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Mo. observing day for Iraq, Afghanistan veterans
(State News ~ 03/26/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Gov. Jay Nixon is encouraging Missouri residents to observe a new state day honoring veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tuesday was officially designated "Veterans of Operation Iraqi/Enduring Freedom Day" in Missouri...
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Court grounds packed on first day of marriage case
(National News ~ 03/26/13)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- They mostly kept their distance, these supporters and opponents of gay marriage, as they massed Tuesday in front of the Supreme Court to proclaim with signs and slogans their conflicting views about the cutting-edge question before the justices...
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Fire in Cairo being eyed as suspicious
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Officials from the Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office are investigating a Sunday night fire in Cairo. The fire hit a house on Poplar Street, according to Capt. Tronzo Graham of the Cairo Fire Department. Graham said the circumstances surrounding the fire were suspicious, which on Monday led to the involvement of the state fire marshal's office...
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Mo. Senate panel considers paper-only ballots
(State News ~ 03/26/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri Senate panel is considering a measure to phase out electronic voting machines. The committee heard testimony Monday from some former poll workers who say the machines now used in Missouri malfunction and miscount votes...
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Volunteers help on Monday with tax filing
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com ABOVE: AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteer Carl Patterson prepares Doris Irving's taxes Monday at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. ...
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Leopold woman sentenced to 18 months for bank fraud
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
A Leopold, Mo., woman on Monday was sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison on one count of felony bank fraud. Crystal Renee Elfrink pleaded guilty in December and appeared before district judge John A. Ross on Monday, according to a news release sent from the United States Attorney's Office...
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GOP Medicaid alternative supported in Mo. hearing
(State News ~ 03/26/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Republican alternative to President Barack Obama's envisioned Medicaid expansion won support Monday from Missouri medical and business groups, though some legal experts predicted it never would pass muster because it doesn't cover enough lower-income adults...
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Jackson School Board candidate forum canceled
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
A forum for Jackson School Board candidates slated for Thursday has been canceled. The Cape County Tea Party organized the event, which was set for 7 p.m. at the University of Missouri Extension Center in Jackson. The group issued a news release Monday saying unspecified issues and scheduling conflicts caused the cancellation. Three of the five candidates for the school board planned to participate, according to the group...
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Conrad pleads not guilty to vehicular assault
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
A Jackson man -- who police say tried to convince them he wasn't the driver in a December auto accident that injured his friends -- on Monday pleaded not guilty to three counts of vehicular assault at his arraignment. Timothy Conrad, 22, who waived formal arraignment, was ordered by Circuit Judge Benjamin Lewis to appear April 22 with his attorney for a status update of his case...
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Coast Guard: Vessel struck something in river when barges came loose
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
Three barges carrying coal partially sank Sunday after coming loose from their towboats north of Cape Girardeau. Lt. Dan McQuate, public information officer for the U.S. Coast Guard in Paducah, Ky., said the vessel Sheila Johnson hit something in the river at about 10:30 a.m. Sunday near mile marker 60 north of Cape Girardeau. Investigations are ongoing regarding what was struck...
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Mo. Senate issues subpoena for license documents
(State News ~ 03/26/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Senate has issued a subpoena compelling the state Revenue Department to hand over documents by April 2 about new state driver's licensing procedures. The order was signed Monday by Republican Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey. It requires the department to produce documents to help determine whether the state is sharing people's personal information with the federal government or a private company...
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Pallid sturgeon 'stable': Comments sought on draft recovery plan for fish
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting public comment on a plan to protect the pallid sturgeon, which is found only in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Efforts to prevent the extinction of the bottom-feeding fish have led to laws against harvesting it and its look-alike, the shovelnose sturgeon, a lucrative source of roe...
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Cape County commission allows bonds for Saint Francis
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners on Monday passed a resolution that will allow tax-exempt development bonds to be issued to Saint Francis Medical Center. The bonds, from the Industrial Development Authority, will help the hospital refinance debt and help it fund a $127 million expansion and renovation project...
