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Reviewing '07, with regret
Rangers score 30Perhaps the Orioles should not have gotten out of bed Aug. 22.
The day bloomed promisingly enough with the announcement of Dave Trembley's permanent hiring as manager and the struggling Texas Rangers in town for a doubleheader. The...Tags: Oklahoma City Thunder, Bars and Clubs, Chris McAlister, Derrick Mason, Peyton Manning
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Defense fails to suppress Lewis' statement to police
Sun National StaffATLANTA - Jurors in the trial of Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, set to begin today, will be shown a statement in which he claims to have barely known people he may have known for years - people who were charged with him in a double homicide. The judge in...Tags: Murder, African Americans, Bars and Clubs, Witnesses, Justice System
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FAMU band member Robert Champion death 911 call: 'He's in my hands, ma'am. He's cold.'
Robert Champion vomited, stopped breathing and was cold to the touch moments before he was taken to the hospital where he died following a suspected hazing attack, according to 911 audio released Thursday.
"We were just sitting there talking and next...Tags: Health and Safety at School, The New York Times, Government, Regional Authority, Orange County Sheriff's Office
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Clearing the haze
KIAHThe 911 call Florida A&M band members made from their bus after fellow band member and drum major Robert Champion stopped breathing has been released. Officials haven't said what caused his death, but they do suspect hazing. Four FAMU students were...Tags: Hazing, Texas Southern University
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Hazing death: FAMU postpones review of anti-hazing rules
The president of Florida A&M University announced late Thursday that he was postponing the work of a task force he appointed to review anti-hazing rules at FAMU, which is reeling after the hazing-related death of drum major Robert Champion in Orlando last...Tags: Health and Safety at School, The New York Times, Government, Orlando, Orange County Sheriff's Office
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FAMU student leaders call for an end to hazing
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M President James Ammons said Monday the university is committed to breaking a conspiracy of silence that has for decades shrouded hazing practices at the school and finally resulted in a band member's death....Tags: Orange County Sheriff's Office, Students, Bethune-Cookman University, Teaching and Learning, College Sports
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Dead FAMU drum major's parents speak out about son — and against culture of hazing
From the time Robert Champion was a 6-year-old kid watching his first parade, he knew his destiny. Awestruck at the sight of a drum major leading a band along the streets of Atlanta, the boy began to beg his parents for any kind of musical instrument he...Tags: Music, College Sports, Bethune-Cookman University, Carnegie Hall, Concerts
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Injured female FAMU band member plans hazing lawsuit
Florida A&M University student Bria Hunter is giving up a full scholarship and leaving the school after being beaten in what police describe as a brutal hazing ritual.
Hunter, a freshman who was beaten so severely that her femur cracked, is also...Tags: Labor Legislation, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Corporate Crime, Fraud
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FAMU death spotlights the menace of hazing
A sense of shock has followed the death of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion. Shock that the 26-year-old collapsed soon after leading FAMU's famed Marching 100 band during the Nov. 19 Florida Classic football game. Shock that hazing within the band's...Tags: College Sports, Florida Classic, Colleges and Universities, Hazing, Rick Scott
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FAMU puts off hazing disciplines until after FDLE probe
The four Florida A&M University students targeted for dismissal after a fellow student died from an apparent hazing ritual might not face disciplinary action anytime soon.
Same goes for the band director, who the university planned to fire because of...Tags: Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), College Sports, Bethune-Cookman University, Florida Classic, Colleges and Universities
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FAMU students and alum address hazing incidents in new blog
A Florida A&M University alumnus and student journalists at the college have launched an independent website devoted to collecting reports of hazing past and present on "their beloved campus" — an effort that they say has elicited at least two dozen...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Bullying, Students, Teaching and Learning, Social Media
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