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In Theory: Do the media glamorize suicide?
French sociologist Emile Durkheim wrote, "No fact is more readily transmissible by contagion than suicide." According to writer Giles Fraser, the media play a part in this transmission. In an article in the British newspaper The Guardian, Fraser argues...
Tags: Values, Interior Policy, Murder, Marketing, Schizophrenia
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Pasadena students seek to halt district spending on companies that sell, make guns
A student club at Pasadena High School has started a petition calling on school district officials to halt public spending on products from companies that manufacture or sell guns. Tenth-graders Roxana Honowitz and Mia Hepner, leaders of the school&...Tags: Walmart, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Teaching and Learning
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In Theory: God, guns and country
Glendale City Councilman Rafi Manoukian is pushing a ban of gun shows at Glendale Civic Auditorium. Mayor Frank Quintero is backing Manoukian's proposal, saying, "I think the time has come for this country to reexamine easy access to guns." Manoukian...Tags: Tra Thomas, Interior Policy, Justice and Rights, Murder, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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In Theory: Finding peace after a difficult year
Q: Many consider this to be the season of peace and hope. Reflecting on 2012, what has given you peace? What are your hopes for the coming year? Peace and hope are rather difficult concepts to ponder in light of this past week's horrific events at the...Tags: Tra Thomas, Interior Policy, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Schools, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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In Theory: How can we lower the rate of military suicides?
Although the U.S. military's presence in Afghanistan is winding down, with combat troops scheduled to be withdrawn by the end of 2014, suicides in the U.S. military have risen sharply this year. In the first 155 days of 2012, 154 service members have...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Interior Policy, Health, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief
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L.A. jail killer testifies about remorse, avoids death penalty
In the end, it was Heriberto Eddie Rodriguez's own words that saved his life. The prosecutor seeking his execution said Rodriguez's violent attacks against at least half a dozen Los Angeles County jail inmates, including one assault in which he beat and...Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency
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Have California lawmakers earned their new 5% pay raises?
Gov. Jerry Brown and members of the Legislature are getting pay raises. The little-known California Citizens Compensation Commission voted Wednesday to permit 5% salary increases for all statewide elected officials, the 80 members of the Assembly and...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Interior Policy, Executive Branch, Public Officials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Poll: Floridians oppose Rubio's stands on immigration, gun control
TALLAHASSEE — Florida voters aren't all on board with Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's handling of the congressional immigration debate or his vote against beefing up background checks on gun purchases. A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday...Tags: Marco Rubio, Interior Policy, Jeb Bush, Illegal Immigrants, Polls
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Assembly comes around on Public Records Act. Senate next?
The Assembly was not on board when Gov. Jerry Brown proposed, in his budget, to roll back laws that require local government officials to make it easier for members of the public to get their hands on public records. Not at first, anyway; the rollback was...
Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Freedom of Information Laws, Budgets and Budgeting, Science and Technology
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George Zimmerman, Casey Anthony trials have little in common so far
There's been an unexpected fixture in the courtroom during George Zimmerman's trial so far: empty seats. For all of the "Million Hoodie Marches" across the world and media coverage after the shooting of Trayvon Martin last year, response to the trial...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Justice System, Interior Policy, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries
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Movie review: 'Assaulted' documentary advocates for gun rights
For a gun-rights advocacy documentary that opens with a fluttering American flag and a twangy country vocalist singing "got a gun to keep us strong / that's what our country was founded on" (the next verse violates the Old Testament's Fourth Commandment...Tags: Michael Moore, Interior Policy, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control
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Maryland's missing guns
Maryland ranks near the top of the nation in the number of firearms its federally licensed gun dealers report as lost or stolen, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a distinction far out of proportion to the state's...
Tags: Inventories, Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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