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Cape gears up for leaf collection
(Local News ~ 09/25/17)
The city of Cape Girardeau collected 770 tons of leaves along city streets last fall and winter. Public works officials estimate a similar amount of leaves will be vacuumed up this season. The city's annual, three-phase leaf pickup program will begin Oct. 2 and run through March 30, said assistant public works director Stan Polivick...
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Former MLB slugger Darryl Strawberry now wants to be known for his faith
(Local News ~ 09/25/17)
Four-time World Series champion Darryl Strawberry delivered sermons at three services over the weekend at La Croix Church in Cape Girardeau. The eight-time Major League Baseball All-Star and ordained Christian minister came to La Croix with a message he hoped would "bring hope -- of who Christ is and what he will do in one's life when we will surrender ourselves to him," Strawberry said...
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Scott City officials, others oppose plan for railroad-tie treatment plant
(Local News ~ 09/25/17)
A plan to open a railroad-tie treatment plant in Scott City has sparked opposition from current and former city officials and even a local developer who believe it would pose an environmental and health risk and come with a bad smell. But officials are uncertain whether they can stop the project legally. The city council has scheduled a special meeting at 7 p.m. today at city hall to discuss the issue...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/25/17)
Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 25, the 268th day of 2017. There are 97 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On September 25, 1957, nine black students who'd been forced to withdraw from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, because of unruly white crowds were escorted to class by members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division...
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The future is now!
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/25/17)
I participated in the formation of the Will Mayfield Heritage Foundation and served as its president for about 10 years. While I am no longer on the foundation board, I've tried to closely follow developments relating to the Museum of Natural History and the Mayfield Cultural Center. The two buildings, which were originally part of the Will Mayfield College, are both owned by the Foundation...
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Library event bonds fathers with daughters
(Editorial ~ 09/25/17)
"It's a girl." Many a men have been presented with that line in the hospital or possibly beforehand in a doctor's office. The news of a healthy newborn is exciting to any man, but adept at activities like hunting and fishing or watching football and baseball, he may initially be confronted with some anxiety: "A girl? Gulp. What do I do with a little girl?"...
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Out of the past: Sept. 25
(Out of the Past ~ 09/25/17)
The wife of Democratic vice-presidential candidate Albert Gore speaks at an afternoon rally on the lawn of the Common Pleas Courthouse. She tells a crowd of 350 people the Clinton-Gore ticket offers America a fresh approach to the problems facing the country...
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Army looks for new ways to address misbehaving generals
(National News ~ 09/25/17)
WASHINGTON -- Struggling with an embarrassing series of misconduct and behavior problems among senior officers, the Army is putting together new mental-health, counseling and career-management programs to shape stronger, more ethical leaders. The programs stem from a broader worry across the military about the need to bolster professionalism within the officer corps while holding accountable those who abuse their power. ...
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'Kingsman: The Golden Circle' dethrones 'It' with $39M debut
(Entertainment ~ 09/25/17)
NEW YORK -- The R-rated spy comedy "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" displaced horror sensation "It" as the No. 1 film in North America, while the second "Lego Movie" spinoff of the year didn't assemble the expected audience. The 20th Century Fox release opened with a weekend-leading $39 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. ...
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Opposition from GOP senators grows, jeopardizes health bill
(National News ~ 09/25/17)
WASHINGTON -- Republican opposition to the GOP health-care bill swelled to near-fatal numbers Sunday as Sen. Susan Collins all but closed the door on supporting the last-ditch effort to scrap the Obama health-care law, and Sen. Ted Cruz said "right now" he doesn't back it...
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Official: Hurricane Maria set Puerto Rico back decades
(International News ~ 09/25/17)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico's nonvoting representative in the U.S. Congress said Sunday that Hurricane Maria's destruction has set the island back decades, even as authorities worked to assess the extent of the damage. "The devastation in Puerto Rico has set us back nearly 20 to 30 years," Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez said. ...
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Gunman opens fire in Nashville church; 1 dead, 7 wounded
(National News ~ 09/25/17)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A masked gunman opened fire at a Nashville church Sunday, walking silently down the aisle as he shot unsuspecting congregants. At least one person was killed and seven others wounded, authorities said. An usher confronted the shooter, who apparently shot himself in the struggle before he was arrested, police said...
