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Five sentenced for attack
Five white teenagers in Gaffney, South Carolina, have been sentenced to prison terms after pleading guilty on Tuesday to second-degree lynching charges in an attack on a black teenager this summer. Christopher Scott Cates will serve six years in prison after pleading guilty to lynching and assault, said Murray Glenn, a spokesman for the Cherokee County prosecutor's office. Jason Grice, Justin Ashley Phillips and Kenneth Eugene Miller Jr. will have to spend three years in prison each and Jerry Christopher Toney will have to spend 30 months in prison, Glenn said. Lynching is the term used in South Carolina for any crime committed by a group against an individual in which the victim is not killed.
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Kilt debate closed
It appears a great kilt debate in southeast Missouri has come to a close. After being told to change out of a kilt at a school dance this fall, Jackson High School senior Nathan Warmack received an apology during a school board meeting on Monday night. It came with a promise from the district's superintendent to train staff in properly interpreting the school's dress code. Warmack, 18, wore a kilt to a dance in November with a dress shirt and tie as a way to recognize his Scottish heritage. Principal Rick McClard told Warmack to change into pants, sparking an Internet petition.
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