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FDA: Morning-after pill to move over the counter
(National News ~ 04/30/13)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it -- an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the emergency contraceptive...
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Federal investigator to testify before Mo. panel
(State News ~ 04/30/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A federal investigator with the Social Security Administration plans to testify before a Missouri Senate committee looking into the disclosure of a list of concealed gun permit holders. The Social Security Administration confirmed Monday that Special Agent Keith Schilb of the inspector general's office will appear Wednesday before the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee. The Senate had issued a subpoena Friday seeking his testimony...
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1 killed, 5 injured after altercation at family gathering in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 04/30/13)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A family gathering turned deadly Sunday after six people were struck by a vehicle outside a Sikeston residence. According to the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, at about 5:20 p.m., officers were called to 612 S. West St. where three adults and three children were struck by a vehicle during a family gathering and barbecue...
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Teacher evaluation bill OK'd by Mo. House
(State News ~ 04/30/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A measure that would impose stricter evaluations for Missouri teachers based on student achievement advanced from a legislative panel Monday, days after the House speaker removed two of his Republican colleagues for blocking the bill...
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Body identified as victim of fishing mishap in Alton, Ill.
(Local News ~ 04/30/13)
Authorities have identified a body recovered Sunday from the Mississippi River. Wendell Robinson was fishing with his 10-year-old stepson and another man April 6 near the Alton, Ill., lock and dam when their boat capsized, Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton said...
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Symphonic Spectacular on Monday at the River Campus
(Local News ~ 04/30/13)
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Dr. Sara Edgerton conducts the Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra and the Southern Illinois Symphony in "Prelude to Die Meistersinger," an overture by German composer Richard Wagner, to open the Symphonic Spectacular in Bedell Performance Hall on Monday at the River Campus. ...
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Mo. House panel adopts plan to stop document scanning
(State News ~ 04/30/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri House committee adopted a Senate measure Monday that would stop the state Revenue Department from scanning driving applicants' personal documents, but balked at the Senate's plan to remove the agency from the concealed weapons permitting process...
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Jackson edges Central to reach semifinals of SEMO Conference baseball tournament
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/13)
The Indians took advantage of a fortuitous carom to advance to the semifinals with a 4-3 win over Central
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Perryville may have to pay $83K through end of ex-chief's term
(Local News ~ 04/30/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Under a memorandum of understanding with former police chief Keith Tarrillion, the city of Perryville could end up spending more than $83,000 for Tarrillion's salary and benefits through the end of his term. Tarrillion resigned March 13 amid allegations of misconduct, including questions about a police report concerning property damage at his home...
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Work begins on Lexington, Route W roundabout
(Local News ~ 04/30/13)
Work began Monday on a roundabout at the intersection at Lexington Avenue and Route W. Missouri Department of Transportation officials say the circular intersection will be safer, cause less congestion and cost less to maintain than typical traffic signals...
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New teacher evaluation guidelines coming
(Local News ~ 04/30/13)
Changes in the way future teachers are certified and how current teachers are evaluated are coming soon to Missouri. Assessments being phased in during the next two years will affect students seeking teacher certification, and teachers will be scrutinized under new evaluation principles beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, according to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
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Indigo Bunting
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/30/13)
I found this little wet Indigo Bunting sitting and trying to warm up on a cold rainy day last week. He stayed long enough for me to capture this picture of him.
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Helping Protect Kids
(Submitted Story ~ 04/30/13)
What a better way to help protect kids then by playing golf at Dalhousie? Monday May 6th Beacon Health Center will hold their 9th Annual Children's Charity Golf Tournament. All money raised stays here in southeast Missouri to support services to over 600 area kids who will be seen at Beacon for issues of sexual and physical violence...
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Beacon Health Center $2100 Donation
(Submitted Story ~ 04/30/13)
Amber Brewer and Millicent Odhiambo joined forces to bring awareness to southeast Missouri for victims of sexual violence. What started as an idea soon became an event, a 5K event that raised $2100 for Beacon Health Center. The event was called Shine Light on Sexual Assault...
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Junior High students take numerous awards
(Submitted Story ~ 04/30/13)
Thirty-three Cape Central Junior High School students competed in the regional National History Day event at Southeast Missouri State University in March, and nine students went on to compete at the State level. Katherine Carns, Claudia Price and Alicia Stull are pictured wearing the medals earned at State Competition at University of Missouri-Columbia for their website about the Black Plague. The trio took 1st Place at Regional Competition and placed 3rd at State...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/30/13)
Today is Tuesday, April 30, the 120th day of 2013. There are 245 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 30, 1973, President Richard Nixon announced the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White House counsel John Dean, who was actually fired...
