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88-year-old Missouri man charged with first-degree murder in wife's death
(State News ~ 11/03/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Police say an 88-year-old central Missouri man accused of fatally stabbing his 86-year-old wife told investigators he didn't want the couple to be a burden on their family. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported Donald Marvin Rowland was charged Friday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. The Boone County prosecutor requested cash-only bond of $1 million, but it wasn't clear if Rowland was jailed...
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Former Sedalia resident builds handmade guitars
(State News ~ 11/03/14)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- What do soup pot lids, old car transmissions, wooden salad bowls and cigar boxes have in common? Well if Jack Herndon, formerly of Sedalia, has anything to do with it, they will come together in perfect harmony and play beautiful music...
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Company formed from MU research makes its first product
(State News ~ 11/03/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A company that grew out of research conducted at the University of Missouri is manufacturing its first product from a plant in Columbia. Nanova Biomaterials Inc. began manufacturing a fluoride dental varnish called StarBright about a month ago after the product received approval from the Food and Drug Administration. It held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday at its $1.5 million plant in Columbia...
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MU Greek leaders start sexual assault prevention program
(State News ~ 11/03/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri Interfraternity Council has budgeted more than $22,000 to create a sexual violence awareness program. The Columbia Tribune reported the program relies on peer educators. Council leaders sent out applications to 31 member fraternities and received 18 responses. The 18 participants will meet with organizers several times before the end of the year to finalize the curriculum for the new program...
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Website highlights Missouri lawmaker contributions, voting records
(State News ~ 11/03/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A new website showing contributions to Missouri lawmakers and their voting records has gone live. Developers of the Access Missouri website received a $25,000 grant from a University of Missouri fund that provides money for interdisciplinary, student-centered projects, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported. The website aggregates voting information from the House and Senate journals and financial information from the Missouri Ethics Commission...
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Sex offender captured near St. Louis
(State News ~ 11/03/14)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A convicted sex offender accused of cutting off his ankle monitor during a doctor's appointment in Poplar Bluff has been captured in St. Louis County. Online court records show 55-year-old John Squires was charged Friday with violating a condition of lifetime supervision and first-degree property damage. No attorney is listed for him in online court records...
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Mother creates website after son's suicide
(State News ~ 11/03/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Near the end, when Alex Barker Permutt did not have the mental fortitude to get out of bed, he would open his laptop, log on to what was then the fledgling social network site Facebook, and scroll through his news feed. He would see the successes of his friends from John Burroughs School and Amherst College, where he was hit hard by depression his sophomore year...
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August no-fly zone aimed at media
(National News ~ 11/03/14)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show that local authorities privately acknowledged the purpose was to keep away news helicopters during violent street protests...
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Cape council to consider municipal projects
(Local News ~ 11/03/14)
Construction easements for the business park, continuation of a sidewalks project and a grant for the Cape Girardeau Fire Department are some of the main topics on tonight's agenda for the Cape Girardeau City Council. The council will complete all three readings on an ordinance authorizing the mayor to execute a temporary construction easement to Union Electric Co., doing business as Ameren Missouri, to serve the Greater Cape Girardeau Business Park. ...
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Empty Bowls raises money for the Salvation Army
(Local News ~ 11/03/14)
The label of "professional potter" is not one that is earned overnight. Creating the perfect bowl takes practice, and potter Linda Bohnsack has the practice down pat, yet she's still hesitant to call herself a professional. "I've only taken one six-week class," she admitted. "It just takes a lot of time to get better at."...
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Deadline nears for Show Me Center's project bidders
(Local News ~ 11/03/14)
Although renovations to the Show Me Center aren't scheduled to start until summer, steps are being taken to make sure things go smoothly. Written qualifications for general and subcontractors are due to the Facilities Management Department at Southeast Missouri State University on Nov. 14...
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First Deer
(Submitted Photo ~ 11/03/14)
Landen Carman age 9 of Kelso Missouri bagged his first deer Nov 2, 2014 in Scott County Missouri Youth Hunt
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Youth Deer Hunting
(Submitted Photo ~ 11/03/14)
Pierce Bisher killed at 6 point buck his first time deer hunting with his grandpa Roger Pierce in Cape Girardeau County.
