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Suspect in May shooting pleads guilty
(Local News ~ 09/28/15)
A suspect in a May shooting in Cape Girardeau pleaded guilty Monday. Dante Criddle entered guilty pleas on one count each of first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Judge Benjamin Lewis followed the state's recommendation in sentencing Criddle to seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on the assault charge and three years on the armed criminal action charge to run consecutively...
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Asians to become largest U.S. immigrant group by 2055
(National News ~ 09/28/15)
WASHINGTON -- In a major shift in immigration patterns over the next 50 years, Asians will have surged past Hispanics to become the largest group of immigrants heading to the United States, according to estimates in a new study of immigration patterns...
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Pope meets with sex-abuse victims, wraps U.S. visit
(National News ~ 09/28/15)
PHILADELPHIA -- Pope Francis urged hundreds of thousands of the faithful gathered Sunday for the biggest event of his U.S. visit to be open to "miracles of love," closing out his joyful six-day trip with a message of hope for families, consolation for victims of child sexual abuse and a warning to America's bishops...
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Fore! Downtown tourney is just for fun and fundraising
(Local News ~ 09/28/15)
About 50 people teed off downtown Sunday afternoon to raise money for the Red House Interpretive Center. The First-Ever 10th Annual Louis J. Lorimier Memorial World Famous Downtown Golf Tournament course used the lawns of the Common Pleas Courthouse, fountain, downtown sidewalks and the river walk as a course...
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Residents urged to fill survey on Cape parks this month
(Local News ~ 09/28/15)
Cape Girardeau's Parks and Recreation Department is encouraging anyone who has not completed its online survey to provide input on the city's recreational spaces to do so before the end of the month. The survey has been available since July 1 and will remain open through Wednesday...
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Blood Moon
(Submitted Photo ~ 09/28/15)
Blood Moon
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Flu Shots at Delta Community Center
(Submitted Story ~ 09/28/15)
FLU SHOTS at Delta Community Center Flu Shots will be given to Delta area residents at the Delta Community Center on Thursday, October 8, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free to those with Medicare and/or Medicaid card. Others a fee.
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1st Class Travel Poised to offer even more to travelers after National Event
(Submitted Story ~ 09/28/15)
1st Class Travel engaged in group travel "boot camp" and other special training and education workshops at the 2015 Results! Travel National Meeting Cape Girardeau, MO (Sept 23, 2015) -- To better assist the growing market segment of group travelers, Shari Elfrink & Susan Berghoff of 1st Class Travel, a Member of the Results! Travel network, engaged in an intensive "boot camp" and other educational workshops at the organization's biggest conference of the year. ...
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Cape Girardeau Eagles # 3775
(Submitted Photo ~ 09/28/15)
Cape Girardeau Eagles #3775,Worth President Kevin Campbell presents check ( $1500 )to the RSVP organization. Accepting the donation is Tina Dohogne-Nations.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/28/15)
Today is Monday, September 28, the 271st day of 2015. There are 94 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On September 28, 1928, Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first effective antibiotic. On this date:...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 9/28/15
(Local News ~ 09/28/15)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Sept. 24 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Congressional votes for Sept. 25
(Local News ~ 09/28/15)
Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the last week. Along with roll call votes, the Senate also took action on the following legislation. It passed the STEM Education Act (H.R. 1020), to include computer science as a science, technology, engineering and mathematics discipline, and support existing STEM education programs at the National Science Foundation; passed the Mandatory Price Reporting Act (H.R. ...
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'Hotel Transylvania 2' bites off September record
(National News ~ 09/28/15)
LOS ANGELES -- September has a new box office star in "Hotel Transylvania 2." The PG-rated animated pic earned a robust $47.5 million in its debut weekend, making it the top September opener of all time, according to Rentrak estimates Sunday. The previous record holder was "Hotel Transylvania" which opened to $42.5 million in 2012...
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Louis Culver
(Obituary ~ 09/28/15)
Louis Harrison Culver, 88, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at the Monticello House in Jackson. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Sept. 17, 1927, to the late Ernest Ray and Harriet Irene Reser Culver. He married Lois Harriet Chockley on March 28, 1954, and she survives...
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Motorist sets lighter to spider at gas station, burns pump
(National News ~ 09/28/15)
CENTER LINE, Mich. -- A man with an apparent case of arachnophobia caused a fire at a suburban Detroit gas pump by putting a lighter to what he said was a spider near his fuel door. WJBK-TV reported Saturday the man escaped injury, and his vehicle suffered little damage, but the gas pump was destroyed...
