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Alleged squatters caught in soldier's Liberty Co. home

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 11:42 pm

Liberty County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two parolees apparently living in the vacated house of a U.S. soldier who recently returned to Fort Hood from active duty. The couple had been trying to sell the veteran’s belongings in a yard sale, according to the Montgomery County Police Reporter:

(Deputies) received a call from Holly Burbank who is currently at Ft. Hood with her husband Sam who just returned from Iraq and their two daughters ages 6 and 3. … She told the sheriff’s office that earlier today she received a call from a family member stating that a male and female were living in that home and selling her property in a yard sale. The family member had confronted the occupants and a verbal altercation took place causing her to leave and call Ms. Burbank.

The Liberty County Sheriff’s Office responded with several units. Once at the scene they arrested Faylisa Danielle Bailey, 30 and Johnny Wayne Bell, 47. Both are on parole, the only identification Bailey had was a Texas Department of Criminal Justice photo ID.

Drugs were also found on the scene. For the rest of the story, check out the Montgomery County Police Reporter.

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Complaints boss urges UK press freedom

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A man looks at a copy of the final edition of the News of the World newspaper in Waltham Cross, southern England, in July last year. REUTERS/Ian Nicholson/Pool

Newspaper freedom could be curtailed if parliament were allowed to pass new laws to police the industry, the head of the Press Complaints Commission said on Tuesday, calling for an improved form of self regulation.

David Hunt, a former government minister, made an impassioned defence of the freedom of the press when he appeared before the Leveson inquiry launched as a result of the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

Hunt, appointed last October to head a body derided as "toothless" for its response to the hacking scandal set out his plans to strengthen the PCC.

It should be given the power to fine newspapers who breached a new set of standards, Hunt said. Each publication should name a senior individual to take personal responsibility for ensuring compliance with PCC rules under a new contractual arrangement.

"I sense there is a willingness to accept a fresh start and a new body," Hunt said, saying that Northern & Shell, publisher of the Daily Express and Daily Star tabloids, had indicated it was willing to sign up.

The publisher does not participate in the PCC after a series of disputes.

Inquiry head Brian Leveson asked Hunt if he believed that parliament might rein in the press if given the power to create a new statutory regulator.

"Yes and they have told me so, many of them, in both houses," said Hunt, a former MP who now sits in the upper House of Lords.

"The liberty of the press is the birthright of a Briton," Hunt said, quoting 18th century English radical John Wilkes.

Hunt, who replaced Peta Buscombe who resigned during the outcry over phone hacking last year, said that he felt the PCC had never been given the tools to do an adequate job.

"The PCC has been unfairly criticised for failing to exercise powers it never had in the first place," he said.

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Marcia G. Yerman: 'Chimes of Freedom' Celebrates the Power of Music and Activism

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Why is Feb. 1 designated as National Freedom Day?

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Richard R. Wright

According to the federal government, Americans are supposed to commemorate both Independence Day (July 4) and National Freedom Day (Feb. 1). But have you ever heard of National Freedom Day? The story of this unknown holiday begins with a bit of presidential trivia but soon turns into a fascinating tale about a most extraordinary slave-turned-citizen.

It was on Feb. 1, 1865, that President Abraham Lincoln signed a joint congressional resolution proposing a 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would abolish slavery. But any good civics student knows that the process for amending the Constitution was by no means complete. Congress (not the president) sends amendments to the states for ratification, and the states must finalize any proposed changes.

The requisite number of states did not ratify the 13th Amendment until Dec. 6, 1865, an event that set off an explosion of celebrations in the North. John Greenleaf Whittier’s once-famous poem “Laos Deo!” immortalized the spirit of the times: “IT is done! / Clang of bell and roar of gun / Send the tidings up and down …. / Fling the joy from town to town!”

Lincoln himself appeared to acknowledge the special nature of Feb. 1 when he placed an otherwise superfluous signature on the joint resolution. He had called the proposed amendment “a king’s cure” to the challenge of ending slavery and clearly wanted to bear witness to the transformation that was being wrought by the bloody Civil War. Though he did not live to see ratification, Lincoln’s contributions as military emancipator and advocate for constitutional abolition deserve commemoration.

