Terrorism's shadow changes life and flights for all
Sonja Merrick writes about how Flight 800 and other terrorist acts ripple through daily life. She recalls her 16 year old daughter Mary traveling, the fear it spurs, and the broader impact on sense of security, routines, and happiness. The piece ends noting how terrorism aims to leave us altered and powerless.
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Nane Mary
New York
Sunda
Mary
Oklahoma City
Atlanta
Merrick
Bond appeal filed in teen's murder case in Odessa
Seventeen year old Melanie Green asks Court of Appeals to lower her $200000 bond in the 1994 Rachel Green murder case. Her attorney says bonding companies cannot meet the amount, leaving her jailed while awaiting trial. Green, then 15, allegedly hired Lincoln Keith to kill her grandmother and adoptive mother. Keith, Streckfuss, Middaugh, and others face life or long sentences.
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Melanie Green
Court of Appeals
Jay Gibson
Green
Mike Holmes
Supreme Judicial
el Paso
Melanie
Holmes
Gibson
Odessa
Rachel Juanita Green
Lincoln Keith
Josh Humphries
Rachel Green
Keith
Humphries
Jason Trent
Dale Streckfuss
Brandi
Middaugh
Streckfuss
Odessa High School
Surfing the Net Reaches Odessa as Online Wave Grows
Odessa sees a rising digital surge with NetWest Online and other providers attracting locals. An average of five people daily signed up over two months, as Steven Hickman explains the snowball effect fueling online access in the city.
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Odessa
Steven
Hickman
NetWest Online, Inc
ECISD invites public input on new curriculum draft
Odessa area residents can speak at a 7 p.m. Monday public hearing in the ECISD Administration Building board room on the second draft of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills curriculum. Sally Navarro notes the session aims to inform and welcomes comments.
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Ector County
Ector County Independent School District Administration
N. Sam Houston Ave
Sally Navarro
ECISD
Navarro
Marie Lambert
Region 18 Education Service Center
Ruth
Gingrich backs Oregon's Bob Smith for ag chair
House Speaker Newt Gingrich signals support for Bob Smith of Oregon to reclaim the Agriculture Committee chairmanship, bypassing Rep. Larry Combest from Texas who says he is baffled by the commitment. Smith weighs running if Wes Cooley steps down amid ethics allegations.
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Newt
Oregon Cena
Associated Press
Larry Combest
Lubbock
Gingrich
Combest
GOP
Wes Cooley
Cooley
Bob Smith
Capitol Hill
Smith
Oregon
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