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Perryville bans texting by young drivers, truckers
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Perryville Board of Aldermen sent a message to truckers and teenagers Tuesday night: Hang up and drive. At its regular meeting Tuesday, the board unanimously approved an ordinance banning text messaging by drivers age 21 and younger and by commercial drivers...
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Ground broken for Levi's Adventure Trail
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
Superheroes, supporters, friends and family gathered behind Discovery Playhouse on Tuesday afternoon to participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for Levi's Adventure Trail. The outdoor exhibit is in honor of Levi Collom, a 3-year-old from Benton, Mo., who died March 18, 2012, from Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood. Rather than focus on the tragedy, Levi's family chose to honor him by creating an exhibit that would bring his love of the outdoors to other children...
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Law limits use of some cancer centers
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
WASHINGTON -- Some of America's best cancer hospitals are off-limits to many of the people now signing up for coverage under the nation's new health-care program. Doctors and administrators say they're concerned. So are some state insurance regulators...
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Billikens end Southeast Missouri State baseball team's seven-game winning streak
(College Sports ~ 03/19/14)
Southeast Missouri State baseball players Derek Gibson and Andy Lennington both pointed out after their game against in-state rival Saint Louis University on Tuesday night that they faced a quality opponent, but also that they felt the Redhawks matched up pretty well with the Billikens...
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Murder suspect pleads guilty to federal drug charges
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
One of the suspects in the slaying of a Cape Girardeau man pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug charges. Brent Bouren, 43, of St. Louis pleaded guilty in federal court to one count each of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute cocaine...
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Saxony Lutheran advances plan to give computers to students
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
Although still in the preliminary stages, Saxony Lutheran High School is moving toward providing computers to all of its students by fall 2015. Principal Mark Ruark said a technology committee has been formed to take field trips and research devices, a new server has been installed and a bandwidth update, done by MOREnet, associated with the University of Missouri, is set for completion July 1...
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Girl Scout Program Property For Sale
(Submitted Story ~ 03/19/14)
GIRL SCOUT PROGRAM PROPERTY FOR SALE SACAJAWEA EAST-CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland (GSMH) is selling its Sacajawea East Program Center located in Cape Girardeau County. The property will be listed for sale on March 23, 2014 by Thomas M. Meyer, who will be marketing the property on GSMH's behalf...
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The Humane Society's Featured Pet
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/19/14)
Shelby is a 4 month old golden retriever mix. There are 4 in this litter. They are available for adoption at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri 573-334-5837. See more pets available at www.semopets.org
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Train
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/19/14)
This a train one day in the fog
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Common Core State Standards talk set for Sunday March 30
(Submitted Story ~ 03/19/14)
Empower yourself by learning about the consequences of Common Core Standards. The event will take place at The Rose Theater on Sunday, March 30, 2014, at 2:00 PM, 408 North Pacific, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Join presenter Stacy Shore and Concerned Woman for America of Missouri (CWA) for a lively discussion outlining these education standards and their impact on our families, communities and state...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
Today is Wednesday, March 19, the 78th day of 2014. There are 287 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 19, 1979, the U.S. House of Representatives began televising its floor proceedings; the live feed was carried by C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network), which was making its debut...
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The health law is a fiasco
(Column ~ 03/19/14)
If the Obamacare program is as successful as the administration tries to portray, is it not valid to ask why such secrecy over the sign-up numbers? The administration -- even before a congressional committee last week -- refused to acknowledge how many people had actually paid their insurance premiums and just how many young adults had joined the federal program...
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Congratulations to retiring Judge Blanton
(Editorial ~ 03/19/14)
Former U.S. Magistrate Judge Lewis M. Blanton spent a career in the judicial system. A former associate judge in Scott County, Blanton was named the southeastern division's first sitting U.S. magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1991. He served in the court for the next two decades, recently retiring after 23 years...
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Google redesigns Android operating system to power smartwatches, other devices
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google thinks it's time for an Internet-connected watch that performs many of the same tasks as a smartphone but with fewer distractions and rude interruptions. The Internet's most influential company is trying to unleash a new era in mobile computing with a version of its Android software tailored for high-tech watches and other devices that can be worn instead of held...
