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Judge rules admission of injuring Sikeston infant can be used at trial
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Court of Appeals has determined a Sikeston, Mo., man's admission of injuring an infant so severely the child eventually died should be part of the case's evidence. Judge Colleen Dolan issued her opinion Tuesday that Kevin Dixon's statement and videotaped demonstration of how he threw an 8-month-old boy against a wall should be part of the trial court evidence. Last May, Dixon's defense attorney had contended the admissions were improperly obtained by detectives...
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Magnet, chamber to add background checks to policy
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
Leaders of Cape Girardeau's top two economic development agencies say they will now add criminal background checks to the list of requirements for developers seeking state incentives. Chamber of Commerce CEO John Mehner and Magnet executive director Mitch Robinson said the move is being made in light of the state's decision Tuesday to withdraw $2 million in state aid from a downtown dental and vision care cooperative because it is being led by a man on probation for passing bad checks...
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Developer of Cape Girardeau cooperative pays nearly $80,000 in restitution
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
When Weaver Dickerson was on television Dec. 8 touting a new $10 million downtown Cape Girardeau medical center, Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Briney Welborn was watching. And he recognized Dickerson as the man who had failed to pay almost $80,000 in court-ordered restitution to the people he had written bad checks to in late 2006 and early 2007...
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Compromise in Congress funds Pell Grants for now
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
A compromise to fund the federal government's operations through the first two months of 2011 turned into a big win for the nation's college students.
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Fredericktown woman injured Wednesday car accident
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
A Fredericktown, Mo., woman received moderate injuries following a one-car accident Wednesday on Highway 25 at County Road 230 in Cape Girardeau County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass driven by Cristina M. Miller, 31, ran off the road, struck a utility pole and came to rest in a ditch at 10:10 a.m...
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Suspect attempts to swallow drugs during traffic stop
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
HAYTI, Mo. -- Officers in Hayti, were forced to threaten use of their Taser devices on a man who interfered with an investigation during a traffic stop on Monday. According to Chief of Police Paul Shecknell, at approximately 6:56 p.m., police arrested Rashod Douglas, 19, of Hayti for possession of marijuana, driving while suspended and no proof of insurance. Douglas was arrested following a traffic stop made for an inoperable license plate lamp on the vehicle he was driving...
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East Prairie man killed in crash
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- An East Prairie man was killed after his vehicle struck a tree and utility pole early today in Mississippi County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 12:46 a.m., Randy O. Bramlett, 54, of East Prairie was traveling northbound on County Road 409 at the East Prairie city limits, when his vehicle ran off the road and struck an embankment before hitting the tree and utility pole...
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With 2010 census complete, analysis begins
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
On Tuesday morning, as the official 2010 census figures were released, Dennis Johnson and head counters everywhere could sigh in relief. The massive data-collection campaign years in the making had come to an end. "The war is over, so to speak," said Johnson, director of the U.S. Census Bureau's Kansas City Regional Office...
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The County Line: County collector also organizes delinquent tax sales
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
Most Cape Girardeau County residents recognize Collector Diane Diebold as the name on the front of the blue envelopes they receive when they pay their taxes at the end of the year. "My main responsibility is to collect the taxes for all the different taxing authorities within the county. The majority of the money is for the school districts, and that is by not just the statutes but by the Missouri Constitution," she said...
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Cairo bridge to close next month
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
CAIRO, Ill. -- The District 9 Office of the Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that the bridge carrying US 60 and 62 over the Mississippi River will be closed to all vehicular traffic, effective Jan. 11, 2011. This structure is located south of Cairo. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission awards contract for official bonding
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
Bids were opened and a contract was awarded for Cape Girardeau County official bonding Thursday. Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark Summers recommended the contract be awarded to Teeple Insurance of Versailles, Mo., with a cost of $3,546 per term. Teeple was the lowest of the four submitted bids...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/23/10)
Bailey and Carter are all dressed up and ready for Santa's visit Christmas Eve and they want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas......
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Online bullying affecting many teens, area educators say
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
Megan Meier. Ryan Halligan. Alexis Pilkington. These teens have two things in common: They were victims of cyberbullying, and they took their own lives. Pilkington, 17, of Long Island, N.Y., killed herself in March in the wake of repeated taunts on social networking sites. Halligan, a Vermont eighth-grader, committed suicide in 2003 after he was "threatened, taunted and insulted incessantly."...
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ND rallies to repeat as Holiday Classic champions
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/10)
Notre Dame repeated as Show Me Center Holiday Classic champion by ending Meadow Heights' storybook run. But not before the Panthers gave Notre Dame a major run for its money. Fifth-seeded Meadow Heights led most of the way before third-seeded Notre Dame rallied in the closing moments for a thrilling 63-61 victory Wednesday night...
