Americans See Federal Openess Decline in Sunshine Week Poll
A Scripps Howard News Service Ohio University survey of 1008 adults finds 69 percent view the federal government as secretive, 25 percent see it as open, and 28 percent fear their mail and calls are intercepted. Sixty percent urge judicial permission before monitoring, while 31 percent support actions without a judge in terrorism cases. Local and state governments are viewed as more open.
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Convicted sex offender Couey found guilty in Jessica Lunsford case
John Evander Couey was found guilty of kidnapping rape and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford and burying her alive in trash bags. Jurors deliberated about four hours before returning guilty verdicts on all counts and face possible death penalty deliberations.
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Captain America Dies In New Comics Issue
Captain America is killed in the latest Marvel Comics edition as he is shot near a courthouse. The death marks the end of a long run since 1941, with 210 million copies sold in 75 countries, though Marvel notes a resurrection or a film adaptation could keep the character alive in other media.
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Marvel
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Libby seeks new trial as White House dismisses pardon talk
Attorneys for I Lewis Libby began a request for a new trial while the Bush White House rebutted chatter about a possible presidential pardon in the CIA leak case. Libby, Cheney’s former chief of staff, was convicted of perjury and obstruction in the Plame affair.
Teen shoots ex at Dow High then kills self in Midland
A 17-year-old boy from Coleman shot his former girlfriend Jessica Forsyth, 17, four times outside H H Dow High School in Midland, then killed himself in the parking lot. Forsyth was hospitalized in serious but stable condition. The shooter, who had been turned away earlier, died at the scene. Dow High School remained on lockdown as police investigated.
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Detroit
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Dow Chemical Co
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Gates urges U.S. to reform schools and immigration policies
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates urged Congress to overhaul schools and immigration laws to keep jobs from moving overseas. He cited 30 percent ninth graders not graduating on time and called for higher standards, expanded math and science teaching, and grants to align teaching with job and college needs.
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