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Kettleman City, California (CNN)  -- Spring in California's San Joaquin Valley is seemingly idyllic, with rolling hills and miles of fruit orchards. But what's happening in the small town of Kettleman City has people scared.

In the past three years, 10 babies in Kettleman City, California, have been born with birth defects, including cleft palates and heart problems. Four cases were reported in 2008 and there was another possible case that same year.   According to the California Department of Public Health and California Birth Defects Monitoring Program, those four cases in Kettleman City are higher than expected. Nationally, the Birth Defects Monitoring Program lists one out of every 33 babies as born with a birth defect.

Three infants have died, including Maria Saucedo's daughter, Ashley.

"It's such a small town and such a large problem. We want to give our children life, not death," said Saucedo. "When Ashley was born, the doctors told me that there was something wrong with her. They told me that Ashley wouldn't live more than one or two months."

Despite a weak immune system, Ashley managed to live for almost 10 months. She died of a blood infection on January 24, 2009. Through tears, Saucedo said, "I apologized for not taking her earlier to the hospital, but the doctors told me that it wasn't my fault, that with babies like this, this is what happens."

But Saucedo wants to know why it happened to her and the other mothers living here.

Kettleman City is one of the poorest towns in the state. Maricela Mares Alatorre, who works as a teacher, grew up there.

"It's a really small town," said Alatorre. "Most people have been here for generations. I like to call it the Mayberry feeing with a Latino twist."

But unlike Mayberry, the 1,500 people of this farming community have no grocery store, no high school and few sidewalks. The town, which is surrounded by farms, is polluted. It is plagued with poor air quality, unsafe drinking water and exposure to pesticides. Kettleman City's water does not meet EPA standards, because of  high levels of naturally occurring arsenic. . The state and EPA have found poor air quality throughout the San Joaquin Valley. Kettleman City is surrounded by agriculture and is exposed to heavy use of pesticides. Because of its location right off Highway 41, there also is a lot of emissions pollution.

The major concern for many people in Kettleman City, however, lies just four miles outside town. It is the largest toxic waste site west of the Mississippi. The site is operated by the waste disposal firm Waste Management, which said that last year 400,000 tons of hazardous waste -- including lead and cancer-linked PCBs found in plastics -- was dumped there. Every day, hundreds of trucks pour in and out.

Some residents believe the birth defects could be linked to the waste site.

Waste Management has said its Kettleman Hills facility operates safely and fully protects human health and the environment. The site has been inspected by four separate local, state and federal entities since 2007. All concluded the facility operates safely and does not affect local residents. Waste Management has agreed to cooperate with investigations into the community's concerns.  Tension between Waste Management and the community goes back decades. Residents led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson waged a battle against Waste Management in 1991 to stop a toxic waste incinerator from being built. They won.

Now the residents of Kettleman City are fighting again, this time over a proposed waste site expansion, for which their local officials voted.

For Alatorre, environmental activism is in her genes.

"I'm a second-generation activist," she said. Alatorre has been fighting against the waste site expansion and fighting for a state health investigation into the birth defects for nearly two years. She and others are upset that the county voted to expand the waste site before a full investigation was completed.

"We don't want an expansion because we feel like there are a lot of health problems in town and we're not necessarily attributing it to the dump, but we feel like with all of the other environmental factors we face, why add more to it?"

In December, the Kings County board asked the state for a health investigation into the birth defects, but one week later they voted in favor of granting a permit to allow the waste site to expand.

Ingrid Brostrom, an attorney with the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, said, "If there is any potential that these birth defects are caused by environmental contaminants, then we shouldn't be introducing any new contaminants. There should not be an expansion of the existing hazardous waste dump. It is essential the county knows what is causing these birth defects before the hazardous waste site can be expanded."

Activists and residents have filed a lawsuit against Kings County in an effort to stop the waste site expansion.

In a press release, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office said he has "directed his State Department of Public Health and Environmental Protection Agency to expand their investigation into what could be causing an abnormal percentage of birth defects in the small farming town."

For Saucedo and the other mothers of Kettleman City, an investigation can't come soon enough.

"I want a response and I want it quickly. Nobody's given us any answers and children continue to be born sick," said Saucedo.

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State College, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Penn State students and alumni held a candlelight vigil late Sunday to honor and remember Joe Paterno, the iconic former football coach.

Paterno, 85, died Sunday at a State College, Pennsylvania, hospital, according to his family. He had been suffering from lung cancer and had recently broken his pelvis.

"It is with great sadness that we announce that Joe Paterno passed away earlier today," said the statement. "His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled."

Students braved freezing temperatures to attend the vigil on the lawn of the Old Main building on Penn State's campus. They held candles, locked arms, and sung the school's alma mater to say goodbye.

