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Young people have been running amok at Sacramento showings of "Coach Carter," the Samuel L. Jackson film about a Richmond basketball coach who straightens out wayward students. Rachel Kahan was at a Century Stadium 14 showing on Arden and Ethan when a riot broke out. "Kids were beating up a security guard, and they attacked the manager," she said. "It was awful. And what makes it worse was that the behavior was exactly what the character Coach Carter is fighting against." Other showings have been disrupted by shouts and threats from boozed up fans. Paramount Pictures, which distributes "Coach Carter,"...

Police are planning to question the adult children of two prominent Democrats as early as today in the wide-ranging probe into who, early on election day, slashed the tires of 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party. The investigation has already led to the Tuesday arrest of Opel E. Simmons III, a veteran party activist from Virginia in town to work on John Kerry's presidential campaign. Simmons, 33, was released Thursday afternoon without being charged. Sources told us that police, who are being assisted by the FBI, plan to speak to Michael Pratt, son of former Acting Mayor...

Named today as suspects in the election day tire slashing of GOP rented vans to help the elderly and disable get to the polls were the sons of two prominent MIlwaukee politicians. The son of former democratic mayor MARVIN PRATT, and the son of NEWLY ELECTED CONGRESSWOMAN GWEN MOORE have been identified as suspects in this incident. I will post most details as they become available. GWEN MOORE was just elected tuesday to her first term as a UNITED STATES CONGRESSWOMAN, the first african american in WISCONSIN history to be elected to the US HOUSE. She is currently a member...