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Washington (CNN) -- All Cedric wanted was lunch.

A 14-year old student in a special education classroom in Texas, Cedric was living with a foster family because of a history of neglect, including malnutrition. But on this day in 2002, his teacher tried to punish him by withholding food, despite the abuse he had suffered as a young child.

Cedric's teacher delayed his lunch for hours to discipline him for refusing to do his work. When he wouldn't comply, his teacher put him in a face down restraint and sat on him in front of his classmates. Cedric said repeatedly that he could not breathe. He died minutes later on the classroom floor.

Cedric's tragic story isn't an isolated case in America's schools today.

According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, over the last 20 years there have been hundreds of allegations of school personnel using restraint and seclusion in abusive ways on children. It's happening disproportionately to students with disabilities, often at the hands of untrained staff. Many of these students bear haunting physical and emotional scars. And in a number of cases, students have died.

It's difficult to believe, but there are no federal laws to prevent this from happening.

Local newspapers recount bone-chilling stories of schoolchildren tied to chairs, or with their mouths taped shut, sometimes locked in dark closets, or pinned to the floor for hours at a time. If parents treat their kids this way, it's considered a criminal offense.

But unlike in hospitals and other institutions that receive federal taxpayer funding, there are no federal protections against these abusive practices when they happen in schools.

The Children's Health Act of 2000 regulates how and when restraint and seclusion can be used in medical settings and community facilities. But classrooms, where students spend the majority of their day, are exempt.

In the absence of a federal standard, state protections for kids are all over the map. Many states have no regulations whatsoever. Children are left vulnerable and staff untrained.

Restraint and seclusion techniques should be used only as a last resort, when someone is in imminent danger of physical injury and there are no alternatives. Without proper training, staff can be hurt and students, especially small children, are at risk.

Yet the GAO and news reports confirm that these practices are used frequently, often as discipline, when students aren't physically aggressive. While there is no centralized reporting, data from the few states that do track incidents paints a troubling picture. In the 2007-2008 school year in California alone, the GAO reports, there were more than 14,300 cases of restraint, seclusion and other "emergency interventions." We don't know how many of these merited real emergencies.

In one California case, Paige, a young girl with Asperger's syndrome, was restrained in class because she was wiggling her loose tooth. Her mother, who had never consented to physical interventions, had no idea restraint was regularly imposed until her daughter came home with bruises.

As parents, when we send our children to school, we expect they will be safe from danger. And when the very people we entrust with our children's well-being inflict this type of abuse, it's not just the victims and their families who suffer. It hurts their classmates, who witness these terrifying events. It undermines the vast majority of teachers and staff who are trying to give students a quality education. It's a nightmare for everyone involved.

The easy answer here would be to blame teachers. But it would be the wrong one.

Ultimately, the root of this problem has been our system-wide failure to provide direction and enforcement. As long as school systems continue to lack the tools they need to create good policies and properly train staff, these incidents will continue.

The solution is a balanced approach to make classrooms safe for students and teachers.

With that goal in mind, on Wednesday we are introducing legislation to finally ensure that schools in every state have the resources they need to prevent inappropriate restraint and seclusion.

Our bill would set minimum safety standards in schools, similar to the protections children already receive in other institutions, so that states can ensure appropriate school district policies. It would limit physical restraints or locked seclusion to situations involving imminent danger, and require staff to be trained in administering these practices. It would outlaw mechanical restraints, such as strapping kids to chairs, and prohibit restraints that restrict breathing.

It will increase transparency and oversight, so we will finally know just how widespread these practices are, and provide the Secretary of Education with tools to enforce the law.

And it would give schools the support they need to equip their staff to handle difficult situations in the most positive manner possible.

In a time of deep partisan divide, some may wonder what prompted strange bedfellows -- a member of Democratic leadership and a member of Republican leadership -- to team up.

It's as simple as this: Schools are places for our children to learn, grow, and thrive. As a nation we must do better.

It's time to ensure that no child in this country suffers the same fate as Cedric.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of U.S. Reps. George Miller and Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

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question: What students are restrained disproportionate?

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question: What representatives are most concerned?

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BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China's long simmering battle against corruption has come to a boil, this time in Chongqing, the largest megalopolis in the world. A massive crackdown has implicated millionaires, gangsters, and even police officers. Known as "dahei" (combat triads), the campaign has put the spotlight on organized crime and how it has infested local bureaucracy and businesses through bribery, extortion, blackmail and violence.

The anti-triad campaign in Chongqing is being led by Bo Xilai, the city's party chief.

Criminal trials are underway following months of police investigation. Details of murky cases are trickling out. Among those on the dock is Xie Caiping, a portly woman believed be the "mama san" of one of Chongqing's notorious triads. Xie is accused of operating gambling dens, drug trafficking, giving and collecting bribes and terrorizing people, including policemen who had tried to investigate her illicit activities. More trials are expected as the city fights at least 14 mafia-style gangs. Given China's opaque political world, it is notable that the ongoing trial is extensively covered by the Chinese media.

