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Greece predicts deeper
2012 recession
BBC News, by Staff
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Posted By:Photoonist, 10/1/2012 6:27:46 PM
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| Greece is predicting its economy will shrink by much more than previously estimated this year. Its economy will contract by 6.5% this year, worse than a previous estimate of 4.8% in March suggested to its bailout lenders, it said in a draft budget submitted to parliament. Greece also said its economy will shrink for a sixth year in 2013. About 8bn euros worth of cuts have been proposed for 2013, covering public-sector pay, pensions and welfare. (Snip) Spending cuts are necessary if Greece is to get the next instalment of the funds from the IMF and eurozone that bailed it
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Considering that Greeks who once actually worked for a living are now getting food out of dumpsters how much deeper can they dig? How did they get so much in debt that they can't afford the monthly cost of their government? Unions and pensions aren't mentioned in these stories anymore.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 10/1/2012 7:42:49 PM (No. 8902992)
Rugged Individualism is not really a choice.
It is the only survival strategy that is appropriate to our planet.
The Most Rugged and Predatory individuals are those who ensnare their fellow humans in Socialist schemes which only benefit the perpetrators.
Those who merely start businesses and become rich by serving the free market can hardly be called the bad guys.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 10/1/2012 8:32:18 PM (No. 8903086)
Greece has had the credit card lifted. Obama will spend until the same happens to the U.S. The best option is to get rid of Obama.
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MA Senate: Elizabeth
Warren Defeats Scott Brown
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Townhall, by Daniel Doherty
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/6/2012 9:53:58 PM
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We at Townhall have been covering this hotly contested Senate race for months and the results are finally in: With 36 percent of precincts reporting, Elizabeth Warren has been declared the next junior Senator from Massachusetts. Warren has never held public office before and the eye-popping $40 million she raised this election cycle evidently proved more than enough to unseat incumbent Senator Scott Brown. This was the most expensive Senate race of 2012 -- by a long shot.
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Republicans lose ground
in bid to take over Senate
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NBC News, by M. ALex Johnson
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/6/2012 9:36:34 PM
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Former Gov. Angus King, running as an independent, won the Senate contest Tuesday in Maine, NBC News projected, taking a seat that had been held by the Republicans. The loss further complicated the party's drive to take control of the Senate (Snip) Republican Ted Cruz defeated Democrat Paul Sadler to hold the open seat in Texas, succeeding retiring Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, NBC News projected. See results Democrats held small edges in two of the other states critical to the balance of power in the Senate: In Massachusetts, where Elizabeth Warren, a law professor at Harvard University, was leading Republican
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CNN Reports Romney Internal
Polling Shows Obama Leading In Ohio
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Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/6/2012 9:23:34 PM
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CNN’s Peter Hamby reported that Mitt Romney‘s internal polling showed President Obama leading in Ohio by five percentage points.Per Hamby’s post: The number represented a sharp final bump for Obama in Ohio, a race that had essentially been a tied race through much of the previous week, according to the campaign’s daily tracking. The polling, which also showed a tight race in Pennsylvania, explains why Romney officials decided to send their candidate on last-minute Election Day visits to Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
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Obama adviser: 'They'll be counting
until 2 a.m.' in Florida
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Fox News, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/6/2012 9:11:57 PM
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The Obama and Romney campaigns may be gearing up for a very late night, with one Obama campaign adviser predicting that in Florida alone, "they'll be counting until 2 a.m." The Obama adviser said signs suggest the race is quite tight, though the campaign claimed to be "holding strong" in key battlegrounds like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The adviser also said turnout among black voters in Virginia was better than expected, suggesting that could be a problem for Mitt Romney. Republican operatives in Virginia, though, predicted a razor-thin victory for their candidate in the state.
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No surprises for Obama,
Romney in early projections
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CNN, by Tom Cohen
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/6/2012 9:02:23 PM
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Washington - Early returns on Tuesday in what is anticipated to be a dead even presidential election contained no surprises, as CNN projected President Barack Obama will win his home state of Illinois and eight other races while Republican challenger Mitt Romney will win nine states. All races called so far went as expected after the roller-coaster ride of an election campaign that was buffeted by a superstorm and missteps on both sides. Obama and Romney ran dead even in final polls that hinted at a result rivaling some of the closest presidential elections in history, reflecting the deep political
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Exit polls 2012: Hurricane
Sandy not a factor
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Politico, by Emily Schultheis
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/6/2012 8:48:28 PM
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A week after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast, a majority of voters said President Barack Obama’s response to the crisis wasn’t a factor in their vote, according to early exit polls. Fifty-five percent of those surveyed, per CBS News’ early exit polling released by radio station WKZO in Kalamazoo, Mich., said Obama’s handling of the storm was a minor factor in their vote or wasn’t a factor at all. Twenty-six percent named Sandy as an “important” factor, and 15 percent said it was the “most important” factor in their decision.
