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<p>Deer are a boon and a benefit to my neighborhood. While city planners are busy destroying the beauty of our town, deer have moved in to beautify it. These handsome and harmless citizens should be declared sacred, like their cousins in India. Deer to not cause accidents -- people do. Deer are victims of the evil and ever burgeoning automobile population. Driven by reckless fanatics, cars are noisy, polluting killers of all manner of wildlife, including people.</p>

<p>Imagine a situation where someone builds a new home with a great panoramic view. Then, after a few years, another person legally builds a house on an adjacent lot, blocking out the entire scene.</p> <p>The first homeowner would definitely be frustrated, but there is little that could be done since the second person had every right to build there.</p>

<p>I reside in the city of Ithaca, pay taxes to Tompkins County and carry a New York State driver's license.</p> <p>But I really live in the Republic of Fear. My government was not chosen by the majority of the electors, yet its leaders have tried to bolster their questionable authority by substituting urgency for legitimacy.</p>

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis Presley and helped usher in the rock 'n' roll revolution, died Wednesday. He was 80. Phillips died at St. Francis Hospital, spokeswoman Gwendolyn McClain said. No details were immediately available about the cause of death or how long he had been hospitalized. Phillips founded Sun Records in Memphis in 1952 and helped launch the career of Presley, then a young singer who had moved from Tupelo, Miss. He produced Presley's first record, the 1954 single that featured ``That's All Right, Mama'' and ``Blue Moon of Kentucky.'' ``God only knows that we didn't...