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Alleged metal thieves arrested after trying to recycle stolen material
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
KENNETT, M0. -- Two men from Blytheville, Ark., are currently in the Dunklin County Justice Center suspected of receiving stolen property. According to Dunklin County prosecutors and the Kennett Police Department, Jessie Hudson, 35, and Justin Bernard Jamison, 21, were arrested after police received a report from the manager of Wilson's Recycling, located on Independence Avenue, that two men were trying to sell some metal that was believed to have been stolen from an irrigation system...
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Preliminary hearing today for Sikeston teen charged with murder
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Sikeston teen will appear in court today for a hearing in the murder case against her. Brianna Branson, 18, is set to appear before Judge Scott T. Horman for a preliminary hearing at 9:30 a.m. She is charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and second-degree assault...
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Two states probe use of models to lure marrow donors
(National News ~ 12/23/10)
BOSTON -- Justin Judkins was approached at a shopping mall by a pretty young model, "all dolled up," wearing high heels, a white lab coat and electric blue wig. She asked him if he wanted to be a hero and save a child's life. How could he say no?...
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Census: Rust Belt states losing people, clout
(National News ~ 12/23/10)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- After years of losing residents to more prosperous states, the nation's Rust Belt now confronts another blow to its economic prospects: losing some of its votes in Congress. The latest census figures show that states in much of the Midwest and Northeast have been overtaken in population growth by the South and West. ...
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Congress OKs aid for Sept. 11 responders
(National News ~ 12/23/10)
WASHINGTON -- After a last-minute compromise, Congress passed legislation Wednesday to provide up to $4.2 billion in new aid to survivors of the September 2001 terrorism attack on the World Trade Center and responders who became ill working in its ruins...
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President Obama signs 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
(National News ~ 12/23/10)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama signed a new law Wednesday that will allow gays for the first time in history to serve openly in America's military. And he urged those kicked out under the old law to re-enlist. Framing the issue as a matter of civil rights long denied, Obama said that "we are a nation that welcomes the service of every patriot ... a nation that believes that all men and women are created equal."...
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Eugenia Baker
(Obituary ~ 12/23/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Eugenia Baker, 83, of Marble Hill passed away Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 31, 1927, in Scopus, Mo., daughter of Ernest and Dona Grable Pulliam. She and Marion Ray Baker were married Dec. 25, 1946...
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Allen Parker Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/23/10)
Allen Ray Parker Jr., 18, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center, as a result of an automobile accident. He was born Dec. 7, 1992, in Cape Girardeau, to Allen and Gloria Linhart Parker Sr. Allen was a member of Jacksonville Assembly of the Body of Christ Church in Jacksonville, Fla. He had been employed at McDonald's Restaurant in Cape Girardeau. He was an avid hunter and volleyball player...
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Stormy Johnson
(Obituary ~ 12/23/10)
Stormy Pollard Johnson, infant daughter of Jamisha Johnson and Johnny Pollard of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to service time Monday at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery...
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James Lawson
(Obituary ~ 12/23/10)
BENTON, Ill. -- James Robert Lawson, 76, of Benton passed away Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at Franklin Hospital in Benton. Visitation will be after 9 a.m. Monday at Morton and Johnston Funeral Home in Benton. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Masonic and Oddfellows Cemetery in Benton...
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Frieda Lorenz
(Obituary ~ 12/23/10)
Frieda E.R. Lorenz, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at Fountainbleau Lodge. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
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Births 12/23/10
(Births ~ 12/23/10)
Son to Brian Shane and Amanda Nicole Jines of Bloomfield, Mo., Southeast Hospital, 7:29 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Name, Hunter Shane. Weight, 8 pounds. Second child, first son. Mrs. Jines is the former Amanda Nelson, daughter of Michael Stoker of Bloomfield and Patricia Stoker of Advance, Mo., and the late Frankie Nelson of Advance. ...
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Harley McCrite
(Obituary ~ 12/23/10)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Harley "Toad" McCrite, 87, of Olive Branch died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, and 8 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill...
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Out of the past 12/23/10
(Out of the Past ~ 12/23/10)
With just over a week remaining before the 1985 property tax deadline, Cape Girardeau County Collector Harold Kuehle estimates only one out of every four county taxpayer has made his payments. Cleanup crews removed about 700 bags of oil-soaked material from the Mississippi River as cleanup work continued over the weekend south of Thebes, Ill., in the aftermath of an oil spill; more than 180,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the river following a towboat accident at the Thebes river bridge last Tuesday.. ...
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89-year-old man returns library book after 76 years
(National News ~ 12/23/10)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. -- Mark McKee is lucky a Michigan library isn't charging him a late fee for returning a book 76 years late. In 1934, the 13-year-old McKee checked out "A Dog of Flanders" by English author Marie Louise de la Ramee from the Mount Clemens Public Library...
