Arkansas debate over guns for juvenile offenders after Jonesboro slayings
Arkansas lawmakers clash over retroactive gun restrictions for youths convicted as juveniles following the Jonesboro school massacre. Supporters call for lifelong disarmament for violent juvenile offenders, while opponents warn of unintended consequences for rehabilitation and rights.
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Hormone Therapy Aims to Grow Heart Bypass in Patients
In Atlanta, doctors report that injections of a natural but engineered hormone helped 13 of 15 patients ease angina by growing tiny heart vessels to bypass blockages. Lead investigator Dr. Timothy D. Henry calls it a unique approach, though results are preliminary and require further testing.
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Classes Resume After Westside Middle School Shooting
In Jonesboro Arkansas classes restart at Westside Middle School after four students and a teacher were killed in a schoolyard ambush. Grief counseling helps 12 staffers and counselors support 239 students with 22 absent. Suspects Mitchell Johnson and Drew Golden, ages 13 and 11, face multiple murder and battery counts with a hearing set for April 29. A memorial service for the victims is planned for Tuesday with high level officials attending via video from Africa.
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Cop accuses cops of profiling black motorists in Florida
Orlando AP report says Police Maj. Aaron Campbell contends he was stopped by white deputies who used a racial profile to stop and search motorists. Deputies call it a routine stop and say Campbell, black, became belligerent and scuffled. He faces five counts of battery on a police officer and resisting arrest as jurors are seated for trial. Campbell’s attorney lamented limited minority jurors as testimony begins.
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Aaron Campbell
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James Cheney Mason
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