Stories from Thursday, December 6, 2012

By DAN K. THOMASSON Scripps Howard News Service Sometimes it's difficult to determine whether the benefits of the electronic age are outweighed by the liabilities, whether we as humans by making things easier have made them worse. A popular Virginia elementary school principal on the verge of retirement was walking near her home obviously engrossed in the music coming from her earphones and was killed by an SUV whose driver was neither drinking nor speeding, according to an initial investigation. ...

Jobs, unions Well, it's strike one for an American icon --the Hostess Baking Company--is being put up on the chopping block to be broken up and probably sold to a foreign conglomerate along with their recipes and product line, but the reason why I'm calling is what really brought it down. ...

By JOHN WILLEY Staff Writer It was a "move necessitated by substantial growth," said Lucas Edington about his recent relocation of Mossy Oak Properties Mozark Realty to its new home at 947 N. Westwood Blvd., across from Hastings. "We have been very blessed to have added some good top producing agents, and they require a matching atmosphere," said Edington, who is broker/owner of the Realty firm...

Is there any reason for today's Americans to care about what happens to tomorrow's Americans? After all, what have tomorrow's Americans done for today's Americans? Moreover, since tomorrow's Americans don't vote, we can dump on them with impunity. That's a vision that describes the actual behavior of today's Americans. It would be seen as selfish, callous and ruthless only if it were actually articulated. Let's look at it...

By REG HENRY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Once upon a time, in a far-off land, there lived a little boy with a freckled face only a mother could love. Because she loved him so, his mother would insist every so often that he accompany her on shopping excursions to buy school clothes...