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The Denver PostWorkers fighting English-only rulesWhile still rare, cases brought against employers who limit language have grown 612% since 1996.By Jeremy Meyer Denver Post Staff WriterThursday, November 18, 2004 - Aurora - Luz Ornelas and Guadelupe Coronado say they were humiliated and degraded when their boss forbade them from speaking their native Spanish while working at a Family Dollar store on East Colfax Avenue. Not long after, they say, they were fired along with five other Spanish-speaking employees and replaced with workers who spoke only English.The women recently filed a lawsuit in federal court, saying their civil rights were violated...

<p>No charges will be filed against a store manager who shot and killed a would-be robber last week. The dead man's juvenile accomplice, however, isn't so fortunate.</p> <p>Authorities said today that Timmy Lee Taylor, 16, was charged as an adult with murder, attempted robbery and carrying a handgun without a license - even through he didn't shoot cohort Dimitri Bullock.</p>

<p>I wonder what our troops must be thinking these days.</p> <p>The tens of thousands deployed throughout the Middle East, what do they think of these protests and the Hollywood types saying we're making a big mistake?</p> <p>I'll never forget when I was a kid in high school and an army recruiter came for career day. As he was leaving the building, someone yelled, "baby-killer!" The guy stopped momentarily. Slightly turned. But then moved on to his car and drove away, without ever saying a word.</p>

More than 200 Australians still missing October 14 2002 More than 200 Australians remain unaccounted for following yesterday's devastating terrorist blast in Bali, a spokesman for Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said today. The spokesman said commercial airlines were putting extra flights to bring home Australian tourists while further RAAF C-130 aircraft carrying injured would arrive in Darwin this morning."The death toll overall is believed to be in excess of 180. We understand that 13 Australians have died, although those figures are fluid," he told AAP."The department is working to clarify those numbers as the situation stabilises. There...

I was one of the Taliban's torturers: I crucified people(Filed: 30/09/2001) In an astonishing interview with Christina Lamb, the Afghan leader's former bodyguard reveals the full brutality of the fundamentalist regime sheltering Osama bin Laden "YOU must become so notorious for bad things that when you come into an area people will tremble in their sandals. Anyone can do beatings and starve people. I want your unit to find new ways of torture so terrible that the screams will frighten even crows from their nests and if the person survives he will never again have a night's sleep." These ...

It's time to boycott Bayer &nbsp; By Craig MedredDaily News Outdoors Editor &nbsp; (Published March 14, 2001) If you're an angler, boycott Bayer. &nbsp; If you're a meat eater, boycott Bayer. &nbsp; If you're someone whose life has been saved or bettered by modern medical research, boycott Bayer. &nbsp; If you are none of the above, but simply a fan of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, boycott Bayer. &nbsp; Why you ask? &nbsp; Because in the great culture war being raged in America today, Bayer has gone over to the enemy. &nbsp; In the confrontation that pits the ...