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Jackson students prepare for annual Madrigal Feaste
(Community ~ 12/10/15)
On a recent Thursday afternoon, Christy Shinn could be found prompting her classroom of choir students with a shout of, "Drink ale!" in a hearty English accent. They eagerly jumped to respond with a resounding, "Wassail!" In the midst of practicing for Jackson Senior High School's annual Madrigal Feaste, Shinn and her students seemingly had been transported through time to the medieval period...
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Planned Parenthood suspect: 'I am a warrior for the babies'
(National News ~ 12/10/15)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The man accused of killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic stunned a courtroom Wednesday when he declared himself a "warrior for the babies" and said he was guilty and won't go to trial. Robert Lewis Dear, 57, made the outburst before he formally was charged with 179 counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder and other crimes...
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Rep. Smith tries to end EPA rules on wood stoves
(Local News ~ 12/10/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- There's nothing quite like the warmth generated by a cozy old wood stove during winter. But Environmental Protection Agency regulations issued in January to snuff the crackling fire in the potbelly -- in the name of air quality and better breathing -- now are the law of the land and causing some headaches for self-sufficient families and stove dealers in the Show-Me State. A local congressman is taking aim against those regulations...
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Cape city council set to take up TIF plan
(Local News ~ 12/10/15)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will be asked to establish a tax increment financing district in an effort to breathe new life into some of downtown's vacant or deteriorating buildings. The council is scheduled to consider first reading of an ordinance to approve the redevelopment plan at its Dec. 21 meeting...
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Federal court upholds college's drug tests for students
(State News ~ 12/10/15)
Federal court upholds college's drug tests for students A technical college in central Missouri can require all students to take drug tests, a federal appeals court panel ruled. The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its 2-1 ruling Monday. At issue was a lawsuit the American Civil Liberties Union filed after the State Technical College of Missouri in Linn began drug testing all first-year students and some returning students in 2011...
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Chaffee girls basketball team uses big fourth quarter to pull away from Woodland
(High School Sports ~ 12/10/15)
Top-seeded Chaffee won 64-48 over the fifth-seeded Cardinals on Wednesday night in a semifinal of the Lady Devil Invitational at Chaffee High School.
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Scott City Robotics Team Is Going To State
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/10/15)
Robotics team #6377, The Other Guys, found success at the Florissant Valley FTC Qualifier in St. Louis. They were part of the winning alliance and qualified for the State Championship in Rolla. For the seniors on the team, this makes three times in four years they have advanced to the competition in Rolla...
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Ford and Sons add $2,000 to Shop with a Hero funds
(Submitted Story ~ 12/10/15)
Florence Harold, left, and Pam Pfanstiel of Ford and Sons Funeral Homes present a check for $1000 to Keith Green of the Cape Girardeau Police Officers Association Lodge 51 for the Shop with a Hero event held at Cape Walmart Supercenter on Dec. 8th. The amount is matched by another $1000 provided by the Funeral Directors Life Insurance Fund making the total of $2000 available to needy children who shop for their toys...
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The Boys and Girls Club of Cape Girardeau, Inc. Received Grant from US Bancorp
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/10/15)
The US Bancorp's Foundation Giving Program granted the Boys and Girls Club of Cape Girardeau, Inc. a check in the amount of $1,000.00. These proceeds will be used in the operations of providing a safe after school environment and programs for kids to learn, grow and have fun. Pictured: Shannon Daniels, Senior Financial Advisor of US Bank, Jeff Jernigan, Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club, and Jim Ham, Vice President -- Commercial Relationship Mgr. of US Bank...
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Coach Tom Matukewicz believes Southeast Missouri State football team on the right track
(College Sports ~ 12/10/15)
Tom Matukewicz is all about the process. The Southeast Missouri State football coach made that clear from the get-go. But he also made it clear that by his third season he wanted to be competing for an Ohio Valley Conference title. After his second season with the Redhawks wrapped up a few weeks ago at 4-7 and 3-4 in the conference, Matukewicz believes his program is still on the trajectory to meet the expectations he's set as part of that process...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/10/15)
Today in History Today is Thursday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2015. There are 21 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 10, 1905, the O. Henry short story "The Gift of the Magi" was published in the New York Sunday World Magazine under the title "Gifts of the Magi."...
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Students participate in bridge competition
(Editorial ~ 12/10/15)
It's impressive to watch students challenge themselves, particularly outside the normal scope of the classroom. Science fairs are great ways, knowledge bowls another. And still others like the Missouri Department of Transportation Bridge Building competition held on Nov. 19 in Cape Girardeau can challenge and inspire...
