LITTLE ROCK — QUOTE OF THE DAY

“There was a lot

of talk about ‘hard

truths’ and ‘bold

choices,’ but they never bothered to tell you what they were.”

President Barack Obama,

offering what he described as a “basic recap” of the Republican convention last week Article, 1A Slain boy, 6, went to aid of sister, 12

CAMDEN, N.J. - A 6-year-old boy whose throat was slashed by an intruder high on PCP-laced marijuana was killed trying to save his sister, going to her aid as she was being assaulted on the floor, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Osvaldo Rivera, 31, who is charged in Sunday’s middleof-the-night attack, sobbed during an appearance Tuesday in court in which bail was set at $5 million.

New details in the attack were revealed after authorities were able on Tuesday to interview the girl, 12, whose windpipe had been slashed but whose condition was upgraded from critical to stable. She ran out of the house and sought help after her brother intervened.

Both children had been sleeping downstairs when the assault began, police said.

The girl also said she had been raped by the attacker, assistant prosecutor Christine Shah said at the court hearing.

Rivera, who did not enter a plea, is charged with murder and attempted murder, but prosecutors said more charges will be filed.

Dancer bump said spark for 3 killings

HOUSTON - Houston police said Tuesday that a dispute over one dancer bumping another on the dance floor led to gunfire that left three men dead and three women wounded.

Police said the incident began early Sunday inside Club ICU then moved to the parking lot where a fight broke out.

Police spokesman John Cannon said the initial dispute was over one woman bumping the other while both were on the dance floor.

Police identified the three men who died as 38-year-old Gilbert Kibble, 22-year-old Curtis Stewart and 26-yearold Felipe Castillo. Names of the three women who were wounded haven’t been released.

Cannon said police are trying to determine whether the two women who originally argued were among the three injured females.

Court: Alien-linked tuition rise unfair

MIAMI - Students at Florida’s public colleges and universities cannot be charged higher out-of-state tuition simply because their parents are in the U.S. illegally, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge K.

Michael Moore determined the policy violates the equalprotection clause of the Constitution by forcing those students to unfairly pay three times as much as Florida residents. Children born in this country are citizens whether or not their parents have legal immigration status.

“The state regulations deny a benefit and create unique obstacles to attain public post-secondary public education for U.S. citizen children who would otherwise qualify for in-state tuition,” Moore wrote.

The ruling Friday came in a lawsuit filed by the Montgomery, Ala.-based Southern Poverty Law Center on behalf of several Florida students who were denied in-state tuition because they could not prove their parents are in this country legally.

State education officials said lawyers were reviewing the ruling and no decision had been made on a possible appeal.

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