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75State Lotto Winners: Beware!
If you're ever lucky enough to win the Connecticut Lotto, don't quit your day job yet, or at least until you check the bottom line on your bank account. Lotto officials like to tout the top line figure, but when all is said and done the amount you get may disappoint you.
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77Darien Could Be Paradise
The not-so-sleepy little town of Darien has been dragged through the mud on more than one occasion over the years, but I have a plan to turn it into the world's Paradise. If I were the czar of Darien, its population and property values would skyrocket. This story tells you how!
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76One Vote for Taking the Train
It's only an illusion that flying gets you "there and back" in no time. It takes hours on either side of the flight. You don't lose as much time as you think by taking an Amtrak sleeper train -- and that time can be used to read, listen to music and meet interesting people.
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79The Poor Get Poorer, And Poorer
A few decades ago, songwriter Gus Kahn penned the phrase, "There's nothing surer, the rich get rich and the poor get poorer" as part of the lyrics of "Ain't We Got Fun." The phrase is now just another cliche, but like most cliches, has considerable basis in fact.
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74Try To Be Positively Negative
As the song goes, "You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative and watch out for Mr. In Between." Sounds good -- not the song, but the philosophy expressed in it. Having a positive attitude, when it's appropriate, is fine. But it can be taken to extremes.
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74Is It Wise to Let Stew Stay in Jail?
As a society, we haven't given much thought to the way we punish criminals; we go along with the same old way it's been done for centuries; throw them in jail and forget about them.
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72Gosh, I Hope I Never Get To Be Too Rich
Wealthy people often say that money isn't everything; that money can't buy happiness. Strange as it may seem, I agree. I wouldn't want to be one. In fact, I actually look upon rich people with pity; I feel sorry for them!
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71Enforce Law With a Little Compassion
A California mother faced serious criminal charges when her 680-pound, 13-year-old daughter died "on a filthy bed sheet, surrounded by empty food cartons, feces in the folds of her body." Why do we wait for tragedy to strike before taking necessary action?
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73My Vote Goes for Character
Some of our nation's best and brightest people have been attacked for missing votes, including former President John F. Kennedy. In truth, having a perfect voting record is not all it's cracked up to be! Missing a committee meeting may not necessarily be bad. It all depends!
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73Acquit, Don't Censure the President!
In the early months of 1999, President Bill Clinton was acquitted by the Senate of charges of perjury and obstruction of justice after his politically inspired impeachment by the House of Representatives. His impeachment and trial were both ill-advised.
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