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The Fairbanks Four, Part 3: The Doubts
Channel 2 NewsThe story of the Fairbanks Four has remained alive for so long in large part thanks to the Alaska Native community in the Fairbanks region, where activists backing the men imprisoned for Jonathon Hartman’s 1997 death have created websites, staged...Tags: Prisons, Judges, Sex Crimes, Trials, Lawyers
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Fort Wainwright Soldier's Death Sheds Light on Resources Available
Channel 2 NewsOn Thursday the Chen family shared new information at a press conference about Danny Chen's death. Chen was a soldier based at Fort Wainwright, who apparently committed suicide in Afghanistan. A spokesperson for the family said Army officials told them...Tags: Symptoms, Environmental Issues, Suicide, Symptoms, Conservation
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Army Recommends Trial for 4 Soldiers After Danny Chen Suicide
U.S. military investigators have recommended a court martial for four American troops over the suicide of their fellow infantryman who shot himself in a guard tower in southern Afghanistan.
Pvt. Danny Chen from New York City shot himself on Oct. 3...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, U.S. Military, New York City, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Fairbanks Students Take Action to Remove Racist Names on Map
Mary Beth Smetzer, Fairbanks Daily News-MinerEighth-graders at a Fairbanks middle school made a startling discovery - racist names on an Alaska topographic map. One of the places near Minto on the U.S. Geological Survey map was named, "Negrohead Creek." The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey
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Chen Investigation: US Soldier Charged in Suicide Faced Hearing
Channel 2 NewsTheU.S. militarysays one of eight soldiers accused of abuse that drove a 19-year-old Fort Wainwright soldier to suicide faced a preliminary hearing at a base in a southern Afghanistanon Sunday. Spc. Ryan J. Offutt was charged with including maltreatment,...Tags: Trials, Trials, Kabul (Afghanistan), Suicide, Court Preliminary
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Black History Month Profile: Rosa Foster, Anchorage Educator
Channel 2 NewsIf you've lived in Anchorage long enough, you might remember Rosa Foster. She was an elementary teacher in the 60s and later retired as a principal from the Anchorage School District. She came to Alaska from Virginia and she says she remembers the...Tags: African-American History Month, Black History
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Two More Soldiers Could Face Court-Martial in Danny Chen Suicide
Channel 2 NewsThe Army says two more soldiers were recommended for court-martial this week, after charges were filed against them and six other soldiers related to the Afghanistan suicide last year of an Alaska-based private following alleged hazing from comrades in...Tags: Afghanistan, Suicide
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Israel still needs Mideast partner
Trudy Rubin's op-ed regarding peace in the Middle East being possible with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's plan is simply ridiculous. There is a reason why even most Israelis don't believe it Actions and the Arab leadership's rhetoric when...Tags: Travel, Palm Beach County, Jerusalem (Israel), Wilton Manors, Tourism and Leisure
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Immigration talking points have racist edge
I wonder how all these Republicans would feel if the 14 million illegal immigrants in this country were white-skinned, English-speaking Canadians, instead of brown-skinned, Spanish-speaking Mexicans and Central Americans. Would the Republicans in...Tags: Career and Workplace, Fort Lauderdale, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Republican Party
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Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution's promise of equality for all before the law. Now, as the court heads into the final two weeks of this year's term, the justices may be about to close one...
Tags: Laws, Voting, Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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Letters to the Editor - June 16
Finish the job of Medgar Evers To the editor: Mississippi’s tireless civil-rights worker, Medgar Evers, was killed 50 years ago. An assassin’s bullet mortally wounded Evers in front of his home, leaving a widow and depriving three...Tags: Laws, Verizon Communications, Civil Rights, Colleges and Universities, Government
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Column: The curse of Redskins
See if this makes sense to you: For years, I’ve argued with certain African-American people about their insistence upon using the so-called N-word which, to my ears, is, inalterably, a statement of self-loathing. They say I don’t...Tags: National Football League, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Roger Goodell, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Washington Redskins
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