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African-style hair braiders sue over Missouri cosmetology licensing law
(State News ~ 06/18/14)
ST. LOUIS -- African-style hair braiders in Missouri, Arkansas and Washington are challenging state cosmetology licensing requirements as part of a coordinated legal campaign by a national foundation that opposes increased government regulation of street vendors, florists and other small businesses...
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Stoddard County retains firm to oversee justice center repairs
(Local News ~ 06/18/14)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission has retained architect Dale Rogers to draw up specifications for repairs to the justice center and to oversee the work, which is expected to begin sometime in mid-August. At a Monday meeting, Rogers told the commission he will begin preparing specs July 1. Then he'll put together a formal proposal and present the commission with a contract between the county and the firm he represents, Robert Stearns and Associates Inc. in Sikeston, Missouri...
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Pachyderms to host judicial candidates
(Local News ~ 06/18/14)
The SEMO Pachyderms will host candidates for the 32nd Circuit Court and Associate Circuit Court in a public forum Thursday at Dexter Bar-B-Que, 236 S. Broadview St. Trae Bertrand, Michael Gardner and Allen Moss are the candidates running for Circuit Court judge. Jeffrey Dix and Gary Kamp are running for Associate Circuit Court judge. All candidates are Republicans...
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Jackson e-cycle event set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 06/18/14)
Jackson will host its annual e-cycle event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at its recycling center, 508 Eastview Court. More than 83,500 pounds of appliances and other electronic waste were collected from Cape Girardeau County during last year's e-cycle event...
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Nixon vetoes limited jobless benefits
(State News ~ 06/18/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation Tuesday that could have narrowed the duration of Missouri's jobless benefits to one of the shortest in the nation. The Democratic governor said the bill passed by the Republican-led Legislature "would have made it harder for unemployed workers to get back on their feet and undermined Missouri's economic growth."...
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Elementary school to switch from ringing bells to musical interludes
(Local News ~ 06/18/14)
Now that she's tried music instead of bells at the start of her summer school mornings, Scott City Elementary School principal Courtney Kern isn't going back. She plans to start using music next year in place of beginning bells. "It's not a nice way to start the day," Kern said, referring to the bell's ringing sound. "Kids know by the end of the song ... they have to be in their classroom. You'll see kids in their seat dancing. It puts a smile on the kids' faces."...
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EPA rule raises questions about energy sources
(Local News ~ 06/18/14)
New regulations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have many Missouri companies worrying about how they will reach a 21 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. The proposed rule change announced earlier this month gives states until June 2016 to draft plans for lowering emissions. They must meet the goal by 2030...
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Woman cited for leaving accident scene
(Local News ~ 06/18/14)
KENNETT, Mo. -- A Kennett woman was cited by police following a traffic accident Tuesday morning, the Daily Dunklin Democrat reported. Police were dispatched to the intersection of First and Frisco Streets, where one of the people involved was reported to have left the scene. ...
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Two people injured in Campbell accident
(Local News ~ 06/18/14)
Two people were flown from the scene of a single-vehicle crash Monday, the Daily Dunklin Democrat reported. A tractor trailer carrying cases of beer ran off the roadway, striking two parked cars and several trees. The driver was seriously injured and a pedestrian sustained moderate injuries...
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Teenage worker killed in crane accident
(Local News ~ 06/18/14)
Editor's Note: The name of a contractor was corrected below. A work site accident claimed the life of a 16-year-old construction worker Tuesday near Randles in Cape Girardeau County. Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton confirmed Tristin James Wood of Marquand, Missouri, was fatally injured at a job site on Highway 272...
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Cape man stands trial on second-degree murder charge
(Local News ~ 06/18/14)
Testimony began Tuesday in the trial of a Cape Girardeau man accused of gunning down a romantic rival during an altercation in September 2012. Steven Williams, 36, is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Darcus Purl, 38...
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Hummingbird Hawk Moth
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/18/14)
Hummingbird Hawk Moth at Cape Nature Center
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/18/14)
Today is Wednesday, June 18, the 169th day of 2014. There are 196 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 18, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson and Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda spoke to each other by telephone as they inaugurated the first trans-Pacific cable completed by AT&T between Japan and Hawaii, and linked to existing cables between Hawaii and California. (Due to the time difference, it was already June 19 in Tokyo.)...