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N.M. church stabbing sparked by ‘Mason' fear
(National News ~ 04/30/13)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Lawrence Capener was shaking hands with his fellow churchgoers at Sunday Mass, exchanging the traditional peace offerings, when some people next to him noticed something strange -- his hands were quite sweaty and clammy...
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Stories of surviving hell in Bangladesh factory collapse
(International News ~ 04/30/13)
SAVAR, Bangladesh -- The eight-story, concrete-and-glass Rana Plaza was one of hundreds of similar buildings in the crowded, potholed streets of Savar, an industrial suburb of Bangladesh's capital and the center of the country's $20 billion garment industry...
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Report: 260,000 died in Somali famine; help came too late
(International News ~ 04/30/13)
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The 2011 Somali famine killed an estimated 260,000 people, half of them age 5 and younger, according to a new report to be published this week that more than doubles previous death toll estimates, officials told The Associated Press...
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Dental event
(Editorial ~ 04/30/13)
If you have dental insurance, you probably don't think much of your regular cleanings and checkups. However, good dental health is important to your teeth and your overall health. Sadly, there are many people who don't have dental insurance and lack adequate care. For these individuals, not receiving preventive care can lead to bigger problems...
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Contrasting view on taxes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/30/13)
In an article published in the April 5 Southeast Missourian, a member of the tea party was quoted as saying, "Every time there's a tax increase, it's taking away some more of our freedoms." A contrasting point of view was expressed by Oliver Wendell Holmes, a Supreme Court Justice appointed by the Republican President Theodore Roosevelt...
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Arts at Alternative Education Center important for students
(Column ~ 04/30/13)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri has some exciting announcements about an Artist-in-Residency project at the Alternative Education Center, which ends in May. The Alternative Education Center [AEC] is in Cape Girardeau and serves 100 youth from the Cape Girardeau Public School District. Working with faculty at the AEC, a program was formulated to invite three artists from various disciplines to facilitate weeklong residencies at the AEC...
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Local government plays important role for communities
(Column ~ 04/30/13)
Tragic news this spring has really brought home how bad things can happen at a moment's notice. In a second, our lives can be forever changed. As the bombs created their devastating effects in Boston and the fires burned in Texas, Americans saw an outpouring of assistance from state and national governments, and events continue to draw attention nationwide. We all feel touched by the victims and families, knowing it could just as easily be our own backyard, our own families...
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Speak Out 4/30/13
(Speak Out ~ 04/30/13)
When President Obama did not submit a budget, David Limbaugh was livid. However, once the president submitted a budget, Mr. Limbaugh was merely apoplectic. Background checks There is no such thing as a "gun show loophole." That is a fallacy perpetrated by anti-gunners as a means of backdoor registration. Under current laws, all commercial firearms sales require a NICS FBI background check and form 4473. Do not support "new" background checks as they will eliminate your rights...
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Pa. abortion trial stirs debate on when life ends
(National News ~ 04/30/13)
PHILADELPHIA -- The high-profile murder trial of a Philadelphia abortion provider sparked courtroom debate Monday over when life ends, a tweak of the politically charged question of when life begins. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, faces capital murder charges in the deaths of four aborted babies, described by prosecutors as viable, born alive and then killed at his busy West Philadelphia clinic...
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Lawyer: Former ricin suspect's home is unlivable
(National News ~ 04/30/13)
OXFORD, Miss. -- A Mississippi man's house is uninhabitable after investigators searched it but failed to find evidence of the deadly poison ricin, a lawyer said Monday, arguing that the government should repair the home. Kevin Curtis was once charged in the mailing of poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, U.S. ...
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Pre-kindergarten spending lowest in decade after drop
(National News ~ 04/30/13)
WASHINGTON -- State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child than they did a decade ago, according to a report released Monday. The researchers also found more than a half million of those preschool students are in programs that don't even meet standards suggested by industry experts that would qualify for federal dollars. Ten states don't offer any dollars to pay for prekindergarten classrooms...
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Dems unlikely to gain from economy in 2014
(National News ~ 04/30/13)
WASHINGTON -- Presidents like to take credit for economic recoveries, just as President Barack Obama is angling to do now. He and his allies in Congress have "walked the economy back from the brink," his new 2014 federal budget blueprint asserts. Democrats hope these improvements, while still slow and uneven, will give them at least a small boost in 2014's midterm races...
