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Notre Dame squeaks past Potosi in Class 3 sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/27/09)
The Notre Dame High School baseball team has spent much of its one-loss season mauling the opposition with lopsided scores. There was nothing lopsided about Tuesday's Class 3 sectional matchup against visiting Potosi. That mattered not at all to the Bulldogs, the state's top-ranked Class 3 squad which survived a 3-2 nail-biter...
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Patrol makes 2,178 holiday weekend arrests
(Local News ~ 05/27/09)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- If you were driving through Missouri over the Memorial Day weekend and thought you saw a lot of state troopers, you were right. As part of a special enforcement operation, the Highway Patrol placed troopers at 10-mile intervals from noon to midnight on May 22 and May 25 on interstates 44, 70, 29 and 55, and on portions of U.S. 60, 61 and 65...
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Mayor of Altenburg resigns, cites health concerns as main reason
(Local News ~ 05/27/09)
The mayor of Altenburg officially resigned last week at city board of alderman meeting, Altenburg city clerk Carol Wunderlich said Tuesday.
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Former Poplar Bluff mayor contests court fines in Cape Girardeau County
(Local News ~ 05/27/09)
A former Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce executive and former Poplar Bluff mayor appeared in court Tuesday in Cape Girardeau County and paid the $1,500 fine on his forgery convictions, but he is contesting the additional costs he has been ordered to pay...
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Cape Girardeau police respond to afternoon school bus fight
(Local News ~ 05/27/09)
Cape Girardeau police were called to a school bus Tuesday afternoon to intervene in a fight between two 13-year-old girls, said Cpl. Adam Glueck, spokesman for the police department.
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One injured after being thrown from vehicle in late Tuesday crash
(Local News ~ 05/27/09)
Emergency personnel from several agencies responded to an injury accident late Tuesday night in Shawneetown.
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"SENIOR SPOTLIGHT"
(Submitted Story ~ 05/27/09)
We want to say Congratulations to our Dad & Husband - Freddie Joseph McCulley (A.K.A.) Joey,Daddy Joe,& PawPaw. Dads been a student at the Career & Tech. Center of Cape Girardeau,Mo.and also attended classes online thru Mineral Area College. Dad has put 3 1/2 yrs of hardwork and effort full time towards his schooling, and also worked a part time job. ...
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Ear Science Day at the Cape Girardeau Public Library
(Submitted Story ~ 05/27/09)
For a pleasant opportunity to tour the new Cape Girardeau Library bring the kids to Ear Science Day, Saturday May 30th at the Cape Library. Jason Lindsey will be there doing experiments with hearing, or try the new computers with games to teach young ones about dangerous noise levels, and view the short film Ear Buds in the video room. ...
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Proud Nana with Grandson
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/27/09)
Cecilia Yelick hugs and congratulates her grandson, Graham Ritter on graduation day from Cape Central, 5/17/2009.
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Rhyne Country McCoy
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/27/09)
My grandson graduation S.C.C 2009.We are so proud of you Rhyne Country McCoy. follow your dreams and all is possible. Love You Always Grandma Peggy
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Jackson Middle School Stream Team
(Submitted Story ~ 05/27/09)
Jackson Middle School has started its own Stream Team (#3783) in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Conservation during the 2008-2009 school year. The team has adopted three local stream locations in the Cape and Bollinger Counties. Currently the team visits these locations to collect data for the MDoC to help monitor macro-invertebrates, water flow conservation and trash pick-up. ...
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Animal Abandonment
(Submitted Story ~ 05/27/09)
We need your help. Last night we received 4 calls of abandoned animals in Perry County. I have attached pictures of one of the groups. These six dogs were left behind when the owners moved away. They are starving and full of mange. We need help getting the people who did this. ...
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COL. JACK JACKSON SPEAKING AT VITAE BENEFIT DINNER
(Submitted Story ~ 05/27/09)
The Struggling Economy is Affecting Women in Unplanned Pregnancies Vitae (Vee-tay) Foundation is hosting their Pro-Life Benefit Dinner at Cape Girardeau June 9th with Col. Jack Jackson coming as the guest speaker. The benefit raises money to help reach out to women facing unplanned pregnancies and connect them with local resources...
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The Community College Option, Part 5: Getting technical training is a maze that needs to be simplified, students and coalition members say
(Local News ~ 05/27/09)
Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series on higher education needs in the Cape Girardeau area. Lee Hudson made a couple of attempts to expand her education while working as a certified nurse. She took one semester at Shawnee Community College in Illinois in 1999...
