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Panel wants end to crime query on job applications
(State News ~ 05/12/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Public and private employers in Columbia would be barred from putting questions about job seekers' criminal backgrounds on applications under a proposal from a study group that says the questions mean automatic rejection for many ex-offenders...
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New findings from Callaway County battlefield
(State News ~ 05/12/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A drive down Route JJ from Calwood to Fulton in Callaway County passes quiet meadows and woods that last year gave up ample evidence of a violent, noisy past. Nearly 200 artifacts of battle, ranging from unfired bullets to coat buttons, were uncovered in a comprehensive archaeological survey that employed metal detectors, GPS equipment and dozens of volunteers. ...
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States target bad faith over patent-infringement claims
(State News ~ 05/12/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Companies accused of abusing patent claims to seek fees and settlements are themselves becoming a target as states across the U.S. take aim against what some call "patent trolls." Missouri lawmakers are the latest to address the issue, recently approving legislation barring letters and emails that claim in bad faith a patent has been infringed. The measure would allow those who have been targeted to sue...
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Missouri lawmakers considers Tesla sales ban
(State News ~ 05/12/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Electric carmaker Tesla Motors is decrying a last-minute legislative move to prohibit direct car sales to Missouri consumers in a battle playing out in several states between the California company and traditional car dealers. Missouri lawmakers added new wording to a pending bill last week that would bar auto manufacturers from circumventing car dealerships and selling directly to buyers, the St. ...
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Orrick, Mo., cleans up after EF2 tornado
(State News ~ 05/12/14)
ORRICK, Mo. -- Residents in a small northwest Missouri town that took a direct hit from an EF2 tornado were busy Sunday assessing damage and rescheduling events, such as next week's high school graduation. The tornado Saturday evening in Orrick yanked roofs off homes and other buildings and also ripped up trees and power lines. No injuries were reported amid the widespread damage. The town of about 800 residents is about 25 miles northeast of Kansas City...
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Rural Missouri nurses: 'We're like a mini ER up here'
(State News ~ 05/12/14)
MONROE CITY, Mo. -- A patient walks into Hannibal Clinic's Monroe City location complaining of chest pains. When initial assessment shows the patient is having a heart attack, staff call 911 and quickly work to stabilize the man until the ambulance arrives...
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At 94, man has never put down his brush
(State News ~ 05/12/14)
ST. LOUIS -- It's an unlikely setting for an art show: a fourth-floor one-bedroom display apartment at the Park Pacific building on 13th Street. On a recent afternoon, its walls were covered with paintings and its rooms filled with people enjoying refreshments, examining the work and waiting to chat with the artist...
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Man arrested for beating woman with horseshoe, dousing with gasoline
(Local News ~ 05/12/14)
PUXICO, Mo. -- A Puxico man is behind bars after being accused of beating a woman in the head with a horseshoe and dousing her with gasoline. Donald Wilson, 41, has been charged with felony second-degree domestic assault and felony armed criminal action. The charges against him stem from an incident that occurred April 2...
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Mother's Day at the Lazy L Safari Park
(Local News ~ 05/12/14)
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com ABOVE: Matt and Jilana Underwood with their son, Evan, of Jackson enjoy a close encounter with African pygmy goats while on a Mother's Day visit to Lazy L Safari Park on Sunday near Cape Girardeau. ...
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Busch scion's new beer circulating in region
(Business ~ 05/12/14)
Six years ago in July, Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. of St. Louis was acquired by Belgium-based brewing company InBev for $52 billion, creating a new company named Anheuser-Busch InBev. About 2 1/2 years ago, Billy Busch of the Busch beer-brewing family chose to continue the clan's 150-year-old legacy by starting the William K. Busch Brewing Co., creating a new American lager...
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Mo. budget spends more despite flat revenue
(State News ~ 05/12/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri tax revenue has been falling in recent months. Yet spending is on the rise in the Missouri Legislature. The 2015 budget, which won final legislative approval last week, includes hundreds of spending increases for everything from schools to prisons. There's new money for iPads, heart defibrillators, buildings and the eradication of pesky fish...
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Business owners wonder what proposed improvement district might do to, for them
(Local News ~ 05/12/14)
Although it's a project that's been in the works since 2011, the creation of a downtown community improvement district still raises questions for local business- and property owners. The idea to create the district goes back even further. It was proposed as one of the goals of the Downtown Strategic Plan created through the DREAM Initiative in 2009...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team drops finale of OVC regular season
(College Sports ~ 05/12/14)
The Golden Eagles erupted for 10 runs in the eighth inning of Sunday's 21-10 win
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Cape Girardeau School Board receives state award
(Local News ~ 05/12/14)
For the second year running, the Cape Girardeau School Board has earned the Governance Team Award from the Missouri School Boards' Association. The recognition, formerly known as the Leadership Team Award, allows the Missouri School Boards' Association to recognize school boards and their superintendents for commitment to improvement through ongoing professional development, regional and statewide leadership and participation in legislative advocacy for public schools and the students they serve, according to the association's website.. ...
