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Palin PAC raises $460K in first half of year; expenditures include donation to Smith campaign
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Sarah Palin's political action committee brought in just over $460,000 during the first half of 2013, well short of its fundraising totals for the same period in previous years. Campaign finance disclosures show Palin's SarahPAC ended June with about $1.1 million available...
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Ex-Carter County collector accused of theft
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
VAN BUREN, Mo. -- A former Southeast Missouri county collector is facing felony charges of stealing. Carter County prosecutor Rocky Kingree on Tuesday filed stealing charges against 39-year-old Jennifer Clark-Williams of Van Buren. She resigned as Carter County collector in October after authorities discovered that more than $5,000 was missing from county coffers...
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Police warn of possible phone scam
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department is warning residents of a possible phone scam. According to an email from public information officer Darin Hickey, someone identifying himself as a Medicare representative is calling their Social Security numbers and bank accounts to verify account information...
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Arkansas man who pleaded guilty to running down joggers files appeal
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
An Arkansas man who pleaded guilty to running down a group of joggers in downtown Cape Girardeau has filed an appeal in his case, online court records show. Vincent Anderson, 19, of Little Rock, Ark., was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree assault for an Oct. 28 attack in which he was accused of driving a stolen 1994 Ford Thunderbird into a group of joggers at the intersection of Aquamsi and William streets...
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Alma Schrader to hold clothing exchange
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
Alma Schrader Elementary School will host a clothing exchange for gently used, dress-code compliant clothes for children from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Participants may sell any Cape Girardeau School District 2013-2014 dress-code-approved clothing item, according to a news release issued by Alma Schrader. ...
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Resting by the riverside Tuesday
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Fog rolls in along the Mississippi River as Albert Ray takes shelter from the rain during his daily walk to the Red Star Access on Tuesday in Cape Girardeau. Ray walks to the access from his house three to four times a day for exercise, and also fishes for catfish with his family there....
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Officials visit Southeast Missouri Port Authority
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
Members of the Jefferson County, Mo., Council and Port Authority joined members of the Missouri Ports Issue Development Committee for a rainy Tuesday bus tour visiting Missouri Bootheel ports to get some inspiration for their potential port. Dan Overbey, executive director of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority, shared the historic ups and downs of the journey to the self-supporting port that operates in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties...
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Bradley Manning acquitted of aiding the enemy
(National News ~ 07/31/13)
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy -- the most serious charge he faced -- but was convicted of espionage, theft and other charges Tuesday, more than three years after he spilled secrets to WikiLeaks...
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Judge orders fitness evaluation for kidnapping suspect
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- An Anna, Ill., woman accused of kidnapping an infant will undergo an evaluation for fitness to stand trial after a Union County circuit judge ruled there is "bona fide doubt" about her ability to assist in her own defense. Karen Nichols, 44, faces felony charges of aggravated kidnapping of a child younger than 13, armed robbery and aggravated unlawful restraint...
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Jackson soon will begin construction of grade school
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
Major construction work on a seventh elementary building in the Jackson School District could begin within a few months, now that general contracting bids are in the hands of school officials. The school board is expected to choose a general contractor for the voter-approved project during its Aug. 13 meeting, superintendent Ron Anderson said...
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Mild summer keeps ozone levels low
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
The unusually cool July has had benefits beyond what the skin can feel. In Southeast Missouri, it has delivered relief to everyone who is watching ozone levels, from business leaders to environmentalists. Southeast Missouri, with ozone monitors in Perry and Ste. ...
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Molina expected to go on DL
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/13)
PITTSBURGH -- Falling out of first place and an anemic offense are hardly the biggest problems for the St. Louis Cardinals at the moment. Now, they've got to find a way to stay in a playoff race without franchise cornerstone Yadier Molina. The All-Star catcher left with a sprained right knee after the third inning of a 6-0 loss to Pittsburgh in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday night. ...
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COMEBACK KID: Jackson's Paden Wachter is 2013 All-Missourian track and field athlete of the year
(High School Sports ~ 07/31/13)
Paden Wachter remembers the feeling, and the look from her father. But it wasn't the one from her recent storybook finish to her high school career in Jefferson City, Mo. The one that included the euphoria of winning the Class 4 state championship in the discus in May as a senior in front of her proud father, who was serving in his last official duties as the head track and field coach at Jackson High School...
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Summer Sunset
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/31/13)
nice sunset one hot summer day
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Cardinals' losing streak at seven
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/13)
PITTSBURGH -- Russell Martin drove home Neal Walker with the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Wednesday night. Martin's sharp grounder off Trevor Rosenthal (1-2) rolled into left field, giving Walker enough time to score from second. The Pirates' fourth straight win over the Cardinals gave Pittsburgh a 2½-game lead in the NL Central.
