Wednesday, August 5, 2015
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By STEVE PEOPLES
Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Billionaire busi-
nessman Donald Trump has scored the
top spot for Thursday night’s leadoff
debate of the 2016 presidential race,
joined by former Florida Gov. Jeb
Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
and seven other Republican contenders
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Seven others will be excluded,
including former technology executive
Carly Fiorina and former Texas Gov.
Rick Perry, relegated to a pre-debate
forum and second-tier status in the
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Fox News announced the 10 GOP
White House hopefuls who will take
part in the prime-time debate in the
crucial swing state of Ohio.
Beyond Trump, those selected
among the top 10 — based on recent
national polls — include Bush,
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Texas
Sen. Ted Cruz, Kentucky Sen. Rand
Paul, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, retired
neurosurgeon Ben Carson, former
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, New
Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ohio
Gov. John Kasich.
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date, Perry, Louisiana Gov. Bobby
Jindal, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey
Graham, former Pennsylvania Sen.
Rick Santorum, former New York Gov.
George Pataki and former Virginia
Gov. Jim Gilmore.
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improve its debates ahead of the elec-
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contenders in modern memory, orga-
nizers say something had to give to
ensure the debate in Cleveland didn’t
turn into a nationally televised circus.
“We never ever envisioned we’d
have 17 major candidates,” said Steve
Duprey, New Hampshire’s repre-
sentative to the Republican National
Committee who helped craft the debate
plan. “There’s no perfect solution.”
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closely with TV executives, although
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In this Aug. 3 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov.
John Kasich speaks in Manchester, N.H. Kasich’s recent poll results
earned him a place in the first prime time Republican presidential de-
bate, Thursday.
which candidates will be allowed on
stage for their televised events.
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debates before primary voting begins
in February. The network says it used a
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larly concerned about Fiorina’s status,
hoping she would help balance Hillary
Rodham Clinton’s push to rally women
to her candidacy. Trump’s recent surge
in the polls was particularly damaging
to Fiorina.
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rise has surprised many Republican
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rhetoric on immigration and other
divisive issues could hurt the party. In
a Tuesday interview, Trump said he’s
been defying expectations all his life.
“I think people are tired, they’re sick
and tired of incompetent politicians,”
he said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”
when asked to explain his rise.
Fox didn’t say before Tuesday’s
announcement which polls it would
use to determine its top 10. Many
candidates are grouped together in
the single digits, most separated by
a number smaller than the margin of
error.
For example, in a Monmouth
University survey released Monday,
Kasich was the 10th candidate with the
support of 3.2 percent of voters.
But after taking the margin of error
into account, Monmouth noted that
Kasich’s support could be as low as
1.5 percent, while almost any of the
candidates who polled lower could be
that high or higher.
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candidates — Trump, Bush, Walker,
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in the top tier of candidates, while just
two —Pataki and Gilmore — would
not make it into the top 10 even when
margin of error was taken into account.
Some candidates looked at the polls
on Tuesday, and then looked past the
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tunity of many,” Amy Frederick, an
aide to Fiorina, wrote to supporters.
“With many more debates to come, we
fully expect that Carly will soon stand
on the stage and show America what
real leadership looks like.”
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not? It’s up to you if you
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child treated this way,” said
clank of metal handcuffs
Lisa H. Thurau, founder
closing around his arms.
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organization meant to
at me like that,” a deputy
improve the relationship
says to the 8-year-old child,
between children and police.
the interaction caught by a
“But this is not an isolated
video camera. “You can do
case. We’ve heard of these
what we asked you to, or
cases before.”
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county
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on Aug. 4, an 8-year-old boy struggles and cries
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policing in public schools.
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problem,
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child. That’s not the way to Public Schools said in a struggling to think
of a
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video might spur the public
court, or anywhere.”
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privacy
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groaned Steven C. Teske, a concerns.
kicks his legs in the chair.
there,” she said. “And I think
Georgia juvenile court judge
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County
Sheriff
Sumner bends down that there’s an increasing
who has led the charge to Chuck
Korzenborn and puts his hand on his awareness among folks that
reduce restraints in schools, defended his deputy,
who he shoulder.
