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Region briefs
(Local News ~ 02/11/15)
A traffic crash on Route AB sent two people to the hospital Tuesday morning. Shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday, Carol R. Burk, 47, of Cape Girardeau was driving a 2010 Dodge Charger west on Route AB a mile west of Cape Girardeau when she crossed the centerline and hit a 2012 Chevrolet Colorado driven by 41-year-old Keith A. ...
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Jackson schools to apply for computer equipment grant
(Local News ~ 02/11/15)
The Jackson School Board on Tuesday approved a grant application that would help pay for $165,200 worth of computer equipment and software for the high school's business department. The Vocational-Technical Education Enhancement grant, administered through the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, would reimburse the school district $123,275 if approved by the state...
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Neighborhood group chooses name, boundaries, leaders
(Local News ~ 02/11/15)
The second neighborhood association formed in Cape Girardeau as part of the Neighborhood Development Initiative has a new name. After taking the issue to a vote, the nearly 20 people in attendance chose Red Star Neighborhood Revival as the group's new identity...
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Cape chiropractor charged with drug possession
(Local News ~ 02/11/15)
A Cape Girardeau chiropractor faces drug charges after a search of his office turned up hydrocodone pills he was not licensed to prescribe and a straw with methamphetamine residue on it, according to documents filed in connection with the case. Prosecutors last week charged Scott B. Smith, 44, with two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia in connection with the May 13 raid on his property at 2560 Independence St...
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Jackson boys basketball team cruises past Central
(High School Sports ~ 02/11/15)
JACKSON -- Clinging to a two-point lead in the final seconds of the third quarter, Jackson needed something to gain some separation.
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Ex-Safe House director charged with theft, fraud
(Local News ~ 02/11/15)
The former executive director of a Cape Girardeau women's shelter faces two felony charges after authorities say she misappropriated more than $20,000 for personal use. Allison Leonard, 43, was charged last week with one count each of theft and fraudulent use of a credit device...
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Saint Francis beginning $43M electronic records initiative
(Local News ~ 02/11/15)
Months of study and the involvement of more than 400 employees have led Saint Francis Medical Center into the beginnings of a $43 million project that will integrate electronic medical records across the entire health-care system. Epic, a Wisconsin-based vendor, recently was selected to provide the technology products Saint Francis executives said will create an "all-in-one" system for the medical center's patient records and increase patient access to their own information...
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Missouri considers shortened deer hunting season
(State News ~ 02/11/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation is considering a two-day reduction in the state's fall deer hunting season in an attempt to increase herd size. The state agency proposes a nine-day fall firearms season each November starting in 2016. The current fall season lasts 11 days...
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SEMO presidential search down to four candidates
(Local News ~ 02/11/15)
The Presidential Search and Screening Committee at Southeast Missouri State University has narrowed its search for Southeast President Kenneth Dobbins' successor to four candidates, university officials said Tuesday. The names of the candidates, as well as their background information, are expected to be released by the end of this week once on-campus interview schedules have been finalized, said Brady Barke, senior associate to the president and secretary for the board of regents...
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Valentine Heart
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/11/15)
Speckles, she was born with this heart. I have a valentine all the time.
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Girl Scout Cookie Program Continues with Direct Sales
(Submitted Story ~ 02/11/15)
Celebrate National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend February 27-March 1 Girl Scout Cookie delivery has begun! If you didn't connect with a Girl Scout to place an order, or just want more, don't worry! From now until March 15, 2015, area Girl Scouts will continue to sell Girl Scout Cookies through direct sales, including door-to-door and at cookie booths outside area merchants...
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The Delta Challenge
(Submitted Story ~ 02/11/15)
The Delta Regional Authority and the Missouri Innovation Corporation at Southeast Missouri State University are partnering to bring the Delta Challenge to Cape Girardeau! The Delta Entrepreneurship Network aims to identify, nurture, and support entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship support organizations in the DRA region. ...