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Police looking for clues in Monday morning bank robbery
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
Cape Girardeau police late Monday were searching for a suspect in a midmorning bank robbery after reviewing surveillance footage and scouring the scene for clues. Police dogs were used in addition to manpower to look for anything left behind after a robbery at The Bank of Missouri, 1622 N. Kingshighway...
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Albino Deer
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/26/13)
Albino deer spotted off of Bertling Street between West End Blvd. and Huntington Ave.
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Terrific Tigers recognized at recent board meeting
(Submitted Story ~ 03/26/13)
The Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education, during the February board meeting, recognized several outstanding students for their leadership, scholarship and service to others. Recipients of the Terrific Tiger Award are pictured above with School Board President Stacy Kinder, left, and Superintendent of Schools Dr. ...
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4th Annual Southwestern IL Indian Artifact Show
(Submitted Story ~ 03/26/13)
Members of the Illinois State Archeological Society would like to invite you to their 4th Annual Indian Artifact Show to be held on Saturday, April 13th from 8am to 3pm at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex just North of Sparta IL off of IL Rt. ...
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Jonquils
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/26/13)
Jonquils
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MU autism center hosts conference for parents
(State News ~ 03/26/13)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- An autism research center at the University of Missouri will hold a conference in Columbia for parents and caregivers next month. The Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders will showcase the latest in research and diagnostics April 19 and 20 at its eighth annual Autism Intervention Conference. A pre-conference workshop for health care and mental health workers is scheduled for April 18...
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West Plains school district arms employees
(State News ~ 03/26/13)
WEST PLAINS, Mo. -- A rural school district in the south-central Missouri town of West Plains now allows some employees to carry concealed weapons in its school. The West Plains Daily Quill reported the Fairview R-XI District board recently voted to pay for firearms training for an unspecified number of employees. The district is withholding the names of those allowed to bring guns into its school...
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Kansas men charged in dogfighting operation
(State News ~ 03/26/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Federal authorities in Kansas said Monday they have broken up a dogfighting operation that included training pit bulls to fight in Kansas, Missouri and Texas by chaining the dogs to treadmills for hours at a time and using live chickens as bait...
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Mo. Sen. McCaskill supports gay marriage
(State News ~ 03/26/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she now believes gay couples should be allowed to marry, a change from her previously nuanced stance during last year's re-election campaign in which she defended the right of Missouri voters to outlaw same-sex weddings...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/26/13)
Today is Tuesday, March 26, the 85th day of 2013. There are 280 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 26, 1979, a peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and witnessed by President Jimmy Carter at the White House...
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Isabell Perry
(Obituary ~ 03/26/13)
Isabell Perry, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, March 25, 2013, at her home. Visitation will be from noon until time of service Wednesday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery...
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Maxine Morton
(Obituary ~ 03/26/13)
Maxine Morton, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, March 25, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 7, 1928, in Bollinger County to Luther Raymond and Polly James Cook. She and Billy J. Morton were married Sept. 7, 1946, in Patton, Mo. He died March 9, 1967...
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Roy Layton
(Obituary ~ 03/26/13)
Roy J. Layton, 90, formerly of Belgique, Mo., died Friday, March 22, 2013, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and 6:30 to 10:50 a.m. Wednesday at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville, Mo. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery with graveside military honors courtesy of American Legion Post 133...
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Irvin Holderbaugh Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/26/13)
Irvin E. Holderbaugh Sr., 66, of Jackson died Monday, March 25, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Douglas Hester
(Obituary ~ 03/26/13)
Douglas Hester, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Marble Hill, Mo. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Kenneth Harper officiating. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park...
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Waylon Friese
(Obituary ~ 03/26/13)
Waylon Anthony Friese, 34, of Friedheim died Saturday, March 23, 2013, in a tree-cutting accident near his home. He was born June 14, 1978, [Flag Day] in Cape Girardeau to Kenneth and Mary Ann Boyd Friese. Waylon was baptized and confirmed by the Rev. ...
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Cross walks
(Editorial ~ 03/26/13)
For Christians around the world, Sunday was the start of Holy Week. Area churches have held special performances ranging from choir and drama presentations to more elaborate passions plays -- the play at First Baptist Church in Jackson, for example. These events serve as great opportunities to share the story of Jesus, from his early years in ministry through his death and resurrection. If you participated in any of these events, thank you...
