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Buzzards
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/15/16)
Buzzards feasting on a dead deer in our pasture Feb. 15.
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Supreme Court vacancy is tangible test for 2016 candidates
(National News ~ 02/15/16)
WASHINGTON -- The presidential election just got real. The unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia -- and the immediate declaration from Republicans that the next president should nominate his replacement -- adds even more weight to the decision voters will make in November's general election...
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Business notebook: Habitat for Humanity ReStore aims for growth
(Business ~ 02/15/16)
Tucked away off Kingshighway on Rust Avenue hides a treasure trove of home-repair and construction materials and retro home furnishings. The Habitat for Humanity ReStore offers low-cost home hardware, furniture and appliances to help pay for materials to build homes for families in need...
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Rehder holds drug-monitoring bill because of rising opposition
(Local News ~ 02/15/16)
Opposition has mounted against Rep. Holly Rehder's bill to establish a prescription drug monitoring program, causing the Sikeston, Missouri, lawmaker to hold the bill from a vote on the Missouri House of Representatives floor. Last year, a similar bill advanced out of the House with 107 votes before it was defeated in the Senate. This year, Rehder was expecting to lose about 20 votes -- enough to pass HB 1892, but creating a close vote...
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Poplar Bluff lawmaker seeks to limit school superintendent pay
(Local News ~ 02/15/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Rep. Steve Cookson, R-Poplar Bluff, will attempt to address the pay disparity between teachers and school superintendents through proposed legislation. House Bill 1627 would prohibit superintendents from receiving pay greater than four times the salary of an entry-level teacher. Other provisions in the bill would require schools to report salaries to the press and allow taxpayers to bring action for violations...
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Scalia's death may affect rulings on unions, contraceptives, religious liberty
(National News ~ 02/15/16)
WASHINGTON -- Justice Antonin Scalia's death deprives conservatives of a key vote that could change the outcome in some major Supreme Court cases, including one in which labor unions appeared headed for a big defeat. Next month's Supreme Court arguments in a clash over contraceptives, religious liberty and President Barack Obama's health-care law also seem more likely to favor the Obama administration...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/15/16)
Today in History Today is Monday, Feb. 15, the 46th day of 2016. There are 320 days left in the year. This is Presidents Day. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine mysteriously blew up in Havana Harbor, killing more than 260 crew members and bringing the United States closer to war with Spain...
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Rising rates: The Fed raised interest rates in late December for the first time since 2006 - will it affect local businesses?
(Business ~ 02/15/16)
On Dec. 18, the Federal Reserve raised its interest rates from 3.25 percent to 3.5 percent. Six weeks later, The Associated Press reported that stock markets have plunged and oil prices have skidded, and the Dow Jones industrial average shed more than 7 percent of its value in the first three trading weeks of 2016...
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Opportunities for growth: Steve McPheeters of MRV Banks shares how the business has grown, and his advice for businesses during tax season
(Business ~ 02/15/16)
Steve McPheeters joined the MRV Banks team in 2013 as senior vice president, but has been involved in the community and in banking since the late 1980s. He has worked in business development, customer acquisition and marketing strategies, and also has served as a chamber of commerce director at the local and state levels. Although he has held an array of positions throughout his career, his passion for giving personal, quality customer service has remained constant...
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Employment 'on demand': Workers in new gig economy face different tax issues
(Business ~ 02/15/16)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Did you start driving for Uber or Lyft last year? Rent your house out through Airbnb? You could be in for some surprises come tax time if you didn't pay any estimated taxes. About 14.6 million people -- roughly 10 percent of the U.S. workforce -- were self-employed in 2014, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data...
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Incentives to save: Government trying to make it easier to save for retirement
(Business ~ 02/15/16)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Saving for retirement might seem like a luxury to Americans living paycheck to paycheck, but the government is trying to make it a bit easier. The saver's -- or retirement savings contributions -- credit is sometimes overlooked. Aimed at low- and moderate-income workers, the credit "helps offset part of the first $2,000 workers voluntarily contribute to IRAs and 401(k) plans and similar workplace retirement programs," the Internal Revenue Service says...
- Names in the news (Business ~ 02/15/16)
- Business briefs (Business ~ 02/15/16)
- Health briefs (Business ~ 02/15/16)
- Tax liens (Business ~ 02/15/16)
- Bankruptcies (Business ~ 02/15/16)
- Business licenses (Business ~ 02/15/16)
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Father/Daughter Dance a special "first date"
(Editorial ~ 02/15/16)
It's that time of year again. The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department presents its eighth annual Father/Daughter Dance: A Night in Candyland on Saturday. Nothing is more endearing than seeing a father and daughter enjoying an evening together -- an evening when she has Daddy's full attention. Add fancy attire, dancing, food and a photograph to capture the moment, and it's what fairy tales -- and memories -- are made of...
