Rhode Island teachers defy back-to-work order in Pawtucket strike
Rhode Island teachers resist a judge's demand to end the Pawtucket walkout amid broader U.S. teacher stoppages. Union lawyers predict continued defiance, while district officials threaten contempt proceedings as wave after wave of strikes affects tens of thousands of students nationwide.
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School
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Corinne P. Grande
Eechers Alliance
Aly
Dorchester
Battle
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Ode Island
New York
Illinois
Robert Gerardi
Robert Skolnick
Eistory
Ecorse
Flint
Marquette
Michigan Federation of Teachers
Hugh Jarvis
Gary Sammons
Ecorse Federation of Teachers
Phillip Runkel
Flint Board of Education
Genesee County
Montour
Butler
Peters Township
Blairsville-Saitsburg
Albert Gallatin
Charleston
Jackie Adkins
Teachers’ Union
C.W. Post
Long Island University
Hatred fuels The Order prosecutions in Seattle case
Eleven members of the white supremacist group The Order face federal charges for armored car robberies bank robberies two murders and arson attempts rooted in hatred of Jews blacks and other minorities prosecutors said Testimony from witnesses including journalist Peter Lake was to begin before Judge Walter McGovern The Order linked to founder Robert Mathews who died in a Whidbey Island shootout The trial may last three months and stems from a 21 count indictment under RICO listing 67 crimes and 23 defendants
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Order
U.S
Walter McGovern
Peter Lake
Church of Jesus Christ Christian
Aryan Natons
Ukiah
Calif
Boise
Idaho
Denver
Alan Berg
Bob Ward
Robert Mathews
Mathews
Metaline Falls
Wash
Whidbey Island
Ward
Peter Ruark
Bruce Carroll Pierce
Ruark
Fred Leatherman
Randolph George Duey
Prisons deal: private firm offers $100 million to run Tennessee system
Corrections Corporation of America proposes a 99 year lease with a $100 million upfront fee and about $250 million annual payments in exchange for private management of Tennessee’s 12 prisons. Governor Alexander and lawmakers weigh private operation while federal court orders urge overcrowding relief.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Robert Rochelle
Corrections Corporation of America
Hospital Corporations of America
Lamar Alexander
CCA
Tom Beasley
Corrections Department
Beasley
Fed
State Department
Alexander
John Wilder
Senate
Aie
Wilder
U.S
Thomas A. Higgins
Charity charged with misusing funds in Connecticut
Hartford reports state action against Genie Project Inc for allegedly diverting about $227,000 of $237,000 raised for terminally ill children. Officials say only $10,000 reached beneficiaries while officers paid themselves $27,000 in salaries and $16,000 in personal loans. The charity, banned from soliciting, also funded rents, jewelry purchases, and a sex film.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Joseph I. Lieberman
Connecticut
Genie Project Inc
Waterbury
Lieberman
Consumer Protection
Mary M. Hestin
Genie
Disney World
Genie Project
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