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New ideas keep Teacher of Year fresh
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA — Ron Gill has laid a fun burden on his students: Make a game based on their social studies. So he comes to see where two girls’ minds are going as they pull a game out of Australia where, in the film “Rabbit-Proof Fence,&...Tags: Culture, Indigenous People, Social Sciences, Politics, Teaching and Learning
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Scurrying away from Obamacare
''Like rats leaving the ship" would be the fitting description of members of Congress now wanting to exempt themselves from the Obamacare law. Now that the law is starting to unravel and they just realized it includes them, they want protection from...Tags: Ernest Hemingway, Environmental Issues, Judges, Global Change, Ronald Reagan
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How to not become a victim of identity theft
An estimated 10 million people each year become victims of identity theft. There are things each of us can do to help prevent becoming one. - Try not to leave mail in your mailbox for long. - When sending mail out that contains any kind of account...Tags: Theft, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Data Collection
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Strategies for another kind of gun control
Los Angeles TimesSupporters of a measure that would have expanded background checks for firearm purchases decried the bill's death in the Senate last month. But was the defeat really such a bad thing? Had it passed, the new law would have been hailed as a historic...Tags: Local Government, Laws, George W. Bush, Criminals, Murder
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Nugent still as fiery as ever with music, views
South Bend TribuneTed Nugent is currently touring with Styx and REO Speedwagon on the Midwest Rock ’N Roll Express 2013 tour, but The Nuge is making a stop at Club Fever on Sunday for a show with his band, which includes Derek St. Holmes, the original singer on...Tags: Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Barack Obama, Politics, Van Halen (music group)
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Really? This sheriff pledges to defy the law?
It's not every day that a law enforcement official publicly pledges to not enforce a law. But that's exactly what Elkhart County Sheriff Bradley Rogers did at a recent rally in South Bend. A gun rights supporter, Rogers vowed to oppose future gun...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Judges, Gun Control, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama's breathtaking fall from the top
WASHINGTON - Fate is fickle, power cyclical, and nothing is new under the sun. Especially in Washington, where after every election the losing party is sagely instructed to confess sin, rend garments and rethink its principles lest it go the way of the...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Budget Control Act of 2011, Elections, Barack Obama, Republican Party
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Don't let Donnelly off the hook on gun legislation
On a day our president called "shameful," the Senate defeated four gun control measures. On the weakest highly compromised Toomey-Manchin measure, expanding background checks, our two senators split their votes; Republican Dan Coats voted no, Democrat Joe...Tags: Chasing Ice (movie), Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Environmental Issues, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Global Change
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Scam plays on utility bill angle
Utility companies throughout the United States and Canada are warning their customers that scammers are calling residents and impersonating utility staff, claiming to be collecting on late bills. Here's how the scam works. Your phone rings, and the...
Tags: Investments, Shingles, Credit and Debt, Home Improvement, Politics
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YMCA offering free classes for food
NILES -- Looking to feel good about yourself both physically and mentally? The Niles-Buchanan YMCA is providing you with that opportunity. In response to last week's urgent plea by The Salvation Army in Niles for food to stock the organization's...Tags: YMCA, The Salvation Army, Politics, Personal Data Collection
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Plenty of work besides Keystone
William Wallace writes (Voice, April 23) that all President Obama needs to do is sign the paperwork and the Keystone pipeline can be built. Has he been watching the news? Exxon in March dumped at least 5,000 barrels of heavy tar sands oil in Mayflower,...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Personal Weapon Control, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Barack Obama, Politics
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Credit card email scam alert
WSBT-TVWARSAW – Kosciusko County police are warning us about an email scam that has surfaced in our area. Sheriff Rocky Goshert says people have recently received emails containing fraudulent information, saying the owner’s credit card has been...Tags: Credit and Debt, Politics, Personal Data Collection
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