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Mo. lawmakers renew charitable tax credits
(State News ~ 03/13/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Food pantries and other charitable causes could receive a financial boost after Missouri legislators gave final approval Wednesday to a measure renewing several tax credit programs. Yet state aid could come to an end for families adopting children from other states or nations...
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Allen makes 39 saves, Blues beat Sharks 4-2
(Professional Sports ~ 03/13/13)
ST. LOUIS -- The San Jose Sharks thought they simply ran into a hot goalie. Again. Rookie Jake Allen stopped 39 shots, by far the most allowed by the St. Louis Blues this season, in a 4-2 victory on Tuesday night. The Blues beat the Sharks for the second time in three nights, both times with the 25-year-old Allen in net...
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Creighton bats rock Southeast
(College Sports ~ 03/13/13)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team's record has taken a hit after a strong start, but the Redhawks have been highly competitive even during their losses. That changed in a big way Tuesday afternoon as the Redhawks began a four-game homestand with by far their most lopsided defeat of the season. Perennial Missouri Valley Conference power Creighton pounded the Redhawks early and often during a 17-2 romp at Capaha Field.
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Porter named Big East player of the year
(College Sports ~ 03/13/13)
A fractured Big East Conference that will undergo seismic changes to its membership in the near future agreed on one point Tuesday afternoon. Georgetown sophomore Otto Porter is the best men's basketball player in the 15-team league. The former Scott County Central star, who led the surprising Hoyas to a tie for the conference's regular-season title, was a unanimous choice as Big East player of the year...
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Casino visits up in Cape Girardeau, down statewide
(Local News ~ 03/13/13)
More people visited Isle Casino Cape Girardeau in February than in any month since it opened. About 20,000 more people were admitted than in January, an increase of about 25 percent. However, casino visits statewide are down compared to the same month last year...
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3 shoeless inmates found after escaping Poplar Bluff jail
(Local News ~ 03/13/13)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Two murder suspects and a third inmate who escaped from a Southeast Missouri jail were found Tuesday hiding in the cab of a truck at a salvage yard, still wearing their orange jail suits but without their shoes, authorities said.
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Centennial celebration of Missouri flag to be next week in Cape
(Local News ~ 03/13/13)
The 100th anniversary of the adoption of the Missouri state flag, which was designed in Cape Girardeau, will be showcased in a three-day Missouri Flag Centennial Celebration scheduled for March 21 through March 23. "The best we can tell, we're the only town in the state that will be observing the flag's centennial," said U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. "But it's fitting that Cape Girardeau be the place where the origins of our state flag is remembered."...
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Perryville police chief to tender resignation
(Local News ~ 03/13/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Perryville's police chief is expected to resign from the department today amid allegations he filed a police report on property loss at his own home using another officer's name in November 2010. Keith Tarrillion has been on voluntary leave from his duty since late February, when he became the focus of a professional misconduct claim made by a police department employee...
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Blue Dawn
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/13/13)
On this early February morning at County Park North the frost had come to rest on the grass and the blue clouds of sunrise cast a hue over everything.
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Florida politician resigns, 57 charged in scandal
(National News ~ 03/13/13)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida's lieutenant governor resigned and nearly 60 other people were charged in a scandal involving a purported veterans charity that authorities said Wednesday was a front for a $300 million gambling operation...
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Mo. House endorses union paycheck bill
(State News ~ 03/13/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- After steadfast opposition from Democrats, the Missouri House and Senate each endorsed separate measures Tuesday that would change the way labor unions can collect and spend fees. The Senate voted early Tuesday morning after nearly eight hours of opposition from Democrats to endorse its measure, which would require public employee unions to receive annual consent to automatically deduct fees from members' paychecks...
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Debate stalls Missouri River environmental efforts
(State News ~ 03/13/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Federal efforts to create thousands of acres of shallow-water Missouri River habitat to help an endangered fish species have been backlogged nearly six years in the waterway's namesake state because of an ongoing dispute about where to dump excavated dirt...
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U.S. Senate approves naming bridge after Musial
(State News ~ 03/13/13)
ST. LOUIS -- The so-called "Stan Span" is almost a reality. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill late Monday to name a new Mississippi River bridge at St. Louis in honor of St. Louis Cardinals great Stan "The Man" Musial. The measure to name the structure the Stan Musial Memorial Bridge goes to the U.S. House...