That was the idea that eventually inspired Richard R. Wright, a former slave, to lobby Congress to designate Feb. 1 as National Freedom Day. Wright was a nine-year-old enslaved boy living in Georgia when Lincoln signed the joint resolution. After the war, while attending a freedmen’s school during Reconstruction, Wright then became known as the inspiration for yet another celebrated poem by Whittier, “Howard at Atlanta,” about the visit of Union General Oliver O. Howard to a black school. The general asks the students:

“What shall I tell the children
Up North about you?”
Then ran round a whisper, a murmur,
Some answer devising:
And a little boy stood up: “General,
Tell ‘em we’re rising!”

The phrase “Tell ‘em we’re rising!” became an anthem for the postwar black middle class, of which Richard Wright became a notable embodiment. Wright served as an officer in the Spanish-American War and became a renowned educator (and a mentor to W.E.B. DuBois) and a banker–a self-made man who never seemed to stop striving.

At age 67, Wright enrolled in Wharton Business School to help retrain for his new commercial endeavor, The Citizens and Southern Bank and Trust Company. In early 1942, at age 86, he began an intensive lobbying effort for the creation of National Freedom Day.

The first grassroots celebration drew 3,500 people to the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The crowd held a mass Pledge of Allegiance in front of the Liberty Bell and then organized a patriotic parade “with forty flag-bedecked automobiles,” according to a report from the Baltimore Afro-American (Feb. 7, 1942). The turnout was especially impressive because the national climate did not seem promising for such an earnest effort.

World War II had already begun, Japanese internment was about to be launched and a climate of segregation and oppression still prevailed across the South and much of the North. Attendees at this first gathering, for example, felt compelled to formally denounce a recent lynching in Missouri. Yet Wright persisted, undertaking a national speaking tour and working behind-the-scenes with various legislators.

Seven years later, the effort finally bore fruit on June 30, 1948, when President Harry Truman signed Public Law 842, establishing “National Freedom Day” into the federal code. The legislation encouraged national observance of Feb. 1 as a way to commemorate the abolition of slavery, but did not mandate a new federal holiday. That had been the original intent of Wright’s proposal, but some in Congress had objected to canceling a work day in the short and already commemoration-crowded month of February.

Unfortunately, Wright was not present to fight for more. He had died in July 1947 and never lived to see the formal establishment of his dream–not unlike Abraham Lincoln, who never lived to witness the ratification of his proposed amendment.

Matthew Pinsker is the Pohanka Chair in American Civil War History at Dickinson College and co-director of the House Divided Project.

Thammasat ban on Nitirat sparks free speech row

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LESE MAJESTE

Thammasat University's decision to bar the Nitirat group from using its campuses for activities related to the lese majeste law has sparked a fierce debate over its stance on freedom of expression.

Thammasat rector Somkit Lertpaithoon yesterday defended the university executive committee's decision.

In a message posted on his Facebook page, he said the ban was intended to prevent any incidents which could escalate into violence such as the massacre of left-wing students at Thammasat's Bangkok campus on Oct 6, 1976.

"Many people have expressed disagreement with my decision to prohibit the Nitirat group from campaigning against Section 112 at the university," he posted. "This could be seen as a restriction on free speech. This is understandable.

"But I want you to look at another angle. University executives had to enact this measure out of worry that the situation could escalate into a second Oct 6."

Thammasat's vice-rector Parinya Thewanaruemitkul, however, insisted the university should protect the right to exercise academic freedom and free speech within the law because that is what it has always done.

"I may disagree with the Nitirat group on several issues but its rights should be respected and protected," he said.

An association of five human rights organisations yesterday demanded Thammasat rescind the ban order.

"That the university bans any activity by its own lecturers in the name of the Nitirat group to campaign for the amendment of Article 112 ... is a breach of the objectives prescribed for a state educational institution and noble tradition of a university to promote academic freedom and the right to freedom of expression," the groups said.

