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Court Pick Rejects Claim
C h allen g ed blu n tly by
R ep u b lica n s, S u p rem e
C o u rt n o m in e e E len a
K agan said T uesday the
Pentagon's recruiters had
access to H arvard Law School stu
dents "every single day 1 w as dean"
and rejected claim s she m aneuvered
to thw art them . See story, page 4.
Gun Rights Expanded
The Suprem e C ourt held M onday that
A m ericans have the right to ow n a gun
for self-defense anyw here they live,
expanding the conservative court's
em brace o f gun rights. By a 5-4 vote,
the ju stic es cast doubt on handgun
bans in the C hicago area, but signaled
th a t s o m e lim it a ti o n s o n th e
C onstitution's "right to keep and bear
T, Week in
The Review
arm s" co u ld survive legal challenges.
See story, page 4.
Longest Serving Senator Dies
Sen. R obert C. B yrd, a son o f W est
V irginia coal country w ho used his
m astery o f Senate rules
and a taste for hardball
tactics to becom e a pas
sio n ate a d v o ca te for
the state and the S en
ate he loved, died M on
day at age 92. The se n a te ’s longest
serving m em ber, B yrd w as a one-tim e
segregationist and o p p o n en t o f civil
rights legislation w ho evolved into a
Jeffrey Osborne
& The Whispers
liberal hero and voice for the d isad
v an tag ed .
Victim Unable to Swim
A black teenager from M aryland w ho
was a star athlete but apparently did not
know how to sw im drow ned June 22
after leaping into the Clackam as Ri ver at
the H igh Rocks sw im m ing hole near
O regon City, the first drow ning since
lifeguards w ere posted there in 2002.
Schools Brace for Cuts
Portland Public Schools need to cut
m ore than 200 positions district-wide,
according to the latest proposal from
Superintendent Carole Smith. A worst
case scenario w ould cut 126 teaching
positions and elim inate physical edu
cation in the m iddle and elem entary
schools.
lune 30, 2010
Stepmother in Spotlight
Father files for divorce
(A P ) — T h e fa th e r o f a 7 -y e a r-o ld O re g o n b o y m issin g fo r
m o re th an th re e w e ek s filed fo r d iv o rc e fro m th e b o y 's
s te p m o th e r on M o n d ay , c o u rt d o c u m e n ts sh o w e d .
T h e filin g in M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty C irc u it C o u rt liste d
K ain e H o rm an as th e p e titio n e r an d T e rri M o u lto n H o rm a n
as th e re sp o n d e n t.
P o lice h av e said sh e 's th e last k n o w n p e rs o n to h a v e seen
K y ro n H o rm an a liv e b efo re he d isa p p e a re d from h is P o rtla n d
sch o o l on Ju n e 4. A fte r a m a ssiv e se a rc h , th e M u ltn o m a h
C o u n ty s h e r if f s o ffic e re c e n tly d e sc rib e d th e c ase as a
c rim in a l in v e stig a tio n
S h e r if f s s p o k e sw o m a n Lt. M ary L in d stra n d said M o n
d ay n ig h t h e r o ffic e is "n o t ta lk in g a b o u t p e rso n a l issu e s
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