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Man injured in Cape shooting
(Local News ~ 01/16/15)
A shooting Thursday afternoon on South Ellis Street sent a man to the hospital. Just after 3 p.m. Thursday, Cape Girardeau police received a call about five or six shots being fired in the 900 block of South Ellis. As officers were responding to the scene, they noticed a white Chevrolet Cavalier in the middle of Sprigg Street, a block east of the area where the shots had been reported, Cpl. Darin Hickey of the Cape Girardeau Police Department said...
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Rosamund Pike nominated for Academy Award
(Local News ~ 01/16/15)
Could Amy have a date with Oscar? Rosamund Pike, who played "Amazing Amy" Dunne in the movie "Gone Girl," received an Academy Award nomination for best actress in a leading role when nominees in 24 categories were announced this morning. The plot of the movie, which was filmed on location in Cape Girardeau in 2013, revolves around Amy's mysterious disappearance, and suspicions settle on Amy's husband, Nick, played by Ben Affleck...
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Holder calls for better data on police use of force
(State News ~ 01/16/15)
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder called Thursday for better record-keeping on how often police officers use force and are themselves attacked, saying the current data is incomplete and inadequate. With his remarks, Holder joined police union officials, academics and others who have urged collection of more detailed statistical data on officer fatalities and deaths of civilians at the hands of police officers...
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Kelly girls basketball team falls to Charleston in foul-filled affair
(High School Sports ~ 01/16/15)
The third-seeded Bluejays' free-throw shooting was just enough to come away with a 68-64 win over the No. 2 Hawks in a semifinal of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament on Thursday at Kelly High School.
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Top-seeded Chaffee girls basketball team tops No. 4 Oran, advances to conference title game
(High School Sports ~ 01/16/15)
BENTON, Mo. -- Julia Sutterfield scored a bucket to spark a 10-0 run for Chaffee in the final three minutes of the first quarter. The top-seeded Red Devils took a 17-8 advantage into the second quarter and never looked back, defeating the No. 4 Oran Eagles 51-31 in a girls basketball semifinal of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament on Thursday at Kelly High School...
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Cape Girardeau County History Center soon will open in Jackson
(Local News ~ 01/16/15)
Carla Jordan is looking forward to the March opening of the Cape Girardeau County History Center. The center will be at 102 S. High St. in Jackson, in the former location of The Andrew Jackson Bridal Co., which moved to Cape Girardeau in August. Jordan, a preservationist who also works with the Lutheran Heritage Center and Museum in Altenburg, Missouri, has been working with the Cape Girardeau Historical Society to help develop the location and get the ball rolling on its operations...
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'Birthday Extravaganza' celebrates King's life and work
(Local News ~ 01/16/15)
Three generations of the Robinson family performed Thursday night at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School. Altha Robinson accompanied her daughter, Ramona Bailey, on the piano during a prelude that included Bailey's rendition of "Abraham, Martin and John" during the musical tribute to the life of the slain civil rights leader, who would have turned 86 this year...
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Seniors brush up on natural gas safety at Ameren Missouri training session
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/16/15)
More than 40 seniors participated in an Ameren Missouri natural gas safety training session held this week at the Delta Community Center, discussing the proper use of gas appliances and preventive maintenance practices. Ameren Missouri's Dennis Bennett, above, provides training to emergency responders, excavators and other groups throughout the state to promote natural gas safety...
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Cape County Tea Party Monthly Meeting
(Submitted Story ~ 01/16/15)
On January 20th, 2015 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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Happy 90th Birthday Myrtle!
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/16/15)
Myrtle M. Ochs Duvall of Perryville celebrated her 90th birthday party on Sunday December 21st 2014. She had 11 children and was married 50 years to Elders J. Duvall before his death in 1996.
