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Judge: White Conn. firefighters must be promoted
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A federal judge has ordered Connecticut officials to promote 14 firefighters who won a reverse discrimination case in a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Atlanta cops, shaken community try to make amends
By GREG BLUESTEIN Associated Press Writer ATLANTA (AP) - After a 92-year-old grandmother was cut down in a hail of police bullets during a botched raid three years ago, her community seemed to trust officers about as much as the drug dealers who roam the blighted streets.

DC agrees to $13M settlement over protest arrests
By SARAH KARUSH Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The District of Columbia has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a lawsuit by protesters arrested during demonstrations nine years ago.

FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings
By SHELIA BYRD Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers.

NY's top court rejects prison phone rate refunds
By VALERIE BAUMAN Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's highest court ruled Monday that families forced to pay high phone rates to talk to relatives in state prison won't receive refunds for the cost. The lawsuit was first brought by the inmates' families in 2004.


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