New Jersey Faces Racial Profiling Questions From Records
AP reports that nearly 100,000 pages released show minorities were disproportionately stopped and searched for drugs on the Turnpike, with leaders aware for over a decade. AG Farmer says no conspiracy to hide evidence, but calls the pattern a social policy disaster.
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New Jersey
White House
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Associated Press
Peter Verniero
New Jersey Turnpike
Verniero
Turnpike
U.S. Supreme Court
Farmer
Justice Department
Teen pot use falls while ecstasy rises in survey
New York AP report shows marijuana use among teens down for a third straight year with 21 percent last month. Ecstasy use has doubled since 1995, with 10 percent of teens having tried the drug. The Partnership for a Drug-Free America surveyed 7,290 students from seventh to 12th grade, with a 1.5 point margin of error.
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Partnership For A
Weather and congestion slow holiday travel nationwide
The holiday travel rush faced fog delays at Los Angeles and San Francisco airports and cancellations at others. Roads fared poorly with 60 plus accidents on major highways from Maine to Rhode Island and a 50 car pileup on Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania. Amtrak added 40 extra Northeast trains while airports prepared for a record 38.9 million travelers, a 4 percent rise year over year.
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O’hare International
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Kalamazoo
Mich
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Charlotte
N.C
Air Transport Association
Nancy Castles
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles
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New England
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Boston
Jose Jones
Massachusetts Ports Authority
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Maine
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Washington State
Snoqualmie Pass
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Cecilia Cummings
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American Automobile Association
AAA
FAA
Faa.gov
Planes collide over highway near Houston
In Katy Texas AP report pilot Don Lee 36 died when his single engine Cessna struck a fourth seater Cessna 172 then crashed on Interstate 10 about 30 miles west of Houston. The second plane’s pilot landed at West Houston Airport. two aboard were uninjured.
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Texas
Don Lee
Houston
Interstate 10
Texas Department of Safety
Tom Winger
Michael Whitaker
Whitaker
West Houston Airport
Woody Lesikar
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