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Mo. Senate panel votes to end tax break for renters
(State News ~ 03/13/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Despite pleas from the poor not to do so, a Senate budget panel voted Tuesday to do away with a longtime tax break for low-income seniors and disabled residents who live in rented homes. The legislation backed by Democratic Gov. ...
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Income tax cut, sales tax increase passed by Missouri Senate
(State News ~ 03/13/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Disregarding objections from Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, Missouri's Republican Senate passed a tax overhaul Tuesday that would cut income taxes by hundreds of millions of dollars annually while boosting the levy on sales. The legislation is touted by supporters as the most dramatic change to Missouri's tax policies in decades. It is being prompted by a desire to compete with sweeping income tax cuts that took effect this year in neighboring Kansas...
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Florida favored in wide-open SEC
(Professional Sports ~ 03/13/13)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Almost every team in the Southeastern Conference has at least some hope of taking home the tournament championship after a wild season in this league. Florida. Tennessee. Kentucky. Mississippi. Alabama. Shoot, maybe even Vanderbilt playing a couple miles away from home has a shot. "There's a lot of teams out there that are very, very capable," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "And when you're dealing with a one-game situation and a one-game tournament, I think anything can happen. I would agree. I think the tournament's wide open."
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Cards finally score, still lose
(Professional Sports ~ 03/13/13)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Julio Teheran took another step into winning the fifth spot in the Atlanta Braves' rotation, extending the St. Louis Cardinals' offensive woes. Teheran struck out six in five hitless innings and lowered his ERA to 1.29 on Tuesday in the Braves' 12-3 victory...
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Mizzou's Pressey, Bowers honored by SEC
(Professional Sports ~ 03/13/13)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Junior guard Phil Pressey and senior forward Laurence Bowers were named to the All-Southeastern Conference team by league coaches Tuesday. Pressey, named to the first team, leads the SEC in assists with 7.1 per game (No. 7 nationally) and is averaging 11.9 points a game...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/13/13)
Today is Wednesday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2013. There are 293 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 13, 1933, banks in the U.S. began to reopen after a "holiday" declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. On this date:...
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Four arrested for California freeway marriage proposal
(National News ~ 03/13/13)
WEST COVINA, Calif. -- Four men -- including the would-be groom -- have been arrested for a marriage proposal stunt in which hundreds of motorcycles blocked a Southern California freeway, authorities said. The prospective groom and three of his friends were booked for investigation of misdemeanor public nuisance and participating in an unlawful assembly. ...
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Mars rover shows Red Planet could have supported life
(National News ~ 03/13/13)
LOS ANGELES -- Drilling into a rock near its landing site, the Curiosity rover has answered a key question about Mars: The Red Planet long ago harbored some of the ingredients needed for primitive life to thrive. Topping the list is evidence of water and basic elements that teeny organisms could feed on, scientists said Tuesday...
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Feds bust N.C. crop insurance fraud ring
(National News ~ 03/13/13)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Federal investigators have unraveled a massive scheme among dozens of insurance agents, claims adjusters, brokers and farmers in eastern North Carolina to steal at least $100 million from the government-backed program that insures crops...
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L.A. schools settle 58 teacher lewd acts claims
(National News ~ 03/13/13)
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles school district will pay millions of dollars to settle dozens of legal actions stemming from an abuse case in which a former teacher is charged with lewd acts on children in his classroom over five years, district officials said Tuesday...
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Births 3/13/13
(Births ~ 03/13/13)
Son to Patrick Sean and Jennifer Nicole Dunham of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 8:04 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Name, Cooper Maxwell. Weight, 6 pounds, 9 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Dunham is the former Jennifer Lane, daughter of Jack and Ellen Lane of Jackson. She is a fourth-grade teacher at West Lane Elementary in Jackson. Dunham is the son of Bob and Jan Dunham of Cape Girardeau. He is a network specialist with Cape Girardeau School District...
