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Park clean-up days scheduled in Cape and Jackson
(Local News ~ 04/19/18)
Cape Girardeau's annual Friends of the Park/Great Cape Clean Up Day will start at 9 a.m. Saturday with projects all over the city, but centered in Capaha Park, said Brock Davis, parks division manager with the city of Cape Girardeau. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at Shelter 3 in Capaha Park...
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Tours for Hope coming soon
(Local News ~ 04/19/18)
In the spirit of opening arms and homes to foster children, the Tours for Hope featuring five homes in Southeast Missouri to benefit Hope for One More will make its debut April 28. Realtor Lori Fowler said she and realtor Becky Harding reached out to the five homeowners and they were "gracious enough" to volunteer their homes and partner with Area Properties Real Estate -- River Region for the cause, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m...
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Pursuit of Proof: Evidence mounts in Lawless case
(Local News ~ 04/19/18)
On the night Mischelle Lawless was killed in 1992 along Interstate 55 near Benton, a man named Dallas Butler said he arrived at the murder scene, before police arrived. He was riding his motorcycle, he said, toward his mother's house in Mississippi County, crossing over on Highway 77 when he saw a car pulled over on the northbound exit ramp near the overpass. He turned his motorcycle toward the car, illuminating the car with his headlight...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/19/18)
Today is Thursday, April 19, the 109th day of 2018. There are 256 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 19, 1993, the 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ended as fire destroyed the structure after federal agents began smashing their way in; about 80 people, including two dozen children and sect leader David Koresh, were killed...
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Prada Tower explores effect of space on art in visually stunning layers
(Community ~ 04/19/18)
MILAN -- Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas says his nine-story tower for the Prada Foundation in Milan is meant to reveal the interaction between art and architecture. The white concrete Prada Tower, which is being inaugurated during Milan's Design Week, completes the foundation's contemporary art space. It combines restored structures with new buildings, helping to give new life to a former industrial neighborhood on the southern edge of the city...
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UN team fired on at suspected Syria attack site
(International News ~ 04/19/18)
BEIRUT -- Assailants opened fire at a U.N. security team visiting the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, an official said Wednesday, forcing it to retreat to its base and further delaying a fact-finding mission by outside experts to examine the claims...
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Trump says he'll sanction Russia as soon as he sees reason to
(National News ~ 04/19/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Wednesday nobody has been tougher on Russia than him and he'll hit Moscow with new sanctions "as soon as they very much deserve it." He also said building a good relationship with Russia is a "good, not bad" thing...
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GOP undoes rule to stop discrimination
(National News ~ 04/19/18)
WASHINGTON -- The GOP-led Senate voted Wednesday to block Obama-era guidance a consumer protection agency issued five years ago to help ensure lenders don't charge blacks and Hispanics higher interest rates on car loans. The vote was 51-47. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia was the only Democratic lawmaker to side with Republicans in voting for the measure, which now must pass the House before it goes to President Donald Trump for his signature...
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Trump: 'good relationship' with N. Korea
(National News ~ 04/19/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed his CIA chief secretly met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea and said "a good relationship was formed" heading into the adversaries' anticipated summit. Mike Pompeo's highly unusual talks "went smoothly," Trump tweeted, with details about a presidential meeting within the next few months "being worked out now."...
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U.S. firms seek relief from steel, aluminum tariffs
(National News ~ 04/19/18)
WASHINGTON -- Rising costs. Delayed shipments. A baffling bureaucracy. President Donald Trump's tariffs on imported aluminum and steel are disrupting business for American companies buying those metals, and many are pressing for relief. Hundreds of companies are asking the Commerce Department to exempt them from the 25 percent steel tariff and the 10 percent aluminum tariff...
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Korean leaders can discuss but can't end aged conflict
(International News ~ 04/19/18)
SEOUL, South Korea -- President Donald Trump has given his "blessing" for North and South Korea to discuss the end of the Korean War amid a diplomatic push to end the North Korean nuclear standoff. One problem: There can be no real talks without the involvement of the other countries involved in the 1950-53 war, and especially the United States...
