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Sep 17 2012

Science Center agrees to plant more trees than those removed

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The president of the California Science Center said today the organization has agreed to increase the number of trees it will plant to replace ones being removed to make way for the space shuttle Endeavour’s journey from Los Angeles International Airport to Exposition Park.

But some residents continued to decry the tree-removals, insisting there must be a less-destructive option.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Sep 13 2012

Endeavour makes 12-mile trek from LAX to California Science Center

Work crews recently completed the removal of nearly 400 trees in Inglewood to make room for the space shuttle Endeavour’s upcoming 12-mile journey from Los Angeles International Airport to the California Science Center on Oct.13.

The mainly pine and ficus trees that lined the medians and sidewalks of Manchester and Crenshaw Boulevards are now stumps with orange traffic cones on top.

Aug 27 2012

All other members serving life sentences

The Asian Boyz bloody murder spree in 1995 and 1996 came to a conclusion this week when a Los Angeles Superior Court judge sentenced the final defendant to 218 years to life in state prison.

Jun 5 2012

Twenty-seven departure flights delayed

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—What turned out to be a microphone in a piece of checked luggage led to the partial evacuation of a terminal and flight slow-downs today at Los Angeles International Airport.

A screener detected something unusual in a piece of baggage, and authorities started evacuating a passenger screening area in Terminal 6 at 7:12 a.m., said Nancy Suey Castles of Los Angeles World Airports.

Jun 4 2012

Body found in trunk of car

TORRANCE, Calif.—A 52-year-old man was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for the 1994 strangulation murder of his wife of eight months, a CIA employee whose body was found in the trunk of her car near LAX.

Andre Jackson was convicted in April of first-degree murder for the slaying of Marie Singleton-Jackson, 33.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.