Later, they walked over to a statue of Paterno outside Beaver Stadium, which has become a sort of makeshift memorial.

"He's more than a coach; his family's more than a family," said Bethanna Edmiston, a local resident and alumna who met her husband at Penn State.

"It's extremely difficult for the whole Nittany nation," she said. "Unless you're part of Penn State, you just don't understand what it means."

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Earlier on Sunday, many fans were seen crying as they stood at the statue. It features Paterno with his index finger outstretched in the "No. 1" gesture. A quote from Paterno, who spent 61 years at Penn State, is on the wall behind the statue.

"They ask me what I'd like written about me when I'm gone," the quote says. "I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coach."

Edmiston said she moved to State College at age 8, as Paterno took the reins at Penn State.

"Our family thanks Penn Staters, students & all people for prayers & support for my Dad," Paterno's son, Jay Paterno, tweeted Sunday, "He felt your support in his fight."

Family statement: "He fought hard until the end"

The gathering at the statue has been ongoing since Saturday night, after a family spokesman said Paterno's condition had worsened.

Some shoveled snow so others could walk up and touch Paterno's outstretched hand on his statue.

Signs, flowers and candles surrounded the statue, along with photographs of Paterno. "You're our hero," one said. Another one, flanked by candles, simply said: "Coach."

Jay Paterno tweeted Saturday night that he drove by the statue, and that the love and support inspired his father.

"He died as he lived," the family statement said. "He fought hard until the end, stayed positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed his life had been."

Media falsely report Paterno's death

Several websites that reported Saturday night that Paterno had died later apologized for the error, including the Penn State student news website Onward State, the first to report the erroneous information.

Paterno was fired in November amid outrage over the handling of accusations against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who faces more than 50 counts involving sexual acts with 10 boys since 1994. Sandusky has pleaded not guilty.

But several of those gathered at the statue Sunday remembered Paterno as a unifying presence both at the university and in State College.

"I want everyone in our whole country to know that Joe united us," said Diane Farley, a Penn State alumna and current university employee. "And I don't want anyone to point fingers at anyone anymore, and I want them to know that State College is a place that cares, because Joe cared, and there's just been a lot of confusion in the past six weeks ... We're all on this Earth together. We're all going to go out eventually, like Joe, and we need to be a little bit more loving and caring with each other."

"They're just ordinary people," Edmiston said of the Paterno family. "They lived in the same house since they moved there, not a fancy house, just everyday people. They gave everything they had to Penn State -- not only money, but their time, their efforts. It's just an amazing legacy that he's left behind."

Another man said he doesn't believe the scandal will tarnish Paterno's memory. "It won't define him," said the man, who did not give his name. "It wasn't who he was."

The family previously said Paterno had a treatable form of cancer. In December, he was admitted to a hospital after fracturing his pelvis when he slipped and fell at his home in State College.

Under Paterno's 46-year leadership, the Nittany Lions won two national championships, went undefeated five times and finished in the top 25 national rankings 35 times, according to his official Penn State biography.

Sports Illustrated: Paterno's legacy was more than the final chapter

At the time of Paterno's dismissal, Vice Chairman of Trustees John P. Surma said he hoped the school's 95,000 students and hundreds of thousands of alumni would believe the decision "is in the best long-term interest of the university, which is much larger than athletic programs."

Paterno told the Washington Post this month he felt inadequate to deal with the initial allegation of abuse against Sandusky.

"I didn't know exactly how to handle it and I was afraid to do something that might jeopardize what the university procedure was," Paterno told the Post. "So I backed away and turned it over to some other people, people I thought would have a little more expertise than I did. It didn't work out that way."

The former coach spoke with a raspy voice during the interview -- Paterno's first extensive comments since being fired.

A Penn State graduate assistant, Mike McQueary, told the grand jury late last year that he had seen Sandusky "with a boy in the shower and that it was severe sexual acts going on and that it was wrong and over the line." He said he had gone to Paterno with what he saw.

Paterno said he'd never been told the graphic details revealed in a grand jury report, but that he nevertheless reported the allegations to his boss, then-Athletic Director Tim Curley.

Curley and Gary Schultz, a former university vice president, have been charged with perjury and failure to report the abuse allegations, which law enforcement did not learn about for several years. They have pleaded not guilty.

"You know, he didn't want to get specific," Paterno said about McQueary. "And to be frank with you I don't know that it would have done any good, because I never heard of, of, rape and a man. So I just did what I thought was best. I talked to people that I thought would be, if there was a problem, that would be following up on it," he told The Washington Post.

"I called my superiors and I said, 'Hey, we got a problem, I think. Would you guys look into it?' Because I didn't know, you know ... I had never had to deal with something like that. And I didn't feel adequate," Paterno said.

"Joe was Penn State," Edmiston said. "He made Penn State. And it's really a very sad, sad day for all of us."

