the sixth Annual Mardi Gras 5k, 10k Run/5k Walk in memory of Jean Hermsdorfer. ...
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Local artist displays sculptures at Gallery of Inspiration
(Entertainment ~ 02/07/14)
Timothy Godlove is called an artist for many reasons. He's the lead vocalist for local metal-influenced rock band Isabella, which has recorded two full-length albums and plays frequently in the Cape Girardeau and St. Louis areas. He also earned a bachelor's degree in art last year from Southeast Missouri State University, with an emphasis on sculpture. As a student, he had multiple sculptures recognized by the university's annual Juried Student Exhibition...
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Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team encounters more late heartbreak
(College Sports ~ 02/07/14)
SIU Edwardsville tied the game with less than a second left and won 93-88 in overtime
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Missouri House won't follow Nixon's budget
(State News ~ 02/07/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican-led House is starting its budget-writing process from scratch, scrapping the recommendations of Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. House Budget Committee chairman Rick Stream said Thursday he won't use Nixon's budget plan as the starting point for legislation, because he believes it spends at least $310 million more than Missouri likely will receive in tax revenue...
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Rep. Hodges arrested on suspicion of DWI
(State News ~ 02/07/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Democratic state House member from Southeast Missouri was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Missouri's capital city. Police said Rep. Steve Hodges, 65, of East Prairie, Mo., was arrested about 1:20 a.m. Thursday in Jefferson City...
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Too slick for SEMO: Campuses remain closed today
(Local News ~ 02/07/14)
Southeast Missouri State University and its regional campuses are closing for the rest of the week. The university's main and regional campuses were closed Wednesday. On Thursday, the university announced on its website it would be closed Thursday and today. Southeast classes at the Perryville Higher Education Center were canceled for Thursday and today, although Mineral Area College classes taught at the Perryville Center will be in session as usual, a university news release said...
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Pass the salt: Road crews need it
(Local News ~ 02/07/14)
Repeated rounds of ice and snow this winter are putting a strain on some local governments to keep road salt on hand. A shortage of salt for road treatments is becoming more widespread, officials say. "Our salt bin is empty right now," Cape Girardeau County Associate Commissioner Paul Koeper said Thursday. The county already has used more than twice its normal annual supply of salt this season...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/07/14)
Today is Friday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2014. There are 327 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 7, 1964, The Beatles began their first American tour as they arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, where they cracked wise during a chaotic press conference while thousands of their fans were jammed inside the terminal...
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Missy Kitty and the merits of the Ninth Commandment
(Column ~ 02/07/14)
There are so many good things to say about the cat that rules our lives. Her name, as most of you well know, is Missy Kitty. She is accommodated beyond all reason. Spoiled, you say? Rotten. No question about it. Missy Kitty is cute, loving, a great mouser, defender of our yard, playful, funny and affectionate. ...
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Speak Out 2/7/14
(Speak Out ~ 02/07/14)
In 2004 we here in Missouri passed a constitutional amendment that said marriage was between one man and one woman. The governor, when he took office, swore to uphold the law. I don't know if you all know it, but he's in violation of that law. He's being sued right now because he has said some people who are same sex couples can file a joint return. That is in strict violation of Missouri law...
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March for Life hospitality
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/07/14)
My grandson and I wish to take this opportunity to thank the following: Kathleen Keesee, Virginia Sander, Bobby Dean and Cheyrl Hartke for being so kind and professional in making us welcome on St. Vincent DePaul's bus to Washington, D.C., for the March for Life...
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Congratulations to chamber award winners
(Editorial ~ 02/07/14)
A longtime Cape Girardeau resident and community leader, a local pharmacy and banking executive were recognized Jan. 31 at the annual banquet for the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. Businessman Jim Maurer received the Rush H. Limbaugh Award. Maurer is a board member for PAJCO, the Rhodes 101 Stops holding company. Maurer has been an active member of the community and his church, serving on the Southeast Missouri State University Foundation Board and Old Town Cape...
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Medicaid plan in Arkansas at risk
(National News ~ 02/07/14)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Arkansas' plan for expanding Medicaid by buying private insurance policies for the poor instead of adding them to the rolls was heralded as a model for convincing more Republican-leaning states to adopt a key part of President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul...
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Girl dies from being forced to drink soda
(National News ~ 02/07/14)
SURGIONSVILLE, Tenn. -- An East Tennessee couple faces a murder charge, accused of forcing the man's 5-year-old daughter to drink more than two liters of grape soda and water, causing her brain to swell and rupture, authorities said. According to the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office and the autopsy report, Alexa Linboom was brought in to the emergency room on Jan. 1, 2012, by her father, Randall Vaughn, and his wife, Mary Vaughn...
