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One person was killed and seven others were injured when a quinceañera in rural Ellis County exploded in violence, WFAA-TV in Dallas is reporting.Police said four of the victims, including an 11-year-old, were shot, two were stabbed and two others were beaten outside a Ferris-area home early Sunday, the station says.Officials said they believed the violence erupted when the party ran out of beer, WFAA reports.“It doesn’t make sense in a sane world,” Ellis County sheriff’s Lt. R.D. White told the station. “That’s why we’re trying to sort it out.”Officials said the violence apparently broke out between two different groups...

Kevin Ferris - the only sane journalist left at the Philadelphia Inquirer writes a weekly column titled 'Back Channels'. This column is consistent jolt of reality in the wake of a steady stream of hopey-changey bylines produced by this newspaper. In truth, Kevin is not only a talented writer, but a genuinely likable fellow that I call a friend. This particular piece needs to be spread far and wide as it highlights the good capitalism brings to society. This week on Back Channels: Helping Fighters ThriveWorking with Wall Street WarFighters, Philadelphia brokerage firm Drexel Hamilton is helping disabled veterans...

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When anti-war activists set their sights on U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris' Sarasota office last week, they were hoping to send a strong message to the Longboat Key Republican about their opposition to the Iraq war. But the 1960s it wasn't. Instead, six well-mannered protesters arrived, and had to borrow Harris' photocopier to provide the media with copies of their protest letter. "We would have liked to see more people," said Sarasota resident Richard Ferris, one of the six. He said people have jobs and probably just couldn't make it to the lunchtime event on Wednesday.Another protester, Shirley Bascom of Venice,...

DAVENPORT --- A developmentally disabled man riding the Ferris wheel Tuesday at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport slipped out of his car and dropped between the wheel's spokes before being rescued by six employees of Evans United Rides, which operates the ride. Caleb Hill, 31, a slightly built man, was one of 120 clients of Davenport's Handicapped Development Center attending the first day of the fair called "Special Needs Day" at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds. He was not seriously injured. The dramatic incident was captured live by KWQC-TV6 in Davenport during its noon telecast, where the station was located...

<p>PORT HURON,MI (JJA)20:15EST January 9,2004 - Governor Jennifer Granholm snubbed Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge during his visit to St. Clair County Michigan when he failed to meet “her” schedule today.</p> <p>His office did not release Ridge’s arrival time and how long he would be in the county. The Secretary lowered the nation’s alert level today to ELEVATED, and ordered all airports to remain on levels of HIGH alert accounting for no information from his office.</p>