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Mizzou retains Braggin' Rights
(College Sports ~ 12/23/10)
ST. LOUIS -- Laurence Bowers made a four-point play with a layup and two free throws after an intentional foul with 40 seconds to go, fueling a huge final minute for No. 9 Missouri in a 75-64 victory over No. 21 Illinois on Wednesday night. Marcus Denmon had 15 points and Bowers added 13 for the Tigers (11-1), who won the Braggin' Rights game for the second straight year after dropping the previous nine. Justin Safford added 11 points...
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Jackson secures third place with deadeye shooting on free throws
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/10)
Jackson had its eyes on the Show Me Center Holiday Classic championship. Those plans went out the window with a semifinal loss to Notre Dame. But the Indians were still able to close out the 15th annual eight-team girls basketball tournament with a win thanks in large part to incredible free-throw shooting...
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Tigers ride big third quarter to fifth place
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/10)
A huge third-quarter run netted Central the fifth-place consolation trophy in the Show Me Center Holiday Classic. The fourth-seeded Tigers trailed sixth-seeded Scott City for most of the first three periods Wednesday. But the Tigers stunned Scott City by scoring 19 of the third quarter's last 22 points on their way to a 48-35 victory...
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All-American honors go to 3 Redhawks
(College Sports ~ 12/23/10)
The honors keep piling up for the Southeast Missouri State football team. Southeast garnered three more All-American accolades as The Sports Network announced its Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) squads on Wednesday. Senior tailback Henry Harris made The Sports Network All-American first team, with senior offensive guard Frank Knights a second-team selection and senior center Sean Middleton a third-team pick...
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Perryville places seventh in Holiday Classic
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/10)
Perryville and Saxony Lutheran both had the same thought in mind entering Wednesday's seventh-place game of the Show Me Center Holiday Classic. Each squad was looking to salvage a win after dropping its first two tournament games. Seventh-seeded Perryville was able to accomplish its goal, downing Saxony -- the eighth and final seed -- 58-37...
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Hooked on Science: How Santa gets down the chimney
(Community ~ 12/23/10)
It's that time of year when Santa brings gifts to children all over the world. Using this experiment, see how Santa uses science to get down the chimney. Adult supervision is recommended. STEP 2: QUICKLY put the egg or Santa on the opening of the jar and watch how Santa goes down the chimney...
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Spy deported from U.S. joins Putin's Russian youth group
(International News ~ 12/23/10)
MOSCOW -- Former spy Anna Chapman publicly reaffirmed her allegiance to Russia and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday by joining the youth wing of his United Russia party -- as an issue Playboy magazine with nude pictures of her hit the newsstands...
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American medicines for Afghan soldiers disappear
(International News ~ 12/23/10)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S.-donated medicines and pharmaceutical supplies meant to keep the new Afghan army and police healthy have been disappearing before reaching Afghan military hospitals and clinics, and the government said it is removing the army's top medical officer from his post as part of an investigation into alleged corruption...
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Argentine ex-dictator sentenced to life in prison
(International News ~ 12/23/10)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Former dictator Jorge Videla was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for the torture and murder of 31 prisoners in 1976. It was the first conviction for the military junta leader in 25 years of democracy, and prompted loud applause in a courtroom packed with relatives of the victims...
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Venezuela bars foreign NGO funding
(International News ~ 12/23/10)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- A congress dominated by President Hugo Chavez's allies has passed a law that bars foreign funding for nongovernment organizations and political parties, adding to a series of measures that government opponents say are aimed at cracking down on dissent...
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When the elk start eating the flower beds
(Column ~ 12/23/10)
Government efforts (I deliberately used an oxymoron) to restore elk herds in Missouri are getting way too serious. I can't stand by and say nothing as human beings, thinking they are smarter than any average large beast, prepare to make another huge blunder...
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Christmas letter 2010
(Column ~ 12/23/10)
Dec. 23, 2010 Dear family and friends, In an elementary school Christmas pageant long ago I played one of the Magi bearing gifts for the infant Jesus. I sang: "Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume/Breathes a life of gathering gloom/Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying/Sealed in the stone-cold tomb."...
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Prayer 12/23/10
(Prayer ~ 12/23/10)
O God, bless us this Christmas as we celebrate the birth of your son. Amen.
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Scott County finds hundreds of errors in street name database
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County officials are hoping a combination of automatic updates and communication between offices will clear up street name errors in county databases. Commissioners met with Amber Scudder, addressing technician for Scott County; Debbie Evans, mapper for the assessor's office; and Assessor Teresa Houchin during the regular Scott County Commission meeting Tuesday...
