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Bond hearing set for Saudi student in murder case
(State News ~ 07/01/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A central Missouri judge has scheduled a bond hearing this week for a Saudi national who continues to be held on a first-degree murder charge, even after the Saudi government paid the $2 million bond set by a previous judge...
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Indiana camp back to normal after lightning hurts 3
(State News ~ 07/01/13)
INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indianapolis summer camp was back on its normal schedule Sunday one day after a lightning strike injured three children, including one critically. A message posted on the Facebook page of Goldman Union Camp Institute, a Reform Jewish summer camp, said the camp had resumed its normal schedule...
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Fed officials approve horse slaughterhouse in NM
(National News ~ 07/01/13)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Federal officials cleared the way Friday for a return to domestic horse slaughter, granting a southeastern New Mexico company's application to convert its cattle facility into a horse processing plant. In approving Valley Meat Co. plans to produce horse meat, USDA officials also indicated that they would grant similar permits to companies in Iowa and Missouri as early as next week...
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High-tech help sought for hand hygiene
(State News ~ 07/01/13)
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- Hospitals have fretted for years over how to make sure doctors, nurses and staff keep their hands clean with only limited success. Now, some are turning to technology -- beepers, buzzers, lights and tracking systems that remind workers to sanitize, and chart those who don't...
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White River's Blueway designation prompts backlash from public
(State News ~ 07/01/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Amid a public backlash, several conservation groups and state agencies no longer want the White River to be part of a new federal program that recognizes conservation and recreation efforts along waterways. They say concerns that the National Blueway designation for the 700-plus-mile river that flows through southern Missouri and parts of Arkansas could lead to new regulations are unfounded, but still plan to send letters this week to the Interior Department asking that it be taken away.. ...
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Illinois swimmer drowns in Current River
(State News ~ 07/01/13)
VAN BUREN, Mo. -- An Illinois swimmer drowned in the Current River in southern Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as Lucas E. Melhler of Hutsonville, Ill. The victim's age was listed as unknown. The patrol said Melhler was floating on a stretch of the Current River in Carter County on Saturday afternoon when he became tangled in a branch. The victim then was unable to get out of the water...
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New law caps shifts for mental health workers
(State News ~ 07/01/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Shifts for workers at Missouri mental health facilities will be capped under a state law taking effect. The law prevents employees at a maximum- or intermediate-security mental health facility from being required to work more than 12 hours during a 24-hour period unless an emergency workforce shortage is declared. ...
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Marble Hill woman killed Saturday in rollover crash
(Local News ~ 07/01/13)
A Marble Hill, Mo., woman was killed Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Bollinger County, police reported. According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Alba Dye, 74, was driving a 2000 Toyota Tundra north on Highway 51 five miles north of Zalma, Mo., about 3:50 p.m. Saturday when the vehicle ran off the road to the right, overturned several times and came to rest on its top...
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Capahas extend streaks with pair of shutouts
(Community Sports ~ 07/01/13)
The Plaza Tire Capahas continued to roll Sunday as they extended their lengthy home winning streak. This time the Capahas, whose strength so far this season has undeniably been pitching, might even have outdone themselves. Plaza Tire pulled off a rare doubleheader shutout, sweeping the I-70 Thunder from Flora, Ill., 2-0 and 7-0. Both wood-bat games were seven innings...
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Bill would alter penalties for underage gamblers
(State News ~ 07/01/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Every day on average last year, someone younger than 21 was turned away while trying to enter a Missouri casino. Often, it wasn't just one youth, but two or three. For those who did slip in -- and were caught -- the casinos bore the brunt of the punishment, with fines of thousands of dollars...
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Boys (and girls) and their toys: Model airplane pilots gather in Cape
(Local News ~ 07/01/13)
When Ashleigh Heath flies, adults stop and take notice. Heath, 14, is a rarity among radio-controlled airplane pilots, most of whom are male and much older than the ninth-grader who stood next to a small asphalt runway Sunday morning at Galaxy Park, putting a plane through its paces at the second annual Mid-America 3D Hobby Shop Fly-Low-In...
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Cape Girardeau City Council to consider taxes, nuisance rules
(Local News ~ 07/01/13)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will discuss the future of taxes on hotels, motels and restaurants' gross receipts and hear about proposed changes to nuisance rules at a 5 p.m. study session preceding today's council meeting at city hall. The study session agenda includes a discussion of a 30-year-old license tax on hotels, motels and restaurants' gross receipts that council members have been considering for renewal. ...
