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Federal judge allows students’ empty-holster protest on Texas community college campus 2

donal brown November 10, 2009

A federal district judge ruled that two students could wear empty holsters at Tarrant County College Northeast  to protest school policy against concealed handguns on campus. The students could protest on public streets, sidewalks and common areas but not in classrooms or hallways. Another hearing is scheduled for November 16. -DB Courthouse News Service November 10, 2009 By David Lee DALLAS (CN) – Two students who sued their college for the right to wear empty

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Press association says free speech under attack by populist regimes in Latin America

donal brown November 9, 2009

Populist leaders in Latin America have been looking the other way while their supporters have attacked newsrooms, broadcasting stations and printing plants, one of the many tactics used to silence critics in the media. Eight Mexican journalists have been killed over the last six months. -DB WW4 Report November 8, 2009 Populist leaders in Latin America increasingly use legal and political means to silence critics in the media, Enrique Santos Calderón, president of the Inter

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USC journalism students fighting for death records for swine flu

donal brown November 9, 2009

Many California county health officials are discounting arguments that it is in the public interest to know who died from swine flu and refusing to release the records to journalism students from University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Journalism. In denying the requests, officials cite privacy issues and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal law to keep patients’ health records confidential. -DB Neon Tommy Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism November

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