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Lung cancer scans backed
for older, heavy smokers
Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By:JoniTx, 1/11/2013 11:56:39 AM
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| The American Cancer Society says there now is enough evidence to recommend screening certain older, heavy smokers for lung cancer. The society is releasing new guidelines today for annual CT lung scans. But they are only recommended for people ages 55 to 74 who have smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 30 years or the equivalent, such as two packs a day for 15 years. Research shows that screening these people can cut the risk of dying of lung cancer by 20 percent. Whether screening would help others is not known, so scans are not recommended for them.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
nonsense, 1/11/2013 12:12:27 PM (No. 9110853)
Alan Grayson orders "die quickly" even though he is a loving, compassionate Demonrat.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
strike3, 1/11/2013 12:12:50 PM (No. 9110854)
Can Obamacare afford to cover that and pass out free contraception too? What page is it on?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
earlybird, 1/11/2013 12:16:36 PM (No. 9110864)
My best friend from school days died a long, horrible death from lung cancer. Discovered too late to be successfully treated.
Although some will argue that we shouldn´t be burdened with the cost of scans for those who have disregarded the overwhelming data (check bladder cancer, for example, and note that the first question when one is discovered to have cancer of any organ is "Do you smoke?" And if you did and quit, the question expands to: "How long did you smoke? How many packs a day? When did you quit"), this seems like a good cost-benefit tradeoff. The cost of cancer treatment is great, especially when compared with the cost of scans and early detection.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jerseyden, 1/11/2013 2:17:05 PM (No. 9111158)
The Am cancer Society may recommend this , but I can´t see the Obamacare "death panels" OKing this. You get over age 65 and you are on your own.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Rubinski, 1/11/2013 2:32:34 PM (No. 9111197)
I think this is a good idea.
I also think they need abdominal imaging perhaps to check for an abdominal aneurism-common in older men who are heavy smoker.
Xrays are cheap.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Starlady, 1/11/2013 6:42:17 PM (No. 9111589)
The annual CT scans could kill you with the radiation. Let´s not go for overkill please.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/11/2013 6:52:58 PM (No. 9111604)
I would be careful going down the slippery slope of questioning if we should pay for a smoker´s healthcare.
Next would we question treating someone´s liver damage from heavy drinking? How about AIDS treatment? Your daughter´s STDs?
We are ALL mere mortals with faults.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
RoseOfTexas, 1/11/2013 10:29:32 PM (No. 9111843)
My dad was a textbook case, apparently. Lifelong smoker...abdominal aneurism...bladder cancer...the cancer spread to the bones & that´s what killed him.
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Former Gosnell employee testifies
that problem abortion
"really freaked me out"
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Philadelphia Inquirer, by Jos
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Kermit Gosnell had been Sherry West´s doctor for more than 20 years and gave her a job when she was ill and out of work. Still, West testified, she hated working in the room where Gosnell performed abortions - never more than the night a staffer asked for help with a problem at Gosnell´s Women´s Medical Society clinic in West Philadelphia. "There was this clear glass pan, and I saw it, and I thought, ´What do you expect me to do?´ " West testified Monday at Gosnell´s murder trial. "It wasn´t fully developed,"
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Obama back in NYC for cash
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New York Post, by Emily Smith
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He won a second term, but Barack Obama isn’t done fund-raising. The president will appear at a cozy reception for fewer than 65 guests with tickets priced at $32,400 per couple at the Manhattan home of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and his designer wife Georgina Chapman on May 13, Page Six has exclusively learned. The invitation explains attendees get “a frank and intimate discussion with the president” where they can ask questions, and afterward Obama will “say thank you to each guest and take a photo with them.” A Weinstein-hosted fundraiser in August brought out
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Man with BB gun arrested
near Obama´s motorcade
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New York Post, by David K. Li
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A homeless man, oblivious to President Obama’s passing motorcade, took BB gun practice in the nearby woods and refused to drop his weapon when confronted by Connecticut cops, officials said today. Obama was speaking yesterday at the University of Hartford when police, stationed along the president’s route to Bradley International Airport, heard noises coming from a nearby wooded area around 5:50 p.m., said Bloomfield police Capt. Stephen Hajdasz. A detective from the neighboring town of Simsbury ordered the man — identified as 27-year-old Joseph Stravinskas — to drop what appeared to be a rifle, according to Hajdasz.
