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Biden says he won't run in 2016
(National News ~ 10/21/15)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden will not run for president in 2016, he said Wednesday, ending a months-long flirtation with a third White House campaign and setting him on a glide path toward the end of his decades-long political career...
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St. Vincent volleyball team sweeps Leopold for Class 1 District 3 title
(High School Sports ~ 10/21/15)
The top-seeded Indians turned up their offense Tuesday night, defending their Class 1 District 3 crown with a 25-15, 25-9 win over second-seeded Leopold at Meadow Heights High School.
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Notre Dame volleyball team turns back rival Dexter in Class 3 District 1 championship match
(High School Sports ~ 10/21/15)
The Bulldogs won 25-23, 25-14 to claim their first district title since 2010.
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Ryan to seek speakership if he's unity candidate of House GOP
(National News ~ 10/21/15)
WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan told GOP lawmakers late Tuesday he will run for speaker but only if they embrace him by week's end as their consensus candidate -- an ambitious bid to impose unity on a disordered and divided House. Ryan spoke to the House GOP behind closed doors and said if all factions can share his vision and he can get the endorsement of the major caucuses, he "be all in."...
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Cape Chamber honors five area educators
(Local News ~ 10/21/15)
Area teachers were recognized Tuesday at the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce's Educator Appreciation Reception, and five were honored with an Educator of the Year award. There were 35 nominees for the award. Of those, eight were interviewed, and five were selected, according to the chamber...
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Kennett man who died after arrest had medical conditions
(Local News ~ 10/21/15)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Preliminary autopsy results show a Southeast Missouri man's death after his arrest was caused by high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, a coroner said Tuesday. Dunklin County Coroner James Powell identified the suspect as Ernest Williams, 43, of Kennett...
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Construction ahead of schedule for trash transfer station
(Local News ~ 10/21/15)
Two months after the groundbreaking ceremony, Cape Girardeau public works officials say construction of the new transfer station is ahead of schedule. For more than five years, a new transfer station has been high on the city's list of capital-improvements projects...
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Cape wards not lacking for candidates on first filing day
(Local News ~ 10/21/15)
Each Cape Girardeau ward on the April ballot will have at least one candidate hoping to be its next city council representative. Tuesday was the first day of the candidate filing period, which continues through Nov. 17. Candidates first must be nominated by a petition signed by at least 50 voters registered in the ward for which the candidate is seeking election. Candidates then may file with the city during the candidate filing period...
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Bloomfield volleyball team edges Saxony Lutheran in district final
(High School Sports ~ 10/21/15)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- When Bloomfield's Katie Tippen stood behind the service line with the Class 2 District 2 volleyball championship on the line, both she and Bloomfield coach Sherilyn Long were thinking about last season. In both the district and sectional championship last year, Tippen had the serve in her hands with the match on the line and drilled an ace...
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Jackson volleyball team topples Poplar Bluff in straight sets, advances to district title match
(High School Sports ~ 10/21/15)
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- Autumn came at just the right time for the Jackson volleyball team. Senior outside hitter Autumn Reid returned from an injury for the Indians who cruised into the MSHSAA Class 4 District 1 championship match with a 25-20, 25-15 win over Poplar Bluff...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/21/15)
Today is Wednesday, October 21, the 294th day of 2015. There are 71 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On October 21, 1892, schoolchildren across the U.S. observed Columbus Day (according to the Gregorian calendar) by reciting, for the first time, the original version of "The Pledge of Allegiance," written by Francis Bellamy for The Youth's Companion. ...
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Liesl demonstrates Cape's support of music, the arts
(Editorial ~ 10/21/15)
Cape Girardeau welcomed Liesl Schoenberger Doty back home last week, when she and her husband, Karl, performed in the Southeast Missouri State Symphony Orchestra Gala Season Opener concert at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. In addition to coming back to where music all started for her, she returned on her first wedding anniversary to the place the couple married...
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Hillary plays race card to fan flames
(Column ~ 10/21/15)
When the FBI is investigating you and when you're poised to testify before a congressional committee on failures during your tenure as secretary of state, the obvious political decision is to play the race card. So presidential candidate Hillary Clinton did just that last weekend as she returned to the tired political theme that Republicans and their draconian voter identification laws are designed to keep minorities from voting...
