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Black and white fades to gray in the home of the Jena 6

JENA La. It’s got all the elements of a Delta blues ballad from the days of Jim Crow: hangman’s nooses dangling from a shade tree; a mysterious fire in the night; swift deliberations by a condemning, all-white jury.

September 22, 2007

A day after civil-rights protest, judge denies request to release Jena Six teen

JENA La. A judge on Friday denied a request to release a teenager whose arrest in the beating of a white classmate sparked this week’s civil rights protest in Louisiana.

September 22, 2007

FBI investigating Web site with supposed Jena 6 addresses and phone numbers

NEW ORLEANS The FBI is reviewing a white supremacist Web site that purports to list the addresses of five of the six black teenagers accused of beating a white student in Jena and “essentially called for their lynching,” an agency spokeswoman said Saturday.

September 22, 2007

From humble beginnings to higher education: 1 man’s story

ST. CLOUD Minn. Rev. Vincent Bulus says his family is “very happy” about the life he’s chosen to lead.

September 22, 2007

Head of University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute resigning

PITTSBURGH The head of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute says he’s resigning that post to focus his time on research.

September 22, 2007

Striking University of Minnesota union suspends pickets after talks

MINNEAPOLIS There were signs of progress Friday in the negotiations between the University of Minnesota and its striking clerical and health care workers.

September 22, 2007

Idaho State University working on realistic artificial hands for veterans

POCATELLO Idaho Idaho State University has received an $842,000 grant from the Department of Defense to develop a prosthetic hand that, rather than simply being attached, will be implanted and provide a sense of touch and temperature sensation by converting impulses sent to and from the brain.

September 22, 2007

UW-Madison researchers get $7.2M to study Lou Gehrig’s disease

MADISON Wis. Stem cell scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have received a $7.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study rats with Lou Gehrig’s disease.

September 22, 2007

USC grants to help state’s neediest students attend college

COLUMBIA S.C. South Carolina’s poorest students can attend the University of South Carolina tuition-free starting next fall by applying for the school’s Gamecock Guarantee scholarship program.

September 22, 2007

Penn Museum displays Panamanian treasures; Michigan stop planned

PHILADELPHIA Visitors to a new exhibit of dazzling gold artifacts and other ancient treasures have a fickle river in central Panama to thank for it.

September 22, 2007

Innocent pleas in Washington State University sorority house rape case

PULLMAN Wash. A Washington State University student pleaded innocent Friday to a charge of second-degree rape in a sorority house.

September 22, 2007

Ardent terminates OSU med center agreement

TULSA Okla. Ardent Health Systems has terminated the academic affiliation agreement between the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the OSU Medical Center, which is owned by Ardent.

September 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Virginia high court to hear disputes over Randolph coed move

RICHMOND Va. The Virginia Supreme Court will hear the appeals of students and alumni challenging the end of 115 years of single-sex education at the former Randolph-Macon Woman’s College.

September 22, 2007

University of Missouri studies quakes in Missouri, China

COLUMBIA Mo. In the year 1556, in north-central China, the largest earthquake ever recorded shook a several-hundred-mile area. Contemporary accounts describe buildings crumbling, the earth liquefying and an estimated 830,000 dead beneath the rubble.

September 22, 2007

N.C. State names graduate management school for Wachovia exec

RALEIGH N.C. North Carolina State University said Friday it will name its graduate school of management in honor of Benjamin P. Jenkins III, vice chairman and president of Wachovia Corp.’s general bank.

September 22, 2007

Higher ACT score required for Bright Flight scholarships

JEFFERSON CITY Mo. High school seniors seeking a Bright Flight scholarship from the state will have to be a little bit brighter this year.

September 22, 2007

Saint Luke’s boards give support to affiliation proposal

KANSAS CITY Mo. Leaders of the St. Luke’s Hospital system on Friday voted to approve in principle a proposed affiliation with the University of Kansas Medical Center.

September 22, 2007

Lawsuit: UW anesthesiologist faked credentials

SEATTLE A federal lawsuit alleges that a University of Washington anesthesiologist faked his credentials.

September 22, 2007