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New York gets ready for New Year's Eve celebration
(National News ~ 12/31/14)
NEW YORK -- The Waterford crystal ball is ready for its New Year's close-up. The glittering 11,875-pound ball was tested Tuesday ahead of the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, where tens of thousands of revelers are expected to ring in 2015. Workers coiled massive cables as the ball went up and down the flagpole atop 1 Times Square...
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St. Louis opens homeless shelter as cold sets in
(State News ~ 12/31/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A relatively warm December is coming to an end, and the weather is taking a turn for the cold. As a result, St. Louis officials are opening the city's emergency shelter for the homeless. The shelter at the 12th and Park Recreation Center near downtown provides sleeping arrangements and hot food for about 150 people -- more if necessary...
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Chief says probe shows man shot by officer had gun
(State News ~ 12/31/14)
BERKELEY, Mo. -- An internal police investigation confirmed an 18-year-old pointed a gun at an officer who shot him to death in a convenience store parking lot in suburban St. Louis last week, officials said Tuesday. Berkeley police chief Frank McCall said several witnesses told police that Antonio Martin pointed the gun at the officer, who has not been identified...
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Parish revives tradition for city's first responders
(State News ~ 12/31/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Rev. Ernie Davis didn't imagine he would revive a lapsed parish tradition when he handed an old chalice to a couple of volunteers about five years ago. The chalice seemed too nice to sit on a shelf at Kansas City's St. Therese Little Flower Catholic Church, so Davis simply asked them to clean it...
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Mo. health insurance enrollment tops 100,000
(State News ~ 12/31/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- More than 100,000 Missouri residents have signed up for health insurance through a federally run website during the first month of enrollment. The figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services show that about half of the Missourians who signed up are new enrollees, and the other half already had coverage through a HealthCare.gov policy...
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Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament: Charleston outlasts Woodland for 5th place
(High School Sports ~ 12/31/14)
Tuesday night's fifth-place contest of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament was an important gauge for both the fifth-seeded Charleston Bluejays and the sixth-seeded Woodland Cardinals, who will compete in the same district later in the year...
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Greene County deputy once was homeless
(State News ~ 12/31/14)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Only seven years ago, Juan Jones, Greene County's only black patrol deputy, was homeless. He briefly lived in his car in Springfield during the ice storm of 2007. "I was staying warm at the McDonald's and at the Krispy Kreme," said Jones, 26. "It was a real rough time for me. I finally got a place to stay."...
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DNR eyes air monitoring near Ameren plants
(State News ~ 12/31/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is planning to install air monitors near two power plants that officials say are the largest sources of sulfur dioxide emissions in the state. The DNR is working on an agreement with Ameren Missouri to add sulfur dioxide monitors near the utility's Labadie plant in Franklin County and its Rush Island plant in Jefferson County, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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New troopers hired for Southeast Missouri
(Local News ~ 12/31/14)
Jerrick W. Myers and Christopher C. Wakefield have joined Troop E of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Both are members of the patrol's 99th recruit class and graduated from the patrol academy Dec. 19. Myers is from Jackson and has been assigned to serve zone 4, which consists of Bollinger, Cape Girardeau and Scott counties. ...
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Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament: Oran claims consolation title over Bell City
(High School Sports ~ 12/31/14)
The Eagles turned to senior Jacob Priggel, who scored 18 of his game-high 26 points in the second half and led Oran to a 58-51 win over Bell City.
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Minglewood Brewery in downtown Cape debuts full menu
(Local News ~ 12/31/14)
Minglewood Brewery, a microbrewery and pub in downtown Cape Girardeau that opened in mid-October, debuted its full menu Monday. The brewpub in the old Keys building at 121 Broadway has been open since Oct. 17, and offers a changing variety of craft beers along with a full list of wine and liquor options...
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White Castle reopens in new building 8 months after fire
(Local News ~ 12/31/14)
The White Castle at 102 Siemers Drive in Cape Girardeau reopened Sunday after a four-month reconstruction period. A kitchen fire in May left the building inoperable and caused the White Castle to close. The building eventually was razed Aug. 13 to create space for a smaller, more classic, White Castle-themed structure...
