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The accidental shooting death of a firing-range instructor by a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi has set off a powerful debate over youngsters and guns, with many people wondering what sort of parents would let a child handle a submachine gun.

Baylor baseball opened the season in dramatic fashion, coming from behind 7-2 to beat the No. 19 Arizona State Sun Devils 9-7 Friday. The rest of the series shaped up to be much different for the Bears (1-2, 0-0), who went on to lose the series 2-1 after a 7-4 loss on Saturday and a 12-1 result on Sunday at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark in Tempe, Ariz.

At first glance, you might not think that a recliner has anything to do with the Fiesta Bowl, but many Baylor and University of Central Florida players would disagree. When a football team competes in a bowl game, the bowl provides each player with a gift package. This year, many of the players chose a recliner as their Fiesta Bowl gift.

On a day that combined two campaigns into one, President Barack Obama on Wednesday challenged Republicans to raise taxes on the rich as GOP rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich swiped at him on the economy and criticized each other over immigration.

The Arizona Legislature is waiting on its governor’s signature for an approved “birther” bill that would require presidential candidates to prove their citizenship before placing their names on the state’s ballot.