For years after the Cultural Revolution, Chongqing languished as a decrepit mountain-city in Sichuan province, better known for its spicy food and poor farmers carrying goods on bamboo poles. It became the world's largest city in 1997 when the central government, by administrative edict, incorporated a huge area adjacent to the city into what is now the Chongqing municipality. China's goal was to build up Chongqing into a modern mega-city that will later serve as the new economic engine in central China. Over the years, thanks of the influx of corporate investments and central government funding in infrastructure projects, the city of 31 million has become a center of an economic boom.

But the economic boom has also led to the resurgence of local gangs engaged in human and drug trafficking, illegal gambling, prostitution, extortion and protection rackets. Gangsters were blamed for heinous crimes of murder and kidnapping. Local officials were accused of "economic crimes"-- bribery, profiteering and malversation involving public funds and property. Such abuses have prompted popular anger and social unrest.

Communist Party officials are under pressure to clean up or perish. "The life or death of the party depends on whether or not we have a strong will to punish and prevent corruption," Chinese President Hu Jintao told a meeting of the party elite last September. Party leaders pledged to attack the "acute problems" of corruption, the gap between the rich and the poor, and the lack of democracy within the party's own ranks. At the meeting, they outlined an anti-corruption directive that would compel officials and their families to disclose their property holdings and investments. "The new transparency rules are meant to curb abuse of power," says political analyst Wenran Jiang. "It's also aimed at appeasing public discontent over corruption."

In Chongqing, police operations started in June, leading to the arrest of over 4,800 suspected gangsters and the confiscation of 1,700 illegal firearms. Investigations led to many city officials, including police officers. They include Wen Qiang, Xie Caiping's brother-in-law, who is now accused of colluding with gangsters. Highly regarded as an ace investigator, Wen was the deputy police commissioner and head of the city's justice bureau. Last August, he was stripped of his posts, detained and charged of accepting over 100 million yuan in bribes in exchange for giving gangs a "protective umbrella". Local media reports say Chongqing residents celebrated Wen's arrest by setting off firecrackers.

The "dahei" campaign is led by Bo Xilai. 60, the city's party chief who also sits on China's ruling politburo. Son of a revolutionary veteran, Bo had served as Dalian city mayor, Liaoning provincial governor and China's minister of commerce. An outsider in Chongqing, Bo has had to bring in his trusted protÃ©gÃ©, Wang Lijun, to replace Wen Qiang as chief of police and clean up the city. Wang made his name as a tough, upright police commissioner in Liaoning province, Bo's former turf. In response, the gangs have reportedly put a 12 million yuan bounty on Wang's head. "It not us who took the initiative to fight the underworld," Bo Xilai told the Chongqing media. "It's the underworld who has compelled us to do so. The public has been gathering at the gate of our government building, holding blood-stained pictures, deeply distressed. The underworld has killed innocent people with machetes, like butchers killing pigs -- too horrible to see." Bo said the campaign is aimed at restoring economic order and winning people's trust.

Bo's get-tough stance has earned him praises, especially among the Netizens. "Chongqing's experience should be popularized nationwide," wrote a Netizen from the eastern province of Zhejiang. "Bo should be China's leader in the new era," wrote another. Some political observers think success in Chongqing could catapult him as a "dark horse" in the next round of political transition, when the next generation of leaders take over in 2012. "Whatever his motives, the impact is not local but national," says Wenran Jiang. "Clearly, there is public support for such bold actions." Jiang, who was Bo's college classmate at Peking University in the late 1970s, remembers Bo as "a smart student of Chinese and world history who always want to do the right thing."

It remains unclear if the current house-cleaning in Chongqing will spread nationwide. Cynics doubt if the Communist Party leaders have the stomach to genuinely root out the evil of corruption wherever investigations find them. "These crackdowns are like swatting flies while ignoring tigers," shrugs a white-collar worker in Beijing. Some see progress. "At least they realize that the problem is very acute," says a government functionary [who asked to remain anonymous]. "We cannot speak of a harmonious society unless the people are treated equally before the law."