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Introduction to Centering Prayer Offered at St. Mary's Church
(Submitted Story ~ 02/11/15)
Introduction to Centering Prayer Offered at St. Mary's Church Centering Prayer is the life's work of Thomas Keating, an eighty something year old Christian monk who lives in Snowmass, Colorado. Centering Prayer is a quiet type of prayer which Keating says is a prayer of consent, consent to the presence and action God within us and in our daily lives...
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Twins Ask for Donations to Humane Society for Birthday
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/11/15)
Connor & Collin White, twin sons of Kerry & Rebecca White, are shown delivering gifts to the Humane Society. Instead of receiving toys or other presents for their six birthday, the boys asked their friends to bring something that could be donated to the local Humane Society...
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Fencing installed at former apartments site
(Local News ~ 02/11/15)
Allen Layton with Ingram Construction, levels out a new fence, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. The fence outlines the property where apartments once stood at the end of Bellevue Street, overlooking downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River. (Laura Simon)...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
Today is Wednesday, Feb. 11, the 42nd day of 2015. There are 323 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 11, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin signed the Yalta Agreement, in which Stalin agreed to declare war against Imperial Japan following Nazi Germany's capitulation (in return, the Soviet Union would acquire territories lost to Japan in the Russo-Japanese War)...
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Cape Girardeau remembers city's First Lady Fran Rediger
(Column ~ 02/11/15)
It is really hard to tell where our Mayor Harry Rediger and his most precious bride, Fran, began and ended. They were really one, and they were each made better by the other. We cannot imagine exactly how the mayor will continue forward without this inseparable part of him, but we are confident in his abilities, a confidence that was shared by Fran. ...
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State officials should find ways to save on air travel
(Editorial ~ 02/11/15)
There's no question Missouri is a big state and that sometimes air travel for public officials is necessary. However, a recent audit by the Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich said $376,000 was spent to fly transportation and conservation commissioners to meetings during 2012 and 2013. This was only one part of the audit, which called the state's fleet of planes too large and pointed to Gov. Nixon's office as primary user of the highway patrol plane in the same time period...
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Hearings on Nixon's Ferguson tactics start
(State News ~ 02/11/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- As businesses were burned and looted in Ferguson, Missouri, Gov. Jay Nixon was inundated with messages from the public criticizing him for not using the National Guard to prevent the civil unrest that followed a grand jury's decision in the Michael Brown case...
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Mo. high court rules Legislature violated ballot rights
(State News ~ 02/11/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers violated residents' constitutional rights to amend state laws when they pre-emptively tinkered with the intent of a renewable energy initiative before it went before voters, the state's highest court decided Tuesday...
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Altenburg board votes to petition for release from consolidation agreement
(Local News ~ 02/11/15)
Having received public outcry regarding consolidation of sister cities Frohna and Altenburg, city officials in both towns have agreed upon a legal plan to remain separate. The Altenburg Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance at Tuesday night's meeting that stated their intent to file a petition for a declaratory judgment in Perry County, Missouri, circuit court that would release the towns from the consolidation agreement...
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Eavesdropping concerns in Samsung smart TVs
(International News ~ 02/11/15)
SEOUL, South Korea -- Watch what you say in your living room. Samsung's smart TV could be listening. And sharing. At least that's what you'd conclude in reading Samsung's privacy policy for smart TVs. Voice recognition technology in Samsung's Internet-connected TVs captures and transmits nearby conversations. ...
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Prostitute testifies about orgies by former IMF chief
(International News ~ 02/11/15)
LILLE, France -- Disgraced former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn sat nonchalantly with folded-arms and stretched legs Tuesday, before telling a French court he was unaware women who participated in orgies at luxury hotels in Paris and Washington were prostitutes...
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White House requests authorization for military to fight ISIS
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
WASHINGTON -- The White House circulated a proposal Tuesday to authorize the Pentagon to fight Islamic State terrorists without an "enduring offensive combat" role, an ambiguous phrase designed to satisfy lawmakers with widely varying views on the need for U.S. ground operations...