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as he watched the video for described as a respected
and
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two children, the 8-year-old statement. “Deputy Sumner
boy in the video and another responded to the call and
9-year-old girl in schools did what he is sworn to
the Covington Independent do and in conformity with
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BRIEFLY
Sandra Bland’s
family sues state
trooper, wants
answers
HOUSTON (AP) — The
family of a black woman
found dead in a Texas
jail three days after a
confrontation with a
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a wrongful-death lawsuit
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it was a last resort after
being unable to get enough
information about the case.
Sandra Bland, a Chicago-
area woman, died by what
authorities say was suicide
in her Waller County jail cell
on July 13. Her family and
others previously questioned
that, and criticized the
trooper who stopped her
for failing to signal a lane
change.
“The bottom line is she
never should have been
inside the jail cell. Period,”
Bland’s mother, Geneva
Reed-Veal, said at a news
conference. Reed-Veal, her
Bible within reach, said she
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enough about Jesus” that
she wouldn’t hang herself,
and her feelings as a mother
say her daughter didn’t. But
“anything is possible,” she
said.
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tell you, if the facts ... show
without a doubt that that
was the case, I’ll have to be
prepared to deal with that,”
she said.
Bland’s death came after
nearly a year of heightened
national scrutiny of police
and their dealings with
black suspects, especially
those who have been killed
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custody.
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Senate vote
WASHINGTON (AP) —
After the Senate’s derailing
of Republican legislation
halting federal dollars for
Planned Parenthood, one
thing seems clear: Many on
both sides think they can
ring up gains from the battle.
Abortion-rights groups
are already releasing TV ads
attacking GOP supporters of
the measure for stomping on
women’s health care needs.
Conservatives are accusing
Democrats of voting to
protect taxpayer funds for
an organization whose
campaign contributions tilt
lopsidedly to Democratic
candidates.
And each party was
bracing to revisit the
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Congress returns from
its summer recess and
considers legislation keeping
government agencies open
after their budgets expire
Oct. 1.
Conservatives see that
as an opportunity to keep
Planned Parenthood money
out of those bills. GOP
leaders, concerned that
their party could be blamed,
would prefer to avoid a
government shutdown
battle with President Barack
Obama.
Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,
repeated that sentiment
Tuesday, telling reporters
that while congressional
investigations of Planned
Parenthood were just
beginning, “No more
government shutdowns.”
The Republican drive was
prompted by graphic videos
secretly recorded by anti-
abortion activists that show
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coolly describing how they
sometimes provide fetal
tissue to medical researchers.
Abortion opponents say the
recordings caught Planned
Parenthood illegally selling
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— while apologizing for
their workers’ businesslike
words — say they’ve abided
by laws that let them recoup
the procedures’ costs.
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Mississippi
HATTIESBURG, Miss.
(AP) — Authorities are
searching for two men who
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at soldiers at a military
facility in Mississippi,
although no one was
reported wounded, a sheriff
said Tuesday.
Perry County Sheriff
Jimmy Dale Smith told
WDAM-TV that the soldiers
were training at Camp
Shelby Joint Forces Training
Center near Hattiesburg.
Mississippi’s National
Guard said soldiers training
at Camp Shelby reported
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a.m. along Peret Tower
Road, near the training
facility. The facility is secure
and all personnel accounted
for and unharmed, the guard
said in a news release.
Lt. Col. Christian
Patterson said the shots were
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runs along the eastern side of
the base.
“We had soldiers who
were training in the area
and heard the shots. They
reported it to their chain
of command and then we
reported it to the local
authorities,” Patterson said.
The guard made no
mention of whether the shots
were believed to have been
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that the shots are believed to
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Camp Shelby.
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U.S. sickened by
cilantro-linked
infection
DES MOINES, Iowa
(AP) — More than 380
people in 26 U.S. states
have been diagnosed
with a stomach illness
tied to Mexican cilantro
contaminated by human
waste, two federal agencies
said Tuesday.
It’s the fourth consecutive
summer in which the
intestinal infection
cyclosporiasis has been
reported in the United States.
The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and the Food and
Drug Administration are
investigating the cause of
the latest outbreak, which
appears to have begun after
May 1.
The FDA said it suspects
the contamination came
from “contact with the
parasite shed from the
intestinal tract of humans”
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contaminated water or
harvesting, processing and
packing activities. It causes
diarrhea, nausea and fatigue
which can last several
weeks to a month or more if
untreated.
Preliminary results
indicate cases can be traced
to cilantro from the state of
Puebla, Mexico, supplied to
restaurants.
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