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Exit polls 2012: Mitt Romney
winning independents
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Politico, by Emily Schultheis
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/6/2012 8:47:41 PM
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Mitt Romney is leading among independents in both Ohio and Virginia, early exit polls show. In Ohio, the former Massachusetts governor takes 56 percent of self-identified independents, compared with 40 percent for President Barack Obama. That’s a huge decrease for Obama from 2008, when the exit polls found him winning independents in Ohio by 12 points, 52 percent to 44 percent for John McCain. The numbers are similar but slightly tighter in Virginia: Romney takes 53 percent of independents there, according to ABC News exit polls, a 12-point lead over Obama. In 2008, Obama won independents in the state by
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Obama, Romney locked in tight race
with battlegrounds too close to call
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Fox News, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/6/2012 8:24:14 PM
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Mitt Romney and President Obama each racked up early and expected victories Tuesday night in relatively safe territory, while some of the biggest battlegrounds that will decide the election remained too close to call. All the big swing states where polls have closed -- Florida, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina -- were too close to call, Fox News projects. (Snip) Obama will also win three of Maine's four electoral votes, Fox News projects. It is unclear where the state's fourth electoral vote will fall. The latest batch of poll closings, and results, has allowed Obama to take
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Romney wins South Carolina
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Market Watch, by Robert Schroeder
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/6/2012 7:53:12 PM
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Mitt Romney was projected the winner in South Carolina on Tuesday night, taking home the state’s nine electoral votes. So far Tuesday the former Massachusetts governor has taken other reliably red states including Kentucky and West Virginia. Romney leads in the Electoral College with 24 electoral votes to President Obama’s three.
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Ohio exit poll: More Democrats vote,
but independents back Romney
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CBS News, by Brian Montopoli
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/6/2012 7:45:37 PM
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As expected, the presidential race is tight in Ohio, where the polls just closed: President Obama is winning women 55 percent to 44 percent in the early CBS News exit poll, while Mitt Romney is leading 52 percent to 46 percent among men. Women made up 51 percent of the electorate, compared to 49 percent among women. Thirty-nine percent of voters so far identified themselves as Democrats, compared to 30 percent calling themselves Republican. Thirty-one percent identified as independent or something else, and Romney has a big edge among this group - 56 percent to 40 percent for Mr. Obama.
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Romney Projected To
Win West Virginia
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MetroNews [W. Virginia], by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/6/2012 7:35:52 PM
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As expected, Republican candidate for President, Mitt Romney, won West Virginia’s five electoral votes in Tuesday’s General Election over President Barack Obama. National media outlets called the race in West Virginia shortly after polls closed at 7:30 p.m. President Obama’s fate in West Virginia has never been in question, as he garnered just 60 percent of the democratic vote in the May primary. The other 40 percent of that vote went to Texas federal inmate Keith Judd, who was placed on the ballot in West Virginia. President Obama has been hugely unpopular in the Mountain State since he first ran
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Exit poll show voters lean
toward GOP compared to 2008
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The Hill [Washington, DC], by Justin Sink
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/6/2012 7:18:08 PM
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Early exit polls show Election Day voters are slightly more Republican than in 2008 and broadly concerned about the state of the U.S. economy. Six in 10 voters said the economy is their top issue according to the poll, which was released by The Associated Press and conducted on behalf of a consortium of media companies. Less than a quarter of voters said their families were better off than four years ago — a point seized on by many Republicans as the results leaked out.
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Benghazi Blues
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PJ Media, by Michael Walsh
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 5/5/2013 10:56:21 PM
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No matter what happens with Darrell Issa’s congressional committee meetings this week, we are witnessing the beginning of the end of the Obama administration, and the cause is Benghazi. It’s impossible to underestimate the blowback that has been gathering steam for the past seven months, now about to erupt with full force. Few reputations will emerge unscathed, Obama’s presidency will be crippled, Hillary Clinton‘s 2016 candidacy will be destroyed — and perhaps some new heroes will be born. My New York Post column on Friday, which was also linked at RealClearPolitics, sets the stage: On Wednesday
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Obama to launch series of
trips on economic plans
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Associated Press, by Josh Lederman
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/5/2013 7:55:54 PM
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WASHINGTON — Immigration, guns and national security are dominating the discussion on Capitol Hill, but Americans by and large are still focused on their bottom line. So President Barack Obama is launching a series of quick jaunts around the country to remind Americans he´s still got jobs and the economy on his mind. Obama will kick off the effort Thursday with a trip to Austin, Texas, (Snip) The trips come as Obama, less than four months into his second term, is facing increasing skepticism from political allies and foes alike that he still has the clout
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A man, a can and
the end of the road
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PJ Media, by Richard Fernandez
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Posted By: Hazymac- 5/5/2013 5:23:41 PM
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And now Israel prepares for the inevitable response. (Snip) But maybe the reality of the President’s true skill level is beginning to leak out. And others besides the NYT may be starting to realize their actor is in over his head. Whatever the President’s ideological shortcomings, these may now be secondary to his lack of managerial skill. The President has so far managed to surround himself with an extraordinary number of mediocrities — hacks, political operatives, second-raters. Now he needs help, real help. But where will it come from? And all the succor he’s going to
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Diplomat: U.S. Special Forces told "you
can´t go" to Benghazi during attacks
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CBS News, by Sharyl Attkisson
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Posted By: JimR3- 5/6/2013 12:29:07 PM
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The deputy of slain U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens has told congressional investigators that a team of Special Forces prepared to fly from Tripoli to Benghazi during the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks was forbidden from doing so by U.S. Special Operations Command South Africa. The account from Gregory Hicks is in stark contrast to assertions from the Obama administration, which insisted that nobody was ever told to stand down and that all available resources were utilized.
