Justice or the draconian door of Iowa sentencing
Leonard Pitts questions mandatory sentencing in Iowa after Gabriel Rubino, 19, is jailed 25 years for kicking down a door. He argues the system robs judges of discretion, citing cases like Jeff Berryhill and Kemba Smith, and calls for humane punishment that fits the crime.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Florida
Rubino
Derrick Green
Jon Tullis
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Tullis
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Eve
Mensa
Jeff Berryhill
Estherville
Berryhill
Kemba Smith
Connecticut
FBI scans Nairobi blast site for traces of explosives
FBI agents collected explosive traces from the Nairobi embassy wreckage using cotton swabs and searched debris as rescue teams hoped for two survivors. The twin bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam killed 234 and injured about 5,000, with investigators exploring Semtex as the likely explosive. Authorities in Tanzania arrested dozens, including six foreigners, while Nairobi had no confirmed arrests.
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Kenya
FBI
U.S
Tanzania
Washington
Mustafa Salim Nyang’anyi
Laibon Road
Dar Es Salaam
State Department
Campbell to face Lamm in Colorado primary results
AP reports Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell won his Republican primary easily over Bill Eggert 70 percent to 30 percent as 2,406 of 3,025 precincts reported. Dottie Lamm won the Democratic Senate nomination over Gil Romero, and Bill Owens captured the Republican governor nomination while Gail Schoettler won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
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Lamm
Colorado
Denver
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Bill Eggert
Eggert
Dottie Lamm
Dick Lamm
Gil Romero
Senate
Romero
Bill Owens
Tom Norton
Owens
Gail Schoettler
Mike Feeley
Gazette promotes agriculture with soybean ink and recycling
The Gazette highlights its commitment to the future by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to drop old newspapers at City Carton, 4250 Sixth St. SW, or recycle at nearby locations, with the number 119398-8211 provided.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Chicagoans stunned by child murder case
Two boys ages 7 and 8 are accused in the killing of an 11 year old girl over a bike in Englewood Chicago. Police say a rock struck Ryan and the suspects hid the bike before returning for it. Neighbors describe the children as not monsters highlighting their troubled but affectionate backgrounds. The case follows Chicago’s history of youth violence including the Yum Yum Sandifer incident years earlier.
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Chicago
Ryan
South Side
Englewood
Ross Waterhouse
Robert
Sandifer
Girls lead in U S school performance and career outlook
Washington AP survey from Horatio Alger Association finds girls outperform boys in grades and effort with more homework and tougher course selection. It reports equal income expectations for teens and shows medicine and law as top careers for girls while engineering lags. 1,195 youths aged 14 to 18 completed four page questionnaires.
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Horatio Alger Association
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