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U.S. withdrawing most troops fighting Ebola in West Africa
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
WASHINGTON -- The United States is preparing to withdraw nearly all of its troops fighting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the White House said Tuesday, as the global health crisis recedes amid a decline in Ebola cases. Of the 2,800 troops the U.S. deployed, just 100 will remain in West Africa after April 30, officials said. About 1,500 of those troops already have returned home...
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Man tied to abduction of UVa student charged with murder
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Nearly four months after his arrest in the disappearance of a missing University of Virginia student, Jesse Matthew Jr. has been indicted on a murder count in the case -- but he won't face the death penalty and has not been charged in the death of another student...
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Lawyer sparks debate about rights at DUI checkpoints
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
MIAMI -- Drivers at drunken-driving checkpoints don't have to speak to police or even roll down their windows. They just have to place their license and registration on the glass, along with a note saying they have no comment, won't permit a search and want a lawyer...
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Mormon who runs website for doubting members is ousted
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
SALT LAKE CITY -- A Mormon man who gained notoriety over the past decade for running a website that offers doubting Latter-day Saints a forum to chat has been kicked out of the religion. John Dehlin announced the decision from regional church leaders Tuesday. He becomes the second high-profile church member to be excommunicated in the past year in what Mormon scholars consider to be the Utah-based faith's way of keeping dissenters in line...
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Scott Walker gets away from university flap with trip to UK
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
MADISON, Wis. -- Gov. Scott Walker may have picked the perfect time to get out of Wisconsin for a few days. The prospective Republican candidate for president is traveling in the United Kingdom this week on what's officially billed as a trade mission. It's a trip that also turns the Wisconsin governor's focus toward foreign policy and away from a kerfuffle at home with the University of Wisconsin...
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Job openings rise to 14-year high
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
WASHINGTON -- The number of available jobs posted by U.S. employers rose in December to the highest level in 14 years, a sign recent strong job gains will likely continue. Employers also filled more jobs and more employees quit, two more signs of an improving labor market...
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Parents of American woman held by ISIS notified of her death
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
WASHINGTON -- Kayla Jean Mueller, a 26-year-old American woman held by Islamic State militants, has been confirmed dead, her parents and the Obama administration said Tuesday. Mueller's family received a private message from her captors over the weekend and the information contained in that communication was authenticated by the U.S. The White House said the U.S. intelligence community has not been able to determine how or when she died...
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Some Alabama counties refuse gay marriages, prompting suit
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
MOBILE, Ala. -- Same-sex marriage spread across Alabama on Tuesday as more courthouses issued licenses to gays and lesbians, yet some counties still defied a federal judge's order, so couples took their fight back to court. The dispute and confusion headed toward a showdown in federal court set for Thursday in Mobile, where gay couples have waited for two days in a courthouse after officials quit issuing marriage licenses altogether -- even for heterosexual couples -- rather than sell them to same-sex couples.. ...
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NBC suspends anchor for 6 months
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
NBC announced Tuesday it is suspending Brian Williams as "Nightly News" anchor and managing editor for six months without pay for misleading the public about his experiences covering the Iraq War. The network's decision came less than a week after Williams apologized for saying on the air he was in a helicopter hit by a grenade in 2003. Instead, he was in a group of helicopters and another was hit, and some veterans involved in the mission called him out on it...
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Lawyer says Justin Bieber is making progress on probation terms
(Entertainment ~ 02/11/15)
LOS ANGELES -- Probation officials say a soccer injury kept Justin Bieber from completing the terms of his sentence in a misdemeanor vandalism case. A probation report filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court states Bieber cited a severe ankle sprain in early January as the reason he hasn't completed five days of community labor...
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Oil on wild ride, with no end in sight
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
NEW YORK -- The price of oil is on a wild ride, and there is little agreement on where it's headed. After falling nearly 60 percent from a peak last June, the price of oil has bounced back 19 percent since late January,. Oil has fallen or risen by 3 percent or more on more than half of the trading days so far this year. By comparison, the stock market hasn't had a move that big in more than three years...
