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Explosion rocks West, Texas, ‘about 60′ still unaccounted for -
Fort Worth Star-Telegram | April 19, 2013 | Page 1
The scope of the explosion that devastated a large slice of this quiet Central Texas town became clearer Thursday as search teams scoured the blast area for survivors and those killed when a tank reportedly containing liquid ammonia exploded at a fertilizer business. Officials at one point Thursday put the death toll at “five to 15″ but declined to give an estimate throughout the day. (full story)
Local African-American pharmacist became unlikely civil rights leader -
Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Feb. 28, 2013 | Page 1, metro section
Sanders Marshall Jr., one of the first African-American pharmacists in Fort Worth to work alongside white pharmacists, found early on that his talents would never change the color of his skin. The 80-year-old man remembers feeling triumphant when he was hired by a downtown drugstore as a pharmacist in the early 1960s — a place where he once was a porter — only to have to work in the back of the store for a while so that white patrons wouldn’t know a black man had filled their prescription. (full story)
Iraq’s Independent Voice -
The Report, magazine of the Student Press Law Center | Fall 2011
In a corner of the bottom-floor cafeteria of the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani are two makeshift walls with two couches, a table and one iMac computer set up between stacks of proofs and old newspaper issues. It’s headquarters of The Voice — the first independent student newspaper in Iraq — a paper with a future teetering much like the walls that surround it. (full story)
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- Ambassador says Czech Republic considering financial support to West -
Fort Worth Star-Telegram | April 19, 2013
During his visit to the small Texas town, Czech Republic ambassador Petr Gandalovic told the Star-Telegram that his country is considering giving financial support to the town of West following the fertilizer plant explosion that killed 12 and injured 200 citizens Wednesday night. (full story)
- Occupy protests sprout across England -
The Church of England Newspaper | Fall 2011
The events unfolding in front of St Paul’s Cathedral — and now within the walls of a once-empty Swiss bank building — are the epicentre of the UK Occupy movement. But the City of London and St Paul’s aren’t the only entities affected by the movement. This movement jumped across the pond and then it ran across the UK.
- Parliamentarians Warn of Fresh Attack on Camp Ashraf -
The Church of England Newspaper | Fall 2011
New Evidence announced last week reveals plans of the Iraqi military to carry out another violent attack on a makeshift refugee camp in Iraq that is home to more than 3,400 members of the Iranian opposition movement.
- Arson case at complex continues -
The Baylor Lariat | February 18, 2011
“A Baylor student who lived at The Outpost apartments is the subject of an ongoing investigation of what appears to be the construction of a bomb at the student’s apartment on Oct. 16. The Waco Fire Department was called to the apartment complex after a kitchen fire was reported. Firemen found the in-house sprinkler system had quelled the fire, and they began a second sweep of the apartment to ensure all flames were extinguished.”
- After 8-year legal battle, judge finds Howling Pig editor’s rights were violated -
Student Press Law Center | June 3, 2011
A federal district court ruled Friday that a former college student who published a First Amendment-protected satirical newsletter was deprived of his right against unreasonable search and seizure when police confiscated his computer. Thomas Mink, a former student at the University of Northern Colorado, published The Howling Pig as an online commentary on “the issues rampant in Northern Colorado,” according to the newsletter’s website. (full story)
- Video games decision win for student speech rights, advocates say-
Student Press Law Center | June 27, 2011
While Monday’s landmark violent video games decision was a clear win for the video gaming industry, student journalism advocates are also calling it a victory for students’ free speech rights. The 7-2 decision showed the Supreme Court is reluctant to expand the definition of unprotected speech, even where minors are concerned. (full story)