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fore Camarena, the decision has awakened bitter memories of the brutality that ushered in the modern era of Mexican drug trafficking.
• "I just never imagined that this would happen, that Caro Quintero would be walking around free at the age of 60," said journalist John Clay Walker's widow, Eve, who lives in Atlanta. "There's probably not been a day in the last 30 years that I haven't missed my husband and wished that he was here to see the girls grow up.
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Philly schools begin rehiring after city pledges $50M, but some parents say it's not enough
• PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The nearly broke Philadelphia schools will open on schedule next month thanks to $50 million in emergency aid.
• But will they be worth going to?
• That's the question parents are asking as the district begins to rehire about 1,000 pink-slipped workers, from assistant principals to guidance counselors.
• Many say the cash infusion is a paltry bandage on a district hemorrhaging red ink, and that the buildings will simply be shells -- without sufficient resources or staff to offer students a safe and adequate learning environment. About 2,500 workers remain laid off.
• "We're all just kind of stunned this could be happening in modern time, that a government would not choose to fund education," said Lisa Criniti-Ciervo, who has two children in the district. "We're all just kind of appalled."
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New revelations of NSA violations stir lawmakers' concerns, 1 week after Obama's assurances
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- New revelations from leaker Edward Snowden that the National Security Agency has overstepped its authority thousands of times since 2008 are stirring renewed calls on Capitol Hill for serious changes to NSA spy programs, undermining White House hopes that President Barack Obama had quieted the controversy with his assurances of oversight.
• An internal audit provided by Snowden to The Washington Post shows the agency has repeatedly broken privacy rules or exceeded its legal authority every year since Congress granted it broad new powers in 2008.
• In one of the documents, agency personnel are instructed to remove details and substitute more generic language in reports to the Justice Department and the Of (Continued on page 23)
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