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GREENVILLE, Ohio (CNN) -- The parishioners heard the sirens during Sunday morning services in Greenville, Ohio. A few blocks from St. Paul's Lutheran Church, a home was burning and five people were dead.

Police tape wards off the curious from the duplex where a woman and four children died in a fire September 16.

Shock followed sadness with news that a 10-year-old boy was being charged with arson and murder, more heartbreak for a town in tough times -- but heartbreak that shook people into action.

The St. Paul's parishioners reacted quickly that  morning, said Shirley DiRocco, a volunteer at the church. Just passing the collection plate once around the church, she said, "We came up with $300."

The money went to buy clothes for the fire's survivors and food for the emergency crew who responded, she said.

Helping out is nothing new for the church -- but a boy  being accused of killing his mother, half-sister and three other children in a fire has been unheard of till now. There's a lot of introspection going on in Greenville, a small town of 13,000 where the good-paying jobs are getting scarce and the problems of big-city poverty are creeping in.

Residents are divided on whether the boy is responsible, but they say his plight compels them to look at themselves and face their deepening problems.

"He's a young kid. There's something got to be wrong for him to come up with that," said Angie Hughes, manager of a downtown Greenville hair salon.

"It has brought to the surface the fact that in this area ... we do have a lot of folks who are the have-nots in the world ... the vast numbers of people in our community who are really deep in poverty," said Peter B. Menke, pastor of St. Paul's.  Watch Menke talk about how the tragedy has galvanized Greenville Â»

St. Paul's sees firsthand the poverty that led to the boy having to sleep on the sofa, because he had no bed in the half of the duplex he shared with nine other people.

Christy Winans managed to escape the fire with her boyfriend, but her three children -- Kayla Winans, 6; Je'Shawn Davis, 5; and Jasmine Davis, 3 -- died along with their playmate Kaysha Palmer, 8, who was the boy's half-sister. The boy's mother, Chanan Palmer, was also killed.

On Monday, as the 10-year-old appeared in court on murder charges, St. Paul's expanded its lunchtime soup kitchen service to run two days a week. Twenty-two people turned up for the meal that first day. The church had fed 70 people, including parents and children, one day this summer.

Menke said the tragedy of September 16 "has galvanized ... particularly the religious community to action. We not just saying 'Yes, we have a problem,' but we are looking at ways to genuinely address those issues and do something about it."

Federal statistics show unemployment is hurting Greenville and surrounding Darke County.

Employment in private businesses fell by 7 percent from 2000 to 2005. Manufacturing companies left town and big employers downsized, like Fram oil filter maker, or closed down completely, like Corning's fiber-optics plant.

Alicia Sommer, who's lived in Greenville for 37 years and taught in the local schools, says job losses have changed the town.

"On the surface it looks like the ideal hometown," she said. "Everyone wants to raise their kids here, but they can't afford it. They have to go where the jobs are," she says, leaning on the counter of the downtown coffee shop where she works part time.

Walking through the five blocks of downtown Greenville, you see why it looks ideal. Mom-and-pop coffee shops stand in for Starbucks, locals chat on a bench outside a music store, a small cinema offers "Mr. Bean's Holiday" and an Asian monster flick about battling dragons.

But St. Paul's offers the soup kitchen only a block off the Broadway main drag, and the tumbledown housing on Montgomery Street, including the burned duplex, is just a two-minute walk away.

Fixing Greenville may be a slow process, and it's unclear if the continuing case against the 10-year-old will slow it further or provide impetus to the effort.

The boy is staying with his maternal grandmother, Tammy Reed, whose daughter died in the fire. The child lost his stepfather to AIDS in July.

"He's doing really good," Reed said of the boy Tuesday morning.

No matter how the case turns out, the boy will bear scars forever, his attorney, David Rohrer, said last week. The boy will always know he was charged with killing his mother. "He'll never be able to escape that," Rohrer said.

In downtown Greenville, salons offered $5 haircuts Tuesday to raise money for the fire victims. The community wanted to help in any way it could, salon manager Hughes said.

Whether that community can also bring Greenville out of its slump may depend on people like Sondra Jackson.

Jackson, a letter carrier, walked her new route Monday down Montgomery Street. It was only her second day of work, she said, and she had no idea of the tragedy that unfolded in the burned duplex two weeks before.

Jackson said she had just moved to Greenville from Palm Springs, California, where she was born and raised.

"The school system is better in this area, and it's just a better place to raise kids," she said. E-mail to a friend

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(CNN) -- Magnificent snow-peaked summits and quaint thousand-year-old villages provide the backdrop for an unforgettable adventure in Nepal. Exploring the dramatic landscape on foot is nothing short of extraordinary, trekkers say.

"[One night] the back doors were open towards the view of Mount Everest and the other peaks of the Himalayas. It was so beautiful with snow-capped mountains and the sky was full of stars. I think that was one of the most magical moments I've ever had," says iReporter Kuna Rajandran, who trekked to Everest base camp in April.

Planning a Nepal expedition may seem daunting at first -- and you will be challenged -- but in the end, itÃÂ¹s worth it. You will come away with some of the greatest memories of your life, from savoring locally cooked meals at teahouses to soaking in breathtaking views of the high Himalayas, according to adventurers who've made the trip.

There are endless options when it comes to planning a trek in Nepal. One of the most popular routes is the Annapurna Circuit, which loops around the base of the Annapurna range. And, of course, the more difficult Everest base camp trek is a magnet for many visitors.

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Experts urge travelers to be wary of individual porters and guides who approach you on the streets of Kathmandu. They are most likely uninsured, cautions Mohan Lamsal, general secretary of Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN). Have a detailed discussion with your chosen trekking company to assess their professionalism, Lamsal advises.

