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Audit: Less help from state hurts college affordability
(State News ~ 08/31/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Students at Missouri's public colleges and universities are shouldering more of the cost of education because of a decrease in state funding that's led schools to hike fees, Auditor Nicole Galloway said Tuesday. Galloway released a report that found net tuition and fees at public four-year universities rose 25 percent per full-time student between fiscal years 2009 and 2015. ...
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U.S. flag, national anthem spark debate
(Local News ~ 08/31/16)
To some, our nation's flag and national anthem represent freedom. To others, they represent bondage and oppression. The emotional attachment to the nation's flag varies by individual. For some, it is a symbol of national heritage. Others say it's a symbol of military...
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Local priest met Mother Teresa, will attend canonization
(Local News ~ 08/31/16)
Although he met her only once, the Rev. David Hulshof found his fleeting encounter with Mother Teresa profoundly memorable. At the time, the priest of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Cape Girardeau was a 23-year-old theology student serving at a soup kitchen near the Circus Maximus in Rome, and the famous nun was there visiting a group of novices soon to take the veil...
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One of Columbus' ships on the Mississippi River
(Local News ~ 08/31/16)
A replica of the Nina ship passes by Cape Girardeau during a trip from Hannibal, Missouri, to its next stop at Grand Rivers, Kentucky. The Columbus Foundation operates two replicas, Nina and Pinta, that were on the Mississippi River on Tuesday.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/31/16)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Aug. 31, the 244th day of 2016. There are 122 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 31, 1886, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.3 devastated Charleston, South Carolina, killing at least 60 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey...
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NPHC celebrates first Hump Day of the year
(Local News ~ 08/31/16)
On Aug. 24, members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council gathered in front of Kent Library for their first "Hump Day" of the school year. Hump Day is when members of NPHC, a council for historically African-American Greek lettered organizations, gather during common hour on select Wednesdays in front of the library to play music, stroll, dance and interact with one another...
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Newsmakers receive deserved recognition
(Editorial ~ 08/31/16)
A few weeks ago, the annual Southeast Missouri Newsmakers edition of Business Today was printed and distributed, and hopefully you were as impressed and inspired by the 16 area men and women who were recognized for their contributions to their communities as we were.
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Kaepernick's misinformed, used and wrong
(Column ~ 08/31/16)
Colin Kaepernick did the near-impossible this weekend. In one fell swoop, the struggling NFL quarterback knocked Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton from the headlines and, at the same time, alienated a huge segment of the American public.
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Suicidal Germanwings pilot had struggled in U.S. flight school
(National News ~ 08/31/16)
WASHINGTON -- The German pilot who deliberately flew his airliner into a mountainside last year struggled with learning to fly and failed a key test of his skills during training in the U.S., according to FBI interviews with his flight instructors. Andreas Lubitz was promoted anyway. ...
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Intoxicated in the air: Drunk pilots make news but are rare
(National News ~ 08/31/16)
NEW YORK -- Every few months, a pilot somewhere in the world is stopped before a jet takes off because of suspicion of drunkenness. It makes headlines and gives nervous travelers another reason to avoid flying. Despite their notoriety, such cases are extremely rare...
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Good boy! Study suggests dogs know what you're saying
(National News ~ 08/31/16)
BERLIN -- Scientists have found evidence to support what many dog owners long have believed: Man's best friend does understand some of what we're saying. Researchers in Hungary scanned the brains of dogs as they were listening to their trainer speaking to determine which parts of the brain they were using...
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Islamic State buried thousands in 72 mass graves
(International News ~ 08/31/16)
HARDAN, Iraq -- Surrounded by smoke and flames, the sound of gunshots echoing around him, the young man crouched in the creek for hours, listening to the men in his family die. On the other side of the mountain, another survivor peered through binoculars as the handcuffed men of neighboring villages were shot and then buried by a waiting bulldozer. For six days, he watched as the extremists filled one grave after another with his friends and relatives...
