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K-State assistant Sawyers named baseball coach at Southeast Missouri State
(College Sports ~ 07/29/16)
A month after Steve Bieser departed to take over at Mizzou, Southeast Missouri State has its new head baseball coach. The university announced Friday evening that it has hired former Kansas State assistant Andy Sawyers as the sixth head coach in Southeast baseball history...
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COLUMN: An evening, a lasting image of Capaha Field
(Community Sports ~ 07/29/16)
This spring, I learned the 2016 season would be the final summer of the Capahas as they've been known over the past five decades, with Jess Bolen -- my father -- managing on the field and Mary Bolen -- my mother -- from "the hill." While the pair will retain a measure of the team's organizational responsibilities in order to affect a smooth transition to management by my younger brother, Tom, I viewed the ensuing season gripped by sadness, intent on attending every game possible...
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Order of the Arrow Cheerful Service
(Submitted Story ~ 07/29/16)
Scouts and adults from the Shawnee chapter of the Anpetu-We Lodge recently mulched 100 trees at Cape County Park. The Order of the Arrow is the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America and focuses on service to others.
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Burrito-Ville donates $1,000 to Cape Girardeau Fire Department Training Fund
(Submitted Story ~ 07/29/16)
Local Cape Girardeau restaurant, Burrito-Ville, held a #GiveBacktoCape fundraising event for the Cape Girardeau Fire Department and their training fund on July 13, donating 10 percent of all sales from 5-9 p.m...
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Ride of the Week: 1966 Chevrolet C-10
(Submitted Story ~ 07/29/16)
Owner(s) Thomas & Saundra Schoen. Owner's hometown Oak Ridge. 250 straight 6 cyl., rally wheels, still has original OEM paint and bed boards. Truck sat in a shed in Delta, Mo. from 1979 - 2014. It only has 59,715 miles on it. I was able to purchase it and with a little work get it going again...
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Mother charged after toddler falls out of moving car
(Local News ~ 07/29/16)
A 3-year-old child fell out of the rear passenger-side door of a moving car as it was turning right onto U.S. 61, Perryville, Missouri, police said. The child fell out in a car seat and rolled about four times, police said. The Perry County, Missouri, prosecuting attorney’s office filed an arrest warrant Thursday for Jessie Marie Waggoner, 24, of Perryville and charged her with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Waggoner was not in custody Thursday at Perry County Jail...
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Perry County commissioner faces opposition in GOP primary
(Local News ~ 07/29/16)
Perry County, Missouri, voters will decide Tuesday whether to give District 2 Associate Commissioner James L. "Jim" Sutterer a third four-year term. The incumbent faces two challengers in the Republican primary. The winner will be unopposed in the November general election...
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Perry County Commission seeks voter approval to extend road and bridge sales tax
(Local News ~ 07/29/16)
The Perry County Commission wants voters on Tuesday to extend a 3/8th-cent, road and bridge, capital-improvement sales tax for another nine years. Voters first approved the tax in 2004 and extended it for another six years in 2010. County officials said the sales tax has fueled numerous road and bridge improvements over the years. Funds generated by the tax are used to construct, maintain and upgrade roads and bridges...
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Police learn to spot, respond to mental illness
(Local News ~ 07/29/16)
Detective Jason Klaus of the Perry County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Department went on a call Wednesday involving a man walking along Interstate 55, and he said the use of crisis-intervention techniques helped save the man’s life. The story was part of Klaus’ presentation on crisis-intervention training Thursday at the Southeast Missouri Regional Suicide Prevention and Awareness Conference...
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Republican primary for 8th District congressional seat focuses on jobs, taxes
(Local News ~ 07/29/16)
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith and all three of his challengers in Tuesday’s Republican primary for the Missouri 8th District seat in Congress describe themselves as conservatives who support the right to bear arms and want to lessen the burden of government on small businesses...
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City to close Gordonville Road intersection in preparation for roundabout construction
(Local News ~ 07/29/16)
Gordonville Road, from Independence Street south to Edgewood Drive, will be closed to traffic for the next several months, starting Monday, in preparation for construction of a roundabout. That section of road is expected to reopen in November, weather permitting, city officials said...
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Cape to get small-market ride-sharing service carGO
(Local News ~ 07/29/16)
While businesses such as Uber and Lyft are popping up all over the country, Cape Girardeau has yet to have a ride-sharing service. But that’s all about to change, according to Codefi founder James Stapleton. In a rooftop announcement Thursday night at Marquette TechFest, he said Cape Girardeau soon will have carGO, a locally developed small-market ride-sharing platform...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/29/16)
Today in History Today is Friday, July 29, the 211th day of 2016. There are 155 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 29, 1976, the first of eight shootings ascribed to the serial killer known as "Son of Sam" occurred on a street in The Bronx, New York, as a gunman killed 18-year-old Donna Lauria and wounded her friend, 19-year-old Jody Valenti. ...