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Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament: Notre Dame boys basketball team edges Jackson in title game
(High School Sports ~ 12/31/14)
The third-seeded Bulldogs staved off a rally from top-seeded and defending champion Jackson 60-58 to claim the title.
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Mo. law limits cost of pills for chemotherapy
(State News ~ 12/31/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Cancer medication that previously could cost thousands of dollars will at most be $75 a month for Missouri residents once a new law limiting the price of chemotherapy pills takes effect Thursday. Missouri is among at least 33 other states that have passed legislation to reduce the cost of the pills. Lawmakers and advocates for cancer patients say the law will mean greater access to care with fewer harmful side effects compared to traditional intravenous chemotherapy...
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Top 10 stories of 2014: "Gone Girl" premiere, gun violence and a deer's demise made headlines this year
(Local News ~ 12/31/14)
Editor's note: This compilation of the top 10 stories of the year is based on voting by the Southeast Missourian newsroom staff. Reporters and editors suggested 20 stories; the 10 with the highest number of votes were selected. Moviegoers packed Cape West 14 Cine in early October in hopes of catching a glimpse of friends, family and familiar places on the silver screen...
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Speakers set for first Cape chamber event of 2015
(Local News ~ 12/31/14)
January's First Friday Coffee event hosted by the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will feature a conversation and Q&A session with chamber president and CEO John Mehner and Cape Girardeau Mayor Harry Rediger. The program, "Kicking Off the New Year," will begin at 7:40 a.m. Friday at the Isle Casino Cape Girardeau event center. Doors open at 7 a.m. A continental breakfast will be served. The event is sponsored by Bug Zero and Robinson Construction...
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Woman charged with attempted stabbing
(Local News ~ 12/31/14)
STEELE, Mo. -- A Steele woman was arrested Christmas Eve after trying to stab her husband, then attempting to strike a police officer, the Standard Democrat reported. Billy Joe Stanfield, Steele chief of police, reported Monday that officers were called to the Pecan Acres Trailer Park on Dec. ...
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Cape airport departs 2014 on high note
(Local News ~ 12/31/14)
It's been a busy but positive year for the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, with officials hoping to continue that momentum next year. In May, a 52,000-square-foot metal building finally was cleared by Commander Premier Aircraft Corp., an airplane manufacturing company that declared bankruptcy and was evicted three years ago. ...
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Police urge motorists to drive safely over New Year's holiday
(Local News ~ 12/31/14)
Be safe. Don't drink and drive. This advice is repeated to drivers from the time they turn 16. Yet accidents still happen during the new year, crashes occur, and in the worst incidents, people die. "I know there's elevated numbers and an increase in crashes and impaired drivers [surrounding the holiday]," said Cpl. Darin Hickey of the Cape Girardeau Police Department. "That's not just at a local level, that's statewide as well."...
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Orion
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/31/14)
The constellation Orion seen over the Mojave Desert at Christmas
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SoutheastHEALTH Presents Sportsmanship Award
(Submitted Story ~ 12/31/14)
SoutheastHEALTH presented its Sportsmanship Award to Scott County Central High School boys basketball player Matthew Blissett at the 2014 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Tuesday night, Dec. 30, at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. The annual award recognizes a student who displays success on the court, in the classroom and in the community...
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More Monarchs return to Mexico, but now face cold
(International News ~ 12/31/14)
PIEDRA HERRADA, Mexico -- More Monarch butterflies appear to have made the long flight from the U.S. and Canada to their winter nesting ground in western Mexico, raising hopes after their number dropped to a record low last year. But experts still fear that unusual cold temperatures will threaten the orange and black insects...