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Reports show tents trapped Boy Scouts during deadly flooding
(National News ~ 09/28/15)
SANTA FE, N.M. -- Deadly floodwaters that tore through a Boy Scout troop's New Mexico campsite as they slept turned their tents into wet cages that clung to their bodies like plastic wrap, newly released police reports and taped interviews show. The group of eight California boys and their chaperones fought to escape, some using their teeth to rip holes in their tents...
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NTSB: Duck boat in fatal crash didn't have recommended fix
(National News ~ 09/28/15)
SEATTLE -- A Seattle duck boat that swerved wildly into an oncoming charter bus last week, killing four people and injuring dozens, did not have an axle repair recommended for at least some of the amphibious vehicles in 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday...
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Out of the past: Sept. 28
(Out of the Past ~ 09/28/15)
American Red Cross officials from St. Louis came to Cape Girardeau after Wednesday's earthquake to find out if people are prepared for disasters; what they found made them cautiously optimistic; a Red Cross spokesman said public and local government reaction to quake preparedness is improving...
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Polluted Paris asks whether it's time to dump diesel
(International News ~ 09/28/15)
PARIS -- Guidebooks rarely mention it, but Paris is one of the most polluted cities in the rich world. The Eiffel Tower is periodically shrouded in smog, and there's one key culprit: France's disproportionately heavy reliance on diesel fuel. Critics are increasingly questioning the need for diesel vehicles, especially after last week's discovery Volkswagen tricked drivers worldwide into thinking their diesel engines were much cleaner than they are...
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Struggling Southern Illinois airport gambles on Vegas route
(State News ~ 09/28/15)
MASCOUTAH, Ill. -- A little-used Southern Illinois air strip once touted as a competitor to the St. Louis area's primary airport is rolling the dice that new Las Vegas service will help stem nearly two decades of financial losses. Mid America Airport has seen a succession of carriers come and go -- and go belly up -- since its 1997 opening...
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Boehner slams some GOP hard-liners as 'false prophets'
(National News ~ 09/28/15)
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner warned Sunday against "false prophets" in his party making unrealistic promises, saying his resignation had averted a government shutdown this week but not the GOP's broader battle over how to wield power. Speaking on CBS's "Face the Nation," Boehner unloaded against conservatives long outraged that even with control of both houses of Congress, Republicans have not succeeded on key agenda items, such as repealing President Barack Obama's health-care law and striking taxpayer funding from Planned Parenthood. ...
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Justices could review groups' objection to contraceptives
(National News ~ 09/28/15)
WASHINGTON -- Religion, birth control and President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul are about to collide at the Supreme Court again. Faith-affiliated charities, colleges and hospitals that oppose some or all contraception as immoral are battling the administration over rules that allow them to opt out of covering contraceptives for women that are among a range of preventive services required to be in health plans at no extra cost...
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States monitor alcohol offenders with twice-daily tests
(National News ~ 09/28/15)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Every day before sunrise, people stream through a nondescript door behind the county jail in South Dakota's largest city. Wearing neatly pressed business suits, neon-green construction uniforms or wrinkled pajamas, they're all here for the same reason: to prove they're not drunk...
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Pro-secession parties in Catalonia win landmark vote
(International News ~ 09/28/15)
BARCELONA, Spain -- Pro-secession parties pushing for Spain's northeastern Catalonia region to break away and form a new Mediterranean nation won a landmark vote Sunday by capturing a majority of seats in the regional parliament, setting up a possible showdown over independence with the central government in Madrid...
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Obama makes forceful defense of new development goals
(International News ~ 09/28/15)
UNITED NATIONS -- President Barack Obama on Sunday committed the U.S. to a new blueprint to eliminate poverty and hunger around the world, telling a global summit a sweeping new development agenda is "not charity but instead is one of the smartest investments we can make in our own future."...
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Model prisoners please vets with workmanship
(Editorial ~ 09/28/15)
Southeast Correctional Center inmates in Charleston, Missouri, collaborating with Southeast Missouri State University's restorative justice program have made some Missouri veterans happy. They built a B-17 Flying Fortress model plane for residents of the Missouri Veterans Home...
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EPA to change diesel tests to thwart VW-like cheating
(Business ~ 09/28/15)
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it will launch sweeping changes to the way it tests for diesel emissions after getting duped by clandestine software in Volkswagen cars for seven years. In a letter to car manufacturers, the EPA said it will add on-road testing to its regimen, "using driving cycles and conditions that may reasonably be expected to be encountered in normal operation and use, for the purposes of investigating a potential defeat device" similar to the one used by Volkswagen.. ...
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Several factors cause high prescription drug prices in U.S.
