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Hospitals, businesses team to boost breast cancer awareness
(Local News ~ 10/02/14)
In October 2012, Lisa Beussink of Gordonville had her first mammogram in three years. Wednesday evening, she attended the kickoff for Saint Francis Medical Center's monthlong "Pink Up" campaign in a bright pink T-shirt identifying her as a breast cancer survivor...
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Orchard Elementary's Buddy Bench a place for students to find friends
(Community ~ 10/02/14)
At Orchard Drive Elementary School in Jackson, being a bench warmer doesn't mean you're excluded, it means you're about to be included. The Buddy Bench, a pastel green and blue seat with "Buddy Bench" pained on the back, is being used as an icebreaker and a way for students to learn some valuable social and life skills...
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University drills down on online courses to ensure quality
(Local News ~ 10/02/14)
By fall 2017, Southeast Missouri State University wants to have all its online courses peer reviewed to ensure continued quality. Associate dean of Online Learning Allen Gathman said he expects students to do better in courses that have gone through the review process using Quality Matters standards. Instructional development staff use Quality Matters to help faculty facilitate student success online...
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Regulators reject Noranda's challenge to Ameren rates
(State News ~ 10/02/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State utility regulators rejected a complaint from a Southeast Missouri smelter that alleged Ameren Missouri earned more than it's entitled on electricity rates. The Missouri Public Service Commission voted unanimously to dismiss a case brought by Noranda Aluminum of New Madrid, Missouri, and various individual customers asserting that Ameren Missouri's electricity rates should be reduced based on allegations it has earned more than regulators allowed...
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Tax panel leans to endorsing sports complex
(Local News ~ 10/02/14)
The committee evaluating possible facilities to be funded by Cape Girardeau's restaurant and hotel/motel taxes soon will make its final decision, but is leaning to advocating for an indoor sports complex. The City of Cape Girardeau/Midamerica Hotels Corp. ...
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Secret Service chief quits because of security lapses
(National News ~ 10/02/14)
WASHINGTON -- Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned Wednesday in the face of revelations of security breaches, bumbling in her agency and eroding confidence that the president and his family were being kept safe. President Barack Obama "concluded new leadership of that agency was required," said spokesman Josh Earnest...
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Man seeks help from hunters to find wife
(Local News ~ 10/02/14)
Kerry Messer has spent years lobbying politicians on behalf of the pro-life movement. Now he is lobbying hunters to help search for his missing wife. The Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, man told police he went to bed about midnight July 8. Four hours later, he woke to find his wife of nearly 35 years, Lynn Messer, gone without a trace...
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Koenig receives Missouri 4-H Foundation Scholarship
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/02/14)
MU Extension Director Michael Ouart presents the Orscheln 4-H Scholarship to (from left) Mary Burkemper, Jacob Koenig, Megan Graessle, Alexander Siefker, Rachel Bonaker, Lacey Rucker, Gregory Vagunda, Rebecca Helton, Julie Crouch, Brandon Bothwell, Amanda Hampton and Clayton Hamilton...
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5 alternate endings to "Gone Girl" (Warning, major spoilers ahead)
(Local News ~ 10/02/14)
Although we now know that the movie's ending is similar to that of the book, it is fun to think about other scenarios. Here are a few possibilities for how everything could be different for the Dunnes.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/02/14)
Today is Thursday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2014. There are 90 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 2, 1944, German troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people were killed...
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Speak Out 10/2/14
(Speak Out ~ 10/02/14)
I wanted to call and congratulate the Cape Central Tigers for winning against Jackson, 31-21. Good job, Peyton Montgomery and Al Young. Peyton Montgomery and Al Young, you are the two best players on the team, and I just wanted to congratulate you. And I wanted to congratulate Nathan Norman and the whole Central staff. You're good Tigers. I went to school there, and I'm proud to say that I'm a Tiger. Thank you for winning...
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Welcome back to Southeast alumni for Homecoming
(Editorial ~ 10/02/14)
Find your red and black Southeast Missouri State apparel. It's Homecoming weekend. There will be several special events at Southeast on Friday and Saturday. Here are a few: There are several other activities on the schedule. To learn more, visit semo.edu/homecoming and to see community activities visit our community calendar semoevents.com...