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Billionaire philanthropist Jim Stowers dead at 90
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jim Stowers Jr., the billionaire founder of one of the nation's leading investment management firms who gave away most of his fortune to fight disease, has died. He was 90. The Kansas City, Mo., philanthropist, whose tenacity in business was just as fierce as in his fight for stem-cell research, died Monday after a period of declining health, according to a news release issued by his namesake research firm and American Century Investments...
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President Obama invites G7 leaders for meeting on Ukraine
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday invited allied leaders for an emergency meeting in Europe next week to discuss further action in response to Russia's involvement in Ukraine, as world economic powers considers whether Moscow' should keep its membership in their organization...
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Yellen, husband a tight economic partnership
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
WASHINGTON -- As the Federal Reserve's new leader, Janet Yellen won't have to go far to bounce ideas off a fellow economist. The kitchen table will do just fine. Yellen is the first Fed leader in the central bank's 100 years to be married to an equally renowned economist -- a Nobel laureate, no less. ...
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Ronnie Kern
(Obituary ~ 03/19/14)
Ronald H. "Ronnie" Kern, 73, of Scott City passed away peacefully Monday, March 17, 2014, surrounded by the people he loved. He was born Dec. 20, 1940, at home in Ancell, Mo., to Harold and Viola Arnold Kern. He married Rosemary Uhrhan Aug. 4, 1962, at St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton, Mo. They enjoyed 51 1/2 years together...
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James Gladish
(Obituary ~ 03/19/14)
James Franklin Gladish, 68, of Jackson died Saturday, March 15, 2014, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was born June 30, 1945, in Chicago, to Frank C. and Mary Julia Doscotch Gladish. He and Sally Ann Campbell were married March 15, 1975, in Atlanta...
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Darlene Duben
(Obituary ~ 03/19/14)
Darlene Ann Checki Duben, 72, of Nacogdoches, Texas, died Thursday, March 6, 2014, in Nacogdoches. She was born March 27, 1941, in Fond du Lac, Wis., the eldest child of David and Mary Seurer Checki. She was the beloved wife of Anthony J. Duben. They were married April 27, 1970...
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Pauline Richter
(Obituary ~ 03/19/14)
Pauline A. Richter, 75, of New Wells died Monday, March 17, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, and from 9 a.m. until service time Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells...
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Richard Singleton Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/19/14)
Richard Singleton Sr., 82, of Millersville died Monday, March 17, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Denver Lang
(Obituary ~ 03/19/14)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Denver Mose Lang, 88, of Villa Ridge, formerly of Cairo, Ill., passed away Monday, March 17, 2014, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Friends may call today after 10:30 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge...
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Elnora Lee
(Obituary ~ 03/19/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Elnora Lee, 100, of Chaffee died Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
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Loretta Haupt
(Obituary ~ 03/19/14)
Loretta Marie Haupt, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home, with parish prayers at 7 p.m., followed by the rosary...
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Births 3/19/14
(Births ~ 03/19/14)
Daughter to Michael Brian and Jessica Lynn Ramsey of Bell City, Mo., Southeast Hospital, 4:59 p.m. Saturday, March 8, 2014. Name, Sadie Jayne. Weight, 8 pounds, 15 ounces. First child. Mrs. Ramsey is the former Jessica Loos, daughter of Robert and Mary Loos of Jackson. She is a teacher at Bell City schools. Ramsey is the son of June Ramsey of Cape Girardeau and the late Michael J. Ramsey of Bell City. He is a service technician with Provider Plus...
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Kenneth Marston
(Obituary ~ 03/19/14)
Kenneth Marston, 67, of Jackson died Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/19/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/19/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summons Thefts...
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Jackson police report 3/19/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/19/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Summonses Theft Property damage Miscellaneous...
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Army general portrayed in bawdy skit
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Suspicions of an Army general's extramarital affair with a subordinate had circulated widely enough that soldiers portrayed the two in a sexually suggestive skit at a 2010 party, according to witness testimony Tuesday. Lt. Col. Benjamin Bigelow testified at a sentencing hearing that the skit was performed during a party at which Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair was being honored in Germany...
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Immigrant activists pushing to bring deportations to halt
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
DENVER -- Late last year members of the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition acknowledged that there was little hope Congress would pass much-anticipated legislation granting citizenship to people in the U.S. illegally. So the group stopped lobbying for the bill and shifted to a different approach...
