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A gunman who fired shots from an automatic weapon on the University of Texas campus this morning and then apparently shot himself acted alone, the Austin American Statesman reports this afternoon. Police now say the gunman "appears to have been a UT student," the report says. The campus was locked down all morning, then evacuated and closed at noon. According to the Austin newspaper, the gunman fired an AK-47 near a campus intersection around 8:15 a.m. "With students pointing the way, officers chased the shooter, who ran into the Perry-Castaneda Library and up the stairs to the sixth floor. That's where he appeared to have shot himself," the story says. Follow College Inc. on Twitter. ...

Kenny Chesney photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville. It’s hard to think of Kenny Chesney as a guy with multiple personalities, but apparently that’s exactly the story. Kenny figures he’s two different guys musically, and both of them show up on his new album, Hemingway’s Whiskey, which gets released on Sept. 28. “I think in this record that there are traces of a lot of different sides of me,” Kenny says. “I think that I’m totally capable of being two different people, you know — in my everyday life and especially as an artist… There is a big part of me that really wants to be onstage and never do a ballad, ever. But there’s also a part of me that wants to write a record like Be As You Are and Lucky Old Sun, because that’s how I live a lot of my life, you know? And so ...

Home remodeling can be tedious and quite tasking. If you are thinking about home remodeling, it would be wise to hire a local home remodeling contractor. Most contractors will be able to assist you with design and offer free estimates as well. Don't be afraid to do a little bit of comparison shopping. Get multiple estimates so you can compare cost and persona of particular home remodeling contractor companies. You will be able to comfortably choose a contractor whom you feel will give you the best quality work for your money.Today, more and more home owners are choosing "Green Remodeling." Going green will greatly reduce energy costs. Solar roofing and window replacement is backed by a 00 government rebate just for choosing remodeling techniques and standards that are environmentally safe and saves energy. Saving energy is ...

Amy Guth Tribune reporter chi-books-technology-verbs "You can 'twitter' each other," my friend exclaimed, as I realized only moments before that I had a relative on Twitter."Tweet," I said. "We will 'tweet' one another.""A 'tweet' is what you send, I thought." she shot back."It is. But also the verb." I offered. "You tweet a tweet, then?" she asked.I nodded, and watched her process this. "Texting a text. Tweeting a tweet." She said, pausing to ask, "Facebooking a Facebook?""Sharing on Facebook. Or posting." I said, apologetically.My friend screwed up her mouth to the side, looking for logic where, really, none exists.A 2005 post from The Harvard Crimson suggests:"...history suggests a great diversity of ways in which we’ve attached verbs to technology. When the car was invented, 'driving' was borrowed from the owners of carriages, and to travel on an airplane was naturally termed ...