Proponent of bias crime laws after Matt Shepard murder
Two years after Matthew Shepard was killed in Laramie Rob DeBree, the lead investigator, now advocates for a federal bias crime law. He recalls the crime and its impact on attitudes toward gays while pressing Congress as Gay Awareness Week at the University of Wyoming nears. The anniversary coincides with Beth Loffreda’s Losing Matt Shepard, noting residents’ evolving visibility and political action.
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Shepard
Laramie
Wyo
Matthew Shepard
Rob DeBree
DeBree
Albany County — Sheriff’s Department
White House
Congress
Capitol Hill
University of Wyoming
Russell Henderson
Aaron McKinney
Matt
Jim Osborn
Matt Shepard
Beth Loffreda
Wyoming
Loffreda
Red River Border Justifies Rivalry Ends on Paper
Oklahoma and Texas settle two century border row with Red River Border Compact. The pact fixes the boundary along the southern river bank, giving Oklahoma jurisdiction over the river and allowing agreed changes if vegetation erodes. Still, fans and officials expect the rivalry to endure amid lifelong stakes.
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Red River
Colbert
Okla
Oklahoma
Texas
Marietta
Congress
Texas Longhorns
Oklahoma Sooners
Dallas
Jeff McLemore
University of Oklahoma
Sooner
Longhorns
McLemore
Fr & Es Bb
Tom Ramsey
Ramsey
U.S
Supreme Court
William “Alfalfa Bill” Murray
Texas Rangers
James Donegan
Lake
Texoma
Clinton
Phyllis Clevenger
Gay activists target schools over Boy Scout ban
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network plans to lobby school districts nationwide to stop sponsoring Boy Scout troops unless the organization reverses its gay ban. The push, centerpiece of a GLSEN conference in Arlington Heights, argues schools grant special access to Scouts while the group maintains a discriminatory policy.
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Chicago
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
Arlington Heights
M.K. Cullen
Boy Scouts
4-H
Supreme Court
Scouts
Gregg Shields
Boy Scouts of America
Shields
Cullen
New York City
Davis
Calif
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Former border inspector jailed for border corruption case
Richard Lawrence Pineda, a former U S immigration inspector at San Ysidro Port of Entry, was sentenced to 12 1/2 years for taking bribes to admit vehicles with marijuana and illegal immigrants. The scheme involved a coordinating Tijuana police officer and netted at least 350000 dollars.
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San Diego
U.S
Justice Department
Richard Lawrence Pineda
Ed Weiner
Pineda
Weiner
San Ysidro
San
Diego
Tijuana
Mexico
United States
CDC reports steady adult smoking rate in 1998
The CDC notes 24.1 percent of adults 18 and older smoked in 1998, little change from 1997, despite anti-tobacco efforts and aids like the nicotine patch and gum. The rate remains far from the 2000 target of 15 percent, after a long decline from 44 percent in 1965.
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Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
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