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End of a perfect day at Castor River
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/12/14)
Our daughter and family from WI, along with our other daughter from Cape, and my husband and I, spent the day at Castor River this past April 25th. The kids played in the water all day til setting of the sun.
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Mrs. Williams First Grade
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/12/14)
I took this picture of my daughter, Debbie Williams and her first grade class of Cape Christian School. She and several parents took the class to Malden to the Bootheel Youth Museum. The firetruck was one of many adventures they had while there.
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Posing for Gramma K
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/12/14)
While shopping with my daughter, and my granddaughter I took their children, who is my great-granddaughter and my grandson out to the foyer of the store and took pictures of them while they posed. Noah is number 13 out of 10 brothers and 2 sisters. Natalie. who is 5 is the niece of Noah who is 8...
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Authors' reading
(Submitted Story ~ 05/12/14)
If you enjoy hearing writers read from their work, the Cape River Heritage Museum at 538 Independence is sponsoring such an event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 16. I'll be reading from my novel, "The Byrds of Victory," along with Bill and Sharon Hopkins, Carl Armstrong, Bonnie Stepenoff, John and Carol Fisher and Pat Nelson...
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Spring snowstorm hits Rockies, threatens Plains
(National News ~ 05/12/14)
DENVER -- A powerful spring storm dropped more than a foot of sloppy, wet snow in parts of Colorado and Wyoming on Mother's Day, and forecasters warned that instability before the cold front created conditions ripe for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in the Plains states...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/12/14)
Today is Monday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2014. There are 233 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift...
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Street crime task force will help region
(Editorial ~ 05/12/14)
Several participating police departments and agencies have united in an effort to curb transient crime. Cape Girardeau Police are involved in the Southeast Missouri Street Crimes Task Force, which is simply a cooperative effort between police in different communities to nab criminals who may dart from one community to the next to avoid police. The first organized bust netted 16 arrests, including several for felony drug violations...
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Missouri is over represented
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/12/14)
The Missouri House has 163 members. I think about half that many would be better. First, taxpayers would save millions. Second, each year many bills are filed, debated and sometimes passed that are little more than political statements. For example, those that seek to override federal laws or those who seek to impeach the governor over partisan issues...
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Nixon correct to veto tax cut bill
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/12/14)
Our state has one of the lowest individual tax rates in the country. If economic growth were to follow as espoused by supporters of the tax cut, we would already be booming! The legislature reduced the rate from 6 percent to 5.5 percent. When fully implemented, it reduces state income by around $600 million a year. ...
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Rebounding NBC adding 12 new series next season
(Entertainment ~ 05/12/14)
NEW YORK -- NBC, which rebounded this season from a stubborn ratings slump, will try to build on its gains with a dozen new series that include dramas starring Debra Messing and Katherine Heigl and a pair of comedies produced by Will Ferrell. In the 2014-2015 schedule announced Sunday before its New York presentation to advertisers, NBC also said it will move its freshman series "The Blacklist" to Thursday starting in February -- surrendering for now its failed effort to bring a "must-see TV" comedy block back to the night.. ...
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Births 5/12/14
(Births ~ 05/12/14)
Daughter to Sam Houston and Kimberly Jean Penny of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 10:31 p.m. Monday, May 5, 2014. Name, Olivia Jean. Weight, 6 pounds, 8 ounces. First child. Mrs. Penny is the former Kimberly Keltie, daughter of Jon and Denise Keltie of Cape Girardeau. She is a registered nurse at Saint Francis. Penny is the son of Steve and Shelly Penny of Cape Girardeau. He is a first assistant-print at Mondi...
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Leona Propst
(Obituary ~ 05/12/14)
Leona T. Propst, 78, died May 10, 2014, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are pending at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri.
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Out of the past 5/12/14
(Out of the Past ~ 05/12/14)
Breaking Cape Girardeau municipal laws could get a little more costly; the City Council is considering a measure that would assess a $2 court cost on each individual found guilty of violating municipal codes. Bollinger County was found to be in violation of federal labor laws after a meeting this week with an officer from the U.S. ...
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James Davis
(Obituary ~ 05/12/14)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- James D. Davis, 93, of Mound City died Saturday, May 10, 2014. He was born Feb. 21, 1921 in Arlington, Kentucky, the son of Johnnie and Mary Hutson Davis. He married Sarah Koen on June 7, 1942. She preceded him in death Sept. 9, 2012...
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New EPA standards would kill Missouri jobs
(Column ~ 05/12/14)
Nothing kills jobs faster than a Washington regulation. Since my election to Congress last June, I have fought unnecessary and intrusive Washington regulations that are out of step with our rural way of life in Missouri's 8th Congressional District. ...
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Armed men in eastern Ukraine open fire on crowd
(International News ~ 05/12/14)
KRASNOARMEISK, Ukraine -- Armed men identified as Ukrainian national guard opened fire Sunday on a crowd outside a town hall in eastern Ukraine, and an official for the region's insurgents said there were fatalities. The bloodshed in the town of Krasnoarmeisk occurred hours after dozens of armed men shut down voting in a referendum on sovereignty for the region. One of them identified the group as being national guardsmen...