While booking in advance is a sure thing, some adventurous iReporters say making arrangements in Kathmandu is a convenient way to cut out the middleman.

Be careful not to overestimate your abilities. Even if you feel completely comfortable with the people and the landscape and think you can make the trek on your own -- don't. Trekking with at least one companion is a must, especially if you're a beginner, experienced trekkers say.

Since both the Annapurna base camp and Everest Base camp treks are located in conservation areas, you will need permits, said iReporter Barry Wenlock, a Kathmandu resident and an experienced Himalayan trekker who has been leading tours since 1995. You can get permits before you begin or upon entry into the parks. Additionally, every trekker needs a Trekkers' Information Management System (TIMS) pass. You or your trip organizer can get this card, which is part of a database that stores visitor information for safety reasons.

When deciding on when to make your trek, there is generally one rule of thumb: Avoid the monsoon season (June through August). The most popular times to trek are late spring (March and April) and early to mid-fall (October and November), but keep in mind that is also when the trekking routes are busiest. To beat the rush, try going a week or two earlier or later, suggests Wenlock.

"There are such beautiful forests [at the foothills of the Annapurna], and it's Nepal's primary rhododendron forest, so if you visit there in the last week of March, first week of April, the rhododendrons are full and it's an absolutely staggeringly beautiful place. And the pink and red rhododendrons all up the hillside, a few magnolias mixed in, some jasmine," Wenlock says.

Before heading to Nepal, it's important not only to prepare your itinerary, but also your body. Even the mild or "Nepali Flat" parts of the "easier" Annapurna trek have their fair share of steep inclines.

"Walking around the golf course isn't enough -- you really need to do uphill walking. You can do that for a few weeks before you come, that will make it much easier," Wenlock says.

It's cold in Nepal -- really cold. Weather-appropriate supplies are a must for any trekker, novice or expert. Remember to pack your warmest down jacket and broken-in hiking boots as well as sun and eye protection.

Based on his experience trekking the Annapurna Circuit in 2009, iReporter Dean Gakos, an avid hiker, recommends watching out for knock-off gear, like fake North Face jackets, which he saw in Kathmandu. You don't want to climb up into the mountains only to realize your jacket contains synthetic down.

If you're planning on trekking up to higher altitudes, be cautious of altitude sickness. Warning signs include vomiting and weakness of the body, says Rajandran.

iReporter Udayan Mishra, a Kathmandu resident who has been on several expeditions in Nepal, suggests taking the trek gradually to acclimatize yourself -- overexertion in the beginning may lead to problems later on.

Make sure you have enough Nepalese currency before you get on the path. Gakos recalls that there was "one ATM on the whole trek." And even if there is an ATM, there's no guarantee that it has been recently stocked with money.

There are two typical types of treks: the more popular teahouse trekking and a fully organized camping trip. A teahouse trek gives you the comfort of knowing that lodging and food will be provided. You can carry additional supplies -- clothing, snacks, sleeping bag -- on your own or hire a porter to carry it for you.

Once you finish walking, five to six hours on average per day, you settle down in a village. If you don't have a guide to recommend a teahouse, talk to other travelers and consult guidebooks for suggestions. In teahouses that provide lodging and food, guests are expected to eat at least two meals: dinner at night and breakfast the next morning, Gakos says.

Don't expect a hotel experience -- expect better. Nepali locals are known for being extremely kind and hospitable. Wenlock says you'll be treated like family during your stay. Gakos was looking for that kind of personal exchange.

'"That's why] we picked Annapurna, it was the perfect balance of wilderness and viewing the high Himalayas while also getting the Nepali culture," Gakos says.

Past visitors consistently praise trekking in Nepal as one of the best experiences of their lives. CNN iReporter Ruth Stewart, who trekked to the Everest Base Camp in winter 2010, says Nepal was the most beautiful part of the world she's ever been to.

Take advantage of the majestic mountains and the pristine landscape. Unlike many other mountain ranges, the Himalayan area in Nepal is practically untouched.

"There's no rubbish, there's no gondolas going up to the highest view, there's no cars, there's no traffic -- it's just complete serenity and it's just the most incredible experience," Stewart said.