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Bond market somewhat fragile
(National News ~ 10/02/14)
NEW YORK -- A bottleneck is building in the global market for bonds. Main Street investors have poured a trillion dollars into bonds since the financial crisis and helped send prices soaring. As fund managers and regulators fret about an inevitable sell-off, the bigger fear is that when people go to unload, there won't be anyone to buy...
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GM looks to new vehicles, China to boost profit
(National News ~ 10/02/14)
MILFORD, Mich. -- General Motors CEO Mary Barra told investors Wednesday that GM plans a raft of new models and a big push to sell more cars in China to drive profits in coming years, as the biggest U.S. automaker tries to shift the spotlight from a mishandled recall of older small cars...
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U.S. construction spending down 0.8 percent in August
(National News ~ 10/02/14)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. construction spending fell in August, the second decline in the past three months, with housing, nonresidential and government projects all showing weakness. Construction spending dropped a seasonally adjusted 0.8 percent after a 1.2 percent increase in July, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The July increase followed a 1.6 percent June decline...
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Harold Gabauer
(Obituary ~ 10/02/14)
Harold Gabauer, 87, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Feb. 19, 1927, in St. Louis, to Gustav and Mary Francis Basham Gabauer. Harold served in the U.S. Army. Survivors include a son, Mark (Lucy) Gabauer of St. ...
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Edna Hartmeister
(Obituary ~ 10/02/14)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Edna Eleanor Meyr Hartmeister, 96, of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, was born to life eternal with her savior, Jesus, on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, at Shorehaven Lutheran Home in Oconomowoc. She was born July 23, 1918, to Arnold and Alida Fischer Meyr in Altenburg. She married her beloved husband, Elmer, on Oct. 25, 1947. He preceded her in death March 1, 1983...
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Gary Dobbelare
(Obituary ~ 10/02/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Gary C. Dobbelare, 72, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today and 6:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The parish wake will be at 7 p.m. today. The rosary will be recited at 10:30 a.m. Friday...
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David Gragg Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/02/14)
David Eugene Gragg Jr., 61, moved to his final resting place Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, at his home, with friends and family surrounding him. He was born Oct. 31, 1952, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Alydth Isabelle and David Eugene Gragg Sr. David was an involved, hardworking husband, father and grandfather...
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Carol Wahlers
(Obituary ~ 10/02/14)
Carol Sue Wahlers, 64, of Jackson died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, at her home. No formal service will be held. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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William Hubbs
(Obituary ~ 10/02/14)
ANNA, Ill. -- William "Bill" Hubbs Sr., 89, of Anna died Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to service time Friday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. The funeral will be at noon Friday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Ebenezer Hall Cemetery with military honors by Illinois Honor Guard...
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Sheila Winland
(Obituary ~ 10/02/14)
MOUNDS, Ill. — Sheila Sue Winland, 70, of Mounds died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Illinois.
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Births 10/2/14
(Births ~ 10/02/14)
Twin daughters to Nicholas Anthony Schirmer and Kellie Amber Kimmet of Perryville, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Arianna Amber was born at 10:01 a.m. and weighed 5 pounds, 4 ounces. Ariel Elizabeth was born at 10:02 a.m. ...
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Out of the past 10/2/14
(Out of the Past ~ 10/02/14)
For the second time in less than six months, law-enforcement officers have had to quell several fights following a fraternity dance in the University Center; three people, two students and a former student, are charged as a result of the fracas. A 20-year-old Oran, Missouri, woman is seriously injured when the car she is driving strikes the rear of a Cape Girardeau school bus stopped on Highway 74 to let off a student; none of the five Central junior and senior high students aboard the bus is injured; the driver of the car survives the accident.. ...
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Depictions of gay people increase on TV, study says
(Entertainment ~ 10/02/14)
LOS ANGELES -- Television has increased its depiction of gay, lesbian and bisexual characters, with the edge going to cable and the Internet over broadcast networks, according to a study released Wednesday by the advocacy group GLAAD. Networks are promoting the understanding of gay lives with some of the most inclusive programs yet, but should "strive to include significant transgender content," said Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of GLAAD, which advocates for the inclusion of LGBT characters and stories in media, in a statement.. ...
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China body-searched 10,000 pigeons
(International News ~ 10/02/14)
BEIJING -- The 10,000 doves released in a ceremony Wednesday for China's National Day underwent unusual scrutiny, each having its feathers and anus checked for dangerous materials, state-run media reports said, reflecting government jitters over possible attacks...
