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Holiday season brings plethora of phobias
(Business ~ 11/30/20)
Remember the scene in "A Charlie Brown Christmas" in which Lucy determines Charlie has pantophobia, the fear of everything? Technically, pantophobia is "a condition of vague, nonspecific anxiety" or "a generalized dread." Although pantophobia is relatively rare, there are several other phobias associated with the holiday season that affect more people than you might think...
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Swipesum aims to ease burden on businesses when accepting credit card payments
(Business ~ 11/30/20)
Using a credit card to make a purchase can be a big convenience for a customer, but it can also be a big hassle for the business. But one of this year's 1ST50K winners has a plan to help. When a company takes credit card payments, a percentage of that payment goes back to the credit card merchant -- the percentage could be as much as 8% of each transaction. Swipesum negotiates rates with a variety of credit card processors, and at no cost to the business...
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Missouri November firearms deer harvest smallest in six years, MDC reports
(Local News ~ 11/30/20)
According to the unofficial count from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), hunters took the smallest number of deer during the Nov. 14 to 24 firearms season since 2014. Show Me State hunters took 176,604 deer during the 11-day 2020 season: 95,654 were antlered deer, 16,045 were button bucks and 64,905 were does...
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Business Notebook: Jobless rates near pre-pandemic levels; Medicare, health insurance deadlines approaching
(Business ~ 11/30/20)
Six months after recording an unemployment rate of nearly 10%, Cape Girardeau County's latest jobless percentage is almost as low as it was before the COVID-19 pandemic began. The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations provided the Southeast Missourian with county-by-county unemployment rates last week, which showed Cape County's rate dropped to 3.3% in October, down two-tenths of a percentage point from September's 3.5% rate...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/30/20)
Today is Monday, Nov. 30, the 335th day of 2020. There are 31 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 30, 2000, Al Gore's lawyers battled for his political survival in the Florida and U.S. Supreme Courts; meanwhile, GOP lawmakers in Tallahassee moved to award the presidency to George W. Bush in case the courts did not by appointing their own slate of electors...
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Prayer 11-30-20
(Prayer ~ 11/30/20)
O God, may we care for the flock that you have entrusted us with. Amen.
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GOP future depends on more black, brown voters
(Column ~ 11/30/20)
Big questions remain about what exactly happened in the 2020 election. I’ve been looking over history, compiled on the Statista website, of total votes cast in presidential elections compared with the number of eligible voters. 2020 seems very, very odd...
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Speak Out 11/30/20
(Speak Out ~ 11/30/20)
Thank you Salvation Army for helping people on Thanksgiving Day. This is an important organization that deserves support. ...
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New stamp released
(Editorial ~ 11/30/20)
On Aug. 10, 2021, Missouri will turn 200 years old. Recently, the Postal Service unveiled several new stamp designs for 2021, and among them is a stamp marking Missouri becoming the nation’s 24th state. The stamp’s art is a photograph of the Bollinger Mill State Historic Site at Burfordville in Cape Girardeau County, capturing the four-story mill along the Whitewater River with the Burfordville Covered Bridge nearby...
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Dave Prowse, actor who played Darth Vader, dies at 85
(Entertainment ~ 11/30/20)
LONDON -- Dave Prowse, the British weightlifter-turned-actor who was the body, though not the voice, of arch-villain Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, has died. He was 85. Prowse died Saturday after a short illness, his agent Thomas Bowington said Sunday...
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Suspected extremists kill at least 40 farmers in Nigeria
(International News ~ 11/30/20)
MAIDGURI, Nigeria -- Suspected members of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram killed at least 40 rice farmers and fishermen in Nigeria as they were harvesting crops in the country's northern state of Borno, officials said. One said the death toll could rise to about 60 people...
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Mysterious silver monolith disappears from Utah desert
(National News ~ 11/30/20)
SALT LAKE CITY -- A mysterious silver monolith that was placed in the Utah desert has disappeared less than 10 days after it was spotted by wildlife biologists performing a helicopter survey of bighorn sheep, federal officials and witnesses said. "We have received credible reports that the illegally installed structure, referred to as the 'monolith' has been removed from Bureau of Land Management public lands by an unknown party," on Nov. ...
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Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up
(National News ~ 11/30/20)
ATLANTA -- Bishop Reginald Jackson stepped to the microphone at a drive-in rally outside a church in southwest Atlanta as his voice carried over a loudspeaker and the radio to people gathered in, around and on top of cars that filled the parking lot...
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Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting
(National News ~ 11/30/20)
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania state senator abruptly left a West Wing meeting with President Donald Trump after being informed he had tested positive for the coronavirus, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press on Sunday...
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President-elect Biden chooses all-female senior White House press team
(National News ~ 11/30/20)
WILMINGTON, Del. -- President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, reflecting his stated desire to build out a diverse White House team as well as what's expected to be a return to a more traditional press operation...
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Fauci: U.S. may see 'surge upon surge' of virus in weeks ahead
(National News ~ 11/30/20)
The nation's top infectious disease expert said Sunday the U.S. may see "surge upon a surge" of the coronavirus in the weeks after Thanksgiving, and he does not expect current recommendations around social distancing to be relaxed before Christmas. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told ABC's "This Week" the level of infection in the U.S. would not "all of a sudden turn around."...
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Out of the past: Nov. 30
(Out of the Past ~ 11/30/20)
Dr. Dan Tallent, principal of Cape Girardeau Central High School, will resign at the end of the school year to seek another job, perhaps as a superintendent; Tallent submitted a resignation letter to Superintendent Neyland Clark last week; this is Tallent's second year at Central High...
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Martha Young
(Obituary ~ 11/30/20)
Martha Ann Young, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Yvonne Patterson
(Obituary ~ 11/30/20)
Yvonne DeLisle Patterson, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Elaine Brewer
(Obituary ~ 11/30/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Elaine M. Brewer, 101, of Perryville died Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with the Rev. Joe Brindley officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...
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Grover Cole
(Obituary ~ 11/30/20)
Grover Elwood Cole, 73, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 13, 1946, in Sikeston, Missouri, son of Grover A. and Helen Childers Cole. He and Rhonda Hauenschild were married May 26, 1974, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson.
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