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text: and

text: you

text: will

text: be

text: challenged

text: but

text: in

text: the

text: end

text: itÃÂ¹s

text: worth

text: it

text: You

text: will

text: come

text: away

text: with

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: greatest

text: memories

text: of

text: your

text: life

text: from

text: savoring

text: locally

text: cooked

text: meals

text: at

text: teahouses

text: to

text: soaking

text: in

text: breathtaking

text: views

text: of

text: the

text: high

text: Himalayas

text: according

text: to

text: adventurers

text: who

text: 've

text: made

text: the

text: trip

text: There

text: are

text: endless

text: options

text: when

text: it

text: comes

text: to

text: planning

text: a

text: trek

text: in

text: Nepal

text: One

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: popular

text: routes

text: is

text: the

text: Annapurna

text: Circuit

text: which

text: loops

text: around

text: the

text: base

text: of

text: the

text: Annapurna

text: range

text: And

text: of

text: course

text: the

text: more

text: difficult

text: Everest

text: base

text: camp

text: trek

text: is

text: a

text: magnet

text: for

text: many

text: visitors

text: Worlds

text: away

text: in

text: Kathmandu

text: Experts

text: urge

text: travelers

text: to

text: be

text: wary

text: of

text: individual

text: porters

text: and

text: guides

text: who

text: approach

text: you

text: on

text: the

text: streets

text: of

text: Kathmandu

text: They

text: are

text: most

text: likely

text: uninsured

text: cautions

text: Mohan

text: Lamsal

text: general

text: secretary

text: of

text: Trekking

text: Agencies

text: Association

text: of

text: Nepal

text: TAAN

text: Have

text: a

text: detailed

text: discussion

text: with

text: your

text: chosen

text: trekking

text: company

text: to

text: assess

text: their

text: professionalism

text: Lamsal

text: advises

text: While

text: booking

text: in

text: advance

text: is

text: a

text: sure

text: thing

text: some

text: adventurous

text: iReporters

text: say

text: making

text: arrangements

text: in

text: Kathmandu

text: is

text: a

text: convenient

text: way

text: to

text: cut

text: out

text: the

text: middleman

text: Be

text: careful

text: not

text: to

text: overestimate

text: your

text: abilities

text: Even

text: if

text: you

text: feel

text: completely

text: comfortable

text: with

text: the

text: people

text: and

text: the

text: landscape

text: and

text: think

text: you

text: can

text: make

text: the

text: trek

text: on

text: your

text: own

text: do

text: n't

text: Trekking

text: with

text: at

text: least

text: one

text: companion

text: is

text: a

text: must

text: especially

text: if

text: you

text: 're

text: a

text: beginner

text: experienced

text: trekkers

text: say

text: Since

text: both

text: the

text: Annapurna

text: base

text: camp

text: and

text: Everest

text: Base

text: camp

text: treks

text: are

text: located

text: in

text: conservation

text: areas

text: you

text: will

text: need

text: permits

text: said

text: iReporter

text: Barry

text: Wenlock

text: a

text: Kathmandu

text: resident

text: and

text: an

text: experienced

text: Himalayan

text: trekker

text: who

text: has

text: been

text: leading

text: tours

text: since

text: You

text: can

text: get

text: permits

text: before

text: you

text: begin

text: or

text: upon

text: entry

text: into

text: the

text: parks

text: Additionally

text: every

text: trekker

text: needs

text: a

text: Trekkers

text: Information

text: Management

text: System

text: TIMS

text: pass

text: You

text: or

text: your

text: trip

text: organizer

text: can

text: get

text: this

text: card

text: which

text: is

text: part

text: of

text: a

text: database

text: that

text: stores

text: visitor

text: information

text: for

text: safety

text: reasons

text: When

text: deciding

text: on

text: when

text: to

text: make

text: your

text: trek

text: there

text: is

text: generally

text: one

text: rule

text: of

text: thumb

text: Avoid

text: the

text: monsoon

text: season

text: June

text: through

text: August

text: The

text: most

text: popular

text: times

text: to

text: trek

text: are

text: late

text: spring

text: March

text: and

text: April

text: and

text: early

text: to

text: mid

text: fall

text: October

text: and

text: November

text: but

text: keep

text: in

text: mind

text: that

text: is

text: also

text: when

text: the

text: trekking

text: routes

text: are

text: busiest

text: To

text: beat

text: the

text: rush

text: try

text: going

text: a

text: week

text: or

text: two

text: earlier

text: or

text: later

text: suggests

text: Wenlock

text: There

text: are

text: such

text: beautiful

text: forests

text: at

text: the

text: foothills

text: of

text: the

text: Annapurna

text: and

text: it

text: 's

text: Nepal

text: 's

text: primary

text: rhododendron

text: forest

text: so

text: if

text: you

text: visit

text: there

text: in

text: the

text: last

text: week

text: of

text: March

text: first

text: week

text: of

text: April

text: the

text: rhododendrons

text: are

text: full

text: and

text: it

text: 's

text: an

text: absolutely

text: staggeringly

text: beautiful

text: place

text: And

text: the

text: pink

text: and

text: red

text: rhododendrons

text: all

text: up

text: the

text: hillside

text: a

text: few

text: magnolias

text: mixed

text: in

text: some

text: jasmine

text: Wenlock

text: says

text: Before

text: heading

text: to

text: Nepal

text: it

text: 's

text: important

text: not

text: only

text: to

text: prepare

text: your

text: itinerary

text: but

text: also

text: your

text: body

text: Even

text: the

text: mild

text: or

text: Nepali

text: Flat

text: parts

text: of

text: the

text: easier

text: Annapurna

text: trek

text: have

text: their

text: fair

text: share

text: of

text: steep

text: inclines

text: Walking

text: around

text: the

text: golf

text: course

text: is

text: n't

text: enough

text: you

text: really

text: need

text: to

text: do

text: uphill

text: walking

text: You

text: can

text: do

text: that

text: for

text: a

text: few

text: weeks

text: before

text: you

text: come

text: that

text: will

text: make

text: it

text: much

text: easier

text: Wenlock

text: says

text: It

text: 's

text: cold

text: in

text: Nepal

text: really

text: cold

text: Weather

text: appropriate

text: supplies

text: are

text: a

text: must

text: for

text: any

text: trekker

text: novice

text: or

text: expert

text: Remember

text: to

text: pack

text: your

text: warmest

text: down

text: jacket

text: and

text: broken

text: in

text: hiking

text: boots

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: sun

text: and

text: eye

text: protection

text: Based

text: on

text: his

