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Defense seeks to suppress statements, identification in fatal shooting of SEMO student
(Local News ~ 12/07/17)
The attorney for an Illinois man charged with murder in the 2015 fatal shooting of a Southeast Missouri State University student in St. Louis wants a judge to suppress statements her client made to law-enforcement officers. The attorney also has asked a judge to suppress two witnesses’ identification of the alleged shooter. The case is scheduled to go to trial Monday in St. Louis...
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Feds ask judge to impose $6.5 million punishment for Cape surgeon
(Local News ~ 12/07/17)
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to order Cape Girardeau neurosurgeon Sonjay Fonn and fiancee Deborah Seeger to pay $6.53 million in penalties and “treble damages” after being convicted of submitting false and fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims...
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Sugarfire Cape barbecue restaurant to open June 2018
(Local News ~ 12/07/17)
Sugarfire Smoke House of St. Louis will open its 11th location next year in Cape Girardeau, according to a company news release. The fast-casual concept restaurant specializes in barbecue, especially brisket, pulled pork and ribs, and will take up a section of the finished shopping center now under construction at 118 Siemers Drive, near Panda Express...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
Today is Thursday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2017. There are 24 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 7, 1941, during a series of raids in the Pacific, Imperial Japan's navy launched a pre-emptive attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing 2,400 people, about half of them on the battleship USS Arizona. (The United States declared war against Japan the next day.)...
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Prayer 12-7-17
(Prayer ~ 12/07/17)
O God, protect those in harm's way and thank you for those who have fought for freedom. Amen.
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Trump and the media
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/07/17)
During the Presidential campaign, candidate Trump never missed an opportunity to condemn the media as the enemy of the people. He repeatedly called journalists liars and deceivers. He did not care that such relentless attacks on journalists exposed them to grave danger...
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Pearl Harbor Day is time to reflect and thank World War II vets
(Editorial ~ 12/07/17)
Many presidents have given speeches that have etched a memory in our hearts and minds forever. The fall of the Berlin Wall is often remembered with President Ronald Reagan's famous line, "Mr. ...
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Remember Pearl Harbor
(Column ~ 12/07/17)
On Dec. 7, 1941, the United States was thrust into World War II by a surprise air attack on U.S. military installations on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. This was a Sunday, and many personnel were away from their duty stations when the attack began at 7:55 a.m. The 6th Pacific Fleet, except for its three aircraft carriers, was in port, and the fleet was so heavily damaged it was questionable when or if the fleet would be ready for war...
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Delta flight makes emergency bathroom stop in Montana
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
BILLINGS, Mont. — A Delta flight from New York City to Seattle had to make a stop in Billings after the plane’s toilets stopped working and passengers couldn’t hold it any longer. The Billings Gazette reported the direct flight diverted hundreds of miles south Saturday to make the emergency bathroom stop. ...
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House kills resolution to impeach Trump
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
WASHINGTON -- The House overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to kill a resolution from a liberal Democratic lawmaker to impeach President Donald Trump as most Democrats joined Republicans in opposing the move. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, said Trump had associated his presidency with causes rooted in bigotry and racism. ...
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China takes exception to Australia's action on foreign interference
(International News ~ 12/07/17)
CANBERRA, Australia -- China scolded Australia on Wednesday over its plan to ban foreign interference in politics -- either through espionage or financial donations -- in a move motivated largely by Russia's alleged involvement in last year's U.S. election and China's growing influence on the global political landscape...
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Legal fight brewing over Manson remains
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The body of murder mastermind Charles Manson was barely cold when competing bids began for his remains and belongings among relatives and longtime associates. Their plans have not been divulged, but some fear they might create a shrine for those who are still fascinated by the man behind the bizarre celebrity slayings that terrorized Los Angeles nearly a half-century ago...
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Women file lawsuit alleging 'Weinstein Sexual Enterprise'
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
NEW YORK -- Six women sued Harvey Weinstein on Wednesday, targeting companies he worked at by likening the "Weinstein Sexual Enterprise" to an organized crime group that relied on film agents, producers and others to lure young women seeking a break in a breakneck industry...
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UnitedHealth ventures deeper into care with nearly $5B deal
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
The nation's biggest health insurer is spending nearly $5 billion to buy hundreds of clinics, just three days after rival Aetna announced a bigger tie up with CVS Health Corp. UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Wednesday it will buy DaVita Medical Group in a deal that extends the reach of its Optum health-care services business to several more states...
