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Lids Missouri Bulls draw players with exposure to colleges and scouts
(Community Sports ~ 07/17/15)
Glenn Campbell had a bigger objective in mind when he began the Missouri Bulls organization in 2009 -- to start an organization devoted to giving amateur talent across the area the proper exposure to collegiate and professional scouts.
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The Temptations Review will bring songs of the original group to two shows July 25 at Isle Casino
(Entertainment ~ 07/17/15)
The musical group The Temptations has been around for five decades, and although Dennis Edwards, once the lead singer, has formed a different group, The Temptation Review, concertgoers can expect the same level of entertainment they have come to expect from the original group...
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Tyson, Nature Conservancy to help waterways
(State News ~ 07/17/15)
NOEL, Mo. -- Tyson Foods has announced a plan to work with the Nature Conservancy to help protect waterways in Missouri and Arkansas. The Joplin, Missouri, Globe reported Wednesday that Tyson gave the conservancy $500,000 toward conserving water quality in streams and lakes in the region. The money also will help fund stream restoration and other efforts along the Elk and Buffalo rivers...
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Asian carp spotted in River des Peres after heavy rains
(State News ~ 07/17/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Recent flooding of the Mississippi River has caused numerous fish, such as Asian carp, to take a turn into the River des Peres, which serves as a drainage path for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. A few curious joggers, cyclists and pedestrians, peering down from bridges along the River des Peres Greenway, noticed the carp swimming below, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday...
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Authorities: Missing teen indicated he was running away
(State News ~ 07/17/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Authorities in southern Missouri searching a wooded area for a 13-year-old boy with autism who went missing a week ago said Thursday the teen indicated to a relative he doesn't want to be found. Phelps County, Missouri, Sheriff's Department Sgt. ...
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Missouri sues federal agency over crop insurance reports
(State News ~ 07/17/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri officials pushed this week for an extension to file paperwork needed for farmers to receive crop insurance, coverage the governor and attorney general say is necessary amid heavy rainfall and flooding. Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit after the U.S. Department of Agriculture notified the state Wednesday the agency had denied Gov. Jay Nixon's request for an extension...
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Man charged in ambush shooting of St. Louis police officer
(State News ~ 07/17/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A 23-year-old man St. Louis police say ambushed and opened fire on a uniformed sergeant was arrested Thursday and charged with four felonies in a shooting the police chief has decried as an attempted assassination. Prosecutors charged Dale LaVaughn Wolford Jr. ...
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Three local finalists in running for Main Street awards
(Local News ~ 07/17/15)
Old Town Cape announced Thursday three local finalists are in the running for achievement awards at the 2015 Missouri Main Street Conference to be held July 28 through 30 in Kansas City, Missouri. The group said in a news release since Old Town Cape recently was designated a Great American Main Street Community, it was "certain their nominations would be noticed and strong contenders in the awards arena."...
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United Way to host luncheon Thursday
(Local News ~ 07/17/15)
The United Way of Southeast Missouri will host its annual Leadership Luncheon on Thursday. It will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at Farraddays Steakhouse inside Isle Casino Cape Girardeau, 777 N. Main St. Keynote speaker for this year's luncheon is Bob Dixon, director of the Southeast Missouri division of Ameren Missouri, a top corporate sponsor of the United Way of Southeast Missouri. ...
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Cape police investigate shooting
(Local News ~ 07/17/15)
Cape Girardeau police are investigating a shooting that took place Wednesday night in the 2800 block of Whitener Street. Police received a report of the shooting at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday, Sgt. Adam Glueck of the Cape Girardeau Police Department said in an email...
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Conference will train teens to promote safe driving habits
(Local News ~ 07/17/15)
Area high schoolers will get the chance next week to learn how to promote safe driving habits among their peers. The annual Team Spirit Leadership Training Conference begins Sunday at Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau, according to a news release from the Cape Girardeau Police Department. This is the 21st year for the conference, which is designed to empower teens to tackle issues such as drinking and driving, texting and driving and lack of seat-belt use...
