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Year after death, Michael Brown lies in relative obscurity
(State News ~ 11/30/15)
NORMANDY, Mo. -- Michael Brown once told an uncle the world would know his name one day, and he was right. Fifteen months after the black 18-year-old's killing by a white Ferguson police officer made him a key figure in the debate over the treatment of blacks by U.S. law enforcement, however, Brown lies buried in relative obscurity...
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Parade of Lights postponed to Dec. 6 because of rain
(Local News ~ 11/30/15)
Old Town Cape announced Sunday morning the 24th annual Parade of Lights scheduled for Sunday evening in downtown Cape Girardeau was postponed a week to Dec. 6 because of bad weather. Old Town Cape spokeswoman Christa Zickfield said Sunday parade organizers are working to ensure as little change as possible for the parade, despite the delay...
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Business notebook: China Palace marks 20th anniversary
(Business ~ 11/30/15)
Longtime China Palace customer Dave Heise said he thinks he probably has tried everything on the menu over the years, although he usually sticks with sesame chicken these days. But for him and his wife, Jeanne, it's more than just the food that brings them in several times a week...
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Holiday Home Tour benefit will feature six area residences
(Local News ~ 11/30/15)
Local homeowners again will open their doors to the public this weekend to raise money for a social service organization. The 28th annual Holiday Home Tour is set for Saturday. Six homes -- three in Cape Girardeau and three in Jackson -- are on this year's tour, a fundraiser for Lutheran Family and Children's Services...
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Climate talks take on more urgency
(International News ~ 11/30/15)
PARIS -- This time, it's a hotter, waterier, wilder Earth that world leaders are trying to save. The last time the nations of the world struck a binding agreement to fight global warming was 1997, in Kyoto, Japan. As leaders gather for a conference in Paris today to try to do more, it's clear things have changed dramatically over the past 18 years...
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Former Southeast Missouri State baseball standout making his way in St. Louis Cardinals system
(Professional Sports ~ 11/30/15)
Southeast Missourian Derek Gibson remembers that moment nearly two and a half years ago when a phone number with a 314 area code popped up on his phone as he walked out of a meeting with the Chicago White Sox. He couldn't imagine who could be calling so early in the morning, but when he answered it was someone in charge of player development with the St. Louis Cardinals, giving him his shot at playing professional baseball...
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DeFying the Norm: St. Louis Cardinals president DeWitt helping team transcend market expectations
(Professional Sports ~ 11/30/15)
Southeast Missourian There's been plenty of success on the field to justify the assertion that the St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of a golden era, but the business side is also indicative of a flourishing franchise. The Cardinals struck a new local television deal in July with Fox Sports Midwest, one that's worth more than $1 billion over a 15-year period (2018-2032). ...
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Holiday Happenings in Uptown Jackson
(Submitted Story ~ 11/30/15)
Holiday Happenings in Uptown Jackson Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization and the merchants in Jackson are hosting festive events on December 5 to celebrate the Christmas season. The theme of the parade is "Fairytale Christmas" and begins at 4:30 with additional events before and after the parade...
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Craft Fair, Delta Mo.
(Submitted Story ~ 11/30/15)
The City of Delta Mo. will have a Craft Fair December 12 - 8:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. At the Delta Community Center, in Delta.
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The many surprises of St. Louis Cardinals baseball manager Mike Matheny
(Professional Sports ~ 11/30/15)
Southeast Missourian Before Michael Scott Matheny became manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and led the team to three straight NL Central titles; before he won four Gold Gloves as a catcher for the Cardinals and helped the team to a 2004 World Series appearance; before he was drafted by and signed with the Milwaukee Brewers...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/30/15)
Today in History Today is Monday, Nov. 30, the 334th day of 2015. There are 31 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 30, 1965, "Unsafe at Any Speed" by Ralph Nader, a book highly critical of the U.S. auto industry, was first released in hardcover by Grossman Publishers...
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Cardinals manager Matheny to speak in Cape Wednesday
(Local News ~ 11/30/15)
You won't find many professional baseball managers more strategic and caring than Mike Matheny. The Cardinals manger is thoughtful, a person of strong character, and he knows how to lead people. In each of his four years as the Redbirds skipper, Matheny has led the Cardinals to the playoffs. He's the first manager in baseball history to achieve this feat. His tenure includes three trips to the National League Championship Series and an appearance in the World Series...