CNN's Sarah Hoye and CNN contributor Sara Ganim contributed to this report.

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text: people

text: for

text: prayers

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text: a

text: family

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text: condition

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text: shoveled

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text: and

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text: and

text: candles

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text: statue

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text: photographs

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text: said

text: Another

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text: flanked

text: by

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text: his

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text: death

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text: night

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text: Paterno

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text: later

text: apologized

text: for

text: the

text: error

text: including

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text: Penn

text: State

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text: news

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text: the

text: erroneous

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text: in

text: November

text: amid

text: outrage

text: over

text: the

text: handling

text: of

text: accusations

text: against

text: former

text: defensive

text: coordinator

text: Jerry

text: Sandusky

text: who

text: faces

text: more

text: than

text: counts

text: involving

text: sexual

text: acts

text: with

text: boys

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text: guilty

text: But

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text: of

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text: gathered

text: at

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text: statue

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text: unifying

text: presence

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text: at

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text: university

text: and

text: in

text: State

text: College

text: I

text: want

text: everyone

text: in

text: our

text: whole

text: country

text: to

text: know

text: that

text: Joe

text: united

text: us

text: said

text: Diane

text: Farley

text: a

text: Penn

text: State

text: alumna

text: and

text: current

text: university

text: employee

text: And

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: want

text: anyone

text: to

text: point

text: fingers

text: at

text: anyone

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text: I

text: want

text: them

text: to

text: know

text: that

text: State

text: College

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text: a

text: place

text: that

text: cares

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text: of

text: confusion

text: in

text: the

text: past

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text: weeks

text: We

text: 're

text: all

text: on

text: this

text: Earth

text: together

text: We

text: 're

text: all

text: going

text: to

text: go

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text: little

text: bit

text: more

text: loving

text: and

text: caring

text: with

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text: other

text: They

text: 're

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text: ordinary

text: people

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text: of

text: the

text: Paterno

text: family

text: They

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text: in

text: the

text: same

text: house

text: since

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text: moved

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text: a

text: fancy

text: house

text: just

text: everyday

text: people

text: They

text: gave

text: everything

text: they

text: had

text: to

text: Penn

text: State

text: not

text: only

text: money

text: but

text: their

text: time

text: their

text: efforts

text: It

text: 's

text: just

text: an

text: amazing

text: legacy

text: that

text: he

text: 's

text: left

text: behind

text: Another

text: man

text: said

text: he

text: does

text: n't

text: believe

text: the

text: scandal

text: will

text: tarnish

text: Paterno

text: 's

text: memory

text: It

text: wo

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text: define

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text: said

text: the

text: man

text: who

text: did

text: not

text: give

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text: name

text: It

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text: who

text: he

text: was

text: The

text: family

text: previously

text: said

text: Paterno

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text: a

text: treatable

text: form

text: of

text: cancer

text: In

text: December

text: he

text: was

text: admitted

text: to

text: a

text: hospital

text: after

text: fracturing

text: his

text: pelvis

text: when

text: he

text: slipped

text: and

text: fell

text: at

text: his

text: home

text: in

text: State

text: College

text: Under

text: Paterno

text: 's

text: leadership

text: the

text: Nittany

text: Lions

text: won

text: two

text: national

text: championships

text: went

text: undefeated

text: five

text: times

text: and

text: finished

text: in

text: the

text: top

text: national

text: rankings

text: times

text: according

text: to

text: his

text: official

text: Penn

text: State

text: biography

text: Sports

text: Illustrated

text: Paterno

text: 's

text: legacy

text: was

text: more

text: than

text: the

text: final

text: chapter

text: At

text: the

text: time

text: of

text: Paterno

text: 's

text: dismissal

text: Vice

text: Chairman

text: of

text: Trustees

text: John

text: P.

