Social Groups And Organizations
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Rutgers University students wore black on Friday to remember a classmate who committed suicide as a lawmaker proposed stiffer penalties for invasion of privacy - the charge against the roommate accused of secretly streaming video of the victim's sexual tryst with a man.
HONOLULU - Two prominent, popular brothers who operate the second-largest vegetable farm in Hawaii will be sentenced in federal court this week on human trafficking charges - they pleaded guilty - but two former state governors, community groups, fellow farmers and other supporters are trying to keep them out of prison.
NEW YORK - A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a decision that had barred Congress from withholding funds from ACORN, the activist group driven to ruin by scandal and financial woes.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Emergency room nurse Erin Riley suffered bruises, scratches and a chipped tooth last year from trying to pull the clamped jaws of a psychotic patient off the hand of a doctor at a suburban Cleveland hospital.
BELL, Calif. - A community group that protested huge salaries earned by three top officials in a Los Angeles suburb is calling for more resignations at City Hall.
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