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Utility rate increase
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/26/13)
This letter is to protest the proposed legislation [Senate Bill 207] that would increase electric rates for consumers in the form of "surcharges." This means an additional charge will be added to our electric bill -- above and beyond the base rate, fuel charge and taxes...
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WWE celebrities help launch Superstars for Sandy Relief
(Entertainment ~ 03/26/13)
NEW YORK -- WWE is joining with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Hollywood celebrities and professional athletes to launch Superstars for Sandy Relief. Fans can bid on hundreds of items in an online auction, including attending a NASCAR race with WWE superstar John Cena, meeting Tyra Banks on the set of "America's Next Top Model" or pitching entrepreneurial ideas to Mark Cuban...
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Therapy as good as surgery for knee repair
(Community ~ 03/26/13)
You might not want to rush into knee surgery. Physical therapy can be just as good for a common injury, and at far less cost and risk, the most rigorous study to compare the treatments concludes. Therapy didn't always help, and some people wound up having surgery for the problem, called a torn meniscus. Those who stuck with therapy improved as much six months and one year later as those who were given arthroscopic surgery right away, researchers found...
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Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife
(Community ~ 03/26/13)
New technologies allow health-care professionals to treat heart symptoms without going under the knife
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Distracted driving in the United States and Europe
(Community ~ 03/26/13)
Have you ever read or sent a text message while driving, and then had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting another car? Have you missed an exit or turn because you were distracted by a phone call? Distracted driving makes crashes more likely. U.S. vs. Europe...
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Road work 3/26/13
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
Route BB in Perry County closed for pipe replacement Route BB in Perry County, between Route T and County Road 738, will be closed Thursday as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the roadway. The work will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m...
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Speak Out 3/26/13
(Speak Out ~ 03/26/13)
Once again, our city government has proved they are nothing more than politicians. All they can think of is their personal agendas. Money from the casino can and should be used to lower sewer and water bills. Remember this when you run for re-election and the next time you want a tax increase...
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Cyprus avoids turmoil, bailout deal approved
(International News ~ 03/26/13)
BRUSSELS -- Cyprus avoided bankruptcy and potential turmoil across the eurozone by securing a last-minute 10 billion euro [$13 billion] bailout with promises to sharply cut back its oversized banking sector and make large bank account holders take losses to help pay much of the bill...
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Syrian rebels advance, oblivious to infighting
(International News ~ 03/26/13)
BEIRUT -- A dual picture of Syria's rebellion is emerging: Fighters on the ground make advances, seizing territory in the south and even firing one of the heaviest mortar volleys yet into the heart of Damascus on Monday. At the same time, the would-be opposition leadership is falling deeper into disarray...
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Southeast Missouri State's Vanderpool qualifies for NCAA regional gymnastics meet
(College Sports ~ 03/26/13)
Southeast Missouri State gymnast Taryn Vanderpool's impressive junior season is not over yet. It was announced Monday that Vanderpool has qualified for the NCAA South Central Regional and will compete in the all-around competition April 6 in Norman, Okla...
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Southeast Missouri State's Lennington selected OVC co-player of week
(College Sports ~ 03/26/13)
Southeast Missouri State sophomore third baseman Andy Lennington was named the Ohio Valley Conference co-player of the week on Monday. Lennington hit .444 (8 for 18) with five runs scored, two doubles, two triples, a home run, five RBIs, a .944 slugging percentage and .444 on-base percentage in four games last week...
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U.S. stocks fall on broad concern about Europe
(National News ~ 03/26/13)
Stocks reversed an early rise on Wall Street on Monday as traders returned to worrying about the European economy. Optimism about a deal to prevent financial collapse in Cyprus had briefly pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 index to within a quarter-point of its record closing high, but stocks soon turned negative...
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U.S. Supreme Court to take on a new affirmative action case
(National News ~ 03/26/13)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court's decision to hear a new case from Michigan on the politically charged issue of affirmative action offers an intriguing hint that the justices will not use a separate challenge already pending from Texas for a broad ruling bringing an end to the consideration of race in college admissions...
