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William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, one of the World War II veterans whose exploits were dramatized in the TV miniseries "Band of Brothers," has died. He was 90.

Second Lady Takes Teachers to Task for Multiculturalism in Wake of Attacks Friday, October 05, 2001 WASHINGTON — Lynne Cheney, wife of the vice president, is staying true to form and attacking educators who would steer their lesson plans in the direction of more multiculturalism since the Sept. 11 attacks. In remarks prepared for a speech to the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, Cheney, a well-known critic of political correctness and former chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, said teachers should instead promote an America-first curriculum. "If there were one aspect of schooling from kindergarten through college ...

New Islamic stamp on sale U.S. Postal Service 'has no plans' of discontinuing 'EID' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Diana Lynne © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com Just ten days before the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon – reportedly linked to Islamic militants – the U.S. Postal Service issued a new stamp celebrating Islam. The postage entitled "EID Greetings" may appear to some as a sinister spoof, given that, when read backwards, EID spells "die." To the contrary, officials say it reflects the agency's real efforts to "reach out to all of our diverse populations." Postal officials say the EID ...

Police kill gunman in grocery store shootout Suspect killed after 14-hour stand-off By Mickey Ciokajlo Tribune staff reporter June 5, 2001 A standoff between police and a man suspected of shooting two state troopers at a grocery store in north suburban Lindenhurst ended early today when police cornered the suspect in a meat locker, exchanged gunfire and fatally wounded the shooter. When he died, Eric D. Hanson, 27, of the 3800 block of North Munn Road in Lake Villa, had two guns on him -- a 9-mm handgun, which he had reloaded twice, and a .380-caliber handgun, which he did ...

Census Shows Remote, Rural Midwest Towns Face Death Spiral Friday, March 23, 2001 By Sharon Cohen E-mail This Story The class of 2001 in the tiny town of Morland, Kan., is small enough to fit at a card table. When the four seniors graduate this spring, it will mark a beginning for them — and an end for their high school. Morland High School — with 19 students — will hand out its diplomas in May, then close its doors days later, one more casualty of declining population in the more remote, rural towns of the nation's heartland. "Some people ...

Germany's Kampf Furor Renews by Steve Kettmann 2:00 a.m. Dec. 1, 2000 PST BERLIN -- News this week that a Munich state prosecutor was investigating allegations that Yahoo Deutschland had sold copies of Mein Kampf could help build momentum in Germany for more sweeping restrictions on such material. "I'm disappointed and shocked," Michel Friedman, a leading spokesman for Germany's Jewish community, said. "We believe that the distribution of anti-Semitic, racist and xenophobic literature through Internet services has to be forbidden," he said. "The case of Yahoo in France showed us that in the next weeks and months there will be ...

Fla. High Court Will Not Order Immediate Recounts Friday, December 1, 2000 The Florida Supreme Court dealt Al Gore a double blow Friday when it refused to order an immediate recount of disputed South Florida ballots and said Palm Beach County's "butterfly ballot" was constitutional and did not require a new election. The court turned down the first request without prejudice, thus declining to intervene in a formal trial-like proceeding in a lower state court. Gore had been hoping to get the recounts of thousands of ballots from Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties jumpstarted so they would be completed before ...