text: Surma

text: said

text: he

text: hoped

text: the

text: school

text: 's

text: students

text: and

text: hundreds

text: of

text: thousands

text: of

text: alumni

text: would

text: believe

text: the

text: decision

text: is

text: in

text: the

text: best

text: long

text: term

text: interest

text: of

text: the

text: university

text: which

text: is

text: much

text: larger

text: than

text: athletic

text: programs

text: Paterno

text: told

text: the

text: Washington

text: Post

text: this

text: month

text: he

text: felt

text: inadequate

text: to

text: deal

text: with

text: the

text: initial

text: allegation

text: of

text: abuse

text: against

text: Sandusky

text: I

text: did

text: n't

text: know

text: exactly

text: how

text: to

text: handle

text: it

text: and

text: I

text: was

text: afraid

text: to

text: do

text: something

text: that

text: might

text: jeopardize

text: what

text: the

text: university

text: procedure

text: was

text: Paterno

text: told

text: the

text: Post

text: So

text: I

text: backed

text: away

text: and

text: turned

text: it

text: over

text: to

text: some

text: other

text: people

text: people

text: I

text: thought

text: would

text: have

text: a

text: little

text: more

text: expertise

text: than

text: I

text: did

text: It

text: did

text: n't

text: work

text: out

text: that

text: way

text: The

text: former

text: coach

text: spoke

text: with

text: a

text: raspy

text: voice

text: during

text: the

text: interview

text: Paterno

text: 's

text: first

text: extensive

text: comments

text: since

text: being

text: fired

text: A

text: Penn

text: State

text: graduate

text: assistant

text: Mike

text: McQueary

text: told

text: the

text: grand

text: jury

text: late

text: last

text: year

text: that

text: he

text: had

text: seen

text: Sandusky

text: with

text: a

text: boy

text: in

text: the

text: shower

text: and

text: that

text: it

text: was

text: severe

text: sexual

text: acts

text: going

text: on

text: and

text: that

text: it

text: was

text: wrong

text: and

text: over

text: the

text: line

text: He

text: said

text: he

text: had

text: gone

text: to

text: Paterno

text: with

text: what

text: he

text: saw

text: Paterno

text: said

text: he

text: 'd

text: never

text: been

text: told

text: the

text: graphic

text: details

text: revealed

text: in

text: a

text: grand

text: jury

text: report

text: but

text: that

text: he

text: nevertheless

text: reported

text: the

text: allegations

text: to

text: his

text: boss

text: then

text: Athletic

text: Director

text: Tim

text: Curley

text: Curley

text: and

text: Gary

text: Schultz

text: a

text: former

text: university

text: vice

text: president

text: have

text: been

text: charged

text: with

text: perjury

text: and

text: failure

text: to

text: report

text: the

text: abuse

text: allegations

text: which

text: law

text: enforcement

text: did

text: not

text: learn

text: about

text: for

text: several

text: years

text: They

text: have

text: pleaded

text: not

text: guilty

text: You

text: know

text: he

text: did

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: get

text: specific

text: Paterno

text: said

text: about

text: McQueary

text: And

text: to

text: be

text: frank

text: with

text: you

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: know

text: that

text: it

text: would

text: have

text: done

text: any

text: good

text: because

text: I

text: never

text: heard

text: of

text: of

text: rape

text: and

text: a

text: man

text: So

text: I

text: just

text: did

text: what

text: I

text: thought

text: was

text: best

text: I

text: talked

text: to

text: people

text: that

text: I

text: thought

text: would

text: be

text: if

text: there

text: was

text: a

text: problem

text: that

text: would

text: be

text: following

text: up

text: on

text: it

text: he

text: told

text: The

text: Washington

text: Post

text: I

text: called

text: my

text: superiors

text: and

text: I

text: said

text: Hey

text: we

text: got

text: a

text: problem

text: I

text: think

text: Would

text: you

text: guys

text: look

text: into

text: it

text: Because

text: I

text: did

text: n't

text: know

text: you

text: know

text: I

text: had

text: never

text: had

text: to

text: deal

text: with

text: something

text: like

text: that

text: And

text: I

text: did

text: n't

text: feel

text: adequate

text: Paterno

text: said

text: Joe

text: was

text: Penn

text: State

text: Edmiston

text: said

text: He

text: made

text: Penn

text: State

text: And

text: it

text: 's

text: really

text: a

text: very

text: sad

text: sad

text: day

text: for

text: all

text: of

text: us

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Sarah

text: Hoye

text: and

text: CNN

text: contributor

text: Sara

text: Ganim

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: Who felt supported by fans?

answer: Joe Paterno,

text: Joe Paterno,

question: What was the reason for a candlelight vigil?

answer: honor and remember Joe Paterno,

text: honor and remember Joe Paterno,

question: What did the student alumni hold?

answer: a candlelight vigil

text: a candlelight vigil

question: Who was fired?

answer: Paterno

text: Paterno

question: What day did the iconic coach die on?

answer: Sunday

text: Sunday

question: Who died on Sunday?

answer: Joe Paterno,

text: Joe Paterno,

question: What age was Paterno when he died?

answer: 85,

question: What was Paternoster fired for?

answer: amid outrage over the handling of accusations against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who faces more than 50 counts involving sexual acts with 10 boys since 1994.

text: amid outrage over the handling of accusations against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who faces more than 50 counts involving sexual acts with 10 boys since 1994.


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NEW YORK (CNN) -- A man brutally beaten in New York City was targeted because he is openly gay, the New York Police Department said Monday.

Two men shouting "anti-gay remarks" viciously beat Jack Price, 49, as he left a 24-hour deli on College Point Boulevard in Queens early Friday morning, police said. No further details where available about the attack.