text: experience

text: trekking

text: the

text: Annapurna

text: Circuit

text: in

text: iReporter

text: Dean

text: Gakos

text: an

text: avid

text: hiker

text: recommends

text: watching

text: out

text: for

text: knock

text: off

text: gear

text: like

text: fake

text: North

text: Face

text: jackets

text: which

text: he

text: saw

text: in

text: Kathmandu

text: You

text: do

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: climb

text: up

text: into

text: the

text: mountains

text: only

text: to

text: realize

text: your

text: jacket

text: contains

text: synthetic

text: down

text: If

text: you

text: 're

text: planning

text: on

text: trekking

text: up

text: to

text: higher

text: altitudes

text: be

text: cautious

text: of

text: altitude

text: sickness

text: Warning

text: signs

text: include

text: vomiting

text: and

text: weakness

text: of

text: the

text: body

text: says

text: Rajandran

text: iReporter

text: Udayan

text: Mishra

text: a

text: Kathmandu

text: resident

text: who

text: has

text: been

text: on

text: several

text: expeditions

text: in

text: Nepal

text: suggests

text: taking

text: the

text: trek

text: gradually

text: to

text: acclimatize

text: yourself

text: overexertion

text: in

text: the

text: beginning

text: may

text: lead

text: to

text: problems

text: later

text: on

text: Make

text: sure

text: you

text: have

text: enough

text: Nepalese

text: currency

text: before

text: you

text: get

text: on

text: the

text: path

text: Gakos

text: recalls

text: that

text: there

text: was

text: one

text: ATM

text: on

text: the

text: whole

text: trek

text: And

text: even

text: if

text: there

text: is

text: an

text: ATM

text: there

text: 's

text: no

text: guarantee

text: that

text: it

text: has

text: been

text: recently

text: stocked

text: with

text: money

text: There

text: are

text: two

text: typical

text: types

text: of

text: treks

text: the

text: more

text: popular

text: teahouse

text: trekking

text: and

text: a

text: fully

text: organized

text: camping

text: trip

text: A

text: teahouse

text: trek

text: gives

text: you

text: the

text: comfort

text: of

text: knowing

text: that

text: lodging

text: and

text: food

text: will

text: be

text: provided

text: You

text: can

text: carry

text: additional

text: supplies

text: clothing

text: snacks

text: sleeping

text: bag

text: on

text: your

text: own

text: or

text: hire

text: a

text: porter

text: to

text: carry

text: it

text: for

text: you

text: Once

text: you

text: finish

text: walking

text: five

text: to

text: six

text: hours

text: on

text: average

text: per

text: day

text: you

text: settle

text: down

text: in

text: a

text: village

text: If

text: you

text: do

text: n't

text: have

text: a

text: guide

text: to

text: recommend

text: a

text: teahouse

text: talk

text: to

text: other

text: travelers

text: and

text: consult

text: guidebooks

text: for

text: suggestions

text: In

text: teahouses

text: that

text: provide

text: lodging

text: and

text: food

text: guests

text: are

text: expected

text: to

text: eat

text: at

text: least

text: two

text: meals

text: dinner

text: at

text: night

text: and

text: breakfast

text: the

text: next

text: morning

text: Gakos

text: says

text: Do

text: n't

text: expect

text: a

text: hotel

text: experience

text: expect

text: better

text: Nepali

text: locals

text: are

text: known

text: for

text: being

text: extremely

text: kind

text: and

text: hospitable

text: Wenlock

text: says

text: you

text: 'll

text: be

text: treated

text: like

text: family

text: during

text: your

text: stay

text: Gakos

text: was

text: looking

text: for

text: that

text: kind

text: of

text: personal

text: exchange

text: That

text: 's

text: why

text: we

text: picked

text: Annapurna

text: it

text: was

text: the

text: perfect

text: balance

text: of

text: wilderness

text: and

text: viewing

text: the

text: high

text: Himalayas

text: while

text: also

text: getting

text: the

text: Nepali

text: culture

text: Gakos

text: says

text: Past

text: visitors

text: consistently

text: praise

text: trekking

text: in

text: Nepal

text: as

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: best

text: experiences

text: of

text: their

text: lives

text: CNN

text: iReporter

text: Ruth

text: Stewart

text: who

text: trekked

text: to

text: the

text: Everest

text: Base

text: Camp

text: in

text: winter

text: says

text: Nepal

text: was

text: the

text: most

text: beautiful

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: she

text: 's

text: ever

text: been

text: to

text: Take

text: advantage

text: of

text: the

text: majestic

text: mountains

text: and

text: the

text: pristine

text: landscape

text: Unlike

text: many

text: other

text: mountain

text: ranges

text: the

text: Himalayan

text: area

text: in

text: Nepal

text: is

text: practically

text: untouched

text: There

text: 's

text: no

text: rubbish

text: there

text: 's

text: no

text: gondolas

text: going

text: up

text: to

text: the

text: highest

text: view

text: there

text: 's

text: no

text: cars

text: there

text: 's

text: no

text: traffic

text: it

text: 's

text: just

text: complete

text: serenity

text: and

text: it

text: 's

text: just

text: the

text: most

text: incredible

text: experience

text: Stewart

text: said

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- The defense anesthesiology expert in the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor was found in contempt of court Wednesday for referring to his private talks with Dr. Conrad Murray during his testimony.

Dr. Murray did not testify in his own defense in his involuntary manslaughter trial and the judge refused to allow Dr. Paul White to base any of his testimony on anything other than what Murray told police.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor gave Dr. White 30 days to pay a $250 fine, but he also dropped a second contempt citation for derogatory comments he allegedly made about a rival witness.

Wednesday's contempt hearing was part of the aftermath of Dr. Murray's involuntary manslaughter that ended with a guilty verdict last week.

Another contempt hearing is set for November 29, the day Murray is set to be sentenced, for one of the defense lawyers who allegedly violated the judge's gag order by speaking to NBC's "Today Show" during the trial.

Murray defense lawyer Michael Flanagan, who was in court to defend Dr. White Wednesday, said after the hearing that he believed Murray should be eligible for early release if he is given prison time.

A California law that took effect last month provides for non-violent state inmates to be assigned to county jails to relieve state prison overcrowding. The Los Angeles County jail has a court-ordered early release program to relieve overcrowding, which allows non-violent offenders to serve much of their sentences at home with electronic monitoring.