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Former warlord launches bid to succeed Karzai
(International News ~ 02/07/14)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- He has been called a mentor to accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the man who welcomed Osama bin Laden to Afghanistan in the 1990s. He was accused of war crimes and atrocities, and has a terror group named after him in the Philippines...
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Syrian rebels free hundreds in prison attack
(International News ~ 02/07/14)
BEIRUT -- A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of a Syrian prison Thursday and rebels stormed in behind him, freeing hundreds of inmates as part of an offensive aimed at capturing key government symbols around the northern city of Aleppo, activists said...
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U.S. sees Russian influence in diplomat's bugged call
(National News ~ 02/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- Two senior American diplomats, thinking their conversation about the Ukraine was secure and private, were caught disparaging the European Union in a phone call that was apparently bugged, and U.S. officials say they suspect Russia of leaking the conversation...
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Unemployment measure is stalled again in Senate
(National News ~ 02/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans blocked the advance of legislation to restore benefits for the long-term unemployed Thursday for the second time in less than a month, and Democrats said they intended to call another vote on the issue. "We're one Republican vote away from restoring unemployment benefits for 1.7 million Americans," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said...
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Speaker: Immigration bill difficult to pass
(National News ~ 02/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday it will be difficult to pass immigration legislation this year, dimming prospects for one of President Barack Obama's top domestic priorities. "Listen, there's widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws. And it's going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes," Boehner said at a news conference...
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Births 2/7/14
(Births ~ 02/07/14)
Son to Andrew M. and Marisa C. Cook of Burfordville, Southeast Hospital, 7:31 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Name, Cody Ray. Weight, 3 pounds, 2 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Cook is the former Marisa Weiss, daughter of Janice Weiss of Bismarck, Mo., and Harold Weiss of Doe Run, Mo. Cook is the son of Nancy Cook of Burfordville. He is building/maintenance foreman with the city of Jackson...
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Out of the past 2/7/14
(Out of the Past ~ 02/07/14)
The Cape Centre Chamber of Commerce has called off a scheduled meeting Feb. 17 between representatives of that group and the executive board of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce to further discuss terms that might bring about a merger of the two organizations...
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Mo. judge: Headlight flashing OK
(State News ~ 02/07/14)
ST. LOUIS -- It's a common practice among drivers who pass through a speed trap: Flash your headlights at approaching cars as a warning to slow down. Now, a federal court judge in Missouri says penalizing drivers for the headlight flash violates their First Amendment right to free speech...
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Donated deer figures dip in Mo.
(State News ~ 02/07/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The amount of venison donated by Missouri deer hunters to help feed the hungry dipped to its lowest point in several years. The Missouri Department of Conservation says 4,487 deer hunters donated a little more than 227,000 pounds of meat in 2013 through the state's Share the Harvest program...
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Kansas native, UMKC graduate to help open Olympic Games
(State News ~ 02/07/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A worldwide audience didn't witness it, but Bryan Pinkall will forever be able to say he was the first flag bearer for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Last month at the first rehearsal of the Parade of Nations -- the start of the Olympic opening ceremony -- Pinkall volunteered to carry the flag of Greece, leading the way for the country that invented the games. Later he hoisted the flags of Monaco, Canada, New Zealand and his native land...
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ICP festival leaving Ill. for central Mo.
(State News ~ 02/07/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Organizers of a yearly outdoor festival headlined by the rap-metal group Insane Clown Posse are moving the event to Missouri after six years of troubled get-togethers in Southern Illinois. As promoters of the Gathering of the Juggalos, suburban Detroit-based Psychopathic Records Inc. announced on its website that the next festival will be held near central Missouri's Kaiser...
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Mo. Senate OKs mammogram notice measure
(State News ~ 02/07/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Women with dense breast tissue would have to be notified about the need for additional screenings at their mammograms under legislation passed by the Missouri Senate. The measure was passed 32-0 by senators Thursday. It now heads to the House...
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Man serving prison time for Kansas City firefighters' deaths seeks lower sentence
(State News ~ 02/07/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man serving a life sentence for his role in a 1988 explosion that killed six Kansas City firefighters will argue in court that his sentence should be reduced. U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson filed a court briefing Wednesday agreeing that Bryan Sheppard, who was 17 at the time of the explosion, should be able to argue for a lower sentence before a federal judge...
