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CHARLESTON — In a new twist in American race relations, a federal court has ruled that a white teacher in a predominantly African-American school was subjected to a racially hostile workplace. The case concerned Elizabeth Kandrac, who was routinely verbally abused by black students at Brentwood Middle School in North Charleston. Their slurs make shock jock Don Imus look like a church deacon. * * * * * Although Kandrac clearly suffered — she was suspended from her job shortly after a story about her EEOC complaint appeared in the local newspaper, and her contract was not renewed — her...

According to a priest who does not identify himself as a Conservative, the formation program of the Diocese of Rockville Centre was in dire need of a deep overhaul.Every formation program in the diocese was handled for decades by the “Pastoral Formation Institute” or PFI, run until recently by Sister Lauren Hanley, CSJ, whose congregation has its Mother house at Brentwood, NY, in the same diocese. This is how our Priest, who has been a first-hand witness for years, describes the controversial program: “For years the PFI has been forming the laity of Rockville Centre in a mix of very liberal...

NEW YORK -- As police across the region step up transit security in response to a new round of attacks in London, a man with a record involving a pipe bomb was arrested with a weapons cache outside a Long Island commuter train station. Gilbert Hernandez, 34, was arrested during Thursday evening's rush hour at the Brentwood Long Island Rail Road station, where the police presence had been beefed up.

A federal judge ruled yesterday that U.S. Postal Service officials had no special responsibility to alert workers at the Brentwood postal facility to deadly anthrax contamination in the building and cannot be sued by the employees. --------------------- U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer said she found ample reason to believe that the officials showed deliberate indifference to worker safety by keeping the plant operating for four days after they privately confirmed the toxic spores had spread through the facility. ---------------------- Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, said, "We can't imagine that in the end that courts will sanction government supervisors...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- The central mail-processing center where deadly anthrax-laced letters were discovered in the nation's capital was set to open to the public Monday for the first time since it was closed 26 months ago.</p> <p>On Sunday, the former Brentwood facility was officially renamed in honor of two workers killed by anthrax-laced letters that were on their way to Capitol Hill.</p>

Two years after the Brentwood postal facility became a target of terrorism, employees say they have no reason to believe assurances that it is safe for them to return. The Brentwood Processing and Distribution Center that handles the capital's mail in Washington is safe enough for postal employees to return to work. But when government officials broke that news to Congress late last month, they failed to mention one slight problem: Postal employees are telling the government to take this job and shove it. "I was a busboy before I started working for the Postal Service, and I will go...

Findings from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that the rates and causes of death among the United States Postal Service employees during the 12 months following the anthrax attacks were not different from those expected or unusual. CDC, in collaboration with state and local health departments in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, conducted a year-long investigation to evaluate the deaths of 11 United States Postal Service (USPS) workers who may have been exposed to Bacillus anthracis spores. The follow-up was published in the October 3, 2003, issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report....

Postal workers sue over anthrax exposure By Matthew Weinstock mweinstock@govexec.com A group of Washington-area Postal Service employees who claim they were deliberately left in harm’s way during the 2001 anthrax attacks plan to file a class action suit Wednesday against the agency. Brentwood Exposed, a group professing to represent hundreds of current and former postal workers, allege that Postmaster General John Potter and other agency leaders violated the employees’ Fifth Amendment rights by withholding information relating to contamination at the Joseph Curseen Jr. and Thomas Morris Jr. Processing and Distribution Center, formerly known as the Brentwood Mail Processing and...

An anthrax-tainted letter-probably cross-contaminated during the anthrax attacks of September/October 2001,was discovered this week in an FBI evidence locker in Arkansas, where it had been stored since April,2002. Agents came upon the letter,which had been sealed in a protective bag,while cleaning out the evidence locker,and,because it had anthrax investigation markings, decided to have it tested by Arkansas health officials before forwarding it to the Newark, NJ office. A swab test of the letter turned out positive, and the letter was then sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which confirmed the Arkansas findings, and which is doing...

Update on Brentwood Couple Given Controversial Pardon From President Email story to a friend We want to bring you up to date on a local businessman who received a controversial pardon from the president. Ed Gregory, Junior, of Brentwood has filed for bankruptcy. He and his wife, Vonna Jo, got national attention during an investigation of pardons given by President Clinton. The Gregory's were convicted of fraud in the mid-80's and received a pardon in 2000. They reportedly gave thousands of dollars to the democratic party. The couple denies giving anyone money for the pardon.