Stories from Wednesday, March 20, 2013

By DAN K. THOMASSON Scripps Howard News Service Recently, a friend was notified that her bankcard, one of those cash-back accounts, had been "compromised" and a new credit card with a new personal identification number would have to be issued. She also learned that her email had been hacked, presumably after she opened an innocent-looking message from a prominent website that appeals to seniors...

By BETSY HART Scripps Howard News Service And so a new pope has been chosen: Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, who will be known as Pope Francis. Best wishes to him and my Roman Catholic friends. But whatever the significance of the new pope himself, the first ever from the Western Hemisphere, what strikes me most about the big event is the elite conversation surrounding his choosing. For it serves as a window to the narcissism in our Western culture...

Taxed out MoDot wants a one percent sales tax increase, but they got enough money to fix the depot steps. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm taxed out. I'm votin' no! Some heads needs to roll Yeah, I was just reading the newspaper today where Richardson filed bill for office privacy. ...

Tommy Holt SILVA, Mo. -- Tommy Dale Holt, 56, of Silva, Mo., died Friday, March 15, 2013, at his residence. Graveside services will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at New Prospect Cemetery in Silva. Ruegg Funeral Home of Greenville, Mo., is in charge of arrangements...

By BILL MAXWELL Tampa Bay Times Sequester is now reality, meaning that $85 billion in automatic across-the-board cuts to most discretionary federal spending programs has begun. Many of these programs already depend on a corps of volunteers to operate effectively, and some managers are predicting that as funds disappear, volunteerism will become more essential...

Manuel Nance DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Manuel Nance of Grandin, Mo., died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan, Mo.