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text: mountain

text: city

text: in

text: Sichuan

text: province

text: better

text: known

text: for

text: its

text: spicy

text: food

text: and

text: poor

text: farmers

text: carrying

text: goods

text: on

text: bamboo

text: poles

text: It

text: became

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: largest

text: city

text: in

text: when

text: the

text: central

text: government

text: by

text: administrative

text: edict

text: incorporated

text: a

text: huge

text: area

text: adjacent

text: to

text: the

text: city

text: into

text: what

text: is

text: now

text: the

text: Chongqing

text: municipality

text: China

text: 's

text: goal

text: was

text: to

text: build

text: up

text: Chongqing

text: into

text: a

text: modern

text: mega

text: city

text: that

text: will

text: later

text: serve

text: as

text: the

text: new

text: economic

text: engine

text: in

text: central

text: China

text: Over

text: the

text: years

text: thanks

text: of

text: the

text: influx

text: of

text: corporate

text: investments

text: and

text: central

text: government

text: funding

text: in

text: infrastructure

text: projects

text: the

text: city

text: of

text: million

text: has

text: become

text: a

text: center

text: of

text: an

text: economic

text: boom

text: But

text: the

text: economic

text: boom

text: has

text: also

text: led

text: to

text: the

text: resurgence

text: of

text: local

text: gangs

text: engaged

text: in

text: human

text: and

text: drug

text: trafficking

text: illegal

text: gambling

text: prostitution

text: extortion

text: and

text: protection

text: rackets

text: Gangsters

text: were

text: blamed

text: for

text: heinous

text: crimes

text: of

text: murder

text: and

text: kidnapping

text: Local

text: officials

text: were

text: accused

text: of

text: economic

text: crimes"--

text: bribery

text: profiteering

text: and

text: malversation

text: involving

text: public

text: funds

text: and

text: property

text: Such

text: abuses

text: have

text: prompted

text: popular

text: anger

text: and

text: social

text: unrest

text: Communist

text: Party

text: officials

text: are

text: under

text: pressure

text: to

text: clean

text: up

text: or

text: perish

text: The

text: life

text: or

text: death

text: of

text: the

text: party

text: depends

text: on

text: whether

text: or

text: not

text: we

text: have

text: a

text: strong

text: will

text: to

text: punish

text: and

text: prevent

text: corruption

text: Chinese

text: President

text: Hu

text: Jintao

text: told

text: a

text: meeting

text: of

text: the

text: party

text: elite

text: last

text: September

text: Party

text: leaders

text: pledged

text: to

text: attack

text: the

text: acute

text: problems

text: of

text: corruption

text: the

text: gap

text: between

text: the

text: rich

text: and

text: the

text: poor

text: and

text: the

text: lack

text: of

text: democracy

text: within

text: the

text: party

text: 's

text: own

text: ranks

text: At

text: the

text: meeting

text: they

text: outlined

text: an

text: anti

text: corruption

text: directive

text: that

text: would

text: compel

text: officials

text: and

text: their

text: families

text: to

text: disclose

text: their

text: property

text: holdings

text: and

text: investments

text: The

text: new

text: transparency

text: rules

text: are

text: meant

text: to

text: curb

text: abuse

text: of

text: power

text: says

text: political

text: analyst

text: Wenran

text: Jiang

text: It

text: 's

text: also

text: aimed

text: at

text: appeasing

text: public

text: discontent

text: over

text: corruption

text: In

text: Chongqing

text: police

text: operations

text: started

text: in

text: June

text: leading

text: to

text: the

text: arrest

text: of

text: over

text: suspected

text: gangsters

text: and

text: the

text: confiscation

text: of

text: illegal

text: firearms

text: Investigations

text: led

text: to

text: many

text: city

text: officials

text: including

text: police

text: officers

text: They

text: include

text: Wen

text: Qiang

text: Xie

text: Caiping

text: 's

text: brother

text: in

text: law

text: who

text: is

text: now

text: accused

text: of

text: colluding

text: with

text: gangsters

text: Highly

text: regarded

text: as

text: an

text: ace

text: investigator

text: Wen

text: was

text: the

text: deputy

text: police

text: commissioner

text: and

text: head

text: of

text: the

text: city

text: 's

text: justice

text: bureau

text: Last

text: August

text: he

text: was

text: stripped

text: of

text: his

text: posts

text: detained

text: and

text: charged

text: of

text: accepting

text: over

text: million

text: yuan

text: in

text: bribes

text: in

text: exchange

text: for

text: giving

text: gangs

text: a

text: protective

text: umbrella

text: Local

text: media

text: reports

text: say

text: Chongqing

text: residents

text: celebrated

text: Wen

text: 's

text: arrest

text: by

text: setting

text: off

text: firecrackers

text: The

text: dahei

text: campaign

text: is

text: led

text: by

text: Bo

text: Xilai

text: the

text: city

text: 's

text: party

text: chief

text: who

text: also

text: sits

text: on

text: China

text: 's

text: ruling

text: politburo

text: Son

text: of

text: a

text: revolutionary

text: veteran

text: Bo

text: had

text: served

text: as

text: Dalian

text: city

text: mayor

text: Liaoning

text: provincial

text: governor

text: and

text: China

text: 's

text: minister

text: of

text: commerce

text: An

text: outsider

text: in

text: Chongqing

text: Bo

text: has

text: had

text: to

text: bring

text: in

text: his

text: trusted

text: protÃ

text: gÃ

text: Wang

text: Lijun

text: to

text: replace

text: Wen

text: Qiang

text: as