Thammasat is a model for the struggle for human rights, freedom, equality and justice. The subjugation of democratic and legal rights is an act against its own spirit, they said.

Meanwhile, King Prajadipok Institute's Society's alumni body yesterday demanded Nitirat call off its campaign and urged Thammasat University to "control the behaviours and actions

[of the group] that has led to division in the country".

The society said Thammasat should "prevent this group of persons from exploiting the university's reputation for their own interest".

If the group doesn't stop their actions, society would respond with measures "from light to drastic".

"This is not about laws, but about the faith," the alumni body said.

Pheu Thai list MP and red shirt co-leader Jatuporn Prompan yesterday urged the Nitirat group to think again about its opposition to the lese majeste law.

Mr Jatuporn said the move could backfire as vested interests who lost the election last year cite its campaign as an excuse to try to overthrow democracy again.

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Foundation calls out USU for free speech restrictions

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According to a study by The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) called "The Spotlight on Speech Codes 2011," USU was rated lowest in regard to students' free speech protections.

According to the FIRE mission statement, its goal is to "to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities." These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty and sanctity of conscience.

The study's aim, according to the foundation, is to educate students about their rights and empower them to take action against institutions if necessary to protect these rights.

Universities are ranked green, yellow or red based on the level of their restrictions on free speech.

Since FIRE created the survey in 2005, there has been a decline of universities represented in the "red light" category of free speech, according to the foundation. USU, however, was not represented in this decline and is still one of the universities given poor marks for the protection provided to students' First Amendment rights.

While the survey did examine some private universities, it focused primarily on public universities because, according to FIRE, "public universities are legally bound to protect students' right to free speech."

Samantha Harris, a FIRE lawyer and Princeton University alumna, is the author of the Spotlight on Speech Codes survey.

"As a red-light university, Utah State has already gotten a letter from FIRE ... just making them aware, particularly as a public university, of their obligation under the First Amendment," Harris said.

One example of USU's violation of First Amendment rights, according to the study, is found in the "USU Residence Life" handbook in the portion that states students may not display alcohol-related, "neon advertising materials." This could be considered a small matter, but Harris said it is a "violation to free speech."

The FIRE website outlines several instances in which the USU handbook specifically interferes with students' rights. One example cited states, "All interactions with faculty members, staff members and other students shall be conducted with courtesy, civility, decency and a concern for personal dignity."

Harris said, "Civility codes have been held unconstitutional by federal courts ... they're obviously very admirable goals, and they are things a university should certainly encourage students to do, but there is a difference between encouraging and mandating."

Harris said there are often issues in which students become passionate, and people may rally.

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U.S. regulators upgrade Jeep Liberty airbag probe

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 5:49 pm

(Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators have upgraded an
investigation into almost 387,000 Jeep
Liberty sport utility vehicles for potential inadvertent
airbag
deployment, increasing the possibility of a recall.

The National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was
upgrading its investigation of the 386,873 Chrysler SUVs from
model years 2002 and 2003 to an engineering analysis, a step in
a process that could lead to a recall if regulators determine
that a manufacturer needs to address a safety issue.

In two separate other NHTSA filings, Mazda Motor Corp Motor
Corp is recalling more than 52,000 older Tribute SUVs for
potential brake fluid leaks, and Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz has
begun investigating consumer complaints of fuel odor that may
be a leak in about 8,000 older E55 AMG sedans and wagons.

For the Chrysler issue, NHTSA said it had identified 87 reports
of inadvertent driver or passenger front airbag deployment,
resulting in 50 alleged injuries, including burns, cuts and
bruises to the upper body, according to documents filed online.

Forty-two of the 87 incidents involved the driver front airbag
deploying without a crash, occurring at vehicle startup and
while driving on the road, according to NHTSA. The remaining 45
involved both the driver and passenger front airbags, NHTSA
said.

Some drivers noted that the airbag warning light had
illuminated just prior to airbag deployment, while others did
not observe one, NHTSA said.

