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Gun research a waste of time, money
Johns Hopkins University receives billions of tax dollars and for the past 23 years they have used these tax dollars to support a Center for Gun Policy and Research ("Gun research is not biased," May 20). What a waste of our tax dollars. Most...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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Global shares sink, following 7.3 percent drop in Japan's Nikkei
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Share markets fell sharply on Thursday as investors piled back into safer assets, unnerved by the twin setbacks of unexpected weakness in China's economy and signals that the U.S. central bank may soon scale back its stimulus program....Tags: Kim Sung-hwan, Lebanon, U.S. Military, Foreign Exchange Market, Mining
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In hot market, buy now or later?
Real Estate MattersBy Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin Q: I am a married, 65-year-old retiree. I spent 22 years in the military (with a pension), and then worked another 22 years for corporate America. I want to sell our house when my wife retires in 2015. My wife and I...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Real Estate, Homes, Banking, Chicago Mortgages
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Money-smart kids: Putting a lid on prom costs
Kiplinger's Money PowerA recent survey from Visa showed that prom spending hit an average of $1,139 per family this year, up 5 percent from last year. The good news -- sort of -- was that teens were contributing 41 percent of the cost. But that still leaves parents footing 59...Tags: Apple iTunes, PTA, Google Play, Personal Data Collection, Politics
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Paranoid or prescient?
Victor Davis HansonGovernment is now so huge, powerful and callous that citizens risk becoming proverbial serfs without the freedoms guaranteed by the Founders. Is that perennial fear an exaggeration? Survey the current news. We have just learned that the Internal Revenue...Tags: Civil Rights, Kermit Gosnell, Internal Revenue Service, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Abortion Issue
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So much for messianic leadership
Although there's still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the surf, the nature of President Barack Obama's bind is becoming clear. The best defenses of his...Tags: David Axelrod, Woodrow Wilson, Barack Obama, September 11, 2001 Attacks, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963)
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IRS foul-up shows how bad laws breed good scandals
Much to my surprise, I find myself sympathizing with the Internal Revenue Service. Tenderness toward that agency isn't my default position. I'm a British expat living in the United States, with retirement savings locked up in Britain and other cross-...
Tags: Elections, Taxation, U.S. Elections, National Rifle Association of America, Internal Revenue Service
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Paying attention to revoked FOID cards
On Monday I looked into the eyes of three parents of young children killed in their classrooms in Newtown, Conn. I listened to them tell me they don't want any mother or father to endure the nightmare they've lived. They came to Illinois to plead with...
Tags: Laws, Firearms, Gun Control, Judges, Allergies
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Connecticut's Landmark Gun Law Faces Challenge In Federal Court
The Hartford CourantA coalition of gun owners, gun dealers and firearms rights organizations have sued the governor and members of the state's attorney's office, contending that the gun law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings violates the...Tags: Laws, Dannel P. Malloy , George C. Jepsen, Sandy Hook Elementary School, National Rifle Association of America
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Illinois House introduces less restrictive gun bill
— An Illinois House version of legislation to allow people to carry concealed weapons that emerged Wednesday would not let Chicago have its own set of rules and could make it easier to get a permit. The latest proposal is an attempt to address...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Mental Health, National Rifle Association of America, Brandon W. Phelps, Bars and Clubs
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Voice of the People, May. 23
Realistic cycling This is in response to "Impact of natural laws felt after daughter's bike crash; Mayor's proposal to improve road safety sensible, but cyclists are always vulnerable" (News, May 13). There is a reason why pedestrians and cars are...Tags: Laws, Elections, Judges, National Rifle Association of America, Jim Edgar
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Illinois pays down bills but backlog could rise again in August
ReutersCHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - Higher-than-expected revenue from state income tax enabled Illinois to reduce its unpaid bills to $5.8 billion from $8.5 billion at the beginning of April, the state comptroller said on Wednesday while cautioning the...Tags: Personal Income, Taxation, Pension and Welfare, Politics
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