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  • Why Ted Cruz isn't presidential material: Column

    USATODAY.com Feed
    19 May 2013 | 12:13 am
    Despite recent attention, Texas senator lacks appeal, charisma and a Hispanic base.

  • The Republican wolves are out for Obama but they are yet to draw blood | Gary Younge

    Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
    Gary Younge
    19 May 2013 | 1:29 pm
    Beset by scandal at home and abroad, Obama's only luck has been in his opponents' tin ear for the public moodThe thing people often forget about the story of the boy who cried wolf was that, at the end of the day, there was a wolf. For the past six years – since Barack Obama announced his presidential intentions – Republicans have been crying themselves hoarse. Obama, if they were to be believed, was a Kenyan-born communist Muslim with a forged birth certificate who stole the election by registering millions of ineligible voters."A lot of information about Obama's background is…

  • EDITORIAL: There's a sensible way to close Proposition 13 tax loophole

    FresnoBee.com: Opinion
    17 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Under Proposition 13, the 1978 initiative that slashed property taxes in California, the sale of property is supposed to trigger a reassessment for tax purposes. Because residential property turns over more frequently than businesses, home property values are reassessed more frequently. But even when a business is sold, new owners often avoid higher taxes. Read comments

  • Editorial Board: Justice didn’t follow its own rules in AP case

    Washington Post Editorials: Latest Editorial and Editorial Archive
    Editorial Board
    18 May 2013 | 3:26 pm
    THE OBAMA administration remains on the defensive over the Justice Department’s decision to seize a wide range of the Associated Press’s phone records without prior notice to the news agency. Media organizations — this one included — denounced the apparent prosecutorial overreach in pursuit of alleged leakers of classified information about a successful CIA anti-terrorism operation. Many Americans who don’t make their living in journalism were justifiably concerned. Read full article >>    

  • Laws for medical and recreational marijuana

    The Seattle Times: Opinion
    19 May 2013 | 3:27 pm
    We need one system I agree that for Initiative 502 to succeed, there must ultimately be one system [“Reconcile marijuana laws,” Opinion, May 14]. The opponents of I-502 (most of them in the medical-pot community) need to understand that while they advanced the ball 10 steps, it was 15 st
 
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  • Race for city controller lands at LAX

    18 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    The Los Angeles city controller doesn't have any actual power over the modernization plans of Los Angeles World Airports or over whether a controversial new runway is built at Los Angeles International Airport. Nevertheless, LAWA and the runway have become an issue in the race between candidates Dennis Zine, a termed-out city councilman, and Ron Galperin, a Century City attorney.

  • Healthcare for Angelina Jolie -- and everyone else [Blowback]

    18 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    We applaud Times columnist Robin Abcarian for shining the light on the inequities in our healthcare system in response to Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement about her prophylactic mastectomy. When Jolie made her medical decision, she had at her disposal the resources to pay for the procedures and the best doctors; not everyone has the same ability.

  • Poll: Where should Vin Scully's voice be heard?

    17 May 2013 | 2:47 pm
    Readers are talking a lot about a man who talks for a living: Vin Scully. Times data editor Doug Smith's Op-Ed article Tuesday musing on "the voice of L.A." closed with a question: "As far as I'm concerned, the voice of L.A. should be heard every day in some public place. So tell me, where would you want to hear Vin Scully?" 

  • Hey haters, people love dogs. Deal with it!

    17 May 2013 | 2:26 pm
    Meghan Daum’s Thursday column about the loss of her dog was a real tear-jerker. “If Rex could have talked, we'd have finished each other's sentences,” she wrote of their powerful bond.

  • The GOP pivots on the IRS scandal

    17 May 2013 | 2:16 pm
    The scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service's handling of applications for tax-exempt status by "tea party" groups and other right-leaning organizations took a sharp turn at the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday. In addition to decrying how those groups' applications were flagged for extra scrutiny, Republicans on the panel -- especially Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) -- argued that the Obama administration had covered up the problem for more than a year.
 
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    Washington Post Editorials: Latest Editorial and Editorial Archive

  • Editorial Board: Obamacare’s tricky next phase

    Editorial Board
    19 May 2013 | 4:55 pm
    THOUGHT YOU HAD seen the last of the fighting over the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare? Since its passage in 2010, after all, it has survived Supreme Court review, innumerable challenges from House Republicans and Mitt Romney’s unsuccessful campaign to evict its author from the White House. Read full article >>    

  • Editorial Board: Cyberattacks call for legislation and open debate

    Editorial Board
    19 May 2013 | 4:55 pm
    THE SHADOWY WORLD of cybercrime was exposed in the recent federal indictment of eight men accused of manipulating computer networks and ATMs to steal $45 million over seven months. The heist combined sophisticated hacking with street-level hustle. In New York City alone, thieves struck 2,904 cash machines over 10 hours on a single day in February. Read full article >>    

  • Editorial Board: Endorsements for Va.’s Democratic primary

    Editorial Board
    19 May 2013 | 4:55 pm
    VIRGINIANS HAVE LONG regarded the attorney general in Richmond as the commonwealth’s top law-and-order enforcer. That changed in 2010 when the incumbent, Ken Cuccinelli II (R), took office. A former state senator, Mr. Cuccinelli remade the job into a platform for ideological and social activism, launching attacks on abortion, climate-change science and the Obama administration’s health-care law. Read full article >>    

  • Editorial Board: Justice didn’t follow its own rules in AP case

    Editorial Board
    18 May 2013 | 3:26 pm
    THE OBAMA administration remains on the defensive over the Justice Department’s decision to seize a wide range of the Associated Press’s phone records without prior notice to the news agency. Media organizations — this one included — denounced the apparent prosecutorial overreach in pursuit of alleged leakers of classified information about a successful CIA anti-terrorism operation. Many Americans who don’t make their living in journalism were justifiably concerned. Read full article >>    

