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Southeast Missouri State University hosts free financial aid help sessions
(Local News ~ 02/16/10)
The Southeast Missouri State University financial services department is holding a FAFSA Frenzy event this Sunday afternoon in Cape Girardeau and Sikeston to assist families with filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The FAFSA is required to receive any federal loans, grants, or work-study money. ...
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Aide to Lt. Gov. placed on leave
(State News ~ 02/16/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- An aide for Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder has been placed on unpaid leave for using a Tour of Missouri e-mail account to send an invitation for a state House candidate's political fundraiser. Kinder's office said Deputy Lt. Gov. Jerry Dowell started a five-day unpaid leave Tuesday. Dowell also serves as the executive director for the Tour of Missouri bicycle race...
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Tracy announces intention to run for re-election in 158th district
(Local News ~ 02/16/10)
Clint Tracy, a Republican who represents Cape Girardeau in the 158th district, says he will file for re-election on the first day of filing Feb. 23. In the 157th district, Scott Lipke can't run again due to term limits. He will file for associate judge in Cape Girardeau County. Republican Donna Lichtenegger will run for his vacated seat...
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Delay granted in Cape murder case proceedings; change of venue for another defendant
(Local News ~ 02/16/10)
For the second time in less than a month, the case against Ryan T. Patterson, the main suspect in the Oct. 27 murders of Jamie Lynn Orman and her son, has been delayed before Circuit Court Judge William Syler.
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Saint Francis fundraising pioneer Edythe Davis dies at age 78
(Local News ~ 02/16/10)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Edythe Davis, a former vice president at Saint Francis Medical Center credited with establishing the hospital's fundraising foundation, died Monday at age 78. Davis was also a leader at the United Way of Southeast Missouri, where she served on the board of directors for 12 years and served as fundraising chairwoman in 1998, and in establishing the Cape Girardeau Area Family Resource Center, serving residents on Cape Girardeau's south side...
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Rice: New Life to step up efforts in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 02/16/10)
The New Life Evangelistic Center will step up its efforts to help Cape Girardeau's poor and homeless with free personal hygiene kits, blankets and other help available at the outreach center at 707 Broadway, the Rev. Larry Rice said Monday.
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West Park Mall to host free new business seminar Wednesday
(Local News ~ 02/16/10)
Local entrepreneurs are invited to a free new-business seminar Wednesday at West Park Mall.
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Several injured in lunch-hour Cape Girardeau car accident
(Local News ~ 02/16/10)
At least four people were injured during the noon hour Monday in a two-car crash on William Street in Cape Girardeau.
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Crowell blocks business tax incentive plan
(State News ~ 02/16/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri state senator has made it known that new tax incentives for businesses won't clear the Legislature very easily this year. Republican Sen. Jason Crowell, of Cape Girardeau, wants to make tax credits subject to the annual legislative budget process. Crowell has vowed to block bills creating new incentives that don't follow that process...
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Focus on Marriage Simulcast Coming to Cape
(Submitted Story ~ 02/16/10)
On Saturday, February 27, Cape's St. Andrew Lutheran Church will host the acclaimed Focus on Marriage Simulcast from Focus on the Family. In a world where stress and pressures abound, this lively Christian based, marriage strengthening presentation has life changing capabilities. ...
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Jessie, Millie and Wendy having a treat!
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/16/10)
Millie was rescued from a puppy mill along with 850 other dogs. She and 85 other dogs were brought back to Mo. by workers with the Missouri Humane Society, including Kyle held.
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Marc Fulgham to perform in concert with Central High School Orchestra
(Submitted Story ~ 02/16/10)
Dr. Marc Fulgham will perform Feb. 23 at the Cape Central High School Winter Concert at 6:30 pm in the High School Commons. The concert is free to the public. Dr. Fulgham is in his twentieth year as Professor of Music at Southeast Missouri State University. ...
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I Love My Pastor Contest
(Submitted Story ~ 02/16/10)
Life Radio, 90.3 fm Today's Christian Hits of Poplar Bluff, conducted a contest called "I Love My Pastor". Listeners were asked to submit the name and contact of their pastor. The pastor whose name was drawn would receive a check for $300 to purchase a new suit. Seventy five different...
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Girl Scout Cookie Program continues with direct sales
(Submitted Story ~ 02/16/10)
If you've already ordered your favorite Girl Scout Cookies, they're here and delivery has begun! If you missed the first round or would like more, don't worry. From now until March 14, girls throughout southeast Missouri will continue to sell Girl Scout cookies through direct sales, including door-to-door and at booths outside local merchants. ...
