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Judge gives Cape Girardeau murder suspect more time to hire lawyer
(Local News ~ 08/13/10)
A Bellwood, Ill., man accused of the June killing 44-year-old Matthew "Woody" Ervin in Cape Girardeau appeared before Associate Circuit Judge Gary A. Kamp Thursday, his third time in court without counsel. Kamp allowed Thomas D. Evans, 20, another chance to hire a private attorney and set another counsel status hearing for Aug. 26...
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First day of school in Cape goes smoothly
(Local News ~ 08/13/10)
Cape Girardeau public school leaders said the return of students Thursday ran smoothly despite ongoing construction projects. Alma Schrader Elementary's upgrades include installation of a new roof, new classroom doors, security cameras, exterior door security improvements and the addition of classrooms, therapy rooms, a music room and a hallway to link buildings. Construction of a new roof is underway at Clippard Elementary...
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Blunt attacks Democrats in Congress, White House during Jackson campaign stop
(Local News ~ 08/13/10)
U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt hammered at health care legislation, climate control measures and the growth of government during a stop Thursday morning in Jackson highlighting his recent endorsement from the Missouri Farm Bureau.
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No Slowing Down: 11-Year-Old Manages Diabetes
(Submitted Story ~ 08/13/10)
Travis Smith is the type of person you'll never forget. His positive attitude and engaging personality are contagious, making it impossible not to like him. Even more impressive is the optimistic approach this Charleston, MO, boy has to managing his diabetes...
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Illinois activist files lawsuit against Bald Knob Cross group, state officials
(Local News ~ 08/13/10)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Just before noon Thursday, retired radio talk show host and atheist Rob Sherman filed a federal lawsuit against the Friends of the Bald Knob Cross and several Illinois officials and departments, claiming the grant funding to restore a 111-foot-tall cross in Southern Illinois was unconstitutional.
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First TV Ad: "Nine Years Later"
(Submitted Story ~ 08/13/10)
Watch the New Ad: www.robincarnahan.com/nineyears Today Robin Carnahan's Senate campaign rolled out their first television ad, "Nine Years Later." The ad holds Congressman Blunt accountable for his Washington record of helping wreck the economy, bailing out Wall Street, and sticking middle class families with the bill...
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Meet the Talented Dr. Mosley
(Submitted Story ~ 08/13/10)
James C. Mosley III, MD, loves to work on his "muscle" car, a two-tone black Shelby GT 500 with a super-charged V-8 engine that produces nearly 800 horsepower and admiring looks from other motorists. "You can quickly wrap yourself around a tree," he cautions. The Southeast Missouri Hospital oncologist quips that it has plenty of "merging and passing power."...
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Ceremony today opens Special Olympics State Outdoor Championships in Cape
(Local News ~ 08/13/10)
Cape Girardeau will welcome about 700 Special Olympics athletes and coaches for the State Outdoor Championships with an opening ceremony tonight at the Arena Park grandstand. "We really want to roll out the red carpet and show them a good time," said Penny Williams, a member of the local Special Olympic Games Management Team and recreation division manager for Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation...
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Power outage affects nearly 1,500 Ameren customers in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 08/13/10)
Nearly 1,500 customers of AmerenUE in the Cape Girardeau area were without power for about two hours Friday afternoon, but by 6 p.m. power had been restored to all but 29 of those customers, according to the utility's website. At the outage's height, 1,476 customers were without power...
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International Wolf Center Ely, Minnesota
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/13/10)
One of the Ambassador wolves of the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota. The center is celebrating 25 years of education regarding wolves. I had the opportunity to visit recently and captured some shots of these amazing animals.
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Mother Nature along the Current River
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/13/10)
Spider web along the Current River one early summer morning.
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Stephani Schuchart transforms items she finds in her apartment and antique stores into clothing and accessory pieces
(Entertainment ~ 08/13/10)
Stephani Schuchart lives by the phrase "DIY or die." She counts photography, jewelry making and scrapbooking among her many artistic talents. Schuchart, 24, is an anthropology major in her last year at Southeast Missouri State University. She said she has always been into making her own things and showed off her creativity at the July First Friday show at Buckner Brewing Co., where she also works as a server...
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Nation at risk due to oil
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/13/10)
As I pull up to a gas pump these days, I am forced to ask myself, "How many bullets does this buy for those who fight us in the Middle East?" The Heartland has many families with men and women in the armed services who are stationed in war-torn areas overseas. ...
