Indiana man charged with setting fire at mother’s house in fake hate crimePORTAGE, Ind. — Police arrested a northwestern Indiana man on charges that he set a fire at his mother’s home and tried to make look like a hate crime by spray-painting a racial slur on the garage door. Police said the 21-year-old suspect argued with his mother late Thursday, then after she went to sleep painted the slur and used gasoline to set fire to her bedroom door just after midnight Friday. Immigration foes use swine flu to renew arguments that Mexican border should be sealedThe swine flu virus has infected the immigration debate, with talk show comments like “fajita flu” and “illegal aliens are the carriers” drawing vehement protests from Hispanic advocates. NC congresswoman calls gay death case a ‘hoax’ during debate on Matthew Shepard billRALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina congresswoman said Thursday she chose her words poorly when she called claims that a Wyoming college student was murdered because he was gay a “hoax.” NC Rep. Foxx calls case of murdered gay student a ‘hoax;’ later blames ‘poor choice of words’RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina congresswoman says she made a poor choice of words when she called the infamous murder of a gay Wyoming student a “hoax” to justify passing hate crimes bills. Gays win new protections in House hate crimes bill, passed despite conservatives objectionsHWASHINGTON — Gay victims of violence would gain new federal protections under a revived and expanded hate crimes bill passed by the House on Wednesday over conservatives’ objections. Gays win new protections in House hate crimes bill, passed over conservatives’ objectionsWASHINGTON — Gay victims of violence would gain new federal protections under a revived and expanded hate crimes bill passed by the House on Wednesday over conservatives’ objections. |