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Tulia victims released from jail

July 11, 2003

AUSTIN, Texas – All Joe Moore wanted to do after being freed from a Texas prison on June 16 was to go home, eat some barbecued ribs, and take a hot bath. Moore, 56 and suffering...

Rosenbergs legacy saluted, celebrated

July 11, 2003

NEW YORK – Does it seem odd that the commemoration of the execution 50 years ago of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for a crime they didn’t commit would be a joyous affair? Both members of the...

National Clips

July 11, 2003

PITTSBURGH, Penn.: Goodyear talks break off Negotiators for 19,000 active rubber workers and 22,000 retirees at Goodyear Rubber Company are not cutting their own throats. On June 28, leaders of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA)...

Houston prepares for Freedom Ride

July 11, 2003

According to organizer Maria Jimenez, the scene looked like an old-fashioned pep rally for Flag Day in Houston as the Wood Forest High School marching band warmed up the crowd in the huge Electrical Workers Union...

Parents fight Jebs biased test

July 11, 2003

At least 43,000 third-graders and 12,000 high school seniors failed the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) this past May, triggering an angry protest movement by parents, students, and their supporters demanding that Gov. Jeb Bush suspend...