text: chief

text: of

text: police

text: and

text: clean

text: up

text: the

text: city

text: Wang

text: made

text: his

text: name

text: as

text: a

text: tough

text: upright

text: police

text: commissioner

text: in

text: Liaoning

text: province

text: Bo

text: 's

text: former

text: turf

text: In

text: response

text: the

text: gangs

text: have

text: reportedly

text: put

text: a

text: million

text: yuan

text: bounty

text: on

text: Wang

text: 's

text: head

text: It

text: not

text: us

text: who

text: took

text: the

text: initiative

text: to

text: fight

text: the

text: underworld

text: Bo

text: Xilai

text: told

text: the

text: Chongqing

text: media

text: It

text: 's

text: the

text: underworld

text: who

text: has

text: compelled

text: us

text: to

text: do

text: so

text: The

text: public

text: has

text: been

text: gathering

text: at

text: the

text: gate

text: of

text: our

text: government

text: building

text: holding

text: blood

text: stained

text: pictures

text: deeply

text: distressed

text: The

text: underworld

text: has

text: killed

text: innocent

text: people

text: with

text: machetes

text: like

text: butchers

text: killing

text: pigs

text: too

text: horrible

text: to

text: see

text: Bo

text: said

text: the

text: campaign

text: is

text: aimed

text: at

text: restoring

text: economic

text: order

text: and

text: winning

text: people

text: 's

text: trust

text: Bo

text: 's

text: get

text: tough

text: stance

text: has

text: earned

text: him

text: praises

text: especially

text: among

text: the

text: Netizens

text: Chongqing

text: 's

text: experience

text: should

text: be

text: popularized

text: nationwide

text: wrote

text: a

text: Netizen

text: from

text: the

text: eastern

text: province

text: of

text: Zhejiang

text: Bo

text: should

text: be

text: China

text: 's

text: leader

text: in

text: the

text: new

text: era

text: wrote

text: another

text: Some

text: political

text: observers

text: think

text: success

text: in

text: Chongqing

text: could

text: catapult

text: him

text: as

text: a

text: dark

text: horse

text: in

text: the

text: next

text: round

text: of

text: political

text: transition

text: when

text: the

text: next

text: generation

text: of

text: leaders

text: take

text: over

text: in

text: Whatever

text: his

text: motives

text: the

text: impact

text: is

text: not

text: local

text: but

text: national

text: says

text: Wenran

text: Jiang

text: Clearly

text: there

text: is

text: public

text: support

text: for

text: such

text: bold

text: actions

text: Jiang

text: who

text: was

text: Bo

text: 's

text: college

text: classmate

text: at

text: Peking

text: University

text: in

text: the

text: late

text: remembers

text: Bo

text: as

text: a

text: smart

text: student

text: of

text: Chinese

text: and

text: world

text: history

text: who

text: always

text: want

text: to

text: do

text: the

text: right

text: thing

text: It

text: remains

text: unclear

text: if

text: the

text: current

text: house

text: cleaning

text: in

text: Chongqing

text: will

text: spread

text: nationwide

text: Cynics

text: doubt

text: if

text: the

text: Communist

text: Party

text: leaders

text: have

text: the

text: stomach

text: to

text: genuinely

text: root

text: out

text: the

text: evil

text: of

text: corruption

text: wherever

text: investigations

text: find

text: them

text: These

text: crackdowns

text: are

text: like

text: swatting

text: flies

text: while

text: ignoring

text: tigers

text: shrugs

text: a

text: white

text: collar

text: worker

text: in

text: Beijing

text: Some

text: see

text: progress

text: At

text: least

text: they

text: realize

text: that

text: the

text: problem

text: is

text: very

text: acute

text: says

text: a

text: government

text: functionary

text: who

text: asked

text: to

text: remain

text: anonymous

text: We

text: can

text: not

text: speak

text: of

text: a

text: harmonious

text: society

text: unless

text: the

text: people

text: are

text: treated

text: equally

text: before

text: the

text: law

question: How many mafia style gangs are the city fighting?

answer: least 14

text: least 14

question: What trials are underway?

answer: Criminal

text: Criminal

question: What does the anti-corruption drive implicate?

answer: millionaires, gangsters, and even police officers.

text: millionaires, gangsters, and even police officers.

question: Who was implicated in the anti-corruption drive?

answer: millionaires, gangsters,

text: millionaires, gangsters,

question: What does the campaign spotlight?

answer: organized crime and how it has infested local bureaucracy and businesses through bribery, extortion, blackmail and violence.

text: organized crime and how it has infested local bureaucracy and businesses through bribery, extortion, blackmail and violence.

question: What city has had an economic boom ?

answer: Chongqing

text: Chongqing


text:
(CNN) -- Addie Polk, who became the national face of the foreclosure crisis last fall when she shot herself during an eviction, was a quiet woman who never asked for help.

Polk, 91, who was a deaconess at her church, was remembered by friends and churchgoers for her stateliness.

Fannie Mae foreclosed on the Akron, Ohio, home of Addie Polk, 91, after acquiring the mortgage in 2007.

"She had runner's legs," said Joyce Smith, a longtime family friend of Polk's and fellow member of Antioch Baptist Church. "They were well-shaped, well-shaped calves, and she still wore her heels and didn't stumble," Smith said.

"I used to ask her, 'Did you used to run?' She'd say 'I would run from trouble, that's about it,'" Smith said. "We always laughed at that."

But Polk didn't run from the troubling eviction notices that were placed time and time again on her door in Akron, Ohio.

She kept her business to herself.