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In Mexico City, hopes of finding quake survivors dwindle
(International News ~ 09/25/17)
MEXICO CITY -- Five days after the deadly magnitude-7.1 earthquake, the hulking wreckage of what used to be a seven-story office building is one of the last hopes: one of just two sites left where searchers believe they still may find someone trapped alive in Mexico City...
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President's criticisms spark more protests at NFL games
(National News ~ 09/25/17)
President Donald Trump's criticism of players who kneel during the national anthem sparked a mass increase in such protests around the National Football League Sunday, as about 150 players sat, knelt or raised their fists in defiance during early games...
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Trump signs proclamation restricting travel from 8 countries
(National News ~ 09/25/17)
WASHINGTON -- Citizens of eight countries will face new restrictions on entry to the U.S. under a proclamation signed Sunday by President Donald Trump. The new rules, which will affect the citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen, will go into effect Oct. 18...
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Merkel wins fourth term, but nationalists surge in German vote
(International News ~ 09/25/17)
BERLIN -- Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc won a lackluster victory in Germany's national election Sunday, while the anti-migrant, nationalist Alternative for Germany party managed a triumphant entry into parliament. Merkel's main center-left rivals, the Social Democrats, slid to their worst result since World War II, projections showed. The party, led by Merkel's challenger Martin Schulz, vowed to leave her coalition government and go into opposition...
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Savings from 4-day school week not as great as expected
(State News ~ 09/25/17)
EVERTON, Mo. -- The savings some Missouri school districts hoped for when switching to a four-day week in recent years haven't materialized, but district leaders said other benefits such as improved teacher morale and better student discipline have made the switch worthwhile...
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Inmate wins order forcing Missouri prisons to ban smoking
(State News ~ 09/25/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri prisons have been ordered to eliminate smoking after an asthmatic inmate serving a life sentence for two murders won a court judgment. The Kansas City Star reported Missouri has been ordered to go smoke-free by April 1 because of the lawsuit Ecclesiastical Denzel Washington filed...
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Bannon to conservatives: Fear 'corrupt' GOP establishment
(State News ~ 09/25/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Former White House strategist Steve Bannon told conservatives Sunday at a rally they needn't worry about Democrats but instead should focus on the "corrupt and incompetent Republican establishment." Bannon spoke to about 400 people at a St. Louis hotel during the rally hosted by Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, a spinoff of the conservative think tank Eagle Forum that Schlafly founded and led until her death last year at age 92...
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7 charged with rioting after protest in St. Louis County
(State News ~ 09/25/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Protesters who were arrested at an unruly demonstration at a suburban St. Louis shopping mall were released from jail Sunday amid cheers from demonstrators. An estimated 200 people gathered at the St. Louis County Justice Center on Sunday afternoon, a day after 22 protesters were arrested at the St. Louis Galleria in Richmond Heights...
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Pope's sex abuse advisers also look into children of priests
(National News ~ 09/25/17)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' committee of advisers on protecting children from sexually abusive priests is expanding its workload to include the needs and rights of children fathered by Roman Catholic priests. Committee members said Sunday a working group is looking into developing guidelines that can be used by dioceses around the world to ensure children born to priests are cared for adequately...
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Shark fin bans might not help sharks, scientists say
(National News ~ 09/25/17)
PORTLAND, Maine -- As lawmakers propose banning the sale of shark fins in the U.S., a pair of scientists is pushing back, saying the effort might harm attempts to conserve the marine predators. Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey introduced a bill this year designed to prevent people from possessing or selling shark fins in America, much to the delight of conservation groups such as Oceana...
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Weiner faces sentencing in latest chapter of sexting drama
(National News ~ 09/25/17)
NEW YORK -- It seemed as if Anthony Weiner had hit rock-bottom when he resigned from Congress in 2011. "Bye-bye, pervert!" one heckler shouted as the Democrat quit amid revelations he had sent graphic pictures of himself to women on social media. Time has shown his self-destructive drama had only just begun...