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Sikeston police make arrests in large Tuesday sweep
(Local News ~ 12/23/10)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Following the night of a lunar eclipse, law enforcement officers scheduled one of their own, with "Operation Total Eclipse." The warrant roundup led to 18 arrests, and targeted five people who were already in custody, said Sgt. Jim McMillen, public information officer for the Sikeston Department of Public Safety. Around 40 people total were on the list for sealed indictments through Scott County for a variety of charges, but not all have been arrested...
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Jackson police/fire 12/22/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/10)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/23/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/10)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/23/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/10)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Teens could face steep consequences for 'sexting'
(Community ~ 12/23/10)
She was 16 and in love. She sent the photo on her cell phone, believing it was just between her and her boyfriend. He pushed "send," too. Now all his friends on the football team see what he saw, what she didn't intend for anyone else to see: her topless picture...
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First semester brings many lessons
(Column ~ 12/23/10)
It's crazy the number of adventures that happen in a year. This time last year I was still undecided about where I was going to college, terrified about leaving home and wishing I could fly to Neverland. This December, my first semester at Truman State University is finished. There are so many amazing things that happened I just have to step back and be breathtakingly thankful for every part of it. Here are a few key parts of my journey in the last year:...
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Scientists: DNA shows new human relative roamed Asia
(National News ~ 12/23/10)
NEW YORK -- Scientists have recovered the DNA code of a human relative recently discovered in Siberia, and it delivered a surprise: This relative roamed far from the cave that holds its only known remains. By comparing the DNA to that of modern populations, scientists found evidence that these "Denisovans" from more than 30,000 years ago ranged all across Asia. They apparently interbred with the ancestors of people now living in Melanesia, a group of islands northeast of Australia...
- Advent service held at Hanover Lutheran (Local News ~ 12/23/10)
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Iraqi churches cancel Christmas festivities
(International News ~ 12/23/10)
KIRKUK, Iraq -- No decorations, no midnight Mass. Even an appearance by Santa Claus has been nixed after Iraq's Christian leaders called off Christmas celebrations amid new al-Qaida threats on the tiny community still terrified from a bloody siege on a Baghdad church...
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Storm causes hillside collapse, flooding in Southern California
(National News ~ 12/23/10)
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. -- Axl Dominguez awoke early Wednesday to a bumping sound and looked out the window to a scary sight: Plastic trash cans floating down the flooded street. And then the water came rushing into his house. "We didn't have time to get anything. ...
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Senate ratifies nuclear arms control treaty
(National News ~ 12/23/10)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday ratified an arms control treaty with Russia that reins in the nuclear weapons that could plunge the world into doomsday, giving President Barack Obama a major foreign policy win in Congress' waning hours. Thirteen Republicans broke with their top two leaders and joined 56 Democrats and two independents in providing the necessary two-thirds vote to approve the treaty. ...
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Christmas
(Editorial ~ 12/23/10)
It is a simple story, but the birth in a stable some 2,000 years ago changed the world. On this Christmas Eve, the story is told again from the Holy Bible (the Gospel according to St. Luke, Chapter 2):And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one unto his own city...
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The best Christmas gift
(Column ~ 12/23/10)
The weather outside was frightful, but that didn't keep me from grilling last night. The pork tenderloin couldn't have turned out better, and our family sat down to an incredible dinner. As we ate, my thoughts turned to Allen, a 17 year-old orphan in Swaziland whom I met this past summer. ...
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Speak Out 12/23/10
(Speak Out ~ 12/23/10)
The Bush tax cuts were first enacted in 2001. Eight years later, the national debt had increased by more than $1 trillion and the economy was in shambles. If the cuts are such a positive thing for our economy, they would not have led to such catastrophic results...
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Slumping Bradford insists he's not hitting rookie wall
(Professional Sports ~ 12/23/10)
ST. LOUIS -- Sam Bradford is in a slump, throwing no touchdown passes and five interceptions in the last three games. The St. Louis Rams' rookie quarterback insisted Wednesday he hasn't hit the wall mentally or physically. He's fired up about leading a team that could secure its first playoff berth since 2004 with victories over the 49ers at home and at Seattle to finish the season...
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Possible Mo. stadium name change raises concerns
(State News ~ 12/23/10)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- The name of Missouri Southern State University's stadium could be changing. And that has upset a relative of the stadium's late namesake, Fred. G. Hughes. His daughter, Sallie Hughes, says the school's foundation has told her that a potential donor wants the stadium to be named after him...
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Hill with a view
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/23/10)
Overlook at General Watkins Conservation Area, Morley MO
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A Little Christmas Joy
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/23/10)
My grandson Matthew looking at his baby sister Rylee laying under the Christmas tree.
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