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‘Big 3’ has Heat even with Spurs Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 7:00 pm By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer SAN ANTONIO (AP) — LeBron James wanted the responsibility on his powerful shoulders. Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh proved Thursday it doesn’t have to be that way. James can win the Miami Heat plenty of…

Walker doesn’t regret in UT commitment Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 7:00 pm By KEVIN WEAKS Messenger Sports It was a part of Tennessee history that everybody in Big Orange Nation would like to forget. Chris Walker was in the eye of the storm, and he wouldn’t trade it for anything. The former defensive end…

Sports Briefs Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 7:00 pm Briefly V-ball, weight lifting next summer camps Girls’ volleyball and boys’ weight training are thhe next two camps on the Union City Parks and Recreation summer program schedule. Both camps will be held Monday through Friday. The volleyball camp is open to girls entering grades 6-8…

Barger coaching couple choose to leave Lake County posts Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 7:00 pm By MIKE HUTCHENS Messenger Sports Editor Almost as stunning as how they arrived three years ago, David and Dawn Barger apparently are leaving Lake County. The husband and wife head coaching duo — hired in the spring of 2010…

Our nation’s universal healthcare plan more than just flawed Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 8:00 pm By: by Glenda Caudle The Messenger 06.14.13 Sarah Murnaghan is alive — at least she is as I am writing this. No thanks to this country’s Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. Sarah is 10 years old…

With high-tech guns, users could disable remotely Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 9:36 pm By: By the Associated Press The Messenger 06.14.13 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved —…

With advances in technology, fishing taken to another level Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 9:36 pm By: By Brent Callicott The Messenger 06.14.13 This week, I want to shed a little light on bass fishing and why it is such a great sport. Fishing, like many other sports, has been taken to the next level…

Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony held Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 8:00 pm By: By the Associated Press The Messenger 06.14.13 NEW YORK (AP) — Sting performed in honor of Elton John, Billy Joel sang snippets of Foreigner’s hits when introducing the band and Smokey Robinson debuted part of a new song he wrote about…

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer working on surveillance book Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 8:00 pm By: By the Associated Press The Messenger 06.14.13 NEW YORK (AP) — A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and investigative journalist is working on a book about the “surveillance-industrial state” that emerged after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.Penguin Press announced Thursday that…

Bonnaroo festival: Johnson steps in for Mumford and Sons Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 8:00 pm By: By the Associated Press The Messenger 06.14.13 MANCHESTER (AP) — It’s Jack Johnson to the rescue at Bonnaroo.Johnson has agreed to take the Saturday night headlining slot at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival after Mumford & Sons…