Flanagan said Murray is not a safety threat to the public and should be included in the early release program.

Dr. White told reporters after the hearing that he still believed Jackson gave himself the overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol and a sedative the coroner ruled killed the pop icon.

"I was aware that Michael Jackson had self-administered drugs in the past, propofol specifically, and so what's to say that he wouldn't do it again," White said. "He was desperate. Murray was withholding from him the drug that he desperately desired."

White, while under cross-examination by Deputy District Attorney David Walgren, referred several times to his private discussions with Dr. Murray about what happened the day Jackson died. Judge Pastor repeatedly warned him not to do so.

Finally, the judge cited White for contempt and set Wednesday's hearing to decide if he would be fined.

"There wasn't any intentional deception here or violation of the court order," defense lawyer Michael Flanagan told Pastor Wednesday. "He was explaining to Mr. Walgren 'Hey, I can't answer that.'"

Prosecutor Walgren, who has grown a beard since the televised trial ended, told the judge that this was one of "multiple instances" where Dr. White was "trying to sabotage the trial."

"It was intentional and deliberate," Walgren said. "It was an attempt to deny the people a fair trial."

White told the judge he "did my best as I was admonished by you to answer question truthfully and as completely as I could."

"I apologize profusely if I disrespected you," White said. "I learned a lot from this experience."

Pastor ruled that White was guilty of violating his order by giving "a non-responsive answer" that dealt with "no-go territory."

While he could have fined him $1,000, he only imposed a $250 fine. Judge Pastor also dropped the other contempt charge which stemmed from an online report that quoted White allegedly calling prosecution anesthesiology expert Dr. Steven Shafer "a scumbag."

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: CNN

text: The

text: defense

text: anesthesiology

text: expert

text: in

text: the

text: trial

text: of

text: Michael

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: doctor

text: was

text: found

text: in

text: contempt

text: of

text: court

text: Wednesday

text: for

text: referring

text: to

text: his

text: private

text: talks

text: with

text: Dr.

text: Conrad

text: Murray

text: during

text: his

text: testimony

text: Dr.

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text: testify

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text: own

text: defense

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text: his

text: involuntary

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text: trial

text: and

text: the

text: judge

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text: to

text: allow

text: Dr.

text: Paul

text: White

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text: base

text: any

text: of

text: his

text: testimony

text: on

text: anything

text: other

text: than

text: what

text: Murray

text: told

text: police

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: County

text: Superior

text: Court

text: Judge

text: Michael

text: Pastor

text: gave

text: Dr.

text: White

text: days

text: to

text: pay

text: a

text: fine

text: but

text: he

text: also

text: dropped

text: a

text: second

text: contempt

text: citation

text: for

text: derogatory

text: comments

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text: allegedly

text: made

text: about

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text: rival

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text: Wednesday

text: 's

text: contempt

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text: the

text: aftermath

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text: Murray

text: 's

text: involuntary

text: manslaughter

text: that

text: ended

text: with

text: a

text: guilty

text: verdict

text: last

text: week

text: Another

text: contempt

text: hearing

text: is

text: set

text: for

text: November

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text: day

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text: set

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text: hearing

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text: eligible

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text: is

text: given

text: prison

text: time

text: A

text: California

text: law

text: that

text: took

text: effect

text: last

text: month

text: provides

text: for

text: non

text: violent

text: state

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text: to

text: be

text: assigned

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text: county

text: jails

text: to

text: relieve

text: state

text: prison

text: overcrowding

text: The

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: County

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text: has

text: a

text: court

text: ordered

text: early

text: release

text: program

text: to

text: relieve

text: overcrowding

text: which

text: allows

text: non

text: violent

text: offenders

text: to

text: serve

text: much

text: of

text: their

text: sentences

text: at

text: home

text: with

text: electronic

text: monitoring

text: Flanagan

text: said

text: Murray

text: is

text: not

text: a

text: safety

text: threat

text: to

text: the

text: public

text: and

text: should

text: be

text: included

text: in

text: the

text: early

text: release

text: program

text: Dr.

text: White

text: told

text: reporters

text: after

text: the

text: hearing

text: that

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text: still

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text: Jackson

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text: sedative

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text: coroner

text: ruled

text: killed

text: the

text: pop

text: icon

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text: was

text: aware

text: that

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text: Jackson

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text: past

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text: to

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text: District

text: Attorney

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text: times

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text: private

text: discussions

text: with

text: Dr.

text: Murray

text: about

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text: happened

text: the

text: day

text: Jackson

text: died

text: Judge

text: Pastor

text: repeatedly

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text: not

text: to

text: do

text: so

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text: the

text: judge

text: cited

text: White

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text: set

text: Wednesday

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text: hearing

text: to

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text: intentional

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question: Whay charge was dropped?

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(CNN) -- The path that brought U.S. citizen David Coleman Headley to the point of pleading guilty to involvement in two international terrorism plots is complicated and twisted.

His life, in many ways, is far from the average American experience, but he's also very much a product of a typical American upbringing.

He's an unusual fusion, a product of two worlds, a rare blending of East and West. And because of his unusual background, Headley, experts say, is one of the most unusual and important American-born terrorists.

Even his eyes -- one blue and one brown -- reflect the double life he has lived almost since the day he was born.

Headley pleaded guilty Thursday to all 12 charges against him in connection with the four-day siege on India's financial capital in 2008 that left more than 160 people dead and a planned attack in Denmark.

Headley, the son of an American mother and Pakistani father, was accused of extensive involvement in planning the devastating attacks on hotels in Mumbai, which the Indian government says were carried out by the Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba. At least six Americans were among the dead.