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Prayer 2-15-16
(Prayer ~ 02/15/16)
O Heavenly Father, Almighty God, you are our refuge in whom we place our trust. Amen.
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Speak Out 2/15/16
(Speak Out ~ 02/15/16)
I am not a physician but am still concerned because Marco Rubio always seems to have a dry mouth. Scouring reliable sources on the Internet has convinced me Rubio may have a medical condition of some sort, perhaps serious. It is in that spirit that I issue a Speak Out writ of mandamus, calling upon Rubio to release the entirety of his medical records...
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Dolores Richards
(Obituary ~ 02/15/16)
Dolores M. Richards, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb, 11, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mark Anderson officiating...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 2/15/16
(Local News ~ 02/15/16)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today No action will be taken during the study session. Discussion items n Planning and Zoning Commission report n Appearances regarding items not on the agenda Regular session, 7 p.m. today...
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Northeast wakes up to record cold for Valentine's Day
(National News ~ 02/15/16)
NEW YORK -- For much of the northeast United States, Valentine's Day was the coldest on record, with people bundling up for the not-so-warm embrace of teeth-chattering temperatures. From New York and Boston to Providence, Rhode Island and Hartford, Connecticut, temperatures Sunday morning dipped to as low as minus-40 -- on Mount Washington in New Hampshire...
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Australian shepherd wins agility at Westminster
(Community ~ 02/15/16)
NEW YORK -- A high-leaping Australian shepherd named Holster scrambled and sprang to take the Westminster Kennel Club agility title Saturday night, seeming undaunted by anything the obstacle course could throw at him. Then he jumped up and pawed his owner and handler, Wendy Cerilli of Greenwich, New York...
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Out of the past: Feb. 15
(Out of the Past ~ 02/15/16)
A new city policy last year helped the city earn more interest income by investing tax dollars in financial institutions nationwide; the city earned an additional $15,000 in interest income in 1990 with the new policy; however, three local bankers are objecting, saying the money should be invested locally to benefit the Cape Girardeau economy...
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Debut edition of Spider-Man comic headed to auction
(Entertainment ~ 02/15/16)
CALVERTON, N.Y. -- Walter Yakoboski scraped together nearly every penny he made as short-order cook in 1979 to begin buying a small collection of rare comic books for $10,000, hoping his boyhood passion could one day pay off as an investment. That day soon may be here...
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Long road to recovery after devastating California wildfire
(National News ~ 02/15/16)
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. -- A real-estate agent waits to rebuild her home on the same lot she fled in September, mourning the animals she couldn't save and the family heirlooms she left behind as one of the most devastating wildfires to hit California wiped out her rural subdivision...
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Carved-up North Carolina county braces for redistricting fight
(National News ~ 02/15/16)
DURHAM, N.C. -- Mary Hodgin lives in North Carolina's 1st Congressional District. Her neighbors across the street do not. Hodgin didn't live in this district until a few years ago -- though she's been in the same Durham home for 25 years. The change came when Republican lawmakers drew the dividing line down the mile-long stretch of Alston Avenue in front of her house. With the March 15 primary just weeks away, a court fight could change the boundaries again...
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Feds seek borehole test for potential nuke waste burial
(National News ~ 02/15/16)
LUBBOCK, Texas -- The federal government plans to spend $80 million assessing whether its hottest nuclear waste can be stored in 3-mile-deep holes -- a project that could provide an alternative strategy to a Nevada repository plan that was halted in 2010...
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Multiple crises challenge EU before summit
(International News ~ 02/15/16)
LONDON -- If the European Union were a patient, its survival would be seen as threatened by multiple organ failure. That's the view of many experts as EU leaders prepare for a Brussels summit that begins Thursday. Analysts believe the combined strain of challenges including a refugee crisis, threats facing the euro currency and Britain's plan to hold a referendum on whether to leave the EU may be unbearable for the 28-nation bloc...
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Pope condemns drug trade's 'dealers of death' in Mexico
(International News ~ 02/15/16)
ECATEPEC, Mexico -- Pope Francis condemned the drug trade's "dealers of death" and urged Mexicans to shun the devil's lust for money as he led a huge open-air Mass for more than 300,000 people Sunday in this violence-riddled city. "Let us get it into our heads: With the devil, there is no dialogue," the pope said at the biggest scheduled event of his five-day visit to Mexico...
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Turkey shells Kurdish positions in Syria for second day
(International News ~ 02/15/16)
BEIRUT -- Turkey shelled positions held by a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia in northern Syria for a second day Sunday, drawing condemnation from the Syrian government, whose forces are advancing against insurgents in the same area under the cover of Russian airstrikes...