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Hooked on Science: Static electricity ornament
(Community ~ 12/10/15)
Materials n Polystyrene beads n Clear plastic craft ornament Instructions STEP 1: Remove the cap and hook from the ornament. Fill the ornament one-fourth of the way with polystyrene beads. Place the cap and hook back onto the ornament. STEP 2: Rapidly shake the ornament and observe...
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Cape Central to present jazz concert this weekend
(Community ~ 12/10/15)
Cape Girardeau Central High School will present its fourth annual Central Jazz concert at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the school's commons area. The concert, presented by the concert and women's choirs, will include a number of holiday classics, such as "Silent Night," "O Holy Night" and "The First Noel," as well as a mix of more modern tunes, such as "Java Jive," a jazz version of "Carol of the Bells" and "Fruitcake," a light, comical song about the traditional holiday cake's ingredients...
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Making handmade Season's Greetings
(Local News ~ 12/10/15)
Camille Wersel, 6, decorates handmade Christmas cards Wednedsay night at the Osage Centre for her godmothers and Miss Avis, her 100-year-old friend from church. It was part of the Merry Christmas to All event, which provides handmade cards for residents of area nursing homes and senior centers...
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7 mutts become world's first test-tube puppies
(National News ~ 12/10/15)
LOS ANGELES -- A team of veterinarians, scientists and lab workers gathered around a surrogate hound and watched her give birth to seven half-pound puppies, the first dogs ever conceived in a test tube. "We each took a puppy and rubbed it with a little towel and when it started to squiggle and cry, we knew we had success," said Dr. Alexander Travis, who runs the lab at the Baker Institute for Animal Health at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York...
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German leader Angela Merkel named Time's Person of the Year
(National News ~ 12/10/15)
NEW YORK -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named Time's Person of the Year, praised Wednesday by the magazine for her leadership on everything from Syrian refugees to the Greek debt crisis. Time also cited Merkel's strong response to "Vladimir Putin's creeping theft of Ukraine" and on its cover called her "Chancellor of the Free World."...
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Supreme Court torn over Texas affirmative-action program
(National News ~ 12/10/15)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court appears torn over the use of race in college admissions and may not be ready to make a decision without more information. During arguments Wednesday, several justices asked about the value of ordering more hearings in a case from Texas that was before them for the second time...
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Missouri Supreme Court weighs case on gun shop liability
(State News ~ 12/10/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A lawyer for a Missouri mother who says a pawn shop should be held accountable for selling her mentally ill daughter the gun she used to kill her own father challenged a claim that state and federal law protects the seller from liability...
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Police: 3 caught with $150,000 worth of marijuana
(State News ~ 12/10/15)
SULLIVAN, Mo. -- Three Texas residents are facing charges after allegedly being found in eastern Missouri with marijuana valued at more than $150,000. KMOV-TV reported all three were arrested Saturday in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store in Sullivan. Police say a search of two vehicles found 20 pounds of marijuana packed for individual sale, along with $2,400 in cash...
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Chicago mayor apologizes for teen's death, vows reforms
(National News ~ 12/10/15)
CHICAGO -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel, known for keeping vise-like control over Chicago and his political image, finds himself in the weakest position of his long public career as he struggles to respond to a police scandal, claims of cover-ups at City Hall and calls for his resignation...
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Births 12/10/15
(Births ~ 12/10/15)
Son to Billy Joe and Lindsay Renae Gilliland of Scott City, Saint Francis Medical Center, 6:37 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. Name, Beau Matthew. Weight, 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Gilliland is the former Lindsay Frias, daughter of Roland and Becky Frias of Sikeston, Missouri. She works at Marion Eye Center. Gilliland is the son of Bill and Michele Gilliland of Chaffee, Missouri, and Terry Paxton of Sikeston, Missouri. He is employed by New Wave Communications...
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Out of the past: Dec. 10
(Out of the Past ~ 12/10/15)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A Charleston man trapped in Kuwait since the Iraqi army's invasion is on his way home; Randal Warren, 49, of Charleston, has been hiding out in Kuwait since Aug. 2; his family hopes to learn today when his plane will fly into the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport...
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Secret Santa brings gifts of cash, hope to Ferguson
(State News ~ 12/10/15)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- Gherica Lewis expected the worst when five squad cars -- sirens blaring -- stopped suddenly as she walked with her 10-month-old daughter and the girl's father along the street in Ferguson, Missouri, where riot police clashed with protesters for months after Michael Brown's shooting death, making widespread arrests and deploying tear gas to control sometimes violent crowds...
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Education law rewrite passes Congress
(National News ~ 12/10/15)
WASHINGTON -- Those federally mandated math and reading tests will continue, but a rewrite of the nation's education law now will give states -- not the U.S. government -- authority on how to use results in evaluating teachers and schools. The Senate on Wednesday voted 85-12 to approve legislation rewriting the landmark No Child Left Behind education law of 2002. President Barack Obama will sign it into law today...