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The most corrupt administration
(Column ~ 06/18/14)
On Friday afternoon, as is the practice of this White House, the Obama administration quietly announced that over two years of email from embattled IRS official Lois Lerner has been "lost." So on the eve of a special Congressional investigation into the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS, we're to believe that sensitive and potentially illegal activities outlined in thousands of emails have somehow just simply vanished into thin air...
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Valedictorians show value of education
(Editorial ~ 06/18/14)
For the last few weeks, we've had the pleasure of introducing our readers to our valedictorians. These are the best students our local high schools have produced, and we're thrilled to get to know them. Their profiles will run throughout the summer on our Thursday "Next" pages...
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Barbara Hoppe
(Obituary ~ 06/18/14)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Barbara J. Hoppe, 81, of Cairo passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, surrounded by her loving children. She was born Jan. 30, 1933, in Alexander County, Illinois, daughter of Lola Singleton Nardi. She was one of 16 children. She was raised in Cairo by her grandparents, Ralph and Marie Hawkins. She married Herschel G. Hoppe on Sept. 3, 1946. He preceded her in death Feb. 1, 1993...
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Loretta Going
(Obituary ~ 06/18/14)
Loretta J. Going, 63, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, June 8, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center, after an extended illness. She was born April 22, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, to Nelson H. and L. Vernell Haertling Steiner. She and Chester Going were married May 27, 1983...
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Marian Tenkhoff
(Obituary ~ 06/18/14)
Marian Marie Preusse Tenkhoff, 87, of Tupelo, Mississippi, died Monday, June 16, 2014, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born Aug. 18, 1926, in Perryville, Missouri, to Oscar Frederick and Rose Romann Preusse. Marian graduated from Perryville High School in 1944, and graduated in 1948 from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau with a degree in home economics. While at Southeast she was elected homecoming queen...
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Carl Short
(Obituary ~ 06/18/14)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Carl Edward Short, 82, of Glenallen died Monday, June 16, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Terry Hanners officiating. Burial will be in St. Charles Memorial Gardens in St. Charles, Missouri...
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Janet Moore
(Obituary ~ 06/18/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Janet Moore, 82, of Perryville died Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at Miller Family Funeral Home. Parish prayers will be at 7 p.m. Thursday...
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Dennis Stelling
(Obituary ~ 06/18/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dennis L. Stelling, 64, of Florissant, Missouri, formerly of Perry County, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Sunday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Dennis Cebulak officiating...
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Betty Cowan
(Obituary ~ 06/18/14)
Betty J. Cowan, 85, of Oak Ridge died Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, and from 9:30 a.m. until service time Friday at First Baptist Church in Oak Ridge...
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Jeffery Billingsley
(Obituary ~ 06/18/14)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Jeffery Owen Billingsley, 46, of Oklahoma City, formerly of Mound City, died Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at his home. He was a former police officer with Memphis, Tennessee, Mound City and Cairo, Illinois, police departments. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force...
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Barbara Port
(Obituary ~ 06/18/14)
Barbara Genuit Port, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 16, 2014, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until service time June 28 at First Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be at 2:30 p.m. June 28 at the church...
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Royals win 9th straight, take over first place
(Professional Sports ~ 06/18/14)
DETROIT -- It's been over a decade since the Kansas City Royals were in first place this late in the season, and try as he might, manager Ned Yost couldn't totally downplay the achievement. He just wants it kept in perspective. "It's nice. We've got a lot of games to play. We don't get all geeked up," Yost said. "It's better than the alternative, trust me."...
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Diving becomes a popular debate during the World Cup
(Professional Sports ~ 06/18/14)
SAO PAULO -- Fred denies diving in Brazil's World Cup opener that led to a disputed, go-ahead penalty kick. France's Loic Remy considers the fall a disgrace and has called for punishment. The debate over diving began on Day 1 of this World Cup, and it has people everywhere talking about whether simulation is simply part of the game or bad for the sport altogether...
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LeBron says vacation, then decision on future
(Professional Sports ~ 06/18/14)
MIAMI -- LeBron James is leaving. For a family vacation, that is. The Miami Heat star said that's his first order of business, and during the time away from basketball he'll start the process of moving past this season and looking toward the future...
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Mexico's goalie stars during tie with Brazil
(Professional Sports ~ 06/18/14)
FORTALEZA, Brazil -- Fortaleza means "fortress" in Portuguese and Mexico's defense lived up to the name of Brazil's northeast city on Tuesday thanks to the heroics of Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa. A well-organized Mexico side held Brazil to a 0-0 draw in Group A as Ochoa stopped Brazil star Neymar and his teammates...