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SEHealth Cancer Center supporting our deployed military R.E.D. Fridays
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/16/15)
My son is deployed with the 11th MEU. He is a LCLP with the Marines. On Fridays my co workers support the R.E.D. Fridays with me, REMEMBER EVERYONE DEPLOYED....AS WE ALL SHOULD. WEAR RED ON FRIDAY FOLKS, SUPPORT OUR MILITARY!
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Dynamic guard play sends New Madrid County Central boys basketball team past Cape Central
(High School Sports ~ 01/16/15)
Superior guard play can go a long way for any basketball team, and that's exactly what gave New Madrid County Central the advantage over Central on Friday night.
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SoutheastHEALTH Auxiliary Donates to NICU Project
(Submitted Story ~ 01/16/15)
The SoutheastHEALTH Auxiliary presented a $21,000 check to SoutheastHEALTH on Thursday, Jan. 15, at the group's Winter Meeting & Luncheon at Southeast Hospital. Coupled with earlier donations, the Auxiliary has given $51,000 over the course of the past year to help fund the recent Neonatal Intensive Care Unit expansion and remodeling project at Southeast Hospital. ...
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Writer mulls status of King's vision at Pachyderms meeting
(Local News ~ 01/16/15)
Southeast Missouri Pachyderm Club president Jim Roche called the group's Thursday night meeting at Dexter Bar-B-Que a "momentous occasion" as Adrienne Ross prepared to deliver her presentation "Martin Luther King's Dream: Where Are We Now?" He praised Ross' talent as a public speaker -- the former schoolteacher is owner of Adrienne Ross Communications, a freelance writer (including for the Southeast Missourian) and editor for Breitbart News Network -- and said the timing of the event was special since it took place on King's birthday. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/16/15)
Today is Friday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2015. There are 349 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 16, 1865, Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15, which decreed that 400,000 acres of land in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida would be confiscated, divided into 40-acre lots and given to former slaves. (The order, which was later revoked by President Andrew Johnson, is believed to have inspired the expression, "Forty acres and a mule.")...
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Speak Out 1/16/15
(Speak Out ~ 01/16/15)
** Obamacare surprises
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Coach Tuke presented inspiring talk at prayer breakfast
(Editorial ~ 01/16/15)
More than 400 men attended the recent Men's Prayer Breakfast at the Ray's Plaza Banquet Center in Cape Girardeau. The event, held for the first time, marked a fellowship of prayer. An inspiring keynote message was given by Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz...
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Messiah Choir to perform selections from timeless piece
(Editorial ~ 01/16/15)
There is perhaps no other piece of music better known or appreciated than the "Messiah," written by George Frideric Handel. The music was written in what is believed to be 24 days. The words, selected from Scripture, were compiled by Charles Jennens...
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Gas tax increase unlikely despite low gas prices
(National News ~ 01/16/15)
WASHINGTON -- The new Republican-controlled Congress is facing an old problem: where to find the money for highway and transit programs. With gasoline prices at their lowest in years when the new Congress convened, there had been talk that it might be time to raise federal gas and diesel taxes, which haven't budged in more than 20 years...
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Roland Winter
(Obituary ~ 01/16/15)
FROHNA, Mo. -- E. Roland Winter, 90, of Frohna died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 27, 1924, in Frohna, son of Paul G.G. and Johanna Schuessler Winter. He and Leonora T. Steffens were married May 24, 1947. She preceded him in death Feb. 14, 2010...
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Kris Brammer
(Obituary ~ 01/16/15)
Kristofer H. "Kris" Brammer, 41, of Jackson passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, while at work. He was born Oct. 3, 1973, in Kirkwood, Missouri, son of Jens and Sharon Hyde Brammer. Kris was a 1992 graduate of Jackson High School. He was a devoted worker and employee of Plaza Tire Co. in Cape Girardeau. Kris was known to be a great person, neighbor and friend to many and will be missed by all who knew him...