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Cape woman, 92, recovering after fall that left her unable to get back inside home
(Local News ~ 02/16/10)
A 92-year-old Cape Girardeau woman is now feeling more like herself after a fall left her stranded in the cold and less than an hour away from freezing to death. Olwen Riehn only suffered a broken hip bone, thanks to Bess Staple, a housekeeper at Southeast Missouri Hospital who stopped to help after Riehn lay gripping the steps of her mobile home for more than three hours...
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Catfish and Chicken Tenders Dinner Feb. 20
(Submitted Story ~ 02/16/10)
If you like all-you-can-eat fried catfish and chicken tenders, plan on being at the New McKendree South Campus (1770 S. Hope St., Jackson, across from South Elementary School) THIS SATURDAY (February 20) sometime between 4-7 PM. Also on the menu-- cole slaw, baked beans, spiral potatoes, dessert, and drink. Adults $8, children ages 5-12 $5, children under 12 free...
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Southeast Missouri Hospital Receives Game Plaque
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/16/10)
Southeast Missouri Hospital oncologist James C. Mosley III, MD, accepts a game plaque from Southeast Missouri State University mascot Rowdy the Redhawk in recognition of the Hospital's "Pink Zone" sponsorship of the university's men's and women's basketball games on Saturday, February 13. The promotion centered on breast cancer awareness...
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Two arrested after high-speed chase that ends in Scott County
(Local News ~ 02/16/10)
A man in his 20s and a 17-year-old girl were arrested Monday in Scott County after evading the Missouri State Highway Patrol and law enforcement officers in Bollinger and Cape Girardeau County.
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Cape County 4-H Members Attend Teen Conference
(Submitted Story ~ 02/16/10)
Five 4-H members from Cape Girardeau attended the annual Teen Conference held in Columbia on Feb. 6-7th. The Conference is a fun-filled two day event for 4-Hers ages 11-13. It is planned and implemented by the Missouri 4-H State Council. Activities include workshops, assemblies, recreation events and a banquet...
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Girl's odyssey shows challenge of fighting obesity
(Health ~ 02/16/10)
Paris Woods is hardly a poster child for the obesity epidemic. Lining up dripping wet with children on her swim team, she's a blend of girlish chunkiness and womanly curves. In street clothes -- roomy pink sweats or skimpy tank tops revealing broad, brown swimmers' shoulders -- the teen blends in with her friends, a fresh-faced, robust-looking all-American girl...
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U.S. swine flu epidemic shows signs of being over
(Health ~ 02/16/10)
ATLANTA -- Is the U.S. swine flu epidemic over? Federal health officials won't go so far as to say that, but earlier this month they reported for the fourth week in a row that no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since October. An official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said swine flu cases are still occurring and are likely to continue a while longer at some level...
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11-year-old Haitian patient brought to Mo. hospital
(State News ~ 02/16/10)
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- Dr. Edward Fink was among the first wave of volunteers to arrive in Haiti after the Jan. 12 earthquake. At Hopital Sacre Coeur, about 75 miles north of Port-au-Prince, most of the injured limbs he and the other surgeons came across were too diseased or mangled to be saved...
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Study: Plants ease antibiotic risk on farms
(State News ~ 02/16/10)
ST. LOUIS -- Many farmers grow grass or other plant buffers to control erosion or capture herbicides from their fields. Now, University of Missouri scientists say there's another reason to plant them. They say the buffers can mitigate the potential risk of routine use of antibiotics in livestock...
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House bill would increase workers' comp premiums
(State News ~ 02/16/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri House committee is considering legislation to stabilize a financially troubled state fund for injured workers by triggering higher workers' compensation premiums for employers. Missouri's Second Injury Fund takes businesses off the hook for paying the claims of workers with previous injuries or conditions who are reinjured on the job. ...
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Truman Library unveils more letters from Bess
(State News ~ 02/16/10)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Coming soon: a new Bess Truman. Truman Library officials this week are observing the 125th birthday anniversary of the famously private former first lady by releasing or describing documents detailing her personal life. On Friday, archivists opened about 2,400 pages from the White House Chief Usher Files, which note the daily activities of Harry and Bess Truman from 1945 through 1953...