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A lil' mud never hurt anybody
(Submitted Story ~ 05/27/09)
Every fall since I began dating my husband, my mother-in-law would ask for a full day out of "busy" lives to do nothing but run around and snap pictures of us and she did the same with my sister-in-law and her significant other at the time being. Now, a few years or so later my husband and I, and my sister-in-law, both have daughters who are 9 months apart and we are starting a new tradition with our own kids. ...
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Title: Optimizing your time in front of the interviewer
(Local News ~ 05/27/09)
Content: Dear Sam: In the last three months, I have had three interviews that were effectively cancelled. For the first interview, I arrived exactly at the scheduled time. I was actually early, but by the time I found the part of the building I was supposed to be in, it was my appointment time. ...
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Recession spending
(Editorial ~ 05/27/09)
There are plenty of folks in Southeast Missouri who remember the victory gardens planted during World War II. Many items we take for granted were rationed as goods were converted to supplies for the war effort. In the current recession, many Americans are turning to home gardens as a source of food for the dinner table. The National Gardening Association predicts the number of home vegetable gardens will jump more than 40 percent this year. Seed and plant sales are skyrocketing...
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Prayer 5/27/09
(Prayer ~ 05/27/09)
Give us safe haven in all of life's storms, O God, and comfort us. Amen.
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It's time to stop playing the blame game
(Column ~ 05/27/09)
Why are the millions of staunch Obama supporters so strangely quiet when it comes to addressing the $10 trillion federal debt that looms in the not-so-distant future? As I try to understand in my own small fashion the consequences of this massive spending surge, I hear no voices of concern from the 51 million or so fine upstanding Americans who cast their ballot for hope and change...
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California Supreme Court upholds ban on gay marriage
(National News ~ 05/27/09)
SAN FRANCISCO -- California's Supreme Court upheld the state's gay-marriage ban Tuesday but said the 18,000 same-sex weddings that took place before the prohibition passed are still valid -- a ruling decried by gay-rights activists as a hollow victory...
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O.J. Simpson appeals Vegas armed robbery conviction
(National News ~ 05/27/09)
LAS VEGAS -- O.J. Simpson has appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn his convictions for armed robbery and kidnapping during a Las Vegas hotel room confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers. The appeal arrived Tuesday at the Supreme Court in Carson City...
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Schwarzenegger details more cuts
(National News ~ 05/27/09)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday proposed eliminating welfare for 500,000 families and terminating health coverage for nearly 1 million children to help close the state's ballooning budget deficit. The Republican governor's administration released details of $5.5 billion in cuts, a week after state voters defeated special election ballot measures. The new proposals are on top of those previously announced...
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Consumer confidence rises to highest point since September
(National News ~ 05/27/09)
NEW YORK -- Even with unemployment still rising and home prices still slumping, Americans are getting their confidence back in the economy. A widely watched barometer of confidence unexpectedly rose to the highest level since September, buoyed by an unexpected surge in the stock market, hopes that the job market might turn around and the belief that the worst of the recession is over...
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Twitter-based competition show may be headed to TV
(Entertainment ~ 05/27/09)
NEW YORK -- Twitter, the website that asks what everybody's doing, may end up being at the center of a TV series. Executives at the social-networking site have teamed with Reveille productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners to develop an unscripted series based on the popular site, which invites 140-character postings from members around the world...
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Nebraska bandit disguised himself with beer carton
(National News ~ 05/27/09)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Police in Nebraska are looking for a man who stole cigarettes while disguising himself with a beer carton on his head. Lincoln police Capt. Bob Kawamoto said the man walked into a Kwik Shop convenience store before dawn Monday wearing an empty Bud Light box on his head as a mask...
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Recipe Swap: Recipes for some of the birthday boy's favorite foods
(Column ~ 05/27/09)
Over the weekend we celebrated our son Ross' 15th birthday. I made his favorite two-layer chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, and when he got up Sunday morning he could hardly wait to dig right into his cake. I asked him what a couple of his favorite foods were, and I could nearly recite them with him: breakfast casserole, lasagna, barbecue ribs, crab legs and chocolate cake. ...
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Dr. Grow: Plants need the right amount of water
(Column ~ 05/27/09)
Over the past few years I have written about water in the garden several times, but judging from all of the questions I have received in the last few weeks, I need to discuss it again. Water is essential for plant growth and development. Water gives plant cells volume so they stand tall. It is the medium in which chemical reactions occur within the cell, and it is a constituent in the chemical reaction that produces carbohydrates and oxygen during photosynthesis...