  • : Calibrating U.S. policy on Burma

    18 May 2013 | 3:26 pm
    FOR THE FIRST TIME in nearly a half- century, a leader of the Southeast Asian nation of Burma will visit the White House on Monday. President Obama’s invitation is a sign of how quickly things have changed inside President Thein Sein’s nation of 50 million or so people and in bilateral relations. The visit should celebrate the progress — and spur further needed change. Read full article >>    
 
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    The Seattle Times: Opinion

  • Laws for medical and recreational marijuana

    19 May 2013 | 3:27 pm
    We need one system I agree that for Initiative 502 to succeed, there must ultimately be one system [“Reconcile marijuana laws,” Opinion, May 14]. The opponents of I-502 (most of them in the medical-pot community) need to understand that while they advanced the ball 10 steps, it was 15 st

  • Legislature considers tougher DUI laws

    19 May 2013 | 8:46 am
    Something must be done Olympia should say yes to implement tougher DUI laws. Lately the number of car crashes due to drunken driving has significantly increased. We are not just going to sit back and look at this situation worsening every day. Something must be done, and now is the moment. I agree w

  • Rushing to the ultimate ‘justice’

    19 May 2013 | 5:15 am
    Florida Gov. Rick Scott has a bill on his desk that creates a fast track to the death chamber for death-row inmates. Leonard Pitts Jr. asks: How can a state that gets it wrong at least one time in every four want to speed up the process?

  • Guest: Building a community to close the education achievement gap

    17 May 2013 | 3:22 pm
    Despite the hard work of thousands of well-meaning adults, children in poverty-impacted schools are still most likely to get lost within the system, according to guest columnists Tom Stritikus and Elham Kazemi.

  • Our national democratic distemper

    17 May 2013 | 3:20 pm
    Our obsession with various scandals raises an interesting question, writes E.J. Dionne Jr. Is our democracy becoming dysfunctional?
 
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  • Kate Bergstrom

    19 May 2013 | 7:50 pm
    I am a Seattle native that, after ending a 5-year relationship, ventured into the world of online dating. It hasn't always been pretty but I have had an entertaining time meeting more than 100 men. My friends and family were entertained by my dating stories and, after realizing that other singletons needed to know they weren’t alone, I thought I might share them with the world, one man at a time.

  • Candace Calloway Whiting

    19 May 2013 | 10:12 am
    Candace Calloway Whiting has studied and trained dolphins, seals, and orca whales. She is currently a volunteer at the Center for Whale Research at Friday Harbor.

  • Dick Falkenbury

    18 May 2013 | 7:11 am
    Dick Falkenbury grew up and spent most of his life in the Roosevelt area of Seattle. He began driving cabs in 1978, later becoming a tour driver and tour bus driver in 1992. In 1996, having worked in many liberal political campaigns in the Seattle area, Falkenbury wrote and led an initiative effort to build a monorail throughout Seattle.

  • Robert A. Brown

    17 May 2013 | 11:51 am
    Just another weblog

  • J.A. Jance

    17 May 2013 | 8:06 am
    J.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of both the J. P. Beaumont series and the Joanna Brady Series. She has written 40 novels and she has more than 10 million copies of her books in print. Visit her Web site: JAJance.com.
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  • Frank Denton: The better FSCJ story

    Frank Denton
    19 May 2013 | 11:16 am
    Want an update on the FSCJ story? Oh, no! you think. Not more excessive spending, bureaucratic incompetence, deception and weak leadership … Not at all. This is the story of the real Florida State College at Jacksonville, where eager, hardworking students can take affordable advantage of caring faculty members to build their lives, often through great adversity. read more

  • Ron Littlepage: Governor nixes Amazon jobs, Tampa battles squirrels

    Ron Littlepage
    18 May 2013 | 8:54 pm
    Mousing around the political news of the day ... click. Now this is a real head-scratcher. Gov. Rick “Let’s get to work,” “It’s working,” “Jobs, jobs, jobs” Scott has put the kibosh on a deal with Amazon that would have brought 2,500 jobs to the state. read more

  • Sound Off: Readers split on use of domestic drones

    Staff
    18 May 2013 | 8:06 pm
    About 325 drones have been licensed to fly in U.S. airspace and thousands more could be coming by 2015. The drones help in police work, scientific research and border patrol, but opponents worry about safety and privacy issues. We asked members of the Times-Union/Jacksonville.com Email Interactive Group what their opinions are on using domestic drones. Here is a representative sampling of their responses:   read more

  • Frank Denton: The better FSCJ story

    Staff
    18 May 2013 | 8:06 pm
    Want an update on the FSCJ story? Oh, no! you think. Not more excessive spending, bureaucratic incompetence, deception and weak leadership … Not at all. This is the story of the real Florida State College at Jacksonville, where eager, hardworking students can take affordable advantage of caring faculty members to build their lives, often through great adversity. Last week at Veterans Memorial Arena, almost 7,000 of them received degrees or certificates, including 530 bachelor’s degrees and 4,978 associate (two-year) degrees. read more

  • Letters from readers: Debt may ruin the nation

    Staff
    17 May 2013 | 1:39 pm
    CHRISTIAN VALUES A supportive viewColumnist Ann Coulter castigated David Uth at First Baptist Church of Orlando. His sin is resigning his church to the reality that our nation is under severe and irrevocable divine judgment. It remains for us to show compassion to a culture of lawbreakers. Democrats and a few Republicans choose to absolve them of guilt and confer more rights than most upright citizens. read more
 
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  • Now's the time to raise the bar for Baltimore schools

    19 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    KIPP founder says change of leadership offers opportunity to focus on effective teachers and empowered principalsAs the founder of KIPP Baltimore, which operates two high-performing public charter schools in the city, I am heartened and encouraged by our progress over the past six years under schools CEO Andrés Alonso. As I move to a new role as executive director of MarylandCAN — the Maryland Campaign for Achievement Now — I am hopeful that many of the policies and approaches that have driven this progress will be replicated in other Maryland school…

  • How not to run a local government

    19 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    Robert Ehrlich says Stockton, Calif., reveals the perils of favoring public employee unions over taxpayersOne of the more enjoyable aspects of my public career was an excellent relationship with public safety unions. Law enforcement, fire and EMT groups were supportive of my races for the state legislature, Congress and governor.    

