Administration defends racial preferences in contracting
The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court to uphold race conscious contracting preferences as a last resort measure, aligning with Clinton era defenses. Adarand Constructors, a Colorado company, challenges a revised program claiming minority advantage persists despite narrow tailoring. The case tests ongoing federal affirmative action limits after a 1995 Supreme Court decision.
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Attack on student prompts police description and fears in Lawrence
A student recovering from an abdomen injury after an attack was treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Acquaintances said she was tired from travel and shocked, while police described the assailant as a 20s black man with a shaved head, 5 feet 8, chubby, wearing a red shirt and dark shorts with a tattoo PEP on his forearm. He may have driven a maroon and white car.
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Three siblings drown in murky motel pool incident
In Loneview Texas three unattended siblings, Maria Martinez ten, Israel Martinez eight, and Marvin Martinez six, drowned in a Palace Inn Motel pool. The mother Blaza Garcia forty was charged with felony child abandonment. Autopsies ordered and water tested as rescuers took over 30 minutes to locate the third victim.
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