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Committee members identify pool priorities
(Local News ~ 07/18/19)
Cape Girardeau's proposed indoor aquatic center needs to include a 50-meter competition pool and a separate recreational pool, as well as a diving well, an advisory committee concluded Wednesday. Committee members at the meeting, held at the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce offices, also ranked elevated spectator seating as a priority...
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Officials look for compromise on Center Junction
(Local News ~ 07/18/19)
If there was one thing everyone at the Southeast Metropolitan Planning Organization (SEMPO) meeting Wednesday could agree on, it was you can't please everybody. "But we're looking for a solution everyone can live with," said Missouri Department of Transportation district engineer Mark Shelton...
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Former NASA astronaut Linda Godwin remembers moon landing, recalls space flights
(Local News ~ 07/18/19)
Fifty years ago this Saturday, man landed on the moon, and the country is celebrating the milestone. Former NASA astronaut Linda Godwin of Jackson said she still sees the mission as "quite an accomplishment." People understood the physics to travel to the moon, she said by phone Tuesday, but scientists had to rely solely on human calculation and primitive computing to make it happen...
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Ask a foodie: Mudcat Coffeehouse offers tasty hope to low carb seekers
(Community ~ 07/18/19)
You may have noticed my focus on food has shifted a bit since I started writing this column last year: more salads, more color, less fried and sugary things. The truth is I simply can't eat whatever I want anymore. Being recently diagnosed as diabetic, I've been scared straight, and the best way I know how to control this disease is through low-carb eating...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/18/19)
Today is Thursday, July 18, the 199th day of 2019. There are 166 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 18, 1969, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., left a party on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard with Mary Jo Kopechne, 28; some time later, Kennedy's car went off a bridge into the water. Kennedy was able to escape, but Kopechne drowned...
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Reduced oversight for nuclear plants gaining traction
(National News ~ 07/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- Fewer mock commando raids to test nuclear power plants' defenses against terrorist attacks. Fewer, smaller government inspections for plant safety issues. Less notice to the public and to state governors when problems arise. They're part of the money-saving rollbacks sought by the country's nuclear industry under President Donald Trump and already approved or pending approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, largely with little input from the general public...
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Ebola outbreak declared global emergency
(International News ~ 07/18/19)
GENEVA -- The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people. A WHO expert committee declined on three previous occasions to advise the United Nations health agency to make the declaration for this outbreak, even though other experts say it has long met the conditions. ...
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'Game of Thrones' earns 32 Emmy nominations
(Entertainment ~ 07/18/19)
LOS ANGELES -- HBO's "Game of Thrones" slashed its way to a record-setting 32 Emmy nominations for its eighth and final season, leading HBO back to dominance over Netflix, the streaming service that bumped it last year from atop the increasingly crowded television heap...
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Apple, Google continue inclusive push with new emojis due out in the fall
(Community ~ 07/18/19)
Apple and Google are rolling out dozens of new emojis, including cute critters but also expanding the number of images of human diversity. The announcement coincided with Wednesday's World Emoji Day. Apple Inc. is releasing new variants of its holding hands emoji allowing people to pick any combination of skin tone and gender, 75 possible combinations in all. There are also wheelchairs, prosthetic arms and legs, as well as a new guide dog and an ear with a hearing aid...
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Washington talks could soon yield bipartisan spending, debt deal
(National News ~ 07/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- Washington negotiators are closing in on a budget and debt deal to stave off the chance of a government shutdown this fall and allow Congress to speed through legislation to increase the government's borrowing cap. The emerging two-year framework would satisfy demands for an outline to guide congressional work on more than $1.3 trillion in agency operating budgets. ...
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Study: Winners overlook fairness
(National News ~ 07/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- When it comes to fairness and privilege, a new study finds it really is not about how you play the game. It's about whether you win or lose. A new experiment, played out as a card game, shows even when the deck is literally stacked in people's favor -- and they know it -- most winners still think it's fair anyway. Losers don't, according to a study in Wednesday's journal Science Advances...
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U.S. overdose deaths appear to be falling
(National News ~ 07/18/19)
NEW YORK -- U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three decades, preliminary statistics suggest. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday posted the provisional numbers showing nearly 68,000 drug overdose deaths were reported last year. The number may go up as more investigations are completed, but the agency expects the tally will end up below 69,000...
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Confusion, fear spread on Mexico border with new U.S. policy
(International News ~ 07/18/19)
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico -- Asylum-seekers gathered in Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Texas, grappled to understand what a new U.S. policy all but eliminating refugee claims by Central Americans and many others meant for their bids to find a better life in America amid a chaos of rumors, confusion and fear...
