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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team loses to Western Kentucky
(College Sports ~ 12/17/12)
The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team already was facing a difficult challenge Sunday at Western Kentucky. That task became even tougher without sophomore guard Allyson Bradshaw, the Redhawks' leading scorer. Bradshaw, a Notre Dame Regional High School graduate averaging 10.6 points per game, suffered a left (non-shooting) shoulder injury during practice late last week...
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For sale: Mo. jail described as 'turnkey' ready
(State News ~ 12/17/12)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A little-used northwest Missouri jail advertised as "turnkey" ready is on the auction block after the private company that ran it lost it to a bank. The Bridewell Detention Facility was built in 2005 in the small town of Bethany, Mo., near the Iowa border. Iowa's Poke County, where Des Moines is located, was a major customer...
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Chaffee sidewalk project wrapping up
(Local News ~ 12/17/12)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- As one infrastructure project in Chaffee ends, another soon will begin. The city sidewalk project deadline is Jan. 4, and city administrator Lee Horton expects work to be finished by then. Concrete was being poured last week from Main Street to Helen Street last week, which will complete a loop around the city that will be handicap accessible...
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Suspected shooter arrested, awaiting charges in nightclub death
(Local News ~ 12/17/12)
The suspected gunman in the shooting death of a 32-year-old Sikeston, Mo., man was in custody awaiting charges late Sunday night, an arrest that came less than 20 hours after police rushed to a shots-fired call at a south Cape Girardeau nightclub. Other than to confirm the suspect was a male, police offered little else to identify the alleged shooter of Nicholas D. ...
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Open late? Some bars want to be able to stay open until 3 a.m.
(Local News ~ 12/17/12)
Some local bar owners say they want the opportunity to serve customers during the same hours the new Isle Casino Cape Girardeau is allowed to do so. Missouri statutes governing gaming allow casinos to serve alcohol to patrons on the gaming floor until 3 a.m. State statutes require all other bars to end liquor sales at 1:30 a.m., but exceptions are made for designated areas in Kansas City and St. Louis...
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Police: No arrests in reported armed robberies Saturday night
(Local News ~ 12/17/12)
No one had been arrested late Sunday, police said, following two armed robberies in Cape Girardeau the previous night -- one in which the suspect reportedly pulled a handgun on a store clerk and another allegedly perpetrated against a single victim by three men and a woman with knives...
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Ramsey Creek Corridor to open Tuesday in Scott City
(Local News ~ 12/17/12)
After two years of construction, the new outer road that connects the two ends of Scott City at routes K and AB officially will open Tuesday following a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The ceremony will mark the completion of what is known as the Ramsey Creek Project, construction of which began in 2010. ...
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Prayer Vigil: Those Lost in the Conn. Tragedy
(Submitted Story ~ 12/17/12)
Please join us: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, at 5:00pm for prayer over the families, friends, and school, on the terrible tragedy in Connecticut. We will be meeting at Thomas W. Kelly High School. Open to the public. Please show your support. Come for prayer and words of encouragement. Thank You all, and God Bless...
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christmas lights
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/17/12)
Here is an example of my yard. I've decorated every year for the last 10 years. I add a new balloon each year.
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Technology moving elections toward electronic I.D.
(State News ~ 12/17/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Though Missouri has no photo identification requirement for voting, thousands of residents showed their driver's licenses to get ballots this year. That could become the new norm due to technological advances that use the bar codes embedded in driver's licenses to check in people to vote...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/17/12)
Today is Monday, Dec. 17, the 352nd day of 2012. There are 14 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 17, 1992, President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed the North American Free Trade Agreement in separate ceremonies. (After approval by the legislative bodies of the leaders' respective countries, the treaty came into force on Jan. 1, 1994.)...
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Out of the past 12/17/12
(Out of the Past ~ 12/17/12)
Fire overnight destroyed Southside Baptist Church, 805 Hackberry St.; authorities speculate the blaze may have been caused by an electrical short in wiring above an auditorium. Many property owners are now included in a class-action suit involving a boundary dispute between the Oak Ridge and Jackson school districts; the total may be well more than 200 property owners, says Kenneth McManaman, attorney for the Oak Ridge R-6 School District, the plaintiff...