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'Don't hide yourself': Donna Karan's fashion wisdom, in seven easy pieces
(Community ~ 10/21/15)
NEW YORK -- Donna Karan introduced her famous Seven Easy Pieces in 1985, as she was introducing the world to her namesake label. Based on a black bodysuit with simple added pieces such as a wrap skirt, classic trousers or a suede jacket, it was more than a convenient wardrobe: It was a conceptual shift in fashion...
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Fashion flashback: Museum opens with Oscar de la Renta exhibit
(Community ~ 10/21/15)
ATLANTA -- A new museum focusing on international fashion has opened in Atlanta. The first exhibition at SCAD FASH features more than 80 Oscar de la Renta designs and opened to the public this month on the Atlanta campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design...
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Police investigating 3 reports of rape at Missouri State
(State News ~ 10/21/15)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Springfield police are investigating reports of three alleged rapes at Missouri State University. The Springfield News-Leader reported four reported rape incidents triggered campus crime alerts from late August to early October. Police spokeswoman Lisa Cox said the department's Special Victims Unit is investigating three of the incidents. She said the investigating into a fourth incident has been suspended because of a lack of cooperation...
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2 young girls found along dirt road; man charged
(State News ~ 10/21/15)
LONEDELL, Mo. -- An eastern Missouri man is facing child-endangerment charges after two young girls were found wandering alone on a dirt road. Charges were filed Monday against 22-year-old Dustin Burch of Lonedell, a small town in Franklin County. He was jailed on $15,000 bond and did not have a listed attorney...
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Ex-police officer accused of privacy invasion pleads guilty
(State News ~ 10/21/15)
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- A former Chesterfield police officer has pleaded guilty to invasion of privacy charges involving videos posted online of anonymous sex partners. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported 34-year-old David Cerna pleaded guilty Monday. ...
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Indiana University expels student in attack on Muslim woman
(National News ~ 10/21/15)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana University has expelled a 19-year-old sophomore accused of attacking Muslim woman over the weekend, trying to remove her headscarf and shouting racial slurs, a school official said Tuesday. School spokesman Mark Land said IU's dean of students "dismissed" Triceten D. Bickford on Monday night as a "direct result of what happened over the weekend" when the woman was attacked Saturday evening outside of a Bloomington cafe...
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Cancer group's mammogram advice: Start later and get fewer
(National News ~ 10/21/15)
CHICAGO -- The American Cancer Society now says women should start mammograms later in life and get fewer of them -- a stance that puts the trusted group closer to an influential government task force's advice. In new guidelines Tuesday, the cancer society recommends most women should begin annual screening for breast cancer at age 45 instead of 40 and switch to every other year at 55. The task force advises screening every other year starting at age 50...
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Execution drug shortage makes some think of firing squads
(National News ~ 10/21/15)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's decision to delay executions another full year while it hunts for lethal injection drugs highlights a dilemma faced by remaining death-penalty states. Although support for capital punishment continues, states are struggling to find a legal means to carry it out, and that has created an opening for opponents hoping to end the death penalty permanently...
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'Star Wars' fans clamor for tickets, wonder 'Where's Luke?'
(Entertainment ~ 10/21/15)
LOS ANGELES -- Millions of fans cried out in joy after they saw the latest trailer for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," but it left more than a few wondering where Luke Skywalker has been in all the marketing. Twitter said there were more than 17,000 tweets a minute when the trailer aired Monday night and over 1.1 million tweets since...
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Pathology lab has long history of failing to file paperwork
(State News ~ 10/21/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis-area pathology lab that works with the St. Louis Planned Parenthood chapter failed to file required registration paperwork with the state last month. A representative for the lab, Pathology Services Inc., told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch officials misunderstood the registration process. It was the sixth time the mistake has been made since 1994...
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Births 10/21/15
(Births ~ 10/21/15)
Daughter to Trey Steffen and Courtney Leanne Palisch of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. Name, Greer Irene. Weight, 8 pounds, 6 ounces. First child. Mrs. Palisch is the former Courtney Schuessler, daughter of Gary and Sharon Schuessler of Cape Girardeau. She works for Cape Girardeau Surgical Clinic. Palisch is the son of Ron and Char Palisch of Altenburg, Missouri. He is employed by Electrical Contractors Inc...