  • In Florida, timely injustice

    19 May 2013 | 4:00 am
    Leonard Pitts asks: Could it possibly be the case that the state of Florida is not executing people quickly enough?At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing.    

  • Gosnell's 'clinic of horrors'

    18 May 2013 | 3:00 am
    It was the pictures and riveting testimony that convinced a Philadelphia jury that abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was guilty of murdering three infants born alive following botched late-term abortions and also guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Karnamaya Mongar, who overdosed on Demerol during an abortion at Dr. Gosnell's clinic.    

  • Obama's 'Katrina moment'

    17 May 2013 | 6:05 am
    His presidency stands on a precipice, and if he doesn't quickly regain control of the narrative, he will suffer his predecessor's fateIt has been a rough week or so for the Obama administration. From Benghazi to the tapping of reporters' phones to the IRS admitting that it targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, the press is in a frenzy, and many are questioning President Barack Obama's future. If the president does not soon regain control of the narrative, he is likely to suffer the same fate as his predecessor — a collapse in public confidence and a vastly diminished second…
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    The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Opinion

  • Letters: Understanding O.C. educational performance

    19 May 2013 | 3:00 pm
    ROSSMOOR, Ken Brown: The Register article, "Best districts push for more," doesn't even come close to an understanding of relative performance among the different school districts [Front Page, May 12]. MCT Illustration The article states...

  • Letters: Obamacare's impact on state health programs

    19 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    MISSION VIEJO, John Rette: Organized medicine and the hospital association are supporting legislation to stop Medi-Cal rate cuts which will result from the Affordable Care Act ["Stop Medi-Cal rate cuts," Opinion, May 13]. MCT Illustration ...

  • Peter Morici: Forgiving students' debt won't help them or fix colleges

    By PETER MORICI
    19 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    College is too expensive, graduates can't find decent jobs and pay off their loans, and students, parents and educators all share in the blame. Now, President Obama proposes to forgive more student debt and that will make a bad situation worse. More...

  • Adam Summers: No bailout for state pensions

    By ADAM SUMMERS
    19 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    The past five years or so have seen federal government bailouts and so-called "stimulus" funding for banks, domestic automobile manufacturers, insurance companies, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage servicers and state and local governments. The...

  • Letters: A scandal-ridden White House

    19 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    NEWPORT BEACH, Ron Williams, U.S. Secret Service, retired: This administration is one riddled with scandals due to a lack of strong leadership ["Reckless administration by scandals," Letters, May 16]. Pat Oliphant / Washington Post President...
 
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  • Editorial: Brown suggests tax break deal that could work

    19 May 2013 | 11:46 am
    Gov. Jerry Brown has renewed his push to eliminate the $700 million to $750 million a year business tax break known as enterprise zones, this time with the goal of using that money in ways that actually would stimulate economic development.

  • Editorial: A marriage debate offers lesson for all

    19 May 2013 | 11:46 am
    In the nation's socially conservative heartland, Minnesota voters were the first to reject a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, which had passed in 30 states. Opponents of same-sex marriage had won every popular vote until then, including in California.

  • Editorial: State must pay enough to keep water workers

    19 May 2013 | 10:11 am
    Unable to match the salaries of private and some public utilities, California cannot retain enough skilled employees to maintain and operate its complex and vital water delivery system.

  • Editorial: Paper prints news as it sees fit, raises a First Amendment ruckus

    19 May 2013 | 8:37 am
    Part town crier and part town scold, Tim Crews arrives at work each day at the Sacramento Valley Mirror with one goal – to print the news as he sees fit, and maybe raise a little ruckus in the process. Tim Crews, left, editor of the Sacramento Valley Mirror, talks earlier this month to Willows High School student Jake Pence and teacher Alex Xanthus, right. Crews' fight for access to emails of the Willows school superintendent will find its way to the 3rd District state Court of Appeal in Sacramento this week.

  • Editorial: UC must resolve wide pay gap at heart of dispute

    19 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    A yawning gap has emerged between University of California health system administrators and rank-and-file health workers.
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  • Open government gets another test in Texas House

    18 May 2013 | 8:37 am
    Issues of transparency and ethics in government and political campaigns have received mixed reaction from the Texas Legislature this year, but they’ll come up again Monday when the House considers an omnibus ethics bill.It should make for some interesting debates between lawmakers who are for open government and those who just say they are.Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, could use an amendment to the ethics bill to hedge against a potential veto from Gov. Rick Perry on a bill approved by the House last week. The bill would require certain politically active nonprofit groups to…

  • Firing of police chief’s former aide sends harsh message

    18 May 2013 | 8:18 am
    There are two ways to look at Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead’s firing of his former top aide over charges of driving while intoxicated.Halstead’s indefinite suspension of Paul Henderson Thursday could be seen as the chief’s strongest statement yet that off-duty drinking and driving by any officer won’t be tolerated and that no one on the force is above the harshest consequences.On the other hand, dismissing Henderson before his case plays out in the criminal justice system might appear to contradict the message Halstead sent in January. That was when the…

  • Regents bill is a rebuke, but Perry still should sign it

    17 May 2013 | 12:20 pm
    When it comes to the University of Texas, political party allegiance is no match for the ferocity of Longhorn loyalty.The overwhelming support in both the Texas House and Senate for Senate Bill 15 illustrates that pretty starkly. The measure would change the rules for appointing regents to the governing board of state university systems. Perhaps more significantly, the bill would prevent regents from unilaterally firing university presidents.Senate Bill 15 was spawned by long-roiling tensions between some UT System regents (all of whom were appointed by Gov. Rick Perry) and UT Austin…

