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Huntsman calls for crackdown on intellectual property theft says Washington Post
Intellectual property theft is a growing problem that the government needs to crack down on for the good of American companies, says Huntsman and ...
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The war on journalism
The continuing examples of the Obama administration’s targeting of journalists is advancing a new front in the war on journalism, according to Jonathan S. Tobin ...
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Chinas Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium Heavy Metal
The video for Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's newly released song starts by re-creating the conditions of his captivity during the 81 days he was held in police detention in 2011, later dissolving into a dystopian ...
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Arrested Development Leads The Charge For Old Brands In New Media
returning via Netflix? Just another old-media brand reviving itself on new media. The TV show, which originally ran on Fox from 2003 to 2006 and unveils new episodes on Netflix next weekend, finds itself in splendid company. Radiohead, Louis ...
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Lets Get Creative And Redefine The Meaning Of Religion
Must religion be embodied in a god or gods, such as Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture? We all know how the battle lines shake out: evangelical vs. scientist, believer vs. atheist. The culture war defined as science vs. religion is so overheated that it seems to be more of a caricature than a coherent, useful discussion. Unless, that is, someone is trying to stretch beyond the ...
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Letters Internet sales tax the consumers last word
In the war of businessmen against the people, the businessmen seem to have won the battle for collecting sales tax on products purchased from out-of-state ...
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Inmate given death sentence for murdering guard
Lisa Hamm, sister of slain Monroe Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl, reacts after a Snohomish County jury recommended the death penalty for Biendl’s killer, Byron Scherf. At left is Biendl’s father, James Hamm. Lisa’s husband, Paul Crosby, is at right, and Biendl’s brother James. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) The person who killed the guard at the Washington State ...
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Soderberghs Liberace Behind The Candelabra
Director Steven Soderbergh had been looking for a way to frame a film about the extravagant entertainer Liberace for years when a friend recommended the ...
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Budget cuts in education
As a senior, I am due to finish my high-school career in a number of weeks. After 12 years of schooling, I am on to a university. I was blessed with great teachers every year, but there is something I wish to address. There have been such significant budget cuts recently, and while the whole state is feeling the stress of the country's deficit, I am curious as to why it is the education ...
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Tom Stritikus Susan Enfield on overcoming poverty and educating South King County kids
new Brookings Institute study that concludes a lack of affordable housing has led low-income households to move outside Seattle city limits. In particular, the last line in the article caught my attention: "We should create and re-create economic opportunities for people in South King County, but we should also be working to give them access to homes and jobs in higher-opportunity parts of ...
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Punchlines IRS scandal gets closer to the White House
The scandals seem to be getting closer to the White House. Who knew about the IRS scandal? The comics have a few thoughts about that. Vote for your favorite punchline at ...
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Graham President Obama twisted up over Benghazi
What’s the difference between keeping President Obama "updated throughout the night" on a deadly terrorist attack in Benghazi and keeping him "updated throughout the night" on a deadly tornado in Oklahoma?The president could have actually done something about Benghazi.Have you been watching the president the past 36 hours or so? Lots of photos of him calling officials ...
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Wests need for air tankers trumps contract concerns
An air tanker drops slurry on the Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs in June 2012. (RJ Sangosti, Denver Post file) With ample spring snowfall and recent rains, it's easy to forget about wildfire season. But soon enough the days will heat up, fuel sources will dry out and Colorado - and other Western states - will once again be faced with serious wildfire threats. To that end, it's ...
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Teachers showed courage in the face of Oklahoma tornado
Lily Raymond, 17, rushes to embrace her brother Ethan Raymond, 11, as a teacher escorts him away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City on Monday. (Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman) ( | ) As we grieve for those who lost so much in the monster tornado that struck Oklahoma on Monday, we also find ourselves buoyed by emerging stories of heroism. We ...
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IRS AP Libya scandals A trifecta with little payout
Folks, deep breath time. This is not the end of the Obama presidency. It's a bad stretch with an unfortunate confluence of unfortunate events. None of which will make the first paragraph -- not even the first page -- of the account of the Obama administration in the history books.Let's tick through the trifecta of scandals and what they tell us -- about the foibles of this ...
