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		<title>The three-part series at a glance</title>
		<link>http://shron.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/the-three-part-series-at-a-glance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Derek Gee/Buffalo News


Damien Littleton, age 3, rides his bike past an abandoned home on Northumberland Street.
Buffalo is one of the poorest cities in the country. Many children here are living in such desperate, all-encompassing poverty that the American Dream for them has all but vanished.
The Buffalo News has done in-depth, first-hand research into this problem.
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		<title>Texas Youth Commission</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Abuse scandal rocks TYC
 	

 	MICHAEL AINSWORTH/DMN
Inmates at the West Texas State School in Pyote move around the facility in single-file lines.
About the investigation:
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		<title>TYC urged to shut down another lockup: The privately run facility in North Texas is dangerous, youth advocate says</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[     Oct. 18, 2007, 10:44AM
    By POLLY ROSS HUGHES
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau
AUSTIN — An independent advocate for adolescents confined by the troubled Texas Youth Commission is recommending the state shut down a dilapidated lockup that he calls dirty and dangerous and covered in gang graffiti.
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		<title>ATTENTION DREAM STUDENTS AND SUPPORTERS!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATTENTION DREAM STUDENTS AND SUPPORTERS!
Recommendations from both Washington and Texas legislators (and their staff) have arisen in light of this week&#8217;s lobbying effort for the DREAM Act. Among these strong suggestions is that EVERY DREAM student/supporter that we know write a &#8220;1-2 pages biography or summary of your own experience(s) and/or those of friends&#8221;. These [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shron.wordpress.com&blog=1387878&post=44&subd=shron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HPD Officer Who Shot Boy Failed Firearms Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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In 2005, officer Arthur J. Carbonneau was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide
and sentenced to 60 days in jail and five years&#8217; probation. He was allowed to resign from the department.

BRETT COOMER: HOUSTON CHRONICLE FILE
By LISE OLSEN
 Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle
    The rookie Houston Police Department officer who shot and killed a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shron.wordpress.com&blog=1387878&post=43&subd=shron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Libraries and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment—How Librarians Are Coping with Discrimination To Better Serve Hispanic Communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Loida García-Febo &#8212; Criticas, 10/1/2007Last summer, controversy ensued in Lawrence, GA, when the Gwinnett County Public Library board decided to cut $3000 from the annual budget designated for Spanish-language adult fiction. According to one board member, the decision was based on the premise that the library didn&#8217;t need to cater to illegal aliens. Board [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shron.wordpress.com&blog=1387878&post=41&subd=shron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Texas: Immigrants Pull Children From School</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 5, 2007
   	 The superintendent of the Irving school district said that some immigrant parents had pulled their children from school over fears that they or their families would be deported. The superintendent, Jack Singley, said that about 90 children had been withdrawn from 33,000-student public school district [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shron.wordpress.com&blog=1387878&post=39&subd=shron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stop the Raids</title>
		<link>http://shron.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/stop-the-raids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Times
October 4, 2007
Editorial

Armed squads bursting into homes in the dead of night with shotguns and automatic weapons, terrorizing families and taking away anyone who lacks identity papers, even if they have raided the wrong house. It may sound like Baghdad, but it is the suburbs of New York City, the latest among hundreds [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shron.wordpress.com&blog=1387878&post=37&subd=shron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The winner of the Worst Jail in Texas , fall, 07, is&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAYLOR COUNTY JAIL &#38; CAMERON COUNTY JAIL were both very close seconds and will be considered for Worst Jail in Texas , Winter &#8216;07.
*Despite terrible conditions in the Dallas County Jail, it will not be considered at this time since it moved to a new low and is now a contender in the national competition [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shron.wordpress.com&blog=1387878&post=34&subd=shron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Lot of Nerve</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas Observer



SPECIAL WEB RELEASE



A Lot of Nerve
The Army&#8217;s deadly VX waste is burning in Port Arthur  
by RUSTY MIDDLETON

Once again an impoverished Texas neighborhood, in this case in the town of Port Arthur, has become the disposal point for hazardous waste, only this time the waste is potentially so lethal that a drop [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shron.wordpress.com&blog=1387878&post=33&subd=shron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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