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Letters: More police, more safety?
Re "Numbers game," Opinion, Jan. 14 Serious crime is down to levels not seen in more than a generation, and not just here but across the country, including places without growing police forces. Basic common sense tells Jim Newton and many others...Tags: Los Angeles Police Department
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Letters: Wikipedia's uses
Re "The people's encyclopedia," Jan. 13 In response to Sue Gardner's question, "If anyone can write and edit Wikipedia, how do we know it's accurate?," the short answer is, "We don't." Which is why I forbid my high school students from using it as a...Tags: Social Media, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Sportswriters, and elephants, never forget
Anna Burns Welker added her name to the list of Patriot Wives Pouting (see Gisele Bundchen) when she went after Ray Lewis' reputation on Facebook after the AFC Championship game Sunday. "By the way, if anyone is bored, please go to Ray Lewis'...Tags: AFC Championship Game, Murder, Bars and Clubs, Ray Lewis, San Francisco 49ers
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Letters: Guns and a safer America
Re "Obama plans action on firearms," Jan. 15 The perpetrators of the recent mass shootings had mental health problems, yet the White House hasn't said anything about storing firearms out of their reach or enabling the commitment of the criminally insane...Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Firearms, Mental Health
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What Is It? The Answer
Blogging with Bill WhiteI thought sure I'd stump you with last week's mystery object, but amid the wild guesses, I got a correct answer from someone who clearly has seen these in action. Lewill correctly responded, "It is a hog oiler painted to...... -
Database catalogs movie firearms
This sturdy Austrian had supporting roles in the recent action movies "Skyfall" and "Zero Dark Thirty," the TV western "Justified" and the military video game "Medal of Honor: Warfighter." The ubiquitous performer — actually a semiautomatic pistol...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Matt Damon, Django Unchained (movie), Zero Dark Thirty (movie), University of California, Santa Barbara
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Meet the commenters: 'CBT'
Change of SubjectCommenter ID: CBT Real name: Tom (CBT stands for Computer Boy Tom, that was my moniker back when I was a regular caller to the Heavy Fuel Crew show on WSCR, the Score Sportsradio) Gender: Male Age: 50 Occupation: Customer...... -
Carnival cruise horror: Forced to eat lobster and chocolate cake!
You know, folks once came to this country on small wooden sailing ships. Think the Mayflower, the Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock. Those souls were, I venture, a tad bit more, uh, hardy than most of us today. As evidence, I give you the epic tale of the...
Tags: Cruises, Travel, Rick Perry, Mayflower Voyage (1620), Arts and Culture
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Comments on column
I feel compelled to respond to the Feb 11 First Amendment column by Charles C. Haynes, "In Texas schools, failing grade for Bible courses." In his editoirial, Mr. Haynes gives the state of Texas a failing grade because 57 school districts offer elective...Tags: Schools, Islam, Church and State Relations, Religious Texts, Public Schools
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Why count birds?
Have you heard of the term "citizen scientist"? If you haven't Wikipedia defines it as scientific research conducted, in whole or in part, by amateur or nonprofessional scientists, often by crowdsourcing. Citizen science is sometimes called "public...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science
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2/13/2013-No Gold Watch?
According to Wikipedia, the Catholic Church continues to grow in spite of the pedophile scandals. It's a little down in Europe, but in the rest of the world, the church is growing. As of 2007, the church membership was 17 percent of the world's...
Tags: Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief
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'The Walking Dead' recap, episode 309: 'The Suicide King'
And we're back! After a two month break for the holidays and football playoffs, AMC's The Walking Dead returned to the airwaves Sunday night with a fairly strong effort to kick off the final eight episodes of season three. Sunday night's episode, The...
Tags: Music, Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), here! (tv network), Executive Branch, Norman Reedus
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