g, I doubt that. I remember an old adage from my childhood daze, when I worked on my HS newspaper.
"If it bleeds, it leads." g123curious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It'll be interesting to see if this gets more coverage in the news media than the dogs M. Vick and friends killed. 9/11 coverage may have pushed this story aside earlier this week. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone else caught more than a *blurb* about this in the mainstream media? I think I saw a thirty-second clip on a nationally- syndicated morning show. I hate to be the one to play the race card (because, IMO, it makes you the racist), but brand me. Had this been a pretty blonde girl with blue eyes... > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: More on this story... > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=14307118&sc=emaf > > /BIG CREEK, W.Va./ September 12, 2007, 11:23 p.m. ET · > Authorities decided Wednesday not to pursue hate crime charges in > the kidnapping and weeklong torture of a black woman, instead going > after the suspects, who are white, on state charges that carry > stiffer penalties. <snip> "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]