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Woman arrested on child abuse charges
(Local News ~ 04/15/14)
A St. Louis woman was arrested Friday on felony child abuse charges, police reported Monday. About 12:45 p.m. Friday, police and someone from the Missouri Children's Division went to the 700 block of South Ellis Street to investigate a hotline call about possible physical abuse to two boys, ages 2 and 6, said Darin Hickey, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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St. Louis aldermen OK music festivals
(State News ~ 04/15/14)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis will apparently be host two big annual music festivals starting in 2015. Aldermen on Monday voted 21-4 to approve a bill granting the Los Angeles talent agency ICM and Summer Rocks LLC exclusive access to the Gateway Mall over Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. ICM Partners has said it will host a country music festival in St. Louis every Memorial Day weekend, and a big rock festival every Labor Day weekend...
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Great Dane involved in fatal attack dog park back at home with owner
(State News ~ 04/15/14)
WENTZVILLE, Mo. -- A Great Dane involved in a fatal attack at a St. Louis-area dog park has been returned to his owner. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the dog, named Zeus, was given back to his owner Friday. Authorities say the Great Dane attacked and killed Buddy, a 10-year-old golden retriever, on March 30 at Quail Ridge Park in the off-leash dog area...
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Missouri Senate sets aside debate on ethics legislation
(State News ~ 04/15/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Senate has temporarily set aside debate on ethics legislation that would curb lobbying. The bill would make lawmakers wait two years after their terms expire before registering as lobbyists. It would require lawmakers to reimburse lobbyists for most gifts within 30 days and lobbyists would have 48 hours to report such expenditures...
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New Mississippi River bridge at St. Louis not at traffic projections
(State News ~ 04/15/14)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- Traffic isn't at projected levels on a new Interstate 70 bridge crossing the Mississippi River between Illinois and St. Louis, according to numbers released Monday by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge was expected to carry about 40,000 vehicles a day. The Belleville News-Democrat reported that Transportation Department figures show the bridge has averaged about 31,100 a day since it opened in early February...
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Jackson board re-elects president, vice president
(Local News ~ 04/15/14)
In the aftermath of a spirited school board election in which the three Jackson School Board incumbents beat five challengers, the current school board president and vice president were re-elected to their posts at a meeting Monday night. Terri Tomlin, who also won a new term in the April 8 election, was elected president on a 5-2 vote with board members Alaina Hinze and Paul Stoner dissenting...
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2nd suspect charged in Anna man's death
(Local News ~ 04/15/14)
ANNA, Ill. -- A second suspect faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the beating death of a 46-year-old man, the Union County, Ill., state's attorney reported Monday. Charging documents show Travis D. Turner, 25, of Dongola, Ill., is accused of killing Jimmy Morrison of Anna by striking him in the head with a piece of lumber...
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Making the switch at Charter
(Local News ~ 04/15/14)
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Several Charter Communications customers wait outside the Cape Girardeau office Monday to pick up all-digital converter boxes. ...
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Sikeston man accused of shooting day-care facility
(Local News ~ 04/15/14)
A Sikeston, Mo., man faces a charge of unlawful use of a weapon in connection with a March case in which a bullet penetrated the window of a home day-care facility on Benton Street. Terrance Vance, 27, is in custody at the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department on $25,000 bond, according to a news release Monday from the Cape Girardeau County Police Department...
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Store clerks report assault by shoplifter
(Local News ~ 04/15/14)
Cape Girardeau police are looking for a man suspected of threatening one store clerk and punching another in a theft early Monday morning. About 12:30 a.m. Monday, officers received a report of shoplifting at Wal-Mart, 3439 William St., said public information officer Darin Hickey of the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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First official 'Gone Girl' trailer released
(Local News ~ 04/15/14)
The first trailer for David Fincher's film "Gone Girl" was released online Monday. The 20th Century Fox feature, based on the book of the same title by Gillian Flynn, was partly shot in Cape Girardeau over several weeks last fall. Actors Ben Affleck, Neil Patrick Harris and Rosamund Pike were among the celebrities spotted around town during the filming...
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April 15 not much of a deadline for most taxpayers
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
WASHINGTON -- The calendar shows April 15, and you haven't even started on your federal tax return? Chances are, you don't need to fret. If you're due a refund -- and about three-fourths of filers get refunds -- April 15 isn't much of a deadline at all...
