First responders recall 9/11 aftermath on Long Island
Anthony Yacapino, a retired NYC detective, joined a Stony Brook program after trauma from ground zero. The WTC Monitoring and Treatment Program has treated 6,000 responders and is creating a documentary and book. Eddie Burns, a Brooklyn patrolman, likewise faced long term illness and nursing after 9/11.
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Islandia
N.Y
Anthony Yacapino
New York City
Staten Island
Yacapino
Ground Zero
Lower Manhattan
World Trade Center
Stony Brook University
New York
Long Island
WTC
Stony Brook
Three Teens Foiled School Shooting Plot in Louisiana
In Covington Louisiana three 15 year olds calling themselves Day Zero planned an attack at Lakeshore High School on the first day of classes. They targeted a student and a staff member and planned shooting and possible suicide after taking deputies weapons. They were held on conspiracy to commit terrorism with possible added charges.
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Covington
New Orleans
Jack Strain
George Bennett
St. Tammany Parish
Trey Fosse
Lakeshore High School
Sheriff's Office
Strain
Columbine High School
Denver
Colo
Bennett
Redistricting Debates Tie Virginia to Voting Rights Act
Democrats and Republicans clash over remapping in Virginia citing the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Law shapes district lines to protect or dilute black voting strength, with DOJ review looming under a Democratic White House. Virginia seeks one district with a black majority while Republicans push higher black concentration in Rep. Bobby Scott's district.
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Richmond
Lyndon Johnson
Dixie
Barack Obama
Justice Department
White House
Donald McEachin
D-Henrico
Virginia
Legislative Black Caucus
Civil Rights Division
U.S. House
Henry Marsh
U.S
South
Senate
Bobby Scott
Scott
Petersburg
James River
Norfolk
Newport News
Hampton
Portsmouth
California prison realignment may miss 34,000 target
A new Legislative Analyst's Office report says Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to shift inmates from state prisons to county jails will reduce populations but likely not meet the 34,000-cut requirement by the June 2013 deadline. It suggests seeking a five-year extension per the Supreme Court.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Jerry Brown
U.S. Supreme Court
Bundys DNA to be added to national database
A vial of Ted Bundys blood found in Florida will have a complete DNA profile uploaded to the FBI database on Friday. Investigators expect this evidence could link Bundy to cold cases, including crimes from the 1970s in Florida and Washington state.
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Miami
Ted Bundy
Florida
Bundy
FBI
Tacoma
Wash
Columbia County
Fla
News Tribune
David Coffman
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Tallahassee
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American Folklife Center
Library of Congress
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Luft
Eddie Burns
Brooklyn
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington, D.C
The
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