An inspection conducted by Chrysler indicates an internal
electronic chip that controls airbag deployment failed,
possibly due to a voltage spike. The automaker, which is
controlled by Fiat, is in the process of identifying possible
root causes, NHTSA said.

NHTSA initially opened a probe into the Jeep SUVs in September
after receiving seven consumer complaints.

A Chrysler spokesman said the U.S. automaker was cooperating
with the investigation.

In separate documents, NHTSA said Mazda is recalling more than
52,000 Tribute SUVs for potential brake fluid leak that could lead to a
fire.

Mazda is notifying owners this week of 52,390 Tributes from
model years 2001 and 2002 about the potential brake fluid leaks
that could come into contact with the anti-lock brake system
module wiring harness, according to documents NHTSA.

A Mazda spokesman said no injuries or accidents have been
reported related to this issue.

In the case of a leak, corrosion could develop and lead to
melting, smoking or fire, according NHTSA.

The affected vehicles were built at Ford Motor Co Kansas City
Assembly Plant in Missouri, according to NHTSA. Until the
repairs are made, owners are being told to park their vehicles
outside, according to NHTSA.

The Mercedes-Benz issue covers about 8,100 E55 AMG sedans and
wagons in model years 2003-2006.

NHTSA documents show that 20 consumers have complained about
the odor of gasoline inside or outside of the car. Several of
them suggested the issue may be related to a 2008 recall that
involved possible cracking of a fuel filter module in vehicles
exposed to high ambient temperatures.

(Reporting by Ben Klayman and Bernie Woodall in Detroit;
Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)

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Government steps up Jeep Liberty air bag probe

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DETROIT (AP) — Federal safety regulators have stepped
up their investigation into the Jeep Liberty SUV after
50 people reported they were hurt when the air bags inflated even
though the vehicle wasn't involved in a crash.

The National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration started
investigating Liberty SUVs made by Chrysler Group LLC
from the 2002 and 2003 model years in September. The
investigation was upgraded to a full engineering analysis last
week.

Documents on the agency website say Chrysler and regulators
have gotten 87 complaints of air bags going off by surprise.
Nearly 387,000 vehicles are under investigation.

Drivers reported burns, cuts and bruises. No deaths have
occurred.

Forty-two of the incidents involved the driver's front air bag,
with the remaining 45 cases involving both the driver and front
passenger air bags, the documents said. The incidents occurred
as the vehicle was being started and while it was being driven.
The agency said some of the Liberty owners reported that the
air bag warning light illuminated just before the air bags were
inflated. But others reported that they didn't see any warning
light.

NHTSA said in the documents that Chrysler inspected the air bag
control computer chip and found that it fails due to a possible
electrical voltage spike.

The company says no incidents have happened in vehicles made
after March 19, 2003. But regulators say Chrysler can't explain
that, so they are starting an engineering analysis.

Messages were left Monday seeking comment from a Chrysler
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Pope's peace doves slow to taste freedom

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A pair of doves seemed to prefer the company of Pope Benedict XVI to
the great outdoors on Sunday when he had trouble convincing
them to take flight in a traditional peace gesture.

The first dove hesitated on the windowsill of the pope's
Vatican
apartment for a long spell before flying off, while the
second flew back into the room before flying out again.

"They want to stay in the pope's home," Benedict said,
flanked by two children.

The traditional release of doves, which the pope said was
intended "as a sign of peace for the city of Rome and for the
entire world," takes place each year at the end of "peace
month" organised by Catholic Action Rome, a lay group
that seeks to boost Catholic influence on society.

The group stages a "peace caravan" through the streets of
Rome, ending at St Peter's Square at the Vatican.

The dove release came at the end of the pope's weekly
recitation of the Angelus prayer to pilgrims gathered in the
square.

