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...April 7, an unarmed black man named Timothy Thomas was shot by a white police officer in Cincinnati. By April 9, riots had engulfed the city, leading to a total of 598 arrests and scores of injuries. Yet most major media did not begin to provide significant coverage of the events until several days later. We believe that riots of this nature in a major American city should be of pressing concern to Americans, and the story should not have been kept so quiet for so long...
...shooting, the 15th incident in which a black man was killed by city police since 1995 and the fourth such incident since last November, strained relations in Cincinnati beyond the breaking point. On Monday evening, riots broke out in Over-the-Rhine, the impoverished, primarily black area where Thomas lived. The unrest spread to other neighborhoods and intensified Monday night, when police attempted to quell the violence with rubber bullets, beanbags and tear gas. As of April 14, a week after the shooting, more than 60 people had been injured and over 25 had been admitted to a hospital...
...Thursday, a three-judge panel of the Sixth U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati granted the university its requested stay of a court ruling from two weeks ago that called Michigan's affirmative action clause unconstitutional...
Earnhardt stood alone as the genuine article--a no-nonsense American folk hero for the workingman. He raced hard and died doing what he loved. GLENN RILEY Cincinnati, Ohio...
...claim to always be right, but I've got a good feeling about my selections this year. One more thing--watch out for Illinois, Iowa State, Ole Miss, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, and Kansas. And keep your eye on Georgia, Missouri, Utah State, Cincinnati, BYU, Wisconsin, and Georgetown. And Oklahoma State and Iowa. And Creighton...