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Mid-April freeze threatens fruit trees
(State News ~ 04/15/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The winter that just won't quit has one more punch for the nation's Heartland -- a cold front bringing a brief return to sub-freezing weather, creating concerns for growers of apples, peaches, grapes and other fruit. Temperatures in the 70s and 80s in recent days gave way to highs in the 40s in much of the lower Midwest on Monday, with even colder temperatures on the way. ...
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Last-minute tax filers race toward federal deadline
(Local News ~ 04/15/14)
Although the income tax deadline is here, accountants Monday were still snowed under and tax preparers are expecting a busy day today. More than 2.7 million federal tax returns are expected to be filed this year from Missouri, said Michael T. Devine, the state's IRS spokesman. The government agency estimates 154,600 six-month extension requests will be filed...
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Kansas shooting suspect had no record of violence
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Never one to keep his hatred to himself, Frazier Glenn Cross for decades sought out any soapbox to espouse his white-supremacist beliefs, twice running for federal office with campaigns steeped in anti-Semitism. Yet there's scant evidence the Army veteran and retired trucker with Ku Klux Klan links ever resorted to violence before Sunday, when authorities say he opened fire with a shotgun and pistol outside a Jewish community center and retirement complex near Kansas City. ...
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Heartbleed bug has more bark than bite in Cape area
(Local News ~ 04/15/14)
Called "serious," "chaos" and "catastrophic," the "Heartbleed" bug doesn't seem to be causing too much of a local panic. The computer bug recently prompted dozens of websites to patch their vulnerability to potential attackers after its existence was publicly acknowledged April 7. However, the security flaw has existed since December 2011...
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New members sworn in to Cape Girardeau City Council
(Local News ~ 04/15/14)
The Cape Girardeau City Council gathered in a special meeting Monday afternoon to administer oaths of office to new and returning members. John Voss surrendered his council seat to Joseph Uzoaru, the new Ward 1 representative elected last week. Shelly Moore replaced Meg Davis as the new Ward 2 representative...
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Total lunar eclipse 4/15/2014 "blood moon"
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/15/14)
Clear skies over Jackson, MO, provided a spectacular view of the total lunar eclipse last night, from 2am-3am. This rare event was the first of four expected to occur through September 2015, with the next one predicted for October 8 of this year.
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Bollinger County Chamber Rising Star Business of the Quarter
(Submitted Story ~ 04/15/14)
The Chamber Rising Star Business of the first quarter is Bollinger County Recycling Center. The Bollinger County Recycling Center opened its doors at their present location, 7 miles North of Marble Hill on Highway 51, on August 14, 2010. The center is owned by Bollinger Co Recycling Inc., who is a non- profit and will gladly accept all donations; which are tax deductible...
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This is what I do!
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/15/14)
Ollie taking it easy as usual!
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Legos of course!
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/15/14)
Trenton shows off his new Lego kit he got for his eighth birthday.
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Family, friends remember Kansas shooting victims
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
LEAWOOD, Kan. -- William Lewis Corporon was taking his grandson to a singing audition at a community center. Terri LaManno was visiting her mother at a nearby retirement complex. It was a seemingly quiet spring Sunday, but neither Corporon nor his grandson or LaManno made it home alive, their lives cut short by a shooting spree that targeted the two Jewish facilities in the mostly affluent suburb of Kansas City known as Overland Park...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
Today is Tuesday, April 15, the 105th day of 2014. There are 260 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 15, 2013, two bombs packed with nails and other lethal metal shards exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line, killing two women and an 8-year-old boy and injuring more than 260 people. ...
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Israeli man killed, 2 hurt in West Bank shooting
(International News ~ 04/15/14)
JERUSALEM -- An assailant opened fire on Israeli motorists in the West Bank on Monday, killing a man and wounding a woman and a boy in two separate cars, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The attack could further complicate U.S. attempts to salvage troubled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks...
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Pakistani police arrest two people suspected of cannibalism
(International News ~ 04/15/14)
ISLAMABAD -- Police in central Pakistan arrested a man Monday suspected of cannibalism after finding body parts including a skull that may have belonged to a child in his house, officials said. Neighbors in the village of Khawar Kalan complained to police about a foul smell coming from the house, prompting them to raid it, said Ameer Abdullah, the police chief of Bhakkar district...