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Southeast Roundup: 29 student-athletes receive top OVC academic honors
(College Sports ~ 07/29/16)
Southeast Missouri State put 29 student-athletes on the list of Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor recipients, besting its previous high of 27 a year ago. Each award winner carried a 4.0 GPA for the 2015-16 school year. The Academic Medal of Honor is given annually to student-athletes who achieve the highest GPA in an OVC-sponsored sport...
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Diaz's homer helps Cardinals beat Marlins and Fernandez, 5-4
(Professional Sports ~ 07/29/16)
MIAMI -- The first time Jose Fernandez faced Aledmys Diaz on Thursday, the St. Louis Cardinals' slugger fouled the first pitch off with a mighty swing. "I told him, 'Really? You're going to swing first pitch like that?"' Fernandez said. "That swing had a lot of bad intentions."...
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Prayer 7-29-16
(Prayer ~ 07/29/16)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for forgiveness made possible by your sacrifice on the cross. Amen.
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Speak Out 7/29/16
(Speak Out ~ 07/29/16)
Those who say political party loyalty must take priority over everything else puzzle me, particularly when their party's presidential nominee is obviously not a loyal party member. I am writing this letter of appreciation to the second-floor rehab department of Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau to tell them what a wonderful job they did in helping me after I had my stroke in April. ...
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Cape Girardeau extends hospitality to its visitors
(Editorial ~ 07/29/16)
Those of us who live and work in Cape Girardeau can come to take our neighbors' friendliness for granted. But visitors are often impressed by the hospitality the city extends its guests. Most recently, passengers on the American Queen riverboat, attendees of the Rev'n Rods show and a group of environmentalists have noted the town's friendly nature...
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The convention speech no one asked me to give
(Column ~ 07/29/16)
Madam and Mister Chairmen, honorable delegates, bold candidates, current officeholders, heart-string pullers and tweeters of all stripes: I proudly and humbly accept your nomination as voter for the highest office in the land. I recognize, by your cheers and sustained applause, that you have placed on me a great burden, one that overwhelms me and takes away my breath. Please excuse me for a moment as I gather my wits and try to get the blood flowing back to my brain...
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Weather causes manure to catch fire
(National News ~ 07/29/16)
THROOP, N.Y. -- How hot is it in upstate New York? It's so hot, horse manure is bursting into flames. The state Department of Environmental Conservation said it received multiple complaints July 5 about the smell and smoke emanating from a burning pile of horse manure at a property in the town of Throop, 20 miles west of Syracuse. The responding officer learned the owners of a horse stable had been storing manure in large piles that spontaneously combusted in the excessive heat...
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Russia, Syria blockade Aleppo, offer corridors out
(International News ~ 07/29/16)
BEIRUT -- After months of fighting to encircle its opponents in Aleppo, Syrian authorities backed by Russia on Thursday offered safe corridors out for residents and rebels in the northern city's besieged quarters, underlining the government's determination to seal off the metropolis and force an eventual surrender by the opposition...
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French police were warned about second church attacker
(International News ~ 07/29/16)
PARIS -- French officials on Thursday identified the second man responsible for attacking a Catholic church in Normandy as a 19-year-old who was spotted last month in Turkey as he supposedly headed to Syria -- but returned to France instead. The prosecutor's office identified him as Abdel-Malik Nabil Petitjean after DNA tests on his corpse. ...
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To reverse damage of sitting, take a brisk, hour-long walk
(International News ~ 07/29/16)
LONDON -- If you spend all day sitting, you might want to schedule some time for a brisk walk. Just make sure you can spare at least an hour. Scientists analyzing data from more than 1 million people found it takes about 60 to 75 minutes of "moderate intensity" exercise to undo the damage of sitting at least eight hours a day. Not exercising and sitting all day are as dangerous as being obese or smoking, they found...
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Biden tries to comfort relatives of slain officers
(National News ~ 07/29/16)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The gunman's bullets that killed three law-enforcement officers in Baton Rouge also targeted the country and "touched the soul of an entire nation," Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday at a memorial service for the fallen officers...
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Hotter weather expected near wildfire
(National News ~ 07/29/16)
BIG SUR, Calif. -- California crews contended with higher temperatures and lower humidity Thursday near scenic Big Sur, where a wildfire has destroyed 34 homes and killed a bulldozer driver working to contain the massive blaze. More than 3,000 firefighters working around the clock got a break from cooler conditions a day earlier, but forecasters said the rest of the week would bring weather in the upper 80s...
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Clinton accepts nomination, promising steady hand in a dangerous world
(National News ~ 07/29/16)
PHILADELPHIA -- Promising Americans a steady hand, Hillary Clinton cast herself Thursday night as a unifier for divided times, an experienced leader steeled for a volatile world. She aggressively challenged Republican Donald Trump's ability to do the same...