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Out of the past 3/13/13
(Out of the Past ~ 03/13/13)
Power House of Faith, a new church in Cape Girardeau located at 900 W. Cape Rock Drive, is pastored by the Rev. Rick Parish. The bells of St. Mary's Cathedral -- silent since late February -- will ring out again on Easter Sunday following extensive repairs to the mounts on which the bells rest; the wooden timbers on which the three heavy bells were mounted were found to be badly deteriorated, after the church choir heard unusual sounds and vibrations coming from the bell tower...
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Charles Winters
(Obituary ~ 03/13/13)
Charles L. Winters, 69, of Scott City, formerly of Du Quoin, Ill., passed away Friday, March 8, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 13, 1944, in Vergennes, Ill., son of Henry and Lula Marie Nevill Winters. Charles was a meat cutter at Kroger's. He was of the Baptist belief. Charles was an avid fisherman and outdoorsman...
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Louise Swan
(Obituary ~ 03/13/13)
Amanda Louise Swan, 88, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson and Pocahontas, passed away Monday, March 11, 2013, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Jan. 9, 1925, near Neelys Landing, daughter of Ben and Clara Louise Jacobs Morton. She and Leonard Nelson "Lefty" Swan were married April 23, 1944, in Lebanon, Pa. He passed away June 4, 1995...
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Brenda Sample
(Obituary ~ 03/13/13)
Brenda K. Sample, 60, of Jackson passed away Monday, March 11, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 26, 1952, in New Lennox, Ill., to Homer and Francis Cook Holt Sr. She and Anthony G. "Tony" Sample were married July 14, 1984, in Scott County, Mo...
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Velda Pittman
(Obituary ~ 03/13/13)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Velda A. Pittman, 96, of Advance passed away Monday, March 11, 2013, at Advance Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 25, 1916, in Delhi, Ill., daughter of William Parker and Maggie Graves Dunham. Velda married James Pittman. Velda was a beautician, and attended Advance General Baptist Church...
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Jordan Miller
(Obituary ~ 03/13/13)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Jordan Elizabeth Miller, 25, of Sikeston, Mo., died March 11, 2013 in Cape Girardeau County. She was born March 19, 1987, in Sikeston to Kent J. and Ginger Pharris Miller, who survive of the home in Sikeston. She worked at the North Main Florist in Sikeston and had been employed previously by Crossroads Inc., of Sikeston. ...
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Helen Hagan
(Obituary ~ 03/13/13)
Our beloved Helen Maurine Hagan, 77, of Scott City passed on to be with the Lord Monday, March 11, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was the daughter of Lucille Woolsey and Marvin Crader. They were blessed with their daughter, Helen, Jan. 28, 1936, in Delta. Helen and Robert Hagan Sr. of Scott City joined in marriage June 26, 1952...
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Kenneth Askew
(Obituary ~ 03/13/13)
Kenneth E. "Kenny" Askew, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, March 11, 2013, at the Missouri Veterans Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home...
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Jackson police report 3/13/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/13/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/13/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/13/13)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/13/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/13/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. The Southeast Missouri State University Department of Public Safety released the following items. Assault Thefts...
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Ryan's budget: GOP takes aim at Dem spending plans
(National News ~ 03/13/13)
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans redoubled efforts Tuesday to roll back signature accomplishments of President Barack Obama, offering a slashing budget plan that would repeal health-care subsidies and cut spending across a wide swath of programs dear to Obama and his Democratic allies...
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History shows N. Korea pattern: Wait, then attack
(International News ~ 03/13/13)
SEOUL, South Korea -- Recent Korean history reveals a sobering possibility: It may only be a matter of time before North Korea launches a sudden, deadly attack on the South. Perhaps more unsettling, Seoul has vowed this time it will respond with an even stronger blow...
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Syrian army eroded by defections, battle deaths
(International News ~ 03/13/13)
BEIRUT -- A top Syrian cleric's appeal to young men to join the army raised the question of whether President Bashar Assad is running out of soldiers, prompting a pro-government newspaper to reassure readers Tuesday that the military can keep fighting insurgents for years to come...
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Panel OKs Dems gun background check measure
(National News ~ 03/13/13)
WASHINGTON -- A divided Senate Judiciary Committee approved a Democratic bill Tuesday expanding required federal background checks to nearly all gun purchases, giving President Barack Obama an early victory on curbing gun violence in a fight that still faces difficult odds...
