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Cornell West Arrested Along with Other
Ferguson Protestors
Thousands of people took to the streets of St. Louis
over the weekend in what was billed as a "weekend of
resistance" to protest police violence and the recent
death of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson, Mo.
Marches continued into Monday when black activist
and Professor Cornel West were arrested alongside 49
other protestors.
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Health Organization has released a state
ment predicting that, by the end of the next two
months, Africa will be seeing 10,000 new cases of
Ebola per week. “A lot more people will die,” said
General Dr. Bruce Aylward, who is assistant director
at the World Health Organization. So far, more than
4,000 people have died because of Ebola.
The Vatican released an official document on Monday
that included a statement that the homosexual commu
nity had "gifts and qualities to offer" and asked if
Catholicism could accept gays and recognize positive
aspects of same-sex couples. Gay rights groups con
sidered the statement a breakthrough for the Catholic
Church, but some conservatives called it a betrayal of
family values.
Judge Overturns Alaska Ban
A U.S. District Court Judge Monday ruled in favor of
same-sex marriage in Alaska, calling the state’s ban
unconstitutional and a “deprivation of basic due
process and equal protection” under the 14th Amend
ment. The ruling comes on the heels of similar federal
rulings affecting Idaho and Nevada.
Compromised Data
Voter I.D. Law Reinstated
A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated Texas'
tough voter ID law for the November election. The
ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of
Appeals temporarily blocks last week's ruling by U.S.
District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos in Corpus Christi,
who determined the law unconstitutional and similar to
a poll tax designed to dissuade minorities from voting.
A recent compromise in the Oregon Employment
Department’s website may have left some individuals
v u ln erab le to id en tity theft. S p ecifically , the
WorkSource Oregon page, which offers job place
ment assistant to residents seeking work, may have
had its data opened up by unknown sources. On
Monday, the state began mailing out information on
a free offer for identity theft protection.
First Case of Ebola Transmission in the US
Romney Not to Run in 2016
President Obama is calling for an investigation into how
a hospital worker caught Ebola from a patient at a Dallas
hospital. Nina Pham, a nurse who treated a Liberian
national in Texas, is currently under quarantine and has
been given a blood transfusion from an American Ebola
survivor.
Affordable Quality Retirement Living
for Seniors 62 years and older
s a n d s of Ebola Cases Coming
Vatican Shifts Tone
JO IN US AT A C O M M U N ITY FORUM
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Mitt Rom ney’s wife, Ann Romney, quashed rumors
that her husband might run again for the presidency
in 2016. “Done, completely” she said Tuesday. “Not
only Mitt and I are done, but the kids are done. Done.
Done. Done.” It is still unclear who the frontrunner for
the Republican nominee might be for the next presi
dential election.
First Lady of Oregon Embroiled in Scandal
C y lv ia H a y e s , G o v . Jo h n
K itzhaber’s fiancé, finds herself
am idst a growing scandal.
Last week she tearfully adm it
ted to illegally m arrying an E thio
pian teen for m oney back in 1997
to help his im m igration status and
publicly apologized. Now, Hayes
is defending herself against accu
sations that she may have lived in
a m arijuana grow house with an
ex-boyfriend back in 1998.
Hayes said at the time she was
involved in an abusive relation
ship with a dangerous man, and ___ —
that the m arijuana grow on prop- Cylvia~Hays, Gov. John K itz h a b e r’s fiancé, co m e s to tears adm it-
erty in W ashington state never
m aterialized. “I was never finan-
tin g s h e ille g a lly m a rrie d an E thiopian teen fo r m oney ba ck in
1 9 9 7 to h e lp h is im m ig ra tio n s ta tu s .
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cially involved with it. I did not
pay the dow n paym ent or the
m ortgage paym ents. I had no
m oney.”
Hayes also cam e under fire last
week after a W illam ette W eek re
port questioned possible ethics
violations surrounding her work
as a consultant with the governor's
office.
K itzhaber said safeguards were
follow ed, but M onday called for a
state ethics review o f Hayes' work.