Stocks plummet after oil prices hit record high 07/03/2008
NEW YORK - Wall Street resumed its sell-off Wednesday after oil hit a new record and a bearish analyst report renewed concerns that General Motors Corp. could run out of cash.
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Virginia students defied 'Massive Resistance' 07/03/2008
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Seventeen black students who endured isolation and their classmates' scorn to integrate Norfolk's public schools will be honored Sunday for ending Virginia's stubborn defiance of court-ordered desegregation. The Norfolk 17 will be recognized during a service at historic First Baptist Church, a downtown sanctuary that held classes in its basement 49 years ago when six white public schools closed rather than educate the 17. Twelve of the surviving 14 students will attend on Sunday, and representatives for three of the dead will be recognized. Andrew Heidelberg, 64, has written about his experience and recognizes the pioneering role he and the other 16 students played half a century ago in ending Virginia's "Massive Resistance'' to school desegregation.
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Va. fort's future in focus as Army plans pullout 07/03/2008
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Fort Monroe — a Union oasis where fugitive slaves flocked during the Civil War — returns to Virginia's control when the Army pulls out in 2011, and historians are trying to protect the future of the "Freedom Fortress.'' Many slave descendants trace the arrival of slavery in the U.S. in 1619 to Old Point Comfort, the hatchet-shaped peninsula where Fort Monroe sits, and where slavery would be ushered into its final stages nearly 2½ centuries later. "When you look at how immigrants went to Ellis Island, our people couldn't do this,'' said Gerri L. Hollins, who counts a fugitive slave among her ancestors. "This is our Ellis Island.'' Supporters want to see the fort become a national park. A state-appointed authority presented a reuse plan to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Monday that proposes preservation and strict limits on new development. The panel is determining how best to tell the fort's history, and descendants of slaves who found their freedom there are hopeful their story will be featured.
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A Shocking Tool 07/02/2008
MARIETTA - In the five months since Marietta Police officers began carrying Tasers, officers have used them about 15 times. All of the department's 131 officers now carry them.
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Marietta lands 2nd scrapyard 07/02/2008
MARIETTA - A second scrapyard is preparing to open near WellStar Kennestone Hospital, but Mayor Bill Dunaway said "buffer violations" must be corrected before Blaze Recycling can open business.
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McCain to tour Colombian drug control efforts 07/02/2008
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — Republican John McCain planned to tour a Colombian port by boat Wednesday to get a firsthand look at the country's drug interdiction programs, a day after he praised President Alvaro Uribe for Colombia's anti-drug efforts but pressed him to improve the government's record on human rights. The Republican presidential hopeful was on a three-day visit to Colombia and Mexico, where the eradication of illegal drugs topped the agenda. "Drugs is a big, big problem in America. The continued flow of drugs from Colombia through Mexico into the United States is still one of our major challenges for all Americans,'' McCain told ABC's "Good Morning America'' Wednesday in an interview from Cartagena. McCain was also promoting free trade deals like NAFTA he said would benefit the U.S. economy over time, even though such agreements have been deeply unpopular in several general election swing states like Ohio and Michigan.
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Gun rights advocates converge at pizza eatery 07/02/2008
MARIETTA - About 100 people met at Christos's Pizza in Marietta Tuesday night to celebrate the new state law on concealed weapons, allowing licensed gun owners to carry a concealed weapon in a variety of places.
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Schools say list will be ‘chore’ to get off 07/02/2008
MARIETTA - Local school leaders say the Cobb County School District may never make it off the dreaded Needs Improvement list.
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Marietta OKs pay hikes of up to 9% 07/01/2008
MARIETTA - The Marietta City Council approved $380,000 in raises for 168 of its 803 employees in a special meeting Thursday, arguing the move would stop turnover.
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‘A Real Treasure’ 07/01/2008
ACWORTH - Blue sky, a light breeze and 80-degree weather made Monday a great day to be on Lake Allatoona, and leaders of the lake Preservation Authority took full advantage as they toured with Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Marietta).
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