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Abortion Rights Community Has
Become the NRA of the Left
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Daily Beast, by Kirsten Powers
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/6/2013 5:10:57 AM
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What should we learn from the Kermit Gosnell trial? Abortion rights advocates have argued that there is nothing to see here. Move along. This is what illegal abortion looks like, they say. But Gosnell’s clinic was not illegal. It was a licensed medical facility. The state of his clinic was well known: there were repeated complaints to government officials and even the local Planned Parenthood. He wasn’t operating under the radar but in plain sight, and he received referrals from abortion clinics up and down the East Coast. Gosnell performed plenty of abortions within the 24-week limit in Pennsylvania
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Hillary Clinton — culpable for
Benghazi from beginning to end
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Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/7/2013 5:14:14 AM
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When it first became clear that the CIA’s Benghazi talking points had been altered, many of us viewed the White House as the prime suspect. After all, it served President Obama’s political purposes to claim, at the height of a political campaign in which he was taking credit for the fall of al Qaeda, that the death of a U.S. ambassador was down to spontaneous outrage over a video, rather than pre-planned terrorism. It turns out, however, that the State Department was the prime culprit. It was State that pushed back hard against the original talking points.
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Rush Limbaugh´s world is imploding
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Philadelphia Daily News [PA], by Will Bunch
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 5/6/2013 1:00:39 PM
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It´s no fluke, but maybe the end of an error in American media: The Rush Limbaugh Program is considering ending its affiliation agreement with Cumulus Media at the end of this year, a move that would bring about one of the biggest shakeups in talk radio history, a source close to the show tells Politico. (Snip) According to the source, Limbaugh is considering the move because Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey has blamed the company´s advertising losses on Limbaugh´s controversial remarks about Sandra Fluke,
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Clinton sought end-run around
counterterrorism bureau on night
of Benghazi attack, witness will say
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Fox News, by James Rosen
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/6/2013 6:04:03 AM
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On the night of Sept. 11, as the Obama administration scrambled to respond to the Benghazi terror attacks, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a key aide effectively tried to cut the department´s own counterterrorism bureau out of the chain of reporting and decision-making, according to a "whistle-blower" witness from that bureau who will soon testify to the charge before Congress, Fox News has learned. That witness is Mark I. Thompson, a former Marine and now the deputy coordinator for operations in the agency’s counterterrorism bureau. Sources tell Fox News Thompson will level the allegation against Clinton during testimony
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Turning on Obama
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Amerian Spectator, by Ross Kaminsky
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/7/2013 6:19:30 AM
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If ponies rode men and grass ate cows, And cats were chased into holes by the mouse … If summer were spring and the other way round, Then all the world would be upside down. Once in a long while, an event evokes one of my favorite historical images: the British Army band, at Lord Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown which sealed the Americans’ revolutionary victory, playing “The World Turned Upside Down.” In this case, the event is the dramatic change over the past two weeks
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Obama heads out on new jobs
tour - first stop: Austin, Texas
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Reuters, by Roberta Rampton
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/5/2013 4:33:36 PM
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WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama will travel on Thursday to Austin, Texas, the first stop in a new series of day trips designed to draw attention to policies and programs that help spur the economy, and build support for his economic policies, the White House said on Sunday. In Austin, Obama will visit a high school and a technology company, and will talk with entrepreneurs and workers about proposals he made earlier this year to boost jobs and training. Despite often saying that his top priority is creating more jobs, Obama´s proposals have been overshadowed by debates over
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The NRA just met its match
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Boston Herald, by Margery Egan
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Posted By: John c- 5/5/2013 9:32:44 PM
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She survived a 9 mm, point-blank, shot through her brain. But former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is partially blind. Her right hand is paralyzed. She limps badly. A woman who made her living convincing, cajoling and persuading now struggles to speak, one or two slow words at a time. “Sandy Brook,” she said a while back talking about the Christmastime massacre at the Newtown school. “Sandy Hook,” her husband corrected. “Sandy … Brook,” she said again, her lips refusing to go where she wanted them to. After all this, no one would begrudge Gabrielle Giffords retreating to a quiet life
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Seattle to melt buyback guns
into peace bricks
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: maggie2u- 5/7/2013 1:13:31 PM
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The Seattle Police Department collected more than 700 guns during a buyback in January, and now city officials have a plan for what to do with them. Mayor Mike McGinn is expected to announce Tuesday that they´ll be melted into bricks carrying messages of peace, and the bricks will be placed around the city. The buyback program was announced a month after last December´s elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., by city leaders sick of hearing about gun violence. Private sponsors including Amazon.com contributed tens of thousands of dollars
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