Alabama lawmakers decry veto of felon voting rights
Black lawmakers say Gov. Riley scarred Alabama’s image by vetoing restoration of voting rights for many former felons. They will not use the veto to block his $1.2 billion tax plan amid a $675 million state budget shortfall. Some fear fallout among black voters as Sept. 9 tax vote approaches.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bob Riley
Alabama
Rodger Smitherman
Legislative Black Caucus
Yvonne Kennedy
Riley
Peterson case hearing delayed to September in Modesto
Preliminary hearing for Scott Peterson in the slaying of his wife Laci and unborn son was postponed from July 16 to September 9. If open, it would mark the first public discussion of evidence. Peterson, 30, faces two murder counts and possible death penalty. A public proceeding was requested to dispel rumors, with a gag order reaffirmed.
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Modesto
Scott Peterson
Laci
al Girolami
Peterson
San Francisco Bay
James
Brazelton
Supreme Court clears path for Nike free speech trial
San Francisco activist Marc Kasky wins a Supreme Court ruling allowing his 1996 1997 claims that Nike misrepresented overseas labor practices to proceed to a merits trial. Nike says the decision does not resolve the issue of First Amendment protections, while industry groups express concerns about corporate speech.
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San Francisco
Amerca
Nike
Marc Kasky
Nine
Southeast Asia
California
Kasky
NTC Foundation
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Jim Carter
Robin Conrad
National Chamber Litigation Center
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Conrad
Mallory Duncan
National Retail Federation
Supreme Court
Duncan
Record-setting solar airplane Helios crashes during test flight
NASA officials say the unmanned Helios Prototype, a solar electric, 247 foot wingspan craft that set a nonrocket altitude record of 96,500 feet in 2001, broke up and crashed into the Pacific west of Kauai during a test flight to validate its fuel cell system. AeroVironment Inc. built and operated the aircraft and NASA will form an accident investigation team.
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Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
NASA
Kauai
Navy
Barking
National Aero, and Space Administration
Dryden Flight Research Center
Edwards
Calif
Brown
Investi
Gation
Helios
AeroVironment Inc
Monrovia
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Carolina
Main St
New Ellenton
Lam
Tom Young
Henry Holley
Allstate
Jimmy Colbert
Gentza
Jimmy
Contral Air Conditioning
Richland Avenue
Aiken
North Augusta
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