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Cannes burkini ban overturned after top French court ruling
(International News ~ 08/31/16)
PARIS -- A French court overturned a ban on burkinis issued in Cannes -- the first in a series of local bans on the Muslim full-body swimwear this summer that set off a controversy at home and a wave of outrage abroad. The court in Nice concluded the Cannes decree violates basic freedoms and is illegal because there were no proven risks of disruption to public order or reasons of hygiene or decency for the ban in the famous Riviera city resort, according to a copy of the judgment obtained Tuesday by the Associated Press.. ...
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911 calls: 'Gunshots going like crazy' in Pulse nightclub
(National News ~ 08/31/16)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Friends and relatives of patrons trapped in a gay Florida nightclub where a mass shooting left 49 people dead asked police dispatchers why it was taking so long for their loved ones to be rescued. Audio recordings of 911 calls released Tuesday by the Orange County Sheriff's Office show mounting frustration by friends and family members who were texting, calling and video-chatting with trapped patrons of the Pulse nightclub where Omar Mateen opened fire in June...
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Europe hits Apple with a $15B-plus tax bill
(National News ~ 08/31/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The European Union ordered Apple on Tuesday to pay nearly $15 billion in back taxes to Ireland, plus billions more in interest, in a move that escalates the fight over whether America's biggest corporations are paying their fair share around the world...
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Court: Gays can seek parental rights for nonbiological kids
(National News ~ 08/31/16)
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York's highest court expanded the definition of parenthood Tuesday by ruling former same-sex couples may seek visitation and custody of children even when they aren't the biological or adoptive parent. The Court of Appeals decision resolves two cases of former unmarried same-sex couples in which the biological mothers kept the children and their ex-partners sought legal standing to see them...
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Italy honors quake victims as bishop warns of reconstruction
(International News ~ 08/31/16)
AMATRICE, Italy -- An Italian bishop issued a veiled critique of the suspected shoddy construction behind the high death toll of Italy's earthquake and warned during a state funeral Tuesday the rebuilding effort must not become a "looting" of state coffers...
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Brazil Senate debates fate of president, final vote today
(International News ~ 08/31/16)
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Senators deciding whether to oust President Dilma Rousseff headed into a long night of debate Tuesday, with so many wanting to speak the judge presiding over the impeachment trial put off the final vote until today. Many of the 81 senators signed up to speak, prompting Chief Justice Ricardo Lewandowski to announce the vote could not happen Tuesday as originally planned. He said the trial would adjourn after all senators finished speaking, then resume this morning...
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Trump will visit Mexico today before immigration speech
(National News ~ 08/31/16)
EVERETT, Wash. --In a surprise move, Donald Trump will travel to Mexico today to meet with President Enrique Pena Nieto, hours before the Republican delivers a highly anticipated speech on immigration. Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday night to say he looks "very much forward" to meeting with the Mexican leader...
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USDA reopens offices closed by threat
(National News ~ 08/31/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Agriculture Department will reopen some offices today that were closed after an unspecified email threat. USDA spokesman Matthew Herrick said offices in Colorado, Maryland, North Carolina and Kearneysville, West Virginia, will open today with additional security enhancements...
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Out of the past: Aug. 31
(Out of the Past ~ 08/31/16)
Two Cape Girardeau firefighters are injured in the morning when fire guts the second-floor apartment of a two-story brick house at 530 Good Hope St.; the vacant building is owned by Claude "Nip" Kelley; it was first used as an office for the Yellow Cab Co., and later as offices of Kelly Construction Co...
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Gladys Whaley
(Obituary ~ 08/31/16)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Gladys Marie Whaley, 76, of Sedgewickville died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, at her home. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Funeral Home-Jackson. Visitation will continue from 10 a.m. until the time of service Thursday at Whitewater Presbyterian Church in Sedgewickville...
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William Smith
(Obituary ~ 08/31/16)
CAIRO, Ill. -- William "Robert" Smith, 59, of Cairo died Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Cairo. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Olive Branch Cemetery at Olive Branch, Illinois. Military honors will be accorded by the Illinois Honor Guard and local veterans...
