Safer guns editorial urges trigger locks from Smith & Wesson
The piece praises Smith & Wesson for agreeing to place external locks on all handguns within 60 days and internal locks within two years. It cites Rand Corp and UC findings that a third of homes with kids have firearms, most unsecured, risking dangerous access. The author argues parental duty and notes the danger of children treating guns as playthings, stressing potential lives saved by widespread trigger locks.
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Smith & Wesson
Clinton
Rand Corp
University of California
U.S
Capitol Notebook details Kansas lawmakers vast bill count
Capitol Notebook outlines that legislators introduced about 1 515 bills over two years with 1 028 still in committee and 55 expected to become law. It notes 26 awaiting Gov Graves signature, 50 killed, 89 in conference, and no vetoes to date while describing downtown Topeka redevelopment and plans for a state mural.
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Kansas
Bill Graves
House
Senate
Topeka
Busin Giess
State Capitol
Statehouse
Dan Stanley
Stanley
Ing
Tatehouse
Kansas Colored Voluntry Infantry
State Department of Admintration and Historical Society
Capitol
John Stewart
Mortuary Arts Board
Sandy Praeger
Lawrence
Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
Praeger
Cremation Association of North America
Ralph Tanner
R-Baldwin
Barbara Lawrence
Richita
Tanner
Jan Pauls
D-Hutchinson
Budget
Appropriations Committee
Judiciary Committee
Pauls
House Democrats
Daily exercise fuels weight loss and healthier living
The author shares a personal battle with obesity rising in the 1990s and describes losing weight through daily walking and cycling. She explains how reduced food intake, a treadmill, and new routines helped shed excess pounds, improve health, and set a positive example for her family.
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Bulge
U.S
Ottawa
Judge rules Microsoft an evil monopoly hits investors hard
A federal judge rules Microsoft a bad company, provoking a stock market crash and heightening pain for a Microsoft investor who worries about a daughter’s hospital bill. The piece questions Greenspan, argues for or against antitrust remedies, and notes appeals and fast-track plans to the Supreme Court.
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Microsoft
Alan Greenspan
Weill
Alan
Grisel
Namby-Pamby
Cuba
Thomas Penfield Jackson
Supreme Court
Thomas Hazlett
University of California
George Butlingmayer
UC Davis
Wall Street Journal
Jackson
Greenspan
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Capitol Notebook
Harris News Service
Jeanny
THE
Ottawa Herald
Donald Kaul
Tribune Media Service
Larsin Sul Mnes
PUBIA
Vince
Doonesbury
Garry Trudeau
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