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Cape Girardeau County Commission declines coverage for earthquakes caused by terrorists
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
Routine business strayed into the unusual Thursday when the Cape Girardeau County Commission had to formally decline coverage for terrorism-related earthquakes while renewing its property insurance.
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Preliminary hearing waived in Cape arson case
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
The man charged with burning down a Cape Girardeau office complex waived his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday and will be back in court next month. Mark K. Carleton, 26, is charged with second-degree arson after he allegedly started a fire Nov. 21 with papers and a lighter, destroying the office complex at 1707 N. Mount Auburn Road. During a brief court appearance in front of Cape Girardeau Circuit Court Judge Gary Kamp Thursday, Carleton waived his right to a preliminary hearing...
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SEMO regents approve $29 million bond plan
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
Southeast Missouri State University will continue to grow with Thursday's approval by the board of regents to issue $29 million in system facilities revenue bonds that will fund construction of a new residence hall and a chiller and boiler plant near the Show Me Center...
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Man accused in fatal Cape stabbing out on bond
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
The Jackson man charged with killing a father of three outside a downtown Cape Girardeau bar last week bonded out of jail Tuesday. Ryan Harkey, 23, has been in custody since Dec. 9 when he was arrested for allegedly stabbing Jerry Conrad to death outside Rumors, 36 N. Spanish St., the same day. On Tuesday, Dwight Gates, a bondsman for Philip Wayne Childress Bail Bonds, posted Harkey's $250,000 surety bond, according to Missouri Case.Net...
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Clay Waller sentencing pushed back two weeks
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
Clay Waller's sentencing hearing on federal Internet threatening charges has been pushed back two weeks to give the prosecution time to gather evidence and prepare testimony to contest the sentencing guidelines recently set forth by a presentence report...
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Jackson girls basketball team turns back Notre Dame
(High School Sports ~ 12/16/11)
The Jackson High School girls basketball team led most of the way Thursday night but could not shake Notre Dame. That left senior forward Connor King a bit uneasy. "They kept coming back. We couldn't pull away. It made me nervous," King said. Jackson finally was able to knock out the visiting Bulldogs 43-33 in a hard-fought defensive battle between two of the area's premier squads...
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Members of public sign last steel beam of Cape casino
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
People lined up Thursday afternoon to sign their name on a piece of Cape Girardeau history: the final steel beam to be placed in the Isle of Capri Casino. The casino hosted a holiday-themed beam signing party in the Hutson's Fine Furniture parking lot in downtown Cape Girardeau complete with Christmas carolers. The Southeast Missouri Food Bank had a collection truck on hand for those willing to donate nonperishable food items...
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tree squirrel
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/16/11)
This was taken in my yard one day.
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Overnight Cape fire damages home; no one hurt
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
Fire damaged a home in Cape Girardeau early Friday morning. According to a release from the Cape Girardeau Fire Department, crews responded to 1305 Victoria Drive around 3:10 a.m. and upon arrival found heavy smoke and fire coming from the garage of a one-story house...
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Robey named commander of 880th Engineer Haul Team
(Submitted Story ~ 12/16/11)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- 2nd Lt. John Robey, of Jefferson City, has been appointed the new commander for the Missouri National Guard's 880th Engineer Haul Team in Perryville. During the ceremony, the unit guidon was passed to Robey to symbolize the transfer of authority and responsibility...
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Ginter named new commander of 205th MP Battalion
(Submitted Story ~ 12/16/11)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Lt. Col. Rodney Ginter, of Columbia, has been appointed the new commander for the 205th Military Police Battalion in Poplar Bluff. The battalion has three units in eight locations: Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment in Poplar Bluff; 1137th Military Police Company in Kennett, Doniphan and Jackson; 1175th Military Police Company in St. Clair and St. Louis; and the 1138th Military Police Company in West Plains and Springfield...
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9 states win early learning grant, Missouri not among them
(State News ~ 12/16/11)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nine states will share $500 million in grant money won in a high-profile competition intended to jump-start improvements in early childhood programs, the Obama administration announced Friday. But Missouri isn't one of them. California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington state will see funding for innovative efforts in often-overlooked pre-K schooling...
