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Huge cuts to food stamps part of Trump's budget proposal
(National News ~ 05/22/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's budget would drive millions of people off of food stamps, part of a new wave of spending-cut proposals that already are getting panned by lawmakers in both parties on Capitol Hill. Trump's blueprint for the 2018 budget year comes out Tuesday...
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Area districts get ready for summer school
(Local News ~ 05/22/17)
Now that the regular school year is over, schools and some students are looking ahead to summer school. Christa Turner, director of academic services at the Cape Girardeau School District, said Friday the summer school program is looking good, enrollment-wise...
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Downtown businesses glad construction is finished, traffic moving again
(Local News ~ 05/22/17)
With Main Street's new concrete streets and sidewalks open again, business is returning to normal for some downtown shop owners. "Business has definitely picked back up, especially for consignment," said Reruns owner Pam Deneke. "People are bringing things back in. ... We're just waiting for the dust to settle."...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/22/17)
Today in History Today is Monday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2017. There are 223 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 22, 1992, after a reign lasting nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for the final time (Jay Leno took over as host three days later)...
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Sycophants, men of straw
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/22/17)
Before he was beheaded on July 6, 1535 as ordered by king Henry the 8th, Sir Thomas More's last words were said to be, "I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first." There were no other principled men in king Henry's court where the practice of fine art of sycophancy ensured their safety and security...
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Facility upgrades to improve education in Cape, region
(Editorial ~ 05/22/17)
Officials cut the ribbon on Cape Girardeau's expanded Career and Technology Center recently. They unveiled the $3.8 million, 25,000 square-foot facility, which was built behind the main building on the CTC campus on Silver Springs Road. According to reporting by Tyler Graef, the new facility adds eight classrooms, three computer labs, a health-care lab and a science lab. ...
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'Alien: Covenant' edges 'Guardians' at weekend box office
(Entertainment ~ 05/22/17)
LOS ANGELES -- "Alien: Covenant" edged "Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2" in the weekend box-office space battle. Ridley Scott's latest "Alien" exploit opened with $36 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. "Guardians" was close behind with just over $35 million in its third week of release...
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Belva Ruth
(Obituary ~ 05/22/17)
Belva Welch Ruth, 68, of Scott City died Saturday, May 20, 2017, at her home. She was born Feb. 19, 1949, in Doniphan, Missouri, the daughter of J.R. and Lessie Bennett Welch. After her mother's death, she was raised by her oldest sister in Zalma, Missouri...
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Carrie Darter
(Obituary ~ 05/22/17)
Carrie A. Darter, 91, of Cape Girardeau went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 19, 2017, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born April 10, 1926, in Advance, Missouri, to Guy and Estle Hawkins McNeely. She and Roy William Darter were married Friday, March 1, 1946, at Cape Girardeau. He passed away May 8, 2014...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 5/22/17
(Local News ~ 05/22/17)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes of the May 18 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Jackson police report 5/22/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/22/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Citations n Randy King, 61, of Cape Girardeau was issued a citation for operating a motor vehicle while driver's license suspended and failure to stop at a posted stop sign...
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Strapped UN health agency spends big on travel
(International News ~ 05/22/17)
LONDON -- The World Health Organization routinely spends about $200 million a year on travel -- far more than what it doles out to fight some of the biggest problems in public health, including AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press...
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Panels pledge thorough probe into Comey firing
(National News ~ 05/22/17)
WASHINGTON -- Members of key congressional committees pledged Sunday to proceed with aggressive investigations into Russia's meddling in the U.S. election and ties with the Trump campaign, saying the American people need a full airing as to why former FBI director James Comey was ousted...
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North Korea fires medium-range missile
(International News ~ 05/22/17)
SEOUL, South Korea -- In its latest effort to develop its ballistic and nuclear weapons, North Korea fired a medium-range missile Sunday that appeared to be similar to one it tested earlier this year, U.S. and South Korean officials said. The rocket was fired from an area near the North Korean county of Pukchang in South Phyongan Province and flew east about 310 miles, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The U.S. Pacific Command said it tracked the missile before it fell into the sea...
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Trump urges Mideast nations to drive out 'Islamic extremism'
(International News ~ 05/22/17)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- President Donald Trump on Sunday implored Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries to extinguish "Islamic extremism" emanating from the region, describing a "battle between good and evil" rather than a clash between the West and Islam...
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Pope names cardinals for Laos, Mali, Sweden, Spain, Salvador
(International News ~ 05/22/17)
VATICAN CITY -- In a surprise announcement Sunday, Pope Francis named new cardinals for Spain, El Salvador and three countries where Catholics are a tiny minority: Mali, Laos and Sweden. "Their origin, from different parts of the world, manifests the universality of the Church spread out all over the Earth," Francis said, speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace to thousands of faithful in St. Peter's Square...
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Trump lavishes praise on Saudis, but silent on human rights
(International News ~ 05/22/17)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- As President Donald Trump opened his keynote address in Saudi Arabia, he lavished praise on the "magnificent" kingdom and "the grandeur of this remarkable place." Then he made clear there would be no public lecture from America on Saudi Arabia's abysmal human-rights record...
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Court: Much of ex-inmate's $200,000 deal to go to victims
(State News ~ 05/22/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A convicted car thief who injured himself while playing basketball in federal prison won $200,000 from the U.S. government, but it appears most of that money will go to his victims. That's because the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a district judge's ruling more than $145,000 of Kappelle Simpson-El's payout from his lawsuit against the U.S. ...
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Next stop for Trump is Israel, in pursuit of 'ultimate deal'
(International News ~ 05/22/17)
JERUSALEM -- President Donald Trump has cast the elusive pursuit of peace between Israelis and Palestinians as the "ultimate deal." But he will step foot in Israel having offered few indications of how he plans to achieve what so many of his predecessors could not...
