I saw "Public Enemies" with a baby
By Mimi M. Maddock
      I watched the movie "Public Enemies" with a baby Saturday, July 11, 2009, at the 5:30 showing at Winsong on Forest Drive. The first scene shows Melvin Purvis and his men hunting down a gangster and killing him in cold blood with a rifle, and for two hours I heard the sound of machine guns and a baby cooing and calling out for her mama.
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Wrong T-shirt?
Letters to the editor
      Mr. Montgomery, That AIG T- shirt in your Saudi Arabia story (A Middle Eastern Expedition, July 3, 2009) is a Manchester United soccer jersey. Michael Orr Editor's note: A further examination of the shirt shows that it had the Manchester (England) United logo over the AIG one.
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Political Cartoon
     
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It's not a criticism; It's an observation
It's a scary world
By Mike Cox
      Last week on the Today Show, the gang offered another one of those hard hitting journalistic pieces that are designed to inform the public, improve ratings, and scare the crap out of everyone so they will stay inside and watch TV for more warnings about the scary things in this world.
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Thirty- something speaks
It's Independence Day!
By Mike Maddock
      Independence is a tricky subject when it comes to children. As a parent, I want my children to be as an independent as humanly possible. For starters, it's good for them…the added bonus is that I don't have to do as much.
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Showing up in court the hard way
      The Clay County Sheriff's Office in South Dakota is looking for a pickup truck that's been involved in a hit- and- run accident on Interstate 29. A highway patrolman spots the truck on Highway 50 near Vermillion. The trooper gives chase and calls for backup in an attempt to stop the fleeing pickup driver, who has other ideas.
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