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Missed opportunity dooms Cape Ford and Sons Post 63 in loss to Pemiscot County
(Community Sports ~ 06/19/14)
Post 63 had a runner on third with no outs in the eighth inning and failed to score during a 4-2 loss.
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Scott City School Board aims for November bond vote
(Local News ~ 06/19/14)
The Scott City School Board on Wednesday night voted to aim for a November bond election and approved a budget for the next fiscal year that schedules $8,870,000 in revenue and $9.6 million in expenditures, including a performing arts theater/Federal Emergency Management Agency safe room...
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Bollinger County residents chat about roads on Facebook
(Local News ~ 06/19/14)
Bollinger County residents are not only demanding better road maintenance and repair, they are tracking the roads on Facebook. Better County Roads went online May 28, and so far it has 170 likes. Danielle Guard, who set up the Facebook page, is a frequent visitor to the Bollinger County Commission. ...
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Charleston man enters guilty plea in bank robbery, bomb threat case
(Local News ~ 06/19/14)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A Charleston man who used a bomb threat as a ruse to divert police before robbing a bank has admitted his guilt. Deidrick Reed, 26, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Tuesday to one felony count of making a false bomb threat, one felony count of armed bank robbery and one felony count of using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence...
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Stolen copper leads to almost $6K in spoiled grocery meat
(Local News ~ 06/19/14)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The theft of some copper line resulted in a big loss for a local grocery store. The Sikeston Department of Public Safety received a call reporting the theft of some copper from the roof of the Food Giant on North Main Street about 8:49 a.m. Monday...
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Charge filed in connection with pickup truck death
(Local News ~ 06/19/14)
GREENVILLE, Mo. -- A Piedmont, Missouri, man is set to appear in a Wayne County court next month after being charged in connection with an accident that left one of his passengers dead. Dakota Lee Carter, 24, was charged with leaving the scene of a motor-vehicle accident Sunday that resulted in the death of Jacob C. Waller, 19, of Piedmont...
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Poplar Bluff man to stand trial for alleged witness tampering
(Local News ~ 06/19/14)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff man was ordered to stand trial Monday for tampering with a witness in the upcoming trials of those accused of the 1999 murder of a woman whose remains were found scattered in a secluded area near Qulin, Missouri...
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Felon sentenced for possessing stolen firearm
(Local News ~ 06/19/14)
An Oran, Missouri, man could spend more than four years in federal prison for possession of a stolen firearm. The U.S. Attorney's office announced Tuesday that Joshua L. Rogers, 28, was sentenced to 57 months on one felony count of being a felon in possession of a firearm...
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Judge weighs rewrite of Missouri gun rights plan
(State News ~ 06/19/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri judge denied a request Wednesday to stop election officials from distributing absentee ballots for a proposed constitutional amendment dealing with gun rights. Although he declined to issue a temporary restraining order, Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem said he will consider whether to rewrite the summary for the Aug. 5 ballot measure as requested in a lawsuit brought by the St. Louis police chief and a gun-control activist...
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Concerns aside, executions persist in some states
(State News ~ 06/19/14)
ST. LOUIS -- With Florida carrying out the nation's third execution in less than 24 hours, some death penalty states appear unfazed by the recent furor over how the U.S. performs lethal injections. A botched execution seven weeks ago in Oklahoma amplified a national debate about the secretive ways many states obtain lethal injection drugs from loosely regulated compounding pharmacies. ...
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ACLU settles gun advocate's First Amendment suit
(Local News ~ 06/19/14)
The American Civil Liberties Union has reached a settlement in a free-speech lawsuit involving a gun rights advocate and a sheriff's department officer. The suit was filed in February on behalf of Jordan Klaffer against Capt. Jerry Bledsoe of the Scott County Sheriff's Department, and the U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau dismissed the First Amendment case Wednesday, said Tony Rothert, legal director of the ACLU of Missouri...
