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Attorney who took on big tobacco faces sentencing JACKSON, Miss. - Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, a prominent attorney who took on tobacco, asbestos and insurance companies, was scheduled to be sentenced Friday for his role in a high-profile judicial bribery case.   Nations:U.S.   People:Trent Lott Alec Baldwin Russell Crowe Al Pacino   Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina   Source:(AP)   2008-06-27 Sexism, racism: which is more taboo? Expressions of sexism and racism emerging from the contest between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have been blatant, subtle and perhaps sometimes imagined, and they are renewing the national debate over what is and isn't acceptable to say in public.   Nations:U.S.   People:Hillary Clinton Barack Obama George Allen Rush Limbaugh Joseph Biden   Activities:US Election 2008   2008-01-14 Civil rights leaders urge aid for housing crisis Rev. Jesse Jackson and other U.S. civil rights leaders converged on Wall Street on Monday to demand the government and the financial community step up aid to stem a home-loan foreclosure crisis.   Nations:U.S.   People:Jesse Jackson George W. Bush   Activities:2007 Global Credit Crunch   2007-12-11 Judge denies request to free Jena teen A judge on Friday denied a request to release a teenager whose arrest in the beating of a white classmate sparked this week's civil rights protest in Louisiana. Mychal Bell's request to be freed while an appeal is being reviewed was rejected at a juvenile court hearing, effectively denying him any chance at immediate bail, a person familiar with the case told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because juvenile court proceedings are closed.   Nations:U.S.   People:Al Sharpton Jesse Jackson   Activities:2007 Jena Incident   2007-09-21 NAACP challenges Louisiana voter purge The NAACP filed a civil rights lawsuit challenging a purge of Louisiana voters believed to have registered in other states following Hurricane Katrina.   Nations:U.S.   Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina   2007-08-31 Headlines Attorney who took on big tobacco faces sentencing 2008-06-27 Sexism, racism: which is more taboo? 2008-01-14 Civil rights leaders urge aid for housing crisis 2007-12-11 Judge denies request to free Jena teen 2007-09-21 NAACP challenges Louisiana voter purge 2007-08-31 NAACP leaders urge fairness for Vick 2007-07-31 U.S. civil rights group holds funeral for "N-word" 2007-07-09 Commemorative coin honors Little Rock 9 2007-05-19 NAACP president resigns after 19 months 2007-03-04 End of Till case draws mixed response 2007-03-04 Jennifer Hudson wins NAACP Image Award 2007-03-02 FBI reviews 100 civil rights-era cold case murders 2007-02-27 Clinton defends consulting contract 2007-02-19 Answers sought in 1946 Ga. killing 2007-02-13 Obama to announce 2008 plans in Illinois 2007-02-09 Parties mocking blacks spark outrage 2007-01-31 Clemson probes party that mocked blacks 2007-01-30 Advocates push Congress to ban profiling 2007-01-28 Man pleads not guilty in 1964 race case 2007-01-25 Ex-deputy arrested in 1964 race case 2007-01-24 2 super NFL coaches make breakthrough 2007-01-22 Biden wants Confederate flag off grounds 2007-01-15 Supreme Court looks at race and schools 2006-12-04 Supreme court to confront school racial diversity 2006-12-03 High court probes K-12 school diversity 2006-12-02 Author Campbell dead after battle with cancer 2006-11-28 Imams stage airport 'pray-in' as protest 2006-11-27 Richards apologizes, hires crisis expert 2006-11-23 Mehlman to step down from RNC post 2006-11-09 Voting system worked, with some hiccups 2006-11-08 Ex-Klansman Bowers dies in Miss. prison 2006-11-05 Control of Senate hinges on four races 2006-10-27 Allen faces questions on Iraq war stance 2006-10-21 Obama campaigns for Cardin in Md. race 2006-09-27 Nine states to hold primaries 2006-09-12 R.I. Senate race highlights GOP primary 2006-09-12 Primary day a warm-up for November vote 2006-09-09 New Orleans sets home gutting deadline 2006-08-27 Black leaders urge fight against AIDS 2006-08-14 Sony pulls controversial Dutch PSP ad 2006-07-12 Miss. Gov. Denies Pardon for Black Veteran 2006-05-04 New Orleans Election a Test of Democracy 2006-04-19 3 Ex-Police Officers Acquitted in Beating 2006-04-15 Red Cross Undertakes Daunting Overhaul 2006-04-08 1965 Voting Rights Provisions to Expire 2006-03-31 Judge to Hear New Orleans Vote Challenge 2006-03-27 New Orleans Mayor Endorses Rebuilding Plan 2006-03-21 New Orleans Panel Issues Rebuilding Plan 2006-03-20 Justice Dept. 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