"She wasn't a really vocal person," Smith said. "She'd communicate, but you never knew what was going on. If it was anything negative you didn't know; if it was positive you didn't know. She was just quiet about her personal life."

Polk, made news last fall when she shot herself during an eviction, died Monday at the Arbors at Fairlawn nursing home near Akron. She was 91.

The Summit County Medical Examiner's office, when contacted Tuesday by CNN, said the cause of death has not been released but it was not related to the shooting.

After Polk's ordeal last October sparked national outrage, Fannie Mae moved to halt the foreclosure process and "give her the house," company spokesman Brian Faith said at the time.

"We're going to forgive whatever outstanding balance she had on the loan," Faith said. "Given the circumstances, we think it's appropriate."

In 2004, Polk took out a 30-year, 6.375 percent mortgage for $45,620 with a Countrywide Home Loan office in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The same day, she also took out an $11,380 line of credit.

Over the next couple of years, Polk missed payments on the 101-year-old home that she and her late husband purchased in 1970. In 2007, the mortgage was in the hands of Fannie Mae, which soon filed for foreclosure.

Akron Sheriff's Deputy Donald Fatheree, in a telephone interview with CNN on Tuesday, said he'd personally been to Polk's door about six times to deliver eviction notices. "Never did reach her, but always left notes," Fatheree said.

As part of the eviction process, authorities left writs of possession -- legal terms that informed the occupier of eviction -- on the front door of homes. Fatheree said each time he'd return the notes would be gone, and he'd leave another.

Polk's two self-inflicted gunshots to the chest were heard around the United States as the lifelong homemaker became a symbol for struggling U.S. homeowners burdened down by debt and unrelenting mortgage companies.

News of Polk's plight was so pervasive that U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, evoked her name on the House floor during debate over the Wall Street bailout just days after the shooting.

"This bill does nothing for the Addie Polks of the world," Kucinich said. "This bill fails to address the fact that millions of homeowners are facing foreclosure, are facing the loss of their home. This bill will take care of Wall Street, and the market may go up for a few days, but democracy is going downhill."

Sommerville Funeral Services in Akron will handle arrangements for Polk.

