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Notre Dame advances to state championship game in softball
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/09)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- Notre Dame senior Mallory Siebert never flinched against Platte County ace Haley Pypes. Siebert collected three hits Friday, but none was bigger than her two-out single with the bases loaded in the sixth inning. The Bulldogs held on from there for a 4-2 victory in their Class 3 state softball semifinal...
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Two Chaffee men arrested on several drug charges
(Local News ~ 10/23/09)
BENTON, Mo. -- Two Chaffee, Mo., men were arrested Wednesday night on a list of drug-related charges, according to a news release from the Scott County Sheriff's Department. David Turner, 25, and Gene Summers, 30, were arrested after Deputy Rhonda Elder stopped them for a traffic violation. ...
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Sixth annual block party in Cape to be held Saturday
(Local News ~ 10/23/09)
Neighborhood Connections will hold its sixth annual block party Saturday, and organizers say it will be the biggest one yet. "Everybody is invited," said Joan Jones, Neighborhood Connections' public relations chairwoman. "You don't have to live in the neighborhood."...
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Evolution of a department: Cape police mark 150th at River Campus event
(Local News ~ 10/23/09)
During the 1930s the Cape Girardeau Police Department purchased a riot car equipped with guns. During the 1950s, the 25-man force had three cars and two motorcycles. Historian Dr. Frank Nickell recited the evolution of the department from its creation in 1859 to the current 75-member force...
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Cape officer struck while directing traffic
(Local News ~ 10/23/09)
A Cape Girardeau police officer sustained minor injuries after he was struck by a car while directing traffic Thursday night. Sgt. Rodney Barker of the Cape Girardeau Police Department said the officer was treated and released from the hospital. He said the department is not yet releasing the officer's identity or details about the injuries...
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Soldiers honor loved ones, present awards at 1140th's fall Family Day
(Submitted Story ~ 10/23/09)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Twice a year, the Soldiers of the 1140th Engineer Battalion make it a point to remind their spouses, children and other loved ones that they are the backbone of the Missouri Army National Guard. It's called Family Day, and it's a time when present and past Citizen-Soldiers and their families gather together to enjoy barbecue with friends and loved ones, spending a warm fall afternoon reminiscing about the "good old days," playing games, fishing with their kids and even presenting a few well-deserved awards.. ...
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Cape Air wins bid for passenger flights at Cape Giradeau Regional Airport
(Local News ~ 10/23/09)
Southeast Missouri residents can expect a big publicity and advertising campaign when Cape Girardeau's newest provider of subsidized commercial passenger service, Cape Air of Hyannis, Mass., begins flying here Nov. 8, airport and airline officials said Thursday.
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Fifth Annual Family Day at the Hoover Center
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/23/09)
The Hoover Senior Alive/Eldercare Center held their 5th Annual Family Appreciation Day on Saturday, October 17, at the Summit Building, Centenary UM Church. The family appreciation day was attended by about 50 family and friends of the Hoover Center Participants. ...
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Regional Juried Art Exhibition Begins First Friday, Nov. 6
(Submitted Story ~ 10/23/09)
During November, the galleries of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri will showcase works from its annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition. The exhibit will debut during a First Friday With the Arts gallery opening Friday, Nov. 6, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Arts Council Gallery, 32 N. Main in Cape Girardeau, Mo...
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MoDOT taking comments on proposed Interstate 55 project
(Local News ~ 10/23/09)
The Missouri Department of Transportation announced today that a major project to overlay asphalt on Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau and Perry counties will start much sooner than originally planned. The project contract was originally set to be awarded in fiscal year 2011, which begins on July 1, 2010. But according to a document posted on the website of MoDOT's Southeast District, additional funding has accelerated the project, and a contract could be awarded in January...
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Lady Rams Raise Money for Breast Cancer Research
(Submitted Story ~ 10/23/09)
The Scott City Lady Rams Volleyball team hosted a "Fight for a Cure" game night on October 1st in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The team raised $700 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation!! There were raffled items, such as a volleyball quilt and breast cancer quilt donated by Jana Jennings; a breast cancer necklace donated by Sandy Gibbons; and a gift basket donated by Barbara Bernard. ...