Price is being treated at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, where "he is in fair condition and his vital signs are stable," said hospital spokeswoman Camela Morrissey.

Police arrested Daniel Aleman, 26, and charged him with assault and aggravated assault as a hate crime.

"When someone is attacked for being who they are, and for being proud of who they are, there is no other explanation for that attack than hatred and bigotry," said New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the first openly gay speaker of the city council.

"I know the Queens community is outraged that hate has tainted their streets, and I know they will join with us in helping the local authorities find the second suspect."

The police department's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident.

No court date has been set for Aleman.

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text: City

text: was

text: targeted

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text: he

text: is

text: openly

text: gay

text: the

text: New

text: York

text: Police

text: Department

text: said

text: Monday

text: Two

text: men

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text: attack

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text: spokeswoman

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text: Queens

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text: set

text: for

text: Aleman

question: What group is investigating?

answer: Hate Crimes Task Force

text: Hate Crimes Task Force

question: Where is Jack Price being treated?

answer: New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens,

text: New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens,

question: What is Aleman charged with?

answer: assault and aggravated assault as a hate crime.

text: assault and aggravated assault as a hate crime.

question: What is Jack Prices age?

answer: 49,

question: What is Daniel Aleman charged with?

answer: assault and aggravated assault as a hate crime.

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(CNN) -- A central Maine police chief said Friday that authorities now believe there was "foul play" in the disappearance two weeks ago of a 20-month-old girl.

Ayla Reynolds was last seen December 16 when her father, Justin Dipietro, said he put her to bed. Dipietro -- who has insisted that he has "no idea what happened to Ayla" -- later reported the girl missing.

Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey previously has said authorities were confident that someone took Ayla from the house. But in his comments Friday, issued in a statement, Massey went a step further in saying the case "has evolved from the search for a missing child to a criminal investigation."

Given this shift, the Maine State Police will now take over as the lead in the investigation from Waterville police, according to Massey.

"We base our conclusions on evidence gathered by investigators during the past two weeks," the police chief said.

Maine state police did not respond immediately to a call Friday from CNN seeking comment on their new role in the investigation.

Jessica Reynolds, the missing girl's aunt, told CNN on Friday that authorities said they "can't tell us right now" about what evidence spurred the change, claiming they were told "it isn't done being processed."

"We believed from the beginning that Ayla didn't walk out (of the house) on her own," Reynolds said. "Why it took 14 days for police to say this, I don't understand.

"Time is ticking. The statistics may be that she's not going to come home alive, but, there's also a chance that whoever has her will bring her back safely ... Whoever has her will be found eventually."

Police said Wednesday they had received 370 leads, and Massey said Friday that investigators and searchers had spent "many thousands of hours looking for Ayla (and) evaluating evidence."

A $30,000 reward -- coming from anonymous private citizens and business leaders -- was offered earlier this week for information that leads investigators to the girl.

Ayla is described as having blond hair, being about 2 feet, 9 inches tall, and weighing 30 pounds. She was last seen wearing green pajamas with white polka dots and the words "Daddy's Princess" across the front. When she disappeared, the girl had her arm in a soft cast.

The toddler's mother, Trista Reynolds, told HLN's Nancy Grace that she'd raised Ayla for 18 months and Dipietro became involved after "I needed to go and get a little bit of help for myself." She told HLN she underwent rehab.

The father had sole custody of the girl when she disappeared.

On December 15, the day before Ayla went missing, Reynolds filed a complaint seeking sole custody. The 23-year-old mother told HLN she didn't tell Dipietro she was going to court because he was "vindictive" and "verbally abusive."

For his part, Dipietro, 24, has said he would never do anything to hurt Ayla.

"I have to believe that Ayla is with somebody, and I just want that person to find the courage to do the right thing and find a way to return her safely," the father said in his statement Wednesday. "The truth is the truth and when the case is solved it will be out there. Until then, please try to remain positive and hopeful as I remain confident that Ayla will return safely."

Jessica Reynolds said Friday that she and her sister, Trista, are frantic in their efforts to find Ayla.

"She's extremely intelligent," she said of her niece. "She makes everybody smile when they see a smile on her face."

CNN's Ross Levitt and Susan Candiotti contributed to this report.

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question: What did the police chief say

answer: that authorities now believe there was "foul play"

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New York (CNN) -- As snow fell across New York harbor, Isabel Belarsky said she clutched her mother, Clara, aboard a passenger ship that puttered toward Ellis Island, and wondered what their new lives would bring.

The year was 1930. About a week earlier, the 10 year-old girl from what is now called Saint Petersburg, Russia, had embarked on a transatlantic journey with her Ukrainian parents from the French port city of Cherbourg, escaping what she described as Jewish persecution at the start of Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union.