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Summer school offers learning, fun
(Local News ~ 06/19/14)
Dalton Smith didn't have to attend summer school, but said the prospect of creating art drew him in. Students, teachers and administrators in Scott City, Jackson and Cape Girardeau say subjects such as art, Spanish, keyboarding and courses with a sports emphasis are attracting students to what sometimes had been perceived as drudgery...
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Williams found guilty of second-degree murder
(Local News ~ 06/19/14)
After two days of testimony, Judge William Syler found Steven Williams guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court. Williams, 37, took the stand in his own defense Wednesday afternoon as he and his public defenders, Jennifer Booth and Amy Commean, tried to convince Syler to convict him of the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter...
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White Castle gets closer to rebuilding burned restaurant
(Local News ~ 06/19/14)
A 30-day notice to rebuild or demolish was issued last week to owners of condemned properties. The smoke-and-fire-damaged White Castle at 102 Siemers Drive is among them. Firefighters responded to a blaze at the restaurant at 12:57 a.m. May 12 and officials said there was extensive damage throughout the building. Battalion Chief Mark Starnes said because of its lightweight construction, the restaurant was considered a total loss...
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Air Evac visits Cape Girl Scout Day Camp
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/19/14)
Girl Scouts from around the area attending the "Be Wise" day camp listen to the members of the Air Evac team describe what they do and answer the many questions that the girls had about their job and their helicopter. The girls also got to meet members of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department who came out to set up the landing zone for the helicopter as well as members from East County Fire Department who came out to cool them off. It was a great week!...
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Danielle Beard catches a big one!
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/19/14)
Laura Huggins helped Danielle Beard of Scott City land a catfish at a friends pond near Kelso Mo. Danielle used her favorite Sponge Bob fishing pole.
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Air Evac visits Cape Girl Scout Day Camp
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/19/14)
Air Evac makes a surprise visit to Cape's annual Girl Scout Day Camp, held this year at the Cape Elk's Lake. 150 Girl Scouts from Daisy to Cadette from Cape and the surrounding area attended this year's camp "Be Wise". They practiced camping skills, open fire cooking, crafts, archery and fishing as well as many ways to "Be Wise" with different guests each day...
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Scott County 4-Her's attend State Congress
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/19/14)
Youth from every corner of the state gathered on the University of Missouri campus May 28-30 for the 69th annual State 4-H Congress. In all, 294 teens ages 14-18 participated in a variety of hands-on workshops that fit their interests. Choices ranged widely, from leadership development to acting, writing, and meteorology...
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The Wall that Heals arriving in Perryville on a beautiful day.
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/19/14)
A beautiful day for The Wall that Heals memorial that arrived in Perryville on Tuesday afternoon, June 17 about 3:00 p.m. A large American Flag draped over the highway by the fire department was gently waving in the breeze as the truck was driving under it, followed by the motorcyclist riders that escorted the wall. An impressive number of people lined the street to give them a patriotic welcome. What a great WELCOME it was for ALL...
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Capahas never trail in road win against St. Louis Spikes
(Community Sports ~ 06/19/14)
The Plaza Tire Capahas gained a lead in the first inning of their game against the St. Louis Spikes on Wednesday night and never relinquished it. The Capahas defeated the Spikes 8-2 in Sauget, Illinois, to improve to 6-2 on the season. With two outs and the bases empty in the first inning, shortstop Kenton Parmley drew a walk and scored on a double to left field by first baseman Sean Bard...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/19/14)
Today is Thursday, June 19, the 170th day of 2014. There are 195 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 19, 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved by the U.S. Senate, 73-27, after surviving a lengthy filibuster. ...
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Analysts: Argentina debt-swap plans doomed
(National News ~ 06/19/14)
NEW YORK -- A high-stakes showdown over Argentina's defaulted debt moved back to a New York federal courtroom Wednesday as lawyers for the South American government sought to delay or avoid complying with a judge's final order, even after it was allowed to stand by the U.S. Supreme Court...