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4 Marines, gunman die in attack on 2 military sites in Chattanooga
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- A gunman unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting center and another U.S. military site a few miles apart in Chattanooga on Thursday, killing at least four Marines before he was shot to death by police, and sending service members scrambling for cover as bullets smashed through the windows...
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One dead after Cape Girardeau crash
(Local News ~ 07/17/15)
A woman injured in a Thursday morning crash at the intersection of Broadway and Clark Avenue in Cape Girardeau has died. Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton said Thursday afternoon Florence James, 81, was from Cape Girardeau. She died at Saint Francis Medical Center after being injured when the car she was driving was struck by a minivan...
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Taxing districts to select representatives for TIF commission
(Local News ~ 07/17/15)
The city of Cape Girardeau started last week notifying local taxing districts to nominate representative members to a tax-increment financing commission, and some still are looking for volunteers. Council members voted July 6 to convene the commission, a move that followed council approval of a solicitation for an open-ended request for proposals regarding projects in a possible downtown tax-increment financing district...
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Hughes pleads guilty to wife's murder, gets 30 years in prison
(Local News ~ 07/17/15)
CAIRO, Ill. -- A Cairo man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to the shooting death of his wife. Chauncey Hughes Jr., 31, was scheduled to begin a second jury trial on five counts of murder Thursday at the Alexander County Courthouse. He instead pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder...
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Organizers gear up for Jackson Homecomers celebration
(Local News ~ 07/17/15)
Preparations are in full swing for Jackson's annual Homecomers celebration, which runs Tuesday through July 25 next week. Homecomers Committee chairman Larry Koehler said this year's event will continue the Homecomers tradition Jackson residents have enjoyed for more than 100 years...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
Today is Friday, July 17, the 198th day of 2015. There are 167 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 17, 1945, following Nazi Germany's surrender, President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill began meeting at Potsdam in the final Allied summit of World War II...
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Friends of different races
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/17/15)
The horrible shooting at the Charleston AME Church made me think back to the 1950s when I was working for the Frisco Railroad in Sikeston. I was the only one working in the office there on a Saturday, and my entrance into the station was through the "colored" waiting room...
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Homecomers represents slice of Americana
(Editorial ~ 07/17/15)
It's hard to believe it's almost that time of year again, but it is -- time for the annual Jackson Homecomers festivities. From Tuesday through Saturday, the city will be a carnival of sights and sounds, from the semi-exotic to the down-home and familiar...
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Once you start remembering, it's really hard to stop
(Column ~ 07/17/15)
After waxing memory-wise about hauling hay and getting paid a dollar an hour, several folks had somewhat appropriate comments: "Joe, you were overpaid." "I hauled hay for $2 a day." "I babysat for 25 cents an hour. How much do babysitters charge today?"...
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White House seeks support at home and abroad for Iran deal
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
WASHINGTON -- At home and abroad, the White House courted support for a landmark nuclear deal with Iran on Thursday as congressional leaders in both parties pointed toward a politically charged showdown this fall over Republican attempts to scuttle the agreement...
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Jury convicts Colorado theater shooter of murder
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Jurors convicted Colorado theater shooter James Holmes on Thursday in the 2012 attack on defenseless moviegoers at a midnight Batman premiere, rejecting defense arguments the former graduate student was insane and driven to murder by delusions...
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Woman deemed oldest US veteran set for flight to meet Obama
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
DETROIT -- A 110-year-old woman believed to be the nation's oldest veteran is preparing to visit Washington on an honorary trip that includes meeting President Barack Obama. There's just one glitch: She wants a jacket to wear with her official trip T-shirt, because she doesn't have "Michelle Obama arms."...
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Conservatives warn IRS could target gay marriage opponents
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
WASHINGTON -- A brief exchange during Supreme Court arguments in the same-sex marriage case has exploded into a full-blown crisis for some conservatives, who warn the IRS could start revoking the tax-exempt status of religious groups that oppose gay marriage...