text: CNN

text: Addie

text: Polk

text: who

text: became

text: the

text: national

text: face

text: of

text: the

text: foreclosure

text: crisis

text: last

text: fall

text: when

text: she

text: shot

text: herself

text: during

text: an

text: eviction

text: was

text: a

text: quiet

text: woman

text: who

text: never

text: asked

text: for

text: help

text: Polk

text: who

text: was

text: a

text: deaconess

text: at

text: her

text: church

text: was

text: remembered

text: by

text: friends

text: and

text: churchgoers

text: for

text: her

text: stateliness

text: Fannie

text: Mae

text: foreclosed

text: on

text: the

text: Akron

text: Ohio

text: home

text: of

text: Addie

text: Polk

text: after

text: acquiring

text: the

text: mortgage

text: in

text: She

text: had

text: runner

text: 's

text: legs

text: said

text: Joyce

text: Smith

text: a

text: longtime

text: family

text: friend

text: of

text: Polk

text: 's

text: and

text: fellow

text: member

text: of

text: Antioch

text: Baptist

text: Church

text: They

text: were

text: well

text: shaped

text: well

text: shaped

text: calves

text: and

text: she

text: still

text: wore

text: her

text: heels

text: and

text: did

text: n't

text: stumble

text: Smith

text: said

text: I

text: used

text: to

text: ask

text: her

text: Did

text: you

text: used

text: to

text: run

text: She

text: 'd

text: say

text: I

text: would

text: run

text: from

text: trouble

text: that

text: 's

text: about

text: it

text: Smith

text: said

text: We

text: always

text: laughed

text: at

text: that

text: But

text: Polk

text: did

text: n't

text: run

text: from

text: the

text: troubling

text: eviction

text: notices

text: that

text: were

text: placed

text: time

text: and

text: time

text: again

text: on

text: her

text: door

text: in

text: Akron

text: Ohio

text: She

text: kept

text: her

text: business

text: to

text: herself

text: She

text: was

text: n't

text: a

text: really

text: vocal

text: person

text: Smith

text: said

text: She

text: 'd

text: communicate

text: but

text: you

text: never

text: knew

text: what

text: was

text: going

text: on

text: If

text: it

text: was

text: anything

text: negative

text: you

text: did

text: n't

text: know

text: if

text: it

text: was

text: positive

text: you

text: did

text: n't

text: know

text: She

text: was

text: just

text: quiet

text: about

text: her

text: personal

text: life

text: Polk

text: made

text: news

text: last

text: fall

text: when

text: she

text: shot

text: herself

text: during

text: an

text: eviction

text: died

text: Monday

text: at

text: the

text: Arbors

text: at

text: Fairlawn

text: nursing

text: home

text: near

text: Akron

text: She

text: was

text: The

text: Summit

text: County

text: Medical

text: Examiner

text: 's

text: office

text: when

text: contacted

text: Tuesday

text: by

text: CNN

text: said

text: the

text: cause

text: of

text: death

text: has

text: not

text: been

text: released

text: but

text: it

text: was

text: not

text: related

text: to

text: the

text: shooting

text: After

text: Polk

text: 's

text: ordeal

text: last

text: October

text: sparked

text: national

text: outrage

text: Fannie

text: Mae

text: moved

text: to

text: halt

text: the

text: foreclosure

text: process

text: and

text: give

text: her

text: the

text: house

text: company

text: spokesman

text: Brian

text: Faith

text: said

text: at

text: the

text: time

text: We

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: forgive

text: whatever

text: outstanding

text: balance

text: she

text: had

text: on

text: the

text: loan

text: Faith

text: said

text: Given

text: the

text: circumstances

text: we

text: think

text: it

text: 's

text: appropriate

text: In

text: Polk

text: took

text: out

text: a

text: percent

text: mortgage

text: for

text: with

text: a

text: Countrywide

text: Home

text: Loan

text: office

text: in

text: Cuyahoga

text: Falls

text: Ohio

text: The

text: same

text: day

text: she

text: also

text: took

text: out

text: an

text: line

text: of

text: credit

text: Over

text: the

text: next

text: couple

text: of

text: years

text: Polk

text: missed

text: payments

text: on

text: the

text: old

text: home

text: that

text: she

text: and

text: her

text: late

text: husband

text: purchased

text: in

text: In

text: the

text: mortgage

text: was

text: in

text: the

text: hands

text: of

text: Fannie

text: Mae

text: which

text: soon

text: filed

text: for

text: foreclosure

text: Akron

text: Sheriff

text: 's

text: Deputy

text: Donald

text: Fatheree

text: in

text: a

text: telephone

text: interview

text: with

text: CNN

text: on

text: Tuesday

text: said

text: he

text: 'd

text: personally

text: been

text: to

text: Polk

text: 's

text: door

text: about

text: six

text: times

text: to

text: deliver

text: eviction

text: notices

text: Never

text: did

text: reach

text: her

text: but

text: always

text: left

text: notes

text: Fatheree

text: said

text: As

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: eviction

text: process

text: authorities

text: left

text: writs

text: of

text: possession

text: legal

text: terms

text: that

text: informed

text: the

text: occupier

text: of

text: eviction

text: on

text: the

text: front

text: door

text: of

text: homes

text: Fatheree

text: said

text: each

text: time

text: he

text: 'd

text: return

text: the

text: notes

text: would

text: be

text: gone

text: and

text: he

text: 'd

text: leave

text: another

text: Polk

text: 's

text: two

text: self

text: inflicted

text: gunshots

text: to

text: the

text: chest

text: were

text: heard

text: around

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: as

text: the

text: lifelong

text: homemaker

text: became

text: a

text: symbol

text: for

text: struggling

text: U.S.

text: homeowners

text: burdened

text: down

text: by

text: debt

text: and

text: unrelenting

text: mortgage

text: companies

text: News

text: of

text: Polk

text: 's

text: plight

text: was

text: so

text: pervasive

text: that

text: U.S.

text: Rep.

text: Dennis

text: Kucinich

text: D

text: Ohio

text: evoked

text: her

text: name

text: on

text: the

text: House

text: floor

text: during

text: debate

text: over

text: the

text: Wall

text: Street

text: bailout

text: just

text: days

text: after

text: the

text: shooting

text: This

text: bill

text: does

text: nothing

text: for

text: the

text: Addie

text: Polks

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: Kucinich

text: said

text: This

text: bill

text: fails

text: to

text: address

text: the

text: fact

text: that

text: millions

text: of

text: homeowners

text: are

text: facing

text: foreclosure

text: are

text: facing

text: the

text: loss

text: of

text: their

text: home

text: This

text: bill

text: will

text: take

text: care

text: of

text: Wall

text: Street

text: and

text: the

text: market

text: may

text: go

text: up

text: for

text: a

text: few

text: days

text: but

text: democracy

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NEW YORK (CNN)  -- Oooooooshie the clown knows the instant effect he has on patients.

The Lev Leytzan clowns perform for children and patients in hospitals to spread laughter and joy.

"When you walk out of a room hearing people laugh and smile, you hear them talking about it," said the clown, whose real name is Asher Mechanic.

He entertains children and patients as part of a clown troupe in New York called Compassionate Clown Alley, bringing laughter to those in hospitals.

"It's the spreading of giving from one person to another, like a chain reaction," Mechanic said.

The clown organization is also known as Lev Leytzan, a name derived from the program's roots working with Jewish youth. In Hebrew, lev means heart, and leytzan is a clown, so the translation is "The Heart of the Clown."   Watch the clowns talk about their work. Â»

"Lev Leytzan allows me to take [something] scary and mundane for the patient and into something exciting beautiful and playful," said the group's founder, Dr. Neal Goldberg, a Woodmere, New York-based clinical psychologist.

For the last two and half years, the clowns have been bringing cheer to the patients at the South Nassau Communities Hospital.