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He's a skydiver working with a net — but no parachute
(Entertainment ~ 07/29/16)
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- He's made 18,000 parachute jumps, helped train some of the world's most elite skydivers and done some of the stunts for "Ironman 3." But the plunge Luke Aikins knows he'll be remembered for is the one he's making without a parachute. Or a wingsuit...
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Barbershop singers try to update their image
(Entertainment ~ 07/29/16)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- If the sound of barbershop harmony invokes Norman Rockwell images of white men singing vaudeville-style songs in straw hats, organizers of the Barbershop Harmony Society are trying to update that image. The society, which dates back to 1938, has been promoting research into the African-American origins of four-part a cappella singing and encouraging the spread of the musical style beyond North America. ...
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Steven Tyler hits pause on Aerosmith to go a little country
(Entertainment ~ 07/29/16)
NEW YORK -- He's led the bad-boy rock band Aerosmith for decades, written a book, learned to parasail and is the father of four children. But Steven Tyler had at least one more goal before hitting 70: his first solo album. "I just thought, 'Instead of (an) Aerosmith album, why don't I just write something here and see what I get?'" Tyler said by phone from his new home in Nashville, Tennessee. "It was something I've always wanted to do."...
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Artifacts 7/29/16
(Entertainment ~ 07/29/16)
Broken and Redeemed will have a hip-hop master class taught by Neal Hopson of Boost 101.9 and Jimmie Miller from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the studio, 1217 N. Kingshighway, Studio No. 250, in Cape Girardeau. For more information or to register, call (314) 723-2649 or visit brokenandredeemed.com/purchase-classes...
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Best Bet: Leopold Picnic is Saturday
(Entertainment ~ 07/29/16)
The 123rd annual Leopold Picnic starts at 1 p.m. Saturday on the grounds of St. John's Catholic Church, 103 Main St. A family-style dinner of kettle beef, chicken and dumplings, fried chicken and all the trimmings will be served from 3 to 8 p.m. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for children 5 and younger. ...
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Out of the past: July 29
(Out of the Past ~ 07/29/16)
A $5.5 million bubbling-bed boiler that supplies power to Southeast Missouri State University has been operational only about 30 percent of the time since early 1990; the boiler first was installed and used in May 1989 and is one of a few in the country that burns high-sulfur coal...
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Mary Scordato
(Obituary ~ 07/29/16)
Mary Scordato, 94, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 24, 1922, in Chicago, daughter of Peter and Julia Moretti. She married Charles Scordato on June 5, 1943, in Chicago. They were married more than 59 years when he passed away Sept. 5, 2002...
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Earl Saupe
(Obituary ~ 07/29/16)
Earl Dean Saupe, 80, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 11, 1936, in Shawneetown, the son of Clarence "Doc" Theodore and Ellouise Eggimann Saupe. He and Marlene F. Bodenschatz were married June 29, 1957, in Immanuel Lutheran Church at New Wells...
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Elmer Koessel
(Obituary ~ 07/29/16)
Elmer Lee Koessel, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at Willow Creek Nursing and Rehab in Belleville, Illinois. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Shirley Eakins
(Obituary ~ 07/29/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Shirley Eakins, 80, of Marble Hill passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at her home. She was born March 9, 1936, in Marble Hill, daughter of Boyd and Freda Bridges Grindstaff. She and Donald Eakins were united in marriage Dec. 22, 1956, and he passed away Dec. 17, 1991...
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Michael Borgfield
(Obituary ~ 07/29/16)
Michael S. "Mike" Borgfield, 43, of Jackson was admitted to Southeast Hospital on Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Later that evening, surrounded by his loving family, he died of unknown natural causes. He was born July 2, 1973, in Cape Girardeau to Danny J. and Linda M. Brotherton Borgfield. He and Sandy Motley had been happily sharing life together since 2003...
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Jim Baylor
(Obituary ~ 07/29/16)
Jim Baylor, 75, of Jackson died Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 3, 1941, in Cape Girardeau to Eldon and Elizabeth Rhyne Baylor. He and Judy Valleroy were married Friday, March 11, 1966, at Southside Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Josie Bagby
(Obituary ~ 07/29/16)
HINCKLEY, Ill. -- Josie Viola Bagby, 86, of Hinckley, formerly of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at the home of a daughter. She was born Jan. 8, 1930, in Ullin, Illinois, to Arthur and Josie Helen Schultz Ervin. She and Austin Bagby were married July 26, 1946, in Villa Ridge, Illinois. They had been married 68 years when Austin passed away Feb. 3, 2015...
