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"We have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world", said President Barack Obama during an interview. "We should come together in a bipartisan basis and every level of government to make these [attacks] rare as opposed to normal”. But that’s not going to happen. No presidential candidate – none - dares to even propose a prohibition on [private ownership of] firearms. And even the most reasonable ideas - such as barring the sale of firearms to persons on the no-fly list - are rejected in Congress. Conclusion: we have...

Americans take note of Guadalajara's growing reputation for plastic surgery Photograph by : Before and after photographs highlighting the skills of Guadalajara plastic surgeons are now common on U.S. Web sites, such as this example from Airlift, a company which sent about 60 patients to Guadalajara for surgery last year.  Story by : Ben Miller Six years ago, Beverly McCarter looked in the mirror and didn't like what she saw."I had a moment like that little boy in Home Alone," she says, describing the moment where Macaulay Culkin clutches his fame and screams.The registered nurse from North Carolina checked up...