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Liberia lacks ambulances for Ebola patients
(International News ~ 10/02/14)
FREEMAN RESERVE, Liberia -- The man with reddened eyes sat in his underwear outside his thatched home. He was weak from diarrhea, so his wife called the Ebola hotline for an ambulance. Now that it was here, though, he didn't want to go. "Have you been around someone who died? Ever been around any sick people?" asked Gordon Kamara, the first responder...
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Ex-officer sentenced for shooting panhandler
(State News ~ 10/02/14)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A former Springfield police officer will serve no jail time for accidentally shooting an unarmed panhandler under a plea deal that prohibits him from working in law enforcement again. Jason Shuck, 35, was sentenced Wednesday to a preapproved sentence of two years of unsupervised probation for a misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault. ...
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Judges skeptical of child-abuse appeal
(State News ~ 10/02/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Judges on Missouri's highest court appeared skeptical Wednesday about an appeal from a Springfield, Missouri, man convicted of abusing his teenage son by limiting his food and locking him in a small bathroom at a church where the family was living...
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Consumer group sues over Missouri insurance rates
(State News ~ 10/02/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri consumer group announced Wednesday it is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the latest effort to obtain information used to justify the rates consumers will pay for insurance on the federally run online marketplace...
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Lawmaker wants referendum on Missouri lottery
(State News ~ 10/02/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri House Majority Leader John Diehl wants to let voters decide whether to abolish the state lottery, which he calls an "unstable and "inefficient" funding source for public education. Diehl said he will present the idea to fellow Republican lawmakers in hopes the House could consider a measure next year that would place a referendum on the lottery on the 2016 ballot...
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Review of education standards divisive
(State News ~ 10/02/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Parents and teachers creating education guidelines for Missouri schoolchildren are hoping for the best but bracing for what could be a yearlong fight over the role that Common Core standards should have in classrooms. A new Missouri law created several task forces charged with creating goals for students that prepare them for college and careers, but members responsible for evaluating those standards were divided within hours of their first meetings last week...
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Murder trial ordered in Poplar Bluff strangulation
(Local News ~ 10/02/14)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- After hearing additional testimony Monday afternoon, a judge ordered the boyfriend of an Arkansas woman to stand trial for her strangulation death, which happened at a downtown apartment building in Poplar Bluff. Associate Circuit Judge John Bloodworth found probable cause to bind Jeremy Allen Winkle over for trial on a second-degree murder charge...
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Southeast forum discusses presidential wishlist
(Local News ~ 10/02/14)
During a Wednesday forum, community members cited vision, leadership, community involvement and longevity as some of the attributes they would like to see in the school's next president. About 10 people attended the forum in the University Center Heritage Room, facilitated by representatives from Atlanta-based Parker Executive Search. The firm was hired to help look for a new president because Dr. Kenneth Dobbins plans to retire by June...
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Iraqi Kurds fight Islamic State with aged weapons
(International News ~ 10/02/14)
MAHMOUDIYAH, Iraq -- The exhausted Kurdish fighters leaned against a pair of antiquated green cannons on a hill overlooking this northern Iraqi village, the ground around them littered with shrapnel from battles with Islamic State militants. One of them, Moustafa Saleh, tapped the cannon with his mud-caked boots. "Russian-made," he said, with a smirk. "My grandfather used the same one."...
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Wacha in bullpen to start NLDS
(Professional Sports ~ 10/02/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Michael Wacha, who starred in the postseason as a rookie last fall, will be in the St. Louis Cardinals' bullpen for the start of the NL Division Series. It did not come as a surprise. "I was kind of expecting it," Wacha said Wednesday after a 40-minute workout at Busch Stadium...
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Year after year, Cardinals find ways to contend
(Professional Sports ~ 10/02/14)
St. Louis overcame a number of obstacles to reach the postseason for the 11th time in 15 years
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Rams pick Davis as starting QB for season
(Professional Sports ~ 10/02/14)
The 25-year-old has a QB rating of 93.1 since taking over for Shaun Hill midway through the first game of the season
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First bullet train marks 50 years
(International News ~ 10/02/14)
TOKYO -- It was, retired Japanese railway engineer Fumihiro Araki recalls, "like flying in the sky." Zipping cross-country in a super-high-speed train has become commonplace in many countries these days, but it was unheard of when Japan launched its bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka 50 years ago Wednesday...
