Court shifts may affect Texas race admissions case outlook
Legal debate focuses on changes in the Supreme Court since O'Connor departure. Justice Alito has opposed racial preferences since 2006 and appears likely to side with Fisher, while Justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg offer cautious support. Texas states its program is needed for educational diversity beyond grade rankings, with 1,713 of 6,600 freshmen minority students in 2008 and 216 admitted via the challenged program.
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O’connor
Texas
Samuel Alito
Fisher
Sonia Sotomayor
Bert Rein
Gut
Ruth Bader Gin
High Court
Train safety drive targets oil firms across Odessa area
The Union Pacific outreach aims to reduce crashes on the Toyah Subdivision with lessons from Operation Lifesaver. A new Odessa based railroad special agent will enforce rules as drivers are urged to avoid distractions at crossings and treat crossings like intersections.
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Lazzari
Toyah
Dan Blank
Odessa
Blank
Union Pacific
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Texas
Monahans
Big Spring
Dan Gibbon
Operation Lifesaver
Midland
Benghazi attack described as protest linked violence
Officials describe the Benghazi assault as terrorism rather than a planned attack while debating security funding. Charlene Lamb testified she declined requests for more protection saying local Libyans were being trained. Rice and Obama framed initial accounts as protest related, with evolving information and assurances of no justification for violence.
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Kennedy
U.S
Benghazi
Department
Charlene R. Lamb
Administration
Barack Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Clinton
United States
U.N
Susan Rice
ABC
White House
Jay Carney
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House
Maryland
Elijah Cummings
Lamb
Dan Burton
R-Ind
Darrell Issa
Wood
Nordstrom
Jason Chaffetz
Utah
State Department
Rice
Ambassador Rice
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Mark Sterkel
Libya
Eric Nordstrom
Washington
Andrew Wood
Special Operations
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