This week in local news, the jury has been picked and a date of Feb 6th was set for the murder trial of a certain UVA ________ player.
With Republicans in charge of the state Capitol, VA is deliberating about changing the gun laws. Specifically, doing away with __________ checks and repealing a ban on its citizen’s ability to purchase more than one gun per _____. You can already carry a gun on your hip in VA, you may no longer need a permit to conceal it! 
Moving up to the US Presidential campaign, it seems that one GOP candidate, who carries his dog around in an ________ carrier on the roof of his car, is being maligned for speaking ______. While another who rides with a ____ in the backseat is sparring with someone named Newt… Someone needs to do a “What They Carried” expose on anyone seeking the highest office of the land.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOZzBoi3chM
What does the rest of the planet think of Mitt? http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/16/what_the_world_makes_of_mitt
And almost finally in world news. The _________ industry has been named the latest to employ child laborers on the Ivory Coast. Honestly, first it’s diamonds, and now we are supposed to boycott Almond Joy? Next to coffee, how can we as a people survive without __________, a Pennsylvania company? Oh, and it seems in Italy, the concept of _____ and ________ first in maritime law has expired off the coast of Tuscany. 
Finally, finish this sentence for me please. “The US is___________”
MountainMornings 