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Report: Response to LAX shooter was out of sync
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles International Airport was ill prepared for a crisis when a gunman ambushed security officers last year, and the emergency response was hindered by communication problems and poor coordination, according to a report released Tuesday...
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Despite opposition, many landowners await pipeline
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- If the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline gains approval, Ronald Weber will watch from his farmhouse as workers lay the line beneath a half-mile of his cropland in northeast Nebraska. The 69-year-old retired farmer wishes the pipeline had missed his property, simply to avoid the difficulty of growing corn and soybeans around the construction work. But what leaves Weber exasperated are the project delays...
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Putin signs treaty to add Crimea to map of Russia
(International News ~ 03/19/14)
MOSCOW -- With a sweep of his pen, President Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia on Tuesday, describing the move as correcting a past injustice and responding to what he called Western encroachment on Russia's interests. While his actions were met with cheers in Crimea and Russia, Ukraine's new government called Putin a threat to the world and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden warned the U.S. and Europe will impose further sanctions against Moscow...
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Candidates vie for votes from Afghan women
(International News ~ 03/19/14)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The candidate strode down the aisle separating hundreds of male and female supporters at a campaign rally in Kabul. She shook hands with the women filling the chairs to her right. To the men on the other side, she nodded. Habiba Sarabi is the most prominent woman running on a ticket in the April 5 election to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai. ...
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Cruz logging serious time in Iowa
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Texas tea party darling U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is making his fourth trip to Iowa in eight months, logging serious face time before most other potential White House hopefuls in the state that kicks off presidential voting. Cruz delivered the keynote speech at a Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators' event Tuesday in Des Moines before heading to Mason City for a GOP fundraiser with Iowa's U.S. ...
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Advisers: Jeb Bush mulling a run for the White House
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
MIAMI -- Jeb Bush gets the question at just about every public appearance these days: Will you run for president? The former Florida governor gives a well-worn answer: "I can honestly tell you that I don't know what I'm going to do." It's an answer that won't satisfy the GOP faithful for much longer...
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Obama gives Medal of Honor to 24 vets from 3 wars
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
WASHINGTON -- They were heroes who didn't get their due. On Tuesday, 24 mostly ethnic or minority U.S. soldiers who performed bravely under fire in three of the nation's wars finally received the Medal of Honor the government concluded should have been awarded a long time ago...
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Report: Pentagon must focus on insiders after Navy Yard shooting
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
WASHINGTON -- Threats to Defense Department personnel and facilities increasingly are coming from trusted insiders, and to defeat them the Pentagon must beef up security from within, according to several reviews triggered by last year's Washington Navy Yard killings...
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Woman in Naval Academy assault case testifies
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
WASHINGTON -- The woman at the center of a sexual assault case against a former Naval Academy football player testified Tuesday the midshipman "kind of laughed" when she asked him whether they had sex at an alcohol-fueled party and said: "What? You don't remember?"...
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Full of fun and mischief
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
ADAM VOGLER ~ avogler@semissourian.com ABOVE: Tori Degginger sits in the stands with her puppy Amelia at the Southeast Missouri State University softball game Tuesday against North Dakota State University at the Southeast Softball Complex. Degginger, a junior at Southeast, adopted the dog, which is 4 or 5 months old, from the Humane Society. BELOW: As puppies often do, Amelia tugs on her owner's sleeve...
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Education reform group to unveil itself March 30
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
People Actively Promoting Education Reform will announce itself as a group at 2 p.m. March 30 at the Rose Theatre, 408 N. Pacific St. Stacy Shore of Concerned Women for America of Missouri will be the speaker. In February, PAPER president David Larsen said the group wants to bring more of the community into school governance...
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Principals banquet set for April 8
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
A Principals Banquet to recognize students "doing their best" will be at 5:45 p.m. April 8 in the small gym at Central Junior High School, according to a news release from the district. Students will receive a framed narrative of why they were nominated them and will receive a tumbler, the release said...
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Missouri rallies to stay alive in NIT
(College Sports ~ 03/19/14)
The Tigers ousted Davidson 85-77
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Southeast Missouri State softball team avoids perfect game on final chance
(College Sports ~ 03/19/14)
NDSU pitcher was one strike away from perfection in the Bison's 11-0 victory
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Illinois county votes against curbs on fracking
(Local News ~ 03/19/14)
Voters in Johnson County, Ill., on Tuesday voted against an attempt to stop hydraulic fracturing in the county. The fracking question was a nonbinding referendum, meaning the vote serves only as a recommendation to the county's three commissioners on whether they should support fracking...
