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Jimmy Carter's cancer fight puts new meaning in old message
(National News ~ 08/24/15)
PLAINS, Ga. -- The Sunday school lesson was familiar: When your burden grows heavy, ask God for strength. But the message carried a more powerful and personal meaning than usual because of who delivered it: Jimmy Carter. The 90-year-old former president taught Sunday school in his hometown for the first time since he disclosed Thursday his cancer had spread to his brain...
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Speaker gives perspectives of Christianity, Islam
(Local News ~ 08/24/15)
Muslims' and Christians' mutual concern for evangelism historically has been problematic, but the Rev. John Loum said there are ways the two groups can get along during a presentation Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. Loum, a native of Gambia who was raised as a Muslim, said he knows from experience what tactics work to facilitate conversation and which can alienate...
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Business notebook: Mississippi Mutts moves to new location
(Business ~ 08/24/15)
Mississippi Mutts moved to its new location over the weekend. The new location, at 609 Broadway, is only about six blocks east of the store's former address at 1231 Broadway. "The parking was kind of an issue at our current space," Mississippi Mutts employee Kayla Barton said. Sherry Jennings' purchase of the new building was a "can't pass" opportunity, Barton said...
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Report raises alarm on obesity; smoking and heart disease also a concern
(Local News ~ 08/24/15)
Obesity, smoking and heart disease are ranked among the top public-health priority issues in the 2015 Community Health Assessment, completed by the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center and collaborating community partners. The assessment is completed every three years and includes information on county demographics, education, socioeconomic conditions, public safety, domestic violence, maternal and child health, infectious diseases, chronic diseases and morbidity and mortality...
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State may allow crossbows next deer, turkey hunting season
(Local News ~ 08/24/15)
The Missouri Conservation Commission has set season dates and limits for the 2016-2017 fall deer season and given initial approval to several deer-hunting regulation changes. The regulation changes were proposed by the Missouri Department of Conservation, which hosted a number of meetings earlier this year -- including one in Cape Girardeau -- to speak with the public and gather input on the proposals...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/24/15)
Today is Monday, August 24, the 236th day of 2015. There are 129 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 24, A.D. 79, long-dormant Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash; an estimated 20,000 people died...
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Celebrating Business Today and our 'Newsmakers'
(Editorial ~ 08/24/15)
Business Today, the monthly publication reporting notable news about business and business owners in Southeast Missouri, is celebrating 25 years. On this silver anniversary, the Southeast Missourian reflects on a statement we made all those years ago, in 1990, when we reported that the paper "grew out of a series of interviews with area businesspeople."...
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In God some trust
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/24/15)
I'm sure the Sheriff of Cape Girardeau County is a smart man. Dummies seldom get elected to high office. Therefore, he knows there are a few agnostics who live in the county, also a few Buddhists, probably some Hindus, a few atheists, definitely several Muslims, etc. ...
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Renee Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 08/24/15)
Renee Seabaugh, 63, of Jackson passed away Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at her home. She was born Dec. 3, 1951, in Clearwater, Florida, daughter of Walker D. and Nancy L. Blankle Howard. She and J. Mike Seabaugh were married Oct. 9, 1971. Renee was a member of New McKendree United Methodist Church in Jackson. She worked 33 years as deputy recorder of deeds of Cape Girardeau County...
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Sharron Black
(Obituary ~ 08/24/15)
Sharron V. Friend Black, 75, a resident of Charleston, Missouri, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Born Dec. 15, 1939, at St. Louis to the late Sherman W. and Evelyn Nielsen Black, she had lived in Charleston since 1969, where she was an active member of the First Assembly of God Church...
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Out of the past: Aug. 24
(Out of the Past ~ 08/24/15)
GALE, Ill. -- Officials with the Illinois Environmental Protection Administration say all waste oil and solvents that were contaminated with toxic materials now have been removed from the Ilada Energy Reclamation site near here. Janet Gluesing of Cape Girardeau is garnishing her house with red, white and blue ribbons to show her support of U.S. ...
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National Zoo says panda has twins
(National News ~ 08/24/15)
WASHINGTON -- It's double trouble for the National Zoo after its adult female panda gave birth to twins. The cubs arrived about five hours apart Saturday. Panda mom Mei Xiang gave birth to the first cub at 5:35 p.m. and a second at 10:07 p.m., the zoo said...
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Seed bugs swarm California communities, invade homes, cars
(National News ~ 08/24/15)
LONE PINE, Calif. -- The gas station's ground was covered with the small, winged bugs. Piles of carcasses, inches deep, sat swept to the sides. On the road, they rained onto car windshields. They flew by the thousands toward even the smallest sources of light and crept along windows and kitchen tables...
