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Dallas Green to make appearance in Reading Friday ...
The Hog BlogOne of the most select clubs in Philadelphia sports history is managers who have led the Phillies to a World Series title. One's still working. The other will be in Reading Friday night. Dallas Green, who led the 1980 Phillies to a World Series win over... -
Keeping A Mother's Promise
The gravity of the moment that comes with holding your child for the first time — looking into their eyes, rocking them to sleep, allowing their breath to fill your heart, marveling at how nature has taken a part of you and a part of your husband to...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Sandy Hook Promise, Politics, Superman (fictional character), U.S. Senate
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Taggants: Still a better way to track a bomber
A number of commenters on the online version of our April 28 Op-Ed, "A better way to track a bomber," argue against the use of taggants to trace explosives because the suspects in the Boston bombings, the Tsarnaev brothers, were identified through...
Tags: FBI, Explosions, Safeway Inc., Emergency Incidents
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Kimberly McBroom's Blog
Tuesday, May 7 I truly hope you were able to catch "Susan's Story," either last night at 6 or today on WDBJ 7 Mornin'. Susan Bahorich bravely shared her personal struggle with ovarian cancer. I am so proud of her for being open and honest with what she is...Tags: Students, Entertainment, Christina Aguilera, Breast Cancer, New York Dragons
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Death penalty expert Clarke joins defense of Boston bomb suspect
ReutersBy Terry Baynes April 29 (Reuters) - Prominent criminal defense lawyer Judy Clarke, who has represented defendants in some of the most high-profile death penalty cases in recent years, has joined the legal defense team for accused Boston bombing...Tags: Punishment, Jared Lee Loughner, Defendants, Justice System, Court Preliminary
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Stephen Goldstein: Think NRA was winner? Not so fast
The NRA has won the battle but lost the war. The best thing that happened to gun control is its defeat in Congress. Today's losers (Obama, Democrats, the 90 percent of Americans who support sane legislation) will be tomorrow's winners. Today's winners...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Congress, Elections, Rand Paul, Lobbying
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Gabrielle Giffords' story a different kind of profile in courage
Gabrielle Giffords received a Profile in Courage award this weekend at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. The award is fitting, though she is displaying a different kind of courage than was celebrated by the late president in his 1957 best-selling...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Congress, Kelly Ayotte, Jeff Flake, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Arizona law bans destroying guns purchased in buyback programs
This post has been corrected. See the note below.TUCSON — City- or county-sponsored gun buybacks — often used in larger cities to entice people to give up their handguns — have become effectively pointless in Arizona with legislation signed by Gov. Jan Brewer. The bill prohibits...Tags: Jared Lee Loughner, Safeway Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House of Representatives, Firearms
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Giffords accepts Kennedy 'Profile in Courage' award
Courage comes in many guises. In Boston on Sunday, Gabrielle Giffords was praised for having the courage just to carry on. "It’s been a hard two years for me, but I want to make the world a better place," said Giffords in receiving the 2013...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Google Inc., National Rifle Association of America
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Gabrielle Giffords challenges U.S. Congress to find courage on guns
ReutersBy Aaron Pressman BOSTON, May 5 (Reuters) - Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday, asking the U.S. Congress to act more courageously on the issue of gun control. "We all have...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Congress, Lobbying, Interior Policy, Ceremonies
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Prospects for U.S. background checks remain unclear
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of a bipartisan Senate effort to subject more firearms buyers to background checks remains uncertain as seven Republicans amenable to a gun control debate are still likely to resist such an expansion. On an initial...
Tags: Elections, Justice and Rights, Parties and Movements, Interior Policy, Firearms
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Allan Powell: Historic judgments need repeated
The sordid results of Senate voting on April 17 reflect clearly the loss of common sense and the courage to stand up to the political clout of the National Rifle Association. When the vote count became public, two thoughts came to mind. First was the word...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Elections, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The New York Times, The Washington Post
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