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Canada's budget deficit to increase
(National News ~ 05/27/09)
TORONTO -- Canada's finance minister said Tuesday the federal deficit will soar to a record 50 billion Canadian dollars ($44 billion) this fiscal year because the recession is wreaking havoc on the government treasury. Finance Minster Jim Flaherty said Tuesday the revised budget will exceed the financial shortfall originally forecast in January for the 2009-2010 fiscal year by nearly 50 percent...
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Report: North Korea restarts nuclear plant
(International News ~ 05/27/09)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has restarted its weapons-grade nuclear power plant and fired off its sixth short-range missile, news reports said Wednesday, deepening a standoff with world powers following its latest nuclear test. The missile launches over the past two days came as the U.N. ...
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Myanmar democracy activist defends herself in court
(International News ~ 05/27/09)
YANGON, Myanmar -- Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked six years of continuous detention by Myanmar's military regime today as she defends herself in court on charges that she violated the law by sheltering an uninvited American at her home...
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Mo. supporters and opponents of gay marriage react to Calif. ruling
(State News ~ 05/27/09)
ST. LOUIS -- Those on both sides of the gay marriage debate in Missouri said Tuesday's court decision halfway across the country will have no direct legal effect here. But both sides saw symbolic value in the California Supreme Court's decision upholding a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage while allowing existing same-sex marriages to stand...
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Police report 5/27/09
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/27/09)
Cape Girardeau: DWI; Arrests; Thefts; Property damage; Jackson: Property damage; Southeast Missouri State University
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Fire report 5/27/09
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/27/09)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:...
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Births 5/27/09
(Births ~ 05/27/09)
Pulley; Whittaker; Foutch; Randall; Crowden
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Out of the past 5/27/09
(Out of the Past ~ 05/27/09)
25 years ago: May 27, 1984 As the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships came to a close yesterday, the Southeast Missouri State University Indians counted 11 all-Americans among their ranks; two earned three all-American awards and three others climbed the reviewing stand twice; Southeast took the third-place trophy...
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Parents of Minnesota teen with cancer agree to chemo
(National News ~ 05/27/09)
NEW ULM, Minn. -- The parents of a Minnesota boy who refused chemotherapy for his cancer told a judge Tuesday they now agree to the medical treatment, and the judge ruled their son can stay with them. Daniel Hauser, 13, has Hodgkin's lymphoma. He and his mother missed a court appearance last week and left the state to avoid chemotherapy and seek alternative treatments. Colleen and Anthony Hauser told a Brown County District judge they now understand their son needs chemotherapy...
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S. Williams struggles in win
(Professional Sports ~ 05/27/09)
PARIS -- Serena Williams entered Tuesday with a 37-0 record in the first round at Grand Slam tournaments. She also began the day with a four-match losing streak, the longest of her career. Williams focused on the second of those statistics, the more discouraging one. And while she never appeared truly in danger of coming out on the wrong end against 100th-ranked Klara Zakopalova, there were times when it did seem Williams simply could not wrap things up...
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Cards beat Brewers, regain share of first
(Professional Sports ~ 05/27/09)
MILWAUKEE -- Adam Wainwright said he never found his groove on the mound. He certainly seemed comfortable at the plate. Wainwright hit one of four Cardinals homers and struck out a career-high nine in seven innings, lifting St. Louis to an 8-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night...
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Penguins sweep Hurricanes, return to Stanley Cup finals
(Professional Sports ~ 05/27/09)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Sidney Crosby saved his most daring move for after the game: He spurned hockey superstition and hoisted the Prince of Wales Trophy. If he keeps playing like this, it might not be the only prize the Pittsburgh Penguins' young captain raises...
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Magic grab 3-1 series lead with OT victory against Cavs
(Professional Sports ~ 05/27/09)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Superman swooped in just in time. Dwight Howard scored 10 points in overtime and the Orlando Magic, raining down 3-pointers like a Florida thunderstorm, withstood 44 points and a last-second shot by LeBron James for a 116-114 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals...
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Former Blues forward Zezel dies at 44
(Professional Sports ~ 05/27/09)
TORONTO -- Peter Zezel, a center who played 15 NHL seasons after breaking into the league with the Philadelphia Flyers as a teenager, has died. He was 44. Zezel struggled with the rare blood disease hemolytic anemia for the past 10 years. He died Tuesday. Zezel suffered from the ailment off and on, but had rebounded after being in critical condition in 2001...
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Free passes for Mr. Pujols
(Professional Sports ~ 05/27/09)
ST. LOUIS -- If more than a day or two passes without a crucial hit by Albert Pujols, everyone wonders what's wrong with the reigning NL MVP. The easy answer: The opposition has been able to pitch around the St. Louis Cardinals' star lately, with injuries to Ryan Ludwick and Rick Ankiel leaving Pujols with little protection. ...