"The patients get satisfaction from having some sunshine coming to them in the hospital," said Phyllis Citera, director of volunteer services at the hospital.  "Sundays at the hospital are typically quiet, especially for those patients who don't have visitors stopping by. The clowns especially cheer them up."

A positive approach empowers people who are ill, said Goldberg, who works with children, teenagers and young adults.

Six years ago, while working on a bereavement project, he realized he was making a clown of himself and others in an effort to help people cope with pain.  He wondered what would distract the patients from their pain and bring joy.

Inspired by the work of Dr. Patch Adams, who was portrayed by Robin Williams in the 1998 film "Patch Adams," Goldberg thought of running a similar program in which he and others could bring joy to people in orphanages, hospitals and retirement homes using the same whimsical approach.

Goldberg researched the subject before putting on a red nose and trying out therapeutic clowning for himself.

"I found it powerful in terms of my own growth and freedom of expression and creativity, and thought it would be something wonderful and powerful to bring back to the community, to teens in particular," he said.

Goldberg's clowns range from 13 to 22 years old and say they find it both empowering and humbling.

"As a clown, you get more than you give," said Dassy Newman, a former clown. "You can't hold back, you have to give it all. You have to give your heart, your soul, your energy, everything. It's the most exhausting thing you've ever done, but at the same time it's the most exhilarating."

Dr. Carolyn Fein-Levy, a pediatric oncologist at Schneider Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park, New York, said Goldberg's clowns provide relief to the patients.

"Whenever the clowns are around, the children are happier," Fein-Levy said. "When they are happier, their parents enjoy watching them. They recapture their childhoods lost as a result of being sick. Clowns are a good distraction and it helps them feel normal. Nothing is more important for them than feeling normal, because their lives are not normal while going through therapy."

She also teaches an oncology class to the Lev Leytzan clowns.

"It adds another dimension to their training and gives them an overview and an understanding to know what it's like to be a kid with cancer," she said.  Fein-Levy also draws from her own experience, having survived ovarian cancer as a child after a year of chemotherapy.

"I teach in the clown school but I'm not worried about patients being harmed," she said.  "I'm more worried about harm for clowns because it's hard to see sick children. Some of the clowns have never really seen illness, and they can be afraid, and that's OK."

Clowning might be assumed to be all fun and games, but Goldberg takes the work very seriously.

"Some of the kids may have told you there's intense amounts of hours of training and rehearsals with doctors and clowns and debriefings," he said.

Ultimately, Goldberg said, the goal of Lev Leytzan is to "change people's worlds, create worlds for people that need it, and to help people play."

He does it all under the mantra of "serious clowning, a story behind every smile."

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- President Obama mixed jokes with serious discussion Thursday during an appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

President Obama chats it up with Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" on Thursday.

While presidential candidates have used comedy shows for campaigning as far back as Richard Nixon's performance on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" in 1968, Obama became the first sitting president to appear before a late-night talk show studio audience.

Obama complimented guitarist Kevin Eubanks on his suit, and he cracked jokes about the Secret Service and "American Idol" host Simon Cowell.

Obama also remarked on his poor bowling skills, which were evident during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania. He told Leno that he bowled 129 in the White House bowling alley and said his bowling skills are "like Special Olympics or something."

Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said the president's remarks were not meant to poke fun of the Special Olympics.

"The president made an offhand remark making fun of his own bowling that was in no way intended to disparage the Special Olympics," Burton said. "He thinks that the Special Olympics are a wonderful program that gives an opportunity to shine to people with disabilities from around the world."

Obama later moved on to topical discussions of the economic crisis and the AIG bonus scandal.  Watch some of Obama's appearance Â»

"The problem with AIG was that it owed so much and was tangled up with so many banks and institutions that if you had allowed it to just liquidate, to go into bankruptcy, it could have brought the whole financial system down. So it was the right thing to do to intervene in AIG," Obama said.

Obama said earlier this week that he'll "take responsibility" for AIG executives receiving those controversial bonuses -- roughly $165 million -- while the company took $173 billion in government bailouts. Congress is looking for ways to recoup all or some of that money.

"The larger problem is we've got to get back to an attitude where people know enough is enough, and people have a sense of responsibility and they understand that their actions are going to have an impact on everybody," he said. "If we can get back to those values that built America, then I think we're going to be OK."

Obama also said he was confident in his embattled Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

"I think Geithner is doing an outstanding job. I think that we have a big mess on our hands," he said. "It's not going to be solved immediately, but it is going to get solved."

Obama taped the show Thursday afternoon during a two-day swing through the Los Angeles area for town hall meetings focusing on the economy. iReport.com: Nice to see the "real" Obama

Obama also discussed the "life in the bubble," musing over how Secret Service agents would not let him walk 750 yards from Air Force One to the Costa Mesa fairgrounds, where some of the day's activities were to take place.

Obama said flying in Air Force One is "pretty cool," especially because "they give you the jacket with the [presidential] seal on it," he said.

The only time Leno appeared to stop Obama in his tracks was when he asked the president whether he thought people intentionally lose basketball games when they play with him.

"I don't see why they would throw the game, except for all those Secret Service guys with guns around," he said.