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Boy Scout Earns Welding Merit Badge
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/01/13)
Teague Walters of Boy Scout Troop 5 of Cape Girardeau recently earned his Welding Merit Badge at the Sikeston CTC along with four other scouts, Dylan Hackler, Garrett Auer, Max Dale and Sean Murphy. The Welding Merit Badge had its debut to the BSA in 2012, these scouts are the first from Troop 5 to receive the Welding Merit Badge. ...
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Jackson Jr Indians Place Second at Show Me Games
(Submitted Story ~ 07/01/13)
The Jackson Junior Indians youth tackle football team placed second at the Missouri State Show Me Games held June 14-16 in Columbia, MO. The team is comprised of area 11 year olds who compete in youth tackle football from April - December. The team will compete in several more tournaments this year including two competions in St. Louis, one in Southest Missouri, and one in Knoxville, TN...
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Fireworks stands see increase in customers over last year
(Local News ~ 07/01/13)
It's that time of year, when tents are popping up throughout the area, selling firecrackers and bottle rockets to buyers preparing for Fourth of July festivities. Last year, the tents saw only a trickle of customers as severe drought led to fireworks bans and discouraged use in many cities across the state. ...
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June was second-wettest on record at Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 07/01/13)
June will go down as one of the wettest ever recorded in Cape Girardeau, just a year after one of the driest. The Paducah, Ky., National Weather Service office reported on its website Monday that the 7.76 inches of rain recorded in June at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport is the second-wettest on record. The total is 4.19 inches above the normal for the month...
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Rainbow Falls
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/01/13)
Rainbow Falls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. More water than ususal because if the spring rains.
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Morning in the Smokies
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/01/13)
Low clouds and fog burn off by mid morning in the Smokies.
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United Way says reading program a success
(Local News ~ 07/01/13)
Editor's note: The following story has been edited to clarify the number of students who participated in the program. The United Way has identified solid reading and literacy skills as key components for success in school and life. To help children achieve this success, the United Way of Southeast Missouri offered its Read to Succeed program to more than 200 kindergarten and first-grade students in the Cape Girardeau School District...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/01/13)
Today is Monday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2013. There are 183 days left in the year. This is Canada Day. Today's Highlight in History: On July 1, 1863, the pivotal, three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in Pennsylvania...
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Publisher cancels multibook contract with Paula Deen
(Entertainment ~ 07/01/13)
Paula Deen's publisher has canceled a deal with her for multiple books, including an upcoming cookbook that was the No. 1 seller on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com, following her admission she used a racial slur. Ballantine Books announced Friday it would not release "Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up," which was scheduled for October and was the first of a five-book deal announced early last year. ...
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Mortgage rates jump to 2-year high of 4.46 percent
(Business ~ 07/01/13)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. mortgage rates suddenly have jumped from near-record lows and are adding thousands of dollars to the cost of buying a home. The average rate on the 30-year fixed loan soared last week to 4.46 percent, according to a report from mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. That's the highest average in two years and a full point more than a month ago...
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U.S. stocks fall, quiet end to bumpy month
(Business ~ 07/01/13)
NEW YORK -- Given the wild trading of late, it was a calm close to the month of June. After flitting between tiny gains and losses most of Friday, the stock market closed mostly lower, a peaceful end to the most volatile month in nearly two years...
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The new chief
(Editorial ~ 07/01/13)
Wes Blair, a 16-year law enforcement veteran who is interim chief at Lancaster, Texas, near Dallas, was hired last week as Cape Girardeau's new police chief. Blair was found to replace Carl Kinnison, who left last August to serve as director of the Law Enforcement Academy at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Speak Out 7/1/13
(Speak Out ~ 07/01/13)
Wow, Southeast Missourian, way to reach an all-time low with the "ban dogs not guns" Speak Out comment you ran. This just shows the peak of ignorance in Missouri. You must not have to do your research when you submit something so stupid to Speak Out. ...
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Randy Volkerding
(Obituary ~ 07/01/13)
Randy Volkerding, 54, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 30, 2013, at Heartland Care and Rehabilitation Center. Visitation will be from noon until time of service Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the the chapel, with the Rev. Nathan Burgell officiating...
