Sears halts The Villain action figure after Columbine concerns
Sears pulled the 12 inch gun toting Villain figure from its holiday catalog amid complaints it resembles Columbine gunmen. The 29.99 toy by 21st Century Toys Inc was in a Heroes and Villains line with World War II and Vietnam figures.
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Sears
Columbine High School
Vietnam
Jan Drummond
21St Century Toys Inc
Pany
Drummond
Eric Harris
Dylan Klebold
Littleton
Colo
Trench Coat Mafia
Kim Carpenter
Longmont
Denver Post
Scott Allen
21St Century
Columbine
Allen
Colorado
House passes veterans long term care emergency care bill
The House approved a measure 369 to 46 to require extended long term care for veterans and reimburse emergency treatment at non-VA facilities. It lifts the six month limit on adult day health care and directs more budget toward home and community care for disabled veterans. The bill moves to the Senate.
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Washington
Veterans Affairs Department
House
Veterans Affairs’ Health Subcommittee
Cliff Stearns
R-Fla
Senate
Clinton grants clemency to 14 Puerto Rican nationalists
President Clinton told Congress he pardoned 14 Puerto Rican nationalists on the belief that punishment should fit the crime. An FBI official called the freed individuals terrorists and a threat, while Waxman read the president’s five page letter at a House hearing.
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Clinton
Congress
FBI
United States
Henry Waxman
California
Freddie Mac launches college credit initiative with black schools
Freddie Mac and five historically black colleges and universities initiate a study driven program to boost credit literacy among students. The survey found 30 percent overall with bad credit, higher rates among blacks and Hispanics, prompting courses to help manage finances and maintain good credit.
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Freddie Mac
Freddie Maccaitman
Leland C. Brendsel
Brendéel
Benedict College
Columbia, D.C
Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta
Florida A&m University
Tallahassee
Howard University
Wash
Ington
Saint Augustine’s College
Raleigh
N.C
Arthur Washington
College of Arts and Sciences
National Urban League
The
NAACP
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