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Senate panel approves massive farm bill
(National News ~ 05/14/13)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved a massive five-year farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for farmers. The legislation approved 15-5 by the panel on Tuesday includes concessions to Southern rice and peanut farmers, thanks to a new top Republican on the committee, Mississippi Sen. ...
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Crash blocks traffic on LaSalle Avenue
(Local News ~ 05/14/13)
A head-on collision between a car and a pickup truck caused LaSalle Avenue to be blocked Tuesday afternoon near its intersection with Route W. A Volkswagen passenger car and a Ford pickup collided before 1:30 p.m., and the road was still blocked at about 1:45 p.m. Extrication was required...
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Budget surpluses spur tension in some GOP states
(National News ~ 05/14/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Turns out that cutting was the easy part. Now Republicans who control a majority of the state capitols in the United States face a far greater philosophical dilemma -- what to do with all the money in places where an improving economy has suddenly created a surplus in revenue?...
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Seckman ends Jackson's baseball season in district final
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/13)
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- The heart of the Seckman lineup stepped up to the plate for its third look at Jackson starter Avery Whiteside in the bottom half of the fifth inning during Monday's Class 5 District 1 championship. "Avery was a little tired, they'd seen him a couple times, and they're good," said Jackson coach Tatum Kitchen...
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USDA: Corn plantings pick up, but still behind
(State News ~ 05/14/13)
ST. LOUIS -- U.S. farmers are making the most of a break in the seemingly unceasing spring rains to plant corn, though the pace still remains well behind schedule, the latest federal figures showed Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in its weekly update of the nation's crop progress, said 28 percent of U.S. ...
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Suspect in 1980 rape case declared indigent
(Local News ~ 05/14/13)
A prison inmate charged with the 1980 rape of a Southeast Missouri State University student was found indigent by a public defender Monday. Daryl K. Davis is accused of breaking into the student's basement apartment and raping her at knife point. DNA evidence implicated Davis in the 1980 case. He already is serving nine life sentences for a series of sexual assaults in St. Louis County...
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9-year-old arson victim was born in Perryville
(Local News ~ 05/14/13)
A 9-year-old girl born in Perryville, Mo., was among four children killed Friday in an apparent arson at her home in Percy, Ill. Kailey A. Owen and her brothers Ethan, 12, and 5-year-old twins Brandan and Landan Owen were asleep at their home in Percy when fire broke out about 2 a.m., The Associated Press reported...
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Cape Girardeau resumes yard-waste drop off
(Local News ~ 05/14/13)
The Cape Girardeau recycling center, 2007 Southern Expressway, will resume yard waste drop off Thursday, according to a news release sent by the public works department. Service was suspended because of river flood stages. Special collection service for compost bags, bundled limbs and brush will resume May 22...
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Smith earns NRA endorsement
(Local News ~ 05/14/13)
The country's most powerful gun lobby endorsed the Republican candidate for Missouri's 8th Congressional District, the candidate's campaign announced Monday. The campaign of state Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, announced that Smith gained the endorsement of the NRA in the June 4 special election to replace Jo Ann Emerson. Smith earned an "A" rating from the gun lobbying group, according to a news release from his campaign...
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Perryville man killed in mobile home fire
(Local News ~ 05/14/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Functioning smoke detectors could have prevented the death of a Perryville man killed Saturday by an early morning kitchen fire that apparently started while he was asleep, a firefighter said. Phillip Roessler, 23, of 215 Hume St. in Perryville died of extensive heat and smoke inhalation, said Bill Jones, assistant police and fire chief...
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National Guard soldier surprises son with homecoming
(Local News ~ 05/14/13)
Logan Vaughn, a kindergarten student at Alma Schrader Elementary School, received the surprise of his life Monday morning when a special visitor walked into his classroom. The visitor was his father, Spc. David Vaughn of the Missouri National Guard, who hadn't seen Logan since his deployment to Afghanistan in July...
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Mud volleyball expands, pageant added at Jackson's Independence Day event
(Local News ~ 05/14/13)
Building on the success of last year's Independence Day Celebration in Jackson City Park, organizers are expanding two of its most popular attractions, the beer garden and mud volleyball, and adding a Little Miss Firecracker pageant to the festivities...
