Jena Six case ends with teen’s release as adult-charges dropped
Mychal Bell, 17, freed after prosecutor abandons adult trial seeks. Bell and five others faced charges over a schoolyard assault in Jena Louisiana that sparked weeks of unrest. Bell’s conviction was overturned for juvenile-justice reasons. The incident followed white students hanging nooses at Jena High School sparking racial tensions.
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Killer on death row wins reprieve from Supreme Court
Carlton Turner Jr. 28 who was condemned for killing his parents avoided Texas death chamber when the U S Supreme Court granted a stay hours before the midnight deadline. The court gave no stated reason for halting the punishment while it reviews lethal injection procedures. Turner thanked prison officials as he returned to death row.
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Today in History Highlights From 1066 to 1967 Events
A chronology recalls William the Conqueror’s 1066 invasion, Cabrillo’s 1542 arrival, Yorktown siege start in 1781, 1787 Constitution transmission, 1850 navy flogging abolition, 1924 first round the world flight, 1939 German Soviet Poland plan, and 1967 Walter E. Washington becoming DC’s first mayor commissioner.
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Mexico braces as Lorenzo strengthens to hurricane
Lorenzo rapidly strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane targeting Mexico Gulf Coast forcing evacuations of low lying communities in Veracruz. Officials canceled classes and opened over 60 shelters as a hurricane warning stretched from Palma Sola to Cabo Rojo. Residents rushed to move furniture to higher ground while rivers rise and roads flood. The NHC said Lorenzo could strengthen further before landfall near Tuxpan within hours and urged rapid life protection preparations.
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Congress clears bills to avert government shutdown and raise debt limit
Congress passes a stopgap funding measure 94 to 1 to keep all 15 Cabinet departments funded through mid November and extend a child health program. A separate debt ceiling increase to roughly 9.815 trillion dollars advances, with Bush expected to sign by October 1.
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Senate
Russ Feingold
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Night blaze at own fire station spares crew and equipment
Firefighter Brian Eargle woke to a burning lounge at his 24 hour Bishopville station in Lee County South Carolina. He escaped, moved two trucks away, fought the fire for about 10 minutes until help arrived, and saved the vehicles with $30,000 in damage reported as the State Law Enforcement Division investigates the blaze.
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S.C
Brian Eargle
Eargle
Lee County
Mike Bedenbaugh
Bedenbaugh
Journal World contact details and staff lines
The notice lists newsroom contact numbers and staff emails for Local News City Government County Government Kansas University Lawrence Schools Business Sports Arts and Entertainment obituaries and other departments. It provides subscription help hours and redelivery guarantees, plus outside Lawrence contact and a range of editor and department heads with direct lines.
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Lawrence Journal-World
City Farland redevelopment poll prompts public verdict
Readers weigh in on the cities Farmland redevelopment plan with options good OK bad and undecided in Thursday’s poll while a separate query on Ramona Morgan’s second degree murder charges asks if penalties are too lenient. Votes and further responses are available online.
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