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China loans at play in debt-ceiling fight
(National News ~ 04/30/13)
WASHINGTON -- Despite what you may have heard, China isn't the country's biggest creditor. America is. The bulk of the national debt -- soon to exceed $17 trillion -- is held by the Federal Reserve, Social Security system, various pension plans for civil service workers and military personnel, U.S. banks, mutual funds, private pension plans, insurance companies and individual domestic investors...
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James Warner
(Obituary ~ 04/30/13)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- James Frederick Warner, 62, of Marble Hill died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of service Wednesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel. Burial will be in Old Union Cemetery near Bessville, Mo...
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Verna Vogel
(Obituary ~ 04/30/13)
Verna Melva Vogel, 95, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, April 29, 2013, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 21, 1918, at the family farm near Pocahontas, daughter of Joseph C. and Alvina Gerharter Engelhart. She and A. Melvin Vogel were married June 25, 1949, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Pocahontas...
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Anthony Sandusky
(Obituary ~ 04/30/13)
Anthony R. "Tony" Sandusky, 50, of Jackson, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at his home. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Larry Phillips
(Obituary ~ 04/30/13)
ORAN, Mo. -- Larry V. Phillips, 65, of Oran died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at his home. He was born March 24, 1948, in St. Louis, to Sherman Vick and Nadine Bacchus Phillips. He and Linda Kay Hampton were married Sept. 24, 1966. Phillips retired in 2005 as a maintenance tech at P&G in Cape Girardeau. He was a member of Oran Baptist Church and Eagles Aerie 3775, where he served as a patriot guard in Cape Girardeau and Chaffee Warchild...
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Mark Golightly
(Obituary ~ 04/30/13)
Mark P. Golightly, 53, of Williamsburg, Ohio, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died unexpectedly Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. He was the beloved husband of Jean M. Phillips Golightly; loving father of Heather M. (Donny) Golightly Conrad; loving stepfather of Steven Phillips; and devoted brother of Theresa (Mike) Dickman...
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Audry Eldridge
(Obituary ~ 04/30/13)
Audry Ernest Eldridge, 77, of Creve Coeur, Mo., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at Parc Provence in Creve Coeur. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. until time of service Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...
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A.D. Cox
(Obituary ~ 04/30/13)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Arthur Dwaine Cox, or A.D., as he was known to many, passed away at his home Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the age of 75. The son of the late Arthur Marion and Zoa Gray Cox was born Oct. 6, 1937, in Puxico, Mo. He was a resident of Dexter, formerly of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Paul Chaney
(Obituary ~ 04/30/13)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Paul W. "Billy" Chaney, 54, of Marble Hill, formerly of Scott City, died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at his home. Cremation accorded by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. There will be no service.
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Ruth Basilio
(Obituary ~ 04/30/13)
ELCO, Ill. -- Ruth O. Beasley Basilio, 88, of Norridge, Ill., formerly of Elco and Chicago, died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at her home. A service will be at 10:30 a.m. May 7 at St. John's Cemetery, with Dee Armes officiating. Crain Funeral Home of Tamms, Ill., is in charge of arrangements...
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Try walking to ease joint pain
(Community ~ 04/30/13)
May is Arthritis Awareness Month and the perfect time to pump up your physical activity. Despite the known benefits of physical activity to help manage arthritis, adults with arthritis are less active than adults without arthritis. Walking has been shown to improve arthritis pain, fatigue, function, and quality of life. ...
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‘Iron Man 3' rules world, ‘Pain & Gain' takes U.S.
(Entertainment ~ 04/30/13)
LOS ANGELES -- "Iron Man 3" was the heavy-lifter at theaters with a colossal overseas debut that overshadowed a gang of mercenary bodybuilders in a sleepy pre-summer weekend at the domestic box office. The Marvel Studios superhero sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. got a head-start on its domestic launch next Friday with a $195.3 million opening in 42 overseas markets, distributor Disney reported Sunday...
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Law would allow fortunetelling in St. Louis
(State News ~ 04/30/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Fortunetellers may already know what the future holds for them in St. Louis, but the rest of us will need to wait for the city's board of aldermen to decide. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that if Alderman Shane Cohn gets his way, fortunetelling could become legal in the city. Cohn has introduced a bill repealing a city law that forbids the practice of fortunetelling. Under current law it is a misdemeanor...
