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FBI Report Confirms Crime Fell While Gun Purchases Soared in 2013

Click here: As gun sales soared in 2013–with the number of background checks for gun sales breaking records–the FBI reports that violent crime fell sharply below 2012 figures, and property crime rates fell sharply too.
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7-Reasons Net Neutrality Is A Dumb Idea

Click here: Net Neutrality sounds suspiciously like the language President Obama used with regard to health insurance in his pitch for Obamacare.

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Poll: Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Agree a Gun Makes the Home Safer

A new Gallup poll shows that nearly two-thirds of Americans agree that a gun makes the home safer.
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Iran Publishes 9-Step Plan to ‘Eliminate’ Israel

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei published a 9-step plan to “eliminate” Israel.
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U.S. Postal Service Hacked

Hackers broke into U.S. Postal Service computers and stole personal data, including Social Security numbers, for 750,000 employees and retirees. The breach also compromised the data of 2.9 million postal service customers.

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FCC Plans Stealth Internet Tax Increase

The Federal Communications Commission, without statutory authority, is proposing to expand its taxation and regulation of the Internet.
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Obituaries this week

Betty Keuhn,  80, Burlington, died Sunday, November 9, 2014

Doris L. Tyner, 84, rural Sperry, died Saturday, November 8, 2014

Bart R. Nordstrom, 76, Burlington, died Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Margarita Chiprez, 87, Burlington, died Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Chad Eric Gall, 43, Burlington, died Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Rita M. Hasson , 90, Burlington, died Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Melbaline “Melba” Hostetter, 89,  West Burlington, died Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Shirley Jane Maxwell, 74, West Burlington, died Friday, November 14, 2014

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Russian ‘Trojan Horse’ in US Computers Since 2011

Click here: A destructive Russian “Trojan Horse” malware program has penetrated America’s critical infrastructure computers and could cause an economic catastrophe, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Here’s What a Republican Takeover Looks Like

Click here: Here’s What a Republican Takeover Looks Like. That’s a lot of red for the House.

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Scientists discover why red meat is bad for the heart and how to solve the problem

Click here: Scientists have discovered the mechanism by which nutrients in beef, pork and lamb are transformed into molecules that harden and narrow arteries. Discovery could make red meat perfectly healthy to eat on a regular basis.
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