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Kathy Jones
(Obituary ~ 08/31/16)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Kathy Rhea Stobaugh Jones, 63, of Bloomfield (rural Aquilla, Missouri), passed away peacefully on a beautiful Sunday morning, Aug. 28, 2016, in Cape Girardeau at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Lora and Joe Galati, surrounded by close loved ones...
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Madeline Hurst
(Obituary ~ 08/31/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Madeline Patricia Hurst, 87, of Benton, formerly of Marble Hill, Missouri, passed away Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 6, 1929, at Oran, Missouri, in the home of her grandmother, Mollie Oliver, who raised her. She was the daughter of Vernie and Cora Blanche Oliver West...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 8/31/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/31/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday: n Medical assists at 7:24 a.m. on South Broadview Street; 8:03 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 8:57 a.m. on Woodland Drive; 9:37 a.m. on Normal Avenue; 11:57 a.m. on Doctors' Park Drive; 2:39 p.m. on Independence Street; and 5:09 p.m. on Broadway...
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Birth 8/31/16
(Births ~ 08/31/16)
Daughter to Joseph and Jessica Aubrey Cissell of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 4:57 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. Name, Aubrey Lorene. Weight, 7 pounds, 9 ounces. First child. Mrs. Cissell is the former Jessica McDonald, daughter or Rick and Donna McDonald of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Kentucky lawmaker says governor left threatening voicemail
(National News ~ 08/31/16)
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Days after Matt Bevin took office in December, the Republican governor went to work on an ambitious project: persuading some Democratic state representatives from conservative districts to switch parties, giving Republicans control of the state House for the first time since 1920...
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An emotional Bill Clinton eyes possible exit from foundation
(National News ~ 08/31/16)
WASHINGTON -- When Bill Clinton told the staff of his global charity he would have to step down if Hillary Clinton won the White House, he was vividly clear about how that felt: worse than a root canal, he said. For Clinton, the foundation that bears his name has shaped much of his post-White House legacy, helping transform him from a popular yet scandal-tainted former president into an international philanthropist and humanitarian. ...
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FBI recovers Benghazi emails involving Clinton
(National News ~ 08/31/16)
WASHINGTON -- The State Department says about 30 emails that may be related to the 2012 attack on U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya, are among the thousands of Hillary Clinton emails recovered during the FBI's recently closed investigation into her use of a private server...
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SEC: Former Monsanto exec to get $22.5M as whistleblower
(State News ~ 08/31/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A former Monsanto Co. financial executive who tipped off regulators about the agribusiness giant's accounting practices involving rebates for its Roundup weed-killer will get nearly $22.5 million as a whistleblower, federal securities regulators announced Tuesday...
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GOP donor gives to Democrat Koster for campaign for governor
(State News ~ 08/31/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Republican donor is giving money to Democratic candidate for Missouri governor Chris Koster. St. Louis businessman Sam Fox gave Koster, the state's current attorney general, $100,000 for his campaign Tuesday. Koster's Republican opponent is first-time candidate and former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens...
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Missouri sees increase in workplace deaths
(State News ~ 08/31/16)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missouri has seen an increase in the number of workers killed while on the job, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Agency officials said 24 workplace deaths have been reported since October. The agency’s acting area director Todd Sieleman told KOLR-TV he doesn’t know of another point where there have been as many fatalities in such a short period of time. ...
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Life insurer allegedly charged premiums after death
(State News ~ 08/31/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A life insurance company accused of charging premiums after policyholders died has settled with Missouri insurance regulators. The Missouri Department of Insurance said an investigation by its Market Regulation Division found CMFG Life Insurance Co. charged joint borrowers premiums after their spouses died. ...