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Making ends meet
(Editorial ~ 08/13/10)
As much of the nation warily watches the foundering economy, many state governments are trying to decide how to overcome revenue shortfalls that amount to billions of dollars. While Missouri faces a tight budget pinch that is likely to worsen next year, it is, fortunately, able to pay for essential government services...
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Dog is well cared for
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/13/10)
This is in regard to the July 28 Speak Out comment about the dog at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. I am one of many volunteers at the veterans home. Let me say a few things about caring for a dog. If a dog is to be an outside dog during the winter, it shouldn't stay indoors for long periods of time. The animal cannot adjust to the warmth and then go outside. The same goes for summertime...
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Speak Out 8/13/10
(Speak Out ~ 08/13/10)
EVERYBODY should read the article by Jane Ryan in the Sunday paper on the Opinion page. This is a smart woman. Forget Sarah Palin. I say Jane Ryan for president. GREAT timing, Cape Girardeau School District administrators. With less than a week to go before students return to school, crews show up to begin renovations, additions and improvements that voters approved in April. ...
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Prayer 8/13/10
(Prayer ~ 08/13/10)
Bless us, O God, when we celebrate the joys and accomplishments in our lives. Amen.
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Staying cool
(Column ~ 08/13/10)
During this long -- much too long -- spell of heat and humidity that has grabbed the throat of Southeast Missouri and is squeezing tighter and tighter, I continue to thank Mr. Carrier and all the others whose genius led to the invention of air conditioning...
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Grammy-winner Murphy Lee, St. Lunatics, Twista rap at Arena Building
(Entertainment ~ 08/13/10)
Hip-hop beats and entertainment will light up the Arena Building on Saturday as Grammy Award-winning rapper Murphy Lee along with the St. Lunatics and Chicago rapper Twista take the stage. Tenaucah Little, owner of Little City Promotions based in Centralia, Ill., said he wants to offer Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area new, fresh entertainment like this concert...
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Eat, pray, shop: From furniture to tea, 'Eat Pray Love' merchandise is boundless
(Entertainment ~ 08/13/10)
LOS ANGELES -- There are plenty of opportunities to plumb the depths of your pocketbook, if not your soul, when the anticipated adaptation of a best-selling memoir hits theaters this month. It used to be that children's movies were the ones that got the big product tie-in treatment. There would be matching toys and maybe T-shirts, plus the inevitable Happy Meal or other fast-food connection...
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John Latini returns to Cape to groove for the weekend
(Entertainment ~ 08/13/10)
John Latini, like Cape Girardeau, is hard to fit into one musical category. His music is a high-energy blend of rock, folk and blues. Latini kicked off his Southeast Missouri run Thursday night at Stooges in Jackson and is set to showcase his versatility in Cape Girardeau at 9 p.m. today at Port Cape and at 7 p.m. Saturday at Dockside with special guest Doug E. Rees...
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Best bet: Bollinger Mill
(Entertainment ~ 08/13/10)
Bollinger Mill outside Jackson will hold a celebration Saturday highlighting the work done recently by workers in the State Park Youth Corps program. The "New Faces of Preservation" will feature a watermelon seed-spitting contest, a presentation with photos of the work -- like replacing windows, painting, maintaining the cemetery and more. ...
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Summer of fire, floods fits some scientists' predictions
(National News ~ 08/13/10)
NEW YORK -- Floods, fires, melting ice and feverish heat: From smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Pakistan and the Arctic, the planet seems to be having a midsummer breakdown. It's not just a portent of things to come, scientists say, but a sign of troubling climate change already underway...
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Lawyer: New York flight attendant wants to return to air
(National News ~ 08/13/10)
NEW YORK -- The fed-up flight attendant who set a new standard for quitting when he abandoned his job via an emergency chute apparently isn't as much of a quitter as everyone thought. Steven Slater, 38, said through his lawyer Thursday that he loves flying and wants to go back to work...
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Four British officers to be charged in 2003 attack on terrorism suspect
(International News ~ 08/13/10)
LONDON -- Four British police officers will face criminal charges over an alleged attack on a terrorism suspect wanted by authorities in the United States, prosecutors said Thursday. Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said the men are alleged to have assaulted Babar Ahmad during his arrest in 2003, when he suffered a series of injuries...
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Foreigners boost insurgency in east Afghanistan
(International News ~ 08/13/10)
JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- As the spotlight of the Afghan war focuses on the south, insurgent activity is increasing in parts of the east, with Arab and other foreign fighters linked to al-Qaida infiltrating across the rugged mountains with the help of Pakistani militants, Afghan and U.S. officials say...