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Volunteering
(Editorial ~ 12/17/12)
Christmas season is all about gifts. Too much emphasis can be placed on the receiving part of the giving season; the commercialism of the holiday can wear us down by the time Dec. 25 arrives. But many people give the most precious gift of all: Time. And they give it year round...
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Rams' playoff chances all but ended in loss to Vikings
(Professional Sports ~ 12/17/12)
ST. LOUIS -- Normally, Steven Jackson eclipsing 10,000 career rushing yards would be cause for celebration. If only the St. Louis Rams could have contained Adrian Peterson. Jackson needed only nine years to become the 15th running back in league history to reach the milestone with the same team -- but it came in a 36-22 loss Sunday to the Vikings as Peterson ran for a season-high 212 yards...
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Girls high school basketball takes center stage this week
(Sports Column ~ 12/17/12)
Area high school boys basketball teams will take center stage at the Show Me Center next week during the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. But this week it's the girls' turn to be in the Show Me Center spotlight. The 17th annual Kelso Supply Holiday Classic, the area's premier high school girls basketball tournament, tips off Tuesday...
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‘Hobbit' bests ‘Rings' with $84.8 million opening
(Entertainment ~ 12/17/12)
NEW YORK -- Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" led the box office with a haul of $84.8 million, a record-setting opening better than the three previous "Lord of the Rings" films. The Warner Bros. Middle Earth epic was the biggest December opening ever, surpassing Will Smith's "I Am Legend," which opened with $77.2 million in 2007, according to studio estimates. ...
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Perryville company behind Kentucky distillery
(Business ~ 12/17/12)
Robinson Construction Co. in Perryville, Mo., completed the design and construction of a $9 million distillery for Alltech Beverage Division LLC in Lexington, Ky., this fall. This is the first distillery to be built in Lexington in more than 100 years. The distillery houses production for Alltech's Town Branch Bourbon, Pearse Lyons Reserve malt whiskey and bourbon-infused coffee drink Bluegrass Sundown...
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People on the Move 12/17/12
(Business ~ 12/17/12)
Dr. James Stapleton, professor of business and director of the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Southeast Missouri State University, was awarded the Provost's Research, Instruction and Development for Excellence (PRIDE) Award at the winter commencement Saturday. The award is given to faculty for excellence in teaching, service and scholarship. Stapleton has worked at Southeast since 2006...
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Speak Out 12/17/12
(Speak Out ~ 12/17/12)
I want to speak about the police officer in New York who bought shoes for a homeless man. We have a man here in Cape Girardeau who does a lot of things. He helped an old lady whose pipes were frozen. What the man did in New York was nice, but we've got some nice people here...
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Jackson police report 12/17/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/17/12)
The Jackson Police Department reported the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/17/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/17/12)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday:...
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Philip Revelle
(Obituary ~ 12/17/12)
Philip "Dane" Wayne Revelle, 69, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, at his home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 29, 1943, in Cape Girardeau to Raymond Eugene and Eva Lodean Hager Revelle. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Dane worked in construction in the Cape Girardeau area...
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Spanish savers fall victim to friendly bankers
(National News ~ 12/17/12)
LA VALL D'UIXO, Spain -- When Felix Valls followed his bank manager's advice and invested his entire savings in the bank's stocks, he did it without thinking. It was a simple question of loyalty. After all, how could he doubt the local bank that opened an account for him just after he was born in 1935 with a gift of 5 pesetas, a small fortune in those days, as a sign of respect to his parents, who were lifelong customers? Now the 77-year-old Valls feels betrayed as he finds himself locked out of his hard-earned money.. ...
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Mistrust runs deep over Egypt referendum
(International News ~ 12/17/12)
CAIRO -- Nevine Mustafa finally had enough after 10 hours of waiting to cast her "no" vote in Egypt's referendum on a highly disputed draft constitution. She and other women in line were convinced the judge running the polling station was deliberately stalling to drive away voters opposed to the document...