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Fiery Williams in command of Rams' defense
(Professional Sports ~ 06/18/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Gregg Williams kept saying how much fun he was having, how happy he was to be coaching in his home state, how great players have responded to his high-decibel leadership. The 91-degree heat that pushed St. Louis Rams players Tuesday gave their new defensive coordinator even more reason to smile...
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Wacha gets by with a little help from his friends
(Professional Sports ~ 06/18/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Facing trouble, Michael Wacha did his best to slow down the game. He certainly frustrated New York Mets hitters who had him on the ropes. Wacha escaped a pair of jams with strikeouts, and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped a fifth-inning tie en route to a 5-2 victory on Tuesday night...
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Locals blamed by Kenya president for deadly attacks
(International News ~ 06/18/14)
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The killers in the Kenyan village singled out non-Muslims, shooting them point-blank or slitting their throats, just like the previous night in an adjacent hamlet. A Somali extremist group claimed responsibility but Kenya's president Tuesday blamed local political networks for the 60 deaths...
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Eight killed as police clash with protesters in Pakistan
(International News ~ 06/18/14)
LAHORE, Pakistan -- Police clashed Tuesday with followers of an anti-Taliban cleric critical of Pakistan's government in the eastern city of Lahore, violence that killed eight people, officials said. The cleric, Tahir-ul-Qadri, is based in Canada but has a network of mosques and religious centers across Pakistan. ...
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Time deepens agony for Flight 370 relatives
(International News ~ 06/18/14)
BEIJING -- In the more than 100 days since her husband disappeared along with Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Zhang Qian's world has collapsed. She quit her job, sleeps rarely and prefers not to go out, except to the Buddhist temples where she has found some solace...
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Two Russian journalists killed in eastern Ukraine
(International News ~ 06/18/14)
MOSCOW -- Two Russian journalists for a Russian state-owned TV channel died Tuesday in eastern Ukraine after being hit by mortar fire, the Rossiya 24 network said. Correspondent Igor Kor-nelyuk, 37, died during surgery in a hospital after being wounded while on assignment in Luhansk. The whereabouts of the sound engineer who was with him were unknown throughout the day, but in late evening the network announced that Anton Voloshin had been confirmed dead as well...
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Activists say car bomb in eastern Syria kills 7
(International News ~ 06/18/14)
BEIRUT -- A car bomb exploded in eastern Syria near the border with Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least seven people, including a local rebel commander, opposition activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast struck near the offices of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front and another group, Ahrar al-Sham, in the village of Shmeitiyeh in Deir el-Zour province...
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Jackson fire report 6/18/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/18/14)
Firefighters responded to the following call Saturday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Jackson police report 6/18/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/18/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses Property damage Miscellaneous...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/18/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/18/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summonses Thefts Assaults Burglaries Miscellaneous The Department of Public Safety released the following item. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY...
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Israel leader seeks world pressure on Palestinians
(International News ~ 06/18/14)
JERUSALEM -- Israel's prime minister Tuesday urged the international community to demand the Western-backed Palestinian president break off ties with the militant Hamas group over the abduction of three Israeli teens, the latest sign that Israel's massive five-day-old search in the West Bank has broader objectives than finding the missing...
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Humiliation at rout hits Iraqi military hard
(International News ~ 06/18/14)
BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi soldiers tell of how they can hardly live with the shame of their rout under the onslaught of the Islamic militants. Their commanders disappeared. Pleas for more ammunition went unanswered. Troops ran from post to post only to find them already taken by gunmen, forcing them to flee...
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Signs of reprisal killings emerge in Iraq
(International News ~ 06/18/14)
BAGHDAD -- Nearly four dozen Sunni detainees were gunned down at a jail north of Baghdad, a car bomb struck a Shiite neighborhood of the capital and four young Sunnis were found slain, as ominous signs emerged Tuesday that open warfare between the two main Muslim sects has returned to Iraq...
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Bitcoin faces biggest threat yet: a miner takeover of computers
(National News ~ 06/18/14)
NEW YORK -- The Bitcoin digital currency system is in danger of losing its credibility as an independent payment system because of the growing power of a group that runs some of the computers behind it. In recent weeks, a British-based "mining pool" called GHash has amassed nearly half of the Bitcoin computing power and has briefly gone over 50 percent. Miners operate the computers that keep track of bitcoins and create additional coins...
