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• Search suspended for Ore. girl swept away in river

  Wed Jan 25, 2012
  • I wondered that, but we just don't know. Maybe he couldn't swim? Maybe she was swept away too fast? Chances are if he did, he would have been lost as well.

• World's first iridescent mammal discovered

  Wed Jan 25, 2012
  • Just as long as I don't start seeing golden mole coats! I wonder if the properties of the mole's fur could be duplicated? I would be first in line to try out a treatment to give myself some iridescent hair!

• Search suspended for Ore. girl swept away in river

  Wed Jan 25, 2012
  • This happened a few miles from me, and as a mom it just broke my heart. I have a lot of friends who have been taking advantage of the rainy weather in the valley to go up into the mountains to play in the snow. I was thinking about taking a trip up there myself.

• Apple vs. the textbook: Can education go paperless?

  Thu Jan 19, 2012
  • Books don't need to be plugged in and recharged! Books won't break if you drop them. I can see using an iPad or laptop as a learning tool, but I wouldn't depend on it yet.

• Vote: Should a candidate's private life be open for scrutiny?

  Fri Jan 20, 2012
  • Exactly. I don't really care about a politician's personal life or what they do consensually behind closed doors, UNLESS they persecute others for the same thing. That makes them hypocrites and liars, and unworthy of being in any position of power.

• Child drowns, mom presumed dead in Northwest storm

  Thu Jan 19, 2012
  • This happened near me. This time of year, it rains and rains all the time. We don't really think too much of it. If you need groceries, etc, you just go get them. The ground gets wet, and there is often standing water in the roads.

• Families may have to pay extra to sit together on a flight

  Thu Jan 12, 2012
  • Just make a$$hole-free flights already, PLEASE people, learn to behave before you leave the house, darnit more selfish, annoying people are adults than kids; they scream "you are being RUDE" and yell at you... never realizing that they are rude and horrible ones.

• Families may have to pay extra to sit together on a flight

  Thu Jan 12, 2012
  • Crais P, we all try to book in advance. But try telling grandma to please schedule her sudden death well in advance, so you can be sure to sit together on the plane? It does make planning more difficult.

• More see class conflict between rich and poor

  Wed Jan 11, 2012
  • End corporate welfare! End corporate personhood! and tax the rich more.

• Twinkie alert! Hostess may again file bankruptcy

  Tue Jan 10, 2012
  • I'm trying to imagine a world without Twinkies, Hostess fruit pies and Ding Dongs, and I just can't do it. Where will I get my daily allowance of hydrogenated oils?