There's some political risk for Obama, according to Washington Post media columnist Howard Kurtz, who also hosts CNN's "Reliable Sources." AC360 blog: Laughing through the pain

"He has to be very careful about his tone, because if he yuks it up too much and seems to be having too good a time, it will be quite a contrast there with the pain the people are feeling with the crumbling economy," Kurtz said.

CNN's Suzanne Malveaux contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Where were you on the night of July 15? You may not even remember, but for me it was an extraordinary evening, an evening of unimaginable triumph and unbearable tragedy.

Andrew Kinard testifies before a Senate Armed Services subcommittee on April 29, 2009.

But I would not actually know everything that happened until the night was long over.

A couple of weeks before July 15, a friend who works with injured troops emailed me to say it was time for Andrew's going away party.

Andrew Kinard is a young Marine I first met a few years ago at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington where he was recovering from a devastating IED attack in Iraq. He had stepped on the roadside bomb and lost his entire body below the hips.

The party being arranged was Andrew's farewell to D.C. Andrew is off to the rigors of Harvard Law School. He's says he's itching to get into a courtroom.

You need to remember the name Andrew Kinard. Many of his friends believe Andrew is such an amazing man that he will become president of the United States. If I had to bet, I'd say it could happen.

I wouldn't have missed the party for the world. I was touched that this tight-knit community of wounded warriors had included me in this very special, very intimate evening.

There was a display of photos of Andrew serving in Iraq. I suddenly realized I never knew how tall he was before the war. There were a few sniffles and wiping of eyes in the room for a Marine whose dream of service to his country ended within a few months of getting to Iraq. But sniffles didn't last long and the evening became one of hugs, laughter and good wishes (and more than a few beers) for a young Marine who had triumphed over what the war had dealt him.

But my warm feelings didn't last long. The next day another source in the wounded troop community came to me in the Pentagon hallway with another tale.

"You have to do something about the story of Ray Rivas," he said.

In the very hours we were celebrating Andrew in Washington, tragedy was unfolding in Texas. Lt. Col. Raymond Rivas, a 53-year old civil affairs officer who had dedicated his career to rebuilding war torn countries, was found dead in his car in the parking lot of Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio Texas.

Colleagues of Ray's said prescription pills and notes he wrote to his family and wife, Colleen, were found. A military source told me all indications are Ray took his own life.

His devastated family understandably declined to talk publicly, and the military won't discuss the case citing privacy concerns. But friends and colleagues I spoke to confirmed that Ray had suffered multiple blast injuries to his brain from bomb attacks during several deployments over the years.

Watch Ray Rivas's struggle with his brain injuries Â»

In October 2006, Ray survived an attack in Iraq that rendered him briefly unconscious. He was transferred to Europe but somehow talked the doctors into sending him back to the war zone. A week later, ill and confused, he was sent back to the United States.

A close associate tells me that at first, despite being diagnosed with traumatic brain injury in Iraq, some doctors thought Ray might be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. They didn't realize he had all the symptoms of traumatic brain injury. He had trouble talking, reasoning and remembering.

He was sent to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio so he could be near his family, but for the first few months he just sat in his room. Fellow soldiers helped him with his bathing, dressing and eating.

Finally, Ray was assigned a case manager, and things began to move rapidly. He got therapy and was able to go home.

But by all accounts from his friends, Ray had become seriously debilitated by the injuries to his brain. A private email shown to CNN revealed that Ray had been diagnosed with rapidly emerging Alzheimer's disease. The cumulative impact of all those bomb blasts were destroying his brain. Colleagues say Ray knew he might have to move to an assisted living facility.

Ray's doctors are not discussing his treatment because of privacy concerns.

A colleague told me Ray was tired and in pain on the night of July 15. He was found in his car in the parking lot at the army hospital where he had spent so long trying to get better.

But Ray will be remembered for all he did for others. Even with all his suffering, he wanted to make sure other injured troops were helped. In April he and his wife Colleen went to Capitol Hill to testify with other wounded warriors about their needs.

Sitting on that panel with Ray was Andrew Kinard.

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question: What was celebrated?

answer: Andrew's farewell to D.C.

text: Andrew's farewell to D.C.

question: What injury was he suffering from?

answer: lost his entire body below the hips.

text: lost his entire body below the hips.

question: What was an injured marine celebrating?

answer: Andrew's going away party.

text: Andrew's going away party.

question: The marine got into what Law School?

answer: Harvard

text: Harvard

question: What was the date celebrated?

answer: July 15?

text: July 15?

question: What happened on the same night?

answer: Andrew Kinard testifies before a Senate Armed Services

text: Andrew Kinard testifies before a Senate Armed Services

question: What happened on July 15?

answer: Lt. Col. Raymond Rivas, a 53-year old civil affairs officer who had dedicated his career to rebuilding war torn countries, was found dead in his car in the parking lot of Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio Texas.

text: Lt. Col. Raymond Rivas, a 53-year old civil affairs officer who had dedicated his career to rebuilding war torn countries, was found dead in his car in the parking lot of Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio Texas.