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PSC staff says utility violated rules before blast
(State News ~ 02/07/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gas Energy failed to take "prompt and adequate" steps to ensure safety the day of a fatal restaurant explosion in Kansas City, according to a Missouri Public Service Commission staff report released Thursday. The 120-page report said the utility's workers waited too long before checking whether gas levels had reached unsafe conditions inside JJ's restaurant on Feb. ...
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Father's appeal elicits Facebook tribute video
(State News ~ 02/07/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A grieving father's personal appeal to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has prompted the social network to release a retrospective video tribute of the man's deceased 21-year-old son. John Berlin, 46, of suburban St. Louis posted a YouTube message to Zuckerberg on Wednesday seeking a copy of Facebook's new "look back" video feature for his late son, Jesse, who died in his sleep in 2012 of unknown causes...
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Cape Girardeau Chamber First Friday Coffee event postponed
(Local News ~ 02/07/14)
The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee will feature an update from speaker Kenneth Dobbins, president of Southeast Missouri State University, as well as a program titled "A Journey to Never Neverland." A continental breakfast will be available at 7 a.m. Friday at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, and the program will begin at 7:40 a.m...
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Missouri Senate takes no action on Fowler nomination
(State News ~ 02/07/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- There are some newly created vacancies on several prominent state boards and commissions, including one from Southeast Missouri. The Missouri Senate took no action Thursday on Gov. Jay Nixon's nominees for slots on the Board of Probation and Parole, the state highway commission and the University of Missouri Board of Curators...
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Jackson police report 2/7/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/07/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Burglary...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/7/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/07/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Marion Rose
(Obituary ~ 02/07/14)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Marion Catherine Rose, 89, of Cairo died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, at Daystar Nursing Facility. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time Feb. 14 at Crain Funeral Home in Cairo. The service will be at 3 p.m. Feb. 14 at the funeral home, with Dr. Larry Potts officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens...
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Allen Phillips
(Obituary ~ 02/07/14)
Allen Wayne Phillips, 90, of Scott City died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 23, 1923, in Litchfield, Ill., to the Rev. Angus Brady and Sena Null Phillips. He married Lena Mae Alice Perkins on April 14, 1964. She preceded him in death Jan. 27, 2014...
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Harry Myers
(Obituary ~ 02/07/14)
Harry O. Myers, 87, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Wolf Lake, Ill., died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born March 16, 1926, in Alto Pass, Ill., son of Oliver Newton and Cora Verble Myers. He married Madrene Krach on Dec. 31, 1946, in Piggott, Ark...
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Charles Hopkins
(Obituary ~ 02/07/14)
A memorial gathering for Charles F. Hopkins will be from noon to 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the parlor of First Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau. A service will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the church, with Dr. Kim Nelson officiating. Hopkins, 93, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014...
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Alice Graefe
(Obituary ~ 02/07/14)
Alice S. Graefe, 101, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, at Chateau Girardeau. Survivors include a son, James Graefe and his wife Patricia Cross Graefe; a granddaughter, Jessica Martinez; and two great-granddaughters, Allison and Gabriela Martinez...
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Roger Brown
(Obituary ~ 02/07/14)
Roger Gale Brown, 73, of Beaverville, Ill., died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. He was born March 7, 1940, in Delta, son of Jesse L. and Florence Bain Brown. Surviving are his wife, Iraena Gibbons Brown; five children, Tonia (Rusty) Collins, Sonia Fisher (Jay Williams), Donna (Scott) Wascher, Greg (Susan) Brown and Rhonda (Mike) Emerson; two brothers, James Michael Brown (special friend Nancy Shrum) and Ricky Brown; 15 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren...
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EU seeking to upgrade bloc's ties with Cuba
(International News ~ 02/07/14)
BRUSSELS -- Europe is set to upgrade its ties with Cuba in a bid to broaden economic cooperation and demand more progress on respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms, a senior European Union official said Thursday. The 28-nation bloc's foreign ministers will endorse a mandate to negotiate a new, broad political agreement with Cuba at their upcoming meeting Monday, the official said...
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Utilities scramble to restore electricity
(National News ~ 02/07/14)
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Hundreds of thousands of people spent a second day without electricity Thursday as utility crews from as far away as Canada and Arkansas scrambled to restore power lost when ice took down trees and limbs in the mid-Atlantic. Forecasters said a bone-chilling cold would remain in place for days...
