The FAA bill is basically on the floor as a time-killer while the Senate is waiting for the House to send a continuing resolution.

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"I'm a better husband and father than I was a killer, " he told Time.

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But even later when my magazine reading went on line, for years in DC my go-to time-killer was to spend some time in a Borders flipping through graphic novels or books.

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Sea Watch said May was a peak time to see orcas, or killer whales.

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This is how a once-curable killer has, over time, become almost untreatable again.

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That miniscule time delay added by outsourcing is a deal killer for people trading commodities and pretty much anything else.

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This type of discussion tends to come up every time it's revealed that a high-profile killer also played video games.

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And for all Arsenal's pretty passing and intricate patterns in the second half, it was Chelsea who applied the killer blow five minutes from time when Alex concluded a fast bowler's run-up with a true touch of Brazil as he lashed a long-range free-kick high beyond Lukasz Fabianski.

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And without the solid promise of a compelling product, the software developers that Apple will need to make the killer apps will spend their time on other, more fruitful problems.

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So while PS4 looks cool, it looks a lot like a better PS3, without a killer feature like the BluRay drive that helped bring the previous console into many homes the last time around.

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