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• Panera's pay-what-you-can cafe is a success

  Mon May 16, 2011
  • Articles like this one restore a bit of faith in people and businesses.

• Should teen be banned from prom for big sign?

  Thu May 12, 2011
  • Excuse me, but the kid was trespassing. If he'd gone on the grounds for a non-romantic reason and been caught, there would not be a story.

• Man flips truck after cold sore virus travels to his brain

  Thu May 12, 2011
  • Excuse me, but while encephalitis from Herpes Simplex I is really rare, equine encephalitis has very similar symptoms and is common enough that it should have been recognized.

• Consumer groups slam Ticketmaster gambit

  Wed May 11, 2011
  • I've never seen a decent seat ticket listed for less than the Ticketmaster price with the exception of sport franchises when a team was on a long losing streak.

• Volunteers: Peace Corps insensitive to rapes

  Wed May 11, 2011
  • Once again, we see the "it must be the woman's fault" philosophy is alive and well even among other women. When you combine that with a government agency determined not to have any problems, then the rape victim is certain to be victimized a second time.

• 1,100 women raped every day in Congo, study finds

  Wed May 11, 2011
  • Meanwhile the US Aid agencies want to double our aid to Africa where most of it will go to enrich the people who look the other way when atrocities happen. Yet another reason why we should quit wasting taxpayer dollars on foreign aid.

• Demand for corn falls, could slow food inflation

  Wed May 11, 2011
  • I wonder if the USDA estimate took in the impact of spring floods including the thousands of acres flooded when that levee was blown. The fields all along the Mississippi flood zone are forecast to be out of the planting picture for at least this year if not longer.

• Baby receives pat-down at Kansas City airport

  Tue May 10, 2011
  • I guess we've all conveniently forgotten Nam where kids as young as six threw grenades or where women wrapped bombs to look like babies. Face it folks, anyone who is willing to blow themselves and their family up on a plane are capable of tuckign the plastic explplsives in the diaper.

• Boehner: 'Trillions' in cuts loom on debt vote

  Mon May 9, 2011
  • Charity AND common sense begin at home. Cut foreign aid first. If we just cut foreign aid by 50% we will be much more solvent. Honestly folks, would any citizen or even a member of the U.S.

• 8 credit card strategies of frequent-flier pros

  Mon May 9, 2011
  • That is a lot of work and a lot of juggling. Why not just go camping instead and relax for a week?