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CHS students take awards at 8th Congressional Art
(Submitted Story ~ 05/14/13)
Cape Central High School art students won seven of the ten awards presented at the recent 27th Annual Eighth Congressional District High School Art Competition, including the Grand Prize, won by CHS Junior Courtney Limbaugh. In the photo, Courtney poses with her parents, Lisa and David Limbaugh, during an awards reception at the Arts Council gallery in downtown Cape Girardeau. ...
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Public Event at Benchmark Healthcare, June 1-3
(Submitted Story ~ 05/14/13)
Life is meant to be celebrated, no matter what your age and Benchmark Healthcare of Ramsey Creek , located conveniently at 28601 US Highway 61 in Scott City, invites the community to take part in its first ever Celebration of Life, June 1-3. Activities for 'kids' of all ages will be featured, including a craft fair, a tasty fish fry, a Little Miss and Mr. Benchmark Ramsey Creek and more...
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Tankersley Joins Love In the Name of Christ
(Submitted Story ~ 05/14/13)
Tankersley Joins Love In the Name of Christ Cape Girardeau, MO; May 14, 2013 - Love In the Name of Christ of Southeast Missouri is pleased to announce Tammy Tankersley has been selected as Executive Director. Tankersley, a Jackson resident, brings over 12 years of experience at the Workforce Investment Board to the position. ...
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Common Core opponents form group to educate public
(Local News ~ 05/14/13)
A new group in opposition to the Common Core State Standards in education was formed Monday night at the Jackson Public Library. The group, the Heartland Citizens for Education Awareness, has educating the public about what it sees as problems with Common Core as its stated goal...
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Mo. lawmakers approve tougher abortion drug rules
(State News ~ 05/14/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Doctors in Missouri would need to be in the room for the initial dose of the drug used in medical abortions under a measure given final legislative approval Monday. Supporters said the requirement would help to protect women's health and safety. But several critics said medical abortions are safe and that the legislation seems to be more of an effort aimed at restricting availability of abortion services...
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Mo. bill would require consent for fee collections
(State News ~ 05/14/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A measure that would significantly change how unions representing Missouri's public employees can collect and spend members' fees was sent to the governor Monday. Under the bill approved by the House, members would need to provide annual consent before their fees can be deducted from their paychecks. It would also force unions to obtain similar annual consent in order to spend fees on political activities, including campaign contributions...
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Cape man pleads not guilty to DWI, fleeing police
(Local News ~ 05/14/13)
A Cape Girardeau man accused of trying to help a fugitive escape arrest pleaded not guilty Monday to two felony charges. Eddie Kent was charged with driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest or detention by fleeing in connection with a February incident in which Cape Girardeau police officers said he tried to help his son, Eric Kent of Jonesboro, Ark., avoid arrest...
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Lawmakers seek to reinstate local tax for vehicles
(State News ~ 05/14/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers are hoping the third time will be the charm in their quest to reinstate local taxes on cars, trucks and boats purchased from out-of-state dealers or in private transactions. State and local officials have keyed on the tax issue for more than a year while raising fears about lost jobs, business hardships for Missouri vehicle dealers and declining revenue for cities and counties. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/14/13)
Today is Tuesday, May 14, the 134th day of 2013. There are 231 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 14, 1973, the United States launched Skylab 1, its first manned space station. (Skylab 1 remained in orbit for six years before burning up during re-entry in 1979.)...
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Walters announces her retirement on ‘The View'
(Entertainment ~ 05/14/13)
NEW YORK -- Barbara Walters said Monday retirement from her epochal television career is near, but it's not happening right away. Walters, who began in television news as a "Today" girl in 1961, became the medium's best-known interviewer and invented a daytime talk show at an age many people would be going fishing. She said on "The View" she will step away from the camera next summer...
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Out of the past 5/14/13
(Out of the Past ~ 05/14/13)
JEFFERSON CITY Mo. -- The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission has rejected a plea that it change its choice of routes across the city of Cape Girardeau to its planned Mississippi River bridge; the commission confirms the highway will be built along the College Street corridor rather than following Highway 74...
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Ethan, Kailey, Brandan and Landan Owen
(Obituary ~ 05/14/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ethan T. Owen, 12, Kailey A. Owen, 9, and twins Brandan G. and Landan J. Owen, 5, died in a fire at their home Friday, May 10, 2013. They are the children of Mathew and Natasha Pittman Owen of Percy, Ill. Natasha is formerly of Perryville...
