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'A monster': A deadly Hurricane Matthew closes in on Florida
(National News ~ 10/07/16)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Hurricane Matthew pelted Florida with heavy rains as the deadly storm steamed ever closer to the coast with potentially catastrophic winds of 130 mph Thursday. Two million people across the Southeast were warned to flee inland...
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Road work 10/7/16
(Local News ~ 10/07/16)
The times for the pavement repairs on Highway 51 in Perry County have changed, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation Department news release. The highway, between Interstate 55 and Main Street, will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot restriction from 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. daily Oct. 17 through Nov. 17...
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Dexter Queen barbecue to open restaurant in Cape
(Local News ~ 10/07/16)
One might expect a restaurant with a name like Dexter Queen and a longstanding location to remain content in the small Southeast Missouri town of Dexter. One would be wrong. Lori Hawkins, who owns the 67-year-old barbecue restaurant, has been looking to expand...
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Cape fire officials explain policies for open burning
(Local News ~ 10/07/16)
Cape Girardeau residents could feel the burn if they don’t comply with the city’s fire-safety regulations. Assistant fire chief Mark Hasheider said the most common violations involve burning materials that are illegal to burn in the city. “You are not allowed to burn paper products or cardboard,” Hasheider said. “We have had people try to burn furniture.”...
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Domestic-violence reports have increased in Cape Girardeau County
(Local News ~ 10/07/16)
Women — and some men — are abused physically on a daily basis in Cape Girardeau County. On many days, there is more than one victim, according to statistics compiled by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. And numbers show the abuse problem locally is getting worse...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/07/16)
Today in History Today is Friday, Oct. 7, the 281st day of 2016. There are 85 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 7, 1916, in the most lopsided victory in college football history, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222-0 in Atlanta...
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Prayer 10-7-16
(Prayer ~ 10/07/16)
O Lord Jesus, we sing songs of praise, giving you all the glory and honor. Amen.
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Speak Out 10/7/16
(Speak Out ~ 10/07/16)
The idea of providing space for a community garden may be noble, but it isn't always workable. The garden on Perryville Road is a mess and has been an eyesore since day one. I'm sure the planners had the best of intentions, but maybe it's time to focus on a more suitable community service project. Now is the ideal time to replant the grass...
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The effects of power
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/07/16)
When does it start? The evil that begins when a man gets the power to rule a country? How does the power corrupt the man who lives in the palace? What evil happens if he has to imprison/execute his opposition? The citizens suffer under his dictatorship for years waiting until many think there are enough of like-minded people that they could revolt. ...
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Uptown Jackson celebrates Oktoberfest on Saturday
(Editorial ~ 10/07/16)
Ready to get out your lederhosen? Eat some pretzels and bratwurst? Even if those aren’t on your to-do list, Uptown Jackson’s Oktoberfest should be. There’s plenty more to the event than just good and traditional German clothing. It’s the fourth year for the event, which had 8,000 in attendance last year. Organizers expect an even larger crowd will be at this year’s event, which is from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. There’s no admission charge...
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The River Campus is all grown up -- and wow!
(Column ~ 10/07/16)
It was near the end of the 1990s when Dale Nitzschke (did I get enough consonants in there?), president of Southeast Missouri State University at the time, stood on the low bluff overlooking the Mississippi River near the old St. Vincent's College buildings and announced that we were sitting on what would become a campus for the visual and performing arts...
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Out of the past: Oct. 7
(Out of the Past ~ 10/07/16)
Sunday hours proved to be popular with users of the Cape Girardeau Public Library; director Terry Risko says 115 people visited the library yesterday, which had Sunday hours for the first time. The FISH food pantry at Maple Avenue United Methodist Church is in much better shape after yesterday's community food drive; area churches donated between 400 and 500 bags of food to the pantry...
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Marla Rambo
(Obituary ~ 10/07/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Marla Dean Rambo, 50, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the chapel. Burial will be in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery near Marble Hill...
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Lawrence Breeze
(Obituary ~ 10/07/16)
Lawrence Edward Breeze, 94, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 3, 1922, on a farm outside Chillicothe, Missouri, the only child of Daniel S. and Clara Griner Breeze. He attended a one-room country school and graduated from Lock Springs (Missouri) High School...
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Mary Bradshaw
(Obituary ~ 10/07/16)
Mary Faye Bradshaw, 67, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, at her home. She was born Saturday, Oct. 23, 1948, in Denver to Ulysses Lonzo "Arkie" and Ovillia Mary Ann Powers DePriest. She and Kenneth Bradshaw were married Nov. 14, 1978...