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Jackson residents to learn more about nightclub proposal Monday
(Local News ~ 08/13/10)
A public hearing in Jackson on Monday will allow residents to learn more about a proposed nightclub and voice any concerns they may have before aldermen vote on whether to grant the nightclub a special-use permit. The nightclub would be on Old Orchard Road, in the former Wm. Nobbe & Co. John Deere dealership location. The area is zoned for commercial property, which means retail, general service or repair businesses...
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WikiLeaks to release more Afghan war files
(International News ~ 08/13/10)
LONDON -- WikiLeaks spokesman Julian Assange said Thursday his organization is preparing to release the rest of the secret Afghan war documents it has on file. The Pentagon warned that would be even more damaging than the organization's initial release of some 76,000 war files...
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U.S. troop withdrawal timetable generates friction
(International News ~ 08/13/10)
BAGHDAD -- As the U.S. winds up combat operations in Iraq this month, a gap is widening between the militaries of both countries and their political masters over whether American soldiers should stay beyond the 2011 deadline for a complete U.S. troop withdrawal...
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Magnitude-6.9 earthquake shakes Ecuador
(International News ~ 08/13/10)
QUITO, Ecuador -- A powerful earthquake shook the South American nation of Ecuador on Thursday, but there were no reports of damage or injuries. The magnitude-6.9 quake that hit at 6:54 a.m. was felt across much of the nation, including the capital, Quito...
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Arraignment set for Amish sex crime suspect
(State News ~ 08/13/10)
BOWLING GREEN, Mo. -- Arraignment will be Aug. 23 for a northeast Missouri Amish man accused of sex crimes with five underage girls in two states. The Hannibal Courier-Post reported that 26-year-old Chester Mast of Curryville waived an evidence hearing Wednesday in the Missouri case, where he faces five counts. He also faces felony charges in Wisconsin...
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Births 8/13/10
(Births ~ 08/13/10)
Daughter to Brian Keith and Samantha Elizabeth Tippen of McGee, Mo., Saint Francis Medical Center, 2:38 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Name, Kenna Paige. Weight, 7 pounds. Mrs. Tippen is the former Samantha Welker, daughter of Robert Welker of Marble Hill, Mo., and Kimmie Letona of Cape Girardeau. Tippen is the son of David and Mary Tippen of Wappapello, Mo. He is employed with Labor Local 916...
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Fire report 8/13/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/13/10)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday:...
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Rubye Kraft
(Obituary ~ 08/13/10)
Rubye E. Kraft, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Feb. 28, 1918, in Cape Girardeau County, to George E. and Emma Perry Farrow. Rubye and Donald B. Kraft were married Sept. 28, 1944, in Cape Girardeau County. He preceded her in death Jan. 21, 2010...
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Police report 8/13/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/13/10)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Miscellaneous...
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William Van Pelt
(Obituary ~ 08/13/10)
William E. Van Pelt, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born March 14, 1925, in St. Louis, to William E. and Gertrude Gralike Van Pelt Sr. He and Jerre Story were married Nov. 7, 1968, in Cape Girardeau...
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Irvin Walker
(Obituary ~ 08/13/10)
Irvin Cletus "Clete" Walker, 88, of St. Peters, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, at his home. He was born Jan. 17, 1922, at Neelys Landing, son of Irvin L. and Barbara C. Craft Walker. Clete served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in Wentzville, Mo., 18 months. He was inducted into the U.S. Army May 27, 1941, proudly serving in the Infantry Division during World War II in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. He was awarded a Purple Heart and was honorably discharged Oct. 5, 1945...
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Pearl Young
(Obituary ~ 08/13/10)
Pearl N. Young, 100, of Rolla, Mo., formerly of Bollinger County, died Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at the Presbyterian Manor in Rolla. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the chapel. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park...
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Out of the past 8/13/10
(Out of the Past ~ 08/13/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Details of a consolidation plan for the merger of Marble Hill and Lutesville, Mo., are being hammered out on an "issue by issue basis" with members of a reorganization committee working toward a self-imposed deadline early next month...
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Edgar Wachter
(Obituary ~ 08/13/10)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Edgar E. Wachter, 74, of McClure died Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. A private committal service will be held at a later date at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Jackson police/fire report 8/13/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/13/10)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Special Olympics athlete is happy family can attend state games
(Local News ~ 08/13/10)
Editor's note: This is the sixth and last in a series of profiles of local athletes who will participate along with about 700 others in the Special Olympics State Outdoor Championships to be held Friday through Sunday in Cape Girardeau....
