Akira Nakamura Earns Dual Castlemont Diplomas After 60 Years
Akira Ike Nakamura, 75, finally graduates from Castlemont High School with two diplomas dated 2002 and 1944. The 1944 diploma would have marked his expected graduation before Japanese American internment during World War II, an event noted by Principal Debbia Lindo as the graduates rose in ovation.
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Oakland
Calif
Akira
Ike” Nakamura
Castlemont High School
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Nakamura
Debbia Lindo
Taunton sect leader convicted of murdering infant son
Jacques Robidoux, 29, convicted of first degree murder for letting infant Samuel starve to death in 1999 after his sect followed beliefs against modern medicine. Sentenced to life without parole as jury took 6 1 2 hours. Wife Karen faces trial Sept 3 on murder charge. sister Michelle Mingo awaits accessory charge.
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Taunton
Mass
Jacques Robidoux
Samuel
Robidoux
Walter Shea
Karen
Michelle Mingo
Francis O'Bay
O’bay
O’ray
Attleboro
Seekonk
Boston
David Corneau
Maine
Jeremiah
Corneau
Bush urges graduates to become full-time American citizens
President Bush told Ohio State University’s 2002 graduates to turn a culture of service into a lasting part of American life. He said America needs full-time citizens, not just taxpayers or voters, and urged helping the lonely, abused, addicted, and illiterate. He noted an USA Freedom Corps volunteer clearinghouse and cited lasting Sacrifice and compassion as core values.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bush
America
Ohio State University
Houston
Ohio State
Ohio Stadium
New York City
World Trade Center
Pennsylvania
USA Freedom Corps
Freedom Corps
John Bridgeland
Washington
Bridgeland
Alexis de Tocqueville
Adam Smith
George Eliot
Emily Dickinson
William Wordsworth
Harris Returns to Political Roots in Florida House Run
Katherine Harris, 45, campaigns for an open U S House seat in a solid Republican district. She faces Chester Flake in the GOP primary on Sept. 10 and has raised over 1.7 million dollars, positioning herself as a national flashpoint tied to the 2000 election.
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Sarasota
Fla
Katherine Harris
Florida
George W. Bush
Congress
Katherine
Harris
Chester Flake
Dan Miller
Miller
National Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Ryan Banfill
Jury awards $800000 to altar boy and mother in abuse case
Omaha jurors awarded $800000 in damages to a former altar boy and his mother after admitting negligence by the Omaha Archdiocese in supervising Rev. Daniel Herek. The 23-year-old received $750000 and the mother $50000 amid PTSD and mental health care cost arguments.
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Omaha, Neb
Omaha
Daniel Herek
Herek
Supreme Court nears end of term with heavy issues on agenda
The Supreme Court faces 19 pending decisions including a pivotal Ohio school voucher case. If allowed, state funding for parochial tuition could expand, spurring debates over church state separation. Justice O'Connor is seen as pivotal in both the voucher case and rulings on executing mentally retarded prisoners.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Cleveland
Ohio
Sandra Day O’connor
O’connor
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