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U.S. buzzes B-1B over South Korea in show of force against North
(International News ~ 12/07/17)
SEOUL, South Korea -- The United States flew a B-1B supersonic bomber over South Korea on Wednesday as part of a massive combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes, a clear warning after North Korea last week tested its biggest and most powerful missile yet...
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Russia's Putin announces re-election bid in 2018
(International News ~ 12/07/17)
MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he would seek re-election next year in a race he is poised to win easily, putting him on track to become the nation's longest-serving ruler since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. Putin's approval ratings regularly top 80 percent, making him all but certain to win the March election by a broad margin. ...
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House OKs bill expanding rights of gun owners
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
WASHINGTON -- Republicans passed a bill through the House on Wednesday that would make it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines, the first significant action on guns in Congress since mass shootings in Nevada and Texas killed more than 80 people...
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Generic version of Viagra soon will be available
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
TRENTON, N.J. -- The little blue pill that's helped millions of men in the bedroom is turning white. Drugmaker Pfizer is launching its own cheaper generic version of Viagra rather than lose most sales when the impotence pill gets its first generic competition next week...
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Researchers still find small risk of breast cancer with new hormone contraceptives
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
CHICAGO -- Modern birth-control pills lower in estrogen have fewer side effects than past oral contraceptives. But a large Danish study suggests, like older pills, they still modestly raise the risk of breast cancer, especially with long-term use. Researchers found a similar breast-cancer risk with the progestin-only intrauterine device, and they couldn't rule out a risk for other hormonal contraceptives like the patch and the implant...
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Gene therapy shows promise against blood-clotting disease
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
Gene therapy has freed 10 men from nearly all symptoms of hemophilia for a year so far, in a study that fuels hopes a one-time treatment can give long-lasting help and perhaps even cure the blood disease. Hemophilia almost always strikes males and is caused by lack of a gene that makes a protein needed for blood to clot. Small cuts or bruises can be life-threatening, and many people need treatments once or more a week to prevent serious bleeding...
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Jones seeks women's support in Alabama Senate race
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Democrat Senate candidate Doug Jones drew a line between himself and Republican nominee Roy Moore on Wednesday as he sided with women making sexual misconduct allegations against men of both parties. Sen. Al Franken should resign after being accused of sexual improprieties by multiple women, Jones said in response to a reporter's question, and women accusing Moore of misconduct decades ago likewise deserve to be believed, despite Moore's denials...
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Speculation mounts Sen. Franken will resign
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Al Franken, his political career in shambles amid sexual misconduct allegations, lost the support of his Democratic colleagues Wednesday and faced new pressures to resign over what a fellow senator said was a "clear pattern" of abuse...
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McConnell talks of willingness to compromise with House on tax bill
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday barreled toward the most sweeping rewrite of the tax code in more than three decades as the top Republican senator said he was willing to compromise on a major sticking point for lawmakers from high-tax states such as New York and California...
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Homelessness rises on the West Coast
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
LOS ANGELES -- The nation's homeless population increased this year for the first time since 2010, driven by a surge in the number of people living on the streets in Los Angeles and other West Coast cities. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its annual Point in Time count Wednesday, a report that showed nearly 554,000 homeless people across the country during local tallies conducted in January. That figure is up nearly 1 percent from 2016...
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Blazes erupt in upscale areas of LA
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
LOS ANGELES -- A wildfire erupted in Los Angeles' exclusive Bel-Air section Wednesday as yet another part of Southern California found itself under siege from an outbreak of wind-whipped blazes that have consumed multimillion-dollar houses and tract homes alike...
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Middle East enraged by Trump's decision
(International News ~ 12/07/17)
BEIRUT -- Muslims across the Middle East warned Wednesday of disastrous consequences after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, but in a region more divided than ever, many asked what leaders can do beyond the vehement rhetoric...
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Trump declares Jerusalem Israeli capital
(National News ~ 12/07/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump shattered decades of U.S. neutrality on Jerusalem on Wednesday, declaring the divided holy city as Israel's capital and sparking frustrated Palestinians to cry out he had destroyed already-fragile Mideast hopes for peace...