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Thanks for showing respect
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/18/19)
I was in Cape this week for the funeral of my dear Aunt Helen. The funeral procession, mostly on secondary streets, was lengthy, and I was the last car. What transpired was amazing! All drivers on both sides of the streets pulled over and stopped until the funeral procession passed. Thank you for taking time to show your respect...
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Richbourg played key role in city over last 30-plus years
(Editorial ~ 07/18/19)
One of the many jobs that our reporters at the Southeast Missourian do and have done over the years is explain how our local governments are spending their money. In order to inform our readers, we have to have this data available to us, and have to have someone explain from where the money is coming and to where it is going...
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Governor creates taskforce on health care waiver
(State News ~ 07/18/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed an executive order establishing a taskforce on a potential Affordable Care Act waiver. Parson signed the executive order Wednesday. The order creates a panel tasked with brainstorming ways to revamp Missouri's health insurance market. The recommendations would then be used to apply for a federal waiver from former President Barack Obama's health care law...
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House overwhelmingly votes down Trump impeachment article
(National News ~ 07/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- The House easily killed a maverick Democrat's effort Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for his recent racial insults against lawmakers of color, a vote providing an early snapshot of just how divided Democrats are over ousting him as the 2020 presidential and congressional campaigns rev up...
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Charges filed in assault of protesters
(State News ~ 07/18/19)
ST. LOUIS -- A former St. Louis police officer has been charged with three felony counts of third-degree assault accusing him of pepper-spraying protesters and a videographer in 2017. Charges were filed Tuesday against William Olsten. Prosecutors said the incident happened in September 2017 outside Busch Stadium during one of many protests following the acquittal of Jason Stockley, a white former police officer who had been accused of murder in the death of a black suspect...
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Jamie Pierce
(Obituary ~ 07/18/19)
Jamie Jae Pierce, 55, of Cape Girardeau went to be with the Lord peacefully Sunday, July 14, 2019, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born June 2, 1964, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Bobbie and Jim Pierce. She was the older of two children...
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Tammy McKuin
(Obituary ~ 07/18/19)
Tammy Joan McKuin, 61, of Glen Allen, Missouri, died Monday, July 15, 2019 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ash Hill Cemetery East at Fisk, Missouri, with the Rev. Jim Sanders officiating...
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Stevens to be 13th justice buried at Arlington
(National News ~ 07/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- Arlington National Cemetery has long been planned as the final resting place of retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. His second wife, Maryan, died in 2015 and was buried at the cemetery. The gravestone they will share has stood at Arlington, inscribed with both their names, since then. Stevens' birthdate -- April 20, 1920 -- was chiseled on the stone, a blank space left for the date of his death...
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Prayer 7/18/19
(Prayer ~ 07/18/19)
O Lord Jesus, in everything we do may we always seek to honor you. Amen.
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Speak out 7/18/19
(Editorial ~ 07/18/19)
Bernie Sanders and his supporters want to redistribute the wealth in this country. What that means is more taxes on people, especially those who worked hard and were able to prosper. No thanks, Bernie. We like capitalism in the U.S. I think it is just fine that an intelligent and beautiful lady such as Ivanka Trump helped represent the United States at the G-20 summit. Would you rather have something like A.O.C.? I would hope not...
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Out of the past: July 18
(Out of the Past ~ 07/18/19)
Round two of the battle between property owners and Rendrag Development Corporation will take place in the Cape Girardeau City Council chambers this evening; Dr. Robert Gardner, who is financing Rendrag Development, saw his attempt to rezone a 33-acre tract of land from a single-family to multiple-family residential district rejected last week by the city's Planning and Zoning Commission on an 8-0 vote; the property is west of Perryville Road and south of Lexington Avenue...
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A little bit of everything
(Community ~ 07/18/19)
This recipe column today is all over the place. Plenty of recipe variety. I guess this hot, steamy weather has gotten to me, and I just couldn't decide on a theme, so I just pulled a little bit of everything I could find that sounded good and interesting.Sometimes, that makes for the best recipe column, because it has a recipe from every dining course. Be sure to finish reading this online to enjoy all of the recipes...
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City hopes 'Baby Shark' song will drive homeless away
(National News ~ 07/18/19)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Officials in West Palm Beach are hoping a continuous loop of children's songs played throughout the night will keep homeless people from sleeping on the patio of a city-owned rental banquet facility. West Palm Beach parks and recreation director Leah Rockwell said they're trying to discourage people from sleeping outside the glass-walled Waterfront Lake Pavilion, which she says rakes in some $240,000 annually from events. ...
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