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ROXANNE TILLMAN Named Employee of the Month
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/31/13)
Roxanne Tillman, Clinical Casework Assistant II for the Missouri Veterans Home -- Cape Girardeau, was selected as the July 2013 Missouri Veterans Commission Employee of the Month. She is shown here accepting a plaque from Bryan Hunt, Deputy Director of the Commission...
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SMSC Lightning Wins Gold at Intl Disney Cup
(Submitted Story ~ 07/31/13)
Lightning Win Disney Cup International!!!! July 20. 2013 With an amazing display of skill...and will, the SMSC Lightning U14 girls soccer team captured the Championship Gold Medal at the Disney Cup International Tournament in Orlando, Florida. Playing with only 12 players (1 substitute), the Lightning won five games in six days, including victories over a pair of teams from foreign countries...
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4 injured when car crashes into KC day care
(State News ~ 07/31/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A car came crashing into a Kansas City day care center Tuesday when a sport utility vehicle rear-ended a parked Cadillac, injuring the SUV's driver and three children, police said. The Cadillac was parked and had no driver when the Range Rover rear-ended it, pushing it into the day care and trapping two children under the Cadillac. ...
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Blueway opponents push for end to federal program
(State News ~ 07/31/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Pressure is mounting among Missouri lawmakers and landowners to end a federal program that recognizes conservation and recreation efforts along waterways. Pushback to the National Blueway program began after the 700-mile-plus White River, which flows through southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, was made part of the program in January. ...
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Missouri House speaker: Tax veto override 'uphill battle'
(State News ~ 07/31/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican House speaker said Tuesday that getting enough votes to override Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of a tax cut measure is an "uphill battle," while Nixon said lawmakers can't support the tax bill and investments in the state's mental health hospital...
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Capahas suffer first series loss
(Community Sports ~ 07/31/13)
Southeast Missourian The Plaza Tire Capahas finally had their magic interrupted at the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan. Plaza Tire, after needing 13 innings and 14 innings to win their first two games in the 79th annual 32-team, double-elimination event, suffered their first tournament loss Tuesday...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/31/13)
Today is Wednesday, July 31, the 212th day of 2013. There are 153 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 31, 1777, the Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman, was made a major-general in the American Continental Army...
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U.S. a limbo for Nazi suspects ordered to leave
(National News ~ 07/31/13)
MINNEAPOLIS -- At least 10 suspected Nazi war criminals ordered deported by the United States never left the country, according to an Associated Press review of Justice Department data -- and four are living in the United States today. All remained eligible for public benefits such as Social Security until they exhausted appeals, and in one case even beyond...
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Syrian war takes center stage on Ramadan TV series
(International News ~ 07/31/13)
BEIRUT -- Blasts echo in the distance as two longtime friends and neighbors sit along a narrow street in old Damascus chatting about Syria, when one of them calls the civil war raging in their home country a "crisis." "It is called a revolution!" the other shouts. "If you are one of those who believe in a foreign conspiracy, then move away from here," roars the man, whose son has been detained by regime forces for nine months for taking part in pro-democracy protests...
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Israelis and Palestinians meet in new U.S. push for peace
(National News ~ 07/31/13)
WASHINGTON -- Israeli and Palestinians negotiators sat down together in Washington on Tuesday, as the Obama administration's third bid to relaunch stalled Mideast peace talks entered its second day. A senior U.S. official said the two sides met at the State Department without American mediators following a Monday dinner hosted by Secretary of State John Kerry that they all attended...
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New EPA chief: Climate controls will help economy
(National News ~ 07/31/13)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's top environmental official wasted no time Tuesday taking on opponents of the administration's plan to crack down on global warming pollution. In her first speech as the head of EPA, Gina McCarthy told an audience gathered at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass., that curbing climate-altering pollution will spark business innovation, grow jobs and strengthen the economy. ...
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Better economic growth likely to follow weak second quarter
(National News ~ 07/31/13)
WASHINGTON -- The economy is expected to have grown at a dismal pace in the April-June quarter, weighed down by large tax increases and steep government spending cuts. But the second quarter should be the low point for the year, economists say. The fiscal drag is expected to fade. At the same time, steady hiring, more business spending and a solid recovery in housing should push growth higher in the second half of the year...
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Viola McNew
(Obituary ~ 07/31/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Viola McNew, 94, of Perryville died Sunday, July 28, 2013, at St. Vincent Hospice in Indianapolis. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Home Cemetery, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville is in charge of arrangements...
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Out of the past 7/31/13
(Out of the Past ~ 07/31/13)
Dr. Andrew L. Pratt has been selected by the Missouri Baptist Convention to succeeds Dr. Thomas S. Messer as director of the Baptist Student Center and professor of the chair of Bible at Southeast Missouri State University. ADVANCE, Mo. -- Bishop John J. ...
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Jackson fire report 7/31/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/31/13)
*** Jackson The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday: * Emergency medical service on West Adams Street. * Emergency medical service on Indian Parkway.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 7/31/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/31/13)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/31/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/31/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summons Burglaries Thefts Property damage Miscellaneous...
