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Board to suggest repairs for shuttle insulation (06/23/03)
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board is preparing to recommend as early as this week that NASA fix foam insulation problems linked to the shuttle tragedy before resuming space flights, an official close to the investigation said. The recommendation might put a chill on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's plans. Space agency officials have vowed to fly again by early next year, even though they have not figured out how to fix all the problems related to the foam debris...

Bollinger County trying to cash in on the Hypsibema hype (08/22/05)
Community wants to cash in on its status as the place you can find the state dinosaur. MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Bollinger County, home of the Missouri Dinosaur? That's the idea that was generated earlier this year after representatives from 50 Bollinger County businesses, the Chamber of Commerce and the city met to discuss how to increase tourism...

The housing market: homes, apartments and townhouses (10/25/06)
Vigorous is an appropriate word to describe the housing market in the Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City area. Many subdivisions are being built and more are in the planning phase. Of course, houses, apartments and townhouses are also being built throughout the area...

Southern Baptist 'affinity churches' tap niches to add members (06/18/05)
Jim Matthews dresses for Sunday in his favorite cowboy boots and denim jeans. He's not concerned about a suit jacket and tie or wearing his "Sunday best" because everyone else he greets at the Cape County Cowboy Church will be dressed like they're headed for a horseback ride...

Words of comfort (07/19/07)
The chapel at Notre Dame Regional High School was quiet and empty Wednesday night. Nothing at all like Katie Tanner, a 2006 graduate who died Friday after a brief, mysterious illness. The Cape Girardeau native was remembered as funny, goofy, bubbly and giving by more than 500 mourners who gathered in the school's auditorium and filed past family members to offer hugs and words of comfort...

Bracing for the big one (09/19/05)
A rolling terror hides under the earth in Southeast Missouri. Sooner or later, it will be unleashed. The ground will tremble and shake. Along the Mississippi River, water will shoot out of the ground like geysers. Buildings will topple, river bluffs will collapse and hundreds, perhaps thousands, of homes will be uninhabitable...

China warns quake death toll could reach more than 80,000 (05/25/08)
YINGXIU, China -- China warned Saturday that the death toll from a massive earthquake two weeks ago could take a major leap and pass 80,000, suggesting the government may be giving up hope of finding more survivors. But rescuers rushed anyway to reach 24 coal miners who officials said were trapped in three mines by the disaster, though it was not known if the miners were alive...

SOLVED (12/10/07)
In 1982, then-Sgt. John Brown told a group of worried Cape Girardeau residents that he was sure the police department would find the killer of five local women. And they have - 25 years later.

Students speak their minds (02/09/08)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Twenty-two members of the Vincentian Marian Youth went to Washington, D.C., Jan. 18 to 23 to participate in the annual pro-life March for Life and a youth rally at the Verizon Center in the nation's capital. Jan. 22 marked the 35th anniversary of Roe v. ...

Rachel Spears, Bell City (12/11/07)
Position: Hitter Year: Senior Plans for next year: Go to Missouri State in Springfield. I won't play in college, and I want to major in sociology Season stats: 208 kills, 54 aces, 217 digs, .306 hitting percentage, 137 assisted blocks, 66 solo blocks...

Most read stories during the last year

Getting literal: Soulja Boy song more about the moves (08/21/07)
The Associated Press The latest silly dance craze is as literal as it is abstract. "Crank That" involves minimalist lyrics -- sometimes mumbled, sometimes yelled -- and an intricate yet doable set of accompanying movements. Bored teenagers have embraced the fad, dancing along to stereos on the international stage of YouTube and generating millions of page-views as they watch others do the same. Beyonce can even be spotted on her concert tour performing the moves in between her own hits...

50 Cent vs Kanye West is no contest in the artistic category (09/13/07)
Hip-hop's latest battle between two of its biggest egos -- Kanye West and 50 Cent -- has been building like a title fight in Vegas. Before the Tuesday release of their respective CDs, "Graduation" and "Curtis," 50 challenged West to a televised debate, called him a "worker bee" while describing himself as a "boss," and vowed to retire if West outsold him during their debut week. ...

Two die in Jackson shooting (12/04/07)
An adult man and a child were found shot to death in a Jackson home Monday afternoon in one of the most violent shooting sprees in Southeast Missouri in recent memory, leaving three more severely wounded in what police are calling an apparent murder suicide...

Cape men charged with hunting from car (09/07/07)
Police arrested two men they say were trying to shoot deer from a car on a Cape Girardeau city street. They were each charged with taking wildlife in violation of Missouri Department of Conservation guidelines. Cape Girardeau police responded to calls around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday alerting them that someone was trying to shoot deer at the intersection of Bertling and Sprigg streets. The deer were on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University...

Suspect says pants caused fire (11/03/07)
The man arrested over a fire at a fraternity building told police he tried to burn the cuffs off his pants because he kept tripping over them. Ryan M. Johnston, 19, of Burfordville was charged Friday with arson and second-degree burglary. He is being held at the Cape Girardeau County Jail on $100,000 bond...

Words of comfort (07/19/07)
The chapel at Notre Dame Regional High School was quiet and empty Wednesday night. Nothing at all like Katie Tanner, a 2006 graduate who died Friday after a brief, mysterious illness. The Cape Girardeau native was remembered as funny, goofy, bubbly and giving by more than 500 mourners who gathered in the school's auditorium and filed past family members to offer hugs and words of comfort...

Boise State bowls over national audience (01/03/07)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Boise State Broncos left their resort hotel Tuesday to make room for the Florida Gators, who arrived to prepare for next week's BCS title game against Ohio State. But the ninth-ranked Broncos remained the talk of college football on the day after their exhilarating 43-42 overtime victory over No. ...

Saxony senior killed in car crash (11/13/07)
A Saxony Lutheran high school senior was killed after a car wreck in Perry County early Sunday morning that resulted in felony charges against another teenager who allegedly had been driving. Jacob A. Weber, 18, of Frohna, Mo., died at Saint Francis Medical Center from injuries resulting from the crash...

Death toll in Jackson shooting rises to 3 (12/05/07)
The death toll in one of the most violent shooting sprees in Southeast Missouri history rose to three Tuesday. Michael R. Jeffers, 16, died Tuesday afternoon at Saint Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton said. He had been shot in the head during the shooting Monday in Jackson...

SOLVED (12/10/07)
In 1982, then-Sgt. John Brown told a group of worried Cape Girardeau residents that he was sure the police department would find the killer of five local women. And they have - 25 years later.