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The Biggest Band in the County adds rural core to Cape Girardeau's music scene
(Entertainment ~ 10/23/09)
"Let's slip away under cover of afternoon in the biggest car in the county." That line from a '90s airing of Mystery Science Theater 3000 is where the "rural core" band, The Biggest Car in the County, got its name. "We agreed that it was a good name for a rural core band -- a genre that we made up," said Josh Tomlin, the band's guitarist and vocalist...
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Jackson still winless, eliminated from playoffs
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/09)
Rockwood Summit officially eliminated Jackson from the Class 5 playoff picture with a 7-3 victory Friday night in Fenton, Mo.
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Michael Buble feels good about new CD
(Entertainment ~ 10/23/09)
NEW YORK -- Michael Buble recently received a cassette tape of his first performance ever, but it didn't bring back pleasant memories. "I was absolutely terrible. I didn't know how to get in and out of the song," the 34-year-old said of a performance when he was 16. "At that point I didn't understand the form of a song. So wrong, so terrible."...
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Review: Cheers to Wendt's 'Drinking With George'
(Entertainment ~ 10/23/09)
"Drinking With George" (Simon Spotlight, 240 pages, $24.99), by George Wendt "Drinking With George" isn't an autobiography, memoir or tell-all. It has elements of all three, but in the end, it's about one thing: beer. George Wendt's alter ego, the wisecracking "Cheers" barfly Norm Peterson, might be TV's all-time top beer devotee, and based on this book, Wendt isn't far behind...
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'Community' cast keeps laughing on, off screen
(Entertainment ~ 10/23/09)
LOS ANGELES -- The punch lines are flowing on the set of "Community," and that's between scenes for NBC's freshman sitcom about an oddball collection of community college students. Yvette Nicole Brown, who plays divorcee Shirley, is recounting a recent first date that proved less than stellar...
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ARTifacts 10/23/09
(Entertainment ~ 10/23/09)
Josh Turner coming to Show Me Center The Show Me Center will host country crooner Josh Turner at 8 p.m. Dec. 5. Turner grew up listening to traditional country and carries that sound into his own music and his latest CD, "Everything is Fine." Tickets are $37 and on sale at 10 a.m. today at the Show Me Center, Ticketmaster outlets, 651-5000 and www.showmecenter.biz....
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Cape River Heritage Museum honors Jaycee Follies
(Entertainment ~ 10/23/09)
Once a year, from 1962 to 1982, the Cape Girardeau Jaycees would team up with some of the community's best musicians, singers and cutups for the Jaycee Follies. The Follies was a variety show that raised money for various community projects. On Oct. 30, the Cape River Heritage Museum will host a public reception for the cast and crew of the Jaycee Follies, as part of the "Jerry Ford's 50 Years of Music" celebration...
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Author's Corner: "Images of Bollinger County: Graphite Drawings and Narratives"
(Entertainment ~ 10/23/09)
"Images of Bollinger County: Graphite Drawings and Narratives" was self-published by Southeast Missouri artist Jeanie Eddleman and released Sept. 4, under Eddleman's own mark, Remembering When Publications. Eddleman's black-and-white book contains 160 pages of drawings, depictions and descriptions of buildings in Bollinger County...
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Cape PD: 150
(Editorial ~ 10/23/09)
One hundred fifty years ago, city officials created the Cape Girardeau Police Department, several decades after the town was settled. Special events are marking the anniversary. Thursday night's celebration at the River Campus reviewed the department's history, honored officers killed in the line of duty, provided personal reflections from former and current police chiefs and reflected on the notorious serial killings committed by Timothy Kracjir...
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Speak Out 10/23/09
(Speak Out ~ 10/23/09)
What he's done; City's ROI; Street opposition; Landlord complaint; TTF-4 projects; Jackson policing; Turn them loose
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Businesses help with dugouts
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/23/09)
When people come forward to help out our students in the Cape Girardeau School District, it sure is a pleasure for me to tip my hat to them. We have been working hard to build and maintain the athletic fields at Central High School, and without the generous backing of numerous volunteers who have contributed labor, money and materials, the task would be impossible...
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Prayer 10/23/09
(Prayer ~ 10/23/09)
Blessed are those who share their smiles with everyone. Amen.
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Take my advice
(Column ~ 10/23/09)
The last time I had the flu was late winter in 1995. During my siege of illness -- this was a doozie case of flu -- friends of ours were married in our living room. Attending were out-of-town family members related to the bride and groom, of course, but I had never met most of these family members before. ...