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Hagel orders review of new cyber medal
(National News ~ 03/13/13)
WASHINGTON -- The military has stopped production of a new medal for remote warfare troops -- drone operators and cyber warfighters -- as it considers complaints from veterans and lawmakers over the award, the Pentagon announced Tuesday...
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Reports: Iran plans suing Hollywood over ‘Argo'
(Entertainment ~ 03/13/13)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran is planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning "Argo" because of the movie's allegedly "unrealistic portrayal" of the country, Iranian media reported Tuesday. Several news outlets, including the pro-reform Shargh daily, said French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, is in Iran for talks with officials over how and where to file the lawsuit. She also is the lawyer for notorious Venezuelan-born terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, known as Carlos the Jackal...
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Rotary Club
(Editorial ~ 03/13/13)
It's a regular occurrence to read about efforts of generosity in this community. Countless folks volunteer or make monetary donations, each making a big difference. In Sunday's Good Times there was a story about the Cape West Rotary Club's support of the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri. ...
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What Obama recovery?
(Column ~ 03/13/13)
Thank goodness we have arrived at the long-awaited Obama economic recovery. The seas have calmed, as Obama promised, and prosperity has returned to America. The record-breaking highs in the stock market -- fueled by a cheap money policy that is unsustainable and a trillion dollar stimulus -- must be a sign of recovery...
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Speak Out 3/13/13
(Speak Out ~ 03/13/13)
Talk about a spoiled brat. The latest tantrum tactics by the White House come from King Obama himself. The White house has suspended tours of your White House because of sequester budget cuts that require personnel cutbacks. How stupid. Please remember that we are all paying for Michelle Obama to have 20-plus assistants, but we can't use any common sense to shift money from being spent on nonsense like having her chef or hairdresser flown around the world with her to having money to fund personnel to give tours of the White House.. ...
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Oddsmakers favor an Italian pope
(International News ~ 03/13/13)
LONDON -- Bookmakers in betting-mad Britain are cashing in on the Roman Catholic conclave to select a new pope. As cardinals began their deliberations at the Vatican on Tuesday, here's a look at the odds. LEADING CONTENDERS Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was leading the pack for many bookmakers. Ladbrokes had the Italian with odds of 2-1, while Paddy Power and William Hill had him at 9-4...
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Road work 3/13/13
(Local News ~ 03/13/13)
Pavement repairs scheduled for I-55 in Ste. Genevieve County Northbound Interstate 55 in Ste. Genevieve County, from Route O to the Jefferson County line, will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform asphalt resurfacing. The work will be done from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily March 25 through May 24...
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Prayer 3/13/13
(Prayer ~ 03/13/13)
Thank you, Lord Jesus, that through you we are a new creation. Amen.
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Israel troops kill Palestinian protester
(International News ~ 03/13/13)
JERUSALEM -- Israeli troops shot to death a Palestinian man Tuesday after he and others hurled rocks and firebombs at them in the West Bank, the military said. The death was the latest in a new uptick in Palestinian casualties in the area, where protests in support of prisoners held in Israeli jails have led to violent clashes between the protesters and Israeli forces. The protests have largely subsided...
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Body of missing Miner woman found Monday in Cape Girardeau County
(Local News ~ 03/13/13)
The body of a missing Miner, Mo., woman was found in Cape Girardeau County. Jordan Miller, 26, who had been missing since Thursday afternoon or night, was found dead from a self-inflicted gun shot wound, according to Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton. Miller's body was discovered Monday afternoon on County Road 466, west of Jackson, he said...
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Candidate questionnaire: Diane Mangels
(Local News ~ 03/13/13)
NAME: Diane Mangels AGE: 58 PLACE OF BIRTH: Cape Girardeau, MO SPOUSE, CHILDREN'S NAMES: Husband, Lowell Mangels Children: Lori Miget of Perryville, MO Logan Mangels of Friedheim, MO EDUCATION: 1968 Graduate Trinity Lutheran School, Friedheim, MO 1972 Graduate of Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, MO...
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Mo. House passes health-care conscience measure
(State News ~ 03/13/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Health-care workers could refuse to participate in procedures or research that violates their religious, moral or ethical principles under a measure passed by the Missouri House. The House sent the measure to the Senate on Tuesday with a 116-41 vote...
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