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Bulldogs' 1-2 punch on mound posts KO
(High School Sports ~ 05/27/09)
Most high school baseball teams are lucky to have just one pitcher who is considered to be the staff ace, but the Notre Dame Bulldogs have been blessed with two. Senior Dylan Drury and junior Colton Young have been the stars of the pitching staff all season for Class 3's top-ranked squad...
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Jackson season again ends at sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/27/09)
FENTON -- For the sixth straight year the Jackson girls soccer team was unable to make it past the sectional round of the playoffs. After an evenly played first half, Cor Jesu sophomore forward Cassie Sperruzza blasted a shot past goalie Morgan Riddick to break a scoreless tie early in the second half...
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Klocke is selected academic all-American
(College Sports ~ 05/27/09)
Southeast Missouri State junior catcher Jim Klocke has received a major honor for his athletic and academic excellence. Klocke has been voted to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America baseball second team by the College Sports Information Directors of America. He is the first Southeast baseball player to earn Academic All-America honors since pitcher Lee Lummus in 1987...
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Nutt completes first staff with Gerdeman
(College Sports ~ 05/27/09)
Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach Dickey Nutt has completed his first Redhawks staff by hiring a Southeast product. Kyle Gerdeman, a 1998 Southeast graduate, spent the last three years as the coach at Moberly Area (Mo.) Community College...
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Moderate heat is key to great grilled vegetables
(Community ~ 05/27/09)
For great grilled vegetables that are tender inside and crispy and smoky outside, moderate heat is key. Go too high and the outside will burn while the insides remain crunchy. Grilled Eggplant and Red Pepper with Mint-Cumin Dressing 1 medium eggplant (about 1 pound), ends trimmed, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick rounds...
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Celebrate summer in style with fried chicken
(Community ~ 05/27/09)
For a traditional take on great summer grub, you've got to have fried chicken. Pair this recipe from Patrick and Gina Neely's "Down Home with the Neely's" with sweet tea and potato salad. Spicy Fried Chicken 1 tablespoon paprika 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon onion powder...
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Cindy Welch
(Obituary ~ 05/27/09)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Cindy Welch, 48, of Chaffee passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2009. She was born April 15, 1961, in Marble Hill, Mo., to James and Gladys Long Welch. She worked at SADI Homecare in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include her mother, Gladys Welch of Chaffee; a daughter, Kryn (Shannon) Dannenmueller of Chaffee; a brother, Tracy Welch of Dalton, Ga.; and two grandchildren, Jacob and Hailey of Chaffee...
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Aileene Zeigler
(Obituary ~ 05/27/09)
BENTON, Mo. -- Aileene Jeanette Zeigler, 81, of Benton died Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 15, 1928, in Cool Ridge, W.Va., daughter of Frank and Mary Coch-ran Cook. She and Paul Zeigler were married Sept. 16, 1950, at Benton...
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Harold Robinson
(Obituary ~ 05/27/09)
PATTON, Mo. -- Harold Nelson Robinson, 75, of Patton passed away Monday, May 25, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 5, 1933, in Leachville, Ark., son of Robert Nelson and Pearl Beulah Besher Robinson...
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Yvonne Stevens
(Obituary ~ 05/27/09)
ORAN, Mo. -- Yvonne M. Stevens, age 72, passed away at home Sunday, May 24, 2009. Yvonne was born April 20, 1937, to Amzie and Goldie Wampler Cook in Corning, Ark. She married Howard L. Stevens on March 2, 1957, and he survives. She was a member for many years at Life Tabernacle Pentecostal Church in Oran. She was a member of Greater Vision Pentecostal Church in Chaffee, Mo. She worked as a sewing machine operator at Venture Products in Oran...
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Evelyn Ramey
(Obituary ~ 05/27/09)
Evelyn C. Ramey, 88, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, May 24, 2009, at the Lutheran Home. She was born May 21, 1921, in Jackson, the biological daughter of Henry G. and Minnie Aufdenberg Borgfield. Evelyn was raised by her uncle and aunt, Henry and Agnes Kipping Aufdenberg. She and John K. "Jack" Ramey were married July 1, 1942. He passed away March 4, 1964...
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Mae Marshall
(Obituary ~ 05/27/09)
Mae Brown Marshall, 87, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Friday, May 22, 2009, at her home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, with the Rev. Michael Brewer officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery...
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Betty Williams
(Obituary ~ 05/27/09)
Betty B. Williams, 84, formerly of Jackson, died Wednesday, April 30, 2009, at Missouri Veterans Home, where she resided the past four years. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, with the Rev. Grant Gillard officiating...