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Geraldine Steffens
(Obituary ~ 04/15/14)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Geraldine Steffens, 84, of Frohna died April 13, 2014, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville, Mo. She was born April 24, 1929, in St. Louis, daughter of Pink and Daisy York Johnson. She and Henry Fulton were married Sept. 24, 1949. He preceded her in death May 17, 1988. She and Leo Steffens were married July 23, 1993...
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Julia Flori
(Obituary ~ 04/15/14)
Julia E. Flori, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 14, 2014, at her home. She was born Dec. 24, 1932, in St. Louis to John and Julia Walentik Micholevich. She and Ralph E. Flori were married Aug. 15, 1953, in St. Louis. He preceded her in death Dec. 1, 2003...
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J.D. Lewis
(Obituary ~ 04/15/14)
TAMMS, Ill. -- J.D. Lewis, 68, of Tamms died Sunday, April 13, 2014, in an automobile accident near Ullin, Ill. He was born Aug. 13, 1945, in Taylorville, Ill., to Herbert Paul and Viola V. Fraley Lewis. J.D. retired in 1994 after 30 years with Caterpillar in Decatur, Ill. ...
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Mary Ella Waggener
(Obituary ~ 04/15/14)
Mary Ella Waggener, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 13, 2014, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 12, 1928, in Bonne Terre, Mo. She married John "Jack" Waggener Sr., a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in July 1948...
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Births 4/15/14
(Births ~ 04/15/14)
Son to Donnie Ray and Katrina Jeanne Ridings of Marble Hill, Mo., Southeast Hospital, 8:49 a.m. Friday, April 4, 2014. Name, Tommy JoLynn. Weight, 8 pounds, 5 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Ridings is the daughter of Brenda Ridings of Marble Hill. She is a CMT at the Missouri Veterans Home. Ridings is the son of the late Betty Curd and Mac Smith. He is a tire technician at Purcell Tire...
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Questions linger year after Boston Marathon bombs
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
BOSTON -- A surveillance video shows a man prosecutors say is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev placing a bomb near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, just yards from where an 8-year-old boy was killed when it exploded. A hand-scrawled confession condemning U.S. actions in Muslim countries was found on the inside wall of the boat where Tsarnaev was captured four frantic days later...
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Rocket leak delays space station delivery launch
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A space station cargo ship will remain Earthbound for a while longer because of a rocket leak. With just over an hour remaining, the SpaceX company called off Monday's planned launch. Officials said they believe the problem can be fixed by Friday, the next opportunity for flying and the last chance before astronauts do urgent spacewalking repairs...
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Police: Mom admitted to killing her 6 babies
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah -- Megan Huntsman was clear about what she did with six of her newborn babies. Huntsman, 39, told police she either strangled or suffocated them immediately after they were born. She wrapped their bodies in a towel or a shirt, put them in plastic bags and then packed them inside boxes in the garage of her home south of Salt Lake City...
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Guardian, Post win Pulitzers for NSA revelations
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
NEW YORK -- The Washington Post and The Guardian won the Pulitzer Prize in public service Monday for revealing the U.S. government's sweeping surveillance programs in a blockbuster series of stories based on secret documents supplied by NSA leaker Edward Snowden...
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Fans think Banksy behind artwork mocking U.K. spies
(Entertainment ~ 04/15/14)
LONDON -- Street artist Banksy may have struck again, leaving an espionage-themed graffiti artwork in the hometown of Britain's electronic spy agency. A stenciled artwork has appeared on a wall in the western England city of Cheltenham, depicting three figures in trench coats and trilbys snooping on a telephone booth...
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Discovery to air flight off Everest peak May 11
(Entertainment ~ 04/15/14)
NEW YORK -- Discovery Channel has set the date for its live coverage of the first wingsuit flight off the summit of Mount Everest. The network plans to air "Everest Jump Live" at 8 p.m. May 11, weather permitting. It will also be telecast globally...
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Egypt: El-Sissi in final step to run for president
(International News ~ 04/15/14)
CAIRO -- Egypt's former military chief on Monday took the final formal step to run in next month's presidential election, submitting to the election commission eight times the number of signatures required, his campaign said in a statement. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, a retired field marshal, did not deliver the 200,000 signatures in person. His campaign said a legal adviser, Mohammed Bahaa Abou Shaqah, delivered them...