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Richard Davis Abortion laws should keep up with advances
The illegal abortion trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell horrified the nation. Gosnell was found guilty of delivering late-term live babies in abortion attempts and then killing them by snipping their spines. A co-worker said that, after aborting a 30 week fetus, Gosnell joked that the child was so big it could "walk to the ...
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Letters Consumers last word
In the war of businessmen against the people, the businessmen seem to have won the battle for collecting sales tax on products purchased from out-of-state sellers. A federal law sponsored by state business interests will require the appropriate state sales tax to be collected on Internet purchases. The state governments see this as a windfall because the voluntary sales tax doesn't seem to ...
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Letters Move to the center
Dan Liljenquist's gleeful recounting of adversity in the Obama presidency is unfortunate ("Chaffetz's search for truth in Benghazi paid off," May 16). Extremism on the left and on the right is much the same. Salient in both are fear and hate of an "other" and detachment of reality. Where extremism errs is in its rigid dichotomy of paired opposites, like friend and ...
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Letters Disaster vs. disease
Everyone expects the government to step in and help the victims of this most recent tornado as it has in the other recent natural disasters. I applaud the quick response of our government — the purpose of government is to protect its citizens. But according to the ranting and raving of a few, that does not include protecting them when illness occurs. Please explain to me the difference ...
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What others say India and China
India and China together account for about 38 percent of the world's 7-billion-plus population. Because these Asian giants share a border, the whole planet holds its breath if they are at each other's throats, as they were again earlier this ...
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In our opinion Scouting success will come from devotion to ideals
For a century, the Boy Scouts of America has provided the young men of Utah an unparalleled program of character development through outdoor adventure, leadership training and service. The state's communities have benefited enormously — not just from the untold hours of service — but from the values of the Scout Oath and Law that have been instilled into the hearts of so many. ...
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Labor Voices GOPs agenda sells Michiganians short
It is time for Michiganians to have a real conversation about both value and values. Do we want to protect corrections officers or produce fatter CEO paychecks? Are we trying to give our kids the cheapest possible education or the best? Do our veterans and the health care workers who care for them deserve more than empty promises? Sometimes you get what you pay for. Unfortunately, it looks like ...
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May 22 Letters To the Editor
Brittany Loring is certainly one tough Bostonian, after dealing with a skull fracture and two leg wounds ("Marathon bombing victim looks forward to MBA," May 20). She’s a major success already, as she gets her business degree and finishes recovering from her injuries. And now she has her whole life ahead of her. I am just so sorry that she and others had to go through such pain.- ...
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Scandals reveal King O the Redeemer as the Idiot
Although there’s still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the surf, the nature of President Obama’s bind is becoming clear. The best defenses of his administration require undermining the rationale for his presidency."We’re portrayed by Republicans as either being liars or ...
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Backing Becks Dont Knock The Soccer Stars Talents
David Beckham spent six years in the U.S. with the LA Galaxy before returning to Europe earlier this year. The most unforgiving criticism in sport is directed at any athlete who fans believe is celebrated too excessively above his true talent level -- especially those stars who are gloried because they're such pretty people. To wit: As David Beckham retires, so much attention is ...
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Historical schooner Bowdoin is a state asset
The Bowdoin recently undertook a short tour of Maine’s coastline, stopping in Portland and Bath so that the public could explore the ship and get a taste of the state’s maritime history, the historical schooner, built in 1921 and operated by the Maine Maritime Academy, is a historical jewel with a rich and fascinating history.
Nowadays ships are built to be big and imposing, the Oasis-class cruise ship Oasis of the Seas, the biggest cruise ship in the world at 47 meters wide, 360 meters long and capable of carrying 6000 passengers and the Mærsk E-class container ship Ebba Mærsk at 397 meters long and 47 meters wide, have set benchmarks in the size of these various kinds of ships. Read more
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