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Trump calls for U.N. reform, but with more restrained tones
(International News ~ 09/19/17)
UNITED NATIONS -- President Donald Trump used his United Nations debut on Monday to prod the international organization to cut its bureaucracy and sharpen its mission. But he pledged U.S. support for the world body he had excoriated as a candidate, and his criticisms were more restrained than in years past...
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Kidd's remodeling project on Broadway begins
(Local News ~ 09/19/17)
Chad Smith works on a fuel pump at Kidd's gas station and convenience store Monday at 1325 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. Workers began a long-planned remodeling of the store Monday, which will include a more pump stations and upgraded drive-through.
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Cape council bans use of shipping containers as dwellings
(Local News ~ 09/19/17)
The Cape Girardeau City Council voted unanimously Monday to ban the use of shipping containers as dwellings and limit the use of them for other purposes. The council action brought an end to months of debate and discussion among council members, city staff and the planning and zoning commission...
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New boutique store advocates for special-needs people
(Local News ~ 09/19/17)
The background is neutral, done in soft grays with black industrial shelving with a high, open ceiling. Dandelion pictures dot the upper walls, monochrome close-ups focused in on seeds -- on wishes -- ready to fly. Wide windows wash the floors and the clothes with light, and on opening day Monday, shoppers drifted between display racks and tables...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/19/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Sept. 19, the 262nd day of 2017. There are 103 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On September 19, 1777, the first Battle of Saratoga was fought during the Revolutionary War; although British forces succeeded in driving out the American troops, the Americans prevailed in a second battle the following month...
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Lessons from Venus
(Column ~ 09/19/17)
When you have spent about two decades following her career, cheering her on in front of a television screen, and admiring the class with which she experiences victory and defeat, the only thing that would be better than seeing Venus Williams live would be meeting her and shaking her hand. ...
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Grant symposium should be worthwhile presentation on former president
(Editorial ~ 09/19/17)
Cape Girardeau is full of history, and if you look around you can find volumes. One convenient, informative place to look is Heritage Hall, which houses the Kellerman Foundation for Historic Preservation. It's there that Dr. Frank Nickell, an area historian and president of the Kellerman Foundation, has been recently mining some informative nuggets of local history, including how former President Ulysses S. ...
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Shirley Reed
(Obituary ~ 09/19/17)
Shirley Ann Reed, 82, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at her home. She was born June 30, 1935, in Providence, Kentucky, to George R. and Roma M. (Winstead) Merritt. She and John R. Reed were married Dec. 19, 1954, and he survives...
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Howard Fiehler
(Obituary ~ 09/19/17)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Howard R. Fiehler, 89, of Frohna died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, at Independence Care Center of Perry County, Missouri. He was born Oct. 15, 1927, in Frohna, son of Ben and Clara Kaufmann Fiehler. He married Vivian Petzoldt on Dec. 9, 1951. She preceded him in death Aug. 29, 2015...
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Brenda Rolwing
(Obituary ~ 09/19/17)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Brenda Rolwing, daughter of the late Richard Caldwell and Dorothy Rowe Caldwell, was born Nov. 5, 1949, at Frisco, Missouri, and departed this life in the Saint Francis Medical Center on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, at the age of 67 years...
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Births 9/19/17
(Births ~ 09/19/17)
Son to Benjamin Douglas and Sarah Evelyn Goodman of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1:55 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Name, Beau Charles. Weight, 6 pounds. Fourth son. Mrs. Goodman is the former Sarah Specht, daughter of Ron and Debbie Specht of Indianapolis. She is a physician at Crosstrails Medical Center. Goodman is the son of Doug and Kathy Goodman of Hickman, Kentucky. He is a physician at Saint Francis Medical Center...
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James Collins
(Obituary ~ 09/19/17)
ST. JAMES, Mo. -- James Howard Collins of St. James, formerly of Cuba, Missouri, was born Tuesday, Oct. 15, 1918, at Berryman, Missouri, to the union of Perle and Hallie Gertrude Metcalf Collins and left from this life Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. at the Missouri Veterans Home of St. James at the age of 98 years...
