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So my oldest likes to expose me to his playlists in the car, and sometimes this prompts a nice discussion. He played this song for me and I'd never heard it before, and now for days it is on my mind. It disturbs me more than your shoot-up-a-cop rap song. I'm listening for the first time and can't really understand. It's a sweet, happy, bouncy chorus. Then I understand "all the other kids... Better run faster than my bullets". "outrun my gun.". I ask my son, is this what it sounds like? Is it PRO shooting up your school?? My...

More Rain Likely for Soaked NortheastBy STEPHEN MANNING Tuesday, June 27, 2006 WASHINGTON - Workers pumped water from the IRS headquarters' flooded basement Tuesday and mopped up at other government buildings Monday after heavy rain swamped the nation's capital. A brief break from the two-day deluge gave crews a chance to reopen commuter routes and set up sandbags to prevent more water from getting inside buildings. More than 7 inches of rain fell on the nation's capital in a 24-hour period Sunday and Monday, shutting down several federal buildings and closing some of the city's busiest tourist attractions just days...

NEW ORLEANS -- Water levels dropped precipitously Monday in the worst of the flooded neighborhoods in and around New Orleans. Areas that had been under 6 to 8 feet of water less than two days earlier were dry at dawn, with ooze now smearing the streets and water collecting at low, marshy spots. For the first time in the 8th and 9th wards in East New Orleans and Mid-City neighborhoods, search and rescue crews were able to patrol on foot. By midday, National Guardsmen and Marines said they had found several corpses inside homes that had been inaccessible until today....