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...planning to leave him for another man, shot and killed his five children and then committed suicide. These horrible tragedies are already roiling gun-control advocates. But those who strive to see shotguns sidelined have to cope with another stinging reality: gun sales are soaring. (See pictures of America's gun culture...
...pictures of crime in Middle America...
...America's favorite pasttime has more than its share of beloved traditions: pine tar and linseed oil, chewing tobacco, the infield-fly rule. But few are as hallowed as the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh-inning stretch by stadiums full of musically challenged, slightly boozy baseball fans. And the song itself, like the tradition, has surprisingly deep - and equally loony - roots. (See the 10 worst ceremonial first pitches...
...secret microphone, and a tradition was born. Caray eventually moved to Wrigley Field with the Chicago Cubs, bringing his seventh-inning singing with him; today, the tradition happens in almost every ballpark. "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" is believed to be one of the most performed songs in America, behind "Happy Birthday" and "The Star Spangled Banner...
...Intellipedia's boosters concede that their wiki is still largely an adjunct to the work of America's intelligence analysts. No finished intelligence product for decision makers is generated from Intellipedia - National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) are still written the old-fashioned way, authored and circulated for peer review and consensus. When Tom Fingar tried in 2006 to produce an NIE on Nigeria using Intellipedia, he failed because it generated a stream of information rather than a formal thesis and was taken over by the traditional system...