On an island near Manhattan stood the copper colossus that would etch her first memories of the new world.

"It was a wonderful sight," she said of the Statue of Liberty, which marks its 125th anniversary Friday.

The idea for the monument is thought to have been first conceived at a 19th century dinner party among French aristocrats, historians say, who sought to pay tribute to American liberty.

And while the French gift is also widely believed to have at least in part catered to domestic politics, for many it quickly became a symbol of hope and promise in America's post- Civil War period.

"The arrival on Ellis Island is the fulfillment that you know something good is going to happen to you," said Belarksy, now a 91-year-old widow living in a Russian enclave of Brooklyn, New York.

Her family became part of the more than 12 million immigrants processed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954, according to the U.S. National Park Service.

Adjacent to Ellis towers Lady Liberty, measuring more than 305 feet from base to torch.

Originally, the statue was supposed to be an Egyptian peasant girl that would have stood at the entrance of Egypt's then-new Suez Canal, historians say, but plans would later evolve into the Roman goddess that would instead adorn New York harbor.

"The sculptor, (Frederic) Bartholdi, was very clever," said Edward Berenson, professor of history and director of the Institute of French Studies at New York University.

"He put (the statue) where he did because its right at the narrows of New York harbor, so he knew that every boat that came into New York would have to come really close to it.

People felt like they could reach out and touch it," he said.

Inspired perhaps by Egypt's colossal statues during his own travels to Cairo, Berenson added, Bartholdi sought to build a monument of his own in a tribute to American liberty and its new found emancipation of slaves.

The statue rests atop a sculpted wrangling of broken chains on New York's Liberty Island.

Only years later, Berenson argues, did the monument come to symbolize immigration to the broader public, despite the structure's engraved plaque bearing the now famous poem by Emma Lazarus, who asks for the "huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

Like many who made the perilous journey, Belarsky said she had often wondered what kind of life was waiting for her on the shores behind the copper monument.

"It was quite frightening," she recalled. "The three of us, my father, my mother and I, wanted for someone to come with money or to tell us whats next."

And though a U.S. law passed six years earlier had largely restricted immigration, her father, Sidor, had managed to secure three tickets to America by way of a talent scout who visited the Leningrad conservatory where he had performed as an opera singer.

"He had such a beautiful voice," she said.

Their travel permit, however, was only temporary.

Sidor had acquired a six-month visa to teach at Brigham Young University, said Belarsky.

Still, the young family would nonetheless settle more permanently in a west Manhattan apartment. And unlike many who eventually returned to their homelands in Europe, the Belarskys decided to leave Saint Petersburg -- then known as Leningrad -- behind.

"Authorities were starting to clamp down and consolidate the social state and Soviet power around Stalin," said Fiona Hill, a Russia expert at the Washington-based Brookings Institution. "As an opera singer, you might not have wanted to start singing Soviet anthems."

So the young family left Russia without plans to return, Belarsky added.

And though many immigrants entered the United States through Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, New Orleans and Miami; historians say steamship companies most often cruised into New York harbor, commonly making the Statue of Liberty the first land sighting for new arrivals.

"Everybody spoke of the golden land," said Belarksy. "Come to America where there's gold on the streets, until they came here and they had to live in walk-up tenement houses," she said, referencing hardships often endured in overcrowded city buildings.

Immigrants also commonly faced unsanitary and unsafe work conditions on docks and in factories as America's need for industrial labor grew.

"If you think immigration is unpopular now," said Berenson. "If anything it was even more unpopular in the 1890s and the first part of the 20th century."

Successive immigrant waves, however, still rushed to America's shores through Ellis Island and past the Statue of Liberty, often buoyed by the prospect of economic opportunity, he added.

"I think it took a while for people to think of themselves as Americans," said Berenson. "For an awful lot of people, what they wanted was to think of themselves as whatever they were originally, and as Americans too."

Anniversary celebrations of the Statue of Liberty will be marked Friday by a series of official speeches and web cams, provided by Earthcam, that are expected stream video footage from the torch.

The following day the statue will close for renovations, though Liberty Island will remain open, according to the National Park Service.

