Students charged in anti gay slur carving case at Northfield Mount Hermon
Two prep school students Jonathan Shapiro and Matthew Rogers face hate crime charges after allegedly carving HOMO into a 17 year old student’s back with a pocket knife at Northfield Mount Hermon School in Greenfield. Police say the wound was 4 to 5 inches long and bled. The victim, a junior, did not require hospitalization and later left the school.
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ACLU cites racial profiling in traffic stops nationwide
The ACLU says heavy racial profiling in traffic stops rose with the war on drugs. It cites Operation Pipeline training 27,000 officials and a perception that Black and Hispanic motorists are more likely drug couriers. Lawsuits filed in Maryland Illinois New Jersey and Oklahoma. report is 43 pages of case studies from 23 states.
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Four found dead on Lake of the Ozarks houseboat
Missouri Water Patrol reported four bodies found on a Lake of the Ozarks houseboat. A married couple and two men from Joplin were missing since Memorial Day weekend. Autopsies pending, initial signs point to carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause. Names not released.
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Jury rejects tobacco secondhand smoke cancer suit in Mississippi
In Ellisville a jury ruled the tobacco industry not liable for barber Burl Butler’s 1994 cancer death after a 30 year exposure to secondhand smoke. The $650 million suit named Philip Morris, Brown & Williamson, Lorillard, Liggett, and American Tobacco as defendants.
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Americans want both contraception and abstinence education
A national survey found that 1050 adults want students taught about contraception and abstinence, with near universal support for abstinence and broad acceptance of contraception information for teens. The study, funded by groups backing comprehensive sex education, notes parents favor both approaches.
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Alabama to remove last interracial marriage ban
Alabama lawmakers approve an amendment to erase the 1901 interracial marriage prohibition. If voters approve in a October 12 special election, the ban will be removed, leaving Alabama as the final state with such a restriction. Sponsor Rep Alvin Holmes calls it a national message of progress.
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Alabama approves caps on punitive damages in lawsuits
Alabama lawmakers approve limits on punitive damage awards to curb high verdicts that deter business, setting caps at three times compensatory damages or 1.5 million in personal injury cases and 500000 in non injury cases against large firms, which would have cut Hale County’s 581 million award to 3.9 million.
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