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Nonviolent crime
(Editorial ~ 02/16/10)
A get-tough approach on nonviolent crime isn't working, says Missouri Chief Justice William Ray Price. Instead, it is costing taxpayers billions of dollars without decreasing such crimes. Instead of spending more and more state dollars of prisons, prison payrolls and other prison-related costs, the state should look at alternative ways of dealing with nonviolent offenders, Price said in the annual State of the Judiciary message to the Missouri Legislature...
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Cape native shoots video here
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/16/10)
Thanks to Chris Harris and the Southeast Missourian for always giving me a voice and the opportunity to share my gift and passion of R&B music over the years. Please make sure you keep your ears and eyes open for my return later this fall for my album release party in Cape Girardeau. I was the first Cape Girardeau native to shoot a music video in Cape Girardeau. To all who have not seen the video, you can go on YouTube (just put in "Breeze-I Wanna Know."...
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Goal: Medical care for all
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/16/10)
An estimated 17 cents of every dollar spent last year in the United States on health care shows the largest one-year increase since 1960. State health plans are in trouble. Health care spending rose to an estimated $2.5 trillion in 2009. Prescription drugs (which included H1N1 vaccines) added up to $246 billion in 2009. Out-0f-pocket medical spending was estimated at $284 billion. A new study showed that medical costs increased last year at the fastest rate in a half-century...
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Prayer 2/16/10
(Prayer ~ 02/16/10)
Forgive us, O God, when we are glib and offend those who hear us. Amen.
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Beck's information
(Column ~ 02/16/10)
Glenn Beck (over 6,000 turned out to hear him speak at the Chaifetz Center in St. Louis recently) has been voted the second most popular cable-TV show personality (behind Oprah Winfrey). I attribute his success not to his mannerisms but to his continuous presentation of information. He's the bestselling author of three books, and recently I read his 167-page book "Common Sense," the case against an out-of-control government inspired by Thomas Paine...
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Fla. family gives up on small town in N.D.
(National News ~ 02/16/10)
HAZELTON, N.D. -- A tiny North Dakota town's promise of cash and free land lured only one family from out of state. Now, Michael and Jeanette Tristani and their 12-year-old twins are trying to move from the town without a traffic light back to Miami...
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Space station's new lookout goes for ride
(National News ~ 02/16/10)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Jammed bolts and wayward wires made for a trying night at the International Space Station as astronauts struggled to relocate the station's fancy new observation deck early Monday. Astronauts used a giant robotic arm to move the $27 million domed lookout from one side of a newly installed room at the station, called Tranquility, to the other. The lookout had to be launched in a temporary position to fit inside shuttle Endeavour's payload bay...
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Eurozone tells Greece to ready new cuts, taxes
(International News ~ 02/16/10)
BRUSSELS -- European finance ministers bluntly told Greece to prepare tougher spending cuts and new taxes in an attempt to snuff out a government debt crisis that has shaken the entire eurozone. The 16 countries that use the euro warned Greece on Monday that it will need to take the extra measures if current cutbacks don't bring its massive deficit down -- from a staggering 12.7 percent of economic output to a still-high 8.7 percent this year...
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Fears of another quake are new Haiti anxiety
(International News ~ 02/16/10)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Hundreds of houses that survived Haiti's killer quake still stand empty even as quake victims desperate for shelter crowd the streets. The reason is fear: Nobody is quite sure they can withstand another quake. At least 54 aftershocks have shuddered through Haiti's shattered capital since a Jan. ...
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Power outage impedes release of Americans
(International News ~ 02/16/10)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haiti's creaky, quake-damaged electrical system apparently delayed on Monday a judge's decision on whether to release 10 Americans charged with child kidnapping. Prosecutor Josephe Manes Louis said he completed his recommendation to the judge, as the law requires, but that a power outage Monday kept him from printing it out and delivering it...
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Belgian rush-hour train collision kills at least 18
(International News ~ 02/16/10)
BRUSSELS -- A rush-hour commuter train sped through a red signal and slammed into an oncoming train as it left a suburban Brussels station, killing at least 18 people and disrupting rail traffic in northern Europe. Investigations into one the worst accidents on the Belgian rails were likely to focus on whether human error was responsible or if it could have been influenced by the persistently freezing temperatures that have iced up the European capital...
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Bayh exits Senate against backdrop of angry voters
(National News ~ 02/16/10)
WASHINGTON -- The announcement by centrist Indiana Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh that he's retiring from a Congress he no longer loves adds yet another name to a list of lawmakers fleeing a town they say has become acidly partisan. And it gives Republicans a chance to pick up a seat...
