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, NEWS aidav. April 14. 2()()() THK KATTAMON Page 11 Police reject: Strike a pose for Kennedy)! LOS ANGELES (AP)-J acted a plea Thursdayb ’atrick Kennedy to releasi. ape of his confrontation! ort security guard. Police said detectives* ivestigatingthe March 2L t the Los Angeles airport}, 'as no decision on s harges would be filed. Security guard Delli: aims Kennedy ste; 'abbed her when she toll ag was too big to fitfci ly scanner. Police have said thewte, )hysical contact” beto id Kennedy. deadliil :rc was no intention of« el> if the boy wasnotprodi oposed that the Miamird® nd meet with his father, ig to do this fairly, straigi ng games with people,"Its o work through an extras having to cause furtherdisr e\ Manny Diaz bristledai; nt demands. “Letthefamilij ; said. “Whoknowswhati) aeeting?” It was unclear*: mi relatives from doing so. iton also weighed in. “I'vej can to stay out of it,”lifj it it is our obligation toufl I outside Lazaro Gonzalez | ihility. Reno and other fedil sured by Miami police thaiil s crnment official said. Miai^ las renewed his call for pa g in Spanish on a homevii r, saying: “I don’t waul: stay here."The video was: iguage network Univisk nt plan had called fore: iv Miami relatives who! BRIAN SMITH/Thk Batiauon Melissa Knetsar (L), a sophomore elementary education major, and Marlene Morales, a sophomore biology major, practice in their intermediate jazz dance class in Reed Building Thursday afternoon. Gay conservatism stays, says Bush WASHINGTON (AP) — Reli gious conservatives are looking for signs that George W. Bush -ton for a retreat mmnW/Won.'t change his position on gay er. No Cuban after meeting Thursday meeting, the govemmr ij ^ ith activists in an effort to inch f Elian will be transferor 0 ! News in Brief back to the political center. “ It’s not the meeting that’s the problem. It’s what he says,” said Janet Parshall, spokeswoman for the Family Research Council. The conservative group wants the presumptive GOP presiden tial nominee to “declare that he opposes special federal desig nation for homosexuals and de- Senate removes S.C. flag COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The NAACP remained unsatisfied Thursday and said a boycoft will continue after the South Carolina Senate gave final approval to a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse dome. The bill now is headed to the Republi can-controlled House, which on Thursday passed a bill to create official state holidays recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate Memorial Day. House Republicans, many of whom support the flag, recognize a shift in pub lic opinion. “I think there’s a realization that, long tenn this is harmful to our state,” said Re publican House Speaker David Wilkins, a flag supporter. “I think that’s persuaded many people to find an area of compro mise. The boycott certainly has not been positive. The national attention we’ve got ten has not been positive.” Some black I louse members think the Senate compromise to fly a Confederate Hag in front of the Statehouse is too visi ble. And the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People voted unanimously against the proposal, said state President James Gallman. NAACP President Kweisi Mfume said the national organization backs the state conference’s decision The Senate plan “adds insult to injury,” said Nelson Rivers, field operations direc tor for the NAACP and a former official in the South Carolina conference. fend marriage as a union be tween one man and one woman,” she said. In a move to soothe jitters among the GOP’s conservative base, the Bush campaign has been telling key religious ac tivists that the Texas governor would host the meeting, but not change his conservative views. ie Coil ring the state to overte’? ’s for the public school?® Fhese men have served”] Their reputations are dew the word n said, ider the New Hampshiri 1 ! i, impeachable offensCj ery, corruption, [ministration of office,'' the Judiciary Committee 11 ; impeachment of any of* the House would put thee' peachment to a vote, I, the Senate wouldsitakj sides Brock, two unoval — Sherman Hot 1 ! Iroderick. The fourth#1 wrent court, Justice r u, was not named in the e : ! I’s report. itions )mega rV ns! tdron 2 - Army Paint WarV SAVE BIG FOR SPRING! ■ r r * ft cl Post Oak will pay your sales tax on April 17 baek to you in Mall Gift Certificates! 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