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October 17th, 2012
Written by Jeannie Nuss - Associated Press in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) — The story of David O. Dodd is relatively unknown outside of Arkansas, but the teenage spy who chose to hang rather than betray the Confederate cause is a folk hero to many in his home state.
Street signs and an elementary school in the state capital have long borne Dodd's name, and admirers gather at his grave each year to pay tribute to Dodd's life and death.
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October 17th, 2012
Written by Curt Anderson - AP Legal Affairs Writer in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The foreperson of the jury that convicted a teenager in a fiery attack on a middle school classmate told a judge Friday she was subjected to racial harassment during deliberations that she described as chaotic and confrontational.
The other five jurors, also interviewed Friday by Circuit Judge Matthew Destry, said they didn't recall intense racial animosity but most...
October 17th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, Race Relations with 3 Comments
CHULA VISTA, California (AP) — The family of a 32-year-old mother of five shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent as he rode on her car's hood in suburban San Diego has filed a wrongful death claim against the agency, saying the agent had a long history of misconduct in a previous law enforcement job and should not have been on the street.
Attorney Eugene Iredale filed the claim Friday with...
October 16th, 2012
Written by Peter James Spielmann - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Thursday he is as committed to abolishing child marriage around the globe as he was to fighting apartheid in South Africa. Tutu made his remarks at the launch of U.N. campaign to end child marriage by 2030, in a bid to free girls from poverty, ignorance, and oppression at the hands of their husbands.
The U.N. Population Fund says about...
October 16th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Focus on Health, Latest News with 0 Comments
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — An Oglala Lakota doctor will discuss Native American health disparities during a presentation at South Dakota State University this week.
Don Warne is a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe and completed medical school at Stanford University. He will discuss American Indian health during a presentation at SDSU on Wednesday. The presentation is free and open to the public.
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