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Matt Dumba kneeled during the U.S. national anthem Saturday after vowing that the NHL and the Hockey Diversity Alliance will stand up for justice and against racism. The Minnesota Wild defenseman spoke at center ice at Rogers Place before the Edmonton Oilers faced the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 1 of their best-of-5 series in the 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers.

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – An Occupy Louisville protester was arrested and charged for failing to register as a sex offender. Donald Baum was arrested at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday and charged with failure to comply with the Kentucky Sexual Offender Registration. Baum was also arrested Sunday, during a protest at Chase Bank in the Highlands, where he was charged with 3rd degree assault of a police officer, resisting arrest, obstructing governmental operations and 2nd degree disorderly conduct.

Man arrested for 3rd suspected DUI in 1 week IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. -- An Imperial Beach man was arrested for suspected drunken driving three times in five days, deputies said Sunday. Sheriff's deputies were called to a report of a drunken driver on Seacoast Drive in Imperial Beach about 6:30 a.m. Sunday. When they arrived they found the driver, David Lakarnafeaux, 44, had walked inside a bar on Palm Avenue and Seacoast Drive, Sgt. Ted Greenwald said. When deputies arrested him, they discovered that Lakarnafeaux had already been arrested for the same charge twice last week: on Tuesday by San...

A woman tells a Florida TV station that she's "embarrassed" by the attention she's received since calling 911 to report that McDonald's had run out of chicken nuggets. She says that she called because the cashier wouldn't return her money. But authorities said that 911 calls are for emergencies and her situation was not an emergency. According to the police report, Goodman called 911 three times Saturday to report that a McDonald's employee wasn't giving her a refund for the chicken nuggets she wanted. "The manager just took my money and won't give me my money back, trying to make...

A Leamington man has fallen prey to international scam artists who strung him along for more than a year with the promise of millions in cash, but ultimately bilked him and his family of $150,000. John Rempel said he quit his truck driving job, lost friends, borrowed money and crossed the globe in pursuit of a non-existent inheritance, after he was contacted by e-mail in what is known as a Nigerian 419 scam. Rempel said he borrowed $55,000 from an uncle in Mexico and his parents gave him $60,000 on credit to cover fees for transferring $12.8 million into his...

A man who fell off a cliff and tumbled into Georgetown's Blue Hole Park has sued the city, saying there should have been warning signs at the edge of the drop-off. Jason Stanford, of Thomasville, N.C., slipped and fell off the cliff in front of the Holiday Inn on San Gabriel Village Boulevard on March 16, according to the lawsuit. City officials had previously said the fall occurred about 1:30 a.m. on March 17. Stanford fractured his leg, ankle and lower back, his attorney Mike Marbut said. Stanford had some beer, but was not drinking at the time of the...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry has decided to support a filibuster to block the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, CNN's Congressional Correspondent Ed Henry reported Thursday. Kerry, in Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum, was marshaling support in phone calls during the day, Henry said.</p>

The Air Force Reserve plans to discharge a lieutenant colonel accused of causing thousands of dollars in damage by defacing cars with pro-Bush bumper stickers, officials said Friday. Lt. Col. Alexis Fecteau, a pilot with 500 combat hours in the first Persian Gulf war and the Balkans, is charged with felony criminal mischief. He is accused of using paint stripper to write "F--- Bush" in 18-inch-high letters on cars at Denver International Airport with bumper stickers supporting President Bush and conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh. Jim Miller, a spokesman for the Air Force Reserve Command at Robins Air Force Base,...

A message from Cindy Sheehan Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the State becomes lawless and corrupt. Mahatma Gandhi Unfortunately the 2000th American death in Iraq is tragically coming up too soon. In addition to the wasted young lives in Iraq, 246 of our brave men and women have been killed in Afghanistan. Our troops and the war in Afghanistan get even less attention than Iraq, if possible. I am in Washington, DC now and along with a coalition of peace groups and local activists, we will be holding vigils at the White House for the rest of the...

Consultant stirs confusion in case of former district attorney Roach AMARILLO - Earlier this year, former 31st District Attorney Rick Roach hired his own sentencing consultant, a Rhode Island firm, to help prepare for his upcoming sentencing on a drug-related federal firearms charge. But Roach's case took an unusual twist last week when he asked U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to ignore a letter his sentencing consultant improperly shipped off to the judge last month. In February, Roach resigned and pleaded guilty to one federal charge of possessing a firearm while being a user of a controlled substance. He...

George W. Bush speaks for values. He speaks for family fidelity, personal responsibility, patriotism and spiritual devotion. John Kerry embodies values. He's faithful to his wife and loyal to his family. Would Kerry embrace Harry Truman's "The Buck Stops Here"? Yes, he accepts personal responsibility. Does Bush? Not entirely, remember Abu Graib and his resistence to set up a 9/11 Commission to find out the truth. His administration gave Congress a cost figure for Medicare prescription drugs which was 145 billion dollars lower than the real cost. He wanted the political credit for Medicare prescription drugs so badly that he...