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Miller secures fifth spot in Cardinals' rotation
(Professional Sports ~ 03/26/13)
The 2009 first-round pick finally arrives for his rookie season
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Pa. groundhog's handler taking blame for forecast
(National News ~ 03/26/13)
PITTSBURGH -- An Ohio prosecutor who lightheartedly filed a criminal indictment against the famous Pennsylvania groundhog who fraudulently "predicted" an early spring said he may consider a pardon now that the animal's handler is taking the blame...
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Lohse finally finds a home with Brewers
(Professional Sports ~ 03/26/13)
PHOENIX -- Kyle Lohse waited all winter and finally found a home with Milwaukee. Lohse and the Brewers completed a three-year contract worth $33 million on Monday, a big boost to their suspect rotation exactly a week before the season opener at home against Colorado...
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Girl, 9, walks to find help after crash kills her father
(National News ~ 03/26/13)
LOS ANGELES -- Braving the cold and howling of coyotes, nine-year-old Celia Renteria was certain her father was still alive when she crawled out of a steep Southern California canyon and walked in the desert darkness to summon for help after a rollover crash...
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$338M New Jersey Powerball winner will help his family
(National News ~ 03/26/13)
PASSAIC, N.J. -- The winner of a $338 million Powerball jackpot told several media outlets Monday that his first priority will be helping his family. Pedro Quezada, 44, entered Eagle Liquors store, where the ticket was sold, late Monday afternoon. The Passaic store owner ran Quezada's ticket through the lottery machine to validate that it was a winner as a newspaper and television outlets recorded the moment...
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High court gay marriage tickets cost time, money
(National News ~ 03/26/13)
WASHINGTON -- The most expensive ticket to "The Book of Mormon" on Broadway: $477. The face value of a great seat for this year's Super Bowl: $1,250. Guaranteed seats to watch the U.S. Supreme Court hear this week's gay marriage cases: about $6,000...
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Snow closes schools, cancels flights
(National News ~ 03/26/13)
HAMBURG, Pa. -- Five days into spring, warm weather and budding flowers were just a rumor Monday as the East Coast endured another blast of winter. A wide-ranging storm that buried parts of the Midwest weakened as it moved east but still managed to carpet lawns and fields in a fresh layer of white. Many schools opened late or closed early, and hundreds of flights were canceled...
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Out of the past 3/26/13
(Out of the Past ~ 03/26/13)
A house in Cape Rock Village is destroyed by fire that strong winds sweep to an adjoining residence, damaging its exterior; winds drive the flames from the Charles R. Shirrell home, 2419 Sunny Lane, to that of Howard Meppelink, 2417 Sunny Lane; while the Shirrell residence is destroyed, damage to the Meppelink home is confined to the outside of the garage...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/26/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/26/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Summonses...
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Prayer 3/26/13
(Prayer ~ 03/26/13)
Lord Jesus, we worship you, for you are the way, the truth and the life. Amen.
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Candidate questionnaire: Adrian V. Toole
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
NAME: Adrian V. Toole AGE: 55 PLACE OF BIRTH: Gideon, Missouri SPOUSE, CHILDREN'S NAMES: My wife Jamie and I have three children: Meredith (age 28); Monica (age 25); and Vance (age 19). EDUCATION: 1976 Graduate of Cape Central High School 1979 Graduate of SE Missouri State University with Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Majors in Accounting & Computer Science...
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Candidate questionnaire: Tom Schmidt
(Local News ~ 03/26/13)
NAME: Tom Schmidt AGE: 69 PLACE OF BIRTH: Belle Fourche, SD 57717 SPOUSE, CHILDREN'S NAMES: Children:Tommy, Tina, Katie, Trevor EDUCATION: BS Degree in Business OCCUPATION: Retired EMPLOYER: FBC Secretary BUSINESSES OWNED, ALL OR PART: None PUBLIC OFFICES HELD OR SOUGHT; GIVE DATES:...
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High school roundup: Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team defeats Poplar Bluff
(High School Sports ~ 03/26/13)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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