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Building inspected after chunk of concrete smashes car
(State News ~ 08/31/16)
ST. LOUIS — Building inspectors are taking a close look at a downtown St. Louis structure after a large chunk of concrete fell and smashed a car parked on the street. No one was inside the car when the concrete chunk fell Monday from the building at 511 Olive St. The car was demolished. ...
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Defense wants mental exam for Missouri State instructor
(State News ~ 08/31/16)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Defense attorneys are seeking a psychological exam for a Missouri State University instructor who is charged with fatally stabbing a former colleague. The Springfield News-Leader reported 43-year-old Edward Gutting has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of retired professor Marc Cooper. ...
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Military records laud Missouri Senate, governor candidates
(State News ~ 08/31/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- On election day a decade ago, Army Lt. Jason Kander was serving as an intelligence officer in Afghanistan at the same time Navy SEAL Lt. Eric Greitens was coordinating combat operations in Iraq. Today, both are touting their military service as a central component of their campaigns for Missouri's two highest elected offices. ...
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Missouri allows more birth certificate access for adoptees
(State News ~ 08/31/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some Missouri adoptees now can obtain their birth certificates after a state law on adoption privacy was changed to be more lenient. A state law allowing adoptees born before Jan. 1, 1941, to obtain their original birth certificates went to into effect Sunday, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Retail initiative progresses with assessment meetings
(Local News ~ 08/31/16)
After meeting with Jackson landowners and developers, the city and consulting firm Catalyst Commercial are one step closer to bringing new retail business to Jackson. The 11 face-to-face meetings completed last week were part of the assessment phase of Catalyst’s yearlong plan to identify and help landowners capitalize on development opportunities in Jackson and Cape Girardeau...
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Pizza sales surge with return of Southeast students
(Local News ~ 08/31/16)
The return of students to Southeast Missouri State University means many things to many people. Faculty return to the classroom. Motorists are faced with more traffic around town. Business picks up in stores and restaurants across the region. The latter is particularly true with pizza joints, which once again are being called to cater to student clientele.
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Police search for aggressive dog yields drug bust
(Local News ~ 08/31/16)
A Scott County sheriff’s deputy was at the residence of a Morley, Missouri, man on a report of an aggressive pit bull. When standing outside the owner’s house, the deputy said he smelled marijuana coming from the man’s residence, eventually resulting in drug charges.
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Crash ties up Center Junction for 30 minutes
(Local News ~ 08/31/16)
The driver of a Chevrolet Silverado ran a red light heading southeast on Kingshighway and collided with a semitrailer truck exiting Interstate 55 onto Kingshighway about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said.
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Police: Man confronted over stolen Cheetos tries to set fire
(State News ~ 08/31/16)
ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis man is accused of trying to burn down a gas station after being confronted for stealing a bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Authorities said 33-year-old Joshua Lee Crook is charged with first-degree attempted arson along with three misdemeanors. ...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/31/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/31/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests to not imply guilt. Arrests n Jesse L. Roberts, 27, 2010 Brink Ave., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for receiving stolen property. n Chelsea D. Welker, 23, 1400 S. West End Blvd., was arrested on a Winona County warrant for probation violation...
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Woman finds 7-foot snake near trash can
(National News ~ 08/31/16)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A woman found a 7-foot-long boa constrictor slithering near her trash can. Scottsdale firefighters were called Monday night to remove the snake, which they say was docile. Department spokesman David Folio said two albino Burmese pythons were picked up in the same spot this month. Folio said the department suspects someone may be dropping off the apparently domesticated snakes. The snakes were taken to the Phoenix Herpetological Society...
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Wal-Mart theft probe yields drug charges against woman
(Local News ~ 08/31/16)
Cape Girardeau police detained a Glenallen, Missouri, woman for stealing $24 worth of merchandise from Wal-Mart, and a search revealed 35 pills and a bag of a crystalline substance, police said.
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HDSA Donates Books to Friends Library Book Sale
(Submitted Story ~ 08/31/16)
Heartland Down Syndrome Association donated dozens of books to The Cape Girardeau Public Library Friends book sale.
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