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Trump's pick for top U.S. envoy has close ties to Russia
(National News ~ 12/14/16)
DALLAS -- ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the State Department, has close ties to Russia through years of deal-making that will serve as valuable experience but also raise concerns. Tillerson has claimed to have a "very close relationship" with Russian President Vladimir Putin and will have deep knowledge of the country's power structure, having led ExxonMobil into a rare oil exploration deal with Russia's state-owned energy company...
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Jackson man accused of fracturing toddler son's skull
(Local News ~ 12/14/16)
Cape Girardeau County sheriff’s deputies on Monday arrested a Jackson man suspected of abusing his 19-month-old son and inflicting injuries serious enough to require hospitalization, deputies said. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Devin Biri, 28, with felony child abuse...
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Funeral held for teen killed in possible accidental shooting
(Local News ~ 12/14/16)
About 100 people attended Cole Kirkpatrick's funeral Tuesday afternoon at Scott County Central High School, and most of them hugged Kirkpatrick's parents before leaving the service. Kirkpatrick, 19, of Vanduser, Missouri, was killed Thursday by a gunshot wound to the head inflicted by a friend from Sikeston, Missouri. Police say the gunshot might have been accidental...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/14/16)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2016. There are 17 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 14, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson vetoed an immigration measure aimed at preventing "undesirables" and anyone born in the "Asiatic Barred Zone" from entering the U.S. (Congress overrode Wilson's veto in Feb. 1917.)...
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Prayer 12/14/16
(Prayer ~ 12/14/16)
O Father God, grant us discernment that we may do what is right. Amen.
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Couple completes log cabin in memory of dad
(Editorial ~ 12/14/16)
Whether you call it a log cabin, log chapel or something else, what Kim and Earl Bennett have is something special. The couple rebuilt a cabin that was originally built by Kim's great-grandfather in 1901. Her father, Bill Beussink, had begun the reconstruction project in 2009, after he'd been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Earl, who has a construction background, helped with the project. When Beussink died in 2011, the project was put on hold...
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Disconnect between mainstream media, public
(Column ~ 12/14/16)
In a soul-searching interview this week, the executive editor of the influential New York Times made an amazing admission. The news guru said his newspaper underestimated the anxiety of American voters during the Presidential campaign. But then he admitted that media powerhouses like the New York Times and the Washington Post "don't get religion."...
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Arctic sees year of extremes as warming hits overdrive
(National News ~ 12/14/16)
WASHINGTON -- Warming at the top of the world has gone into overdrive, happening twice as fast as the rest of the globe, and extending unnatural heating into fall and winter, according to a new federal report. In its annual Arctic Report Card, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday tallied record after record of high temperatures, low sea ice, shrinking ice sheets and glaciers...
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Wonder Woman dumped as a special U.N. ambassador after uproar
(Entertainment ~ 12/14/16)
NEW YORK -- The comic book heroine Wonder Woman has been fired from her honorary ambassador job at the United Nations after protests from inside and outside the world organization that a white, skimpily dressed American prone to violence wasn't the best role model for girls...
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Oklahoma court tosses abortion law on hospital privileges
(National News ~ 12/14/16)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a law requiring abortion clinics to have doctors with admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, saying efforts to portray the measure as protecting women's health are a "guise." The law would require a doctor with admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles be present for any abortion...
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Prosecutors ask judge to allow Cosby's accusers to testify
(National News ~ 12/14/16)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- Bill Cosby used his fame to gain the trust of women before knocking them out with pills and drinks so he could sexually assault them, prosecutors argued Tuesday as they sought to persuade a judge to allow 13 of his accusers to testify in his upcoming sexual assault trial...
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Man who shot into pizzeria faces federal charges
(National News ~ 12/14/16)
WASHINGTON -- A man inspired by an internet conspiracy theory to fire an assault weapon inside a pizza restaurant warned friends his "raid" could involve killing people, according to court documents made public Tuesday. Edgar Maddison Welch, 28, of Salisbury, North Carolina, has been in jail since the Dec. 4 shooting at Comet Ping Pong, which has been targeted by purveyors and consumers of fake news who spread false rumors it's the site of a child sex-trafficking ring run by prominent Democrats...