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Mississippi, West Virginia toughest on school immunizations
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- With rampant diabetes and obesity, Mississippi and West Virginia have struggled with health crises. Yet when it comes to getting children vaccinated, these states don't mess around. The states, among the poorest in the country, are the only ones that refuse to exempt school children from mandatory vaccinations based on their parents' personal or religious beliefs. Separate efforts to significantly loosen those rules died in both states' legislatures last week...
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Out of the past: Feb. 11
(Out of the Past ~ 02/11/15)
The first worship service in the new sanctuary at First Assembly of God Church is held in the morning; the building program started in February 1989 and will be completed in March; the new facilities consist of an enlarged auditorium with seating capacity of about 700, a spacious foyer, secretary's office, pastor and associates' offices, nursery for infants, restrooms, and large auditorium on the lower level with a total of 13,000 feet of new addition and newly remodeled area...
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Births 2/11/15
(Births ~ 02/11/15)
Daughter to Jason Eugene and Tiffany Elizabeth Poole of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 10:35 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. Name, Caroline Renee. Weight, 6 pounds, 10 ounces. Third child, first daughter. Mrs. Poole is the former Tiffany Waller, daughter of Todd and Denise Waller of Perryville, Missouri. ...
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Jackson police report 2/11/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/11/15)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. n Kimber L. Miller, 41, of Jackson was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle. n Terra D. May, 40, of Jackson was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle...
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Comedy Central says Jon Stewart leaving 'The Daily Show'
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
LOS ANGELES -- Jon Stewart, who turned his biting and free-wheeling humor into an unlikely source of news and analysis for viewers of "The Daily Show," will leave as host this year, Comedy Central said Tuesday. His departure was announced by Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless after Stewart, host of the show since 1999, broke the news to the audience at Tuesday's taping in New York...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/11/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/11/15)
* Medical assist calls were made to: Park Place at 6:40 a.m.; South West End Boulevard at 7:12 a.m.; Beaver Creek Drive at 7:38 a.m.; North Kingshighway at 8:59 a.m.; Broadway at 1:38 p.m.; Interstate 55 at 2:11 p.m.; South Lorimier Street at 2:58 p.m.; and North Water Street at 8:05 p.m...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/11/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/11/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Austin Lake Wunderlich, 20, of Altenburg, Missouri, was arrested on two Cape Girardeau warrants for failure to appear for no operator's license and no proof of insurance...
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Marcella Wucher
(Obituary ~ 02/11/15)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Marcella V. Wucher, 95, of Perryville died Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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Lois Vavak
(Obituary ~ 02/11/15)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Lois F. Revelle Vavak, 73, of Advance passed away Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 8, 1941, in Advance, daughter of Charles and Lena Croy Revelle. Lois taught English, drama and speech at Advance High School 31 years. She was one of the most beloved teachers Advance High School ever had. She touched many lives. She was a cancer survivor and was an advocate for the American Cancer Society...
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Charles Sims
(Obituary ~ 02/11/15)
Charles Oliver Sims, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at his home. He was born Nov. 3, 1936, in Creal Springs, Illinois, to Harry and Alice Glen Sims. He and Ruby Diana Dyer were married Feb. 14, 1997, in Cape Girardeau. Charles was a veteran of the U.S. Army...
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Fran Rediger
(Obituary ~ 02/11/15)
Frances Kay "Fran" Rediger, 76, of Cape Girardeau was suddenly called home to the Lord on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. She was born Feb. 28, 1938, in Utica, Nebraska, to Keith and Ruth Markle. She was married to Harry Rediger on June 8, 1958. Fran's outgoing personality, captivating smile and amazing spirit touched the lives of many...
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Portia Harris
(Obituary ~ 02/11/15)
Portia Briana Harris, 23, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Dec. 4, 1991, in Cape Girardeau, to Keith J. Harris and Rene A. Swader. Portia attended New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include her mother, Rene A. ...