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Unemployment benefits bill may be set for override
(State News ~ 08/24/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican-led Senate appears to have enough support to override Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of a bill that would enact one of the nation's strictest limits for unemployment benefits. Although the legality of the veto override remains in doubt, sponsoring Sen. Mike Kehoe confirmed last week he plans to press ahead with the effort, and several senators who were absent when the bill passed said they would support the legislation...
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Columbia clinic licensed for abortions received exemption
(State News ~ 08/24/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- When the Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia was granted a license to provide medication-induced abortions, it was exempted from the requirement it have a doctor on staff with surgical privileges at a hospital in the community. Gail Vasterling, the director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, discussed the license, granted in July, in a letter Friday to Sen. Kurt Schaefer. She is slated to appear Tuesday before an interim Senate committee he leads...
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Ukelele duo play at Riverfront Park
(Local News ~ 08/24/15)
September Knupp, left, playing a soprano ukulele, and Madison Sitzes, with a baritone ukulele, strum popular 1990s music on a bench Sunday near Riverfront Park on Water Street in Cape Girardeau. They call their band the Ukuladies.
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A boat or bicycle ramp
(Local News ~ 08/24/15)
A youngster jumps his bicycle off the boat ramp of Red Star Access on Sunday in Cape Girardeau. The Mississippi River stage was 19.4 feet and rising but is forecast to fall to 19 feet by Friday.
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Ehud Barak's Iran bombshell could shake up Israeli politics
(International News ~ 08/24/15)
JERUSALEM -- Former defense minister Ehud Barak's comments that Israel nearly attacked Iran's nuclear facilities, but the plan was scuttled by military men and cowardly politicians, could shake up Israeli politics. The leaked interview, in which Barak also described Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as indecisive and pessimistic, was the talk of the town Sunday in an Israel obsessed about Iran. ...
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Boaters mapping Pacific garbage arrive in San Francisco
(National News ~ 08/24/15)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Far away from California's coast, where the Pacific Ocean currents swirl, the blue of the sea was replaced by fishing nets, buckets, buoys, laundry baskets and pieces of plastic that floated past the Ocean Star, a ship carrying a team of scientists and volunteers gathering data on plastic garbage...
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10,000 volunteers to help with papal visit to Philadelphia
(National News ~ 08/24/15)
PHILADELPHIA -- An army of about 10,000 volunteers will be on hand when Pope Francis visits Philadelphia during the Vatican-sponsored World Meeting of Families and holds the biggest events of his first trip to the U.S. Volunteers will greet and direct pilgrims, provide translation services, aid guests with special needs and perform other roles, including posting images and messages on social media, organizers from the World Meeting of Families said...
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Airman says train attacker 'ready to fight to the end'
(International News ~ 08/24/15)
PARIS -- Three American travelers say they relied on gut instinct and a close bond forged over years of friendship as they took down a heavily armed man on a passenger train speeding through Belgium. U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, recounting for the first time Sunday how a likely catastrophe was averted two days earlier, said the gunman, an assault rifle strapped to his bare chest, seemed "ready to fight to the end."...
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Budweiser challenges firm's 'Queen of Beer' campaign
(Business ~ 08/24/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Budweiser long has been known as the "King of Beers," and Anheuser-Busch is taking exception to a craft brewer declaring itself holder of the "Queen of Beer" crown. She Beverage Co. of Lancaster, California, applied in December to register "The Queen of Beer" phrase with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Target is getting its groove back
(Business ~ 08/24/15)
NEW YORK -- Target is on its way back. Shoppers are visiting the company's stores more often and spending more on each trip, the Minneapolis-based discount-store chain said last week. The company raised its annual profit outlook and said its second-quarter net income more than tripled...
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Why stocks are tumbling six years into the bull market
(Business ~ 08/24/15)
NEW YORK -- Well, that was fun while it lasted. For years, investors in U.S. stocks shrugged off threats -- a government shutdown, fear of a euro collapse, a near U.S. debt default -- and kept on buying. At the sixth anniversary of the bull market in March, the Standard and Poor's 500 index had more than tripled in value...
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Ashley Madison faces $578M Canadian class-action lawsuit
(Business ~ 08/24/15)
TORONTO -- Two Canadian law firms have filed a $578 million class-action lawsuit against the companies that run Ashley Madison after a hacker group's data breach exposed 39 million memberships in the adultery website last week. Charney Lawyers and Sutts, Strosberg LLP, both of Ontario, said Friday they filed the lawsuit on behalf of Canadians who subscribed to Ashley Madison and whose personal information was disclosed to the public. ...