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Conviction of Putin foe sets off protest in Moscow
(International News ~ 12/31/14)
MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin's chief political foe was convicted along with his brother Tuesday in a fraud case widely seen as a vendetta by the Kremlin, triggering one of Russia's boldest anti-government demonstrations in years. Police allowed a few thousand protesters to gather just outside Red Square for about two hours -- a show of relative restraint for Russian authorities, who have little tolerance for dissent -- before moving in to break up the unsanctioned rally by pushing the demonstrators toward subway entrances.. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/31/14)
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 31, the 365th and final day of 2014. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 31, 1904, New York's Times Square saw its first New Year's Eve celebration, with an estimated 200,000 people in attendance. On this date: In 1514, physician Andreas Vesalius, who wrote and illustrated the first comprehensive books on human anatomy, was born in Brussels...
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Speak Out 12/31/14
(Speak Out ~ 12/31/14)
No roundabout; Set example; Basketball event; Reckless bill; Ferguson; Smoking problem; Merry Christmas; Progressive agenda; Republicans vote; Change symbols
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1st Ebola victim may have been infected by bats
(National News ~ 12/31/14)
NEW YORK -- A team of researchers think they may have pinpointed how the Ebola epidemic in West Africa started -- with a small boy playing in a hollowed-out tree where infected bats lived. The researchers explored an area in southeastern Guinea where 2-year-old Emile Ouamouno fell ill a year ago and died. Health officials believe he was the first case in the epidemic, which wasn't recognized until spring...
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GOP leader regrets speech he made to white supremacists
(National News ~ 12/31/14)
WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders rallied around one of their own, Whip Steve Scalise, on Tuesday after he said he regrets speaking 12 years ago to a white supremacist organization and condemns the views of such groups. The supportive statements suggest party leaders think the flare-up will fade during the holidays, with a new Congress set to convene next week. Several Democrats criticized the Louisiana lawmaker but did not call for his resignation...
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Prosecutor in Garner case ponders Rep. Michael Grimm's seat in N.Y.
(National News ~ 12/31/14)
WASHINGTON -- Potential candidates eyed a New York congressional seat Tuesday as Republican Rep. Michael Grimm announced his resignation, following a guilty plea on tax evasion charges. Among the possible candidates is a Staten Island prosecutor who oversaw a case in which a white New York City police officer was cleared in the death of a black man in an apparent chokehold. Two state lawmakers and a former congressman who was unseated by Grimm could also be interested in the open seat...
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Wealth gap complicates sibling relationships
(National News ~ 12/31/14)
NEW YORK -- When Jayson Seaver thinks about why he makes so much money while some Americans can't catch a break, he thinks of the sacrifices he's made, the jobs he worked to pay for college, the 12-hour days he spends at the office now. And he thinks of his youngest sister, Jackie, whom he practically begged to go to college, and how she refused and is "paying for it" now, watching with envy while he flies around on vacation and enjoys his wealth...
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U.S. off war footing at year's end, but wars continue
(National News ~ 12/31/14)
WASHINGTON -- Taking America off a permanent war footing is proving harder than President Barack Obama may have suggested. U.S. troops are back in Iraq, the endgame in Afghanistan is requiring more troops -- and perhaps more risks -- than once expected and Obama is saddled with a worsening, high-stakes conflict in Syria...
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California snow survey shows higher snowpack
(National News ~ 12/31/14)
ECHO SUMMIT, Calif. -- The winter's first survey of the Sierra Nevada snowpack Tuesday found more snow than last year at this time, but officials said much more is needed to end the California drought. The Department of Water Resources conducted the survey at an elevation of about 6,800 feet some 90 miles east of Sacramento...
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2-year-old accidentally kills mom in Wal-Mart
(National News ~ 12/31/14)
HAYDEN, Idaho -- A 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother after he reached into her purse at a northern Idaho Wal-Mart and her concealed gun fired, authorities said Tuesday. The 29-year-old woman was shopping with her son and three other children, Kootenai County sheriff's spokesman Stu Miller said. Her family had come to the area to visit relatives, he said...