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Gov't to require cars be able to talk to each other
(National News ~ 12/14/16)
WASHINGTON -- All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other roadway infrastructure under a rule the Transportation Department proposed Tuesday. Officials said the technology holds the potential to reduce traffic deaths and transform driving...
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Residents of Aleppo share tormented goodbyes online
(International News ~ 12/14/16)
BEIRUT -- First came the distress calls from doctors in underground shelters and morgues. Then residents under relentless bombardment in the few remaining blocks under rebel control in Aleppo began posting emotional goodbyes on social media and in widely circulated messages...
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Fighting ends; rebels to evacuate Aleppo
(International News ~ 12/14/16)
BEIRUT -- Syrian rebels reached a cease-fire deal to evacuate from eastern Aleppo in an effective surrender Tuesday as Russia declared all military action had stopped and the Syrian government had taken control of the former rebel enclave. The developments, which appeared to restore the remainder of what was once Syria's largest city to President Bashar Assad's forces after months of heavy fighting and a siege, followed reports of mass killings by government forces closing in on the final few blocks still held by the rebels.. ...
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Out of the past: Dec. 14
(Out of the Past ~ 12/14/16)
MARQUAND, Mo. -- At the direction of his school board, Marquand-Zion school superintendent Gerald L. Deardorff has sent a $31,237 bill to Gov. John Ashcroft for expenses incurred in asbestos removal; Deardorff asked the state reimburse the district...
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Edgar Stoverink
(Obituary ~ 12/14/16)
LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Edgar Stoverink, 55, of Leopold passed away Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, at his home, surrounded by his family and friends. He was born July 23, 1961, in Cape Girardeau, son of Lawrence Herman and Magdalen Adelheld Hinkebein Stoverink. He and Cori Smith were married April 20, 1996, at the St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold...
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Judge Peter Statler
(Obituary ~ 12/14/16)
Judge Peter Lawrence Statler, 74, of Jackson died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, at his home. Visitation will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Dec. 22 at the Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Dec. 23 at the funeral home. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Bill Patterson
(Obituary ~ 12/14/16)
William "Bill" Walter Patterson, 73, of Cape Girardeau departed this life Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, in his home. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at St. James A.M.E. Church, 516 North St. in Cape Girardeau. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church, with the Rev. Renita Green officiating. Internment will be at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Cletus Menz
(Obituary ~ 12/14/16)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Cletus P. Menz, 84, of New Hamburg passed away Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, at his family home. He was born March 12, 1932, in New Hamburg to the late Leo Jacob and Emeline Josephine Urhahn Menz. He married Dorothy C. Heisserer on April 4, 1959, and she survives of the home...
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Margaret Kruse
(Obituary ~ 12/14/16)
Margaret "Maggie" Cullen Kruse, 91, of Jackson died Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. There will be a memorial service at a later date at New McKendree United Methodist Church in Jackson. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Donald Gaston
(Obituary ~ 12/14/16)
Donald R. Gaston, 70, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, at his home. He was born April 5, 1946, in Mount Vernon, Illinois, to Charles W. and Anna Mae Morton Gaston. He married Laura J. Stein on Sept. 17, 1966. Donald was a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the U.S. ...
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Herbert Brase
(Obituary ~ 12/14/16)
Herb Albert Brase, 95, was born June 5, 1921, at Gordonville and died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, at Willard, Missouri. Much-loved husband of Mildred Irene Wulff Brase; father of Beverly (Jerry) Boehmer of Springfield, Missouri, and Sue (Bob) Zoll of Willard; grandfather of Jill Boehmer Cobb, Bruce Boehmer, Amy Zoll Scott and Lori Zoll; and great-grandfather of 10...
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Jackson police report 12/14/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/14/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Jerry W. Simpkins, 28, of Scott City was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of peace disturbance. n Amelia L. Tillman, 36, of Millersville was arrested on a Bollinger County, Missouri, warrant...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/14/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/14/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Suspects were in custody pending formal charges of unlawful possession of a concealable firearm at South Henderson Avenue and Independence Street...
