Word: shotgun
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...baby boomers are demanding something more elaborate for themselves and their dearly departed. In Florida, retired golfers are having their cremated remains scattered on putting greens. Canuck's Sportsman's Memorials Inc., based in Des Moines, Iowa, packs the ashes of duck- and pheasant-hunting enthusiasts into shotgun shells. They are later fired into the air during a ceremony in the woods for family and friends. If you're an ocean lover, Eternal Reefs Inc. in Atlanta will place your ashes inside an artificial reef for $850 to $3,200. Celestis, a company based in Houston, will launch your ashes...
FOILED AUG. 24, 1999 Northeast Florida Two teenagers were charged with conspiracy to commit second-degree murder after a teacher saw drawings, one of which depicted a bloody knife, a shotgun and an assault weapon. The teens allegedly described themselves as Satan worshippers and claimed they were planning to leave a deadlier trail than the one at Columbine. Charges were dropped for lack of evidence, and the boys were released from house arrest...
...Elmira, N.Y. Jeremy Getman, an 18-year-old senior, passed a disturbing note to a friend, who alerted authorities. A police officer found Getman in Southside High School's cafeteria, reportedly with a .22-cal. Ruger semiautomatic and a duffel bag containing 18 bombs and a sawed-off shotgun. An additional eight bombs were allegedly found in his home...
When I was a teenager growing up in Arkansas, I stored my 12-gauge shotgun under my bed. I took it out when I went with Dad to shoot clay pigeons. That wasn't back in the 1950s but rather the late '80s; even in that recent decade, I wasn't considered an outcast. Lots of kids drove to school with rifles they had forgotten to take from gun racks over the weekend. A teacher might cluck disapprovingly, but no one called a SWAT team...
...looked at times like a shotgun wedding, the bride's side and the groom's side, some there against their will, some wearing death masks, others waiting for the cease-fire to end so the battle could begin again. Gore stood there knowing he was the object of pity, the thought bubble almost visible above his head, "It coulda been me; it coulda been me." And Hillary? "Be patient. All in good time..." Don't stop thinking about tomorrow...