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Suspect detained in Lone Star
College campus stabbing
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Houston Chronicle, by Erin Mulvaney
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Harris County sheriff´s deputies said at least one person was wounded and a suspect was in custody after a stabbing at the Cy-Fair campus of Lone Star College Tuesday afternoon. Another suspect may be at large, officials said. Officials said it is unclear if other victims have been wounded or what led to the stabbing at the campus at 9191 Barker Cypress. However, unconfirmed initial reports indicate as many as 13 people may have been injured. Two LifeFlight medical helicopters are en route to the scene. College officials issued an alert warning people to seek shelter
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´House of horrors´ abortion
clinic worker ´was handed a
screaming newborn with no
eyes or mouth and asked to
deal with it´
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Daily Mail (UK), by Lydia Warren
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A woman who worked at a Philadelphia abortion clinic has testified how she was handed a glass pan carrying a screaming newborn with no eyes or mouth and told to deal with it. Sherry West, who is a witness in the murder trial against her former boss Dr. Kermit Gosnell, said that when the tiny ´specimen´ screamed ´it sounded like a little alien´. West is testifying in the case under a deal with prosecutors after she pleaded guilty to third-degree murder involving the death of a 41-year-old woman at the clinic. Gosnell, 72, is charged with murdering seven babies
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Pacific commander: North Korea poses
‘clear and direct threat’ to the US
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Jeremy Herb
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/9/2013 11:42:46 AM
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North Korea poses a “clear and direct threat” to the United States, the chief of the U.S. Pacific Command told a Senate panel Tuesday. Pacific commander Adm. Samuel Locklear said Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile tests are a threat to U.S. national security and regional peace and stability. He noted that North Korea is keeping a significant percentage of combat forces in the demilitarized zone, and said the United States and South Korean forces are "ready today" to respond should the Kim Jong Un regime stage an attack. Senators pressed Locklear to elaborate on how the U.S. military
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McConnell asks FBI to investigate
leaked recording on Judd
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Justin Sink
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/9/2013 11:19:03 AM
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Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has asked the FBI to investigate the recording of a campaign strategy meeting in which the lawmaker and his staff made disparaging remarks about actress Ashley Judd. In the recording, obtained by Mother Jones, McConnell and his aides debate the merits of attacking Judd’s mental health, religion and family values. Judd had been considering a 2014 Senate run against McConnell but opted against the race last month.(Snip) “Obviously a recording device of some kind was placed in Senator McConnell’s campaign office without consent. By whom and how that was accomplished presumably will be
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Obama group targets Texas
Sen. Ted Cruz in ads urging
support for gun background checks
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Dallas Morning News, by Alexandria Baca
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/9/2013 11:13:52 AM
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WASHINGTON —A liberal grassroots organization is running ads featuring the face of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz as it urges Americans to tell their senators to support universal background checks for gun buyers. Organizing for Action — President Barack Obama’s re-election-campaign-turned-nonprofit — started running its online ads on Facebook and in search engines today. More than nine out of 10 Americans support universal background checks, according to a recent poll by Quinnipac University. The ads come as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., looks to move a gun-control bill to the Senate floor for a vote.