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Nazi hunter pushes for new probe
(International News ~ 10/02/14)
BERLIN -- The Simon Wiesenthal Center has identified dozens of former members of Nazi mobile death squads who might still be alive, and is pushing the German government for an investigation, The Associated Press has learned. The Wiesenthal Center's top Nazi hunter, Efraim Zuroff, said Wednesday that in September he sent the German justice and interior ministries a list of 76 men and four women who served in the so-called Einsatzgruppen...
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High school roundup: Josey Powell wins back-to-back district titles
(High School Sports ~ 10/02/14)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Wednesday.
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A breakdown of Cardinals-Dodgers series
(Professional Sports ~ 10/02/14)
A look at the best-of-five National League Division Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers:------ Schedule Game 1, Friday, at Los Angeles (5:37 p.m.); Game 2, Saturday, at Los Angeles (8:37 p.m.); Game 3, Monday, at St. Louis (TBD); x-Game 4, Tuesday, at St. Louis (TBD); x-Game 5, Thursday, at Los Angeles (TBD). (All games on FS1 or MLB Network)...
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Hooked on Science: Energy racer
(Community ~ 10/02/14)
See how potential energy becomes kinetic energy. STEP 1: Push the rubber band through the hole in the spool. STEP 2: Cut about an inch from the end of the straw. Place the piece of straw in one of the rubber band loops. Tape the straw to the spool...
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Prayer 10/2/14
(Prayer ~ 10/02/14)
O Lord God, we give thanks to you for you are our Creator and Savior. Amen.
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Questions, answers about the U.S. Ebola case
(National News ~ 10/02/14)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. health officials have warned for months that someone infected with Ebola could unknowingly carry the virus to this country, and there is word now that it has happened: A traveler in a Dallas hospital became the first patient diagnosed in the U.S...
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A decade after welcoming wind, states reconsider
(National News ~ 10/02/14)
CALUMET, Okla. -- A decade ago, states offered wind-energy developers an open-armed embrace, envisioning a bright future for an industry that would offer cheap electricity, new jobs and steady income for large landowners, especially in rural areas with few other economic prospects...
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High-school students in Colorado protest course changes
(National News ~ 10/02/14)
DENVER -- A fight in Colorado over how United States' history is taught has pitted a new conservative majority on a suburban Denver school board against students and teachers who accuse the board of censorship. The students and teachers are protesting possible changes to the new Advanced Placement history course. Hundreds have turned out to demonstrate, holding signs saying "There is nothing more patriotic than protest" and "Teach us the truth."...
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Mini mummies are Halloween alternative to ‘Elf on the Shelf'
(Community ~ 10/02/14)
Count me among those who find the "Elf on the Shelf" just a bit creepy. That said, wouldn't it make more sense to have a slightly spooky creature keeping an eye on your children around Halloween instead of Christmas? With just a few inexpensive craft materials, you can make a miniature mummy perfect for perching on shelves, bookcases, pumpkins and more this fall. They're easy enough for children to make on their own with a wooden bead, pipe cleaners, cotton balls and fabric...
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Cape police report, 10/2/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/02/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summonses Thefts Robbery Property damage Assaults...
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Dallas hospital initially sent Ebola patient home
(National News ~ 10/02/14)
DALLAS -- The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. initially went to a Dallas emergency room last week but was sent home, even after telling a nurse that he had been in disease-ravaged West Africa, the hospital acknowledged Wednesday. The decision by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital to release him could have put many others at risk of exposure to the disease before he went back to the ER two days later, after his condition worsened...
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3rd-graders face high reading targets
(Community ~ 10/02/14)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The games, ice cream and play rehearsals that 9-year-old Joshua Rowell experienced during summer school this year weren't just for fun. Joshua, like thousands of Ohio third-graders, had missed a state literacy target on a standardized test. He faced being held back in third grade unless his reading skills improved...
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Jackson police report, 10/2/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/02/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Theft Miscellaneous...
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Ebola patient's relatives confined to Dallas home
(National News ~ 10/02/14)
DALLAS -- Four relatives of the U.S. Ebola patient were confined to their Texas home under armed guard Thursday as the circle of people possibly exposed to the virus widened and Liberian authorities said they would prosecute the man for allegedly lying on an airport questionnaire...
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