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Springfield to try new approach at large homeless camp
(State News ~ 05/22/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Not-for-profit groups and Springfield officials plan a new approach to a large homeless camp in the city that will provide services at the camp for about a week before the city begins ticketing people there, with a goal of permanently clearing the property...
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Out of the past: May 22
(Out of the Past ~ 05/22/17)
Vicki and Todd Lanz plan to open Capetown Safari, a drive-through animal park and petting zoo, next month. The site is the old 5-H Ranch, owned by Vicki Lantz's father, Dave Hale, who has been in the exotic-animals business for more than two decades...
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Drake breaks Adele's record at Billboard Music Awards
(Entertainment ~ 05/22/17)
LAS VEGAS -- Hello, Drake surpassed Adele's record at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, picking up 13 awards. Adele set a record at the show in 2012 with 12 wins. The rapper, who walked into the show Sunday with 22 nominations, won top artist, top male artist and top Billboard 200 album ("Views"), among others, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas...
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Wal-Mart sees online sales surge, more shoppers at stores
(Business ~ 05/22/17)
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart saw online sales surge as it changed up its shipping offers and drew more shoppers to its stores as well in the most recent quarter, even as retail overall is more competitive. The world's largest retailer said Thursday sales at established stores rose for the 11th straight quarter, and customer traffic rose for the tenth quarter in a row. That's a contrast with many rivals that saw both those figures drop...
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Feds, Wal-Mart allege canned-tuna prices were fixed
(Business ~ 05/22/17)
BANGKOK -- Executives of the most popular tuna brands in the U.S. -- Chicken of the Sea, Bumble Bee and StarKist -- conspired to keep prices high for consumers with a taste for one of America's favorite sandwich ingredients, according to criminal and civil court records updated last week...
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Business notebook: Woman, sister-in-law buy Perryville custom-wear shop
(Business ~ 05/22/17)
Tracy Hemmann saw an opportunity when her former boss, Cindy Kirn, decided to retire. Hemmann had worked at the K&L Sports Locker custom-wear shop on the downtown square of Perryville, Missouri, for about 18 years, so she knew how to run the place. But she couldn't do it alone, so she turned to her sister-in-law, Melissa Hemmann...
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Trump's combative trade stance makes some farmers nervous
(Business ~ 05/22/17)
WASHINGTON -- A sizable majority of rural Americans backed Donald Trump's presidential bid, drawn to his calls to slash environmental rules, strengthen law enforcement and replace the federal health-care law. But last month, many of them struck a sour note after White House aides signaled Trump would deliver on another signature vow by edging toward abandoning the North American Free Trade Agreement...
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Ringling Bros. Circus holds final show after 146 years
(Entertainment ~ 05/22/17)
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus began its final show Sunday evening after 146 years of wowing audiences with its "Greatest Show on Earth." Earlier in the day, as the circus performed its second-to-last show at the Nassau County Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, about 30 miles east of New York City, a group of retired and former circus performers sat across the street at a hotel bar, laughing and hugging and sharing memories of tours past...
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People on the move 5/22/17
(Business ~ 05/22/17)
Otolaryngologist Christopher H. Jung joined Cape ENT Group. He has been affiliated with Saint Francis Medical Center for years through his former private practice, Southeast MIssouri Sinus and Laser Center. Jung earned his medical degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia and completed his internship and general-surgery residency at Menorah Medical School in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
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'Migrant Mother' photographer's images of oppressed resonate
(Entertainment ~ 05/22/17)
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Dorothea Lange was driving by a pea pickers' camp on the California coast when she stumbled across a weary mother and her many children huddled in a lean-to. It was 1936, during the throes of the Great Depression, and Lange took out her camera...
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Ark bearing popular Saint Nicholas' relics come to Moscow
(International News ~ 05/22/17)
MOSCOW -- Relics of Saint Nicholas, one of the Russian Orthodox Church's most revered figures, arrived in Moscow on Sunday from an Italian church where they have lain for 930 years. Intense media coverage accompanied the arrival, underlining the church's influence in post-Soviet Russia...
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Firefighters rescue turkey chicks from drain
(National News ~ 05/22/17)
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- For once, there's a turkey giving thanks. The Asheville Fire Department was called after people walking a dog noticed a frantic hen turkey. An investigation found eight baby turkeys, or poults, stuck in a storm drain and calling for their mama. Firefighters had to call for backup to get equipment to get the drain cover off, and they found the poults in the middle of a pipe that runs under a road. Firefighters rounded up the babies and reunited them with the hen...
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Births 5/22/17
(Births ~ 05/22/17)
Daughter to Brent Russell Forck and Hunter Alexyss Hewitt of Benton, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 4:45 a.m. Thursday, May 11, 2017. Name, Brendyn Grace. Weight, 7 pounds, 13 ounces. First child. Hewitt is the daughter of Misty Sindle of Canalou, Missouri. Forck is the son of C.B. and Pam Forck of Benton and Stacy and Jason Ourth of Benton. He is employed by Lawn Designs and Guttering LLC...
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Cape Girardeau sheriff's report 5/22/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/22/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Austin M. Darwin, 18, of Perryville, Missouri, was arrested on North Kingshighway on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for probation violation for two counts of harassment...
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Prayer 5/22/17
(Prayer ~ 05/22/17)
O Lord Jesus, may those in the midst of storms experience your peace. Amen.
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Manac Trailers USA, Inc., Helps Flood Victims
(Submitted Story ~ 05/22/17)
Recently during the floods, Manac Trailers USA, Inc., located in Oran, wanted to help flood victims. Employees were asked if they would like to volunteer their time to help bag sand for local communities. Volunteers worked on their own time to help make this a successful event. More than 700 bags were done and delivered...
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