Get Item: Editorial: Suspects' sloppiness, good work help solve crimes (3/13/24) 2 In the fantasy world of television, movies and streaming programs, law enforcement officers and prosecutors wrap a tidy bow on whatever crime has occurred within the confines of the allotted time. In the real world, that’s not always the case. There usually isn’t a bartender who saw the victim and perpetrator arguing moments before the killing or an insurance policy that points a flashing sign at whomever benefited from a person’s death. But in Cape Girardeau of late, police appear to have been helped in three recent cases by alleged suspects who made their jobs a bit easier. On Feb. 25, police found a man, Casimiro Hernandez-Ruiz, dead from stab wounds in the 1200 block of North Water Street. Hours later, police apprehended two men — Ariel Escobar-Soler and Marcos Lopez — at a residence on North Middle Street. According to police, in their possession were the alleged murder weapon and a bloody jacket. ...
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Column: Joe Biden will never be normal again (3/13/24) 7 Rich Lowry Joe Biden won the normality test in 2020. There wasn't anything remarkable about him. He just seemed like a steady hand who had been around for a while, who didn't look or sound like a radical, and who knew how Washington worked. He wasn't the leader of a movement, wasn't charismatic and wasn't particularly witty or well-spoken. He was, in fact, completely uninteresting and utterly conventional. He was just the most normal guy in the room...
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Column: The most divisive State of the Union address in U.S. history (3/13/24) 8 Jason Smith On March 7, President Joe Biden delivered a State of the Union address that will go down as the most divisive in American history. He turned the annual tradition into a campaign event, launching attack after attack against his political opponent and rural communities. ...
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Letter to the Editor: Support public safety employees (3/12/24) Our police and fire departments provide extremely important and essential services for all of us in the community. They should be valued, supported and compensated with higher wages. It has been my experience that many caring individuals live in the City of Cape Girardeau. Most will support a reasonable proposal to ensure our public safety departments are fully staffed and paid competitive wages...
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Column: The Ukraiian Verdun (3/12/24) Victor Davis Hanson Ukraine has ossified into something like the modern version of the horrific Battle of Verdun, fought 108 years ago on the 1916 Western Front of World War I. That meat grinder cost France and Germany some 700,000 dead and wounded...
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Editorial: SEMO campaign reaches milestone with private support (3/11/24) 1 Southeast Missouri State University has reached a milestone in its Transforming Lives capital campaign. The university has raised 70% of its $60 million goal, which only includes funds from individuals and businesses. The Southeast Missourian recently reported that the current funding total is made up of 7,864 individuals and corporations who are supporting the effort. The total does not include dollars pledged from the City of Cape Girardeau, state of Missouri or federal government...
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Column: A miracle in California (3/11/24) 3 A miracle occurred Tuesday in California's U.S. Senate primary race. In a deep Blue state where Democrat voters outnumber Republicans 2-1, Steve Garvey, the former L.A. Dodger star, ran against three Democrats and came in a close second to Democrat Congressman Adam Schiff...
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Column: A new fiscal commission must heed the lesson of '97 (3/11/24) The Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee made news recently by announcing that if his party is serious about changing the fiscal path we are on, they'll have to consider raising taxes. Politics is about compromise, so the chairman is right. Every side must give a little. However, "putting taxes on the table" is not as simple a fix to our debt problems as some think...
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