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Ride of the Week: 2013 Chevy Sonic
(Submitted Story ~ 07/14/14)
Make and model: 2013 Chevy Sonic Owner(s): Wade & Marilyn Clyburn Owner's hometown: Jackson, MO Remote start, onstar, sirus radio, and lots more My car's name: Ashlyn after my great niece I won this car Saturday July 12, at Harry Blackwell Chevrolet in Malden Mo. That is why this is my sweet ride...
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Official urges carriage ride ban
(State News ~ 07/14/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The director of the St. Louis Health Department said she will try to ban horse-drawn carriages on city streets after a weekend encounter with a horse showing signs of heat stroke. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Pam Walker was walking her dog just before 9 p.m. Saturday downtown when she spotted the struggling horse...
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Man dies after falling from hotel room window in downtown St. Louis
(State News ~ 07/14/14)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis police say a man fell to his death from a 10th-floor window at a downtown hotel over the weekend and they believe alcohol may have played a role. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the man fell at the Crowne Plaza St. Louis at 11:18 p.m. Saturday...
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Sheriff says bus was hit by stolen car going wrong way
(State News ~ 07/14/14)
RICHMOND, Ind. -- A car that collided with a Greyhound bus on an Indiana highway, killing the car's driver and injuring 19 people on the bus, had just been stolen and was headed in the wrong direction, authorities said. Phillip Lloyd, the driver of the stolen 1999 Ford Mustang, died at the scene of the Sunday morning collision on Interstate 70 near Richmond, Wayne County Sheriff Jeff Cappa said. Lloyd was from Richmond, which is about 70 miles east of Indianapolis and near the Ohio border...
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Herbicide-resistant weeds trouble Midwestern farms
(State News ~ 07/14/14)
ELSBERRY, Mo. -- Midwestern farmers are increasingly running into aggressive varieties of weeds that can't be killed by a popular herbicide that revolutionized modern farming nearly two decades ago. Critics say the emergence of so-called superweeds -- ones that have developed a resistance to glyphosate, the generic name for Monsanto's herbicide Roundup -- was inevitable as farmers use the same herbicide year after year, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Recent shootings heap new attention on Ozarks
(State News ~ 07/14/14)
AVA, Mo. -- A pistol hanging from his belt, Greg Shoults took a seat on the deck outside the busy restaurant. He and his wife had enjoyed a birthday dinner in their town of Ava, and now the sun was setting and Shoults was taking time to come up with his answer to how the rest of the U.S. views people in the Ozarks...
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Hoarding, squalor a challenge for first responders
(State News ~ 07/14/14)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Fire Capt. John "Rosey" Grier was atop a ladder entering a burning Springfield home to save a man's life. It was Oct. 12, 2012, Grier's 48th birthday. Contrary to Hollywood portrayals, Grier said, firefighters rarely can rescue people trapped in a fire. If you can't save yourself you're likely to die, he said...
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Wayne County cable company loses tax fight
(Local News ~ 07/14/14)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The time for appealing a judgment against the company providing cable services through BoyCom Telecommunications in Poplar Bluff has expired, and the company owes more than $117,000...
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Car washing is a high-volume business, weather permitting
(Business ~ 07/14/14)
Rain is usually seen as good thing in the middle of summer, as flowers need watering and crops need a boost. But for local car washing and detailing companies, the first sign of rain means a slow day. "Last couple weeks, we've been doing about 60 to 80 [car details]," said Joe Russell of Waterworks Car Wash and Detail Center in Cape Girardeau. "It's pretty fair, it keeps us busy, keeps us going. But when it rains, it really puts a damper on us."...
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Ill vet sees granddaughter, receives home renovation, goes camping in one weekend
(Local News ~ 07/14/14)
In less than a week, Matt Johnston scratched off every item on his bucket list. The requests of the Purple Heart Marine veteran battling stage-4 lung cancer were simple. He wanted to take his young grandson fishing, go camping one last time with his family, see his 2-year-old granddaughter from Hawaii and make sure he didn't leave his wife with a leaky roof...
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Notre Dame's Nelson selected Southeast Missourian Player of the Year in soccer
(High School Sports ~ 07/14/14)
Soccer wasn't just a sport that Jordan Nelson started to play when she was 4 or 5 years old. For Nelson, a forward who completed her junior year at Notre Dame in May, soccer became a staple in her life before she could even walk. She was born with a soccer pedigree to Heather Nelson, the soccer coach at Southeast Missouri State, and Paul Nelson, Southeast's associate head coach...
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Oran man accused of slapping girlfriend, shoving another woman and bashing car with baseball bat
(Local News ~ 07/14/14)
An Oran, Missouri, man was arrested Saturday in connection with assault and felony property damage charges, according to police. Police allege Joshua A. Freeman, 29, slapped his girlfriend, shoved another woman, threatened a man with a baseball bat and used it to damage a 2002 Chevrolet Malibu owned by his girlfriend...