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Out of the past: Dec. 7
(Out of the Past ~ 12/07/17)
After 40 years and nearly 10,000 road tests, Robert L. Hente, 59, of Cape Girardeau has given his last test as a driver's examiner for the Missouri State Highway Patrol; after taking 30 days leave, he officially will retire Jan. 1 as examiner supervisor at the patrol's Cape Girardeau based license-examination facility...
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Roscoe Shanks
(Obituary ~ 12/07/17)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Roscoe H. Shanks, 93, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Baker Cemetery, with military honors...
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John Rauh
(Obituary ~ 12/07/17)
John Edward Rauh, 77, of Jackson died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Eric Longman officiating. Interment to follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Joyce Harrington
(Obituary ~ 12/07/17)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Joyce Harrington, 81, of Cobden died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, at her home. Arrangements are pending at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, Illinois.
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Anna Bullard
(Obituary ~ 12/07/17)
Anna Mae Bullard, 88, peacefully entered eternal glory Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at the home of her son and grandson in Jackson, where she had resided for several years. She was born July 28, 1929, at Neelys Landing to Fred and Lucille Hitchcock Medlock. She attended school at Oak Hill near Pocahontas and Jackson Senior High School in Jackson. She and Troy Martin Bullard were married June 14, 1947, in Piggott, Arkansas. He preceded her in death Feb. 25, 1975...
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Jackson fire report 12/7/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/07/17)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n Emergency medical service on York Drive. Wednesday n Emergency medical service on Dallas Street. n Citizen assist on Orchard Drive.
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/7/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/07/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in the 1400 block of Whitener Street...
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Dogs and cats living together! Not quite at joint film fest
(Entertainment ~ 12/07/17)
NEW YORK -- The creator of a film festival celebrating dogs has taken a surprising step: cats. But Tracie Hotchner, a pet wellness advocate via books, podcasts and radio shows, isn't going full-on "Ghostbusters" -- "dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!" She's screening a medley of shorts about cats Saturday in New York, then will take her felinefest on the road, followed by her third annual NY Dog Film Festival on Sunday...
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Wounded Arnold officer in stable condition after shooting
(State News ~ 12/07/17)
ARNOLD, Mo. -- A suburban St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head by a handcuffed burglary suspect outside of the police station survived surgery and is in stable condition, authorities said. Arnold police officer Ryan O'Connor, 44, was rushed to St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis County on Tuesday after being shot by Chad Klahs, Jefferson County Sheriff's Captain Gary Higginbotham said. Klahs, 29, apparently fatally shot himself after wounding O'Connor, Higginbotham said...
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Tesla wins legal battle over Missouri licenses to sell cars
(State News ~ 12/07/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Tesla Inc. can continue to sell its electric cars directly to consumers in Missouri after a state appeals court reversed a lower-court ruling that favored a trade group representing car dealers. The Missouri Automobile Association sued the state Department of Revenue in 2015, arguing the agency violated state law by granting licenses allowing Tesla to sell cars directly to customers instead of through a dealership...
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Governor appoints farmers to clean-water board
(State News ~ 12/07/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on Wednesday announced the appointment of three new members to a state board that oversees water pollution, and all of them have ties to agriculture. That gives farm-friendly members a majority on the Clean Water Commission, which is responsible for granting permits to large factory farms, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Vandeven: Greitens never shared his vision for education
(State News ~ 12/07/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Missouri's recently ousted education commissioner, Margie Vandeven, said she had limited contact with Gov. Eric Greitens and his staff and is not aware of anything she did to cause his successful efforts to have her fired last week...
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Cape Girardeau County agenda 12/7/17
(Local News ~ 12/07/17)
Approval of minutes n Minutes of Dec. 4 meeting Communications/ reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Routine business...
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Hubbard Family Lights
(Submitted Story ~ 12/07/17)
Dear Southeast Missourian, I am writing this letter to suggest to you a creative story idea for families. During this holiday season, the Hubbard family is currently putting on a festive, musical light show that supports our local community at their home address (1565 Jennifer Dr Jackson, Missouri). ...
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Thomas L. Meyer Realty, Co. Welcomes New Agent
(Submitted Story ~ 12/07/17)
Thomas L. Meyer Realty, Co. is pleased to welcome Randy E. Morgan of Kennett, Missouri to the team. Morgan graduated from Holcomb High School in 1967 and joined the United States Army on November 4, 1969. He served in Vietnam from June 1970 to June 1971 as a helicopter pilot in the world’s first attack helicopter, the AH-1G “Cobra.”...
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