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October 25th, 2012
Written by Cain Burdeau - Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 20-year-old black woman told police she was set on fire by three men who wrote the initials KKK and a racial slur on her car in northeastern Louisiana.
Louisiana State Police spokeswoman Lt. Julie Lewis says Sharmeka Moffitt was found with burns on more than half of her body when police responded to her 911 call Sunday night.
Moffitt was in critical condition Monday at a...
October 22nd, 2012
Written by Clarke Canfield - Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Critics seeking the ouster of a mayor who said his city's Somali immigrants should "accept our culture and leave your culture at the door" delivered 1,400 petitions Thursday calling for him to step down.
Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald, who has come under fire for his comments to the British Broadcasting Corp., was not in his office when the petitions were delivered by the...
October 20th, 2012
Written by Steve Douglas - AP Sports Writer in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
LONDON (AP) — Damaged by a yearlong racism case involving John Terry, English soccer will ask Premier League players to don anti-racism T-shirts during the warm-up for matches this weekend.
Football Association chairman David Bernstein said Friday that Terry's decision not to contest a four-match ban for racially abusing an opponent during a league game "hopefully brings to a close a difficult...
October 15th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 1 Comment
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Schools shut their doors in protest and Pakistanis across the country held vigils on Oct. 10 to pray for a 14-year-old girl who was shot by a Taliban gunman after daring to advocate education for girls and criticize the militant group.
The shooting of Malala Yousufzai on Tuesday in the town of Mingora in the volatile Swat Valley horrified Pakistanis across the religious,...
October 12th, 2012
Written by Donna Gordon Blankenship - Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
SEATTLE (AP) — State education officials on Thursday, Sept. 27 released their first report for a new way in looking at how Washington public schools are doing at teaching kids reading and math.
The new school accountability system is designed to help local officials focus on closing the achievement gaps between kids of different ethnic and economic groups. It is Washington's answer to the federal...
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