  • Tornado-ravaged communities in North Texas will need our help

    16 May 2013 | 3:55 pm
    Many of our North Texas neighbors are grieving today over loss of life, devastation of property and major disruptions of their communities that will take a long time to repair and perhaps even longer to heal.The series of storms that passed through the area Wednesday night, spawning at least 10 tornadoes, hail and powerful straight-line winds, left at least six people dead, several unaccounted for, scores injured and many families homeless.The scenes in Hood, Johnson and Ellis counties were shocking as Thursday’s sunrise began to reveal the extent of the destruction, showing large…

  • Texas Senate must move quickly to pass exoneration bill

    16 May 2013 | 3:55 pm
    There is a stain on the Texas criminal justice system that no spot remover can erase.But Texas’ indelible shame of having sent too many innocent people to prison should not keep lawmakers, law enforcement officials, judges and prosecutors from working to improve the procedures whose flaws have led to serious mistakes.With 117 exonerations, Texas leads the nation in erroneous convictions. Since 1994, there have been 49 exonerations based on DNA testing; 41 of those occurred in the last 12 years.To its credit, the Legislature in the last few sessions has passed legislation aimed at…
 
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  • The mail

    <StaffMember: Paul Greenberg>
    19 May 2013 | 1:05 am
    Dear Constant Reader, It was wholly a pleasure to get your letter noting some of the literary allusions in my columns.

  • What’s the alternative to a well-prepared teacher?

    WILLIAM McCOMAS AND CHRISTIAN GOERING SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
    19 May 2013 | 1:02 am
    Most people agree that recruiting and creating the very best teachers for the students of Arkansas is a critical goal made more immediate by a significant teacher shortage in some subjects, particularly in mathematics and science.

  • Pundit to pundit

    HOLMAN W. JENKINS JR. WALL STREET JOURNAL
    19 May 2013 | 1:01 am
    As part of his reinventing government initiative of 1993, Vice President Al Gore proposed removal of the Federal Aviation Administration air-traffic control system from the federal budget—the same FAA recently at the center of our sequestration follies.

  • Life sentences should not apply to children

    VINCENT SOUTHERLAND THE ROOT
    19 May 2013 | 1:00 am
    Nearly a year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court reminded us of something we all know and understand: Age matters. Children are immature and irresponsible.

  • Caricatures pop up in flextime fight

    RAMESH PONNURU BLOOMBERG NEWS
    19 May 2013 | 12:59 am
    It didn’t get a lot of attention.
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  • Chris Donovan Too Close To Shady Dealings

    17 May 2013 | 4:28 pm
    Former House Speaker: If not indictable, at least contemptibleLet's start by emphasizing, again, that former state House Speaker Chris Donovan has not been indicted as a result of the federal criminal probe into an illegal scheme to fill the coffers of his congressional campaign last year, a campaign he eventually lost.

  • DOT Should Take Another Look At Flower Street Passage

    17 May 2013 | 4:28 pm
    Busway Issue: Can't state find a bike/ped passage between two avenues?At the risk of over-covering an issue in The Courant's backyard (literally), there is a valid policy question involved in the Flower Street controversy. If government wants to reduce automobile use, to conserve energy and promote health, should it be making it harder to walk and bike?

  • Obama's Really Bad Week Likely To Last Much Longer

    17 May 2013 | 4:04 pm
    A president, any president, is entering a trough when friends or detractors drag out creepy John Dean to offer an opinion on the scale of a scandal. The obstructor of justice from the Watergate scandal has been on display lately as a trifecta of controversies diminish the Obama administration.

  • Two Bad Ways To Expand Workers' Comp

    16 May 2013 | 3:21 pm
    Bills expanding benefits are bad public policyThe state's former "heart and hypertension law" was a gold-plated albatross, a boondoggle for police and fire unions, a classic example of good intentions waylaid by bad science.

  • Justice Department's Phone Records Grab Chilling

    15 May 2013 | 4:23 pm
    Every presidential administration hates leaks of classified or politically sensitive information and promises to put a stop to them. The Obama administration's baying-bloodhound chase of suspected leakers, however, is beyond the pale.
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  • Mercury News editorial: Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to spend $1 billion on Common Core deserves support

    <p class="Byline">Mercury News Editorial</p>
    18 May 2013 | 4:40 pm
    One of the biggest challenges California's 1,000 or so school districts face -- the implementation of transformational new Common Core standards, curriculum and testing over the next two years -- may be about to get a lot easier. Gov. Jerry Brown announced Tuesday that he wants to give $1 billion in one-time surplus revenue to schools to help them with this massive project, to be used for essential teacher training and technology. We can imagine few better uses for the money; the Legislature should approve it. Common Core implementation has far-reaching implications for kids and the…

  • Mercury News editorial: California should lower DUI alcohol level

    <p class="Byline">Mercury News Editorial</p>
    16 May 2013 | 7:06 pm
    Every hour in the United States, one person dies and three people suffer debilitating injuries from crashes involving drunk drivers. All told, that adds up to nearly 10,000 deaths and 30,000 serious injuries a year. It's a tragic reality Americans don't have to accept as a risk of navigating our streets and highways. The National Transportation Safety Board, with solid evidence behind it, believes toughening state standards for drunken driving will significantly lower those numbers. The board is recommending that states lower their blood-alcohol percentage legal limits from .08 to .05, or…

  • Mercury News editorial: Gov. Jerry Brown's budget revisions smartly show 'prudence, not exuberance'

    <p class="Byline">Mercury News Editorial</p>
    15 May 2013 | 7:20 pm
    Gov. Jerry Brown seems to genuinely relish telling people no. And in general, that's a good thing for the taxpayers of California. In the revision of his budget announced Tuesday, Brown resisted the temptation to plan for significantly higher tax receipts. The state has so far collected $4.5 billion in extra taxes this year, but Brown projects the surplus to ultimately be $2.8 billion because of the economic drag of federal policies. That's the smart thing to do, even as Democrats in the Legislature clamor to reverse serious and damaging cuts.We'll see as the months go by whether…