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Youth Hunt a success!!
(Submitted Story ~ 11/03/14)
Cousins, Nathaniel Woods and Porter Gadberry from Oran both killed their first deer on opening morning of youth season! Nathaniel Woods is 9 years old from Oran. He went deer hunting with his Dad, Darin Woods and killed a big doe!! Porter Gadberry is 6 years old from Oran. He went hunting with his Dad, Andy Gadberry and his Papa, Terry Gadberry for his first time. He made the perfect shot and killed a doe!!...
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Trenton and his scary friend Ollie!!
(Submitted Photo ~ 11/03/14)
Trenton and Ollie pose in their costumes on Halloween!!
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"Dracula" Opening Thursday Night.....
(Submitted Story ~ 11/03/14)
River City Players last show of the season "Dracula" will open this Thursday at Port Cape in the Yacht Club. This has been a great season for RCP and you don't want to miss our last show. The production is being directed by Tana Howard and co-directed by Patti wicks. ...
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10 year old Bernie Fifth Grader Kagean Owens
(Submitted Story ~ 11/03/14)
10 year old Bernie Fifth Grader Kagean Owens takes her first deer, a big doe on opening day of the 2014 youth season. Eat your heart out fellas.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/03/14)
Today is Monday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2014. There are 58 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 3, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson soundly defeated Republican Barry Goldwater to win a White House term in his own right. On this date:...
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Feeling blue? Seasonal affective disorder may be the culprit
(11/03/14)
If the gray, gloomy days of winter get you down in the dumps, you may be dealing with seasonal affective disorder. "Depression in the fall and winter months is caused by seasonal changes and differences in sunlight," says Shannon Anderson, owner and clinical director at Heartland Counseling Center in Cape Girardeau.
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Living by the brush: Cleda Curtis is an accomplished artist, teacher and author
(11/03/14)
Cleda Curtis is a devoted artist who enjoys teaching the basic principles of painting as well as the elements of design to others. She owns and operates the Cleda Curtis Art School in Oran, Missouri. "I've been teaching art there for 28 years," she says...
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Seven health myths that might surprise you
(11/03/14)
Living a healthy life takes some resolve, but success often comes down to knowing what pays the biggest dividends for a given effort. Health coaches are great sources for this insight. They've seen it all on the job and learned a lot in their training...
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The return of 'Mr. Velvet': Jim Sullins aims to induce life change through career as a hypnotherapist
(11/03/14)
After watching the teenage Jim Sullins hypnotize a subject in less than two minutes, a New York magician remarked, "Wow; you ought to go by Mr. Velvet." Sullins liked the moniker, and adopted it for the majority of his professional career as a hypnotist. Now 81, he has spent roughly the last two decades in retirement, but feels compelled now to get back into hypnotism...
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Cruisin': A guide to traveling the world by sea
(11/03/14)
January and February are known as wave season for a good reason: More cruises are booked for this time of year than any other, says Carolyn Sandgren (Kempf), owner of Elite Travel in Cape Girardeau. "The weather is cold, so people are thinking about warmer weather and they're thinking about cruising," she says...
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Taylor Swift gets a Bronx cheer as NYC Ambassador
(Entertainment ~ 11/03/14)
NEW YORK -- Welcome to New York, Taylor Swift! The locals are kvetching about you already. Swift's new gig as New York City's global welcome ambassador is getting a Bronx cheer (not that she knows what that is) from locals who questioned her street cred and mocked the videos she made for the city's tourism agency, NYC & Company...
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Spanish shepherds guide 2,000 sheep across Madrid
(International News ~ 11/03/14)
MADRID -- Shepherds guided a flock of 2,000 sheep through Madrid's streets Sunday in defense of ancient grazing, droving and migration rights increasingly threatened by urban sprawl and modern agricultural practices. Tourists and city-dwellers were surprised to see the capital's traffic cut to permit the bleating, bell-clanking parade to pass the city's most emblematic locations...