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Lorene McDaniel
(Obituary ~ 02/16/10)
Lorene M. McDaniel, 93, of Jackson died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born Sept. 23, 1916, in Blohmeyer, to Emil and Hermena Schwepker Simpher. She and Bearl L. McDaniel were married Nov. 29, 1941. He died June 2008...
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Harold Pfeiffer
(Obituary ~ 02/16/10)
Harold Edgar Pfeiffer, 90, of Gordonville died Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 16, 1919, in Shawneetown, Mo., son of Oswald A. and Ella Lydia Oswald Pfeiffer. He and Margaret R. Petschke were married Nov. 26, 1949, in Downers Grove, Ill...
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Cape police report 2/16/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/16/10)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults Thefts Summonses Property damage Miscellaneous...
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Leonora Winter
(Obituary ~ 02/16/10)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Leonora T. (Steffens) Winter, 88, of Frohna died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 8, 1922, in Farrar, Mo., daughter of the late Claus H. and Frieda M. Koenig Steffens. She was married at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar on May 24, 1947, to E. Roland Winter of Frohna. They were married for 62 years...
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Delmar Murray
(Obituary ~ 02/16/10)
Delmar Ray Murray, 89, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, at his home. He was born Oct. 20, 1920. in Yount, Mo., the son of Everett and Clara Yamnitz Murray. He and Helen Cummings were married July 1, 1946, in Piggott, Ark. Delmar was a veteran of World War II, having served as a gunner's mate first class in the U.S. ...
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Robert Spier
(Obituary ~ 02/16/10)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Robert "Turkey Shooter" Spier, 76, of McClure, formerly of Dongola, Ill., died Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be in the Mound City National Cemetery with military honors...
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Barbara Rhyne
(Obituary ~ 02/16/10)
*** Barbara Rhyne CHAFFEE, Mo. — Barbara Joann Rhyne, 61, of Chaffee died Feb. 14, 2010, in Scott City. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Delmar Crites
(Obituary ~ 02/16/10)
*** Delmar Crites Delmar Ray Crites, 74, of Jackson died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson.
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Robert Gibbar
(Obituary ~ 02/16/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Robert W. Gibbar, 63, of Perryville died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, at his residence. A memorial Mass will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville, with the Rev. Joe Williams officiating. Military honors will be provided by VFW Post 4282...
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Margie Broughton
(Obituary ~ 02/16/10)
*** Margie Broughton Margie Rose Broughton died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Visitation will be from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel in St. Louis. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the cemetery chapel.
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Thomas Omohundro
(Obituary ~ 02/16/10)
*** Thomas Omohundro Thomas Jackson "Doc" Omohundro, 84, of Jackson died Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Estella Green
(Obituary ~ 02/16/10)
*** Estella Green Estella M. Green, 89, of Jackson, formerly of Scott City, died Feb. 15, 2010. at Saint Francis Medical Center. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Glenn Kirchhoff
(Obituary ~ 02/16/10)
Glenn Victor Kirchhoff, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the chapel. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Out of the past 2/16/10
(Out of the Past ~ 02/16/10)
Participants in a groundbreaking yesterday for Saint Francis Medical Center's $1.25 million cardiopulmonary diagnostic and education building found it necessary to use torches to thaw the ground before being able to turn the first shovel full of dirt...
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Blues worried about losing steam during Olympics
(High School Sports ~ 02/16/10)
ST. LOUIS -- As most NHL players go into a two-week hiatus aside from those that will be playing in the Winter Olympics, the St. Louis Blues may want to rethink whether some time off is good for them right now. The Blues went into the Olympic break on a three-game winning streak after a 4-3 shootout win Saturday night over the NHL's hottest team, the Washington Capitals...
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Jackson girls defeat visiting Black Knights
(High School Sports ~ 02/16/10)
After her team had held off stubborn Farmington for the Jackson Indians' fifth straight win, sophomore Connor King sang the praises of the team's seniors -- Kaylen Knepp, Cassandra Bollinger and Whitney McNeely. "The seniors have been great leaders," King said moments after the Indians defeated the visiting Black Knights 42-37. "They've been a positive influence and have really helped us come together as a team."...