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Better weather ahead for Navajo Nation wildfire
(National News ~ 06/19/14)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- As summer approaches, relief is in sight for drought-stricken New Mexico and many other parts of the West as Mother Nature appears ready to ease up on her back-to-back blows of stifling heat and gusty winds. A break in the unfavorable weather can't come soon enough for the hundreds of firefighters battling a blaze on the Navajo Nation that has consumed more than 20 square miles of pinon and juniper forest along with grazing lands that tribal livestock owners have used for centuries.. ...
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Afghan candidate seeks halt to runoff vote count
(International News ~ 06/19/14)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah demanded Wednesday that Afghan electoral authorities stop counting ballots from a weekend runoff vote, citing new allegations of widespread fraud. The election commission refused and appealed to all sides to await final results...
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Iraq's al-Maliki extends overtures to rivals
(International News ~ 06/19/14)
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi forces and Sunni militants battled fiercely for control of the nation's largest oil refinery Wednesday as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki went on a diplomatic offensive, reaching out in a televised address to try to regain support from the nation's disaffected Sunnis and Kurds...
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Ukraine's president offers cease-fire in east
(International News ~ 06/19/14)
KIEV, Ukraine -- The new president of Ukraine promised Wednesday that government troops would soon stop firing on pro-Russian armed separatists, offering a chance to end the fighting that has killed hundreds and wracked the industrial east. In another concession to Moscow, Petro Poroshenko replaced his foreign minister, who had outraged Russians by using an obscenity to describe President Vladimir Putin...
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Manufacturers of electronic cigarettes under fire in Senate
(Community ~ 06/19/14)
WASHINGTON -- E-cigarettes with fruity flavors like "cherry crush" ignited an intense Senate debate Wednesday about whether manufacturers are trying to appeal to youngsters similar to the way that Big Tobacco used Joe Camel decades ago. "The last thing anyone should want to do is encourage young people to start using a new nicotine delivery product," Senate Commerce Committee chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said as he opened a hearing on the battery-powered devices and worries that e-cigarette makers aim to tempt young people to take up something that could prove addictive.. ...
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Senators propose first federal gas tax increase in two decades
(National News ~ 06/19/14)
WASHINGTON -- Two senators unveiled a bipartisan plan Wednesday to raise federal gasoline and diesel taxes for the first time in more than two decades, pitching the proposal as a solution to Congress' struggle to pay for highway and transit programs...
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Social Security closes offices as baby boomers age
(National News ~ 06/19/14)
WASHINGTON -- Budget cuts have forced the Social Security Administration to close dozens of field offices even as millions of baby boomers approach retirement, swamping the agency with applications for benefits, a senior agency official told Congress Wednesday...
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Judge tosses copyright lawsuit against Lady Gaga
(Entertainment ~ 06/19/14)
CHICAGO -- A federal judge has dismissed a copyright lawsuit against Lady Gaga filed by a Chicago songwriter who accused her of stealing parts of one of her songs. Rebecca Francescatti filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Chicago in 2011, alleging Lady Gaga had copied music and the title lyric from her 1998 song "Juda." Gaga's 2011 song is called "Judas."...
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Traveling memorial honors our Vietnam veterans
(Editorial ~ 06/19/14)
Earlier this month the nation celebrated the heroics of the World War II generation on the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the rugged European battle that changed the course of the war and the world. The stories of bravery are epic, and the stakes could not have been higher...
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Speak Out 6/19/14
(Speak Out ~ 06/19/14)
I was struck by the Opinion page on Monday, June 9. There were two editorials about the Bergdahl situation, one by Donna Brazile, which was very thoughtful, rational, evenhanded and well-presented. And then there was one by David Limbaugh, which was his usual hate-filled, judgmental, illogical rant. ...
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Births 6/19/14
(Births ~ 06/19/14)
Son to Evan Devonne Johnson and Jaqeidra Shavai Twiggs of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 5:45 a.m. Thursday, June 12, 2014. Name, Zaiveon Devonne. Weight, 5 pounds, 13 ounces. Second child, first son. Ms. Twiggs is the daughter of Deborah Twiggs of Cape Girardeau. Johnson is the son of Lorrann Hatchett of Cape Girardeau...
