[ILLUSTRATIONs OMITTED] My tattered, old desk dictionary defines obsolescence as "growing out of use." Just above it the definition roof obsolete is "no longer in use." Something that often amazes me is how often some shooters confuse obsolete or obsolescence with effectiveness. Just because a handgun has become...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Over the years I've had many local people ask me what kind of "automatic" they should buy for home defense. My question is. "'Why do you need an automatic?" To which they usually reply, "Well. they're the thing now. Revolvers are obsolete." Obsolete maybe, but they...
Q: I have been married two years and I have four children by my husband. We were high school sweethearts. I just found out that my husband has had a two-year relationship with another woman. He says that he has ended it with her. He says that he is through...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] After reading the article, "A Moment in Time" (Nov. 2008), by Lynn Norment, I couldn't wait to sec the movie, The Secret Life of Bees. Set right after the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964, but before the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was approved,...
When your neighbor asks you to help with a fund-raiser or an old acquaintance insists you attend her dinner party, declining isn't always easy, even if you have a valid reason. "Women are taught to be nurturing, and they fear that turning down a request will make them seem selfish,"...
PARENTS, BEWARE! Tomorrow sees the release of Clint Eastwood's latest film, Changeling, a true-life drama about a single mother, played by Angelina Jolie, who comes home one evening in 1928 to find that her nine-year-old son has vanished. Five months later, the police present her with a different boy, and...
There is an old Russian fable, with different versions in other countries, about two poor peasants, Ivan and Boris. The only difference between them was that Boris had a goat and Ivan didn't. One day, Ivan came upon a strange-looking lamp and, when he rubbed it, a genie appeared. She...
A man accused of disguising his face with men's underwear during an attempted robbery this week has been charged. The 48-year-old man was carrying a grocery bag and a knife when he walked into the Central Valley Golf Course, 680 W. 3000 South, and demanded money Monday,...
THE WORD is powerful. In fact, one might even say the word is power. No one is more acutely aware of this than Jeffrey Gedmin, president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Yes, it's still around. ...
Don't let anyone keep you from "Australia." It's messy and overwrought. But ambition this grand is worth 2 hours and 40 minutes of Aussie scenery, history fudged, romance and war. It's a corny, old-fashioned epic with the usual digital compromises, but a gorgeous picture with genuine...
SIR RICHARD TILT, chairman of the Social Security Advisory Committee, is just one of a number of people and organisations who are calling on the Government to halt or postpone its welfare reforms, in the face of the economic downturn. In particular, there are worries over new regulations, which came...
By Tim Carpenter THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Operation Clean Sweep pushed Frank Hardy into the ranks of the homeless. Hardy, a 55-year-old Topekan with a disability, said Tuesday that he lost the studio apartment in North Topeka that was home for two years...
Brazil: Death toll rises SAO PAULO -- The death toll from rain-spawned floods and mudslides in southern Brazil has risen to 65 people, with 17 still missing, civil defense authorities said Tuesday. Most died in mudslides that swept away homes and businesses, and officials...
PACHECO -- A cash settlement from an old lawsuit will pay for a survey of the Pacheco Pioneer Cemetery, using ground-penetrating radar to pinpoint the graves of an estimated 2,000 people buried there, according to the owner and the group that has worked to preserve the historic graveyard. ...
By Tim Carpenter THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Operation Clean Sweep pushed Frank Hardy into the ranks of the homeless. Hardy, a 55-year-old Topekan with a disability, said Tuesday that he lost the studio apartment in North Topeka that was home for two years...
MIAMI -- A judge on Tuesday ruled that a strict Florida law that blocks gay people from adopting children is unconstitutional, declaring there was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone to prohibit anyone from adopting. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman said the 31-year-old law...
People diagnosed with diabetes spend over$4,100 more each year on medical costs than people who don't have diabetes,a gap that increases substantially each year following the initialdiagnosis, according to a study published online today in the journalDiabetes Care. In the first study to examine medical cost increases for individuals livingwith...
Byline: RAPE VICTIM SO, ANGUS Aubrey Thompson wants to be taken off the sex offenders' list because it breaches his human rights and causes stress. Well, what about the human rights and stress of his victims? I was an 11-year-old boy when my human rights were...
ANTIOCH -- With more than half a century of tradition, preparations for the Woman's Club of Antioch's Christmas House Tour are now in full swing. The 54th annual event scheduled to take place on Dec. 7 will feature homes from both the old and new parts of Antioch. ...
Articles 2008-11-25
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