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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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noose stories: 11 news summaries

 Fired 'Noose' Prof 
 Sues Columbia for $200M 

Plagiarism allegation was 'cooked up,' lawyer says

Apr 23, 09 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Columbia University professor fired for plagiarism shortly after a noose was found hanging on her office door is suing her former school for $200 million. Madonna Constantine’s reputation was ruined by the “baseless” allegation, her lawyer tells CNN. The black professor has previously charged that the noose... More »

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Columbia University • plagiarism • professor • noose • civil lawsuits • Madonna Constantine • Teachers College • firing

Kentucky Men Busted for Hanging Obama Effigy

University of Kentucky outraged after Obama figure found hanging from tree

Oct 31, 08 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two men have been charged with disorderly conduct for hanging an effigy of Barack Obama from a tree on University of Kentucky property earlier this week, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. The men, one of them a student, also face charges for breaking into a fraternity house and taking items used... More »

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Barack Obama • Kentucky • effigy • noose • Election 2008 • University of Kentucky

 Palin Effigy Sparks Uproar 

Complaints over Halloween display

Oct 28, 08 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - An effigy of Sarah Palin hanging from a noose outside a West Hollywood house has triggered a community furor, reports the Los Angeles Times. The effigy is part of a grim Halloween display which also shows a John McCain mannequin surrounded by flames and skeletons. Complaints calling the display a... More »

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John McCain • hate crime • effigy • noose • Halloween • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Chad-Michael Morisette

 Columbia Cans 'Noose'
 Prof Over Plagiarism 

Teacher rejects allegations as conspiracy

Jun 25, 08 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Columbia University professor who last year sparked racial controversy after finding a noose hanging from her door has been fired over allegations of plagiarism, CNN reports. Madonna Constantine, a faculty member at the university’s Teachers College, claims the decision is the result of a plot against her. More »

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Columbia University • plagiarism • noose • Madonna Constantine

Columbia Prof
in Noose Case Plagiarized
Her Students

She calls school probe a racist conspiracy

Feb 21, 08 5:21 PM CST
(Newser) - The Columbia professor who made headlines when she found a noose on her office door has plagiarized from students and another professor, the school says. The university’s Teachers College found two dozen instances in which Madonna Constantine stole from other's works in articles published under her name. Constantine, who's... More »

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Columbia University • plagiarism • hate crime • professor • noose • Madonna Constantine • Teachers College

Editor Fired for Magazine Cover

Cover photo about Golf Channel 'lynch Tiger' controversy prompts pink slip

Jan 18, 08 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Golfweek has fired its editor for approving a cover illustration of a noose, the New York Times reports. PGA commissioner Tim Finchem decried the art, a reference to a recent on-air remark by a Golf Channel anchor about Tiger Woods, as “outrageous and irresponsible.” Finchem called the... More »

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Tiger Woods • noose • Kelly Tilghman • Golf Channel • Dave Seanor • Tim Finchem • GolfWeek

Dems Slam Feds for Inaction on Noose Crimes

Racial cases up since 2000, but some spurn incidents as 'pranks'

Oct 20, 07 5:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dems blasted the feds this week for not pursuing a nationwide spate of noose crimes. More than a half dozen nooses left in Maryland, Memphis, New York, and Pittsburgh have prompted no arrests, the Washington Post reports. But acting Attorney General Peter Keisler claims that the FBI and Department of... More »

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Department of Justice • FBI • hate crime • Ku Klux Klan • Jena 6 • noose

Nooses Hanging in Northeast

Jena copycat crimes continue as noose is found at Ground Zero post office this week

Oct 14, 07 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A noose found outside a New York post office this week is the latest in a spate of apparent Northeast hate crimes, CBS reports. The Jim Crow-era symbols have turned up recently at a Connecticut Coast Guard Academy, a Long Island police station, and at Columbia University—possibly inspired by... More »

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New York City • Ground Zero • hate crime • Jena 6 • noose

Columbia Will Give NY Cops Noose Tape

School flip-flops on surveillance in hate-crime case

Oct 11, 07 8:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - After holding out for more than a day, Columbia University will give New York police surveillance video that could yield clues on who left a noose on a professor's door, the New York Daily News reports. The school had told police—investigating what they're calling a hate crime against Professor... More »

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New York City • Columbia University • hate crime • race relations • noose

Noose on Columbia Prof's Door Viewed
as Hate Crime

Black educator teaches class on racial justice

Oct 10, 07 12:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Columbia University erupted today after a noose was found hanging from the door of Madonna Constantine, a black professor who often writes about racism. The New York Police Department said it is investigating the incident as a hate crime. Columbia’s president called it “an attack on all of... More »

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Columbia University • hate crime • race relations • racism • noose

Anti-Jena 6
Website Calls
for 'Justice'

Feds investigating hate site listing numbers, addresses of students

Sep 23, 07 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI is investigating a white supremacist site that listed the addresses and phone numbers of five of the so-called Jena Six, and “essentially called for their lynching,” the agency said yesterday. “These people need more than an investigation. They need protection,” Jesse Jackson told the... More »

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FBI • Jesse Jackson • race relations • Lousiana • white supremacism • Jena Six • noose

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