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Chess championship headed to St. Louis
(State News ~ 04/30/13)
ST. LOUIS -- A 12-year-old chess prodigy from California will be among the contestants in a national competition next month in St. Louis. For the fifth straight year, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is playing host to the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's Championship. Male and female competitors will vie for the titles from Friday to May 13...
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FEMA gives Joplin deal on 2 fire engines
(State News ~ 04/30/13)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- The federal government is giving the city of Joplin a deal on two fire engines it loaned the city after the 2011 tornado. The Federal Emergency Management Agency bought the trucks as loaners and allowed the city to use them after two of its fire stations were destroyed by the May 2011 tornado...
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Prevailing wage overhaul passed by Mo. Senate, heads back to House
(State News ~ 04/30/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Senate has passed legislation that would change how the minimum wage required for public construction projects is calculated for rural counties. The so-called prevailing wage for a given trade is currently calculated based on voluntary surveys collected and submitted by contractors on a public works project...
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Out of the past, 4/30/13
(Out of the Past ~ 04/30/13)
Tarina Kang, a gifted 13-year-old violinist from Cape Girardeau, makes her debut with a professional symphony; she is the special guest of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra. Southeast Missouri State University Provost Dr. Leslie Cochran has issued a recommendation to President Dr. Bill Stacy endorsing a proposed move from Division II to Division I in NCAA athletic affiliation by 1990...
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Consumers keep spending despite higher taxes
(National News ~ 04/30/13)
WASHINGTON -- This year got off to a sour start for U.S. workers: Their pay, already gasping to keep pace with inflation, was suddenly shrunk by a Social Security tax increase. That raised a worrisome question: Would consumers stop spending and further slow the economy? Nope. Not yet, anyway...
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High school roundup: Notre Dame golf team repeats as district champs
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/13)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Notre Dame baseball team pounces on New Madrid, earns spot in SEMO Conference tourney semis
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/13)
Notre Dame starting pitcher Graham Ruopp struck out the side in the top of the first inning. Chase Urhahn hit the third pitch he saw over the fence in right field to lead off the bottom of the first inning. It was that kind of day for the Bulldogs. Ruopp hurled a three-hitter, and Notre Dame erupted for four first-inning runs on its way to a 14-0 shellacking of visiting New Madrid County Central in the opening round of the SEMO Conference Tournament on Monday...
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Southeast Missouri State softball teams loses to Austin Peay
(College Sports ~ 04/30/13)
The Southeast Missouri State softball team was virtually eliminated from qualifying for the Ohio Valley Conference tournament with Monday's 4-1 loss at Austin Peay. Southeast (15-30, 6-16), which was swept in the three-game series in Clarksville, Tenn., remained 10th in the 12-team OVC...
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Blues hope to end Kings' reign
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/13)
St. Louis was ousted in the first round of last year's playoffs by the eventual champions
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Poll shows long-term care not top priority for most Americans
(Community ~ 04/30/13)
WASHINGTON -- We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older -- and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examined how people 40 and older are preparing for the difficult and often pricey reality of aging and found two-thirds say they've done little to no planning...
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Boston victims face huge bills; donations pour in
(Community ~ 04/30/13)
Cost of amputating a leg? At least $20,000. Cost of an artificial leg? More than $50,000 for the most high-tech models. Cost of an amputee's rehab? Often tens of thousands of dollars more. These are just a fraction of the medical expenses victims of the Boston Marathon bombing will face...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/30/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/30/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt: DWIs...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/30/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/30/13)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday:...
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Jackson fire report 4/30/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/30/13)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team resumes rivalry with Mizzou
(College Sports ~ 04/30/13)
The schools have not met on a baseball diamond since 2006
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Reds' ace outduels Cardinals' Wainwright
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/13)
~Cincinnati won the opener of the three-game series, 2-1 ST. LOUIS -- Mat Latos tweaked his right hip on a swing during his first at-bat in the second inning. He never let it show on the mound. Latos outpitched Adam Wainwright without his typical followthrough, extending his scoreless streak to 17 innings, and the Cincinnati Reds got an RBI apiece from Joey Votto and Xavier Paul in a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night...
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Cardinals send Rzepczynski to minors
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Making a move to shore up a shaky bullpen, the St. Louis Cardinals have demoted left-handed reliever Marc Rzepczynski to the minor leagues. The decision Monday means for now that the Cardinals are keeping Mitchell Boggs on the active big league roster despite a 12.66 ERA...
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