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Greece gets relief from creditors after first austerity test
(International News ~ 07/17/15)
ATHENS, Greece -- Greece got a triple dose of good news Thursday, when creditors agreed to open talks on a third bailout package, give the country an interim loan to cover its debts and provide more support to its shuttered banks. Greece's fellow states in the 19-country eurozone said they were willing to open talks on a new rescue package worth $93 billion over three years after Athens approved a series of tax hikes and economic reforms overnight...
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Egyptian navy vessel targeted by militants off Sinai's coast
(International News ~ 07/17/15)
CAIRO -- An Egyptian navy vessel was targeted Thursday by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, who said they destroyed it with a rocket while it was anchored off the Sinai peninsula's Mediterranean coast. Egyptian military spokesman Brig. Gen. Mohammed Samir said the vessel caught fire in an exchange of fire with "terrorists" on the shore, and there were no fatalities among its crew members...
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Obama visits prison to call for a fairer justice system
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
EL RENO, Okla. -- President Barack Obama got a firsthand look at the nation's criminal justice system Thursday, touring a federal prison and meeting with incarcerated men. After peering into a sterile prison cell, he said the nation needs to reconsider the way crime is controlled and prisoners are rehabilitated...
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New rule to protect streams near coal mines
(State News ~ 07/17/15)
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration proposed new regulations Thursday designed to reduce the environmental impact of coal mining on the nation's streams, a long-anticipated move that met quick resistance from Republicans, even as the administration projected only modest job losses in coal country...
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Teen says she tried to save step-grandparents in plane crash
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
SEATTLE -- The teenager who survived a small plane crash in Washington's Cascade Mountains says she burned herself trying to pull her stepgrandparents from the burning wreckage. Autumn Veatch told NBC News there was zero visibility before the Saturday accident, and then "it was all trees, and then it was fire."...
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Cards look to regain health, comfortable lead
(Professional Sports ~ 07/17/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Bruised and battle-tested, the St. Louis Cardinals watched their division lead dwindle to 2 1/2 games entering the All-Star break. They still have the best record and stingiest staff in the major leagues -- and hopes of some reinforcements...
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Former Southeast Missouri State lineman Dan Connolly retires from NFL
(College Sports ~ 07/17/15)
Former Southeast Missouri State offensive lineman and Super Bowl Champion Dan Connolly announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday. Connolly, who was inducted into the Southeast Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013, was with the New England Patriots for the past eight seasons and was a captain on this year's Super Bowl XLIX championship team...
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Jackson Jr. Legion stays alive at zone tourney
(Community Sports ~ 07/17/15)
The Jackson Post 158 Junior Legion baseball team defeated Ballwin 9-4 on Thursday night to keep its hopes of a zone tournament title. The district champions will have to beat Festus twice today to advance to the state tournament. Festus defeated Post 158 earlier Thursday 6-5 in walk-off fashion...
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Fighting Squirrels rally to defeat Pirates at Babe Ruth state tourney
(Community Sports ~ 07/17/15)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The Charleston Fighting Squirrels rallied from a 3-1 deficit in their final at-bat to secure a 4-3 walk-off victory against the SEMO Pirates of Leopold late Thursday night. Trouble started for the Pirates when Tim Fox and Cameron Clark collected back-to-back singles to start the bottom of the seventh inning. The Pirates lifted starting pitcher Hunter Eftink and brought in left-handed reliever Blake White after the hits...
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Georgia man runs world's largest known classic car junkyard
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
WHITE, Ga. -- Nestled in a north Georgia forest, more than 4,000 classic cars decorate 32 acres that have been turned into a junkyard museum. Owner Walter Dean Lewis' parents started the business in 1931 as a general store that also sold auto parts. Lewis grew the collection, which had just 40 cars in the '70s, over time...
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Births 7/17/15
(Births ~ 07/17/15)
Son to Blain Austin and Brittney Evelyn Johnson of Sikeston, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 4:12 p.m. Monday, June 8, 2015. Name, Karson Riley. Weight, 8 pounds, 14 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Johnson is the former Brittney Breeden, daughter of Jack Breeden of Sikeston and Stephanie Lee of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. She is employed by Check Into Cash. Johnson is the son of Paul Johnson Sr. and Nicole Johnson of Oran, Missouri. He is employed by Orgill Inc...
