Wounded soldiers not alone at Walter Reed Fisher House
At Walter Reed Army Medical Center families face long stays as soldiers recover from Iraqi war injuries. Heather Pepper cares for her blinded husband Jason Pepper, while others lean on Fisher House volunteers and fellow families. Shared stories help them endure months of surgeries, therapy, and uncertainty about the future.
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Washington
Heather Pepper
Jason Pepper
Iraq
Pepper
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Fisher House
Colorado
Walter Reed
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Vivian Wilson
Fisher
Rockville
Fisher House Foundation
Sion
Wilson
Fisher House III
Michael Carroll
Idaho Springs
Colo
Marine Lance Cpl
Sean Carroll
Germany
United States
Phyl
Matt Houston
Associated Press Army Staff
Washington, D.C
Fund drive to repair Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Birmingham church seeks 2.6 million dollars to fix water leaks and cracks from the 1963 bombing that killed four girls. Officials note 200,000 tourists visit annually. $1.2 million has been raised so far. The 1963 blast worsened by decades of wear prompts urgent restoration.
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Birmingham
Ala
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Dick Pigford
Carolyn McKinstry
NAACP chief apologizes for withdrawing Paige invitation
NAACP President Kweisi Mfume said he will personally and publicly apologize to U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige after Paige’s invitation to speak at an Ohio NAACP dinner was withdrawn. Ohio NAACP President Cybil Edwards McNabb had said the national office made the decision, a claim Mfume disputed.
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Baltimore
NAACP
U.S
Rod Paige
Ohio
Kweisi Mfume
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Paige
Mfume
Ohio Naacp
Cybil Edwards McNabb
Edwards-McNabb
Susan Aspey
Trial opens for alleged serial killer in Baton Rouge
Derrick Todd Lee faces a potential death penalty in a second trial for Pace’s murder as prosecutors tie him to seven South Louisiana slayings from 1998 to 2003. They cite DNA and pattern similarities, noting Pace was slain May 31, 2002 after being beaten and stabbed 81 times.
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Baton Rouge
Derrick Todd Lee
Derrick Lee
Ann Pace
Charlotte Murray Pace
Lee
Louisiana
Pace
Louisiana State University
St. Francisville
Televangelist named in settlement over past encounter
Los Angeles broadcast leader Paul Crouch of Trinity Broadcasting Network sought to silence a former employee who planned to publicize a sexual encounter eight years ago. The Los Angeles Times cited a 1998 $425,000 settlement with Enoch Lonnie Ford, who later challenged a settlement clause, while Crouch denied wrongdoing and said the settlement was reached reluctantly for legal and spiritual reasons.
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Los Angeles
Christian Broadcasting Network
Paul Crouch
Trinity Broadcasting Network
Los Angeles Times
Crouch
Enoch Lonnie Ford
TBN
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