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• Cops, lawmakers send message: Dnt txt & drive

  Thu Sep 3, 2009
  • I was nearly run down by a young woman doing her eye makeup while driving 60+ mph on a two lane, FM road that was very hilly and had no shoulder. She was either riding my bumper or hitting her breaks hard to keep from hitting me. I let her pass when I got to a passing lane and she zipped by me.

• Some 911 centers can’t keep tabs on cell phones

  Mon Jul 13, 2009
  • A simple solution is for carriers to have a low cost land line that home owners can use to make emergency phone calls. I am with some of the other commenters in that I refuse to pay for something that I will not use or for a service that gives me nothing in return.

• What a deal: one person, two fares

  Thu Apr 23, 2009
  • I usually feel crowded in an airplane because I am tall and have long legs. In addition, I have travelled with an infant several times in the last year and have additional items that I have to fit within the same carry-ons and space as before.

• First Iowa same-sex marriages expected today

  Mon Apr 27, 2009
  • Marriage in the US is a secular function, not a religious one. I have known many people that grew up on religious homes, but got married in civil ceremonies.

• Long weekends serve as an alternative to layoffs

  Fri Apr 10, 2009
  • I would have rather had the option of going from full time to half time instead of being laid off without even a day's notice. The company wanted to "keep some money on the contract." Also, they were playing CYA on another contract and did not want to rock the boat with their client.

• More debate over illegal-immigrant tuition

  Sun Apr 26, 2009
  • Most of us don't have a problem with hard working students going on to college, regardless of who they are.

• Effectiveness of harsh questioning is unclear

  Sun Apr 26, 2009
  • So all of the Obamanites want to demonize the past administration for their actions regarding the treatment of terrorists.

• Trustee wants Madoff investors' profit returned

  Fri Apr 24, 2009
  • I understand that the trustee is saying that if investers recieved ill-gotten gains, they have to give them back. The problem is that many people were living off these gains in their retirement and many are elderly.

• CDC: Few U.S. women screened for chlamydia

  Thu Apr 16, 2009
  • When I was pregnant, the first round of tests included tests for chlamydia, HIV, cystic fibrosis, and a lot of other things. It was all covered by insurance. Also, I have gone to the dr to be tested for blood-born pathogens. It was covered by insurance because of the possibility of exposure.

• Bottled water may have sickened 12 kids

  Fri Apr 24, 2009
  • This story confirms what I have known all along: Consumers should not take the quality of their bottled water for granted. The quality of bottled water does not fall under the Safe Drinking Water Act like public water systems (ie what comes out of the tap).