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Mary Schwieger
(Obituary ~ 07/01/13)
Mary C. Schwieger, 82, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Olmsted, Ill., died Sunday, June 30, 2013, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Mo.
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Herman Lawrence
(Obituary ~ 07/01/13)
ANNA, Ill. -- The Rev. Herman C. "H.C." Lawrence, 84, of Anna died Saturday, June 29, 2013, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna-Jonesboro. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna-Jonesboro. Burial will be in McCrite Cemetery...
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Mildred Foster
(Obituary ~ 07/01/13)
Mildred Sarah Foster, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 28, 2013, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 20, 1921, in Bismarck, Mo., to Daniel Miller and Nora Jane Martin Ringer. She graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School...
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Russia said to be master of Snowden's fate
(International News ~ 07/01/13)
PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador -- Edward Snowden is "under the care of the Russian authorities" and can't leave Moscow's international airport without their consent, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said Sunday in an interview telegraphing the slim and diminishing possibility that the National Security Agency leaker will end up in Ecuador...
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Jackson police report 7/1/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/01/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do no imply guilt. Arrests...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 7/1/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/01/13)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday:...
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Draft experts had it right when it came to Porter
(Sports Column ~ 07/01/13)
Otto Porter, as expected, didn't have to wait long to hear his name called during Thursday night's NBA draft in Brooklyn. The Scott County Central High School graduate widely was considered a consensus top-three selection. That was right on the money as Porter went third to the Washington Wizards, which he couldn't have minded because the 6-foot-8 small forward played his college basketball in the city...
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A's rally to takes series from Cards
(Professional Sports ~ 07/01/13)
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Josh Donaldson is pushing for a spot on the American League All-Star team with his bat and glove. Donaldson homered, reached base safely four times and made a pair of stellar defensive plays, including a tumbling catch while crashing over a roll of infield tarp in foul territory, to help preserve Oakland's 7-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday...
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Kerry: Progress made in Israel, Palestinian peace talks
(International News ~ 07/01/13)
TEL AVIV, Israel -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry completed a new round of shuttle diplomacy Sunday without a hoped-for breakthrough in relaunching Mideast peace talks, but optimistically said he had narrowed the gaps between Israel and the Palestinians and vowed to return to the region soon to complete his mission...
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Egypt protests demand Morsi ouster
(International News ~ 07/01/13)
CAIRO -- Hundreds of thousands thronged the streets of Cairo and cities around the country Sunday and marched on the presidential palace, filling a broad avenue for blocks, in an attempt to force out the Islamist president with the most massive protests Egypt has seen in 21/2 years of turmoil...
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EU officials slam U.S. on bugging report
(International News ~ 07/01/13)
BERLIN -- Senior European officials expressed concern Sunday at reports U.S. intelligence agents bugged EU offices on both sides of the Atlantic, with some leftist lawmakers calling for sanctions against Washington. The president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, said he was "deeply worried and shocked about the allegations of U.S. authorities spying on EU offices" made in a report published Sunday by German news weekly Der Spiegel...
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Obama asserts Mandela's values are Africa's future
(International News ~ 07/01/13)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Challenging African youth to seize a "moment of great promise," President Barack Obama declared Sunday the future of the young and growing continent rests in ailing South African leader Nelson Mandela's vision for equality and opportunity. Seeking to carve out his own piece of that legacy, Obama unveiled an initiative to double electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa, vowing to bring "light where there is darkness."...
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WHO: Early treatment of those with HIV would help stop spread
(International News ~ 07/01/13)
LONDON -- Young children and certain other people with the AIDS virus should be started on medicines as soon as they are diagnosed, the World Health Organization said in new guidelines that also recommend earlier treatment for adults. The advice will have the most impact in Africa, where nearly 70 percent of people with HIV live. Many rich countries already advocate early treatment. WHO's guidelines were released Sunday at the International AIDS Society meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
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Gay pride parades draw large crowds
(National News ~ 07/01/13)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Gay rights supporters crowded parade routes in San Francisco, New York and other major U.S. cities Sunday to celebrate what once was unimaginable -- two Supreme Court victories on same-sex marriage. The high court gave celebrants one more reason to cheer Sunday when Justice Anthony Kennedy rejected a last-ditch effort by opponents to stop gay marriages in California...