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Letty Bradshaw
(Obituary ~ 10/07/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Letty Lou Bradshaw, 80, of Chaffee, Missouri, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. She was born June 18, 1936, in Paragould, Arkansas, to Roy D. and Mamie Harvell Williams. She and Jerome D. Bradshaw were married Aug. 11, 1956, at Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death in March 2000...
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Sarah Jessica Parker wedded to a new HBO comedy, 'Divorce'
(Entertainment ~ 10/07/16)
NEW YORK -- In August 2000, a Time magazine cover story touting singles life displayed Sarah Jessica Parker and her three "Sex and the City" co-stars with the headline: "Who Needs a Husband?" That question could apply, in spades, to Parker's new HBO comedy, a piercingly honest yet droll exploration of a marriage on the rocks titled, brazenly, "Divorce."...
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First Friday receptions 10/7/16
(Entertainment ~ 10/07/16)
Kick off Halloween month with special Trick-Art-Treat events, including a hayride down Broadway, a costume contest, "photo BOO-th," spooky storytelling, live music, face painting and trick-or-treating. Bring a stamp card with seven stamps from participating locations to receive either a free fall or pumpkin beer from Broadway Biergarten or free chips and salsa with the purchase of a drink and entree from Burrito-Ville...
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Artifacts 10/7/16
(Entertainment ~ 10/07/16)
"Mary and Belle: Two Spirited Gals," a free play consisting of three very short scenes, will be performed by the River City Players Community Theatre as a part of First Friday with the Arts, starting at 6:30 p.m. today at the Arts Council Gallery, 16 N. ...
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Best Bet: Uptown Jackson to host annual Oktoberfest
(Entertainment ~ 10/07/16)
Uptown Jackson will host its annual Oktoberfest from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday in uptown Jackson. There will be no admission charge for the event. There will be sidewalk painting, a pet parade and various other family-friendly activities. There also will be German food vendors and craft vendors, as well as a wine garden and craft beer available. Live music will be provided by Pat Schwent and her German Brass Band, duo Makenna and Brock and the band Outside the Lines...
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#SemoSelfie 10/7/16
(Entertainment ~ 10/07/16)
Just a girl and her "yipsticks" #latergram #brooklynjoan #momlife #semoselfie
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VintageNOW fundraiser will take it back to the 1940s on Oct. 22
(Entertainment ~ 10/07/16)
Deb Maevers, owner of Pastimes Antiques in Cape Girardeau, is thrilled to be putting on the seventh annual VintageNOW Fashion Show on Oct. 22. "We wanted to have a fun, relevant theme, and with the election so close, we thought, 'Why not do something with American pride and vintage flair? So we went with 1940s USO shows,'" she said of the show, which will be at the Osage Centre, 1625 N. ...
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Security Council formally nominates Guterres
(International News ~ 10/07/16)
UNITED NATIONS -- Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres, who was nominated formally Thursday to be the next U.N. secretary-general, said he faces "huge challenges" and hopes to see unity and consensus during his term. Security Council President Vitaly Churkin, Russia's U.N. ambassador, said members approved a resolution by acclamation recommending Guterres for a five-year term during a closed-door meeting...
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Russia strongly warns U.S. against striking Syrian army
(International News ~ 10/07/16)
MOSCOW -- The Russian military on Thursday strongly warned the United States against striking the Syrian army, noting its air-defense weapons in Syria stand ready to fend off any attack. The statement underlined high tensions between Moscow and Washington after the collapse of a U.S.-Russia-brokered Syria truce and the Syrian army's offensive on Aleppo backed by Russian warplanes...
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Pakistan's lawmakers toughen penalty for 'honor' killings
(International News ~ 10/07/16)
ISLAMABAD -- Despite objections from religious hard-liners, lawmakers Thursday took the first significant move to curb mounting numbers of "honor" killings in Pakistan, stiffening the penalties and closing a loophole that allowed such killers to go free...
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Man founds political Pizza Party
(National News ~ 10/07/16)
BOSTON -- Josh Freeman is searching for his slice of the Massachusetts electorate. Freeman, 42, is the founder of the Pizza Party, a political designation officially recognized by state election officials. Freeman told the Enterprise of Brockton he doesn't recruit members, and no Pizza Party candidate ever has run for office or raised any money. ...
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Government to pick plans for displaced health-law customers
(National News ~ 10/07/16)
WASHINGTON -- Worried insurers bailing out of the health law's markets may prompt their customers to drop out, too, the Obama administration plans to steer affected policyholders to remaining insurance companies. But those consumers could get an unwelcome surprise if their new government-recommended plan isn't what they're used to...
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Obama's 'peacemaker' legacy tarnished by war
(National News ~ 10/07/16)
WASHINGTON -- Seven years ago this week, when a young American president learned he'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize barely nine months into his first term -- arguably before he'd made any peace -- a somewhat embarrassed Barack Obama asked his aides to write an acceptance speech that addressed the awkwardness of the award...
