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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Attack of the Serbian Vampire and More Hot Topics

Join the national conversation in this week's Hot Topics column.

This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- For the residents of a small town in Serbia, vampires are more than just a literary phenomenon.  You see, there's this very old vampire, named Sava Savanovic, who has lived in the town of Zorazje since the 1700s. He'd been living in an old water mill, which recently collapsed.  And since the collapse, residents are concerned that he's wandering around, looking for a new home.  Really. They're taking the proper precautions, like wearing crosses, placing religious icons above their homes, rubbing their hands with garlic and carrying around stakes, according to ABC News. All at the suggestion of the …

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Hot Topics: Anti-American Riots Continue, Space Travel Goes Private and Romney Releases a Tax Return

Things are a little tense on planet Earth. What's your take?

Anti-U.S. riots continue in the Middle East, and experts and politicians are still sorting out the main causes.  According to USA Today, the Obama administration is at odds with critics over whether the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Libya were carefully planned terror attacks or violence that arose from spontaneous riots protesting an anti-Islamic film made in the U.S. Fifteen Pakistanis died Friday during protests over the anti-Islamic film. The demonstrations have been small, according to CNN, but growing in intensity. (Watch the video above for an idea of the level of intensity.) ---------- Here in the U.S., presidential campaigns carry on. Mitt Romney released his 2011 tax returns, showing that he paid nearly $1.9 million in taxes …

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