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• Mom, son killed in car accidents hours apart in Wisconsin

  Tue May 1, 2012
  • This is a sad situation but - alcohol and drugs can both be used responsibly and in this instance they weren't

• A history of New York City in 870,000 photographs

  Tue Apr 24, 2012
  • A great benefit to the public would be making these images available on a CD rom. I am sure people would pay money to own these pictures and be able to search them on their own time without an internet connection.

• Police: Thieves use rug to haul away safe with $10 million inside

  Tue Apr 3, 2012
  • There are a lot of rich people who aren't very bright and this is apparently one of them. A few weeks ago locally someone stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of coins out of a vehicle that was parked at an eatery.

• An Afghan elder comes home to find a massacre

  Tue Mar 13, 2012
  • This guy snapped. He was too long in various theaters of war. We need to bring home the troops and get out of Afganistan. I'm not in favor of capital punishment , but this is one case where my beliefs waver.

• US judge forwards racist email about Obama

  Thu Mar 1, 2012
  • This is beyond the limits of propriety for a judge. For an ordinary citizen it would be simply protected free speech, for a judge it's still protected free speech, but it's speech that's beyond being proper for his position. I think his superiors should question his judgement in this instance.

• Experts keep close eye on potential asteroid threat

  Mon Feb 27, 2012
  • The ones to really worry about are the ones that blind side earth with little or no warning. We have had some of these in the last few years. Not a matter of if , but a matter when - one day we won't be lucky and one of these bodies capable of causing great destruction will hit a populated area.

• Death of girl, 11, in fight ruled homicide

  Mon Feb 27, 2012
  • I think this deserves more investigation before jumping to any conclusions. Did the girl who died have any physical conditions that might have contributed to her sudden death.

• Spike in rhino poaching threatens survival of species

  Tue Feb 21, 2012
  • I see many suggestions for de-horning rhino's - does anyone know if this is a viable solution? I fear that humans will completely decimate the species.

• Future quantum computers begin to take shape

  Mon Feb 20, 2012
  • Given the rate of computing power advancement I think that we will ALL be using quantum computers sooner rather than later.

• Vote: Will the economy continue to accelerate?

  Fri Jan 27, 2012
  • Debt crisis in Europe, no coherent plans in the US to create jobs, banks won't lend money to small business which creates most jobs.