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Brazil's Zika-related abortion debate sparks backlash
(International News ~ 02/15/16)
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Before her son was born, Danielle Alves didn't know Luiz Gustavo would have microcephaly, a condition that has left the 3-year-old so disabled, he can't walk, talk or eat without help. Still, Alves said she would have gone ahead with the pregnancy even if she had known -- and she thinks thousands of pregnant women caught up in Brazil's Zika virus outbreak should be required to do the same...
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Uber, Lyft look to Legislature to bypass city rules
(State News ~ 02/15/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- While Missouri lawmakers have delayed regulating app-based car services such as Uber and Lyft, cities have imposed their own rules, taking approaches the ride-hailing companies portray as misguided and burdensome. Those companies say legislation in the House would allow them to expand out of the state's metropolitan regions and provide resolution to disputes with city regulators...
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Suspended Mizzou professor seeks to repair image, keep job
(State News ~ 02/15/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A suspended University of Missouri assistant professor who drew national attention for her run-ins with student journalists during race-related protests at the university last year has been working with a public-relations firm to try to repair her image and said she hopes to keep her job...
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People on the move 2/15/2016
(Business ~ 02/15/16)
Terry Davis, PT, MBA, joined the team at Select Physical Therapy in Jackson. Davis is a graduate of Meadow Heights High School. He attended Southeast Missouri State University for four years and completed physical-therapy training at the University of Missouri in Columbia. Davis has over 24 years of experience and looks forward to serving Jackson and the surrounding areas...
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Reality tempers optimism in coal country after court ruling
(Business ~ 02/15/16)
MADISON, W.Va. -- The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a commodity that is hard to come by in coal country: hope. Hope that by blocking a new federal rule cutting power-plant emissions, the court has turned the tide after years of regulations and declining production. Hope the jobs that once brought good wages to people who desperately needed them will come back...
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Main Street holds up as Wall Street struggles, for a change
(Business ~ 02/15/16)
NEW YORK -- Wall Street is hurting, and Main Street doesn't care. It's got burgers and cars to buy. Big losses in stock markets around the world this year have the wingtip-set fretting, but regular consumers across the United States are confident enough to open their wallets and spend more...
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Local family concerned -- but proud of -- Marine's service
(Local News ~ 02/15/16)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Her family may have been "up in arms" to see U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Lydia J. Fakes deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, but they couldn't be prouder. Her parents, Gary and Pat Fakes, moved to the St. Louis area before she was born, but "we spent a lot of time during the summer and holidays with my grandparents and aunts and uncles in Sikeston," Lydia Fakes, 29, said in an email interview...
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Speak Out 2/15/16
(Speak Out ~ 02/15/16)
Dry mouth I am not a physician but am still concerned because Marco Rubio always seems to have a dry mouth. Scouring reliable sources on the Internet has convinced me that Rubio may have a medical condition of some sort, perhaps serious. It is in that spirit that I issue a Speak Out writ of mandamus, calling upon Rubio to release the entirety of his medical records...
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Prayer 2/15/16
(Prayer ~ 02/15/16)
O Heavenly Father, Almighty God, you are our refuge in whom we place our trust. Amen.
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Police: Robbery suspect needed money for kitty litter
(National News ~ 02/15/16)
PITTSBURGH -- Authorities say a woman jailed in four store robberies told police she needed money for dog food and kitty litter. Police said Melissa Santoro, 28, netted less than $300 in the heists. A clerk at a Sunoco gas station robbed last month and Tuesday recognized Santoro when she came in to buy cigarettes. Police said after taking a lie-detector test, Santoro confessed to all four robberies. She said a gun she carried was plastic, and she needed money for her pets and to help her mother...
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Alvin Schenimann
(Obituary ~ 02/15/16)
Alvin Ray Schenimann, 85, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, at the Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/15/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/15/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday. n Medical assists were made at 3:36 a.m. on Harmony Street; 8:19 a.m. on Franks Lane; 3:57 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; and 8:35 p.m. on William Street. n At 1:50 a.m., a call on Towers Circle...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/15/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/15/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items Sunday. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of possession of a controlled substance. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of assault on a law-enforcement officer and resisting arrest at 2765 Hawthorne Road...
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Jackson police report 2/15/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/15/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items Sunday. Arrests do not imply guilt. Miscellaneous n Property was found in the 1900 block of East Jackson Boulevard. n Keep the peace was requested in the 3000 block of East Jackson Boulevard...
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Spend, save or invest? How to get the most mileage out of your tax refund
(Business ~ 02/15/16)
Soon after Jan. 31, the deadline for employers to mail out W-2s or 1099s, the signs start to spring up everywhere: "Spend your tax refund here!" Many people file as soon as they receive those tax documents, and start looking forward to spending that refund...
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