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Beware scam gift card offers, sheriff warns
Crime and Safety - Sun-Sentinel?? Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti warns that a new email scam offering discount gift cards is making the rounds of residents?????in-boxes. ???What they???re doing is they send you an email and they???ll say, ???If you want, you can get a $100 gift card for...Tags: Computer Crime, Fraud, Corporate Crime, Walmart, Al Lamberti
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Ways for veterans to avoid financial fraudsters
Crime and Safety - Sun-Sentinel?? Veterans give a lot??for this country. They shouldn't also be vulnerable??to scammers that target them, the Better Business Bureau says, and offers the following tips: Beware??firms that??charge??for products and services that are available??receive...Tags: Crimes, Fraud, Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI
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Obama: Hurricane Katrina's lessons
The Swampby Mark Silva Four years after Hurricane Katrina, President Barack Obama says that 11 members of his Cabinet have gone to New Orleans and he plans his own journey later this year. "To complete a complex recovery that addresses nearly......Tags: National Government, Fires, Government, Barack Obama, Wildfires
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Una visita a la tierra de Mahatma Gandhi
Ah, la India. Me lo habÃan advertido muchos, especialmente mi padre, quien me inoculó el virus de viajar por el mundo. "Es lo más particular de todo lo que vas a ver". Y asà fue. Acabo de volver de ese paÃs, al que hay que analizar desde su historia y...Tags: India
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Medication can, indeed, help fearful dogs much as it helps fearful people. You could look it up!
My Pet WorldI enjoy hearing your views -- and you're certainly not hesitant about expressing them! Here are some recent reader emails: COMMENT: Please, medicating a dog to deal with fears, really? Dogs are not people! -- A.P., Cyberspace STEVE DALE: Of course...Tags: Abdominal Pain, Prostate Cancer, Netherlands, Anxiety, Separation Anxiety
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Sci-fi worthy of Malthus
In the new sci-fi movie "Oblivion," Earth's most precious resource is Tom Cruise. But running a close second (spoiler alert) is water. Aliens want it. All of it. This is old hat, science fiction-wise. In "The War of the Worlds," H.G. Wells had...
Tags: Science and Technology, Tom Cruise, Conservation, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Environmental Issues
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Goldberg: Sci-fi worthy of Malthus
In the new sci-fi movie "Oblivion," Earth's most precious resource is Tom Cruise. But running a close second (spoiler alert) is water. Aliens want it. All of it. This is old hat, science fiction-wise. In "The War of the Worlds," H.G. Wells had...
Tags: Science and Technology, Tom Cruise, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Oblivion (movie)
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Ticked off! @ awful thieves
I'm ticked off at the number of young people who bring babies into this world with no thought on how they'll afford them. I'm ticked off at incompetent people. Incompetent people cause problems for everyone but themselves. I'm ticked off at the...Tags: Winter Springs
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Despite Our Depredations, We Are Not Lost
The Hartford CourantIn 1912, a man named 'Abdu'l-Bahá came to the United States to give talks. He was 68 and had lived a life of poverty, persecution, imprisonment and physical peril. His long beard was white, and his posture was stooped. He wore a buff-colored fez,...Tags: Colin McEnroe, BBC, Pakistan, Religion and Belief, Sports
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'Antiviral' review: Mostly just strange
**1/2 (out of four) Setting aside whether it should operate at all, TMZ’s editors absolutely should not be granted medical licenses. If they were, the world might turn out like the dystopia of “Antiviral,” in which celebrity obsession...
Tags: Antiviral (movie), Celebrities
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Scammers may be racing to capitalize on Boston marathon bombing
If you want to show your compassion by donating to victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, be careful. A crook may be waiting to run off with your cash. Dubious charitable appeals follow most tragedies, and chances are it will happen with this one, too....Tags: Social Services, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, FBI, Social Media
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Flu myths: Know your bug
The latest flu epidemic has many people in a near-panic. But it's important to know the difference between fact and fiction when it comes to fighting the influenza virus. "This is one of the worst flu seasons we've seen in Illinois in about a decade,"...
Tags: Symptoms, Chills, Chemical Industry, Vaccines, Flu
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