After Katrina New Orleans struggles with trauma and recovery
Our view notes lingering pain from Katrina as floodwaters recede. Emergency crews face stress and some police officers face charges for a beating of a detainee. Nationwide aid arrives, but Guard redeployments and troop shortages limit homeland disaster response.
We want to go back but what do I do
Amjad Iqbal, 30, of New York, ponders returning to Pakistan after a weekend earthquake measuring magnitude 7.5 devastates the homeland. A New Orleans police spokesman calls a videotape showing two patrolmen punching a 64-year-old man involved in an arrest, with a third officer allegedly assaulting an AP producer who filmed it. Roger Clemens comments on bullpen life before entering Houston’s 7-6 postseason win over Atlanta, the longest postseason game in history.
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Garden City
James Hawkins
Finney County
Dave Jones
Iraq
Afghanistan
Pentagon
National Guard
Gulf Coast
Amjad Iqbal
New York
Pakistan
Marlon Defillo
Associated Press
Houston
Roger Clemens
Astros
Atlanta
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First Amendment text citation remains central to rights
The First Amendment declares that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech and the press and the right to assemble and petition the government.
Lawmakers ponder BOE future PEKA
AP reports lawmakers debate whether Kansas State Board of Education should be abolished or reformed amid a conservative majority backing education chief nominee Bob Corkins. Comments compare board actions to a rancher who faced harassment, fearing a political sideshow and possible move to replace the board with a governor appointed secretary of education in a future session.
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Bob Corkins
Washburn University
Bob Beatty
Corkins
Board of Education
Senate
Derek Schmidt
R-Independence
Senate Education Committee
Jean Schodorf
Schodorf
Wichita
House
Kathe Decker
R-Clay Center
Decker
Kansas
Education Commission of the States
Kathy Cook
Kansas Families United For Public Education
Beatty
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Bush missses chance for first Hispanic Supreme Court justice
In this column Roger Hernandez argues Bush passed over a Hispanic nominee again, exploring motives, merit, and ethnicity. He cites Roberts as a strong pick, questions Miers' qualifications, and notes Hispanic voters' interest in a justice from their community while urging a nonracist, merit-based choice for a future nomination.
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Supreme Court
John G. Roberts
Harriet Miers
Bush
Alberto R. Gonzales
Miers
Roberts
White House
Ricardo H. Hinojosa
Emilio M
Fall brings seasonal change and cultural notices
A reflective piece notes autumn’s changeable timing in 2005 with early springs and slow leaf fall, mentions the Keene Pumpkin Festival October 22 claiming the nation’s largest carved pumpkin display, and highlights coffee and reading as comforting constants amid upheaval. It also covers FakL Point letters to Freeda B. Frank, library support efforts, reading programs with Governor Sebelius, campus vegetarian trends, and a Talking Jesus Doll with biblical figures.
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Keene
Associated Press
Fakr Point
Sebelius
Christie Brandau
Hamilton County Library
Fakl Point
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