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Lilla Curnell
(Obituary ~ 02/11/15)
Lilla Mae Curnell, 80, of Scott City died Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, at her home. She was born Jan. 16, 1935, in Dutchtown, to R.A. "Arnold" and Alma Goetz Lape. She married Douglas E. Curnell on March 20, 1954, in Illmo (Scott City). He preceded her in death July 13, 2001...
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Viola Brown
(Obituary ~ 02/11/15)
BIEHLE, Mo. -- Viola Biehle Brown, 93, of Bridgeton, Missouri, formerly of Biehle, died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, at DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri...
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Homicide case has court date of March 18
(Local News ~ 02/11/15)
More than a year after being charged with murder in the shooting death of his brother, Lonnie Liley has a court date. Liley, 43, is accused of killing his brother, Jessie Liley, 50, in an early morning shooting Jan. 23, 2014, at a trailer in rural Bollinger County, Missouri...
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Road work 2/11/15
(Local News ~ 02/11/15)
Highway 72 in Bollinger County, from Highway 51 to Route K, will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform joint/crack sealing. The work, which is underway, will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily through Friday, according to a MoDOT news release...
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S. Carolina hands loss to Tigers
(College Sports ~ 02/11/15)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Sindarius Thornwell scored 14 points and Laimonas Chatkevicius added 13 points and eight rebounds to lead South Carolina to a 65-60 win over Missouri Tuesday night in a game between the Southeastern Conference's bottom two teams...
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Blues hold off Coyotes 2-1
(Professional Sports ~ 02/11/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Dmitrij Jaskin got the go-ahead goal for the second time in four games, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Arizona Coyotes 2-1 on Tuesday night. Alexander Steen also scored and goalie Jake Allen got a light workload until late for the Blues, who avoided their first three-game losing streak of the season...
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Nixon announces businesses to relocate facilities for proposed stadium
(Professional Sports ~ 02/11/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced deals with a power company and railroad Tuesday that he said represent "concrete progress" in plans to build a riverfront stadium that could help St. Louis remain an NFL city. Nixon held an outdoor news conference in near-freezing temperatures along with leaders of Ameren Missouri and Terminal Railroad Association at the proposed site for the 64,000-seat, open-air stadium that would replace the Edward Jones Dome, now 20 years old. ...
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team set to face UT-Martin
(College Sports ~ 02/11/15)
For the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team to secure its first back-to-back wins in Ohio Valley Conference action and chip away at the gap between it and the eighth and final spot in the OVC tournament, the Redhawks will have to go through the best...
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Cops seeking suspect find him after his selfie
(National News ~ 02/11/15)
PITTSBURGH -- Police caught up to a man trying to flee assault charges because he posted a selfie on Facebook while sitting on a Greyhound bus. Ambridge, Pennsylvania, police chief James Mann said the suspect, 22-year-old Donald Harrison, was charged with assaulting a woman. Police couldn't find him, but the woman noticed his Facebook selfie that appeared to show Harrison sitting in a bus. Mann later arranged for Youngstown, Ohio, police to arrest Harrison on a warrant...
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High school roundup: Woodland boys basketball team beats Advance in OT
(High School Sports ~ 02/11/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Tuesday.
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Obama's liberal agenda in the news
(Column ~ 02/11/15)
By Washington, D.C., standards, this past week was fairly quiet. The week before, we joined with the whole of civilized humanity in mourning the barbaric murder of a downed Jordanian pilot by the junior varsity group ISIS. But this last week, the focus had turned to Bruce Jenner's "he-to-she" transformation and the well-earned departure of Brian Williams and Rosie O'Donnell from the airwaves...
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Prayer 2/11/15
(Prayer ~ 02/11/15)
Lord Jesus, may we seek first your kingdom and righteousness. Amen.
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Security expert to speak tonight at SEMO as part of Speakers Series
(Local News ~ 02/11/15)
Southeast Missouri State University's Speakers Series continues tonight with defense analyst Anthony Cordesman. Cordesman's lengthy resume includes serving as national security assistant to Sen. John McCain of the Senate Armed Services Committee, director of intelligence assessment for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and frequently acting as a consultant to the U.S. State Department, Defense Department and intelligence community...
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