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Jackson police report 7/29/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/29/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses n William B. Simmons, 40, of Jackson was issued summonses for failure to register a motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle without a valid operator's license. Thefts n Theft was reported in the 2300 block of South Farmington Road...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 7/29/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/29/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday: n Medical assists were made at 12:34 a.m. on North Frederick Street; 12:41 a.m. on South Sprigg Street; 2:39 a.m. on Hawthorne Road; 9:14 a.m. on Pioneer Drive; and 11:59 a.m. on Independence Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/29/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/29/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Edavion D. Wade, 19, 45 S. West End Blvd., No. 102, was arrested on suspicion of stealing miscellaneous items at Wal-Mart, 3439 William St...
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Births 7/29/16
(Births ~ 07/29/16)
Daughter to Justin Alan and Cari Lee Hearn of Scott City, Saint Francis Medical Center, 11:24 a.m. Thursday, June 30, 2016. Name, Addyson Rae. Weight, 3 pounds, 11 ounces. Fifth child, fourth daughter. Mrs. Hearn is the former Cari Holder, daughter of Terry and Sandy Holder of Scott City and Adam and Tami Moore of Oak Ridge. She is employed by C.J. Seyer Garage. Hearn is employed by Hearns Roofing and Construction LLC...
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#SemoSelfie 7/29/16
(Entertainment ~ 07/29/16)
One more just bc we can. K9 Reno wanted a selfie & who are we to deny his cute face? #NationalSelfieDay #SEMOselfie
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Cindy McDermott publishes second humor novel set in Missouri
(Entertainment ~ 07/29/16)
Southeast Missouri native Cindy McDermott has just released her second book, “Working with Really Stupid People: The Relatives.” The humorous book is set in the Show Me State, in a fictional town called Dimlit. “I wrote it with the idea of bringing a smile to people’s faces,” McDermott said...
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Bald eagle rescued at Table Rock Lake
(State News ~ 07/29/16)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- An injured bald eagle got a little help from a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper. The Springfield News-Leader reported operators of a houseboat at Table Rock Lake on Saturday found the bald eagle on their boat, apparently unable to fly, so they sought help from the patrol, which has officers in boats on the lake...
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Veterans Commission head placed on leave
(State News ~ 07/29/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The head of the Missouri Veterans Commission has been placed on paid leave after jurors awarded nearly $3 million in damages to a former employee who claimed discrimination and harassment over her dismissal. The commission is offering no further details about executive director Larry Kay's status, The Jefferson City News-Tribune reported. ...
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Eagle Picher laying off 135 in Joplin
(State News ~ 07/29/16)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- Eagle Picher Technologies is laying off 135 workers in Joplin. Sean Parker, vice president of human resources told The Joplin Globe on Thursday this round of layoffs is in addition to 90 layoffs the company announced in late May. That is a total of about 225 layoffs, or nearly one-fourth of the company's workforce this spring...
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Relic gatherer relishes a world of discovery
(State News ~ 07/29/16)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- Ten years ago -- no, say, two years ago -- Mike Norman never thought he'd be in the business of reconstructing bison. Not that the field remains crowded with folks wanting to do this. The remains can be found, washed up in various places. Norman looks...
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Hog-farm proposal's foes win court ruling
(State News ~ 07/29/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A judge has found two members of the Missouri Clean Water Commission violated their duty to be impartial while considering a large hog-breeding operation in mid-Missouri. Tuesday's ruling bars commission chairman Todd Parnell of Springfield and member Ashley McCarty of Novinger from taking part in discussions or votes on an appeal of the issuance of a permit for the proposed Callaway Farrowing LLC breeding farm in western Callaway County, The Columbia Daily Tribune reported...
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Judge rejects conspiracy claims against highway patrol
(State News ~ 07/29/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A judge has rejected conspiracy allegations against Missouri State Highway Patrol commanders named in a federal civil lawsuit over the 2014 drowning of a handcuffed Iowa man at Lake of the Ozarks. U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey said Wednesday in a ruling lawyers for the family of Brandon Ellingson failed to prove 11 commanders and patrol officials conspired to cover up the cause of Ellingson's death at Lake of the Ozarks, The Kansas City Star reported...
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Man with overturned conviction to have MTV series
(State News ~ 07/29/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A man whose conviction in a Columbia sports editor's death was overturned after he served nearly a decade in prison will star in a new documentary series set to debut on MTV in mid-August. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported "Unlocking the Truth" follows Ryan Ferguson and Eva Nagao as they examine three cases in which they believe the defendants were wrongfully convicted...
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'Zika is now here': Mosquitoes now spreading virus in U.S.
(National News ~ 07/29/16)
MIAMI -- Mosquitoes have apparently begun spreading the Zika virus on the U.S. mainland for the first time, health officials said Friday, a long-feared turn in the epidemic that is sweeping Latin America and the Caribbean. Four recently infected people in the Miami area -- one woman and three men -- are believed to have contracted the virus locally through mosquito bites, Gov. Rick Scott said...
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