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Jackson Legion finishes third in tournament
(Community Sports ~ 07/01/13)
The Jackson Post 158 Senior American Legion baseball team beat Poplar Bluff Senior Babe Ruth 11-1 in six innings Sunday to finish third in the Paragould 7Up Classic in Paragould, Ark. Jackson, which went 2-1 in the eight-team event, is now 26-5 on the season...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 7/1/13
(Local News ~ 07/01/13)
Office Building 1 Barton Square Jackson 9 a.m. today Open session Action items Pertinent address: 1 Barton Square, Jackson, Mo...
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19 firefighters die battling Arizona blaze
(National News ~ 07/01/13)
YARNELL, Ariz. -- A fast-moving wildfire killed 19 firefighters Sunday afternoon after the blaze raced through an Arizona community, a state forestry official said. Forestry spokesman Art Morrison said the firefighters were caught by the fire near the central Arizona town of Yarnell about 85 miles northwest of Phoenix. He said the firefighters were forced to deploy their fire shelters, tent-like structures meant to shield firefighters from flames and heat...
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Out of the past 7/1/13
(Out of the Past ~ 07/01/13)
The Cape Girardeau City Council is considering initiating a plan for the widening of a section of Mount Auburn Road; under the plan, an approximately 1,600-foot stretch of Mount Auburn Road, running north from Bloomfield Road, would be widened from the current 24 feet to 44 feet...
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Prayer 7/1/13
(Prayer ~ 07/01/13)
Lord Jesus, comfort those who mourn. May they experience your tender mercy. Amen.
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Re-enactment opens Gettysburg anniversary events
(National News ~ 07/01/13)
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- An opening volley of musket fire ushered in the start of the milestone commemoration of the Battle of Gettysburg on Friday, 150 years after the Union Army turned away a Confederate advance in the pivotal conflict of the American Civil War...
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Beneath NYC's ground zero, a museum takes shape
(National News ~ 07/01/13)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Gray dust blankets everything in the subterranean halls of the unfinished National September 11 Memorial & Museum. But while the powder may look ominously like the ash that covered lower Manhattan after the terrorist attacks, this time it is a product of rebirth, not destruction...
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Business Notebook: First Midwest Bank bringing branch to Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 07/01/13)
n First Midwest Bank of Dexter, Mo., one of the oldest locally owned banks in Southeast Missouri, has received approval from the Missouri Division of Finance and the FDIC to locate a full-service bank at 1820 N. Kingshighway. According to Joey McLane, president of First Midwest Bank of Dexter, a temporary modular bank with a drive-thru will provide full-service operations during construction of a new facility. ...
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Ken Swearengin, director of the Missouri Veterans Cemetery, serves those who have served
(07/01/13)
For Ken Swearengin, working for a veterans' cemetery is "a time-honored tradition" and a rare opportunity to serve those who serve our country. Swearengin is director for the Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield, Mo., where he oversees general operations and services and determines eligibility for internment at the cemetery. One of the most important aspects of his job, he said, is to see that everything is conducted "in a dignified and honorable manner."...
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Canine Cruisers meet to walk their dogs, socialize
(07/01/13)
All dogs need three things: Exercise, walks and mental stimulation, says Stacy Busch-Heisserer, owner of Busch Pet Products in Cape Girardeau. The same could be said for humans -- and that's why the Cape Canine Cruisers meet on Saturday mornings to socialize and walk their dogs as a group...
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A look at cataracts and how they're treated
(07/01/13)
Cataracts are something we all go through sooner or later - here's a breakdown of what they are and how they're treated. What exactly are cataracts? Cataracts are when the intraocular lens -- normally clear -- becomes cloudy or opaque. "The (intraocular) lenses serve to filter light rays as they pass through the eye. After time, these lenses become cloudy and non-translucent, which we then call cataracts," explains Dr. Kory P. Thoma of Leet EyeCare in Cape Girardeau...
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'Strawberry Ridge' writer-director talks about River City Players' new show
(07/01/13)
Roseanna Whitlow-Greenwood has been involved with the River City Players, Cape Girardeau's community theater group, for more than 10 years. When the players take the stage for their next performance at the end of the month, Whitlow-Greenwood will have played a major role (offstage): She wrote the play and is serving as the production's director. Here, she talks about "Strawberry Ridge" and taking it from her head to the stage:...
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