Headley, 49, was indicted last October and charged by the U.S. government for conspiracy to murder and maim people in India and provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

He initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, but he has changed his plea as part of a deal with the government to cooperate with investigators and possibly to avoid the death penalty he might have received if convicted on some of the charges.

In the federal courtroom in Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday, Headley told the judge that he did not dispute any of the 12 charges. By pleading guilty, he also gave up his right to appeal in the case.

He faced six counts of conspiracy to bomb locations in India and to murder and maim persons in India and Denmark, and six counts of aiding and abetting the murder of U.S. citizens in India.

The indictment against him charged that Headley scouted targets in Mumbai for more than two years to set up the November 2008 attacks. He was also accused of planning a terrorist attack on a Danish newspaper, which was never carried out. The newspaper became the target of Muslim fury in 2005 after it published cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a manner offensive to Muslims.

Even family asks: Who is David Coleman Headley?

Now that he's admitted to conspiracy to murder and maim in the Mumbai attack, even members of his own family are wondering who David Headley really is.

"I was really shocked. And just didn't expect something like that. And I mean such a hands-on accusation," said William Headley, his uncle, reflecting on when he first learned of the government's accusations against his nephew. "It was like you had poured cold water inside my chest."

David Coleman Headley was born in 1960 in Washington, D.C., but with a different name: at birth, he was given the Urdu name Daood Gilani.

He was the son of an eccentric, flamboyant and rebellious high society mother from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Serrill Headley; and a strict, formal Pakistani diplomat father, Sayed Salim Gilani. The couple met at the Pakistani Embassy in Washington but moved to Lahore, Pakistan, when their son was very young.

"He was the first baby I had anything to do with," his uncle William Headley said. "He was the first baby I ever touched or held or anything like that. And somewhere I have a photograph of me in my pajamas holding little Daood. ... He was a nice-looking little baby."

Fractious union of East and West

After only a few years, Daood's parents split up, an early sign of the fractious union of East and West.

The separation left Daood straddled between his traditional Muslim father and his very Western, very American mother. For a time, his mother remained in Pakistan, but she eventually returned to Philadelphia, where she opened a popular bar called the Khyber Pass. The Khyber Pass is the name of the main passage between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Daood remained in Pakistan throughout much of his childhood, and as a teenager he was enrolled for several years at a prestigious and regimented Pakistani military academy, the Hasan Abdal Cadet College.

But then his mother pulled him out of the school and brought him back to Philadelphia. There, the teen moved into his mother's apartment above the bar.

In 2006, Daood Gilani changed his name to David Coleman Headley, borrowing the family's American name, and even the middle name of William Headley's father, Coleman. The change was made, U.S. officials believe, to help Headley escape detection and travel more easily between the United States, India and Pakistan.

In an exclusive television interview with CNN in January, Headley's uncle described his disbelief in learning that his own nephew was connected in any way to the massacre in Mumbai -- disbelief that lingered until he began receiving letters from his nephew in his jail cell.

"To find an insider in my own family involved [in terrorism] -- you're not responsible for what your family does and yet you have such a close association with it, it's your blood."

Headley wrote to his uncle from jail, saying that despite his heritage, he was now 100 percent Muslim.

Headley's life has been full of twists and turns, from his dual heritage childhood -- being equally comfortable in Pakistan's Muslim circles and in Philadelphia's social scene -- to his marriage to a blond American beauty and subsequent divorce, after which he took a traditional Muslim wife.

Drug trafficking snare

In the 1990s, Headley became a major drug dealer and turned informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration after being caught, according to his family. His involvement with the DEA may have been one of the factors that pushed him toward Islamic extremism.

In 1997, he was running a video shop in New York. On February 7 of that year, he was in a midtown hotel negotiating to bring a large load of heroin from the Middle East to New York City.

But he had walked into a trap. The hotel room, on the ninth floor, was wired by the Feds. As Gilani tried to escape, he found himself surrounded by gun-toting DEA agents. It was a moment that became the ultimate turning point in his life, said his uncle.

"Daood said 'If I get free of this I'm going to commit myself to God,' " William Headley recounted. "So that is when, I would say, he became a serious Muslim."

What happened next is somewhat of a mystery. While his co-conspirator in the drug deal went to prison for 10 years, Headley was out within 15 months. His family believes the DEA was using him as their own informant, frequently sending him to Pakistan and Afghanistan to meet directly with heroin dealers.

Those trips may also have put Headley in direct contact with Islamic terror groups who use the drug trade to finance their operations. It was during this time that he may have first encountered Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, the Pakistani group that some say is now second only to al Qaeda in its global terrorist reach. The indictment indicated that Headley had moved among senior figures in Lashkar -- including Ilyas Kashmiri, who's alleged to have had contacts with al Qaeda.

Headley case called unique

The Headley case is unique for many reasons, experts say.

"It reads like a spy novel more than your typical terrorism cases," said Frank Cilluffo, who heads the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute.

He says Headley was a sophisticated and valuable asset for anyone in the terrorist world, because of his ability to move easily between the East and the West.

"This is someone who clearly lived in two different worlds and grew up in two different worlds and had an awareness of both the United States -- having spent much of his adult life and later childhood life here -- as well as in Pakistan," said Cilluffo.

"Clearly, you have someone who was conflicted, even though he lived in both worlds. You get the sense that he never felt at home in either world, searching for his identity ... and we know how, unfortunately, it plays out," he added.

Headley's uncle still finds it hard to believe. He was shocked when CNN called to tell him that his nephew was pleading guilty.

The nephew he knew was not someone who could have been involved in a terrorist plot, William Headley said.

"We absolutely cannot imagine it," he said. "It's not at all consistent with anything we know at all."

