Fires force evacuations across multiple Western states
The Yakima area near Tampico in Washington evacuated about 20 homes as a wildfire grew to 1,200 acres from 300 to 500 the day before. In Arizona Mount Lemmon fire near Tucson expanded to 84,750 acres with 85 percent containment and 340 buildings destroyed. Additional evacuations occurred near Helena Montana, Telluride Colorado, and Bridger-Teton Wyoming as fires burned hundreds of acres under hot, dry conditions.
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Yakima
Wash
Washington
Tampico
David Widmark
Northwest Interagency Coordinating Center
Portland
Ore
Arizona
Mount Lemmon
Marsha Cooper
Santa Catalina
Tucson
Ariz
Montana
Helena
Colorado
Telluride
Lew French
Wyoming
Bridger- Teton National Forest
Jackson
Wyo
Mary Leadman
Polls show public uneasy with media ownership changes
A Pew Research Center poll finds 50 percent believe FCC rules allowing more broadcast and newspaper ownership in the same city will have a negative effect, while 10 percent say positive. Seven in ten doubt media independence, amid concerns over corporate power and concentrated ownership.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Pew Research Center For the People & the Press
Tom Rosenstiel
Project
FCC
Andrew Kohut
Pew Research Center
Bond Urges States to Restore Affirmative Action Policies
NAACP executive director Julian Bond urged states to rejoin race-conscious admissions in higher education at the 94th annual NAACP convention in Miami Beach. He praised the Supreme Court for upholding the principle of race in admissions while criticizing Bush and Gov. Jeb Bush for Florida’s One Florida policy. Bond warned of continued challenges to affirmative action and highlighted ongoing monitoring of diversity commitments.
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Miami Beach
Fla
NAACP
Julian Bond
Bush
Jeb Bush
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Bond
U.S. Supreme Court
University of Michigan
Edu
KKK
Florida
One
George Bush
Iraq
Jacob DiPietro
White House
Taylor Gross
Michigan
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Associated Press
Jed Conklin
Kniffey Hamilton
Teton National Forest
Jackson, Wy
Bridger Teton National Forest
Will Lester
Gross
Scott Stanzel
Tallahassee
DiPietro
Kweisi Mfume
John Edwards
North Carolina
Joseph Lieberman
Connecticut
Richard Gephardt
Missouri
Dennis Kucinich
Ohio
Bob Graham
John Kerry
Massachusetts
Vermont
Howard Dean
Illinois
Caral Moseley Braun
al Sharpton
Centers For Hearing Excellence
Esims
Cana
Suh
Port Arthur
W. Sterling
St. Silsbee
Dowlen Beaumont
Strickland Orange
Baytown
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