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Corps wraps up work at Birds Point for winter
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- For more than seven months, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has worked to undo some of the damage it caused in May when three holes were blasted in the Birds Point-New Madrid levee. With work coming to a halt this week until warmer weather returns next year, corps officials Thursday met with farmers and local officials to discuss what looks to be a winter of uncertainty...
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Judge gives Bonds house arrest, then delays
(National News ~ 12/16/11)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Barry Bonds will remain free and unpunished while he appeals his conviction for giving misleading testimony before a grand jury. A federal judge handed Bonds a sentence of 30 days of house arrest, two years of probation and 250 hours of community service on Friday -- then delayed the sentence pending an appeal likely to take a year or more...
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Humane Society benefits from toys made at AEC
(Submitted Story ~ 12/16/11)
It was a tug-of-war at Cape Girardeau Alternative Education Center this week as students tied, pulled, braided and stretched strips of cloth into dog tug-toys that they will present to the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri. Pictured working on the project are Tae Nunley-Bell and Jacquin Triplett. ...
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Berry receives BBB Student of Ethics Award
(Submitted Story ~ 12/16/11)
Cape Central High School Senior Elliott Berry, pictured here with his parents Dr. and Mrs. Danny Berry, was awarded the Student of Ethics Award at the Better Business Bureau TORCH Awards luncheon on November 30 in St. Charles MO. The $2,500 award is given to three students in the Southern half of Missouri and Illinois to assist the students with college expenses. ...
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States unlikely to heed call for cell ban
(State News ~ 12/16/11)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Lawmakers in Missouri had the chance, after two buses packed with high school band members slammed into a freeway wreck caused by a teenager who was sending a flurry of text messages, to impose tougher limits on driver cellphone use. It got filibustered...
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Sikeston man gets 50 years for 2008 home invasion
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
BENTON, Mo. -- Following emotional testimony from family members of the victim, a Sikeston, Mo., man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for a 2008 robbery and home invasion. Maurice Robinson was sentenced by Judge David Dolan to 30 years in prison on charges of first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary with the sentences to run concurrently. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/16/11)
Today in History Today is Friday, Dec. 16, the 350th day of 2011. There are 15 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 16, 1811, the first of the powerful New Madrid earthquakes, with an estimated magnitude of 7.7, struck the central Mississippi Valley. (There were, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, three main shocks in all; the second struck in Jan. 1812 and the third was in Feb. 1812.)...
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1 Night, 2 Parties
(Entertainment ~ 12/16/11)
I'm normally an advocate of promoting or celebrating only one holiday at a time. I abhor the common sight of Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving or, increasingly, Halloween. However, I have decided to take this space to talk about two New Year's Eve events in Cape Girardeau on Dec. 31...
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SEMO graduation
(Editorial ~ 12/16/11)
Tomorrow the work of 656 Southeast Missouri State University students -- and the support from many more family and friends -- will culminate with a graduation ceremony at the Show Me Center. Among the students who will cross the stage, 543 will receive an undergraduate degree and 113 will receive graduate degrees. ...
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Speak Out 12/16/11
(Speak Out ~ 12/16/11)
THANKS to First Presbyterian Church on Lorimier and Broadway for the beautiful living Nativity this past weekend. This year the setting included live animals: donkeys, sheep and even a camel. Our granddaughter was so impressed with the scene, and we also enjoyed hot cocoa and chili in the church's fellowship hall. Good job...
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Noble fruitcake
(Column ~ 12/16/11)
You really didn't think you would make it all the way through December without my annual appeal on behalf of the much maligned fruitcake. You surely know by now that I am probably the world's foremost champion of the noble fruitcake. Sad to say, I sometimes believe I am the ONLY champion...
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Prayer 12/16/11
(Prayer ~ 12/16/11)
O God, thank you that all the promises you have made are "yes" in Christ. Amen.
