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Take a Stand for Justice! The weekend will include a massive rally, nonviolent direct action training, workshops, benefit concerts, puppet shows, teach-ins and more! Please check back soon for schedule changes ... via Seattle Indymedia Center

According to Wikipedia, 'prisoner of conscience' was first defined in a May 1961 article called 'The Forgotten Prisoners,' which launched a campaign called Appeal for Amnesty 1961. via PressConnects.com

“We did not think it was in the best interest of the case to try the remaining counts”

By Paul Pinkham, The Times-Union JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Prosecutors have dropped the remaining five Jacksonville murder charges against accused serial killer Paul Durousseau, citing concerns about how the appeal ... via WTLV

“The church instills the only way to be successful is to be obedient to authority -- most of all to God -- and also the churches are a positive step toward being successful”

Corrections wants 2 facilities in Columbus for ex-inmates BY ALLISON KENNEDY - akennedy@ledger-enquirer.com -- When Reuel Deadwyler gets out of prison, he wants to get a job as a brake technician, maybe with ... via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

“She did have 10 to 20 seizures daily but now has one to five.”

Jury expected to begin deliberations BY ALAN RIQUELMY - ariquelmy@ledger-enquirer.com -- The woman accused of negligently allowing her 18-month-old girl to ingest cocaine used the drug, the defendant's mother ... via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

The First Amendment gives us the freedom to express ourselves, but it says nothing about how often we can speak or how long we can talk.

How often and how long are questions members of Columbus Council should consider if they want to deal with the age-old problem of the public agenda and the people who dominate it.

For a newspaper person to tinker with the First Amendment may seem strange. Journalists usually stand on freedom of speech as if it is a God-given right.

But watching citizens abuse this right for the past 35 years makes me think the mayor and the 10-member council need to take some kind of action. Read more

“We didn't recover anything. He had numerous firearms. He purchased them legally. There was no reason to believe he had anything illegal. We have no charges against him.”

A full-time Columbus State University student accused of calling in five bomb threats against the university told officers that he made the last calls Monday to gain more time to prepare for a test.

The case against Lawrence Eugene Price, 45, of 67 McMurrian Drive, Phenix City, was ordered bound over to Muscogee County Superior Court during a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Municipal Court. Judge Haywood Turner set bonds totaling $41,000 on eight charges in the case. Price is being held in the Muscogee County Jail. Read more

“We're not saying he didn't do something wrong, but the solution was not to shoot him in the back. What are you going to do? Give him a blue ribbon for his excellent shooting?”

A 19-year-old Columbus man faces one to 20 years for the March 22 voluntary manslaughter of Kevin Cummings -- Columbus' fourth slaying this year.

Hendrick Nickerson, of 2434 Pye Ave., appeared to nervously shake his head when the jury returned Wednesday after more than two hours of deliberations. His movements quieted a few moments after the clerk read the guilty verdicts for voluntary manslaughter and possession of a gun during the commission of a crime, his right hand shielding his eyes.

Nickerson was acquitted of felony and malice murder. Read more

A program on U.S. foreign policy in Latin America will be held 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. via WisInfo

Tom and Carolyn Gates of downtown Columbus awoke at 2:30 a.m. Sunday to find a stranger standing in their bedroom staring at them. via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

“Shall the Act be approved which authorizes Columbus, Georgia to exercise redevelopment powers under the 'Redevelopment Powers Law,' as it may be amended from time to time?”

State law sets the wording of the ballot question, which is: "Shall the Act be approved which authorizes Columbus, Georgia to exercise redevelopment powers under the 'Redevelopment Powers Law,' as it may be ... via Rome News - Tribune

“We're not in that league by a long shot”

Columbus Water Works official says Muscogee not in such dire conditions as counties in northern Georgia BY BRIAN MC DEARMON - bmcdearmon@ledger-enquirer.com -- -- As Columbus Council discussed Tuesday how to ... via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

A Columbus man who died early Wednesday in a one-vehicle accident apparently suffered a heart attack before he ran off River Road. via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

“I'm not proud that I killed 80,000 people, but I'm proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly as it did”

Col. Paul W. Tibbets, standing, pilot of the B-29 Enola Gay which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, describes the flight during a news conference at Strategic Air Force headquarters on Guam, Aug. via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

“Multiple agents were there, including Drug Enforcement Administration agents and a Harris County deputy sheriff when the safe was opened”

Fortson man gets 12 years for intent to distribute cocaine BY HARRY FRANKLIN - hfranklin@ledger-enquirer.com -- A Fortson man was sentenced to 12 years in prison and 18 years on probation, plus a $4,000 fine, ... via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Michael Jason Registe is wanted for his alleged participation in a double homicide in Columbus, Georgia. via About.com

“Those who couldn't, it was determined that they may be here illegally”

Federal agents arrest crew from National Infantry Museum construction site; now awaiting hearings BY HARRY FRANKLIN - hfranklin@ledger-enquirer.com -- Federal agents converged on the National Infantry Museum ... via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

“They have no knowledge of who Hill-13-E is, actually they had no knowledge of what Kazaa was, they've never had an account”

RIAA News:- "They have been conducting a side business, I would call it, and organized scheme of quasi-legalized extortion and they are working it against ordinary persons " 'They' are Warner Music, EMI, ... via P2pnet.net

“A lot of stories have touched my heart”

Each year the Knights of Columbus Council 10062 of Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Ahwatukee Foothills collaborate with councils throughout the state to distribute over 20 tons of Tootsie Rolls at stores and ... via Ahwatukee Foothills News

“He said he'd take me to the gas station, but he had to go do something first”

A 44-year-old Columbus woman stood shaking in Recorder's Court on Monday as a Columbus sex crimes investigator described how the woman reported being raped near Lake Oliver Marina Nov. 1, 2006, after she ran out of gas on Hamilton Road and accepted a ride from a stranger.

Cpl. Sherry Ziegler was testifying about the incident in a preliminary hearing for William Alvin Jenkins, 47, of 1414 B Rhodes St., who pleaded not guilty to charges of rape, armed robbery, aggravated sodomy, aggravated assault and false imprisonment. Judge Mary Buckner ordered Jenkins held without bond for Muscogee County grand jury action. Jenkins was arrested Friday on an outstanding warrant at his house and is being held in the Muscogee County Jail. Read more