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Report faults top Pentagon aide's behavior at overseas clubs
(National News ~ 10/07/16)
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Ash Carter's former senior military aide used his government credit card at strip clubs or gentlemen's clubs in Rome and Seoul, drank in excess and had "improper interactions" with women during business travel with Carter, according to a report released Thursday by the Defense Department inspector general...
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FBI: Minnesota mall attacker newly interested in religion
(National News ~ 10/07/16)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- The man who stabbed 10 people at a Minnesota mall had become interested in Islam in the last several months, withdrew from his friends and encouraged female relatives to be more religious, the FBI said Thursday. "We were told (he) had not previously shown an interest in religion," but after 20-year-old Dahir Ahmed Adan did, he went from being a high academic performer to failing out of college "almost overnight," FBI special agent Rick Thornton said at a news conference...
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Archdiocese offers compensation to abuse victims
(National News ~ 10/07/16)
NEW YORK -- Victims of clergy sex abuse willing to forego lawsuits against New York's Roman Catholic archdiocese can seek compensation through a new church fund announced Thursday, but any records of such abuse and what the church did about problem priests will remain private...
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Candidates cut Florida campaigns as Matthew approaches
(National News ~ 10/07/16)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Like thousands of other Americans, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton upended their plans Thursday in Florida, where Hurricane Matthew threatened to wreak havoc on final-stretch presidential campaigning in a critical swing state. The campaigns rushed to move staff and volunteers, close offices and cancel events in the path of the storm. And as many Floridians heeded calls to evacuate, both candidates began the delicate task of pursuing votes during a crisis...
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Hurricane death toll jumps sharply in hard-hit Haiti
(International News ~ 10/07/16)
LES CAYES, Haiti -- Haitian officials on Thursday raised the known death toll from Hurricane Matthew as they finally began to reach corners of the country that had been cut off by the storm. Interior Minister Francois Anick Joseph announced at least 108 had died, up from a previous count of 23. That increased the hurricane's overall toll across the Caribbean to 114...
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Ex-cop gets prison in civil-rights case
(State News ~ 10/07/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A former St. Louis-area police officer has been ordered to spend four years and three months in federal prison for conspiring with others to arrest a mayoral candidate on false allegations. Thirty-six-year-old Steven Blakeney was sentenced Thursday in St. Louis. He was convicted in January of one count each of conspiracy against rights, deprivation of rights and falsification of records...
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Missouri man charged in brother's shooting
(State News ~ 10/07/16)
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. -- Court records say a Missouri man was playing with a gun when he fatally shot his brother, who had been brushing his teeth with his 2-year-old son. The Jackson County prosecutor's office said Thursday that 24-year-old Lawrence Barr of Lee's Summit is charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action...
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Kansas City public asked to check cameras in missing-woman case
(State News ~ 10/07/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri investigators are asking people for their assistance as they continue to look for a Raymore woman who has been missing since Sept. 8. The Kansas City Star reported detectives investigating the disappearance of 21-year-old Jessica Runions want anyone in the Kansas City metro area with trail cameras to review their video footage from Sept. 8 and Sept. 9 to see whether they have footage of a dark-colored SUV or anything out of the ordinary...
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Police investigate Moberly homicide
(State News ~ 10/07/16)
MOBERLY, Mo. -- Authorities are investigating after a man's body was found inside a central Missouri home where there was a small fire. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported officers were responding to a report of shots fired when the discovery was made Thursday morning in Moberly...
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Murder suspect guilty of gun charge
(State News ~ 10/07/16)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A man charged with fatally shooting four people at a Missouri motel has been convicted of a federal gun charge. Scott Goodwin-Bey, 49, was found guilty Tuesday of being a felon in possession of a firearm, The Springfield News-Leader reported. He faces up to 10 years in prison on the gun conviction, according to prosecutors. A sentencing hearing hasn't been scheduled...
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Sheriff leaves commission post over conflict-of-interest
(State News ~ 10/07/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri sheriff appointed to a commission that oversees the state's public-defender system has stepped down barely a month after taking the job. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Jefferson County Sheriff Oliver "Glenn" Boyer resigned Monday, citing health issues and a possible conflict of interest...
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Missouri officer killed in shooting; 18-year-old charged
(State News ~ 10/07/16)
CLAYTON, Mo. — A St. Louis County police officer was shot to death Thursday after responding to a report of a disturbance, and prosecutors charged an 18-year-old man in the killing. Officer Blake Snyder, 33, was shot point-blank after encountering the man accused of causing the disturbance in a normally quiet, middle-class suburban neighborhood in Green Park, St. Louis County police chief Jon Belmar said...
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