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As Amazon turns 20, a look at its biggest bets
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
NEW YORK -- Amazon has come a long way from selling books out of a Seattle garage. The company had an inauspicious start in July 1995 at the dawn of the Web as an online bookseller. It narrowly escaped the dot-com bust of 2000 to reinvent online retailing. And eventually, it morphed into the global e-commerce powerhouse it is today with $89 billion in annual revenue...
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Speak Out 7/17/15
(Speak Out ~ 07/17/15)
The only major religion in the world growing at a faster rate than the world's population as a whole is Islam. If everyone would wash the mold off their house and kill it off, everybody that has emphysema and asthma and hives and allergy problems would get a lot better along. You have no idea how bad that affects people that have breathing problems and allergy problems...
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TLC cancels '19 Kids and Counting,' plans education push
(Entertainment ~ 07/17/15)
NEW YORK -- After weeks in limbo stemming from revelations of sexual misconduct by one of its stars, the TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting" is officially dead. TLC is not moving forward with an 11th season of "19 Kids" featuring the Duggars, whose show "will no longer appear on the air," the network said Thursday...
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Best Bet: Taste of Wine & County
(Entertainment ~ 07/17/15)
The Mississippi River Hills Wine Trail will offer A Taste of Wine & Country from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the four trail wineries -- Apple Creek Vineyard & Winery in Friedheim, Hemman Winery in Brazeau, Missouri, Hunter Valley Winery in Cape Girardeau and The Barrens Winery in Perryville, Missouri. Each will have a barbecue-wine pairing and live music. Tickets are $20 in advance and may be purchased at mississippiriverhillswinetrail.com or at the door of any winery for $25...
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'Game of Thrones' earns a leading 24 Emmy Award nominations
(Entertainment ~ 07/17/15)
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- The Emmys, television's highest-profile awards, could have seized the moment with Thursday's nominations to acknowledge the wealth of diverse talent adding to the medium's vibrancy and relevance. There was recognition of stellar actresses Taraji P. Henson and Viola Davis. Henson, who plays the sexy, formidable matriarch on hip-hop drama "Empire" and Davis, a brilliantly cutthroat lawyer on "How to Get Away with Murder," are competing for drama series actress honors...
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Ink Blotter 7/17/15
(Entertainment ~ 07/17/15)
Teresa Mann of Sikeston, Missouri, submitted this photo of her tattoo by artist Erin Thurman. "My husband and I got matching tattoos with this scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, representing not only our love for each other, but our love for God," she said. ...
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Rising country star Paul Wayne Pierce coming home for special performance
(Entertainment ~ 07/17/15)
Bernie, Missouri, native Paul Wayne Pierce has been watching his star rise steadily above the small crowds of Nashville, Tennessee, clubs to national tours. And, while he's experiencing success in country music, he hasn't forgotten his home. In keeping with his fond memories of Stoddard County, Missouri, Pierce will perform an intimate acoustic show Saturday at The Office, 17991 Highway 25 in Bloomfield, Missouri...
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Blues singer Anni Piper to perform Underberg house concert
(Entertainment ~ 07/17/15)
Eleven years ago, Larry Underberg, a professor at Southeast Missouri State University, and his wife, Jean, opened their home to a performer who had played at the university campus. While he was there, other musicians joined him, and a jam session ensued in the basement of the couple's north Cape Girardeau home...
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Richard Wengert
(Obituary ~ 07/17/15)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Richard J. "Dick" Wengert, 58, of Perryville died Thursday, July 16, 2015, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 a.m. until time of service Monday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. A Catholic wake will be at 7 p.m. Sunday...
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Carl Reimann
(Obituary ~ 07/17/15)
Carl Reimann, 82, of Fruitland passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 23, 1933, at Egypt Mills, son of Charles and Wilma Exler Reimann Jr. He and Shirley Ann Dunning were married Aug. 20, 1960, at Delta Baptist Church...
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Joyce Owens
(Obituary ~ 07/17/15)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Joyce Owens, 72, of Perryville died Thursday, July 16, 2015, at her home. Visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Monday at Faith Presbyterian Church in Perryville. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Monday at the church, with the Rev. David Noble officiating. Private burial will be at a later date...
