Twin Cities Daily Herald

Aaron Hunter, a social studies teacher at Champlin Park High School pulled his student Darren Callender out of a turned-over, burning car Wednesday evening, Star Tribune reported.

Callender's car burned up after he was pulled out of it. Callender said he was grateful to be buckled up because he only used it about half the time and most who don't wear a seatbelt in this rollover reck are ejected from the car.

The story was interesting; a story of a hero. With all the bad news out there, it's good to hear a story like this every now and then.

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Thousands of protestors gathered in the Tel Aviv to call for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign due to his handling of the war against Hezbollah guerrillas, NY Times reported.

Leaders, including the foreign prime minister, also called for Olmert's resignation but for right now he refuses to step down. Although the protests are developing, protestors could turn violent if Olmert doesn't step down. But Olmert said he wants to be the one to fix the mistakes, CNN reported. The protests began because a report came out putting most of the failures of the war on Olmert.

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Ten people, including seven reporters, were injured during a immigration march turned violent when LAPD officers tried to break it up late Tuesday, LA Times reported.

Eight officers were treated for injuries as well, but only after the officers began shooting rubber bullets and hitting participants and bystanders with batons. Organizers had a permit to stay in the area until 9 p.m., but police ordered to clear the area out. Officers formed a line and cleared the area, pushing over reporters and people in their way. But the biggest concern of Police Chief Bratton is that 240 rounds were fired, with no arrests. Others are concerned because they feel the LAPD officers targetted immigrants with rubber bullets.

Police Chief has requested that the FBI launch its own investigation of the incident.

CNN reported that Bratton said that part of the confusion or violence may have been caused because the order to disperse came from a helicopter in English, and most of the attendees were Spanish-speakers.

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