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U.S. Ambassador to SKorea
Blogs About Vacation Amid
Tension with NKorea
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Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/9/2013 10:42:32 AM
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As tension rises between North Korea and America, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea, Sung Kim, went on a family vacation. The ambassador today shared his experience in a lengthy blog post. "My daughters recently had off from school for spring break, and I planned to take a week off for a nice family vacation. But as is often the case here on the Peninsula, my break was interrupted by important developments and urgent issues, so my week off turned into just one day," writes Kim. "But finally, we decided to take a three-day weekend and drive
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Queen Elizabeth to attend Margaret
Thatcher´s funeral April 17
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Los Angeles Times, by Henry Chu
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/9/2013 10:30:36 AM
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LONDON -- The funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s longest-serving leader of the 20th century, will be held in St. Paul’s Cathedral on April 17, officials said Tuesday. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, are expected to attend what will be the most elaborate funeral to be staged in London since the death of the queen’s mother in 2002. It will be the first funeral of a prime minister that the queen will have attended since Winston Churchill’s in 1965. Thatcher, who died Monday at age 87 after years of declining health,
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North Korea urges foreigners
in South Korea to evacuate,
but analysts doubt attack
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/9/2013 10:24:30 AM
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SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea on Tuesday urged all foreign companies and tourists in South Korea to evacuate, saying the two countries are on the verge of nuclear war. The new threat appeared to be an attempt to keep the region on tenterhooks over its intentions. Analysts see a direct attack on Seoul as extremely unlikely, and there are no overt signs that North Korea´s 1.2 million-man army is readying for war, let alone a nuclear one. South Korea´s military has reported missile movements on North Korea´s east coast but nothing pointed toward South Korea.
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Obama on gun debate:
"This isn´t about me"
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CBS News, by Lindsey Boerma
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/9/2013 9:58:19 AM
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Stopping through Connecticut for the first time since a mentally ill gunman slaughtered 20 first-graders and six educators at a Newtown elementary school in December, President Obama on Monday delivered an impassioned speech, rallying those affected by gun violence to "expect more" from Congress and to urge lawmakers to move this week on legislation. "The day Newtown happened was the toughest day of my presidency," Mr. Obama told the crowd at the University of Hartford, where family members of the massacre´s victims sat. "But I´ve got to tell you, if we don´t respond to this,
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Former British prime minister
Baroness Thatcher dies peacefully at the age
of 87 after suffering a massive stroke
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Daily Mail [UK], by James Nye
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/8/2013 8:55:39 AM
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Margaret Thatcher, the first female British Prime Minister who gained worldwide renown as the Iron Lady has died aged 87. Developing a formidable partnership with President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s, Mrs. Thatcher stood up to the ´Evil Empire´ of the Soviet Union, eventually witnessing its collapse. [Snip] Responding to her death, Buckingham Palace said, ´The Queen is sad to hear the news of the death of Baroness Thatcher and Her Majesty will be sending a private message of sympathy to the family, Buckingham Palace said today.´ British Prime Minster David Cameron said on hearing of her passing, ´It was
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Kim Jong-un Wants Phone
Call from Obama - report
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Korea Broadcast Service, by Staff
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 6:56:50 AM
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North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-un is waiting for United States President Barack Obama to make a phone call to Pyongyang to discuss easing tensions on the Korean peninsula, according to Russia’s news agency Itar-Tass. The report cited United Kingdom diplomats, saying Pyongyang was demanding the U.S. president personally call Kim Jong-un as one of the conditions to relieve the current conflict at hand. Itar-Tass also quoted the U.K.’s Sky News as saying North Korea currently has eight nuclear warheads.
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Obama says he´s ´determined
as ever´ for gun bill
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Associated Press, by Nedra Pickler
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 10:27:49 PM
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he´s "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws. Obama´s gun control proposals have run into resistance on Capitol Hill, leaving their fate in doubt. Efforts by Senate Democrats to reach compromise with Republicans over expanding required federal background checks have yet to yield an agreement, and conservatives were promising to try
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Christians, here´s why we´re
losing our religion
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Fox News, by Craig Groeschel
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Posted By: STLstudent- 4/7/2013 5:13:55 PM
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Recent research indicates that the number of people who do not consider themselves a part of an organized religion is steadily on the rise. Interestingly enough, though the number of those religiously unaffiliated is increasing, there is little to no trend in the number of those who express atheist or agnostic beliefs. People aren’t saying they don’t believe in God. They’re saying they don’t believe in religion. They are not rejecting Christ. They are rejecting the church. This begs the question, “Why are we losing our religion?”