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Margaret Modglin
(Obituary ~ 05/27/09)
ANNA, Ill. -- Margaret Lorene Modglin, 90, of Troy, Ill., formerly of Anna, died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at the home of a daughter in Troy. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to service time Friday at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna...
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Sharon Marshall
(Obituary ~ 05/27/09)
Sharon Ann Marshall, 55, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 25, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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Hattie Matlock
(Obituary ~ 05/27/09)
ANNA, Ill. -- Hattie W. Matlock, 86, of Anna died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at her home. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. today at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna. Graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Rose Hill Cemetery in Thebes, Ill., with Jimmy Keller officiating...
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Mary Poole
(Obituary ~ 05/27/09)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Mary Iona Poole, 83, of Jonesboro died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at her home, following an extended illness. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, Ill. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with Joe Aldridge officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery at a later date...
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Marie Gibbar
(Obituary ~ 05/27/09)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Marie S. Gibbar, 93, of Perryville died Friday, May 22, 2009, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. A memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, with the Rev. Milton Ryan officiating...
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Mo. Supreme Court denies effort to delay execution
(State News ~ 05/27/09)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected a request to delay the scheduled June 17 execution of Reginald Clemons. The 37-year-old Clemons is one of four men convicted of forcing three people to jump off a St. Louis bridge into the Mississippi River in 1991. Twenty-one-year-old Julie Kerry and her 19-year-old sister, Robin, died...
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Speak Out 5/27/09
(Speak Out ~ 05/27/09)
Crime evidence; Litter at interchange; Future stoplights; Dumping homeless; Too many vehicles; Warming conclusions; California dreamin'; GOP conflict; Good and bad; Radical shift
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Tyson's 4-year-old daughter dies
(Professional Sports ~ 05/27/09)
PHOENIX -- The 4-year-old daughter of boxer Mike Tyson died at a hospital Tuesday, a day after her neck apparently got caught in a treadmill cord at her Phoenix home, police said. Exodus Tyson was pronounced dead just before noon, police Sgt. Andy Hill said. She had been on life support and police have said their investigation showed her injury on Monday was a "tragic accident."...
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Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra members blogging while on China trip
(Local News ~ 05/27/09)
Members of the Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra taking part in the 2009 American Celebration of Music in China are keeping in touch with the homeland via travel blogs at www.semo.edu/symphony. Click on "China Trip 2009" to find links to pictures and blogs by symphony performers. The orchestra is traveling to perform at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music; Shanghai Normal University; in Hangzhou, China; and on the Great Wall of China...
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Internship program benefits Missouri students
(State News ~ 05/27/09)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- Missouri students will get some help with summer internships thanks to the federal stimulus package. The Next-Generation Jobs Team allocates $25 million toward wages for as many as 6,000 Missouri students ages 16 to 24 who seek work in high-growth industries...
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Recall affects some generators bought in May
(Local News ~ 05/27/09)
Some generators purchased around the time of the major wind storm in May have been recalled, according to a news release issued by Buchheit stores. Big Muddy Motor Sports announced the recall of generators that sold between May 1 and May 20. Those recalled include the following models: BM7200 Power+, BM5500 Power+ and BM3500 Power+ that have a manufactured date of February 2009. Units produced before February 2009 are not included in the recall...
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Two accused of mortgage fraud to be in court today
(Local News ~ 05/27/09)
Two St. Louis-based businessmen with extensive ties to Southeast Missouri will appear in federal court today, one to change his not guilty plea on charges of looting mortgage lenders and the other to obtain a new lawyer.
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Record of Obama's Supreme Court nominee similar to exiting justice's
(National News ~ 05/27/09)
WASHINGTON -- In more than 16 years as a federal judge, Sonia Sotomayor has often sided with people claiming discrimination in education and employment. She's backed police and prosecutors over defendants. She's upheld assertions of free speech and religion...
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North Korea threatens to attack US, S. Korean warships
(International News ~ 05/27/09)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea threatened military action Wednesday against U.S. and South Korean warships plying the waters near the Koreas' disputed maritime border, raising the specter of a naval clash just days after the regime's underground nuclear test...
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Drury University looking for feedback on possible expansion in Cape Girardeau area
(Local News ~ 05/27/09)
As discussions continue over whether to establish a community college in Cape Girardeau, a Springfield, Mo.-based private university has been quietly reviewing whether to bring its adult education programs to the area. At the Jackson Chamber of Commerce offices Tuesday, Barbara Weathers, director of outreach in Drury University's College of Graduate and Continuing Studies, met with community and business leaders to gauge the needs and whether her school can fulfill them...
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