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China celebrates year of tiger
(International News ~ 02/16/10)
ANDY WONG ~ Associated Press A Chinese boy wears tiger headgear Monday as he stands in front of the tiger toys on display at a temple fair on the second day of the Chinese new year in Beijing. Millions of Chinese celebrated the new year, called the Year of the Tiger, which began Sunday....
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High school roundup: Zalma boys top Marquand 61-36
(High School Sports ~ 02/16/10)
All the area high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Perfect Racers await Redhawks
(College Sports ~ 02/16/10)
The Murray State men's basketball team has a chance to tie a notable program record tonight, along with clinching the outright Ohio Valley Conference regular-season title. It will take a monumental upset by Southeast Missouri State to keep the Racers from those accomplishments...
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Mo. bill would create abortion waiting period
(State News ~ 02/16/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Women seeking abortions in Missouri would have to receive information about the fetus and wait 24 hours for the procedure under a bill in the state Senate. Republican Sen. Rob Mayer of Dexter is the sponsor. Mayer told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday the information would help persuade women seeking abortions to choose other options...
- Speak Out 2/16/10 (Speak Out ~ 02/16/10)
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Bollinger archive users depend on loyal volunteers
(Column ~ 02/16/10)
An open letter to the Bollinger County commissioners: I was recently informed of the situation with the Bollinger County Archives, and, gentlemen, I was appalled. My husband and I have been patrons of the Bollinger County Archives for many years...
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Crowder College gets $3.5 million in stimulus funds
(State News ~ 02/16/10)
NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) -- Crowder College in Neosho has received more than $3.5 million in federal stimulus money that it will use to expand education programs in health care. The Joplin Globe reports that the U.S. Department of Labor told Crowder last week that it would receive more than $3.57 million in stimulus money over the next three years...
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Mo. college doesn't want exclusively LGBT group
(State News ~ 02/16/10)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- Students seeking to form a gay-straight alliance at Lindenwood University have reached a compromise with school officials. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that gays will have a formally recognized student organization at the university in the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles. But sexual orientation cannot be a part of the title, and the group must be expanded to include "other students in need of understanding and support."...
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KC district ponders closing half of its schools
(State News ~ 02/16/10)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Kansas City School District is considering a proposal to close half of its schools as it struggles to cut up to $50 million from its budget for the upcoming academic year. Under the plan district Superintendent John Covington proposed to the school board Saturday, 29 to 31 of the district's 60 schools would be shuttered, eliminating as many as 285 teaching positions...
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Missouri investigating dogs' euthanasia
(State News ~ 02/16/10)
ST. LOUIS -- The state Department of Agriculture has begun investigating an eastern Missouri county's practice of euthanizing dogs without having a veterinarian present, a possibly illegal practice officials say may be widespread. The action appears to violate Missouri's euthanasia laws, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Monday, but Jefferson County officials said the county can't afford to have a vet on site every time a dog is euthanized and that the practice is not illegal...
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Woman works to help neglected, abused dogs
(Local News ~ 02/16/10)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Driving a truck packed with dog food, bowls, squeaky toys and ready-to-assemble doghouses, among other items, Kate Quigley recently went in search of dogs suffering from abuse or neglect. "All right," she says, "Let's go save some dogs."...
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Eagles avenge loss to St. Vincent
(High School Sports ~ 02/16/10)
ORAN, Mo. -- Oran's defense suffocated St. Vincent, especially in the first half. The Eagles forced multiple turnovers and the Indians couldn't buy a basket as Oran emerged with a 52-44 victory in girls basketball action Monday. "Our kids, we've been really trying to take a lot of pride in our defense," Oran coach Adam Friga said. ...
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Southland eliminates elementary principal position to cut costs
(Local News ~ 02/16/10)
In a cost-cutting measure, the Southland Board of Education made the unanimous decision to eliminate one of the district's two principal positions, combining the duties into a single K-12 principal position. The change will go into effect at the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year...
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Mo. State University gets cattle ranch as gift
(State News ~ 02/16/10)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A family known in the cattle market as top breeders are donating a ranch worth $7 million to Missouri State University. The Springfield News-Leader reported that the ranch includes more than 1,000 head of cattle and sits on more than 3,300 acres in Douglas County, just 10 miles south of the Mountain Grove campus. In announcing the gift Friday, officials said it is the second-largest donation in school history.
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Jackson police report 2/16/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/16/10)
Jackson The Jackson Police Department released the following item. Property damage * Property damage was reported in the 1800 block of Kimbel Lane.
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