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New York thinking of raising the purchase age for smokes! What do you think?
by kyle
ALBANY - Are 18, 19, and 20 year olds mature enough to make their own decisions or should the state take certain decisions away from them? That, in a nutshell, is at the heart of the matter involving a proposal at the State Capitol to raise the le...
Texas plant blast loss likely exceed $100m April 25, 2013 1:47PM
by Mary Mary
THE damage to surrounding homes and businesses caused by an explosion at a Texas fertiliser plant has been estimated to exceed $US100 million ($A97.85 million), as crews continued to sift through a 30-metre-wide crater searching for answers. The Ins...
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Best I've got for ya. WATERTOWN, Mass. — A massive manhunt was underway Friday morning in Boston and its suburbs, after one suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died in a confrontation with police and the second was ...0 opinions2013/04/19 15:18:24
Bloomberg wants to ban tobacco on display A new proposal would require New York City retailers to keep tobacco products out of sight under a first-in-the-nation proposal aimed at reducing the youth smoking rate, Mayor Mi...11 opinions2013/03/18 18:05:52
See: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/18/174672603/bloo...10 votes2013/03/19 02:24:03
Several years ago Project Censored directors Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff identified and explained the “truth emergency” that is among the greatest threats to civil society and human existence. This crisis is manifest in...1 vote2013/03/20 15:52:12
If four US senators have their way major league baseball players from the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers will not be using chewing tobacco during the World Series. Health officials from St. Louis, Arlington, Te...33 opinions2013/03/03 22:06:26
I first learned of Jean Kilbourne in the 1980's, when I saw her first film entitled, 'Killing Us Softly'. It was about the media, and it's effect's on women, which she later broadened out to men. I think the most important...6 opinions2013/02/13 08:54:47
So, where's the next bomb set to go off? The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Wednesday that it is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for ...4 opinions2013/05/03 13:54:15
WASHINGTON - The FBI arrested a Mississippi man on Wednesday in connection with letters sent to President Barack Obama and two other officials that are believed to have contained the deadly poison ricin, the U.S. Jus...1 opinion2013/04/18 08:37:07
QUOTES FROM WILL Don't squat with your spurs on Lettin' the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try orderin' s...4 opinions2013/04/03 22:19:01
The consequences of the big lie that is Obamacare and the U.S. deathcare system continue to come to light. From layoffs to hour reductions to business closures to companies being dragged into court over abortion and contra...4 opinions2013/03/25 12:31:35
While Democrats and establishment media contend vote fraud is largely a myth, an abundance of evidence surfaced in the 2012 election to indicate it is flourishing in American politics. Did it impact the outcome Nov. 6? ...13 opinions2012/12/31 12:04:17
Neo-Leninists refuse to grasp the understanding that behavior cannot be legislated. New York City Mayor Bloomberg -- still smarting over the smack-down he received from State Supreme Court Justice Tingling pursuant to ...2 opinions2013/03/20 23:51:27
Change on veterans’ gun rights lights fire Coburn wants decisions by judge rather than VA for impaired troops A major defense-spending bill hit an unexpected bump on its journey through the U.S. Senate over an amendment o...18 opinions2012/12/04 18:08:29
Taxpayer dollars were used to fund a study that painted the Tea Party movement as the spawn of the tobacco lobby — a premise that Tea Party leaders say is absurd. The study was published earlier this month in the Tobacco ...1 opinion2013/02/16 16:38:11
U.S. manufacturing shrank in November to its weakest level since July 2009, the first month after the Great Recession supposedly ended, a survey released on Monday shows. The Institute for Supply Management announced to...9 opinions2012/12/04 12:09:44
Feds admit: Gun laws won't slow crime Department of Justice report undermines bans A study by the Department of Justice’s research wing, the National Institute of Justice, has the feds admitting that so-called “ass...21 opinions2013/02/19 06:00:17