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Discrepancies in sex-crime data explained by SEMO DPS
(Local News ~ 07/14/14)
Editor's note: This is the first in an occasional series looking at sexual violence on college campuses and the way crimes are reported. As national attention focuses on sexual violence among college students, differences in data reporting requirements and procedures can make it difficult to determine the extent of the problem, even when it is reported...
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Cape County Tea Party Monthly Meeting - Candidate Forum
(Submitted Story ~ 07/14/14)
CAPE COUNTY TEA PARTY MONTHLY MEETING On July 15th, 2014 at 6:30pm, the Cape County Tea Party (CCTP) will hold its open monthly meeting at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. The meeting is called the Third Tuesday Tea Time and is held on the Third Tuesday of each month to continue the work to complete our Mission as stated below...
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Heartland Nationals 8U State Champs
(Submitted Story ~ 07/14/14)
The 8U Heartland National All-Star team consisting of players from the 8U Babe Ruth teams of the Benton, Chaffee, Delta, Kelso, and Oran went to the Babe Ruth State Tournament held in Sikeston, MO during the weekend of July 11th-13th. The Heartland Nationals team led by coaches, Meredith Scherer, Brittany Huffman, Ginger Hanselman, and Jamie Essner played their first game during pool play on Friday, July 11th against the Sikeston Allstars. ...
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Safe House for Women to honor volunteers, organizations
(Local News ~ 07/14/14)
A former director of the Southeast Missouri Safe House for Women will speak at the organization's inaugural recognition banquet later this week. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday with a reception at Ray's Plaza Banquet Center, 3257 William St., followed at 6:30 p.m. with dinner...
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Abby
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/14/14)
This is Abby. She is a very active dog. She loves to chase rabbits in the yard. And loves to cuddle on our lap and be petted.
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Charlie
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/14/14)
This is our labrador retriever, Charlie. We adopted Charlie five months ago from the Human Society have watched him grow in to a lively, loving member of our family!
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Records show K.C. effort to land convention construction
(State News ~ 07/14/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A shortage of luxury suites to wine and dine high-dollar donors overshadowed impressive local monetary commitment in the decision not to award the 2016 Republican National Convention to Kansas City, according to documents related to the recruitment effort...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/14/14)
Today is Monday, July 14, the 195th day of 2014. There are 170 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 14, 1789, in an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside...
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Students will learn about entrepreneurship
(Editorial ~ 07/14/14)
A new enterprise being developed by Southeast Missouri State University will help students learn some fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Called a Creative Labs and Industries Incubator, the facility will allow students to participate in class activities and projects involving startup ventures, an art gallery, a retail boutique, a letter press print shop, a 3-D studio, a gourmet coffee and juice bar, commercial photography, graphic design and interior design; and marketing, human resources and accounting services.. ...
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America's founding revisited
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/14/14)
We're living in treacherous times under corrupt government rule from the White House right down to local school boards. A time where power trumps principle! Ordinary, law abiding, working citizens, feel slighted, ignored and maligned by what radicals of the '60s called "the establishment." Today, sentiments and political philosophies of those '60s radicals now hold sway over political power now ruling over and overruling us...
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Speak Out 7/14/14
(Speak Out ~ 07/14/14)
I thought fireworks on the Fourth of July were supposed to stop at 11 o'clock. And it's a shame that the fireworks went on to 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning. People had to get up to go to work and couldn't go to work for hearing firecrackers all night down here on the south side. The police weren't doing their job. Because firecrackers all night down here? Three or 4 o'clock this morning? Some people have to rest and get up and go to work...
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‘Brain Games' leads own genre at Nat Geo Channel
(Entertainment ~ 07/14/14)
NEW YORK -- Given that David Rees has written a book on how to sharpen a pencil, he seems the perfect choice to host a new National Geographic Channel series that elevates mundane activities into the subject of deep investigation. So, for those inclined, Rees' "Going Deep" over the next two months will tell more than you ever thought you could know about digging a hole, tying a shoe, making ice cubes, shaking hands or throwing a paper airplane...
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James Shelton
(Obituary ~ 07/14/14)
James Douglas Shelton, 79, of Jackson died Sunday, July 13, 2014, at his home. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.
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Out of the past 7/14/14
(Out of the Past ~ 07/14/14)
Although no significant funding is yet in place, a $250,000 annual budget has been proposed for operation of the Interstate 66 Project Inc., the not-for-profit corporation pushing for development of a new, coast-to-coast interstate highway. A reorganization of the state public defender system may expand the case load of the Jackson office; in addition to handling cases in Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Perry counties, the local office also will represent clients in Scott and Mississippi counties...