  • Mercury News editorial: Require labels for genetically engineered foods

    <p class="Byline">Mercury News Editorial</p>
    14 May 2013 | 8:15 pm
    Americans have made it abundantly clear they want the ability to make informed decisions about what they eat. The United States should join every European Union nation as well as Japan, Australia, Russia and China in requiring food producers to label the genetically engineered foods sold in stores and supermarkets.California Sen. Barbara Boxer and Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio introduced a labeling bill in April that deserves widespread, bipartisan support. Congress should pass the legislation and President Barack Obama should sign it into law.Boxer watched Californians wisely defeat the poorly…

  • Mercury News editorial: IRS targeting of conservatives demands independent review

    <p class="Byline">Mercury News Editorial</p>
    13 May 2013 | 7:12 pm
    It was reassuring to hear President Barack Obama forcefully condemn the alarming scheme, revealed last week, by Internal Revenue Service workers to go after right-wing groups. "If, in fact, IRS personnel engaged in the kind of practices that have been reported on and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, then that's outrageous, and there's no place for it," Obama said. "And they have to be held fully accountable."Accountability is essential. And that can only happen after a thorough and fair investigation of the facts. Unfortunately, Congress is unlikely to be able…
 
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  • EDITORIAL: Lesson in grassroots politics

    19 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    In the nation's socially conservative heartland, Minnesota voters were the first to reject a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, which had passed in 30 states. Opponents of same-sex marriage had won every popular vote until then, including in California. Read comments

  • EDITORIAL: Skilled workers are vital

    18 May 2013 | 12:01 am
    Unable to match the salaries of private and some public utilities, California cannot retain skilled employees to maintain and operate its complex and vital water delivery system. Read comments

  • Thumbs up, thumbs down

    18 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Thumbs down to Fresno County Supervisors Andreas Borgeas, Judy Case and Debbie Poochigian for nitpicking a symbolic resolution supporting children's programs. What should have been a five-minute item became a debate spanning two meetings and consuming three hours. Rest assured, if the agenda item had been a symbolic resolution supporting farmers, Borgeas, Case and Poochigian would have said "aye" in a heartbeat. Read comments

  • EDITORIAL: There's a sensible way to close Proposition 13 tax loophole

    17 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Under Proposition 13, the 1978 initiative that slashed property taxes in California, the sale of property is supposed to trigger a reassessment for tax purposes. Because residential property turns over more frequently than businesses, home property values are reassessed more frequently. But even when a business is sold, new owners often avoid higher taxes. Read comments

  • EDITORIAL: Perez has skills, knowledge to help 16th district prosper

    16 May 2013 | 4:49 pm
    The passage of Proposition 28 last June has increased the importance of Tuesday's special election for the state's 16th District Senate seat. Read comments
 
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  • Scoreboard: 5-20

    19 May 2013 | 11:10 pm
    BASEBALL

  • United Way to spend $11.8M for 2013-14

    19 May 2013 | 10:53 pm
    United Way of Greater Toledo has announced it will invest about $11.8 million in Lucas, Ottawa and Wood county programs in the 2013-14 year.

  • Autopsy scheduled today for shot man

    19 May 2013 | 10:50 pm
    An autopsy was scheduled today by the Lucas County Coroner’s Office for James Safadi, a businessman who was fatally shot early Saturday in his Waterville Township home, while authorities continued to investigate the incident.

  • Jail inmate dead after hanging self

    19 May 2013 | 10:45 pm
    A central Ohio man who reportedly hanged himself in a holding cell at the Perrysburg Township police station has died.

  • Owens offers Gateway to College info

    19 May 2013 | 10:44 pm
    Local residents aged 16 to 21 who dropped out of high school or are behind in credits and unlikely to graduate are invited to learn more about the Gateway to College program at Owens Community College.
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  • Pirates & Pens

    19 May 2013 | 9:20 pm
    By Tribune-ReviewPirates fans realize Bob Nutting is a bottom-line guy. He wants to make money and we want a winner. I believe it is possible to ...

  • Volunteer effort

    19 May 2013 | 9:20 pm
    By Tribune-ReviewMeals on Wheels is not funded by the government. The Apollo Meals on Wheels cooks and delivers from the Apollo First Lutheran Church, where we ...

  • Guns a public health issue

    19 May 2013 | 9:20 pm
    By Tribune-ReviewIt is becoming increasingly clear that the issue of gun safety should no longer be left in the hands of our Congress. Gun manufacturers and ...

  • Local zoning essential

    19 May 2013 | 7:00 pm
    By Tribune-ReviewThe importance of local zoning for Pennsylvania communities came into clear view recently when a fertilizer plant blew up in the Texas community of West. ...

  • North Irwin’s loss

    19 May 2013 | 7:00 pm
    By Tribune-ReviewNorth Irwin’s loss North Irwin will be a little sadder. Years and years of dedication are the legacy of Bernie Reynolds (“North Irwin councilman dies ...
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    The News Tribune - Tacoma - Opinion

  • Gateway needs heroes in Olympia

    19 May 2013 | 1:05 am
    Take a good look at the list to the right. Those 24 lawmakers have the power to create nearly 100,000 jobs and keep Pacific Rim shipping pouring into Puget Sound through the 21st century.

  • America's on the wrong end of DUI standards

    17 May 2013 | 1:05 am
    The Washington Legislature has been wrestling lately with ways to bring down drunken driving fatalities. Now it has another option to look at.

  • Progress afoot for those who walk, run and ride

    16 May 2013 | 1:05 am
    From the shores of Commencement Bay to the foothills of Mount Rainier, more opportunities for recreation are falling into place.

  • Secrecy ignited firestorms over Benghazi, IRS

    15 May 2013 | 1:05 am
    Here’s what you don’t do if an IRS division is discovered to be singling out the political opposition: Sit on the explosive information for at least two years, and let the abuses fester in the meantime.

  • Sticker shock for America's hospital patients

    14 May 2013 | 1:05 am
    One of the deeper mysteries facing a patient who’s entered the bewildering labyrinth of the hospital world is why — after he’s discharged — those nice people send him a bill high enough to empty his 401k.
 
