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The gun owner next door:
What you don´t know about
the weapons in your neighborhood

Journal News [White Plains, NY], by Dwight R. Worley Original Article

Posted By: leopardtwo- 12/25/2012 7:59:39 AM Post Reply

In May, Richard V. Wilson approached a female neighbor on the street and shot her in the back of the head, a crime that stunned their quiet Katonah neighborhood. What was equally shocking for some was the revelation that the mentally disturbed 77-year-old man had amassed a cache of weapons — including two unregistered handguns and a large amount of ammunition — without any neighbors knowing. “I think that the access to guns in this country is ridiculous, that anybody can get one,” said a neighbor of Wilson’s who requested anonymity because it’s not known whether the gunman,

Now pay up, Tawana

New York Post, by Laura Italiano Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 12/25/2012 7:13:08 AM Post Reply

Twenty-five years after a teenage Tawana Brawley falsely dragged his name through the mud as a gang-raping, kidnapping racist, it’s payback time for Steven Pagones, a former Dutchess County prosecutor whom she still owes $429,000, including interest, on a 1998 defamation judgment. “In all these years, she’s never told the truth about this hoax or paid me a cent,” he said yesterday. “Now I’m going to seek anything I’m entitled to under the law,” Pagones said in response to a Sunday Post exclusive that revealed Brawley is working under a new name, Tawana Gutierrez,

Cardinal Gibbons athletes
offer heartfelt gift

News and Observer [Raleigh,NC], by Tim Stevens Original Article

Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 12/25/2012 7:05:11 AM Post Reply

Luke Raymond cannot wrap up one of his most heartfelt gifts this Christmas. His offering is much too personal. Raymond and about 30 of his classmates at Cardinal Gibbons High offer a different kind of gift – support for those grieving the loss of loved ones. As members of the school’s Pallbearers Society, the group assembles several times each year to help carry the coffins of people they have never met.They generally know almost nothing about the deceased. Gibbons is a nonboarding parochial school, but pallbearers are available to any family in the community,

Why Kerry Remains
Unfit for Command

Front Page, by Arnold Ahlert Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 12/25/2012 7:04:47 AM Post Reply

It is now official. Last week, President Obama nominated John Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, saying Kerry’s ”entire life has prepared him for this role.” He further contended that Kerry’s service as a Vietnam veteran taught him the “responsibility to use American power wisely, especially our military power.” That assessment may come as a shock to the thousands of Vietnam veterans whose reputations Kerry trashed in order to advance his own radical political agenda. Remarkably, outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, unable to attend the nominating ceremony due to her continuing effort to dodge testimony

People are Buying Guns
and Ammunition for a Reason

American Thinker, by Neil Snyder Original Article

Posted By: sagman- 12/25/2012 6:38:01 AM Post Reply

It´s 2:00 a.m. You are at home in your bed sound asleep. Your wife is sleeping beside you, and your children are asleep in their rooms down the hall. The muffled sound of a window breaking interrupts your slumber. You´re groggy and you wonder if it was just a dream, so you lie there quietly and listen. A few seconds later, you hear other sounds.

Next Peterson trial likely
to be far different from first

WRAL.com (NC), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: pineledger- 12/25/2012 6:30:16 AM Post Reply

Durham, N.C.--Mike Peterson retrial likely won´t include the drama of his highly publicized 2003 murder trial, legal experts said Friday. A novelist and one-time Durham mayoral candidate, Peterson was granted a new trial Wednesday when Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson ruled that a key prosecution witness in his trial eight years ago gave false and misleading testimony, depriving him of his right to a fair trial. Peterson was released Thursday on a $300,000 bond and is under electronic monitoring at a friend´s home in the Colony Park neighborhood of Durham, where he will remain until his new trial.

