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...were wearing body armor. Wong ultimately took his own life; police eventually took Poplawski into custody after a four-hour standoff, charging him with three counts of criminal homicide and nine counts of attempted homicide as well as charges stemming from his use of body armor in a criminal act. (See pictures of the scene in Binghamton...
...Washington Supremes Rule on Race In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, passed in 1965 in part to increase the number of black officeholders. The Justices ruled that the act requires states to create new voting districts only when the new district will have a minority population greater than 50%. Dissenting Justices argued that even districts without such a majority are worth creating, because they encourage the election of minority candidates with the help of concentrated minority populations and so-called crossover white voters. Later this year, the court...
...Will you act your age and stop playing with that sign?' BARNEY FRANK, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, blasting a group of protesters who call themselves Code Pink for interrupting a congressional hearing...
...fascists had been in power for years, and the Nazis had been growing in strength for most of the decade. Furthermore, Gingrich's description of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff seems to imply it was part of F.D.R.'s New Deal. Smoot and Hawley were Republicans, and the act that bears their names was passed in 1930, during the Hoover Administration. If Gingrich can't get his facts straight about the last century, why should we listen to his suggestions for this one? Lee Poole, PHOENIX...
...drop and pass/fail deadlines are currently after the fourth week. The UC act recommends that the drop deadline be moved to the eighth Monday of the semester and the pass/fail deadline be moved to the eleventh week from the beginning of the semester. It also suggests that the course withdrawal deadline be extended from the seventh Monday to the fourteenth Monday of the semester. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW] Extension of the deadlines was part of Benjamin P. Schwartz’s ’10 campaign for the UC presidency, according to Honig. Although Schwartz—who co-sponsored...