 
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  • i Assistant Editor's Letter: Fancy a family trip? Try the cemetery!

    19 May 2013 | 4:00 pm
        

  • Editorial: A high-water mark for Burma

    19 May 2013 | 11:56 am
    A Burmese leader will stand in the White House today for the first time since 1966. Not only does Thein Sein’s US visit cap an unprecedented round of diplomatic bridge-building that has taken him from Australia to Europe in recent months, it is also the high-water mark of his country’s return to international favour.    

  • Editorial: Another week, another bout of Conservative Party in-fighting

    19 May 2013 | 11:52 am
    David Cameron was in a tricky enough spot last week, forced to pretend it was, if not desirable, then at least acceptable that more than 100 obstreperous backbenchers voted their “regret” at his Government’s legislative programme. Between the high-profile grandees (Lord Lawson, Michael Portillo) and the existing cabinet ministers (Michael Gove, Philip Hammond) all voicing their scepticism on Europe – and implicitly criticising the Prime Minister’s renegotiation strategy in the process – the ghosts of John Major’s strife-riven leadership were abroad once…

  • Editorial: Each to their own, Ms Walker

    19 May 2013 | 11:51 am
    And so, out of all available literature, Alice Walker chose David Icke’s jaw-droppingly ridiculous book, Human Race Get Off Your Knees, to accompany her and her eight discs to Radio 4’s mythical Desert Island.    

  • Austerity has hardened the nation's heart

    19 May 2013 | 11:32 am
    Under the arches in Waterloo, a man sits, his head bowed. A scarf is wound tightly around his neck, as if he wants to strangle himself. His hands are grimy and covered in cuts, one suppurating. As I give him some coins and antiseptic plasters, I ask him why he is out there. He doesn’t look at me, and seems unwilling to talk.     
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  • Martin Rowson on the 'swivel-eyed loons' row – cartoon

    Martin Rowson
    20 May 2013 | 2:19 pm
    Conservative co-chairman Lord Feldman fights allegations that he made disparaging remarks about grassroots ToriesMartin Rowson    

  • The Republican wolves are out for Obama but they are yet to draw blood | Gary Younge

    Gary Younge
    19 May 2013 | 1:29 pm
    Beset by scandal at home and abroad, Obama's only luck has been in his opponents' tin ear for the public moodThe thing people often forget about the story of the boy who cried wolf was that, at the end of the day, there was a wolf. For the past six years – since Barack Obama announced his presidential intentions – Republicans have been crying themselves hoarse. Obama, if they were to be believed, was a Kenyan-born communist Muslim with a forged birth certificate who stole the election by registering millions of ineligible voters."A lot of information about Obama's background is…

  • Cameron had the chance to defy the 'swivel-eyed loons' and remake his party. He failed | Steve Richards

    Steve Richards
    19 May 2013 | 1:00 pm
    This week he's been exposed. There was little thinking on what modern Conservatism might be like. Now he can only busk itCrises erupt when a party is ill at ease with itself. A tiny tremor can lead to an almighty eruption. Currently, the Conservative party has a leader wary of its activists, and is supported by members suspicious of the leadership. We have known this for some time. Step back from the latest frenzy surrounding the Conservative party and it is no great surprise to hear that a senior figure in David Cameron's entourage regards parts of its membership as "swivel-eyed loons".

  • Scotland's tough call: stay in the UK, or stay in the EU? | Angus Roxburgh

    Angus Roxburgh
    19 May 2013 | 12:45 pm
    Referendums on Europe and Scottish independence will strongly influence each other and leave voters with an invidious choiceThe Scots are accustomed to having their views ignored in the British political system. In 18 general elections since the second world war, the Conservatives have had a majority in Scotland only once (1955), yet they have formed the government nine times. Despite voting consistently for the left, Scotland has been governed by Labour for only 30 years out of 68. If England is set to elect the Conservatives, in other words, it's hardly worth going out to vote in Scotland…

  • Bob Dylan 'unworthy' of the Légion d'honneur? It's time for a protest song | Fiachra Gibbons

    Fiachra Gibbons
    19 May 2013 | 12:10 pm
    Bob Dylan's cannabis use and anti-war stance mean he's been deemed 'unworthy' of France's highest honour. But all is not lostThe grand chancellor of the Légion d'honneur has declared that Bob Dylan is unworthy of receiving France's highest honour, in defiance of the culture minister, Aurélie Filippetti – a huge fan of the singer who nominated him for the award. General Jean-Louis Georgelin apparently takes a dim view of Dylan's anti-war activism and cannabis use. Mindful of the standards required of a rank held by Celine Dion, Vladimir Putin, and the Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev and…
 
 
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  • Security chief's remarks on rape are illogical and misguided

    19 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Was Tess Durbeyfield raped or seduced? The answer depends on which version of Tess of the D'Urbervilles we refer to. For all the changes Thomas Hardy has made to the story, and the web of ambiguities spun in each revision, it would seem he has purposefully left that to our imagination.

  • For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

    19 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Remember that old saying: in business, there are no friends, no enemies, but only "interests"? Well, last week, HSBC's chief executive, Stuart Gulliver, gave the saying fresh meaning when talking about his bank's two partners in China.

  • Plunge in gold price puts a bad idea out of its misery

    19 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    It looks as if the 20 per cent fall in the price of gold over the past six months has put the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange out of its misery.

  • Tacky district landmarks require rethink

    19 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Devoid of any real power, Hong Kong's District Councils are understandably not getting the attention they might deserve. But that does not mean their decisions are irrelevant to the community. The torrent of public criticism against "eyesore" landmarks put up by councils in different districts suggests something is amiss. Better monitoring and accountability on spending is needed.