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Liberty wins NCWA National Duals

Posted: January 29, 2012 at 11:37 am

DALTON, Ga. -- Liberty University took advantage of a forfeit
late in its championship match and converted wins in the final
three bouts into a national title as it topped Lindenwood-St.
Charles, 25-15, to clinch the NCWA National Duals in its first
year of eligibility. The teams jockeyed through four lead changes
in the first seven matches before Lindenwood's forfeit and
six-point gift at 184 pounds gave Liberty the lead for good at
16-15. It also allowed Liberty to bump its 197-pounder, Nick
Knowles, to 235 to take on Lindenwood's Spencer Daniels. Aaron
Thompson of Liberty set up what would become the decisive match
with a close 3-2 win at 197, then Knowles beat Daniels 7-2 to
clinch the title for Liberty.

Liberty's Andrew Wilson won the heavyweight match 4-2 for the
final 25-15 count.

Lindenwood-St. Charles, undefeated in its other matches, had to
forfeit the 184 class throughout the two-day tournament due to
injury.

"We had scouted them and saw that they had been giving up that
weight," said Liberty coach Jesse Castro. "We felt it was our
best bet tactically."

Liberty won seven of the 11 matches in the final, held at the
Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center.

Liberty, the top seed in the tournament, had been an NCAA
Division I program before the school discontinued the
scholarship program last year. The NCWA provided a home for the
Flames' program and allowed them to keep their program alive
and its wrestlers on campus.

The Flames withstood a stiff challenge from Maryland-Baltimore
County in the semifinals, taking a 25-21 win.

"My hat's off to the UMBC team," Castro said. "They made us
compete with everything we were worth, and we did not
anticipate that. It's a testament to this association, and the
vision the NCWA has is real encouraging and inspiring."

It was the first NCWA competition of the season for
Lindenwood-St. Charles, which was seeded No. 2. LSC is a former
NAIA program competing within the NCWA during its transition
seasons toward future NCAA Division II membership. Prior to the
final the Lions stormed past the rest of the competition, with
its closest match being a 29-point win over Grand Valley State
(Mich.) in the semifinals.

LSC's Blayne Shockley opened the championship match with a 16-0
technical fall over Liberty's Jeremy Beale. The Flames' Scott
Clymer responded two bouts later with a 9-0 major decision over
Jacob Janes that put Liberty back in front, 7-5. But LSC's
Craig Chiles topped Peter Crawford, 3-0, to put the Lions back
in the lead at 8-7 four matches in. There were no pins in the
match.

"I was impressed with the level of competition here," said LSC
coach Chad Smith. "We knew we were going to have to give up
that weight due to injury, so it was up to the rest of them to
pick up the scoring. I couldn't be prouder of how our guys
wrestled here."

UMBC, seeded fifth, jumped ahead of Grand Valley State with a
fall and a major decision in the first three matches, and beat
the Lakers 31-10 in the third-place match. Kriss Dutt opened
the match with a fall in 1:49 at 125 pounds, and Brian Samuels
topped MattMorrill 8-0 at 141 for a 13-0 lead that wouldn't be
challenged.

Lindenwood-Belleville edged The Apprentice School 27-22 for
fifth place. Lindenwood-Belleville is also in its first year of
NCWA membership. The teams scored back-and-forth victories
early on before Lindenwood-Belleville stretched its lead to
21-10 in the middle weights. But it took a 5-2 decision at
heavyweight by Jacob Gregg to seal the win.

In the inaugural high school division, Alabama's top-ranked
team, Thompson, swept two duals from Bradley Central (Tenn.)
and Grissom (Ala.). Thompson and Grissom are 1-2 in the most
recent Alabama state poll. Grissom topped Bradley Central 42-21
in the other dual in the round-robin format.

The multi-state high school division served as a springboard
toward a vision of having an NCWA-sponsored high school
national duals tournament in the future in which every state
would send a duals champion to the event.

Liberty and Lindenwood-St. Charles are among the favorites at
the 2012 NCWA Championships, set for March 8-10 in Daytona
Beach, Fla.

Off the mat, the NCWA assisted the Dalton community with its
6:12 Project, in which the association's wrestlers perform
service projects in the cities that host its championship
events. NCWA wrestlers and staff served meals at Dalton's City
of Refuge homeless shelter on Friday, and conducted a canned
food drive on Saturday that brought in more than $1,000 worth
of food for the shelter.