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Best bet: Thorlock
(Entertainment ~ 12/16/11)
Get ready to rumble -- these bands will shake the ground. Thorlock makes a Cape Girardeau appearance and brings in some regional groups as backup. The heavy metal group never fails to blow audiences away. They're as musically clean as they are unapologetically loud. ...
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Put little homemade gifts in the stocking
(Entertainment ~ 12/16/11)
Many people feel that homemade gifts are the best, most meaningful gifts of all. I have a feeling that my 11-year-old daughter might disagree. Nevertheless, store employees at Hobby Lobby and Hancock Fabrics in Cape Girardeau say that lots of their customers are making gifts for Christmas this year.
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Idaho mine closed after 7 miners injured
(National News ~ 12/16/11)
SPOKANE, Wash. -- The federal government on Thursday temporarily shut down a mile-deep silver mine in Idaho that has been the site of three serious accidents this year, including one this week that left seven miners injured. Two miners died in separate accidents earlier this year at the Lucky Friday Mine. On Wednesday night, seven miners were injured during a rock burst while working 5,900 feet below the surface; all were safely rescued...
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Driver call ban could be hard to enforce
(National News ~ 12/16/11)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A driver in the next lane is moving his lips. Is he on a hands-free cellphone? Talking to someone in the car? To himself? Singing along to the radio? If lawmakers follow the advice of a federal board, police officers will have to start figuring that out -- somehow...
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Silent film ‘The Artist' leads Globe nominations
(Entertainment ~ 12/16/11)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Ah, Paris. City of Light. Land of romance. Gobbler of all the best Golden Globe nominations. Presented by overseas reporters based in Hollywood, the Globes may be a worldwide affair, but this time, they have a real French flair. The silent film "The Artist," from French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius, led with six nominations Thursday, while the field includes Woody Allen's French romance "Midnight in Paris" and Martin Scorsese's Paris adventure "Hugo."...
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Putin denounces protesters, rejects rerun of election
(International News ~ 12/16/11)
MOSCOW -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin denounced those protesting vote fraud as stooges of the West and insisted that Russia's national election was valid. His opponents were undeterred. In a 4 1/2-hour marathon call-in show on national TV, Putin aimed to erect a bulwark against a rising wave of discontent. But his disdainful tone appeared likely to only fuel more protests, after a fraud-tainted parliamentary vote Dec. 4 sparked the largest public anger Russia has seen in a generation...
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Russian fishing ship lists badly near Antarctica; ice complicates rescue efforts
(International News ~ 12/16/11)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A Russian fishing vessel with 32 crew members was in trouble and taking on water near Antarctica on Friday. Heavy sea ice was hampering rescue efforts, and officials said it could be four or five days before anybody reaches the ship to try to rescue the crew...
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Plan would lift wages of home care workers
(National News ~ 12/16/11)
WASHINGTON -- Workers in the home health care industry -- one of the country's fastest growing professions -- would be guaranteed minimum wage and overtime protections under rules proposed Thursday by the Obama administration. The move would boost living standards for nearly 2 million employees who help the elderly and disabled with daily tasks such as taking medication, caring for wounds or preparing meals. ...
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Unemployment claims at lowest in 3 1/2 years
(National News ~ 12/16/11)
WASHINGTON -- The job market is healthier than at any time since the end of the recession. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest since May 2008, a sign that the waves of corporate layoffs that have defined the past few years are all but over...
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Harold Nelson Sr.
(Obituary ~ 12/16/11)
Beloved husband, father, grandfather, neighbor and friend Harold Eugene Nelson Sr. passed away at Saint Francis Medical Center on Dec. 13, 2011, after an extended illness. Mr. Nelson was born Dec. 6, 1931, to the union of Issac and Hazel Nelson. In 1954 he married Claudia Elizabeth Purvis of Salters, S.C. They enjoyed 57 years of marriage. The union produced 10 children...
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Marguerite Koenig
(Obituary ~ 12/16/11)
Marguerite Maurine Koenig, age 75, of Wilmington, Del., died at 2:03 p.m. Dec. 12, 2011, at Parkview Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 24, 1936, the fourth child to Everett Albert and Georgia Lillian Dieterich Baker in Cooperstown, Brown County, Ill. She married Charles Emanuel Koenig on June 16, 1984. He preceded in her in death Aug. 30, 2009...
