Stranger posts bond to free Jena 6 teen from jail
Dr Stephen Ayers, a 42 year old Louisiana doctor from Lake Charles, posted 5400 dollars of the required 12 percent bond to release Mychal Bell, one of six Jena High students charged over a fight with a white classmate. Bell had faced up to 15 years in prison before an appeals court tossed the conviction. Bell returns home after 10 months in custody as racial tensions flare over the case drawing thousands to Jena.
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Six die from brain-eating amoeba linked to warm lake waters
The CDC reports six deaths among boys and young men this year from Naegleria fowleri infections in warm lake waters. Health officials warn cases may rise as temperatures climb, with Florida Texas and Arizona affected and scarce survival after infection.
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