Death by own action casts shadow on family founder
Denver area Les Franklin, founder of the Shaka Franklin Foundation for Youth, faces renewed grief as his son Jamon, 31, died by own action. Jamon's death follows his brother Shaka's suicide a decade earlier, prompting questions about prevention efforts, family guilt, and the strain of carrying a public crusade.
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Denver
Les Franklin
Shaka Franklin
Jamon
David Brent
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Brent
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
University of Northern Colorado
Franklin
Air Force
IBM
Congress
Shaka
Thomas Jefferson High School
Jamon Franklin
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Shaka Foundation
Earleen Reed
Terry Patton
Marianne
Miami man sentenced to six years for 49 million investment scam
James F. Hurst of West Palm Beach was sentenced to more than six years in prison after bilking 1,300 investors nationwide out of 49 million dollars. He promised annual returns over 20 percent, spent 10 million on luxury, and left only 625 thousand on hand at arrest. His firm claimed it bought accounts receivable from healthcare and corporate providers and reinvested funds quarterly.
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Miami
James F. Hurst
West Palm Beach
Hurst
Rain aides firefighters as fires face still tough odds
Cooler, wetter conditions in the northern Rockies offer hope to firefighting crews battling large wildfires. Officials caution the battle is not over as rain and lower temps provide relief but not defeat. Idaho and Montana receive federal disaster declarations, with FEMA offices and aid lines planned.
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Montana
Mark Struble
Bitterroot
National Interagency Fire Center
Clinton
Idaho
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Boise
Dick Kempthorne
Judge finds Aryan Nations negligent in security operations
U S District Judge Charles Hosack ruled Aryan Nations negligent in running its security force. He faulted founder Richard Butler and former director Michael Teague for appointing Edward Warfield without checking his criminal past. The decision allows a jury to consider punitive damages for Victoria and Jason Keenan over a 1998 incident at Hayden Lake.
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Victoria Keenan
Jason
Keenans
Aryan Nations
Here
Hayden Lake
Morris Dees
Southern Poverty Law Center
Richard Butler
Michael Teague
Edward Jesse Warfield
Warfield
Butler
Teague
Hosack
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Lorraine
AmEx
Debbie Kersh
Texas
Ronald B. Gorayeb
Don Kearney
Riverside
Elaine Burrows
Liverpool, NY
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Somers
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