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text: not

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text: consistent

text: with

text: anything

text: we

text: know

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question: What did he do wrong

answer: involvement in two international terrorism plots

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question: who is product of 2 worlds

answer: David Coleman Headley

text: David Coleman Headley

question: who is david coleman

answer: U.S. citizen

text: U.S. citizen

question: what is lashkar - e - tayyiba

answer: Pakistan-based terrorist group

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Editor's note: Abigail Thernstrom is the author of "Voting Rights -- and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections," published last month by AEI Press. She is the vice-chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Her writing can be found at http://www.thernstrom.com/.

Abigail Thernstrom says an impressive biography isn't a qualification for the Supreme Court.

(CNN) -- Judge Sonia Sotomayor is all but certain to be confirmed as an associate justice on the Supreme Court. It is close to unimaginable that the Republicans will peel off enough Democratic votes to stop Senate confirmation.

She's a first: a Latina. And she has an impressive life history: Raised in a housing project by a single mother, she went to Princeton and then to Yale Law School. It's a classic American overcoming-the-odds story, but, while admirable, it is not a qualification for the highest court in the land.

Democrats themselves have often implicitly made the same point -- about other minority appointees, in fact. They never saw the much humbler origins of Justice Clarence Thomas as an argument for his elevation to the Court.

And they used a filibuster to stop Bush appointee Miguel Estrada from getting a seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which they feared would be a springboard to the Supreme Court.

Estrada is a Honduran who arrived in America at age 17 with only limited command of English; he was also raised by a single mother and made it to Harvard Law School, where he was editor of the law review.

Supporters of Sotomayor argue that she will add needed "diversity" to the Court. Yet, with her confirmation, there will be six Catholics, two Jews and one Protestant. For many Americans, religious affiliation is more important in defining an individual than race or ethnicity. But no one is complaining about "too many" Catholics or Jews -- thankfully.

America is supposed to be a land in which individuals are seen as ... individuals. Too many, too few: that is the language of un-American quotas.

Sotomayor has suggested that race and ethnicity, to a substantial degree, define individuals.

"Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences ... our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging," she said in a 2001 speech.

At her confirmation hearings, she will undoubtedly dance away from such ethnic determinism. But it would appear to be what she believes, since she has reiterated the point several times in different venues.

Her supporters also emphasize the "empathy" she would bring to the court. It is a quality the president promised he would look for in making court appointments.

In a July 2007 campaign speech, he said, "We need somebody who's got the heart -- the empathy -- to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom. The empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old, and that's the criteria by which I'll be selecting my judges."

Evidently, however, not all impoverished backgrounds leave you empathetic. The proof is in the pudding, and the pudding appears to be party membership.

By definition, conservatives are assumed to lack empathy. As Berkeley professor George Lakoff has argued, "Empathy is at the heart of progressive thought. ... Progressives care about others as well as themselves." And, by implication, conservatives don't.

Empathy has thus become a code word for progressive politics -- the likelihood that, as a justice, the nominee will take politically liberal positions. Public policy preferences driving Supreme Court decisions? What a shock.

Some justices have much more respect for the law than others, but if the opinions were not often judgments driven by political values as well, they would be less predictable. Most court-watchers thought (correctly, as it turned out) that the recent New Haven firefighters' case would come down four-four, with only Justice Anthony Kennedy's vote hard to call.

The results of an exam for promotion within the New Haven fire department had been thrown out because, with one exception, all of the successful candidates were white -- the "wrong" color, according to the reasoning of the city and Sotomayor.

One can argue that race discrimination decisions do not involve ideology and are based on strictly legal grounds, but if so, it is passing strange that in busing, affirmative action and other race-related cases, even before the oral argument is heard we almost always know which justices will take what positions. Liberals still support busing, for instance; conservatives oppose it.

Sotomayor will replace another reliable liberal, Justice David Souter, and so the ideological balance on the court will not change. And yet, perhaps as a consequence of her implicit embrace of quotas and identity politics, she has come to the Senate hearings with public support that is unusually low; only 47 percent of Americans say they want her confirmed, a recent CNN poll found.

Nevertheless, Republicans are likely to tread softly in the hearings. Race-related issues make them nervous, and Latinos are a fast-growing group with increasing political clout, especially in such swing states as Colorado, Florida, New Mexico and Virginia.

Barring the totally unexpected, Sotomayor's confirmation will thus be a cakewalk. Let us hope that the public's pessimism proves to be misguided and she turns out to be a lawyer's lawyer and not an ethnic activist who tends to let the usual political definition of "empathy" drive her opinions. There is reason to worry: She will have lifetime tenure on an institution with enormous power.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Abigail Thernstrom.

