Diploma program gives adults a second chance
The Bi son program at Garden City Community College helps adults earn high school diplomas. Enrollees like Enriquez and Trisha Newport credit mentors Vera Dietz and Michelle Estes for guiding them through break points, with many planning further studies or nursing and translation careers. Enrollment began Aug. 19, and about 80 to 100 people have joined since last fall.
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Hector
Enriquez
Mexico
Garden City Community College
Dietz
N. Eighth St
GCHS
Kevin Burr
Pippenger
Trisha Newport
Joel
Joel Newport
Marine Corps
North Carolina
Arion
Trisha
Michelle Estes
Vera
Michelle
Kline pushes tough crime plan to curb reoffending
Kansas politician cites Senate Bill 323 to argue violent offenders are released too soon. He highlights Finney County cases where offenders returned to crime, requests stricter sentences for second rape and armed felonies, and proposes redirecting 500000 from the attorney general budget to the KBI lab. Local law enforcement praised on the ground, but he blames state policy.
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Kline
Finney County
Kansas Attorney General
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
Boston police shoot suspect in fatal chase incident
Boston police fatally shot Nelson Santiago 39 after he drove a stolen Toyota Camry toward an officer on a dead end street during a chase. Investigations by internal affairs, the homicide unit, and the Suffolk County DA will review the shooting.
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Boston
Nelson Santiago
Santi
Santiago
James M. Hussey
Internal Affairs
Suffolk County District Attorney
Afghan aid vote heightens fears of Afghan instability
The House passed a 1.4 billion Afghanistan aid package urging Bush within 45 days to outline a security plan. Lawmakers warn that warlords and thugs could destabilize Karzai’s interim government if action stalls. Biden calls for expanding a UN peacekeeping force, while the White House argues for training a national army.
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Washington
Afghanistan
House
Bush
Tom Lantos
D-Calif
Lantos
Hamid Karzai
Henry Hyde
R-Nl
House International Relations Committee
Senate Democrats
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kabul
Biden
Del
Senate
Pentagon
White House
Ari Fleischer
Tommy Franks
U.S
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Militia members convicted in Sacramento bomb plot retrial
In Sacramento, Kevin Patterson and Charles Kiles were found guilty of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and a destructive device in a plot to blow up two 12‑million‑gallon propane tanks in Elk Grove. The attack never occurred, and both face life in prison with sentencing not yet set.
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Sacramento
Kevin Patterson
Charles Kiles
San Joaquin County
Elk Grove
Patterson
Kiles
Teen convicted of killing girl appeals life sentence
Lionel Tate's appeal argues the 15 year old was unfairly prosecuted as an adult after being convicted of killing a 6 year old girl while attempting to imitate pro wrestlers. His lawyer contends he faced harsher treatment than comparable juveniles.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
4Th District Court of Appeal
Richard Rosenbaum
Lionel Tate
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Susan Rutter
Medina
Catholic Health Initiatives
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