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Evelyn Moore
(Obituary ~ 05/14/13)
Evelyn M. Ulrich Moore, 87, of Gordonville passed away Saturday, May 11, 2013, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 7, 1925, in Whitewater, the oldest of six children born to Robert L. and Martina E. Peetz Fluegge. Evelyn attended school in Tilsit through grade five, and then attended St. Paul Lutheran School through grade eight. She was a 1943 graduate of Jackson High School...
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Gary McDaniel
(Obituary ~ 05/14/13)
Gary Allen McDaniel, 72, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Montgomery City, Mo., died Monday, May 13, 2013, at his home. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home...
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Lindell Mayfield
(Obituary ~ 05/14/13)
Lindell Wayne Mayfield, 73, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Millersville, died Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Heartland Care and Rehab. He was born Feb. 21, 1940, in Mayfield Holler, to Dayton and Kate Lincoln Mayfield. He married Ruth Green on March 19, 1960...
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Gladys Lawrence
(Obituary ~ 05/14/13)
Gladys Marie Lawrence, 92, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, May 13, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 16, 1920, in Oran, Mo., daughter of Andrew and Regina Halter Kielhofner. She married the love of her life, James William Lawrence, July 13, 1946, in Chaffee, Mo. He preceded her in death Aug. 28, 1997...
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Shirley Carter
(Obituary ~ 05/14/13)
BENTON, Mo. -- Shirley Irene Carter, 77, of Benton died Sunday, May 12, 2013, at her home. She was born July 7, 1935, in Dogwood, Mo., to Issac Candaberry and Lula Elizabeth Boyer Treece. She and Charles Carter were married July 11, 1968, in Charleston, Mo. He preceded her in death...
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Arthur Burchyett
(Obituary ~ 05/14/13)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Arthur Lynn "Red" Burchyett, 70, of Jonesboro died Sunday, May 12, 2013, at his home. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Randy Morgan officiating. Burial will be in Lindsey Cemetery in McClure, Ill...
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Jackson fire report 5/14/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/14/13)
Firefighters responded to the following call Friday:...
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FDA proposes cancer warnings on tanning beds
(Community ~ 05/14/13)
FDA proposes cancer warnings on tanning beds
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Two new diseases could both spark global outbreaks
(Community ~ 05/14/13)
LONDON -- Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials -- a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the coronavirus related to SARS spread to France, where one patient who probably caught the disease in Dubai infected his hospital roommate. ...
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Sales tax holiday
(Editorial ~ 05/14/13)
There may be some good news coming for shoppers and retailers Monday. The Cape Girardeau City Council is considering whether to participate in the state's annual sales tax holiday. The three-day event in August provides shoppers an opportunity to purchase back-to-school items minus the state sales tax...
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Jackson police report 5/14/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/14/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/14/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/14/13)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/14/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/14/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY The Southeast Missouri State University Department of Public Safety released the following item: DWI...
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Health beat: Cancer and women
(Community ~ 05/14/13)
Every year, cancer claims the lives of more than a quarter of a million women in America. Women can reduce their cancer risk by adopting a healthy lifestyle and getting the right cancer screening tests for their stage of life. Tobacco use and secondhand smoke...
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Notre Dame golfers occupy second at state tournament
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/13)
The Notre Dame golf team is in an apparent two-team showdown for the Class 3 golf title at Sedalia Country Club in Sedalia, Mo. The Bulldogs, seeking their first state championship in the sport, finished the first day of the two-round tournament two strokes behind MICDS, which posted a 308 total Monday...
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Jackson soccer team rides goal spree into district final
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/13)
Jackson scores five goals in six minutes on its way to a 6-0 win over Bluff and a spot in the Class 3 District 1 final
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High school roundup: Chaffee baseball team ends season for Crusaders
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/13)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Obama tries to swat down 2 swirling controversies
(National News ~ 05/14/13)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama tried to swat down a pair of brewing controversies Monday, denouncing as "outrageous" the targeting of conservative political groups by the IRS and angrily denying any administration cover-up after last year's deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya...