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Out of the past 6/19/14
(Out of the Past ~ 06/19/14)
Installation of an elevator at Cape Girardeau Central High School is underway; workers with R.A. Schemel and Associates of Perryville, Missouri, are digging the elevator shaft, which could be completed by the beginning of the school year. Several area businesses have contributed money toward the construction of a Youth Optimist Girls Softball League concession stand and restrooms in Arena Park; as part of its donation, McDonald Concrete Ready-Mix pours the concrete for the foundation; general contractor for the job is E.R. ...
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Jackson police report 6/19/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/19/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/19/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/19/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Gaymarie Tomlinson
(Obituary ~ 06/19/14)
Gaymarie Tomlinson, 62, of Winter Springs, Florida, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Monday, June 16, 2014, at Lake Mary, Florida, following a brief illness. She was born Feb. 22, 1952, in Sacramento, California, to Leon Frank and Odella Gay Tschiedel...
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Buz Ferrell
(Obituary ~ 06/19/14)
BENTON, Mo. — Buz Ferrell, 63, of Benton died Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri.
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Michael Douglas
(Obituary ~ 06/19/14)
Michael Douglas, 50, of Scott City died Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton, Kentucky. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Scott Doemel
(Obituary ~ 06/19/14)
Scott Michael Doemel, 26, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away Friday, June 13, 2014, at his home. He was born April 2, 1988, in Cape Girardeau, son of Todd and Debbie Lottes Doemel, and brother of Sarah (Christian) Oldenburg. Scott graduated from Bartram Trail High School in 2006, and in 2008 from St. John's River Community College with a certification in criminal justice. He was issued a certificate of compliance for law enforcement officers July 31, 2012...
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Betty Cowan
(Obituary ~ 06/19/14)
Betty June Cowan, 85, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at her home in Oak Ridge. The eldest of three children, Betty was born Jan. 13, 1929, in Madisonville, Kentucky, to Carl and Katie Robison Curry. Upon graduating from Oak Ridge High School, Betty worked six years at the former International Shoe Co. in Jackson...
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Margaret Colbroth
(Obituary ~ 06/19/14)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Margaret Colleen "Cookie" Colbroth, 80, of Mounds went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at Baptist Health in Paducah, Kentucky. She was born June 15, 1934, in New Burnside, Illinois, daughter of Louis Clayton and Elsie Gertrude Watson Keltner. Margaret and William Gus Colbroth were married Feb. 8, 1949. He preceded her in death Oct. 8, 1994...
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Iris Anderson
(Obituary ~ 06/19/14)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Iris Faye Severs Anderson, 81, of Cairo, formerly of Ullin, Illinois, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Illinois. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until service time Friday at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Illinois...
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Books for parents, kids, teens on LGBTQ experience
(Community ~ 06/19/14)
NEW YORK -- June is Pride Month. Here are some book suggestions for parents, kids and teens on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning gender experience. And these: ------ Follow Leanne Italie on Twitter at http://twitter.com/litalie...
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Kid-sized bike share? Giving it a spin in Paris
(Community ~ 06/19/14)
PARIS -- Not every 6-year-old can tackle the distractions of bike riding along the Seine, which on weekends and sunny days in Paris can include thousands of other cyclists, Rollerbladers and oblivious tourists with cameras. It's enough to give a parent palpitations...
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Hooked on Science: Trash bag hot-air balloon
(Community ~ 06/19/14)
Make a hot-air balloon with some materials from around the house. 30-gallon clear trash bag Four-slice toaster Large tub STEP 1: Place the toaster into the large tub. STEP 2: Turn the toaster settings to the highest. STEP 3: Push down each lever until the levers lock...
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Defrocked Methodist pastor appealing punishment
(Community ~ 06/19/14)
Frank Schaefer lost his job but not his voice. Defrocked by the United Methodist Church six months ago for officiating his son's same-sex wedding, Schaefer has gained a following among reformers who want the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination to loosen its policies on homosexuality...