Never-before-seen photos
from the ´It´s a Wonderful
Life´ snow-covered set

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 12/25/2012 6:14:51 AM Post Reply

Many hope for snow on Christmas. Frank Capra demanded it. The “It’s a Wonderful Life” director wouldn’t settle for the fake snow other movies of 1940s typically used to create a winter set. He wanted real snow for his Christmas classic. The above never-before-seen photos from LIFE.com show the set of the 1946 flick, which used a revolutionary new technique to create more realistic snow. The artificial snow created for the film was costly, but it blanketed the fictional town of Bedford Falls and changed how snow would be depicted in holiday movies to come.

Jack Klugman, 1922-2012,
Creator of Iconic TV Types

Slate, by June Thomas Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 12/25/2012 6:03:37 AM Post Reply

In his long acting career, Jack Klugman, who died on Christmas Eve aged 90, created two iconic TV types that have now become stock characters. In the 1970-75 small-screen adaptation of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, he played a jerk who was also the show’s most lovable character. As Oscar Madison, Klugman channeled a bear trapped in a tiny Manhattan apartment with Tony Randall’s mosquito of a neatnik, Felix Unger. No matter how slobbish and inconsiderate Oscar might be, Klugman’s winning smile—and Oscar’s extraordinary patience with Felix’s uptight ways—made it impossible to dislike him.

Ship crew held for 1,000 days
rescued off coast of Yemen

CNN, by Catherine E. Shoichet & Neda Farshbaf Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/25/2012 5:55:03 AM Post Reply

They were trapped at sea for 1,000 days, held on their own ship by Somali pirates off the coast of Yemen. A petition pushing for their release described hostages huddled in tight spaces aboard the MV Iceberg 1, given only rice and water to survive. Conditions were so harsh on the ship that one member of the 24-person crew reportedly committed suicide by jumping overboard. Another was killed by pirates. Over the weekend, troops from the Puntland Maritime Police Force rescued the 22 hostages remaining on the Panama-flagged vessel, ending the longest time anyone has been held hostage by pirates,

Obama Playing Chicken
With Economic Disaster

Townhall, by Kevin Glass Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/25/2012 5:48:18 AM Post Reply

Many progressive reporters and bloggers have been pushing the idea that going over the fiscal cliff into January will have very little effect on the economy and will actually help President Obama achieve his legislative goals. Indeed, Republican Sen. Barrasso hypothesized that President Obama was "eager" to go over the cliff. Unfortunately, going over the fiscal cliff has real economic effects, and the progressives who are claiming otherwise are irresponsibly pushing the country to unnecessary economic pain. "If it lasts three weeks, I´m pretty sure we get a recession out of it," Princeton University economist

Simply Christmas

American Spectator, by Quin Hillyer Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 12/25/2012 5:42:10 AM Post Reply

Sometimes it’s easy to strive too hard to find new meanings in the old familiar Christmas story. The symbology is in some senses profound but also so obvious, and in some ways so simple, that it can seem hackneyed, especially in our modern, jaded world. The impulse is either to give mere lip service to the Christmas message or, for those with a different cast of mind, to try to complicate it in search of some great new insight. In the latter frame of mind, I found myself writing this, based on a visit on location earlier this month….

Court filings surge in FOIA
cases during Obama years

Washington Times, by Dave Boyer Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 12/25/2012 5:31:30 AM Post Reply

A study has found that more federal court complaints were filed during the first term of the Obama administration to force the government to abide by the Freedom of Information Act than were filed against the administration of President George W. Bush in his second term. The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University said the FOIA filings in the last two years of Mr. Bush’s second term and the last two years of Mr. Obama’s first term showed a jump of 28 percent — from 562 to 720.

America’s Greatest Christmas Classic

National Review Online, by Rich Lowry Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/25/2012 5:25:40 AM Post Reply

America’s classic Christmas song was written by a Jewish immigrant. Born in Russia with the name Israel Baline, he was the genius songwriter we know as Irving Berlin. He wrote “White Christmas” for the 1942 Hollywood musical Holiday Inn, starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. On set, the movie’s hit number was presumed to be another Berlin composition, the Valentine’s Day song “Be Careful, It’s My Heart.” At first, it was. Then “White Christmas” captured the public’s imagination, and it hasn’t quite loosed its grip since.

