New York Tim
NRA Envisions 'a Good Guy With a Gun' in Every School
As a mom, the NRA's comments offend me. As a leader in Michigan's capitol, they anger me. It's time we put the politics aside and agree that while guns themselves may not be the cause of what took place last week in By PHILIP ELLIOTT, The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The nation's largest gun-rights lobby [...]
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San Jose Mer
East Bay leads Bay Area job market in November; South Bay also adds jobs
Seventh-graders chosen for Eastbay All-American football game. By Jodie Wagner. Three local seventh-graders have been chosen to participate in the 2013 Eastbay All-American Bowl, which is the country's premier showcase for youth football players. In Episode 87 of The Wendel Forum (originally aired on December 15, 2012, on 960 KNEW AM radio), show moderator Dick [...]
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Fox News
The world hasn't ended! What's your favorite apocalypse movie?
OK, Dec. 21, 2012, is over, and if you're reading this, you already are aware the world has not ended. Certainly it's chilly outside, we survived Thursday's snow, there's still Christmas shopping and wrapping to be done. If this were a movie, we could Daily Bucs Links 12/21/12 – Bucs struggle with miscommunication. By Sander [...]
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MiamiHerald.
Vera Zvonareva withdraws from Australian Open
For Australia, the turning point came on April 28, 1996, when a lone gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle in Port Arthur, a popular tourist destination in the state of Tasmania. Cathy Gordon was there that day, escorting six visiting Tourism Australia Managing Director, Andrew McEvoy, said the national tourism agency was harnessing the [...]
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San Jose Mer
East Bay leads Bay Area job market in November; South Bay also adds jobs
The region's unemployment dropped to 8.6 percent last month. Do you think it's still tough to find work? In a Friday morning press conference, the National Rifle Association broke its weeklong silence following the horrific shooting of 26 people at a school in Newtown, CT and called for a surge of gun-carrying "good guys" around [...]
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New York Tim
Larry L. King, Texan Author and Playwright, Dies at 83
Larry L. King, a writer and playwright whose magazine article about a campaign to close down a popular bordello became the hit Tony Award-nominated musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and a NEW YORK (AP) — Larry L. King, a writer and playwright whose magazine article about a campaign to close down a popular [...]
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New York Tim
As Doomsday Flops, Rites in Ruins of Mayan Empire
TULUM, Mexico — Midway through the supposed end of the world here, searing solar rays blasted a group of people lying on the beach. One of them turned to a visitor and with no trace of apocalyptic agony reported on what was obvious. Don't the doomsday believers have enough real problems to worry about without [...]
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ESPN
Jabari Parker deals with backlash
The No. 1 college basketball recruit has his own personal Wikipedian, and it sure does show. Jabari Parker chose college coaching legend Mike Krzyzewski and Duke, and really, can you blame him? High School basketball phenom Jabari Parker will play for the Duke Blue Devils and head coach Mike Krzyzewski next season. Parker, the No. [...]
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New York Dai
Simon Cowell loses 'X-Factor' bet on Carly Rose Sonenclar
Britney Spears' funniest faces all thrown together in one ridiculous montage for the X Factor finale. HIGHlarious! We hit up the red carpet for X Factor's season two finale! Check out what everyone had to say here! Carly Rose Sonenclar isn't the only person who lost on “The X Factor” Thursday night. Also X-ed out [...]
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RollingStone
Tate Stevens on Winning 'The X Factor' Season Two: 'It's Still Very Surreal'
The 37-year-old crooner from Missouri opens up about winning season 2 of the popular TV reality singing competition, while dishing on his future plans following the victory. LOS ANGELES — Tate Stevens, winner of The X-Factor Season 2, said Friday morning on FOX 4 that he has many people to thank. He credits his win [...]
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