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More than 300 people arrested in U.S. sting on Mexican drug cartel
(National News ~ 10/23/09)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates a young cartel's vast reach north of the border. The tentacles of "La Familia" extend coast to coast and deep into America's heartland, with arrests announced Thursday in 38 cities from Boston to Seattle and from St. Paul, Minn., to Raleigh, N.C...
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Ambulances charging extra for obese patients
(National News ~ 10/23/09)
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle. And the stretcher wasn't sturdy enough to hold him. The crew offered an idea to Keller, who was then an investigator with the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services. Could they use a forklift to load the man -- bed and all -- onto a flatbed truck? Keller agreed: There was no other choice...
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Quake strikes Afghanistan, Pakistan
(International News ~ 10/23/09)
KABUL -- A strong earthquake centered in the towering Hindu Kush mountains shook a wide area of eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan early Friday, swaying buildings in the Afghan and Pakistani capitals. There were no initial reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which struck about 12:21 a.m. Afghan time...
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U.K. far-right leader makes controversial TV appearance
(International News ~ 10/23/09)
LONDON -- The leader of Britain's far-right party outlined his vision in a controversial television debut that critics fear could help his whites-only party ease into the political mainstream. British National Party leader Nick Griffin feuded with fellow panelists and was excoriated by hostile audience members in a tense appearance on the BBC's "Question Time" program Thursday night...
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Congress extends hate crime protections to gays
(National News ~ 10/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in an expansion of the civil rights-era law Congress approved Thursday and sent to President Obama. A priority of the late Sen. ...
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U.S. belief in global warming is cooling
(National News ~ 10/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming. Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 points in just three years, a new poll says. And the share of people who believe pollution caused by humans is causing temperatures to rise has also taken a dip, even as the U.S. and world forums gear up for possible action against climate change...
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Elmer Schnurbusch
(Obituary ~ 10/23/09)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Elmer J. Schnurbusch, 92, of Perryville died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, at Independence Care Center. He was born July 1, 1917, at Biehle, Mo., son of Benjamin and Ida Leible Schnurbusch. Mr. Schnurbusch was a farmer. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and a life member of American Legion Post 133...
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Mike Farrar
(Obituary ~ 10/23/09)
George Michael "Mike" Farrar died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at the age of 58. He was born Sept. 2, 1951, in Kansas City, Mo., to Dr. George O. and Loma Jeanne Fox Farrar. He was a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau. Mike attended Campus Elementary School and was a 1970 graduate of Central High School...
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Beverlee Malone
(Obituary ~ 10/23/09)
Beverlee Jean Malone, 50, of Jackson died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, at her home. She was born Aug. 30, 1959, in San Leandro, Calif., daughter of Norman and Anna Davis Fisher Sr. She married Patrick Malone on April 5, 1981. Beverlee graduated from San Leandro High School. She attended CrossRoads Fellowship Church in Jackson...
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Thomas Bess
(Obituary ~ 10/23/09)
Thomas Lawson Bess, 67, of Ava, Ill., died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. at St. Joseph's Hospital in Murphysboro, Ill. He was born July 24, 1942, in Cape Girardeau, to Donald Lehman and Arlene Harbin Bess. He and Doris Qualls were married April 21, 1968, in Morganfield, Ky...
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John Petett
(Obituary ~ 10/23/09)
John Oscar Petett, 64, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009, at his home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home of Cape Girardeau.
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Inge Porter
(Obituary ~ 10/23/09)
Inge Porter, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, at her home. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the family home, 2920 Perryville Road. There will be no service. McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements...
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Theodore Pauley
(Obituary ~ 10/23/09)
Theodore Pauley, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born July 5, 1930, in Monongahela, Pa., son of Francis and Edna Cain Pauley. He and Elsie L. Kohut were married July 5, 1953, in Monessen, Pa...
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James Harris
(Obituary ~ 10/23/09)
TAMMS, Ill. -- James Douglas Harris, 66, of Tamms, formerly of Cairo, Ill., died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Jimmy Ellis and Lacey Betts officiating. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Cemetery in Mounds, Ill., with military honors conducted by the U.S. Army and area veterans organizations...
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Alfred Cherry
(Obituary ~ 10/23/09)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Alfred Frank Cherry, 69, of Mounds died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of service Saturday at Massie Funeral Home in Mounds. The funeral will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Ronnie Mack officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Garden at Villa Ridge, Ill...