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Ora Lawrence
(Obituary ~ 10/21/15)
Ora Kathryn Lawrence (you probably knew her as Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma, Great-Great Grandma or Aunt Ora) answered the call of eternal life Oct. 18, 2015, after a long struggle with dementia. Her humble and sweet spirit is carried on by her remaining two sons, Lloyd and Robert; her sister Velma; her loving daughters-in-law, Catherine, Terry and Charleen; 15 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; seven great-great grandchildren; and extended family and friends from all parts of the country -- too numerous to list but not forgotten.. ...
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Kenneth Hill
(Obituary ~ 10/21/15)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Kenneth Hill, 79, of Olive Branch died at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, at Marion VA Medical Center in Marion, Illinois, on his late son Kent's birthday. He was born on February 8, 1936, in Du Quoin, Illinois, the son of Marion Fred and Sarah Vernettie (Franklin) Hill. He married Deanna Pecord on Jan. 16, 1960...
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Kathy Bowen
(Obituary ~ 10/21/15)
Kathy Ann Bowen, 54, of Jackson died Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 28, 1961, in Cape Girardeau to Marion Linzy and Dorothy Lee Seabaugh Ayers. She and Danny J. Bowen were married May 10, 1997, at Scott City...
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Adam Kassal
(Obituary ~ 10/21/15)
Adam Kassal, 83, passed away Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, surrounded by his family at his home in Jackson. He was born Sept. 8, 1932, in Yugoslavia to Josef and Louise Stemer Kassal. He was raised in Austria and came to the United States in 1952. It was in Chicago that he met the love of his life, Elizabeth "Betty" Preisig. They were married Sept. 12, 1953, at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Chicago...
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Rev. Walter 'Rick' Patzwitz
(Obituary ~ 10/21/15)
The Rev. Walter "Rick" Patzwitz, 61, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of New Wells, passed away Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 17, 1954, in St. Louis to Walter F. and Florence P. Young Patzwitz Sr. He and Sarah Weber were married May 4, 1985, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Missouri...
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Michelle Webb
(Obituary ~ 10/21/15)
Michelle Rene Webb, 45, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 14, 1969, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Michael E. and Diana Sharrock Webb. Michelle was a 1988 graduate of Jackson High School. ...
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Maylon Phelps
(Obituary ~ 10/21/15)
BENTON, Mo. -- Maylon Darrell Phelps, 68, of Benton died Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, at his home. He was born June 16, 1947, in Edmonton, Kentucky, to Millis and Eliza Pearl Spain Phelps. He was a self-employed carpenter. He is survived by two sons, Maylon D. ...
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Losang May
(Obituary ~ 10/21/15)
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. -- Losang D. Bohnert May of Casa Grande died Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. She was born July 7, 1950, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Melbourne J. and Loretta Rose Tackaberry Bohnert. Survivors include her loving husband, William D. ...
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Lexus is top brand in Consumer Reports' reliability survey
(National News ~ 10/21/15)
DETROIT -- Elaborate new transmissions are helping automakers meet rising fuel economy standards, but they're requiring more trips to the repair shop. Transmission problems tripped up Honda, Nissan, Jeep and other brands in Consumer Reports' annual reliability survey. Drivers reported rough shifting, clutch failure and even transmissions that had to be replaced twice in the first year of car ownership...
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61 wingsuit skydivers set formation record over California
(National News ~ 10/21/15)
LOS ANGELES -- Sixty-one wingsuit skydivers have flown into the record books, creating a diamond-shaped formation while soaring over California before breaking apart and floating to the ground. The group set the record for the largest such formation Saturday at Skydive Perris, 80 miles southeast of Los Angeles, Taya Weiss, the jump's lead organizer, said Tuesday. It shattered the old record set by 42 flyers in June...
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Out of the past: Oct. 21
(Out of the Past ~ 10/21/15)
The congregation of First Christian Church celebrates the 100th anniversary of ministry through special worship services, a centennial dinner and dedication of the new church site in Randol Farms Subdivision. POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Butler County Publishing Co. has purchased the 15,200-circulation Daily American Republic newspaper in Poplar Bluff...
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St. Louis' streak ends in Montreal
(Professional Sports ~ 10/21/15)
MONTREAL -- Carey Price made 38 saves for his second shutout in his last three starts and Alex Semin scored his first goal as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-0 on Tuesday night to win their team-record seventh in a row to begin the season...