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Cards rally late to topple Mets 6-3
(Professional Sports ~ 05/14/13)
ST. LOUIS -- After finally dialing in his delivery, Lance Lynn kept the Cardinals in the game just long enough. Lynn overcame early control woes and St. Louis used a three-run seventh inning to snap a tie and beat the New York Mets 6-3 on Monday night...
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Bangladesh body search ends; death toll placed at 1,127
(International News ~ 05/14/13)
SAVAR, Bangladesh -- Major Western brands embraced a safety plan that would require them to help pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the nearly three-week search for victims of the world's worst garment-industry disaster ended Monday with the death toll at 1,127...
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Pakistan's Sharif sends mixed message to U.S.
(International News ~ 05/14/13)
RAIWIND, Pakistan -- Pakistan's presumptive prime minister said Monday that he wants good relations with the United States but criticized American drone strikes on militants as a violation of the country's sovereignty -- perhaps hinting the government's grudging compliance may change...
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Taiwan's military volunteers few
(International News ~ 05/14/13)
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A Taiwanese plan to end mandatory military service and shift to an all-volunteer force is running into a problem: Not enough volunteers. Such forces are generally considered superior to conscripted ones, because those serving want to be there. Taiwan wants to field a leaner and meaner military of 176,000 volunteers by 2015, in place of its current complement of 235,000 volunteers and conscripts...
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Justice Department obtains AP phone records
(National News ~ 05/14/13)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors of The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news...
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Acting IRS commissioner didn't reveal tea party targeting
(National News ~ 05/14/13)
WASHINGTON -- Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steven T. Miller repeatedly failed to tell Congress that tea party groups were being inappropriately targeted, even after he had been briefed on the matter. The IRS said Monday that Miller was first informed on May, 3, 2012, that applications for tax-exempt status by tea party groups were inappropriately singled out for extra, sometimes burdensome, scrutiny...
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New Orleans endures violence issue
(National News ~ 05/14/13)
NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans police hope a $10,000 reward and blurry surveillance camera images will lead to arrests in a Mother's Day shooting that wounded 19 people and showed again how far the city has to go to shake a persistent culture of violence that belies the city's festive image...
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Philly abortion doc guilty in 3 babies' deaths
(National News ~ 05/14/13)
PHILADELPHIA -- An abortion doctor was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy, "house of horrors" clinic. In a case that became a grisly flashpoint in the nation's abortion debate, Dr. ...
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U.S. retail sales rise in April on cars, clothing, electronics
(National News ~ 05/14/13)
WASHINGTON -- Lower-priced gasoline allowed Americans to step up their spending at retailers in April, from cars and clothes to electronics and appliances. The rebound from a weak March suggests consumers remain resilient in the face of higher taxes and could continue to drive economic growth this spring...
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Cape Girardeau's history is an important asset
(Column ~ 05/14/13)
I had the distinct honor and privilege during this last month in participating in three very important historical events in our city of Cape Girardeau. These events reinforced my belief that our great city is rich in history. It also highlighted to me the fact that we, as citizens, can do much more in the future to further develop our knowledge of local history...
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Popular psychologist Brothers dead at 85
(National News ~ 05/14/13)
Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist, author and television and film personality, has died. She was 85. Brothers died Monday of respiratory failure in New York City, according to her longtime Los Angeles-based publicist, Sanford Brokaw...
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Speaker Jones showing leadership on education issues
(Column ~ 05/14/13)
Three cheers for Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones -- finally a leader with the courage to lead. Republican supporters have worked hard over the years to achieve an overwhelming super majority in the Missouri House and Senate but have been frustrated that achievement has not translated into laws that reflect the Republican platform and principles. ...
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Prayer 5/14/13
(Prayer ~ 05/14/13)
O Lord Jesus, may we hunger and thirst for righteousness. Amen.
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Notre Dame baseball team advances to district title game
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/13)
~The Bulldogs defeated Perryville 12-2 in six innings in the Class 4 District 1 semifinals The Perryville High School baseball team could not have gotten off to a better start in its bid to pull off a monumental upset...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team makes OVC tourney as sixth seed
(College Sports ~ 05/14/13)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team left Capaha Field after Sunday's 5-1 loss to Tennessee Tech believing it had not yet clinched its record 19th consecutive Ohio Valley Conference tournament berth. But one day later, the Redhawks found out they were in...
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