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After laying siege to a house for five hours, police gave a final warning before storming the house where a gunman had been reported inside. A police dog rushed upstairs and, finding a woman in bed, proceeded to sink its teeth into her arms. But as armed officers surrounded a terrified Sonia Pellow, they realised two things. First, she wasn't a gunman. Second, she was deaf and had been sleeping throughout the entire stand-off. Yesterday Miss Pellow, 36, was still too afraid to return to her home in Hayle, Cornwall, after the ordeal, which followed a hoax call to police...

Breaking News Gallaudet Board Votes Out Jane Fernandes Washington Post sources confirm that controversial president-elect's appointment has been rescinded.

Gallaudet University students blocked access to campus for a second day Thursday, escalating their protest against an incoming president they say lacks the skills to lead the nation's only liberal arts university for the deaf and hearing impaired. "We're in the middle of a crisis here," said LaToya Plummer, 25, a junior from Suitland, Md., who was among the protesters. The blockade started around 3 a.m. Wednesday and forced the university to cancel classes for a second day Thursday as about 100 students protested at the front gate. Students sitting in 11 chairs blocked the main campus road at the...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- DeafRepublicans (www.DeafRepublicans.com), a national grassroots organization comprised of deaf and hard of hearing Republicans issued a statement today in response to a press release issued by the Kerry Edwards campaign on behalf of a group which purports to speak for the entire deaf and hard of hearing population in the U.S. DeafRepublicans today repudiated recent statements by Gregory Hlibok, Co-Chair of the National Deaf and Hard of Hearing Americans for Kerry-Edwards Steering Committee, in which Hlibok claims his group "speaks to the confidence and commitment of America's 27 million Americans with hearing loss...

Dear sir or ma’am (an open letter, please distribute): As of late something has come to my attention regarding the 28 million people in the United States with hearing losses (mild to profound) that the Kerry/Edwards campaign is claiming to have full support/endorsement of (http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_1008a.html). A group called the “National Deaf and Hard of Hearing Americans for Kerry-Edwards Steering Committee” (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=%22National+Deaf+and+Hard+of+Hearing+Americans+for+Kerry-Edwards+Steering+Committee%22&btnG=Search) whose letter of endorsement that was placed in the Kerry/Edwards website purporting to say that essentially “27 million” deaf and hard of hearing people endorse the Kerry-Edwards ticket. This is a blatant attempt by this new organization and the...

October 8, 2004 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Americans Endorse Kerry-Edwards Ticket Kerry Edwards Campaign Announces Deaf and Hard of Hearing Americans National Steering Committee For Immediate Release The Kerry-Edwards campaign today announced its National Deaf and Hard of Hearing Americans for Kerry-Edwards Steering Committee. The Steering Committee includes national leaders, political activists, social service providers, heads of national organizations, and educational specialists. Co-chairman Gregory Hlibok, a leader in the Deaf President Now movement, said “the strength of this National Steering Committee speaks to the confidence and commitment of America’s 27 million Americans with hearing loss have in John Kerry...