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Trump has knack for drowning out rivals
(National News ~ 12/10/15)
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Even campaigning half as much as his rivals, Donald Trump is drowning them out in an echo chamber of insults and charged pronouncements that have taken over the presidential campaign. Frustrated GOP candidates traveling across Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina are struggling to be heard...
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FBI: California shooters radicalized at least 2 years ago
(National News ~ 12/10/15)
WASHINGTON -- The two San Bernardino shooters were radicalized at least two years ago -- before one of them came to the U.S. on a fiancee visa -- and discussed jihad and martyrdom as early as 2013, FBI director James Comey said Wednesday. Investigators also are looking at whether the husband accused in the shootings was planning an attack in 2012 but abandoned those plans, according to two people familiar with the investigation who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.. ...
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Officer testifies in his own defense at Freddie Gray trial
(National News ~ 12/10/15)
BALTIMORE -- Officer William Porter was poised and calm as he testified in his defense Wednesday, telling jurors he didn't call an ambulance for Freddie Gray because Gray was alert, appeared uninjured and didn't complain of pain or wounds in the back of a police van...
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Adele's '25,' 'Uptown Funk' top iTunes end-of-year lists
(Entertainment ~ 12/10/15)
NEW YORK -- To no one's surprise, Adele's "25" is the best-selling album on iTunes for 2015. Apple announced Wednesday Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" was the year's biggest single, and Adele's "Hello" is sixth on the songs list. Ed Sheeran's "Thinking out Loud," Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again," Maroon 5's "Sugar" and "Shut Up and Dance" by Walk the Moon ranked second through fifth, respectively...
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Saudi women face off against men for first time in elections
(International News ~ 12/10/15)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Outside the Saudi capital, in one of the country's most conservative provinces, Jowhara al-Wably is making history. She's running in this weekend's elections. Saturday's vote for local council seats marks two milestones for Saudi women like al-Wably: Not only can they run in a government election for the first time, but it is the first time they are permitted to vote at all...
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Draft of climate accord leaves big issues unresolved
(International News ~ 12/10/15)
LE BOURGET, France -- With two days left to reach a deal, negotiators at the world climate talks released a new draft Wednesday that drops the most radical ideas -- including an international tribunal to punish polluters -- but leaves major issues unresolved, such as who should pay to help the most vulnerable nations cope with global warming...
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Governor: Puerto Rico default appears likely on upcoming bond payments
(International News ~ 12/10/15)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico's governor said Wednesday it's probable the U.S. territory will be unable to make more upcoming debt payments because it has no more money amid a worsening economic crisis. Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla spoke during a trip to Washington to meet with Republican legislators and others before a vote by Congress that might include a provision giving Puerto Rico public agencies access to Chapter 9 bankruptcy provisions...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 12/10/15
(Local News ~ 12/10/15)
1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today n Minutes of the Dec. 7 meeting n None at this time n Items listed on the agenda n Purchase orders n Payroll change forms n Public Service Commission orders n 2016 CDBG application workshops n Doug Mueller, representing WE Walker-Lakenan Insurance, will present insurance proposal for property, inland marine, commercial crime, terrorism and earthquake...
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Man accused of dumping cousin's body after heroin overdose
(State News ~ 12/10/15)
HAZELWOOD, Mo. -- An Illinois man is charged with abandonment of a corpse for allegedly dumping the body of a cousin who died of a heroin overdose near a St. Louis County creek. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported 40-year-old William Van Zandt of West Frankfort, Illinois, is accused of disposing of the body of 45-year-old Arthur Van Zandt Jr. The body was found in September in a field near a creek in Hazelwood. Police say vegetation and logs were used to conceal the body...
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Missouri authorities say courthouse escapee captured
(State News ~ 12/10/15)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- Missouri authorities have caught a suspect who is accused of fleeing when a bailiff attempted to take him into custody. The Sedalia Democrat reported 35-year-old Jeremiah Jones of Sedalia was captured Tuesday. Jones had been in court for a resisting/interfering with arrest charge from Sept. ...
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Missouri coroner: Man charged with killing has dementia
(State News ~ 12/10/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Missouri coroner says a man charged with killing his wife has dementia. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported Randolph County Coroner Gerald Luntsford said he talked to people who knew 81-year-old Vernon Head. One friend told Luntsford that Head didn't even know his own name...