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Rams drop to 0-2 in preseason with loss to Titans
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/15)
Titans rookie Marcus Mariota looked sharp while new St. Louis QB Nick Foles struggled.
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Piscotty flexes muscles, helps Redbirds avoid weekend sweep
(Professional Sports ~ 08/24/15)
The rookie blasted two home runs and drove in five runs in St. Louis' 10-3 win.
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Nation, world briefs 08/24/15
(National News ~ 08/24/15)
LAKE CHARLES, La. -- A Louisiana state trooper was shot in the head and critically injured Sunday afternoon during a struggle with a man whose pickup truck had run into a ditch after being reported as driving erratically, Louisiana State Police said. ...
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New Mexicans boast world's longest tamale
(National News ~ 08/24/15)
BELEN, N.M. -- A group of people say they cooked the world's longest tamale Saturday. Luis Hernandez of the ABQ West Chamber of Commerce says a team of more than 30 chefs assembled a 116-foot, 7-inch long tamale at the Valencia County fairgrounds. Organizers say the ingredients included 120 pounds of masa and 50 pounds of green chile. According to Guinness World Records, the longest tamale assembled was in Cancun, Mexico, in 2011 and measured a little over 66 feet...
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Islamic State destroys temple at Palmyra
(International News ~ 08/24/15)
BEIRUT -- Islamic State militants have destroyed a temple at Syria's ancient ruins of Palmyra, activists said Sunday, realizing the worst fears archaeologists had for the 2,000-year-old Roman-era city after the extremists seized it and beheaded a local scholar...
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Community sports briefs 8/24/15
(Community Sports ~ 08/24/15)
Dee Johnson finished with a two-day total of 143 to win the Ladies Club Championship at Kimbeland Country Club on Sunday. Johnson had rounds of 73 and 70 to win the title by seven strokes. Vicki Dye, who shot a 78 in the first round and was in second place five shots off the lead, shot a 72 in the second round to finish runner-up at 150. Sissy Donahue (86-76) finished third at 160...
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People on the Move 8/24/15
(Business ~ 08/24/15)
Brian L. Eftink, vice president, legal, at Wacker Chemical Corp. in Chattanooga, Tennessee, recently was profiled in the National Law Journal. At Wacker, Eftink personally oversees 500 contracts and nondisclosure agreements with subcontractors. Eftink became Wacker's sole U.S. ...
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James Senciboy Sr.
(Obituary ~ 08/24/15)
James P. Senciboy Sr., 66, of Perkins, Missouri, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Oran, Missouri.
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Gladys McCoy
(Obituary ~ 08/24/15)
Gladys McCoy, 76, of Cape Girardeaui died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Graveside funeral service will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the chapel at St. Mary Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Joseph Kelly officiating...
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Dirk Engelhart
(Obituary ~ 08/24/15)
Dirk Engelhart, 57, of Jackson died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Jackson fire report 8/24/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/24/15)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n A citizen assist on East Monroe Street. n An alarm sounding on Old Orchard Road. Wednesday n A medical assist on Brown Street. n A vehicle fire on West Main Street. n Saturday...
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Scott City fire report 8/24/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/24/15)
SCOTT CITY The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: August 14 n Medical assist calls were made to the 600 block of Main Street at 7:53 p.m. and the 400 block of Rock Levee Road at 10:27 p.m. August 15 n Medical assist calls were made to: the 900 block of Fifth Street East at 1:55 a.m.; the 700 block of West Hickory Street at 8:06 a.m.; the 100 block of Benjamin Drive at 10:01 a.m.; the 1000 block of Good Hope Street at 3:11 p.m.; the 1600 block of Colony Park Drive at 4:40 p.m.; the 2400 block of James Street at 6:20 p.m.; the 300 block of West Cherry Street at 6:40 p.m.; the 700 block of Seventh Street East at 6:40 p.m.; the 28000 block of U.S. ...
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Jackson police report 8/24/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/24/15)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Brandie R. England, 31, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear on a show cause order. n Jody P. Williams, 22, 852 Eastview Court, was arrested on a St. Louis County warrant...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/24/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/24/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Sammy Lee Davis, 58, 321 S. Spring St., was arrested on suspicion of failure to stop at a stop sign and driving while revoked at 1910 Bloomfield St...
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Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's report 8/23/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/24/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Deparment released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Amy L. McClintock, 26, of Jackson was arrested on a Perry County warrant for contempt of court for failure to obey judge's orders for unlawful use of drug paraphernalia...
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Prayer 8/24/15
(Prayer ~ 08/24/15)
We praise and worship you, O Lord Jesus. We trust and give Thee thanks forever. Amen.
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