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President Obama's reunion with pals a link to simpler times
(National News ~ 12/31/14)
HONOLULU -- Since returning to his childhood home this month on vacation, President Barack Obama has spent a good part of most days cloistered with three people whose company puts him at ease. They're not his wife and daughters, who came with him, but a trio of pals whose friendship dates back to Obama's high school days in Hawaii...
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New law spells end for many small Spanish businesses
(International News ~ 12/31/14)
MADRID -- The Christmas display of dolls and teddy bears in the window of the Asi toy store is a hallmark of the holiday season on Madrid's Gran Via, one of the Spanish capital's busiest shopping streets. This year, there is a farewell notice among the decorations: "Thank you for these 72 years!" it says. Dozens of shoppers stop to take photos for posterity of one of Madrid's oldest and best-loved stores...
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Canada police: 9 dead in 3 crime scenes
(International News ~ 12/31/14)
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Nine people -- seven adults and two young children -- were found dead at three separate crime scenes in what Edmonton's police chief on Tuesday called the city's worst mass murder. Chief Rod Knecht told a news conference the killings were the result of domestic violence. The victims included a middle-aged woman found Monday night by officers who were responding to a report of a man entering the south-side home, opening fire and fleeing...
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Markets slip as uncertainty over Greece returns
(National News ~ 12/31/14)
Stocks are closing lower in the U.S. and elsewhere as a new flare-up of political uncertainty in Greece has investors worrying about the stability of the euro again. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 55 points, or 0.3 percent, to close at 17,983 Tuesday...
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Italian prosecutors order ferry back to Italy
(International News ~ 12/31/14)
BRINDISI, Italy -- Italian authorities warned Tuesday that more bodies likely will be found when the blackened hulk of a Greek ferry is towed to Italy, as part of a criminal investigation into the fire that engulfed the ship at sea, killing at least 11 of the more than 400 people on board...
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Corruption probe roils Israeli election campaign
(International News ~ 12/31/14)
JERUSALEM -- A far-reaching Israeli corruption investigation that has roped in 30 public figures and politicians linked to a powerful, hard-line party has shaken up the campaign ahead of March elections and appears to have tipped the scales in favor of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
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Out of the past 12/31/14
(Out of the Past ~ 12/31/14)
Benjamin F. Lewis, 34, has announced he will file as a Republican candidate for Division III associate circuit judge in Cape Girardeau County; Lewis, a native of Cape Girardeau, is with the law firm of Richey, Price, Rice, Spaeth and Heisserer. The 140,000-square-foot structure that will house Dana Corp. ...
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Police: Burglary suspect found sleeping in bed
(National News ~ 12/31/14)
Police: Burglary suspect found sleeping in bed HOWARD, Pa. -- A woman has been jailed on charges she broke into a stranger's central Pennsylvania home after a night of drinking and was found by police in bed. The Centre Daily Times reported state police responded to an alarm about 4:15 a.m. Sunday in Liberty Township, Centre County...
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Celebrate the new year with 'Auld Lang Syne'
(Editorial ~ 12/31/14)
Editor's note: The following is our annual New Year's Eve editorial. Tonight we celebrate the beginning of a new year. And the song that many will sing as the clock strikes midnight is "Auld Lang Syne." Here is an excerpt of the song. Should old acquaintance be forgot,...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/31/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/31/14)
* At 2:04 a.m., medical assist on La Mesa Drive. n At 4:29 a.m., call on South West End Boulevard. n At 5:51 a.m., medical assist on North Street. n At 6:33 a.m., call on Rose Street. n At 6:35 a.m., building fire on Koch Avenue. n At 7:57 a.m., alarm system sounded on North Frederick Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/31/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/31/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Anthony R. Peairs, 49, 1205 Jefferson Ave., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear. n Ethan C. Craigmiles, no age given, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for striking the rear of a legally stopped vehicle...
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How 'The Interview's' VOD grosses could change the game
(Entertainment ~ 12/31/14)
LOS ANGELES -- Sony appears to have a win-win with "The Interview." Not only did the studio score a moral victory by releasing the film in the face of hacker threats, the movie made at least $15 million from more than 2 million digital rentals and purchases in its first four days...