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Speak Out for 11/30/2015
(Speak Out ~ 11/30/15)
Ethics reform During its last regular session, a Missouri state representative introduced a law prohibiting communities from banning the use of plastic bags in grocery stores. Though it passed, it was vetoed by the governor. It turns out that the representative who introduced the bill just happened to be the president of the Missouri Grocer's Association. ...
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Prayer 11-30-2015
(Prayer ~ 11/30/15)
O God, may we care for the flock that you have entrusted us with. Amen.
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Man accused of assaulting teenager over hijab
(State News ~ 11/30/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A 53-year-old University of Missouri graduate teaching assistant is accused of pulling a teenage family member out of a Columbia school because she wasn't wearing a traditional headscarf worn by some Muslim women. Youssif Omar was arrested Wednesday at his home on suspicion of felony child abuse. He was released from the Boone County Jail after posting $4,500 bond...
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Man fatally shot after pointing gun at officers
(State News ~ 11/30/15)
STEWARTSVILLE, Mo. -- A northwest Missouri man is dead after pointing a weapon at law enforcement officers who were responding to a domestic disturbance. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the patrol and Dekalb County Sheriff's Department responded to a call near Stewartsville at 10:18 a.m. Sunday when they made contact with a white man armed with a weapon...
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Small-town mayor dies in crash
(State News ~ 11/30/15)
SILEX, Mo. -- The mayor of a tiny eastern Missouri town died after being involved in a head-on collision with a vehicle that crossed the center line. David E. Rice, 67, of Silex was pronounced dead Friday at a St. Louis-area hospital. His son confirmed Rice's death...
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Storm lingers in southern Plains; more flooding possible
(National News ~ 11/30/15)
DALLAS -- A deadly storm that has caused flooding and coated parts of the southern Plains in ice during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend dumped more rain Sunday on swollen rivers in parts of North Texas and Arkansas and made driving dangerous in parts of Oklahoma...
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Planned Parenthood: Long a lightning rod in U.S. culture wars
(National News ~ 11/30/15)
NEW YORK -- As a leading defender of abortion rights and comprehensive sex education, Planned Parenthood deals daily with some of America's most contentious issues and is accustomed to receiving verbal threats. Some of the organization's supporters said Friday's deadly shooting at its clinic in Colorado Springs showed the vitriol could be inspiring actual violence...
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Newspaper: Agencies deleting emails of former administrators
(State News ~ 11/30/15)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A southwest Missouri newspaper's recent attempts to obtain emails from three former public officials in Joplin resulted in two denials because the records were wiped clean soon after the leaders left office. The Joplin Globe, which requested the records, reported the denials raise questions because bulk deletion of a public official's email records is inconsistent with retention rules established by the Missouri Secretary of State's office and the Local Records Board...
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Nation, world briefs 11/30/2015
(National News ~ 11/30/15)
PARIS -- President Barack Obama landed in Paris just before midnight Sunday, and his motorcade took an unexpected route along the Seine. He rode past the Eiffel Tower, the French Assembly building and the Bastille before arriving at the Bataclan. The American president strode toward the French concert hall where terrorists wrought horror two weeks ago. ...
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Oldest known seabird returns near Hawaii
(National News ~ 11/30/15)
HONOLULU -- Federal wildlife officials said the world's oldest known seabird returned to Midway Atoll. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the Laysan Albatross named Wisdom was spotted at the remote island Nov. 19. An ornithologist put an identification band on Wisdom in 1956. She's estimated to be at least 64 years old. Laysan albatrosses typically mate for life, but Wisdom likely has had more than one mate. She has raised as many as 36 chicks...
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Worldwide climate rallies draw hundreds of thousands
(International News ~ 11/30/15)
PARIS -- Hundreds of thousands of people took part in rallies around the world Sunday, calling on leaders to halt climate change on the eve of a major conference in Paris. The nearly two-week conference comes more than two weeks after the Paris attacks...
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Tens of billions promised to boost clean energy tech
(International News ~ 11/30/15)
PARIS -- Government and business leaders are banking on clean energy technology to fight global warming, kicking off this week's high-stakes climate-change negotiations by pledging tens of billions of dollars for research and development. Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande will announce the new initiative today, committing to spend tens of billions of dollars for a technological fix to the planet's climate woes, three current and former officials said.. ...
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Jackson Police Department reports 11/20/2015
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/30/15)
Jackson The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Alexandria T. Lawrence, 20, 708 Old Cape Road, was arrested on suspicion of second degree domestic assault, resisting arrest and being a visibly intoxicated minor...