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Births 10/23/09
(Births ~ 10/23/09)
Brotherton; Turner; Martin; Welborn; Johnson; Gers; Bowling; Nabors; Dobbs; Cruse
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Doris Brown
(Obituary ~ 10/23/09)
ANNA, Ill. -- Doris Jean Brown, 75, of Anna died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, and from 10 a.m. to service time Saturday at First Christian Church in Anna. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with Bill Littrell, Gene Crosser, Dee Armes, R.W. McAlister and Bryan McAlister officiating. Burial will be in Anna Cemetery...
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Out of the past 10/23/09
(Out of the Past ~ 10/23/09)
25 years ago: Oct. 23, 1984 Monsignor John J. Leibrecht, who has been serving Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Florissant, Mo., has been named bishop of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese; Leibrecht, 54, replaces Bishop Bernard F. Law, who was named archbishop of Boston in March...
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Correction 10/23/09
(Correction ~ 10/23/09)
n Due to a source error, the rates for Upza Dazy Growing Center were incorrect in the Newcomers Guide, inserted in Tuesday's paper. It should have listed the center's rates as $120 a week for infants, $100 a week for 2- and 3-year-olds, and $80 a week for ages 3 and up...
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Governor OKs LA football stadium waiver
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/09)
INDUSTRY, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill allowing the construction of a 75,000-seat stadium that developers hope will lure an NFL team to the Los Angeles area. Schwarzenegger announced the signing of the environmental exemption bill Thursday in Industry, where the stadium would be built about 15 miles east of Los Angeles...
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La Russa weighs future with Cards
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/09)
ST. LOUIS -- Nearly two weeks after his team was swept in the first round of the playoffs, Tony La Russa is still trying to decide whether he wants to return for a 15th season as St. Louis Cardinals manager. In a telephone interview Thursday, La Russa promised the team he'd make a decision fairly soon. Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. and general manager John Mozeliak have both said they'd like La Russa back...
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Angels answer Yankees' rally, extend ALCS
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/09)
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Just when all looked lost, the Los Angeles Angels took a cue from an old friend. With their Rally Monkey doing his best work in years, the Angels sent the AL championship series back to New York. Kendry Morales drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the seventh inning, and the Angels responded to the Yankees' six-run comeback moments earlier for a 7-6 win Thursday night that trimmed New York's lead in the ALCS to 3-2...
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High school roundup: Eagle Ridge wins 3-2 in soccer tournament
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/09)
All the local high school action from Thursday that was reported to the Southeast Missourian.
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Jackson, Central enter second district games hopeful, winless
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/09)
Jackson (0-8) at Rockwood Summit (2-6) Last week: Eureka 7, Jackson 0; Rockwood Summit 31, Central 10 Last year: Jackson 27, Rockwood Summit 3 Outlook: Jackson is 0-8 for the first time since going 0-8 in 1942. The Indians are averaging 7.75 points a game while their opponents have averaged 28.4 points a game. ...
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Final four is familiar four
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/09)
Lauren Reinagel vs. Haley Pypes:~ Notre Dame and Platte County will meet for the third straight year in the Class 3 final four Round III. Notre Dame and Platte County will square off at the Class 3 softball final four for the third consecutive time at 11:30 a.m. today at the Heritage Park softball complex in St. Joseph, Mo...
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Nutt gets opportunity to meet Missouri's high school coaches
(College Sports ~ 10/23/09)
First-year Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach Dickey Nutt has made it a priority to meet the state's high school basketball coaches. Nutt will have an opportunity to get a lot of that done in one spot today as he is among the speakers at the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association's annual clinic in Columbia...
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OVC poll projects Southeast women at 7th place
(College Sports ~ 10/23/09)
For the first time in a long time, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team has been predicted to finish in the bottom half of the Ohio Valley Conference. Coach John Ishee doesn't disagree with the OVC preseason poll announced Thursday, as voted on by the league's coaches and sports information directors (the men's poll will be released Oct. 29)...
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Redhawks set sights on Tech
(College Sports ~ 10/23/09)
Each of the last six football games between Southeast Missouri State and Tennessee Tech have been decided by seven points or less. Both coaches expect nothing to change Saturday when the teams square off in Cookeville, Tenn. That, they say, is partly due to the nature of the Ohio Valley Conference this year as close contests have highlighted the league...