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Rita Yarborough
(Obituary ~ 12/31/14)
Rita Marie Yarborough, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, at Monticello House in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Jerry Rose
(Obituary ~ 12/31/14)
Jerry L. Rose, 82, of Jackson died Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park...
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Roger Moore
(Obituary ~ 12/31/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Roger Duane Moore, 51, of Chaffee died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau from complications of ALS. He was born May 23, 1963, in Cape Girardeau, to Garnett Elwood and Melba Joyce Slinkard Moore...
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Aileen Meadows
(Obituary ~ 12/31/14)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Aileen Meadows, 92, of Cairo went home to heaven on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, at Summerlin Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas. She had been residing with a daughter, Carmen, at their winter home. She was born Jan. 23, 1922, in Vienna, Illinois, to William and Georgia McCown. She married Carmon Alton Meadows on Jan. 12, 1940. He preceded her in death July 5, 2005...
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Danette Ketcher
(Obituary ~ 12/31/14)
Danette Ketcher, 43, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Martin Dubs
(Obituary ~ 12/31/14)
Martin Dubs, 91, of Cape Girardeau began his new life with Jesus on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014. He was born June 3, 1923, in Cape Girardeau, to Wenier and Martha Hauri Dubs. He and Virginia Meyer were married Jan. 15, 1946. She preceded him in death Dec. 21, 1998...
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Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament: Central claims 3rd place with win over Braves
(High School Sports ~ 12/31/14)
Cape Central coach Drew Church was pleased with the way his team competed on Tuesday night, which was something he couldn't say a day earlier when the Tigers were blown out in a Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament semifinal. Trailing by one point at the end of the first quarter, second-seeded Cape Central used a 18-2 run to pull away for a 79-53 victory over No. 4 Scott County Central in the third-place game on Tuesday night at the Show Me Center...
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Weber's 2 goals lead Predators over Blues 3-2
(Professional Sports ~ 12/31/14)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nashville's defense quickly transitioned to offense and netted the decisive goal. Shea Weber scored twice to lead the Predators to a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night. Gabriel Bourque added a goal for Nashville, which has won two of three...
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6 bodies recovered from AirAsia jet, official says
(International News ~ 12/31/14)
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia -- A massive hunt for the 162 victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 resumed in the Java Sea today, with the recovery of six bodies, including a flight attendant identified by her trademark red uniform. But wind, strong currents and high surf hampered recovery efforts as distraught family members anxiously waited to identify their loved ones...
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team routs William Woods
(College Sports ~ 12/31/14)
The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team couldn't have asked for much of a better end to its non-conference schedule. The Redhawks won the fifth game out of their last six with a 77-40 rout of NAIA William Woods to improve to 7-6 -- the program's first winning non-conference record since 2008...
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Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team begins OVC play Thursday vs. Belmont
(College Sports ~ 12/31/14)
The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team will kick off the New Year with its Ohio Valley Conference season opener against two-time defending regular-season champion Belmont. The Redhawks have a few resolutions that include improved 3-point defense and better shooting from behind the arc and at the free-throw line...
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High school roundup: Perryville boys basketball team upsets Crystal City in consolation semifinal
(High School Sports ~ 12/31/14)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Tuesday.
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Prayer 12/31/14
(Prayer ~ 12/31/14)
Lord Jesus, we give thanks and praise to you as we enter a new year. Amen.
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Jackson police report 12/31/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/31/14)
Editor's note: Lee A. Davis' name has been corrected in the following police report. The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Virginia L. Sickels, 53, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting...
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'Outlaw Platoon': Lessons from war
(Column ~ 12/31/14)
I read quite a few military history books and many discuss wars from a strategic perspective. My own interest is primarily how the soldiers who do the fighting handle the extreme situations war places them in, and one thing I have learned is there are writers who are able to accurately describe war through those soldiers' eyes...
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