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Unblinking Red-Light Cameras Just The Ticket
The Hartford CourantWhen was the last time you were caught red-handed? The phrase, which originated in medieval Scotland, refers to having been caught with blood on your hands after committing a murder or poaching game. Since then, it's become a popular allusion for...Tags: Justice System, Dannel P. Malloy , Connecticut General Assembly, Services and Shopping, Minority Groups
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Airline seats leave little room for legs
After returning from vacation in the Phoenix area last year, I complained that United Airlines lost my golf clubs and it took half my trip to get them back. My griping triggered a more interesting follow-up column about a Bethlehem man who was charged...
Tags: World Baseball Classic, Trips and Vacations, Services and Shopping, Jeep, Arts and Culture
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Selection Sunday is exciting but will never top the NFL Draft
"Selection Sunday." It's got a nice ring, but don't get too cocky, basketball fans. Granted, you have one of the two best non-sporting sporting events (in which no scoring happens), but you will never touch the first day of the NFL Draft. But you...
Tags: John Hurt, The Simpsons (tv program), Kentucky Wildcats, ESPN (tv network), Sports
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Don't Stop Believin': YouTube to stage, with a Journey score ★★ 1/2
What happened to Arnel Pineda will only increase the fearsome number of YouTube videos showcasing the efforts of aspiring rock vocalists worldwide. Five years ago, searching for a new lead vocalist, members of the band Journey spent untold hours...
Tags: Journey (music group), Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey (movie), Movies, Entertainment, YouTube
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Residents respond to red-light cameras
If a columnist writes about abortion, a response through the roof is guaranteed. But red-light cameras? Who knew you cared so much? It turns out that Lake County residents have passionate feelings about red-light cameras, those devices that take video...Tags: Leesburg, Services and Shopping, Clermont, Florida Department of Transportation, Photography Supplies and Services
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Walking enhanced with pick up sticks
I came upon my new winter activity almost by accident. I was heading out for a hike through my local forest preserve when I decided to take a pair of trekking poles. I'd fallen in love with them on a summer hiking trip, and thought they might liven up...
Tags: Back Pain, Services and Shopping, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Cabela's Inc., Sports
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Clermont plan to install red-light cameras is a bad idea
Welcome to Clermont. Give us $158, and have a nice day. Oh, this is a bad idea. Clermont plans to install red-light cameras to snap pictures of scofflaws who zip through intersections against the lights. The city may say its wants red-light...Tags: Services and Shopping, Ocoee, Photography Supplies and Services
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Forgotten Chicago keeps city's bygone parts alive
A building is not, of course, a living thing, and so, unless it's the one you work in, live in or visit with some regularity, you probably take most of the city's thousands of other buildings for granted. There are, of course, the stars, those...
Tags: Wrigley Building, Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois), Tribune Tower, Chicago Fire Department, Rogers Park
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Ticked off! @retailer, cameras
I'm ticked off that they shortened the cycle time of the lights with cameras to make folks mad at them and run them. Now they shorten the time of the yellow lights to get more money from folks. I'm ticked off at people honking behind me or running into...Tags: Services and Shopping, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Mother's Day, Photography Supplies and Services
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Former southwestern Indiana Boy Scout leader charged in child porn investigation
A former southwestern Indiana Boy Scout leader faces federal charges of possessing child pornography—and prosecutors said he kept notes about being attracted to boys he had contact with. Ryan C. Bieler, 33, Dublin, Ind.,was arrested as part of a...
Tags: Prosecution, Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Lawyers, Justice System
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Target announces Black Friday deals; starts Thanksgiving Day
Target announced Monday it will open at 9 p.m. Thanksgiving evening, the earliest it's ever started its Black Friday sales. Last year, Target opened at midnight on Thanksgiving night. "We heard from our guests that they look forward to kicking off their...
Tags: Nikon Corp, Walmart, Groceries, Toshiba Corporation, Blu-ray Discs
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An unscripted October Surprise
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- Only days before the presidential election, Superstorm Sandy handed President Obama an unanticipated spotlight in which to act as commander-in-chief. It also framed with particular clarity the basic question of the campaign: What should be...Tags: Mitt Romney, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Joe Biden, Elections, Jules Witcover
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