Yule be glad you waited to shop

New York Post, by John Crudele Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/25/2012 5:20:38 AM Post Reply

Look around your Christmas gathering today and spot the person who showed up without gifts. Now decide whether this person is: 1) a cheapskate 2) too busy and important for the mundane things in life 3) broke and not about to go into debt to buy something people don’t need anyway 4) believes it’s better to receive than give, or 5) he is one of the growing number of people who shop after Christmas and, essentially, give their friends and relatives verbal IOUs today: “Sorry, Mom, I just couldn’t get to the store. I’ll take care of ya later.”

Blues Cruise

New York Magazine, by Joe Hagan Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/25/2012 5:09:00 AM Post Reply

The whole thing was white, and broken, that much was clear. A week after the presidential election, when the dreams of Republicans were dashed with President Barack Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney, we were snorkeling in the blue waters of the Caribbean. In the distance was a shipwreck. “You could make out the pieces of it,” said Ralph Reed, the right-wing political operator who had bolstered the Evangelical Christian vote for Romney. “It was deep and murky.” Jonah Goldberg, the National Review contributor and author of Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left,

Edward M. Kennedy Jr.
will not run for Senate

Boston Globe, by Mark Arsenault Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 12/25/2012 5:00:19 AM Post Reply

The decision by Edward M. Kennedy Jr. on Monday to pass on a run for US Senate in Massachusetts in 2013 eliminates one of the few Democrats with the star power to ward off serious challengers within his own party, increasing the odds of a tough Democratic primary fight that could damage the eventual nominee. Three Democratic congressmen, Edward Markey of Malden, Michael Capuano of Somerville, and Stephen Lynch of South Boston, have signaled interest in running for the Senate in a special election, for a seat expected to open

We all can be George Bailey

Hot Air, by Ed Morrissey Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/25/2012 4:56:08 AM Post Reply

Salena Zito reminds us that the true message of Christmas isn’t how many presents we get under the tree – nor how many we give, for that matter. Just as George Bailey lent his neighbors a real helping hand in It’s a Wonderful Life, we all can find ways to do the same — every day: Today is as good a day as any to think about how you conduct your own life. The next time someone cuts you off in traffic, instead of responding with an angry gesture, just smile and wave.

Pakistan´s loneliest church celebrates
Christmas in Taliban country

Reuters, by Mehreen Zahra-Malik Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/25/2012 4:50:50 AM Post Reply

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, Pakistan-This Christmas, pastor Nazir Alam will stoke up a fire, lay a fresh cloth on the altar and welcome parishioners as they arrive at his church in Waziristan, a Pakistani tribal area known as an al-Qaeda haven. "The lights are all up, and the choir boys are ready. The church is looking its best," said 60-year-old Alam, a former missionary who has celebrated his last ten Christmases there. "There´s not much left to do but to pray and rejoice." Outsiders might see little cause for joy. Pakistan is the sixth most dangerous country in the world for minorities,

Half the Facts You
Know Are Probably Wrong

Reason Magazine, by Ronald Bailey Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/25/2012 4:47:12 AM Post Reply

Dinosaurs were cold-blooded. Increased K-12 spending and lower pupil/teacher ratios boost public school student outcomes. Most of the DNA in the human genome is junk. Saccharin causes cancer and a high fiber diet prevents it. Stars cannot be bigger than 150 solar masses. In the past half-century, all of the foregoing facts have turned out to be wrong. In the modern world facts change all of the time, according to Samuel Arbesman, author of the new book The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date (Current). Fact-making is speeding up, writes Arbesman,

Earth First Journal
Assassination Hit List

PJ Media, by J. Christian Adams Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/25/2012 4:41:21 AM Post Reply

The latest newsletter from the environmentalist group Earth First! Journal contains a curious topic — assassinations. In fact, the newsletter conveniently provides the names, addresses and phone numbers of the assassination targets. Naturally, none of this is to be taken seriously, the environmentalists tell us. From the newsletter: Let us say clearly, this is not a call to undertake assassinations of the elite scum who are pillaging the planet and enslaving the populace — but not because we think that is a bad idea. And it’s also not because we think killing CEOs and lobbyists is negative PR either.