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Bone marrow registry can help save lives
(Editorial ~ 04/15/14)
Bone marrow donations play an important role in treating individuals with various illnesses. People with leukemia, lymphoma or sickle cell anemia, among other diseases, may need these donations as they seek healing and relevant treatment options. If you know a person who has battled similar ailments, you may know the struggle and how bone marrow donations can help...
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Junior high musical was wonderful
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/15/14)
I would like the thank the cast and crew of "Once Upon a Mattress" for a most enjoyable evening on March 22. Mike Dumey has a reputation, a gift, for directing many plays at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School. It is amazing how he can organize this many seventh- and eighth-graders and pull off a very professional production. This year's play, "Once Upon A Mattress," was no exception of the quality of talent that resides within the student body at Central Junior High School...
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Tax credits and education
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/15/14)
Three cheers for Jay Nixon for standing up to those who want more public buildings at the expense of our children's education and welfare. For too long politicians of both stripes have talked about the importance of education, but then given tax credits for various "economic development" schemes and allocated money for new buildings that yield construction jobs but little public good. ...
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Speak Out 4/15/14
(Speak Out ~ 04/15/14)
Keeping the Capahas must become Cape's absolute top priority! Voter and economics The usually infallible Mike Jensen erred recently when he wrote in effects that voters (in effect) always vote their economic best interest. In fact, the reason red states are red is in large part because voters get cleverly distracted by social and cultural issues and do not vote for what would be in their economic best interest...
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Prayer 4/15/14
(Prayer ~ 04/15/14)
O Lord Jesus, our hope is in you, our Savior, forevermore. Amen.
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Researchers using math to whittle away at jet lag; exposure to light essential
(Community ~ 04/15/14)
WASHINGTON -- Lots of apps claim they can help you fight jet lag. Now Michigan researchers say mathematical formulas suggest it's possible to adjust to new time zones a bit faster than previously thought, and they created their own free app to help...
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St. Louis-area hospital to offer midwife option
(Community ~ 04/15/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The hospital in the St. Louis area that delivers the most babies will soon offer an option for midwife-led births, part of a growing trend as more women seek natural childbirth. Mercy Hospital St. Louis said Thursday that patients are now being accepted for prenatal care at its Mercy Birthing Center, which will open in September. ...
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Dieters move past calories, concentrate more on nutrition; food makers follow
(Community ~ 04/15/14)
NEW YORK -- Obsessing over calories alone has left dieters with an empty feeling. The calorie counting that defined dieting for so long is giving way to other considerations, like the promise of more fiber or natural ingredients. That is chipping away at the popularity of products such as Diet Coke, Lean Cuisine and Special K, which became weight-watching staples primarily by stripping calories from people's favorite foods...
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Southeast's Bradley has off-season surgery on right wrist
(College Sports ~ 04/15/14)
The southeast junior averaged 19 points despite a mid-season injury
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team expects infusion of talent
(College Sports ~ 04/15/14)
The Southeast women's basketball team plans to sign two players Wednesday
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Slumping Blues look to hit reset button, not panic button entering playoffs
(Professional Sports ~ 04/15/14)
The hopes are Miller and rest of team will rediscover their form vs. Blackhawks
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Israeli families gather Monday for ritual Passover meal
(International News ~ 04/15/14)
JERUSALEM -- Families across Israel gathered after sundown Monday for ritual meals signaling the start of Passover, with holiday observances overshadowed by a fatal shooting in the West Bank. The weeklong holiday commemorates the liberation of the ancient Israelites from centuries of slavery in Egypt, as described in the Old Testament. In Judaism, it is dubbed the festival of freedom...
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U.S. retail sales up strong 1.1 percent in March
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. retail sales in March rose by the largest amount in 18 months, led by strong gains in sales of autos, furniture and a number of other products. The 1.1 percent jump reported by the Commerce Department on Monday was the best showing since September 2012. The government also revised February to a 0.7 percent gain, more than double its previous estimate...
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Study: Samsung phone durable, but iPhone has edge
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
NEW YORK -- Samsung's new Galaxy S5 smartphone is more durable than last year's model and other leading Android phones, but the iPhone 5s outperformed all of them in part because of its smaller size, a new study finds. The S5 scored well given its water resistance and a sturdy back panel made of plastic, according to SquareTrade, a provider of extended protection plans. ...
