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Another church falters — oh, how tongues wag
Last week, tongues were wagging over the fall of Isaac Hunter, departed pastor of Orlando's massive Summit Church. With talk of everything from adultery to alcohol abuse, the story made for a tantalizing tale that the media, including the Sentinel,...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Separation of Church and State, AIDS, Orlando, Islam
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Massacre Puts Spotlight On Law To Seize Guns From Mentally Unstable
The Hartford CourantHere are a few items from Connecticut's annals of guns and mental illness: —A man who once was arrested for weapon violations was reported to Berlin police in 2004 by his landlord for having allegedly said, "I am going to kill myself and take a...Tags: Weaponry, Adam Lanza, New Milford, East Haven, Interior Policy
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On vacation with Lance Armstrong
For a while there, we vacationed with Lance Armstrong every summer. And Tyler Hamilton and George Hincapie and Levi Leipheimer and Floyd Landis. All the boys. They'd be in France, of course, while we were at the shore in Delaware. But the nasal...
Tags: Joe Paterno, George Hincapie, Sports, Tour de France, Tyler Hamilton
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For USC's Marqise Lee, there's quite a story behind the smile
And for Christmas, Marqise Lee gives us his smile. It’s a breathtaking smile, a constant glow both impish and welcoming, his mouth curling out and eyes lighting up into quite possibly the shiniest holiday ornament on the Los Angeles sports...
Tags: National Football League, Super Bowl, National Collegiate Athletic Association, High School Sports, Sports
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Hawaii finds success with tough-love approach to repeat offenders
HONOLULU — The first thing you notice about 1st Circuit Judge Steven Alm is how excited he is about what he's doing. The buzz-cut, fast-talking judge was waiting for me in the lobby of the courthouse early on a recent morning and led me up to his...
Tags: Police Arrests, Judges, Punishment, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice
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Newton: L.A.'s giving season
The work of a local political columnist is critiquing: analyzing which candidates make sense and which don't, explaining which agencies are effective and which aren't. But there is another aspect to reporting on this region's issues: getting to know the...
Tags: Halle Berry, Human Rights, Politics
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Fighting mental illness
Maybe something good will come from the Shakespearean tragedy that is the Jesse Jackson Jr. saga: A deeper understanding of mental illness and more empathy for those afflicted with it. Or maybe not. The level of cynicism in these parts is so high that...
Tags: Washington, DC, Depression, U.S. Senate, Bobby Rush, Jesse Jackson
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Don't delay restrictions on assault weapons
Memo to the U.S. Senate: A couple of your members have suggested that we need a national commission to study mass shootings in this country. Not necessary. You can find what you need in support of new firearms regulation right here in Baltimore. I offer...Tags: U.S. Senate, Weaponry, Daniel Webster, Firearms, Gun Control
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'Smashed': Drama's watered down in this lesson about the drinking life ★★ 1/2
The director's statement issued with “Smashed” reads, in part: "Being drunk can be really fun. It's just all the other things that come with being drunk that can be a downer (wrecking cars, lives, etc.) ... so many films that deal with...
Tags: Smashed (movie), Entertainment, Drama (genre), Aaron Paul, Quentin Tarantino
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Election Day message: The nonsense of marijuana busts
Last month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released its accounting of all arrests made by law enforcement agencies across the fruited plain. Cops and federal agents made 12,408,899 arrests in the USA in 2011. No wonder we're known around the world as...
Tags: Demerol (drug), Judges, Police Arrests, Theft, Methadone (drug)
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Poverty burns in Kozol's latest book
Talk to anyone who teaches school, and they'll tell you it can be challenging work. Talk to those who work with at-risk students, and they'll tell stories that hardly seem real. Talk to those who do this at inner city schools, where the troubles are...Tags: HIV, Social Issues, Manhattan (New York City)
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Bears' vanishing act
Though nobody requested one, coach Lovie Smith said he wasn't about to offer an apology after his Bears rallied to stave off the Panthers for their fifth straight victory. I'm wondering if the coach is listening to his team's critics more than he ever...
Tags: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, National Football League, Sports, Tennessee Titans, Chicago Bears
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