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McMurry on the job
Mornings now that school is out must be quieter for Columbia Police Department Chief Clint McMurry. Well, at least once he pins on his badge and heads out the door to work after kissing his toddler...
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Tax collectors earn their keep
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Exercise your right: Get out, vote June 4
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What price freedom?
BARNSTORMIN’ by Buster Wolfe
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Bachmann giving up House seat
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Honey aids hay fever
Hot off the press by Adam Prestridge
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Mullins has left mark on education
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Bounds’ critic has one good point
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PERS puts pinch on salaries, too
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Pledging to remember
May 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
How many times have you said the Pledge of Allegiance in your lifetime? I got to thinking about the pledge after recently spending time in our area schools. On more than one occasion I’ve walked in...
Memories cranked up
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
As my family and I walked among the vintage vehicles parked along the gravel parking lot at R&K Pit Stop Saturday evening, tons of memories came flooding back. The evening marked the inaugural R...
Every vote important
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
After more than 35 years of working at newspapers in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, I’ve been through several nights of election returns at local, state and national levels. The first major el...
national opinions
Obama in Berlin: 'Our work is not yet done'

German Chancellor Merkel watches as US President Obama waves after giving a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in BerlinThe president pointed to poverty and unemployment as ongoing challenges.


2013-06-19 08:50:31 -0500
Karzai suspends talks with US over Taliban move

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at a press conference during a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Afghan forces have taken over the lead from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for security nationwide, Karzai announced in the significant milestone in the 12-year war. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban meant to find a way to end the nearly 12-year war.


2013-06-19 05:36:09 -0500
TWA Flight 800 investigators claim the crash story is a lie

TWA Flight 800 Investigators Claim the Official Crash Story Is a LieA new film claims the official government report on the crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996 is an elaborate fabrication, but the most shocking part of the story is that charges are being leveled by some of the very investigators who put the report together. Six experts who appear in the film were members of the National Transportation Safety Board investigation team that concluded the crash was an accident, but they now claim they were silenced by their superiors. The movies, "TWA Flight 800" will debut on EPIX TV next month, on the 17-year anniversary of the crash.


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