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  • Wash man sentenced for trying to aid terrorists


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    A man who almost killed himself in an explosion three years ago was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for making a bomb and attempting to help terrorists. Joseph J. Brice, 22, of Clarkston was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in September to manufacturing an explosive device and attempting ...
    6 days ago

  • Distance Increases the Use of Statistics in Decisions


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    There is a real tension in decision making between using a broad sample of information and focusing on a compelling individual case. Presumably, a decision based on a lot of evidence is better than one that is based only on a specific case. read more
    1 week ago

  • Firearms, gun control and politics


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    Statistics on Gun Deaths & Injuries The people who want most fiercely to obtain and use guns include many of the same people whose access to guns society most needs to restrict. In the mass shooting in July in Aurora, Colorado, the killer’s actions were lawful almost until the moment he began firing. If the ...
    1 week ago

  • Jared Loughner shooting puts Arizona gun laws in the crosshairs


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    Arizonas position on concealed carry is highly controversial. (Photo Credit : CC BY/Mark Holloway/Flickr) The recent tragedy in Tucson, Ariz., in which Jared Lee Loughner shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others – killing six – has added fuel to the fire for critics of the Arizona gun law. Specifically, ...
    1 week ago

  • Tucson angels to shield mourners from Westboro Baptists


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    The people of Tucson will join together in an “angel action” to block the hate messages of the Westboro Baptist Church. (Photo Credit: CC BY-ND/Elim Lutheran) There are still communities left in these United States willing to stand up to bigotry and ignorance, reports CNN. The city of Tucson, Ariz., where the ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Left’s Call for a New Civility Still Not Working Out


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    The January 2011 shooting incident by apolitical nutter Jared Lee Loughner resulted in the near-fatal wounds to Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, and the murder of, among his other victims, George HW Bush appointed Federal Judge John M. Roll (who has since been airbrushed out of the event, to avoid muddying up the ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Angel evokes tragedies at service for NY teen


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    A simple memorial for a New York teenager killed in a car crash is evoking memories of higher-profile tragedies. An artist who has made tall steel angels to commemorate the Sept. 11 attacks and the Tucson, Ariz., mass shooting that injured then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords sculpted another angel to ...
    2 weeks ago

  • When Idiots Write Gun Control Laws, We Get Idiotic Laws, Redux


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    Radio Guy Tom Sullivan is fond of saying that the "C" students are running the country. Tom may be an optimist. Here in California, we have yet another example of "We have to do something about all these shootings!". In this case, yet another onerous gun control law that will not make anyone one whit safer. The ...
    2 weeks ago

  • How Do You Deal With Twitter Mistakes?


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    The internet is full of examples of Twitter mistakes made by even the most professional users. Some that stand out were media sources announcing the death of the still giving Gabriel Giffords in 2011, the accidental leak of Listen With Friends on Facebook, and of course many direct messages posted as tweets that ...
    2 weeks ago

  • US graduation season 2013: the best commencement speeches – part two


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    Continuing our round up of the best speeches this year, heres President Obama, Joss Whedon, Oprah and more Kayla Epstein
    2 weeks ago

  • Giffords Urges Bard Graduates to ‘Be Courageous’


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    Gabrielle Giffords spoke for no more than two minutes at the commencement ceremony, where she also received an honorary degree, but she earned several standing ovations. Read more here: Giffords Urges Bard Graduates to ‘Be Courageous’ The post Giffords Urges Bard Graduates to ‘Be Courageous’ ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Giffords Urges Bard Graduates to ‘Be Courageous’


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    Gabrielle Giffords spoke for no more than two minutes at the commencement ceremony, where she also received an honorary degree, but she earned several standing ovations.        
    3 weeks ago

  • Giffords to graduates: Be bold


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    (CNN) - Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords advice to college graduates on Saturday was the same she offered senators earlier this year as they prepared to consider gun-related legislation. "Be bold. Be courageous," she advised graduates of Bard College in New York, repeating the words of her brief January ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Giffords, husband address graduates at Bard


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    Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says the futures of todays college graduates "shines bright." Giffords spoke only briefly Saturday at the Bard College commencement but urged the graduates to create, lead and innovate. Giffords was among 13 people wounded in a January 2011 shooting ...
    3 weeks ago

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