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Virginia Tech On Lock Down In Wake Of Reported Shooting
Virginia Tech appears to be reliving its worst nightmare as reports of a shooting have placed the university under lock down.
National News
National News
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Postal Service Delivers Bad News Today
Unprecedented cuts by the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service will slow first-class delivery next spring and, for the first time in 40 years, eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day.
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News Anchor Tells People ‘There Is No Santa’, On Live TV! [VIDEO]
December 3, 2011 Earlier this week I posed the question of how to deal with the Santa issue with your kids. How long and how far should you take the white lie? Well I respect Robin Robinson's opinion (Robinson is an anchor at Fox Chicago), but I think she probably shouldn't have voiced it on television. Check this out.
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This Day in History for November 22 – President Kennedy Assassinated and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1718 – Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, is killed off the coast of North Carolina (More info)
1943 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo, Egypt to discuss ways to defeat Japan (More info)
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$250,000 A Year Makes You Wealthy….Kind Of
November 13, 2011 So President Obama finally "picked a number" as to whom he'd refer to as the wealthier folks in the land. Let me preface this by saying I don't care WHO said it....
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California High School Students Become First Lesbian Homecoming King and Queen
Two students at Patrick Henry High School in California have been crowned homecoming king and queen. What makes this unusual from any other high school homecoming is that the students were both female, and a publicly lesbian couple.
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Forty-Seven Percent of Americans Own Guns — Survey of the Day
Gun ownership is at an 18-year high, according to a new Gallup poll.
Forty-seven percent of Americans report having a gun in their home or elsewhere on their property, up from 41 percent last year and the most since 1993 when 54 percent reported gun ownership.
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Google Reports 70 Percent Increase in Takedown Requests by US Government
In an effort to highlight global censorship campaigns, Google’s biannual transparency report revealed a 70 percent increase in takedown requests by the US government and law enforcement agencies.
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Should Halloween Be Moved To The Last Saturday In October?
October 26, 2011 An interesting proposal was recently made by a Connecticut (home state shout out) lawmaker, who suggested changing the date of Halloween. He wants his state (and hopefully the whole country) to move Halloween, so that it falls on the last Saturday in October. I don't know, I'm personally thinking it's not a bad idea. Thanksgiving isn't a set date either and that works great. What do you think?
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Wild Animals Escape and Terrify Ohio Community [VIDEO]
An Ohio man who owned an exotic animal farm released his animals to the wild and then committed suicide on Tuesday, according to police.
Farm owner Terry Thompson was found dead in his home near Columbus, OH by the sheriff’s deputies, who say his body had been disturbed by animals. Authorities will not comment on how Thompson killed himself.
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BlackBerry Outage Causing An Uproar In The U.S.
Attention all BlackBerry phone users: I might guess you aren't reading this on your BlackBerry! Why is that? Reports have spread of world wide BlackBerry outages. I myself am not on a BlackBerry but our very own Michelle Wolfe just texted me on hers which must mean Montana
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Bozeman’s BLACKHAWK! SERPA Holster System Chosen By USMC
October 7, 2011 Bozeman, Montana is the home of BLACKHAWK!, which supplies gear for military and law enforcement agencies. I stumbled upon this article in the Wall Street Journal, and noticed that it was a fairly substantial order! Well done, BLACKHAWK!