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Boeing to move defense unit headquarters out of St. Louis
(State News ~ 12/14/16)
ST. LOUIS — Boeing Co. will move the headquarters for its defense unit from St. Louis to the Washington, D.C., area. The move announced Tuesday by Chicago-based Boeing affects about a dozen top executives and some support staff. It will not affect the day-to-day operations for defense workers in St. Louis ...
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Missouri labor union leader seeks to ban right-to-work laws
(State News ~ 12/14/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri labor union leader is proposing to take the battle over so-called right-to-work laws to a vote of the people. Missouri AFL-CIO president Mike Louis has filed several versions of an initiative petition with the secretary of state’s office that would ask voters to amend the constitution to ensure union negotiating rights. ...
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At last minute, Missouri man claims lottery win
(State News ~ 12/14/16)
BRIDGETON, Mo. — The saying, “Better late than never” certainly applies to Hensley Hall Jr. of suburban St. Louis, who claimed a $405,000 Missouri Lottery prize just two days before it expired. The Missouri Lottery said Hall of Bridgeton bought a winning ticket for the Show Me Cash game at a Schnucks Market for the June 6 drawing by matching all five numbers — 11, 13, 32, 33 and 35. Winners have 180 days to claim their prize and this one was due to expire Dec. 3. Hall claimed it Dec. 1...
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Jobs rise, unemployment declines in Missouri
(State News ~ 12/14/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Jobs are on the rise and unemployment continues to decline in Missouri. The state Department of Economic Development on Tuesday announced seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment grew by 1,900 jobs in November. Jobs again hit a record high, with a total of more than 2.8 million in the state. ...
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Texting program launches to combat hunger in St. Louis
(State News ~ 12/14/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Homeless St. Louis youths who are hungry will be just a text message away from a meal under a pilot program a company is planning to launch. Not Impossible Labs LLC, a Venice, California-based company that works to create solutions to social justice issues, plans to launch the six-month pilot program via the youth homeless shelter Covenant House Missouri, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Monsanto shareholders approve Bayer's $57 billion takeover
(State News ~ 12/14/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Monsanto Co. shareholders Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a $57 billion merger with Bayer AG, a deal that would combine two of the world's biggest agricultural companies. But the path toward securing regulatory approval may be rough. Critics say the combination would shrink competition in the agricultural market, drive prices higher for farmers and consumers, and escalate damage to the environment. ...
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Southeast winter commencement set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 12/14/16)
Cybersecurity student JoLynn Hallmark has a job waiting for her when she graduates Saturday from Southeast Missouri State University. Hallmark said graduating in December may have helped her land a job with an information-technology company in St. Louis...
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Man accused of dragging pregnant woman on pavement
(Local News ~ 12/14/16)
Police said a Mound City, Illinois, man ran away after they saw him dragging a pregnant woman by the ankle across the asphalt. The incident happened on Morgan Oak Street in Cape Girardeau, and the man ran when he saw the flash of police lights, according to a probable-cause statement filed in the case by police...
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Jackson hosting hearings on small utility-rate increase
(Local News ~ 12/14/16)
The city of Jackson will hold two public hearings before its next board of aldermen meeting Monday, inviting residents to voice opinions on a small service-utilities rate increase and the abandonment of two small parcels of land. The new utilities are part of the city’s 2017 budget, which will go before the board for approval Monday as well...
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Jackson school board OKs plan to reconfigure grade levels
(Local News ~ 12/14/16)
A plan to reconfigure the grade levels across the Jackson School District was approved at a school-board meeting Tuesday night. The board also approved a bond issue of at least $21.5 million to be on the April ballot to facilitate the realignment. The bond issue would not require a tax-rate increase...
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'Ditto': Family concedes next-door display
(National News ~ 12/14/16)
WESTLAND, Mich. -- A suburban Detroit family conceded it can't match the neighbors' holiday display. Jami Kelly used plywood and a few strings of white lights to form the word "Ditto," with an arrow pointing toward the home next door. The 34-year-old said her family started doing its own light display but realized the creation couldn't compare. She said: "Nothing measures up." Kelly's neighbors have an elaborate display, including reindeer, a large snow globe and a huge bear on the roof...
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