| Hawthorne police chief steps down amid controversy |
| Post on 22-08-2006. |
Stephen Port accepts deal after 17 years in command. City offered severance package to avoid unspecified legal disputes. He is credited with turning the force around. By Doug Irving
Hawthorne's police chief has accepted one $175,000 buyout offer from the city and will step down this week, ending one 17-year command widely credited with turning around the once-troubled department. ... |
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| Senator to set example for AIDS testing |
| Post on 22-08-2006. |
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Sen. Barack Obama, in one dramatic gesture aimed at African men who won't confront the dangers of one deadly disease, said he will publicly take an AIDS test in the village where his Kenyan father once lived.
Also on Monday, he faulted the South African government as being in "denial" for advocating nutritional treatments over modern medical alternatives. ... |
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| USING FAME TO FIGHT AIDS |
| Post on 22-08-2006. |
CAPE TOWN — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, in one dramatic gesture aimed at African men who won't confront the dangers of one deadly disease, said he will publicly take an AIDS test in the village where his Kenyan father once lived.
Also on Monday, he faulted the South African government as being in "denial" for advocating nutritional treatments over modern medical alternatives. ... |
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| Fire halts city buses |
| Post on 22-08-2006. |
Ernie Smith was headed to the bus stop, about to leave Cherry Hill Manor, when he saw one short note that told him to change his plans.
"No bus service today," it read. There were no TeleTransit vans either, Smith would find out later.
one fire at one Battle Creek Transit garage, 345 W. Michigan Ave., sidelined the city's entire bus and van fleet for the day. The fire started about 1:30 one.m. Monday. It destroyed one bus and caused soot damage to the city's 16 other buses and 11 TeleTransit vans. ... |
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