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Suspects in Springfield Wal-Mart case wanted in California
(State News ~ 12/10/15)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Police say three people suspected of shoplifting at a south Springfield Wal-Mart also are suspects in a shooting in central California. Two people, Billy Littlefield and Peyton Garncia, both of Los Banos, California, are jailed in Greene County after their arrests Tuesday night. A third suspect, Carl Littlefield -- Billy's brother -- has eluded capture...
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Man in St. Louis jail dies after struggle with officers
(State News ~ 12/10/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The family of a St. Louis jail inmate who died in custody is disputing the police version of what happened. Police said 27-year-old Nicholas Gilbert died Tuesday evening after a struggle with officers who tried to prevent him from killing himself in a holdover cell...
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Bessie Bozarth
(Obituary ~ 12/10/15)
Bessie R. Bozarth, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, at The Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Entombment will be at the Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum...
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Jackson police report 12/10/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/10/15)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Brandie R. England, 31, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear on a show-cause order. n Meagan D. Sellers, 22, 318 Greensferry Road, was arrested on suspicion of theft...
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Rams D loses Quinn, McDonald to season-ending surgeries
(Professional Sports ~ 12/10/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Rams have lost two defensive stalwarts for the rest of the season, with end Robert Quinn to undergo back surgery and hard-hitting safety T.J. McDonald headed for a shoulder procedure. Coach Jeff Fisher said Wednesday both players will be placed on injured reserve...
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High school roundup: Kelly girls basketball team tops Delta, advances to Lady Devil Invitational semifinals
(High School Sports ~ 12/10/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Wednesday.
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Puryear's 18 points leads Missouri past Omaha
(College Sports ~ 12/10/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Kevin Puryear scored 18 points and hauled in eight rebounds as Missouri held off Omaha for an 85-78 victory Wednesday night. The Tigers' leading scorer was particularly efficient, shooting 5 for 8 from the field and 7 for 8 from the free-throw line in 25 minutes of play...
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Discovery Playhouse soon may begin work on second floor
(Local News ~ 12/10/15)
As the countdown to 2016 begins, the folks at Discovery Playhouse in downtown Cape Girardeau are closer to tackling more work on the building's second floor. Long-awaited exhibit walls could begin construction in the next couple of weeks if a building contractor is chosen by Friday...
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Marble Hill aldermen to act as planning and zoning board
(Local News ~ 12/10/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Marble Hill's board of aldermen will serve as the city's planning and zoning board until such a board can be re-established. The planning and zoning board no longer exists because some members have moved or are in ill health. The aldermen met in special session Friday afternoon to make the decision because the city recently needed the planning and zoning board's services...
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Regional briefs 12/10/15
(Local News ~ 12/10/15)
WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- The Environmental Protection Agency is backpedaling its approval of a herbicide containing the same chemicals that allegedly sickened three people in the spring of 2015 near Wappapello, reported the Daily American Republic. The EPA announced in a court filing Nov. ...
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Student research may rewrite Jasper County Civil War history
(State News ~ 12/10/15)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A Missouri State University graduate student's research findings may rewrite the history of the Civil War in Jasper County in Missouri. The Joplin Globe reported Christopher Dukes outlined two findings based on his research to the Jasper County Commission on Tuesday...
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Nation, world briefs 12/10/15
(National News ~ 12/10/15)
AUSTIN, Texas -- A federal judge Wednesday knocked Texas for offering "largely speculative hearsay" about extremists possibly infiltrating Syrian refugees seeking to resettle in the state, rejecting another attempt by Republican leaders to keep out families fleeing the war-torn country. ...
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Hundreds of coffee cans wash up on beach
(National News ~ 12/10/15)
INDIALANTIC, Fla. -- Hundreds of sealed coffee cans and vacuum-packed coffee bricks washed ashore along Florida's Space Coast, and officials believe they may be from containers that fell off a barge last weekend. The yellow-and-red packages of Cafe Bustelo dotted the beach Tuesday in Indialantic, where beach combers were scooping them up and stuffing them into bags. As many as 25 containers fell overboard, including one that contained batteries...
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Education briefs 12/10/15
(Community ~ 12/10/15)
Kacie Hampton of Marble Hill, Missouri, was named a presidential ambassador to Southeast Missouri State University President Carlos Vargas. Hampton is a sophomore at the university and is majoring in exceptional child education. She is a 2014 graduate of Leopold High School and the daughter of Chris and Aimee Hampton of Marble Hill...
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The cost of war
(Column ~ 12/10/15)
If you have been able to stomach listening to the politicians running for nominations, you have surely heard all kinds of proposals for fighting ISIS/ISIL. This column includes information to weigh with those proposals. In any war, there will be a loss of some equipment, vehicles and munitions. ...
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Prayer 12/10/15
(Prayer ~ 12/10/15)
O God, may we live a life of service, being willing to help others in need. Amen.
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