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AB InBev profit up 7.5 percent on World Cup boost
(National News ~ 08/13/10)
BRUSSELS -- Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, the world's largest brewer, said Thursday that the football World Cup helped push up sales in the second quarter, boosting net profit by 7.5 percent to $1.15 billion. The producer of Budweiser, Stella Artois and Beck's said results this year beat its own expectations and those of market analysts and will continue to grow through 2010...
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Storm knocks down tree along Sprigg Street
(Local News ~ 08/13/10)
A thunderstorm that rolled through Cape Girardeau on Thursday afternoon brought down a tree on South Sprigg Street, closing part of the street to traffic for a brief period while the tree was removed...
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Weekend's Special Olympics games to adjust with heat indexes
(Local News ~ 08/13/10)
Organizers of the Special Olympics State Outdoor Championships will adjust their schedules and game rules to accommodate for this weekend's forecast. With temperatures expected into the mid- to upper 90s throughout the weekend, staff will be watching heat indexes. If the index rises above 105 degrees, they will put a heat schedule in place, said Mandi Mueller, public relations coordinator with Special Olympics Missouri...
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Coming alive
(Column ~ 08/13/10)
If there's one thing that can make a small town's downtown come alive, it's people. People walking, shopping, having fun. The more programs and events we have to bring people to downtown Cape Girardeau, the better. Tunes at Twilight -- which starts back up at 6:30 p.m. today -- is one program that does just that...
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Kickers wage battle for starting duties at Southeast
(College Sports ~ 08/13/10)
Southeast Missouri State's kicker and punter positions feature players who never have appeared in a college game. The duo battling for those spots say don't worry. Drew Geldbach and Joe Vucic believe that critical part of the team will be in good hands no matter who emerges...
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Southeast roundup: Redhawks hire cross country coach
(College Sports ~ 08/13/10)
A look at what's happening in the world of Southeast athletics.
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Bradford eager to get first taste of NFL game
(Professional Sports ~ 08/13/10)
ST. LOUIS -- The Sam Bradford era begins this weekend when the No. 1 overall draft choice finally steps on the field for the St. Louis Rams in their preseason opener. St. Louis hosts the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday night, and Rams fans will get their first look at their expensive draft pick in NFL game conditions. Bradford's contract guarantees the quarterback $50 million and if all incentives are reached, the six-year deal is worth at least $78 million...
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Alaska plane crash rate far exceeds national average
(Community ~ 08/13/10)
JUNEAU, Alaska -- The crash that killed former senator Ted Stevens served as another reminder of the dangers of flying in Alaska, where general aviation accident rates are more than twice the national average. For many Alaskans, flying hundreds of miles to larger cities for shopping and errands is as common as taxis and buses might be to urban dwellers, exposing residents to a litany of hazards including treacherous mountain passes and volatile weather...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission approves computer purchases
(Local News ~ 08/13/10)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners approved a request from the county's information technology director to purchase new computers for various county offices at Thursday's meeting.
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Blagojevich jurors tell judge they are stalled
(National News ~ 08/13/10)
CHICAGO -- A new message from the jury weighing the fate of Rod Blagojevich provided a few clues Thursday about their deadlock in deliberations, stirring speculation that the panel's struggles could be good news for the former governor of Illinois...
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GM posts profit, moves toward stock sale
(National News ~ 08/13/10)
DETROIT -- In a signal moment for the turnaround of the American auto industry, General Motors is edging toward a public stock sale, and its profits are now solid enough that the demanding CEO will step aside, saying his work is done. GM said Thursday that it made $1.3 billion from April through June, its second straight quarter in the black and a complete reversal from last year, when it was forced into bankruptcy and the U.S. government took a majority stake...
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Southeast Missouri judge rules state deer hunting regulations on dogs, vehicles unconstitutional
(Local News ~ 08/13/10)
DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A group of local hunters have won their first legal battle in an attempt to change conservation regulations. In a judgment signed on Aug. 5 by Circuit Judge Robert Smith, three code regulations, specifically pertaining to the use of dogs and motor land conveyances in respect to hunting deer, have been ruled too vague to be enforceable and therefore unconstitutional, the Doniphan Prospect-News reported...
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St. Louis gets $25M grant for trolley line
(State News ~ 08/13/10)
ST. LOUIS -- Streetcars are making a comeback across the country, including St. Louis, where a $25 million federal grant will cover more than half the projected construction cost of a trolley running from Forest Park to the Delmar Loop. The Gateway City is one of several cities planning to restore or extend streetcar lines, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday. Memphis, Tenn., Little Rock, Ark., and New Orleans are among the others...
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