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Woods recovering from second surgery on back
(Professional Sports ~ 10/21/15)
MEXICO CITY -- Tiger Woods has not started rehabilitation for a second back surgery he had a month ago, and he said Tuesday he would face another "tedious and long" process that suggests it might be awhile before he competes again. Woods last played at the Wyndham Champion on Aug. 23, where he tied for 10th for his best finish at a PGA Tour event in nearly two years...
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Royals romps to 3-1 lead in ALCS
(Professional Sports ~ 10/21/15)
TORONTO -- Whether it's a long ball by Ben Zobrist, a slashing single from Lorenzo Cain or another exhilarating trip around the bases for Alcides Escobar, these Kansas City Royals are relentless -- and one win from a return trip to the World Series...
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High school roundup: Woodland, Oak Ridge win conference cross country titles
(High School Sports ~ 10/21/15)
All scores and statistics were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Tuesday.
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Man released from prison urges marijuana reform
(State News ~ 10/21/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A 62-year-old man recently freed from a Missouri prison where he was serving a life sentence on a marijuana-related charge wants supporters to help change marijuana laws. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reported Jeff Mizanskey told a chapter meeting Monday of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws that Missouri's laws need changing...
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Jackson recycling site soon will cut hours
(Local News ~ 10/21/15)
The Jackson Recycling Center is reducing its hours for the fall and winter. The center will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays from Nov. 7 through March 26, according to a news release from the city of Jackson. Until Nov 7, the center will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays...
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Southeast to host Court of Appeals today
(Local News ~ 10/21/15)
Southeast Missouri State University will play host today to oral arguments for two cases before the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District. One will be heard at 9:30 a.m. and the other at 10:30 a.m. in the Glenn Auditorium of Dempster Hall. Both sessions are open to the public, and judges will take questions from students...
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Ozone readings in Perry County stayed low this summer
(Local News ~ 10/21/15)
With only 10 days left in ozone season, ground-level ozone readings have remained consistently below allowable standard limits. So far this year, only one reading at Farrar, Missouri, in Perry County has exceeded the allowable limit. That reading was taken June 9. Hot, humid weather can raise monitor readings...
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Cape man gets four-year term for resisting arrest
(Local News ~ 10/21/15)
Cortez Bell, 38, of Cape Girardeau received the maximum sentence Monday for resisting arrest -- four years to be served consecutively to a 15-year sentence Bell received for a drug conviction in 2012. Bell eluded law enforcement for nearly two years, starting in November 2013 when he failed to appear and surrender to the Missouri Department of Corrections. ...
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Marble Hill holds hearing about future of pool property
(Local News ~ 10/21/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Residents interested the future of the Larma Wiseley Pool were asked Monday what they would like to see the property become. The park board has agreed to turn the building over to the city administration, and several people offered suggestions at a board of aldermen meeting...
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Nation briefs 10/21/15
(National News ~ 10/21/15)
WASHINGTON -- Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb said Tuesday he is dropping out of the Democratic race for president and is considering his options about how he might "remain as a voice" in the campaign. Webb said he is "withdrawing from any consideration" of becoming the Democratic party's nominee and would spend the coming weeks exploring his options about an independent bid. ...
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Egypt fixing Tutankhamun mask after botched epoxy repair
(International News ~ 10/21/15)
CAIRO -- Restorers put their work on the famed golden burial mask of King Tutankhamun on display Tuesday in Cairo, more than a year after the beard was knocked off accidentally and hastily glued back on with epoxy. A German-Egyptian team of experts showed the mask in a laboratory in the Egyptian Museum, detailing plans for how the epoxy will be scraped off and the beard carefully removed before being reattached by a method to be determined by a joint scientific committee...
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Murphy, Mets beat Cubs 5-2 for commanding 3-0 lead in NLCS
(Professional Sports ~ 10/21/15)
CHICAGO -- With their bats and their arms, the New York Mets are overpowering the Chicago Cubs. Now, they're one win from their first World Series in 15 years. Daniel Murphy homered in his record-tying fifth consecutive game in the postseason and Jacob deGrom pitched seven strong innings to lead the Mets over the Cubs 5-2 Tuesday night for a 3-0 lead in the NL Championship Series...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/21/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/21/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Jarvis Terence Patterson, 27, 521 S. Frederick St., was arrested on two Cape Girardeau warrants for failure to appear for a revoked license...
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Prayer 10/21/15
(Prayer ~ 10/21/15)
O Lord God, may we seek justice, love mercy and walk humbly with you. Amen.
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