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Treasury, Fed unveil broad effort to limit executive pay
(National News ~ 10/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- The government zeroed in on corporate excess and recklessness Thursday with unprecedented cuts in executive compensation at companies living on taxpayer money and a move to wield veto power over pay policy at thousands of banks to limit risk-taking...
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Fire report 10/23/09
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/23/09)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday: Jackson Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday:...
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Senate bill may have public insurance plan
(National News ~ 10/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate has long been seen as opposed to the federal government selling health insurance in competition with private industry, but now senior Senate Democrats and White House officials are strongly considering including such a measure in health care overhaul legislation, officials say...
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Whirlpool profit slips; cost-cuts raise outlook
(National News ~ 10/23/09)
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. -- The world's biggest home appliance maker continued to cut costs in the third quarter, but Whirlpool Corp.'s profit fell 47 percent as shoppers are still holding off on big-ticket purchases during the recession. The cost savings did lead Whirlpool to raise its full-year earnings guidance even though it still sees economic uncertainty ahead. The company, which is based in Benton Harbor, Mich., has cut jobs and closed a factory to deal with lower sales...
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Costuming pop culture
(Column ~ 10/23/09)
We in the news industry are a scrappy bunch, some more so than others. It's a creative, high-energy environment and the stress sometimes gets to us, hence the fight that almost broke out between a page designer and a photographer Tuesday. We were brainstorming and the creative juices were flowing, and both of them wanted to be Octomom for Halloween. To clarify, only one's a girl, but I think the other could pull it off, too...
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Opera Bites: Lavish Egyptian sets steal the show in Met's 'Aida'
(Entertainment ~ 10/23/09)
On Saturday the high-definition broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera will be Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida." The performance begins at noon at the Town Plaza Cinema in Cape Girardeau. Aida is the Ethiopian slave of the Egyptian princess Amneris. ...
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State awards Chaffee license office contract
(Local News ~ 10/23/09)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- The Chaffee license office is under new management, but the faces behind the counter aren't likely to change. The Missouri Department of Revenue on Thursday awarded a contract to operate the office, which provides driver's licenses and motor vehicle registrations, to Ernst & Sadler Licensing, owned by Dena Ernst of Jackson and LaTanya Sadler of Chaffee. Sadler is the current office manager, and Ernst is a current employee in the office...
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Home sales rise 9.4 percent in September, beats forecast
(National News ~ 10/23/09)
WASHINGTON -- Home resales rose in September to the highest level in more than two years, beating expectations, as buyers scrambled to complete their purchases before a tax credit for first-time owners expires.
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Before Cape's police department was founded, security was privately provided
(Local News ~ 10/23/09)
Before the Cape Girardeau Police Department was formed 150 years ago, law enforcement in town consisted of private security hired by local business owners to keep the peace. When one of these security guards would arrest someone, usually for being drunk and disorderly, they'd generally toss the offender in the basement of the Common Pleas Courthouse until a justice of the peace decided on a penalty, usually a fine or public whipping...
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Federal Reserve official says economic outlook uncertain in long term
(Local News ~ 10/23/09)
A Federal Reserve executive believes the economic outlook is strong in the short term but uncertain in the long term. "We'll have to do a lot of things differently to change that scenario," said Daniel L. Thornton, vice president and economic adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. "It's not rosy."
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Mo. medical school faces probation review
(State News ~ 10/23/09)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Investigators from an education oversight group will visit the University of Missouri medical school next week to determine if the school should be released from probation. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday that the school will host members of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education on Tuesday...
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ND downs Leopold in two-game match
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/09)
The Notre Dame volleyball team knocked off visiting Leopold in two games Thursday night. But the victory didn't come easily. The Wildcats (23-3) made Notre Dame earn every point of its 25-19, 25-21 win. "We knew they were going to be good coming into this," Notre Dame coach Tara Stroup said. "They've only lost two games. With senior night and all the excitement, I wasn't sure how we were going to start to be honest. Our seniors this year have been focused, and that's good."...
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Kennett superintendent announces resignation
(Local News ~ 10/23/09)
After five years in the Kennett School District, Superintendent Jerry Noble turned in his resignation to the Board of Education during the executive session of the board's meeting on Tuesday. According to Noble, his resignation will take effect at the end of the 2009-2010 school year...
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