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text: York

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text: As

text: snow

text: fell

text: across

text: New

text: York

text: harbor

text: Isabel

text: Belarsky

text: said

text: she

text: clutched

text: her

text: mother

text: Clara

text: aboard

text: a

text: passenger

text: ship

text: that

text: puttered

text: toward

text: Ellis

text: Island

text: and

text: wondered

text: what

text: their

text: new

text: lives

text: would

text: bring

text: The

text: year

text: was

text: About

text: a

text: week

text: earlier

text: the

text: year

text: old

text: girl

text: from

text: what

text: is

text: now

text: called

text: Saint

text: Petersburg

text: Russia

text: had

text: embarked

text: on

text: a

text: transatlantic

text: journey

text: with

text: her

text: Ukrainian

text: parents

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text: the

text: French

text: port

text: city

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text: Cherbourg

text: escaping

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text: Jewish

text: persecution

text: at

text: the

text: start

text: of

text: Joseph

text: Stalin

text: 's

text: Soviet

text: Union

text: On

text: an

text: island

text: near

text: Manhattan

text: stood

text: the

text: copper

text: colossus

text: that

text: would

text: etch

text: her

text: first

text: memories

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text: the

text: new

text: world

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text: wonderful

text: sight

text: she

text: said

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text: the

text: Statue

text: of

text: Liberty

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text: its

text: anniversary

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text: monument

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text: century

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text: French

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text: sought

text: to

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text: to

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text: liberty

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text: French

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text: symbol

text: of

text: hope

text: and

text: promise

text: in

text: America

text: 's

text: post-

text: Civil

text: War

text: period

text: The

text: arrival

text: on

text: Ellis

text: Island

text: is

text: the

text: fulfillment

text: that

text: you

text: know

text: something

text: good

text: is

text: going

text: to

text: happen

text: to

text: you

text: said

text: Belarksy

text: now

text: a

text: old

text: widow

text: living

text: in

text: a

text: Russian

text: enclave

text: of

text: Brooklyn

text: New

text: York

text: Her

text: family

text: became

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: more

text: than

text: million

text: immigrants

text: processed

text: through

text: Ellis

text: Island

text: between

text: and

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: U.S.

text: National

text: Park

text: Service

text: Adjacent

text: to

text: Ellis

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text: Lady

text: Liberty

text: measuring

text: more

text: than

text: feet

text: from

text: base

text: to

text: torch

text: Originally

text: the

text: statue

text: was

text: supposed

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text: an

text: Egyptian

text: peasant

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text: have

text: stood

text: at

text: the

text: entrance

text: of

text: Egypt

text: 's

text: then

text: new

text: Suez

text: Canal

text: historians

text: say

text: but

text: plans

text: would

text: later

text: evolve

text: into

text: the

text: Roman

text: goddess

text: that

text: would

text: instead

text: adorn

text: New

text: York

text: harbor

text: The

text: sculptor

text: Frederic

text: Bartholdi

text: was

text: very

text: clever

text: said

text: Edward

text: Berenson

text: professor

text: of

text: history

text: and

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: Institute

text: of

text: French

text: Studies

text: at

text: New

text: York

text: University

text: He

text: put

text: the

text: statue

text: where

text: he

text: did

text: because

text: its

text: right

text: at

text: the

text: narrows

text: of

text: New

text: York

text: harbor

text: so

text: he

text: knew

text: that

text: every

text: boat

text: that

text: came

text: into

text: New

text: York

text: would

text: have

text: to

text: come

text: really

text: close

text: to

text: it

text: People

text: felt

text: like

text: they

text: could

text: reach

text: out

text: and

text: touch

text: it

text: he

text: said

text: Inspired

text: perhaps

text: by

text: Egypt

text: 's

text: colossal

text: statues

text: during

text: his

text: own

text: travels

text: to

text: Cairo

text: Berenson

text: added

text: Bartholdi

text: sought

text: to

text: build

text: a

text: monument

text: of

text: his

text: own

text: in

text: a

text: tribute

text: to

text: American

text: liberty

text: and

text: its

text: new

text: found

text: emancipation

text: of

text: slaves

text: The

text: statue

text: rests

text: atop

text: a

text: sculpted

text: wrangling

text: of

text: broken

text: chains

text: on

text: New

text: York

text: 's

text: Liberty

text: Island

text: Only

text: years

text: later

text: Berenson

text: argues

text: did

text: the

text: monument

text: come

text: to

text: symbolize

text: immigration

text: to

text: the

text: broader

text: public

text: despite

text: the

text: structure

text: 's

text: engraved

text: plaque

text: bearing

text: the

text: now

text: famous

text: poem

text: by

text: Emma

text: Lazarus

text: who

text: asks

text: for

text: the

text: huddled

text: masses

text: yearning

text: to

text: breathe

text: free

text: Like

text: many

text: who

text: made

text: the

text: perilous

text: journey

text: Belarsky

text: said

text: she

text: had

text: often

text: wondered

text: what

text: kind

text: of

text: life

text: was

text: waiting

text: for

text: her

text: on

text: the

text: shores

text: behind

text: the

text: copper

text: monument

text: It

text: was

text: quite

text: frightening

text: she

text: recalled

text: The

text: three

text: of

text: us

text: my

text: father

text: my

text: mother

text: and

text: I

text: wanted

text: for

text: someone

text: to

text: come

text: with

text: money

text: or

text: to

text: tell

text: us

text: what

text: s

text: next

text: And

text: though

text: a

text: U.S.