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Out of the past: Nov. 30
(Out of the Past ~ 11/30/15)
When Jackson postmaster John C. Crites was sworn into office Aug. 12, 1966, it cost 5 cents to mail a first-class letter; today, as Crites retires, that charge has crept up to 25 cents; in 1966 the Jackson post office handled about 4,000 pieces of mail a day; today, it processes between 8,000 and 9,000 pieces daily...
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Cape Girardeau police report 11/30/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/30/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt Thefts n Theft of electronics was reported at 1551 Amblewood Drive. n An iPhone 5S was reported stolen at 535 Siemers Drive. n Stealing was reported at Lowe's, 3440 Lowes Drive...
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Jackson Fire Department reports 11/30/2015
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/30/15)
Jackson The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday: n A medical assist at Cascade Road. n A resident assist on South Shawnee Boulevard. The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Thursday: n A medical assist on Apache Avenue...
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Scott City Fire Department reports 11/30/2015
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/30/15)
Scott City The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: Nov. 20 n At 5:02 p.m., a medical assist in the 400 block of North Lincoln Street. n At 9:33 p.m., an alarm sounding in the 200 block of East Outer Road. Nov. 21 n Medical assists were made at 10:48 a.m. in the 600 block of Third Street West and at 3:19 p.m. in the 700 block of Dearborn Street...
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HIV-positive doctor says his dog saved his life
(National News ~ 11/30/15)
CHICAGO -- Rob Garofalo was devastated. He'd built his medical and research career on helping young AIDS patients. Then he learned he, too, was HIV-positive. The news came after he already had survived kidney cancer and a breakup with his longtime partner...
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Report: Illinois base considered for new spy office since 2005
(State News ~ 11/30/15)
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Proposed plans to relocate a federal spy agency's new regional headquarters from downtown St. Louis to Illinois' Scott Air Force Base have been around for over a decade, according to a newspaper report. The news comes as Illinois and Missouri are competing to house the new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The $1.6 billion project is expected to create thousands of jobs...
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People on the Move 11/30/2015
(Business ~ 11/30/15)
Saint Francis Medical Center has added board-certified neurologist Dr. Sisira Yadala to its medical partners. Yadala earned medical and surgical degrees at Osmania Medical College in Koti, Hyderabad, India, and finished her preliminary internal medicine residency at Westlake Hospital, Resurrection Health Care, in Melrose Park, Illinois. ...
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Don't get Grinched by cybercrime during the holiday season
(Business ~ 11/30/15)
NEW YORK -- Online fraud spikes during the holiday shopping season, as people searching for the perfect gifts take to cyberspace and head to traditional stores armed with their smartphones. "The Pandora's box of cyberattacks is about to open," said Pete Tyrrell, chief operating officer for Digital Guardian, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based data-protection firm. "The cybercriminals are getting more and more creative -- and at the end of the day, it's your personal information at risk."...
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Urban farmers find success often leads to eviction
(Business ~ 11/30/15)
OMAHA, Neb. -- After four years of growing and selling produce in the heart of Omaha, Ali Clark has become expert at yanking out her black raspberry bushes and replanting them at another site. It's a prickly chore Clark loathes, but one she can't avoid as her Big Muddy Farm has had to move from one vacant lot to another, even though the business was thriving...
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Yahoo's CEO is running out of time to turn things around
(Business ~ 11/30/15)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Marissa Mayer's nearly four-year quest to turn around Yahoo needs a turnaround itself, repeating a pattern of futility that has hobbled one of the Internet's best-known companies for the past decade. Like her predecessors as Yahoo CEO, Mayer has been unable to snap the company out of a financial funk despite spending billions on acquisitions and new projects. ...
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Homeless man accused of threatening person with knife
(Local News ~ 11/30/15)
A homeless man was taken into custody Friday by the Cape Girardeau police after being accused of threatening a passer-by with a knife. Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Rick Schmidt reported the homeless man got into an argument with another man Friday morning near Wal-Mart, 3439 William St. The homeless man was holding a sign at an intersection near the Wal-Mart and asking passing cars for money...
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New Madrid native to appear in this week's 'Empire'
(Local News ~ 11/30/15)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A New Madrid, Missouri, native will appear in the mid-season finale of a Fox television show. Shayla Day-Davenport, who resides in Chicago, has a small speaking role in Wednesday's episode of "Empire." "It was such an amazing experience to work with such a phenomenal cast and crew on this episode," Day-Davenport said in a phone interview. "This was my first major speaking role, and I am very excited to see how it turned out."...
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