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Gates Foundation boosts aid to stamp out malaria
(National News ~ 11/03/14)
NEW ORLEANS -- Philanthropist Bill Gates says he wants to end malaria in his lifetime and will give more money toward that goal, part of his broader fight against tropical diseases that are getting unusual public attention because of the Ebola epidemic...
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Jerusalem on edge in row over contested shrine
(International News ~ 11/03/14)
JERUSALEM -- This combustible city at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been edging toward a new conflagration, with politicians on both sides stoking religious fervor over an ancient Jerusalem shrine sacred to Muslims and Jews. After months of escalating violence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday made his clearest attempt yet to cool tempers, saying he won't allow changes to a long-standing ban on Jewish worship at the Muslim-run site, despite such demands from ultranationalists in his coalition.. ...
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Party leaders clash over Obama as election nears
(National News ~ 11/03/14)
WASHINGTON -- Claiming new momentum 48 hours before polls open across America, Republicans on Sunday assailed President Barack Obama in a final weekend push to motivate voters as Democrats deployed their biggest stars to help preserve an endangered Senate majority...
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Ukrainian breakaway regions hold criticized vote
(International News ~ 11/03/14)
DONETSK, Ukraine -- Residents of separatist-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine voted Sunday to elect legislators and executives in polls that have been denounced by the international community. Voting in the main rebel city of Donetsk proceeded in the presence of gunmen inside three polling stations visited by the AP...
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Speak Out 11/3/14
(Speak Out ~ 11/03/14)
I read with interest to- swat-or-not authorities discuss corporal punishment. I'll tell you from experience, if you raise a hand to your child and hit your child with your hand, he will fear you for the rest of his life. I have great experience from this, I was whipped more than anybody in Southeast Missouri. As I grew older I wanted to whip everybody around me. When you hit your child, it teaches them to lash out, and strike out and hit others, and that is not right...
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Scott City police report 11/3/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/03/14)
SCOTT CITY The Scott City Police Department released the following items. Oct. 26-Nov. 1. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Driving while intoxicated was reported at East Outer Road and Warner Avenue. n Mary Bundy, 45, of Scott City was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 11/3/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/03/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday: n At 3:42 a.m., a medical assist on South Sprigg Street. n At 5:33 a.m., a medical assist on Themis Street. n At 6:32 a.m., a call to Edgewood Road. n At 9:33 a.m., a medical assist on South Hanover Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 11/3/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/03/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Ryan K. Campbell, 31, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of two counts of possession of a controlled substance and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia...
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Margaret Ellis
(Obituary ~ 11/03/14)
Margaret J. "Maggie" Ellis, 68, of Jackson died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, at her home. A memorial service will be at a later date. Announcement by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Purina offers personalized dog food
(Business ~ 11/03/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Nestle Purina PetCare is offering a service allowing dog owners to customize food for their pets. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the new Just Right by Purina service allows customers to formulate dog food based on characteristics of their dog -- age, breed and activity level. St. Louis-based Purina is a unit of Switzerland-based Nestle...
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A look at Hello Kitty's success after 40 years
(Business ~ 11/03/14)
TOKYO -- When she came to life in 1974, she was a kitty without a name, sitting sideways in blue overalls and a big red bow, on a coin purse for Japanese girls. On Saturday, fans around the world celebrated the 40th anniversary of this global icon of "cute-cool." That is, Hello Kitty...
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Wal-Mart ups the ante on holiday shopping
(Business ~ 11/03/14)
NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart is doing whatever it takes to rope in holiday shoppers however they want to buy. For the first time, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is offering free shipping on what it considers the season's top 100 hottest gifts, from board games to items related to Disney's hit film "Frozen" items. The move comes as rival Target Corp. began offering free shipping on all items, a program that will last through Dec. 20...
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Gasoline falling under $3 'stunning' even experts
(Business ~ 11/03/14)
NEW YORK -- The sight is so surprising that Americans are sharing photos of it, along with all those cute Halloween costumes, sweeping vistas and special meals: The gas station sign, with a price of $2-something a gallon. "It's stunning what's happening here," said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service. "I'm a little bit shocked."...