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Helen Cox
(Obituary ~ 01/16/15)
KELSO, Mo. -- Helen Louise Cox, 90, of Kelso died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at her home. She was born June 16, 1924, to William Theodore and Emma Bertha Goetz Leible. She and Eugene Webster Cox were married May 30, 1947, in Kelso. He preceded her in death June 10, 2008...
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Darrell DeLay
(Obituary ~ 01/16/15)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Darrell James DeLay, 71, of Advance passed away Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at his home. He was born April 22, 1943, in Sikeston, Missouri, son of James and Marjorie Smith DeLay. Darrell had been a high school math and science teacher at Bloomfield and Bell City, Missouri, schools. He later was a truck driver for Agri-Trans Trucking...
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Out of the past: Jan. 16
(Out of the Past ~ 01/16/15)
About 150 people participated in the annual Memorial Freedom March from the Common Pleas Courthouse to Southeast Missouri State University last evening; the march is held during the observance of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Charles Ernst, 67, has earned a 25-gallon pin for blood donations from the American Red Cross; Ernst, an optometrist with Pearle Vision Center in West Park Mall, began giving blood when he was 17...
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Dwight 'Buddy' Kiefer
(Obituary ~ 01/16/15)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Dwight D. "Buddy" Kiefer, 61, of Cobden died Tuesday, Jan 13, 2015, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Illinois. He was born May 26, 1953, in Cape Girardeau, son of the late Troy S. Kiefer and survived by Mildred Glaub Kiefer of Perryville, Missouri. He married Karen Flamm on Feb. 5, 2005, in St. Joseph Church in Cobden. She survives in Cobden...
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Cape Girardeau police report 1/16/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/16/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Lisa Marie Reece Twente, 45, of Cypress, Illinois, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for probation violation for revoked operator's license...
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U.S. embargo on Cuba loosens today
(National News ~ 01/16/15)
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is putting a large dent in the U.S. embargo against Cuba as of today, significantly loosening restrictions on American trade and investment. The new rules also open up the communist island to greater American travel and allow U.S. citizens to start bringing home small amounts of Cuban cigars after more than a half-century ban...
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Jackson fire report 1/16/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/16/15)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: n Emergency medical service on Henderson Street. n Emergency medical service on East Jackson Boulevard. n Emergency medical service on North Missouri Street. n An alarm on Ridge Road...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 1/16/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/16/15)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday: n At 12:13 a.m., smoke detector activation on South Spring Street. n At 1:06 a.m., a medical assist on Whitener Street. n At 7:34 a.m., a medical assist on South Sprigg Street...
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Births 1/16/15
(Births ~ 01/16/15)
Son to Derick Leon DeGeare and Kelly Elizabeth Hitt of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 7:33 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. Name, Harold Murrell. Weight, 8 pounds, 6 ounces. First child. Ms. Hitt is the daughter of David Hitt and Janet Hitt of Jackson. DeGeare is the son of Frederick DeGeare and Debbie DeGeare of De Soto, Missouri. He is employed by AT&T...
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Parents of terror defendant say they saw a change in him
(National News ~ 01/16/15)
CINCINNATI -- Christopher Lee Cornell showed little direction in his life, spending hours playing video games in his bedroom in his parents' apartment, rarely going out or working, and voicing distrust of the government and the media. But in recent weeks, his parents say, they saw a change in him...
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Pope: There are limits to free expression
(National News ~ 01/16/15)
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE -- Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when it insults or ridicules someone's faith. Francis spoke about the Paris terror attacks while en route to the Philippines, defending free speech as not only a fundamental human right but a duty to speak one's mind for the sake of the common good...
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Duke cancels plan for Muslim call to prayer from tower
(National News ~ 01/16/15)
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University canceled a plan Thursday to use a chapel tower for a weekly call to prayer for Muslims after getting bombarded with calls and emails from alumni and others, officials said. Instead, Muslims will gather for their call to prayer in a grassy area in front of the chapel before heading into a chapel room for their weekly prayer service. ...
