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Second Coast Guard Member Asks For Transfer From Westport November 11, 2004 By Bryan Johnson The Samoan woman is claiming racial discrimination; others say it's part of a larger problem there. WESTPORT - For the second time in 13 months, a member of the Coast Guard has asked for a transfer from the Grays Harbor Coast Guard station at Westport. This time, it's a Samoan woman, who is claiming racial discrimination. She says she fears for the safety of her family. Thirteen months ago, an African-American Coast Guardsman also cited racial prejudice in requesting a transfer from the Grays Harbor...

Hunter S. Thompson's ESPN column was scrubbed of controversy late Monday afternoon when online editors worried the famed gonzo journalist had gone too far. In a column entitled, "Let's Go to the Olympics," Thompson went off on the Abu Ghraib prison picture scandal, exclaiming: "Not even the foulest atrocities of Adolf Hitler ever shocked me so badly as these [Abu Ghraib] photographs did." But after being linked to the DRUDGE REPORT, a top editor demanded the sentence be immediately edited --without Thompson's okay, according to an ESPN.com staffer. "Hunter can go too far sometimes," the Bristol-based ESPN employee told the...