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Shayley Mabury
(Obituary ~ 07/14/14)
BENTON, Mo. -- Shayley Reese Mabury, 11 months, of Benton went peacefully into God's hands Saturday, July 12, 2014. She was born Aug. 2, 2013, to loving parents Shayn and Ashley Dirnberger Mabury. Shayn and Ashley were blessed with the most perfect angel from heaven. God now holds her in his arms, but her parents will forever hold her in their hearts...
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Switch at heart of GM recalls started as a remedy
(Business ~ 07/14/14)
DETROIT -- General Motors' deadly ignition switch flaws emerged from an effort to improve its cars. As the company began developing new small cars in the late 1990s, it listened to customers who complained about "cheap-feeling" switches that required too much effort to turn. GM set about making switches that would work more smoothly and give drivers the impression they were better designed, a GM switch engineer testified in a lawsuit deposition in the spring of 2013...
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Taking to the sky: Airshow ready for takeoff
(Business ~ 07/14/14)
LONDON -- A lot is at stake in the Farnborough International Airshow, the aviation industry's biggest annual event, which opens Monday. The trade show is expected to see the first presentation of the world's most advanced fighter jet, new commercial aircraft as well as a host of new technological advances that promise to give a glimpse of the future of flying...
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Business Notebook: AT&T adding 40 jobs to Southeast Missouri
(Business ~ 07/14/14)
It was announced Wednesday that AT&T is hiring about 40 new employees in Southeast Missouri. The company is hiring in Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Poplar Bluff, Farmington and Sikeston. The reason for the increase in jobs is because of AT&T's ongoing 4G LTE rollout. ...
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No breakthrough in Iran nuclear talks
(International News ~ 07/14/14)
VIENNA -- Joint efforts by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and three other Western foreign ministers failed Sunday to advance faltering nuclear talks with Iran, with the target date for a deal only a week away. "There has been no breakthrough today," said British Foreign Secretary William Hague after meetings with Kerry and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Iran...
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Thousands of Palestinians flee northern Gaza
(National News ~ 07/14/14)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Thousands of Palestinian residents of the northern Gaza Strip fled their homes Sunday and sought safety in U.N. shelters, heeding warnings from the Israeli military about impending plans to bomb the area in the sixth day of an offensive against Hamas that has killed more than 160 people...
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Russia: One killed near Ukraine border by shell fire
(International News ~ 07/14/14)
MOSCOW -- Russia's foreign ministry said Sunday that a Ukrainian shell hit a Russian border town, killing one person and seriously injuring two others. Ukraine denied firing a shell into Russian territory. President Vladimir Putin expressed "grave concern" over the incident, Russian news agencies quoted his spokesman as saying. ...
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Pacific island Niue hit by exodus
(International News ~ 07/14/14)
ALOFI, Niue -- It was a school once, but there are no children here anymore. The lonely building on this remote Pacific island now contains only a punching bag that someone has strung from the classroom rafters, and a note scrawled on the chalkboard in Niuean: "Keep this place clean," it says, "so it stays beautiful."...
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Michelle Knight says fame comes with complications
(National News ~ 07/14/14)
CLEVELAND -- Michelle Knight has discovered that the fame that followed her escape from Ariel Castro's house of horrors cuts both ways. There has been some obvious good. The girl who grew up without a toothbrush and spent nearly 11 years in captivity can provide for herself. ...
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Obama may hold fix to flood of child immigrants
(National News ~ 07/14/14)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama can take action to relieve much of the crisis caused by tens of thousands of unaccompanied children crossing the southern U.S. border without waiting for what is likely to be a contentious and lengthy Congressional battle, say two key lawmakers, one Democrat and the other, Republican...
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U.S. jails struggle with role as makeshift asylums
(National News ~ 07/14/14)
CHICAGO -- Peering through the chain link of a holding pen at the Cook County Jail, a man wrapped in a navy varsity jacket leans toward clinical social worker Elli Petacque Montgomery, his bulging eyes a clue that something's not right. "They say I got bipolar, that's all," he said...
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Cardinals settle for second entering All-Star break
(Professional Sports ~ 07/14/14)
The Brewers ended a seven-game skid with 11-2 rout to move one game ahead of St. Louis
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SEMO Pirates handed first loss in Babe Ruth state tournament
(Community Sports ~ 07/14/14)
Charleston won 6-5 in the Babe Ruth winner's bracket final
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People on the Move 7/14/14
(Business ~ 07/14/14)
Dr. Aaron Andrews, a chiropractic neurologist with Jackson Healing Arts, again has been awarded recognition as one of America's top chiropractors by the Consumers Research Council of America. The selection process was based on postgraduate education, years in practice, affiliations with professional and local social associations, and peer and patient reviews. This is Andrews' fifth time receiving the award...
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Prayer 7/14/14
(Prayer ~ 07/14/14)
Lord Jesus, thank you for grace and the gift of eternal life through you. Amen.
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