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Casino adds second Milsap show
(Entertainment ~ 02/07/14)
Grammy Award winner Ronnie Milsap will perform two shows instead of one next week at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau. Originally slated to perform once at 7 p.m. Feb. 16, a second show was added that evening because of high demand. "Ticket sales are going great," Kyle Lee, director of marketing operations at the casino, said in an email. "The first show basically sold out in less than a week, so we reached out to see if there was an opportunity to add a second show."...
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Valentine's Day evening at SEMO offers an array of romantic music
(Entertainment ~ 02/07/14)
For those still trying to make special plans for Feb. 14, the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus is offering a night of romantic music. "Valentine Favorites" features classical guitar player and adjunct professor Patrick Rafferty, vocalist Erika Beasley and oboist Laura Ross playing classic and contemporary love songs...
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Recovered violin confirmed as stolen Stradivarius
(Entertainment ~ 02/07/14)
MILWAUKEE -- The rare multimillion-dollar Stradivarius violin stolen last month from a concert violinist in Wisconsin has been recovered, police said Thursday. The violin was found in a suitcase in the attic of a Milwaukee residence Wednesday, city police chief Edward Flynn said...
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Gospel artist gives new CD a twist
(Entertainment ~ 02/07/14)
The first thing Duane Sikes will tell you about his recently released album: It's not your mama's gospel music. The Paducah, Ky., artist has worked on gospel albums in the past and said his new album "Divine" is unlike anything he's done. While the music stands out in its genre, Sikes also said it's unique because of its length: The album has only six songs because he wanted to do "less than a full album but more than an EP," which typically has three or four songs...
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest pending Israeli draft
(International News ~ 02/07/14)
JERUSALEM -- Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked highways across Israel on Thursday to protest attempts to draft them into the army, clashing with club-wielding police who aimed water cannons and fired stun grenades at large crowds of black-garbed men...
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U.S. gov't to spend $30M on forest restoration
(National News ~ 02/07/14)
HELENA, Mont. -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday it will spend $30 million this year on forest restoration projects in 12 states to reduce the threat of wildfires, protect water quality and improve wildlife habitat for at-risk species...
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A listing of First Friday events
(Entertainment ~ 02/07/14)
Join The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri as it celebrates young artists from grades 3 through 8 from more than 20 different schools in the Southeast Missouri Region. A new window exhibit, featuring work from Visual Arts Co-Op members Brenda Seyer and Juanita Wyman, also will be on display. The exhibits will be on display throughout February...
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Food industry seeks voluntary GMO labeling
(National News ~ 02/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- People who want to know more about genetically modified ingredients in their food would be able to get it on some packages, but not others, under a plan the industry is pushing. Large food companies worried they might be forced to add "genetically modified" to packaging are proposing voluntary labeling of those engineered foods, so the companies could decide whether to use them...
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Jet stream takes blame for bad winter
(National News ~ 02/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- Cold and snow keep battering the Midwest and East, and even Atlanta was temporarily paralyzed. California has been bone dry. Alaska set heat records. The wild winter somehow became even more wicked Thursday morning when the national average temperature plunged to a 11 degrees -- the lowest temperature of a season of extremes...
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team regroups before visit to EIU
(College Sports ~ 02/07/14)
Redhawks Players held a team meeting after Monday's loss at home to Austin Peay
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Oshie lifts Blues past Bruins in OT
(Professional Sports ~ 02/07/14)
St. Louis swept the season series against Boston
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s children battling over estate
(National News ~ 02/07/14)
ATLANTA -- A generation after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, his children are fighting among themselves again, this time over two of their father's most cherished possessions: his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal and the Bible he carried...
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High school roundup: Notre Dame girls basketball team routs Kennett
(High School Sports ~ 02/07/14)
All the local high school events reported Thursday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Artifacts 2/7/14
(Entertainment ~ 02/07/14)
Family Days at the Museum will feature Civil War Times, a look at the life and times of soldiers and their families during the Civil War, from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Crisp Museum at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. Those attending will see re-enactors setting up camp and conducting daily chores from that era. There also will be hands-on activities, food tasting, music and demonstrations. The event is free to the public. For more information, contact the museum at 651-2260...
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Best bet: Afternoon of dance in Jackson
(Entertainment ~ 02/07/14)
The Jackson Community Outreach Board will host an afternoon of dancing Sunday as the city marks its bicentennial. All ages are invited to learn the history and the steps of eight different dances popular during various eras. The schedule is as follows: 2 p.m. ...
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Prayer 2/7/14
(Prayer ~ 02/07/14)
O Lord Jesus, may we honor you and speak encouraging words to one another. Amen.
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