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Protesters rally near Texas court in dragging case
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2008/11/18 18:51
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| Protesters galvanized by a dragging death that has stirred memories of the notorious James Byrd case rallied twice outside an eastern Texas courthouse to speak out against a judicial system they consider racist.pAbout 60 people, led by a contingent from the New Black Panther Party and the Nation of Islam, met at the Lamar County Courthouse on Monday to bring attention to the death of Brandon McClelland. The groups later returned with about 200 protesters. Afterward, dozens of people chanting No justice, no peace! marched to a nearby church for a meeting./ppAuthorities say two white suspects purposely ran over McClelland, who is black, following an argument on the way home from a late-night beer run in September. McClelland's body was torn apart as it was dragged some 70 feet beneath a pickup truck near Paris, a city about 95 miles northeast of Dallas with a history of tense relations between blacks and whites./ppThe death came 10 years after James Byrd was killed in Jasper, another eastern Texas town. Byrd was chained to the back of a pickup by three white men and dragged for three miles./ppHow do we get justice for Brandon McClelland? cried Anthony Bond, founder of the Irving chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People./p |
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McCain, GOP gain ground on Obama ads in key states
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2008/10/27 19:45
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| After weeks of being out-advertised by Barack Obama, Republican presidential candidate John McCain and the Republican Party are nearly matching the Democratic nominee ad for ad in key battleground markets.pAd spending and ad placement data obtained from Democratic and Republican operatives show that in the closing days of the campaign the Republican voice has grown louder in states such as Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania./ppFor instance, Obama had been scheduled to buy about $2.5 million in Florida ads for the last week of the campaign. McCain is now set to spend about $1.6 million and the Republican National Committee added $1.5 million to their buy in the state this week. Obama appears to have added more weight to his ads since./ppThe ad war is especially noticeable in Florida's central corridor, which includes Tampa, Orlando and West Palm Beach./ppThose near-parity levels in crucial states come with a price. McCain has had to trim back his ads in Minnesota, Maine, New Hampshire and Wisconsin, giving Obama even greater edges there./ppA map of the states where McCain and the RNC are spending their money also illustrates the defensive nature of their 11th hour strategy. Except for Pennsylvania, the McCain-GOP focus was on trying to hold states that President Bush won in 2004./p |
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Authors, publishers settle suit against Google
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2008/10/27 19:44
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| Eager to cool the debate over copyrighted text online and anxious to make some money, Google and the publishing industry announced Tuesday that they have settled their three-year legal battle over the Internet giant's book search program.pUnder an agreement reached by Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, librarians and the public will have an easier time tracking down millions of out-of-print books. At the same time, Google and the book business will have greater opportunities for online sales./ppWe're trying to create a new structure where there will be more access to out-of-print books, with benefits both to readers and researchers and to the rights holders of those books — authors and publishers, Richard Sarnoff, chairman of the publishers association, said Tuesday in an interview./ppThis is an extraordinary accomplishment, Paul N. Courant, university librarian for the University of Michigan, said in a statement. It will now be possible, even easy, for anyone to access these great collections from anywhere in the United States./p |
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Iraqi Cabinet authorizes reopening of US talks
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2008/10/20 19:45
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| The Iraqi Cabinet on Tuesday authorized Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to reopen talks with the United States on a security pact that would allow U.S. troops to stay in Iraq for three more years after their U.N. mandate expires on Dec. 31.pWith a week to go before the American presidential elections, the Iraqi decision could delay the key agreement that provides the legal basis for the U.S. to operate in Iraq past the end of the year./ppIraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said members of the Cabinet proposed unspecified essential amendments and gave them to al-Maliki to offer to American negotiators./ppParliament must approve the agreement and al-Maliki is reluctant to submit the draft unless he is confident it will pass by an overwhelming majority./ppWhite House press secretary Dana Perino said the Bush administration hasn't seen the Iraqis amendments yet, so it's not possible to say at this point whether U.S. officials would be willing to re-open talks. But officials have said previously that the agreement represented Washington's last offer, and that its success now rests with the complex Iraqi political system — a signal that the White House would likely be unwilling to engage in additional negotiations./p |
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