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Puerto Rico blackout may last up to 36 hours
(International News ~ 04/19/18)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- An island-wide blackout hit Wednesday as the U.S. territory struggles to repair an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria. Officials said it could take 24 to 36 hours to fully restore power to more than 1.4 million customers as outrage grew across the island about the state of Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority. It is the second major outage in less than a week, with the previous one affecting some 840,000 customers...
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Israel at 70: Satisfaction and grim disquiet share the stage
(International News ~ 04/19/18)
JERUSALEM -- Is Israel a success as it turns 70? As Israelis commemorate the milestone this week, satisfaction and a grim disquiet share the stage. It has a standard of living rivaling Western Europe, though it lacks significant natural resources. It can boast of scientific achievements and military and technological clout beyond its modest size. ...
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Saudi Arabia marks cinema opening
(International News ~ 04/19/18)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia held a private screening Wednesday of the Hollywood blockbuster "Black Panther" to herald the launch of movie theaters in the kingdom, and tickets go on sale Thursday for public showings Friday. Authorities planned the invitation-only event in a concert hall converted into a cinema complex in the capital, Riyadh. The screening, attended by both men and women, will be followed by a rush to build movie theaters in major cities...
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Ex-Playboy model settles lawsuit over alleged Trump affair
(National News ~ 04/19/18)
LOS ANGELES -- A former Playboy model who said she had a 10-month affair with President Donald Trump settled her lawsuit Wednesday with a supermarket tabloid over an agreement that prohibited her from discussing the relationship publicly. Karen McDougal's settlement owner of the National Enquirer "restores to me the rights to my life story and frees me from this contract that I was misled into signing nearly two years ago," she said in a statement Wednesday...
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House, top Senate budgeter split on school funding
(State News ~ 04/19/18)
Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The top budgeter in the Missouri Senate on Wednesday proposed giving public K-12 schools $48 million more next fiscal year, which would mean about $50 million less than what House lawmakers approved. Senate Appropriations Chairman Dan Brown during a committee hearing pitched taking the $50 million in savings and putting half toward school busing and transportation. He moved another $17 million of that to help nursing home services...
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Greitens banking on public backing in not resigning post as governor
(State News ~ 04/19/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Accused of sexual and political misconduct, Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is defying calls to resign from top lawmakers in his own party while instead banking on steady support from the voters who backed his populist campaign against "corrupt insiders" and "career politicians."...
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Trump rewrites history on Comey
(National News ~ 04/19/18)
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- President Donald Trump is attempting to rewrite history on his rationale for firing James Comey as FBI director last year. In a Wednesday morning tweet sent as Comey promotes his criticism-filled new book, Trump says he "was not fired because of the phony Russia investigation." But in an interview days after the sudden firing, Trump revealed the probe into potential collusion during the 2016 campaign was on his mind at the time he made the decision...
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Trump cites 'very big deficit' with Japan
(National News ~ 04/19/18)
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- President Donald Trump said Wednesday during a second day of talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe he wants to see "free, fair and reciprocal trade" between the two countries and a whittling away of the trade deficit. "We have a very big deficit, and we're going to weed that down and hopefully get a balance at some point in the not-too-distant future," Trump said. ...
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Radar goes down at Paducah NWS; will be out for six weeks
(Local News ~ 04/19/18)
The National Weather Service at Paducah, Kentucky, reported Wednesday its Doppler radar system will be out of service until approximately mid-May. Rachel Trevino, meteorologist with NWS at Paducah, said service will not be affected. "When these systems were set up, they had the forethought to have radars that will overlap," Trevino said, adding systems this size need backup for the inevitable times they'll go down...
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Former SEMO dean writes book about police brutality in son's death; book signing set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 04/19/18)
Loretta Prater has turned her grief into words. The former Southeast Missouri State University dean has written a book about her son's death at the hands of Chattanooga, Tennessee, police officers. Prater's book, "Excessive Use of Force: One Mother's Struggle Against Police Brutality and Misconduct," focuses on the death of 37-year-old Leslie Prater, who suffocated after police officers wrestled him to the ground Jan. 4, 2004...
