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Gay advocates say student being used as scapegoat
A former Rutgers University student faces up to 10 years in prison at his sentencing for hate crimes after spying on his roommate’s gay tryst.
Teen’s shooting: It’s not a black and white thing
The mother of a teen gunned down by a neighbourhood watch captain has told protesters the demand for his arrest is about what’s ‘wrong and right’.
US murderer, alleged hijacker caught after 41 years
A murderer who escaped from a New Jersey prison in 1970 and allegedly hijacked a passenger plane has been captured in Portugal after 41 years.
New York scheme for kids to work off library fines: Read
The New York Public Library will waive the outstanding fines of 143 000 children now barred from borrowing new items if they do one thing: read.