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Fire Department: 5 people shot at Chicago high school on city's South Side
Associated Press WriterCHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say five people were shot at a high school on Chicago's South Side. Fire Department spokeswoman Eve Rodriguez says five males were taken from inside Paul Laurence Dunbar Vocational Career Academy on Friday night. She says...Tags: High Schools, Chicago Police Department, Police, Schools
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Young child dies in Conesville mobile home fire
A 1-year-old boy child was killed Friday morning in a mobile home fire in the eastern Iowa town of Conesville. Firefighters responded to the blaze about 8:30 a.m. after a neighbor saw flames shooting from the home's porch. Irving Camargo was trapped...Tags: House Building
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Supreme Court to focus on laws given special protection to minorities in the voting booth
Reporting from WashingtonThe Supreme Court agreed today to focus on the lingering role of race in American life and to decide whether to strike down laws which give special protections to minorities in the workplace and in the voting booth. The justices, meeting privately, voted...Tags: Civil Laws, Court Administration, Laws, Trials, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Supreme Court Agrees To Hear New Haven Firefighters Case
TribuneThe Supreme Court agreed today to focus on the lingering role of race in American life and to decide whether to strike down laws which give special protections to minorities in the workplace and in the voting booth, including a case brought by New Haven...Tags: Laws, Court Administration, Civil Laws, National or Ethnic Minorities, Trials
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear two appeals on 'race politics'
The Supreme Court agreed today to focus on the lingering role of race in American life and to decide whether to strike down laws that give special protections to minorities in the workplace and in the voting booth. The justices, meeting privately,...Tags: Laws, Court Administration, Civil Laws, Trials, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Family taken from home filled with carbon monoxide
A northern Indiana man took his wife and children out of their home after it became filled with carbon monoxide. Authorities believe the poisonous gas resulted from a blocked chimney on the Amish family's coal-burning stove. Joe Wolf of the Richland... -
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Gov. Chet Culver said Friday he will ask the Legislature next week to use the state's bonding power to pay for a major new program to repair flood damage and fix Iowa's aging infrastructure. In an interview with The Associated Press, Culver said it...Tags: Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Employees, Government, Prosecution
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Supreme Court accepts appeal from Conn. firefighters in reverse discrimination case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday stepped into a reverse discrimination lawsuit over a city's decision to scrap a promotion exam for firefighters because too few minorities scored high enough to move up in rank. Nineteen white...Tags: Discrimination, Court Administration, Minority Groups, Justice System, Local Authority
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Boston fire truck plows through intersection, hits apartment building; 1 dead, 1 severely hurt
Associated Press WriterBOSTON (AP) — A Boston Fire Department ladder truck coming down a hill plowed through an intersection Friday and crashed into a high-rise apartment building, killing one firefighter and seriously injuring a second. Dozens firefighters bowed their...Tags: Injuries, Hospitals and Clinics, Kevin Kelly, Roxbury, Vehicles
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Days before Obama sworn in, Supreme Court says it will look at ongoing need for key voting law
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Days before the first black president takes office, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider overturning a key feature of the main federal law that ensures access to the polls by minorities. The justices said they will review a...Tags: Trials, National or Ethnic Minorities, Racism, Government, Constitutional Issues
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Seaford family escapes house fire
Special to NewsdayWhen Roy and Veronica Rubio celebrate their 26th wedding anniversary Saturday it will, no doubt, be an observance tinged with sadness -- and also relief. Sadness, because the Seaford home belonging to the Filipino family of seven was gutted by a raging...Tags: Family, Employees, Seaford (Nassau, New York)
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Colorado: Thousands go home after wildfire alert
Thousands of evacuated people, including former FEMA chief Michael Brown, were allowed to return to their homes Thursday after firefighters partially contained a wildfire near Denver that destroyed two houses and several outbuildings. Brown said his...Tags: FEMA, Wildfires
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