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Whole Milk is Better for You After All

Click here: Scientists who studied diet and health records for several thousand patients over ten years found people who consumed more milk fat had lower incidence of heart disease.

“What we have learned over the last decade is that certain foods that are high in fat seem to be beneficial.”

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The Tragedy of Gun Free Zones

Click here: “Schools became popular targets for young mass murderers in the mid 1990s, around the time that the Gun Free School Zones act of 1994 was enacted. This law and similar local laws were targeted at gang related violence, but had the unfortunate consequence of making schools a more attractive target for disturbed teens who wanted to end their own lives with a dramatic killing spree. “

In 1999, John Lott and William Landes published an extensive statistical study of multiple shooting incidents. They showed that mass shootings occur less often in areas where responsible citizens are allowed permits to carry weapons discretely.

Have you ever heard of a mass shooting in a police station, at a pistol range, or at a gun show? Suicidal mass murderers may be insane, but they are not necessarily stupid. They always select a soft target for their final acts of violence. This principle also
applies to many other types of crime.

Expecting a deranged, suicidal individual to honor a law prohibiting guns is sheer utopian fantasy. Creating and publicizing a gun free zone will, in fact, increase the chances of the kind of tragedy we seek to prevent.”

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Is it time to rethink Gun Free Zones?

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Obituaries this week

Anita L. Renteria, 69, West Burlington, died Sunday, October 4, 2015

Lois Marie Nelson , 77,  Algoma, WI, died Friday, September 25, 2015

Gerald W. “Jerry” Smith, 77, Fort Madison, died Sunday, October 4, 2015

Patrick Robert Lawlor, 76, Burlington, died Sunday, October 4, 2015

Jane Maurine Reis, 91, Burlington, died Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Brandee Lee Stout, 43, Ankeny, died Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Emilie Jane Schultz, 77, Burlington, died Thursday, October 8, 2015

Michael F. Prior, 59, Davenport, died Saturday, October 10, 2015

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Hawks Soar over Falcons, 63-14

Photo by Dan Hockett AirMedCare Helicopter lands on Central Lee’s football field to deliver an autographed football before the start of their Homecoming game against West Burlington – Notre Dame Friday night in Donnellson.
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AirMedCare Helicopter lands on Central Lee’s football field to deliver an autographed football before the start of their Homecoming game against West Burlington – Notre Dame Friday night in Donnellson.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Spencer Ferguson returns the opening kickoff against Central Lee Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Spencer Ferguson returns the opening kickoff against Central Lee Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
Photo by Dan Hockett Central Lee’s Brandon Doyle (9) intercepts a pass intended for West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Xavior Williams Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
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Central Lee’s Brandon Doyle (9) intercepts a pass intended for West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Xavior Williams Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Tate Snodgrass (5) catches a pass against Central Lee Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Tate Snodgrass (5) catches a pass against Central Lee Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Running Back Isaiah Trousil (28) carries the ball against Central Lee Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Running Back Isaiah Trousil (28) carries the ball against Central Lee Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Head Coach Nick Breuer talks with his players during a timeout Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame Head Coach Nick Breuer talks with his players during a timeout Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Drake Day (3) took the helm late in the game against Central Lee Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Drake Day (3) took the helm late in the game against Central Lee Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Derek Brissey (35) tackles Central Lee’s Brandon Doyle (9) Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
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West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Derek Brissey (35) tackles Central Lee’s Brandon Doyle (9) Friday night in Donnellson. Central Lee defeated WBND, 63-14.
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Radical Islam: The Most Dangerous Ideology

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Oregon college shooter was a friendless oddball who had frequent temper tantrums, no friends, and had screaming fights with his mother

Click here: He was a ‘paranoid’ and ‘childlike’ character who circled his neighborhood on a bicycle and ‘freaked out’ at the smallest things.
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Report: Chamber of Commerce to Spend $100 Million to Destroy Tea Party

Click here: “The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will literally double down in its efforts to crush the Tea Party to get legislation–like a comprehensive amnesty bill and the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank–that it covets.”

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Drones Over Burlington

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Trees Are the Answer

Everybody loves trees, so why are they so controversial? Greenpeace Founder Patrick Moore untangles the knotty issue of “deforestation” and shows how, from a purely environmental perspective, it is possible and desirable to grow more trees and use more wood products.