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Before dawn broke, a special squad of deputies searched their home on Nicholas Court and discovered a secret closet behind a mirror. More than 50,000 rounds of ammunition and numerous weapons, including a Mac-11 submachine, were stacked inside on shelves and the floor, according to sheriff’s reports.
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children present a particular risk. Children move quickly, and the noise of a mower can keep you from hearing a child approach, says Henry Guzman, director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety. Children can be run over by mowers or hit by flying debris, which a mower can propel with dangerous force. The department’s Division of Emergency Medical Services and
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10-foot-high steel gate guarded by three people. In other parts of this neighborhood, these images might be ominous. But above the gate are letters spelling out “Love.
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Half the problem.. The proposed plan for a high-speed passenger ferry.. is doomed to fail.. Getting people from shore to shore is only half the problem, and it has nothing to do with the speed of the crossing. The real issue is: What do you do when you reach the other side?
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell - 16 years ago
Few were pleased when the Pentagon first issued the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” rules on gays in the military.Advocates for a complete end to the long-standing ban on gays in the U.S. Armed Services were especially displeased, because the ban was formalized anew. Officially swept under the rug and left as a huge bump that the country would continue to trip over.
Meanwhile, advocates of the status quo, who believed homosexual should not be allowed to serve their nation, were displeased because it was no longer acceptable to simply ask someone and then swiftly drum them out of the service when they replied with the wrong answer.
To many, today, it seems incredibly quaint, but it was a milestone at the time, back when Bill Clinton was in his first term. A nice detailing of the events in the Baltimore Sun article linked above.
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For an ex-felon to find a job these days is tough — nearly impossible. “Basically, nobody will hire you,” said Stephanie Porta, spokeswoman for Orlando ACORN, a community-based advocacy organization that works with ex-felons looking for employment. “Even people with little felonies are not finding jobs.
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In rambling messages to family, friends, police and the owners of Shoot Straight, the Casselberry gun range she chose for Sunday’s fatal shooting, Marie Moore said the murder-suicide was the only way to save her son Mitchell Moore, her family and the world from violence and eternal damnation. God decreed it, she wrote in documents released Tuesday.
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Hundreds of e-commerce businesses, according to a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing, have made partnerships with three Internet marketers — Affinion, Vertrue and Webloyalty. Once the primary e-commerce business lures the consumer with a free trial offer or some other promotion or game, the consumers’ credit account information automatically transfers to those third-party marketers, who enroll consumers into membership clubs without the consumers’ awareness. That’s how you’re billed for something you weren’t asked about and don’t want.
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Bone marrow transplants can cure sickle cell disease
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Supermarkets Grocery stores taking check use off shoppers’ lists
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