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Michele Campbell
(Obituary ~ 09/19/17)
Michele L. "Missy" Campbell, 46, of Jackson passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Chris Vaught officiating. Burial will be private...
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Exhibit allows virtual 'interviews' with Holocaust survivors
(National News ~ 09/19/17)
NEW YORK -- What was it like in a Nazi concentration camp? How did you survive? How has it affected your life since? Technology is allowing people to ask these questions and many more in virtual interviews with actual Holocaust survivors, preparing for a day when the estimated 100,000 Jews remaining from camps, ghettos or hiding under Nazi occupation no longer are alive to give the accounts themselves...
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Out of the past: Sept. 19
(Out of the Past ~ 09/19/17)
The 137th edition of the SEMO District Fair wraps up with a crowd of more than 2,400 fans in the evening to hear Billy Dean perform. While other fairs across the country experienced attendance dips due to economic hard times, the local exposition grew this year, ending with 81,200 in attendance. Good weather and the appearance of first lady Barbara Bush are credited with the 2,100-person increase over last year...
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Thelma Tucker
(Obituary ~ 09/19/17)
Thelma Ruth Tucker, 88, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 20, 1929, in Fornfelt to the late Barney and Ora Greenlee Beggs. She was a member of East Cape Baptist Church...
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Any lice with that salmon? Parasite plagues global industry
(National News ~ 09/19/17)
ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick -- Salmon have a lousy problem, and the race to solve it is spanning the globe. A surge of parasitic sea lice is disrupting salmon farms around the world. The tiny lice attach themselves to salmon and feed on them, killing or rendering them unsuitable for dinner tables...
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Protests resume after 120 arrests in St. Louis unrest
(State News ~ 09/19/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Protesters chanting "free our people" gathered outside the jail in downtown St. Louis on Monday night to show solidarity with those who remain behind bars. Police said more than 120 people were arrested during Sunday's protests. Demonstrators outside the jail criticized authorities for keeping some of those arrested in jail nearly 24 hours after they were taken into custody. One organizer said over a megaphone the protesters were prepared to "occupy" the facility...
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Interior chief urges shrinking 4 national monuments in West
(National News ~ 09/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending four large national monuments in the West be reduced in size, potentially opening hundreds of thousands of acres of land revered for natural beauty and historical significance to mining, logging and other development...
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Mattis: No need yet to shoot down North Korea missiles
(National News ~ 09/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has seen no need to shoot down North Korean missiles test-fired in Japan's direction, but a future missile launch that threatens U.S. or Japanese territory will "elicit a different response from us," Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday...
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Man sentenced for trying to sell satellite secrets to Russia
(National News ~ 09/19/17)
LOS ANGELES -- A California engineer who worked for a defense contractor was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for selling sensitive satellite information to an undercover FBI employee he thought was a Russian intelligence agent. U.S. District Judge George H. Wu handed down the term for 50-year-old Gregory Allen Justice of Culver City, an engineer on military and commercial satellite programs...
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Senate backs bill to pump $700 billion into military
(National News ~ 09/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate overwhelmingly approved a sweeping policy bill that would pump $700 billion into the military, putting the U.S. armed forces on track for a budget greater than at any time during the decade-plus wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
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Senate GOP musters final push to erase Obama health care law
(National News ~ 09/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans expressed growing hope Monday for a final push to scuttle President Barack Obama's health-care law, an effort that faces an uphill climb and just a two-week window to pass. Adding more risk, senators would be in the dark about the bill's effect on Americans because the Congressional Budget Office said crucial estimates won't be ready in time for a vote...
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Cat 5 Hurricane Maria batters at Dominica in Caribbean
(National News ~ 09/19/17)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Hurricane Maria intensified into a dangerous Category 5 storm and pounded the little island of Dominica as it surged into the eastern Caribbean on Monday night, and forecasters warned it might become even stronger. The storm was following a path that could take it today near many of the islands already wrecked by Hurricane Irma and head toward a possible direct strike on Puerto Rico on Wednesday...