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2 die in news helicopter crash
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
SEATTLE -- A news helicopter crashed into the street and exploded into flames Tuesday near Seattle's Space Needle, killing two people on board, badly injuring a man in a car and sending plumes of black smoke over the city during the morning commute...
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Rauner wins GOP nod for Illinois governor
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
CHICAGO -- Venture capitalist Bruce Rauner won the GOP primary Tuesday in his bid for Illinois governor, as voters embraced a first campaign by the multimillionaire who flooded the airwaves with vows to run the Democratic stronghold like a business and curb the influence of government unions...
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Investigators examine fatal helicopter crash scene
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
SEATTLE -- A news helicopter crashed into a street and burst into flames Tuesday near Seattle's Space Needle, killing two people on board, badly injuring a man in a car and sending plumes of black smoke over the city during the morning commute...
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Wal-Mart getting into used video game market
(National News ~ 03/19/14)
NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart plans to start buying used video games from shoppers at stores in a move that goes after the bread-and-butter business of GameStop. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to expand its current online trade-in program by allowing customers to trade their used video games at 3,100 Wal-Mart stores in exchange for credit toward the purchase of other items...
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Thai radar might have tracked jet
(International News ~ 03/19/14)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Ten days after a Malaysian jetliner disappeared, Thailand's military said Tuesday it saw radar blips that might have been from the missing plane but didn't report it "because we did not pay attention to it." Search crews from 26 countries, including Thailand, are looking for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished early March 8 with 239 people aboard en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. ...
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Missing Malaysian airliner may be an enduring mystery
(International News ~ 03/19/14)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The plane must be somewhere. But the same can be said for Amelia Earhart's. Ten days after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people aboard, an international search has produced no sign of the Boeing 777, raising an unsettling question: What if the airplane is never found?...
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West looks for fresh ways to curb Russia's expansion
(International News ~ 03/19/14)
WARSAW, Poland -- Vice President Joe Biden and European leaders unleashed angry words Tuesday against Russia's "dark path" as Western allies scheduled an emergency meeting in the Netherlands next week to figure out how to punish Vladimir Putin for taking Crimea -- and stop him from expanding his reach...
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Redhawks' Smith named Male Athlete of OVC Indoor Track and Field Championships
(College Sports ~ 03/19/14)
Southeast Missouri State track and field athlete Blake Smith was named the Male Athlete of the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship. The Jackson High School graduate won two events en route to the men's first championship since the 1996 indoor season...
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Mick Jagger pays tribute to companion; Stones halt tour
(Community ~ 03/19/14)
NEW YORK -- Mick Jagger paid poignant tribute to his late companion, designer L'Wren Scott, on Tuesday, calling her his "lover and best friend" and saying he was struggling to understand why she might have taken her own life. Jagger posted the message on his Facebook page as the Rolling Stones canceled their seven-date tour of Australia and New Zealand, "14 on Fire," in the wake of Scott's death. The fashion designer was found dead Monday in her Manhattan apartment, an apparent suicide...
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Out of the past 3/19/14
(Out of the Past ~ 03/19/14)
Eighth District U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson has announced plans to make two congressional committee trips, one to Ethiopia and Sudan and the other to Geneva. Bessie Kersey, a familiar name around Charleston, Mo., is hoping to open a new restaurant in Cape Girardeau this week; Bessie's Restaurant and Smorgasbord will be in the former Buckner-Ragsdale building, at the corner of Main Street and Broadway...
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Prayer 3/19/14
(Prayer ~ 03/19/14)
O Lord Jesus, our Mighty Warrior, thank you for your blessings on our lives. Amen.
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Alert changes discussed after child's death
(State News ~ 03/19/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The kidnapping and death of a 10-year-old girl last month has prompted Missouri lawmakers and law enforcement agencies to consider changes to the rapid alert system used to spread the word about possible child abductions. Fourth-grader Hailey Owens was walking just a block from her home when she was abducted. Springfield, Mo., police responded within 10 minutes of the initial 911 call, but the statewide Amber Alert didn't go out for more than two hours...
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