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SEMO students perform 'A Raisin In The Sun'
(Editorial ~ 04/19/18)
The student production of "A Raisin In The Sun" started Wednesday at the River Campus and continues through Sunday. A Tony Award-winning production, the show focuses on the Younger family on the South Side of Chicago. According to the show description on the River Campus website, "the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family. ...
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Conduct unbecoming
(Column ~ 04/19/18)
The military justice system is a set of laws and procedures regarding the conduct of all members of the United States military as specified in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, commonly known as the UCMJ. For example, while the U.S. Constitution states the right to a trial, the UCMJ defines what type of trial and the procedures for it. As George Washington said of the military, "When we assumed the soldier we did not give up the citizen."...
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Out of the past: April 19
(Out of the Past ~ 04/19/18)
Boatmen's Bank has announced the site of its banking facility to be constructed in Jackson; the facility will be on the northwest corner of the intersection of West Main and Russell streets; bank officials hope to be opened at that location within the next two years...
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Howard Tumbleson
(Obituary ~ 04/19/18)
Howard Ray Tumbleson, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 16, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Jan. 23, 1942, in Lamar, Arkansas, to George Victor and Beulah Jones Tumbleson. He and Katherine Brown were married April 21, 1964, at Essex, Missouri...
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Calvin Manche
(Obituary ~ 04/19/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Calvin J. Manche, 67, of Perryville, died Monday, April 9, 2018, at his home. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Cemetery in Belgique, Missouri, with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer, C.M., officiating. Military honors will be provided by the American Legion and the Delta Team...
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Virginia Jones
(Obituary ~ 04/19/18)
Virginia Lee "Ginny" Jones, 92, of Jackson passed away April 17, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 12, 1925, in Jackson, daughter of Christian D. and Kathryn Koch Wolters. She and Harold Everett Jones married April 14, 1956...
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Gwenn Freitag
(Obituary ~ 04/19/18)
Gwenn Freitag, 62, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home...
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Anna Enderle
(Obituary ~ 04/19/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Anna Marie Enderle, 68, formerly of New Hamburg, Missouri, died Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. A memorial Mass will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, Missouri, followed by a graveside service at 8:45 a.m. at St. Augustine Cemetery...
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Former President Bush buoyed by tributes to wife
(National News ~ 04/19/18)
HOUSTON -- In his first public comments since his wife's death, former President George H.W. Bush said Wednesday he used to tease his spouse of 73 years he had a complex about how much people liked her. That fact, he said, is buoyed by stories about Barbara Bush's warmth and wit following her death. Tributes have rolled in from around the world, from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to a U.S. Navy commander, who recalled Mrs. Bush handing out cookies to sailors on a battleship...
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Prayer 4/19/18
(Prayer ~ 04/19/18)
O Lord Jesus, may our lives reflect your love and grace. Amen.
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Speak Out 4/18/18
(Speak Out ~ 04/19/18)
We have always had an issue with people speeding on Gordonville Road, but since the roundabout was put in at the Gordonville/Independence intersection, it has gotten even worse! I had hopes that with the new police station opening so close by, there would be more oversight and control of this problem. So far that has not been the case. Apparently most drivers don't understand a 30 mph speed limit sign!...
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Births 4/19/18
(Births ~ 04/19/18)
Daughter to Brian Wayne Dickinson and Kimberly Dawn Davis of Sikeston, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:53 p.m. Thursday, April 5, 2018. Name, Cheyenne Elizabeth. Weight, 6 pounds, 12 ounces. First child. Davis is the daughter of Rhonda and Danny Harkness of Dexter, Missouri. She is employed by Mers Goodwill. Dickinson is the son of Lee and Gina Moore. He is employed by Morley Building Supply...
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Ask a foodie: What is your favorite restaurant for sushi
(Community ~ 04/19/18)
-- Compiled by Joshua Hartwig...
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