^ IJ n rtla n ù ©hscrucr BLACK HISTORY MONTH and the American Experience Page B4 L aw J ustice Teen Arrested in Benson Shooting Abortion Again Before Court Bush justices Charged with attempted murder may change outcome A team o f tactical police u n its e x e c u te d search w ar rants at tw o northeast Port land hom es Friday m orning, arresting 17-year-old D ennis Ray W ilson in connection with last m o n th ’s sh o o tin g n ear B enson H igh S chool. T h e p re -d a w n ra id s o c cu rred at 1905 N.E. Ju n io r St. and 634 N .E . C hurch St. W il so n w a s c h a rg e d w ith a t tem p ted m urder, assault and unlaw ful use o f a w eapon. D etectives believe the Jan. 24 shooting w as gang related. T w o w om en leaving a bask et ball gam e at the school, driv- ing northbound on N ortheast 12th A venue, w ere not the in tended targets, police said. D river 2 3 -year-old Ebony W o o d s an d p a s s e n g e r 22- year-old A llison P rasad sus tained m inor injuries from shat tered glass. Investigators believe W il son w as shooting at a vehicle n ear the school, but instead hit the v ic tim s’ autom obile. T he investigation is continu ing, and anyone w ith inform a tion is asked to call D etective M itch H ergert at the G ang E nforcem ent T eam 503-823- 4106. (A P )— The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will consider the consti tutionality o f banning a type of late-term abortion, teeing up a con tentious issue for a new ly-consti tuted court already in a state o f tlux over privacy rights. The Bush adm inistration has pressed the high court to reinstate the federal law, passed in 2003 but never put in effect because it was struck down by judges in C alifor nia, N ebraska and New York. 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Ash had 15 years experience with The decision, one o f the first Tyson Foods and Hithon 13 years. actions with new Justice Samuel A white man w ho got a m anage Alito, is a loss for Tyson Foods Inc. ment jo b they sought at an A la which was sued by tw o longtime bam a plant had less than tw o years black em ployees w hoclaim ed they experience. Eric Schnapper, a law professor were passed over for prom otions by a white manager whocalled them at the U niversity o f W ashington "b o y s.” w ho is representing the men, told A jury aw arded Anthony Ash justices that the term "boy” is of and John H ithon $1.75 m illion fensive and is considered a slur by apiece in damages, but a judge threw other courts. Elijah Mikell Craig, 24, was ar rested and charged with kidnap ping, rape, sodom y and sexual abuse Friday in the attack on a woman last month in the 8 1 (X) block o f Southeast C enter Street. The U.S. M arsh al's Fugitive Task Force, team ed with detectives from the Portland Police Bureau Sexual Assault Detail, carried out the arrest. A u th o ritie s charged C raig with forcing the female vic tim to a secluded area and sexually assault ing her. The victim began scream ing for help during the as sau lt, p ro m p tin g a r F rom H ead to T oe was started in January o f 2002 by Eric Holden. The company has been doing business for the past 3 years. We specialize in various styles of suits and urban apparel for men, women and youth. Mr. Holden is a custom designer and the founder of Royalty N Collection, a dynamic and —X upcoming clothing line. From Eric Holden Head To Toe has the hottest family m em bertocom e outside to help her. In v e s tig a to rs b e lie v e Craig fired one round from a sem i-autom atic pistol at the fam ily m em ber but missed. Craig was identified as a suspect after labo ratory evidence was "T his form o f verbal abuse has its origins in the slave era." he wrote in the appeal. The case returns to the I IthU .S . Circuit C ourt in Atlanta. T he lawyers for Tyson Foods said that ev id en ce show ed the m anager "w as rude and curt to all em ployees — w hite and black — but had never used racial epithets.” Ash and Hithon were am ong six people w ho sued under a 1964 civil rights law Windows photo bv M ark W ashincton /T he P ortland O bserver One o f the many car windows broken by vandals Monday night. Portland police are looking for inform a tion leading to an arrest for the persons or persons responsible for a w ide swath of vandalism M onday night in northeast Port land. About 7:30 p.m., several w indow s were broken out o f cars in the vicinity o f W ygant Street between I l ,h and 18"' Avenues. A nyone with inform ation in the case is urged to call O fficer Chapin at the N orth east Precinct at 503-823-5700. Tailgating No.l Driver Error Behavior risky, costly and deadly T ailgating isa ris k y ,c o s tly and som etim es dead ly d riv er b eh av ior that is O re g o n 's n um ber one erro r in au to m o b ile crash es, a c co rd in g to the O regon D ep art m ent o f T ra n sp o rta tio n 's Safety D ivision. “ Drivers are tailgating so much today that it has becom e the lead ing factor in crash es,” said an O D O T spokes person. T ailgating is a factor in nearly one-third o f all Oregon vehicle co l lisions. not just fatal crashes, where speed, alcohol and failure to use passenger restraints play a more deadly role. “Thousands of drivers who think they're saving tim e are actually los ing money in the cost o f collisions and in term s o f injuries and som e times fatalities," said Steve Vitolo, th e T ra n s p o r ta tio n S a fe ty D ivision's traffic law enforcem ent analyzed. C h ie f D errick F oxw orth e x p re sse d g ra titu d e to th e U .S. M a rsh a l's S ervice, the O regon State Police C rim e Lab and the d e tectives from the Portland Police Bureau Sexual Assault Detail, call ing these types o f partnerships “ in strumental in solving neighborhood crime." Campus Killer Begins Term Vandals Smash F 89.1 out in the second or th ird tr im e s te r , in which a fetus is par tially removed from the womb, and the skull is punctured or crushed. 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