  • Placating graduates a work in progress

    19 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    In feudal China, taking the imperial examinations was the only way for ordinary people to join the palace and make their mark. Cramming for the exam required years of extensive reading, along with sacrifice and stamina.
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  • Billionaires unchained

    Andy Kroll
    16 May 2013 | 8:43 am
    Billionaires with an axe to grind, now is your time. Not since the days before a bumbling crew of would-be break-in artists set into motion the fabled Watergate scandal, leading to the first far-reaching restrictions on money in American politics, have you been so free to meddle. There is no limit to the amount of money you can give to elect your friends and allies to political office, to defeat those with whom you disagree, to shape or stunt or kill policy, and above all to influence the (...) - Open page

  • Where has all the money gone?

    David Vine
    14 May 2013 | 6:39 am
    Outside the United States, the Pentagon controls a collection of military bases unprecedented in history. With U.S. troops gone from Iraq and the withdrawal from Afghanistan underway, it's easy to forget that we probably still have about 1,000 military bases in other peoples' lands. This giant collection of bases receives remarkably little media attention, costs a fortune, and even when cost cutting is the subject du jour, it still seems to get a free ride. With so much money pouring into (...) - Open page

  • Nuclear terror in the Middle East

    Nick Turse
    13 May 2013 | 1:09 am
    In those first minutes, they'll be stunned. Eyes fixed in a thousand-yard stare, nerve endings numbed. They'll just stand there. Soon, you'll notice that they are holding their arms out at a 45-degree angle. Your eyes will be drawn to their hands and you'll think you mind is playing tricks. But it won't be. Their fingers will start to resemble stalactites, seeming to melt toward the ground. And it won't be long until the screaming begins. Shrieking. Moaning. Tens of thousands of victims at once. (...) - Open page

  • Climate funds: first come, least served

    Khadija Sharife
    9 May 2013 | 7:07 am
    As the debate on climate change continues, the impacts of pollution on vulnerable continents have been brought to the fore. The most pressing case is Africa, a continent located on the frontline of climate devastation. The African Development Bank's head of climate change, Anthony Nyong, has said that the continent will soon require $40bn per annum to counter hostile climates, including $30bn in adaptation, and $10bn in mitigation. Unfortunately, such requests, lobbied via the United (...) - Open page

  • Seven years, untold dollars to silence one man

    Peter Van Buren
    9 May 2013 | 6:51 am
    What do words mean in a post-9/11 world? Apart from the now clichéd Orwellian twists that turn brutal torture into mere enhanced interrogation, the devil is in the details. Robert MacLean is a former air marshal fired for an act of whistleblowing. He has continued to fight over seven long years for what once would have passed as simple justice: getting his job back. His is an all-too-twenty-first-century story of the extraordinary lengths to which the U.S. government is willing to go to (...) - Open page
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  • Bryce Edwards: Political round-up: Judith Collins and democracy under threat?

    19 May 2013 | 8:51 pm
    Judith Collins has been fighting back. Last week she was under attack from all quarters over her decision not to implement the recommendations of the MMP Review. Now she's taken to Twitter ( @JudithCollinsMP

  • Gehan Gunasekara: MP's bill step in the right direction

    19 May 2013 | 7:28 pm
    At the Privacy Forum held in Wellington last year, Justice Minister Judith Collins promised that a new Privacy Bill would be introduced in May this year to replace the now 20-year-old Privacy Act 1993. There is as yet no sign of its...

  • Alistair Helm: Let's get rid of property CVs

    19 May 2013 | 6:12 pm
    I doubt that there would ever be a conversation between an agent and a prospective buyer of a property without reference to the CV of the property. It is judged by most people in NZ to be the "official" valuation of the property,...

  • Chris Rattue: Why Warriors coach Elliott should go

    19 May 2013 | 2:31 pm
    Someone has to pay ... the Warriors' record 62-6 loss to the Panthers was the most embarrassing performance by a New Zealand sports team since our America's Cup boat almost sank. Once again, pass the bucket.The humiliating loss...

  • Deborah Hill Cone: Behaving badly may be sign you need help

    19 May 2013 | 2:30 pm
    Achtung, well-turned-out 40-something blondes out there. I know a few of you.I may even know that infamous Entitled Blondie who wouldn't give up her front row seat on an Air New Zealand plane for a disabled person in a wheelchair....
 
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  • Saskatoon singer Alexis Normand botches rendition of U.S. national anthem

    19 May 2013 | 7:58 pm
    Saskatoon-based jazz singer Alexis Normand stumbled to find the words for the Star-Spangled Banner before the Memorial Cup game Saturday. “I’m embarrassed and deeply sorry. I wish I’d had more time to learn the American anthem,” Normand tweeted after the game between the Halifax Mooseheads and the Portland Winterhawks.Normand said she was asked the morning before the game to learn the national anthem.“I was asked (Saturday) morning and I agreed,” she said.“I’m usually a quick study and I’ve been learning songs for a long time. I…

  • Harper under pressure as Duffy scandal claims his chief of staff

    19 May 2013 | 6:01 pm
    OTTAWA—Prime Minister Stephen Harper faces growing pressure to order an independent probe into the spending scandal that has cost him a high-profile senator and now his right-hand man. Nigel Wright, Harper’s chief of staff, quit his post early Sunday morning amid questions about whether his secret $90,000 payment to Sen. Mike Duffy deliberately thwarted a probe into the former Conservative senator’s expenses. Announcing his resignation, Wright took “sole responsibility” for the payment, revealed last week. “I did not advise the Prime Minister of the means by which Sen. Duffy’s…

  • Judith Shamian elected as president of International Council of Nurses

    19 May 2013 | 5:52 pm
    Judith Shamian said she’s been given a dream opportunity to influence to health of people and nursing, after being elected president of the International Council of Nurses.Shamian, the past president of the Canadian Nurses Association and former CEO of the Victorian Order of Nurses, will serve a four-year term. The results were announced at a congress attended by 83 countries Sunday in Melbourne, Australia.“It’s a position that comes with responsibility and opportunity to make a difference,” Shamian said. “There is only one other Canadian that has held this…

