Stories from Friday, August 29, 2014

By MICHELLE MALKIN For two bloody months, an armed jihadist serial killer ran loose across the country. At least four innocent men died this spring and summer as acts of "vengeance" on behalf of aggrieved Muslims, the self-confessed murderer has now proclaimed. Have you heard about this horror? Probably not...

To the Editor, I had went into an antique shop the other day. I wasn't looking for anything in particular, just wanting to kill some time really! As I walked around, I marveled at the old things that I seen, but on the right hand side upon a wall was a picture of a very beautiful young woman in a old large oval glass picture frame. ...

Don't believe everything you hear or read when it comes to home canning. Two unproven methods -- oven and dishwasher canning -- are getting attention, but neither are safe! Recently I had someone ask me about oven canning. People haven't used this method since the early 1900s. So DON'T do it!...

Though racial discrimination exists, it is nowhere near the barrier it once was. The relevant question is: How much of what we see today can be explained by racial discrimination? This is an important question because if we conclude that racial discrimination is the major cause of black problems when it isn't, then effective solutions will be elusive forever. To begin to get a handle on the answer, let's pull up a few historical facts about black Americans...

BEIRUT (AP) -- As the U.S. strikes Islamic State targets in Iraq, extremists belonging to the same militant group across the border in Syria are capturing new territory and becoming bolder by the day. There, in its power base, the Islamic State group controls thousands of square kilometers (miles) of territory, including most of Syria's oil-producing region. In the areas under its control, it has established an elaborate governing system that oversees every aspect of people's lives...

The quarterbacks for Poplar Bluff and Dexter had similar numbers in their respective season openers last week, but different outcomes. Kameron Misner and the Mules won at home, Dexter and Peyton Pollock lost on the road but host Poplar Bluff at 7 p.m. Friday night...

Betty Kinsolving MALDEN, Mo.--Betty Lynn Kinsolving, 80, of Powell, Tenn., formerly of Gideon, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 at Tennova Residential Hospice in Knoxville, Tenn. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of service Friday at the First Baptist Church in Gideon...

ANGLETON, Texas (AP) -- A southeast Texas man says that despite his acquittal Wednesday for the shooting death of the drunken driver who caused a crash that killed his two sons, there are no winners. "This was a loss for everybody," said a visibly relieved David Barajas, who cried and hugged his wife, Cindy, after the verdict was read...

BELL CITY -- The Bloomfield Wildcats scored three runs in the top of the seventh and Tim Hector shut the door in the bottom of the inning for the save as Bloomfield won its first game of the fall, 4-2, at Bell City Wednesday. Noah Vandiver tied the game at 2-2 with an RBI single in the top of the seventh. With two outs, Tyler Battles drove in Vandiver on a single to right field and Caleb Pulley added the insurance run with an RBI single...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Police officers who opened fire while disrupting a robbery at a fast-food restaurant in Omaha killed a crew member with the TV show "Cops" as well as the suspect, who was armed with a pellet gun that they thought was a real handgun, authorities said Wednesday...

Ella Christian DEXTER, Mo. -- Ella Mae Christian, 96, died at her home in Dexter Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Clyde Jaques of Dexter officiating. Burial with be in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements...

Jim Jarrell DEXTER, Mo. -- James "Jim" Franklin Jarrell, 74, of Dexter, formerly of Arizona, died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter...