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• Boating tragedy recounted: 'Kiss them babies for me'

  Wed Mar 28, 2012
  • To me they both were heroes. The one for having the courage to try to swim for help, and the other to send him on his way when he probably could have kept the surviovor with him. It takes courage to stare death in the eye and spit. Both of these men did what they had to do.

• Trayvon Martin case: Is young, black and wearing a hoodie a recipe for disaster?

  Thu Mar 22, 2012
  • What makes this so tremendously tragic is the fact that the agressor Zimmerman was told the exact thing he should do and didn't do it, by the 911 operator. The 911 tapes, the witness statements all at least alude to the fact that he was the agressor not Trayvon.

• Hundreds pack funeral for student shot by police

  Sat Jan 7, 2012
  • The only thing I wonder is what everyone who is crying about police excessive force would say if they realized the cops could be fired for not taking the actions they did.

• Texas police receive death threats after shooting teen

  Thu Jan 5, 2012
  • Thoroughly agree with Oldman, as a combat vet have seen numerous times what the impact of an M-16 round will do, in point of fact, the lighter weight the body in question the more the round will do to twist the body.

• Iran threatens to close key Gulf oil route over nuclear sanctions

  Tue Dec 27, 2011
  • So Brendan-you say you will not fight, that is your priviledge since we don't have a draft, but consider this if Iran does somehow shut off 40% of the worlds oil, do you honestly think any job in america will be worth a damn with gas heading towards 10$ a gallon and a loaf of bread for 6$ or more, …

• We are the median: Living on $50,000, military-style

  Tue Dec 6, 2011
  • I'm retired Army, to all of those that said this gentleman was an officer, Petty Officer 2nd class is enlisted, base pay 3143-3540 at over 8 yrs to over 18, cola will be about 1900 for Coranado according to pay charts, which he is counted as getting even tho the military takes it back for living in …

• Science fiction author Anne McCaffrey dies at 85

  Tue Nov 22, 2011
  • I think the thing that Anne and many others of her generation of authors brought to the table was a realization that hard science fiction or fantasy becomes lifeless without a use and an understanding of Psychology and Sociology.

• Do you agree with Rolling Stone's list?

  Wed Nov 23, 2011
  • The problem is the title of the list. It says the greatest guitarists of all time, and I can think of 2 men from entirely different genre's of music that need to be included. They would be Roy Clark in country, and Andres Sergovia in Classical music.

• Which team will win the NBA championship?

  Thu Jun 10, 2010
  • Boston has the better team, LA the better individual players.

• At last, a stimulus cash sighting in Elkhart!

  Fri May 29, 2009
  • I have existed on 13 week jobs for many years. Now I realize I have a highly sought after profession, being an RN, but you can make do with temporary work. I don't understand why people say you can't exist on temporary jobs.