  • Winning ticket for $590.5M Powerball jackpot was bought in Florida

    19 May 2013 | 5:44 pm
    ZEPHYRHILLS, FLA.—Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in this small Florida city during the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.It’s an amount too high for many to imagine. For instance, the municipal budget for Zephyrhills is a little over $49 million. The winning Powerball jackpot is 12 times that.As of Sunday, whoever has the ticket hadn’t come forward.Maria Brous, a spokeswoman for the Publix store, said there are a lot of rumours about who won but the store…

  • Struggling Brampton actor discovers he’s big in Serbia — really big

    19 May 2013 | 4:24 pm
    For Brampton actor Rob Stewart, the chance at redemption arrived unexpectedly, and at a time when he needed it most. It was early 2009, several years after Stewart’s sputtering career forced him to move back in with his parents, teenage son in tow. Out of curiosity, he searched Facebook one evening for the early-’90s Canadian TV show Tropical Heat (a.k.a. Sweating Bullets), in which he’d starred as lothario detective Nick Slaughter. To his amazement, he discovered a fan page dedicated to Slaughter, with thousands of members based in Serbia. “I was astounded…
 
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  • Harnessing the Remittance Boom

    Kanayo F. Nwanze
    18 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    In Asia’s developing countries, the importance of remittances – the money that migrant workers send home to their families (many of whom live in poor and remote areas) – is immense. But, while remittances to these countries are five times higher than official aid, their potential economic-development benefits have not been realized.

  • Learning About Growth from Austerity

    Michael Spence
    18 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    All countries face complex choices with respect to the timing of austerity, perceived sovereign credit risk, and growth-oriented reforms. Today, advanced countries' previous emphasis on austerity may be giving way to a more balanced approach to boosting economic growth and employment.

  • Open-Access Economics

    Barry Eichengreen
    17 May 2013 | 9:10 am
    The brouhaha over Carmen Reinhart’s and Kenneth Rogoff’s article “Growth in a Time of Debt” has raised troubling questions not only about the efficacy of austerity, but also about the reliability of economic analysis. If a flawed study could appear in a prestigious working-paper series, why should anyone trust economic research?

  • Nationalism, Madness, and Terrorism

    Liah Greenfeld
    17 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    If we want to understand what drove the Boston Marathon bombing suspects to terrorism, the answer almost certainly does not lie in Dagestan, where the brothers lived before moving to the US, or in Chechnya's two wars in the last 20 years. Instead, the key to the Tsarnaevs’ behavior lies in developments in England 500 years ago.

  • A New Deal for Fragile States

    Erik Solheim
    16 May 2013 | 5:50 am
    Today, roughly one-fifth of the world’s population lives in conflict-affected and fragile states, despite vast sums of money spent aiding such states over the last 50 years. Obviously, the way that international and national partners engage such states must change radically.
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  • MAN ARRESTED FOR HAVING SEX WITH PEACOCK

    Nena Grace
    16 May 2013 | 10:59 am
    A few days ago, I came across a story that had me in stitches. I will never understand the depth people will go to, to satisfy their sexual hunger. As gross as it is, I've gotten used to hearing stories of people having sex with animals. Beastiality used to be something that was kept secret, but it is more common than we may believe and here lately, you hear about it everywhere.I can remember the story that emerged in February of this year about Texas native, Andrew Mendoza, who was caught having sex with a neighbor's horse. In a signed statement Mendoza stated, "I was trying to make the…

  • WOMAN STABS TWO-YEAR-OLD SON IN THE TESTICLES TO GET BACK AT HIS FATHER

    Ed Chapman
    2 May 2013 | 11:05 am
    For years I've been saying that everyone should just be single. Living your own life is hard enough, and trying to combine it and its uncertainties with someone and their uncertainties sounds ridiculous. Also, you never know how crazy the other person is until they start stabbing the child you had with them in the nuts for no reason. 23-year-old Krystal Thomas of Syracuse, NY did just that after having an argument with her boyfriend, Ron Craven.According to investigators, on last Wednesday they began arguing early in the day. Craven decided to leave, thinking that his absence would make…

  • TETRIS USED TO HELP WITH LAZY EYE

    Ed Chapman
    28 Apr 2013 | 10:17 pm
    As a child, I knew a girl in my classroom who was very pretty. She dressed nice all the time and her hair was always in neat pigtails. There was one thing though: she had a lazy eye. Not just a little lazy either. That thing acted like it didn't even want to be bothered with what the other eye had going on. I sometimes imagined myself taking my index finger and thumb, jamming them in her eye socket and setting that bad-boy straight.I remember asking her if she could see out of it. She said "a little bit", but she wished that she see out of it more. I don't know where she is now, but if I did,…

  • 5 THINGS YOU DO ON FACEBOOK (BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO STUPID TO KNOW BETTER)

    Ed Chapman
    24 Apr 2013 | 2:00 pm
    I remember when people knew that giving out too much information could get you in trouble, maybe even killed. For example, a latch-key kid at home alone would get in trouble if they told a caller or visitor that their parents were gone. The phrase was usually "he/she's in the bathroom" or "he/she's asleep". The idea was to not let people know that they were alone. It was the only time a child was given permission to lie, and it prevented robberies and possible abductions. You see, keeping your information to yourself was a good thing.Nowadays, as I look through Facebook, I wonder how people…

  • WOMAN ARRESTED FOR BEATING NEIGHBOR'S DOG TO DEATH

    Ed Chapman
    22 Apr 2013 | 11:35 pm
    It's not uncommon for neighbors to argue. Hell, I remember seeing two people argue because one's grass was getting wet by the other's sprinkler. It was funny until one of them got hit in the head with a paint can.It is however uncommon for someone to beat their neighbor's dog to death with a broom stick. That's what happened in Philly when 21-year-old Lynda Bernhisel and her neighbor, Dana Cassidy were in a heated argument just the other day.Since journalism sucks nowadays, the details of the argument is unavailable. It does state that Bernhisel made some remarks about Cassidy's father dying…
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