(Business ~ 09/28/15)
TRENTON, N.J. -- Sticker-shocked patients increasingly wonder why prices for prescription drugs continue to rise in the U.S. The issue heated up last week on news Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of Daraprim, the only approved treatment for a rare, life-threatening parasitic infection, by more than 5,000 percent to $750 a pill...
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Iraq to share IS intelligence with Syria, Russia, Iran
(International News ~ 09/28/15)
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's military said Sunday it will begin sharing "security and intelligence" information with Syria, Russia and Iran to help combat the Islamic State group, a move that could complicate U.S. efforts to battle the extremists without working with Damascus and its allies...
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France carries out airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State
(International News ~ 09/28/15)
PARIS -- Six French jet fighters targeted and destroyed an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria in a five-hour operation Sunday, President Francois Hollande announced, making good on a promise to go after the group he has said is planning attacks against several countries, including France...
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Waiting game may help Greitens' campaign
(State News ~ 09/28/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens raised more than $2 million for a Republican campaign for Missouri governor, toured the state and displayed a sign that read, "GREITENS. GOVERNOR" in capital letters while talking with supporters at a Jefferson City diner two months before officially declaring his candidacy...
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District drops idea of 'alternate meal' for students in debt
(State News ~ 09/28/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A school district's idea to provide students who owe the district money with "alternative" meals of a cheese sandwich, apple and water fell flat before ever being implemented, thanks to opposition from the community. Laina Fullum, nutrition services director for Columbia Public Schools sent an email to parents and guardians in early August, saying any student who owed $15 or more to the district would receive the alternate meal instead of a regular school lunch...
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Sentences awaits managers who helped convict boss for outbreak
(Business ~ 09/28/15)
ALBANY, Ga. -- They were star witnesses who helped convict their old boss, a former peanut executive who got the harshest sentence ever for a U.S. producer in a food-borne illness case. Now two ex-managers of a Georgia peanut plant at the center of a deadly salmonella outbreak face the prospect of going to prison themselves...
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Girl suspended for wearing wrong shade of green
(National News ~ 09/28/15)
SICKLERVILLE, N.J. -- An 8-year-old girl received a one-day suspension from her public elementary school for wearing a shirt the wrong shade of green. The girl's mother said Winslow Township Elementary School No. 4 sent her daughter home Tuesday for wearing a kelly green polo shirt, which was deemed to be in violation of the school's dress code. The code specifies shirts and blouses may be only white, dark green or navy. The mother called the suspension "a little ridiculous."...
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Business notebook: Barbecue rolls into Cape Farmers Market
(Business ~ 09/28/15)
Farmers' markets are widely known for their fresh, locally grown produce, but among the stands selling beans, apples and peppers at the Cape Farmers' Market is a different local fare: barbecue. Bobby and Crystal Sides, owners of 2 Sides Grillin', take their food truck around the region, from the Cape Girardeau market to SEMO District Fair to fundraisers for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...
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People on the move 9/28/2015
(Business ~ 09/28/15)
Breita Church has been hired as executive director of Love INC of Southeast Missouri. She has a background in management and not-for-profit organizations. Church began her position Sept. 9. The Cape Girardeau chapter of Love INC is part of an international effort to "match people in need with Christians who can help," according to its mission statement...
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Alberta Stewart
(Obituary ~ 09/28/15)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Alberta C. Stewart, 83, of Perryville died Sept. 26, 2015, in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Parish wake will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, with the Rev. Milton Ryan CM officiating...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 9/28/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/28/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday: n Medical assist calls were made on North Spanish Street at 1:18 a.m.; Broadway at 10:12 a.m.; South Ellis Street at 11:40 a.m.; South Mount Auburn Road at 12:03 p.m.; Linden Street at 12:28 p.m.; North Silver Springs Road at 12:44 p.m.; South West End Boulevard at 3:33 p.m.;, William Street at 4:05 p.m., Good Hope Street at 5:05 p.m.; Lynwood Hills Drive at 7:20 p.m.; North Main Street at 8:07 p.m.; Themis Street at 8:28 p.m.; and North Frederick Street at 10:32 p.m.. ...
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Speak Out 9/28/15
(Speak Out ~ 09/28/15)
Drug prices The company that sparked an angry backlash after it raised the price of a drug for treating a deadly parasitic infection by more than 5,000 percent says it will roll back some of the increase. But it is still going to raise the price. Yes, our Republican-led legislators are letting things like this happen as they are getting money from the pharmaceutical lobbyists. As long as there is money going into their pockets, they don't care about the American people in need...
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Prayer 9/28/15
(Prayer ~ 09/28/15)
O Lord Jesus, may our faith in you be evident to the world by our love for others. Amen.
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