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Six homicides reported in 12 hours in St. Louis
(State News ~ 01/16/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The night manager of a Drury Inn hotel in St. Louis was shot and killed during an early Thursday robbery attempt -- one of the city's six homicides during a 12-hour span. Police say Scott Knopfel, 50, was fatally shot in the head at the hotel near Interstate 44 just before 3 a.m. after he struggled with his assailant while opening a cash drawer...
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Pro-life group to gather Saturday in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 01/16/15)
For the third year, organizer Cheri Adcock is assembling her prayer troops at Kingshighway and Independence Street in advance of the 42nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion. Adcock calls Saturday's meeting from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. a peaceful gathering to pray and educate, not a rally or a protest...
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Missouri gubernatorial candidates build war chests
(State News ~ 01/16/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Likely and declared Republican candidates for Missouri governor in 2016 each had more than $1 million on hand at the end of last year, according to campaign finance reports filed Thursday. Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich raised $140,000 in the fourth quarter of 2014, ending the year with $1 million in his campaign fund. ...
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Oklahoma resumes executions after botched one
(National News ~ 01/16/15)
McALESTER, Okla. -- Oklahoma moved toward its first execution since a botched lethal injection last spring after a divided U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday it wouldn't consider whether a sedative given to the inmate would be strong enough to render him so unconscious that he wouldn't feel other drugs stop his lungs and heart...
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Pastor settles sexual harassment suit with St. Louis church
(State News ~ 01/16/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A female minister who sued her church for sexual harassment has settled part of the case, her lawyers said Thursday. Brenda Jones sued Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church, along with church officials, in January 2014. She alleged a minister made sexually explicit remarks, forced her to see a photo of his genitals and inappropriately touched her on several occasions...
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Condoleezza Rice says she was stunned CIA mission was leaked
(State News ~ 01/16/15)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Former national security adviser Condoleezza Rice told jurors Thursday she was stunned to learn a classified mission to thwart Iran's nuclear-weapons ambitions -- now at the heart of a criminal leak trial -- had been disclosed to a reporter...
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Congressman asks National Zoo to find bald eagle a home
(State News ~ 01/16/15)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Missouri congressman is asking the National Zoo director to help find a home for a bald eagle that's blind in its left eye. The eagle was rescued from LaClede County a month ago and brought to Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield...
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Artifacts 1/16/15
(Entertainment ~ 01/16/15)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri will host the annual Regional Poetry Out Loud Competition at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Cape Girardeau Public Library, 711 N. Clark Ave. The event, part of the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, will determine who attends the statewide competition representing Southeast Missouri. To learn more about the competition, go to capearts.org/Poetry%20Out%20Loud.aspx...
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Victim tampering suspect charged with drug, firearm violations
(Local News ~ 01/16/15)
When Sikeston, Missouri, police caught up to a man wanted on charges related to victim tampering, they found several bags of marijuana in the apartment he had just left, according to a probable-cause affidavit filed Thursday in Scott County Circuit Court...
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"The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Birdman" lead pack of Oscar nominees
(Entertainment ~ 01/16/15)
The Oscar nominations added intrigue if not diversity to an Academy Awards race by favoring one late-season release ("American Sniper") over another ("Selma"). The flip-flopping of fortunes, however, did little to dislodge the humble coming-of-age epic "Boyhood," which has steadily grown into the movie to beat in a little-seen Oscar field, closely followed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's backstage ego trip "Birdman."...
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Southeast operas seek to change genre's stuffy image
(Entertainment ~ 01/16/15)
The performances Jan. 23 and 25 at the Bedell Performance Hall will be opera -- but not that kind of opera. Southeast Missouri State University professor and show director Dr. Chris Goeke says this performance is engaging and funny, and that the vague, stuffy image you have in your head after hearing the word "opera" is dead wrong...