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Stocks recover some ground on retail sales gain
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
U.S. stocks mounted a modest rally Monday, helping investors recover some of the ground lost after a rough finish last week. Investors were bracing for another round of discouraging earnings and a third consecutive loss for the stock market. But the market pushed higher from the get-go Monday, receiving a boost from solid earnings from Citigroup and a strong pickup in retail sales last month...
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Robotic submarine deployed in jet search
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
PERTH, Australia -- Search crews sent a robotic submarine deep into the Indian Ocean on Monday to begin scouring the seabed for the missing Malaysian airliner after failing for six days to detect any signals believed to be from its black boxes...
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Social Security halts effort to collect old debts
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
WASHINGTON -- The Social Security Administration is suspending a program in which thousands of people were having their tax refunds seized to recoup overpayments from more than a decade ago. Acting Social Security commissioner Carolyn W. Colvin said Monday she has directed an immediate halt to the program while the agency does a review...
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Hot IPO market may be cooling
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
NEW YORK -- A hot market for initial public offerings may soon face a cooler reception from investors. IPOs are having their best start to a year since 2000. Eighty-nine companies have raised $19 billion through sales of new stock so far in 2014, according to Dealogic. But demand for more offerings depends largely on the health of the broader market, and after last week's sell-off, the clamor from buyers may quiet down...
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Little sign of progress seen as Obama, Putin speak about Ukraine
(National News ~ 04/15/14)
WASHINGTON -- Speaking for the first time in more than two weeks, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin showed little sign of agreement Monday, with the U.S. leader urging pro-Russian forces to de-escalate the situation in eastern Ukraine and Putin denying that Moscow was interfering in the region...
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Police: Blast in Nigerian capital kills 71 people
(International News ~ 04/15/14)
ABUJA, Nigeria -- A massive explosion ripped through a bus station during the morning rush hour in Nigeria's capital, killing at least 71 people and wounding 124 in a bombing that marked the bloodiest terrorist attack ever in Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan visited the scene and blamed Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group that operates in the northeast of Nigeria and has been threatening to attack Nigeria's capital. ...
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Ukraine asks U.N. to send peacekeepers to restive east
(International News ~ 04/15/14)
HORLIVKA, Ukraine -- Ukraine's acting president urged the United Nations on Monday to send peacekeeping troops to eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian gunmen kept up their rampage of storming and occupying local government offices, police stations and a small airport...
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French school carries out DNA dragnet in rape case
(International News ~ 04/15/14)
PARIS -- French investigators began taking DNA samples Monday from 527 male students and staff at a high school -- including boys as young as 14 -- as they searched for the assailant who raped a teenage girl on the closed campus. Testing began Monday at Fenelon-Notre Dame high school in western France. ...
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High school roundup: Notre Dame golfers lose tie-breaker with Bluff
(High School Sports ~ 04/15/14)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Cook, Grady win year's first horseshoe event
(High School Sports ~ 04/15/14)
Lachelle Cook and Randy Grady won the first event of the year for the SEMO Horseshoe Association, which was held Sunday at the Backyard Club. Carolyn Schreckenberg and John Keller placed second, while Terrie Rose and Danny Williams finished third. This next event be held at the Backyard Club at 1 p.m. Saturday...
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Cardinals halt Brewers' winning streak at nine games
(Professional Sports ~ 04/15/14)
Jon Jay's bat and Lance Lynn's arm helped St. Louis to a 4-0 victory
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Out of the past 4/15/14
(Out of the Past ~ 04/15/14)
Dr. Bill W. Stacy, president of Southeast Missouri State University, praises Sen. John C. Dennis for helping to restore almost a $900,000 House-Senate disparity to the university's tentative fiscal 1990 budget. An agreement was reached yesterday that apparently clears the way for the sale of Lenco Inc., a Jackson manufacturing firm; the agreement resolves a legal dispute between Lenco owner Jerry W. ...
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Notre Dame girls soccer team overtakes Jackson in final minutes
(High School Sports ~ 04/15/14)
Former New York Yankees great Yogi Berra once said, "It ain't over 'til it's over." He was talking about baseball, but he could have been talking about soccer. Stymied for more than 86 minutes by a ferocious headwind and a suffocating Jackson defense, Notre Dame scored twice in the final four minutes -- including the game-winner with 10 seconds left -- to defeat the Indians 2-1 on a cold, rainy, blustery evening at the Jackson Junior High field.. ...
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