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Businesses forced to deal with drug abuse
(Business ~ 09/25/17)
NEW YORK -- After a troubled youth, Phillip Cohen made it a practice to hire people at his woodworking business who also have struggled with addiction and mental-health issues. But when an employee died from a drug overdose, he adopted a zero-tolerance policy...
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People on the move 9/25/2017
(Business ~ 09/25/17)
Saint Francis Healthcare System named Kristen Conrad to be manager for system scheduling and authorization and referrals. In her new role, Conrad will oversee scheduling, service authorization, referral-coordination services, online scheduling through MyChart and pre-service cash collections across the Healthcare System...
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Google buys HTC's Pixel team in $1.1B bet on devices
(Business ~ 09/25/17)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google is biting off a big piece of device manufacturer HTC for $1.1 billion to expand its efforts to build phones, speakers and other gadgets equipped with its arsenal of digital services. It's buying the HTC engineering team that built the Pixel smartphone for Google in a cash deal, the companies said in a joint statement Thursday...
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Planet Fitness seeks to provide 'affordable, high quality' service
(Business ~ 09/25/17)
Planet Fitness believes its business model will prove a success in Cape Girardeau. The nationally known fitness company, which recently announced plans to set up a fitness center in the Town Plaza Shopping Center, has released some more details. The fitness club will be housed in 22,000 square feet, formerly occupied by Hastings, an entertainment-retail chain...
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Nest Labs adds doorbell that can recognize familiar faces
(Business ~ 09/25/17)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Home device maker Nest Labs is adding Google's facial-recognition technology to a camera-equipped doorbell and rolling out a security system in an attempt to end its history of losses. The products announced Wednesday expand upon the internet-connected thermostats, smoke detectors and stand-alone security cameras Nest has been selling since its inception six years ago...
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Raccoon jumps on police van, takes a ride
(National News ~ 09/25/17)
DENVER -- A Colorado Springs police officer heading to an accident in a van got a surprise when a raccoon jumped onto the front windshield of the vehicle and stayed there until the officer pulled over. Officer Chris Frabbiele was going to an accident when the raccoon landed on his windshield late Wednesday. Police spokesman Lt. Howard Black said the raccoon hopped off the van after Frabbiele pulled over and stopped...
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Segregation continues in U.S. schools 60 years after Little Rock
(National News ~ 09/25/17)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Among the most lasting and indelible images of the civil-rights movement were the nine black teenagers who had to be escorted by federal troops past an angry white mob and through the doors of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sept. 25, 1957...
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Smithsonian's black history museum popular destination in D.C.
(National News ~ 09/25/17)
WASHINGTON -- In its first year, the Smithsonian's new black museum has become the nation's top temple to blackness, an Afrocentric shrine on the National Mall where people of all races, colors and creed are flocking to experience -- and leave behind for posterity -- the highs and lows of African-American life in the United States...
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Laverne Dean
(Obituary ~ 09/25/17)
Laverne M. Dean, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/25/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/25/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A juvenile was taken into custody on suspicion of domestic assault at 156 Bristle Ridge. n Jason Andrew Ponder, no age given, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for probation violation...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 9/25/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/25/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday. n Medical assists were made at 12:37 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 1:37 p.m. on Oak Hills Drive; 5:40 p.m. on North Kingshighway; 9:16 p.m. on Mimosa Street; and 9:45 p.m. on West Lorimier Street...
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Some of earliest U.S. landscape photos coming to New Orleans
(National News ~ 09/25/17)
NEW ORLEANS -- Some of the oldest daguerreotypes and photographs of U.S. landscapes are about to go on display in New Orleans, as part of the first exhibit and study of such landscapes made east of the Mississippi River. Photographs of vast, unspoiled Western vistas are well known, many of them from federal land surveys after the Civil War. ...
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Prayer 9/25/17
(Prayer ~ 09/25/17)
O Lord God, may we follow your precepts and praise you always. Amen.
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Edgar Burroughs
(Obituary ~ 09/25/17)
Edgar Herbert Burroughs, 72, of Jackson died Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, at Monticello House. He was born Sept. 21, 1945, in Frohna, Missouri, to Albert Carl and Elda Rosa Perr Burroughs. He attended Perryville High School and served in the National Guard...
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