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Broadcasters worry
about ´Zero TV´ homes
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Associated Press, by Ryan Nakashima
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/7/2013 2:43:40 PM
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Los Angeles — Some people have had it with TV. They´ve had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don´t like timing their lives around network show schedules. They´re tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don´t even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. (Snip) Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. There are 5 million of these residences in the U.S., up from
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´Mickey Mouse Club´ star
Annette Funicello dies at 70
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Los Angeles Times, by Dennis McLellan
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 1:18:00 PM
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Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV´s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ´60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of “beach” movies, died Monday. She was 70. Funicello, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1987 and became a spokeswoman for treatment of the chronic, often-debilitating disease of the central nervous system, died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Walt Disney Co. spokesman Howard Green said. Funicello and her husband, Glen Holt, had moved from
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White House: Planned GOP
gun filibuster cowardly
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Washington Times, by Dave Boyer
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/8/2013 11:08:31 PM
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Beginning a week of high pressure on gun control, the White House on Monday accused some Republican senators of cowardice for planning to filibuster gun legislation without allowing the full Senate to vote on President Obama’s initiatives. “If they oppose this legislation, have the courage to say so on the floor and vote no,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney. “Don’t block it. Don’t hide behind a procedural action to prevent a vote. That’s the wrong thing to do, and that’s how the president clearly feels.”
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Chelsea Clinton doesn´t close
door to public office
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USA Today, by Catalina Camia
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Posted By: jackson- 4/8/2013 10:23:20 AM
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Chelsea Clinton has raised her profile in the last few days, which sparked the inevitable question about the former first daughter´s future: Will she ever be like Mom and Dad and run for office? Clinton, 33, essentially said "maybe" in an interview that aired Monday on NBC´s Today show. "Right now I´m grateful to live in a city, a state and a country where I strongly support my mayor, my governor, my president and my senators and my representative," said Clinton, whose father, Bill, was president from 1993-2001 and her mother, Hillary
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Special ops veterans’ group
calls for select probe of
Benghazi attack
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Fox News, by Catherine Herridge
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 7:00:09 AM
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More than 700 Special Operations veterans are urging members of Congress to back a select committee to investigate last year’s Benghazi terrorist attack, according to a letter first obtained by Fox News. The letter from the group, “Special Operations Speaks,” supports the appointment of a special committee tasked with the single mission of investigating the attack that left Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans dead, and shut down the CIA operation in an annex of the Benghazi consulate, in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack. “Congress must show some leadership and provide answers to the public
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Obama flying 11 relatives of Sandy Hook
victims to D.C. on Air Force One so
they can back gun control in person
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/8/2013 4:05:18 PM
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President Barack Obama is bringing 11 relatives of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut´s Sandy Hook Elementary School to Washington on Air Force One on Monday so they can personally encourage senators to back gun legislation that faces tough opposition. A nonprofit organization that works with the families, Sandy Hook Promise, said that after Obama´s speech on gun control in Hartford, he is flying with relatives of seven children and one staffer killed during December´s massacre at the school. The White House says Obama is going to argue that lawmakers have an
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Updated: White House, McCain
blast Cruz for threatening
filibuster over guns
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Houston Chronicle, by Joanna Raines
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 4:55:05 PM
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There was growing buzz over the weekend that a bipartisan agreement on gun control — a deal that would expand background checks — could hit the floor as early as this week. However, any deal could be derailed by the looming threat of a Republican filibuster involving Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. With Cruz standing proudly in the way of any gun legislation, Democrats are trying to make him pay a political price — and even a couple of high-profile Republicans are questioning his tactics.
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North Korea´s Army Is Full of Jumping,
Leaping, High-Kicking Martial Artists
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Atlantic, by Connor Simpson
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/8/2013 5:48:23 AM
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Amid all of the very real threats of war and stuff from North Korea, you´d think American intelligence officers want as much video footage of the enemy as possible. Well, here is one video featuring North Korean exercises and Kim Jong-Un holding a gun, and we´ll say this: they certainly get points for presentation. Remember the clap-happy report from Dennis Rodman´s diplomatic basketball vacation? This video comes courtesy of the same Youtube channel that gave us that Rodman video. It appears to be the same state news channel.(Snip for video)This latest dispatch from North Korea´s state television
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