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text: 's

text: note

text: Abigail

text: Thernstrom

text: is

text: the

text: author

text: of

text: Voting

text: Rights

text: and

text: Wrongs

text: The

text: Elusive

text: Quest

text: for

text: Racially

text: Fair

text: Elections

text: published

text: last

text: month

text: by

text: AEI

text: Press

text: She

text: is

text: the

text: vice

text: chairwoman

text: of

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Commission

text: on

text: Civil

text: Rights

text: and

text: an

text: adjunct

text: scholar

text: at

text: the

text: American

text: Enterprise

text: Institute

text: Her

text: writing

text: can

text: be

text: found

text: at

text: Abigail

text: Thernstrom

text: says

text: an

text: impressive

text: biography

text: is

text: n't

text: a

text: qualification

text: for

text: the

text: Supreme

text: Court

text: CNN

text: Judge

text: Sonia

text: Sotomayor

text: is

text: all

text: but

text: certain

text: to

text: be

text: confirmed

text: as

text: an

text: associate

text: justice

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text: the

text: Supreme

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text: close

text: to

text: unimaginable

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text: the

text: Republicans

text: will

text: peel

text: off

text: enough

text: Democratic

text: votes

text: to

text: stop

text: Senate

text: confirmation

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text: a

text: first

text: a

text: Latina

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text: she

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text: impressive

text: life

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text: a

text: housing

text: project

text: by

text: a

text: single

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text: Princeton

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text: then

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text: Law

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text: a

text: classic

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text: odds

text: story

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text: while

text: admirable

text: it

text: is

text: not

text: a

text: qualification

text: for

text: the

text: highest

text: court

text: in

text: the

text: land

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text: themselves

text: have

text: often

text: implicitly

text: made

text: the

text: same

text: point

text: about

text: other

text: minority

text: appointees

text: in

text: fact

text: They

text: never

text: saw

text: the

text: much

text: humbler

text: origins

text: of

text: Justice

text: Clarence

text: Thomas

text: as

text: an

text: argument

text: for

text: his

text: elevation

text: to

text: the

text: Court

text: And

text: they

text: used

text: a

text: filibuster

text: to

text: stop

text: Bush

text: appointee

text: Miguel

text: Estrada

text: from

text: getting

text: a

text: seat

text: on

text: the

text: D.C.

text: Circuit

text: Court

text: of

text: Appeals

text: which

text: they

text: feared

text: would

text: be

text: a

text: springboard

text: to

text: the

text: Supreme

text: Court

text: Estrada

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text: a

text: Honduran

text: who

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text: in

text: America

text: at

text: age

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text: only

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text: command

text: of

text: English

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text: raised

text: by

text: a

text: single

text: mother

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text: made

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text: Law

text: School

text: where

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text: was

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text: of

text: the

text: law

text: review

text: Supporters

text: of

text: Sotomayor

text: argue

text: that

text: she

text: will

text: add

text: needed

text: diversity

text: to

text: the

text: Court

text: Yet

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text: her

text: confirmation

text: there

text: will

text: be

text: six

text: Catholics

text: two

text: Jews

text: and

text: one

text: Protestant

text: For

text: many

text: Americans

text: religious

text: affiliation

text: is

text: more

text: important

text: in

text: defining

text: an

text: individual

text: than

text: race

text: or

text: ethnicity

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text: no

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text: is

text: complaining

text: about

text: too

text: many

text: Catholics

text: or

text: Jews

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text: is

text: supposed

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text: be

text: a

text: land

text: in

text: which

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text: are

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text: individuals

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text: too

text: few

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text: the

text: language

text: of

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text: American

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text: and

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text: substantial

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text: speech

text: At

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text: confirmation

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text: will

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text: away

text: from

text: such

text: ethnic

text: determinism

text: But

text: it

text: would

text: appear

text: to

text: be

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text: she

text: believes

text: since

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text: has

text: reiterated

text: the

text: point

text: several

text: times

text: in

text: different

text: venues

text: Her

text: supporters

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text: emphasize

text: the

text: empathy

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text: would

text: bring

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text: court

text: It

text: is

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text: quality

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text: president

text: promised

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text: would

text: look

text: for

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text: appointments

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text: July

text: campaign

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text: said

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text: got

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text: heart

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text: empathy

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text: pudding

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text: pudding

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text: at

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text: heart

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text: by

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text: Empathy

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text: likelihood

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text: a

text: justice

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text: nominee

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text: law

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text: opinions

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text: court

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text: recent

text: New

text: Haven

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text: only

text: Justice

text: Anthony

text: Kennedy

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text: vote

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text: New

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text: successful

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text: reasoning

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text: city

text: and

text: Sotomayor

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text: passing

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text: and

text: other

text: race

text: related

text: cases

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text: oral

text: argument

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text: heard

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text: almost

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text: know

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text: Sotomayor

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text: Souter

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text: ideological

text: balance

text: on

text: the

text: court

text: will

text: not

text: change

text: And

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text: a

text: consequence

text: of

text: her

text: implicit

text: embrace

text: of

text: quotas

text: and

text: identity

text: politics

text: she

text: has

text: come

text: to

text: the

text: Senate

text: hearings

text: with

text: public

text: support

text: that

text: is

text: unusually

text: low

text: only

text: percent

text: of

text: Americans

text: say

text: they

text: want

text: her

text: confirmed

text: a

text: recent

text: CNN

text: poll

text: found

text: Nevertheless

text: Republicans

text: are

text: likely

text: to

text: tread

text: softly

text: in

text: the

text: hearings

text: Race

text: related

text: issues

text: make

text: them

text: nervous

text: and

text: Latinos

text: are

text: a

text: fast

text: growing

text: group

text: with

text: increasing

text: political

text: clout

text: especially

text: in

text: such

text: swing

text: states

text: as

text: Colorado

text: Florida

text: New

text: Mexico

text: and

text: Virginia

text: Barring

text: the

text: totally

text: unexpected

text: Sotomayor

text: 's

text: confirmation

text: will

text: thus

text: be

text: a

text: cakewalk

text: Let

text: us

text: hope

text: that

text: the

text: public

text: 's

text: pessimism

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text: Thernstrom

question: What is Thernstrom concerned about?

answer: an impressive biography isn't a qualification for the Supreme Court.

text: an impressive biography isn't a qualification for the Supreme Court.

question: What type of nominations are they talking about?

answer: associate justice on the Supreme Court.

text: associate justice on the Supreme Court.

question: Who's empathy is code word for one brand of politics?

answer: George Lakoff

text: George Lakoff

question: Who is Abigail Thernstrom?

answer: author of "Voting Rights

text: author of "Voting Rights