text: law

text: passed

text: six

text: years

text: earlier

text: had

text: largely

text: restricted

text: immigration

text: her

text: father

text: Sidor

text: had

text: managed

text: to

text: secure

text: three

text: tickets

text: to

text: America

text: by

text: way

text: of

text: a

text: talent

text: scout

text: who

text: visited

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text: Leningrad

text: conservatory

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text: had

text: performed

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text: opera

text: singer

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text: beautiful

text: voice

text: she

text: said

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text: travel

text: permit

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text: only

text: temporary

text: Sidor

text: had

text: acquired

text: a

text: six

text: month

text: visa

text: to

text: teach

text: at

text: Brigham

text: Young

text: University

text: said

text: Belarsky

text: Still

text: the

text: young

text: family

text: would

text: nonetheless

text: settle

text: more

text: permanently

text: in

text: a

text: west

text: Manhattan

text: apartment

text: And

text: unlike

text: many

text: who

text: eventually

text: returned

text: to

text: their

text: homelands

text: in

text: Europe

text: the

text: Belarskys

text: decided

text: to

text: leave

text: Saint

text: Petersburg

text: then

text: known

text: as

text: Leningrad

text: behind

text: Authorities

text: were

text: starting

text: to

text: clamp

text: down

text: and

text: consolidate

text: the

text: social

text: state

text: and

text: Soviet

text: power

text: around

text: Stalin

text: said

text: Fiona

text: Hill

text: a

text: Russia

text: expert

text: at

text: the

text: Washington

text: based

text: Brookings

text: Institution

text: As

text: an

text: opera

text: singer

text: you

text: might

text: not

text: have

text: wanted

text: to

text: start

text: singing

text: Soviet

text: anthems

text: So

text: the

text: young

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BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- A black politician campaigning in eastern Germany has become the victim of a racist campaign by a far-right party.

Zeca Schall says he is not thinking of leaving Germany despite the threats.

The National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) says it is trying to persuade Zeca Schall, a German citizen who came from Angola 21 years ago, to leave the country.

Schall is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, the party led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and has been named as a CDU expert for the integration of minorities.

The NPD's Web site calls Schall the CDU's "quota negro" and urges him to leave the country.

"The CDU seems to be realizing that even after years of re-education, negroes cannot be accepted as permanent guests in our state," said the NPD, which goes by its German initials.  Watch more about the campaign against Schall Â»

Schall told CNN he had never before been subjected to such a level of racial hatred.

"I am shocked," he said Thursday at a campaign event in Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia. "I simply cannot believe that people would do this to fellow humans."

Schall, who appears on a CDU election poster, said he is scared.

"I have police patrolling at my house day and night, and some officers stay in my house overnight," he said.

But Schall said he is not thinking of leaving Germany and the CDU said he has the party's full support. Schall and the CDU said they have filed a lawsuit against the NPD.

The situation escalated Wednesday when the NPD's national leadership held a rally in Schall's adopted hometown of Hildburghausen. Party Chairman Udo Voigt tried to speak with Schall "and persuade Mr. Schall that he is needed more in Angola than in Germany," the NPD said in a news release.

Police sent to protect Schall stopped the NPD's representatives from accessing Schall's premises.

He is campaigning for the CDU for a state election in Thuringia, which is in the former communist East Germany. Right-wing extremism is generally a bigger problem in eastern Germany than in the west of the country, and citizens of Hildburghausen told CNN that, though most people support the politician, fascism is a problem in the area.

"Of course we have a base of right-wingers here," a passer-by said at the market in the town's center.

But most of those questioned by CNN denounced the campaign against Schall and said he is a respected member of the community.

"I am not only a member of the CDU, I am also a voluntary firefighter at the local department," Schall said.

Frank Schwerdt, the NPD's leader in Erfurt, tried to downplay the events.

"This is not a personal campaign against Mr. Schall," Schwerdt said. "We simply feel that many citizens don't want foreigners to have a say in our politics."

The NPD has been under surveillance by Germany's Office for the Protection of the Constitution for alleged contacts with illegal neo-Nazi groups. However, past efforts to ban the party have failed on technical grounds.

The NPD denies ties to illegal groups.

But members of the Christian Democratic Union told CNN that, since the racist campaign started against Schall, he has received several death threats and the party will no longer allow him to do media interviews because of the risks.

At Thursday's campaign event in central Erfurt, increased police presence was noticeable and CDU members said plainclothes officers had been dispatched among the crowd.

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question: What country is Schall citizen to?

answer: Germany

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question: Where is Schall originally from?

answer: Angola

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question: What is Schall a member of?

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question: Who did the National Democratic Party of Germany try to persuade to leave the country?

answer: Zeca Schall,

text: Zeca Schall,