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| 2nd amendment and 'gun rights' fraud | | The gun outrages continue, the latest the shooting of a gun instructor in Arizona by a 9-year-old girl who was taken to the range by her parents so she could shoot an Uzi, an Israeli-made submachine gun. |
| Teens need to start school later | | The American Academy of Pediatrics' new recommendation to start middle and high schools no earlier than 8:30 a.m. is a turning point in the decades-old battle to start school later. Establishing adolescent sleep and school hours as public health issues -- and specifying an earliest acceptable bell time -- should energize communities to stop condemning another generation to chronic sleep deprivation. |
| Risk from Syria and Iraq cited | | The UK government raised the threat level in response to events in Iraq and Syria, where ISIS militants seized a swath of territory. |
| Should cops shoot to kill? | | Several recent high-profile cases involving cops who have shot civilians have acquainted us with the nuances of self-defense, deadly force and the standard of "reasonable fear of imminent great bodily harm or death." |
| Putin to rebels: Let Ukrainians retreat | | Pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine should open a humanitarian corridor for surrounded Ukrainian troops to retreat from battle, the Russian President's office said. |
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