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People on the Move 11/3/14
(Business ~ 11/03/14)
n Nigel Holderby was named executive director of the American Red Cross Southern Missouri chapter. She was named interim executive director in September when Debi Meeds left the position to become president and CEO of the United Way of the Ozarks. Holderby's career with the American Red Cross began in 2007 when she was hired as the chief communications officer for the region. She has a bachelor's degree from Missouri State University and a master's degree in communication from Drury University...
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Business Notebook: Better Business Bureau opens Cape Girardeau branch
(Business ~ 11/03/14)
Consumers and businesses will have local access to the services offered by the Better Business Bureau starting today with the opening of a new Cape Girardeau office. Services of the organization include alerting the public to scams and fraudulent business practices, fielding consumer complaints, accrediting local businesses and charity organizations, reviewing businesses and services for consumers and remediation services to facilitate fairness in trade...
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Virgin disaster a reminder of fatal '07 explosion
(National News ~ 11/03/14)
MOJAVE, Calif. -- The loss of an experimental spaceship that broke up over the Mojave Desert, killing one pilot and seriously injuring another, has renewed criticism of the way the craft's designer and Virgin Galactic handled a deadly explosion seven years ago...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 11/3/14
(Local News ~ 11/03/14)
Cape Girardeau County Commission Administrative Office Building 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Open session n Approval of minutes of Oct. 27 meeting Communication/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 11/3/14
(Local News ~ 11/03/14)
Cape Girardeau City Council City Hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today n No action will be taken during the study session. Items for discussion n Employee health and dental insurance renewal presentation n Planning and Zoning Commission report...
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Out of the past 11/3/14
(Out of the Past ~ 11/03/14)
In an effort to combat vandalism and littering, the Cape Girardeau City Council is considering the imposition of a curfew at city-owned cemeteries; under the measure being considered, people would be barred from the cemeteries between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m...
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Rams win when late QB sneak backfires on 49ers
(Professional Sports ~ 11/03/14)
SANTA CLARA, Calif. --James Laurinaitis and the St. Louis defense read Colin Kaepernick's mannerisms and were perfectly prepared for his quarterback sneak. The Rams stuffed him short and recovered his fumble, throwing the NFC West another wrinkle. Kaepernick fumbled at the goal line with 2 seconds left trying for the go-ahead score, and the Rams sacked him eight times on the way to a 13-10 upset over the 49ers on Sunday...
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Southeast men's basketball team will make exhibition debut tonight
(College Sports ~ 11/03/14)
The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team will finally get a chance to face outside competition. Tonight is the first of two exhibition games for Southeast. The Redhawks host NAIA Missouri Baptist at 7 p.m. at the Show Me Center. "I'm excited about Monday night, I'm excited about getting out there under the lights and seeing if we can put together some of the improvements we've made," Southeast coach Dickey Nutt said...
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Litzelfelner wins event at Dalhousie
(Community Sports ~ 11/03/14)
Jack Litzelfelner III shot a 3-under-par 69 on Sunday to post a four-shot victory at the two-day Plantations Junior Golf Tour event at Dalhousie Golf Club. Litzelfelner, a junior at Notre Dame Regional High School, took a one-shot lead into the second round over Ben Tyrrell of Edwardsville, Illinois, after shooting a 74 on Saturday...
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Byrd House of Jackson will host holiday dinners in November, December
(11/03/14)
The historic Byrd House in Jackson will present a new dinner series this year titled "Christmas in 1820." Every Friday and Saturday between Nov. 28 and Dec. 20, Rebecca and James Beil will host holiday-themed dinners that will take their guests back in time...
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Prayer 11/3/14
(Prayer ~ 11/03/14)
Lord Jesus, we look to you, for you are our refuge. Amen.
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Route AA in Cape County closed for pipe replacement
(Local News ~ 11/03/14)
Route AA in Cape Girardeau County, between Oak Street and West Daisy Street, will be closed today as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the roadway. The work will be done from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. All work is weather permitting. Work zones will be marked with signs. Motorists are urged to use extreme caution while traveling near those areas. For more information about these projects, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636, or visit modot.org/southeast...
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