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Leslie Johnson
(Obituary ~ 12/16/11)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Leslie H. Johnson, 84, of Perryville died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, at his residence. He was born July 14, 1927, in Alliance, Mo., son of James D. and Ethel Doggett Johnson. He and Dorothy Conrad were married Dec. 6, 1947. She survives in Perryville...
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Ruth Hatley
(Obituary ~ 12/16/11)
Vanduser, Mo. -- Ruth Margret Gean Hatley, 90, a very much loved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, passed away at the home of her daughter Dec. 15, 2011, in Sikeston, Mo. She was born Oct. 30, 1921, in Knobel, Ark., the firstborn to the late Hassel Tyler Gean and Samuel Dewey Gean...
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Births 12/16/11
(Births ~ 12/16/11)
Daughter to Andrew Steven and Lindsey Ann Hecht of Shawneetown, Mo., Southeast Hospital, 1:01 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Name, Sophia Arin. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Hecht is the former Lindsey Regelsperger, daughter of Mark and Debbie Regelsperger of Perryville, Mo. She is a trust and investment administrator at The Bank of Missouri. Hecht is the son of Steven Hecht of New Wells, Mo., and Susan Hecht of Cape Girardeau. He is a lineman for Citizens Electric...
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Joshua Burden
(Obituary ~ 12/16/11)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Joshua Russel Burden, 21, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in an auto accident in Jackson. A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday at Little Valley Baptist Church, south of Marble Hill. Hutchings Funeral Chapel handled arrangements...
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Out of the past 12/16/11
(Out of the Past ~ 12/16/11)
The city council, over the objections of Mayor Gene Rhodes, approved a new management policy last night prohibiting council members from representing or negotiating matters with "any other body, group or government department or official" without prior council approval...
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Sharon Davis
(Obituary ~ 12/16/11)
Sharon K. "Shorty" Davis, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 28, 1944, in Cape Girardeau to Paul H. and Lela Grace Fornkohl Hanf. She and Jimmy Wayne Davis were married June 15, 1963, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Sept. 26, 1998...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/16/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/16/11)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/16/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/16/11)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday:...
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Mo. House member proposes ethics law
(State News ~ 12/16/11)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Democratic House member from Kansas City is proposing legislation to cap political donations and create new restrictions for lobbyists. Jason Kander proposes capping contributions in House races at $500, at $1,000 for Senate campaigns and $2,000 for statewide offices...
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Bayer says threshold met for $750M rice deal
(State News ~ 12/16/11)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Rice growers met a threshold to move forward with a $750 million settlement over genetically modified rice, the company blamed for the problem said Thursday. Bayer CropScience had agreed to the settlement this summer, five years after the company inadvertently introduced a strain of genetically altered long-grain rice into the U.S. ...
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Mo. hunter sentenced for friend's death
(State News ~ 12/16/11)
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- An eastern Missouri man who killed a teenage friend in a bowhunting accident last year has been sentenced to seven years in prison. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that 21-year-old Jered Winters received the maximum sentence Wednesday in Jefferson County Circuit Court. Winters pleaded guilty earlier to involuntary manslaughter...
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Jackson fire report 12/16/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/16/11)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday:...
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Anonymous good Samaritans paying off Kmart layaway accounts
(State News ~ 12/16/11)
OMAHA, Neb. -- The young father stood in line at the Kmart layaway counter, wearing dirty clothes and worn-out boots. With him were three small children. He asked to pay something on his bill because he knew he wouldn't be able to afford it all before Christmas. Then a mysterious woman stepped up to the counter...
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Owner of Flesh Hound Tattoo Studio expands her creativity
(Entertainment ~ 12/16/11)
Owner of Flesh Hound Tattoo Studio Renee Roark-Gordon's artwork is not just skin deep. In addition to the work she does as a tattoo artist, she also dabbles in oil painting. Roark-Gordon has been a tattoo artist for 11 years. Her career as an oil painter began about two years ago...
