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Gun legislation failure dismays survivor of Texas mass shooting
Irma Garcia pulled back her sweater to show me where the bullet entered her shoulder and spun her around. It then torpedoed through her body and exited near the middle of her back. "I still have problems with it," she said, standing to show me how the...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Personal Weapon Control, Shootings, Interior Policy
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The illusory value of the death penalty
After deciding to pursue the execution of the man charged with fatally shooting 12 people in a Colorado movie theater last summer, the prosecutor declared that "for James Egan Holmes, justice is death." By that definition, he might have added, justice...
Tags: Prosecution, Colleges and Universities, Justice System, Shootings, Government
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Hungry for a group to safely deliver leftover food to charities
On a recent evening, students at Pomona College feasted on chicken pot pie, steamed veggies, biscuits and rice. And, as is often the case, there were plenty of leftovers in the dining hall, enough for about 100 extra meals. Those leftovers, however,...Tags: Standards, Brown University, Lifestyle and Leisure, Colleges and Universities, Waste Management Incorporated
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Parkland puts another championship team on ice
It has been a very successful school year so far for Parkland High School athletes. The highlights have included District 11 championship football, cross-country, tennis, swimming, soccer teams; a league, district and state runnerup girls volleyball...Tags: Basketball, Rhode Island Rams, Big 12 Conference, Sports, UNC Charlotte 49ers
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Who's messing with whose jobs?
Gov. Jerry Brown ought to cut his Texas brother, Rick Perry, a little slack. Texas Gov. Perry arrived in the Golden State this week trolling for California businesses he could poach and carry home with him in his saddlebags. His trip here comes on the...
Tags: Startups, Petroleum Industry, Business, Rick Perry, Government
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Grant Park chorus master readies singers for a busy festival summer
Having rolled out some pretty heavy artillery to mark the 50th anniversary of the Grant Park Chorus and other musical milestones last summer, what will the 2013 Grant Park Music Festival do for an encore? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Almost every...
Tags: Concerts, Grant Park Chorus, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Millennium Park
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Bomb threats prompt evacuations at universities in Texas and North Dakota
A pair of bomb threats have resulted in the evacuation of universities in North Dakota and Texas. The website for the University of Texas at Austin had an alert saying, “"Immediately evacuate ALL buildings and get as far away as possible.”...
Tags: Bombings, Colleges and Universities, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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Timeline: Worst U.S. mass shootings
A heavily armed gunman opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, on Friday, July 20, killing at least 12 and wounding 38. Police arrested a suspect in theater's parking lot. Here are some of the worst U.S. mass shootings since World War II....
Tags: Seung-Hui Cho, Dylan Klebold, Shootings, Health and Safety at School, Blacksburg
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'Change agent' for the Field Museum
In choosing controversial former University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere as its likely next chief executive, the Field Museum has opted for a "change agent," according to the man hiring him, and a "gentleman with elbows," according to one of...
Tags: Steve Johnson, University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Science and Industry, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology
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Forget Texas, Florida needs to go its own way
![Gov. Rick Scott's fixation with all things Texas is on the verge of moving from harmless emulation (his signature black cowboy boots embroidered with "45th Governor") to unchecked obsession.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-09/65115661-29150238.jpg "Gov. Rick Scott's fixation with all things Texas is on the verge of moving from harmless emulation (his signature black cowboy boots embroidered with "45th Governor\") to unchecked obsession.")
Gov. Rick Scott's fixation with all things Texas is on the verge of moving from harmless emulation (his signature black cowboy boots embroidered with "45th Governor") to unchecked obsession.
Scott has looked to Texas Gov. Rick Perry when formulating...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Petroleum Industry, Rick Perry, Government, Executive Branch
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Down with pants, up with telecommuting
I hate wearing pants. They’re uncomfortable and restrictive, the waist too snug, the legs too itchy. And they deny people their inalienable right to see my calves, which I consider two of my best features.
Yet here I sit. In an office. In pants....Tags: Companies and Corporations, Aetna Inc., Concerts, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Saying 'I do' while still in school
(CNN) -- While most college students are hooking up on the dance floor or checking each other out by scrolling through Facebook profile pictures, a small number of students are doing something really counter-cultural -- they're getting married before they...Tags: High School Sports, Brown University, Weddings, Colleges and Universities, Loans
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