Obama moves to quell racial uproar over Gates arrest
President Barack Obama sought to defuse a racial controversy sparked by his remark that Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting Henry Louis Gates Jr. He telephoned Gates and Sgt. Crowley, invited them to the White House for a beer, and said his words were ill chosen. He defended Crowley as a good officer and urged focus on health care.
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Nancy Benac
Associated Press
Washington
Barack Obama
Obama
Cambridge
Mass
Henry Louis Gates Jr
White House
Gates
James Crowley
Crowley
Massachusetts
America
Congress
Sarniege
Harvard
Robert Gibbs
Gibbs
al Sharpton
Jesse Jackson
Reggie Lewis
Boston Celtics
Lewis
Police Academy
Deval Patrick
Patrick
Florida
Luis Garcia
Democratic Party
Michigan
Mitchell Rivard
Michigan State University College Democrats
United States
Rivard
Cambridge Police Patrol
Steve Killion
Lewis Gates
Leon Lashley
Longtime volunteers keep fair grounds thriving in Clearfield
Mr. Waring and Mr. Williams, both in their 80s, lead maintenance at the Clearfield driving park ahead of the fair. They coordinate 30 to 70 volunteers delivering 2,000 to 3,000 hours, often starting a month prior and working several hours weekly. As firemen, they volunteer to support their community, value fellowship, and hope to continue as long as they can.
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Hallstrom
Mr. Waring
Mr. Williams
Waring
David H. Litz Grove
Williams
Fire Department
George
Mr Williams
Clearfield
Milton Hershey School
Harbison Walker Refractories
Kenny Rodgers
Pat Boone
Red Skelton
Crystal Gayle
Brooklyn man accused of organ trafficking case shocks transplant world
Brooklyn man Levy Rosenbaum, dubbed a matchmaker, allegedly brokered black market kidney sales from Israeli donors to desperate U.S. patients for up to 160000 dollars. FBI sting caught him meeting undercover agents. prosecutors describe a decade‑long scheme with donors brought from Israel for surgery in the United States. Authorities warn of global organ trafficking connected to the case, with experts calling for accountability and reforms.
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David Porter
Carla K. Johnson
Associated Press
Newark
N.J
Levy Izhak Rosenbaum
Brooklyn
Israel
U.S
United States
University of Pennsylvania
Arthur Caplan
U.N
Rosenbaum
FBI
Philadelphia
John Davis
National Kidney Foundation
Israel Medical Association
Orna Cohen
Micky Rosenfeld
United Network
Nancy Scheper-Hughes
University of California At Berkeley
Scheper-Hughes
New Jersey
Borough Park
Francis Delmonico
Harvard
Pakistan
Philippines
China
Caplan
South Africa
Turkey
Moldova
Brazil
Arthur Matas
University of Minnesota Medical School
Regulators shut six Georgia banks and one New York bank
Regulators closed six Georgia banks and Waterford Village Bank of Clarence New York, raising total FDIC insured bank failures to 64 this year. Six Security Bank Corp. subsidiaries in Macon had assets of 2.8 billion and deposits of 2.4 billion as of March 31. State Bank and Trust of Pinehurst will assume all deposits and 2.4 billion in assets. Evans Bank of Angola New York will assume all assets and deposits of Waterford Village Bank.
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Washington
Georgia
New York State
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Security Bank Corp
Macon
Waterford Village Bank of
Clarence
N.Y
Security
State Bank and Trust Co
Pinehurst
FDIC
Evans Bank
Angola
Waterford Village Bank
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Houtzdale
Terry Whetstone
Federal
Department of Labor
Leni Uddyback-Fortson
Johnson
Chicago
Colleen Long
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