Freedom Riders recount 1961 bus journeys in Alabama
About 150 people including eight original Freedom Riders retraced the historic route from Atlanta to Montgomery and Birmingham. Ed Blankenheim, 67, cried at a Birmingham museum viewing a replica of the firebombed Anniston Greyhound bus. In Montgomery, 200 people honored them at a church once sought refuge from a mob in 1961. Charles Person, then 18, recalled Klansmen beating him in Birmingham and fleeing onto a city bus. The event highlighted how far America has come since the violent campaigns for desegregation.
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Comair Pilots Reject Mediation Settlement Proposal
Comair pilots have rejected a mediation crafted proposal after talks with the airline and the mediation board failed to produce an agreement in Washington. The move comes while the carrier, the second largest regional airline, faces labor action.
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Officials hope to contain Northern California fire today
A major wildfire around Klamath National Forest burned about 1.50 acres and was 75 percent contained Saturday. Firefighters aim to finish containment today and extinguish Monday after a backyard fire started the blaze near Klamath River. Agere Systems plans layoffs across three eastern Pennsylvania plants and cuts elsewhere in California and Florida.
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California homeless program cuts costs report says
A pilot mental health program for homeless people reduced hospital and jail costs by 7.3 million dollars. The Community Mental Health Treatment Program enrolled over 1,000 participants since November 1999 in several cities. It combines outreach, lower intensity medications, housing aid, job training, and money management.
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Toys R Us challenges Paramus blue law in court
Toys R Us seeks a judge's order to halt Sunday closures by Paramus officials. The chain had asked for permission to staff its Paramus headquarters on Sundays, a request denied in March after an initial November inquiry. The blue law ranks most professional centers as closed Sundays, affecting Toys R Us operations and inventory monitoring.
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New cancer drug shows promise for terminal colon cancer
A targeted cancer medicine code named IMC-C275 shrinks colon tumors by at least half in some patients, offering hope for end stage disease. Results from 120 patients presented by Br Leonard B. Saltz at a San Francisco ASCO meeting indicate potential as a standard therapy, with development funded by ImClone Systems.
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