"The community involvement of the NCWA was something new to
us," Smith said. "It's impressive, and they did a great job of
drumming up community support for this event."

FINAL RESULTS
(Jan. 28 at Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center)

Championship Match results
Liberty 25, Lindenwood-St. Charles 15
125 - Blayne Shockley, LSC, def. Jeremy Beale, tech fall
16-0
133 - Ryan Miller, Liberty, def. Michael Caldwell, 14-13
141 - Scott Clymer, Liberty, def. Jacob Janes, major dec.
9-0
149 - Craig Childes, LSC, def. Peter Crawford, 2-0
157 - Chase Boontjer, Liberty, def. Cullen Halpin, 2-11
165 - Daniel Breit, LSC, def. Mark Busse, major dec. 10-1
174 - Clayton McFarlane, LSC, def. Keshaun Ward, 5-0
184 - Royal Brettrager, Liberty, wins by forfeit
197 - Aaron Thompson, Liberty, def. Jed Mamie, 1-0
235 - Nick Knowles, Liberty, def. Spencer Daniels, 7-2
285 - Andrew Wilson, Liberty, def. Austin Garza, 1-0

Finals Matches
Championship - Liberty 25, Lindenwood-St. Charles 15
3rd place - UMBC 31, Grand Valley State 10
5th place - Lindenwood-Belleville 27, Apprentice 22
7th place - Mercer 1, Middle Tennessee State 0 (forfeit)
9th place - Marion Military 51, North Florida 6
11th place - Central Florida 44, Georgia Southern 9
13th place - Wichita State 38, East Tennessee State 24
15th place - Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. 1, Southern Virginia
0 (forfeit)
17th place - Carroll 33, Auburn 14
19th place - Georgia 25, Cincinnati 15
21st place - Tennessee 39, Connecticut 3
23rd place - Bowling Green 27, Toledo 24

Semifinals
Liberty 25, Md.-Baltimore County 21
Lindenwood-St. Charles 41, Grand Valley State 12

Quarterfinals
Liberty 43, Mercer 10
Md.-Baltimore County 22, Apprentice 21
Grand Valley State 24, Lindenwood-Belleville 23
Lindenwood-St. Charles 57, Middle Tennessee State 6

Round of 16
Liberty 39, Southern Virginia 18
Mercer 29, Marion Military 16
Md.-Baltimore County 56, East Tennessee State 3
Apprentice 27, Central Florida 16
Lindenwood-Belleville 47, Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. 17
Grand Valley State 44, North Florida 6
Middle Tennessee State 32, Georgia Southern 25
Lindenwood-St. Charles 47, Wichita State 14

Consolation First Rounds
(for 5th place)
Apprentice 26, Mercer 19
Lindenwood-Belleville 34, Middle Tennessee State 15
(for 9th place)
Marion Military 51, Southern Virginia 3
Central Florida 51, East Tennessee State 4
North Florida 31, Mass. Inst. of Tech. 24
Georgia Southern 28, Wichita State 27
(for 17th place)
Carroll 47, Tennessee 18
Georgia 45, Bowling Green 6
Auburn 36, Toledo 10
Cincinnati 29, Connecticut 5

Consolation Second Rounds
(for 9th place)
Marion Military 28, Central Florida 24
North Florida 30, Georgia Southern 20
(for 17th place)
Carroll 38, Georgia 7
Auburn 31, Cincinnati 21
(for 21st place)
Tennessee 33, Bowling Green 24
Connecticut 19, Toledo 18

Consolation Third Round
(for 13th place)
East Tennessee State 42, Southern Virginia 16
Wichita State 22, Mass. Inst. of Tech. 15

HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION
(round-robin format)
Grissom (Ala.) 42, Bradley Central (Tenn.) 21
Thompson (Ala.) 56, Bradley Central (Tenn.) 15
Thompson (Ala.) 1, Grissom (Ala.) 0 (forfeit)

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Foundation calls out USU for free speech restrictions

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Government steps up Jeep Liberty air bag probe

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