Charles Durning, Oscar-
nominated king of the character
actors, dies at 89 in NYC

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/25/2012 3:05:39 AM Post Reply

LOS ANGELES — Charles Durning, the two-time Oscar nominee who was dubbed the king of the character actors for his skill in playing everything from a Nazi colonel to the pope, died Monday at his home in New York City. He was 89. Durning’s longtime agent and friend Judith Moss told The Associated Press that he died Monday of natural causes in his home in the borough of Manhattan. Although he portrayed everyone from blustery public officials to comic foils to put-upon everymen, Durning may be best remembered by movie audiences for his Oscar-nominated, over-the-top role

Christians flock to Bethlehem
to mark Jesus´ birth,
as pope presides over
Vatican Mass

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/25/2012 2:44:00 AM Post Reply

VATICAN CITY – Despite the tension and violence that shook the Holy Land this year, Christians from around the world flocked to Manger Square in Bethlehem on Monday to celebrate the birth of Jesus in the ancient West Bank town where he was born. Others traveled to Vatican City, where Pope Benedict XVI had lit a Christmas peace candle set on the windowsill of his private studio. Pilgrims, tourists and Romans gathered below in St. Peter´s Square for the inauguration Monday evening of a Nativity scene and cheered when the flame was lit.

Piers Morgan Deportation
Petition Reaches 49,000
Signatures, White House
Must Respond

Mediaite, by Anjali Sareen Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/25/2012 2:27:17 AM Post Reply

The petition to deport CNN host Piers Morgan for his recent comments on gun control has reached over 49,000 signatures as of this posting, which will force the White House to respond. The petition, created Friday, needed 25,000 signatures within 30 days for the White House to take action and it’s reached far more than that in a mere three days. In case you missed it, the petition called for Morgan to be deported for his “hostile attack against the U.S. Constitution.” Gun advocates are angry about Morgan’s comments calling for increased gun legislation in America and are accusing him

A ´dad´ is tenth most popular
Christmas list request for children

Telegraph [UK], by Hannah Furness Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/25/2012 2:17:34 AM Post Reply

When it comes to Christmas, it might be safe to assume children will ask Santa for an extensive list of toys, games and treats. But a survey of their typical lists for Father Christmas has shown many have more serious concerns, requesting "a dad" instead. A study of 2,000 British parents found most children will put a new baby brother or sister at the top of their Christmas list, closely followed by a request for a real-life reindeer. A "pet horse" was the third most popular choice, with a "car" making a bizarre entry at number four.

No Easy Route if Assad Opts
to Go, or to Stay, in Syria

New York Times, by Ann Barnard and Hwaida Saad Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 12/25/2012 12:43:12 AM Post Reply

BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Bashar al-Assad of Syria sits in his mountaintop palace as the tide of war licks at the cliffs below. Explosions bloom over the Damascus suburbs. His country is plunging deeper into chaos. The United Nations’ top envoy for the Syrian crisis, Lakhdar Brahimi, met with Mr. Assad in the palace on Monday in an urgent effort to resolve the nearly two-year-old conflict. (Snip) From his hilltop, Mr. Assad can gaze toward several possible futures.

Remembering what
matters on Christmas Eve

Chicago Tribune, by John Kass Original Article

Posted By: Piercentire- 12/24/2012 11:38:25 PM Post Reply

For all the children who should be loved always, but especially on this wondrous night, with our arms around them and a long good-night kiss on the temple, a kiss more precious than anything wrapped in a box. For all the parents who linger in the doorways of the bedrooms, watching the sleeping shapes. For all the babies who aren't loved and have been forgotten, and who may grow up with a hard crust around their hearts because someone didn't plant those kisses and give those hugs. For every couple who adopts a child to save a life. For every young woman who has given up her child for adoption to

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