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Evidence of spills at toxic site during floods
(National News ~ 09/19/17)
PASADENA, Texas -- The U.S. government received reports of three spills at one of Houston's dirtiest Superfund toxic-waste sites in the days after the drenching rains from Hurricane Harvey finally stopped. Aerial photos reviewed by The Associated Press show dark-colored water surrounding the site as the floods receded, flowing through Vince Bayou and into the city's ship channel...
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The 11 sisters of Siervas are a rock band like 'nun' other
(Entertainment ~ 09/19/17)
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- Eleven nuns take the stage wearing traditional black-and white habits but are anything but old school as they belt out songs to the ringing of electric guitar and a rock 'n' roll beat. Known as Siervas, the band was born in a Peruvian convent three years ago and travels far and wide to perform...
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Missouri prepares to unveil new museum, aquarium
(State News ~ 09/19/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Missouri is gearing up to open the new Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium. The Springfield News-Leader reported the tourist attraction opens to the public Friday in Springfield. Special guests, conservation leaders and politicians have been invited to preview the site Wednesday and Thursday...
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Volunteer group from Missouri helps feed people post-Irma
(State News ~ 09/19/17)
ESTERO, Fla. -- A group working out of a parking lot at the Germain Arena handed out 20,000 meals of pork, turkey and vegetables a day to residents and first responders in the Florida Keys, Naples, Bonita Springs and other parts of southwest Florida...
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Missouri Highway Patrol carrying opioid overdose drug
(State News ~ 09/19/17)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers all will be carrying an opioid overdose reversal medication once they complete training. The News-Press reported troopers, park rangers and conservation agents gathered at the patrol's headquarters on last month for training on how to use Naloxone, also known as Narcan...
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McClure man accused of leaving children in hot truck while gambling in casino
(Local News ~ 09/19/17)
A McClure, Illinois, man was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child after he left his son and daughter in a pickup truck Saturday while he gambled in Isle Casino Cape Girardeau, police said. Joshua Kyle Matlock, 33, entered the casino at 12:12 p.m. Saturday, according to video surveillance from the casino, Cape Girardeau police officer J. Monteith said in a probable-cause statement...
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Inmate's calls lead to probe, murder charge
(Local News ~ 09/19/17)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Williamsville, Missouri, man was charged Friday with first-degree murder after being accused of suffocating his 85-year-old bedridden father in September 2016 after a heated disagreement. The motive was to receive a substantial inheritance of property his father allegedly had revoked, Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs said...
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Cape implements pilot program to expedite review of commercial project plans
(Local News ~ 09/19/17)
Cape Girardeau city officials implemented a six-month pilot program Monday to expedite the review of plans for commercial developments. Development Services director Alex McElroy said it currently takes about four weeks to initially review a commercial project plan to determine whether it meets city codes...
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Lottery tickets with 4 zeroes worth $5,000
(National News ~ 09/19/17)
LANSING, Mich. -- When are four zeroes worth $5,000? When four zeroes are the winning numbers in a Michigan lottery drawing. Officials said 1,079 players had winning tickets in Michigan's Sunday evening Daily 4 game. Each ticket is worth $5,000. It's the first time four zeroes were drawn in the game, which has been played since 1981. The Daily 4 game is played twice daily...
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Cape Girardeau police department 9/19/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/19/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon at 9 Village Drive...
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Kedron Parr
(Obituary ~ 09/19/17)
ANNA, Ill. -- Kedron K. Parr, 94, of Anna died Monday, Sept. 18, 2017, at her home. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Paul Sadler officiating. Interment will follow at the Anna City Cemetery...
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Prayer 9/19/17
(Prayer ~ 09/19/17)
Lord Jesus, may those who mourn feel your presence and peace. Amen.
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Susan Venable
(Obituary ~ 09/19/17)
Susan Jane La-Pierre Venable, 87, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born March 7, 1930, daughter of Guild Mazuret and Julia Lilly Mueller LaPierre in Cape Girardeau. Susan and Gerald Fenton "Jerry" Venable were married May 30, 1952, at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois...
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