Flap Over Columnputs Teacher's Job On The Line
In Woodburn Indiana a high school newspaper controversy centers on a student column advocating tolerance for homosexuals. The adviser Amy Sorrell was suspended amid claims of censorship while school officials say she should have alerted the principal about the sensitive material.
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Woodburn
Ind
Megan Chase
Tomahawk
Woodlaw
Indiana
Chase
Amy Sorrell
Mark Goodman
Student Press Law Center
Arlington
Texas jury awards $9 million in beating case
A Texas jury awarded $9 million to Billy Ray Johnson, a black man left brain damaged after a 2003 beating by four white men in a field. The civil verdict named James Cory Hicks and Christopher Colt Amex as responsible. Stone and Owens had settlements.
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Christopher Colt Amex
Johnson
Dallas Chadwick Stone
John Wesley Owens
Southern Poverty Law Center
Texas
Billy Ray
Morris Dees
Law Center
Gunmen kill 23 in northern Iraq amid sectarian attacks
Gunmen stopped a bus near Mosul and killed 23 workers from the Yazidi Christian community after forcing Christians off the vehicle. In Baghdad, two roadside explosions in Baiyaa damaged nearby buildings and killed or wounded several people. Prime Minister al Maliki denied civil war claims.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Nouri al-Maliki
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Mosul
Bashika
Mohammed al-Wagga
al- Wagqa
Katrina contracts awarded to firms with poor credit histories
A Homeland Security audit accuses FEMA of exposing taxpayers to risk by awarding 3.6 billion in Hurricane Katrina contracts to companies with weak credit or sloppy paperwork. Investigators note haphazard bidding on 36 trailer contracts for Gulf Coast small and local firms.
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Washington, D.C
FEMA
Homeland Security Department
Office of Inspector General
Gulf Coast
Richard Skinner
Byron Dorgan
D-N.d
Democratic Policy Committee
Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald dies at 68
Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald of California died at 68 after a cancer battle. She had been in hospice care at her Carson home and sought a four to six week House leave last week. A longtime Democrat, she chaired the House Administration Committee and represented a Southern California district including Compton and Long Beach.
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Washington, D.C
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Dcalif
Millender-McDonald
Carson
Calif
Bandele McQueen
McQueen
Millender- McDonald
House
Senting
California
Compton
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Democratic Party
Art Torres
Sarkozy and Royal Reach French Presidential Runoff
Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal advanced to a runoff, offering a left right choice. Royal would be France first female leader while Sarkozy faces a campaign heavy with suspense and high voter turnout.
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Paris
Nicolas Sarkozy
Segolene Royal
France
Royal
Quake Triggers Landslide and 25-Foot Waves in Chile
A 6.2 magnitude quake in southern Chile unleashed a rock landslide into a fjord, spawning 25 foot waves that swept away beachgoers. Two bodies found, others missing as rescue teams search cold Pacific waters. Mayor Oscar Catalan witnessed six people washed away. Chilevision reporter Orlando Abrazola saw a man and his young daughter dragged seaward.
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Santiago
Chile
Pacific
Oscar Catalan
Puerto Aysen
el Mercurio
Chilevision
Orlando Adriazola
Hamas calls for new offensive against Israel
Hamas militants urged a new wave of attacks on Israel after weekend combat left nine Palestinians dead in Gaza and the West Bank. Palestinian President Abbas faced calls from Fatah to cut talks with Israel, while a rocket strike damaged a home in Sderot.
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Gaza Strip
Hamas
Israel
Mahmoud Abbas
Fatah
United States
Ehud Olmert
West Bank
Sderot
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