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Missouri bill would ban spanking, paddling in public schools
(State News ~ 01/16/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Proposed Missouri legislation would ban the use of spanking or paddling by educators in public schools. Democratic state Sen. Joe Keaveny of St. Louis this week filed a bill to prohibit corporal punishment in those schools. Missouri is one of 19 states that allow teachers to hit children as a form of discipline...
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Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team seeks first OVC victory at home
(College Sports ~ 01/16/15)
The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team hasn't had as much trouble winning on the road through its first five conference games, but now the challenge is to defend the Show Me Center court from visiting Tennessee Tech. The Redhawks, who are 0-2 at home in conference action, host the Golden Eagles at 6 p.m. Saturday for Hall of Fame Weekend and also as part of the Cardinals Caravan...
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Datsyuk scores late in OT to lift Red Wings over Blues
(Professional Sports ~ 01/16/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Pavel Datsyuk scored at 4:57 of overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Detroit won for the fourth time in five games and completed a six-game road trip with a 4-2 mark. Petr Mrazek made 25 saves and improved to 3-0 in four career appearances against St. Louis...
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Cardinals sign Lynn to three-year deal
(Professional Sports ~ 01/16/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Pitcher Lance Lynn, among baseball's winningest pitchers over the last three seasons, and the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a $22 million, three-year contract. Lynn's 48 wins since 2012 is third-most in the National League and he's been part of a rotation that's made it to the postseason a franchise-record four consecutive seasons...
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team looks for first OVC win vs. Tech
(College Sports ~ 01/16/15)
The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team is still on the hunt for its first Ohio Valley Conference win after Wednesday night's loss put them at 0-5, which is the program's worst start in the OVC since joining Division I and the conference in 1991...
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State briefs
(State News ~ 01/16/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some Ameren Missouri energy customers soon will pay a few dollars more a month for an energy efficiency incentive. The Missouri Public Service Commission on Wednesday announced commission members approved a request from the company to bump up the monthly Energy Efficiency Investment Charge. ...
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Nation, world briefs
(National News ~ 01/16/15)
PARIS -- Hackers have targeted about 19,000 French websites since a rampage by Islamic extremists left 20 dead last week, a top French cyberdefense official said Thursday as the president tried to calm the nation's inflamed religious tensions. France is on edge since last week's attacks, which began Jan. ...
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Woman finds python on bathroom floor
(National News ~ 01/16/15)
SHARON, Pa. -- A 62-year-old woman says she found a python on her bathroom floor when she went to take an overnight potty break. Debbie LaMotte said she thought the snake was a scarf on the floor "because it had such a beautiful pattern." But the snake's head moved when she prodded it with her cane. ...
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High school roundup: Notre Dame boys basketball team extends winning streak to 9 games
(High School Sports ~ 01/16/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Thursday.
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Sharon Gibbons
(Obituary ~ 01/16/15)
Sharon Sue Gibbons, 72, of Scott City died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri.
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Anna Urhahn
(Obituary ~ 01/16/15)
Anna Marie Urhahn, 75, of Scott City died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at Monticello House in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Chapel in Scott City.
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Prayer 1/16/15
(Prayer ~ 01/16/15)
Lord Jesus, we look to you for you are the author of our faith. Amen.
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Best Bet 1/16/15: Bluegrass Festival
(Entertainment ~ 01/16/15)
The 10th annual Bootheel Bluegrass Festival will kick off at 7 p.m. Thursday with an all-gospel night with The Gipsons, The Lewises, Bob & Barb and Mountain Faith. The cost is $8. Friday's show starts at 1 p.m. with The Lewises, That Dalton Gang, The Gordons, Mountain Faith, The Bakers and Bull Harman and Bull's Eye. ...
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Things you read in the paper -- and then wish you hadn't
(Column ~ 01/16/15)
Some of what you read in the newspaper can be a real eye-opener. Sometimes you see something interesting. Sometimes it's puzzling. Sometimes it gets your dander up. Sometimes you just shake your head and wonder. Let me give you some examples. There was the story a few days ago about a large truck involved in a highway accident. ...
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