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High school roundup: Delta's VanGennip nets 1,000th point
(High School Sports ~ 12/16/11)
All the local high school events reported Thursday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Southeast Missouri State's Peiffer selected second-team AP All-American in football
(College Sports ~ 12/16/11)
Southeast Missouri State junior linebacker Blake Peiffer has been selected to his second All-America team, with several more All-American honors still likely to come. Peiffer, a Jackson High School graduate, was named to The Associated Press Football Championship Subdivision All-America second team Thursday...
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Redhawks' Dossey selected academic All-American
(College Sports ~ 12/16/11)
Southeast Missouri State senior volleyball player Paige Dossey was named a third team Capital One Academic All-American on Thursday for her achievements on the court and in the classroom. Dossey, a native of Avon, Ind., appeared in all 33 matches for the Redhawks this season. She ranked second on the team in digs with 307 while adding 105 kills, 84 assists and 51 blocks. ...
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Leopold boys basketball team slips past St. Vincent 69-66
(High School Sports ~ 12/16/11)
LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Kyle Stroder wasn't supposed to be on the court Thursday night against St. Vincent. The Leopold junior told his coach as he left school earlier in the day that a stomach virus would prevent him from playing. "He was sick all last night," Leopold boys basketball coach Andy Beck said. "He didn't sleep a wink last night. Came in half a day today, and as of when school let out, he told me, 'Coach, I don't think I can play tonight.' I didn't expect to have him...
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Mizzou men's basketball team moves to 10-0 with 37-point win
(College Sports ~ 12/16/11)
The 10th-ranked Tigers routed Kennesaw State 104-67
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Local artists record Christmas CD for children
(Entertainment ~ 12/16/11)
A microphone stands by the front door of the one-bedroom apartment. A makeshift recording setup sits beside it. Headphone cords slither around a cluttered computer desk, where sleigh bells, harmonicas and a wood block sit. The music-editing program GarageBand is pulled up on Nick Shedd's Mac desktop computer. Nick Carreras puts on headphones and listens to the music while the room is silent. He breaks into the lyrics of "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer," complete with a country twang...
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Paving work will reduce I-55 in Cape County
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
Northbound Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane Sunday, Monday and Tuesday while Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. Weather permitting, work on the first section of road -- from Route AB to Highway 74 -- will begin at 6 p.m. ...
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Demolition continues on Broadway building
(Local News ~ 12/16/11)
Saber Excavating continues demolition of the 105-year-old building at 501 Broadway Thursday morning, Dec.15, 2011, in Cape Girardeau.
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Carlos the Jackal gets second life sentence
(International News ~ 12/16/11)
PARIS -- Carlos the Jackal, the flamboyant Venezuelan who symbolized Cold War terrorism, was sentenced to life in prison -- again -- in a Paris trial that ended late Thursday with him rallying for revolution and weeping for Moammar Gadhafi...
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Rebels kill 27 soldiers in Syria
(International News ~ 12/16/11)
BEIRUT -- Army defectors killed 27 government forces Thursday in apparently coordinated attacks that were among the deadliest by rebel troops since the uprising began nine months ago. The escalating unrest prompted Canada to advise thousands of its citizens in Syria to leave...
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U.S. formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare
(International News ~ 12/16/11)
BAGHDAD -- Nearly nine years after American troops stormed across the Iraq border in a blaze of shock and awe, U.S. officials quietly ended the conflict here Thursday. While many of the speeches painted a picture of victory -- for both the troops and the Iraqi people now set on a path for democracy -- questions remain: Will Iraqis be able to forge their new government amid sectarian clashes? Will Iraq be able to defend itself and remain independent in a region fraught with turmoil and still steeped in insurgent threats?. ...
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Downey meets his Moriarty match in ‘Holmes' sequel
(Entertainment ~ 12/16/11)
Sherlock Holmes, that masterful literary creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, revealed his intellectual greatness only when confronted with a challenger who was his equal. Something similar happens in the second installment of director Guy Ritchie's action-franchise version, "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," where Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock must match wits with "the Napoleon of crime," Prof. James Moriarty...
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