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Inaugural pomp brings big price tag
(National News ~ 12/17/12)
WASHINGTON -- The pomp surrounding the inauguration of the president of the United States can carry a hefty price tag, from the glitzy galas to all the inaugural balls. Think of it this way: It can cost about the same as 150 Bentley cars, several dozen yachts or some $20 million shy of the cash needed for a Boeing 737...
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Shoppers may soon find larger holiday discounts
(National News ~ 12/17/12)
NEW YORK -- If shoppers don't show up in stores soon, more "70 percent off" sale signs will. After a promising start to the holiday shopping season over the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, sales have slowed, according to an analysis of data done for The Associated Press by sales tracker ShopperTrak. Worries about weak U.S. job growth and other concerns are likely to blame for Americans spending less...
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No rise in mass killings, but their effect is huge
(National News ~ 12/17/12)
A gold plaque hangs next to a bullet hole in the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., where a gunman killed six worshippers and injured three others last August. It is engraved with the words, "We Are One." "It frames the wound," says Pardeep Kaleka, son of former temple president Satwant Singh Kaleka, who died in the massacre. "The wound of our community, the wound of our family, the wound of our society."...
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Talking Shop: Renaissance: A shopping experience that feels like home
(Business ~ 12/17/12)
For Sherry and Mike Yaeger of Renaissance, having a store in downtown Cape Girardeau is all they have wanted. For 11 years Renaissance has served as their canvas for creating a different kind of shopping experience that feels more like a home than a store. To the Yaegers, having a store is more than merchandise on shelves. They want to inspire people to see things differently. Here, Sherry responds to questions...
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Obama grieves, promises to use power to help
(National News ~ 12/17/12)
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- He spoke for a nation in sorrow, but the slaughter of all those little boys and girls turned the commander in chief into another parent in grief, searching for answers. Alone on a spare stage after the worst day of his tenure, President Barack Obama declared Sunday he will use "whatever power" he has to prevent shootings like the Connecticut school massacre...
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Connecticut gunman's mother kept trials of home life hidden
(National News ~ 12/17/12)
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- At the bar, everybody knew her name. Nancy Lanza was the one who, if she heard you were short on cash, regularly offered to pick up the tab at My Place. Two or three nights a week, Lanza -- the mother of the gunman in Connecticut's horrific school massacre -- came in for carryout salads, but stayed for chardonnay and good humor. ...
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Aurelia Muster
(Obituary ~ 12/17/12)
Aurelia M. Muster, 87, of Gordonville passed away Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 25, 1925, in Kelso, Mo., to Paul and Anna Scherer Glastetter. She married Edwin Muster. He passed away in 1983...
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Birth 12/17/12
(Births ~ 12/17/12)
Son to Matthew Wayne and Kelly Alisha Sissom of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Name, Gavin Wayne. Weight, 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Mrs. Sissom is the former Kelly McLendon. She is a case manager at the Community Counseling Center. Sissom is the son of Pamela Simmons of Whitehouse, Texas, and Johnny Sissom of St. Louis. He is a graduate assistant at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/17/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/17/12)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. The Southeast Missouri State University Department of Public Safety released the following item:...
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Prayer 12/17/12
(Prayer ~ 12/17/12)
O Lord Jesus, instead of worrying, may we seek your kingdom and righteousness. Amen.
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Springfield chocolate company sells Tanzanian rice to help school
(State News ~ 12/17/12)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Springfield chocolate company has started selling rice from the small village in east Africa that supplies the company with its cocoa beans. Askinosie Chocolate has begun selling bags of rice from the Tanzanian village of Kyela, which is where owner Shawn Askinosie obtains the cocoa beans for the company's line of chocolate bars. Proceeds from the rice sales will fund the lunch program for the village's school, according to The Springfield News-Leader...
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Jo Ann Emerson resignation
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/17/12)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Retirement for members of Congress, like all other federal government employees, is based on incremental time of service and is not tied to the number of terms served. Let's talk about Jo Ann Emerson's recent announcement of resignation and its effect on her pocketbook, the democratic process for the 8th Congressional District and how it should outrage Southeast Missouri voters while making the political stage look even dirtier than before...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Chaffee's Julia Sutterfield
(High School Sports ~ 12/17/12)
Sutterfield helped Chaffee to tournament title
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