Mississippi Burning case may be next civil rights probe
Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore and prosecutors say they have interviewed hundreds and reviewed over 40 000 pages of transcripts to build Mississippi's first murder case against the killers of James Chaney Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. They vanished June 21 1964 in Neshoba County after visiting a firebombed church at Philadelphia and were found dead in an earthen dam after being beaten and shot.
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Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
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Principals split on suspension ban bill in West Virginia
Charleston AP report notes mixed principal reactions to SB439 seeking to bar suspensions for mere absence. Some argue suspension remains key to behavior change, while others support not suspending students for missing school. Governor Wise weighs veto versus signing as bill moves to decision.
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Legisla
Tive
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House of Delegates
John Mitchell
Ohanawha
George Washington High School
Mitchell
Barry Smith
Wyoming East High School
Smith
Capital High School
John Clendenen
Clendenen
State Department of Education
David Stewart
Kim Lawrence
West Virginia faces federal highway funds loss over DUI law gaps
Charleston AP West Virginia will lose about 600000 this year for failing to update drunken driving laws to federal TEA-21 standards. By 2007 penalties could reach 25 million as impacts grow, with 2004 losses at 26 million annually. State lawmakers delayed bills despite Gov Wise push. Norman Roush warned future losses will mount. State lacks open container law and updated repeat DUI penalties.
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West Virginia
Department of Highways
Norman Roush
Roush
Bob Wise
House
Senate
Jon Amores
D-Kanawha
Federal Department of Transportation
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