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Jerry Huckstep
(Obituary ~ 07/17/15)
Jerry Dean Huckstep, 69, of Scott City died Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 3, 1945, in Cape Girardeau. He and Jacqueline "Jackie" Hanner were married July 11, 1977, in Jackson. Jerry served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War...
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Rita Hodge
(Obituary ~ 07/17/15)
ORAN, Mo. -- Rita Diane Hodge, 67, of Oran died Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until time of service Saturday at Victory Life Center UPC in Oran. A memorial service will be at noon Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Tom Godwin officiating...
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Charlotte Behrens
(Obituary ~ 07/17/15)
Charlotte Nann Blackford Behrens, 91, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2015, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 29, 1923, at the family home in Cape Girardeau to George Washington Blackford and Viola Masterson Blackford Smith. Charlotte attended Franklin School, graduated from Central High School in 1941 and received a bachelor of science in art and history from Southeast Missouri State University in 1945...
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Pamela Bailey-Patterson
(Obituary ~ 07/17/15)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Pamela J. Bailey-Patterson, 61, of Mound City died Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time Saturday in the Meridian High School gymnasium. The funeral will be at noon Saturday in the gymnasium, with David Terry officiating. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Memorial Park in Mounds, Illinois...
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Tim Archer
(Obituary ~ 07/17/15)
Arvo Timothy "Tim" Archer, 72, of Oak Ridge passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 30, 1943, in Metropolis, Illinois, son of Jack and Gena Dankers Archer. He and Nellie "Nel" Mosley were married June 4, 1968, in St. Louis. She passed away Aug. 30, 2010...
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Team seeks chain-reaction machine record
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
DETROIT -- A team at the Michigan Science Center in Detroit wants to set a record for building the largest chain-reaction machine. Plans call for it to be activated Saturday and run nearly 30 minutes. It's expected to include more than half a million objects, including about 200,000 dominoes and thousands of other common objects. The lead builder is Steve Price, a Michigan State University mechanical engineering student and a native of the Detroit suburb of Canton Township...
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Judge sets trial for suspect in Charleston church shooting
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The man accused of killing nine people at a church in Charleston last month will stand trial next July, a judge ruled Thursday. During a 25-minute hearing in Charleston, Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson set a July 11, 2016, trial date for Dylann Roof...
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Texas probing death in jail of woman with Chicago ties
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
HEMPSTEAD, Texas -- The Texas Rangers are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman whose loved ones are questioning authorities who say the 28-year-old arrested on a traffic violation hanged herself in a Texas county jail cell...
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Doctor: 3 to 4 months for George HW Bush's fracture to heal
(National News ~ 07/17/15)
PORTLAND, Maine -- Former President George H.W. Bush fractured a bone in his neck when he took a tumble at his oceanside summer home, but he suffered no neurological impairment, and the injury will be allowed to heal on its own, which is expected to take three to four months, officials said Thursday...
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Rendleman, Sentel claim Lassies Classic crown
(Community Sports ~ 07/17/15)
On Thursday, Sentel teamed with Rendleman to shoot a second-round 7-under 63 to post a five-shot victory over two-time defending champions Sheree Simmons and Sissy Donahue.
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Cape Legion falls to Sikeston in district tournament
(Community Sports ~ 07/17/15)
Post 114 won 7-5, will face Jackson Legion tonight.
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Prayer 7/17/15
(Prayer ~ 07/17/15)
We praise you, O Lord Jesus, that your promises are yes and amen. Amen.
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Out of the past: July 17
(Out of the Past ~ 07/17/15)
Local earthquake experts say there is no way to verify or discount a prediction by scientist Iben Browning of Sandia Park, New Mexico, that a severe quake will occur along the New Madrid Fault on Dec. 3. The Cape Girardeau City Council has voted to approve the first reading of an ordinance allowing two-hour parking along both sides of Normal Avenue between Pacific Street and Henderson Avenue from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.; parking now is limited to the outside lanes...
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