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Lawmakers: IRS lost more emails in tea party probe
(National News ~ 06/18/14)
WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service has lost more emails connected to the tea party investigation, congressional investigators said Tuesday. The IRS said last Friday it had lost an untold number of emails when Lois Lerner's computer crashed in 2011. Lerner used to head the division that handles applications for tax-exempt status...
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Arizona break-in highlights gun-possessing clergy
(National News ~ 06/18/14)
PHOENIX -- A Roman Catholic priest responding to a break-in at his downtown Phoenix church grabbed a handgun that police say ended up in the burglar's hands -- and was then used to kill a fellow priest who tried to help. The Diocese of Phoenix has no policy on priests carrying guns, but the deadly burglary raised questions about the wisdom of clergy possessing weapons, no matter how dangerous their mission...
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Suspect in Benghazi attack seized by U.S. special forces
(National News ~ 06/18/14)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. special forces seized a "key leader" of the deadly Benghazi, Libya, attack and he is on his way to face trial in the U.S. for the fiery assault that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, the Obama administration announced Tuesday. It was the first breakthrough in the sudden overseas violence in 2012 that has become a festering political sore at home...
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$1,000-a-pill Sovaldi jolts U.S. health-care system
(National News ~ 06/18/14)
WASHINGTON -- Sovaldi, a new pill for hepatitis C, cures the liver-wasting disease in 9 of 10 patients, but treatment can cost more than $90,000. Leading medical societies recommend the drug as a first-line treatment, and patients are clamoring for it. But insurance companies and state Medicaid programs are gagging on the price. In Oregon, officials propose to limit how many low-income patients can get Sovaldi...
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Tornadoes flatten rural Nebraska town; two dead
(National News ~ 06/18/14)
PILGER, Neb. -- As two giant tornadoes bore down on this tiny farming town in northeast Nebraska, Trey Wisniewski heard the storm sirens, glanced out at the blackening sky and rushed with his wife into their basement. "My wife was holding our animals, and I was holding on to my wife. We could feel the suction try to pull us out of there," he said Tuesday...
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President to create world's largest ocean preserve
(National News ~ 06/18/14)
WASHINGTON -- Moving to protect fragile marine life, President Barack Obama announced plans Tuesday to create the largest ocean preserve in the world by banning drilling, fishing and other activates in a massive stretch of the Pacific Ocean. Using presidential authority that doesn't require new action from Congress, Obama proposed to expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, which President George W. ...
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Stocks close higher as banks gain on rising rates
(National News ~ 06/18/14)
Stocks rebounded from a downbeat start Tuesday, building on small gains for the third day in a row. News that U.S. consumer prices jumped sharply in May drove up long-term interest rates, setting the stage for the turnaround as investors bid up shares in financial stocks such as E-Trade Financial, Charles Schwab and Goldman Sachs...
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Inflation data give Federal Reserve another topic for debate
(National News ~ 06/18/14)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve received some further cause for discussion at its policy meeting this week with a report Tuesday of a surprising jump in consumer inflation. Yet most economists aren't altering their view that the Fed's first interest rate increase is at least a year away. ...
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Route H in Bollinger County reduced for pavement work
(Local News ~ 06/18/14)
Route H in Bollinger County, between Route FF and Highway 51, will be reduced as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. The work will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, according to a MoDOT news release...
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Picasso painting reveals hidden man under surface
(Entertainment ~ 06/18/14)
WASHINGTON -- For artist Pablo Picasso, 1901 was a pivotal time to experiment and find his unique style. At 19, he was living in Paris, painting furiously and dirt poor, so it wasn't unusual for him to take one canvas and reuse it to paint a fresh idea...
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Out of the past 6/18/14
(Out of the Past ~ 06/18/14)
The Rev. O. Otto Steinhaus is the new pastor at New McKendree United Methodist Church at Jackson; he comes to the church from Concord Trinity United Methodist Church in St. Louis County, where he was senior pastor more than four years. The Rev. Robert J. Daniel, pastor of Hanover Lutheran Church here, will retire June 30; he has served Hanover 15 years and has completed 40 years in parish ministry' Daniel preaches his farewell sermon to the congregation at today's worship service...
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Prayer 6/18/14
(Prayer ~ 06/18/14)
O Father God, thank you for grace through your son Jesus. Amen.
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