Can a Gun Victim and a Gun Advocate Change Each Other’s Minds?

On his recent trip to New York, Todd Underwood did not pack a gun. This was unusual, the first time in five years that he went anywhere, even to church, without one. Underwood, who is 37 years old and from Kansas City, won’t say how many guns he owns, but “a fucking arsenal” is a fair description. Underwood wasn’t always a gun guy, he told me, though his father, a factory worker, kept a revolver or two under the bed. His interest really took hold in February 2014, when he was laid up, recovering from quadruple-­bypass surgery, with an infant daughter at home.
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Is That All There Is?

Peggy Lee
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Facebook Doesn’t Tell Users Everything it Really Knows About Them

The site shows users how Facebook categorizes them. It doesn’t reveal the data it is buying about their offline lives.
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Actor and comedian Ricky Harris dead at 54

Actor and comedian Ricky Harris has died, aged 54. Harris, who had a recurring role as Malvo in Chris Rock's TV series "Everybody Hates Chris," died on Monday of a heart attack, his manager Cindy Ambers has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Suit: Versace used secret 'code' for black customers

A former Versace employee is suing the company for unfair business practices, and one of the allegations in his lawsuit is that the luxury fashion label uses a secret "code" to alert employees when a black customer enters the store. By Mayra Cuevas.
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Watership Down author Richard Adams dies aged 96

The author of "Watership Down," Richard Adams, has died aged 96, his daughter says. The tale, first told by Adams on a long car journey with his daughters, turned into a best-seller. Adams, a civil servant from Newbury in Berkshire, also wrote "Shardik," "The Plague Dogs" and "The Girl in a Swing." "Watership Down," which he wrote when he was 52, won the Carnegie Medal for children's fiction in the year of publication. Tens of millions of copies have since been sold around the world.
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Why the 'Small Guys' are Putting Nova Scotia on the World Alcohol-Making Map

Nova Scotia is fast becoming known for something other than lobster and lighthouses. Distillers are also making alcohol such as whisky and rum that are being recognized as some of the best in the world.
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