February 24, 1996
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FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (CNN) -- Nine soldiers at the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg face possible discharge from the Army following a probe of possible racist activities in the elite paratrooper division.
The probe of extremist activity -- prohibited to soldiers -- began after three soldiers were arrested for the racially- motivated killings of two African-Americans on a Fayetteville street in December. Those three soldiers -- now facing first-degree murder or conspiracy charges in the deaths of Jackie Burden and Michael James -- are among the nine who could be kicked out.
A fourth is facing a court-martial after an unrelated shooting. The remaining five have already received some disciplinary action, including reduction of rank, extra duty or loss of pay.
Four other soldiers have already received written reprimands, been barred from re-enlisting or both.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (CNN) -- Students at Salt Lake City high schools staged a walkout Friday, protesting the school board's ban of all extracurricular clubs to avoid having a lesbian and gay student club. (43K AIFF sound or 43K WAV sound)
400 students protested at East High School, while 200 walked out at West High and marched a mile to the state Capitol. Another 100 students watched the protest at East High, including a group of boys hoisting a sign reading "SAFE -- Students Against Faggots at East."
The school board voted 4-3 on Tuesday to ban all clubs, rather than permit a gay-straight student alliance at East High.
Also on Friday, the state legislature passed a bill prohibiting teachers from condoning illegal conduct in schools. The bill's opponents called it a swipe at gay clubs.
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California (CNN) -- NASA successfully launched a Delta II rocket Saturday morning after scrubbing the first attempt 24 hours earlier.
The rocket carried a polar research satellite into orbit. The satellite, Polar, is part of the International Solar Terrestrial Physics program. (978K QuickTime movie)
Polar is the third satellite in orbit for the program. Geotail was launched in 1992 and studies effects of solar activity, and Wind began studying solar wind properties between the earth and sun in 1994.
ROCHESTER, New York (CNN) -- A man convicted of sending pornographic pictures of children through America Online has been sentenced to five years in prison.
John Delmarle agreed to a maximum sentence of 33 months in a plea agreement last December, but U.S. District Judge Michael Telesca imposed a longer sentence Friday.
Delmarle was caught in a two-year, nationwide FBI investigation. The federal agency arrested more than a dozen people last fall.
Delmarle, who has previous pedophile convictions on his record, was also sentenced to three years' probation and six months home confinement after his release from prison.
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