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Abducted Nigerian girl scared to go back to school
(International News ~ 05/12/14)
BAUCHI, Nigeria -- One of the teenagers who escaped from Islamic extremists who abducted more than 300 schoolgirls says the kidnapping was "too terrifying for words," and she is now scared to go back to school. Sarah Lawan, a 19-year-old science student, spoke Sunday as Nigerians prayed for the safety of the 276 students still held captive. Their prayers were joined by Pope Francis...
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Coaches, pilot remembered after Friday balloon crash
(National News ~ 05/12/14)
RICHMOND, Va. -- One was the constant in Richmond women's basketball, the beloved assistant coach who had been on staff for 15 seasons, remaining through two coaching changes. The other was hardly out of college, always cheerful and willing to help...
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Police add texting to crisis negotiation arsenal
(National News ~ 05/12/14)
The suspect in a gas station robbery and 100 mph chase kept pointing his handgun to his head, and police negotiator Andres Wells was doing all he could to keep the man from committing suicide. But he kept cutting Wells' phone calls short. Then, about 10 minutes after the last hang up, Wells' cellphone chimed. It was a text -- from the suspect...
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Federal gov't failed to inspect higher risk oil wells
(National News ~ 05/12/14)
WASHINGTON -- The government has failed to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells it considers potentially high risks for water contamination and other environmental damage, congressional investigators say. The report, obtained by The Associated Press before its public release, highlights substantial gaps in oversight by the agency that manages oil and gas development on federal and Indian lands...
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Airlines ask Congress to roll back airfare rule
(Business ~ 05/12/14)
Airlines tried and failed to block a federal rule making them tell passengers up front the full cost of airfare, including government taxes and fees. So they're trying another route, asking Congress to do what the Obama administration and the courts refused to do: roll back the law...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/12/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/12/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department has released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Assault...
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McDonald's begins tests of seasoned french fries
(Business ~ 05/12/14)
NEW YORK -- McDonald's says it has started testing seasoned french fries at select U.S. locations, including St. Louis. The world's biggest hamburger chain says the test of its "Shakin' Flavor Fries" will take place at restaurants in northern California and St. Louis. Customers will be able to choose garlic Parmesan, spicy Buffalo or zesty ranch flavors...
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Genetically modified foods confuse consumers
(Business ~ 05/12/14)
WASHINGTON -- Genetically modified foods have been around for years, but most Americans have no idea whether they are eating them. The Food and Drug Administration says they don't need to be labeled, so the state of Vermont has moved forward on its own. On Thursday, Gov. Peter Shumlin signed legislation making his state the first to require labeling of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs...
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People on the Move 5/12/14
(Business ~ 05/12/14)
Judge Gary Kamp, Cape Girardeau County Associate Circuit Judge, Division III, was elected vice president of the Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges during its recent 99th annual meeting and conference in Lake Ozark, Missouri...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 5/12/14
(Local News ~ 05/12/14)
Administrative Office Building 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. Monday Open session Communications/reports, other elected officials Public comments Routine business Appointments and possible action item Action items Discussion and possible action...
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Rams provide Sam with ideal conditions for success
(Professional Sports ~ 05/12/14)
St. Louis has a low-distraction atmosphere, supportive fan base and former teammates to help the former MU standout adapt
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Cards escape jam, avoid series sweep by Pirates
(Professional Sports ~ 05/12/14)
Associated Press PITTSBURGH -- Trevor Rosenthal didn't panic and neither did his manager, Mike Matheny. Rosenthal, the St. Louis Cardinals' closer, got into a major ninth-inning jam, allowed the Pittsburgh Pirates to draw within a run and then load the bases with none out. It seemed the Pirates, who lead the major leagues with five walk-off victories, were on the verge of doing it again...
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Sam welcomes challenge of playing in NFL
(Professional Sports ~ 05/12/14)
We'll know what kind of football player the St. Louis Rams got with the 249th pick in the draft soon enough. We already know what kind of man they got in Michael Sam. Anyone who watched him break into tears getting the phone call and expected only gratitude to spill out was in for a surprise. ...
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Business Notebook: State hosting open houses on deer management
(Business ~ 05/12/14)
The Missouri Department of Conservation will hold open houses in June and July throughout the state to discuss white-tailed deer management with residents. The meetings will be from 3 to 8 p.m. and will use an open-house format. People can visit booths that focus on the history of deer management in Missouri, the state's new deer management plan, possible regulation changes, hunter retention and recruitment, public comments received so far, and other issues related to deer management, according to a news release from the MDC.. ...
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Prayer 5/12/14
(Prayer ~ 05/12/14)
O Father God, may the words we speak honor and give praise to you. Amen.
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Out of the past 5/12/14
(Out of the Past ~ 05/12/14)
Breaking Cape Girardeau municipal laws could get a little more costly; the City Council is considering a measure that would assess a $2 court cost on each individual found guilty of violating municipal codes. Bollinger County was found to be in violation of federal labor laws after a meeting this week with an officer from the U.S. ...
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