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Here are a few photos that I found that show the heroism of the firefighters in the World Trade Center. The firefighters are going UP the stairs in the World Trade Center. True Courage.

Written and proficiency tests urged for handgun owners California handgun owners would have to demonstrate proficiency on the firing range if legislation proposed Monday becomes law. However, a spokesman said Gov. Gray Davis remains cool to more gun laws unless there is an outcry from law enforcement officials. California has the toughest state laws in the nation on gun ownership.Gun buyers currently have to pass a written test administered by gun shops, which proponents say is a conflict of interest. They want local police to conduct the written and proficiency tests, as well as background checks on gun buyers. "We've ...

With President Clinton carrying out his final days in office, his legacy is a hot topic at the moment. But the pundits and historians who keep prattling on about a boom-time economy and Irish peace and impeachment and such have it all wrong. Because William Jefferson Clinton's most lasting contributions can be summed up like so: boxers or briefs? Clinton was the pop culture president -- a man who understood and embraced the popular culture like no Oval Office occupant we'd ever seen. He was our first sitting baby boomer and, therefore, our first president who'd grown up with what ...