Flag Burning Amendment Drafted
The White House drafted a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning and aims to finalize it with GOP leaders in Congress by Friday. The plan seeks to counter the Supreme Court ruling upholding flag desecration as protest and may be one to three sentences long. Gregory Johnson urged a televised debate with President Bush ahead of July Fourth.
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Flag duties atop Capitol roof spark debate after ruling
Joe Howe, 32, Hollywood Maryland, oversees a crew that raises flags over the Capitol for congressmen and constituents. He opposes flag burning and says punishment should fit the act, even after the Supreme Court protected flag burning as free speech. Howe notes prices for flags and reflects on duty and safety on the hot roof.
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Husband’s Hidden Past Emerges Before Wisconsin Disappearance
Nancy Harrison says her husband Larry Owen Weeks formerly Lee Wesley Harrison hid a convict past as a murderer who escaped an Alabama prison. Weeks disappeared after learning of an investigation, then surrendered at Eau Claire County Airport “emotional” and scared, while she defends the husband as a loving father and stepfather to her three daughters.
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