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Bus on Bieber tour in border pot bust
(Entertainment ~ 07/31/13)
DETROIT -- U.S. border agents say they found marijuana on a bus with singer Justin Bieber's tour as it crossed into Detroit from Windsor, Canada. The Detroit Free Press (http://on.freep.com/18O0eS3 ) reports that U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Ken Hammond confirms the bus was stopped Sunday as it attempted to enter the U.S. on the Ambassador Bridge...
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Kids' network launches online hunt for host
(Entertainment ~ 07/31/13)
NEW YORK (AP) -- If you want to speak to thousands of preschoolers in the morning without worrying about fixing breakfast or calming tantrums, the Sprout TV network is offering an opportunity. The cable network that tries to reach young children launched an online search Tuesday for someone to help host "The Sunny Side Up Show," its three-hour morning show. ...
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The CW to introduce The Flash on ‘Arrow' season 2
(Entertainment ~ 07/31/13)
Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The upcoming season of The CW's "Arrow" is getting some flash, as in the popular DC comic book character, the network announced at Tuesday's annual Television Critics Association press tour. "We plan to introduce a recurring character and the origin story of Dr. ...
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Egypt's Morsi doing ‘well' according to EU's top diplomat
(International News ~ 07/31/13)
CAIRO -- Egypt's detained ex-president is well and keeping up to date with developments through news media, the top EU diplomat said Monday after she made the first visit since a military coup deposed him July 3. Catherine Ashton of the European Union told reporters she had a long late-night meeting with Morsi. She said she saw the facility where he is being held but did not know where it is...
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Spain investigators say train driver was on phone
(International News ~ 07/31/13)
MADRID -- The driver was on the phone with a colleague and apparently looking at a document as his train barreled ahead at 95 mph -- almost twice the speed limit. Suddenly, a notorious curve was upon him. He hit the brakes too late. The train, carrying 218 passengers in eight carriages, hurtled off the tracks and slammed into a concrete wall, killing 79 people...
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Investors look to Fed for clues on rates
(National News ~ 07/31/13)
WASHINGTON -- When the Federal Reserve offers its latest word on interest rates this week, few think it will telegraph the one thing investors have been most eager to know: When it will slow its bond purchases, which have kept long-term borrowing rates low...
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Sales-tax holiday
(Editorial ~ 07/31/13)
Shoppers looking for good deals on back-to-school items will be out this weekend for Missouri's sales-tax holiday. Beginning Friday and continuing through Sunday, many items will be exempt from city, county and state sales taxes. Purchases include clothing of no more than $100, school supplies of $50 or less and personal computers of no more than $3,500. For a full list of eligible items, check out the sidebar from Monday's paper online at semissourian.com/story/1989774.html...
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Giving taxpayers a greater voice
(Column ~ 07/31/13)
With all due respect, I don't think Congress or especially this administration fully understands the tax debate. Though it's far from my favorite expenditure, I don't mind paying my fair share of the tax burden. What I often resent is the way my tax dollars are spent...
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Prayer 7-31
(Prayer ~ 07/31/13)
Lord God, may we not lean on ourselves but on you and your enduring promises. Amen.
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A blazer
(Local News ~ 07/31/13)
ADAM VOGLER ~ avogler@semissourian.com A Cape Girardeau firefighter pauses to put on his gear as flames pour from the engine of pickup truck Tuesday afternoon at The Crossroads of Cape Girardeau shopping center. The truck was unoccupied, and no one was injured in the blaze....
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Speak Out 7/31/13
(Speak Out ~ 07/31/13)
When I saw in the paper that two of the beaches at Lake Wappapello were closed due to budget cuts, I was really upset. Our president runs around all over the country promoting himself mostly and acting like all of the bad things in Washington have nothing to do with him. ...
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Wilma Carter
(Obituary ~ 07/31/13)
Wilma "Dean" Carter, 92, of the Lutheran Home passed from this life to heaven Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at Southeast Hospital, surrounded by loved ones. Dean was born July 8, 1921, in Hannibal, Mo., to Lloyd L. and Elizabeth Herl Hewett. She graduated from Hannibal High School and attended Gem City Business College in Quincy, Ill. ...
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Johnson's injury not as severe as first feared
(College Sports ~ 07/31/13)
By MARTY MISHOW ~ Southeast Missourian The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team has dodged a major bullet. Junior forward Nino Johnson, one of the squad's key players, was feared to have suffered a torn ACL during a pickup game with teammates over the weekend...
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MLB tells union which players it plans to suspend
(Professional Sports ~ 07/31/13)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Major League Baseball has told the union which players it intends to suspend in its drug investigation and which ones will receive lengthier penalties for their roles in the Biogenesis case, two people familiar with the talks told The Associated Press...
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