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Study: Gun Crime Plunges, but Most Americans Mistakenly Think It’s Up

Click Here: In less than twenty years, the gun murder rate has been nearly cut in half. Other gun crimes fell even more sharply, paralleling a broader drop in violent crimes committed with or without guns. Yet few Americans are aware of the dramatic drop, and more than half believe gun crime has risen.

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Burlington Iowa Nature News West Burlington

Sun Unleashes Spectacular Solar Eruption

Click Here: An intense solar storm erupted from the sun on Friday (May 3) in a dazzling space weather display captured by a NASA spacecraft.

Solar Flare, May 3, 2013
Solar Flare, May 3, 2013
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Burlington Iowa Obituaries West Burlington

Obituaries

Irwin “Wook” Wookey Jr. 59, Burlington died Monday, May 6, 2013

Alan Hilleary Vaughan, 49, Burlington, died Monday, May 6, 2013

Margaret Mary Ripple, 92, Burlington, died Monday, May 6, 2013

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SEISC – South Division, Conference Track Meet

WB-ND’s Jeff Gianettinno Leaps into Record Book

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington / Notre Dame’s Jeff Gianettinno clears the high jump bar at 6’9” setting a new Southeast Iowa Super Conference record during Monday’s South Division Conference Meet in West Burlington. Gianettinno broke the old record of 6’7” set in 2008 by Pekin’s Jordan Sathoff.
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West Burlington / Notre Dame’s Jeff Gianettinno clears the high jump bar at 6’9” setting a new Southeast Iowa Super Conference record during Monday’s South Division Conference Meet in West Burlington. Gianettinno broke the old record of 6’7” set in 2008 by Pekin’s Jordan Sathoff.
Photo by Dan Hockett Danville’s Cassie Stuflick runs the final leg of the Girls’ Distance Medley during Monday’s South Division Conference Meet in West Burlington. Danville won the Distance Medley in 4:50.57.
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Danville’s Rachel Beck runs the final leg of the Girls’ Distance Medley during Monday’s South Division Conference Meet in West Burlington. Danville won the Distance Medley in 4:50.57.
Photo by Dan Hockett Danville’s Grant Samples places 4th in the 100-meter run with a time of 12.22 seconds during Monday’s South Division Conference Meet in West Burlington.
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Danville’s Grant Samples places 4th in the 100-meter run with a time of 12.22 seconds during Monday’s South Division Conference Meet in West Burlington.

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Burlington Iowa Letters to Falcon West Burlington

Idling Letter to Editor

Falcon:

A lady from Illinois wrote a letter to the editor complaining about old tires littering the Roosevelt Avenue area near the Casino and in my opinion she had every right to complain because she pays Iowa taxes and fees regardless of the fact she doesn’t live here.

Some idler wrote a letter directly to the woman’s home castigating her for complaining because she doesn’t live here although she pays Iowa taxes each and every time she comes over here to make purchases.

As a matter of fact she shows better judgment by not living in Burlington and just coming here to make purchases.  This lady shouldn’t get upset because some idler in Burlington writes an unsigned letter complaining to her about her concerns regarding tires stacked near the roadway.

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Burlington Iowa News Political West Burlington

Unbelievable: Homeland Security Seeks Millions More Rounds of Ammo

Click Here: Homeland Security Seeks Millions More Rounds of Ammunition

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Obituaries

Wilma Lee Cain, 80, Burlington, died Thursday, May 2, 2013

Dorothy Elizabeth Hoschek, 92, Burlington, died Friday, May 3, 2013

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Gun Myths Gone in Five Minutes: ABC News 20/20

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Positive Russian Dash Cam Video

Tired of all the brutal Russian dash cam videos?
Here are the positives for a change.

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Murdering Small Business: Percentage Of Self-Employed Americans At Record Low

Click Here: They Are Murdering Small Business: The Percentage Of Self-Employed Americans Is At A Record Low

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