Woman vows to fight use of Christian mark
Jean Webb, a 36 year old Wiccan mother of two, sues Republic Missouri and the ACLU over a city seal featuring a Christian fish. She recalls years of harassment, loss of work, and her daughter facing hate in school as she fights to remove the ichthus from government insignia. Webb moved to Republic for a friendly image but says the symbol signals exclusion.
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Webb
Baptist Church
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Springfield
Republic
Doug Boatright
Jessica
Jeff
Aurora
Webbs
Europe
Republic Monitor
Board of Aldermen
ACLU
Dick Kurtenbach
Jean Webb
Teenager Ordered to Obedience School for Dog Killing
Worcester AP report says 18 year old Brandy Bourn must perform 20 hours of community service at a dog obedience school after admitting to shooting Bailey the Labrador mix in November. He must read The Call of the Wild by Jack London and write an essay on it due by November 18, and pay the dog’s owner 400 dollars.
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Worcester
Mass
Brandy Bourn
Bourn
Bailey
Telegram & Gazette of
Austin T. Philbin
Jack London
Klondike
Wildfire in Los Padres burns 2200 acres
In Santa Barbara County California hundreds of firefighters battled a wildfire in rugged Los Padres National Forest burning 2200 acres. The blaze started when a mower spark hit a rock on Friday, winds widened the blaze sending smoke toward Santa Barbara. No injuries or structures damaged though habitats for red legged frogs and arroyo toads are at risk.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Los Padres National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Kathy Good
Good
NASA Air Force dispute over rockets lab cleanup costs
Officials say 24 million spent on cleaning Santa Susana Field Laboratory soil and groundwater contamination from Rocketdyne research. NASA seeks 16.4 million to recoup costs, arguing military use in the 1950s 60s shifted responsibility to Rocketdyne. Air Force maintains cleanup is Rocketdyne's burden under procedures.
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Simi Valley
Calif
NASA
Air Force
Rocketdyne
Santa Susana Field Laboratory
Space Agency
The
Aerospace Company
Surgeon General to unveil national plan on death by own action
Surgeon General David Satcher announced a national strategy to prevent death by own action, calling it a serious silent killer. He will outline details at a Tuesday news conference in Atlanta, citing about 31,000 annual deaths and broad cooperation among doctors counselors teachers and clergy.
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Sparks
Nev
David Satcher
United States
Satcher
Atlanta
Jerry Weyrauch
Marietta
Microsoft faces landmark antitrust case in federal court
Microsoft goes to court in Washington D C to answer a federal case brought by the Justice Department and 20 states. The suit targets alleged monopoly power in Windows and exclusionary practices like distributing its Internet Explorer via 11 ISPs. Key figures include John Warden and David Boies with Gates appearing via video.
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Microsoft
Justice Department
Bill Gates
Janet Reno
U.S. District Court
Washington, D.C
State Attorneys General
Netscape
John Warden
New York
Sullivan & Cromwell
Gates
Harvard
Washington
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Stephen Houck
Dennis Vacco
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Smith
Family Dynamics Institute
Joe Beam
Church of Christ
Midland
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