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Letter to the Editor

Believe in yourself. Seize the present day and take hold of your future. Through everything in life, every goal you set, every trial you go through, you must not let your doubts get to you.


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The drone wars

John Brennan, the president's pick for new CIA director and his principal adviser on homeland security and counterterrorism over the last four years, faced the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday afternoon to answer questions on U.S.


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A few elite men

All this talk about "elite" quarterbacks made me grab a dictionary. I typed "elite" into dictionary.com and found: the choice or best of anything considered collectivity, as a group or class of persons.


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Fail mail

If the United States Postal Service gets its way, you'll be getting a lot less spam on Saturdays. The USPS announced Wednesday it intends to stop delivering mail on Saturdays beginning the week of Aug.


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The drone wars

John Brennan, the president's pick for new CIA director and his principal adviser on homeland security and counterterrorism over the last four years, faced the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday afternoon to answer questions on U.S.


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Running for the shelter

Richard Fee - class president, college graduate and avid lover of baseball and the outdoors. At the age of 24, he committed suicide. A recent article in The New York Times chronicled the life and death of Fee, who developed a dependence on Adderall, the popular and controversial prescription drug used to treat patients with ADHD.


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Commercial success

It has been said that commercials are the best thing about the Super Bowl. And whether you are a football fan or just that friend who comes over to eat all the pigs in a blanket and complain that we aren't watching the Puppy Bowl, we can all find some time to enjoy the endless TV timeouts. Doritos: The Goat A man buys a goat that is eating Doritos from a man in a neck brace, and in 30 seconds, the goat turns his life upside down.


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Pinpointing the problem

Erie County employees are sitting in the lap of luxury, and if you're a taxpayer, they have you to thank. A recent audit found taxpayers paid nearly $1.4 million over four years so Erie County workers could receive massage and acupuncture treatment.


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Healing to be healed

When it's 95 degrees outside and the air is so humid that you feel like you have to drink it in, it can be pretty difficult to think straight.


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Immigration for a torn nation

We need to repair a broken system and now is the time. A day after a bipartisan group of senators released a plan for immigration reform, President Barack Obama spoke in Las Vegas on his own terms.


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Boys to men

In a statement last Monday, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) indicated its policy of "not granting membership to open or avowed homosexuals" might soon come to an end. The end of the organization's backward and intolerant policy is long overdue, and anything less than full reversal is unacceptable. The recent release is a complete 180 from the organization's news back in July, when it clarified its ban on gays and lesbians following a two-year evaluation.


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Foods to avoid on a date

First dates are difficult. You have to figure out the perfect outfit - one that makes you look effortlessly good looking - you have to plan something to do that is fun but not too complicated, and you have to worry about discussion topics when those inevitable awkward pauses happen. Even if it isn't a "date," hanging out with someone you like more than a friend is stressful.


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Les Misera-Bills: I dream a dream

With the Super Bowl a few days away, I can't help but think of my Buffalo Bills and whether I will ever get to see them hoist the Lombardi Trophy. Yes, I know the words "Buffalo Bills" and "Super Bowl" have no business being in the same sentence - unless that sentence is the punch line of a joke - but a man can dream, can't he? If you ask any Buffalonian what the city of Buffalo is known for, chances are you'll get one of three answers: snow, chicken wings or, of course, losing four straight Super Bowls. You would think this "feat" would bring more embarrassment than honor to our city, but it's actually the opposite.



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