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U.S. Patent Office finds Redskins' name offensive
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/14)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled Wednesday the Washington Redskins' name is "disparaging of Native Americans" and should be stripped of trademark protection -- a decision that puts new financial and political pressure on the NFL team to rename itself...
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41-year-old Colon tops Cards
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Lance Lynn refused to take the easy way out and blame the heat. "I don't know if you saw my last hitter," Lynn said after the St. Louis Cardinals lost 3-2 to the New York Mets in 91-degree heat on Wednesday. "I was throwing 95 (mph), I was just fine."...
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Spain's World Cup reign ended by 2-0 loss to Chile
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/14)
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Defending champion Spain, the dominant global football power for the past six years, was eliminated from World Cup contention Wednesday with a 2-0 loss to Chile. Spain's famed passing game failed against a high-tempo, tenacious Chile team, its era ending in the storied Maracana Stadium filled mostly with noisy Chilean supporters...
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Mother Jones monument to be restored
(National News ~ 06/19/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Union workers are chipping in to give a makeover to a monument for firebrand labor activist Mother Jones, more than 80 years after their predecessors and school kids scrimped pennies during the Great Depression to build the towering structure at her Illinois grave site...
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Amazon ties new 4.7-inch phone to its services
(National News ~ 06/19/14)
SEATTLE -- Amazon unveiled its first smartphone Wednesday, a device that assists shoppers by using six cameras that can make sense of its user's face and the world around it. The phone's most significant feature, called "Firefly," employs audio and object recognition technology to identify products and present the user with ways to purchase the items through Amazon. ...
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Lawmakers press GM on report's findings
(National News ~ 06/19/14)
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers expressed disbelief Wednesday at General Motors' explanation for why it took 11 years to recall millions of small cars with defective ignition switches, and also confronted its chief executive with evidence the company dragged its feet on a similar safety issue in different vehicles...
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Extinct pigeon subject of new Smithsonian exhibit
(National News ~ 06/19/14)
WASHINGTON -- It was the moment that humanity learned we had the awesome power to erase an entire species off the face of the Earth in the scientific equivalent of a blink of an eye: The passenger pigeon went from billions of birds to extinct before our very eyes...
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Palestinian leader defends cooperation with Israel
(International News ~ 06/19/14)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinian president on Wednesday defended his policy of security cooperation with Israel in a politically risky speech to senior Arab officials, even as Israeli forces escalated their most extensive West Bank crackdown in years in response to the apparent abduction of three Israeli teenagers...
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Valedictorian: Audrey Hunt, 18
(Community ~ 06/19/14)
Birthday: May 24, 1996 Birthplace: Jefferson City, Missouri Future plans: Attend University of Missouri and major in statistics Extracurricular activities: Softball, volleyball, marching band, Pep Club, FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America), Student Council, FTA (Future Teachers of America), National Honor Society, Science Club; basketball bookkeeper; class president; class secretary; Math Field Day (medaled every year); Missouri Department of Transportation bridge building competitor -- where participants have to build a model bridge that will hold a certain mount of weight. ...
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Valedictorian: Abby Ritter, 18
(Community ~ 06/19/14)
Birthday: Jan. 21, 1996 Birthplace: Springfield, Missouri Future plans: Studying biochemistry and molecular biology with a minor in creative writing at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. She then plans to work for Doctors Without Borders. Extracurricular activities: Lots of theater; she's working on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" right now, which opens Friday; was captain of the varsity scholar bowl team and was on the all-state team this year. She also takes a hapkido class that she loves...
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Who's neXt 6/19/14
(Community ~ 06/19/14)
Dean's lists To be named to the dean's list, students must meet high academic standards established by Culver-Stockton, earning between 3.5 and 3.99 GPA while enrolled in at least 12 credit hours. Dean's list honors are accorded Carthage students who achieve a 3.5 grade-point average while carrying at least 14 credit hours during a semester...
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Prayer 6/19/14
(Prayer ~ 06/19/14)
Lord Jesus, may we proclaim your love and grace to the world. Amen.
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Jackson police report 6/20/14
(Local News ~ 06/19/14)
*** JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt.
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