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Friday marks 59 years since the tragic University of Texas Tower shooting. On Aug. 1, 1966, a man by the name of Charles Whitman disguised himself as a janitor and carried bags of guns to the top of the UT Tower. Whitman set up on the observation deck of the tower where he then opened fire on the people below. “At approximately 11:53 a.m. on Aug. 1, 1966 I came within 4 feet of being shot by the tower sniper,” said Austinite Forrest Preece, who was a student during the shooting. “A gentleman standing that far to my right was...

NEW YORK - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy wrote in a memoir being published this month that he made terrible decisions after the 1969 car crash that killed Mary Jo Kopechne, but said he was never romantically involved with her

The comments on this thread are great, there are some people out there still with brains !! A few sample comments by readers of the story ... I find it amusing that media actually gets curious over an "Idol" singer and her background, but refused to investigate the background of Obama when he was running for president. What is really suspect is the priorities of so-called journalists.A day later, and I have to say, given the author, I'm still perplexed by this article. Being that this is the NY Post, I figured Callahan was just some curmudgeon who turned a...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- For about a week, Palin has been saying Democratic control of the White House and Congress would mean a “left wing” agenda in Washington. But today, she suggested the government could be run by people dismissive of the terrorist threat. “Do they think that terrorists have all of a sudden become the good guys?” Palin asked of the Democratic leadership at a rally on the state capitol steps. “And changed their minds? No, the terrorists still seek to destroy America and her allies and all that it is that we stand for: freedom, tolerance, equality.” Palin...