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• Flagging shooter's mental health history could have saved lives

  - 2008-02-28

  Ever since the shootings at Northern Illinois University, many people are asking why it happened. I don't think there is a good answer to that question. The shooter, Steven Kazmierczak, was disturbed and, in part, reacting because he had stopped taking his prescription medicine ("Before tragedy struck at NIU, signs...

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• John Edwards

  - 2007-12-31

  DES MOINES -- John Edwards became the Democratic Party's 2004 vice presidential nominee thanks to the boost his campaign got from a surprisingly strong second-place finish here. Now he's battling to live up to much higher expectations in a tight race with two celebrity rivals. Edwards...

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• 10 great places to be dazzled by humans' labor

  - 2007-08-31

  Just as man "does not live by bread alone," humankind does not toil merely to eat. Civilizations are driven to create magnificent monuments. To celebrate the accomplishments symbolized by Labor Day, Barry Goldsmith, professor of architectural history at New York University, shared with Buzzy Gordon for...

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• Not all pet owners are responsible, so law must intervene

  - 2007-07-03

  Every year, millions of homeless cats and dogs die in shelters across the country. That is why USA TODAY's editorial "Better ways to save pets" was so disappointing (Our view, Unwanted animals debate, Wednesday). The Humane Society of the United States strongly supports the California Healthy...

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• Harrington is ring Warrior

  - 2007-05-09

  Golden State Warriors forward Al Harrington has been around boxing most of his life. His father and stepfather were professional fighters and he uses boxing in the offseason to cross-train for basketball. Harrington, the NBA Community Assists Award winner for March for helping the Police Athletic League provide the Westside...

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• Clinton: Treatment of troops 'outrageous'

  - 2007-04-12

  FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- One by one, their eyes on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, more than 40 soldiers recited a somber roll call: name, rank, company and where in Iraq or Afghanistan they had been wounded. Later, after hearing their tales of chaos, confusion and shabby...

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• Mandatory 401(k) audits

  - 2007-03-01

  A recent debate in USA Today addressed whether Congress should adopt stricter rules in governing retirement plans - specifically, requiring 401k plan sponsors to conduct annual plan audits to deter and/or uncover fraud. The paper's editorial board is in favor of tougher laws, citing a case in which a small...

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• Obama touts non-political resume

  - 2007-02-09

  CHICAGO -- Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, who will announce Saturday that he's running for the Democratic presidential nomination, says the brevity of his political resume is his "greatest strength." His work as a community organizer, civil rights attorney, constitutional law professor and state legislator "provides me...

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• Focus on health care

  - 2007-01-30

  The challenge of ensuring the financial security of America's seniors is a complex problem that deserves careful analysis. USA TODAY's recent article, "Retirees up against debt," may have left readers with the impression that credit cards are the reason many seniors are facing economic hardship, while overlooking the rising cost...

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• Urban $150,000 richer, maybe more

  - 2007-01-05

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When Urban Meyer left Utah for Florida two years ago, he said the opportunity was just too good to pass up. "At the University of Florida, you have everything in place to make a run at the whole thing, and that was a factor," Meyer...

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